Latvian Women's League Explained

Pixels:200
Confed:UEFA
Founded:2003?
Teams:8
Relegation:Latvian Women's 1. līga
Levels:1
Domest Cup:Latvian Cup
Confed Cup:UEFA Champions League
Champions:SFK Rīga (2nd title)
Season:2023
Most Successful Club:Rīgas FS (8 titles)

The Latvian Women's League (Latvian: Sieviešu futbola līga) is the top level women's football league of Latvia.

The winning team of the league qualifies for a spot in the UEFA Women's Champions League. As participation is optional, no Latvian team competed in the competition until 2011/12 when SK Liepājas Metalurgs entered European territory.[1]

In the 2024 season, the Latvian Women's Football League featured 8 teams from 4 different Latvian cities.[2] This was also the first season where the league secured a title sponsor, making its full name the LuckyBet Women's Football League.[3]

2024 teams

By titles

ClubCityTitles
Riga FC Women 0
FS Metta 0
RFS Women 0
FK Auda 0
FK Olaine 0
FK Iecava 0
Rīgas Futbola skola 8

List of champions

Champions so far are:[4]

SK Liepājas Metalurgs

Top scorers

The following is a list of the league's top scorers since the 2013.[14] Renāte Fedotova and Anastasija Čemirtāne have won the award a record three times. Anastasija Tarasova and Karlīna Miksone achieved the highest number of goals per season, scoring 32 goals.

SeasonTop scorerClubGoals
2013 29
2014 32
2015 14
2016 28
2017 25
2018 32
2019 FK Dinamo Rīga 19
2020 24
2021 15
2022 20
2023 29

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Metalurgs play for Latvian pride. UEFA. 10 August 2011. 10 August 2011.
  2. Web site: LuckyBet Sieviešu Futbola līga . LFF.lv . LFF . 16 July 2024.
  3. News: Suveizda . Agris . Sieviešu līgai pirmoreiz savs titulsponsors, LFF masveidību vēlas panākt arī dāmu futbolā . 16 July 2024 . Sportacentrs.com . 27 March 2024.
  4. Web site: Final tables. Latvian Football Federation. 5 November 2011.
  5. Web site: Skonto/Ceriba 2011 champion. Latvian Football Federation . lv . 5 November 2011. 9 October 2011.
  6. Web site: Rīgas Futbola skola 2014.gada Latvijas Sieviešu futbola līgas čempiones | . 2014-09-06 . dead . https://archive.today/20140808061127/http://rigasfutbolaskola.lv/?p=2103 . 2014-08-08 .
  7. Web site: Rīgas FS sieviešu komanda 3. Gadu pēc kārtas izcīna čempionu titulu | . 2015-07-14 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20150714143547/http://rigasfutbolaskola.lv/?p=2278 . 2015-07-14 .
  8. Web site: Rīgas Futbola skola ceturto gadu pēc kārtas uzvar Sieviešu Futbola līgas čempionātā (fourth title in a row) . Latvian Football Federation . 13 August 2016 . 14 August 2016 . lv.
  9. Web site: Rīgas Futbola skola priekšlaicīgi nodrošina piekto SFL čempionu titulu pēc kārtas. Latvian Football Federation. 1 September 2017.
  10. Web site: "Dinamo" triumfē Sieviešu Futbola līgā, pārtraucot "Rīgas Futbola skolas" dominanci. 28 September 2019.
  11. Web site: Dinamo Rīga grauj konkurentu un triumfē Latvijas čempionātā . lv . Latvian Football Federation . 29 September 2019 . 23 January 2024.
  12. Web site: 2019-20 Latvian Women's League . Soccerway . 10 May 2021.
  13. Web site: SFL sezonas izskaņā pie medaļām tiek SK Super Nova un Liepājas FS.
  14. Web site: Sieviešu Futbola līgas rezultatīvākās spēlētājas . LFF.lv . LFF . 16 July 2024.