| Pixels: | 180 |
| Teams: | 14 |
| Promotion: | TonyBet Virslīga |
| Relegation: | Altero.lv LIIGA |
| Levels: | 2 |
| Domest Cup: | Responsible Game Latvian Cup |
| Champions: | Grobiņas |
| Season: | 2023 |
| Current: | 2024 Latvian First League |
The Latvian First League (Latvian: Latvijas Pirmā līga, 1. līga) is the second tier of football in Latvia and is organised by the Latvian Football Federation. Since 2021, its full name is Optibet Nākotnes Līga (Optibet Future League) due to the sponsorship by sports betting company Optibet.
The league was founded together with other Latvian football competitions in 1992. From 2007 to 2008, the tournament was known as the Traffic 1. līga, due to its first sponsorship deal concluded with the "Traffic auto advert" advertising company.[1] From 2015 its name was Komanda.lv First League (Komanda.lv 1. līga) for sponsorship reasons, after the Komanda.lv sporting goods store became the league's main sponsor in 2015.[2]
There are 14 clubs in the First League. During the course of the season each club plays the every other club twice, once at home and once away, with a total of 26 games. At the end of the season, the highest placed club is automatically promoted to the Virslīga. The second lowest placed club in the Virslīga and the second placed club in the First League compete in a two-legged tie for the remaining place in the following season's Virslīga. The two clubs finishing at the bottom of the First League are relegated to the Second League, while the third-from-bottom team competes in a two-legged tie with the third-placed team of the Second League for a place in the First League.[3]
14 clubs took part in the Optibet Nākotne līga season:[4]
| Season | Winner | Total wins | Runner-up | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Decemviri Rīga | 1 | "Zenta Rīga" | ||
| Gemma-RFS | 1 | Baltnet Daugavpils | ||
| FK Kvadrāts | 1 | Starts Brocēni | ||
| FK Jūrnieks | 1 | FK Lokomotīve Daugavpils | ||
| Vecrīga Rīga | 1 | FK Valmiera | ||
| Ranto/AVV | 1 | FK Jūrnieks | ||
| PFK Rīga | 1 | Jaunība Daugavpils | ||
| LU-Daugava | 1 | LBB-Mido | ||
| Zibens-Zemessardze Daugavpils | 1 | Skonto/Metāls Rīga | ||
| 1 | RKB-Arma Rīga | |||
| 2a | Ditton Daugavpils | |||
| 1 | Multibanka Rīga | |||
| 1 | Ditton-2 Daugavpils | |||
| Skonto-2 Rīga | 1 | Skonto-2 Rīga | ||
| 1 | Ditton-2 Daugavpils | |||
| 1 | FK Blāzma Rēzekne | |||
| 1 | FC Tranzīts | |||
| 1 | FK Jaunība Rīga | |||
| 1 | FC Jūrmala | |||
| 1 | FK Liepājas Metalurgs-2 | |||
| 1 | Ilūkstes NSS | |||
| 1 | FB Gulbene 2005 | |||
| 2 | Rēzeknes BJSS | |||
| 1 | Valmiera Glass FK/BSS | |||
| 1 | Olaine/Super Nova | |||
| 2017 | FK Valmiera Glass/ViA | 1 | FK Progress/AFA Olaine | |
| 2018 | BFC Daugavpils/Progress | 2 | SK Super Nova | |
| 2019 | FK Tukums 2000 | 1 | SK Super Nova | |
| 2020 | FC Lokomotiv Daugavpils | 1 | FK Auda | |
| 2021 | FK Auda | 2 | FK Tukums 2000 | |
| 2022 | FS Jelgava | 1 | Grobiņas SC | |
| 2023 | Grobiņas SC | 1 | Riga FC-2 |
a Previously won as Ranto/AVV.