| Season | 2024 |
|---|---|
| Dates | 8 March – 9 November 2024 |
| Champions | RFS (3rd title) |
| Relegated | Valmiera |
| Champions League | RFS |
| Conference League | Auda Daugavpils Riga |
| Matches | 154 |
| Goals | 454 (2.95 per match) |
| Top goalscorer | Reginaldo Ramires (25 goals) |
←2023 2025 → All statistics correct as of 2 October 2024. | |
The2024 Latvian Higher League, known as theTonyBet Virslīga for sponsorship reasons, was the 33rd season of top-tierfootball in Latvia. The season began on 8 March 2024 and ended on 9 November.[1][2]
The winners (RFS, their second consecutive title win and third overall) qualified for the2025–26 Champions League first qualifying round. The runners-up (Riga) qualified for the2025–26 Conference League second qualifying round, with the third and fifth-placed teams (Auda andDaugavpils) qualifying for thefirst qualifying round. The ninth-placed team (Grobiņa) qualified for theLatvian Higher League play-off, winning and retaining their place in the league. The fourth-placed team (Valmiera) were relegated to the2025 Latvian Second League at the end of the season after being refused both Latvian Higher League and Latvian First League licenses,[3] giving a reprieve to the bottom-placed team (Jelgava).
The league consisted of ten teams; the top nine clubs from theprevious season, and one team promoted from theLatvian First League.RFS entered the season as defending champions.
Grobiņa were promoted as champions of the2023 Latvian First League, replacing the2023 Latvian Higher League bottom-placed team (Super Nova).[4]
| Club | Seasons in Virsliga | 2023 position | Stadium | Capacity |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Auda | 3 | 3rd | Skonto Stadium | 8,087 |
| Daugavpils | 11 | 7th | Esplanādes stadions | 1,980 |
| Grobiņa | 0 | 1st inLatvian First League | Daugava Stadium (Liepāja) | 4,022 |
| Jelgava | 2 | 6th | Zemgale Olympic Center | 2,500 |
| Liepāja | 11 | 5th | Daugava Stadium (Liepāja) | 4,022 |
| Metta | 13 | 9th | Daugava Stadium (Riga) | 10,461 |
| RFS | 9 | 1st | LNK Sporta Parks | 2,300 |
| Riga | 9 | 2nd | Skonto Stadium | 8,087 |
| Tukums 2000 | 3 | 8th | Tukuma Pilsētas Stadions | 1,000 |
| Valmiera | 7 | 4th | Jāņa Daliņa Stadions | 1,250 |
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | RFS(C) | 36 | 29 | 3 | 4 | 103 | 25 | +78 | 90 | Qualification for theChampions League first qualifying round |
| 2 | Riga | 36 | 27 | 6 | 3 | 99 | 23 | +76 | 87 | Qualification for theConference League second qualifying round[a] |
| 3 | Auda | 36 | 18 | 6 | 12 | 63 | 34 | +29 | 60 | Qualification for theConference League first qualifying round |
| 4 | Valmiera(D, X) | 36 | 19 | 7 | 10 | 75 | 39 | +36 | 55[b] | Disqualification and relegation to theLatvian Second League[c] |
| 5 | Daugavpils | 36 | 11 | 9 | 16 | 43 | 60 | −17 | 42 | Qualification for theConference League first qualifying round |
| 6 | Liepāja | 36 | 10 | 9 | 17 | 37 | 56 | −19 | 39 | |
| 7 | Metta | 36 | 10 | 6 | 20 | 34 | 76 | −42 | 36 | |
| 8 | Tukums 2000 | 36 | 9 | 8 | 19 | 38 | 81 | −43 | 35 | |
| 9 | Grobiņa(O) | 36 | 8 | 5 | 23 | 34 | 78 | −44 | 29 | Qualification for theLatvian Higher League play-off |
| 10 | Jelgava(T) | 36 | 6 | 7 | 23 | 28 | 82 | −54 | 25 | Relegation to theLatvian First League, but later readmitted. |
Teams play each other four times (twice at home and twice away).
| Home \ Away | AUD | DAU | GRO | JEL | LIE | MLU | RFS | RIG | TUK | VAL | AUD | DAU | GRO | JEL | LIE | MLU | RFS | RIG | TUK | VAL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Auda | 1–0 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 4–0 | 1–2 | 1–2 | 2–0 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 3–0 | 2–0 | 5–0 | 1–3 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 0–1 | ||
| Daugavpils | 0–3 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 4–0 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 3–1 | 1–6 | 1–2 | 4–0 | 3–0 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 0–3 | 0–5 | 4–1 | 3–3 | ||
| Grobiņa | 1–1 | 1–3 | 4–2 | 3–2 | 3–0 | 0–4 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 0–2 | 2–2 | 3–0 | 2–3 | 1–3 | 1–2 | 0–2 | 0–6 | 1–2 | 1–4 | ||
| Jelgava | 0–0 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 1–2 | 1–5 | 2–3 | 0–3 | 1–3 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 2–2 | 1–0 | 0–2 | 0–2 | 0–0 | 0–4 | ||
| Liepāja | 1–0 | 1–1 | 3–0 | 0–1 | 1–2 | 0–3 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 0–3 | 2–1 | 3–3 | 0–1 | 3–0 | 1–5 | 1–3 | 0–3 | 3–1 | 0–0 | ||
| Metta | 1–3 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 3–0 | 2–0 | 0–6 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 0–4 | 3–2 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 1–2 | 1–2 | 2–4 | 0–0 | 1–1 | ||
| RFS | 2–1 | 5–0 | 5–0 | 5–1 | 4–1 | 2–0 | 2–2 | 5–0 | 0–1 | 1–2 | 4–1 | 3–0 | 7–0 | 2–0 | 5–1 | 1–2 | 4–1 | 4–1 | ||
| Riga | 1–0 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 4–0 | 5–0 | 1–2 | 3–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 6–1 | 6–1 | 1–0 | 4–0 | 0–0 | 10–1 | 1–0 | ||
| Tukums 2000 | 1–4 | 1–2 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 0–3 | 0–0 | 1–2 | 3–3 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 1–4 | 0–5 | 3–2 | ||
| Valmiera | 2–1 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 4–0 | 0–1 | 3–0 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 6–1 | 2–3 | 4–1 | 0–0 | 3–2 | 0–1 | 4–0 | 1–2 | 2–2 | 2–3 |
The ninth-placed club (Grobiņa) faced the third-placed club from the2024 Latvian First League (JDFS Alberts) in a two-legged play-off for the final place in the2025 Latvian Higher League. Although Grobina won the play-off, the tie was bannalised following Valmeria's disqualification to the third tier.
| 20 November 2024 | Grobiņa | 2–3 | JDFS Alberts | Grobiņa |
| 11:00BST | Sdaigui 15'Halata 20' | Indrāns 16' Zegele 40'Andersons 43' | Stadium:Grobiņa Stadium |
| 23 November 2024 | JDFS Alberts | 0–2 (3–4agg.) | Grobiņa | Riga |
| 10:00BST | Gaučis 36',42' | Stadium:Daugavgrīvas vidusskolas stadions |
| # | Football club | Average attendance[10] |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Riga FC | 1,200 |
| 2 | FK Liepāja | 595 |
| 3 | Grobiņas SC | 559 |
| 4 | FK RFS | 493 |
| 5 | Valmiera FC | 450 |
| 6 | BFC Daugavpils | 436 |
| 7 | FK Metta | 319 |
| 8 | FS Jelgava | 286 |
| 9 | FK Tukums 2000 | 261 |
| 10 | FK Auda | 229 |
