2020 Latvian Higher League

The 2020 Latvian Higher League is the 29th season of top-tier football in Latvia. The season began on 15 June 2020 and will end on 29 November 2020.[1] The league winners will earn a place in the UEFA Champions League and the second and third-placed clubs will earn a place in the new UEFA Europa Conference League.[2]

Latvian Higher League
Season2020
Matches played18
Goals scored55 (3.06 per match)
Top goalscorerNemanja Belaković
Krollis Raimonds
(4 goals each)
Biggest home winVentspils 3–0 Tukums
(20 June 2020)
Liepāja 3–0 METTA/LU
(21 June 2020)
Biggest away winTukums 0–6 Daugavpils
(25 June 2020)
Highest scoringTukums 0–6 Daugavpils
(25 June 2020)
Daugavpils 4–2 METTA/LU
(29 June 2020)
Longest winning run3 matches
RFS
Longest unbeaten run3 matches
RFS
Ventspils
Longest winless run4 matches
Tukums
Longest losing run4 matches
Tukums
← 2019
2021 →
All statistics correct as of 29 June 2020.

Riga are the defending champions after winning the league the previous season.[3]

Teams

The nine clubs from the previous season remained in the league and Tukums joined as champions of 1.Liga.[4]

Locations of the 2020 Latvian Higher League teams

League table
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Riga 14 13 0 1 34 8 +26 39 Qualification for the Champions League first qualifying round
2 Rīgas FS 15 12 1 2 40 14 +26 37 Qualification for the Europa Conference League first qualifying round
3 Valmiera / BSS 15 7 4 4 26 24 +2 25
4 Spartaks Jūrmala 14 6 4 4 25 22 +3 22
5 Ventspils 15 5 5 5 21 17 +4 20
6 Daugavpils 15 4 3 8 23 23 0 15
7 Metta / LU 14 4 3 7 16 24 −8 15
8 Jelgava 15 4 2 9 11 32 −21 14
9 Liepāja 14 3 4 7 20 25 −5 13 Qualification for the relegation play-offs
10 Tukums 15 0 4 11 10 37 −27 4 Relegation to the Latvian First League
Updated to match(es) played on 17 August 2020. Source: Soccerway
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head points; 3) Head-to-head goal difference; 4) Goal difference; 5) Goals scored; 6) Fair-play ranking; 7) Play-off.

Results

Each club will play the other nine clubs home-and-away twice, for a total of 36 matches each.

First half of the season
Home \ Away DAU JEL LIE MLU RIG RFS SPJ TUK VAL VEN
Daugavpils 0–0 0–2 4–2 0–1 2–3 0–2 1–1 30 Aug 3–1
Jelgava 1–0 1–5 2–2 0–3 0–4 29 Aug 2–1 1–2 1–0
Liepāja 1–1 13 Sep 3–0 1–4 2–5 12 Jul 2–2 0–1 1–1
Metta / LU 1–4 1–0 2–1 8 Jul 0–1 1–2 2–0 2–2 30 Aug
Riga 3–1 3–0 2–0 2–0 4–2 23 Aug 2–0 1–0
Rīgas FS 2–1 1–0 3–0 23 Aug 1–2 4–1 30 Aug 5–2 1–0
Spartaks Jūrmala 13 Sep 4–1 22 Aug 2–0 2–1 1–1 1–1 2–3 1–3
Tukums 0–6 1–2 29 Aug 1–3 1–5 0–3 0–2 2–3 0–0
Valmiera / BSS 3–0 23 Aug 1–1 12 Sep 0–1 0–4 2–2 2–0 3–0
Ventspils 23 Aug 5–0 2–1 0–0 12 Sep 25 Jul 1–1 3–0 2–2
Updated to match(es) played on 17 August 2020. Source: soccerway
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
Second half of the season
Home \ Away DAU JEL LIE MLU RIG RFS SPJ TUK VAL VEN
Daugavpils 20 Sep 17 Oct 1 Nov 29 Nov 7 Nov
Jelgava 27 Sep 29 Nov 17 Oct 7 Nov 1 Nov
Liepāja 28 Sep 17 Oct 7 Nov 22 Nov 1 Nov
Mett / LU 4 Oct 1 Nov 7 Nov 20 Sep 29 Nov
Rīgas FS 25 Oct 2 Oct 20 Sep 29 Nov
RFS 25 Oct 22 Nov 3 Oct 12 Sep 20 Sep
Spartaks Jūrmala 22 Nov 27 Sep 1 Nov 17 Oct
Tukums 4 Oct 20 Sep 25 Oct 7 Nov 29 Nov
Valmiera / BSS 22 Nov 27 Sep 25 Oct 17 Oct
Ventspils 25 Oct 22 Nov 27 Sep 3 Oct
First match(es) will be played on 20 September 2020. Source: soccerway
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Statistics

Top scorers
As of matches played 8 August 2020[5]
Rank Player Club Goals
1 Toluwalase Arokodare Valmiera 12
2 Nemanja Belaković Spartaks 8
3 Kule Mbombo Riga 7
Chinonso Offor Daugavpils
RFS
Emerson Deocleciano RFS
6 Richard Friday Liepāja 6
Alain Kouadio RFS
8 Yevgeni Kozlov Ventspils 5
Raimonds Krollis METTA/LU
Yuriy Zakharkiv Jelgava

References
  1. "Virsliga". soccerway. Retrieved 25 December 2019.
  2. "UEL2 Access List 2021–24" (PDF). UEFA. Retrieved 25 December 2019.
  3. "Optibet Virsliga". LFF. Retrieved 25 December 2019.
  4. "1.Liga". soccerway. Retrieved 25 December 2019.
  5. "Latvian First Division - Top scorers". flashscore.com.
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