Season | 2015 |
---|---|
Champions | Liepāja |
Champions League | Liepāja |
Matches played | 55 |
Goals scored | 123 (2.24 per match) |
Top goalscorer | Dāvis Ikaunieks (15) |
Biggest home win | Skonto 4-0 FS Metta/LU (5 June 2015) |
Biggest away win | FS Metta/LU 1-5 Skonto (10 August 2015) |
Highest scoring | FS Metta/LU 1-5 Skonto (10 August 2015) |
Longest winning run | 3 matches Skonto FK Liepāja FK Jelgava |
Longest unbeaten run | 13 matches Ventspils |
Longest winless run | 7 matches FS Metta/LU |
Longest losing run | 4 matches FS Metta/LU |
← 2014 2016 → |
The 2015 Latvian Higher League is the 24th season of top-tier football in Latvia. FK Ventspils are the defending champions. The season started on 13 March 2015. [1]
FC Jūrmala relegated at the end of last season, and was replaced by FB Gulbene, which returned to the highest level after two years. Because FC Daugava did not obtain a license to play in the 2015 Higher League, and FK Daugava was dissolved before the beginning of the new season, the league started with 8 participants. On 3 June 2015, FB Gulbene was expelled from the top league and their results expunged on suspicion of match-fixing. [2]
Club | Location | Stadium | Capacity |
---|---|---|---|
![]() | Daugavpils | Celtnieks Stadium | 3,980 |
![]() | Gulbene | Gulbenes Sporta Centrs | 1,500 |
![]() | Jelgava | Zemgales Olimpiskais Sporta Centrs | 2,200 |
![]() | Liepāja | Daugava Stadium | 6,000 |
![]() | Riga | Stadions Arkādija | 500 |
![]() | Riga | Skonto Stadium | 10,000 |
![]() | Jūrmala | Slokas Stadium | 5,000 |
![]() | Ventspils | Olimpiskais Stadium | 3,200 |
Club | Kit manufacturer | Sponsor |
---|---|---|
BFC Daugavpils | Adidas | Intergaz |
FB Gulbene | Jako | |
FK Jelgava | Nike | Igate |
FK Liepāja | Adidas | |
FS Metta/LU | Nike | |
Skonto FC | Jako | SA Football Agency |
FK Spartaks Jūrmala | Nike | Hanseatisches Fußball Kontor |
FK Ventspils | Adidas | VK Tranzīts |
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Liepāja (C) | 24 | 15 | 7 | 2 | 48 | 23 | +25 | 52 | Qualification for the Champions League second qualifying round |
2 | Skonto (R) | 24 | 13 | 6 | 5 | 43 | 23 | +20 | 45 | Relegation to the Latvian First League [lower-alpha 1] |
3 | Ventspils | 24 | 11 | 10 | 3 | 39 | 16 | +23 | 43 | Qualification for the Europa League first qualifying round [lower-alpha 2] |
4 | Jelgava | 24 | 11 | 8 | 5 | 26 | 18 | +8 | 41 | |
5 | Spartaks Jūrmala | 24 | 5 | 6 | 13 | 20 | 36 | −16 | 21 | |
6 | BFC Daugavpils | 24 | 2 | 8 | 14 | 14 | 37 | −23 | 14 | |
7 | METTA/LU (O) | 24 | 3 | 3 | 18 | 19 | 56 | −37 | 12 | Qualification for the relegation play-offs |
— | Gulbene (D, R) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Exclusion [lower-alpha 3] |
The 7th-placed side will face the runners-up of the 2015 Latvian First League in a two-legged play-off, with the winner being awarded a spot in the 2016 Higher League competition.
Valmiera Glass FK/BSS | 1–3 | FS METTA/LU |
---|---|---|
Bruno Bērziņš ![]() | Ingars Stuglis ![]() Gatis Kalniņš ![]() Roberts Uldriķis ![]() |
FS METTA/LU | 6-2 | Valmiera Glass FK/BSS |
---|---|---|
Roberts Uldriķis ![]() Gatis Kalniņš ![]() Armands Pētersons ![]() Rendijs Šibass ![]() | Jānis Lapss ![]() Valts Jaunzems ![]() |
FS METTA/LU won 9–3 on aggregate.
Rank | Player | Club | Goals |
---|---|---|---|
1 | ![]() | Liepāja | 15 |
2 | ![]() | Skonto | 10 |
![]() | Ventspils | ||
4 | ![]() | Ventspils | 8 |
![]() | Skonto |
Updated to match(es) played on 7 November 2015.
Source:UEFA
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