2017 Latvian Higher League

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Latvian Higher League
Season2017
Dates10 March – 4 November 2017
Champions Spartaks Jūrmala
Champions League Spartaks Jūrmala
Europa League Liepāja
Riga
Ventspils
Matches played84
Goals scored200 (2.38 per match)
Top goalscorer Yevgeni Kozlov (13)
Biggest home win Ventspils 4–0 Spartaks
Riga 4–0 METTA/LU
Biggest away win Jelgava 0–3 Riga
Spartaks 0–3 Ventspils
METTA/LU 2–5 Liepāja
Highest scoring METTA/LU 2–5 Liepāja
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The 2017 Latvian Higher League is the 26th season of top-tier football in Latvia. Spartaks Jūrmala are the defending champions, having won their first title in the previous season.

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Teams

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Riga teams:
METTA/LU
RFS
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Locations of the 2017 Latvian Higher League teams

The bottom-placed team from the 2016 season, BFC Daugavpils, were directly relegated to the 2017 Latvian First League. They were replaced by Babīte, champions of the 2016 Latvian First League.

The seventh-placed team from the 2016 season, FS METTA/LU, retained their top-flight spot for the 2017 season by defeating 2016 First League runners-up, AFA Olaine in the play-offs.

Babīte was removed from the league on 22 June 2017 after the Latvian Football Federation received a notice from UEFA's Betting Fraud Detection System for 6 separate games involving Babīte. [1] All the results for Babīte games were invalidated and do not count for the standings.

ClubLocationStadiumCapacity
Babīte Piņķi Piņķu stadions500
Jelgava Jelgava Olympic Sports Center of Zemgale 1,560
Liepāja Liepāja Daugava Stadium 5,008
Metta/LU Riga Hanzas vidusskolas laukums2,000
RFS Riga Stadions Arkādija 1,000
Riga Riga Skonto Stadium 8,207
Spartaks Jūrmala Jūrmala Slokas Stadium 2,800
Ventspils Ventspils Ventspils Olimpiskais Stadions 3,044

Source: Scoresway

Kits manufacturer and sponsors

ClubKit manufacturerSponsor
SK Babīte Joma
FK Jelgava Nike Igate
FK Liepāja AdidasMogo
FS Metta/LU Nike
Riga FC Jako
Rīgas Futbola skola NikeLNK Group
FK Spartaks Jūrmala NikeHanseatisches Fußball Kontor
FK Ventspils AdidasVK Tranzīts

League table

PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualification or relegation
1 Spartaks Jūrmala (C)2414463626+1046Qualification for the Champions League first qualifying round
2 Liepāja 2411493225+737 [a] Qualification for the Europa League first qualifying round [b]
3 Riga 2410772820+837 [a]
4 Ventspils 249873222+1035 [c]
5 RFS 24112112931−235 [c]
6 Jelgava 2485112230−829
7 METTA/LU (O)2436152146−2515Qualification for the relegation play-offs
8 Babīte (D)00000000Excluded from league [d]
Source: Virslīga (in Latvian), 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. [3] [4]
(C) Champions; (D) Disqualified; (O) Play-off winners
Notes:
  1. 1 2 Liepāja is ahead of Riga on head-to-head goal difference: Liepāja +1, Riga -1.
  2. ↑ Liepāja qualified for the Europa League first qualifying round by winning the 2017 Latvian Football Cup.
  3. 1 2 Ventspils is ahead of RFS on overall goal difference.
  4. ↑ Babīte were excluded from the league for match fixing. [2]

Results

Each team will play the other seven teams home-and-away twice, for a total of 28 games each.

Relegation play-offs

The seventh-placed side faced the runners-up of the 2017 Latvian First League in a two-legged play-off, with the winner being awarded a spot in the 2018 Higher League competition.

16 November 20171st leg Progress/AFA Olaine 1–1 METTA/LU Olaine
Asgarov Soccerball shade.svg21' Report Emsis Soccerball shade.svg7'
20 November 20172nd leg METTA/LU 3–1
(4–2 agg.)		 Progress/AFA Olaine Riga
Emsis Soccerball shade.svg3'
Fjodorovs Soccerball shade.svg12', 32'		 Report Asgarov Soccerball shade.svg90'Stadium: Hanzas vidusskolas laukums

Season statistics

Top scorers

As of 4 November 2017 [5]
RankPlayerClubGoals
1 Flag of Russia.svg Yevgeni Kozlov Spartaks Jūrmala 13
2 Flag of Latvia.svg Artūrs Karašausks Liepāja 12
3 Flag of Nigeria.svg Adeleke Akinyemi Ventspils 10
4 Flag of Nigeria.svg Tosin Aiyegun Ventspils 9
5 Flag of Estonia.svg Bogdan Vaštšuk Riga 8
6 Flag of Latvia.svg Mārcis Ošs Jelgava 7
Flag of Latvia.svg Daniils Ulimbaševs RFS
8 Flag of Latvia.svg Kristaps Grebis Liepāja 6
Flag of Latvia.svg Ģirts Karlsons Liepāja
Flag of Latvia.svg Edgars Gauračs Spartaks Jūrmala

References

  1. ↑ ""Babīte / Dynamo" excluded from the Higher League" (in Latvian). SportaCentrs. 22 June 2017.
  2. ↑ "SK Babīte/Dinamo tiek izslēgta no Virslīgas čempionāta" (in Latvian). LFF. Retrieved 16 July 2017.
  3. ↑ "2017. GADA LATVIJAS VIRSLĪGAS FUTBOLA ČEMPIONĀTA REGLAMENTS" (PDF) (in Latvian). Latvian Football Federation. 29 November 2016. Archived from the original (PDF) on 21 July 2017. Retrieved 23 February 2017.
  4. ↑ "Virslīga 2017 - Season rules". Scoresway. Archived from the original on 28 March 2017. Retrieved 23 February 2017.
  5. ↑ "Latvian First Division - Top scorers". UEFA . UEFA. Retrieved 11 May 2017.
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