Virslīga 2012

Virslīga 2012
master	FC Daugava Daugavpils
Champions League qualification	FC Daugava Daugavpils
Europa League qualification	FK Ventspils Discount Riga FK Liepājas Metalurgs
Cup winners	FK Ventspils
Relegation ↓	FK Daugava Riga
Relegated	FB Gulbene
Teams	10
Games	180 + 2 relegation games
Gates	494  (ø 2.74 per game)
Top scorer	Mamuka Ghonghadze ( FC Daugava Daugavpils )
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1st līga 2012 ↓

The Virslīga 2012 was the 21st season of the highest Latvian football league since it was re-established in 1992. It was hosted by the Latvian Football Association . The season began on March 24, 2012 and ended on November 10, 2012. The defending champion was FK Ventspils , who won the Latvian champions for the fourth time in the club's history last year.

The first Latvian champions in 2012 were FC Daugava Daugavpils .

mode

The league was played again this year with ten teams. This was decided by the Latvian Football Association at a meeting on December 9, 2011. The newcomers from the 1st league are FS Metta / Latvijas Universitāte and FK Spartaks Jūrmala . The FK Jūrmala-VV changed its name to FK Daugava Riga . The championship was played in a regular season in two first and two second round matches. Each team competed four times against every other team. The defending champions FK Ventspils won 3-2 in their first game against the newcomer FK Spartaks. The bottom of the table FB Gulbene was relegated to the second class 1. līga, the ninth-placed FK Daugava Riga played in the relegation against BFC Daugava .

societies

Gulbene Daugavpils Jurmala Jelgava Riga Liepāja Ventspils

Location of the Virslīga clubs in 2012

society	city	Stadion	capacity
FB Gulbene	Gulbene	Gulbenes Stadium	3,000
FC Daugava Daugavpils	Daugavpils	Daugava Stadium	4,100
Jūrmala FC	Jurmala	Slokas Stadium	2,000
FK Daugava Riga	Riga	Daugava Stadium	5,000
FK Jelgava	Jelgava	Ozolnieku Stadium	2,200
FK Liepājas Metalurgs	Liepāja	Daugava Stadium	5,000
FK Spartaks Jūrmala	Jurmala	Slokas Stadium	2,000
FK Ventspils	Ventspils	Olimpiskais Centrs Ventspils	3,200
FS Metta / Latvijas Universitāte	Riga	Arkādija Stadium	0.250
Riga discount	Riga	Discount stadium	9,000

Closing table

Pl.	society	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Points
1.	FC Daugava Daugavpils	36	23	9	4th	064:250	+39	78
2.	Discount Riga (P)	36	21st	11	4th	058:220	+36	74
3.	FK Ventspils (M)	36	23	5	8th	063:220	+41	74
4th	FK Liepājas Metalurgs	36	21st	7th	8th	060:330	+27	70
5.	FK Spartaks Jūrmala (N)	36	13	10	13	061:560	+5	49
6th	Jūrmala FC	36	10	9	17th	047:490	−2	39
7th	FK Jelgava	36	7th	10	19th	032:560	−24	31
8th.	FS Metta / Latvijas Universitāte (N)	36	7th	8th	21st	039:820	−43	29
9.	FK Daugava Riga	36	5	12	19th	042:790	−37	27
10.	FB Gulbene	36	5	9	22nd	028:700	−42	24

Latvian champions and participation in the 2nd qualifying round for the 2013/14 UEFA Champions League

Cup winners and participation in the first qualifying round for the 2013/14 UEFA Europa League

Participation in the 1st qualifying round for the 2013/14 UEFA Europa League

Participants in the relegation games

Relegation to the 1st līga in 2013

(M)	reigning master
(P)	reigning cup winner
(N)	Newcomers

Crosstab

The crosstab shows the results of all games this season. The home team is listed in the left column, the visiting team in the top row. The teams play against each other four times, two of which are at home and two away, so that a total of 36 games have to be played.

First round FC Daugava Daugavpils 3-0 2-0 2-0 3: 1 0-0 2-0 1: 1 1-0 3-0 FB Gulbene 0: 2 1: 2 2-0 0-0 1: 1 5: 1 0: 1 0: 3 0: 5 FK Jelgava 1: 2 0: 1 0: 2 3: 4 0: 2 1: 4 1: 2 1: 3 0: 2 Jūrmala FC 6: 1 2: 2 0-0 1: 1 0: 2 0-0 3: 3 0: 1 1: 2 FK Daugava Riga 0: 4 2: 2 1-0 1: 1 1: 3 1-0 1: 1 1: 2 1: 4 FK Liepājas Metalurgs 2-0 0: 1 1: 1 2-0 1-0 3: 2 0: 1 1: 2 0-0 FS Metta / Latvijas Universitāte 1: 1 0-0 1: 1 0: 2 0: 3 4: 1 1: 2 2: 1 1: 6 Riga discount 3-0 4: 1 2: 3 1-0 1-0 0: 1 5-0 1-0 1-0 FK Spartaks Jūrmala 2: 2 3: 1 2-0 0-0 2: 2 2: 2 3: 1 2: 2 2-0 FK Ventspils 1: 2 3-0 0: 1 1: 1 2-0 0: 3 1-0 0-0 3: 2

Second half FC Daugava Daugavpils 1-0 0-0 2-0 3-0 0-0 1-0 0-0 3: 2 0-0 FB Gulbene 1: 3 0: 1 0: 1 2: 1 1: 3 0: 3 0: 4 0: 1 1: 2 FK Jelgava 0: 2 0-0 1: 3 2: 2 1: 2 1: 1 1: 1 3: 2 0: 1 Jūrmala FC 2: 4 4-0 3: 1 2: 3 0: 2 3-0 0-0 0: 3 0: 1 FK Daugava Riga 0: 3 1: 1 1: 2 1: 2 3: 3 1: 1 1: 3 2: 5 0: 4 FK Liepājas Metalurgs 1: 3 3: 1 2-0 3: 2 4-0 4: 1 1-0 2: 1 1-0 FS Metta / Latvijas Universitāte 0: 5 1: 1 1: 3 0: 3 4: 3 1-0 1: 2 3: 3 0: 2 Riga discount 0-0 3: 1 2-0 1-0 1: 1 3: 1 5-0 0-0 1-0 FK Spartaks Jūrmala 0: 3 2: 2 1: 1 4: 2 2: 2 0: 3 3: 4 0: 1 0: 3 FK Ventspils 1-0 4-0 0-0 2: 1 5-0 1-0 4-0 1-0 2-0

Relegation

At the end of the regular season, the ninth placed Virslīga, against the fourth placed 1st līga , in the relegation.

date		Result
November 14, 2012	FK Daugava Riga	1-0	BFC Daugavpils
November 18, 2012	BFC Daugavpils	1: 3	FK Daugava Riga
Total:	FK Daugava Riga	4: 1	BFC Daugavpils

List of goalscorers

Pl.	Surname	team	Gates
1.	Mamuka Ghonghadze	FC Daugava Daugavpils	18th
2.	Yosuke Saito	FB Gulbene	15th
3.	David Cortés	FK Spartaks Jūrmala	12
	Anton Jemeļins	FK Spartaks Jūrmala
	Daniils Turkovs	FK Ventspils
6th	Tadas Labukas	Riga discount	11
	Valērijs Sabala	Riga discount

Web links

• Statistics at soccerway.com
• Virsliga 2012 in the database of world football

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Spēļu kalendārs lff.lv (Latvian Football Association)
2. ↑ FK VENTSPILS - 2011.gada Virslīgas čempioni futbolā lff.lv (Latvian Football Association)
3. ↑ FK Daugava Rīga 2012 lff.lv (Latvian Football Association)
4. ↑ Virslīga 2012: pirmās kārtas spēļu rezultāti lff.lv (Latvian Football Association)