Virslīga 2018

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Virslīga 2018
master Riga FC
Champions League
qualification		 Riga FC
Europa League
qualification		 FK Ventspils
FK RFS
FK Liepāja
Cup winners Riga FC
Relegation ↓ FS Metta / Latvijas Universitāte
Relegated FK Valmiera
Teams 8th
Games 112 + 2 relegation games
Gates 315  (ø 2.81 per game)
Top scorer SerbiaSerbia Darko Lemajić (Riga FC)
← Virslīga 2017

The 2018 Virslīga was the 27th season of the top Latvian men's football league since it was founded in 1992. It was hosted by the Latvian Football Association . The season started on March 31 and ended on November 10, 2018.

Riga FC became Latvian champions for the first time.

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The league started with eight clubs.

The SK Babīte was expelled from the league in June 2017 for confirmed match fixing and was relegated by force. As a result, all of Babīte's previous season games were canceled. The team is replaced by the only newcomer, Valmieras FK .

societies

Associations of the Virslīga 2018
society city Stadion capacity
Riga FC Riga Discount stadium 9,000
FK Liepāja Liepāja Daugava Stadium 5,000
FK Jelgava Jelgava Ozolnieku Stadium 2,200
FK Ventspils Ventspils Olimpiskais Stadium 3,200
FK Spartaks Jūrmala Jurmala Slokas Stadium 2,000
Valmieras FK Valmiera Jānis Daliņš Stadium 2,000
FS Metta / Latvijas Universitāte Riga Arkādija Stadium 0.250
FK RFS Riga Arkādija Stadium 0.250

Closing table

Pl. society Sp. S. U N Gates Diff. Points
 1. Riga FC  28  20th  4th  4th 045:160 +29 64
 2. FK Ventspils  28  18th  6th  4th 054:220 +32 60
 3. FK RFS  28  18th  1  9 057:230 +34 55
 4th FK Liepāja (P)  28  15th  6th  7th 046:250 +21 51
 5. FK Spartaks Jūrmala (M)  28  12  6th  10 048:370 +11 42
 6th FK Jelgava  28  6th  3  19th 019:480 −29 21st
 7th FS Metta / Latvijas Universitāte  28  5  4th  19th 024:520 −28 19th
 8th. Valmieras FK (N)  28  2  2  24 022:920 −70 08th

Placement criteria: 1st points - 2nd direct comparison (points, goal difference, goals scored) - 3rd goal difference - 4th goals scored

  • Latvian champions and participation in the first qualifying round for the 2019/20 UEFA Champions League
  • Participation in the 1st qualifying round for the 2019/20 UEFA Europa League
  • Participation in the play-offs

    • Crosstab

    Matchday 1-14 Riga FC FK Ventspils FK RFS FK Liepāja FK Spartaks Jūrmala FK Jelgava FS Metta / Latvijas Universitāte Valmieras FK
    Riga FC 1-0 1: 2 2: 2 1-0 1-0 1-0 6: 1
    FK Ventspils 1-0 1: 1 1: 1 1: 2 0-0 3: 1 3: 1
    FK RFS 2: 1 3: 1 0: 1 0: 2 3-0 3: 1 4-0
    FK Liepāja 1-0 1: 4 3: 5 1: 1 3: 1 0: 1 4-0
    FK Spartaks Jūrmala 0: 1 1: 2 0: 2 2: 2 1-0 3-0 3-0
    FK Jelgava 0: 1 0: 2 0: 2 0: 2 1-0 1: 1 5: 1
    FS Metta / Latvijas Universitāte 0: 1 2: 2 0: 1 0: 3 1: 3 3-0 2: 2
    Valmieras FK 0: 2 1: 3 0: 6 0: 2 2: 4 1: 4 1: 1
    Matchday 15-28 Riga FC FK Ventspils FK RFS FK Liepāja FK Spartaks Jūrmala FK Jelgava FS Metta / Latvijas Universitāte Valmieras FK
    Riga FC 0-0 1-0 1-0 4: 4 2-0 2: 1 3-0
    FK Ventspils 0: 1 2-0 1-0 1: 1 2-0 4: 1 4: 1
    FK RFS 1: 2 1: 2 0: 1 0: 1 1-0 3-0 3-0
    FK Liepāja 0-0 0: 1 1-0 1-0 2-0 0: 1 6: 2
    FK Spartaks Jūrmala 1: 3 1: 2 0: 4 2: 2 4: 1 4: 3 4-0
    FK Jelgava 0: 3 0: 3 0: 4 0: 2 0-0 1-0 3: 2
    FS Metta / Latvijas Universitāte 0: 2 0: 2 0: 2 0: 2 0: 3 1: 2 2: 1
    Valmieras FK 0: 2 1: 6 2: 4 0: 3 2: 1 1-0 0: 2

    Relegation

    At the end of the regular season, the runner-up of the 1st līga went against the seventh-placed Virslīga in the relegation. The games were on November 14th and 17th, 2018.

    date Result Gates
    14. 11. 2018 FS Metta / Latvijas Universitāte 7: 2 SK Super Nova 1-0, 3-0 Van-Dave Gbowea (25th), (42nd); 2: 0 Ševejova (34th), 4: 0, 6: 1 Fyodorovs ; 5: 0 lagūns ;
    5: 1 Edgars Kārkliņš (56.); 6: 2 Kabelo Seriba (81st ET ); 7: 2 Jamalutdinov (90th + 2)
    17. 11. 2018 SK Super Nova 0: 3 FS Metta / Latvijas Universitāte 0: 1 Jamalutdinov (24th); 0-2 Van-Dave Gbowea (40th); 0: 3 Kovaļonoks (60.)
    Total: FS Metta / Latvijas Universitāte 10: 20 SK Super Nova

    List of goalscorers

    Pl. Surname team Gates
    01. SerbiaSerbia Darko Lemajic Riga FC 15th
    02. UkraineUkraine Maksim Marusič FK RFS 14th
    03. NigeriaNigeria Tosin Aiyegun FK Ventspils 13
    NigeriaNigeria Adeleke Akinyemi FK Ventspils
    LatviaLatvia Aleksejs Višņakovs FK Spartaks Jūrmala
    06th LatviaLatvia Ģirts Karlsons FK Liepāja 10
    07th LatviaLatvia Jānis Ikaunieks FK Liepāja 09

    Web links

    Individual evidence

    1. ↑ Results. In: soccerway.com. Retrieved May 20, 2019 .
    2. ↑ Latvian first division team SK Babite excluded In: rp-online.de
    3. ↑ a b Virslīga 2018. In: eu-football.info. Retrieved October 11, 2019 .