Virslīga

Virslīga
Association	Latvijas Futbola federācija
First edition	1992
Teams	10
master	Riga FC (2019)
Record champions	Discount Riga (15 ×)
Current season	2020
Website	www.lff.lv
Qualification for	UEFA Champions League UEFA Europa League
↓ 1st līga

The Virslīga is the highest Latvian football league and has been officially called Optibet Virslīga since 2019 .

The game is played in the calendar year, the season begins in April and ends in November. Ten teams compete against each other in four rounds to determine the champion. The last club of a season is relegated and replaced by the champions of the 1st līga . The penultimate of the Virslīga and the runner-up of the 1st līga deny two relegation games to stay or promotion to the top division.

The league existed from 1927 to the middle of the 1944 season, then again from 1992. Meanwhile, the championship of 1991 is listed on the association side as the first after the reintroduction. In the 2009, 2011 and 2019 seasons, nine teams played in the Virslīga exceptionally.

Teams 2019

• BFC Daugavpils (promoted)
• FK Jelgava
• FK Spartaks Jūrmala
• FK Liepāja
• FS Metta-LU
• Riga FC (champions)
• FK Rīgas Futbola skola (Cup winner)
• Valmieras FK
• FK Ventspils

Latvian champion since 1991

See also : List of Latvian Football Champions

team	title	Master years
Riga discount	15th	1991 , 1992 , 1993 , 1994 , 1995 , 1996 , 1997 , 1998 , 1999 , 2000 , 2001 , 2002 , 2003 , 2004 , 2010
FK Ventspils	6th	2006 , 2007 , 2008 , 2011 , 2013 , 2014
FK Liepājas Metalurgs	2	2005 , 2009
FK Spartaks Jūrmala	2	2016 , 2017
Riga FC	2	2018 , 2019
FC Daugava Daugavpils	1	2012
FK Liepāja	1	2015

UEFA five-year ranking

Placement in the UEFA five-year ranking ( previous year's ranking in brackets ). The abbreviations CL and EL after the country coefficients indicate the number of representatives in the 2019/20 season of the Champions League and the Europa League .

• 40. ( 40 ) Bosnia and Herzegovina ( league , cup ) - coefficient: 7.125 - CL: 1, EL: 3 
• 41. ( 43 ) Lithuania ( league , cup ) - coefficient: 6,750 - CL: 1, EL: 3 
• 42. ( 41 ) Latvia ( league , cup ) - coefficient: 5,625 - CL: 1, EL: 3 
• 43. ( 48 ) Luxembourg ( league , cup ) - coefficient: 5,500 - CL: 1, EL: 3 
• 44. ( 46 ) Armenia ( league , cup ) - coefficient: 5,250 - CL: 1, EL: 3 

Status: end of the European Cup season 2018/19

Web links

• Virslīga website (Eng./Lett.)
• Web presence of LFF (Engl.)
• Current data of the Virsliga (German)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Final table 1991 (lff.lv; accessed on February 19, 2016)
2. ↑ UEFA rankings for club competitions. In: UEFA. Retrieved July 14, 2019 .