2025 Latvian Higher League

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Latvian Higher League
Season2025
Dates5 March 2025 – 9 November 2025[1]
ChampionsRiga
Matches166
Goals482 (2.9 per match)
Top goalscorerDarko Lemajić (23 goals)
← 2024
2026 →
All statistics correct as of 22 October 2025.

The 2025 Latvian Higher League, known as the TonyBet Virslīga for sponsorship reasons, is the 34th season of top-tier football in Latvia. The season began on 5 March 2025 and will end in November 2025 (not including play-off matches).

Teams

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Locations of the 2025 Latvian Higher League teams
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Locations of the 2025 teams from Riga

The league consisted of ten teams; the top nine clubs from the previous season, and one team promoted from the Latvian First League. RFS entered the season as defending champions (for the second consecutive season).

The promoted team was 2024 Latvian First League champions Super Nova (returning to the top flight after a single-season absence). They replaced the 2024 Latvian Higher League fourth-placed team Valmiera, who were disqualified from the last campaign and left the division after seven seasons in the top flight due to being refused a Latvian Higher League license.[2][3][4]

Metta changed their stadium of play from Daugava Stadium (Riga) to Sloka Stadium in Jūrmala instead of their own home stadium of Rīgas Hanzas vidusskola.[needs copy edit]

2025 Virslīga competitors

Club Seasons
in Virsliga 		2024 position Stadium Capacity
Auda 7th 3rd Skonto Stadium 6,747
Daugavpils 10th 5th Esplanādes stadions 575
Grobiņa 2nd 9th Daugava Stadium (Liepāja) 4,022
FS Jelgava 3rd 10th Zemgale Olympic Center 1,560
Liepāja 12th 6th Daugava Stadium (Liepāja) 4,022
Metta 14th 7th Sloka Stadium 2,500
RFS 10th 1st LNK Sporta Parks 1,700
Riga 10th 2nd Skonto Stadium 6,747
Super Nova 3rd 1st in Latvian First League Jānis Skredelis' Stadium 396
Tukums 2000 5th 8th Tukuma Pilsētas Stadions 425

Personnel

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Note: Flags indicate national team as has been defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players and Managers may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

Team Head coach Captain
Auda Latvia Jurģis Kalns France Kemehlo Nguena
Daugavpils Latvia Kirils Kurbatovs Latvia Edgars Ivanovs
Grobiņa Latvia Viktors Dobrecovs Latvia Dāvids Družiņins
Jelgava Latvia Aleksandrs Basovs Latvia Armands Pētersons
Liepāja Sweden Andreas Alm Montenegro Danijel Petković
Metta Latvia Andris Riherts Latvia Kārlis Vilnis
RFS Latvia Viktors Morozs Slovenia Žiga Lipušček
Riga Slovakia Adrián Guľa Latvia Antonijs Černomordijs
Super Nova Latvia Ervīns Pērkons Latvia Dāvis Vējkrīgers
Tukums 2000 Latvia Kristaps Dišlers Latvia Bogdans Samoilovs

Managerial changes

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Team Outgoing manager Manner of departure Date of vacancy Table Incoming manager Date of appointment
Liepāja Georgia (country) Tamaz Pertia Sacked 7 January 2025 Pre-season Croatia Dino Skender[5] 7 January 2025
Auda Slovenia Zoran Zeljković[6] 7 January 2025 Georgia (country) Aleksandre Rekhviashvili (interim)[7] 8 January 2025
Riga Latvia Mareks Zuntners (interim)[8] End of interim spell 14 January 2025 Slovakia Adrián Guľa[8] 14 January 2025
Auda Georgia (country) Aleksandre Rekhviashvili (interim)[9] 9 February 2025 Latvia Jurģis Kalns[9] 9 February 2025
Liepāja Croatia Dino Skender[10] Sacked 6 April 2025 5th Latvia Jānis Goba (interim)[10] 6 April 2025

League table

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Riga (C, Q) 34 27 6 1 81 21 +60 87 Qualification for the Champions League first qualifying round
2 RFS (T) 33 25 3 5 88 35 +53 78 Qualification for the Conference League first qualifying round[a]
3 Liepāja (Q) 34 17 7 10 56 50 +6 58
4 Daugavpils 34 13 9 12 50 57 −7 48
5 Auda 33 13 5 15 40 43 −3 44
6 Jelgava 34 8 12 14 35 42 −7 36
7 Tukums 2000 34 8 8 18 37 62 −25 32
8 Grobiņa 33 8 6 19 30 56 −26 30
9 Super Nova 34 5 14 15 40 53 −13 29 Qualification for the Latvian Higher League play-off
10 Metta 33 6 6 21 31 69 −38 24 Relegation to Latvian First League
Updated to match(es) played on 25 October 2025. Source: LFF, Soccerway
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head points; 3) Head-to-head goal difference; 4) Head-to-head goals scored; 5) Goal difference; 6) Goals scored; 7) Play-off.[11]
(C) Champions; (Q) Qualified for the phase indicated; (T) Qualified, but not yet for the particular phase indicated
Notes:
  1. ^ The 2025 Latvian Football Cup winners (Riga or Auda) qualify for the Conference League second qualifying round. If Riga win the cup, the Conference League second qualifying round spot will be passed to the second-placed team, and the second Conference League first qualifying round spot will be passed to the fourth-placed team.

Results

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Teams play each other four times (twice at home and twice away).

Home \ Away AUD DAU GRO JEL LIE MLU RFS RIG SNO TUK AUD DAU GRO JEL LIE MLU RFS RIG SNO TUK
Auda 1–1 2–0 2–0 3–0 4–1 1–2 1–3 1–0 2–0 1–3 1–0 2–0 1–2 0–1 0–1 1–3 3–2 2 NOV
Daugavpils 2–1 3–2 1–0 4–2 2–0 1–2 0–1 1–1 3–0 1–0 3–2 2–0 2 NOV 4–2 1–7 0–1 25 OCT 1–2
Grobiņa 1–2 3–2 1–1 2–0 2–4 1–4 0–2 1–1 2–0 9 NOV 1–0 3–2 0–1 0–1 2–3 2 NOV 0–0 1–0
Jelgava 3–1 4–1 1–0 0–1 2–1 2–2 1–1 2–1 2–1 1–1 0–0 0–1 1–2 2 NOV 0–1 2–3 1–0 1–1
Liepāja 0–0 1–1 4–1 1–0 4–0 2–1 2–5 2–2 0–0 2–0 2–1 2–0 25 OCT 1–0 2–2 2–3 0–3 4–1
Metta 0–1 2–2 1–1 0–0 2–3 1–0 0–3 0–2 3–2 26 OCT 9 NOV 0–1 2–2 1–2 0–4 0–1 2–1 0–3
RFS 1–0 5–1 6–0 1–0 4–1 2–0 0–1 2–1 2–0 1–0 5–1 26 OCT 1–4 2–1 5–1 0–0 4–1 6–2
Riga 2–2 1–2 3–0 2–0 2–0 1–1 3–1 2–0 3–0 6–0 1–1 2–0 3–0 3–0 3–2 9 NOV 2–0 0–0
Super Nova 1–1 4–1 1–1 0–0 1–3 4–0 1–2 1–5 1–1 0–1 1–1 0–0 1–1 9 NOV 1–1 2 NOV 2–6 1–0
Tukums 2000 2–4 0–0 2–0 1–1 2–2 2–0 2–5 0–3 2–2 1–0 0–1 2–1 9 NOV 1–3 3–2 2–4 0–1 2–1
Updated to match(es) played on 24 October 2025. Source: [citation needed]
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Latvian Higher League play-off

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The ninth-placed team will face the second-placed team of the 2025 Latvian First League in a two-legged play-off for the final place in the 2026 Latvian Higher League.

Statistics

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Top scorers

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As of 29 September 2025[12]
Rank Player Club Goals
1 Serbia Darko Lemajić RFS 23
2 Latvia Ingars Pūlis Tukums 2000 16
3 Latvia Marko Regža Riga 14
Latvia Jānis Ikaunieks RFS
Senegal Djibril Gueye Liepāja
6 Brazil Reginaldo Ramires Riga 10
7 Latvia Bruno Melnis Liepāja 8
France Kemelho Nguena Auda
9 Costa Rica Anthony Contreras Riga 7
Senegal Barthélemy Diedhiou RFS
Serbia Stefan Panić RFS
Senegal Mor Talla RFS

Top assists

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As of 29 September 2025[12]
Rank Player Club Goals
1 Czech Republic Petr Mareš RFS 13
2 Latvia Emīls Birka Riga 10
3 Republic of the Congo Gauthier Mankenda Riga 9
Senegal Meissa Diop Riga
Latvia Jānis Ikaunieks RFS
6 Latvia Jevgenijs Miņins Daugavpils 8
Latvia Niks Dusalijevs Tukums 2000
8 Georgia (country) Lasha Odisharia RFS 6
9 Serbia Darko Lemajić RFS 5
Senegal Mouhamed El Bachir Ngom Riga
Peru Joao Grimaldo Riga
Czech Republic Ondřej Ullman Jelgava

most clean sheet

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As of 29 September 2025[12]
Rank Player Club Goals
1 Latvia Krišjānis Zviedris Riga 15
2 Montenegro Danijel Petković Liepāja 9
3 Latvia Frenks Orols Grobiņa 5
Latvia Jānis Beks Daugavpils
Latvia Raivo Stūriņš Tukums 2000
Latvia Rihards Matrevics Auda
7 Latvia Dāvis Veisbuks Super Nova 3
Latvia Ņikita Pinčuks Grobiņa
Czech Republic Adam Dvořák Jelgava
Latvia Robert Ozols Auda
Latvia Sergejs Vilkovs RFS
Croatia Marko Marić RFS

References

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  1. ^ "Kalendārs 2025" (in Latvian). 10 February 2025. Retrieved 10 February 2025.
  2. ^ "2024. gada sezona" (in Latvian). 14 January 2025. Retrieved 14 January 2025.
  3. ^ "Valmiera booted from top Latvian football league over financial affairs". eng.lsm.lv. 2025-01-29. Retrieved 2025-02-14.
  4. ^ ""Valmiera FC" neizpilda kritērijus; virslīgas licence piešķirta FS "Jelgava"" (in Latvian). 16 January 2025. Retrieved 16 January 2025.
  5. ^ "Dino Skenders – FK Liepāja galvenais treneris" (in Latvian). 7 January 2025. Retrieved 7 January 2025.
  6. ^ "Zeļkovičs un asistenti darbu neturpinās" (in Latvian). 7 January 2025. Retrieved 7 January 2025.
  7. ^ "Pirmssezonu sākam kopā ar Aleksandru Rehviašvili" (in Latvian). 8 January 2025. Retrieved 8 January 2025.
  8. ^ a b "Adrians Gula – Riga Football Club galvenais treneris" (in Latvian). 14 January 2025. Retrieved 14 January 2025.
  9. ^ a b "FK Auda turpmāk vadīs Jurģis Kalns" (in Latvian). 9 February 2025. Retrieved 10 February 2025.
  10. ^ a b "Pirmā treneru maiņa – Liepājas vēji horvātu aizpūš jau aprīļa sākumā" (in Latvian). 6 April 2025. Retrieved 6 April 2025.
  11. ^ "2025.gada Latvijas Virslīgas futbola čempionāta reglaments" (PDF) (in Latvian). Latvian Football Federation. 18 December 2024. Retrieved 8 March 2025.
  12. ^ a b c Flashscore
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