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TonyBet Virsliga

FIFA Region

UEFA

Season

2020

Location

Latvia

Abbreviation

LVA1

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Summary

The Latvian Higher League (LVA1) or Optibet Virslīga is the top division of Latvia's football system. At the end of the 2020 season, the LVA1 teams listed below qualify for the following non-league play:

2021 - 2022 UEFA Champions League - 1st Qualifying Round:
- 1st place 2020 LVA1 team
2021 - 2022 UEFA Europa League - 1st Qualifying Round:
- 2nd and 3rd place 2020 LVA1 teams

The winner of the 2020 Latvijas kauss (Latvian Football Cup), typically a LVA1 team, also receives a berth in the 1st Qualifying Round of the 2021 - 2022 UEFA Europa League.

Due to COVID-19, the LVA1 season was cut short to 27 regular season matches per team.

Leagues Pyramid - Latvia

Abbrev	League	# of Teams
LVA1	Optibet Virslīga	10
LVA2	Latvijas Pirmā līga (1.līga)	10
LVA3	Latvian Second League (2.līga)	50

Competition Structure

Season			# of Teams
15 Jun 2020 - 29 Nov 2020			10: LVA1 (8 minimum), LVA2 (2 maximum)

Season Format

During the 2020 LVA1 team plays Home-Away matches with the other 9 LVA1 teams twice for a total of 36 league matches. Table ranking ties are broken by (1) head-to-head points, (2) head to head goal difference, (3) goal difference, (4) goals scored, (5) Fairplay ranking, then (6) a playoff.

Playoffs

Not applicable.

Relegation

At the end of the 2020 LVA1 season, the 9th place LVA1 team enters into a Home-Away highest aggregate score wins Promotion/Relegation Playoff with the 1st place LVA2 Promotion Group team. The Playoff winner plays in the 2021 LVA1, while the Playoff loser plays in the LVA2.

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		League							Home						Road
POS		MP	W - D - L	PTS	CPTS	GF	GA	GD	MP	W - D - L	PTS	GF	GA	GD	MP	W - D - L	PTS	GF	GA	GD
1	Riga FC	27	23 -0-4	69	-	60	21	39	14	12 -0-2	36	32	12	20	13	11 -0-2	33	28	9	19
2	FK Rīgas Futbola skola	27	21 -3-3	66	-	66	21	45	13	11 -1-1	34	32	9	23	14	10 -2-2	32	34	12	22
3	Valmiera Glass FK	27	13 -8-6	47	-	47	33	14	13	7 -3-3	24	24	11	13	14	6 -5-3	23	23	22	1
4	FK Ventspils	27	12 -8-7	44	-	40	25	15	13	7 -4-2	25	22	11	11	14	5 -4-5	16	18	14	4
5	FK Liepāja	27	12 -6-9	42	-	57	34	23	14	6 -4-4	22	26	19	7	13	6 -2-5	20	31	15	16
6	FK Spartaks Jūrmala	27	11 -7-9	40	-	53	44	9	13	4 -4-5	16	29	23	6	14	7 -3-4	24	24	21	3
7	FK Jelgava	27	6 -4-17	22	-	19	64	-45	14	4 -2-8	14	14	36	-22	13	2 -2-9	8	5	28	-23
8	BFC Daugapils	27	5 -5-17	20	-	30	48	-18	14	3 -3-8	12	13	23	-10	13	2 -2-9	8	17	25	-8
9	FS Metta	27	4 -4-19	16	-	22	55	-33	13	3 -2-8	11	12	22	-10	14	1 -2-11	5	10	33	-23
10	FK Tukums 2000	27	3 -5-19	14	-	21	70	-49	14	2 -2-10	8	10	35	-25	13	1 -3-9	6	11	35	-24
UEFACL UEFAEL Relegation Playoff Relegation to LVA2