Latvian First League

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Latvian First League
Founded
1992
Country
 Latvia
Number of teams
15
Level on pyramid
2

Promotion to

Latvian Higher League

Relegation to

Latvian Second League
Domestic cup(s)
Latvian Cup
Current champions
Valmiera Glass ViA
(2017)
Website
Latvian Football Federation

2018 Latvian First League

The Latvian First League or komanda.lv First league for sponsorship reasons (Latvian: Latvijas Pirmā līga, 1. līga) is the second tier of football in Latvia and is organised by the Latvian Football Federation. From 2007 to 2008, the tournament was known as the Traffic 1. līga, due to its sponsorship by the "Traffic auto advert" advertising company.[1]




Contents





  • 1 Format


  • 2 First League clubs (2018)


  • 3 Past First League winners


  • 4 References


  • 5 External links




Format


There are 15 clubs in the First League. During the course of the season each club plays the every other club twice, once at home and once away, with a total of 28 games. At the end of the season, the highest placed club is automatically promoted to the Virslīga. The second lowest placed club in the Virslīga and the second placed club in the First League compete in a Play-off over two matches for the remaining place in the following season's Virslīga. However, for the 2009 season, the Virslīga was expanded to 9 clubs. Therefore there was no relegation and the top two clubs in the First League, FK Daugava (champions) and FC Tranzīts (runners-up) were promoted to the Virslīga. The club finishing at the bottom of the First League is relegated to the Second League.[2]



First League clubs (2018)


12 clubs are taking part in the 2018 First League season.


  • Balvu Sporta centrs

  • BFC Daugavpils/Progress

  • FK Auda

  • FK Smiltene/BJSS

  • FK Staiceles Bebri

  • FK Tukums 2000/TSS

  • Grobiņas SC

  • JDFS Alberts

  • Preiļu BJSS

  • Rēzeknes FA/BJSS

  • RTU FC/Skonto Academy

  • SK Super Nova


Past First League winners










































































































Season
Winner
Total wins
Runner-up
1992
Decemviri Rīga
1"Zenta Rīga"
1993
Gemma-RFS
1
Baltnet Daugavpils
1994
FK Kvadrāts
1
Starts Brocēni
1995
FK Jūrnieks
1
FK Lokomotīve Daugavpils
1996
Vecrīga Rīga
1
FK Valmiera
1997
Ranto/AVV
1
FK Jūrnieks
1998
PFK Rīga
1
Jaunība Daugavpils
1999
LU-Daugava
1
LBB-Mido
2000
Zibens-Zemessardze Daugavpils
1
Skonto/Metāls Rīga
2001Auda Rīga1
RKB-Arma Rīga
2002RKB-Arma Rīga2a
Ditton Daugavpils
2003FK Jūrmala1
Multibanka Rīga
2004FK Ventspils-21
Ditton-2 Daugavpils
2005Skonto-2 Rīga1
Skonto-2 Rīga
2006JFK Olimps Rīga1
Ditton-2 Daugavpils
2007FK Vindava Ventspils1
FK Blāzma Rēzekne
2008FK Daugava1
FC Tranzīts
2009FK Jelgava1
FK Jaunība Rīga
2010FB Gulbene 20051
FC Jūrmala
2011FS METTA/LU1
FK Liepājas Metalurgs-2
2012FK Liepājas Metalurgs-21
Ilūkstes NSS
2013BFC Daugavpils1
FB Gulbene 2005
2014FB Gulbene 20052
Rēzeknes BJSS
2015FC Caramba/Dinamo1
Valmiera Glass FK/BSS
2016SK Babīte1
Olaine/Super Nova

a Previously won as Ranto/AVV.


References




  1. ^ "Second division Traffic League kicks-off". Latvian Football Federation. 2007-04-04. Retrieved 2008-02-20. 


  2. ^
    Sopirins, Viktors (2008-01-16). "Latvian First League 2008 - tournament info". Latvian Football Federation. Retrieved 2008-02-21. 





External links


  • The First League on the Latvian Football Federation website


  • League321.com - Latvian football league tables, records & statistics database. (in English)







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