2014 Latvian Higher League

Latvian Higher League
Season	2014
Champions	FK Ventspils
Relegated	FC Jūrmala
Champions League	FK Ventspils
Europa League	Skonto FC ; FK Jelgava ; FK Spartaks Jūrmala
Matches played	162
Goals scored	505 (3.12 per match)
Top goalscorer	Vladislavs Gutkovskis (28)
Biggest home win	Liepāja 7-0 FC Jūrmala
Biggest away win	FC Jūrmala 0-6 Ventspils ; FC Jūrmala 0-6 Daugava Rīga
Highest scoring	Daugava Daugavpils 5-3 Liepāja
Longest winning run	12 matches: ; Ventspils
Longest unbeaten run	12 matches: ; Skonto ; Ventspils
Longest winless run	23 matches: ; FC Jūrmala
Longest losing run	11 matches: ; FC Jūrmala
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Season2014

ChampionsFK Ventspils

RelegatedFC Jūrmala

Champions LeagueFK Ventspils

The 2014 Latvian Higher League was the 23rd season of top-tier football in Latvia. FK Ventspils are the defending champions. The season started on 21 March 2014. Initially, Skonto Riga and Daugava Daugavpils, the second and third teams from the previous season, were denied a license to participate and the league began with eight clubs. However, their appeals against this were successful and the league was restored to ten clubs.^[1]

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Club	Location	Stadium	Capacity
BFC Daugavpils	Daugavpils	Celtnieks Stadium	3,980
FC Daugava	Daugavpils	Daugava Stadium	4,100
FK Daugava Rīga	Riga	Daugava Stadium	5,000
FK Jelgava	Jelgava	Zemgales Olimpiskais Sporta Centrs	2,200
FC Jūrmala	Jūrmala	Slokas Stadium	5,000
FK Liepāja	Liepāja	Daugava Stadium	6,000
FS Metta/LU	Riga	Stadions Arkādija	500
Skonto FC	Riga	Skonto Stadium	10,000
FK Spartaks Jūrmala	Jūrmala	Slokas Stadium	5,000
FK Ventspils	Ventspils	Olimpiskais Stadium	3,200

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Ventspils (C)	36	26	5	5	73	20	+53	83	Qualification for Champions League second qualifying round
2	Skonto	36	25	1	10	77	34	+43	71^[a]	Qualification for Europa League first qualifying round
3	Jelgava	36	20	10	6	57	27	+30	70	Qualification for Europa League first qualifying round
4	Liepāja	36	21	3	12	72	45	+27	66
5	Daugava Daugavpils (R)	36	19	8	9	53	39	+14	65	Relegation to Latvian First League
6	Spartaks Jūrmala	36	14	9	13	38	32	+6	51	Qualification for Europa League first qualifying round^[b]
7	Daugava Rīga (R)	36	13	4	19	48	64	−16	43	Relegation to Latvian First League
8	BFC Daugavpils	36	8	5	23	30	65	−35	29
9	METTA/LU (O)	36	3	7	26	26	69	−43	16	Qualification for relegation play-offs
10	FC Jūrmala (R)	36	2	6	28	29	108	−79	7^[c]	Relegation to Latvian First League

Month	Player	Club
March/April^[3]	Jurijs Žigajevs	FK Ventspils
May^[4]	Jānis Ikaunieks	FK Liepāja
June^[5]	Edgars Gauračs	JPFS/FK Spartaks
July^[6]	Edgars Gauračs	JPFS/FK Spartaks
August^[7]	Kaspars Ikstens	FK Jelgava
September^[8]	Jānis Ikaunieks	FK Liepāja
October/November^[9]	Vladislavs Gutkovskis	Skonto FC

Month	Manager	Club
March/April^[3]	Jurģis Pučinsks	FK Ventspils
May^[4]	Vladimirs Beškarevs	FK Jelgava
June^[5]	Tamaz Pertia	Skonto FC
July^[6]	Roman Pylypchuk	JPFS/FK Spartaks
August^[7]	Vitālijs Astafjevs	FK Jelgava
September^[8]	Viktors Dobrecovs	FK Liepāja
October/November^[9]	Jurģis Pučinsks	FK Ventspils

v t e Seasons of Top Latvian Football Leagues
Championship	1921 1922 1923 1924 1925 1926
Higher League (Virslīga)	1927 1928 1929 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937–38 1938–39 1939–40 1940–41
German occupation	1942 1943 1944
Latvian SSR (Augstākā līga)	1941 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991
Higher League (Virslīga)	1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025

2014 Latvian Higher League

Stadiums and locations

League table

Relegation play-offs

Results

Season statistics

Top scorers

Player of the Month

Manager of the Month

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