2024 Latvian Higher League
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| Season | 2024 |
|---|---|
| Dates | 8 March – 9 November 2024 |
| Champions | RFS (3rd title) |
| Relegated | Valmiera |
| Champions League | RFS |
| Conference League | Auda Daugavpils Riga |
| Matches | 154 |
| Goals | 454 (2.95 per match) |
| Top goalscorer | Reginaldo Ramires (25 goals) |
← 2023 2025 →
All statistics correct as of 2 October 2024. | |
The 2024 Latvian Higher League, known as the TonyBet Virslīga for sponsorship reasons, was the 33rd season of top-tier football in Latvia. The season began on 8 March 2024 and ended on 9 November.[1][2]
The winners (RFS, their second consecutive title win and third overall) qualified for the 2025–26 Champions League first qualifying round. The runners-up (Riga) qualified for the 2025–26 Conference League second qualifying round, with the third and fifth-placed teams (Auda and Daugavpils) qualifying for the first qualifying round. The ninth-placed team (Grobiņa) qualified for the Latvian Higher League play-off, winning and retaining their place in the league. The fourth-placed team (Valmiera) were relegated to the 2025 Latvian Second League at the end of the season after being refused both Latvian Higher League and Latvian First League licenses,[3] giving a reprieve to the bottom-placed team (Jelgava).
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.
Grobiņa were promoted as champions of the 2023 Latvian First League, replacing the 2023 Latvian Higher League bottom-placed team (Super Nova).[4]
| Club | Seasons in Virsliga |
2023 position | Stadium | Capacity |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Auda | 3 | 3rd | Skonto Stadium | 8,087 |
| Daugavpils | 11 | 7th | Esplanādes stadions | 1,980 |
| Grobiņa | 0 | 1st in Latvian First League | Daugava Stadium (Liepāja) | 4,022 |
| Jelgava | 2 | 6th | Zemgale Olympic Center | 2,500 |
| Liepāja | 11 | 5th | Daugava Stadium (Liepāja) | 4,022 |
| Metta | 13 | 9th | Daugava Stadium (Riga) | 10,461 |
| RFS | 9 | 1st | LNK Sporta Parks | 2,300 |
| Riga | 9 | 2nd | Skonto Stadium | 8,087 |
| Tukums 2000 | 3 | 8th | Tukuma Pilsētas Stadions | 1,000 |
| Valmiera | 7 | 4th | Jāņa Daliņa Stadions | 1,250 |
League table
Results
Teams play each other four times (twice at home and twice away).
Latvian Higher League play-off
The ninth-placed club (Grobiņa) faced the third-placed club from the 2024 Latvian First League (JDFS Alberts) in a two-legged play-off for the final place in the 2025 Latvian Higher League. Although Grobina won the play-off, the tie was bannalised following Valmeria's disqualification to the third tier.
First leg
| 20 November 2024 | Grobiņa | 2–3 | JDFS Alberts | Grobiņa |
| 11:00 BST | Sdaigui  15'Halata 20' |
Indrāns 16' Zegele 40'Andersons 43' |
Stadium: Grobiņa Stadium |
Second leg
| 23 November 2024 | JDFS Alberts | 0–2 (3–4 agg.) | Grobiņa | Riga |
| 10:00 BST | Gaučis 36', 42' |
Stadium: Daugavgrīvas vidusskolas stadions |
Statistics
Top scorers
- As of 10 January 2025[9]
| Rank | Player | Club | Goals |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Reginaldo Ramires |
Auda/Riga | 25 |
| 2 |  Alioune Ndoye |
Valmiera | 22 |
| 3 |  Marko Regža |
Riga | 18 |
| 4 | Jānis Ikaunieks |
RFS | 16 |
| 5 |  Abdulrahman Taiwo |
Riga/Auda | 12 |
| 6 |  Ismaël Diomandé |
RFS | 11 |
| Joseph Oloko Ede |
Jelgava | ||
| 8 |  Darko Lemajić |
RFS | 10 |
| Lūkass Vapne |
Valmiera | ||
| Mohamet Corréa |
Metta |