Latvian First League

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]

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.

Past First League winners

Season Winner Total wins Runner-up
1992Decemviri Rīga 1"Zenta Rīga"
1993Gemma-RFS 1Baltnet Daugavpils
1994FK Kvadrāts 1Starts Brocēni
1995FK Jūrnieks 1FK Lokomotīve Daugavpils
1996Vecrīga Rīga 1FK Valmiera
1997Ranto/AVV 1FK Jūrnieks
1998PFK Rīga 1Jaunība Daugavpils
1999LU-Daugava 1LBB-Mido
2000Zibens-Zemessardze Daugavpils 1Skonto/Metāls Rīga
2001Auda Rīga1RKB-Arma Rīga
2002RKB-Arma Rīga2aDitton Daugavpils
2003FK Jūrmala1Multibanka Rīga
2004FK Ventspils-21Ditton-2 Daugavpils
2005Skonto-2 Rīga1Skonto-2 Rīga
2006JFK Olimps Rīga1Ditton-2 Daugavpils
2007FK Vindava Ventspils1FK Blāzma Rēzekne
2008FK Daugava1FC Tranzīts
2009FK Jelgava1FK Jaunība Rīga
2010FB Gulbene 20051FC Jūrmala
2011FS METTA/LU1FK Liepājas Metalurgs-2
2012FK Liepājas Metalurgs-21Ilūkstes NSS
2013BFC Daugavpils1FB Gulbene 2005
2014FB Gulbene 20052Rēzeknes BJSS
2015FC Caramba/Dinamo1Valmiera Glass FK/BSS
2016SK Babīte1Olaine/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.
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