Latvian First League

The Latvian First League (Latvian: Latvijas Pirmā līga, 1. līga) is the second tier of football in Latvia and is organised by the Latvian Football Federation. The league is also known as the Komanda.lv First League (Komanda.lv 1. līga) for sponsorship reasons, after the Komanda.lv sporting goods store became the league's main sponsor in 2015.[1] From 2007 to 2008, the tournament was known as the Traffic 1. līga, due to its sponsorship by the "Traffic auto advert" advertising company.[2]

Latvian First League
Founded1992
Country Latvia
Number of teams10
Level on pyramid2
Promotion toLatvian Higher League
Relegation toLatvian Second League
Domestic cup(s)Latvian Cup
Current championsFK Tukums 2000
(2019)
WebsiteLatvian Football Federation
2020 Latvian First League

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.[3]

First League clubs (2020)

9 clubs are taking part in the 2020 Komanda.lv 1.līga season:[4]

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
2017 FK Valmiera Glass/ViA 1 FK Progress/AFA Olaine
2018 BFC Daugavpils/Progress 2 SK Super Nova
2019 FK Tukums 2000 1 SK Super Nova
a Previously won as Ranto/AVV.

References
  1. ""komanda.lv" kļūst par 1. līgas futbola čempionāta titulsponsoru". Sportacentrs.com (in Latvian). 2015-03-12. Retrieved 2019-04-01.
  2. "Second division Traffic League kicks-off". Latvian Football Federation. 2007-04-04. Retrieved 2008-02-20.
  3. Sopirins, Viktors (2008-01-16). "Latvian First League 2008 - tournament info". Latvian Football Federation. Retrieved 2008-02-21.
  4. "Notiks Komanda.lv 1. līgas sezonas prezentācija". LFF.lv (in Latvian). Retrieved 2019-04-01.
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