Season | 2014 |
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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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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]
This year the league had ten participants.
Club | Location | Stadium | Capacity |
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Daugavpils | Celtnieks Stadium | 3,980 |
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Daugavpils | Daugava Stadium | 4,100 |
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Riga | Daugava Stadium | 5,000 |
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Jelgava | Zemgales Olimpiskais Sporta Centrs | 2,200 |
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Jūrmala | Slokas Stadium | 5,000 |
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Liepāja | Daugava Stadium | 6,000 |
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Riga | Stadions Arkādija | 500 |
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Riga | Skonto Stadium | 10,000 |
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Jūrmala | Slokas Stadium | 5,000 |
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Ventspils | Olimpiskais Stadium | 3,200 |
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
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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 | |
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 |
The 9th-placed side faced the runners-up of the 2014 Latvian First League in a two-legged play-off, with the winner being awarded a spot in the 2015 Higher League competition.
FS METTA/LU | 1–0 | Rēzeknes BJSS |
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Rēzeknes BJSS | 1–5 | FS METTA/LU |
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Loginovs ![]() Milašēvičs ![]() Pallo ![]() |
FS METTA/LU won 6–1 on aggregate.
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Rank | Player | Club | Goals |
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Skonto | 28 |
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Liepāja | 23 |
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Jelgava | 15 |
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Spartaks | 14 |
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Daugava | 12 |
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Liepāja | ||
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Daugava Rīga | ||
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Ventspils | ||
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Ventspils | 11 |
10 | ![]() |
Skonto | 9 |
Month | Player | Club |
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March/April[3] | ![]() |
FK Ventspils |
May[4] | ![]() |
FK Liepāja |
June[5] | ![]() |
JPFS/FK Spartaks |
July[6] | ![]() |
JPFS/FK Spartaks |
August[7] | ![]() |
FK Jelgava |
September[8] | ![]() |
FK Liepāja |
October/November[9] | ![]() |
Skonto FC |
Month | Manager | Club |
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March/April[3] | ![]() |
FK Ventspils |
May[4] | ![]() |
FK Jelgava |
June[5] | ![]() |
Skonto FC |
July[6] | ![]() |
JPFS/FK Spartaks |
August[7] | ![]() |
FK Jelgava |
September[8] | ![]() |
FK Liepāja |
October/November[9] | ![]() |
FK Ventspils |