2021 Latvian Higher League
Season | 2021 |
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Dates | 13 March – 6 November |
Champions | RFS |
Champions League | RFS |
Conference League | Valmiera, Liepāja, Riga |
Matches played | 109 |
Goals scored | 335 (3.07 per match) |
Top goalscorer | Stefan Milošević (13 goals) |
Biggest home win | Riga 6–1 Spartaks Jūrmala (3 April 2021) RFS 5–0 Noah Jurmala (21 June 2021) |
Biggest away win | Noah Jurmala 0–7 Riga (20 May 2021) |
Highest scoring | Riga 6–1 Spartaks Jūrmala (3 April 2021) Ventspils 5–2 Metta/LU (1 May 2021) Noah Jurmala 0–7 Riga (20 May 2021) Spartaks Jūrmala 5–2 Noah Jurmala (17 June 2021) |
Longest winning run | 10 matches RFS |
Longest unbeaten run | 14 matches RFS |
Longest winless run | 8 matches Metta/LU Noah Jurmala |
Longest losing run | 7 matches Noah Jurmala |
← 2020 2022 →
All statistics correct as of 6 November 2021. |
The 2021 Latvian Higher League, known as the Optibet Virslīga for sponsorship reasons, is the 30th season of top-tier football in Latvia. The season began on 13 March 2021 and ended 6 November 2021.[1] RFS are the league champions and earned a place in the 2022–23 UEFA Champions League while the second, third and fourth-placed clubs earned a place in the 2022–23 UEFA Europa Conference League.[2]
Riga were the defending champions after winning the league for a third consecutive season.[3]
Teams
The league consists of 8 clubs from the
Jelgava did not receive a licence and will not take part in this year's tournament.[5]
On 19 June 2021, Ventspils withdrew from the remainder of the season.[6]
On 23 July 2021, Noah Jurmala withdrew from the league,[7] remaining matches were 3–0 forfeits.
League table
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
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1 | RFS (C) | 28 | 20 | 6 | 2 | 65 | 22 | +43 | 66 | Qualification for the Champions League first qualifying round |
2 | Valmiera | 28 | 19 | 5 | 4 | 54 | 19 | +35 | 62 | Qualification for the Europa Conference League second qualifying round |
3 | Liepāja | 28 | 16 | 3 | 9 | 47 | 26 | +21 | 51 | Qualification for the Europa Conference League first qualifying round |
4 | Riga | 28 | 14 | 8 | 6 | 54 | 26 | +28 | 50 | |
5 | Spartaks Jūrmala | 28 | 11 | 2 | 15 | 40 | 41 | −1 | 35 | |
6 | Daugavpils | 28 | 9 | 5 | 14 | 37 | 53 | −16 | 32 | |
7 | Metta | 28 | 5 | 5 | 18 | 33 | 55 | −22 | 20 | |
8 | Noah Jurmala | 28 | 1 | 0 | 27 | 8 | 96 | −88 | 3 | Withdrew from league |
9 | Ventspils | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Source: Soccerway
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head points; 3) Head-to-head goal difference; 4) Goal difference; 5) Goals scored; 6) Fair-play ranking; 7) Play-off.
(C) Champions
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head points; 3) Head-to-head goal difference; 4) Goal difference; 5) Goals scored; 6) Fair-play ranking; 7) Play-off.
(C) Champions
Fixtures and results
Rounds 1–18
Rounds 19–36
Statistics
Top goalscorers
- As of 24 August 2021[8]
Rank | Player | Club | Goals |
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1 | Stefan Milošević | Riga | 13 |
2 | Ibrahima Sow | Valmiera | 10 |
3 | Yunusa Muritala | Metta/LU Riga |
9 |
Leonel Wamba | Spartaks Jūrmala | ||
5 | Raimonds Krollis | Valmiera | 8 |
6 | Mikael Soisalo | Riga | 7 |
7 | Richard Friday | Spartaks Jūrmala | 6 |
Lūkass Vapne | Metta/LU | ||
9 | Marks Kurtišs | Ventspils | 5 |
Darko Lemajić | RFS | ||
Dodô
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Liepāja | ||
Djibril Guèye | Valmiera | ||
Žiga Lipušček | RFS | ||
Raivis Ķiršs | Daugavpils | ||
Tomislav Šarić | RFS |
References
- ^ "Virsliga". soccerway. Retrieved 19 March 2021.
- ^ "UEL2 Access List 2021–24" (PDF). UEFA. Retrieved 19 March 2021.
- ^ "Virsliga". soccerway.com. Retrieved 19 March 2021.
- ^ "Virslīgas licences iegūšanas procesu sāk 11 futbola klubi, «Noah Jūrmala» jārisina parādu lietas".
- ^ "Pēdējā brīdī izjucis darījums liedz FK «Jelgava» turpināt dalību futbola virslīgā".
- ^ "FK "Ventspils" atsauc dalību no Virslīgas čempionāta". optibetvirsliga.com. Archived from the original on 24 June 2021. Retrieved 20 June 2021.
- ^ "Noah Jurmala aptur dalību Virslīgas čempionātā". optibetvirsliga.com. Archived from the original on 25 July 2021. Retrieved 25 July 2021.
- ^ Flashscore