# 2024 Latvian Higher League

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.
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 First League at the end of the season after being refused a Latvian Higher League license, giving a reprieve to the bottom-placed team (Jelgava).

## Teams

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).
2024 Virslīga competitors :
| Club | Seasons in Virsliga | 2023 position | Stadium | Capacity |
| Auda | 3 | 3rd | Audas Stadions | 520 |
| Daugavpils | 11 | 7th | Esplanādes stadions | 1,980 |
| Grobiņa | 0 | 1st in Latvian First League | Grobiņa Stadium | 200 |
| 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

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | RFS (C) | 36 | 29 | 3 | 4 | 103 | 25 | +78 | 90 | Qualification for the Champions League first qualifying round |
| 2 | Riga | 36 | 27 | 6 | 3 | 99 | 23 | +76 | 87 | Qualification for the Conference League second qualifying round |
| 3 | Auda | 36 | 18 | 6 | 12 | 63 | 34 | +29 | 60 | Qualification for the Conference League first qualifying round |
| 4 | Valmiera (R) | 36 | 19 | 7 | 10 | 75 | 39 | +36 | 55 | Relegation to the Latvian First League |
| 5 | Daugavpils | 36 | 11 | 9 | 16 | 43 | 60 | −17 | 42 | Qualification for the Conference League first qualifying round |
| 6 | Liepāja | 36 | 10 | 9 | 17 | 37 | 56 | −19 | 39 | |
| 7 | Metta | 36 | 10 | 6 | 20 | 34 | 76 | −42 | 36 | |
| 8 | Tukums 2000 | 36 | 9 | 8 | 19 | 38 | 81 | −43 | 35 | |
| 9 | Grobiņa (O) | 36 | 8 | 5 | 23 | 34 | 78 | −44 | 29 | Qualification for the Latvian Higher League play-off |
| 10 | Jelgava | 36 | 6 | 7 | 23 | 28 | 82 | −54 | 25 | Reprieved from relegation |
* ↑ The 2024 Latvian Football Cup winners qualified for the Conference League second qualifying round. Since the cup winners (RFS) qualified based on league position, the Conference League spot was passed to the second-placed team, and the second Conference League first qualifying round spot was passed to the fourth-placed team.
* ↑ On 19 April, Valmiera were deducted three points, with an additional six points and a suspended 25 points deduction being issued on 11 October due to licensing regulation breaches.
* ↑ Valmiera were relegated at the end of the season after being refused a Latvian Higher League license; Jelgava were reprieved from relegation.

## Results

Teams play each other four times (twice at home and twice away).
| Home \ Away | AUD | DAU | GRO | JEL | LIE | MLU | RFS | RIG | TUK | VAL | AUD | DAU | GRO | JEL | LIE | MLU | RFS | RIG | TUK | VAL |
| Auda | | 1–0 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 4–0 | 1–2 | 1–2 | 2–0 | 3–1 | | 1–0 | 2–0 | 3–0 | 2–0 | 5–0 | 1–3 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 0–1 |
| Daugavpils | 0–3 | | 2–0 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 4–0 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 3–1 | 1–6 | 1–2 | | 4–0 | 3–0 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 0–3 | 0–5 | 4–1 | 3–3 |
| Grobiņa | 1–1 | 1–3 | | 4–2 | 3–2 | 3–0 | 0–4 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 0–2 | 2–2 | 3–0 | | 2–3 | 1–3 | 1–2 | 0–2 | 0–6 | 1–2 | 1–4 |
| Jelgava | 0–0 | 0–0 | 2–1 | | 1–1 | 0–1 | 1–2 | 1–5 | 2–3 | 0–3 | 1–3 | 0–0 | 2–0 | | 2–2 | 1–0 | 0–2 | 0–2 | 0–0 | 0–4 |
| Liepāja | 1–0 | 1–1 | 3–0 | 0–1 | | 1–2 | 0–3 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 0–3 | 2–1 | 3–3 | 0–1 | 3–0 | | 1–5 | 1–3 | 0–3 | 3–1 | 0–0 |
| Metta | 1–3 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 3–0 | 2–0 | | 0–6 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 0–4 | 3–2 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 1–2 | | 1–2 | 2–4 | 0–0 | 1–1 |
| RFS | 2–1 | 5–0 | 5–0 | 5–1 | 4–1 | 2–0 | | 2–2 | 5–0 | 0–1 | 1–2 | 4–1 | 3–0 | 7–0 | 2–0 | 5–1 | | 1–2 | 4–1 | 4–1 |
| Riga | 1–0 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 4–0 | 5–0 | 1–2 | | 3–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 6–1 | 6–1 | 1–0 | 4–0 | 0–0 | | 10–1 | 1–0 |
| Tukums 2000 | 1–4 | 1–2 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 2–1 | | 1–2 | 0–3 | 0–0 | 1–2 | 3–3 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 1–4 | 0–5 | | 3–2 |
| Valmiera | 2–1 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 4–0 | 0–1 | 3–0 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 6–1 | | 2–3 | 4–1 | 0–0 | 3–2 | 0–1 | 4–0 | 1–2 | 2–2 | 2–3 | |

## 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.

### Second leg
## Statistics
### Top scorers

    As of 10 January 2025
| 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 |
| 6 | Joseph Oloko Ede | Jelgava | 11 |
| 8 | Darko Lemajić | RFS | 10 |
| 8 | Lūkass Vapne | Valmiera | 10 |
| 8 | Mohamet Corréa | Metta | 10 |

## Attendances

| # | Football club | Average attendance |
| 1 | Riga FC | 1,200 |
| 2 | FK Liepāja | 595 |
| 3 | Grobiņas SC | 559 |
| 4 | FK RFS | 493 |
| 5 | Valmiera FC | 450 |
| 6 | BFC Daugavpils | 436 |
| 7 | FK Metta | 319 |
| 8 | FS Jelgava | 286 |
| 9 | FK Tukums 2000 | 261 |
| 10 | FK Auda | 229 |