# 2025 Latvian Higher League

The 2025 Latvian Higher League, known as the TonyBet Virslīga for sponsorship reasons, is the 34th season of top-tier football in Latvia. The season began on 5 March 2025 and will end in November 2025 (not including play-off matches).

## 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.
| Promoted from 2024 Latvian First League | Relegated to 2025 Latvian First League |
| Super Nova (promoted after a single season absence) | Valmiera (relegated after seven seasons in top flight) |
2025 Virslīga competitors
| Club | Seasons in Virsliga | 2024 position | Stadium | Capacity |
| Auda | 7th | 3rd | Skonto Stadium | 6,747 |
| Daugavpils | 10th | 5th | Esplanādes stadions | 575 |
| Grobiņa | 2nd | 9th | Daugava Stadium (Liepāja) | 4,022 |
| FS Jelgava | 3rd | 10th | Zemgale Olympic Center | 1,560 |
| Liepāja | 12th | 6th | Daugava Stadium (Liepāja) | 4,022 |
| Metta | 14th | 7th | Daugava Stadium (Riga) | 10,461 |
| RFS | 10th | 1st | LNK Sporta Parks | 1,700 |
| Riga | 10th | 2nd | Skonto Stadium | 6,747 |
| Super Nova | 3rd | 1st in Latvian First League | Jānis Skredelis' Stadium | 396 |
| Tukums 2000 | 5th | 8th | Tukuma Pilsētas Stadions | 425 |

### Personnel

Note: Flags indicate national team as has been defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players and Managers may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
| Team | Head coach | Captain |
| Team | Head coach | Captain | Auda | Jurģis Kalns |
| Daugavpils | Kirils Kurbatovs | |
| Grobiņa | Viktors Dobrecovs | |
| Jelgava | Aleksandrs Basovs | |
| Liepaja | Dino Skender | |
| Metta | Andris Riherts | |
| RFS | Viktors Morozs | Žiga Lipušček |
| Riga | Adrián Guľa | Antonijs Černomordijs |
| Super Nova | Ervīns Pērkons | |
| Tukums | Kristaps Dišlers | |

### Managerial changes

| Team | Outgoing manager | Manner of departure | Date of vacancy | Table | Incoming manager | Date of appointment |
| Liepaja | Tamaz Pertia | Sacked | 7 January 2025 | Pre-season | Dino Skender | 7 January 2025 |
| Auda | Zoran Zeljković | Sacked | 7 January 2025 | Pre-season | Aleksandre Rekhviashvili (interim) | 8 January 2025 |
| Riga FC | Mareks Zuntners (interim) | End of interim spell | 14 January 2025 | Pre-season | Adrián Guľa | 14 January 2025 |
| Auda | Aleksandre Rekhviashvili (interim) | End of interim spell | 9 February 2025 | Pre-season | Jurģis Kalns | 9 February 2025 |

## League table

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | RFS | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 2 | +3 | 9 | Qualification for the Champions League first qualifying round |
| 2 | Liepāja | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 1 | +7 | 7 | Qualification for the Conference League first qualifying round |
| 3 | Riga | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 3 | +2 | 5 | Qualification for the Conference League first qualifying round |
| 4 | Auda | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 4 | |
| 5 | Grobiņa | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 7 | −2 | 4 | |
| 6 | Super Nova | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 3 | +1 | 3 | |
| 7 | Daugavpils | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 5 | +1 | 3 | |
| 8 | Metta | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 10 | −7 | 3 | |
| 9 | Jelgava | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | −1 | 2 | Qualification for the Latvian Higher League play-off |
| 10 | Tukums 2000 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 6 | −4 | 1 | Relegation to the Latvian First League |

## Results

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

## Latvian Higher League play-off

The ninth-placed club will face the second-placed club from the 2025 Latvian First League in a two-legged play-off for the final place in the 2026 Latvian Higher League.

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

| Rank | Player | Club | Goals |