2009 Latvian Higher League

Latvian football league season for the highest division Latvian Higher League 2009 Liepājas Metalurgs Dinaburg FCDaugava Riga Champions League Liepājas Metalurgs Europa League Jelgava (via domestic cup)FK VentspilsSkonto Rīga Baltic League FK Ventspils (reigning champions)Liepājas MetalurgsSkonto RīgaFK Jūrmala-VVRFS/OlimpsBlāzma Rēzekne 138 453 Ventspils 8–0 Daugava Rīga Daugava Rīga 1–8 SkontoBlāzma 0–7 SkontoOlimps/RFS 0–7 Skonto Daugava Rīga 2–8 Liepājas Metalurgs(10 goals) 2008 2010 Latvian Higher League 2009 (lv Virslīga) was the 18th season of top-tier football in Latvia. It began on 14 March 2009 with the first round of games and ended on 8 November 2009 with the 36th round of matches. Ventspils were the defending champions. Due to numerous pre-season team changes, such as club mergers and withdrawals, the format of the league was changed. Since there are only 9 clubs that participate in 2009 Virslīga, every team plays 4 times against every other team, what will make every team playing 32 games. Contrary to the previous season, there is not Championship and Relegation pool.Paziņo LMT Virslīgas 2009.gada sezonas kalendāru lv Teams Olimps Rīga were relegated after finishing the relegation round in last place. They were replaced by First League champions FK Daugava Riga. Blāzma won the promotion/relegation play-off against Tranzīts Ventspils with 6–1 on aggregate. However, after several mergers and withdrawals Tranzīts were also awarded a place in Virslīga, as the runners-up of First League. FK Rīga withdrew due to unpaid debts.Futbola kluba «Rīga» desmit gadu lv They eventually merged with Olimps Rīga and created a new club called Olimps/RFS. The new club plays in Virslīga, what saved Olimps Rīga from relegation."Olimps" apvienojas ar RFS https://web.archive.org/web/20090207035645/http://esports.lv/futbols/lmt_virsliga/04022009-olimps_apvienojas_ar_rfs 2009-02-07 lv On 12 January 2009 Vindava withdrew from Virslīga due to financial reasons."Vindava" atsakās no spēlēšanas Virslīgā https://web.archive.org/web/20090203202117/http://esports.lv/futbols/lmt_virsliga/12012009-vindava_atsakas_no_spelesanas_virsliga 2009-02-03 lv FK Jūrmala merged with JFC Kauguri/Multibanka, which is also a merger of JFC Kauguri Jūrmala and FK Multibanka Rīga, to a new club named FK Jūrmala-VV. The new club carried over the players and other personnel from FK Jūrmala. Daugava Daugavpils and Dinaburg also merged and remained under the Dinaburg FC name. It is not yet certain which club's staff will operate the new club. Dinaburg also took Daugava's 2009–10 UEFA Europa League spot."Dinaburg" un "Daugava" apvienojas https://web.archive.org/web/20090212170013/http://esports.lv/futbols/lmt_virsliga/09022009-dinaburg_un_daugava_apvienojas 2009-02-12 lv Latvia right 350 Location of teams in the Latvian Higher League 2009 Latvia 57.416667 21.533333 VentspilsTranzīts Latvia 56.966667 24.133333 DaugavaOlimps/RFSSkonto Latvia 55.883333 26.533333 Dinaburg left Latvia 56.516667 21 Metalurgs Latvia 56.966667 23.75 Jūrmala left Latvia 56.5 27.316667 Blāzma left Club Location Stadium Capacity Current managerBlazma BlāzmaRēzekneSporta Aģentūras Stadions3,000 Latvia Žanis ĀrmanisDaugava Riga DaugavaRigaSalaspils Stadium648Latvia Vladimirs BeļajevsDinaburg DinaburgDaugavpilsCeltnieks Stadium4,070Georgia Tamaz PertiaJurmala FK Jūrmala-VVJūrmalaSlokas Stadium5,000Latvia Vladimirs BabičevsMetalurgs MetalurgsLiepājaDaugava Stadium5,083Germany Rüdiger AbramczikRiga Olimps/RFSRigaDaugava Stadium5,008Netherlands Anton JooreSkonto SkontoRigaSkonto Stadium9,500England Paul AshworthTranzīts TranzītsVentspilsVentspils 2. pamatskolas stadions500Uzbekistan Igor KichiginVentspils FK VentspilsVentspilsOlimpiskais Stadium3,085Italy Nunzio Zavettieri League table main WDL QR 5 LIE Liepājas Metalurgs VEN Ventspils SKO Skonto JVV Jūrmala-VV RFS Olimps/RFS BLĀ Blāzma Rēzekne TRA Tranzīts Ventspils DAU Daugava Rīga DIN Dinaburg 25 4 3 96 23 C 23 5 4 89 21 23 4 5 98 30 12 4 16 42 60 11 5 16 53 60 7 5 20 30 71 2 10 20 22 65 3 5 24 26 116 R 15 4 13 31 39 R Dinaburg were excluded from the league due to match-fixing related to betting which involved Dinaburg's president Oļegs Gavrilovs and head coach Tamaz Pertia."Динабург" исключен из чемпионата Латвии и Балтийской Лиги ruLFF measures in FC Dinaburg case https://www.uefa.com/news-media/news/01de-0f85ccdb864b-6edead57c739-1000--lff-measures-in-fc-dinaburg-case/ UEFA 19 April 2026 4 October 2009 green1 Qualification for Champions League second qualifying round CL2 blue1 Qualification for Europa League second qualifying round EL2 blue2 Qualification for Europa League first qualifying round EL1 red2 Qualification for relegation play-offs RP red1 Relegation to Latvian First League R 1st points; 2nd head-to-head points; 3rd head-to-head goal difference; 4th overall wins; 5th goal difference; 6th goals scored. complete Latvian Football Federation lv Results First half of season main FBR grey BLĀ DGR DIN JVV LIE RFS SKO TRA VEN Blāzma Rēzekne 4–3 1–2 1–2 0–3 0–1 0–7 1–0 0–3 Daugava Rīga 1–1 0–3 1–1 1–4 1–5 1–7 2–0 1–5 Dinaburg FC 1–0 1–0 1–2 0–3 2–1 1–1 2–0 1–0 FK Jūrmala-VV 3–0 1–1 1–0 1–1 0–1 0–3 4–2 0–3 SK Liepājas Metalurgs 4–0 1–0 3–1 2–2 5–1 4–0 5–0 2–1 Olimps/RFS 1–1 4–0 1–1 2–3 1–2 1–8 1–1 1–5 Skonto FC 4–0 6–0 3–2 3–0 2–1 2–0 1–0 1–3 Tranzīts Ventspils 0–0 3–3 1–1 1–2 0–1 0–0 1–1 0–3 Ventspils 5–1 4–2 0–0 3–0 1–1 1–0 2–1 1–1 complete Latvian Football Federation lv Second half of season main FBR grey BLĀ DGR DIN JVV LIE RFS SKO TRA VEN Blāzma Rēzekne 4–0 3–0 0–3 1–3 3–1 0–1 1–0 0–2 Daugava Rīga 0–3 3–0 0–3 2–8 0–5 0–7 2–1 0–5 Dinaburg FC 1–0 1–0 2–0 1–2 0–3 0–3 2–1 0–3 FK Jūrmala-VV 0–2 3–1 0–1 1–4 1–0 0–5 1–2 0–4 SK Liepājas Metalurgs 6–0 3–0 3–0 4–1 3–0 0–1 4–0 1–1 Olimps/RFS 3–2 7–0 0–1 2–0 1–5 0–2 2–1 0–2 Skonto FC 4–0 7–0 0–1 3–2 1–6 3–3 4–1 0–0 Tranzīts Ventspils 1–1 1–1 0–2 1–4 1–0 0–2 1–3 0–1 Ventspils 5–0 8–0 1–0 4–1 1–2 5–3 0–2 7–0 DIN_RFS DIN_RFS Dinaburg were excluded from the league due to match-fixing related to betting which involved Dinaburg's president Oļegs Gavrilovs and head coach Tamaz Pertia. Dinaburg's remaining matches will be awarded to their opponents with 3–0."Динабург" исключен из чемпионата Латвии и Балтийской Лиги ru DIN_RFS DIN_RFS DIN_RFS complete Latvian Football Federation lv Relegation play-offs Since there are only 9 clubs participating in 2009 Virslīga, no teams will be directly relegated. 9th placed Virslīga team and runners-up of First League will compete in relegation play-offs for one spot in Virslīga 2010. The other spot will be taken by First League champions.Visi klubi skaita naudiņu! lv Since one of the teams were excluded from the league, the relegation play-off will be replaced with the direct promotion of the First League team placing second. Team of the season 2009 Goalkeepers: Viktors Spole (FK Liepājas Metalurgs ), Aleksandrs Vlasovs (Skonto FC ) Defenders: Oskars Kļava (FK Liepājas Metalurgs ), Grigori Chirkin (FK Ventspils ), Deniss Ivanovs (FK Liepājas Metalurgs ), David Gamezardashvili (Skonto FC ), Tomas Tamošauskas (FK Liepājas Metalurgs ), Vitālijs Smirnovs (Skonto FC ), Deniss Kačanovs (FK Ventspils ), Dzintars Zirnis (FK Liepājas Metalurgs ) Midfielders: Jurijs Žigajevs (FK Ventspils ), Andrejs Prohorenkovs (FK Liepājas Metalurgs ), Vitālijs Astafjevs (FK Ventspils ), Jevgēņijs Kosmačovs (FK Ventspils ), Maksims Rafaļskis (FK Liepājas Metalurgs ), Igors Kozlovs (Skonto FC ), Pāvels Surņins (FK Liepājas Metalurgs ), Igor Tigirlas (FK Ventspils ) Forwards: Vits Rimkus (FK Ventspils ), Vladimir Dvalishvili (Skonto FC ), Kristaps Grebis (FK Liepājas Metalurgs ), Ģirts Karlsons (FK Liepājas Metalurgs ) See also 2009–10 Latvian Cup References 30em External links Latvian Football Federation lv Latvian Football Federation newsAugust 2026 InternetArchiveBot en Category:Latvian Higher League seasons 1 Latvia