2008 Latvian Higher League

Latvian football league season for the highest division Latvian Higher League 2008 FK Ventspils JFK Olimps/RFS UEFA Champions League FK Ventspils UEFA Europa League FK Liepajas MetalurgsSkonto FCDinaburg FC LVA Vits Rimkus (15 goals) 2007 2009 The 2008 Virslīga season was the 17th Virslīga season. It began on 5 April 2008 with the first round of games and ended on 9 November 2008 with the final matches of the championship and relegation rounds. Ventspils were the defending champions. Latvia right 350 Location of teams in the Latvian Higher League 2008 Latvia 57.416667 21.533333 VentspilsVindava Latvia 56.966667 24.133333 OlimpsRīgaSkonto Latvia 55.883333 26.533333 DinaburgDaugava left Latvia 56.516667 21 Metalurgs Latvia 56.966667 23.75 Jūrmala left Latvia 56.5 27.316667 Blāzma left Season details thumb|250px|FK Ventspils - champions for third time in the row For the 2008 season the league has expanded to ten clubs, and the fixture format has changed. Due to expansion there was no relegation at the end of the 2007 season, and the top two clubs from the 1. līga 2007 season, champions FK Vindava (from Ventspils), and second placed SK Blāzma (from Rēzekne) were both promoted. From the 2008 season on, the league will be held in two rounds. In the first round each club played all the other nine clubs twice, home and away starting with Matchday 1 on 5 April and finishing with Matchday 18 on 10 August. In the second round there were two "mini leagues", with the top six clubs after the First Round, playing each other twice and clubs in 7th to 10th place after the First Round playing each other four times. Second round matches started on 24 August and finished on 9 November. Hartmanis Martins LMT Virsliga new season calendar published Latvian Football Federation 2007-12-01 http://www.lff.lv/en/news/2008/02/03/ 2008-02-20 2016-03-03 https://web.archive.org/web/20160303230407/http://www.lff.lv/en/news/2008/02/03/ dead LMT Virslīgas čempionāta kalendārs 2008 lv Latvian Football Federation 2008 http://www.lff.lv/virsliga/calendar/ 2008-02-20 At the end of the season, the club finishing bottom of the Virslīga were automatically relegated to the 1. līga, and the champions of the 1. līga were automatically promoted, taking the place of the relegated club. The club that finished next to the bottom in the Virslīga play a two-legged playoff for the final place in the Virslīga for the next season with the club that finished second in 1. līga. First round Standings main WDL Q VEN Ventspils SKO Skonto DIN Dinaburg RĪG Rīga LIE Liepājas Metalurgs DGD Daugava Daugavpils VIN Vindava Ventspils JŪR Jūrmala BLĀ Blāzma Rēzekne RFS Olimps/RFS 12 4 2 33 6 11 3 4 28 19 9 5 4 22 13 9 3 6 28 27 7 9 2 27 17 6 6 6 27 22 4 5 9 14 27 3 7 8 15 27 2 4 12 8 26 1 6 11 12 30 RĪG 2–2 LIE; LIE 2–2 RĪG RĪG green1 Qualification for championship round QCR QCR QCR QCR QCR QCR red1 Qualification for relegation round QRR QRR QRR QRR complete Latvian Football Federation lv 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) head-to-head goals scored; 5) goal difference; 6) number of goals scored. Results main FBR grey BLĀ DGD DIN JŪR LIE RFS RĪG SKO VEN VIN Blāzma Rēzekne 1–1 0–2 1–0 0–1 1–1 1–0 0–2 0–3 1–1 FC Daugava Daugavpils 2–0 0–1 0–0 4–1 3–1 6–1 1–3 1–4 1–1 Dinaburg FC 2–1 0–3 2–2 0–0 1–0 2–0 3–0 0–1 1–1 FK Jūrmala 1–0 0–0 0–0 1–1 1–1 1–3 1–1 0–1 2–1 SK Liepājas Metalurgs 1–0 2–0 1–0 7–2 1–1 2–2 1–2 0–0 2–0 Olimps/RFS 1–1 0–0 0–2 2–1 1–3 1–3 0–1 1–3 0–1 FK Rīga 2–1 1–0 1–1 3–1 2–2 3–1 1–2 1–0 1–2 Skonto FC 1–0 3–1 0–3 2–1 2–2 3–1 1–2 1–0 3–0 Ventspils 3–0 2–2 3–0 2–0 0–0 0–0 2–0 1–0 1–0 Vindava Ventspils 2–0 1–2 0–2 0–1 0–0 2–0 1–2 1–1 0–7 complete Matchday 1–9 results Matchday 10–18 results lv Second round Championship round Standings main WDL Q VEN Ventspils LIE Liepājas Metalurgs SKO Skonto DIN Dinaburg DGD Daugava Daugavpils RĪG Rīga 19 6 3 53 14 C 14 11 3 48 25 15 7 6 43 31 10 8 10 32 31 10 7 11 40 35 10 3 15 36 55 green1 Qualification for Champions League second qualifying round CL2 blue1 Qualification for Europa League second qualifying round EL1 EL2 EL2 blue2 Qualification for Europa League first qualifying round Daugava Daugavpils won the Latvian Football Cup 2008 competition, thereby qualifying for UEFA Europa League 2009–10 second qualification round. However, Daugava Daugavpils merged with Dinaburg, so the Europa League spots were redistributed based on league position. EL1 complete Latvian Football Federation lv 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) head-to-head goals scored; 5) goal difference; 6) number of goals scored. Results main FBR grey DGD DIN LIE RĪG SKO VEN FC Daugava Daugavpils 2–0 1–2 2–0 2–1 0–2 Dinaburg FC 3–3 0–0 3–1 0–1 0–3 The match originally finished 0–0, but was eventually awarded with as won by a score of 3–0 to Ventspils because Dinaburg FC fielded player who was not in match protocol.http://www.apollo.lv/portal/sports/articles/136993 "Dinaburg" piešķirts tehniskais zaudējums 2009-03-12 https://web.archive.org/web/20110717113105/http://www.apollo.lv/portal/sports/articles/136993 2011-07-17 dead SK Liepājas Metalurgs 3–1 3–1 3–0 0–0 1–2 FK Rīga 0–2 3–2 1–4 1–2 0–2 Skonto FC 1–0 1–1 2–3 3–1 2–2 Ventspils 1–0 1–0 0–2 5–1 2–2 complete Latvian Football Federation lv Relegation round Standings main WDL QR JŪR Jūrmala VIN Vindava Ventspils BLĀ Blāzma Rēzekne RFS Olimps/RFS 10 10 10 35 34 9 9 12 27 41 5 8 17 20 43 O 2 11 17 22 47 R red2 Qualification for relegation play-offs RP red1 Relegation to Latvian First League R complete Latvian Football Federation lv 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) head-to-head goals scored; 5) goal difference; 6) number of goals scored. Results main First and second games FBR grey BLĀ JŪR RFS VIN Blāzma Rēzekne 2–1 1–1 0–1 FK Jūrmala 2–0 2–0 3–0 Olimps/RFS 0–0 1–1 0–2 Vindava Ventspils 2–0 0–0 1–0 complete Latvian Football Federation lv main Third and fourth games FBR grey BLĀ JŪR RFS VIN Blāzma Rēzekne 1–3 1–0 2–2 FK Jūrmala 2–1 3–0 0–0 Olimps/RFS 2–2 0–2 5–1 Vindava Ventspils 1–2 2–1 1–1 complete Latvian Football Federation lv Relegation play-offs Blāzma Rēzekne, the 9th placed team in the Virslīga, and 1. līga runners-up, Tranzīts Ventspils, competed in a two-legged play-off for a spot in the Virslīga 2009. Blāzma Rēzekne won 6–1 on aggregate and thereby kept their spot in the next season of the Virslīga. 15 November 2008 14:00 GMT+2 Tranzīts Ventspils 1 – 5 Reportlv Blāzma Rēzekne Baturinskis 42 Gramovičs 55 64 74 pen.Kurakins 70Silovs 86 2. pamatskolas stadions, Ventspils 250 Vadims Direktorenko (Riga) 18 November 2008 13:00 GMT+2 Blāzma Rēzekne 1 – 0 Reportlv Tranzīts Ventspils Silovs 78 Sporta Aģentūras Stadions, Rēzekne 338 Andrejs Sipailo Topscorers RankPlayerClubGoals1Vits Rimkus LATFK Ventspils142Kristaps Grebis LATFK Liepājas Metalurgs13Oļegs Malašenoks LATFK Jūrmala4Andrejs Butriks LATFK Ventspils115Mikalay Ryndzyuk BLRDinaburg FC9Vladimir Dvalishvili GEOSkonto FC References 30em External links Latvian Football Federation lv Latvian Football Federation news in EnglishAugust 2026 InternetArchiveBot Category:Latvian Higher League seasons 1 Latvia