2011 Latvian Higher League

Latvian football league season for the highest division April 2020 Latvian Higher League 2011 FK Ventspils JFK Olimps/RFS Champions League Ventspils Europa League MetalurgsDaugavaSkonto Baltic League VentspilsMetalurgsDaugavaSkontoFC Jūrmala 144 453 BRA Nathan Júnior (22 goals) Metalurgs 7–1 Olimps/RFSSkonto 6–0 Olimps/RFS Olimps/RFS 0–8 Ventspils four matches, eight goals each 8 matchesVirsliga - 2011 http://www.whoscored.com/Regions/121/Tournaments/155/Latvia-Virsliga WhoScored.com 14 December 2011 Metalurgs 12 matchesFK Ventspils 21 matchesJFK Olimps/RFS 21 matchesJFK Olimps/RFS 2010 2012 The 2011 Latvian Higher League (lv Virslīga 2011) was the 20th season of top-tier football in Latvia. It began on 15 April 2011 and ended on 5 November 2011.Summary - Virsliga 2011 - Latvia https://int.soccerway.com/national/latvia/virsliga/2011/regular-season/ Soccerway 7 March 2012 The competition was won by FK Ventspils, who thus qualified for the 2012–13 UEFA Champions League. Runners-up Liepājas Metalurgs and third-placed sides Daugava Daugavpils earned spots for the 2012–13 UEFA Europa League. On the bottom end of the table, JFK Olimps/RFS were relegated after losing their play-off series against Spartaks Jūrmala. All nine clubs played every other club four times during the course of the season: twice at home and twice away. In addition, there will be no direct relegation to the Latvian First League this year.Virslīgas čempionāta klubu un LFF sanāksmes lēmumi http://www.lff.lv/lv/news/2011/jan/84/ Latvian Football Federation 17 February 2011 lv Teams Jaunība Rīga finished the previous year's competition in tenth place and were relegated to the Latvian First League. This ended a one-year stay in the top flight. Promoted to the Higher League from the First Division automatically were the previous season's First Division champions, Gulbene 2005, who are taking part in the top flight for the first time in their history in 2011. FC Tranzit finished 9th in the 2010 Higher League competition and were supposed to compete in a promotion/relegation playoff against the runners-up of the First Division, FC Jūrmala. However, before this playoff took place, Tranzit informed the Latvian Football Federation that they were forfeiting their place in the Higher League altogether, ending a two-year stay in the top flight.February 2011 Therefore, FC Jūrmala were promoted to the Higher League automatically. Like Gulbene, they are competing in the top flight for the first time in their history in 2011. Finally, SK Blāzma decided to withdraw from the league during the off-season. This ended a three-year stay in the top flight. At a meeting on 28 January 2011, the LFF decided that they would not be replaced in this year's competition. Team summaries Latvia right 350 Location of teams in the 2011 Latvian Higher League Latvia 57.166667 26.75 Gulbene Latvia 57.416667 21.533333 Ventspils Latvia 56.966667 24.133333 Olimps/RFSSkonto Latvia 56.516667 21 Metalurgs Latvia 56.966667 23.75 Jūrmala-VVFC Jūrmala left Latvia 56.65 23.716667 Jelgava bottom Latvia 55.883333 26.533333 Daugava left Club Location Stadium Capacity Current managerDaugava Daugavpils FC DaugavaDaugavpilsDaugava Stadium4,500Russia Leonid NazarenkoGulbene Gulbene 2005GulbeneGulbenes SC1,500Latvia Mihails KoņevsJelgava FK JelgavaJelgavaZemgales Olimpiskais Sporta Centrs2,200Latvia Dainis KazakevičsJurmala FC JūrmalaJūrmalaSlokas Stadium5,000Latvia Igors StepanovsJurmala FK Jūrmala-VVJūrmalaSlokas Stadium5,000Latvia Jurijs PopkovsMetalurgs MetalurgsLiepājaDaugava Stadium5,500Latvia Vladimirs OsipovsRiga JFK Olimps/RFSRigaDaugava Stadium6,000Georgia Tamaz PertiaSkonto Skonto FCRigaSkonto Stadium10,000Latvia Marians PaharsVentspils FK VentspilsVentspilsOlimpiskais Stadium3,200Ukraine Sergei Podpaly League table main WDL QR VEN Ventspils LIE Liepājas Metalurgs DGD Daugava Daugavpils SKO Skonto FCJ Jūrmala JEL Jelgava GUL FB Gulbene JVV Jūrmala-VV RFS Olimps/RFS 22 5 5 75 19 C 22 4 6 74 26 19 6 7 58 30 17 9 6 62 21 12 8 12 45 42 13 4 15 47 54 7 7 18 39 67 5 6 21 34 75 1 3 28 19 117 R green1 Qualification for Champions League second qualifying round CL2 blue2 Qualification for Europa League first qualifying round EL1 EL1 blue1 Qualification for Europa League second qualifying round The winners of the 2011–12 Latvian Football Cup competition (Skonto Riga) qualified for the second qualifying round of UEFA Europa League. EL2 red2 Qualification for relegation play-offs RP 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 DGD GUL JEL FCJ JVV LIE RFS SKO VEN FC Daugava Daugavpils 3–1 1–1 1–1 1–0 2–1 2–0 1–1 0–3 FB Gulbene 0–2 3–0 1–1 1–1 0–0 2–1 1–0 0–2 Jelgava 1–3 3–1 0–2 1–0 1–3 5–1 1–2 2–0 FC Jūrmala 0–2 4–1 1–1 0–2 1–3 4–0 1–2 0–1 FK Jūrmala-VV 1–3 5–3 2–3 3–1 0–5 2–1 0–4 0–3 SK Liepājas Metalurgs 2–0 1–2 0–1 1–0 4–1 4–1 0–1 0–0 Olimps/RFS 0–6 1–3 1–3 2–2 0–0 1–4 0–4 0–8 Skonto FC 1–1 2–1 4–0 0–1 2–0 0–2 4–0 1–3 Ventspils 2–1 4–0 4–0 4–0 4–0 0–1 4–0 0–1 This match originally ended 1-1. However, it was awarded to Ventspils as an 0–3 win because Daugava fielded an ineligible player.Par LFF Arbitrāžas komisijas lēmumu http://www.lff.lv/lv/news/2011/aug/70/ LFF 28 August 2011 27 March 2012 https://web.archive.org/web/20120327080702/http://www.lff.lv/lv/news/2011/aug/70/ dead Match took place in Daugavpils. Placed as a Gulbene home match for organizational purposes. complete Latvian Football Federation lv Second half of season main FBR grey DGD GUL JEL FCJ JVV LIE RFS SKO VEN FC Daugava Daugavpils 2–1 2–1 3–0 2–1 0–1 2–0 0–0 1–1 FB Gulbene 2–4 2–3 0–2 4–1 0–1 3–0 1–1 0–3 Jelgava 1–2 3–0 0–2 4–1 3–2 2–1 1–4 1–2 FC Jūrmala 2–1 2–0 2–0 2–0 1–4 6–1 1–1 2–3 FK Jūrmala-VV 0–3 2–2 1–1 0–0 1–2 4–0 2–2 1–2 SK Liepājas Metalurgs 1–3 6–2 2–0 1–1 6–1 7–1 0–0 2–1 Olimps/RFS 1–3 1–1 1–3 1–2 2–1 0–3 0–7 1–6 Skonto FC 1–0 5–0 2–1 1–1 3–0 0–1 6–0 0–1 Ventspils 2–1 1–1 0–0 2–0 4–1 1–2 4–0 0–0 Match took place in Gulbene. Placed as a Daugava home match for organizational purposes. This match was cancelled and awarded to Daugava 0–3 due to Jurmala-VV being unable to field a team for the match.Virslīga 2011: FK Jūrmala V.V. - FC Daugava (spēle atcelta) http://www.lff.lv/lv/virsliga/fixtures/2011/lap3/match96/ LFF 28 August 2011 27 May 2022 https://web.archive.org/web/20220527163753/https://lff.lv/lv/virsliga/fixtures/2011/lap3/match96/ dead complete Latvian Football Federation lv Relegation play-offs At the season's end, the 9th place club in the Latvian Higher League will face the runners-up of the Latvian First League in a two-legged playoff, with the winner being awarded a spot in the 2012 Higher League competition. 10 November 2011 16:00 Olimps/RFS 1–2 Spartaks Blūms 72 14 Rua21 Panasjuks 13 November 2011 14:00 Spartaks 2–0 Olimps/RFS Budilovs 32Skalenko 49 pen. Top goalscorers Source: LMT Virslīga 2011 https://web.archive.org/web/20120505141831/http://www.lff.lv/lv/virsliga/tabula2011/ 5 May 2012 lv RankPlayerClubGoals1 Brazil Nathan Júnior Skonto Riga222 Georgia Mamuka Ghonghadze Daugava Daugavpils213 Latvia Jurģis Kalns Liepājas Metalurgs16 Latvia Vladislavs Kozlovs Jelgava4 Russia Vadim Yanchuk Ventspils125 Latvia Vladimirs Kamešs Liepājas Metalurgs11 Awards Team of the Tournament sportacentrs.com version:http://sportacentrs.com/futbols/lmt_virsliga/17112011-sportacentrs_com_virsligas_simboliska_izl Welcome to nginx sportacentrs.com 22 May 2022 https://archive.today/20120714171242/http://sportacentrs.com/futbols/lmt_virsliga/17112011-sportacentrs_com_virsligas_simboliska_izl 14 July 2012 dead Goalkeepers Defenders Midfielders Forwards LAT Pāvels Šteinbors (Liepājas Metalurgs) GEO Giorgi Chikradze (Daugava Daugavpils) LAT Valērijs Afanasjevs (Daugava Daugavpils) BRA Nathan Júnior (Skonto Riga) LAT Aleksandrs Vlasovs (Ventspils) LTU Marius Činikas (Liepājas Metalurgs) LAT Oļegs Laizāns (Ventspils) GEO Mamuka Ghonghadze (Daugava Daugavpils) RUS Evgeny Postnikov (Ventspils) LAT Aleksandrs Fertovs (Skonto Riga) LAT Vladislavs Kozlovs (Jelgava)Coach: GEO Tamaz Pertia (Daugava Daugavpils/Olimps) NGR Daniel Ola (Jūrmala) LAT Genādijs Soloņicins (Liepājas Metalurgs) LAT Jurģis Kalns (Liepājas Metalurgs) RUS Georgi Ulyanov (Daugava Daugavpils) RUS Konstantin Belov (Jūrmala) LAT Ritvars Rugins (Ventspils) LAT Mihails Ziziļevs (Daugava Daugavpils) Latvian Football Federation version:http://www.lff.lv/lv/news/2011/nov/23/ Latvijas Futbola federācija Goalkeepers Defenders Midfielders Forwards LAT Germans Māliņš (Skonto Riga) LAT Pāvels Surņins (Liepājas Metalurgs) LAT Valērijs Afanasjevs (Daugava Daugavpils) BRA Nathan Júnior (Skonto Riga) LAT Aleksandrs Vlasovs (Ventspils) LAT Antons Kurakins (Ventspils) LAT Ritvars Rugins (Ventspils) RUS Vadim Yanchuk (Ventspils) RUS Evgeny Postnikov (Ventspils) LAT Aleksandrs Fertovs (Skonto Riga) GEO Mamuka Ghonghadze (Daugava Daugavpils)Coach: UKR Sergei Podpaly (Ventspils) NGR Daniel Ola (Jūrmala) LAT Andrejs Prohorenkovs (Liepājas Metalurgs) LAT Vladislavs Kozlovs (Jelgava) LAT Pāvels Mihadjuks (Liepājas Metalurgs) LAT Oļegs Laizāns (Ventspils) LAT Igors Savčenkovs (Ventspils) LTU Tomas Tamošauskas (Liepājas Metalurgs) LAT Vladislavs Gabovs (Ventspils) RUS Eduard Sukhanov (Ventspils) LTU Marius Činikas (Liepājas Metalurgs) LAT Jurģis Kalns (Liepājas Metalurgs) Individual nominations Players selected by sportacentrs.com: Best foreign player: Nigeria Daniel Ola (Jūrmala) Best young player (U-21): Latvia Armenia Arevshat Khachatryan (Gulbene) Best coach: Georgia Tamaz Pertia (Daugava Daugavpils/ Olimps/RFS) Surprise of the season: Latvia Oļegs Laizāns (Ventspils) Player of the season: Latvia Jurģis Kalns (Liepājas Metalurgs) Players selected by LFF:http://sportacentrs.com/futbols/lmt_virsliga/09122011-cauna_tiek_atzits_par_latvijas_labako_fut Lapa īslaicīgi nav pieejama Best goalkeeper: Latvia Germans Māliņš (Skonto Riga) Best defender: Latvia Pāvels Mihadjuks (Liepājas Metalurgs) Best midfielder: Latvia Oļegs Laizāns (Ventspils) Best forward: Brazil Nathan Júnior (Skonto Riga) Best coach: Ukraine Sergei Podpaly (Ventspils) Top scorer: Brazil Nathan Júnior (Skonto Riga) (22 goals) Best young player (U-21): Latvia Valērijs Šabala (Skonto Riga) Player of the season: Latvia Oļegs Laizāns (Ventspils) Team awards Players selected by LFF: Best match organization:Jelgava Fair-play award:Gulbene References External links Latvian Football Federation lv Latvian Football Federation newsAugust 2026 InternetArchiveBot en Category:Latvian Higher League seasons 1 Latvia