2023 Latvian Second League

Latvian Second League
Season2023
ChampionsMārupe
PromotedMārupe
Ogre United
RelegatedLiepāja-2
Limbaži
Staiceles Bebri
← 2022
2024 →

The 2023 Latvian Second League (referred to as the Altero.LV Līga for sponsorship reasons) was the 32nd season of third-tier football in Latvia. The season started on 15 April 2023 and finished on 21 October 2023.[1]

The champions (Mārupe) and runners-up (Ogre United) were promoted to the 2024 Latvian First League. The third-placed team (Augšdaugavas) qualified for the Latvian First League play-off against the twelfth-placed team from the 2023 Latvian First League. The bottom three teams (Liepāja-2, Limbaži, and Staiceles Bebri) were relegated to the 2024 Latvian Third League.[2]

Teams

The league consisted of sixteen teams; ten remaining from the previous season, five promoted from the Latvian Third League, and one relegated from the Latvian First League.

The teams were originally split into two groups (East and West), and play each other twice (once at home and once away). The top four teams in each group qualify for Group A, while the bottom four teams in each group qualify for Group B.

Team changes

Promoted from
2022 Latvian Third League 		Promoted to
2023 Latvian First League 		Relegated from
2022 Latvian First League 		Relegated to
2023 Latvian Third League 		Withdrew from league
Augšdaugavas NSS
Jelgava-2
JDFS Alberts-2
Ogre United
PPK/Betsafe 		FK Beitar
Ventspils 		Salaspils Babīte
Jūrnieks
Preiļu 		Priekuļi

Stadia and locations

East

Team Location
Augšdaugavas NSS Ilūkste
FC Gauja Gauja
Jēkabpils/JSC Jēkabpils
FK Kalupe Kalupe
FK Limbaži Limbaži
FK Ogre United Ogre
Salaspils Salaspils
Staiceles Bebri Staicele

West

Team Location
FK Aliance Riga
JDFS Alberts-2 Riga
Jelgava-2 Jelgava
FK Karosta Liepāja
FK Ķekava/Auda Ķekava
Liepāja-2 Liepāja
Mārupes SC Mārupe
FK PPK/Betsafe Riga

League tables

East

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Ogre United 14 9 1 4 47 12 +35 28 Qualification for Group A
2 Augšdaugavas 14 9 1 4 33 18 +15 28
3 Kalupe 14 8 1 5 41 18 +23 25
4 Jēkabpils/JSC 14 7 1 6 37 28 +9 22
5 Staiceles Bebri 14 6 2 6 25 25 0 20 Qualification for Group B
6 Salaspils 14 5 2 7 24 52 −28 17
7 Gauja 14 4 2 8 27 54 −27 14
8 Limbaži 14 3 0 11 22 49 −27 9
Source: LFF
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head points; 3) Head-to-head goal difference; 4) Goal difference; 5) Goals scored; 6) Fair-play ranking; 7) Play-off. (Note: Head-to-head record is used only after all the matches between the teams in question have been played)


West

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Mārupe 14 11 1 2 55 13 +42 34 Qualification for Group A
2 Jelgava-2 14 10 1 3 42 23 +19 31
3 PPK/Betsafe 14 8 1 5 38 25 +13 25
4 JDFS Alberts-2 14 7 1 6 29 36 −7 22
5 Alliance 14 5 2 7 29 39 −10 17 Qualification for Group B
6 Karosta 14 4 3 7 19 30 −11 15
7 Liepāja-2 14 3 2 9 18 47 −29 11
8 Ķekava/Auda 14 2 1 11 20 37 −17 7
Source: LFF
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head points; 3) Head-to-head goal difference; 4) Goal difference; 5) Goals scored; 6) Fair-play ranking; 7) Play-off. (Note: Head-to-head record is used only after all the matches between the teams in question have been played)


Group A

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion or qualification
1 Mārupe (C, P) 14 11 2 1 42 11 +31 35 Promotion to Latvian First League
2 Ogre United (P) 14 7 2 5 25 23 +2 23
3 Augšdaugavas 14 6 3 5 16 17 −1 21 Qualification for Latvian First League play-off
4 PPK/Betsafe 14 6 1 7 33 25 +8 19
5 Jelgava-2 14 5 3 6 30 26 +4 18
6 Jēkabpils/JSC 14 5 1 8 21 38 −17 16
7 JDFS Alberts-2 14 4 3 7 22 34 −12 15
8 Kalupe 14 4 1 9 18 34 −16 13
Source: LFF
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head points; 3) Head-to-head goal difference; 4) Goal difference; 5) Goals scored; 6) Fair-play ranking; 7) Play-off. (Note: Head-to-head record is used only after all the matches between the teams in question have been played)
(C) Champions; (P) Promoted


Group B

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Relegation
1 Salaspils 14 9 2 3 44 29 +15 29
2 Karosta 14 8 3 3 34 24 +10 27
3 Alliance 14 6 6 2 41 30 +11 24
4 Gauja 14 6 3 5 41 36 +5 21
5 Ķekava/Auda 14 6 2 6 43 28 +15 20
6 Staiceles Bebri (R) 14 6 2 6 34 27 +7 20 Relegation to Latvian Third League
7 Liepāja-2 (R) 14 2 2 10 16 41 −25 8
8 Limbaži (R) 14 2 2 10 21 59 −38 8
Source: LFF
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head points; 3) Head-to-head goal difference; 4) Goal difference; 5) Goals scored; 6) Fair-play ranking; 7) Play-off. (Note: Head-to-head record is used only after all the matches between the teams in question have been played)
(R) Relegated


Results

East

Each team plays every other team twice (once at home and once away).

Home \ Away AUG GAU JÉK KAL LIM OGR SAL STA
Augšdaugavas — 4–1 2–0 1–0 4–0 0–1 7–2 3–0
Gauja 3–1 — 3–3 0–3 3–1 2–5 1–2 3–2
Jēkabpils/JSC 1–3 7–1 — 3–0[a] 3–1 3–1 1–2 1–2
Kalupe 2–0 9–1 6–0 — 5–1 2–1 0–3[b] 0–3[c]
Limbaži 1–3 1–4 4–6 3–2 — 0–5 3–0 3–1
Ogre United 5–0 10–0 0–1 0–4 4–0 — 8–0 3–0
Salaspils 2–3 3–3 0–7 0–8 5–4 0–0 — 4–1
Staiceles Bebri 0–0 3–2 3–1 0–0 4–0 0–4 6–1 —
Source: LFF
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
For upcoming matches, an "a" indicates there is an article about the rivalry between the two participants.
Notes:
  1. ^ Originally a 0–7 win for Kalupe; later overturned to a 3–0 win for Jēkabpils/JSC.
  2. ^ Originally a 2–1 win for Kalupe; later overturned to a 0–3 win for Salaspils.
  3. ^ Originally a 8–0 win for Kalupe; later overturned to a 0–3 win for Staiceles Bebri.

West

Each team plays every other team twice (once at home and once away).

Home \ Away ALL JDF JEL KAR ĶEK LIE MÁR PPK
Alliance — 3–1 1–3 2–2 5–2 3–2 2–2 2–5
JDFS Alberts-2 2–1 — 2–4 2–1 3–2 6–1 0–9 2–1
Jelgava-2 3–1 1–1 — 3–1 3–2 4–0 0–2 4–2
Karosta 0–3 5–2 1–3 — 1–1 2–1 0–3 3–1
Ķekava/Auda 3–2 1–5 2–4 0–1 — 1–3 0–2 1–3
Liepāja-2 2–3 1–3 0–9 0–0 0–4 — 1–0 2–2
Mārupe 7–0 2–0 5–1 4–2 3–0 9–3 — 6–1
PPK/Betsafe 5–1 4–0 3–0 5–0 2–1 1–2 3–1 —
Source: LFF
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
For upcoming matches, an "a" indicates there is an article about the rivalry between the two participants.

Group A

Each team plays every team not played in the first half of the season twice (once at home and once away), with the results against the three remaining teams being carried over from the first half of the season.

Home \ Away AUG JDF JÉK JEL KAL MÁR OGR PPK
Augšdaugavas — 0–0 — 1–1 — 0–1 — 1–0
JDFS Alberts-2 3–4 — 2–1 — 3–0[a] — 2–3 —
Jēkabpils/JSC — 1–1 — 3–2 — 0–1 — 4–3
Jelgava-2 0–1 — 7–2 — 5–1 — 1–1 —
Kalupe — 0–3[b] — 0–3[c] — 3–3 — 0–3[d]
Mārupe 1–0 — 4–1 — 3–0 — 1–1 —
Ogre United — 4–3 — 2–1 — 1–3 — 3–1
PPK/Betsafe 1–1 — 6–1 — 4–0 — 1–2 —
Source: LFF
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
For upcoming matches, an "a" indicates there is an article about the rivalry between the two participants.
Notes:
  1. ^ Originally a 3–5 win for Kalupe; later overturned to a 3–0 win for JDFS Alberts-2.
  2. ^ Originally a 4–1 win for Kalupe; later overturned to a 0–3 win for JDFS Alberts-2.
  3. ^ Originally a 4–0 win for Kalupe; later overturned to a 0–3 win for Jelgava-2.
  4. ^ Originally a 3–1 win for Kalupe; later overturned to a 0–3 win for PPK/Betsafe.

Group B

Each team plays every team not played in the first half of the season twice (once at home and once away), with the results against the three remaining teams being carried over from the first half of the season.

Home \ Away ALL GAU KAR ĶEK LIE LIM SAL STA
Alliance — 3–3 — — — 5–1 4–5 1–1
Gauja 4–4 — 1–4 3–2 9–1 — — —
Karosta — 4–1 — — — 8–4 3–2 2–3
Ķekava/Auda — 4–0 — — — 17–0 0–3 2–1
Liepāja-2 — 2–4 — — — 2–0 2–5 1–3
Limbaži 2–2 — 2–5 0–3 0–0 — — —
Salaspils 1–1 — 3–0 6–1 4–0 — — —
Staiceles Bebri 2–3 — 1–2 3–3 3–0 — — —
Source: LFF
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
For upcoming matches, an "a" indicates there is an article about the rivalry between the two participants.

References

  1. ^ "Altero.Iv LIIGA - Latvian Football Federation". LFF.
  2. ^ "FK "KALUPE" AND MĀRUPES SC SECURE THE FIRST PLACES IN THE "ALTERO.LV LIIGA" TOURNAMENT". LFF.