2024 Latvian First League

Latvian First League
Season2024
ChampionsSuper Nova
PromotedSuper Nova
RelegatedRēzeknes FA/BJSS
Smiltene
← 2023
2025 →

The 2024 Latvian First League (referred to as the Optibet Nākotnes Līga for sponsorship reasons) was the 33rd season of second-tier football in Latvia. The season started on 5 April 2024 and finished on 10 November 2024.

The winners (Super Nova) were promoted to the 2025 Latvian Higher League. The third-placed team (JDFS Alberts) qualified for the Latvian Higher League play-off, losing and remaining in the league. The twelfth-placed team (Tukums II) qualified for the Latvian First League play-off, winning and retaining their place in the league. The bottom two teams (Rēzeknes FA/BJSS and Smiltene) were relegated to the 2025 Latvian Second League.

Teams

Team changes

Promoted from
2023 Latvian Second League 		Promoted to
2024 Latvian Higher League 		Relegated from
2023 Latvian Higher League 		Relegated to
2024 Latvian Second League
Mārupes
Ogre United 		Grobiņas Super Nova Beitar
Dinamo Rīga

League table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion, qualification or relegation
1 Super Nova (C, P) 26 21 2 3 65 11 +54 65 Promotion to the Latvian Higher League
2 RFS II 26 20 3 3 71 18 +53 63 Ineligible for promotion as a reserve side a division below main team
3 JDFS Alberts 26 19 1 6 53 21 +32 58 Qualification for the Latvian Higher League play-off
4 Riga II 26 13 9 4 59 26 +33 48
5 Skanstes 26 12 5 9 39 28 +11 41
6 Valmiera II 26 10 4 12 41 39 +2 34
7 Mārupes 26 9 6 11 25 44 −19 33
8 Leevon PPK 26 9 4 13 36 38 −2 31
9 Olaine 26 8 6 12 45 50 −5 30
10 Ventspils 26 8 6 12 32 37 −5 30
11 Ogre United 26 7 8 11 37 44 −7 29
12 Tukums II (O) 26 5 4 17 25 68 −43 19 Qualification for the Latvian First League play-off
13 Smiltene (R) 26 4 5 17 24 62 −38 17 Relegation to the Latvian Second League
14 Rēzeknes FA/BJSS (R) 26 3 5 18 18 84 −66 14
Source: Soccerway
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; (O) Play-off winners; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated


Results

Home \ Away ALB LEE MĀR OGR OLA RFS RIG RĒZ SKA SMI SUP TUK VAL VEN
JDFS Alberts 1–0 1–0 3–1 2–0 3–0 2–0 3–0 0–1 3–0 0–2 4–1 3–2 2–0
Leevon PPK 0–2 4–2 1–1 2–1 1–2 1–4 4–1 2–0 2–2 0–1 2–2 2–1 0–1
Mārupes 0–1 1–0 3–2 2–1 1–2 0–0 1–1 0–0 0–0 0–2 2–1 2–1 1–0
Ogre United 0–3 0–1 3–0 1–1 1–2 2–2 5–2 1–1 2–2 1–1 1–0 4–0 3–2
Olaine 3–2 3–1 5–1 3–3 1–3 1–4 5–0 1–0 1–1 1–4 2–2 0–0 2–0
RFS II 4–0 1–0 3–1 5–0 3–1 3–0 4–0 5–1 7–0 0–2 6–0 2–0 5–2
Riga II 2–2 2–1 2–1 0–0 4–0 1–1 6–0 0–0 5–1 0–1 9–0 2–1 0–0
Rēzeknes FA/BJSS 0–7 0–7 1–1 1–4 1–2 0–2 1–2 1–0 0–4 0–3 2–1 1–0 2–2
Skanstes 0–1 3–0 1–1 1–0 3–2 0–5 0–1 6–0 0–3 0–0 7–0 1–0 3–0
Smiltene 1–2 0–2 0–1 0–2 0–4 0–3 0–3 3–3 0–3 0–4 0–2 2–4 0–2
Super Nova 1–0 3–0 7–0 3–0 4–1 1–0 5–0 5–0 1–0 2–3 2–0 4–1 2–1
Tukums II 1–4 0–2 0–1 2–0 2–0 1–2 0–7 1–1 1–3 1–2 0–4 4–1 1–1
Valmiera II 2–0 0–0 4–0 3–0 3–2 1–1 2–2 2–0 2–3 2–0 2–1 3–1 1–2
Ventspils 0–2 4–1 2–3 2–0 2–2 0–0 1–1 4–0 1–2 2–0 1–0 0–1 0–3
Source: LPF (in Romanian)
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Latvian First League play-off

The twelfth-placed club (Tukums II) faced the fifth-placed club from the 2024 Latvian Second League (Salaspils) in a two-legged play-off for the final place in the following season's Latvian First League.

First leg

13 November 2024 Salaspils 0–11 Tukums II Salaspils
18:00 BST Stadium: Salaspils stadions

Second leg

16 November 2024 Tukums II 6–0
(17–0 agg.)		SalaspilsTukums
12:00 BST Stadium: Tukuma Pilsētas Stadions

References