2019 Latvian Higher League


The 2019 Latvian Higher League was the 28th season of top-tier football in Latvia. The season began on 9 March 2019 and ended on 9 November 2019.
Riga were the defending champions from the previous season.

Teams

All eight clubs from the previous season remained in the league with Daugavpils joining the league as champions of 1.Liga 2018.
ClubLocationStadiumCapacity
BFC DaugavpilsDaugavpilsCeltnieks Stadium4,070
FK JelgavaJelgavaOlympic Sports Center of Zemgale1,560
FK LiepājaLiepājaDaugava Stadium5,008
FK Metta/LURigaHanzas vidusskolas laukums2,000
Riga FCRigaSkonto Stadium8,207
FK RFSRigaStadions Arkādija1,000
FK Spartaks JūrmalaJūrmalaSlokas Stadium2,800
FK Valmiera Glass ViAValmieraJ. Daliņa stadions2,000
FK VentspilsVentspilsVentspils Olimpiskais Stadions3,044

League table

Results

Each club played the other eight clubs home-and-away twice, for a total of 32 matches each.

Relegation play-offs

The ninth-placed team from the 2019 Higher League played the runners-up of the 2019 Latvian First League in a two-legged play-off on 13–16 November 2019. The winner, METTA/LU, will remain in the Latvian Higher League.

Statistics

Top scorers

RankPlayerClubGoals
1 Darko LemajićRiga15
2 Tosin AiyegunVentspils11
3 Nemanja BelakovićSpartaks Jūrmala10
3 Tamirlan DzhamalutdinovMETTA/LU10
5 Tomáš ŠimkovičRFS8
5 Vugar AsgarovBFC Daugavpils8
7 Emmanuel ArokodareValmiera7
7 Jānis IkaunieksLiepāja7
9 Roman DebelkoRiga6
9 Tomáš MalecRFS6
9 Kgotso MasanganeMETTA/LU6
9 Amâncio FortesLiepāja6
9 Daniils UlimbaševsVentspils6