2014 Latvian Higher League


The 2014 Latvian Higher League was the 23rd season of top-tier football in Latvia. FK Ventspils are the defending champions. The season started on 21 March 2014. Initially, Skonto Riga and Daugava Daugavpils, the second and third teams from the previous season, were denied a license to participate and the league began with eight clubs. However, their appeals against this were successful and the league was restored to ten clubs.

Teams

This year the league had ten participants.

Stadiums and locations

ClubLocationStadiumCapacity
BFC DaugavpilsDaugavpilsCeltnieks Stadium3,980
FC DaugavaDaugavpilsDaugava Stadium4,100
FK Daugava RīgaRigaDaugava Stadium5,000
FK JelgavaJelgavaZemgales Olimpiskais Sporta Centrs2,200
FC JūrmalaJūrmalaSlokas Stadium5,000
FK LiepājaLiepājaDaugava Stadium6,000
FS Metta/LURigaStadions Arkādija500
Skonto FCRigaSkonto Stadium10,000
FK Spartaks JūrmalaJūrmalaSlokas Stadium5,000
FK VentspilsVentspilsOlimpiskais Stadium3,200

League table

Relegation play-offs

The 9th-placed side faced the runners-up of the 2014 Latvian First League in a two-legged play-off, with the winner being awarded a spot in the 2015 Higher League competition.
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FS METTA/LU won 6–1 on aggregate.

Results

Season statistics

Top scorers

RankPlayerClubGoals
1 Vladislavs GutkovskisSkonto28
2 Jānis IkaunieksLiepāja23
3 Vladislavs KozlovsJelgava15
4 Edgars GauračsSpartaks14
5 Jevgēņijs KosmačovsDaugava12
5 Kristaps GrebisLiepāja12
5 Mantas SavėnasDaugava Rīga12
5 Ndue MujeciVentspils12
9 Ahmed AbdultaofikVentspils11
10 Ruslan MingazowSkonto9

Player of the Month

Manager of the Month