The 2019 Latvian Higher League, known as the Optibet Virslīga for sponsorship reasons, 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.
ClubLocationStadiumCapacityBFC DaugavpilsDaugavpilsCeltnieks Stadium4,070FK JelgavaJelgavaOlympic Sports Center of Zemgale1,560FK LiepājaLiepājaDaugava Stadium5,008FK Metta/LURigaHanzas vidusskolas laukums2,000Riga FCRigaSkonto Stadium8,207FK RFSRigaStadions Arkādija1,000FK Spartaks JūrmalaJūrmalaSlokas Stadium2,800FK Valmiera Glass ViAValmieraJ. Daliņa stadions2,000FK 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
RankPlayerClubGoals1 Darko LemajićRiga152 Tosin AiyegunVentspils113 Nemanja BelakovićSpartaks Jūrmala10 Tamirlan DzhamalutdinovMETTA/LU5 Tomáš ŠimkovičRFS8 Vugar AsgarovBFC Daugavpils7 Tolu ArokodareValmiera7 Jānis IkaunieksLiepāja9 Roman DebelkoRiga6 Tomáš MalecRFS Kgotso MasanganeMETTA/LU Amâncio FortesLiepāja Daniils UlimbaševsVentspils
References
External links
Topscorers at RSSSF