2010 Latvian Higher League
| Season | 2010 |
|---|---|
| Matches played | 60 |
| Goals scored | 183 (3.05 per match) |
| Top goalscorer | Nathan Junior (9) |
| Biggest home win | Ventspils 7–0 RFS/Olimps Skonto 7–0 Jaunība |
| Biggest away win | Jaunība 0–9 RFS/Olimps |
| Highest scoring | Jaunība 0–9 RFS/Olimps |
| Longest winning run | Skonto (7 wins)[citation needed] |
| Longest unbeaten run | Metalurgs (10 games)[citation needed] |
| Longest losing run | RFS/Olimps (7 losses)[citation needed] |
| Highest attendance | 3000 RFS/Olimps–Tranzīts[citation needed] Skonto–Metalurgs[citation needed] Skonto–Daugava[citation needed] |
| Lowest attendance | 45 Jaunība–Tranzīts[citation needed] |
| Average attendance | 564 (through 09 July)[citation needed] |
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2010 Latvian Higher League (Template:Lang-lv) is the 19th season of top-tier football in Latvia. It began on 9 April 2010 with the first round of games. Liepājas Metalurgs are the defending champions, having won their second league title last year.
With the re-expansion of the league to 10 clubs, the format of the competition was altered for the third year in a row. The ten clubs play 18 rounds of matches, once at home and once away, against each of the other nine clubs in the league. After this, another nine rounds of matches will be played for a total of 27 matches. The clubs finishing in the first five positions after 18 rounds will receive the benefit of hosting five of their last nine matches.[1]
Teams
Due to a match fixing scandal last season, Dinaburg FC were excluded from the Latvian Higher League and were relegated to the Latvian First League.[2][3]
Promoted to the Higher League from the First Division automatically were last year's First Division champions, Jelgava.
Daugava Rīga finished in 8th place in last year's Higher League competition and competed in a promotion/relegation playoff against the runners-up of the First Division, Jaunība Rīga. Jaunība Rīga won this two-legged playoff 1–1 (1–0 on away goals scored) and won promotion to the Higher League for this season and Daugava Rīga was relegated to the First Division.
Despite finishing last year's First Division competition in 9th place, Daugava Daugavpils were offered a place in this year's Higher League competition, which the club accepted.
Team summaries
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| Club | Location | Stadium | Capacity | Current manager |
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| FC Daugava | Daugavpils | Daugava Stadium | 3,500 |  Tamaz Pertia
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| FC Tranzit | Ventspils | Ventspils 2. pamatskolas stadions | 500 |  Aleksandr Gorbachov
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| FK Jaunība | Riga | Daugava Stadium | 5,000 |  Sergejs Davidovs
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| FK Jelgava | Jelgava | Ozolnieku Stadions | 1,000 | Dainis Kazakevičs
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| FK Jūrmala-VV | Jūrmala | Slokas Stadium | 5,000 | Vladimirs Babičevs
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| FK Ventspils | Ventspils | Olimpiskais Stadium | 3,200 |  Nunzio Zavettieri
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| JFK Olimps/RFS | Riga | Latvijas Universitates Stadions | 5,000 |  Anton Joore
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| Metalurgs | Liepāja | Daugava Stadium | 5,500 |  Rüdiger Abramczik
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| SK Blāzma | Rēzekne | Sporta Aģentūras Stadions | 3,000 | Žanis Ārmanis
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| Skonto FC | Riga | Skonto Stadium | 10,000 | Aleksandrs Starkovs
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League table
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Results
Regular home/away matches
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Relegation play-offs
At season's end, the 9th place club in the Latvian Higher League will face the runners-up of the Latvian First League in a two-legged playoff, with the winner being awarded a spot on next year's Higher League competition.
Top goalscorers
Updated on 26 August 2010; Source: LMT Virslīga 2010 Template:Lv icon
- 14 goals
- 11 goals
- 10 goals
- 9 goals
- 8 goals
- 7 goals
- 6 goals
- 5 goals
- Gatis Kalniņš (Jūrmala-VV)
- Valērijs Redjko (Jelgava)
Ruslan Mingazov (Skonto)- Andrejs Perepļotkins (Skonto)
- 4 goals
- Vladimirs Volkovs (Blāzma)
- Murad Ramazanov (Daugava)
- Mihails Cigankovs (Jaunība)
- Jurģis Kalns (Liepājas Metalurgs)
Vitalijus Kavaliauskas (Liepājas Metalurgs)
Ilija Spasojević (Liepājas Metalurgs)- Valerijs Šabala (RFS/Olimps)
- Lasha Gongadze (RFS/Olimps)
- Alans Siņeļnikovs (Skonto)
- Aleksejs Višņakovs (Ventspils)
Awards
Monthly awards
| Player of the Month | ||
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| Month | Player | Club |
| April[4] | Artūrs Karašausks
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Skonto |
| May[5] | Oļegs Malašenoks
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Jelgava |
| June[6] |  Nathan Júnior
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Skonto |
| July[7] | Kaspars Dubra
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Skonto |
See also
References
- ^ [1] Template:Lv icon
- ^ "Динабург" исключен из чемпионата Латвии и Балтийской Лиги Template:Ru icon
- ^ LFF measures in FC Dinaburg case
- ^ "Artūrs Karašausks – LMT Virslīgas labākais spēlētājs aprīlī". LFF. 2 May 2010. Retrieved 3 May 2010.
- ^ ""LMT Virslīgas" labākais spēlētājs maijā – Malašenoks". sportacentrs.com. 7 June 2010. Retrieved 7 June 2010.
- ^ "Natans Žuniors – LMT Virslīgas labākais spēlētājs jūnijā". LFF. Retrieved 22 August 2010.
- ^ "Kaspars Dubra atzīts par labāko spēlētāju jūlijā". LFF. Retrieved 22 August 2010.
External links
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