Latvian Higher League 2008

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The 2008 Virslīga season is the 17th Virslīga season. It is due to start, with Matchday 1 on 5 April 2008 with the final league matches due to finish on 10 August, Matchday 18. Eight teams competed in the league, playing each other four times over the course of the season, twice at home and twice away.

1 Season details
2 Standings
3 References
4 External links

[edit] Season details

For the 2008 season the league has expanded to to ten clubs, and the fixture format has changed. To expand to ten clubs there was no relegation at the end of the 2007 season, and the top two clubs from the 1. līga 2007 season, champions FK Vindava from Ventspils, and second placed SK Blāzma from Rēzekne were both promoted. From the 2008 season, the league will be in two rounds.

In the first round each club will play all the other nine clubs twice, home and away starting with Matchday 1 on 5 April and finishing with Matchday 18 on 10 August.

In the second round there will be two "mini leagues", with the top six clubs after the First Round, playing each other twice and the clubs in 7th to 10th place after the First Round playing each other twice. Second round matches are due to start on 24 August, finishing on 9 November.^[1]^[2]

At the end of the season, the club finishing bottom of the Virslīga are automatically relegated to the 1. līga, and the champions of the 1. līga are automatically promoted, taking the place of the relegated club. The club that finishes next to bottom in the Virslīga play a two-legged playoff for the final place in the Virslīga for the next season with the the club that finishes second in the 1. līga.^[1]

[edit] Standings

Key to colours in league table
Virsliga Champion,Qualification games in UEFA Champions League
Qualification games in UEFA Cup
Relegation play-off place with highest place 1. Līga club

Position	Club	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	Pts	GD
1	FK Ventspils	6	4	1	1	9	2	13	+7
2	Dinaburg FC	5	3	2	0	6	1	11	+5
3	Riga	6	3	0	3	6	7	9	-1
4	Skonto Riga	5	2	1	2	7	6	7	+1
5	Daugava Daugavpils	5	2	1	2	9	10	7	-1
6	Liepajas Metalurgs	5	2	1	2	6	7	7	-1
7	Jurmala	5	2	1	2	4	5	7	-1
8	Vindava Ventspils	5	1	2	2	5	6	5	-1
9	Blāzma Rēzekne	5	1	1	3	2	5	4	-3
10	Olimps Riga	5	1	0	4	4	9	3	-5

Last updated 22:12, 4 May 2008 (UTC)
Source: Latvian Football Federation
P = Position; Pld = Matches played; W = Matches won; D = Matches drawn; L = Matches lost; GF = Goals for; GA = Goals against; GD = Goal difference; Pts = Points.