Latvian First League

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Established
1992 (34 years old)

First Recorded Event
2024-04-06

Current Season
2026

Current Round
18

Level Above
Latvian Higher League

Level Below
Latvian Cup

Sport
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Soccer

Location
Latvia

Gender
Male

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		Upcoming
05 Sep 26	ValmieraValmiera	11:00am	MettaMetta
05 Sep 26	JDFS AlbJDFS Alberts	12:00pm	SmilteneSmiltene
05 Sep 26	RFS IIRFS II	2:00pm	JFK VentJFK Ventspils
05 Sep 26	Riga MarRiga Mariners	2:30pm	RēzekneRēzekne
06 Sep 26	Tukums ITukums II	10:00am	LeevonLeevon
07 Sep 26	Riga FC Riga FC II	3:00pm	SkanstesSkanstes
12 Sep 26	SmilteneSmiltene	11:00am	Riga MarRiga Mariners
12 Sep 26	MettaMetta	11:00am	JFK VentJFK Ventspils
12 Sep 26	JDFS AlbJDFS Alberts	1:00pm	ValmieraValmiera
12 Sep 26	MārupeMārupe	1:00pm	Tukums ITukums II

		Results
30 Aug 26	RēzekneRēzekne	1 - 6	ValmieraValmiera
30 Aug 26	SkanstesSkanstes	6 - 2	Tukums IITukums II
29 Aug 26	MārupeMārupe	0 - 2	JDFS AlbeJDFS Alberts
29 Aug 26	SmilteneSmiltene	0 - 6	MettaMetta
29 Aug 26	Riga MariRiga Mariners	3 - 1	RFS IIRFS II
29 Aug 26	JFK VentsJFK Ventspils	1 - 1	Riga FC IRiga FC II
29 Aug 26	LeevonLeevon	2 - 1	Super NovSuper Nova II
24 Aug 26	Riga FC IRiga FC II	1 - 3	Riga MariRiga Mariners
23 Aug 26	RēzekneRēzekne	0 - 2	MettaMetta
23 Aug 26	Super NovSuper Nova II	1 - 1	SkanstesSkanstes

Description

The Latvian First League (Latvian: Latvijas Pirmā līga, 1. līga) is the second tier of football in Latvia and is organised by the Latvian Football Federation. Since 2021, its full name is Optibet Nākotnes Līga (Optibet Future League) due to the sponsorship by sports betting company Optibet.

The league was founded together with other Latvian football competitions in 1992. From 2007 to 2008, the tournament was known as the Traffic 1. līga, due to its first sponsorship deal concluded with the "Traffic auto advert" advertising company. From 2015 its name was Komanda.lv First League (Komanda.lv 1. līga) for sponsorship reasons, after the Komanda.lv sporting goods store became the league's main sponsor in 2015.

here are 14 clubs in the First League. During the course of the season each club plays the every other club twice, once at home and once away, with a total of 26 games. At the end of the season, the highest placed club is automatically promoted to the Virslīga. The second lowest placed club in the Virslīga and the second placed club in the First League compete in a two-legged tie for the remaining place in the following season's Virslīga. The two clubs finishing at the bottom of the First League are relegated to the Second League, while the third-from-bottom team competes in a two-legged tie with the third-placed team of the Second League for a place in the First League.

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