Latvian First League

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Established
1992 (34 years old)

First Recorded Event
2024-04-06

Current Season
2026

Current Round
13

Level Above
Latvian Higher League

Level Below
Latvian Cup

Sport
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Soccer

Location
Latvia

Gender
Male

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		Upcoming
25 Jul 26	SmilteneSmiltene	11:00am	RFS IIRFS II
25 Jul 26	JDFS AlbJDFS Alberts	1:00pm	Super NoSuper Nova II
25 Jul 26	Riga MarRiga Mariners	2:00pm	JFK VentJFK Ventspils
25 Jul 26	RēzekneRēzekne	3:00pm	MārupeMārupe
25 Jul 26	LeevonLeevon	3:30pm	SkanstesSkanstes
27 Jul 26	ValmieraValmiera	3:00pm	Riga FC Riga FC II
27 Jul 26	MettaMetta	4:00pm	Tukums ITukums II
31 Jul 26	Super NoSuper Nova II	4:00pm	Riga MarRiga Mariners
01 Aug 26	ValmieraValmiera	11:00am	RFS IIRFS II
01 Aug 26	SkanstesSkanstes	12:00pm	MārupeMārupe

		Results
20 Jul 26	Tukums IITukums II	2 - 0	RFS IIRFS II
19 Jul 26	SmilteneSmiltene	1 - 0	RēzekneRēzekne
19 Jul 26	Riga FC IRiga FC II	2 - 1	Super NovSuper Nova II
18 Jul 26	SkanstesSkanstes	0 - 3	ValmieraValmiera
18 Jul 26	JFK VentsJFK Ventspils	1 - 3	JDFS AlbeJDFS Alberts
18 Jul 26	MārupeMārupe	0 - 4	MettaMetta
18 Jul 26	LeevonLeevon	2 - 1	Riga MariRiga Mariners
11 Jul 26	SkanstesSkanstes	0 - 3	JFK VentsJFK Ventspils
05 Jul 26	ValmieraValmiera	4 - 1	LeevonLeevon
05 Jul 26	RFS IIRFS II	1 - 1	Super NovSuper Nova II

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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