The 2014 Latvian Higher League was the 23rd season of top-tier football in Latvia. FK Ventspils are the defending champions. The season started on 21 March 2014. Initially, Skonto Riga and Daugava Daugavpils, the second and third teams from the previous season, were denied a license to participate and the league began with eight clubs. However, their appeals against this were successful and the league was restored to ten clubs.'Skonto' un Daugavpils 'Daugava' tomēr tiek pielaista startam Latvijas futbola virslīgā, delfi.lv, accessed 22 March 2014
Teams This year the league had ten participants.
Stadiums and locations
Club Location Stadium Capacity BFC Daugavpils Daugavpils Celtnieks Stadium 3,980 FC Daugava Daugavpils Daugava Stadium 4,100 FK Daugava Rīga Riga Daugava Stadium 5,000 FK Jelgava Jelgava Zemgales Olimpiskais Sporta Centrs 2,200 FC Jūrmala Jūrmala Slokas Stadium 5,000 FK Liepāja Liepāja Daugava Stadium 6,000 FS Metta/LU Riga Stadions Arkādija 500 Skonto FC Riga Skonto Stadium 10,000 FK Spartaks Jūrmala Jūrmala Slokas Stadium 5,000 FK Ventspils Ventspils Olimpiskais Stadium 3,200
League table
Relegation play-offs The 9th-placed side faced the runners-up of the 2014 Latvian First League in a two-legged play-off, with the winner being awarded a spot in the 2015 Higher League competition.
FS METTA/LU won 6–1 on aggregate.
Results
Season statistics
Top scorers
RankPlayerClubGoals1 Vladislavs GutkovskisSkonto282 Jānis IkaunieksLiepāja233 Vladislavs KozlovsJelgava154 Edgars GauračsSpartaks145 Jevgēņijs KosmačovsDaugava12 Kristaps GrebisLiepāja Mantas SavėnasDaugava Rīga Ndue MujeciVentspils9 Ahmed AbdultaofikVentspils1110 Ruslan MingazowSkonto9
Player of the Month MonthPlayerClubMarch/April Jurijs ŽigajevsFK VentspilsMay Jānis IkaunieksFK LiepājaJune Edgars GauračsJPFS/FK SpartaksJuly Edgars GauračsJPFS/FK SpartaksAugust Kaspars IkstensFK JelgavaSeptember Jānis IkaunieksFK LiepājaOctober/November Vladislavs GutkovskisSkonto FC
Manager of the Month MonthManagerClubMarch/April Jurģis PučinsksFK VentspilsMay Vladimirs BeškarevsFK JelgavaJune Tamaz PertiaSkonto FCJuly Roman PylypchukJPFS/FK SpartaksAugust Vitālijs AstafjevsFK JelgavaSeptember Viktors DobrecovsFK LiepājaOctober/November Jurģis PučinsksFK Ventspils
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