Championship of the Latvian SSR in football (also Higher Football League of the Latvian SSR, ) was a top competition of association football in the Latvian SSR in 1945-91 soon after the occupation of Latvia by the Soviet Union.

The competition was originally established in 1941 in place of the Virslīga, but was never finished due to invasion of the Soviet Union by Nazi Germany.

List of champions

1941: Tournament cancelled due to WWII 1942-1944: Tournament interrupted due to WWII 1945: FK Dinamo Rīga 1946: Daugava Liepāja 1947: Daugava Liepāja 1948: Žmiļova komanda (Soviet Army Team of Zhmilyov) 1949: Sarkanais Metalurgs Liepāja 1950: AVN Rīga 1951: Sarkanais Metalurgs Liepāja 1952: AVN Rīga 1953: Sarkanais Metalurgs Liepāja 1954: Sarkanais Metalurgs Liepāja 1955: Darba Rezerves Rīga 1956: Sarkanais Metalurgs Liepāja 1957: Sarkanais Metalurgs Liepāja 1958: Sarkanais Metalurgs Liepāja 1959: RER Rīga 1960: ASK Rīga 1961: ASK Rīga 1962: ASK Rīga 1963: ASK Rīga 1964: ASK Rīga 1965: ASK Rīga 1966: ESR Rīga

1967: ESR Rīga 1968: Starts Brocēni 1969: FK Venta Ventspils 1970: VEF Rīga 1971: VEF Rīga 1972: FK Jūrnieks 1973: VEF Rīga 1974: VEF Rīga 1975: VEF Rīga 1976: Enerģija Rīga 1977: Enerģija Rīga 1978: Ķīmiķis Daugavpils 1979: Elektrons Rīga 1980: Ķīmiķis Daugavpils 1981: Elektrons Rīga 1982: Elektrons Rīga 1983: VEF Rīga 1984: Torpedo Rīga 1985: FK Alfa 1986: Torpedo Rīga 1987: Torpedo Rīga 1988: RAF Jelgava 1989: RAF Jelgava 1990: Gauja Valmiera 1991: Forums-Skonto

Number of titles 9 – Daugava Liepāja 8 – ASK Rīga (AVN) 6 – VEF Rīga 4 – Enerģija Rīga (ESR) 3 – Elektrons Rīga, Torpedo Rīga 2 – Ķīmiķis Daugavpils, RAF Jelgava 1 – FK Dinamo Rīga, Žmiļova komanda, Darba Rezerves Rīga, RER Rīga, Starts Brocēni, Venta Ventspils, FK Jūrnieks, FK Alfa, Gauja Valmiera, Forums-Skonto

See also Latvian Higher League

References

External links All Latvian champions including Soviet at RSSSF