The 2017 Latvian Higher League is the 26th season of top-tier football in Latvia. Spartaks Jūrmala are the defending champions, having won their first title in the previous season.
Teams
The bottom-placed team from the 2016 season, BFC Daugavpils, were directly relegated to the 2017 Latvian First League. They were replaced by Babīte, champions of the 2016 Latvian First League.
The seventh-placed team from the 2016 season, FS METTA/LU, retained their top-flight spot for the 2017 season by defeating 2016 First League runners-up, AFA Olaine in the play-offs.
Babīte was removed from the league on 22 June 2017 after the Latvian Football Federation received a notice from UEFA's Betting Fraud Detection System for 6 separate games involving Babīte. All the results for Babīte games were invalidated and do not count for the standings.
ClubLocationStadiumCapacityBabītePiņķiPiņķu stadions500JelgavaJelgavaOlympic Sports Center of Zemgale1,560LiepājaLiepājaDaugava Stadium5,008Metta/LURigaHanzas vidusskolas laukums2,000RFSRigaStadions Arkādija1,000RigaRigaSkonto Stadium8,207Spartaks JūrmalaJūrmalaSlokas Stadium2,800VentspilsVentspilsVentspils Olimpiskais Stadions3,044 Source: Scoresway
Kits manufacturer and sponsors Club Kit manufacturer Sponsor SK Babīte Joma FK Jelgava Nike Igate FK Liepāja Adidas Mogo FS Metta/LU Nike Riga FCJako Rīgas Futbola skola Nike LNK Group FK Spartaks Jūrmala Nike Hanseatisches Fußball Kontor FK Ventspils Adidas VK Tranzīts
League table
Results Each team will play the other seven teams home-and-away twice, for a total of 28 games each.
Relegation play-offs The seventh-placed side faced the runners-up of the 2017 Latvian First League in a two-legged play-off, with the winner being awarded a spot in the 2018 Higher League competition.
Season statistics
Top scorers
RankPlayerClubGoals1 Yevgeni KozlovSpartaks Jūrmala132 Artūrs KarašausksLiepāja123 Adeleke AkinyemiVentspils104 Tosin AiyegunVentspils95 Bogdan VaštšukRiga86 Mārcis OšsJelgava7 Daniils UlimbaševsRFS8 Kristaps GrebisLiepāja6 Ģirts KarlsonsLiepāja Edgars GauračsSpartaks Jūrmala
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