The 2018 Latvian Higher League was the 27th season of top-tier football in Latvia. Spartaks Jūrmala were the defending champions, having won their second title in the previous season.
Teams
At the end of the 2017 season, Babīte were excluded from the league due to match-fixing. This resulted in METTA/LU ending up as the bottom-placed team. They were sent to the relegation playoffs against FK Progress/AFA Olaine. METTA/LU won, keeping them in the Latvian Higher League.
Babīte were replaced by the champions of the 2017 Latvian First League, Valmieras FK.
ClubLocationStadiumCapacityValmierasValmieraJ. Daliņa stadions2,000JelgavaJelgavaOlympic 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 FK Jelgava Nike Igate FK Liepāja Adidas Mogo FS Metta/LU Nike Riga FCJako Rīgas Futbola skolaNike LNK Group FK Spartaks Jūrmala Nike Hanseatisches Fußball Kontor FK Ventspils Adidas VK TranzītsValmiera Glass ViA Nike Valmiera Glass
League table
Results Each team played the other seven teams home-and-away twice, for a total of 28 games each.
Relegation play-offs The seventh-placed team from the 2018 Higher League faced the runners-up of the 2018 Latvian First League in a two-legged play-off. The winner, METTA/LU, earned the right to participate in the 2019 Higher League.
Top scorers
RankPlayerClubGoals1 Darko LemajićRiga152 Maksym MarusychRFS143 Aleksejs VišņakovsSpartaks Jūrmala13 Adeleke AkinyemiVentspils13 Tosin AiyegunVentspils134 Ģirts KarlsonsLiepāja105 Jānis IkaunieksLiepāja96 Roberts UldriķisRFS7 Tamirlan DzhamalutdinovMETTA/LU7
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