Latvian Higher League or Virslīga, also known as TonyBet Virslīga for sponsorship reasons, is a professional association football league in Latvia and the highest level of the Latvian football league
Aleksandrs Starkovs has won 12 league titles since independence with Skonto as a manager.
Three times winner with Ventspils Ukrainian Roman Hryhorchuk is the first manager who reached Europa League group stage in Virslīga history.
First-ever Latvian who scored in Euros Māris Verpakovskis has won league titles with both Skonto and Liepāja.
Ukrainian born Marians Pahars has won 5 league titles before moving to Southampton.
Riga Football Club, commonly referred to as Riga FC, is a Latvian football club, founded in 2014. The club is based at the Skonto Stadium in Riga. Since 2016, the club has been playing in the Virslīga
Latvian Higher League
…record of 31–28–27 (including Metalurgs) in favor of Liepāja prior to the 2019 Virslīga. Since 2016, the Riga Derby (Rīgas derbijs) was started between Riga FC and Rīgas FS as two clubs were promoted at the same time. A 2019 match in Skonto Stadium between the two sides broke a ten-year attendance record. UEFA…
Ukrainian manager Viktor Skrypnyk has won the first ever Virslīga title in the club's history.