Latvian Higher League 2008

The 2008 Virslīga season is the 17th Virslīga season. It is due to start, with "Matchday 1" on 5 April 2008 with the final league matches due to finish on 10 August, "Matchday 18". Eight teams competed in the league, playing each other four times over the course of the season, twice at home and twice away.

eason details

For the 2008 season the league has expanded to to ten clubs, and the fixture format has changed. To expand to ten clubs there was no relegation at the end of the 2007 season, and the top two clubs from the 1. līga 2007 season, champions FK Vindava from Ventspils, and second placed SK Blāzma from Rēzekne were both promoted. From the 2008 season, the league will be in two rounds.

In the first round each club will play all the other nine clubs twice, home and away starting with "Matchday 1" on 5 April and finishing with "Matchday 18" on 10 August.

In the second round there will be two "mini leagues", with the top six clubs after the First Round, playing each other twice and the clubs in 7th to 10th place after the First Round playing each other four times. Second round matches are due to start on 24 August, finishing on 9 November.cite news
last = Hartmanis
first = Martins
title = LMT Virsliga new season calendar published
publisher = Latvian Football Federation
date = 2007-12-01
url = http://www.lff.lv/en/news/2008/02/03/
accessdate = 2008-02-20] cite news
title = LMT Virslīgas čempionāta kalendārs 2008
language = Latvian
publisher = Latvian Football Federation
date = 2008
url = http://www.lff.lv/virsliga/calendar/
accessdate = 2008-02-20]

At the end of the season, the club finishing bottom of the Virslīga are automatically relegated to the 1. līga, and the champions of the 1. līga are automatically promoted, taking the place of the relegated club. The club that finishes next to bottom in the Virslīga play a two-legged playoff for the final place in the Virslīga for the next season with the the club that finishes second in the 1. līga.cite news
last = Hartmanis
first = Martins
title = LMT Virsliga new season calendar published
publisher = Latvian Football Federation
date = 2008-02-03
url = http://www.lff.lv/en/news/2008/02/03/
accessdate = 2008-02-20]

First round

tandings

Results

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Championship round

tandings

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Relegation round

tandings

Results

References

External links

* [http://www.lff.lv Latvian Football Federation] Lv icon
* [http://www.lff.lv/en/news Latvian Football Federation news in English]

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