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Virslīga 2010) was the 19th season of top-tier football in
Latvia Latvia ( or ; lv, Latvija ; ltg, Latveja; liv, Leţmō), officially the Republic of Latvia ( lv, Latvijas Republika, links=no, ltg, Latvejas Republika, links=no, liv, Leţmō Vabāmō, links=no), is a country in the Baltic region of ...
. It began on 9 April 2010 with the first round of games. Liepājas Metalurgs were the defending champions, having won their second league title last season. With the re-expansion of the league to 10 clubs, the format of the competition was altered for the third year in a row. The ten clubs played 18 rounds of matches, once at home and once away, against each of the other nine clubs in the league. After this, another nine rounds of matches were played for a total of 27 matches. The clubs finishing in the first five positions after 18 rounds received the benefit of hosting five of their last nine matches.


Teams

Due to a match fixing scandal last season,
Dinaburg FC Dinaburg FC was a Latvian football club, playing in the city of Daugavpils. In 2009 it merged with FK Daugava. The club played at the Daugava Stadium (capacity 4,070). On October 5, 2009, Dinaburg was expelled from the Virsliga and both the pre ...
were excluded from the Latvian Higher League and were relegated to the Latvian First League.LFF measures in FC Dinaburg case
/ref> Promoted to the Higher League from the First Division automatically were last season's First Division champions, Jelgava. Daugava Rīga finished in 8th place in last year's Higher League competition and competed in a promotion/relegation playoff against the runners-up of the First Division, Jaunība Rīga. Jaunība Rīga won this two-legged playoff 1–1 (1–0 on away goals scored) and won promotion to the Higher League for this season and Daugava Rīga was relegated to the First Division. Despite finishing last year's First Division competition in 9th place,
Daugava Daugavpils FC Daugava was a Latvian football club, based at the Daugava Stadium, in the city of Daugavpils. They lastly played in the Latvian Second League in 2015. They were one of two clubs with the name ''Daugava'' and should not be confused with FK ...
were offered a place in this year's Higher League competition, which the club accepted.


Team summaries


League table


Results


Regular home/away matches


Extra home matches


Relegation play-offs

At season's end, the 9th place club in the Latvian Higher League, Tranzīts Ventspils, was supposed to face the runners-up of the Latvian First League,
FC Jūrmala FC Jūrmala is a Latvian association football, football club that is based in Jūrmala. They play in the Latvian First League. Club plays its home matches at the Slokas Stadium in Jūrmala with capacity of 5,000 people. Until 2015 FC Jūrmala was ...
, in a two-legged playoff, with the winner being awarded a spot on next year's Higher League competition. However, before this playoff began, the LFF received information from Tranzits that it would not participate in the playoff and, further, was forfeiting its place in the Latvian Higher League. Because of this, FC Jurmala achieved promotion to the Higher League automatically.


Top goalscorers

''Source
LMT Virslīga 2010
'' ;18 goals *
Deniss Rakels Deniss Rakeļs (born 20 August 1992) is a Latvian professional footballer who plays for the Latvia national team. He was born in Jēkabpils. Career Club Early career in Latvia Rakels started his youth career in his local club Jēkabpils RSS, ...
''( Liepājas Metalurgs)'' * Nathan Júnior ''( Skonto)'' ;15 goals *
Jurijs Žigajevs Jurijs Žigajevs (born 14 November 1985) is a Latvian former football player who made 31 appearances for the Latvia national team. Club career Born in the then Leningrad, Russia Žigajevs moved to Latvia at a young age. In his youth he played ...
''( Ventspils)'' ;12 goals * Kristaps Grebis ''( Liepājas Metalurgs)'' ;11 goals *
Oļegs Malašenoks Oļegs Malašenoks (born 27 April 1986 in Riga) is a Latvian professional footballer who currently plays as a striker for AFA Olaine. Club career Oļegs Malašenoks was born in Riga, as a youth player he played for his local club Multibanka ...
''( Jelgava)'' ;9 goals * Eduards Višņakovs ''( Ventspils)'' *
Vitalijus Kavaliauskas Vitalijus Kavaliauskas (born 2 July 1983) is a Lithuanian former footballer A football player or footballer is a sportsperson who plays one of the different types of football. The main types of football are association football, American f ...
''( Liepājas Metalurgs)'' ;8 goals * '' Artūrs Karašausks'' ''( Skonto)'' * Andrejs Perepļotkins ''( Skonto)'' * Ruslan Mingazov ''( Skonto)'' *
Daniils Turkovs Daniils Turkovs (born 17 February 1988) is a Latvian former professional footballer who played as a forward. Club career As a youth player, Turkovs played for Skonto FC academy, starting his professional career in 2007 with Olimps/RFS. Over a p ...
''( Skonto)'' *
Pavel Ryzhevski Pavel Ryzhevski (russian: Павел Рыжевский, born 3 March 1981) is a Belarusian footballer, who currently plays for BFC Daugavpils in the Virsliga. Ryzhevski previously played for Dinaburg FC. Through the 2008 season, Ryzhevski had m ...
''( Blāzma)'' ''* Players in ''italics'' left the clubs they are listed in during the season.''


Awards


Monthly awards


Golden boot

*
Deniss Rakels Deniss Rakeļs (born 20 August 1992) is a Latvian professional footballer who plays for the Latvia national team. He was born in Jēkabpils. Career Club Early career in Latvia Rakels started his youth career in his local club Jēkabpils RSS, ...
( Liepājas Metalurgs) with 18 goals. Nathan Júnior from Skonto also scored 18 goals during the season, but while Rakels had scored all his goals from game-play, Junior netted 3 goals from the penalty spot.


Team of the tournament

''(Selected by www.sportacentrs.com)'' Goalkeepers: Marks Bogdanovs ( Jelgava),
Kaspars Ikstens Kaspars Ikstens (born 5 June 1988) is a Latvian international footballer who plays for Rīgas Futbola Skola, as a goalkeeper. Career Born in Riga, Ikstens has played for JFK Olimps, Skonto, FC Daugava, Víkingur, Jelgava and Rīgas Futbola ...
(
Skonto Riga Skonto FC was a Latvian football club, active from 1991 until 2016. The club played at the Skonto Stadium in Riga. Skonto won the Virsliga in the first 14 seasons of the league's resumption (15 in total), and often provided the core of the Lat ...
) Defenders: Jevgēņijs Simonovs (
Daugava Daugavpils FC Daugava was a Latvian football club, based at the Daugava Stadium, in the city of Daugavpils. They lastly played in the Latvian Second League in 2015. They were one of two clubs with the name ''Daugava'' and should not be confused with FK ...
),
Kaspars Dubra Kaspars Dubra (born 20 December 1990) is a Latvian professional football defender who plays for RFS. He plays as a centre-back and as a defensive midfielder. Club career Skonto Riga Dubra started playing football at the age of seven, as ...
(
Skonto Riga Skonto FC was a Latvian football club, active from 1991 until 2016. The club played at the Skonto Stadium in Riga. Skonto won the Virsliga in the first 14 seasons of the league's resumption (15 in total), and often provided the core of the Lat ...
),
Tomas Tamošauskas Tomas Tamošauskas (born 22 May 1983) is a Lithuanian football manager and a former midfielder. Club career Tamošauskas began his career at Banga Gargždai in 2000. In 2001, he moved to FK Atlantas where he scored the club's consolation goal ...
( Liepājas Metalurgs),
Vitālijs Maksimenko Vitālijs Maksimenko (born 8 December 1990) is a Latvian professional Association football, footballer who plays as a Centre-back, centre-back for Super League Greece 2, Greek Super League 2 club Aiolikos F.C., Aiolikos. He made his internation ...
(
Skonto Riga Skonto FC was a Latvian football club, active from 1991 until 2016. The club played at the Skonto Stadium in Riga. Skonto won the Virsliga in the first 14 seasons of the league's resumption (15 in total), and often provided the core of the Lat ...
),
Māris Smirnovs Māris Smirnovs (born 2 June 1976, in Daugavpils) is a former Latvian football defender, currently the assistant manager of FK Ventspils, playing in the Latvian Higher League. Smirnovs has played 22 international matches for Latvia national ...
( Tranzit Ventspils), Yuriy Shelenkov (
Daugava Daugavpils FC Daugava was a Latvian football club, based at the Daugava Stadium, in the city of Daugavpils. They lastly played in the Latvian Second League in 2015. They were one of two clubs with the name ''Daugava'' and should not be confused with FK ...
) Midfielders: Ruslan Mingazov (
Skonto Riga Skonto FC was a Latvian football club, active from 1991 until 2016. The club played at the Skonto Stadium in Riga. Skonto won the Virsliga in the first 14 seasons of the league's resumption (15 in total), and often provided the core of the Lat ...
),
Jurijs Žigajevs Jurijs Žigajevs (born 14 November 1985) is a Latvian former football player who made 31 appearances for the Latvia national team. Club career Born in the then Leningrad, Russia Žigajevs moved to Latvia at a young age. In his youth he played ...
( Ventspils), Arturs Zjuzins ( Ventspils), Valērijs Afanasjevs (
Daugava Daugavpils FC Daugava was a Latvian football club, based at the Daugava Stadium, in the city of Daugavpils. They lastly played in the Latvian Second League in 2015. They were one of two clubs with the name ''Daugava'' and should not be confused with FK ...
),
Michael Tukura Michael Tukura (born 19 october 1988 in Abuja) is a Nigerian footballer, who currently plays for the Israeli Premier League club Hapoel Petah Tikva. Career Tukura began his career with dynamite f.c in Nigeria. In 2007, he signed with Wikki To ...
( Ventspils), Takafumi Akahoshi ( Liepājas Metalurgs) Forwards: Nathan Júnior (
Skonto Riga Skonto FC was a Latvian football club, active from 1991 until 2016. The club played at the Skonto Stadium in Riga. Skonto won the Virsliga in the first 14 seasons of the league's resumption (15 in total), and often provided the core of the Lat ...
),
Deniss Rakels Deniss Rakeļs (born 20 August 1992) is a Latvian professional footballer who plays for the Latvia national team. He was born in Jēkabpils. Career Club Early career in Latvia Rakels started his youth career in his local club Jēkabpils RSS, ...
( Liepājas Metalurgs),
Daniils Turkovs Daniils Turkovs (born 17 February 1988) is a Latvian former professional footballer who played as a forward. Club career As a youth player, Turkovs played for Skonto FC academy, starting his professional career in 2007 with Olimps/RFS. Over a p ...
(
Skonto Riga Skonto FC was a Latvian football club, active from 1991 until 2016. The club played at the Skonto Stadium in Riga. Skonto won the Virsliga in the first 14 seasons of the league's resumption (15 in total), and often provided the core of the Lat ...
),
Oļegs Malašenoks Oļegs Malašenoks (born 27 April 1986 in Riga) is a Latvian professional footballer who currently plays as a striker for AFA Olaine. Club career Oļegs Malašenoks was born in Riga, as a youth player he played for his local club Multibanka ...
( Jelgava)


Best player awards

* Goalkeeper:
Kaspars Ikstens Kaspars Ikstens (born 5 June 1988) is a Latvian international footballer who plays for Rīgas Futbola Skola, as a goalkeeper. Career Born in Riga, Ikstens has played for JFK Olimps, Skonto, FC Daugava, Víkingur, Jelgava and Rīgas Futbola ...
(
Skonto Riga Skonto FC was a Latvian football club, active from 1991 until 2016. The club played at the Skonto Stadium in Riga. Skonto won the Virsliga in the first 14 seasons of the league's resumption (15 in total), and often provided the core of the Lat ...
) * Defender:
Vitālijs Smirnovs Vitālijs Smirnovs (born 28 June 1986) is a Latvian footballer, who currently plays as central defender for FK Spartaks Jūrmala. Club career Skonto Riga As a youth player, Smirnovs played for JFC Skonto and was taken to the first team in 200 ...
(
Skonto Riga Skonto FC was a Latvian football club, active from 1991 until 2016. The club played at the Skonto Stadium in Riga. Skonto won the Virsliga in the first 14 seasons of the league's resumption (15 in total), and often provided the core of the Lat ...
) * Midfielder:
Jurijs Žigajevs Jurijs Žigajevs (born 14 November 1985) is a Latvian former football player who made 31 appearances for the Latvia national team. Club career Born in the then Leningrad, Russia Žigajevs moved to Latvia at a young age. In his youth he played ...
( Ventspils) * Forward: Nathan Júnior (
Skonto Riga Skonto FC was a Latvian football club, active from 1991 until 2016. The club played at the Skonto Stadium in Riga. Skonto won the Virsliga in the first 14 seasons of the league's resumption (15 in total), and often provided the core of the Lat ...
) * Manager of the season: Aleksandrs Starkovs (
Skonto Riga Skonto FC was a Latvian football club, active from 1991 until 2016. The club played at the Skonto Stadium in Riga. Skonto won the Virsliga in the first 14 seasons of the league's resumption (15 in total), and often provided the core of the Lat ...
) * The best youth player (under the age of 21): Artūrs Zjuzins ( Ventspils) *Player of the season:
Jurijs Žigajevs Jurijs Žigajevs (born 14 November 1985) is a Latvian former football player who made 31 appearances for the Latvia national team. Club career Born in the then Leningrad, Russia Žigajevs moved to Latvia at a young age. In his youth he played ...
( Ventspils)


Organization

* Fair-play award:
Skonto Riga Skonto FC was a Latvian football club, active from 1991 until 2016. The club played at the Skonto Stadium in Riga. Skonto won the Virsliga in the first 14 seasons of the league's resumption (15 in total), and often provided the core of the Lat ...
* The best matches' organization:
Skonto Riga Skonto FC was a Latvian football club, active from 1991 until 2016. The club played at the Skonto Stadium in Riga. Skonto won the Virsliga in the first 14 seasons of the league's resumption (15 in total), and often provided the core of the Lat ...
* The best referee: Andrejs Sipailo and Harijs Gudermanis (assistant)


See also

*
2010–11 Latvian Football Cup Latvian Football Cup 2010–11 is the sixty-ninth season of the Latvian annual football knock-out competition. The winners will qualify for the second qualifying round of the UEFA Europa League 2011–12. First round Second round ...


References


External links


Latvian Football Federation

Latvian Football Federation news
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Latvia Latvia ( or ; lv, Latvija ; ltg, Latveja; liv, Leţmō), officially the Republic of Latvia ( lv, Latvijas Republika, links=no, ltg, Latvejas Republika, links=no, liv, Leţmō Vabāmō, links=no), is a country in the Baltic region of ...
Latvia Latvia ( or ; lv, Latvija ; ltg, Latveja; liv, Leţmō), officially the Republic of Latvia ( lv, Latvijas Republika, links=no, ltg, Latvejas Republika, links=no, liv, Leţmō Vabāmō, links=no), is a country in the Baltic region of ...