The 2024

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(referred to as the Optibet Nākotnes Līga for sponsorship reasons) was the 33rd season of second-tier football in

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. The season started on 5 April 2024 and finished on 10 November 2024. The winners ( Super Nova) were promoted to the

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. The third-placed team (

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) qualified for the Latvian Higher League play-off, losing and remaining in the league. The twelfth-placed team ( Tukums II) qualified for the Latvian First League play-off, winning and retaining their place in the league. The bottom two teams ( Rēzeknes FA/BJSS and

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) were relegated to the 2025 Latvian Second League.

Teams

Team changes

* FS Leevon Saldus merged with Latvian Second League team FK PPK before the season started to form Leevon PPK, retaining the FS Leevon name for the

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-based youth academy.

League table

Results

Latvian First League play-off

The twelfth-placed club ( Tukums II) faced the fifth-placed club from the

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(

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) in a two-legged play-off for the final place in the following season's Latvian First League.

First leg

Second leg

References

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