2023 Latvian Second League

The 2023 Latvian Second League (referred to as the Altero.LV Līga for sponsorship reasons) is the 32nd season of third-tier football in Latvia. The season started on 15 April 2023 and will finish on 21 October 2023.[1]

Latvian Second League
Season2023
PromotedKalupe
Mārupe
RelegatedLiepāja-2
Limbaži
← 2022
2024 →

The top two teams (Kalupe and Mārupe) were promoted to the 2024 Latvian First League. The third-placed team qualify for the Latvian First League play-off against the twelfth-placed team from the 2023 Latvian First League. The bottom three teams (Liepāja-2, Limbaži, and one other) will be relegated to the 2024 Latvian Third League.[2]

Teams

The league consisted of sixteen teams; ten remaining from the previous season, five promoted from the Latvian Third League, and one relegated from the Latvian First League.

The teams were originally split into two groups (East and West), and play each other twice (once at home and once away). The top four teams in each group qualify for Group A, while the bottom four teams in each group qualify for Group B.

Team changes
Promoted from
2022 Latvian Third League		 Promoted to
2023 Latvian First League		 Relegated from
2022 Latvian First League		 Relegated to
2023 Latvian Third League		 Withdrew from league
Augšdaugavas
Jelgava-2
JDFS Alberts-2
Ogre United
PPK/Betsafe		 Beitar
Ventspils		 Salaspils Babīte
Jūrnieks
Preiļu		 Priekuli

East
Team Location
Augšdaugavas Ilūkste
Gauja Gauja
Jēkabpils/JSC Jēkabpils
Kalupe Kalupe
Limbaži Limbaži
Ogre United Ogre
Salaspils Salaspils
Staiceles Bebri Staicele

West
Team Location
Alliance Riga
JDFS Alberts-2 Riga
Jelgava-2 Jelgava
Karosta Liepāja
Ķekava/Auda Ķekava
Liepāja-2 Liepāja
Mārupe Mārupe
PPK/Betsafe Riga

League tables

East
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Kalupe 14 11 1 2 59 10 +49 34 Qualification for Group A
2 Ogre United 14 9 1 4 47 12 +35 28
3 Augšdaugavas 14 9 1 4 33 19 +14 28
4 Jēkabpils/JSC 14 6 1 7 34 35 −1 19
5 Staiceles Bebri 14 5 2 7 22 33 −11 17 Qualification for Group B
6 Salaspils 14 4 2 8 22 54 −32 14
7 Gauja 14 4 2 8 27 54 −27 14
8 Limbaži 14 3 0 11 22 49 −27 9
Source: LFF
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head points; 3) Head-to-head goal difference; 4) Goal difference; 5) Goals scored; 6) Fair-play ranking; 7) Play-off. (Note: Head-to-head record is used only after all the matches between the teams in question have been played)

West
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Mārupe 14 11 1 2 55 13 +42 34 Qualification for Group A
2 Jelgava-2 14 10 1 3 42 23 +19 31
3 PPK/Betsafe 14 8 1 5 38 25 +13 25
4 JDFS Alberts-2 14 7 1 6 29 36 −7 22
5 Alliance 14 5 2 7 29 39 −10 17 Qualification for Group B
6 Karosta 14 4 3 7 19 30 −11 15
7 Liepāja-2 14 3 2 9 18 47 −29 11
8 Ķekava/Auda 14 2 1 11 20 37 −17 7
Source: LFF
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head points; 3) Head-to-head goal difference; 4) Goal difference; 5) Goals scored; 6) Fair-play ranking; 7) Play-off. (Note: Head-to-head record is used only after all the matches between the teams in question have been played)

Group A
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion or qualification
1 Mārupe (P) 13 10 1 2 36 10 +26 31 Promotion to Latvian First League
2 Kalupe (P) 13 10 0 3 41 18 +23 30
3 Ogre United 13 6 2 5 23 22 +1 20 Qualification for Latvian First League play-off
4 Augšdaugavas 13 6 2 5 15 16 −1 20
5 PPK/Betsafe 13 5 0 8 30 27 +3 15
6 Jelgava-2 13 4 3 6 26 28 −2 15
7 Jēkabpils/JSC 13 4 1 8 17 43 −26 13
8 JDFS Alberts-2 13 1 3 9 18 42 −24 6
Updated to match(es) played on 21 October 2023. Source: LFF
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head points; 3) Head-to-head goal difference; 4) Goal difference; 5) Goals scored; 6) Fair-play ranking; 7) Play-off. (Note: Head-to-head record is used only after all the matches between the teams in question have been played)
(P) Promoted

Group B
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Relegation
1 Karosta 13 8 3 2 34 21 +13 27
2 Salaspils 13 8 2 3 41 29 +12 26
3 Alliance 13 5 6 2 38 28 +10 21
4 Staiceles Bebri 13 6 2 5 32 24 +8 20
5 Gauja 13 5 3 5 37 34 +3 18
6 Ķekava/Auda 13 5 2 6 26 28 −2 17 Relegation to Latvian Third League
7 Liepāja-2 (R) 13 2 2 9 14 37 −23 8
8 Limbaži (R) 13 2 2 9 21 42 −21 8
Updated to match(es) played on 22 October 2023. Source: LFF
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head points; 3) Head-to-head goal difference; 4) Goal difference; 5) Goals scored; 6) Fair-play ranking; 7) Play-off. (Note: Head-to-head record is used only after all the matches between the teams in question have been played)
(R) Relegated

Results

East

Each team plays every other team twice (once at home and once away).

Home \ Away AUG GAU JÉK KAL LIM OGR SAL STA
Augšdaugavas — 4–1 2–0 3–1 4–0 0–1 7–2 3–0
Gauja 3–1 — 3–3 0–3 3–1 2–5 1–2 3–2
Jēkabpils/JSC 1–3 7–1 — 0–7 3–1 3–1 1–2 1–2
Kalupe 2–0 9–1 6–0 — 5–1 2–1 2–1 8–0
Limbaži 1–3 1–4 4–6 3–2 — 0–5 3–0 3–1
Ogre United 5–0 10–0 0–1 0–4 4–0 — 8–0 3–0
Salaspils 2–3 3–3 0–7 0–8 5–4 0–0 — 4–1
Staiceles Bebri 0–0 3–2 3–1 0–0 4–0 0–4 6–1 —
Source: LFF
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
For upcoming matches, an "a" indicates there is an article about the rivalry between the two participants.

West

Each team plays every other team twice (once at home and once away).

Home \ Away ALL JDF JEL KAR ĶEK LIE MÁR PPK
Alliance — 3–1 1–3 2–2 5–2 3–2 2–2 2–5
JDFS Alberts-2 2–1 — 2–4 2–1 3–2 6–1 0–9 2–1
Jelgava-2 3–1 1–1 — 3–1 3–2 4–0 0–2 4–2
Karosta 0–3 5–2 1–3 — 1–1 2–1 0–3 3–1
Ķekava/Auda 3–2 1–5 2–4 0–1 — 1–3 0–2 1–3
Liepāja-2 2–3 1–3 0–9 0–0 0–4 — 1–0 2–2
Mārupe 7–0 2–0 5–1 4–2 3–0 9–3 — 6–1
PPK/Betsafe 5–1 4–0 3–0 5–0 2–1 1–2 3–1 —
Source: LFF
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
For upcoming matches, an "a" indicates there is an article about the rivalry between the two participants.

Group A

Each team plays every team not played in the first half of the season twice (once at home and once away), with the results against the three remaining teams being carried over from the first half of the season.

Home \ Away AUG JDF JÉK JEL KAL MÁR OGR PPK
Augšdaugavas — 0–0 — 1–1 — 0–1 — 1–0
JDFS Alberts-2 3–4 — — 3–5 — 2–3 —
Jēkabpils/JSC — 1–1 — 3–2 — 0–1 — 4–3
Jelgava-2 0–1 — 7–2 — 5–1 — 1–1 —
Kalupe — 4–1 — 4–0 — — 3–1
Mārupe 1–0 — 4–1 — 0–2 — 1–1 —
Ogre United — 4–3 — — 1–3 — 3–1
PPK/Betsafe — 6–1 — 4–0 — 1–2 —
Updated to match(es) played on 21 October 2023. Source: LFF
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
For upcoming matches, an "a" indicates there is an article about the rivalry between the two participants.

Group B

Each team plays every team not played in the first half of the season twice (once at home and once away), with the results against the three remaining teams being carried over from the first half of the season.

Home \ Away ALL GAU KAR ĶEK LIE LIM SAL STA
Alliance — 3–3 — — — 5–1 4–5 1–1
Gauja 4–4 — 1–4 3–2 9–1 — — —
Karosta — 4–1 — — — 8–4 3–2 2–3
Ķekava/Auda — 4–0 — — — 0–3 2–1
Liepāja-2 — — — — 2–0 2–5 1–3
Limbaži 2–2 — 2–5 0–3 0–0 — — —
Salaspils 1–1 — 6–1 4–0 — — —
Staiceles Bebri — 1–2 3–3 3–0 — — —
Updated to match(es) played on 22 October 2023. Source: LFF
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
For upcoming matches, an "a" indicates there is an article about the rivalry between the two participants.

References
  1. "Altero.Iv LIIGA - Latvian Football Federation". LFF.
  2. "FK "KALUPE" AND MĀRUPES SC SECURE THE FIRST PLACES IN THE "ALTERO.LV LIIGA" TOURNAMENT". LFF.
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