2023 Virsliga Preview
Although it's been a rough decade for Latvian football, 2022 was a great year for football in the country which had many upsets from RFS qualifying to the Europa Conference League group stages (the 1st Latvian team since Ventspils in 2009 to qualify for a UEFA group stage competition) and Valmiera FC winning their first ever Virsliga title. 2023 will be huge year in Latvian football and with more talented players then ever in the league, you won’t want to miss this season’s Virsliga! All stats in parentheses next to the players names are from last season’s Virsliga. Raimonds Krollis lifts the Virsliga trophy for Valmiera Image source: Optibet Virsliga Valmiera FC Last year, the small town in Vidzeme with a population of just 22,000 people did the unthinkable. The big question is, will they be able to challenge for the title again this season. Quite a few key players left Valmiera such as the Virsliga's top scorer Raimonds Krollis (25 goals in 34 games) who moved to Serie A sid