2012 Latvian Higher League
| Season | 2012 |
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| Champions | FC Daugava |
| Relegated | FB Gulbene |
| Champions League | FC Daugava |
| Europa League |
Skonto Riga FK Ventspils SK Liepājas Metalurgs |
| Matches played | 180 |
| Goals scored | 494 (2.74 per match) |
| Top goalscorer | Mamuka Ghonghadze (18) |
| Biggest home win |
Jūrmala 6-1 Daugava Daugavpils Skonto Rīga 5-0 Metta/LU Ventspils 5-0 Daugava Rīga |
| Biggest away win |
Metta/LU 1-6 Ventspils Gulbene 2005 0-5 Ventspils Metta/LU 0-5 Daugava Daugavpils |
| Highest scoring |
Jelgava 3-4 Daugava Rīga Metta/LU 1-6 Ventspils Jūrmala 6-1 Daugava Daugavpils Daugava Rīga 2-5 Spartaks Spartaks 3-4 Metta/LU |
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The 2012 Latvian Higher League was the 21st season of top-tier football in Latvia. It began on 24 March 2012 and ended on 10 November 2012.FK Ventspils are the defending champions.
The league comprised ten teams, one more than in the previous season.
The league returned to a ten-team circuit after having been forced to play the 2011 season with only nine teams, following the withdrawal of SK Blāzma a few weeks before the season commenced. As a consequence of the Blāzma withdrawal, no team was directly relegated.
2011 Latvian First League champions FS METTA/Latvijas Universitāte from Riga were directly promoted. The team, which was founded by the METTA football school and the University of Latvia in 2007, entered the Higher League for the first time in their history.
JFK Olimps/RFS finished the 2011 season in ninth place and were therefore required to compete in a two-legged promotion/relegation play-off against First Division runners-up Spartaks Jūrmala. Spartaks won the play-off 4–1 on aggregate and were therefore promoted to the Higher League. Similar to METTA/LU, they made their debut at the highest level of the Latvian football pyramid. Accordingly, Olimps/RFS were relegated to the First League after five seasons at the top flight.
Following the promotion of FK Spartaks, the city of Jūrmala should have featured three clubs during the 2012 season, one more than the capital, Riga, but FK Jūrmala-VV moved to Riga, changing their name to Daugava Riga.
Note: Flags indicate national team as has been defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players and Managers may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
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