Future League
The Future League, prior to 2021 called the Latvian First League, is the second tier division of football in Latvia organised by the Latvian Football Federation since 1992.
History
The league was founded together with other Latvian [football league system|Latvian football competitions] in 1992. From 2007 to 2008, the tournament was known as the Traffic 1. līga, due to its first sponsorship deal concluded with the "Traffic auto advert" advertising company. From 2015 its name was Komanda.lv First League for sponsorship reasons, after the sporting goods store became the league's main sponsor in 2015.It was renamed to Future League before the 2021 season. Between 2021 and 2024, the league's general sponsor was the gambling company Optibet, so the league was called Optibet Future League.
Format
There are 14 clubs in the First League. During the course of the season each club plays every other club twice, once at home and once away, with [|a] total of 26 games. At the end of the season, the highest placed club is automatically promoted to the Virslīga. The second lowest placed club in the Virslīga and the second placed club in the First League compete in a two-legged tie for the remaining place in the following season's Virslīga. The two clubs finishing at the bottom of the First League are relegated to the Second League, while the third-from-bottom team competes in a two-legged tie with the third-placed team of the Second League for a place in the First League.Participating clubs (2025)
14 clubs took part in the Nākotne līga season:- Rēzekne
- Mārupes SC
- Ogre United
- JDFS Alberts
- Leevon PPK
- FK Smiltene/BJSS
- Skanstes SK
- AFA Olaine
- JFK Ventspils
- Riga FC-2
- FK RFS-2
- Augšdaugavas NSS
- FK [Tukums 2000|FK Tukums 2000-2]
- Riga Mariners