2024 Latvian Football Cup

The 2024 Latvian Football Cup, known as the "11.lv Latvian Cup" for sponsorship reasons, was the 30th edition of Latvia's national football cup. The tournament was held in single elimination matches. The winners qualified for the 2025–26 Conference League second qualifying round. A total of 50 teams played in this year.[1] Riga were the defending champions.

2024 Latvian Football Cup
Tournament details
CountryLatvia
Teams50
Defending championsRiga
Final positions
ChampionsRFS
Runner-upAuda
← 2023
2025 →

RFS won the cup (their third Latvian Football Cup win), defeating Auda 4–2 (in extra time) in the final. Since they qualified for the Conference League based on league position, the Conference League spot for winning the cup was passed to the second-placed team in the 2024 Latvian Higher League.

Preliminary round

edit

The draw was made on 18 April 2024.[2]The matches was played on 4–5 May 2024.[3]

Team 1  Score  Team 2
4 May 2024
Union 0–2 Beitar/Riga Mariners
5 May 2024
Staiceles Bebri 3–2 Viola

First round

edit

The draw was made on the same day as a preliminary round.[4]The matches was played on 16–19 May 2024.[5]

Team 1  Score  Team 2
16 May 2024
Bauskas BJSS/Mēmele 4–0 Alberts
17 May 2024
Sports United/Cēsis 0–12 Rīgas Futbola Skola
DVSK Traktors 1–2 Pļaviņas DM
Lielupe 5–1 Valka
18 May 2024
Aliance 20–0 Limbaži
Madona/BJSS 4–2 (a.e.t.) Kuldīgas/Goldingen United
Beitar/Riga Mariners 4–1 RSU
Talsi 3–4 (a.e.t.) Ķekava-Auda
Sigulda 0–5 Parks
Dinamo Riga 1–3 Iecava
19 May 2024
Upesciema Warriors 3–1 Staiceles Bebri
Salaspils 7–2 Līvāni
Jules Verne 2–2 (a.e.t.) (2–4 p) Cēsis
Riga United 3–2 (a.e.t.) Kadaga/Ostas

Second round

edit

The 14 first round winners and ten teams in Tier 2 entered a second round.The draw was made on 20 May 2024.[6]The matches are scheduled in 1–2 June 2024.[7]

Team 1  Score  Team 2
29 May 2024
Parks 2–0 Riga United
31 May 2024
Leevon PPK 4–0 Upesciema Warriors
1 June 2024
Ogre United 2–7 Mārupes
Pļaviņas DM 0–5 Ķekava-Auda
Skanstes 6–1 Salaspils
2 June 2024
Madona/BJSS 0–6 Smiltene/BJSS
Lielupe 1–2 Rīgas Futbola Skola
JDFS Alberts 5–0 Bauskas BJSS/Mēmele
Rēzekne 5–0 Cēsis
Super Nova 1–2 JFK Ventspils
AFA Olaine 3–0 Aliance
Iecava 1–3 Beitar/Riga Mariners

Play-off round

edit

The twelve second round winners entered a play-off round. The draw was made on the 6 June 2024[8] The matches are scheduled in 21–24 June 2024.[9]

Team 1  Score  Team 2
21 June 2024
Rīgas Futbola Skola 1–2 (a.e.t.) JFK Ventspils
Rēzekne 1–5 AFA Olaine
Leevon PPK 1–1 (a.e.t.) (5–4 p) Skanstes
22 June 2024
Ķekava-Auda 3–3 (a.e.t.) (2–4 p) JDFS Alberts
Parks 0–5 Beitar/Riga Mariners
Mārupes 3–1 Smiltene/BJSS

Round of 16

edit

The six play-off round winners and ten teams in Tier 1 entered the Round of 16. The draw was made on the 26 June 2024[10] The matches are scheduled in 13–14 July 2024.

Team 1  Score  Team 2
12 July 2024
Leevon PPK 2–1 Grobiņas
13 July 2024
Mārupes 1–4 Auda
Beitar/Riga Mariners 0–4 Metta
JFK Ventspils 0–3 Riga
JDFS Alberts 1–2 AFA Olaine
RFS 2–1 Daugavpils
14 July 2024
Jelgava 2–4 Liepāja
Tukums 2000/Telms 2–3 Valmiera

Quarter-finals

edit

The eight Round of 16 winners entered the quarter-finals. The draw was made on the 15 July 2024[11] The quarter-final matches were scheduled for mid-August 2024.

Team 1  Score  Team 2
17 August 2024
Valmiera 3–4 RFS
Liepāja 1–0 AFA Olaine
18 August 2024
Leevon PPK 0–4 Riga
19 August 2024
Metta 1–1 (2–4 p) Auda

Semi-finals

edit

The four quarter-final winners entered the semi-finals.

Team 1  Score  Team 2
24 September 2024
Auda 3–0 Liepāja
RFS 2–1 Riga

Final

edit

The final was held between the two semi-final winners.

RFS4–2 (a.e.t.)Auda
Ošs   45+2'
Balodis   84'
Ndjiki   109'
Panić   120+4'
Report
lff.lv report
  8' Tavares
  18' Gaye
Attendance: 1,699
Referee: Aleksandrs Golubevs

See also

edit

References

edit
  1. ^ "The draw for the 1st stage of the "11.lv Latvian Cup" competition will take place on Thursday". Ilya Polyakov. Retrieved 16 April 2024.
  2. ^ "The first pairs in the new season of the Latvian Cup have been drawn".
  3. ^ "Cup". soccerway.com. Retrieved 4 May 2024.
  4. ^ "The first pairs in the new season of the Latvian Cup have been drawn".
  5. ^ "Cup". soccerway.com. Retrieved 16 May 2024.
  6. ^ "14 teams continue the Latvian Cup tournament; ten more join".
  7. ^ "Cup". soccerway.com. Retrieved 30 May 2024.
  8. ^ "Six couples will share a place in the round of 16 of the Latvian Cup".
  9. ^ "Cup". soccerway.com. Retrieved 21 June 2024.
  10. ^ "In the round of 16 of the Latvian Cup, three league clubs duel".
  11. ^ ""Valmiera FC" and FC RFS duel in the quarter-finals".
edit