1980 Latvian SSR Higher League
Encyclopedia
League standings
| Pos | Club | P | W | D | L | GF | GA | Pts |
| 1 | Kimikis | 30 | 21 | 7 | 2 | 67 | 20 | 49 |
| 2 | Progress | 30 | 21 | 4 | 5 | 77 | 28 | 46 |
| 3 | Elektrons Elektrons Riga Elektrons Rīga was a Latvian football club from Riga that was one of the leading clubs in the Latvian league in 1970s and 1980s.-History:... |
30 | 16 | 11 | 3 | 45 | 20 | 43 |
| 4 | VEF FK VEF Riga VEF Rīga was a football club in Latvia, one of the strongest teams in the Latvian league between 1945 and 1994.-Team history:... |
30 | 15 | 9 | 6 | 50 | 24 | 39 |
| 5 | Celtnieks Celtnieks Riga Celtnieks Rīga was a Latvian football club that won the Latvian Cup 3 times.-History:Celtnieks made its debut in the Latvian league in 1978. In the 1980s it was one of the strongest clubs in the Latvian league as it finished second in the league in four seasons and for three years in a row it won... |
30 | 14 | 6 | 10 | 54 | 29 | 34 |
| 6 | Energija Energija Riga Enerģija Rīga was a Soviet Latvian football club from Riga, a four-time winner of the Latvian league. It went bankrupt together with the factory that supported it in early 1990s.-History:... |
30 | 11 | 11 | 8 | 38 | 35 | 33 |
| 7 | Automobilists | 30 | 9 | 11 | 10 | 40 | 38 | 29 |
| 8 | Jurnieks | 30 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 38 | 37 | 28 |
| 9 | Torpedo Torpedo Riga Torpedo Rīga was a football club that played in Riga. The club played in the Latvian league with good success from 1979 to 2000 when it merged with Policijas FK.-As Torpedo Rīga:... |
30 | 8 | 11 | 11 | 28 | 35 | 27 |
| 10 | Sarkanais Metalurgs | 30 | 9 | 9 | 12 | 35 | 48 | 26 |
| 11 | RPI RPI RPI is an abbreviation for a number of terms, including* Ratings Percentage Index, the NCAA ranking system * Recognition Professionals International* Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, a university in Troy, New York... |
30 | 11 | 3 | 16 | 29 | 38 | 25 |
| 12 | Gauja Gauja Valmiera Gauja Valmiera was a Latvian football from Valmiera that played in the top Latvian league from 1979 to 1993.It was named after the river Gauja. In the 1990s another Valmiera football club - FK Valmiera - was renamed to Gauja.-History:... |
30 | 9 | 7 | 14 | 35 | 60 | 25 |
| 13 | Radiotehnikis | 30 | 7 | 10 | 13 | 34 | 48 | 24 |
| 14 | Venta Venta Venta is a small city in Lithuania in the Akmenė district municipality. According to 2005 data there are 3,221 people living in Venta. It is situated along the Venta River, Kuršėnai-Mažeikiai highway, and a railroad connecting Mažeikiai with Šiauliai... |
30 | 8 | 7 | 15 | 33 | 50 | 23 |
| 15 | PFR PFR PFR was a Christian music group in the mid 1990s. Although the group disbanded in 1997, they reunited in 2000 and have since recorded two albums, and they continue to play together.-History:... |
30 | 5 | 8 | 17 | 24 | 51 | 18 |
| 16 | Starts | 30 | 3 | 4 | 23 | 19 | 85 | 10 |