--- title: "Baltic Power Rankings after GW2: the Top 4 is no more" date: 2025-03-09T20:34:09Z lang: en author: "Dmitrijs Kravcenko" canonical: https://balticfootballnews.com/baltic-power-rankings-after-gw2-the-top-4-is-no-more/ categories: ["Power Rankings"] --- # Baltic Power Rankings after GW2: the Top 4 is no more ![](https://i0.wp.com/balticfootballnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/WhatsApp-Image-2025-02-19-at-14.03.21.jpeg?resize=1024%2C527&ssl=1) As the collective Game Week 2 (GW2) came to a close across the Baltics (nb. Latvia only had their GW1 during this time), there was no shortage of surprising results in all three leagues. Indeed, one would be hard pressed to pick from, for example, the heroic [3-3 comeback](https://balticfootballnews.com/?p=7487 "Riteriai comes back from two goal deficit to surprise the champions Žalgiris") by Riteriai in the Vilnius derby or the completely unexpected [1-0 win by Vaprus](https://balticfootballnews.com/?p=7497 "Fantastic free-kick goal gives Vaprus a surprising win agaist Flora") over Flora away, in Tallinn. This latter result, however, was the most impactful one on the Power Rankings because losing to a vastly lower-ranked opponent meant that **FC Flora** suffered a large coefficient penalty – enough to take them below the 1000 points mark. When the starting coefficients were allocated, we took a range of factors into the equation to determine where exactly each club should begin the 2025 season. These included league UEFA Coefficients as well as UEFA Club coefficients, among other things. Once calculated, a clear Top 4 of clubs with coefficients above 1000 emerged – **RFS, Riga FC, FK Žalgiris** and **FC Flora**. In losing to Vaprus, Flora has now left this exclusive group, finishing GW2 with 984 coefficient points. Some would (and do) argue that given Flora’s poor form of recent years, they did not deserve to be ranked in the Top 4 in the first place. In any case, we invite you to take a moment of silence for the “Big Baltic Top 4”, which is no more; and to welcome the new “Big Baltic Top 3”, which, disappointingly, now lacks Estonian representation. Just below the top echelon, **Liepāja** gained a place on the back of their dominant win over Metta, while **Panevėžys** continue to fall, losing two places, now down to 8th. Right below them, **Auda** and **Kauno Žalgiris** are tied for 9th, both having exactly same coefficient points after losing this week (to RFS and to Džiugas, respectfully). **Hegelmann**, who took a bit of a tumble after last GW, recovered somewhat and are now up to 13th, sandwiched between Daugavpils and Grobiņa. At the other end of the table, **Riteriai** and **Harju** remain where they were after GW1 despite a heroic draw by the former and a strong win by the latter. Still, both earned decent coefficient points, which will help to climb the rankings should they continue to get results. Looking ahead to next week, positions 6-10, 18-20, 23-24 and 26-28 will likely see movement as there is barely anything to separate the teams there, especially as Daugavpils and Hegelmann may mount a challenge for the Top 10!
RankClubPower rating
-1FC RFS1156
-2Riga FC1146
-3FC Flora1013
-4FK Žalgiris943
-5Kauno Žalgiris887
-6FCI Levadia783
↑7Paide783
↓8FK Liepāja769
↑9FK Panevėžys750
↓10FK Auda733
↑11FK Sūduva691
↓12Nõmme Kalju690
-13Hegelmann FC679
-14BFC Daugavpils624
-15FA Šiauliai594
-16FK Tukums 2000590
↑17FK Banga Gargždai571
↓18SK Super Nova564
↓19FS Jelgava562
↓20FK Grobiņa558
↑21FC Džiugas Telšiai554
↑22Pärnu Vaprus545
-23Narva Trans545
↑24Harju JK465
↑25FK Riteriai445
↑26Tammeka Tartu445
↑27FC Kuressaare425
↑28Nõmme United351
-29TransINVEST328
↓30Ogre United327