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1998 Latvian Higher League

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Latvian Higher League
Season1998
ChampionsSkonto FC
RelegatedLU-Daugava
Ranto-Miks
UEFA Champions LeagueSkonto FC
UEFA CupLiepajas
FK Ventspils
UEFA Intertoto CupDinaburg FC
Top goalscorerLatvia Viktors Dobrecovs
1997
1999

The 1998 season in the Latvian Higher League, named Virslīga, was the 8th domestic competition since the Baltic nation gained independence from the Soviet Union on 6 September 1991. Eight teams competed in this edition, with Skonto FC claiming the title.

Final table

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Skonto (C) 28 21 4 3 98 27 +71 67 Qualification for Champions League first qualifying round
2 Liepājas Metalurgs 28 17 6 5 62 25 +37 57 Qualification for UEFA Cup qualifying round
3 Ventspils 28 16 6 6 56 23 +33 54
4 Dinaburg 28 11 10 7 49 31 +18 43 Qualification for Intertoto Cup first round
5 Valmiera 28 10 7 11 39 59 −20 37
6 LU-Daugava (R) 28 7 9 12 42 42 0 30 Relegation to Latvian First League
7 Rēzekne 28 2 5 21 22 80 −58 11
8 Ranto-Miks (R) 28 2 5 21 25 106 −81 11 Relegation to Latvian First League
Source: [citation needed]
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated

Match table

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Top scorers

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Rank Player Club Goals
1  Viktors Dobrecovs (LAT) FHK Liepājas Metalurgs 23
2  Roman Grigorčuk (UKR) Dinaburg FC 21
3  Mihails Miholaps (LAT) Skonto FC 20
4  Marians Pahars (LAT) Skonto FC 19
5  Vladimirs Babičevs (LAT) Skonto FC 11
 Vīts Rimkus (LAT) Skonto FC

Awards

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Best Name Team
Goalkeeper  Oļegs Karavajevs (LAT) Skonto FC
Defender  Mihails Zemļinskis (LAT) Skonto FC
Midfielder  Vladimirs Babičevs (LAT) Skonto FC
Forward  Marians Pahars (LAT) Skonto FC

Skonto FC 1998

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Pos Name Birthdate P Yellow card Red card
Ukraine Nikolay Apilats 21.09.1974 2 - - -
MF Latvia Vitālijs Astafjevs 03.04.1971 23 7 2 -
MF Latvia Vladimirs Babičevs 22.04.1968 19 10 4 1
DF Latvia Oļegs Blagonadeždins 16.05.1973 2 - - -
MF Latvia Imants Bleidelis 16.08.1975 24 8 2 -
Georgia (country) Mamuka Cereteli 13.01.1979 9 1 2 -
GK Georgia (country) Davit Gvaramadze 08.11.1975 6 –7 - -
MF Latvia Jevgeņijs Ilovaiskis 22.10.1979 2 - - -
GK Latvia Oļegs Karavajevs 13.02.1961 9 –7 - -
MF Latvia Vladimirs Koļesņičenko 04.05.1980 1 - - -
GK Latvia Aleksandrs Koliņko 18.06.1975 5 0 5 -
MF Latvia Juris Laizāns 06.01.1979 26 1 1 1
- Latvia Vsevolods Līdaks 22.10.1977 12 1 - -
- Latvia Valentins Lobaņovs 23.10.1971 22 1 3 -
- Ukraine Vladimir Mel'nyk 21.11.1979 18 1 5 -
FW Russia/Latvia Mihails Miholaps 24.08.1974 25 20 1 -
Latvia Iļja Novikovs 12.08.1977 9 3 - -
FW Latvia Marians Pahars 05.08.1976 26 19 1 1
GK Latvia Andrejs Piedels 17.09.1970 8 –8 - -
- Ukraine Aleksandr Pindejev 03.03.1971 15 5 2 -
- Ukraine Vitaliy Rozghon 23.03.1980 1 - - -
MF Georgia (country) Alexander Rekhviashvili 06.08.1974 17 1 2 -
FW Latvia Vits Rimkus 21.06.1973 15 11 - -
MF Latvia Andrejs Rubins 26.11.1978 19 1 - -
DF Georgia (country) Levan Silagadze 04.08.1976 15 1 3 -
- Russia Sergey Solovjov 03.04.1978 9 4 3 -
DF Latvia Igors Stepanovs 21.01.1976 24 - 3 -
DF Lithuania Andrėjus Tereškinas 10.07.1970 7 2 2 -
DF Latvia Mihails Zemļinskis 21.12.1969 13 - 1 -
Manager: Latvia Aleksandrs Starkovs

References

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