1995 Latvian Higher League

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The 1995 season in the Latvian Higher League, named Virslīga, was the fifth domestic competition since the Baltic nation gained independence from the Soviet Union on 6 September 1991. Tenth teams competed in this edition, with Skonto FC claiming the title.

Latvian Higher League
Season1995
ChampionsSkonto FC
RelegatedOlimpija Riga
FK Kvadrats
UEFA CupSkonto FC
Vilan-D
Cup Winners' CupRAF Jelgava
UEFA Intertoto CupFK Amstrig
Top goalscorerLatvia Vitalijs Astafjevs (19 goals)
1994
1996

First round edit

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Skonto 18 16 2 0 59 8 +51 50 Qualification for championship group
2 RAF Jelgava 18 12 3 3 33 13 +20 39
3 Starts 18 9 4 5 21 18 +3 31
4 Vilan-D 18 9 2 7 31 22 +9 29
5 Vairogs 18 6 6 6 28 21 +7 24
6 Amstrig 18 5 5 8 26 25 +1 20
7 Skonto/Metāls 18 5 4 9 25 42 −17 19 Qualification for relegation group
8 DAG-Liepāja 18 4 6 8 19 28 −9 18
9 Olimpija Rīga 18 5 3 10 24 40 −16 18
10 Kvadrāts 18 1 1 16 10 58 −48 4
Source: rsssf.com

Match table edit

Home \ Away AMS DAG KVA OLI RAF SKO SKM STA VAI VIL
Amstrig 0–1 1–1 2–3 1–2 0–3 2–0 0–1 0–1 2–2
DAG-Liepāja 1–1 3–2 2–0 1–2 2–2 0–1 1–1 3–1 0–2
Kvadrāts 0–2 3–1 1–4 0–3 0–7 0–6 0–3 1–5 0–2
Olimpija Rīga 0–7 2–2 3–0 0–1 0–1 1–1 0–2 1–0 1–0
RAF Jelgava 1–1 0–0 5–0 2–0 0–1 2–0 3–0 2–0 3–2
Skonto 3–2 4–0 6–1 7–1 5–0 2–1 0–0 1–0 3–0
Skonto/Metāls 2–2 3–1 2–0 4–3 1–1 0–4 2–3 0–8 1–5
Starts 3–0 1–0 1–0 2–0 0–4 0–3 3–0 0–0 0–1
Vairogs 1–2 1–1 2–0 3–3 1–0 0–3 1–1 1–1 1–1
Vilan-D 0–1 2–0 2–1 3–1 0–2 1–4 4–0 3–0 1–2
Source: [citation needed]
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Second round edit

Championship group edit

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Skonto (C) 28 25 3 0 99 15 +84 78 Qualification for UEFA Cup preliminary round
2 Vilan-D 28 16 3 9 45 30 +15 51
3 RAF Jelgava 28 14 6 8 40 28 +12 48 Qualification for Cup Winners' Cup qualifying round
4 Starts 28 11 5 12 31 43 −12 38
5 Amstrig 28 9 8 11 47 38 +9 35 Qualification for Intertoto Cup group stage
6 Vairogs 28 7 7 14 35 52 −17 28
Source: rsssf.com
(C) Champions

Match table edit

Home \ Away AMS RAF SKO STA VAI VIL
Amstrig 1–1 2–2 5–1 3–0 1–2
RAF Jelgava 1–1 1–2 1–0 0–1 0–1
Skonto 2–1 5–1 8–1 8–0 4–0
Starts 0–1 3–0 1–4 1–1 0–1
Vairogs 2–6 1–2 0–3 1–3 1–3
Vilan-D 2–0 0–0 0–2 3–0 2–0
Source: [citation needed]
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Relegation group edit

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Relegation
7 Skonto/Metāls 24 8 4 12 37 51 −14 28
8 DAG-Liepāja 24 7 7 10 26 34 −8 28
9 Olimpija Rīga (R) 24 5 5 14 29 57 −28 20 Dissolved after the season
10 Kvadrāts (R) 24 5 2 17 22 63 −41 17
Source: rsssf.com
(R) Relegated

Match table edit

Home \ Away DAG KVA OLI SKM
DAG-Liepāja 0–2 3–1 1–0
Kvadrāts 1–0 2–1 0–1
Olimpija Rīga 1–1 2–2 0–2
Skonto/Metāls 1–2 1–5 7–1
Source: [citation needed]
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Top scorers edit

Rank Player Club Goals
1   Vitālijs Astafjevs (LAT) Skonto FC 19
2   Oleg Dulub (BLR) FK Vairogs 16
3   Vladimirs Babičevs (LAT) Skonto FC 14
4   Aleksandrs Jelisejevs (LAT) Skonto FC 11
  Mihails Miholaps (LAT) FK Amstrig

Awards edit

Best Name Team
Goalkeeper   Raimonds Laizāns (LAT) Skonto FC
Defender   Jurijs Ševļakovs (LAT) Skonto FC
Midfielder   Vitālijs Astafjevs (LAT) Skonto FC
Forward   Vīts Rimkus (LAT) FK Amstrig

Skonto FC 1995 edit

Pos Name Birthdate P      
MF   Vitālijs Astafjevs 03.04.1971 28 19 2 -
MF   Vladimirs Babičevs 22.04.1968 27 14 3 -
DF   Vladlen Bausev 03.03.1967 17 10 2 -
DF   Oļegs Blagonadeždins 16.05.1973 20 3 1 -
MF   Imants Bleidelis 16.08.1975 24 1 1 -
GK   Oļegs Grišins 09.11.1967 4 –2 - -
MF   Valērijs Ivanovs 23.02.1970 24 10 1 -
FW   Aleksandrs Jelisejevs 11.08.1971 29 11 - -
GK   Raimonds Laizāns 05.08.1964 26 –13 - -
-   Valentins Lobaņovs 23.10.1971 19 1 2 1
-   Vadims Mikuckis 10.06.1971 2 1 - -
DF   Boriss Monjaks 11.04.1970 28 8 1 -
FW   Marians Pahars 05.08.1976 9 8 2 -
-   Aleksandr Pindejev 03.03.1971 9 3 - -
-   Aleksejs Semjonovs 02.04.1973 19 1 2 -
FW   Igors Sļesarčuks 31.03.1976 6 1 - -
DF   Igors V. Stepanovs 01.02.1966 20 - - -
DF   Igors N. Stepanovs 21.01.1976 23 1 3 -
DF   Jurijs Ševļakovs 24.01.1959 23 3 5 -
DF   Igors Troickis 11.01.1969 27 1 1 1
DF   Mihails Zemļinskis 21.12.1969 29 6 1 -
Manager:   Aleksandrs Starkovs

References edit