1995 Latvian Higher League

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Latvian Higher League
Season1995
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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.

First round[]

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 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 18 1 1 16 10 58 −48 4
Source: rsssf.com

Match table[]

Home \ Away AMS DAG OLI RAF SKO 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
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
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[]

Championship group[]

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) Champion

Match table[]

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[]

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Relegation
7 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 (R) 24 5 2 17 22 63 −41 17
Source: rsssf.com
(R) Relegated

Match table[]

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

Top scorers[]

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

Awards[]

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[]

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

References[]

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