Latvian Higher League 1995
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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.
1995 in football (soccer)
The following are the football events of the year 1995 throughout the world.-Events:*Copa Libertadores 1995: Won by Grêmio after defeating Atlético Nacional on an aggregate score of 4-2....
in the Latvian Higher League, named Virslīga
Virsliga
-Past Virslīga winners:-Top scorers:-Riga football league winners:* 1910 Union Riga* 1911 British FC Riga* 1912 Union Riga* 1913 British FC Riga* 1914 British FC Riga* 1915 British FC Riga-Champions of Latvia before Virslīga:* 1922 Ķeizarmežs...
, was the fifth domestic competition since the Baltic nation gained independence
Independence
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from the Soviet Union
Soviet Union
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on 6 September 1991. Tenth teams competed in this edition, with Skonto FC
Skonto FC
Skonto FC is a Latvian football club, founded in 1991. The club plays at the Skonto Stadium in Riga. Skonto won the Virsliga in the first 14 seasons of the league's existence , and often provides the core of the Latvia national football team...
claiming the title.
First round
| Pos | Team | P | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Skonto FC Skonto FC Skonto FC is a Latvian football club, founded in 1991. The club plays at the Skonto Stadium in Riga. Skonto won the Virsliga in the first 14 seasons of the league's existence , and often provides the core of the Latvia national football team... |
18 | 16 | 2 | 0 | 59 | 8 | 51 | 50 |
| 2 | FK RAF FK Jelgava FK Jelgava is a Latvian football club that is based in Jelgava. Its best results came when the team was named RAF Jelgava.-Automobīlists Jelgava:... |
18 | 12 | 3 | 3 | 33 | 13 | 20 | 39 |
| 3 | FK Starts | 18 | 9 | 4 | 5 | 21 | 18 | 3 | 31 |
| 4 | Vilan-D Dinaburg FC Dinaburg FC was a Latvian football club, playing in the city of Daugavpils. In 2009 it merged with FK Daugava. The club plays at the Daugava Stadium . In October 2009 the club was eliminated from Virsliga and also from The Baltic League, because of suspicion about totalizator playing at the club... |
18 | 9 | 2 | 7 | 31 | 22 | 9 | 29 |
| 5 | FK Vairogs | 18 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 28 | 21 | 7 | 24 |
| 6 | FK Amstrig 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:... |
18 | 5 | 5 | 8 | 26 | 25 | 1 | 20 |
| 7 | Skonto/Metāls | 18 | 5 | 4 | 9 | 25 | 42 | ||
| 19 | |||||||||
| 8 | DAG-Liepāja | 18 | 4 | 6 | 8 | 19 | 28 | ||
| 18 | |||||||||
| 9 | Olimpija Rīga Olimpija Riga Olimpija Rīga was a Latvian football club that played in the Latvian Virslīga from 1992 to 1995.-History:The club was founded in 1992 as Kompar-Daugava . In its debut season in Virslīga it finished in the 5th place in the league... |
18 | 5 | 3 | 10 | 24 | 40 | ||
| 18 | |||||||||
| 10 | FK Kvadrāts | 18 | 1 | 1 | 16 | 10 | 58 | ||
| 4 |
Championship
| Pos | Team | P | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Skonto FC Skonto FC Skonto FC is a Latvian football club, founded in 1991. The club plays at the Skonto Stadium in Riga. Skonto won the Virsliga in the first 14 seasons of the league's existence , and often provides the core of the Latvia national football team... |
28 | 25 | 3 | 0 | 99 | 15 | 84 | 78 |
| 2 | Vilan-D Dinaburg FC Dinaburg FC was a Latvian football club, playing in the city of Daugavpils. In 2009 it merged with FK Daugava. The club plays at the Daugava Stadium . In October 2009 the club was eliminated from Virsliga and also from The Baltic League, because of suspicion about totalizator playing at the club... |
28 | 16 | 3 | 9 | 45 | 30 | 15 | 51 |
| 3 | FK RAF FK Jelgava FK Jelgava is a Latvian football club that is based in Jelgava. Its best results came when the team was named RAF Jelgava.-Automobīlists Jelgava:... |
28 | 14 | 6 | 8 | 40 | 28 | 12 | 48 |
| 4 | FK Starts | 28 | 11 | 5 | 12 | 31 | 43 | ||
| 38 | |||||||||
| 5 | FK Amstrig 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:... |
28 | 9 | 8 | 11 | 47 | 38 | 9 | 35 |
| 6 | FK Vairogs | 28 | 7 | 7 | 14 | 35 | 52 | ||
| 28 |
Relegation
| Pos | Team | P | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 | Skonto/Metāls | 24 | 8 | 4 | 12 | 37 | 51 | ||
| 28 | |||||||||
| 8 | DAG-Liepāja | 24 | 7 | 7 | 10 | 26 | 34 | ||
| 28 | |||||||||
| 9 | Olimpija Rīga Olimpija Riga Olimpija Rīga was a Latvian football club that played in the Latvian Virslīga from 1992 to 1995.-History:The club was founded in 1992 as Kompar-Daugava . In its debut season in Virslīga it finished in the 5th place in the league... |
24 | 5 | 5 | 14 | 29 | 57 | ||
| 20 | |||||||||
| 10 | FK Kvadrāts | 24 | 5 | 2 | 17 | 22 | 63 | ||
| 17 |
Topscorers
| Pos | Name | Team | Goals |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ' | Skonto FC Skonto FC Skonto FC is a Latvian football club, founded in 1991. The club plays at the Skonto Stadium in Riga. Skonto won the Virsliga in the first 14 seasons of the league's existence , and often provides the core of the Latvia national football team... |
19 |
| 2 | FK Vairogs | 16 | |
| 3 | Skonto FC Skonto FC Skonto FC is a Latvian football club, founded in 1991. The club plays at the Skonto Stadium in Riga. Skonto won the Virsliga in the first 14 seasons of the league's existence , and often provides the core of the Latvia national football team... |
14 | |
| 4 | Skonto FC Skonto FC Skonto FC is a Latvian football club, founded in 1991. The club plays at the Skonto Stadium in Riga. Skonto won the Virsliga in the first 14 seasons of the league's existence , and often provides the core of the Latvia national football team... |
11 | |
| FK Amstrig 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:... |
11 |
Awards
| Best | Name | Team |
|---|---|---|
| Goalkeeper | Skonto FC Skonto FC Skonto FC is a Latvian football club, founded in 1991. The club plays at the Skonto Stadium in Riga. Skonto won the Virsliga in the first 14 seasons of the league's existence , and often provides the core of the Latvia national football team... |
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| Defender Defender (association football) Within the sport of association football, a defender is an outfield player whose primary role is to prevent the opposition from attacking.... |
Skonto FC Skonto FC Skonto FC is a Latvian football club, founded in 1991. The club plays at the Skonto Stadium in Riga. Skonto won the Virsliga in the first 14 seasons of the league's existence , and often provides the core of the Latvia national football team... |
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| Midfielder | Skonto FC Skonto FC Skonto FC is a Latvian football club, founded in 1991. The club plays at the Skonto Stadium in Riga. Skonto won the Virsliga in the first 14 seasons of the league's existence , and often provides the core of the Latvia national football team... |
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| Forward | FK Amstrig 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:... |
Skonto FC 1995
| Pos | Name | Birthdate | P | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| MF |  Vitālijs AstafjevsVitalijs Astafjevs Vitālijs Astafjevs is a former football midfielder from Latvia, currently the assistant manager for Skonto Rīga.- Club career :... |
03.04.1971 | 28 | 19 | 2 | |
| MF | Vladimirs Babičevs Vladimirs Babicevs Vladimirs Babičevs is a Latvian football manager and a former footballer. Babičevs played in a 51 international match for Latvia.-Club playing career:... |
22.04.1968 | 27 | 14 | 3 | |
| DF |  Vladlen Bausev |
03.03.1967 | 17 | 10 | 2 | |
| DF | Oļegs Blagonadeždins Olegs Blagonadeždins Oļegs Blagonadeždins is a former football defender from Latvia. As of October 2005 he has played 70 international matches and scored 2 goals for the Latvia national team. He debuted in 1992 when the national team was founded, and played at the Euro 2004. He started his career in Pārdaugava, then... |
16.05.1973 | 20 | 3 | 1 | |
| MF | Imants Bleidelis Imants Bleidelis Imants Bleidelis is a former football midfielder from Latvia. He last played for FK Liepājas Metalurgs. He has made 106 appearances for the Latvia national team.-Club career:... |
16.08.1975 | 24 | 1 | 1 | |
| GK | Oļegs Grišins |
09.11.1967 | 4 | –2 | ||
| MF | Valērijs Ivanovs Valerijs Ivanovs Valērijs Ivanovs is a former football midfielder from Latvia. He played 69 international matches and scored 1 goal for the Latvia national team between 1992 and 2001. His clubs include FC Skonto , Helsingborgs IF, Uralan Elista, Shinnik Yaroslavl and Volgar GazProm Astrakhan.-Honours:* Baltic... |
23.02.1970 | 24 | 10 | 1 | |
| FW | Aleksandrs Jelisejevs Aleksandrs Jelisejevs Aleksandrs Jelisejevs is a retired Latvian international football striker. He obtained a total number of 37 caps for the Latvia national football team, scoring four goals... |
11.08.1971 | 29 | 11 | ||
| GK | Raimonds Laizāns Raimonds Laizans Raimonds Laizāns is a former Latvian football goalkeeper who played for Latvia national football team in the 1990s.-Club playing career:... |
05.08.1964 | 26 | –13 | ||
| Valentins Lobaņovs Valentins Lobanovs Valentīns Lobaņovs is a former football midfielder from Latvia. He has played 58 international matches and scored 1 goal for the Latvia national team. He debuted in 1994, and played at the Euro 2004. He started his career in Skonto FC and later played for Metallurg Lipetsk, Metallurg Krasnoyarsk,... |
23.10.1971 | 19 | 1 | 2 | 1 | |
| Vadims Mikuckis |
10.06.1971 | 2 | 1 | |||
| DF | Boriss Monjaks Boriss Monjaks Boriss Monjaks is a former football defender from Latvia. He obtained a total number of 16 caps for the Latvia national team between 1992 and 2001, scoring no goal. His last club was Daugava Rīga, where he retired in 2002.-References:*... |
11.04.1970 | 28 | 8 | 1 | |
| FW | Marians Pahars |
05.08.1976 | 9 | 8 | 2 | |
 Aleksandr Pindejev |
03.03.1971 | 9 | 3 | |||
| Aleksejs Semjonovs Aleksejs Semjonovs Aleksejs Semjonovs is a retired Latvian international football midfielder, who also holds the Russian nationality. He obtained a total number of nine caps for the Latvia national football team, scoring two goals. His last club was Svetogorets Svetogorsk in Russia. He also played in Estonia and... |
02.04.1973 | 19 | 1 | 2 | ||
| FW | Igors Sļesarčuks Igors Slesarcuks Igor Slesarchuk is a Latvian-Russian football striker, currently playing for FC Vitebsk in Belarus.Previously he played for FC Mashuk-KMV Pyatigorsk in the Russian First Division, for Skonto Riga, FK Venta and FK Ventspils in Latvia and other clubs from Belarus, Russia and Estonia.Despite being... |
31.03.1976 | 6 | 1 | ||
| DF | Igors V. Stepanovs |
01.02.1966 | 20 | |||
| DF | Igors N. Stepanovs Igors Stepanovs Igors Nauris Stepanovs is a Latvian football defender, currently playing for FK Jūrmala. As of April 2010 he has played 99 international matches and scored 4 goals for the Latvia national team. He made his debut in 1995, and played at Euro 2004.-Skonto:He started his club career at Skonto-Metāls... |
21.01.1976 | 23 | 1 | 3 | |
| DF | Jurijs Ševļakovs Jurijs Ševlakovs Jurijs Ševļakovs is a former Latvian football defender of Russia origin, now - a football manager.-Club playing career:... |
24.01.1959 | 23 | 3 | 5 | |
| DF | Igors Troickis Igors Troickis Igors Troickis is a former football defender from Latvia. He obtained a total number of 41 caps for the Latvia national team between 1992 and 2001. His last club was FK Rīga. Troickis also played as a professional in Russia during his career.-Honours:* Baltic Cup :** 1993* Latvian Champion :*1993,... |
11.01.1969 | 27 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| DF | Mihails Zemļinskis Mihails Zemlinskis Mihails Zemļinskis is a former Latvian football player. Born in Riga, he didn't play for a club other than Skonto FC except for two short spells in Hungary and Israel... |
21.12.1969 | 29 | 6 | 1 | |
| Manager: Aleksandrs Starkovs Aleksandrs Starkovs Aleksandrs Starkovs is a Latvian football coach and a former footballer. Starkovs is currently in his second spell as manager of the Latvian national team and is also the manager of FK Baku, having previously managed clubs such as Spartak Moscow in Russia and Skonto FC in Latvia.-Playing... |
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