Latvian Higher League 1996 - AbsoluteAstronomy.com

The 1996 season
1996 in football (soccer)
The following are the football events of the year 1996 throughout the world.-Events:*Copa Libertadores 1996: Won by River Plate after defeating América de Cali on an aggregate score of 2-1....

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 sixth 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	15	2	1	74	9	65	47
2	FK Daugava Rīga FK Daugava Riga Previously FK Daugava 90 is a Latvian football club located in Riga and currently playing in Latvian First League. Formerly under the name Daugava the team was the headliner of Latvian football where played most of the countries top players but with the collapse of the Soviet Union the team ceased...	18	13	4	1	41	11	30	43
3	Dinaburg FC 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	5	4	30	19	11	32
4	FK Baltika	18	8	4	6	23	21	2	28
5	FK Universitāte 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	7	5	6	24	29
26
6	FK Starts	18	5	5	8	20	35
20
7	FK Vairogs	18	5	3	10	19	32
18
8	FK Lokomotīve Daugavpils	18	4	5	9	18	31
17
9	Skonto/Metāls	18	2	3	13	9	38
9
10	FK Jūrnieks FK Jurnieks FK Jūrnieks was a Latvian football club based in Riga. It became defunct in 1997.-History:Most of football clubs in the Soviet Union were attached to factories and the footballers were officially factory workers...	18	1	6	11	11	44
9

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	23	4	1	98	12	86	73
2	Daugava Rīga 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	18	7	3	61	18	43	61
3	Dinaburg FC 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	13	8	7	53	31	22	47
4	FK Universitāte 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	11	6	11	37	45
39
5	FK Baltika	28	11	5	12	32	44
38
6	FK Starts	28	6	5	17	26	69
23

Relegation

Pos	Team	P	W	D	L	F	A
7	FK Lokomotīve Daugavpils	30	10	9	11	38	45
39
8	FK Vairogs	30	9	6	15	37	54
33
9	Skonto/Metāls	30	7	6	15	25	53
27
10	FK Jūrnieks FK Jurnieks FK Jūrnieks was a Latvian football club based in Riga. It became defunct in 1997.-History:Most of football clubs in the Soviet Union were attached to factories and the footballers were officially factory workers...	30	4	8	18	25	61
20

Topscorers

Pos	Name	Team	Goals
1	'	FK Daugava Rīga FK Daugava Riga Previously FK Daugava 90 is a Latvian football club located in Riga and currently playing in Latvian First League. Formerly under the name Daugava the team was the headliner of Latvian football where played most of the countries top players but with the collapse of the Soviet Union the team ceased...	33
2		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...	17
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...	16
	Dinaburg FC 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...	16
5		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...	13

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...
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...
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...
Forward		FK Daugava Rīga FK Daugava Riga Previously FK Daugava 90 is a Latvian football club located in Riga and currently playing in Latvian First League. Formerly under the name Daugava the team was the headliner of Latvian football where played most of the countries top players but with the collapse of the Soviet Union the team ceased...

Skonto FC 1996

Pos	Name	Birthdate	P
MF	Vitālijs Astafjevs Vitalijs Astafjevs Vitālijs Astafjevs is a former football midfielder from Latvia, currently the assistant manager for Skonto Rīga.- Club career :...	03.04.1971	18	12	1
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	25	16	3
Vladlen Bausev	03.03.1967	10	3
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	23	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	20	3
Konstantin Ivanov	10.05.1964	6
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	27	3	2
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	15	10	1
GK	Aleksandrs Koļiņko Aleksandrs Kolinko Aleksandrs Koļinko is a professional footballer, currently playing for FC Baltika Kaliningrad in Russian First Division.- Club career :...	18.06.1975	9	–3	1
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	19	–9	1
Vsevolods Līdaks	22.10.1977	6	1
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	3	2
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	10
FW	Marians Pahars	05.08.1976	28	12	2
Aleksandr Pindejev	03.03.1971	26	17	5
Igors 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	22	2	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	24	1	5
FW	Andrejs Štolcers Andrejs Štolcers Andrejs Štolcers is a former Latvian professional football player, currently a football coach at Concept 4 Football based in Chessington, Surrey.- Club Career :...	08.07.1974	26	6	3
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	26	3	4
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	24	4	3
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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