Latvian Higher League 2001
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The 2001 season
in the Latvian Higher League, named Virslīga
, was the eleventh 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.
2001 in football (soccer)
The following are the association football events of the year 2001 throughout the world.-Events:*UEFA Champions League: Bayern Munich won 5–4 on penalties in the final against Valencia after a 1–1 draw at the end of the match...
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 eleventh domestic competition since the Baltic nation gained independence
Independence
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from the Soviet Union
Soviet Union
The Soviet Union , officially the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics , was a constitutionally socialist state that existed in Eurasia between 1922 and 1991....
on 6 September 1991. Eight 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.
Final table
| 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 | 22 | 2 | 4 | 94 | 26 | 68 | 68 |
| 2 | FK Ventspils FK Ventspils FK Ventspils is a Latvian football club, based at Ventspils Olimpiskais Stadions in Ventspils city and is one of the most popular football clubs in the country. FK Ventspils plays in the Latvian Virsliga. They are the current champions of the tournament.... |
28 | 22 | 1 | 5 | 69 | 21 | 48 | 67 |
| 3 | FK Liepājas Metalurgs | 28 | 20 | 4 | 4 | 60 | 24 | 36 | 64 |
| 4 | 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 | 15 | 5 | 8 | 60 | 29 | 31 | 50 |
| 5 | PFK Daugava | 28 | 12 | 2 | 14 | 37 | 38 | ||
| 38 | |||||||||
| 6 | FK Valmiera FK Valmiera Futbola klubs Valmiera is a Latvian football club, playing in the second-highest division of Latvian football. They are from the city of Valmiera.-History:... |
28 | 5 | 4 | 19 | 28 | 56 | ||
| 19 | |||||||||
| 7 | FK Rīga FK Riga FK Rīga was a Latvian football club based in Riga. They played in the Virslīga, the top division in Latvian football. They played their home games at Latvijas Universitates Stadions. In 1999, its first year of existence, the club won the Latvian Cup, beating Skonto at the final. The club also... |
28 | 3 | 5 | 20 | 25 | 72 | ||
| 14 | |||||||||
| 8 | FK Zibens Zemessardze FK Zibens Zemessardze FK Zibens/Zemessardze is a Latvian football team from Ilūkste town.-History and former names:* Dilar Ilūkste* FK Ilūkste* Celtnieks Ilūkste* FK Zibens/Zemessardze* Dinaburg-Zemessardze... |
28 | 1 | 1 | 26 | 11 | 118 | ||
| 4 |
Match Table
| SKO 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... | VEN FK Ventspils FK Ventspils is a Latvian football club, based at Ventspils Olimpiskais Stadions in Ventspils city and is one of the most popular football clubs in the country. FK Ventspils plays in the Latvian Virsliga. They are the current champions of the tournament.... | MET FHK Liepajas Metalurgs FK Liepājas Metalurgs is a Latvian football club, based in the city of Liepāja and playing in the Virslīga. They play at the Daugava Stadium... | DIN 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... | PFK | VAL FK Valmiera Futbola klubs Valmiera is a Latvian football club, playing in the second-highest division of Latvian football. They are from the city of Valmiera.-History:... | RĪG FK Riga FK Rīga was a Latvian football club based in Riga. They played in the Virslīga, the top division in Latvian football. They played their home games at Latvijas Universitates Stadions. In 1999, its first year of existence, the club won the Latvian Cup, beating Skonto at the final. The club also... | ZIB FK Zibens Zemessardze FK Zibens/Zemessardze is a Latvian football team from Ilūkste town.-History and former names:* Dilar Ilūkste* FK Ilūkste* Celtnieks Ilūkste* FK Zibens/Zemessardze* Dinaburg-Zemessardze... |
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| Skonto 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... |
XXX | 3-2 0-2 2-0 2-3 |
1-1 2-4 2-2 2-1 |
1-0 2-0 1-0 2-0 |
5-0 0-2 2-0 3-0 |
2-1 3-1 3-2 3-1 |
1-0 6-1 9-1 5-0 |
5-0 7-2 9-0 11-0 |
| Ventspils FK Ventspils FK Ventspils is a Latvian football club, based at Ventspils Olimpiskais Stadions in Ventspils city and is one of the most popular football clubs in the country. FK Ventspils plays in the Latvian Virsliga. They are the current champions of the tournament.... |
2-3 2-0 0-2 3-2 |
XXX | 1-2 2-1 2-1 2-0 |
2-2 4-1 2-0 0-1 |
1-0 0-2 2-0 2-0 |
2-0 2-1 2-0 4-0 |
1-0 6-1 2-0 3-0 |
3-1 4-1 4-0 9-0 |
| Liepājas Metalurgs FHK Liepajas Metalurgs FK Liepājas Metalurgs is a Latvian football club, based in the city of Liepāja and playing in the Virslīga. They play at the Daugava Stadium... |
1-1 4-2 2-2 1-2 |
2-1 1-2 1-2 0-2 |
XXX | 1-0 3-3 0-0 2-1 |
2-0 4-1 2-0 2-1 |
1-0 2-1 3-0 2-0 |
4-1 2-1 3-1 1-0 |
4-0 4-0 2-0 4-0 |
| Dinaburg 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... |
0-1 0-2 0-1 0-2 |
2-2 1-4 0-2 1-0 |
0-1 3-3 0-0 1-2 |
XXX | 3-0 1-0 3-1 2-0 |
4-0 1-1 6-1 3-0 |
3-2 2-0 2-1 1-1 |
1-0 11-1 5-0 4-1 |
| PFK Daugava | 0-5 2-0 0-2 0-3 |
0-1 2-0 0-2 0-2 |
0-2 1-4 0-2 1-2 |
0-3 0-1 1-3 0-2 |
XXX | 2-1 1-1 1-0 3-0 |
4-0 1-1 3-1 2-0 |
2-0 1-0 6-0 4-0 |
| Valmiera FK Valmiera Futbola klubs Valmiera is a Latvian football club, playing in the second-highest division of Latvian football. They are from the city of Valmiera.-History:... |
1-2 1-3 2-3 1-3 |
0-2 1-2 0-2 0-4 |
0-1 1-2 0-3 0-2 |
0-4 1-1 1-6 0-3 |
1-2 1-1 0-1 0-3 |
XXX | 3-0 1-1 2-3 1-1 |
2-0 3-0 1-0 4-1 |
| Rīga FK Riga FK Rīga was a Latvian football club based in Riga. They played in the Virslīga, the top division in Latvian football. They played their home games at Latvijas Universitates Stadions. In 1999, its first year of existence, the club won the Latvian Cup, beating Skonto at the final. The club also... |
0-1 1-6 1-9 0-5 |
0-1 1-6 0-2 0-3 |
1-4 1-2 1-3 0-1 |
2-3 0-2 1-2 1-1 |
0-4 1-1 1-3 0-2 |
0-3 1-1 3-2 1-1 |
XXX | 0-0 2-0 1-3 5-1 |
| FK Zibens Zemessardze FK Zibens Zemessardze FK Zibens/Zemessardze is a Latvian football team from Ilūkste town.-History and former names:* Dilar Ilūkste* FK Ilūkste* Celtnieks Ilūkste* FK Zibens/Zemessardze* Dinaburg-Zemessardze... |
0-5 2-7 0-9 0-11 |
1-3 1-4 0-4 0-9 |
0-4 0-4 0-2 0-4 |
0-1 1-11 0-5 1-4 |
0-2 0-1 0-6 0-4 |
0-2 0-3 0-1 1-4 |
0-0 0-2 3-1 1-5 |
XXX |
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... |
23 |
| 2 | ' | FK Liepājas Metalurgs | 23 |
| 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... |
21 | |
| 4 | 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... |
20 | |
| 5 | FK Ventspils FK Ventspils FK Ventspils is a Latvian football club, based at Ventspils Olimpiskais Stadions in Ventspils city and is one of the most popular football clubs in the country. FK Ventspils plays in the Latvian Virsliga. They are the current champions of the tournament.... |
18 |
Awards
| Best | Name | Team |
|---|---|---|
| Goalkeeper | 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... |
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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 | FK Ventspils FK Ventspils FK Ventspils is a Latvian football club, based at Ventspils Olimpiskais Stadions in Ventspils city and is one of the most popular football clubs in the country. FK Ventspils plays in the Latvian Virsliga. They are the current champions of the tournament.... |
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| Forward | 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... |
Skonto FC 2001
| Pos | Name | Birthdate | P | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| DF |  Oļegs BlagonadeždinsOlegs 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 | 21 | 1 | ||
| Artūrs Bogdanovs |
08.09.1981 | 1 | ||||
| MF |  Orestas BuitkusOrestas Buitkus Orestas Buitkus is a Lithuanian professional footballer. A midfielder, he stands 1.76 m tall and weighs 74 kg.... |
11.04.1975 | 22 | 4 | ||
| FW |  David ChaladzeDavid Chaladze David Chaladze is a football striker from Georgia.-Honours:* Virsliga Top Scorer :* 1997* Russian First Division top scorer: 2002 .-References:... |
22.01.1976 | 23 | 21 | 1 | |
 Andrey Chernov |
21.10.1976 | 7 | 1 | |||
| Igns Dedura |
01.06.1978 | 16 | 1 | 1 | ||
| GK | Pāvels Doroševs Pavels Doroševs Pāvels Doroševs is a football goalkeeper from Latvia. His current club is Gabala FC.-Playing career:* - played games and goals-References:... |
09.10.1980 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Vadims Gospodars Vadims Gospodars Vadims Gospodars is a Latvian footballer who is currently a free agent.He previously played for FK Jūrmala in Latvia.-External links:* Player's sportal.com.au* Player's imscouting.com... |
25.12.1983 | 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 | 15 | 4 | ||
| MF | Vladimirs Koļesņičenko Vladimirs Kolesnicenko Vladimirs Koļesņičenko is a retired footballer from Latvia, currently the commercial director of Skonto Riga.- Career :... |
04.05.1980 | 28 | 8 | 1 | |
| MF | Levan Korgalidze Levan Korgalidze Levan Korgalidze is a Georgian midfielder, who currently plays for FC Zestafoni. Korgalidze have played regularly for the Georgian U21 side side. He was also called up to national team squad for the first time in 2003.... |
21.02.1980 | 23 | 5 | ||
| FW | Audrius Kšanavičius Audrius Kšanavicius Audrius Kšanavičius is a footballer who plays for FBK Kaunas as a midfielder.-Career:A left winger, Kšanavičius began his career with FBK Kaunas in 1994, making over 150 appearances before moving to Latvian champions Skonto Riga in 2001. After three seasons with Skonto he returned to FBK Kaunas.... |
28.01.1977 | 2 | |||
| MF | Givi Kvaratskhelia Givi Kvaratskhelia Givi Kvaratskhelia is a Georgian footballer, currently playing for FC Dinamo Tbilisi in Georgia. In 2010 he moved from FC Dinamo Brest in Belarus. He has also played for Torpedo Kutaisi, Skonto Riga, FC Lokomotivi Tbilisi, FC Tbilisi, FC Olimpi Rustavi and FC MTZ-RIPO.-External links:... |
11.05.1979 | 10 | 1 | 1 | |
| MF | Valentīns 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 | 22 | |||
| 3 | ||||||
| Vladimir Mel'nyk |
21.11.1979 | 1 | ||||
| MF | Zurab Menteshashvili Zurab Menteshashvili Zurab Menteshashvili is a football midfielder from Georgia. His current club is FC Barcelona.Menteshashvili previously played for FC Spartak Alania, FC Shinnik Yaroslavl in the Russian Premier League and FK Ventspils in Virsliga.-Playing career:... |
30.01.1980 | 21 | 2 | ||
| FW | Mihails Miholaps Mihails Miholaps Mihails Miholaps is a former football striker from Latvia. His last club was Olimps/RFS in the Latvian Virsliga. Currently he is the manager of the team.... |
24.08.1974 | 27 | 23 | 1 | |
| MF | Viktors Morozs Viktors Morozs Viktors Morozs is a football midfielder from Latvia, currently playing for PAEEK in the Cypriot Second Division. He also plays for Latvia national football team.Morozs made his debut for Latvia in a match against Azerbaijan on 6 July 2002, but he has not been called up to the national team... |
30.07.1980 | 16 | |||
| 1 | ||||||
| MF | Viktoras Olšanskis Viktoras Olšanskis Viktoras Olšanskis is a former Lithuanian professional footballer. He was playing the position of midfielder and is 1.79 m tall and weighs 78 kg. He is a former member of the Lithuania national football team.-External links:* *... |
14.03.1969 | 6 | |||
| 1 | ||||||
| GK | Andrejs Pavlovs Andrejs Pavlovs Andrejs Pavlovs is a Latvian football player, who plays as a goalkeeper for Olympiakos Nicosia.He played for club Skonto Riga... |
22.02.1979 | 7 | –5 | ||
| GK | Andrejs Piedels Andrejs Piedels Andrejs Piedels is a former Latvian football goalkeeper and the current assistant coach for Olimps/RFS in the Latvian Higher League.... |
17.09.1970 | 21 | –21 | ||
| 1 | ||||||
| MF | Alexander Rekhviashvili Alexander Rekhviashvili Alexandr Roland Rekhviashvili is a football midfielder from Georgia. He plays on the national team and has been capped 21 times since his debut in 1999.... |
06.08.1974 | 15 | 1 | 2 | - |
| Mants Samusevs |
08.09.1978 | 9 | 2 | 1 | ||
| DF | Andrėjus Tereškinas Andrejus Tereškinas Andrėjus Tereškinas is a former Lithuanian international footballer. He played as a central defender.He had a brief loan spell with Macclesfield Town F.C... |
10.07.1970 | 10 | |||
| FW | Māris Verpakovskis Maris Verpakovskis Māris Verpakovskis , is a Latvian football forward, currently playing for the Azerbaijan Premier League club FK Baku in Azerbaijan and the Latvia national football team.-Latvia:... |
15.10.1979 | 22 | 10 | 1 | 1 |
| MF | Aleksejs Višņakovs Aleksejs Višnakovs Aleksejs Višņakovs is a Latvian football midfielder, who currently plays for Cracovia in the Ekstraklasa in Poland.-Latvia:... |
03.02.1984 | 2 | |||
| DF | Artūrs Zakreševskis Arturs Zakreševskis Artūrs Zakreševskis is a former football defender from Latvia and is currently the assistant of Latvia U-15 team. He is currently a member of Latvia national beach soccer team too.... |
07.08.1971 | 20 | |||
| 3 | 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 | 21 | 3 | 5 | |
| 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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