1997 Latvian Higher League

Latvian football league season for the highest division Latvian Higher League 1997 Skonto FC UEFA Champions League Skonto FC UEFA Cup Torpedo Riga Cup Winners' Cup FK Liepajas Metalurgs UEFA Intertoto Cup Dinaburg FC GEO 1990 David Chaladze (25 goals) 1996 1998 The 1997 season in the Latvian Higher League, named Virslīga, was the seventh domestic competition since the Baltic nation gained independence from the Soviet Union on 6 September 1991. Ninth teams competed in this edition, with Skonto FC claiming the title. Final table main WDL QR SKO Skonto DAU Daugava Rīga DIN Dinaburg VEN Ventspils MET Liepājas Metalurgs UNI Universitāte VAL Valmiera LOK Lokomotīve RĒZ Rēzekne 20 4 0 89 8 C 13 4 7 35 27 12 6 6 37 19 12 6 6 32 21 9 4 11 27 32 8 5 11 25 42 R 8 4 12 29 43 5 2 17 29 52 R 1 5 18 10 69 green1 Qualification for Champions League first qualifying round UCL blue1 Qualification for UEFA Cup first qualifying round UC #ccccff Qualification for Intertoto Cup first round IC yellow1 Qualification for Cup Winners' Cup qualifying round CWC black1 Dissolved after the season WD WD inherit Spared from relegation SPA complete Match table main First and second round FBR grey DAU DIN MET LOK RĒZ SKO UNI VAL VEN Skonto 6-0 0-0 1-1 2-0 5-0 5-1 4-1 9-0 Daugava 0-2 1-0 2-1 1-0 2-1 1-0 5-1 0-0 Dinaburg 0-0 1-0 2-0 0-0 1-1 2-0 2-0 1-0 Ventspils 0-3 1-0 1-1 1-0 2-0 4-0 4-0 5-1 Liepājas Metalurgs 0-1 0-1 1-3 3-0 1-2 1-0 2-0 4-2 Universitāte 0-3 2-0 2-1 1-1 0-1 0-0 3-2 3-0 Valmiera 0-5 0-3 0-3 2-1 3-1 3-0 1-1 3-0 Lokomotīve 0-4 0-2 0-1 0-1 1-3 1-0 1-1 4-0 Rēzekne 0-1 0-4 0-3 0-0 0-0 1-2 0-1 1-6 complete main Third round FBR grey DAU DIN MET LOK RĒZ SKO UNI VAL VEN Skonto null null 4-2 null 7-0 null 4-1 12-0 Daugava 0-3 2-2 null null 3-0 null null 1-1 Dinaburg null null 0-1 0-1 null 1-0 5-1 null Ventspils 0-0 1-2 null null 2-2 1-0 null null Liepājas Metalurgs null 1-1 null 1-2 null 1-1 3-1 null Universitāte 0-3 null 1-5 null 2-1 null null 0-0 Valmiera 2-5 2-4 null null null 3-1 3-2 3-0 Lokomotīve null 2-0 null 0-1 null 1-2 null null Rēzekne null null 3-1 0-1 1-2 null null 0-3 complete Top scorers RankPlayerClubGoals1David Chaladze GEO 1990Skonto FC252Mihails Miholaps LATSkonto FC143Sergey Solovjov RUSSkonto FC114Juris Karašausks LATDinaburg FC105Andrejs Štolcers LATSkonto FC9Artūrs Zakreševskis LATDaugava Rīga Awards BestNameTeamGoalkeeperAleksandrs Koliņko LATSkonto FCDefenderIgors Stepanovs LATSkonto FCMidfielderVladimirs Babičevs LATSkonto FCForwardMihails Miholaps RUSSkonto FC Skonto FC 1997 PosNameBirthdateP0MFLAT Vitālijs Astafjevs03.04.19711411-MFLAT Vladimirs Babičevs22.04.196816-3-DFLAT Oļegs Blagonadeždins16.05.19731811-MFLAT Imants Bleidelis16.08.197520811FWGEO 1990 David Chaladze22.01.197620252-MFLAT Valērijs Ivanovs23.02.197017-- -MFLAT Vladimirs Koļesņičenko04.05.1980123- -GKLAT Aleksandrs Koļiņko18.06.19751201-MFLAT Juris Laizāns06.01.19792---GKLAT Raimonds Laizāns05.08.19641207--LAT Vsevolods Līdaks22.10.19774- --FWRUS Mihails Miholaps24.08.19741714 --FWLAT Marians Pahars05.08.1976225 - --UKR Aleksandr Pindejev03.03.19719- - -MFGEO 1990 Alexander Rekhviashvili 06.08.1974 13 2 2 -DFGEO 1990 Levan Silagadze 04.08.197619 - 1 1FWLAT Igors Sļesarčuks 31.03.19761 - - --RUS Sergey Solovjov 03.04.1978 20 11 3 -DFLAT Igors Stepanovs21.01.197622221DFLAT Jurijs Ševļakovs24.01.195919- 1 -FWLAT Andrejs Štolcers08.07.1974239 1 -DFLAT Mihails Zemļinskis21.12.1969216 4 -Manager: LAT Aleksandrs Starkovs References RSSSF Skonto FC 1997 Category:Latvian Higher League seasons 1 Latvia