1996 Latvian Higher League

Annual soccer tournament Latvian Higher League 1996 Skonto FC Skonto/MetalsFK Jurnieks UEFA Champions League Skonto FC UEFA Cup Torpedo Riga Cup Winners' Cup Dinaburg FC UEFA Intertoto Cup RAF Jelgava LVA Mihails Miholaps (33 goals) 1995 1997 The 1996 season in the Latvian Higher League, named Virslīga, was the sixth 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 main WDL Q SKO Skonto TOR Daugava Rīga DIN Dinaburg LIE Baltika Liepāja UNI Universitāte STA Starts VAI Vairogs LOK Lokomotīve SKM Skonto/Metāls JŪR Jūrnieks 15 2 1 74 9 13 4 1 41 11 9 5 4 30 19 8 4 6 23 21 7 5 6 24 29 5 5 8 20 35 5 3 10 19 32 4 5 9 18 31 2 3 13 9 38 1 6 11 11 44 green2 Qualification for championship group CG CG CG CG CG CG red2 Qualification for relegation group RG RG RG RG complete rsssf.com Match table main FBR grey BAL DAU DIN JŪR LOK SKO SKM STA UNI VAI Skonto 3-3 7-0 5-0 11-1 4-0 6-0 3-2 4-1 5-0 Daugava Rīga 0-1 2-2 1-1 2-1 2-1 2-0 1-0 3-0 7-0 Dinaburg 0-4 1-2 1-1 0-0 5-0 4-0 2-0 1-2 2-0 Baltika Liepāja 0-1 0-1 0-3 1-2 1-0 3-1 2-3 1-0 4-0 Universitāte 0-0 0-1 1-1 0-1 0-1 0-3 2-1 4-0 2-0 Starts 2-1 0-0 0-4 0-2 0-2 3-6 1-1 2-1 4-1 Vairogs 0-5 0-2 0-1 0-0 1-2 1-2 1-1 0-0 1-0 Lokomotīve 0-5 1-5 0-1 1-2 1-1 2-2 1-0 1-0 2-1 Skonto/Metāls 0-5 0-4 0-2 0-2 1-2 2-2 0-3 1-0 1-1 Jūrnieks 0-4 0-3 0-0 2-2 4-4 0-0 0-2 1-1 1-0 complete Second round Championship group main WDL Q SKO Skonto TOR Daugava Rīga DIN Dinaburg UNI Universitāte LIE Baltika Liepāja STA Starts 23 4 1 98 12 C 18 7 3 61 18 13 8 7 53 31 11 6 11 37 45 11 5 12 32 44 6 5 17 26 69 R green1 Qualification for Champions League first qualifying round UCL blue1 Qualification for UEFA Cup first qualifying round UC yellow1 Qualification for Cup Winners' Cup qualifying round CWC #ccccff Qualification for Intertoto Cup group stage IC black1 Dissolved after the season WD WD complete rsssf.com Match table main FBR grey BAL DAU DIN SKO STA UNI Skonto 1-0 3-1 6-0 3-0 4-0 Daugava Rīga 1-1 0-0 0-1 3-1 3-0 Dinaburg 1-1 1-1 2-1 3-0 7-0 Universitāte 0-1 1-3 2-0 2-2 2-1 Baltika Liepāja 0-2 0-5 2-0 0-4 3-1 Starts 0-2 1-4 2-8 1-0 0-1 complete Relegation group main WDL R 7 LOK Lokomotīve VAI Vairogs SKM Skonto/Metāls JŪR Jūrnieks 10 9 11 38 45 9 6 15 37 54 7 6 17 25 53 R 4 8 18 25 61 R red2 Qualification for relegation play-offs RP red1 Relegation to Latvian First League R complete rsssf.com Match table main Matches 19–24 FBR grey JŪR LOK SKM VAI Lokomotīve 1-2 1-1 2-1 Vairogs 1-1 2-1 1-1 Skonto/Metāls 1-4 1-2 0-1 Jūrnieks 0-2 2-3 0-2 completemain Matches 25–30 FBR grey JŪR LOK SKM VAI Lokomotīve 3-2 0-2 1-0 Vairogs 1-1 0-1 1-2 Skonto/Metāls 2-2 3-2 0-0 Jūrnieks 1-2 5-1 1-2 complete Relegation play-offs The matches were played on 29 October and 3 November 1996. Skonto/Metāls 1–2 Valmiera 1–0 0–2 |} Top scorers RankPlayerClubGoals1Mihails Miholaps LATFK Daugava Rīga332Aleksandr Pindeyev UKRSkonto FC173Vladimirs Babičevs LATSkonto FC16Juris Karašausks LATDinaburg FC5Aleksandrs Fedotovs LATDinaburg FC13 Awards BestNameTeamGoalkeeperRaimonds Laizāns LATSkonto FCDefenderJurijs Ševļakovs LATSkonto FCMidfielderVitālijs Astafjevs LATSkonto FCForwardMihails Miholaps LATFK Daugava Rīga Skonto FC 1996 PosNameBirthdateP0MFLAT Vitālijs Astafjevs03.04.197118121-MFLAT Vladimirs Babičevs22.04.196825163--RUS Vladlen Bausev03.03.1967103--DFLAT Oļegs Blagonadeždins16.05.1973231--MFLAT Imants Bleidelis16.08.1975203---RUS Konstantin Ivanov10.05.19646---MFLAT Valērijs Ivanovs23.02.19702732 -FWLAT Aleksandrs Jelisejevs11.08.197115101 -GKLAT Aleksandrs Koļiņko18.06.19759–31-GKLAT Raimonds Laizāns05.08.196419–91--LAT Vsevolods Līdaks22.10.197761 ---LAT Valentins Lobaņovs23.10.1971193 2 -DFLAT Boriss Monjaks11.04.197010- - -FWLAT Marians Pahars05.08.19762812 2 --UKR Aleksandr Pindejev03.03.19712617 5 --LAT Igors Stepanovs21.01.19762223 -DFLAT Jurijs Ševļakovs24.01.1959241 5 -FWLAT Andrejs Štolcers08.07.1974266 3 -DFLAT Igors Troickis11.01.1969263 4 -DFLAT Mihails Zemļinskis21.12.1969244 3 -Manager: LAT Aleksandrs Starkovs References RSSSF Skonto FC 1996 Category:Latvian Higher League seasons 1 Latvia