2003 Latvian Higher League

Latvian football league season for the highest division Latvian Higher League 2003 Skonto FC GaujaRKB-Arma UEFA Champions League Skonto FC UEFA Cup FK Liepajas MetalurgsFK Ventspils UEFA Intertoto Cup Dinaburg FC LVA Viktors Dobrecovs (36 goals) 2002 2004 The 2003 season in the Latvian Higher League, named Virslīga, was the thirteenth 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. Final table main WDL QR SKO Skonto LIE Liepājas Metalurgs VEN Ventspils DIN Dinaburg RĪG Rīga GAU Gauja AUD Auda RKB RKB-Arma 23 4 1 91 9 C 22 2 4 100 29 19 4 5 89 18 13 5 10 43 36 8 5 15 34 63 6 5 17 27 70 R 4 1 23 21 88 2 4 22 23 115 R green1 Qualification for Champions League first qualifying round UCL blue1 Qualification for UEFA Cup first qualifying round UC UC #ccccff Qualification for Intertoto Cup first round IC red1 Relegation to Latvian First League Gauja were relegated to the lower league due to financial difficulties. R1 red1 Relegation to Latvian First League R2 complete RSSSF Match table main First half of the season FBR grey AUD DIN GAU MET RĪG RKB SKO VEN Skonto 0-0 2-1 2-0 0-0 3-0 4-0 5-0 Liepājas Metalurgs 2-0 2-1 2-0 6-2 4-2 6-0 8-0 Ventspils 0-0 2-1 0-0 4-0 4-0 5-0 4-0 Dinaburg 0-2 4-2 0-2 1-0 1-0 1-0 6-0 Rīga 0-2 1-3 0-6 1-1 0-0 2-1 3-1 Gauja 0-2 1-6 1-1 2-3 1-5 3-2 2-0 Auda 0-7 1-4 0-7 0-1 1-1 0-2 1-0 RKB-Arma 0-6 1-7 0-7 0-1 1-3 1-1 6-1 complete RSSSF main Second half of the season FBR grey AUD DIN GAU MET RĪG RKB SKO VEN Skonto 5-1 2-1 2-1 4-0 6-0 8-0 8-0 Liepājas Metalurgs 0-0 3-2 3-0 5-0 9-2 3-0 8-0 Ventspils 0-2 2-1 3-1 3-0 5-0 4-1 9-0 Dinaburg 0-4 0-2 2-2 4-0 4-0 3-1 2-2 Rīga 2-7 0-1 0-2 0-2 3-1 3-2 4-0 Gauja 0-2 1-3 0-1 0-0 2-1 1-0 3-0 Auda 1-4 0-2 0-4 0-3 0-1 3-1 1-0 RKB-Arma 0-2 2-6 0-7 4-2 2-2 1-1 2-5 complete RSSSF Top scorers RankPlayerClubGoals1Viktors Dobrecovs LATFK Liepājas Metalurgs362Ģirts Karlsons LATFK Liepājas Metalurgs263Māris Verpakovskis LATSkonto FC224Vīts Rimkus LATFK Ventspils205Gatis Kalniņš LATSkonto FC12 Awards BestNameTeamGoalkeeperAndrejs Piedels LATSkonto FCDefenderMihails Zemļinskis LATSkonto FCMidfielderValentīns Lobaņovs LATSkonto FCForwardMāris Verpakovskis LATSkonto FC References Category:Latvian Higher League seasons 1 Latvia