1998 Latvian Higher League

Latvian football league season for the highest division Latvian Higher League 1998 Skonto FC LU-DaugavaRanto-Miks UEFA Champions League Skonto FC UEFA Cup LiepajasFK Ventspils UEFA Intertoto Cup Dinaburg FC LVA Viktors Dobrecovs 1997 1999 The 1998 season in the Latvian Higher League, named Virslīga, was the 8th 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 MET Liepājas Metalurgs VEN Ventspils DIN Dinaburg VAL Valmiera DAU LU-Daugava RĒZ Rēzekne RAN Ranto-Miks 21 4 3 98 27 C 17 6 5 62 25 16 6 6 56 23 11 10 7 49 31 10 7 11 39 59 7 9 12 42 42 R 2 5 21 22 80 2 5 21 25 106 R green1 Qualification for Champions League first qualifying round UCL blue1 Qualification for UEFA Cup qualifying round UC UC #ccccff Qualification for Intertoto Cup first round IC red1 Relegation to Latvian First League R R complete Match table main First half of the season FBR grey DIN MET DAU RAN RĒZ SKO VAL VEN Skonto 1-0 1-0 0-2 4-0 2-3 7-0 9-0 Liepājas Metalurgs 0-0 0-0 1-2 4-1 3-2 4-0 7-0 Ventspils 2-1 0-1 0-0 0-3 1-0 4-1 9-0 Dinaburg 0-1 0-1 1-1 6-1 0-0 0-0 6-1 Valmiera 1-4 2-1 0-0 0-2 2-2 3-0 4-0 LU-Daugava 3-5 0-0 1-1 2-2 4-2 8-2 3-0 Rēzekne 0-2 2-3 1-4 0-1 1-2 1-2 2-2 Ranto-Miks 3-3 3-4 0-1 0-6 0-0 2-1 1-3 complete main Second half of the season FBR grey DIN MET DAU RAN RĒZ SKO VAL VEN Skonto 1-1 4-0 2-1 15-2 3-0 1-0 4-0 Liepājas Metalurgs 1-1 1-0 3-0 2-1 2-1 7-0 5-1 Ventspils 2-3 2-0 1-1 3-0 3-0 3-0 3-2 Dinaburg 1-4 1-1 0-3 0-0 0-2 2-1 5-1 Valmiera 1-5 2-1 0-3 1-1 2-1 0-0 1-0 LU-Daugava 1-2 0-1 1-2 0-0 0-0 1-1 2-0 Rēzekne 1-6 1-2 0-3 2-4 0-5 2-1 1-2 Ranto-Miks 2-7 1-6 1-5 2-5 0-3 1-1 0-0 complete Top scorers RankPlayerClubGoals1Viktors Dobrecovs LATFHK Liepājas Metalurgs232Roman Grigorčuk UKRDinaburg FC213Mihails Miholaps LATSkonto FC204Marians Pahars LATSkonto FC195Vladimirs Babičevs LATSkonto FC11Vīts Rimkus LATSkonto FC Awards BestNameTeamGoalkeeperOļegs Karavajevs LATSkonto FCDefenderMihails Zemļinskis LATSkonto FCMidfielderVladimirs Babičevs LATSkonto FCForwardMarians Pahars LATSkonto FC Skonto FC 1998 PosNameBirthdateP0 UKR Nikolay Apilats21.09.19742---MFLAT Vitālijs Astafjevs03.04.19712372-MFLAT Vladimirs Babičevs22.04.1968191041DFLAT Oļegs Blagonadeždins16.05.19732---MFLAT Imants Bleidelis16.08.19752482- GEO 1990 Mamuka Cereteli13.01.1979912-GKGEO 1990 Davit Gvaramadze08.11.19756–7--MFLAT Jevgeņijs Ilovaiskis22.10.19792-- -GKLAT Oļegs Karavajevs13.02.19619–7- -MFLAT Vladimirs Koļesņičenko04.05.19801-- -GKLAT Aleksandrs Koliņko18.06.1975505-MFLAT Juris Laizāns06.01.197926111-LAT Vsevolods Līdaks22.10.1977121 ---LAT Valentins Lobaņovs23.10.1971221 3--UKR Vladimir Mel'nyk21.11.1979181 5-FWRUS/LAT Mihails Miholaps24.08.19742520 1- LAT Iļja Novikovs12.08.197793 - -FWLAT Marians Pahars05.08.1976261911GKLAT Andrejs Piedels17.09.19708–8- --UKR Aleksandr Pindejev03.03.1971155 2 --UKR Vitaliy Rozghon23.03.19801---MFGEO 1990 Alexander Rekhviashvili 06.08.1974 17 1 2 -FWLAT Vits Rimkus21.06.19731511--MFLAT Andrejs Rubins26.11.1978191--DFGEO 1990 Levan Silagadze 04.08.1976151 3 --RUS Sergey Solovjov 03.04.1978 9 4 3 -DFLAT Igors Stepanovs21.01.197624-3-DFLTU Andrėjus Tereškinas10.07.197072 2 -DFLAT Mihails Zemļinskis21.12.196913- 1 -Manager: LAT Aleksandrs Starkovs References RSSSF Skonto FC 1998 Category:Latvian Higher League seasons 1 Latvia