2000 Latvian Higher League

Latvian football league season for the highest division Latvian Higher League 2000 Skonto FC LU-Daugava UEFA Champions League Skonto FC UEFA Cup FK VentspilsDinaburg FC UEFA Intertoto Cup FK Liepajas Metalurgs LVA Vladimirs Kolesnicenko (17 goals) 1999 2001 The 2000 season in the Latvian Higher League, named Virslīga, was the tenth 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 VEN Ventspils MET Liepājas Metalurgs DIN Dinaburg RĪG Rīga VAL Valmiera POL Policijas DAU LU-Daugava 24 3 1 86 10 C 19 8 1 55 20 16 7 5 51 25 10 5 13 32 32 9 4 15 35 47 5 9 14 25 48 4 4 20 13 62 2 6 20 21 74 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 complete Match table main First half of the season FBR grey DIN MET DAU POL RĪG SKO VAL VEN Skonto 2-2 0-0 3-0 4-0 4-0 2-0 4-0 Ventspils 0-1 0-0 2-0 2-1 3-0 5-3 4-0 Liepājas Metalurgs 1-3 1-1 0-1 2-0 2-1 1-0 5-2 Dinaburg 1-2 0-1 1-3 1-2 0-1 0-0 1-1 Rīga 1-3 1-3 0-4 1-2 0-0 2-0 1-2 Valmiera 0-3 0-2 0-3 1-0 0-0 1-0 5-2 Policijas 0-5 0-1 0-2 0-2 1-4 1-0 0-0 LU-Daugava 0-9 0-3 0-3 2-1 0-3 2-2 1-1 complete main Second half of the season FBR grey DIN MET DAU POL RĪG SKO VAL VEN Skonto 0-0 1-0 2-0 2-0 2-0 7-0 2-1 Ventspils 2-1 2-2 1-1 3-1 3-3 1-0 2-0 Liepājas Metalurgs 1-3 1-1 1-1 3-0 2-1 0-1 5-1 Dinaburg 0-2 1-2 1-2 0-0 2-0 3-0 2-0 Rīga 0-4 0-2 1-2 0-1 2-2 4-1 2-1 Valmiera 1-2 0-3 1-1 1-3 1-5 3-0 0-0 Policijas 0-8 0-1 2-3 0-3 0-2 0-0 1-0 LU-Daugava 0-5 1-3 0-1 2-4 1-2 1-1 1-2 complete Top scorers RankPlayerClubGoals1Vladimirs Koļesņičenko LATSkonto FC172Vladislav Bezborodov RUSFK Ventspils153Mihails Miholaps LATSkonto FC124Jurijs Molotkovs LATFK Rīga11Andrey Labanov BLRFHK Liepājas Metalurgs Awards BestNameTeamGoalkeeperAleksandrs Koliņko LATSkonto FCDefenderIgors Stepanovs LATSkonto FCMidfielderAlexander Rekhviashvili GEO 1990Skonto FCForwardVladimirs Koļesņičenko LATSkonto FC Skonto FC 2000 PosNameBirthdateP0DFLAT Oļegs Blagonadeždins16.05.19731842- RUS Yevgeniy Buda18.03.1977123--MFLTU Orestas Buitkus11.04.19752451-FWGEO 1990 David Chaladze22.01.197619103-GKLAT Pāvels Doroševs09.10.198010--MFLAT Vladimirs Koļesņičenko04.05.198028171 -GKLAT Aleksandrs Koliņko18.06.197517–6--MFGEO 1990 Levan Korgalidze21.02.1980214 1-MFLAT Juris Laizāns06.01.19792661-MFLAT Valentīns Lobaņovs23.10.197122-1--UKR Vladimir Mel'nyk21.11.197991 --MFGEO 1990 Zurab Menteshashvili30.01.1980216 2 -FWLAT Mihails Miholaps24.08.19741712 --MFLAT Viktors Morozs30.07.198081--MFLTU Viktoras Olšanskis14.03.196981--GKLAT Andrejs Piedels17.09.197011–4- -MFGEO 1990 Alexander Rekhviashvili 06.08.1974 21 3 2 1MFLAT Andrejs Rubins26.11.1978237-- LTU Mants Samusevs 08.09.1978212 3 -DFLAT Igors Stepanovs 21.01.1976182 4 -DFLTU Andrėjus Tereškinas10.07.197013- 1 - LAT Renārs Vucāns04.11.197614---DFLAT Mihails Zemļinskis21.12.1969152 1 -Manager: LAT Aleksandrs Starkovs References RSSSF Skonto FC 2000 Category:Latvian Higher League seasons 1 Latvia