1999 Latvian Higher League

Latvian football league season for the highest division Latvian Higher League 1999 Skonto FC FK Rezekne UEFA Champions League Skonto FC UEFA Cup FK Liepajas MetalurgsFK Ventspils UEFA Intertoto Cup Dinaburg FC LVA Viktors Dobrecovs (22 goals) 1998 2000 The 1999 season in the Latvian Higher League, named Virslīga, was the ninth 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 RĪG Rīga POL Policijas RĒZ Rēzekne 23 0 5 88 15 C 19 3 6 73 25 18 2 8 62 26 13 5 10 37 32 10 5 13 33 42 10 4 14 35 42 5 5 18 25 93 1 2 25 12 90 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 POL RĒZ RĪG SKO VAL VEN Skonto 3-2 3-1 1-0 5-0 1-0 2-0 2-1 Liepājas Metalurgs 2-3 3-1 3-0 3-0 3-2 4-1 6-0 Ventspils 1-0 2-0 0-0 3-0 2-1 5-2 5-1 Dinaburg 1-0 0-0 1-0 0-0 2-0 1-1 2-0 Valmiera 0-1 1-1 0-3 0-4 2-3 1-1 4-0 Rīga 1-3 1-5 0-1 0-0 3-1 0-0 2-0 Policijas 0-9 0-5 0-4 0-4 0-1 2-1 5-1 Rēzekne 0-2 0-4 0-2 1-2 0-3 0-0 0-1 complete main Second half of the season FBR grey DIN MET POL RĒZ RĪG SKO VAL VEN Skonto 3-0 0-2 4-0 3-0 1-2 5-0 8-0 Liepājas Metalurgs 1-0 2-1 6-1 2-0 1-2 7-0 5-1 Ventspils 0-2 1-1 1-2 0-1 2-0 2-0 7-1 Dinaburg 1-5 0-1 0-2 1-3 0-1 2-1 6-1 Valmiera 0-1 0-2 2-1 1-0 3-0 2-3 4-0 Rīga 0-4 1-0 2-4 0-1 0-0 5-0 5-0 Policijas 0-12 1-3 2-8 0-5 1-1 3-0 1-1 Rēzekne 0-5 0-1 0-1 0-1 1-3 1-3 2-0 complete Top scorers RankPlayerClubGoals1Viktors Dobrecovs LATFHK Liepājas Metalurgs222Viktor Voronkov RUSFK Ventspils183David Chaladze GEO 1990Skonto FC164Mihails Miholaps LATSkonto FC145Vladimirs Koļesņičenko LATSkonto FC13 Awards BestNameTeamGoalkeeperAleksandrs Koliņko LATSkonto FCDefenderMihails Zemļinskis LATSkonto FCMidfielderVitālijs Astafjevs LATSkonto FCForwardViktors Dobrecovs LATFK Liepājas Metalurgs Skonto FC 1999 PosNameBirthdateP0MFLAT Vitālijs Astafjevs03.04.19711892-MFLAT Vladimirs Babičevs22.04.1968111-- LAT Romans Bezzubovs15.05.19792---DFLAT Oļegs Blagonadeždins16.05.197323---MFLAT Imants Bleidelis16.08.1975194--FWGEO 1990 David Chaladze22.01.197615162- GEO 1990 Armaz Dzeladze28.06.19735---MFLAT Vladimirs Koļesņičenko04.05.198025131 -GKLAT Aleksandrs Koliņko18.06.197518–12--MFGEO 1990 Levan Korgalidze21.02.1980131 --MFLAT Juris Laizāns06.01.19792731--UKR Vladimir Mel'nyk21.11.1979133 1-MFGEO 1990 Zurab Menteshashvili30.01.1980171 - -FWLAT Mihails Miholaps24.08.19742014 1-MFLAT Viktors Morozs30.07.19801---MFLTU Viktoras Olšanskis14.03.196920-1-GKLAT Andrejs Piedels17.09.197010–3- -MFGEO 1990 Alexander Rekhviashvili 06.08.1974 24 1 5 -MFLAT Andrejs Rubins26.11.19782562-DFGEO 1990 Levan Silagadze 04.08.197620- 1 --RUS Sergey Solovyov 03.04.1978 71 - -DFLAT Igors Stepanovs21.01.19762041-DFLTU Andrėjus Tereškinas10.07.1970181 1 - BLR Sergey Yermolenko29.05.19722---DFLAT Mihails Zemļinskis21.12.1969167 3 1Manager: LAT Aleksandrs Starkovs References RSSSF Skonto FC 1999 Category:Latvian Higher League seasons 1 Latvia