2002 Latvian Higher League

Latvian football league season for the highest divisionMarch 2026 Latvian Higher League 2002 Skonto FC UEFA Champions League Skonto FC UEFA Cup FK VentspilsFK Liepajas Metalurgs UEFA Intertoto Cup Dinaburg FC LVA Mihails Miholaps (23 goals) 2001 2003 The 2002 season in the Latvian Higher League, named Virslīga, was the twelfth 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 VAL Valmiera PFK PFK Daugava RĪG Rīga AUD Auda 23 4 1 95 19 C 22 5 1 77 20 15 6 7 56 31 12 4 12 37 35 6 6 16 26 54 6 5 17 29 60 R 6 2 20 24 75 5 2 21 23 73 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 black1 Dissolved after the season WD complete RSSSFDreiman Theodore 2003-04-03 Latvia 2002 https://www.rsssf.org/tablesl/let02.html live https://web.archive.org/web/20251116032224/https://www.rsssf.org/tablesl/let02.html 2025-11-16 2026-03-11 RSSSF Match table main First half of the season FBR grey AUD DIN MET PFK RĪG VAL SKO VEN Skonto 2-0 3-0 2-1 3-0 5-1 2-0 6-0 Ventspils 3-2 1-0 2-0 3-1 2-0 6-1 3-1 Liepājas Metalurgs 2-2 0-4 0-1 3-0 1-0 4-2 1-0 Dinaburg 1-1 1-2 0-1 2-0 1-0 2-0 1-0 Valmiera 0-4 0-1 2-2 1-2 0-0 4-1 2-0 PFK Daugava 0-5 1-2 0-4 2-3 2-0 0-1 0-0 Rīga 0-3 0-4 0-3 0-5 1-1 0-1 0-2 Auda 1-3 1-3 0-4 2-1 1-1 3-0 0-1 complete RSSSF main Second half of the season FBR grey AUD DIN MET PFK RĪG VAL SKO VEN Skonto 1-1 3-1 3-1 4-0 4-0 2-0 7-2 Ventspils 2-2 1-1 3-1 3-0 5-0 8-2 4-0 Liepājas Metalurgs 0-1 1-1 3-1 0-0 4-4 5-1 6-0 Dinaburg 0-4 1-1 3-1 0-0 2-0 0-1 4-2 Valmiera 2-6 1-3 0-1 1-0 3-2 0-3 3-1 PFK Daugava 0-6 0-2 1-2 1-1 2-1 6-1 3-1 Rīga 1-6 0-4 0-2 1-2 1-2 0-0 4-0 Auda 0-3 0-3 0-4 1-0 3-1 1-3 1-2 complete RSSSF Top scorers RankPlayerClubGoals1Mihails Miholaps LATSkonto FC232Aleksandr Katasonov RUSFK Liepājas Metalurgs183Vīts Rimkus LATFK Ventspils174Jurijs Molotkovs LATDinaburg FC165Yevgeniy Landyrev RUSFK Ventspils156Andrejs Butriks LATFK Ventspils14Kristaps Grebis LATFK Liepājas Metalurgs8Viktors Dobrecovs LATFK Liepājas Metalurgs129Vladimirs Koļesņičenko LATSkonto FC11 Source: RSSSF Awards BestNameTeamGoalkeeperAndrejs Piedels LATSkonto FCDefenderMihails Zemļinskis LATSkonto FCMidfielderOrestas Buitkus LTUSkonto FCForwardMāris Verpakovskis LATSkonto FC Source: March 2026 References External links rsssf.org lff.lv Category:Latvian Higher League seasons 1 Latvia