Latvian Higher League 2007
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The 2007 Virslīga season was the 16th Virslīga season. It started on 7 April 2007 and finished on 4 December 2007. Eight teams competed in the league, playing each other four times over the course of the season, twice at home and twice away.
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[edit] Season details
For the second time in a row FK Ventspils won the championship. In mid-season FK Liepājas Metalurgs had a lead of 11 points over Ventspils who won their last 11 games, conceding just one goal. FK Rīga finished third for the first time in the club's history. FC Skonto finished the season without winning any competitions for the first time, and also for the first time they would not compete in any of the European cups in 2008 as one of the UEFA Cup qualifying spots was taken by JFC Olimps Rīga for reaching the Latvian Cup final. Vīts Rimkus from Ventspils was the top scorer with 20 goals.
At the end of the season the Latvian Football Federation announcd that the Virslīga would expand to 10 clubs for the 2008 season. Therefore, no club was relegated to the First League.[1] The last time there were ten clubs in the Virslīga was in the 1996 season.
[edit] Higher League
| Key to colors in league table |
| Virsliga Champion,Qualification games in UEFA Champions League |
| Qualification games in UEFA Cup |
| Qualification games in Intertoto Cup |
| Position | Club | Played | Wins | Draws | Losses | Goals for | Goals against | Points | Goal Difference |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | FK Ventspils | 28 | 18 | 6 | 4 | 59 | 16 | 60 | +43 |
| 2 | FHK Liepājas Metalurgs | 28 | 18 | 4 | 6 | 42 | 21 | 58 | +21 |
| 3 | FK Rīga | 28 | 17 | 6 | 5 | 48 | 28 | 57 | +20 |
| 4 | Skonto FC Rīga | 28 | 16 | 7 | 5 | 54 | 27 | 55 | +27 |
| 5 | FK Daugava Daugavpils | 28 | 9 | 6 | 13 | 33 | 38 | 33 | -5 |
| 6 | FK Jūrmala | 28 | 7 | 5 | 16 | 28 | 51 | 26 | -23 |
| 7 | Dinaburg FC Daugavpils | 28 | 6 | 2 | 20 | 23 | 58 | 20 | -35 |
| 8 | JFC Olimps Rīga | 28 | 2 | 2 | 24 | 15 | 63 | 8 | -48 |
[edit] Top scorers
Vits Rimkus (Ventspils) - 20 goals
Andrei Nikolaev (Rīga) - 15 goals- Ģirts Karlsons (Metalurgs) - 12 goals
Nikolai Rindyuk (Daugava) - 11 goals- Vitālijs Astafjevs (Skonto) - 7 goals
- Kristaps Blanks (Skonto) - 7 goals
- Artjoms Rudņevs (Skonto) - 7 goals
- Aleksejs Višņakovs (Daugava) - 7 goals
- Jurijs Žigajevs (Rīga) - 7 goals
[edit] First League
| Key to colors in league table |
| 1. liga Winners |
| Qualified to Virsliga for 2008 |
| Relegated to lower division at the end of season |
| Position | Club | Played | Wins | Draws | Losses | Goals for | Goals against | Points | Goal Difference |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | FK Vindava Ventspils | 30 | 26 | 2 | 2 | 116 | 11 | 80 | +105 |
| 2 | SK Blāzma Rēzekne | 30 | 25 | 4 | 1 | 101 | 11 | 79 | +90 |
| 3 | FK Auda Rīga | 30 | 20 | 5 | 5 | 104 | 31 | 65 | +73 |
| 4 | FK Metta/LU Rīga | 30 | 18 | 7 | 5 | 67 | 23 | 61 | +44 |
| 5 | FK Jelgava | 30 | 16 | 6 | 8 | 70 | 43 | 54 | +27 |
| 6 | FK Jaunība-Parex Rīga | 30 | 16 | 3 | 11 | 71 | 51 | 51 | +20 |
| 7 | FK Kauguri-PBLC Jūrmala | 30 | 14 | 4 | 12 | 67 | 55 | 46 | +12 |
| 8 | RFS/Flaminko Rīga | 30 | 14 | 2 | 14 | 60 | 62 | 44 | -2 |
| 9 | FK Zibens/Zemessardze Ilūkste | 30 | 13 | 3 | 14 | 79 | 68 | 42 | +11 |
| 10 | Valmieras FK | 30 | 12 | 4 | 14 | 63 | 59 | 40 | +4 |
| 11 | FSK Daugava-90 Rīga | 30 | 11 | 6 | 13 | 51 | 63 | 39 | -12 |
| 12 | FK Tukums-2000/TSS | 30 | 11 | 3 | 16 | 61 | 75 | 36 | -14 |
| 13 | FK Multibanka Rīga | 30 | 6 | 1 | 23 | 45 | 96 | 19 | -51 |
| 14 | FK Tranzīts Ventspils | 30 | 4 | 4 | 22 | 29 | 103 | 17 | -74 |
| 15 | FK Abuls Smiltene | 30 | 3 | 2 | 25 | 22 | 163 | 11 | -141 |
| 16 | FK Ilūkste/BJSS | 30 | 2 | 2 | 26 | 8 | 93 | 8 | -85 |
[edit] References
- ^ Hartmanis, Martins. "LMT Virsliga new season calendar published", Latvian Football Federation, 2007-12-01. Retrieved on 2008-02-20.
[edit] External links
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