The 1997 season in the Latvian Higher League, named Virslīga, was the seventh domestic competition since the Baltic nation gained independence from the Soviet Union on 6 September 1991. Ninth teams competed in this edition, with Skonto FC claiming the title.
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| Pos | Team | P | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Skonto FC | 24 | 20 | 4 | 0 | 89 | 8 | 81 | 64 |
| 2 | Daugava Rīga | 24 | 13 | 4 | 7 | 35 | 27 | 8 | 43 |
| 3 | Dinaburg FC | 24 | 12 | 6 | 6 | 37 | 19 | 16 | 42 |
| 4 | FK Ventspils | 24 | 12 | 6 | 6 | 32 | 21 | 11 | 42 |
| 5 | FK Liepājas Metalurgs | 24 | 9 | 4 | 11 | 27 | 32 | -5 | 31 |
| 6 | FK Universitāte | 24 | 8 | 5 | 11 | 25 | 42 | -17 | 29 |
| 7 | FK Valmiera | 24 | 8 | 4 | 12 | 29 | 43 | -14 | 28 |
| 8 | FK Lokomotīve Daugavpils | 24 | 5 | 2 | 17 | 29 | 52 | -23 | 17 |
| 9 | FK Rēzekne | 24 | 1 | 5 | 18 | 10 | 69 | -59 | 8 |
| SKO | DAU | DIN | VEN | MET | UNI | VAL | LOK | RĒZ | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Skonto | XXX | 2-0 6-0 3-0 |
0-0 0-0 4-2 |
3-0 1-1 0-0 |
2-0 1-0 7-0 |
3-0 5-0 3-0 |
5-0 5-1 5-2 |
4-0 4-1 4-1 |
9-0 1-0 12-0 |
| Daugava | 0-2 0-6 0-3 |
XXX | 1-0 0-1 2-2 |
0-1 2-1 2-1 |
1-0 1-0 1-1 |
2-1 0-1 3-0 |
3-0 1-0 4-2 |
2-0 5-1 0-2 |
0-0 4-0 1-1 |
| Dinaburg | 0-0 0-0 2-4 |
0-1 1-0 2-2 |
XXX | 2-0 1-1 0-1 |
0-0 3-1 0-1 |
1-2 1-1 5-1 |
2-0 3-0 1-0 |
2-0 1-0 5-1 |
3-0 1-0 1-3 |
| Ventspils | 0-3 1-1 0-0 |
1-0 1-2 1-2 |
0-2 1-1 1-0 |
XXX | 0-3 1-0 2-1 |
2-0 2-2 1-1 |
4-0 1-2 1-0 |
1-0 4-0 1-0 |
0-0 5-1 1-0 |
| Liepājas Metalurgs | 0-2 0-1 0-7 |
0-1 0-1 1-1 |
0-0 1-3 1-0 |
3-0 0-1 1-2 |
XXX | 1-0 1-2 1-2 |
1-0 1-3 1-1 |
2-0 3-1 3-1 |
0-0 4-2 2-1 |
| Universitāte | 0-3 0-5 0-3 |
1-2 2-0 0-3 |
2-1 1-1 1-5 |
0-2 2-2 1-1 |
0-1 2-1 2-1 |
XXX | 0-3 1-3 0-0 |
0-1 3-2 2-1 |
3-0 2-1 0-0 |
| Valmiera | 0-5 1-5 2-5 |
0-3 0-1 2-4 |
0-2 0-3 0-1 |
0-4 2-1 0-1 |
0-1 3-1 1-1 |
3-0 3-1 0-0 |
XXX | 1-1 1-1 3-2 |
3-0 1-0 3-0 |
| Lokomotīve | 0-4 1-4 1-4 |
0-2 1-5 2-0 |
0-2 0-1 1-5 |
0-1 0-4 0-1 |
0-2 1-3 1-3 |
1-0 2-3 1-2 |
1-1 1-1 2-3 |
XXX | 6-1 4-0 3-0 |
| Rēzekne | 0-9 0-1 0-12 |
0-0 0-4 1-1 |
0-3 0-1 3-1 |
0-0 1-5 0-1 |
0-0 2-4 1-2 |
0-3 1-2 0-0 |
2-3 0-1 0-3 |
1-6 0-4 0-3 |
XXX |
| Pos | Name | Team | Goals |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | David Chaladze (GEO) | Skonto FC | 25 |
| 2 | Mihails Miholaps (LAT) | Skonto FC | 14 |
| 3 | Sergey Solovjov (RUS) | Skonto FC | 11 |
| 4 | Juris Karašausks (LAT) | Dinaburg FC | 10 |
| 5 | Andrejs Štolcers (LAT) | Skonto FC | 9 |
| - | Artūrs Zakreševskis (LAT) | Daugava Rīga | 9 |
| Best | Name | Team |
|---|---|---|
| Goalkeeper | Aleksandrs Koļinko (LAT) | Skonto FC |
| Defender | Igors Stepanovs (LAT) | Skonto FC |
| Midfielder | Vladimirs Babičevs (LAT) | Skonto FC |
| Forward | Mihails Miholaps (RUS) | Skonto FC |
| Pos | Name | Birthdate | P | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| MF | Vitālijs Astafjevs | 03.04.1971 | 14 | 1 | 1 | - |
| MF | Vladimirs Babičevs | 22.04.1968 | 16 | - | 3 | - |
| DF | Oļegs Blagonadeždins | 16.05.1973 | 18 | 1 | 1 | - |
| MF | Imants Bleidelis | 16.08.1975 | 20 | 8 | 1 | 1 |
| FW | David Chaladze | 22.01.1976 | 20 | 25 | 2 | - |
| MF | Valērijs Ivanovs | 23.02.1970 | 17 | - | - | - |
| MF | Vladimirs Koļesņičenko | 04.05.1980 | 12 | 3 | - | - |
| GK | Aleksandrs Koļiņko | 18.06.1975 | 12 | 0 | 1 | - |
| MF | Juris Laizāns | 06.01.1979 | 2 | - | - | - |
| GK | Raimonds Laizāns | 05.08.1964 | 12 | 0 | 7 | - |
| - | Vsevolods Līdaks | 22.10.1977 | 4 | - | - | - |
| FW | Mihails Miholaps | 24.08.1974 | 17 | 14 | - | - |
| FW | Marians Pahars | 05.08.1976 | 22 | 5 | - | - |
| - | Aleksandr Pindejev | 03.03.1971 | 9 | - | - | - |
| MF | Alexander Rekhviashvili | 06.08.1974 | 13 | 2 | 2 | - |
| DF | Levan Silagadze | 04.08.1976 | 19 | - | 1 | 1 |
| FW | Igors Sļesarčuks | 31.03.1976 | 1 | - | - | - |
| - | Sergey Solovjov | 03.04.1978 | 20 | 11 | 3 | - |
| DF | Igors Stepanovs | 21.01.1976 | 22 | 2 | 2 | 1 |
| DF | Jurijs Ševļakovs | 24.01.1959 | 19 | - | 1 | - |
| FW | Andrejs Štolcers | 08.07.1974 | 23 | 9 | 1 | - |
| DF | Mihails Zemļinskis | 21.12.1969 | 21 | 6 | 4 | - |
| Manager: Aleksandrs Starkovs | ||||||
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