1998 Latvian Higher League

The 1998 season in the Latvian Higher League, named Virslīga, was the 8th 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

Pos　 Team P W D L F A +/- Pts
1Skonto FC28214398277167
2FK Liepājas Metalurgs28176562253757
3FK Ventspils28166656233354
4Dinaburg FC281110749311843
5FK Valmiera28107113959-2037
6LU-Daugava2879124242030
7FK Rēzekne2825212280-5811
8Ranto-Miks28252125106-8111

Match Table

 SKOMETVENDINVALDAURĒZRAN
Skonto 1-0 0-0
1-1 1-1		1-0 1-2
4-0 3-2		0-2 1-0
2-1 4-1		4-0 4-1
15-2 5-1		2-3 5-3
3-0 2-1		7-0 2-0
1-0 6-1		9-0 3-3
4-0 7-2
Liepājas Metalurgs 0-1 0-0
1-1 1-1		 0-0 1-0
1-0 0-2		1-2 1-0
3-0 1-1		4-1 1-2
2-1 1-2		3-2 0-0
2-1 1-0		4-0 3-2
7-0 2-1		7-0 4-3
5-1 6-1
Ventspils 0-1 2-1
0-4 2-3		0-0 0-1
0-1 2-0		 0-0 1-1
1-1 3-0		0-3 0-0
3-0 3-0		1-0 1-1
3-0 2-1		4-1 4-1
3-0 3-0		9-0 1-0
3-2 5-1
Dinaburg 2-0 0-1
1-2 1-4		2-1 0-1
0-3 1-1		0-0 1-1
1-1 0-3		 6-1 2-0
0-0 1-1		0-0 2-2
0-2 0-0		0-0 1-0
2-1 4-2		6-1 6-0
5-1 5-2
Valmiera 0-4 1-4
2-15 1-5		1-4 2-1
1-2 2-1		0-3 0-0
3-0 0-3		1-6 0-2
0-0 1-1		 2-2 2-4
2-1 0-0		3-0 2-1
0-0 5-0		4-0 0-0
1-0 3-0
LU-Daugava 3-2 3-5
0-3 1-2		2-3 0-0
1-2 0-1		0-1 1-1
0-3 1-2		0-0 2-2
2-0 0-0		2-2 4-2
1-2 0-0		 8-2 2-1
1-1 1-2		3-0 1-2
2-0 1-1
FK Rēzekne 0-7 0-2
0-1 1-6		0-4 2-3
0-7 1-2		1-4 1-4
0-3 0-3		0-0 0-1
1-2 2-4		0-3 1-2
0-0 0-5		2-8 1-2
1-1 2-1		 2-2 3-1
1-2 0-0
Ranto-Miks 0-9 3-3
0-4 2-7		0-7 3-4
1-5 1-6		0-9 0-1
2-3 1-5		1-6 0-6
1-5 2-5		0-4 0-0
0-1 0-3		0-3 2-1
0-2 1-1		2-2 1-3
2-1 0-0


Topscorers

Pos　 Name Team Goals
1 Viktors Dobrecovs (LAT)FHK Liepājas Metalurgs23
2 Roman Grigorčuk (UKR)Dinaburg FC21
3 Mihails Miholaps (LAT)Skonto FC20
4 Marians Pahars (LAT)Skonto FC19
5 Vladimirs Babičevs (LAT)Skonto FC11
- Vīts Rimkus (LAT)Skonto FC11


Awards

Best Name Team
Goalkeeper Oļegs Karavajevs (LAT)Skonto FC
Defender Mihails Zemļinskis (LAT)Skonto FC
Midfielder Vladimirs Babičevs (LAT)Skonto FC
Forward Marians Pahars (LAT)Skonto FC


Skonto FC 1998

Pos　 Name Birthdate P Red card
Ukraine Nikolay Apilats21.09.19742---
MFLatvia Vitālijs Astafjevs03.04.19712372-
MFLatvia Vladimirs Babičevs22.04.1968191041
DFLatvia Oļegs Blagonadeždins16.05.19732---
MFLatvia Imants Bleidelis16.08.19752482-
Georgia (country) Mamuka Cereteli13.01.1979912-
GKGeorgia (country) Davit Gvaramadze08.11.19756–7--
MFLatvia Jevgeņijs Ilovaiskis22.10.19792-- -
GKLatvia Oļegs Karavajevs13.02.19619–7- -
MFLatvia Vladimirs Koļesņičenko04.05.19801-- -
GKLatvia Aleksandrs Koļinko18.06.1975505-
MFLatvia Juris Laizāns06.01.197926111
-Latvia Vsevolods Līdaks22.10.1977121 --
-Latvia Valentins Lobaņovs23.10.1971221 3-
-Ukraine Vladimir Mel'nyk21.11.1979181 5-
FWRussia/Latvia Mihails Miholaps24.08.19742520 1-
Latvia Iļja Novikovs12.08.197793 - -
FWLatvia Marians Pahars05.08.1976261911
GKLatvia Andrejs Piedels17.09.19708–8- -
-Ukraine Aleksandr Pindejev03.03.1971155 2 -
-Ukraine Vitaliy Razgon23.03.19801---
MFGeorgia (country) Alexander Rekhviashvili 06.08.1974 17 1 2 -
FWLatvia Vits Rimkus21.06.19731511--
MFLatvia Andrejs Rubins26.11.1978191--
DFGeorgia (country) Levan Silagadze 04.08.1976151 3 -
-Russia Sergey Solovjov 03.04.1978 9 4 3 -
DFLatvia Igors Stepanovs21.01.197624-3-
DFLithuania Andrėjus Tereškinas10.07.197072 2 -
DFLatvia Mihails Zemļinskis21.12.196913- 1 -
Manager: Latvia Aleksandrs Starkovs


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