Latvian Higher League
Season1996
ChampionsSkonto FC
RelegatedSkonto/Metals
FK Jurnieks
UEFA Champions LeagueSkonto FC
UEFA CupTorpedo Riga
Cup Winners' CupDinaburg FC
UEFA Intertoto CupRAF Jelgava
Top goalscorerLatvia Mihails Miholaps (33 goals)
1995
1997

The 1996 season in the Latvian Higher League, named Virslīga, was the sixth domestic competition since the Baltic nation gained independence from the Soviet Union on 6 September 1991. Tenth teams competed in this edition, with Skonto FC claiming the title.

First round

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Skonto 18 15 2 1 74 9 +65 47 Qualification for championship group
2 Daugava Rīga 18 13 4 1 41 11 +30 43
3 Dinaburg 18 9 5 4 30 19 +11 32
4 Baltika Liepāja 18 8 4 6 23 21 +2 28
5 Universitāte 18 7 5 6 24 29 5 26
6 Starts 18 5 5 8 20 35 15 20
7 Vairogs 18 5 3 10 19 32 13 18 Qualification for relegation group
8 Lokomotīve 18 4 5 9 18 31 13 17
9 Skonto/Metāls 18 2 3 13 9 38 29 9
10 Jūrnieks 18 1 6 11 11 44 33 9
Source: rsssf.com

Match table

Home \ Away BAL DAU DIN JŪR LOK SKO SKM STA UNI VAI
Baltika Liepāja 0–1 0–3 4–0 2–3 0–1 1–0 1–0 1–2 3–1
Daugava Rīga 1–1 2–2 7–0 1–0 0–1 3–0 2–1 2–1 2–0
Dinaburg 1–1 1–2 2–0 2–0 0–4 1–2 5–0 0–0 4–0
Jūrnieks 2–2 0–3 0–0 1–1 0–4 1–0 0–0 4–4 0–2
Lokomotīve 1–2 1–5 0–1 2–1 0–5 1–0 2–2 1–1 1–0
Skonto 5–0 3–3 7–0 5–0 3–2 4–1 4–0 11–1 6–0
Skonto/Metāls 0–2 0–4 0–2 1–1 1–0 0–5 2–2 1–2 0–3
Starts 0–2 0–0 0–4 4–1 1–1 2–1 2–1 0–2 3–6
Universitāte 0–1 0–1 1–1 2–0 2–1 0–0 4–0 0–1 0–3
Vairogs 0–0 0–2 0–1 1–0 1–1 0–5 0–0 1–2 1–2
Source:
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Second round

Championship group

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Skonto (C) 28 23 4 1 98 12 +86 73 Qualification for Champions League first qualifying round
2 Daugava Rīga 28 18 7 3 61 18 +43 61 Qualification for UEFA Cup first qualifying round
3 Dinaburg 28 13 8 7 53 31 +22 47 Qualification for Cup Winners' Cup qualifying round
4 Universitāte 28 11 6 11 37 45 8 39 Qualification for Intertoto Cup group stage
5 Baltika Liepāja 28 11 5 12 32 44 12 38
6 Starts (R) 28 6 5 17 26 69 43 23 Dissolved after the season
Source: rsssf.com
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated

Match table

Home \ Away BAL DAU DIN SKO STA UNI
Baltika Liepāja 0–5 2–0 0–2 3–1 0–4
Daugava Rīga 3–1 0–0 1–1 3–0 0–1
Dinaburg 3–0 1–1 1–1 7–0 2–1
Skonto 3–0 1–0 3–1 4–0 6–0
Starts 0–1 1–4 2–8 0–2 1–0
Universitāte 2–2 1–3 2–0 0–1 2–1
Source:
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Relegation group

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Relegation
7 Lokomotīve 30 10 9 11 38 45 7 39
8 Vairogs 30 9 6 15 37 54 17 33
9 Skonto/Metāls (R) 30 7 6 17 25 53 28 27 Qualification for relegation play-offs
10 Jūrnieks (R) 30 4 8 18 25 61 36 20 Relegation to Latvian First League
Source: rsssf.com
(R) Relegated

Match table

Matches 19–24
Home \ Away JŪR LOK SKM VAI
Jūrnieks 0–2 0–2 2–3
Lokomotīve 2–1 1–1 1–2
Skonto/Metāls 0–1 1–4 1–2
Vairogs 1–1 1–1 2–1
Source:
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
Matches 25–30
Home \ Away JŪR LOK SKM VAI
Jūrnieks 1–2 1–2 5–1
Lokomotīve 1–0 0–2 3–2
Skonto/Metāls 0–0 2–2 3–2
Vairogs 1–2 1–1 0–1
Source:
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Relegation play-offs

The matches were played on 29 October and 3 November 1996.

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Skonto/Metāls 1–2 Valmiera 1–0 0–2

Top scorers

Rank Player Club Goals
1 Mihails Miholaps (LAT)FK Daugava Rīga33
2 Aleksandr Pindeyev (UKR)Skonto FC17
3 Vladimirs Babičevs (LAT)Skonto FC16
 Juris Karašausks (LAT)Dinaburg FC
5 Aleksandrs Fedotovs (LAT)Dinaburg FC13

Awards

Best Name Team
Goalkeeper Raimonds Laizāns (LAT)Skonto FC
Defender Jurijs Ševļakovs (LAT)Skonto FC
Midfielder Vitālijs Astafjevs (LAT)Skonto FC
Forward Mihails Miholaps (LAT)FK Daugava Rīga

Skonto FC 1996

Pos Name Birthdate P Yellow card Red card
MFLatvia Vitālijs Astafjevs03.04.197118121-
MFLatvia Vladimirs Babičevs22.04.196825163-
-Russia Vladlen Bausev03.03.1967103--
DFLatvia Oļegs Blagonadeždins16.05.1973231--
MFLatvia Imants Bleidelis16.08.1975203--
-Russia Konstantin Ivanov10.05.19646---
MFLatvia Valērijs Ivanovs23.02.19702732-
FWLatvia Aleksandrs Jelisejevs11.08.197115101-
GKLatvia Aleksandrs Koļiņko18.06.19759–31-
GKLatvia Raimonds Laizāns05.08.196419–91-
-Latvia Vsevolods Līdaks22.10.197761--
-Latvia Valentins Lobaņovs23.10.19711932-
DFLatvia Boriss Monjaks11.04.197010---
FWLatvia Marians Pahars05.08.197628122-
-Ukraine Aleksandr Pindejev03.03.197126175-
-Latvia Igors Stepanovs21.01.19762223-
DFLatvia Jurijs Ševļakovs24.01.19592415-
FWLatvia Andrejs Štolcers08.07.19742663-
DFLatvia Igors Troickis11.01.19692634-
DFLatvia Mihails Zemļinskis21.12.19692443-
Manager: Latvia Aleksandrs Starkovs

References

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