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1997 Latvian Higher League

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Latvian Higher League
Season1997
ChampionsSkonto FC
UEFA Champions LeagueSkonto FC
UEFA CupTorpedo Riga
Cup Winners' CupFK Liepajas Metalurgs
UEFA Intertoto CupDinaburg FC
Top goalscorerGeorgia (country) David Chaladze (25 goals)
1996
1998

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.

Final table

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Skonto (C) 24 20 4 0 89 8 +81 64 Qualification for Champions League first qualifying round
2 Daugava Rīga 24 13 4 7 35 27 +8 43 Qualification for UEFA Cup first qualifying round
3 Dinaburg 24 12 6 6 37 19 +18 42 Qualification for Intertoto Cup first round
4 Ventspils 24 12 6 6 32 21 +11 42
5 Liepājas Metalurgs 24 9 4 11 27 32 −5 31 Qualification for Cup Winners' Cup qualifying round
6 Universitāte (R) 24 8 5 11 25 42 −17 29 Dissolved after the season
7 Valmiera 24 8 4 12 29 43 −14 28
8 Lokomotīve (R) 24 5 2 17 29 52 −23 17 Dissolved after the season
9 Rēzekne 24 1 5 18 10 69 −59 8 Spared from relegation
Source: [citation needed]
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated

Match table

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Top scorers

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Rank Player Club 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

Awards

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Best Name Team
Goalkeeper  Aleksandrs Koliņko (LAT) Skonto FC
Defender  Igors Stepanovs (LAT) Skonto FC
Midfielder  Vladimirs Babičevs (LAT) Skonto FC
Forward  Mihails Miholaps (RUS) Skonto FC

Skonto FC 1997

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Pos Name Birthdate P Yellow card Red card
MF Latvia Vitālijs Astafjevs 03.04.1971 14 1 1 -
MF Latvia Vladimirs Babičevs 22.04.1968 16 - 3 -
DF Latvia Oļegs Blagonadeždins 16.05.1973 18 1 1 -
MF Latvia Imants Bleidelis 16.08.1975 20 8 1 1
FW Georgia (country) David Chaladze 22.01.1976 20 25 2 -
MF Latvia Valērijs Ivanovs 23.02.1970 17 - - -
MF Latvia Vladimirs Koļesņičenko 04.05.1980 12 3 - -
GK Latvia Aleksandrs Koļiņko 18.06.1975 12 0 1 -
MF Latvia Juris Laizāns 06.01.1979 2 - - -
GK Latvia Raimonds Laizāns 05.08.1964 12 0 7 -
- Latvia Vsevolods Līdaks 22.10.1977 4 - - -
FW Russia Mihails Miholaps 24.08.1974 17 14 - -
FW Latvia Marians Pahars 05.08.1976 22 5 - -
- Ukraine Aleksandr Pindejev 03.03.1971 9 - - -
MF Georgia (country) Alexander Rekhviashvili 06.08.1974 13 2 2 -
DF Georgia (country) Levan Silagadze 04.08.1976 19 - 1 1
FW Latvia Igors Sļesarčuks 31.03.1976 1 - - -
- Russia Sergey Solovjov 03.04.1978 20 11 3 -
DF Latvia Igors Stepanovs 21.01.1976 22 2 2 1
DF Latvia Jurijs Ševļakovs 24.01.1959 19 - 1 -
FW Latvia Andrejs Štolcers 08.07.1974 23 9 1 -
DF Latvia Mihails Zemļinskis 21.12.1969 21 6 4 -
Manager: Latvia Aleksandrs Starkovs

References

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