1996 Latvian Higher League

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 P W D L F A +/- Pts
1Skonto FC1815217496547
2FK Daugava Rīga18134141113043
3Dinaburg FC1895430191132
4FK Baltika188462321228
5FK Universitāte187562429-526
6FK Starts185582035-1520
7FK Vairogs1853101932-1318
8FK Lokomotīve Daugavpils184591831-1317
9Skonto/Metāls182313938-299
10FK Jūrnieks1816111144-339

Second round

Championship

Pos  Team P W D L F A +/- Pts
1Skonto FC28234198128673
2Daugava Rīga28187361184361
3Dinaburg FC28138753312247
4FK Universitāte28116113745-839
5FK Baltika28115123244-1238
6FK Starts2865172669-4323

Relegation

Pos  Team P W D L F A +/- Pts
7FK Lokomotīve Daugavpils30109113845-739
8FK Vairogs3096153754-1733
9Skonto/Metāls3076152553-2827
10FK Jūrnieks3048182561-3620


Topscorers

Pos  Name Team Goals
1 Mihails Miholaps (LAT)FK Daugava Rīga33
2 Aleksandr Pindeyev (UKR)Skonto FC17
3 Vladimirs Babičevs (LAT)Skonto FC16
- Juris Karašausks (LAT)Dinaburg FC16
5 Aleksandrs Fedotovs (LAT)Skonto 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 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 Koļiņko18.06.1975931-
GKLatvia Raimonds Laizāns05.08.19641991-
-Latvia Vsevolods Līdaks22.10.197761 --
-Latvia Valentins Lobaņovs23.10.1971193 2 -
DFLatvia Boriss Monjaks11.04.197010- - -
FWLatvia Marians Pahars05.08.19762812 2 -
-Ukraine Aleksandr Pindejev03.03.19712617 5 -
-Latvia Igors Stepanovs21.01.19762223 -
DFLatvia Jurijs Ševļakovs24.01.1959241 5 -
FWLatvia Andrejs Štolcers08.07.1974266 3 -
DFLatvia Igors Troickis11.01.1969263 4 -
DFLatvia Mihails Zemļinskis21.12.1969244 3 -
Manager: Latvia Aleksandrs Starkovs


References

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