2000 Latvian Higher League

The 2000 season in the Latvian Higher League, named Virslīga, was the tenth 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
1	Skonto FC	28	24	3	1	86	10	76	75
2	FK Ventspils	28	19	8	1	55	20	35	65
3	FK Liepājas Metalurgs	28	16	7	5	51	25	26	55
4	Dinaburg FC	28	10	5	13	32	32	0	35
5	FK Rīga	28	9	4	15	35	47	-12	31
6	FK Valmiera	28	5	9	14	25	48	-23	24
7	Policijas FK	28	4	4	20	13	62	-49	16
8	LU-Daugava	28	2	6	20	21	74	-53	12

Match Table

	SKO	VEN	MET	DIN	RĪG	VAL	POL	DAU
Skonto FC		1-0 2-2 0-0 1-2	3-1 0-0 1-0 3-1	2-1 3-0 2-0 2-0	3-1 4-1 4-0 2-0	3-0 2-1 4-0 2-0	5-0 2-0 8-0 7-0	9-0 4-0 5-0 2-1
FK Ventspils	0-1 2-2 0-0 2-1		1-1 0-0 1-1 2-2	2-0 1-0 1-1 2-1	2-1 3-1 2-0 3-1	3-0 2-0 3-3 3-0	1-0 5-3 1-0 1-0	4-0 3-0 2-0 3-1
Liepājas Metalurgs	1-3 0-0 0-1 1-3	1-1 0-0 1-1 2-2		3-1 0-1 2-1 1-1	2-0 4-0 3-0 2-1	3-0 2-1 1-1 2-1	1-0 2-0 3-2 0-1	5-2 3-0 5-1 1-0
Dinaburg	1-2 0-3 0-2 0-2	0-2 0-1 1-1 1-2	1-3 1-0 1-2 1-1		1-2 2-1 0-0 1-0	0-1 0-1 2-0 3-1	2-0 0-0 3-0 3-0	1-2 1-1 4-2 2-0
FK Rīga	1-3 0-4 0-4 0-2	1-2 1-3 0-2 1-3	0-2 0-4 0-3 1-2	2-1 1-2 0-0 0-1		0-0 0-0 5-1 2-2	2-0 4-1 4-1 2-0	3-0 2-1 1-2 2-1
Valmiera	0-3 1-2 0-4 0-2	0-3 0-2 3-3 0-3	0-3 1-2 1-1 1-2	1-0 1-0 0-2 1-3	0-0 0-0 1-5 2-2		1-0 0-1 3-0 0-0	2-2 5-2 1-1 0-0
Policijas FK	0-5 0-2 0-8 0-7	0-1 3-5 0-1 0-1	0-1 0-2 2-3 1-0	0-2 0-0 0-3 0-3	0-2 1-4 1-4 0-2	0-1 1-0 0-3 0-0		0-0 1-1 1-0 2-1
LU-Daugava	0-9 0-4 0-5 1-2	0-4 0-3 0-2 1-3	2-5 0-3 1-5 0-1	2-1 1-1 2-4 0-2	0-3 1-2 2-1 1-2	2-2 2-5 1-1 0-0	0-0 1-1 0-1 1-2

Topscorers

Pos	Name	Team	Goals
1	Vladimirs Koļesņičenko (LAT)	Skonto FC	17
2	Vladislav Bezborodov (RUS)	FK Ventspils	15
3	Mihails Miholaps (LAT)	Skonto FC	12
4	Jurijs Molotkovs (LAT)	FK Rīga	11
-	Andrey Labanov (BLR)	FHK Liepājas Metalurgs	11

Awards

Best	Name	Team
Goalkeeper	Aleksandrs Koļinko (LAT)	Skonto FC
Defender	Igors Stepanovs (LAT)	Skonto FC
Midfielder	Alexander Rekhviashvili (GEO)	Skonto FC
Forward	Vladimirs Koļesņičenko (LAT)	Skonto FC

Skonto FC 2000

Pos	Name	Birthdate	P
DF	Oļegs Blagonadeždins	16.05.1973	18	4	2	-
	Yevgeniy Buda	18.03.1977	12	3	-	-
MF	Orestas Buitkus	11.04.1975	24	5	1	-
FW	David Chaladze	22.01.1976	19	10	3	-
GK	Pāvels Doroševs	09.10.1980	1	0	-	-
MF	Vladimirs Koļesņičenko	04.05.1980	28	17	1	-
GK	Aleksandrs Koļinko	18.06.1975	17	–6	-	-
MF	Levan Korgalidze	21.02.1980	21	4	1	-
MF	Juris Laizāns	06.01.1979	26	6	1	-
MF	Valentīns Lobaņovs	23.10.1971	22	-	1	-
-	Vladimir Mel'nyk	21.11.1979	9	1	-	-
MF	Zurab Menteshashvili	30.01.1980	21	6	2	-
FW	Mihails Miholaps	24.08.1974	17	12	-	-
MF	Viktors Morozs	30.07.1980	8	1	-	-
MF	Viktoras Olšanskis	14.03.1969	8	1	-	-
GK	Andrejs Piedels	17.09.1970	11	–4	-	-
MF	Alexander Rekhviashvili	06.08.1974	21	3	2	1
MF	Andrejs Rubins	26.11.1978	23	7	-	-
	Mants Samusevs	08.09.1978	21	2	3	-
DF	Igors Stepanovs	21.01.1976	18	2	4	-
DF	Andrėjus Tereškinas	10.07.1970	13	-	1	-
	Renārs Vucāns	04.11.1976	14	-	-	-
DF	Mihails Zemļinskis	21.12.1969	15	2	1	-
Manager: Aleksandrs Starkovs

References

Seasons of Top Latvian Football Leagues

Championship	1921 1922 1923 1924 1925 1926

Higher League	1927 1928 1929 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937–38 1938–39 1939–40 1940–41 1942 1943 1944

Class A	1941 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991

Higher League	1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015

1999–2000 in European football (UEFA)

« 1998–99 2000–01 »

Domestic leagues	Albania Andorra Armenia '99 '00 Austria Azerbaijan Belarus '99 '00 Belgium Bosnia and Herzegovina Bulgaria Croatia Cyprus Czech Republic Denmark England Estonia '99 '00 Faroe Islands '99 '00 Finland '99 '00 France Georgia Germany Greece Hungary Iceland '99 '00 Israel Italy Kazakhstan '99 '00 Latvia '99 '00 Lithuania '99 '00 Luxembourg Macedonia Malta Moldova Netherlands Northern Ireland Norway '99 '00 Poland Portugal Republic of Ireland Romania Russia '99 '00 San Marino Scotland Slovakia Slovenia Spain Sweden '99 '00 Switzerland Turkey Ukraine Wales FR Yugoslavia

Domestic cups	Albania Andorra Armenia Austria Azerbaijan Belarus Belgium Bosnia and Herzegovina Bulgaria Croatia Cyprus Czech Republic Denmark England Estonia Faroe Islands '99 '00 Finland '99 '00 France Georgia Germany Greece Hungary Iceland '99 '00 Israel Italy Latvia '99 '00 Liechtenstein Lithuania Luxembourg Macedonia Malta Moldova Netherlands Northern Ireland Norway '99 '00 Poland Portugal Republic of Ireland Romania Russia San Marino Scotland Slovakia Slovenia Spain Sweden '99 '00 Switzerland Turkey Ukraine Wales FR Yugoslavia

League cups	England Finland '99 '00 France Germany Iceland '99 '00 Israel Northern Ireland Poland Republic of Ireland Scotland Wales

UEFA competitions	Champions League (Qualifying, Group stage, 2nd group stage, knockout stage, Final) UEFA Cup (Final) Intertoto Cup Super Cup

2000–01 in European football (UEFA)

« 1999–2000 2001–02 »

Domestic leagues	Albania Andorra Armenia '00 '01 Austria Azerbaijan Belarus '00 '01 Belgium Bosnia and Herzegovina Bulgaria Croatia Cyprus Czech Republic Denmark England Estonia '00 '01 Faroe Islands '00 '01 Finland '00 '01 France Georgia Germany Greece Hungary Iceland '00 '01 Israel Italy Kazakhstan '00 '01 Latvia '00 '01 Lithuania '00 '01 Luxembourg Macedonia Malta Moldova Netherlands Northern Ireland Norway '00 '01 Poland Portugal Republic of Ireland Romania Russia '00 '01 San Marino Scotland Slovakia Slovenia Spain Sweden '00 '01 Switzerland Turkey Ukraine Wales FR Yugoslavia

Domestic cups	Albania Andorra Armenia Austria Azerbaijan Belarus Belgium Bosnia and Herzegovina Bulgaria Croatia Cyprus Czech Republic Denmark England Estonia Faroe Islands '00 '01 Finland '00 '01 France Georgia Germany Greece Hungary Iceland '00 '01 Israel Italy Latvia '00 '01 Liechtenstein Lithuania Luxembourg Macedonia Malta Moldova Netherlands Northern Ireland Norway '00 '01 Poland Portugal Republic of Ireland Romania Russia San Marino Scotland Slovakia Slovenia Spain Sweden Switzerland Turkey Ukraine Wales Yugoslavia

League cups	England Finland '00 '01 France Germany Iceland '00 '01 Israel Northern Ireland Poland Republic of Ireland Scotland Wales

UEFA competitions	Champions League (Qualifying, Group stage, Second group stage, Knockout stage, Final) UEFA Cup (Final) Intertoto Cup Super Cup

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