2001 Latvian Higher League

The 2001 season in the Latvian Higher League, named Virslīga, was the eleventh 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	22	2	4	94	26	68	68
2	FK Ventspils	28	22	1	5	69	21	48	67
3	FK Liepājas Metalurgs	28	20	4	4	60	24	36	64
4	Dinaburg FC	28	15	5	8	60	29	31	50
5	PFK Daugava	28	12	2	14	37	38	-1	38
6	FK Valmiera	28	5	4	19	28	56	-28	19
7	FK Rīga	28	3	5	20	25	72	-47	14
8	FK Zibens Zemessardze	28	1	1	26	11	118	-107	4

Match Table

	SKO	VEN	MET	DIN	PFK	VAL	RĪG	ZIB
Skonto	XXX	3-2 0-2 2-0 2-3	1-1 2-4 2-2 2-1	1-0 2-0 1-0 2-0	5-0 0-2 2-0 3-0	2-1 3-1 3-2 3-1	1-0 6-1 9-1 5-0	5-0 7-2 9-0 11-0
Ventspils	2-3 2-0 0-2 3-2	XXX	1-2 2-1 2-1 2-0	2-2 4-1 2-0 0-1	1-0 0-2 2-0 2-0	2-0 2-1 2-0 4-0	1-0 6-1 2-0 3-0	3-1 4-1 4-0 9-0
Liepājas Metalurgs	1-1 4-2 2-2 1-2	2-1 1-2 1-2 0-2	XXX	1-0 3-3 0-0 2-1	2-0 4-1 2-0 2-1	1-0 2-1 3-0 2-0	4-1 2-1 3-1 1-0	4-0 4-0 2-0 4-0
Dinaburg	0-1 0-2 0-1 0-2	2-2 1-4 0-2 1-0	0-1 3-3 0-0 1-2	XXX	3-0 1-0 3-1 2-0	4-0 1-1 6-1 3-0	3-2 2-0 2-1 1-1	1-0 11-1 5-0 4-1
PFK Daugava	0-5 2-0 0-2 0-3	0-1 2-0 0-2 0-2	0-2 1-4 0-2 1-2	0-3 0-1 1-3 0-2	XXX	2-1 1-1 1-0 3-0	4-0 1-1 3-1 2-0	2-0 1-0 6-0 4-0
Valmiera	1-2 1-3 2-3 1-3	0-2 1-2 0-2 0-4	0-1 1-2 0-3 0-2	0-4 1-1 1-6 0-3	1-2 1-1 0-1 0-3	XXX	3-0 1-1 2-3 1-1	2-0 3-0 1-0 4-1
Rīga	0-1 1-6 1-9 0-5	0-1 1-6 0-2 0-3	1-4 1-2 1-3 0-1	2-3 0-2 1-2 1-1	0-4 1-1 1-3 0-2	0-3 1-1 3-2 1-1	XXX	0-0 2-0 1-3 5-1
FK Zibens Zemessardze	0-5 2-7 0-9 0-11	1-3 1-4 0-4 0-9	0-4 0-4 0-2 0-4	0-1 1-11 0-5 1-4	0-2 0-1 0-6 0-4	0-2 0-3 0-1 1-4	0-0 0-2 3-1 1-5	XXX

Topscorers

Pos	Name	Team	Goals
1	Mihails Miholaps (LAT)	Skonto FC	23[1]
2	Aleksandr Katasonov (RUS)	FK Liepājas Metalurgs	23
3	David Chaladze (GEO)	Skonto FC	21
4	Stanislav Dubrovin (RUS)	Dinaburg FC	20
5	Yevgeniy Landyrev (RUS)	FK Ventspils	18

Awards

Best	Name	Team
Goalkeeper	Vadims Fjodorovs (LAT)	Dinaburg FC
Defender	Mihails Zemļinskis (LAT)	Skonto FC
Midfielder	Igors V. Stepanovs (LAT)	FK Ventspils
Forward	David Chaladze (GEO)	Skonto FC

Skonto FC 2001

Pos	Name	Birthdate	P
DF	Oļegs Blagonadeždins	16.05.1973	21	1	-	-
	Artūrs Bogdanovs	08.09.1981	1	-	-	-
MF	Orestas Buitkus	11.04.1975	22	4	-	-
FW	David Chaladze	22.01.1976	23	21	1	-
	Andrey Chernov	21.10.1976	7	1	-	-
	Igns Dedura	01.06.1978	16	1	1	-
GK	Pāvels Doroševs	09.10.1980	1	0	-	-
	Vadims Gospodars	25.12.1983	1	-	-	-
FW	Aleksandrs Jelisejevs	11.08.1971	15	4	-	-
MF	Vladimirs Koļesņičenko	04.05.1980	28	8	1	-
MF	Levan Korgalidze	21.02.1980	23	5	-	-
FW	Audrius Kšanavičius	28.01.1977	2	-	-	-
MF	Givi Kvaratskhelia	11.05.1979	10	1	1	-
MF	Valentīns Lobaņovs	23.10.1971	22	-	3	-
-	Vladimir Mel'nyk	21.11.1979	1	-	-	-
MF	Zurab Menteshashvili	30.01.1980	21	2	-	-
FW	Mihails Miholaps	24.08.1974	27	23	1	-
MF	Viktors Morozs	30.07.1980	16	-	1	-
MF	Viktoras Olšanskis	14.03.1969	6	-	1	-
GK	Andrejs Pavlovs	22.02.1979	7	–5	-	-
GK	Andrejs Piedels	17.09.1970	21	–21	-	1
MF	Alexander Rekhviashvili	06.08.1974	15	1	2	-
	Mants Samusevs	08.09.1978	9	2	1	-
DF	Andrėjus Tereškinas	10.07.1970	10	-	-	-
FW	Māris Verpakovskis	15.10.1979	22	10	1	1
MF	Aleksejs Višņakovs	03.02.1984	2	-	-	-
DF	Artūrs Zakreševskis	07.08.1971	20	-	3	1
DF	Mihails Zemļinskis	21.12.1969	21	3	5	-
Manager: Aleksandrs Starkovs

References

1. Some sources, like rsssf.com, count 24 goals, because one goal in Round 12 match (Riga-Skonto 1:6) is disputed between Miholaps and own goal by Pašins.

• RSSSF
• Skonto FC 2001