1996 Latvian Higher League

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

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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

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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: [citation needed]
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Second round

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Championship group

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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

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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: [citation needed]
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Relegation group

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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

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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: [citation needed]
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: [citation needed]
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Relegation play-offs

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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

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Rank Player Club Goals
1  Mihails Miholaps (LAT) FK Daugava Rīga 33
2  Aleksandr Pindeyev (UKR) Skonto FC 17
3  Vladimirs Babičevs (LAT) Skonto FC 16
 Juris Karašausks (LAT) Dinaburg FC
5  Aleksandrs Fedotovs (LAT) Dinaburg FC 13

Awards

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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

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Pos Name Birthdate P Yellow card Red card
MF Latvia Vitālijs Astafjevs 03.04.1971 18 12 1 -
MF Latvia Vladimirs Babičevs 22.04.1968 25 16 3 -
- Russia Vladlen Bausev 03.03.1967 10 3 - -
DF Latvia Oļegs Blagonadeždins 16.05.1973 23 1 - -
MF Latvia Imants Bleidelis 16.08.1975 20 3 - -
- Russia Konstantin Ivanov 10.05.1964 6 - - -
MF Latvia Valērijs Ivanovs 23.02.1970 27 3 2 -
FW Latvia Aleksandrs Jelisejevs 11.08.1971 15 10 1 -
GK Latvia Aleksandrs Koļiņko 18.06.1975 9 –3 1 -
GK Latvia Raimonds Laizāns 05.08.1964 19 –9 1 -
- Latvia Vsevolods Līdaks 22.10.1977 6 1 - -
- Latvia Valentins Lobaņovs 23.10.1971 19 3 2 -
DF Latvia Boriss Monjaks 11.04.1970 10 - - -
FW Latvia Marians Pahars 05.08.1976 28 12 2 -
- Ukraine Aleksandr Pindejev 03.03.1971 26 17 5 -
- Latvia Igors Stepanovs 21.01.1976 22 2 3 -
DF Latvia Jurijs Ševļakovs 24.01.1959 24 1 5 -
FW Latvia Andrejs Štolcers 08.07.1974 26 6 3 -
DF Latvia Igors Troickis 11.01.1969 26 3 4 -
DF Latvia Mihails Zemļinskis 21.12.1969 24 4 3 -
Manager: Latvia Aleksandrs Starkovs

References

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