1992 Latvian Higher League

The 1992 season in the Latvian Higher League, named Virslīga, was the second football (soccer) domestic competition since the Baltic nation gained independence from the Soviet Union on 6 September 1991. Twelve teams competed in this edition, with Skonto FC claiming the title.

Latvian Higher League
Season1992
← 1991
1993 →

Final table
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Skonto (C) 22 18 2 2 51 10 +41 38 Qualification for Champions League preliminary round[lower-alpha 1]
2 RAF Jelgava 22 17 4 1 43 6 +37 38 Qualification for Cup Winners' Cup qualifying round
3 VEF Rīga 22 14 5 3 46 14 +32 33
4 Pārdaugava 22 13 3 6 45 22 +23 29
5 Kompar-Daugava 22 11 6 5 48 19 +29 28
6 Olimpija Liepāja 22 10 5 7 33 25 +8 25
7 Daugavpils 22 8 3 11 25 35 −10 19
8 Torpedo Rīga 22 5 7 10 28 40 −12 17
9 Vairogs 22 7 2 13 29 43 −14 16
10 Gauja 22 6 3 13 26 48 −22 15
11 Starts (R) 22 2 0 20 19 76 −57 4 Relegation to Latvian First League
12 Dilar (R) 22 0 2 20 10 65 −55 2
Source:
(C) Champion; (R) Relegated.
Notes:
  1. The title was decided in a championship playoff as Skonto and RAF Jelgava finished with equal points.

Match table
Home \ Away BJS DIL GAU K-D OLI PĀR RAF SKO STA TOR VAI VEF
Daugavpils 2–1 2–0 0–3 0–2 0–2 1–6 0–4 1–0 1–1 4–1 1–3
Dilar 1–2 1–2 0–0 0–2 1–2 0–1 1–3 1–2 1–1 0–6 0–5
Gauja 1–4 3–1 0–4 3–1 1–0 0–2 1–4 4–1 3–3 3–3 0–2
Kompar-Daugava 0–0 4–1 0–0 1–0 3–2 1–1 1–2 7–1 2–1 5–1 1–1
Olimpija 0–0 3–0 1–0 2–1 3–3 0–0 1–2 2–0 2–0 3–0 2–1
Pārdaugava 3–1 5–0 5–1 2–1 5–1 1–0 0–0 6–1 2–1 1–0 0–1
RAF Jelgava 1–0 4–0 4–1 1–0 1–0 1–0 2–1 6–0 0–0 2–0 1–1
Skonto 3–0 4–0 3–0 1–0 1–0 2–0 0–1 2–0 3–0 4–1 2–1
Starts 1–5 5–1 0–1 0–4 1–3 1–3 0–2 1–7 1–4 0–5 2–5
Torpedo Rīga 0–1 4–0 2–1 1–5 3–3 2–2 0–4 0–1 1–0 2–0 1–6
Vairogs 1–0 2–0 2–1 1–4 2–1 0–1 0–2 0–2 3–1 1–1 0–4
VEF Rīga 1–0 3–0 3–0 1–1 1–1 1–0 0–1 0–0 3–1 1–0 2–0
Source:
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Play-Off
Skonto FC3 – 2RAF Jelgava
Astafjevs  3'
Jelisejevs  44', 47'		 Zujevs  38'
Zarins  70'
Attendance: 2,500
Referee: Vladimirs Direktorenko

Top scorers
Rank Player Club Goals
1 Vjačeslavs Ževnerovičs (LAT)FK VEF Rīga19
2 Aleksejs Semjonovs (LAT)Skonto FC12
 Modris Zujevs (LAT)RAF Jelgava
 Dzintars Savaļnieks (LAT)FK Gauja
5 Jurijs Hudjakovs (LAT)Kompar-Daugava10
 Aivars Pozņaks (LAT)FK Vairogs

Awards
Best Name Team
Goalkeeper Konstantīns Igošins (LAT)RAF Jelgava
Defender Dzintars Sproģis (LAT)Kompar-Daugava
Midfielder Oļegs Aleksejenko (LAT)RAF Jelgava
Forward Ainārs Linards (LAT)Olimpija Liepāja

Skonto FC 1992
Pos Name Birthdate P
- Oļegs Aļohins27.06.19713---
MF Vitālijs Astafjevs03.04.19712142-
DF Oļegs Blagonadeždins16.05.19732212-
MF Imants Bleidelis16.08.19751---
- Jurijs Dementjevs20.06.1967173--
FW Aleksandrs Dibrivnijs28.08.19692042-
FW Aivars Drupass03.08.19632---
DF Einars Gņedojs08.07.196521-3-
GK Oļegs Grišins09.11.196718–10--
FW Aleksandrs Jelisejevs11.08.19711991-
- Gintars Kviļuns17.04.19661---
GK Raimonds Laizāns05.08.19645–2--
MF Valentīns Lobaņovs23.10.19711831-
- Vladimirs Pačko28.12.19581---
MF Aleksejs Semjonovs02.04.19732112--
- Genadiy Sosenko15.11.195872--
DF Igors V. Stepanovs01.02.1966.131-1
- Igors N. Stepanovs21.01.19769---
- Aleksandrs Stradiņš15.10.1968823-
- Arturs Šketovs09.11.1968221--
- Sergejs Tarasovs16.01.19712131-
DF Igors Troickis11.01.19699---
DF Mihails Zemļinskis21.12.196917611
Manager: Marks Zahodins

Notes
  1. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2009-05-29. Retrieved 2009-06-06.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)

References
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.