1995 Latvian Higher League

The 1995 season in the Latvian Higher League, named Virslīga, was the fifth 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.

Latvian Higher League
Season1995
← 1994
1996 →

First round
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Skonto 18 16 2 0 59 8 +51 50 Qualification for championship group
2 RAF Jelgava 18 12 3 3 33 13 +20 39
3 Starts 18 9 4 5 21 18 +3 31
4 Vilan-D 18 9 2 7 31 22 +9 29
5 Vairogs 18 6 6 6 28 21 +7 24
6 Amstrig 18 5 5 8 26 25 +1 20
7 Skonto/Metāls 18 5 4 9 25 42 −17 19 Qualification for relegation group
8 DAG-Liepāja 18 4 6 8 19 28 −9 18
9 Olimpija Rīga 18 5 3 10 24 40 −16 18
10 Kvadrāts 18 1 1 16 10 58 −48 4
Source: rsssf.com

Match table
Home \ Away AMS DAG KVA OLI RAF SKO SKM STA VAI VIL
Amstrig 0–1 1–1 2–3 1–2 0–3 2–0 0–1 0–1 2–2
DAG-Liepāja 1–1 3–2 2–0 1–2 2–2 0–1 1–1 3–1 0–2
Kvadrāts 0–2 3–1 1–4 0–3 0–7 0–6 0–3 1–5 0–2
Olimpija Rīga 0–7 2–2 3–0 0–1 0–1 1–1 0–2 1–0 1–0
RAF Jelgava 1–1 0–0 5–0 2–0 0–1 2–0 3–0 2–0 3–2
Skonto 3–2 4–0 6–1 7–1 5–0 2–1 0–0 1–0 3–0
Skonto/Metāls 2–2 3–1 2–0 4–3 1–1 0–4 2–3 0–8 1–5
Starts 3–0 1–0 1–0 2–0 0–4 0–3 3–0 0–0 0–1
Vairogs 1–2 1–1 2–0 3–3 1–0 0–3 1–1 1–1 1–1
Vilan-D 0–1 2–0 2–1 3–1 0–2 1–4 4–0 3–0 1–2
Source:
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Second round

Championship group
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Skonto (C) 28 25 3 0 99 15 +84 78 Qualification for UEFA Cup preliminary round
2 Vilan-D 28 16 3 9 45 30 +15 51
3 RAF Jelgava 28 14 6 8 40 28 +12 48 Qualification for Cup Winners' Cup qualifying round
4 Starts 28 11 5 12 31 43 −12 38
5 Amstrig 28 9 8 11 47 38 +9 35 Qualification for Intertoto Cup group stage
6 Vairogs 28 7 7 14 35 52 −17 28
Source: rsssf.com
(C) Champion.

Match table
Home \ Away AMS RAF SKO STA VAI VIL
Amstrig 1–1 2–2 5–1 3–0 1–2
RAF Jelgava 1–1 1–2 1–0 0–1 0–1
Skonto 2–1 5–1 8–1 8–0 4–0
Starts 0–1 3–0 1–4 1–1 0–1
Vairogs 2–6 1–2 0–3 1–3 1–3
Vilan-D 2–0 0–0 0–2 3–0 2–0
Source:
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Relegation group
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Relegation
7 Skonto/Metāls 24 8 4 12 37 51 −14 28
8 DAG-Liepāja 24 7 7 10 26 34 −8 28
9 Olimpija Rīga (R) 24 5 5 14 29 57 −28 20 Dissolved after the season
10 Kvadrāts (R) 24 5 2 17 22 63 −41 17
Source: rsssf.com
(R) Relegated.

Match table
Home \ Away DAG KVA OLI SKM
DAG-Liepāja 0–2 3–1 1–0
Kvadrāts 1–0 2–1 0–1
Olimpija Rīga 1–1 2–2 0–2
Skonto/Metāls 1–2 1–5 7–1
Source:
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Top scorers
Rank Player Club Goals
1 Vitālijs Astafjevs (LAT)Skonto FC19
2 Sergey Dulub (RUS)FK Vairogs16
3 Vladimirs Babičevs (LAT)Skonto FC14
4 Aleksandrs Jelisejevs (LAT)Skonto FC11
 Mihails Miholaps (LAT)FK Amstrig

Awards
Best Name Team
Goalkeeper Raimonds Laizāns (LAT)Skonto FC
Defender Jurijs Ševļakovs (LAT)Skonto FC
Midfielder Vitālijs Astafjevs (LAT)Skonto FC
Forward Vīts Rimkus (LAT)FK Amstrig

Skonto FC 1995
Pos Name Birthdate P
MF Vitālijs Astafjevs03.04.197128192-
MF Vladimirs Babičevs22.04.196827143-
DF Vladlen Bausev03.03.196717102-
DF Oļegs Blagonadeždins16.05.19732031-
MF Imants Bleidelis16.08.19752411-
GK Oļegs Grišins09.11.19674–2--
MF Valērijs Ivanovs23.02.197024101-
FW Aleksandrs Jelisejevs11.08.19712911--
GK Raimonds Laizāns05.08.196426–13--
- Valentins Lobaņovs23.10.197119121
- Vadims Mikuckis10.06.197121--
DF Boriss Monjaks11.04.19702881-
FW Marians Pahars05.08.1976982-
- Aleksandr Pindejev03.03.197193--
- Aleksejs Semjonovs02.04.19731912-
FW Igors Sļesarčuks31.03.197661--
DF Igors V. Stepanovs01.02.196620---
DF Igors N. Stepanovs21.01.19762313-
DF Jurijs Ševļakovs24.01.19592335-
DF Igors Troickis11.01.196927111
DF Mihails Zemļinskis21.12.19692961-
Manager: Aleksandrs Starkovs

References
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