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
Top goalscorerVjačeslavs Ževnerovičs (19)
1991
1993

Final table

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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[a]
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: [citation needed]
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated
Notes:
  1. ^ The title was decided in a championship playoff as Skonto and RAF Jelgava finished with equal points.

Match table

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

Play-Off

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

Top scorers

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Rank Player Club Goals
1   Vjačeslavs Ževnerovičs (LAT) FK VEF Rīga 19
2   Aleksejs Semjonovs (LAT) Skonto FC 12
  Modris Zujevs (LAT) RAF Jelgava
  Dzintars Savaļnieks (LAT) FK Gauja
5   Jurijs Hudjakovs (LAT) Kompar-Daugava 10
  Aivars Pozņaks (LAT) FK Vairogs

Awards

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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

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Pos Name Birthdate P      
-   Oļegs Aļohins 27.06.1971 3 - - -
MF   Vitālijs Astafjevs 03.04.1971 21 4 2 -
DF   Oļegs Blagonadeždins 16.05.1973 22 1 2 -
MF   Imants Bleidelis 16.08.1975 1 - - -
-   Jurijs Dementjevs 20.06.1967 17 3 - -
FW   Aleksandrs Dibrivnijs 28.08.1969 20 4 2 -
FW   Aivars Drupass 03.08.1963 2 - - -
DF   Einars Gņedojs 08.07.1965 21 - 3 -
GK   Oļegs Grišins 09.11.1967 18 –10 - -
FW   Aleksandrs Jelisejevs 11.08.1971 19 9 1 -
-   Gintars Kviļuns 17.04.1966 1 - - -
GK   Raimonds Laizāns 05.08.1964 5 –2 - -
MF   Valentīns Lobaņovs 23.10.1971 18 3 1 -
-   Vladimirs Pačko 28.12.1958 1 - - -
MF   Aleksejs Semjonovs 02.04.1973 21 12 - -
-   Genadiy Sosenko 15.11.1958 7 2 - -
DF   Igors V. Stepanovs 01.02.1966. 13 1 - 1
-   Igors N. Stepanovs 21.01.1976 9 - - -
-   Aleksandrs Stradiņš 15.10.1968 8 2 3 -
-   Arturs Šketovs 09.11.1968 22 1 - -
-   Sergejs Tarasovs 16.01.1971 21 3 1 -
DF   Igors Troickis 11.01.1969 9 - - -
DF   Mihails Zemļinskis 21.12.1969 17 6 1 1
Manager:   Marks Zahodins

Notes

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  1. ^ "Fk Skonto". Archived from the original on 2009-05-29. Retrieved 2009-06-06.

References

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