1993 Latvian Higher League

The 1993 season in the Latvian Higher League, named Virslīga, was the third domestic competition since the Baltic nation gained independence from the Soviet Union on 6 September 1991. Ten teams competed in this edition, with Skonto FC claiming the title.

Latvian Higher League
Season1993
Top goalscorerAleksandrs Jeļisejevs (20)
1992
1994

Final table

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Skonto (C) 18 17 0 1 63 7 +56 34 Qualification for UEFA Cup preliminary round
2 Olimpija Rīga 18 12 2 4 31 17 +14 26 Qualification for Cup Winners' Cup qualifying round
3 RAF Jelgava 18 12 2 4 34 11 +23 26
4 Pārdaugava 18 10 4 4 29 13 +16 24
5 Auseklis 18 7 5 6 22 17 +5 19
6 Vidus 18 6 7 5 19 13 +6 19
7 Olimpija Liepāja 18 3 6 9 24 46 −22 12
8 DAG Rīga 18 3 4 11 15 29 −14 10
9 Vairogs 18 3 3 12 12 36 −24 9
10 Gauja (R) 18 0 1 17 14 74 −60 1 Relegation to Latvian First League
Source: rsssf.com
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated

Match table

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Home \ Away AUS DAG GAU OLL OLR PĀR RAF SKO VAI VID
Auseklis 1–0 4–0 3–0 0–1 0–2 0–1 1–0 0–0 0–0
DAG Rīga 0–1 4–1 3–3 0–1 0–0 0–1 0–3 0–0 1–0
Gauja 1–5 1–4 1–3 1–2 1–4 1–6 1–5 1–2 0–3
Olimpija Liepāja 2–2 1–1 7–3 0–3 0–0 1–1 0–2 1–3 0–0
Olimpija Rīga 1–1 4–1 3–0 4–3 1–2 1–0 0–2 2–0 1–0
Pārdaugava 3–0 2–0 3–1 6–0 2–1 0–1 0–3 1–0 0–0
RAF Jelgava 3–0 4–1 3–0 5–1 1–3 2–1 0–1 4–0 1–0
Skonto 2–1 3–0 11–0 6–1 4–0 1–0 1–0 4–0 3–1
Vairogs 1–3 2–0 1–1 0–1 1–5 0–1 0–1 1–6 0–2
Vidus 0–0 1–0 4–0 3–0 0–0 2–2 0–0 0–4 3–1
Source: [citation needed]
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Top scorers

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Rank Player Club Goals
1   Aleksandrs Jelisejevs (LAT) Skonto FC 20
2   Vjačeslavs Ževnerovičs (LAT) FK Auseklis 10
3   Andrejs Štolcers (LAT) Olimpija Rīga 8
4   Rihards Butkus (LAT) FK Pārdaugava 7

Awards

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Best Name Team
Goalkeeper   Ēriks Grigjans (LAT) Olimpija Rīga
Defender   Einars Gņedojs (LAT) Skonto FC
Midfielder   Andrejs Štolcers (LAT) Olimpija Rīga
Forward   Aleksandrs Jelisejevs (LAT) Skonto FC

Skonto FC 1993

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Pos Name Birthdate P      
MF   Vitālijs Astafjevs 03.04.1971 11 5 0 -
MF   Vladimirs Babičevs 22.04.1968 13 5 3 -
DF   Oļegs Blagonadeždins 16.05.1973 17 2 - -
-   Jurijs Dementjevs 20.06.1967 17 3 - -
FW   Aleksandrs Dibrivnijs 28.08.1969 17 1 2 -
FW   Vladimirs Draguns 13.12.1972 14 5 - -
DF   Einars Gņedojs 08.07.1965 16 1 2 -
GK   Oļegs Grišins 09.11.1967 7 –5 - -
FW   Aleksandrs Jelisejevs 11.08.1971 17 20 1 -
GK   Raimonds Laizāns 05.08.1964 11 –2 - -
-   Valentins Lobaņovs 23.10.1971 4 1 1 -
-   Dzintars Savaļnieks 12.08.1968 12 2 - -
-   Aleksejs Semjonovs 02.04.1973 18 1 - -
DF   Igors V. Stepanovs 01.02.1966 12 4 1 -
-   Aleksandrs Stradiņš 15.10.1968 15 1 - -
-   Arturs Šketovs 09.11.1968 13 2 - -
-   Sergejs Tarasovs 16.01.1971 17 4 - -
-   Andrejs Troickis 06.03.1970 5 - - -
DF   Igors Troickis 11.01.1969 16 2 - 1
DF   Mihails Zemļinskis 21.12.1969 16 6 1 2
Manager:   Aleksandrs Starkovs

References

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