2000 Latvian Higher League

The 2000 season in the Latvian Higher League, named Virslīga, was the tenth domestic competition since the Baltic nation gained independence from the Soviet Union on 6 September 1991. Eight teams competed in this edition, with Skonto FC claiming the title.

Latvian Higher League
Season2000
ChampionsSkonto FC
RelegatedLU-Daugava
UEFA Champions LeagueSkonto FC
UEFA CupFK Ventspils
Dinaburg FC
UEFA Intertoto CupFK Liepajas Metalurgs
Top goalscorerLatvia Vladimirs Kolesnicenko (17 goals)
1999
2001

Final table

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Skonto (C) 28 24 3 1 86 10 +76 75 Qualification for Champions League first qualifying round
2 Ventspils 28 19 8 1 55 20 +35 65 Qualification for UEFA Cup qualifying round
3 Liepājas Metalurgs 28 16 7 5 51 25 +26 55 Qualification for Intertoto Cup first round
4 Dinaburg 28 10 5 13 32 32 0 35 Qualification for UEFA Cup qualifying round
5 Rīga 28 9 4 15 35 47 −12 31
6 Valmiera 28 5 9 14 25 48 −23 24
7 Policijas 28 4 4 20 13 62 −49 16
8 LU-Daugava (R) 28 2 6 20 21 74 −53 12 Relegation to Latvian First League
Source: [citation needed]
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated

Match table

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Top scorers

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Rank Player Club Goals
1   Vladimirs Koļesņičenko (LAT) Skonto FC 17
2   Vladislav Bezborodov (RUS) FK Ventspils 15
3   Mihails Miholaps (LAT) Skonto FC 12
4   Jurijs Molotkovs (LAT) FK Rīga 11
  Andrey Labanov (BLR) FHK Liepājas Metalurgs

Awards

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Best Name Team
Goalkeeper   Aleksandrs Koliņko (LAT) Skonto FC
Defender   Igors Stepanovs (LAT) Skonto FC
Midfielder   Alexander Rekhviashvili (GEO) Skonto FC
Forward   Vladimirs Koļesņičenko (LAT) Skonto FC

Skonto FC 2000

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Pos Name Birthdate P      
DF   Oļegs Blagonadeždins 16.05.1973 18 4 2 -
  Yevgeniy Buda 18.03.1977 12 3 - -
MF   Orestas Buitkus 11.04.1975 24 5 1 -
FW   David Chaladze 22.01.1976 19 10 3 -
GK   Pāvels Doroševs 09.10.1980 1 0 - -
MF   Vladimirs Koļesņičenko 04.05.1980 28 17 1 -
GK   Aleksandrs Koliņko 18.06.1975 17 –6 - -
MF   Levan Korgalidze 21.02.1980 21 4 1 -
MF   Juris Laizāns 06.01.1979 26 6 1 -
MF   Valentīns Lobaņovs 23.10.1971 22 - 1 -
-   Vladimir Mel'nyk 21.11.1979 9 1 - -
MF   Zurab Menteshashvili 30.01.1980 21 6 2 -
FW   Mihails Miholaps 24.08.1974 17 12 - -
MF   Viktors Morozs 30.07.1980 8 1 - -
MF   Viktoras Olšanskis 14.03.1969 8 1 - -
GK   Andrejs Piedels 17.09.1970 11 –4 - -
MF   Alexander Rekhviashvili 06.08.1974 21 3 2 1
MF   Andrejs Rubins 26.11.1978 23 7 - -
  Mants Samusevs 08.09.1978 21 2 3 -
DF   Igors Stepanovs 21.01.1976 18 2 4 -
DF   Andrėjus Tereškinas 10.07.1970 13 - 1 -
  Renārs Vucāns 04.11.1976 14 - - -
DF   Mihails Zemļinskis 21.12.1969 15 2 1 -
Manager:   Aleksandrs Starkovs

References

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