:1998 Latvian Higher League

{{Short description|Latvian football league season for the highest division}}

{{Infobox football league season

| competition = Latvian Higher League

| season = 1998

| winners = Skonto FC

| relegated = LU-Daugava
Ranto-Miks

| continentalcup1 = UEFA Champions League

| continentalcup1 qualifiers = Skonto FC

| continentalcup2 = UEFA Cup

| continentalcup2 qualifiers = Liepajas
FK Ventspils

| continentalcup3 = UEFA Intertoto Cup

| continentalcup3 qualifiers = Dinaburg FC

| matches =

| total goals =

| league topscorer = {{flagicon|LVA}} Viktors Dobrecovs

| biggest home win =

| biggest away win =

| highest scoring =

| longest wins =

| longest unbeaten =

| longest losses =

| highest attendance =

| lowest attendance =

| average attendance =

| prevseason = 1997

| nextseason = 1999

}}

The 1998 season in the Latvian Higher League, named Virslīga, was the 8th 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.

Final table

{{#invoke:sports table|main|style=WDL

|res_col_header=QR

|team1=SKO|name_SKO=Skonto

|team2=MET|name_MET=Liepājas Metalurgs

|team3=VEN|name_VEN=Ventspils

|team4=DIN|name_DIN=Dinaburg

|team5=VAL|name_VAL=Valmiera

|team6=DAU|name_DAU=LU-Daugava

|team7=RĒZ|name_RĒZ=Rēzekne

|team8=RAN|name_RAN=Ranto-Miks

|win_SKO=21|draw_SKO=4|loss_SKO=3|gf_SKO=98|ga_SKO=27|status_SKO=C

|win_MET=17|draw_MET=6|loss_MET=5|gf_MET=62|ga_MET=25

|win_VEN=16|draw_VEN=6|loss_VEN=6|gf_VEN=56|ga_VEN=23

|win_DIN=11|draw_DIN=10|loss_DIN=7|gf_DIN=49|ga_DIN=31

|win_VAL=10|draw_VAL=7|loss_VAL=11|gf_VAL=39|ga_VAL=59

|win_DAU=7|draw_DAU=9|loss_DAU=12|gf_DAU=42|ga_DAU=42|status_DAU=R

|win_RĒZ=2|draw_RĒZ=5|loss_RĒZ=21|gf_RĒZ=22|ga_RĒZ=80

|win_RAN=2|draw_RAN=5|loss_RAN=21|gf_RAN=25|ga_RAN=106|status_RAN=R

|col_UCL=green1|text_UCL=Qualification for Champions League first qualifying round

|result1=UCL

|col_UC=blue1|text_UC=Qualification for UEFA Cup qualifying round

|result2=UC|result3=UC

|col_IC=#ccccff|text_IC=Qualification for Intertoto Cup first round

|result4=IC

|col_R=red1|text_R=Relegation to Latvian First League

|result6=R|result8=R

|update=complete|source=

}}

Match table

{{Col-begin}}

{{col-2}}

{{#invoke:sports results|main

|title=First half of the season

|matches_style=FBR|solid_cell=grey

|team1=DIN|team2=MET|team3=DAU|team4=RAN|team5=RĒZ

|team6=SKO|team7=VAL|team8=VEN

|name_SKO=Skonto

|match_SKO_MET=1-0

|match_SKO_VEN=1-0

|match_SKO_DIN=0-2

|match_SKO_VAL=4-0

|match_SKO_DAU=2-3

|match_SKO_RĒZ=7-0

|match_SKO_RAN=9-0

|name_MET=Liepājas Metalurgs

|match_MET_SKO=0-0

|match_MET_VEN=0-0

|match_MET_DIN=1-2

|match_MET_VAL=4-1

|match_MET_DAU=3-2

|match_MET_RĒZ=4-0

|match_MET_RAN=7-0

|name_VEN=Ventspils

|match_VEN_SKO=2-1

|match_VEN_MET=0-1

|match_VEN_DIN=0-0

|match_VEN_VAL=0-3

|match_VEN_DAU=1-0

|match_VEN_RĒZ=4-1

|match_VEN_RAN=9-0

|name_DIN=Dinaburg

|match_DIN_SKO=0-1

|match_DIN_MET=0-1

|match_DIN_VEN=1-1

|match_DIN_VAL=6-1

|match_DIN_DAU=0-0

|match_DIN_RĒZ=0-0

|match_DIN_RAN=6-1

|name_VAL=Valmiera

|match_VAL_SKO=1-4

|match_VAL_MET=2-1

|match_VAL_VEN=0-0

|match_VAL_DIN=0-2

|match_VAL_DAU=2-2

|match_VAL_RĒZ=3-0

|match_VAL_RAN=4-0

|name_DAU=LU-Daugava

|match_DAU_SKO=3-5

|match_DAU_MET=0-0

|match_DAU_VEN=1-1

|match_DAU_DIN=2-2

|match_DAU_VAL=4-2

|match_DAU_RĒZ=8-2

|match_DAU_RAN=3-0

|name_RĒZ=Rēzekne

|match_RĒZ_SKO=0-2

|match_RĒZ_MET=2-3

|match_RĒZ_VEN=1-4

|match_RĒZ_DIN=0-1

|match_RĒZ_VAL=1-2

|match_RĒZ_DAU=1-2

|match_RĒZ_RAN=2-2

|name_RAN=Ranto-Miks

|match_RAN_SKO=3-3

|match_RAN_MET=3-4

|match_RAN_VEN=0-1

|match_RAN_DIN=0-6

|match_RAN_VAL=0-0

|match_RAN_DAU=2-1

|match_RAN_RĒZ=1-3

|update=complete

|source=

}}

{{col-2}}

{{#invoke:sports results|main

|title=Second half of the season

|matches_style=FBR|solid_cell=grey

|team1=DIN|team2=MET|team3=DAU|team4=RAN|team5=RĒZ

|team6=SKO|team7=VAL|team8=VEN

|name_SKO=Skonto

|match_SKO_MET=1-1

|match_SKO_VEN=4-0

|match_SKO_DIN=2-1

|match_SKO_VAL=15-2

|match_SKO_DAU=3-0

|match_SKO_RĒZ=1-0

|match_SKO_RAN=4-0

|name_MET=Liepājas Metalurgs

|match_MET_SKO=1-1

|match_MET_VEN=1-0

|match_MET_DIN=3-0

|match_MET_VAL=2-1

|match_MET_DAU=2-1

|match_MET_RĒZ=7-0

|match_MET_RAN=5-1

|name_VEN=Ventspils

|match_VEN_SKO=2-3

|match_VEN_MET=2-0

|match_VEN_DIN=1-1

|match_VEN_VAL=3-0

|match_VEN_DAU=3-0

|match_VEN_RĒZ=3-0

|match_VEN_RAN=3-2

|name_DIN=Dinaburg

|match_DIN_SKO=1-4

|match_DIN_MET=1-1

|match_DIN_VEN=0-3

|match_DIN_VAL=0-0

|match_DIN_DAU=0-2

|match_DIN_RĒZ=2-1

|match_DIN_RAN=5-1

|name_VAL=Valmiera

|match_VAL_SKO=1-5

|match_VAL_MET=2-1

|match_VAL_VEN=0-3

|match_VAL_DIN=1-1

|match_VAL_DAU=2-1

|match_VAL_RĒZ=0-0

|match_VAL_RAN=1-0

|name_DAU=LU-Daugava

|match_DAU_SKO=1-2

|match_DAU_MET=0-1

|match_DAU_VEN=1-2

|match_DAU_DIN=0-0

|match_DAU_VAL=0-0

|match_DAU_RĒZ=1-1

|match_DAU_RAN=2-0

|name_RĒZ=Rēzekne

|match_RĒZ_SKO=1-6

|match_RĒZ_MET=1-2

|match_RĒZ_VEN=0-3

|match_RĒZ_DIN=2-4

|match_RĒZ_VAL=0-5

|match_RĒZ_DAU=2-1

|match_RĒZ_RAN=1-2

|name_RAN=Ranto-Miks

|match_RAN_SKO=2-7

|match_RAN_MET=1-6

|match_RAN_VEN=1-5

|match_RAN_DIN=2-5

|match_RAN_VAL=0-3

|match_RAN_DAU=1-1

|match_RAN_RĒZ=0-0

|update=complete

|source=

}}

{{col-end}}

Top scorers

class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
Rank

!Player

!Club

!Goals

1align="left"|{{flagathlete|Viktors Dobrecovs|LAT}}align="left"|FHK Liepājas Metalurgs23
2align="left"|{{flagathlete|Roman Grigorčuk|UKR}}align="left"|Dinaburg FC21
3align="left"|{{flagathlete|Mihails Miholaps|LAT}}align="left"|Skonto FC20
4align="left"|{{flagathlete|Marians Pahars|LAT}}align="left"|Skonto FC19
rowspan=2|5align="left"|{{flagathlete|Vladimirs Babičevs|LAT}}align="left"|Skonto FCrowspan=2|11
align="left"|{{flagathlete|Vīts Rimkus|LAT}}align="left"|Skonto FC

Awards

class="wikitable" style="font-size:95%; text-align:center;"
width="80"|Best

!width="205"|Name

!width="205"|Team

|Goalkeeper{{flagathlete|Oļegs Karavajevs|LAT}}Skonto FC
bgcolor="#F0F0F0"Defender{{flagathlete|Mihails Zemļinskis|LAT}}Skonto FC
|Midfielder{{flagathlete|Vladimirs Babičevs|LAT}}Skonto FC
bgcolor="#F0F0F0"Forward{{flagathlete|Marians Pahars|LAT}}Skonto FC

Skonto FC 1998

class="wikitable" style="font-size:95%; text-align:center;"
bgcolor="#efefef"

!width="30"|Pos

!width="220"|Name

!width="120"|Birthdate

!width="30"|P

!width="30"|{{goal}}

!width="30"|{{yel}}

!width="30"|{{sent off|0}}

|{{flagicon|UKR}} Nikolay Apilats21.09.19742|
|MF{{flagicon|LAT}} Vitālijs Astafjevs03.04.19712372|
|MF{{flagicon|LAT}} Vladimirs Babičevs22.04.1968191041
|DF{{flagicon|LAT}} Oļegs Blagonadeždins16.05.19732|
|MF{{flagicon|LAT}} Imants Bleidelis16.08.19752482|
|{{flagicon|GEO|1990}} Mamuka Cereteli13.01.1979912|
|GK{{flagicon|GEO|1990}} Davit Gvaramadze08.11.19756–7|
|MF{{flagicon|LAT}} Jevgeņijs Ilovaiskis22.10.19792|
|GK{{flagicon|LAT}} Oļegs Karavajevs13.02.19619–7|
|MF{{flagicon|LAT}} Vladimirs Koļesņičenko04.05.19801|
|GK{{flagicon|LAT}} Aleksandrs Koliņko18.06.1975505|
|MF{{flagicon|LAT}} Juris Laizāns06.01.197926111
|{{flagicon|LAT}} Vsevolods Līdaks22.10.1977121 |
|{{flagicon|LAT}} Valentins Lobaņovs23.10.19712213|
|{{flagicon|UKR}} Vladimir Mel'nyk21.11.19791815|
|FW{{flagicon|RUS}}/{{flagicon|LAT}} Mihails Miholaps24.08.197425201|
|{{flagicon|LAT}} Iļja Novikovs12.08.197793 |
|FW{{flagicon|LAT}} Marians Pahars05.08.1976261911
|GK{{flagicon|LAT}} Andrejs Piedels17.09.19708–8|
|{{flagicon|UKR}} Aleksandr Pindejev03.03.19711552 |
|{{flagicon|UKR}} Vitaliy Rozghon23.03.19801|
|MF{{flagicon|GEO|1990}} Alexander Rekhviashvili06.08.19741712-
|FW{{flagicon|LAT}} Vits Rimkus21.06.19731511|
|MF{{flagicon|LAT}} Andrejs Rubins26.11.1978191|
|DF{{flagicon|GEO|1990}} Levan Silagadze04.08.19761513 |
|{{flagicon|RUS}} Sergey Solovjov03.04.1978943 |
|DF{{flagicon|LAT}} Igors Stepanovs21.01.197624|
|3|
|DF{{flagicon|LTU}} Andrėjus Tereškinas10.07.1970722 |
|DF{{flagicon|LAT}} Mihails Zemļinskis21.12.196913|
|1 |
colspan=7 align=center|Manager: {{flagicon|LAT}} Aleksandrs Starkovs

References

  • [https://www.rsssf.org/tablesl/let98.html RSSSF]
  • [https://web.archive.org/web/20090302094102/http://www.skontofc.lv/lat/lat_chemp/1998/ Skonto FC 1998]

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