:2004 Latvian Higher League

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

{{Infobox football league season

| competition = Latvian Higher League

| season = 2004

| winners = Skonto FC

| relegated = FC Ditton
Auda

| continentalcup1 = UEFA Champions League

| continentalcup1 qualifiers = Skonto FC

| continentalcup2 = UEFA Cup

| continentalcup2 qualifiers = FK Liepajas Metalurgs
FK Ventspils

| continentalcup3 = UEFA Intertoto Cup

| continentalcup3 qualifiers = Dinaburg FC

| matches =

| total goals =

| league topscorer = {{flagicon|RUS}} Aleksandr Katasonov (21 goals)

| biggest home win =

| biggest away win =

| highest scoring =

| longest wins =

| longest unbeaten =

| longest losses =

| highest attendance =

| lowest attendance =

| average attendance =

| prevseason = 2003

| nextseason = 2005

}}

The 2004 season in the Latvian Higher League, named Virslīga, was the 14th 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=LIE|name_LIE=Liepājas Metalurgs

|team3=VEN|name_VEN=Ventspils

|team4=DIN|name_DIN=Dinaburg

|team5=JŪR|name_JŪR=Jūrmala

|team6=RĪG|name_RĪG=Rīga

|team7=DIT|name_DIT=Ditton

|team8=AUD|name_AUD=Auda

|win_SKO=22|draw_SKO=3|loss_SKO=3|gf_SKO=65|ga_SKO=18|status_SKO=C

|win_LIE=21|draw_LIE=3|loss_LIE=4|gf_LIE=85|ga_LIE=27

|win_VEN=16|draw_VEN=7|loss_VEN=5|gf_VEN=64|ga_VEN=28

|win_DIN=10|draw_DIN=6|loss_DIN=12|gf_DIN=35|ga_DIN=36

|win_JŪR=8|draw_JŪR=10|loss_JŪR=10|gf_JŪR=30|ga_JŪR=33

|win_RĪG=6|draw_RĪG=9|loss_RĪG=13|gf_RĪG=32|ga_RĪG=43

|win_DIT=7|draw_DIT=5|loss_DIT=16|gf_DIT=20|ga_DIT=62|status_DIT=R

|win_AUD=0|draw_AUD=1|loss_AUD=27|gf_AUD=13|ga_AUD=97|status_AUD=R

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

|result1=UCL

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

|result2=UC|result3=UC

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

|result4=IC

|col_RP=red2|text_RP=Qualification for relegation play-offs

|result7=RP

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

|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=AUD|team2=DIN|team3=DIT|team4=JŪR|team5=MET

|team6=RĪG|team7=SKO|team8=VEN

|name_SKO=Skonto

|match_SKO_MET=1-0

|match_SKO_VEN=1-0

|match_SKO_DIN=1-1

|match_SKO_JŪR=3-2

|match_SKO_RĪG=1-0

|match_SKO_DIT=2-0

|match_SKO_AUD=3-0

|name_MET=Liepājas Metalurgs

|match_MET_SKO=2-3

|match_MET_VEN=3-4

|match_MET_DIN=2-1

|match_MET_JŪR=1-0

|match_MET_RĪG=2-1

|match_MET_DIT=3-0

|match_MET_AUD=10-1

|name_VEN=Ventspils

|match_VEN_SKO=0-3

|match_VEN_MET=0-2

|match_VEN_DIN=1-2

|match_VEN_JŪR=3-2

|match_VEN_RĪG=1-0

|match_VEN_DIT=0-0

|match_VEN_AUD=2-1

|name_DIN=Dinaburg

|match_DIN_SKO=0-1

|match_DIN_MET=1-4

|match_DIN_VEN=0-2

|match_DIN_JŪR=0-0

|match_DIN_RĪG=2-1

|match_DIN_DIT=1-0

|match_DIN_AUD=2-0

|name_JŪR=Jūrmala

|match_JŪR_SKO=0-1

|match_JŪR_MET=0-2

|match_JŪR_VEN=1-1

|match_JŪR_DIN=2-0

|match_JŪR_RĪG=1-1

|match_JŪR_DIT=0-2

|match_JŪR_AUD=1-1

|name_RĪG=Rīga

|match_RĪG_SKO=0-2

|match_RĪG_MET=0-2

|match_RĪG_VEN=1-4

|match_RĪG_DIN=1-1

|match_RĪG_JŪR=1-0

|match_RĪG_DIT=1-2

|match_RĪG_AUD=2-1

|name_DIT=Ditton

|match_DIT_SKO=0-4

|match_DIT_MET=0-3

|match_DIT_VEN=0-8

|match_DIT_DIN=0-4

|match_DIT_JŪR=1-1

|match_DIT_RĪG=0-0

|match_DIT_AUD=1-0

|name_AUD=Auda

|match_AUD_SKO=0-4

|match_AUD_MET=1-7

|match_AUD_VEN=0-3

|match_AUD_DIN=0-5

|match_AUD_JŪR=1-2

|match_AUD_RĪG=0-2

|match_AUD_DIT=0-2

|update=complete

|source=

}}

{{col-2}}

{{#invoke:sports results|main

|title=Second half of the season

|matches_style=FBR|solid_cell=grey

|team1=AUD|team2=DIN|team3=DIT|team4=JŪR|team5=MET

|team6=RĪG|team7=SKO|team8=VEN

|name_SKO=Skonto

|match_SKO_MET=1-2

|match_SKO_VEN=0-0

|match_SKO_DIN=3-0

|match_SKO_JŪR=0-2

|match_SKO_RĪG=4-1

|match_SKO_DIT=6-0

|match_SKO_AUD=2-0

|name_MET=Liepājas Metalurgs

|match_MET_SKO=3-1

|match_MET_VEN=4-0

|match_MET_DIN=4-0

|match_MET_JŪR=1-1

|match_MET_RĪG=2-2

|match_MET_DIT=5-1

|match_MET_AUD=4-1

|name_VEN=Ventspils

|match_VEN_SKO=1-1

|match_VEN_MET=1-1

|match_VEN_DIN=3-1

|match_VEN_JŪR=4-0

|match_VEN_RĪG=1-1

|match_VEN_DIT=3-0

|match_VEN_AUD=5-1

|name_DIN=Dinaburg

|match_DIN_SKO=1-2

|match_DIN_MET=3-0

|match_DIN_VEN=0-2

|match_DIN_JŪR=0-1

|match_DIN_RĪG=3-3

|match_DIN_DIT=1-0

|match_DIN_AUD=3-1

|name_JŪR=Jūrmala

|match_JŪR_SKO=0-1

|match_JŪR_MET=1-4

|match_JŪR_VEN=2-2

|match_JŪR_DIN=0-0

|match_JŪR_RĪG=2-0

|match_JŪR_DIT=4-1

|match_JŪR_AUD=2-0

|name_RĪG=Rīga

|match_RĪG_SKO=2-4

|match_RĪG_MET=1-2

|match_RĪG_VEN=1-3

|match_RĪG_DIN=0-0

|match_RĪG_JŪR=1-1

|match_RĪG_DIT=1-1

|match_RĪG_AUD=3-1

|name_DIT=Ditton

|match_DIT_SKO=0-4

|match_DIT_MET=0-4

|match_DIT_VEN=0-4

|match_DIT_DIN=2-0

|match_DIT_JŪR=1-1

|match_DIT_RĪG=0-1

|match_DIT_AUD=4-0

|name_AUD=Auda

|match_AUD_SKO=1-6

|match_AUD_MET=1-6

|match_AUD_VEN=0-6

|match_AUD_DIN=0-3

|match_AUD_JŪR=0-1

|match_AUD_RĪG=0-4

|match_AUD_DIT=1-2

|update=complete

|source=

}}

{{col-end}}

Relegation play-offs

The matches were played on 14 and 17 November 2004.

{{TwoLegStart}}

{{TwoLegResult|Venta||2–0|Ditton||1–0|1–0}}

|}

Top scorers

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

!Player

!Club

!Goals

1align="left"|{{flagathlete|Aleksandr Katasonov|RUS}}align="left"|FK Liepājas Metalurgs21
2align="left"|{{flagathlete|Viktors Dobrecovs|LAT}}align="left"|FK Liepājas Metalurgs18
3align="left"|{{flagathlete|Mihails Miholaps|LAT}}align="left"|Skonto FC16
rowspan=2|4align="left"|{{flagathlete|Gatis Kalniņš|LAT}}align="left"|Skonto FCrowspan=2|15
align="left"|{{flagathlete|Vīts Rimkus|LAT}}align="left"|FK Ventspils

Awards

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

!width="220"|Name

!width="220"|Team

|Goalkeeper{{flagathlete|Andrejs Piedels|LAT}}Skonto FC
bgcolor="#F0F0F0"Defender{{flagathlete|Mihails Zemļinskis|LAT}}Skonto FC
|Midfielder{{flagathlete|Zurab Menteshashvili|GEO}}Skonto FC
bgcolor="#F0F0F0"Forward{{flagathlete|Aleksandr Katasonov|RUS}}FK Liepājas Metalurgs

References

{{reflist}}

{{Latvian Higher League seasons}}

{{2003–04 in European football (UEFA)}}

{{2004–05 in European Football (UEFA)}}

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