:2006 Latvian Higher League

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

{{Infobox football league season

| competition = Latvian Higher League

| season = 2006

| winners = FK Ventspils

| relegated = RSK Dizvanagi

| continentalcup1 = UEFA Champions League

| continentalcup1 qualifiers = FK Ventspils

| continentalcup2 = UEFA Cup

| continentalcup2 qualifiers = FK Liepajas Metalurgs
Skonto FC

| continentalcup3 = UEFA Intertoto Cup

| continentalcup3 qualifiers = Dinaburg FC

| continentalcup4 =

| continentalcup4 qualifiers =

| matches =

| total goals =

| league topscorer = {{flagicon|LVA}} Mihails Miholaps (15 goals)

| biggest home win =

| biggest away win =

| highest scoring =

| longest wins =

| longest unbeaten =

| longest losses =

| highest attendance =

| lowest attendance =

| average attendance =

| prevseason = 2005

| nextseason = 2007

}}

Final tables of the 2006 Latvian Higher League Championship.

League standings

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

|res_col_header=QR

|team1=VEN|name_VEN=Ventspils

|team2=LIE|name_LIE=Liepājas Metalurgs

|team3=SKO|name_SKO=Skonto

|team4=DIN|name_DIN=Dinaburg

|team5=DIT|name_DIT=Ditton

|team6=JŪR|name_JŪR=Jūrmala

|team7=RĪG|name_RĪG=Rīga

|team8=DIŽ|name_DIŽ=Dižvanagi

|win_VEN=19|draw_VEN=5|loss_VEN=4|gf_VEN=48|ga_VEN=23|status_VEN=C

|win_LIE=18|draw_LIE=6|loss_LIE=4|gf_LIE=66|ga_LIE=20

|win_SKO=16|draw_SKO=6|loss_SKO=6|gf_SKO=55|ga_SKO=21

|win_DIN=12|draw_DIN=5|loss_DIN=11|gf_DIN=33|ga_DIN=38

|win_DIT=10|draw_DIT=8|loss_DIT=10|gf_DIT=33|ga_DIT=31

|win_JŪR=11|draw_JŪR=4|loss_JŪR=13|gf_JŪR=36|ga_JŪR=36

|win_RĪG=6|draw_RĪG=4|loss_RĪG=18|gf_RĪG=21|ga_RĪG=57|status_RĪG=O

|win_DIŽ=0|draw_DIŽ=2|loss_DIŽ=26|gf_DIŽ=11|ga_DIŽ=77|status_DIŽ=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}}

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{{#invoke:sports results|main

|title=First half of the season

|matches_style=FBR|solid_cell=grey

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

|team6=RĪG|team7=SKO|team8=VEN

|name_VEN=Ventspils

|match_VEN_MET=1-1

|match_VEN_SKO=1-0

|match_VEN_DIN=3-2

|match_VEN_DIT=2-1

|match_VEN_JŪR=1-0

|match_VEN_RĪG=1-0

|match_VEN_DIŽ=7-1

|name_MET=Liepājas Metalurgs

|match_MET_VEN=0-1

|match_MET_SKO=2-1

|match_MET_DIN=1-1

|match_MET_DIT=0-0

|match_MET_JŪR=3-2

|match_MET_RĪG=5-0

|match_MET_DIŽ=6-1

|name_SKO=Skonto

|match_SKO_VEN=1-1

|match_SKO_MET=0-0

|match_SKO_DIN=2-0

|match_SKO_DIT=0-0

|match_SKO_JŪR=2-0

|match_SKO_RĪG=5-1

|match_SKO_DIŽ=6-0

|name_DIN=Dinaburg

|match_DIN_VEN=2-1

|match_DIN_MET=0-2

|match_DIN_SKO=0-2

|match_DIN_DIT=1-3

|match_DIN_JŪR=1-1

|match_DIN_RĪG=1-0

|match_DIN_DIŽ=2-1

|name_DIT=Ditton

|match_DIT_VEN=0-1

|match_DIT_MET=2-0

|match_DIT_SKO=1-1

|match_DIT_DIN=1-1

|match_DIT_JŪR=2-1

|match_DIT_RĪG=3-1

|match_DIT_DIŽ=1-0

|name_JŪR=Jūrmala

|match_JŪR_VEN=1-1

|match_JŪR_MET=1-1

|match_JŪR_SKO=0-1

|match_JŪR_DIN=1-0

|match_JŪR_DIT=0-1

|match_JŪR_RĪG=3-0

|match_JŪR_DIŽ=2-1

|name_RĪG=Rīga

|match_RĪG_VEN=0-1

|match_RĪG_MET=0-4

|match_RĪG_SKO=1-4

|match_RĪG_DIN=0-0

|match_RĪG_DIT=0-0

|match_RĪG_JŪR=2-1

|match_RĪG_DIŽ=1-0

|name_DIŽ=Dižvanagi

|match_DIŽ_VEN=0-3

|match_DIŽ_MET=0-0

|match_DIŽ_SKO=0-2

|match_DIŽ_DIN=1-3

|match_DIŽ_DIT=0-3

|match_DIŽ_JŪR=0-1

|match_DIŽ_RĪG=0-0

|update=complete

|source=

}}

{{col-2}}

{{#invoke:sports results|main

|title=Second half of the season

|matches_style=FBR|solid_cell=grey

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

|team6=RĪG|team7=SKO|team8=VEN

|name_VEN=Ventspils

|match_VEN_MET=1-2

|match_VEN_SKO=1-0

|match_VEN_DIN=3-0

|match_VEN_DIT=1-1

|match_VEN_JŪR=0-2

|match_VEN_RĪG=4-0

|match_VEN_DIŽ=1-0

|name_MET=Liepājas Metalurgs

|match_MET_VEN=4-0

|match_MET_SKO=3-1

|match_MET_DIN=2-0

|match_MET_DIT=2-1

|match_MET_JŪR=7-1

|match_MET_RĪG=3-1

|match_MET_DIŽ=6-0

|name_SKO=Skonto

|match_SKO_VEN=0-1

|match_SKO_MET=2-1

|match_SKO_DIN=0-2

|match_SKO_DIT=2-2

|match_SKO_JŪR=3-1

|match_SKO_RĪG=1-1

|match_SKO_DIŽ=6-0

|name_DIN=Dinaburg

|match_DIN_VEN=3-3

|match_DIN_MET=1-2

|match_DIN_SKO=0-6

|match_DIN_DIT=1-0

|match_DIN_JŪR=0-1

|match_DIN_RĪG=2-0

|match_DIN_DIŽ=2-0

|name_DIT=Ditton

|match_DIT_VEN=0-1

|match_DIT_MET=1-2

|match_DIT_SKO=0-2

|match_DIT_DIN=2-4

|match_DIT_JŪR=0-0

|match_DIT_RĪG=0-1

|match_DIT_DIŽ=2-1

|name_JŪR=Jūrmala

|match_JŪR_VEN=1-2

|match_JŪR_MET=1-0

|match_JŪR_SKO=1-2

|match_JŪR_DIN=0-1

|match_JŪR_DIT=6-1

|match_JŪR_RĪG=2-1

|match_JŪR_DIŽ=3-0

|name_RĪG=Rīga

|match_RĪG_VEN=0-2

|match_RĪG_MET=0-5

|match_RĪG_SKO=1-2

|match_RĪG_DIN=0-1

|match_RĪG_DIT=0-4

|match_RĪG_JŪR=2-0

|match_RĪG_DIŽ=3-1

|name_DIŽ=Dižvanagi

|match_DIŽ_VEN=1-3

|match_DIŽ_MET=0-2

|match_DIŽ_SKO=0-1

|match_DIŽ_DIN=0-2

|match_DIŽ_DIT=0-1

|match_DIŽ_JŪR=1-3

|match_DIŽ_RĪG=2-5

|update=complete

|source=

}}

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Relegation play-offs

The matches were played on 9 and 12 November 2006.

{{TwoLegStart}}

{{TwoLegResult|Rīga||5–0|Valmiera||3–0|2–0}}

|}

Top scorers

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

!Player

!Club

!Goals

1align="left"|{{flagathlete|Mihails Miholaps|LAT}}align="left"|Skonto FC15
2align="left"|{{flagathlete|Ģirts Karlsons|LAT}}align="left"|FK Liepājas Metalurgs13
3align="left"|{{flagathlete|* Jurģis Kalns|LAT}}align="left"|Jūrmala12
rowspan=2|4align="left"|{{flagathlete|Kristaps Grebis|LAT}}align="left"|FK Liepājas Metalurgsrowspan=2|11
align="left"|{{flagathlete|Darius Miceika|LTU}}align="left"|FK Liepājas Metalurgs

Awards

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

!width="220"|Name

!width="220"|Team

|Goalkeeper{{flagathlete|Andris Vaņins|LAT}}FK Ventspils
bgcolor="#F0F0F0"Defender{{flagathlete|Jean-Paul Ndeki|CMR}}FK Ventspils
|Midfielder{{flagathlete|Vitālijs Astafjevs|LAT}}Skonto FC
bgcolor="#F0F0F0"Forward{{flagathlete|Ģirts Karlsons|LAT}}FK Liepājas Metalurgs
bgcolor="#F0F0F0"Young Player{{flagathlete|Aleksandrs Cauņa|LAT}}Skonto FC

References

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{{Latvian Higher League seasons}}

{{2005–06 in European Football (UEFA)}}

{{2006–07 in European Football (UEFA)}}

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