2000 Latvian Higher League
{{Short description|Latvian football league season for the highest division}}
{{Infobox football league season
| competition = Latvian Higher League
| season = 2000
| winners = Skonto FC
| relegated = LU-Daugava
| continentalcup1 = UEFA Champions League
| continentalcup1 qualifiers = Skonto FC
| continentalcup2 = UEFA Cup
| continentalcup2 qualifiers = FK Ventspils
Dinaburg FC
| continentalcup3 = UEFA Intertoto Cup
| continentalcup3 qualifiers = FK Liepajas Metalurgs
| matches =
| total goals =
| league topscorer = {{flagicon|LVA}} Vladimirs Kolesnicenko (17 goals)
| biggest home win =
| biggest away win =
| highest scoring =
| longest wins =
| longest unbeaten =
| longest losses =
| highest attendance =
| lowest attendance =
| average attendance =
| prevseason = 1999
| nextseason = 2001
}}
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.
Final table
{{#invoke:sports table|main|style=WDL
|res_col_header=QR
|team1=SKO|name_SKO=Skonto
|team2=VEN|name_VEN=Ventspils
|team3=MET|name_MET=Liepājas Metalurgs
|team4=DIN|name_DIN=Dinaburg
|team5=RĪG|name_RĪG=Rīga
|team6=VAL|name_VAL=Valmiera
|team7=POL|name_POL=Policijas
|team8=DAU|name_DAU=LU-Daugava
|win_SKO=24|draw_SKO=3|loss_SKO=1|gf_SKO=86|ga_SKO=10|status_SKO=C
|win_VEN=19|draw_VEN=8|loss_VEN=1|gf_VEN=55|ga_VEN=20
|win_MET=16|draw_MET=7|loss_MET=5|gf_MET=51|ga_MET=25
|win_DIN=10|draw_DIN=5|loss_DIN=13|gf_DIN=32|ga_DIN=32
|win_RĪG=9|draw_RĪG=4|loss_RĪG=15|gf_RĪG=35|ga_RĪG=47
|win_VAL=5|draw_VAL=9|loss_VAL=14|gf_VAL=25|ga_VAL=48
|win_POL=4|draw_POL=4|loss_POL=20|gf_POL=13|ga_POL=62
|win_DAU=2|draw_DAU=6|loss_DAU=20|gf_DAU=21|ga_DAU=74|status_DAU=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|result4=UC
|col_IC=#ccccff|text_IC=Qualification for Intertoto Cup first round
|result3=IC
|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=DIN|team2=MET|team3=DAU|team4=POL|team5=RĪG
|team6=SKO|team7=VAL|team8=VEN
|name_SKO=Skonto
|match_SKO_VEN=2-2
|match_SKO_MET=0-0
|match_SKO_DIN=3-0
|match_SKO_RĪG=4-0
|match_SKO_VAL=4-0
|match_SKO_POL=2-0
|match_SKO_DAU=4-0
|name_VEN=Ventspils
|match_VEN_SKO=0-1
|match_VEN_MET=0-0
|match_VEN_DIN=2-0
|match_VEN_RĪG=2-1
|match_VEN_VAL=3-0
|match_VEN_POL=5-3
|match_VEN_DAU=4-0
|name_MET=Liepājas Metalurgs
|match_MET_SKO=1-3
|match_MET_VEN=1-1
|match_MET_DIN=0-1
|match_MET_RĪG=2-0
|match_MET_VAL=2-1
|match_MET_POL=1-0
|match_MET_DAU=5-2
|name_DIN=Dinaburg
|match_DIN_SKO=1-2
|match_DIN_VEN=0-1
|match_DIN_MET=1-3
|match_DIN_RĪG=1-2
|match_DIN_VAL=0-1
|match_DIN_POL=0-0
|match_DIN_DAU=1-1
|name_RĪG=Rīga
|match_RĪG_SKO=1-3
|match_RĪG_VEN=1-3
|match_RĪG_MET=0-4
|match_RĪG_DIN=1-2
|match_RĪG_VAL=0-0
|match_RĪG_POL=2-0
|match_RĪG_DAU=1-2
|name_VAL=Valmiera
|match_VAL_SKO=0-3
|match_VAL_VEN=0-2
|match_VAL_MET=0-3
|match_VAL_DIN=1-0
|match_VAL_RĪG=0-0
|match_VAL_POL=1-0
|match_VAL_DAU=5-2
|name_POL=Policijas
|match_POL_SKO=0-5
|match_POL_VEN=0-1
|match_POL_MET=0-2
|match_POL_DIN=0-2
|match_POL_RĪG=1-4
|match_POL_VAL=1-0
|match_POL_DAU=0-0
|name_DAU=LU-Daugava
|match_DAU_SKO=0-9
|match_DAU_VEN=0-3
|match_DAU_MET=0-3
|match_DAU_DIN=2-1
|match_DAU_RĪG=0-3
|match_DAU_VAL=2-2
|match_DAU_POL=1-1
|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=POL|team5=RĪG
|team6=SKO|team7=VAL|team8=VEN
|name_SKO=Skonto
|match_SKO_VEN=0-0
|match_SKO_MET=1-0
|match_SKO_DIN=2-0
|match_SKO_RĪG=2-0
|match_SKO_VAL=2-0
|match_SKO_POL=7-0
|match_SKO_DAU=2-1
|name_VEN=Ventspils
|match_VEN_SKO=2-1
|match_VEN_MET=2-2
|match_VEN_DIN=1-1
|match_VEN_RĪG=3-1
|match_VEN_VAL=3-3
|match_VEN_POL=1-0
|match_VEN_DAU=2-0
|name_MET=Liepājas Metalurgs
|match_MET_SKO=1-3
|match_MET_VEN=1-1
|match_MET_DIN=1-1
|match_MET_RĪG=3-0
|match_MET_VAL=2-1
|match_MET_POL=0-1
|match_MET_DAU=5-1
|name_DIN=Dinaburg
|match_DIN_SKO=0-2
|match_DIN_VEN=1-2
|match_DIN_MET=1-2
|match_DIN_RĪG=0-0
|match_DIN_VAL=2-0
|match_DIN_POL=3-0
|match_DIN_DAU=2-0
|name_RĪG=Rīga
|match_RĪG_SKO=0-4
|match_RĪG_VEN=0-2
|match_RĪG_MET=1-2
|match_RĪG_DIN=0-1
|match_RĪG_VAL=2-2
|match_RĪG_POL=4-1
|match_RĪG_DAU=2-1
|name_VAL=Valmiera
|match_VAL_SKO=1-2
|match_VAL_VEN=0-3
|match_VAL_MET=1-1
|match_VAL_DIN=1-3
|match_VAL_RĪG=1-5
|match_VAL_POL=3-0
|match_VAL_DAU=0-0
|name_POL=Policijas
|match_POL_SKO=0-8
|match_POL_VEN=0-1
|match_POL_MET=2-3
|match_POL_DIN=0-3
|match_POL_RĪG=0-2
|match_POL_VAL=0-0
|match_POL_DAU=1-0
|name_DAU=LU-Daugava
|match_DAU_SKO=0-5
|match_DAU_VEN=1-3
|match_DAU_MET=0-1
|match_DAU_DIN=2-4
|match_DAU_RĪG=1-2
|match_DAU_VAL=1-1
|match_DAU_POL=1-2
|update=complete
|source=
}}
{{col-end}}
Top scorers
| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center" | |||
| Rank
!Player !Club !Goals | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | align="left"|{{flagathlete|Vladimirs Koļesņičenko|LAT}} | align="left"|Skonto FC | 17 |
| 2 | align="left"|{{flagathlete|Vladislav Bezborodov|RUS}} | align="left"|FK Ventspils | 15 |
| 3 | align="left"|{{flagathlete|Mihails Miholaps|LAT}} | align="left"|Skonto FC | 12 |
| rowspan=2|4 | align="left"|{{flagathlete|Jurijs Molotkovs|LAT}} | align="left"|FK Rīga | rowspan=2|11 |
| align="left"|{{flagathlete|Andrey Labanov|BLR}} | align="left"|FHK Liepājas Metalurgs |
Awards
| class="wikitable" style="font-size:95%; text-align:center;" | |||
| width="80"|Best
!width="220"|Name !width="220"|Team | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| |Goalkeeper | {{flagathlete|Aleksandrs Koliņko|LAT}} | Skonto FC | |
| bgcolor="#F0F0F0" | Defender | {{flagathlete|Igors Stepanovs|LAT}} | Skonto FC |
| |Midfielder | {{flagathlete|Alexander Rekhviashvili|GEO|1990}} | Skonto FC | |
| bgcolor="#F0F0F0" | Forward | {{flagathlete|Vladimirs Koļesņičenko|LAT}} | Skonto FC |
Skonto FC 2000
| class="wikitable" style="font-size:95%; text-align:center;" | ||||||
| bgcolor="#efefef"
!width="30"|Pos !width="220"|Name !width="150"|Birthdate !width="30"|P !width="30"|{{goal}} !width="30"|{{yel}} !width="30"|{{sent off|0}} | ||||||
| |DF | {{flagicon|LAT}} Oļegs Blagonadeždins | 16.05.1973 | 18 | 4 | 2| | |
| | | {{flagicon|RUS}} Yevgeniy Buda | 18.03.1977 | 12 | 3| | ||
| |MF | {{flagicon|LTU}} Orestas Buitkus | 11.04.1975 | 24 | 5 | 1| | |
| |FW | {{flagicon|GEO|1990}} David Chaladze | 22.01.1976 | 19 | 10 | 3| | |
| |GK | {{flagicon|LAT}} Pāvels Doroševs | 09.10.1980 | 1 | 0| | ||
| |MF | {{flagicon|LAT}} Vladimirs Koļesņičenko | 04.05.1980 | 28 | 17 | 1 | | |
| |GK | {{flagicon|LAT}} Aleksandrs Koliņko | 18.06.1975 | 17 | –6| | ||
| |MF | {{flagicon|GEO|1990}} Levan Korgalidze | 21.02.1980 | 21 | 4 | 1| | |
| |MF | {{flagicon|LAT}} Juris Laizāns | 06.01.1979 | 26 | 6 | 1| | |
| |MF | {{flagicon|LAT}} Valentīns Lobaņovs | 23.10.1971 | 22| | |||
| |1| | ||||||
| |{{flagicon|UKR}} Vladimir Mel'nyk | 21.11.1979 | 9 | 1 | | |||
| |MF | {{flagicon|GEO|1990}} Zurab Menteshashvili | 30.01.1980 | 21 | 6 | 2 | | |
| |FW | {{flagicon|LAT}} Mihails Miholaps | 24.08.1974 | 17 | 12 | | ||
| |MF | {{flagicon|LAT}} Viktors Morozs | 30.07.1980 | 8 | 1| | ||
| |MF | {{flagicon|LTU}} Viktoras Olšanskis | 14.03.1969 | 8 | 1| | ||
| |GK | {{flagicon|LAT}} Andrejs Piedels | 17.09.1970 | 11 | –4| | ||
| |MF | {{flagicon|GEO|1990}} Alexander Rekhviashvili | 06.08.1974 | 21 | 3 | 2 | 1 |
| |MF | {{flagicon|LAT}} Andrejs Rubins | 26.11.1978 | 23 | 7| | ||
| | | {{flagicon|LTU}} Mants Samusevs | 08.09.1978 | 21 | 2 | 3 | | |
| |DF | {{flagicon|LAT}} Igors Stepanovs | 21.01.1976 | 18 | 2 | 4 | | |
| |DF | {{flagicon|LTU}} Andrėjus Tereškinas | 10.07.1970 | 13| | |||
| |1 | | ||||||
| | | {{flagicon|LAT}} Renārs Vucāns | 04.11.1976 | 14| | |||
| |DF | {{flagicon|LAT}} Mihails Zemļinskis | 21.12.1969 | 15 | 2 | 1 | | |
| colspan=7 align=center|Manager: {{flagicon|LAT}} Aleksandrs Starkovs |
References
- [https://www.rsssf.org/tablesl/let00.html RSSSF]
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20090528235812/http://www.skontofc.lv/lat/lat_chemp/2000/ Skonto FC 2000]
{{Latvian Higher League seasons}}
{{1999–2000 in European football (UEFA)}}
{{2000–01 in European football (UEFA)}}