2001 Latvian Higher League

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

{{Infobox football league season

| competition = Latvian Higher League

| season = 2001

| winners = Skonto FC

| relegated = FK Zibens/Zemessardze

| continentalcup1 = UEFA Champions League

| continentalcup1 qualifiers = Skonto FC

| continentalcup2 = UEFA Cup

| continentalcup2 qualifiers = FK Ventspils
FK Liepajas Metalurgs

| continentalcup3 = UEFA Intertoto Cup

| continentalcup3 qualifiers = Dinaburg FC

| matches =

| total goals =

| league topscorer = {{flagicon|LVA}} Mihails Miholaps
{{flagicon|RUS}} Aleksandr Katasonov (23 goals each one)

| biggest home win =

| biggest away win =

| highest scoring =

| longest wins =

| longest unbeaten =

| longest losses =

| highest attendance =

| lowest attendance =

| average attendance =

| prevseason = 2000

| nextseason = 2002

}}

The 2001 season in the Latvian Higher League, named Virslīga, was the eleventh 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=PFK|name_PFK=PFK Daugava

|team6=VAL|name_VAL=Valmiera

|team7=RĪG|name_RĪG=Rīga

|team8=ZIB|name_ZIB=Zibens/Zemessardze

|win_SKO=22|draw_SKO=2|loss_SKO=4|gf_SKO=94|ga_SKO=26|status_SKO=C

|win_VEN=22|draw_VEN=1|loss_VEN=5|gf_VEN=69|ga_VEN=21

|win_MET=20|draw_MET=4|loss_MET=4|gf_MET=60|ga_MET=24

|win_DIN=15|draw_DIN=5|loss_DIN=8|gf_DIN=60|ga_DIN=29

|win_PFK=12|draw_PFK=2|loss_PFK=14|gf_PFK=37|ga_PFK=38

|win_VAL=5|draw_VAL=4|loss_VAL=19|gf_VAL=28|ga_VAL=56

|win_RĪG=3|draw_RĪG=5|loss_RĪG=20|gf_RĪG=25|ga_RĪG=72

|win_ZIB=1|draw_ZIB=1|loss_ZIB=26|gf_ZIB=11|ga_ZIB=118|status_ZIB=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

|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=PFK|team4=RĪG|team5=SKO

|team6=VAL|team7=VEN|team8=ZIB

|name_SKO=Skonto

|match_SKO_VEN=3-2

|match_SKO_MET=1-1

|match_SKO_DIN=1-0

|match_SKO_PFK=0-2

|match_SKO_VAL=3-1

|match_SKO_RĪG=1-0

|match_SKO_ZIB=5-0

|name_VEN=Ventspils

|match_VEN_SKO=2-0

|match_VEN_MET=2-1

|match_VEN_DIN=2-2

|match_VEN_PFK=1-0

|match_VEN_VAL=2-0

|match_VEN_RĪG=6-1

|match_VEN_ZIB=9-0

|name_MET=Liepājas Metalurgs

|match_MET_SKO=4-2

|match_MET_VEN=2-1

|match_MET_DIN=1-0

|match_MET_PFK=2-0

|match_MET_VAL=2-1

|match_MET_RĪG=2-1

|match_MET_ZIB=2-0

|name_DIN=Dinaburg

|match_DIN_SKO=0-1

|match_DIN_VEN=1-4

|match_DIN_MET=3-3

|match_DIN_PFK=3-0

|match_DIN_VAL=4-0

|match_DIN_RĪG=2-0

|match_DIN_ZIB=11-1

|name_PFK=PFK Daugava

|match_PFK_SKO=0-5

|match_PFK_VEN=2-0

|match_PFK_MET=1-4

|match_PFK_DIN=0-1

|match_PFK_VAL=1-1

|match_PFK_RĪG=4-0

|match_PFK_ZIB=6-0

|name_VAL=Valmiera

|match_VAL_SKO=1-2

|match_VAL_VEN=1-2

|match_VAL_MET=0-1

|match_VAL_DIN=1-1

|match_VAL_PFK=1-2

|match_VAL_RĪG=3-0

|match_VAL_ZIB=4-1

|name_RĪG=Rīga

|match_RĪG_SKO=1-6

|match_RĪG_VEN=0-1

|match_RĪG_MET=1-4

|match_RĪG_DIN=2-3

|match_RĪG_PFK=1-1

|match_RĪG_VAL=3-2

|match_RĪG_ZIB=2-0

|name_ZIB=Zibens/Zemessardze

|match_ZIB_SKO=0-11

|match_ZIB_VEN=1-4

|match_ZIB_MET=0-4

|match_ZIB_DIN=0-1

|match_ZIB_PFK=0-4

|match_ZIB_VAL=0-1

|match_ZIB_RĪG=1-5

|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=PFK|team4=RĪG|team5=SKO

|team6=VAL|team7=VEN|team8=ZIB

|name_SKO=Skonto

|match_SKO_VEN=2-0

|match_SKO_MET=2-2

|match_SKO_DIN=2-0

|match_SKO_PFK=3-0

|match_SKO_VAL=3-1

|match_SKO_RĪG=9-1

|match_SKO_ZIB=7-2

|name_VEN=Ventspils

|match_VEN_SKO=3-2

|match_VEN_MET=2-0

|match_VEN_DIN=2-0

|match_VEN_PFK=2-0

|match_VEN_VAL=2-0

|match_VEN_RĪG=3-0

|match_VEN_ZIB=3-1

|name_MET=Liepājas Metalurgs

|match_MET_SKO=1-2

|match_MET_VEN=1-2

|match_MET_DIN=2-1

|match_MET_PFK=2-0

|match_MET_VAL=3-0

|match_MET_RĪG=1-0

|match_MET_ZIB=4-0

|name_DIN=Dinaburg

|match_DIN_SKO=0-2

|match_DIN_VEN=1-0

|match_DIN_MET=0-0

|match_DIN_PFK=2-0

|match_DIN_VAL=6-1

|match_DIN_RĪG=1-1

|match_DIN_ZIB=4-1

|name_PFK=PFK Daugava

|match_PFK_SKO=0-2

|match_PFK_VEN=0-2

|match_PFK_MET=1-2

|match_PFK_DIN=1-3

|match_PFK_VAL=3-0

|match_PFK_RĪG=3-1

|match_PFK_ZIB=2-0

|name_VAL=Valmiera

|match_VAL_SKO=2-3

|match_VAL_VEN=0-4

|match_VAL_MET=0-2

|match_VAL_DIN=0-3

|match_VAL_PFK=0-1

|match_VAL_RĪG=1-1

|match_VAL_ZIB=2-0

|name_RĪG=Rīga

|match_RĪG_SKO=0-5

|match_RĪG_VEN=0-2

|match_RĪG_MET=1-3

|match_RĪG_DIN=1-2

|match_RĪG_PFK=0-2

|match_RĪG_VAL=1-1

|match_RĪG_ZIB=0-0

|name_ZIB=Zibens/Zemessardze

|match_ZIB_SKO=0-9

|match_ZIB_VEN=0-4

|match_ZIB_MET=0-4

|match_ZIB_DIN=0-5

|match_ZIB_PFK=0-1

|match_ZIB_VAL=0-3

|match_ZIB_RĪG=3-1

|update=complete

|source=

}}

{{col-end}}

Top scorers

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

!Player

!Club

!Goals

1align="left"|{{flagathlete|Mihails Miholaps|LAT}}align="left"|Skonto FC23Some sources, like rsssf.com, count 24 goals, because one goal in Round 12 match (Riga-Skonto 1:6) is disputed between Miholaps and own goal by Pašins.
bgcolor="#F0F0F0"

|2

align="left"|{{flagathlete|Aleksandr Katasonov|RUS}}align="left"|FK Liepājas Metalurgs23
3align="left"|{{flagathlete|David Chaladze|GEO|1990}}align="left"|Skonto FC21
bgcolor="#F0F0F0"

|4

align="left"|{{flagathlete|Stanislav Dubrovin|RUS}}align="left"|Dinaburg FC20
5align="left"|{{flagathlete|Yevgeniy Landyrev|RUS}}align="left"|FK Ventspils18

Awards

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

!width="220"|Name

!width="220"|Team

|Goalkeeper{{flagathlete|Vadims Fjodorovs|LAT}}Dinaburg FC
bgcolor="#F0F0F0"Defender{{flagathlete|Mihails Zemļinskis|LAT}}Skonto FC
|Midfielder{{flagathlete|Igors V. Stepanovs|LAT}}FK Ventspils
bgcolor="#F0F0F0"Forward{{flagathlete|David Chaladze|GEO|1990}}Skonto FC

Skonto FC 2001

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 Blagonadeždins16.05.1973211|
|{{flagicon|LAT}} Artūrs Bogdanovs08.09.19811|
|MF{{flagicon|LTU}} Orestas Buitkus11.04.1975224|
|FW{{flagicon|GEO|1990}} David Chaladze22.01.197623211|
|{{flagicon|UKR}} Andriy Chernov21.10.197671|
|{{flagicon|LTU}} Igns Dedura01.06.19781611|
|GK{{flagicon|LAT}} Pāvels Doroševs09.10.198010|
|{{flagicon|LAT}} Vadims Gospodars25.12.19831|
|FW{{flagicon|LAT}} Aleksandrs Jelisejevs11.08.1971154|
|MF{{flagicon|LAT}} Vladimirs Koļesņičenko04.05.19802881 |
|MF{{flagicon|GEO|1990}} Levan Korgalidze21.02.1980235 |
|FW{{flagicon|LTU}} Audrius Kšanavičius28.01.19772|
|MF{{flagicon|GEO|1990}} Givi Kvaratskhelia11.05.19791011|
|MF{{flagicon|LAT}} Valentīns Lobaņovs23.10.197122|
|3|
|{{flagicon|UKR}} Vladimir Mel'nyk21.11.19791|
|MF{{flagicon|GEO|1990}} Zurab Menteshashvili30.01.1980212 |
|FW{{flagicon|LAT}} Mihails Miholaps24.08.197427231|
|MF{{flagicon|LAT}} Viktors Morozs30.07.198016|
|1|
|MF{{flagicon|LTU}} Viktoras Olšanskis14.03.19696|
|1|
|GK{{flagicon|LAT}} Andrejs Pavlovs22.02.19797–5|
|GK{{flagicon|LAT}} Andrejs Piedels17.09.197021–21|
|1
|MF{{flagicon|GEO|1990}} Alexander Rekhviashvili06.08.19741512-
|{{flagicon|LTU}} Mants Samusevs08.09.1978921|
|DF{{flagicon|LTU}} Andrėjus Tereškinas10.07.197010|
|FW{{flagicon|LAT}} Māris Verpakovskis15.10.1979221011
|MF{{flagicon|LAT}} Aleksejs Višņakovs03.02.19842|
|DF{{flagicon|LAT}} Artūrs Zakreševskis07.08.197120|
|31
|DF{{flagicon|LAT}} Mihails Zemļinskis21.12.19692135 |
colspan=7 align=center|Manager: {{flagicon|LAT}} Aleksandrs Starkovs

References

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