1995 Latvian Higher League
# 1995 Latvian Higher League

The 1995 season in the Latvian Higher League, named Virslīga, was the fifth domestic competition since the Baltic nation gained independence from the Soviet Union on 6 September 1991. Tenth teams competed in this edition, with Skonto FC claiming the title.

## First round

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Skonto | 18 | 16 | 2 | 0 | 59 | 8 | +51 | 50 | Qualification for championship group |
| 2 | RAF Jelgava | 18 | 12 | 3 | 3 | 33 | 13 | +20 | 39 | Qualification for championship group |
| 3 | Starts | 18 | 9 | 4 | 5 | 21 | 18 | +3 | 31 | Qualification for championship group |
| 4 | Vilan-D | 18 | 9 | 2 | 7 | 31 | 22 | +9 | 29 | Qualification for championship group |
| 5 | Vairogs | 18 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 28 | 21 | +7 | 24 | Qualification for championship group |
| 6 | Amstrig | 18 | 5 | 5 | 8 | 26 | 25 | +1 | 20 | Qualification for championship group |
| 7 | Skonto/Metāls | 18 | 5 | 4 | 9 | 25 | 42 | −17 | 19 | Qualification for relegation group |
| 8 | DAG-Liepāja | 18 | 4 | 6 | 8 | 19 | 28 | −9 | 18 | Qualification for relegation group |
| 9 | Olimpija Rīga | 18 | 5 | 3 | 10 | 24 | 40 | −16 | 18 | Qualification for relegation group |
| 10 | Kvadrāts | 18 | 1 | 1 | 16 | 10 | 58 | −48 | 4 | Qualification for relegation group |

### Match table

| Home \ Away | AMS | DAG | KVA | OLI | RAF | SKO | SKM | STA | VAI | VIL |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Amstrig | | 0–1 | 1–1 | 2–3 | 1–2 | 0–3 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 2–2 |
| DAG-Liepāja | 1–1 | | 3–2 | 2–0 | 1–2 | 2–2 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 0–2 |
| Kvadrāts | 0–2 | 3–1 | | 1–4 | 0–3 | 0–7 | 0–6 | 0–3 | 1–5 | 0–2 |
| Olimpija Rīga | 0–7 | 2–2 | 3–0 | | 0–1 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 1–0 | 1–0 |
| RAF Jelgava | 1–1 | 0–0 | 5–0 | 2–0 | | 0–1 | 2–0 | 3–0 | 2–0 | 3–2 |
| Skonto | 3–2 | 4–0 | 6–1 | 7–1 | 5–0 | | 2–1 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 3–0 |
| Skonto/Metāls | 2–2 | 3–1 | 2–0 | 4–3 | 1–1 | 0–4 | | 2–3 | 0–8 | 1–5 |
| Starts | 3–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 0–4 | 0–3 | 3–0 | | 0–0 | 0–1 |
| Vairogs | 1–2 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 3–3 | 1–0 | 0–3 | 1–1 | 1–1 | | 1–1 |
| Vilan-D | 0–1 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 3–1 | 0–2 | 1–4 | 4–0 | 3–0 | 1–2 | |

## Second round

### Championship group

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Skonto (C) | 28 | 25 | 3 | 0 | 99 | 15 | +84 | 78 | Qualification for UEFA Cup preliminary round |
| 2 | Vilan-D | 28 | 16 | 3 | 9 | 45 | 30 | +15 | 51 | Qualification for UEFA Cup preliminary round |
| 3 | RAF Jelgava | 28 | 14 | 6 | 8 | 40 | 28 | +12 | 48 | Qualification for Cup Winners' Cup qualifying round |
| 4 | Starts | 28 | 11 | 5 | 12 | 31 | 43 | −12 | 38 | |
| 5 | Amstrig | 28 | 9 | 8 | 11 | 47 | 38 | +9 | 35 | Qualification for Intertoto Cup group stage |
| 6 | Vairogs | 28 | 7 | 7 | 14 | 35 | 52 | −17 | 28 | |

**Match table**

| Home \ Away | AMS | RAF | SKO | STA | VAI | VIL |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Amstrig | | 1–1 | 2–2 | 5–1 | 3–0 | 1–2 |
| RAF Jelgava | 1–1 | | 1–2 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 0–1 |
| Skonto | 2–1 | 5–1 | | 8–1 | 8–0 | 4–0 |
| Starts | 0–1 | 3–0 | 1–4 | | 1–1 | 0–1 |
| Vairogs | 2–6 | 1–2 | 0–3 | 1–3 | | 1–3 |
| Vilan-D | 2–0 | 0–0 | 0–2 | 3–0 | 2–0 | |

### Relegation group

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Relegation |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 7 | Skonto/Metāls | 24 | 8 | 4 | 12 | 37 | 51 | −14 | 28 | |
| 8 | DAG-Liepāja | 24 | 7 | 7 | 10 | 26 | 34 | −8 | 28 | |
| 9 | Olimpija Rīga (R) | 24 | 5 | 5 | 14 | 29 | 57 | −28 | 20 | Dissolved after the season |
| 10 | Kvadrāts (R) | 24 | 5 | 2 | 17 | 22 | 63 | −41 | 17 | Dissolved after the season |

### Match table

| Home \ Away | DAG | KVA | OLI | SKM |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| DAG-Liepāja | | 0–2 | 3–1 | 1–0 |
| Kvadrāts | 1–0 | | 2–1 | 0–1 |
| Olimpija Rīga | 1–1 | 2–2 | | 0–2 |
| Skonto/Metāls | 1–2 | 1–5 | 7–1 | |

## Top scorers

| Rank | Player | Club | Goals |
| - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Vitālijs Astafjevs (LAT) | Skonto FC | 19 |
| 2 | Oleg Dulub (BLR) | FK Vairogs | 16 |
| 3 | Vladimirs Babičevs (LAT) | Skonto FC | 14 |
| 4 | Aleksandrs Jelisejevs (LAT) | Skonto FC | 11 |
| 4 | Mihails Miholaps (LAT) | FK Amstrig | 11 |

## Awards

| Best | Name | Team |
| - | - | - |
| Goalkeeper | Raimonds Laizāns (LAT) | Skonto FC |
| Defender | Jurijs Ševļakovs (LAT) | Skonto FC |
| Midfielder | Vitālijs Astafjevs (LAT) | Skonto FC |
| Forward | Vīts Rimkus (LAT) | FK Amstrig |

## Skonto FC 1995

| Pos | Name | Birthdate | P | | | |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| MF | Vitālijs Astafjevs | 03.04.1971 | 28 | 19 | 2 | - |
| MF | Vladimirs Babičevs | 22.04.1968 | 27 | 14 | 3 | - |
| DF | Vladlen Bausev | 03.03.1967 | 17 | 10 | 2 | - |
| DF | Oļegs Blagonadeždins | 16.05.1973 | 20 | 3 | 1 | - |
| MF | Imants Bleidelis | 16.08.1975 | 24 | 1 | 1 | - |
| GK | Oļegs Grišins | 09.11.1967 | 4 | –2 | - | - |
| MF | Valērijs Ivanovs | 23.02.1970 | 24 | 10 | 1 | - |
| FW | Aleksandrs Jelisejevs | 11.08.1971 | 29 | 11 | - | - |
| GK | Raimonds Laizāns | 05.08.1964 | 26 | –13 | - | - |
| - | Valentins Lobaņovs | 23.10.1971 | 19 | 1 | 2 | 1 |
| - | Vadims Mikuckis | 10.06.1971 | 2 | 1 | - | - |
| DF | Boriss Monjaks | 11.04.1970 | 28 | 8 | 1 | - |
| FW | Marians Pahars | 05.08.1976 | 9 | 8 | 2 | - |
| - | Aleksandr Pindejev | 03.03.1971 | 9 | 3 | - | - |
| - | Aleksejs Semjonovs | 02.04.1973 | 19 | 1 | 2 | - |
| FW | Igors Sļesarčuks | 31.03.1976 | 6 | 1 | - | - |
| DF | Igors V. Stepanovs | 01.02.1966 | 20 | - | - | - |
| DF | Igors N. Stepanovs | 21.01.1976 | 23 | 1 | 3 | - |
| DF | Jurijs Ševļakovs | 24.01.1959 | 23 | 3 | 5 | - |
| DF | Igors Troickis | 11.01.1969 | 27 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| DF | Mihails Zemļinskis | 21.12.1969 | 29 | 6 | 1 | - |
| Manager: Aleksandrs Starkovs |||||||
