Virslīga 1997

Virslīga 1997
master	Riga discount
Champions League qualification	Riga discount
Uefa cup	FK Daugava Riga
UI cup	FC Dinaburg
Cup winners	FK Liepājas Metalurgs
European Cup Winners' Cup	FK Liepājas Metalurgs
Relegated	FK Universitāte Riga (voluntary) FK Lokomotīve Daugavpils (dissolution)
Teams	9
Games	108
Gates	313  (ø 2.9 per game)
Top scorer	David Chaladze ( Discount Riga )
← Virslīga 1996 Virslīga 1998 →
1st līga 1997 ↓

The 1997 Virslīga was the sixth season of the highest Latvian football league, since it was founded in 1992. It was played by the Latvian Football Association . The season began on April 12, 1997 and ended on November 8, 1997.

Skonto Riga became Latvian champions for the sixth time in a row.

mode

After FK Starts Brocēni withdrew before the start of the season, nine clubs started the season with promoted FK Ventspils and relegation winner FK Valmiera . They played against each other three times and played a total of 24 season games. Instead of bottom of the table, two clubs left the league at the end of the season with FK Lokomotīve Daugavpils (dissolution) and FK Universitāte Riga (withdrawal).

societies

• FK Vairogs Rēzekne → FK Rēzekne
• FK Baltika Liepāja → FK Liepājas Metalurgs

Daugavpils ( FC Dinaburg , locomotive) Ventspils Valmiera Rēzekne Liepāja Riga Associations in Riga: Skonto Daugava FK Universitāte

Virslīga Associations 1997

society	city
FC Dinaburg	Daugavpils
FK Lokomotīve Daugavpils	Daugavpils
FK Liepājas Metalurgs	Liepāja
FK Rēzekne	Rēzekne
FK Universitāte Riga	Riga
Riga discount	Riga
FK Daugava Riga	Riga
Valmieras FK	Valmiera
FK Ventspils	Ventspils

Closing table

Pl.	society	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Points
1.	Discount Riga (M)	24	20th	4th	0	089: 800	+81	64
2.	FK Daugava Riga	24	13	4th	7th	035:270	+8	43
3.	FC Dinaburg (P)	24	12	6th	6th	037:190	+18	42
4th	FK Ventspils (N)	24	12	6th	6th	032:210	+11	42
5.	FK Liepājas Metalurgs	24	9	4th	11	027:320	−5	31
6th	FK Universitāte Riga	24	8th	5	11	025:420	−17	29
7th	Valmieras FK (N)	24	8th	4th	12	029:430	−14	28
8th.	FK Lokomotīve Daugavpils	24	5	2	17th	029:520	−23	17th
9.	FK Rēzekne	24	1	5	18th	010:690	−59	08th

Placement criteria: 1st points - 2nd direct comparison (points, goal difference, goals scored) - 3rd goal difference - 4th goals scored

Latvian champion and participation in the 1st qualifying round for the 1998/99 Champions League

Participation in the 1st qualifying round of the 1998/99 UEFA Cup

Participation in the 1998 UEFA Intertoto Cup

Participant in the qualifying round of the 1998/99 European Cup Winners' Cup as a cup finalist

voluntary withdrawal

Termination after the end of the season

(M)	reigning Latvian champion
(P)	reigning Latvian cup winner
(N)	Newcomers from the 1st līga

Crosstab

Matchday 1–16 FC Dinaburg Riga discount 6-0 0-0 1: 1 2-0 5-0 5: 1 4: 1 9-0 FK Daugava Riga 0: 2 1-0 2: 1 1-0 2: 1 1-0 5: 1 0-0 FC Dinaburg 0-0 1-0 2-0 0-0 1: 1 2-0 2-0 1-0 FK Ventspils 0: 3 1-0 1: 1 1-0 2-0 4-0 4-0 5: 1 FK Liepājas Metalurgs 0: 1 0: 1 1: 3 3-0 1: 2 1-0 2-0 4: 2 FK Universitāte Riga 0: 3 2-0 2: 1 1: 1 0: 1 0-0 3: 2 3-0 Valmieras FK 0: 5 0: 3 0: 3 2: 1 3: 1 3-0 1: 1 3-0 FK Lokomotīve Daugavpils 0: 4 0: 2 0: 1 0: 1 1: 3 1-0 1: 1 4-0 FK Rēzekne 0: 1 0: 4 0: 3 0-0 0-0 1: 2 0: 1 1: 6

Match days 17–24 FC Dinaburg Riga discount - 4: 2 - 7-0 - - 4: 1 12: 0 FK Daugava Riga 0: 3 2: 2 - - 3-0 - - 1: 1 FC Dinaburg - - 0: 1 0: 1 - 1-0 5: 1 - FK Ventspils 0-0 1: 2 - - 2: 2 1-0 - - FK Liepājas Metalurgs - 1: 1 - 1: 2 - 1: 1 3: 1 - FK Universitāte Riga 0: 3 - 1: 5 - 2: 1 - - 0-0 Valmieras FK 2: 5 2: 4 - - - 3: 1 3: 2 3-0 FK Lokomotīve Daugavpils - 2-0 - 0: 1 - 1: 2 - - FK Rēzekne - - 3: 1 0: 1 1: 2 - - 0: 3

List of goalscorers

Pl.	Surname	team	Gates
01.	David Chaladze	Riga discount	25th
02.	Mihail's Miholaps	Riga discount	14th
03.	Sergei Solovyov	Riga discount	11
04th	Juris Karašausks	FC Dinaburg	10
05.	Andrejs Štolcers	Riga discount	09
	Artūrs Zakreševskis	FK Daugava Riga

Web links

• Table and results on rsssf.com

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b} Virslīga 1997. In: eu-football.info. Retrieved October 10, 2019 .