Virslīga 2001

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Virslīga 2001
master Riga discount
Champions League
qualification		 Riga discount
Uefa cup FK Ventspils
FK Liepājas Metalurgs
UI cup FC Dinaburg
Cup winners FK Liepājas Metalurgs
Relegated FK Zibens / Zemessardze
Teams 8th
Games 112
Gates 384  (ø 3.43 per game)
Top scorer Mihails Miholaps (Skonto Riga) Alexander Katasonow (FK Liepājas Metalurgs)
RussiaRussia
← Virslīga 2000

The Virslīga 2001 was the tenth season of the highest Latvian football league since it was founded in 1992. It was hosted by the Latvian Football Association . The season started on April 7, 2001 and ended on November 10, 2001.

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

mode

The eight teams each played against each other four times and played a total of 28 season games. The bottom of the table was relegated.

societies

  • Policijas FK + LU / Daugava → PFK / Daugava Riga
Virslīga Associations 2001
society city
FC Dinaburg Daugavpils
FK Zibens / Zemessardze Ilūkste
FK Liepājas Metalurgs Liepāja
FK Riga Riga
Riga discount Riga
PFK / Daugava Riga Riga
Valmieras FK Valmiera
FK Ventspils Ventspils

Closing table

Pl. society Sp. S. U N Gates Diff. Points
 1. Discount Riga (M)  28  22nd  2  4th 094:260 +68 68
 2. FK Ventspils  28  22nd  1  5 069:210 +48 67
 3. FK Liepājas Metalurgs  28  20th  4th  4th 060:240 +36 64
 4th FC Dinaburg (P)  28  15th  5  8th 060:290 +31 50
 5. PFK / Daugava Riga  28  12  2  14th 037:380  −1 38
 6th Valmieras FK  28  5  4th  19th 028:560 −28 19th
 7th FK Riga  28  3  5  20th 025:720 −47 14th
 8th. FK Zibens / Zemessardze (N)  28  1  1  26th 011: 118 −107 04th

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

  • Latvian champions and participation in the first qualifying round for the 2002/03 Champions League
  • Participation in the qualifying round of the 2002/03 UEFA Cup
  • Participation in the UEFA Intertoto Cup 2002
  • Relegated to the 1st līga in 2002
    • (M) reigning Latvian champion
    (P) reigning Latvian cup winner
    (N) Newcomers from the 1st līga

    Crosstab

    Matchday 1-14 Riga discount FK Ventspils FK Liepājas Metalurgs FC Dinaburg PFK / Daugava Riga Valmieras FK FK Riga FK Zibens / Zemessardze
    Riga discount 3: 2 1: 1 1-0 0: 2 3: 1 1-0 5-0
    FK Ventspils 2-0 2: 1 2: 2 1-0 2-0 6: 1 9-0
    FK Liepājas Metalurgs 4: 2 2: 1 1-0 2-0 2: 1 2: 1 2-0
    FC Dinaburg 0: 1 1: 4 3: 3 3-0 4-0 2-0 11: 1
    PFK / Daugava Riga 0: 5 2-0 1: 4 0: 1 1: 1 4-0 6-0
    Valmieras FK 1: 2 1: 2 0: 1 1: 1 1: 2 3-0 4: 1
    FK Riga 1: 6 0: 1 1: 4 2: 3 1: 1 3: 2 2-0
    FK Zibens / Zemessardze 0:11 1: 4 0: 4 0: 1 0: 4 0: 1 1: 5
    Match days 15–28 Riga discount FK Ventspils FK Liepājas Metalurgs FC Dinaburg PFK / Daugava Riga Valmieras FK FK Riga FK Zibens / Zemessardze
    Riga discount 2-0 2: 2 2-0 3-0 3: 1 9: 1 7: 2
    FK Ventspils 3: 2 2-0 2-0 2-0 2-0 3-0 3: 1
    FK Liepājas Metalurgs 1: 2 1: 2 2: 1 2-0 3-0 1-0 4-0
    FC Dinaburg 0: 2 1-0 0-0 2-0 6: 1 1: 1 4: 1
    PFK / Daugava Riga 0: 2 0: 2 1: 2 1: 3 3-0 3: 1 2-0
    Valmieras FK 2: 3 0: 4 0: 2 0: 3 0: 1 1: 1 2-0
    FK Riga 0: 5 0: 2 1: 3 1: 2 0: 2 1: 1 0-0
    FK Zibens / Zemessardze 0: 9 0: 4 0: 4 0: 5 0: 1 0: 3 3: 1

    List of goalscorers

    Pl. Surname team Gates
    01. LatviaLatvia Mihail's Miholaps Riga discount 23
    RussiaRussia Alexander Katasonov FK Liepājas Metalurgs
    03. GeorgiaGeorgia David Chaladze Riga discount 21st
    04th LatviaLatvia Staņislavs Dubrovins FC Dinaburg 20th
    05. LatviaLatvia Jevgēņijs Landirevs FK Ventspils 18th
    06th LatviaLatvia Vīts Rimkus FK Ventspils 16
    07th LatviaLatvia Viktors Dobrecovs FK Liepājas Metalurgs 15th

    Web links

    Individual evidence

    1. ↑ a b Virslīga 2001. In: eu-football.info. Retrieved October 10, 2019 .