Virslīga 2008

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Virslīga 2008
Virsliga logo
master FK Ventspils
Champions League
qualification		 FK Ventspils
Europe League FK Liepājas Metalurgs
Discount Riga
FC Dinaburg
Cup winners FC Daugava Daugavpils
Relegation ↓ SK Blāzma
Relegated JFK Olimps
Teams 10
Games 90 + 54 play-off games
 + 2 relegation games
Gates 356  (ø 2.47 per game)
Top scorer Vīts Rimkus (FK Ventspils)
← Virslīga 2007

The 2008 Virslīga was the 17th season of the highest Latvian men's football league since it was founded in 1992. Officially, the league is called LMT Virslīga (Latvijas Mobilais Telefons Virslīga) and is hosted by the Latvian Football Association . The season started on April 1, 2008 and ended on November 9, 2008.

The FK Ventspils was able to successfully defend the title from last year and was the third time in the club's history Latvian champions.

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The league was held in 2008 for the first time after the Virslīga 1996 with ten teams. The climbers from the 1st līga were FK Vindava Ventspils and SK Blāzma . The championship was initially played in a regular season in a round game. Each team competed twice against each other team. After 18 games in which all teams competed against each other twice, the league was divided into two groups with the six best and four poorer teams.

Then the teams of the respective groups played twice (championship round) or four times against each other (relegation round). The first table of the championship round was thus Latvian football champions. The bottom of the table in the relegation round JFK Olimps was relegated directly to the 1st league, the table penultimate SK Blāzma played in the relegation against the runner-up from the second-class 1st league, FC Tranzit, and won them 5-1 and 1-0.

societies

Virslīga 2008 (Latvia)
(FC Dinaburg + FC Daugava)
(FC Dinaburg + FC Daugava)
(FK + Vindava)
( FK  + Vindava)
Riga
Riga
Virslīga Associations 2008
society city Stadion capacity
FC Daugava Daugavpils Daugavpils Celtnieks Stadium 4,100
FC Dinaburg Daugavpils Celtnieks Stadium 4,100
FK Jūrmala Jurmala Slokas Stadium 2,000
FK Riga Riga Latvijas Universitātes Stadium 0500
FK Ventspils Ventspils Olimpiskais Stadium 3,200
FK Vindava Ventspils Ventspils 2. Pamatskolas Stadium 0.500
JFK Olimps Riga Daugava Stadium 5,000
FK Liepājas Metalurgs Liepāja Daugava Stadium 5,000
Riga discount Riga Discount stadium 9,000
SK Blāzma Rēzekne Aģentūras Stadium 1,000

1 round

table

Pl. society Sp. S. U N Gates Diff. Points
 1. FK Ventspils (M, P)  18th  12  4th  2 033: 600 +27 40
 2. Riga discount  18th  11  3  4th 028:190  +9 36
 3. FC Dinaburg  18th  9  5  4th 022:130  +9 32
 4th FK Riga  18th  9  3  6th 028:270  +1 30th
 5. FK Liepājas Metalurgs  18th  7th  9  2 027:170 +10 30th
 6th FC Daugava Daugavpils  18th  6th  6th  6th 027:220  +5 24
 7th FK Vindava Ventspils (N)  18th  4th  5  9 014:270 −13 17th
 8th. FK Jūrmala  18th  3  7th  8th 015:270 −12 16
 9. SK Blāzma (N)  18th  2  4th  12 008:260 −18 10
10. JFK Olimps  18th  1  6th  11 012:300 −18 09

Placement criteria: 1st points - 2nd direct comparison (points, goal difference, goals scored) - 3rd wins - 4th goal difference - 5th goals scored

  • Participation in the championship round
  • Participation in the relegation round
    • (M) reigning master
    (P) reigning cup winner
    (N) Newcomers from the 1st līga

    Crosstab

    1 round FK Ventspils Riga discount FC Dinaburg FK Riga FK Liepājas Metalurgs FK Daugava Daugavpils FK Vindava Ventspils FK Jūrmala SK Blāzma JFK Olimps
    FK Ventspils 1-0 3-0 2-0 0-0 2: 2 1-0 2-0 3-0 0-0
    Riga discount 1-0 0: 3 1: 2 2: 2 3: 1 3-0 2: 1 1-0 3: 1
    FC Dinaburg 0: 1 3-0 2-0 0-0 0: 3 1: 1 2: 2 2: 1 1-0
    FK Riga 1-0 1: 2 1: 1 2: 2 1-0 1: 2 3: 1 2: 1 3: 1
    FK Liepājas Metalurgs 0-0 1: 2 1-0 2: 2 2-0 2-0 7: 2 1-0 1: 1
    FK Daugava Daugavpils 1: 4 1: 3 0: 1 6: 1 4: 1 1: 1 0-0 2-0 3: 1
    FK Vindava Ventspils 0: 7 1: 1 0: 2 1: 2 0-0 1: 2 0: 1 2-0 2-0
    FK Jūrmala 0: 1 1: 1 0-0 1: 3 1: 1 0-0 2: 1 1-0 1: 1
    SK Blāzma 0: 3 0: 2 0: 2 1-0 0: 1 1: 1 1: 1 1-0 1: 1
    JFK Olimps 1: 3 0: 1 0: 2 1: 3 1: 3 0-0 0: 1 2: 1 1: 1

    2nd round

    Championship round

    The results from the preliminary round were included

    Closing table

    Pl. society Sp. S. U N Gates Diff. Points
     1. FK Ventspils (M, P)  28  19th  6th  3 053:140 +39 63
     2. FK Liepājas Metalurgs  28  14th  11  3 048:250 +23 53
     3. Riga discount  28  15th  7th  6th 043:310 +12 52
     4th FC Dinaburg 1  28  10  8th  10 032:310  +1 38
     5. FC Daugava Daugavpils 1  28  10  7th  11 040:350  +5 37
     6th FK Riga  28  10  3  15th 036:550 −19 33
    1The winner of the Latvian Cup (FC Daugava Daugavpils) did not take part in the Europa League, but FC Dinaburg, which is higher in the league.
  • Latvian champions and participation in the 2009/10 UEFA Champions League second qualifying round
  • Participation in qualifying for the 2009/10 UEFA Europa League

    • Crosstab

    Championship round FK Ventspils FK Liepājas Metalurgs Riga discount FC Dinaburg FK Daugava Daugavpils FK Riga
    FK Ventspils 0: 2 2: 2 1-0 1-0 5: 1
    FK Liepājas Metalurgs 1: 2 0-0 3: 1 3: 1 3-0
    Riga discount 2: 2 2: 3 1: 1 1-0 3: 1
    FC Dinaburg 0: 3 0-0 0: 1 3: 3 3: 1
    FK Daugava Daugavpils 0: 2 1: 2 2: 1 2-0 2-0
    FK Riga 0: 2 1: 4 1: 2 3: 2 0: 2

    Relegation round

    The results from the preliminary round were included

    Closing table

    Pl. society Sp. S. U N Gates Diff. Points
     7th FK Jūrmala  30th  10  10  10 035:340  +1 40
     8th. FK Vindava Ventspils (N)  30th  9  9  12 027:410 −14 36
     9. SK Blāzma (N)  30th  5  8th  17th 020:430 −23 23
    10. JFK Olimps  30th  2  11  17th 022:470 −25 17th
  • Relegation
  • Descent into the 1st līga

    • Crosstab

    Relegation round 19-24 FK Jūrmala-VV FK Vindava Ventspils SK Blāzma JFK Olimps
    FK Jūrmala-VV 3-0 2-0 2-0
    FK Vindava Ventspils 0-0 2-0 1-0
    SK Blāzma 2: 1 0: 1 1: 1
    JFK Olimps 1: 1 0: 2 0-0
    Relegation round 25-30 FK Jūrmala FK Vindava Ventspils SK Blāzma JFK Olimps
    FK Jūrmala 0-0 2: 1 3-0
    FK Vindava Ventspils 2: 1 1: 2 1: 1
    SK Blāzma 1: 3 2: 2 1-0
    JFK Olimps 0: 2 5: 1 2: 2

    Relegation

    date Result Gates
    November 15, 2008 FC Tranzit 1: 5 (1: 0) SK Blāzma 1: 0 Baturinskis (2nd), 1: 1, 1: 2, 1: 4 Gramovičs (55th, 64th, 74th), 1: 3 Kurakins (70th), 1: 5 Silovs (86th)
    November 18, 2008 SK Blāzma 1: 0 (0: 0) FC Tranzit 1-0 Silovs (78th)
    Total: FC Tranzit 1: 6 SK Blāzma

    List of goalscorers

    Pl. Surname team Gates
    01. LatviaLatvia Vīts Rimkus FK Ventspils 14th
    02. LatviaLatvia Kristaps Grebis FK Liepājas Metalurgs 13
    LatviaLatvia Oļegs Malašenoks FK Jūrmala-VV
    04th LatviaLatvia Andrejs Butriks FK Ventspils 11
    05. Belarus 1995Belarus Mikalay Ryndzyuk FC Dinaburg 9
    GeorgiaGeorgia Vladimir Dvalishvili Riga discount

    Web links

    Individual evidence

    1. ↑ a b c Latvia 2008 wildstat.com