1999 Latvian Higher League

The 1999 season in the Latvian Higher League, named Virslīga, was the ninth 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

Pos	Team	P	W	D	L	F	A	+/-	Pts
1	Skonto FC	28	23	0	5	88	15	73	69
2	FK Liepājas Metalurgs	28	19	3	6	73	25	48	60
3	FK Ventspils	28	18	2	8	62	26	36	56
4	Dinaburg FC	28	13	5	10	37	32	5	44
5	FK Valmiera	28	10	5	13	33	42	-9	35
6	FK Rīga	28	10	4	14	35	42	-7	34
7	Policijas FK	28	5	5	18	25	93	-68	20
8	FK Rēzekne	28	1	2	25	12	90	-78	5

Match Table

	SKO	MET	VEN	DIN	VAL	RĪG	POL	RĒZ
Skonto		3-2 3-2 0-1 3-0	0-1 3-1 0-2 2-0	1-0 0-1 4-0 5-1	1-0 5-0 1-0 3-0	3-1 1-0 4-0 1-2	2-0 9-0 5-0 12-0	2-0 2-1 8-0 5-0
Liepājas Metalurgs	2-3 2-3 1-0 0-3		0-2 3-1 1-1 2-1	3-0 0-0 6-1 1-0	3-0 1-1 2-0 2-0	5-1 3-2 0-1 1-2	5-0 4-1 3-1 7-0	4-0 6-0 1-0 5-1
Ventspils	1-0 1-3 2-0 0-2	2-0 1-3 1-1 1-2		0-0 0-1 1-2 2-0	3-0 3-0 1-2 0-1	1-0 4-2 2-1 2-0	5-2 2-0 4-0 8-2	2-0 5-1 1-0 7-1
Dinaburg	0-1 1-0 0-4 1-5	0-3 0-0 1-6 0-1	0-0 1-0 2-1 0-2		0-0 4-0 1-3 0-1	0-0 2-0 1-0 0-1	1-1 4-0 2-1 5-0	2-0 2-1 6-1 1-0
Valmiera	0-1 0-5 0-1 0-3	0-3 1-1 0-2 0-2	0-3 0-3 2-1 1-0	0-0 0-4 3-1 1-0		2-3 1-3 3-0 0-0	1-0 1-1 1-1 2-3	3-0 4-0 3-1 4-0
Rīga	1-3 0-1 0-4 2-1	1-5 2-3 1-0 2-1	0-1 2-4 1-2 0-2	0-0 0-2 0-1 1-0	3-2 3-1 0-3 0-0		1-2 0-0 0-3 5-0	0-0 2-0 3-1 5-0
Policijas FK	0-2 0-9 0-5 0-12	0-5 1-4 1-3 0-7	2-5 0-2 0-4 2-8	1-1 0-4 1-2 0-5	0-1 1-1 1-1 3-2	2-1 0-0 3-0 0-5		5-1 1-0 1-1 0-2
FK Rēzekne	0-2 1-2 0-8 0-5	0-4 0-6 0-1 1-5	0-2 1-5 0-1 1-7	0-2 1-2 1-6 0-1	0-3 0-4 1-3 0-4	0-0 0-2 1-3 0-5	1-5 0-1 1-1 2-0

Awards

Best	Name	Team
Goalkeeper	Aleksandrs Koļinko (LAT)	Skonto FC
Defender	Mihails Zemļinskis (LAT)	Skonto FC
Midfielder	Vitālijs Astafjevs (LAT)	Skonto FC
Forward	Viktors Dobrecovs (LAT)	FK Liepājas Metalurgs

Skonto FC 1999

Pos	Name	Birthdate	P
MF	Vitālijs Astafjevs	03.04.1971	18	9	2	-
MF	Vladimirs Babičevs	22.04.1968	11	1	-	-
	Romans Bezzubovs	15.05.1979	2	-	-	-
DF	Oļegs Blagonadeždins	16.05.1973	23	-	-	-
MF	Imants Bleidelis	16.08.1975	19	4	-	-
FW	David Chaladze	22.01.1976	15	16	2	-
	Armaz Dzeladze	28.06.1973	5	-	-	-
MF	Vladimirs Koļesņičenko	04.05.1980	25	13	1	-
GK	Aleksandrs Koļinko	18.06.1975	18	–12	-	-
MF	Levan Korgalidze	21.02.1980	13	1	-	-
MF	Juris Laizāns	06.01.1979	27	3	1	-
-	Vladimir Mel'nyk	21.11.1979	13	3	1	-
MF	Zurab Menteshashvili	30.01.1980	17	1	-	-
FW	Mihails Miholaps	24.08.1974	20	14	1	-
MF	Viktors Morozs	30.07.1980	1	-	-	-
MF	Viktoras Olšanskis	14.03.1969	20	-	1	-
GK	Andrejs Piedels	17.09.1970	10	–3	-	-
MF	Alexander Rekhviashvili	06.08.1974	24	1	5	-
MF	Andrejs Rubins	26.11.1978	25	6	2	-
DF	Levan Silagadze	04.08.1976	20	-	1	-
-	Sergey Solovyov	03.04.1978	7	1	-	-
DF	Igors Stepanovs	21.01.1976	20	4	1	-
DF	Andrėjus Tereškinas	10.07.1970	18	1	1	-
	Sergey Yermolenko	29.05.1972	2	-	-	-
DF	Mihails Zemļinskis	21.12.1969	16	7	3	1
Manager: Aleksandrs Starkovs

References

Seasons of Top Latvian Football Leagues

Championship	1921 1922 1923 1924 1925 1926

Higher League	1927 1928 1929 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937–38 1938–39 1939–40 1940–41 1942 1943 1944

Latvian SSR	1941 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991

Higher League	1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015

1998–99 in European football (UEFA)

« 1997–98 1999–2000 »

Domestic leagues	Albania Andorra Armenia '98 '99 Austria Azerbaijan Belarus '98 '99 Belgium Bosnia and Herzegovina Bulgaria Croatia Cyprus Czech Republic Denmark England Estonia '98 '99 Faroe Islands '98 '99 Finland '98 '99 France Georgia Germany Greece Hungary Iceland '98 '99 Israel Italy Kazakhstan '98 '99 Latvia '98 '99 Lithuania Luxembourg Macedonia Malta Moldova Netherlands Northern Ireland Norway '98 '99 Poland Portugal Republic of Ireland Romania Russia '98 '99 San Marino Scotland Slovakia Slovenia Spain Sweden '98 '99 Switzerland Turkey Ukraine Wales FR Yugoslavia

Domestic cups	Albania Andorra Armenia Austria Azerbaijan Belarus Belgium Bosnia and Herzegovina Bulgaria Croatia Cyprus Czech Republic Denmark England Estonia Faroe Islands '98 '99 Finland '98 '99 France Georgia Germany Greece Hungary Iceland '98 '99 Israel Italy Latvia '98 '99 Liechtenstein Lithuania Luxembourg Macedonia Malta Moldova Netherlands Northern Ireland Norway '98 '99 Poland Portugal Republic of Ireland Romania Russia San Marino Scotland Slovakia Slovenia Spain Sweden Switzerland Turkey Ukraine Wales FR Yugoslavia

League cups	England Finland '98 '99 France Germany Iceland '98 '99 Israel Northern Ireland Republic of Ireland Scotland Wales

UEFA competitions	Champions League (Group stage, knockout stage, Final) Cup Winners' Cup (Final) UEFA Cup (Final) Intertoto Cup Super Cup

1999–2000 in European football (UEFA)

« 1998–99 2000–01 »

Domestic leagues	Albania Andorra Armenia '99 '00 Austria Azerbaijan Belarus '99 '00 Belgium Bosnia and Herzegovina Bulgaria Croatia Cyprus Czech Republic Denmark England Estonia '99 '00 Faroe Islands '99 '00 Finland '99 '00 France Georgia Germany Greece Hungary Iceland '99 '00 Israel Italy Kazakhstan '99 '00 Latvia '99 '00 Lithuania '99 '00 Luxembourg Macedonia Malta Moldova Netherlands Northern Ireland Norway '99 '00 Poland Portugal Republic of Ireland Romania Russia '99 '00 San Marino Scotland Slovakia Slovenia Spain Sweden '99 '00 Switzerland Turkey Ukraine Wales FR Yugoslavia

Domestic cups	Albania Andorra Armenia Austria Azerbaijan Belarus Belgium Bosnia and Herzegovina Bulgaria Croatia Cyprus Czech Republic Denmark England Estonia Faroe Islands '99 '00 Finland '99 '00 France Georgia Germany Greece Hungary Iceland '99 '00 Israel Italy Latvia '99 '00 Liechtenstein Lithuania Luxembourg Macedonia Malta Moldova Netherlands Northern Ireland Norway '99 '00 Poland Portugal Republic of Ireland Romania Russia San Marino Scotland Slovakia Slovenia Spain Sweden '99 '00 Switzerland Turkey Ukraine Wales FR Yugoslavia

League cups	England Finland '99 '00 France Germany Iceland '99 '00 Israel Northern Ireland Poland Republic of Ireland Scotland Wales

UEFA competitions	Champions League (Qualifying, Group stage, 2nd group stage, knockout stage, Final) UEFA Cup (Final) Intertoto Cup Super Cup

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