Latvian Higher League
Season1995
ChampionsSkonto FC
RelegatedOlimpija Riga
FK Kvadrats
UEFA CupSkonto FC
Vilan-D
Cup Winners' CupRAF Jelgava
UEFA Intertoto CupFK Amstrig
Top goalscorerLatvia Vitalijs Astafjevs (19 goals)
1994
1996

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
3 Starts 18 9 4 5 21 18 +3 31
4 Vilan-D 18 9 2 7 31 22 +9 29
5 Vairogs 18 6 6 6 28 21 +7 24
6 Amstrig 18 5 5 8 26 25 +1 20
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
9 Olimpija Rīga 18 5 3 10 24 40 16 18
10 Kvadrāts 18 1 1 16 10 58 48 4
Source: rsssf.com

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
Source:
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

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
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
Source: rsssf.com
(C) Champions

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
Source:
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

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
Source: rsssf.com
(R) Relegated

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
Source:
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Top scorers

Rank Player Club Goals
1 Vitālijs Astafjevs (LAT)Skonto FC19
2 Oleg Dulub (BLR)FK Vairogs16
3 Vladimirs Babičevs (LAT)Skonto FC14
4 Aleksandrs Jelisejevs (LAT)Skonto FC11
 Mihails Miholaps (LAT)FK Amstrig

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 Yellow card Red card
MFLatvia Vitālijs Astafjevs03.04.197128192-
MFLatvia Vladimirs Babičevs22.04.196827143-
DFRussia Vladlen Bausev03.03.196717102-
DFLatvia Oļegs Blagonadeždins16.05.19732031-
MFLatvia Imants Bleidelis16.08.19752411-
GKLatvia Oļegs Grišins09.11.19674–2--
MFLatvia Valērijs Ivanovs23.02.197024101-
FWLatvia Aleksandrs Jelisejevs11.08.19712911--
GKLatvia Raimonds Laizāns05.08.196426–13--
-Latvia Valentins Lobaņovs23.10.197119121
-Latvia Vadims Mikuckis10.06.197121--
DFLatvia Boriss Monjaks11.04.19702881-
FWLatvia Marians Pahars05.08.1976982-
-Ukraine Aleksandr Pindejev03.03.197193--
-Latvia Aleksejs Semjonovs02.04.19731912-
FWLatvia Igors Sļesarčuks31.03.197661--
DFLatvia Igors V. Stepanovs01.02.196620---
DFLatvia Igors N. Stepanovs21.01.19762313-
DFLatvia Jurijs Ševļakovs24.01.19592335-
DFLatvia Igors Troickis11.01.196927111
DFLatvia Mihails Zemļinskis21.12.19692961-
Manager: Latvia Aleksandrs Starkovs

References

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