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1996 Latvian Higher League

Annual soccer tournament

Annual soccer tournament

FieldValue
competitionLatvian Higher League
season1996
winnersSkonto FC
relegatedSkonto/Metals
FK Jurnieks
continentalcup1UEFA Champions League
continentalcup1 qualifiersSkonto FC
continentalcup2UEFA Cup
continentalcup2 qualifiersTorpedo Riga
continentalcup3Cup Winners' Cup
continentalcup3 qualifiersDinaburg FC
continentalcup4UEFA Intertoto Cup
continentalcup4 qualifiersRAF Jelgava
league topscorerLVA Mihails Miholaps (33 goals)
prevseason1995
nextseason1997

FK Jurnieks

The 1996 season in the Latvian Higher League, named Virslīga, was the sixth 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

Match table

Second round

Championship group

Match table

Relegation group

Match table

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Relegation play-offs

The matches were played on 29 October and 3 November 1996. |}

Top scorers

RankPlayerClubGoals
1Mihails MiholapsFK Daugava Rīga33
2Aleksandr PindeyevSkonto FC17
3Vladimirs BabičevsSkonto FC16
Juris KarašausksDinaburg FC
5Aleksandrs FedotovsDinaburg FC13

Awards

BestNameTeam
GoalkeeperRaimonds LaizānsSkonto FC
DefenderJurijs ŠevļakovsSkonto FC
MidfielderVitālijs AstafjevsSkonto FC
ForwardMihails MiholapsFK Daugava Rīga

Skonto FC 1996

PosNameBirthdateP
MFLAT Vitālijs Astafjevs03.04.197118
MFLAT Vladimirs Babičevs22.04.196825
-RUS Vladlen Bausev03.03.196710
DFLAT Oļegs Blagonadeždins16.05.197323
MFLAT Imants Bleidelis16.08.197520
-RUS Konstantin Ivanov10.05.19646
MFLAT Valērijs Ivanovs23.02.197027
FWLAT Aleksandrs Jelisejevs11.08.197115
GKLAT Aleksandrs Koļiņko18.06.19759
GKLAT Raimonds Laizāns05.08.196419
-LAT Vsevolods Līdaks22.10.19776
-LAT Valentins Lobaņovs23.10.197119
DFLAT Boriss Monjaks11.04.197010
FWLAT Marians Pahars05.08.197628
-UKR Aleksandr Pindejev03.03.197126
-LAT Igors Stepanovs21.01.197622
DFLAT Jurijs Ševļakovs24.01.195924
FWLAT Andrejs Štolcers08.07.197426
DFLAT Igors Troickis11.01.196926
DFLAT Mihails Zemļinskis21.12.196924
Manager: LAT Aleksandrs Starkovs

References

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