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1997 Latvian Higher League
Latvian football league season for the highest division
Latvian football league season for the highest division
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| competition | Latvian Higher League |
| season | 1997 |
| winners | Skonto FC |
| continentalcup1 | UEFA Champions League |
| continentalcup1 qualifiers | Skonto FC |
| continentalcup2 | UEFA Cup |
| continentalcup2 qualifiers | Torpedo Riga |
| continentalcup3 | Cup Winners' Cup |
| continentalcup3 qualifiers | FK Liepajas Metalurgs |
| continentalcup4 | UEFA Intertoto Cup |
| continentalcup4 qualifiers | Dinaburg FC |
| league topscorer | GEO David Chaladze (25 goals) |
| prevseason | 1996 |
| nextseason | 1998 |
The 1997 season in the Latvian Higher League, named Virslīga, was the seventh domestic competition since the Baltic nation gained independence from the Soviet Union on 6 September 1991. Ninth teams competed in this edition, with Skonto FC claiming the title.
Final table
Match table
Top scorers
| Rank | Player | Club | Goals |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | David Chaladze | Skonto FC | 25 |
| 2 | Mihails Miholaps | Skonto FC | 14 |
| 3 | Sergey Solovjov | Skonto FC | 11 |
| 4 | Juris Karašausks | Dinaburg FC | 10 |
| 5 | Andrejs Štolcers | Skonto FC | 9 |
| Artūrs Zakreševskis | Daugava Rīga |
Awards
| Best | Name | Team | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Goalkeeper | Aleksandrs Koliņko | Skonto FC | |
| Defender | Igors Stepanovs | Skonto FC | |
| Midfielder | Vladimirs Babičevs | Skonto FC | |
| Forward | Mihails Miholaps | Skonto FC |
Skonto FC 1997
| Pos | Name | Birthdate | P | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| MF | LAT Vitālijs Astafjevs | 03.04.1971 | 14 | |
| MF | LAT Vladimirs Babičevs | 22.04.1968 | 16 | |
| DF | LAT Oļegs Blagonadeždins | 16.05.1973 | 18 | |
| MF | LAT Imants Bleidelis | 16.08.1975 | 20 | |
| FW | GEO David Chaladze | 22.01.1976 | 20 | |
| MF | LAT Valērijs Ivanovs | 23.02.1970 | 17 | |
| MF | LAT Vladimirs Koļesņičenko | 04.05.1980 | 12 | |
| GK | LAT Aleksandrs Koļiņko | 18.06.1975 | 12 | |
| MF | LAT Juris Laizāns | 06.01.1979 | 2 | |
| GK | LAT Raimonds Laizāns | 05.08.1964 | 12 | |
| - | LAT Vsevolods Līdaks | 22.10.1977 | 4 | |
| FW | RUS Mihails Miholaps | 24.08.1974 | 17 | |
| FW | LAT Marians Pahars | 05.08.1976 | 22 | |
| - | UKR Aleksandr Pindejev | 03.03.1971 | 9 | |
| MF | GEO Alexander Rekhviashvili | 06.08.1974 | 13 | |
| DF | GEO Levan Silagadze | 04.08.1976 | 19 | |
| FW | LAT Igors Sļesarčuks | 31.03.1976 | 1 | |
| - | RUS Sergey Solovjov | 03.04.1978 | 20 | |
| DF | LAT Igors Stepanovs | 21.01.1976 | 22 | |
| DF | LAT Jurijs Ševļakovs | 24.01.1959 | 19 | |
| FW | LAT Andrejs Štolcers | 08.07.1974 | 23 | |
| DF | LAT Mihails Zemļinskis | 21.12.1969 | 21 | |
| Manager: LAT Aleksandrs Starkovs |
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