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2002 Latvian Higher League

Latvian football league season for the highest division

Field	Value
competition	Latvian Higher League
season	2002
winners	Skonto FC
continentalcup1	UEFA Champions League
continentalcup1 qualifiers	Skonto FC
continentalcup2	UEFA Cup
continentalcup2 qualifiers	FK Ventspils
FK Liepajas Metalurgs
continentalcup3	UEFA Intertoto Cup
continentalcup3 qualifiers	Dinaburg FC
league topscorer	LVA Mihails Miholaps (23 goals)
prevseason	2001
nextseason	2003

FK Liepajas Metalurgs

The 2002 season in the Latvian Higher League, named Virslīga, was the twelfth 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

Match table

Top scorers

Rank	Player	Club	Goals
1	Mihails Miholaps	Skonto FC	23
2	Aleksandr Katasonov	FK Liepājas Metalurgs	18
3	Vīts Rimkus	FK Ventspils	17
4	Jurijs Molotkovs	Dinaburg FC	16
5	Yevgeniy Landyrev	FK Ventspils	15
6	Andrejs Butriks	FK Ventspils	14
Kristaps Grebis	FK Liepājas Metalurgs
8	Viktors Dobrecovs	FK Liepājas Metalurgs	12
9	Vladimirs Koļesņičenko	Skonto FC	11

Awards

Name	Team
Goalkeeper	Andrejs Piedels	Skonto FC
Defender	Mihails Zemļinskis	Skonto FC
Midfielder	Orestas Buitkus	Skonto FC
Forward	Māris Verpakovskis	Skonto FC

References

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