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2007 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 | 2007 |
| winners | FK Ventspils |
| continentalcup1 | UEFA Champions League |
| continentalcup1 qualifiers | FK Ventspils |
| continentalcup2 | UEFA Cup |
| continentalcup2 qualifiers | FK Liepajas Metalurgs |
| continentalcup3 | UEFA Intertoto Cup |
| continentalcup3 qualifiers | FK Riga |
| continentalcup4 | |
| league topscorer | LVA Vits Rimkus (20 goals) |
| prevseason | 2006 |
| nextseason | 2008 |
The 2007 Latvian Higher League season was the 16th Virslīga season. It started on 7 April 2007 and finished on 4 December 2007. Eight teams competed in the league, playing each other four times over the course of the season, twice at home and twice away.
Season details
For the second time in a row FK Ventspils won the championship. In mid-season FK Liepājas Metalurgs had a lead of 11 points over Ventspils who won their last 11 games, conceding just one goal. FK Rīga finished third for the first time in the club's history. FC Skonto finished the season without winning any competitions for the first time, and also for the first time they would not compete in any of the European cups in 2008 as one of the UEFA Cup qualifying spots was taken by JFC Olimps Rīga for reaching the Latvian Cup final. Vīts Rimkus from Ventspils was the top scorer with 20 goals.
At the end of the season the Latvian Football Federation announced that the Virslīga would expand to 10 clubs for the 2008 season. Therefore, no club was relegated to the First League. The last time there were ten clubs in the Virslīga was in the 1996 season.
League standings
Match table
Top scorers
| Rank | Player | Club | Goals |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Vits Rimkus | FK Ventspils | 20 |
| 2 | Andrei Nikolayev | FK Rīga | 15 |
| 3 | Ģirts Karlsons | FK Liepājas Metalurgs | 12 |
| 4 | Mikalay Ryndzyuk | FK Daugava Daugavpils | 11 |
| 5 | Vitālijs Astafjevs | Skonto FC | 7 |
| Kristaps Blanks | Skonto FC | ||
| Artjoms Rudņevs | FK Daugava Daugavpils | ||
| Aleksejs Višņakovs | Skonto FC | ||
| Jurijs Žigajevs | FK Rīga |
References
References
- Hartmanis, Martins. (2007-12-01). "LMT Virsliga new season calendar published". [[Latvian Football Federation]].
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