1994 Latvian Higher League

Latvian Higher League
Season1994
ChampionsSkonto FC
RelegatedFK Liepajas Metalurgs
FK Kimikis
UEFA CupSkonto FC
RAF Jelgava
Cup Winners' CupDAG Riga
Top goalscorerLatvia Vladimirs Babicevs (14 goals)
1993
1995

The 1994 season in the Latvian Higher League, named Virslīga, was the fourth domestic competition since the Baltic nation gained independence from the Soviet Union on 6 September 1991. Twelve teams competed in this edition, with Skonto FC claiming the title.

Final table

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Skonto (C) 22 20 2 0 76 9 +67 42 Qualification for UEFA Cup preliminary round
2 RAF Jelgava 22 13 7 2 38 11 +27 33
3 DAG Rīga 22 11 7 4 34 16 +18 29 Qualification for Cup Winners' Cup qualifying round
4 Olimpija Rīga 22 10 8 4 32 19 +13 28
5 Vairogs 22 9 6 7 28 27 +1 24
6 Pārdaugava (R) 22 6 10 6 24 24 0 22 Dissolved after the season
7 Vidus 22 8 5 9 21 34 −13 21
8 Interskonto 22 5 7 10 17 27 −10 17
9 Auseklis 22 5 7 10 26 29 −3 17
10 Gemma (R) 22 4 6 12 18 45 −27 14 Dissolved after the season
11 Liepāja (R) 22 2 5 15 16 46 −30 9 Relegation to Latvian First League
12 Ķīmiķis (R) 22 1 6 15 10 53 −43 8
Source: rsssf.com
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated

Match table

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Home \ Away AUS DAG GEM INT ĶĪM LIE OLI PĀR RAF SKO VAI VID
Auseklis 0–1 1–0 1–1 4–0 2–0 0–2 0–0 1–3 1–5 0–0 1–1
DAG Rīga 0–0 2–0 3–0 4–0 5–0 2–0 0–0 0–0 1–3 1–0 1–3
Gemma 0–4 1–1 1–2 2–1 3–0 1–3 0–0 0–4 0–4 1–1 0–2
Interskonto 3–2 0–1 2–4 2–0 2–0 0–3 0–0 0–0 0–3 4–0 0–1
Ķīmiķis 1–3 1–3 0–0 0–0 1–1 0–2 0–3 0–3 0–2 1–0 1–1
Liepāja 2–1 0–1 2–0 1–1 1–1 0–0 2–2 0–2 0–5 1–3 1–2
Olimpija Rīga 4–2 0–0 1–1 1–0 1–1 3–2 0–1 1–1 1–1 2–1 1–0
Pārdaugava 1–1 4–2 1–2 0–0 4–1 2–1 1–1 1–2 0–3 0–2 0–2
RAF Jelgava 1–0 0–0 1–0 1–0 3–0 5–1 0–0 1–1 0–1 3–1 3–0
Skonto 1–0 3–2 8–0 3–0 10–0 1–0 2–1 3–0 2–2 4–0 2–0
Vairogs 1–1 1–1 3–0 2–0 3–1 2–0 3–2 1–1 2–1 0–2 1–0
Vidus 2–1 0–3 2–2 0–0 1–0 2–1 0–3 0–2 0–2 1–8 1–1
Source: [citation needed]
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Top scorers

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Rank Player Club Goals
1  Vladimirs Babičevs (LAT) Skonto FC 14
2  Modris Zujevs (LAT) RAF Jelgava 13
3  Andrejs Štolcers (LAT) Olimpija Rīga 11
4  Aleksandrs Jelisejevs (LAT) Skonto FC 10
 Igors Sļesarčuks (LAT) Skonto FC

Awards

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Best Name Team
Goalkeeper  Raimonds Laizāns (LAT) Skonto FC
Defender  Jurijs Ševļakovs (LAT) Skonto FC
Midfielder  Vitālijs Astafjevs (LAT) Skonto FC
Forward  Vladimirs Babičevs (LAT) Skonto FC

Skonto FC 1994

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Pos Name Birthdate P Yellow card Red card
MF Latvia Vitālijs Astafjevs 03.04.1971 21 7 2 -
MF Latvia Vladimirs Babičevs 22.04.1968 19 14 3 -
DF Latvia Oļegs Blagonadeždins 16.05.1973 20 5 - -
MF Latvia Imants Bleidelis 16.08.1975 10 - - -
FW Latvia Aleksandrs Dibrivnijs 28.08.1969 4 - - -
FW Latvia Vladimirs Draguns 13.12.1972 4 - - -
DF Latvia Einars Gņedojs 08.07.1965 10 - 1 -
GK Latvia Oļegs Grišins 09.11.1967 6 0 - -
FW Latvia Aleksandrs Jelisejevs 11.08.1971 21 10 1 -
MF Kazakhstan Aleksey Klishin 01.01.1973 18 1 - -
GK Latvia Raimonds Laizāns 05.08.1964 16 –9 1 -
- Latvia Valentins Lobaņovs 23.10.1971 16 - 2 1
- Latvia Vadims Mikuckis 10.06.1971 9 - 2 -
- Latvia Boriss Monjaks 11.04.1970 18 4 2 1
- Latvia Aleksejs Semjonovs 02.04.1973 18 8 - -
FW Latvia Igors Sļesarčuks 31.03.1976 19 10 1 -
DF Latvia Igors V. Stepanovs 01.02.1966 20 8 - -
- Latvia Jurijs Ševļakovs 24.01.1959 19 2 4 -
- Latvia Sergejs Tarasovs 16.01.1971 6 1 - -
DF Latvia Igors Troickis 11.01.1969 17 3 5 -
DF Latvia Mihails Zemļinskis 21.12.1969 13 1 4 -
Manager: Latvia Aleksandrs Starkovs

References

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