1999 Latvian Higher League

The 1999 season in the Latvian Higher League, named Virslīga, was the ninth 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

Pos	Team	P	W	D	L	F	A	+/-	Pts
1	Skonto FC	28	23	0	5	88	15	73	69
2	FK Liepājas Metalurgs	28	19	3	6	73	25	48	60
3	FK Ventspils	28	18	2	8	62	26	36	56
4	Dinaburg FC	28	13	5	10	37	32	5	44
5	FK Valmiera	28	10	5	13	33	42	-9	35
6	FK Rīga	28	10	4	14	35	42	-7	34
7	Policijas FK	28	5	5	18	25	93	-68	20
8	FK Rēzekne	28	1	2	25	12	90	-78	5

Match Table

	SKO	MET	VEN	DIN	VAL	RĪG	POL	RĒZ
Skonto		3-2 3-2 0-1 3-0	0-1 3-1 0-2 2-0	1-0 0-1 4-0 5-1	1-0 5-0 1-0 3-0	3-1 1-0 4-0 1-2	2-0 9-0 5-0 12-0	2-0 2-1 8-0 5-0
Liepājas Metalurgs	2-3 2-3 1-0 0-3		0-2 3-1 1-1 2-1	3-0 0-0 6-1 1-0	3-0 1-1 2-0 2-0	5-1 3-2 0-1 1-2	5-0 4-1 3-1 7-0	4-0 6-0 1-0 5-1
Ventspils	1-0 1-3 2-0 0-2	2-0 1-3 1-1 1-2		0-0 0-1 1-2 2-0	3-0 3-0 1-2 0-1	1-0 4-2 2-1 2-0	5-2 2-0 4-0 8-2	2-0 5-1 1-0 7-1
Dinaburg	0-1 1-0 0-4 1-5	0-3 0-0 1-6 0-1	0-0 1-0 2-1 0-2		0-0 4-0 1-3 0-1	0-0 2-0 1-0 0-1	1-1 4-0 2-1 5-0	2-0 2-1 6-1 1-0
Valmiera	0-1 0-5 0-1 0-3	0-3 1-1 0-2 0-2	0-3 0-3 2-1 1-0	0-0 0-4 3-1 1-0		2-3 1-3 3-0 0-0	1-0 1-1 1-1 2-3	3-0 4-0 3-1 4-0
Rīga	1-3 0-1 0-4 2-1	1-5 2-3 1-0 2-1	0-1 2-4 1-2 0-2	0-0 0-2 0-1 1-0	3-2 3-1 0-3 0-0		1-2 0-0 0-3 5-0	0-0 2-0 3-1 5-0
Policijas FK	0-2 0-9 0-5 0-12	0-5 1-4 1-3 0-7	2-5 0-2 0-4 2-8	1-1 0-4 1-2 0-5	0-1 1-1 1-1 3-2	2-1 0-0 3-0 0-5		5-1 1-0 1-1 0-2
FK Rēzekne	0-2 1-2 0-8 0-5	0-4 0-6 0-1 1-5	0-2 1-5 0-1 1-7	0-2 1-2 1-6 0-1	0-3 0-4 1-3 0-4	0-0 0-2 1-3 0-5	1-5 0-1 1-1 2-0

Awards

Best	Name	Team
Goalkeeper	Aleksandrs Koļinko (LAT)	Skonto FC
Defender	Mihails Zemļinskis (LAT)	Skonto FC
Midfielder	Vitālijs Astafjevs (LAT)	Skonto FC
Forward	Viktors Dobrecovs (LAT)	FK Liepājas Metalurgs

Skonto FC 1999

Pos	Name	Birthdate	P
MF	Vitālijs Astafjevs	03.04.1971	18	9	2	-
MF	Vladimirs Babičevs	22.04.1968	11	1	-	-
	Romans Bezzubovs	15.05.1979	2	-	-	-
DF	Oļegs Blagonadeždins	16.05.1973	23	-	-	-
MF	Imants Bleidelis	16.08.1975	19	4	-	-
FW	David Chaladze	22.01.1976	15	16	2	-
	Armaz Dzeladze	28.06.1973	5	-	-	-
MF	Vladimirs Koļesņičenko	04.05.1980	25	13	1	-
GK	Aleksandrs Koļinko	18.06.1975	18	–12	-	-
MF	Levan Korgalidze	21.02.1980	13	1	-	-
MF	Juris Laizāns	06.01.1979	27	3	1	-
-	Vladimir Mel'nyk	21.11.1979	13	3	1	-
MF	Zurab Menteshashvili	30.01.1980	17	1	-	-
FW	Mihails Miholaps	24.08.1974	20	14	1	-
MF	Viktors Morozs	30.07.1980	1	-	-	-
MF	Viktoras Olšanskis	14.03.1969	20	-	1	-
GK	Andrejs Piedels	17.09.1970	10	–3	-	-
MF	Alexander Rekhviashvili	06.08.1974	24	1	5	-
MF	Andrejs Rubins	26.11.1978	25	6	2	-
DF	Levan Silagadze	04.08.1976	20	-	1	-
-	Sergey Solovyov	03.04.1978	7	1	-	-
DF	Igors Stepanovs	21.01.1976	20	4	1	-
DF	Andrėjus Tereškinas	10.07.1970	18	1	1	-
	Sergey Yermolenko	29.05.1972	2	-	-	-
DF	Mihails Zemļinskis	21.12.1969	16	7	3	1
Manager: Aleksandrs Starkovs

References

• RSSSF
• Skonto FC 1999