2002 Latvian Higher League

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

Pos	Team	P	W	D	L	F	A	+/-	Pts
1	Skonto FC	28	23	4	1	95	19	76	73
2	FK Ventspils	28	22	5	1	77	20	57	71
3	FK Liepājas Metalurgs	28	15	6	7	56	31	25	51
4	Dinaburg FC	28	12	4	12	37	35	2	40
5	FK Valmiera	28	6	6	16	26	54	-28	24
6	PFK Daugava	28	6	5	17	29	60	-31	23
7	FK Rīga	28	6	2	20	24	75	-51	20
8	FK Auda/Alberts Rīga	28	5	2	21	23	73	-50	17

Match Table

	SKO	VEN	MET	DIN	VAL	PFK	RĪG	AUD
Skonto		2-3 2-0 2-2 1-1	3-0 2-2 1-0 3-1	1-1 2-1 4-0 3-1	3-0 4-0 4-0 6-2	5-0 5-1 6-0 4-0	2-0 3-0 2-0 6-1	3-1 6-0 3-0 7-2
Ventspils	3-2 0-2 2-2 1-1		1-0 4-0 1-1 1-1	2-1 2-0 3-1 1-1	3-1 1-0 3-0 3-1	2-0 2-1 5-0 2-0	4-0 6-1 4-0 8-2	3-1 3-1 3-0 4-0
Liepājas Metalurgs	0-3 2-2 0-1 1-3	0-1 0-4 1-1 1-1		1-0 0-1 3-1 1-3	2-0 0-0 3-0 1-0	4-0 1-0 4-4 2-1	3-0 5-1 2-0 4-2	1-0 4-0 6-0 4-0
Dinaburg	1-1 1-2 0-4 1-3	1-2 0-2 1-3 1-1	0-1 1-0 1-3 3-1		2-0 2-1 0-0 1-0	3-2 1-0 1-1 2-0	5-0 2-0 2-1 0-1	1-0 1-2 4-2 0-1
Valmiera	0-3 0-4 0-4 2-6	1-3 0-1 0-3 1-3	2-2 0-0 0-3 0-1	0-2 1-2 0-0 0-1		0-2 0-0 1-2 3-2	4-1 1-1 0-3 2-1	2-0 1-1 3-1 1-3
PFK Daugava	0-5 1-5 0-6 0-4	0-2 1-2 0-5 0-2	0-4 0-1 4-4 1-2	2-3 0-1 1-1 0-2	2-0 0-0 2-1 1-3		0-1 1-0 6-1 0-0	0-3 0-0 3-1 3-1
Rīga	0-2 0-3 0-2 1-6	0-4 1-6 0-4 2-8	0-3 1-5 0-2 2-4	0-5 0-2 1-2 1-0	1-4 1-1 3-0 1-2	1-0 0-1 1-6 0-0		0-2 1-0 2-1 4-0
Auda	1-3 0-6 0-3 2-7	1-3 1-3 0-3 0-4	0-1 0-4 0-6 0-4	0-1 2-1 2-4 1-0	0-2 1-1 1-3 3-1	3-0 0-0 1-3 1-3	2-0 0-1 1-2 0-4

Topscorers

Pos	Name	Team	Goals
1	Mihails Miholaps (LAT)	Skonto FC	23
2	Aleksandr Katasonov (RUS)	FK Liepājas Metalurgs	18
3	Vīts Rimkus (LAT)	FK Ventspils	17
4	Jurijs Molotkovs (LAT)	Dinaburg FC	16
5	Yevgeniy Landyrev (RUS)	FK Ventspils	15
6	Andrejs Butriks (LAT)	FK Ventspils	14
-	Kristaps Grebis (LAT)	FK Liepājas Metalurgs	14
8	Viktors Dobrecovs (LAT)	FK Liepājas Metalurgs	12
9	Vladimirs Koļesņičenko (LAT)	Skonto FC	11

Awards

Best	Name	Team
Goalkeeper	Andrejs Piedels (LAT)	Skonto FC
Defender	Mihails Zemļinskis (LAT)	Skonto FC
Midfielder	Orestas Buitkus (LTU)	Skonto FC
Forward	Māris Verpakovskis (LAT)	Skonto FC

References

Seasons of Top Latvian Football Leagues

Championship	1921 1922 1923 1924 1925 1926

Higher League	1927 1928 1929 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937–38 1938–39 1939–40 1940–41 1942 1943 1944

Latvian SSR	1941 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991

Higher League	1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015

Football in Latvia

Latvian Football Federation (LFF)

National Teams

League System

men	Virslīga 1. līga 2. līga

women	Latvian Women's League

Domestic cups

List of clubs
List of venues

2001–02 in European football (UEFA)

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UEFA competitions	Champions League (Qualifying, Group stage, Second group stage, Knockout stage, Final) UEFA Cup (Final) Intertoto Cup Super Cup

2002–03 in European football (UEFA)

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League cups	England Finland '02 '03 France Germany Iceland '02 '03 Israel Northern Ireland Scotland Wales

UEFA competitions	Champions League (Qualifying phase, Group stage, 2nd Group stage, knockout stage, Final) UEFA Cup (Qualifying round, First round, Second round, Final phase, Final) Intertoto Cup Super Cup

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