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2000 Latvian Higher League

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Latvian Higher League
Season2000
ChampionsSkonto FC
RelegatedLU-Daugava
UEFA Champions LeagueSkonto FC
UEFA CupFK Ventspils
Dinaburg FC
UEFA Intertoto CupFK Liepajas Metalurgs
Top goalscorerLatvia Vladimirs Kolesnicenko (17 goals)
1999
2001

The 2000 season in the Latvian Higher League, named Virslīga, was the tenth 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

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Skonto (C) 28 24 3 1 86 10 +76 75 Qualification for Champions League first qualifying round
2 Ventspils 28 19 8 1 55 20 +35 65 Qualification for UEFA Cup qualifying round
3 Liepājas Metalurgs 28 16 7 5 51 25 +26 55 Qualification for Intertoto Cup first round
4 Dinaburg 28 10 5 13 32 32 0 35 Qualification for UEFA Cup qualifying round
5 Rīga 28 9 4 15 35 47 −12 31
6 Valmiera 28 5 9 14 25 48 −23 24
7 Policijas 28 4 4 20 13 62 −49 16
8 LU-Daugava (R) 28 2 6 20 21 74 −53 12 Relegation to Latvian First League
Source: [citation needed]
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated

Match table

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Top scorers

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Rank Player Club Goals
1  Vladimirs Koļesņičenko (LAT) Skonto FC 17
2  Vladislav Bezborodov (RUS) FK Ventspils 15
3  Mihails Miholaps (LAT) Skonto FC 12
4  Jurijs Molotkovs (LAT) FK Rīga 11
 Andrey Labanov (BLR) FHK Liepājas Metalurgs

Awards

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Best Name Team
Goalkeeper  Aleksandrs Koliņko (LAT) Skonto FC
Defender  Igors Stepanovs (LAT) Skonto FC
Midfielder  Alexander Rekhviashvili (GEO) Skonto FC
Forward  Vladimirs Koļesņičenko (LAT) Skonto FC

Skonto FC 2000

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Pos Name Birthdate P Yellow card Red card
DF Latvia Oļegs Blagonadeždins 16.05.1973 18 4 2 -
Russia Yevgeniy Buda 18.03.1977 12 3 - -
MF Lithuania Orestas Buitkus 11.04.1975 24 5 1 -
FW Georgia (country) David Chaladze 22.01.1976 19 10 3 -
GK Latvia Pāvels Doroševs 09.10.1980 1 0 - -
MF Latvia Vladimirs Koļesņičenko 04.05.1980 28 17 1 -
GK Latvia Aleksandrs Koliņko 18.06.1975 17 –6 - -
MF Georgia (country) Levan Korgalidze 21.02.1980 21 4 1 -
MF Latvia Juris Laizāns 06.01.1979 26 6 1 -
MF Latvia Valentīns Lobaņovs 23.10.1971 22 - 1 -
- Ukraine Vladimir Mel'nyk 21.11.1979 9 1 - -
MF Georgia (country) Zurab Menteshashvili 30.01.1980 21 6 2 -
FW Latvia Mihails Miholaps 24.08.1974 17 12 - -
MF Latvia Viktors Morozs 30.07.1980 8 1 - -
MF Lithuania Viktoras Olšanskis 14.03.1969 8 1 - -
GK Latvia Andrejs Piedels 17.09.1970 11 –4 - -
MF Georgia (country) Alexander Rekhviashvili 06.08.1974 21 3 2 1
MF Latvia Andrejs Rubins 26.11.1978 23 7 - -
Lithuania Mants Samusevs 08.09.1978 21 2 3 -
DF Latvia Igors Stepanovs 21.01.1976 18 2 4 -
DF Lithuania Andrėjus Tereškinas 10.07.1970 13 - 1 -
Latvia Renārs Vucāns 04.11.1976 14 - - -
DF Latvia Mihails Zemļinskis 21.12.1969 15 2 1 -
Manager: Latvia Aleksandrs Starkovs

References

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