Latvian Higher League 2007

Latvian Higher League 2007

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.

eason 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 announcd that the Virslīga would expand to 10 clubs for the 2008 season. Therefore, no club was relegated to the First League.cite news |last=Hartmanis |first=Martins |title=LMT Virsliga new season calendar published |publisher=Latvian Football Federation |date=2007-12-01 |url=http://www.lff.lv/en/news/2008/02/03/ |accessdate=2008-02-20 ] The last time there were ten clubs in the Virslīga was in the 1996 season.

League standings

Top scorers

*flagicon|LVA Vits Rimkus (Ventspils) - 20 goals
*flagicon|RUS Andrei Nikolaev (Rīga) - 15 goals
*flagicon|LVA Ģirts Karlsons (Metalurgs) - 12 goals
*flagicon|BLR Nikolai Rindyuk (Daugava) - 11 goals
*flagicon|LVA Vitālijs Astafjevs (Skonto) - 7 goals
*flagicon|LVA Kristaps Blanks (Skonto) - 7 goals
*flagicon|LVA Artjoms Rudņevs (Skonto) - 7 goals
*flagicon|LVA Aleksejs Višņakovs (Daugava) - 7 goals
*flagicon|LVA Jurijs Žigajevs (Rīga) - 7 goals

References

External links

* [http://www.lff.lv Latvian Football Federation] Lv icon
* [http://www.lff.lv/en/news Latvian Football Federation news in English]

References


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