1992 Latvian Higher League

The 1992 season in the Latvian Higher League, named Virslīga, was the second football (soccer) 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.

Latvian Higher League

Season	1992
← 1991 1993 →

Final table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Skonto (C)	22	18	2	2	51	10	+41	38	Qualification for Champions League preliminary round[lower-alpha 1]
2	RAF Jelgava	22	17	4	1	43	6	+37	38	Qualification for Cup Winners' Cup qualifying round
3	VEF Rīga	22	14	5	3	46	14	+32	33
4	Pārdaugava	22	13	3	6	45	22	+23	29
5	Kompar-Daugava	22	11	6	5	48	19	+29	28
6	Olimpija Liepāja	22	10	5	7	33	25	+8	25
7	Daugavpils	22	8	3	11	25	35	−10	19
8	Torpedo Rīga	22	5	7	10	28	40	−12	17
9	Vairogs	22	7	2	13	29	43	−14	16
10	Gauja	22	6	3	13	26	48	−22	15
11	Starts (R)	22	2	0	20	19	76	−57	4	Relegation to Latvian First League
12	Dilar (R)	22	0	2	20	10	65	−55	2

Source:
(C) Champion; (R) Relegated.
Notes:

1. The title was decided in a championship playoff as Skonto and RAF Jelgava finished with equal points.

Match table

Home \ Away	BJS	DIL	GAU	K-D	OLI	PĀR	RAF	SKO	STA	TOR	VAI	VEF
Daugavpils		2–1	2–0	0–3	0–2	0–2	1–6	0–4	1–0	1–1	4–1	1–3
Dilar	1–2		1–2	0–0	0–2	1–2	0–1	1–3	1–2	1–1	0–6	0–5
Gauja	1–4	3–1		0–4	3–1	1–0	0–2	1–4	4–1	3–3	3–3	0–2
Kompar-Daugava	0–0	4–1	0–0		1–0	3–2	1–1	1–2	7–1	2–1	5–1	1–1
Olimpija	0–0	3–0	1–0	2–1		3–3	0–0	1–2	2–0	2–0	3–0	2–1
Pārdaugava	3–1	5–0	5–1	2–1	5–1		1–0	0–0	6–1	2–1	1–0	0–1
RAF Jelgava	1–0	4–0	4–1	1–0	1–0	1–0		2–1	6–0	0–0	2–0	1–1
Skonto	3–0	4–0	3–0	1–0	1–0	2–0	0–1		2–0	3–0	4–1	2–1
Starts	1–5	5–1	0–1	0–4	1–3	1–3	0–2	1–7		1–4	0–5	2–5
Torpedo Rīga	0–1	4–0	2–1	1–5	3–3	2–2	0–4	0–1	1–0		2–0	1–6
Vairogs	1–0	2–0	2–1	1–4	2–1	0–1	0–2	0–2	3–1	1–1		0–4
VEF Rīga	1–0	3–0	3–0	1–1	1–1	1–0	0–1	0–0	3–1	1–0	2–0

Source:
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Play-Off

22 October 1992 [1]

Skonto FC	3 – 2	RAF Jelgava
Astafjevs  3' Jelisejevs  44', 47'		Zujevs  38' Zarins  70'

Latvijas Universitates Stadions, Riga

Attendance: 2,500

Referee: Vladimirs Direktorenko

Top scorers

Rank	Player	Club	Goals
1	Vjačeslavs Ževnerovičs (LAT)	FK VEF Rīga	19
2	Aleksejs Semjonovs (LAT)	Skonto FC	12
	Modris Zujevs (LAT)	RAF Jelgava
	Dzintars Savaļnieks (LAT)	FK Gauja
5	Jurijs Hudjakovs (LAT)	Kompar-Daugava	10
	Aivars Pozņaks (LAT)	FK Vairogs

Awards

Best	Name	Team
Goalkeeper	Konstantīns Igošins (LAT)	RAF Jelgava
Defender	Dzintars Sproģis (LAT)	Kompar-Daugava
Midfielder	Oļegs Aleksejenko (LAT)	RAF Jelgava
Forward	Ainārs Linards (LAT)	Olimpija Liepāja

Skonto FC 1992

Pos	Name	Birthdate	P
-	Oļegs Aļohins	27.06.1971	3	-	-	-
MF	Vitālijs Astafjevs	03.04.1971	21	4	2	-
DF	Oļegs Blagonadeždins	16.05.1973	22	1	2	-
MF	Imants Bleidelis	16.08.1975	1	-	-	-
-	Jurijs Dementjevs	20.06.1967	17	3	-	-
FW	Aleksandrs Dibrivnijs	28.08.1969	20	4	2	-
FW	Aivars Drupass	03.08.1963	2	-	-	-
DF	Einars Gņedojs	08.07.1965	21	-	3	-
GK	Oļegs Grišins	09.11.1967	18	–10	-	-
FW	Aleksandrs Jelisejevs	11.08.1971	19	9	1	-
-	Gintars Kviļuns	17.04.1966	1	-	-	-
GK	Raimonds Laizāns	05.08.1964	5	–2	-	-
MF	Valentīns Lobaņovs	23.10.1971	18	3	1	-
-	Vladimirs Pačko	28.12.1958	1	-	-	-
MF	Aleksejs Semjonovs	02.04.1973	21	12	-	-
-	Genadiy Sosenko	15.11.1958	7	2	-	-
DF	Igors V. Stepanovs	01.02.1966.	13	1	-	1
-	Igors N. Stepanovs	21.01.1976	9	-	-	-
-	Aleksandrs Stradiņš	15.10.1968	8	2	3	-
-	Arturs Šketovs	09.11.1968	22	1	-	-
-	Sergejs Tarasovs	16.01.1971	21	3	1	-
DF	Igors Troickis	11.01.1969	9	-	-	-
DF	Mihails Zemļinskis	21.12.1969	17	6	1	1
Manager: Marks Zahodins

Notes

1. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2009-05-29. Retrieved 2009-06-06.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)

References

• RSSSF
• Skonto FC