2007 Latvian Higher League

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.

Season 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 announced that the Virslīga would expand to 10 clubs for the 2008 season. Therefore, no club was relegated to the First League.[1] The last time there were ten clubs in the Virslīga was in the 1996 season.

League standings

Key to colors in league table
Virsliga Champion,Qualification games in UEFA Champions League
Qualification games in UEFA Cup
Qualification games in Intertoto Cup
Position Club Played Wins Draws Losses Goals for Goals against Points Goal Difference
1 FK Ventspils 281864591660+43
2 FHK Liepājas Metalurgs 281846422158+21
3 FK Rīga 281765482857+20
4 Skonto FC Rīga 281675542755+27
5 FK Daugava Daugavpils 289613333833-5
6 FK Jūrmala 287516285126-23
7 Dinaburg FC Daugavpils 286220235820-35
8 JFC Olimps Rīga 28222415638-48

Topscorers

Pos Name Team Goals
1 Vits Rimkus (LAT)FK Ventspils20
2 Andrei Nikolayev (RUS)JFC Olimps Rīga15
3 Ģirts Karlsons (LAT)FK Liepājas Metalurgs12
4 Mikalay Ryndzyuk (BLR)FK Daugava Daugavpils11
5 Vitālijs Astafjevs (LAT)Skonto FC7
- Kristaps Blanks (LAT)Skonto FC7
- Artjoms Rudņevs (LAT)FK Daugava Daugavpils7
- Aleksejs Višņakovs (LAT)Skonto FC7
- Jurijs Žigajevs (LAT)JFC Olimps Rīga7

References

  1. Hartmanis, Martins (2007-12-01). "LMT Virsliga new season calendar published". Latvian Football Federation. Retrieved 2008-02-20.

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