Latvian Higher League
Season1995
ChampionsSkonto FC
RelegatedOlimpija Riga
FK Kvadrats
UEFA CupSkonto FC
Vilan-D
Cup Winners' CupRAF Jelgava
UEFA Intertoto CupFK Amstrig
Top goalscorerLatvia Vitalijs Astafjevs (19 goals)
← 1994
1996 →

The 1995 season in the Latvian Higher League, named Virslīga, was the fifth domestic competition since the Baltic nation gained independence from the Soviet Union on 6 September 1991. Tenth teams competed in this edition, with Skonto FC claiming the title.

First round

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Skonto 18 16 2 0 59 8 +51 50 Qualification for championship group
2 RAF Jelgava 18 12 3 3 33 13 +20 39
3 Starts 18 9 4 5 21 18 +3 31
4 Vilan-D 18 9 2 7 31 22 +9 29
5 Vairogs 18 6 6 6 28 21 +7 24
6 Amstrig 18 5 5 8 26 25 +1 20
7 Skonto/Metāls 18 5 4 9 25 42 −17 19 Qualification for relegation group
8 DAG-Liepāja 18 4 6 8 19 28 −9 18
9 Olimpija Rīga 18 5 3 10 24 40 −16 18
10 Kvadrāts 18 1 1 16 10 58 −48 4
Source: rsssf.com

Match table

Home \ Away AMS DAG KVA OLI RAF SKO SKM STA VAI VIL
Amstrig 0–1 1–1 2–3 1–2 0–3 2–0 0–1 0–1 2–2
DAG-Liepāja 1–1 3–2 2–0 1–2 2–2 0–1 1–1 3–1 0–2
Kvadrāts 0–2 3–1 1–4 0–3 0–7 0–6 0–3 1–5 0–2
Olimpija Rīga 0–7 2–2 3–0 0–1 0–1 1–1 0–2 1–0 1–0
RAF Jelgava 1–1 0–0 5–0 2–0 0–1 2–0 3–0 2–0 3–2
Skonto 3–2 4–0 6–1 7–1 5–0 2–1 0–0 1–0 3–0
Skonto/Metāls 2–2 3–1 2–0 4–3 1–1 0–4 2–3 0–8 1–5
Starts 3–0 1–0 1–0 2–0 0–4 0–3 3–0 0–0 0–1
Vairogs 1–2 1–1 2–0 3–3 1–0 0–3 1–1 1–1 1–1
Vilan-D 0–1 2–0 2–1 3–1 0–2 1–4 4–0 3–0 1–2
Source:[citation needed]
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Second round

Championship group

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Skonto (C) 28 25 3 0 99 15 +84 78 Qualification for UEFA Cup preliminary round
2 Vilan-D 28 16 3 9 45 30 +15 51
3 RAF Jelgava 28 14 6 8 40 28 +12 48 Qualification for Cup Winners' Cup qualifying round
4 Starts 28 11 5 12 31 43 −12 38
5 Amstrig 28 9 8 11 47 38 +9 35 Qualification for Intertoto Cup group stage
6 Vairogs 28 7 7 14 35 52 −17 28
Source: rsssf.com
(C) Champions

Match table

Home \ Away AMS RAF SKO STA VAI VIL
Amstrig 1–1 2–2 5–1 3–0 1–2
RAF Jelgava 1–1 1–2 1–0 0–1 0–1
Skonto 2–1 5–1 8–1 8–0 4–0
Starts 0–1 3–0 1–4 1–1 0–1
Vairogs 2–6 1–2 0–3 1–3 1–3
Vilan-D 2–0 0–0 0–2 3–0 2–0
Source:[citation needed]
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Relegation group

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Relegation
7 Skonto/Metāls 24 8 4 12 37 51 −14 28
8 DAG-Liepāja 24 7 7 10 26 34 −8 28
9 Olimpija Rīga (R) 24 5 5 14 29 57 −28 20 Dissolved after the season
10 Kvadrāts (R) 24 5 2 17 22 63 −41 17
Source: rsssf.com
(R) Relegated

Match table

Home \ Away DAG KVA OLI SKM
DAG-Liepāja 0–2 3–1 1–0
Kvadrāts 1–0 2–1 0–1
Olimpija Rīga 1–1 2–2 0–2
Skonto/Metāls 1–2 1–5 7–1
Source:[citation needed]
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Top scorers

Rank Player Club Goals
1  Vitālijs Astafjevs (LAT) Skonto FC 19
2  Oleg Dulub (BLR) FK Vairogs 16
3  Vladimirs Babičevs (LAT) Skonto FC 14
4  Aleksandrs Jelisejevs (LAT) Skonto FC 11
 Mihails Miholaps (LAT) FK Amstrig

Awards

Best Name Team
Goalkeeper  Raimonds Laizāns (LAT) Skonto FC
Defender  Jurijs Ševļakovs (LAT) Skonto FC
Midfielder  Vitālijs Astafjevs (LAT) Skonto FC
Forward  Vīts Rimkus (LAT) FK Amstrig

Skonto FC 1995

Pos Name Birthdate P Yellow card Red card
MF Latvia Vitālijs Astafjevs 03.04.1971 28 19 2 -
MF Latvia Vladimirs Babičevs 22.04.1968 27 14 3 -
DF Russia Vladlen Bausev 03.03.1967 17 10 2 -
DF Latvia Oļegs Blagonadeždins 16.05.1973 20 3 1 -
MF Latvia Imants Bleidelis 16.08.1975 24 1 1 -
GK Latvia Oļegs Grišins 09.11.1967 4 –2 - -
MF Latvia Valērijs Ivanovs 23.02.1970 24 10 1 -
FW Latvia Aleksandrs Jelisejevs 11.08.1971 29 11 - -
GK Latvia Raimonds Laizāns 05.08.1964 26 –13 - -
- Latvia Valentins Lobaņovs 23.10.1971 19 1 2 1
- Latvia Vadims Mikuckis 10.06.1971 2 1 - -
DF Latvia Boriss Monjaks 11.04.1970 28 8 1 -
FW Latvia Marians Pahars 05.08.1976 9 8 2 -
- Ukraine Aleksandr Pindejev 03.03.1971 9 3 - -
- Latvia Aleksejs Semjonovs 02.04.1973 19 1 2 -
FW Latvia Igors Sļesarčuks 31.03.1976 6 1 - -
DF Latvia Igors V. Stepanovs 01.02.1966 20 - - -
DF Latvia Igors N. Stepanovs 21.01.1976 23 1 3 -
DF Latvia Jurijs Ševļakovs 24.01.1959 23 3 5 -
DF Latvia Igors Troickis 11.01.1969 27 1 1 1
DF Latvia Mihails Zemļinskis 21.12.1969 29 6 1 -
Manager: Latvia Aleksandrs Starkovs

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