Latvia 1998

Final Table: 1.Skonto 28 21 4 3 98-27 67 [Riga] Champions 2.Metalurgs 28 17 6 5 62-25 57 [Liepaja] 3.FK Ventspils 28 16 6 6 56-23 54 [Ventspils] 4.Dinaburg 28 11 10 7 49-31 43 [Daugavpils] 5.FK Valmiera 28 10 7 11 39-59 37 [Valmiera] 6.LU/Daugava 28 7 9 12 42-42 30 [Riga] 7.FK Rezekne 28 2 5 21 22-80 11 [Rezekne] ---------------------------------------- 8.Ranto/Miks 28 2 5 21 25-106 11 [Riga] Relegated Notes: 1) LU/Daugava is the new name of Daugava; 2) Ranto/Miks is the new name of Ranto/AVV; 3) Universitate refused to play in Virsliga due to financial problems (they will participate in Pirma liga); 4) Lokomotive do not exist anymore due to financial problems; their place was taken by FK Rezekne. Round 1 [Apr 18] Ranto/Miks 3-3 Skonto FK Valmiera 0-2 Dinaburg LU/Daugava 1-1 FK Ventspils FK Rezekne 2-3 Metalurgs Round 2 [Apr 25] Skonto 2-3 LU/Daugava Metalurgs 0-0 FK Ventspils Dinaburg 0-0 FK Rezekne Ranto/Miks 0-0 FK Valmiera Round 3 [May 3] FK Valmiera 1-4 Skonto FK Rezekne 2-2 Ranto/Miks Dinaburg 1-1 FK Ventspils LU/Daugava 0-0 Metalurgs Round 4 [May 12] Ranto/Miks 0-1 FK Ventspils FK Valmiera 3-0 FK Rezekne Skonto 1-0 Metalurgs Dinaburg 0-0 LU/Daugava Round 5 [May 20] LU/Daugava 3-0 Ranto/Miks Skonto 7-0 FK Rezekne Metalurgs 1-2 Dinaburg FK Ventspils 0-3 FK Valmiera Round 6 [May 24,25] Ranto/Miks 3-4 Metalurgs FK Valmiera 2-2 LU/Daugava FK Rezekne 1-4 FK Ventspils Skonto 0-2 Dinaburg Round 7 [May 29] FK Ventspils 2-1 Skonto LU/Daugava 8-2 FK Rezekne Metalurgs 4-1 FK Valmiera Dinaburg 6-1 Ranto/Miks Round 8 [Jun 7] Dinaburg 6-1 FK Valmiera Metalurgs 4-0 FK Rezekne FK Ventspils 1-0 LU/Daugava Skonto 9-0 Ranto/Miks Round 9 [Jun 11] LU/Daugava 3-5 Skonto FK Ventspils 0-1 Metalurgs FK Rezekne 0-1 Dinaburg FK Valmiera 4-0 Ranto/Miks Round 10 [Jun 16,17] FK Valmiera 1-5 Skonto FK Ventspils 0-0 Dinaburg Ranto/Miks 1-3 FK Rezekne Metalurgs 3-2 LU/Daugava Round 11 [Jun 21] Metalurgs 0-0 Skonto FK Ventspils 9-0 Ranto/Miks FK Rezekne 1-2 FK Valmiera LU/Daugava 2-2 Dinaburg [Aug 11] Round 12 [Jun 28,29] FK Valmiera 0-0 FK Ventspils FK Rezekne 0-2 Skonto Ranto/Miks 2-1 LU/Daugava Dinaburg 0-1 Metalurgs [Jul 20] Round 13 [Jul 1-5] Dinaburg 0-1 Skonto FK Ventspilss 4-1 FK Rezekne Metalurgs 7-0 Ranto/Miks LU/Daugava 4-2 FK Valmiera Round 14 [Jul 15,16] Skonto 1-0 FK Ventspils FK Rezekne 1-2 LU/Daugava FK Valmiera 2-1 Metalurgs Ranto/Miks 0-6 Dinaburg Round 15 [Jul 25] FK Ventspils 3-0 LU/Daugava [Jul 10] FK Valmiera 1-1 Dinaburg [Jul 23] Ranto/Miks 2-7 Skonto FK Rezekne 1-2 Metalurgs Round 16 [Aug 1] Ranto/Miks 0-3 FK Valmiera [Aug 2] Skonto 3-0 LU/Daugava Metalurgs 1-0 FK Ventspils Dinaburg 2-1 FK Rezekne Round 17 [Aug 6] Skonto 4-0 FK Valmiera FK Rezekne 1-2 Ranto/Miks FK Ventspils 1-1 Dinaburg LU/Daugava 0-1 Metalurgs Round 18 [Aug 16] Ranto/Miks 1-5 FK Ventspils FK Valmiera 0-0 FK Rezekne Dinaburg 0-2 LU/Daugava [Oct 28] Skonto 1-1 Metalurgs Round 19 [Aug 22] Skonto 1-0 FK Rezekne FK Ventspils 3-0 FK Valmiera Metalurgs 3-0 Dinaburg [Aug 24] LU/Daugava 2-0 Ranto/Miks Round 20 [Aug 30] Skonto 2-1 Dinaburg FK Rezekne 0-3 FK Ventspils FK Valmiera 2-1 LU/Daugava [Aug 31] Ranto/Miks 1-6 Metalurgs Round 21 [Sep 11] FK Ventspils 2-3 Skonto [Sep 12] LU/Daugava 1-1 FK Rezekne Metalurgs 2-1 FK Valmiera Dinaburg 5-1 Ranto/Miks Round 22 [Sep 19] LU/Daugava 1-2 FK Ventspils [Sep 20] Skonto 4-0 Ranto/Miks Dinaburg 0-0 FK Valmiera [Sep 21] Metalurgs 7-0 FK Rezekne Round 23 [Sep 25] LU/Daugava 1-2 Skonto FK Ventspils 2-0 Metalurgs [Sep 26] FK Rezekne 2-4 Dinaburg FK Valmiera 1-0 Ranto/Miks Round 24 [Oct 3] Ranto/Miks 0-0 FK Rezekne [Oct 4] Skonto 15-2 FK Valmiera Dinaburg 0-3 FK Ventspils [Oct 5] Metalurgs 2-1 LU/Daugava Round 25 [Oct 18] Metalurgs 1-1 Skonto LU/Daugava 0-0 Dinaburg FK Ventspils 3-2 Ranto/Miks FK Rezekne 0-5 FK Valmiera Round 26 [Oct 24] Ranto/Miks 1-1 LU/Daugava [Oct 25] FK Rezekne 1-6 Skonto FK Valmiera 0-3 FK Ventspils Dinaburg 1-1 Metalurgs Round 27 [Oct 31] Dinaburg 1-4 Skonto Metalurgs 5-1 Ranto/Miks LU/Daugava 0-0 FK Valmiera FK Ventspils 3-0 FK Rezekne Round 28 [Nov 7] FK Rezekne 2-1 LU/Daugava Skonto 4-0 FK Ventspils Ranto/Miks 2-5 Dinaburg FK Valmiera 2-1 Metalurgs Final Table: 1.Skonto 28 21 4 3 98-27 67 [Riga] Champions 2.Metalurgs 28 17 6 5 62-25 57 [Liepaja] 3.FK Ventspils 28 16 6 6 56-23 54 [Ventspils] 4.Dinaburg 28 11 10 7 49-31 43 [Daugavpils] 5.FK Valmiera 28 10 7 11 39-59 37 [Valmiera] 6.LU/Daugava 28 7 9 12 42-42 30 [Riga] 7.FK Rezekne 28 2 5 21 22-80 11 [Rezekne] ---------------------------------------- 8.Ranto/Miks 28 2 5 21 25-106 11 [Riga] Relegated Notes: 1) LU/Daugava is the new name of Daugava; 2) Ranto/Miks is the new name of Ranto/AVV; 3) Universitate refused to play in Virsliga due to financial problems (they will participate in Pirma liga); 4) Lokomotive do not exist anymore due to financial problems; their place was taken by FK Rezekne. Promoted: Policija (Riga) (winners Pirma liga). At the end of the season, LU/Daugava were apparently dissolved. Their place for 1999 will be taken by SK Riga, a newly founded club. Latvia Cup 1998 1st Round, April 10-12 FK Lode 6-0 FK Cesis Fortuna 1-1 FK Saldus [2-4 pen] Hoetika 1-0 Skonto-2 Universitate 1-9 Lidosta Riga Skonto-Metals 8-0 FK Gulbene Miks 0-5 Ofriss 2nd Round, April 13-15 Dinaburg 7-0 FK Lode Metalurgs 5-0 FK Saldus LU/Daugava 11-0 Hoetika FK Valmiera 0-0 Policija [6-5 pen] Skonto 16-0 Dardedze Ranto 5-1 Lidosta Riga FK Ventspils 3-0 Skonto-Metals FK Rezekne 0-2 Ofriss Quarter-finals, April 29 Metalurgs 1-0 Dinaburg LU/Daugava 1-2 FK Valmiera Ranto 1-3 Skonto Ofriss 0-6 FK Ventspils Semifinals, May 8 Metalurgs 3-1 FK Valmiera FK Ventspils 0-1 Skonto Final, June 3 Skonto 1-0 Metalurgs [27' Pakhar]

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list of cup winners.

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Prepared and maintained by Arvids Stashans for the Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation

Authors: Arvids Stashans
Last updated: 4 Oct 2000