2004 Latvian Higher League

The 2004 season in the Latvian Higher League, named Virslīga, was the 14th domestic competition since the Baltic nation gained independence from the Soviet Union on 6 September 1991. Eight teams competed in this edition, with Skonto FC claiming the title.

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UEFA Champions LeagueSkonto FC

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Latvian Higher League
Season	2004
Champions	Skonto FC
Relegated	FC Ditton Auda
UEFA Champions League	Skonto FC
UEFA Cup	FK Liepajas Metalurgs FK Ventspils
UEFA Intertoto Cup	Dinaburg FC
Top goalscorer	Aleksandr Katasonov (21 goals)
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Final table

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Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Skonto (C)	28	22	3	3	65	18	+47	69	Qualification for Champions League first qualifying round
2	Liepājas Metalurgs	28	21	3	4	85	27	+58	66	Qualification for UEFA Cup first qualifying round
3	Ventspils	28	16	7	5	64	28	+36	55	Qualification for UEFA Cup first qualifying round
4	Dinaburg	28	10	6	12	35	36	−1	36	Qualification for Intertoto Cup first round
5	Jūrmala	28	8	10	10	30	33	−3	34
6	Rīga	28	6	9	13	32	43	−11	27
7	Ditton (R)	28	7	5	16	20	62	−42	26	Qualification for relegation play-offs
8	Auda (R)	28	0	1	27	13	97	−84	1	Relegation to Latvian First League

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Source: RSSSF^[1]
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated

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First half of the season
Home \ Away	AUD	DIN	DIT	JŪR	MET	RĪG	SKO	VEN
Auda		0–5	0–2	1–2	1–7	0–2	0–4	0–3
Dinaburg	2–0		1–0	0–0	1–4	2–1	0–1	0–2
Ditton	1–0	0–4		1–1	0–3	0–0	0–4	0–8
Jūrmala	1–1	2–0	0–2		0–2	1–1	0–1	1–1
Liepājas Metalurgs	10–1	2–1	3–0	1–0		2–1	2–3	3–4
Rīga	2–1	1–1	1–2	1–0	0–2		0–2	1–4
Skonto	3–0	1–1	2–0	3–2	1–0	1–0		1–0
Ventspils	2–1	1–2	0–0	3–2	0–2	1–0	0–3

Source: RSSSF^[1]
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Second half of the season
Home \ Away	AUD	DIN	DIT	JŪR	MET	RĪG	SKO	VEN
Auda		0–3	1–2	0–1	1–6	0–4	1–6	0–6
Dinaburg	3–1		1–0	0–1	3–0	3–3	1–2	0–2
Ditton	4–0	2–0		1–1	0–4	0–1	0–4	0–4
Jūrmala	2–0	0–0	4–1		1–4	2–0	0–1	2–2
Liepājas Metalurgs	4–1	4–0	5–1	1–1		2–2	3–1	4–0
Rīga	3–1	0–0	1–1	1–1	1–2		2–4	1–3
Skonto	2–0	3–0	6–0	0–2	1–2	4–1		0–0
Ventspils	5–1	3–1	3–0	4–0	1–1	1–1	1–1

Source: RSSSF^[1]
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

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The matches were played on 14 and 17 November 2004.

More information Team 1, Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score ...

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Venta	2–0	Ditton	1–0	1–0

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Source: RSSSF^[1]

More information Rank, Player ...

Rank	Player	Club	Goals
1	Aleksandr Katasonov (RUS)	FK Liepājas Metalurgs	21
2	Viktors Dobrecovs (LAT)	FK Liepājas Metalurgs	18
3	Mihails Miholaps (LAT)	Skonto FC	16
4	Gatis Kalniņš (LAT)	Skonto FC	15
4	Vīts Rimkus (LAT)	FK Ventspils	15

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Source: RSSSF^[1]

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