2004 Latvian Higher League

Latvian football league season for the highest division
Football league season
Latvian Higher League
Season2004
ChampionsSkonto FC
RelegatedFC Ditton
Auda/Alberts Riga
UEFA Champions LeagueSkonto FC
UEFA CupFK Liepajas Metalurgs
FK Ventspils
UEFA Intertoto CupDinaburg FC
Top goalscorerRussia Aleksandr Katasonov (21 goals)
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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.

Final table

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
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/Alberts Rīga (R) 28 0 1 27 13 97 −84 1 Relegation to Latvian First League
Source: [citation needed]
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated

Match table

First half of the season
Home \ Away AUD DIN DIT JŪR MET RĪG SKO VEN
Auda/Alberts Rīga 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: [citation needed]
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/Alberts Rīga 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: [citation needed]
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Relegation play-offs

The matches were played on 14 and 17 November 2004.

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

Top scorers

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
 Vīts Rimkus (LAT) FK Ventspils

Awards

Best Name Team
Goalkeeper  Andrejs Piedels (LAT) Skonto FC
Defender  Mihails Zemļinskis (LAT) Skonto FC
Midfielder  Zurab Menteshashvili (GEO) Skonto FC
Forward  Aleksandr Katasonov (RUS) FK Liepājas Metalurgs

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