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.

Latvian Higher League
Season	2004
← 2003 2005 →

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	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/Alberts Rīga (R)	28	0	1	27	13	97	−84	1	Relegation to Latvian First League

Source:
(C) Champion; (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:
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:
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.	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
4	Vīts Rimkus (LAT)	FK Ventspils	15

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

References

Seasons of Top Latvian Football Leagues
Championship	1921 1922 1923 1924 1925 1926
Higher League	1927 1928 1929 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937–38 1938–39 1939–40 1940–41 1942 1943 1944
Latvian SSR	1941 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991
Higher League	1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021

2003–04 in European football (UEFA)
Domestic leagues	Albania Andorra Armenia '03 '04 Austria Azerbaijan Belarus '03 '04 Belgium Bosnia and Herzegovina Bulgaria Croatia Cyprus Czech Republic Denmark England Estonia '03 '04 Faroe Islands '03 '04 Finland '03 '04 France Georgia Germany Greece Hungary Iceland '03 '04 Israel Italy Kazakhstan '03 '04 Latvia '03 '04 Lithuania '03 '04 Luxembourg Macedonia Malta Moldova Netherlands Northern Ireland Norway '03 '04 Poland Portugal Republic of Ireland '03 '04 Romania Russia '03 '04 San Marino Scotland Serbia and Montenegro Slovakia Slovenia Spain Sweden '03 '04 Switzerland Turkey Ukraine Wales
Domestic cups	Albania Andorra Armenia Austria Azerbaijan Belarus Belgium Bosnia and Herzegovina Bulgaria Croatia Cyprus Czech Republic Denmark England Estonia Faroe Islands '03 '04 Finland '03 '04 France Georgia Germany Greece Hungary Iceland '03 '04 Israel Italy Kazakhstan '03 '04 Latvia '03 '04 Liechtenstein Lithuania Luxembourg Macedonia Malta Moldova Netherlands Northern Ireland Norway '03 '04 Poland Portugal Republic of Ireland '03 '04 Romania Russia San Marino Scotland Serbia and Montenegro Slovakia Slovenia Spain Sweden '03 '04 Switzerland Turkey Ukraine Wales
League cups	England Finland '03 '04 France Germany Iceland '03 '04 Israel Northern Ireland Republic of Ireland '03 '04 Scotland Wales
UEFA competitions	Champions League (Qualifying rounds, Group stage, Knockout stage, Final) UEFA Cup (Final) Intertoto Cup Super Cup

2004–05 in European football (UEFA)
Domestic leagues	Albania Andorra Armenia '04 '05 Austria Azerbaijan Belarus '04 '05 Belgium Bosnia and Herzegovina Bulgaria Croatia Cyprus Czech Republic Denmark England Estonia '04 '05 Faroe Islands '04 '05 Finland '04 '05 France Georgia Germany Greece Hungary Iceland '04 '05 Israel Italy Kazakhstan '04 '05 Latvia '04 '05 Lithuania '04 '05 Luxembourg Macedonia Malta Moldova Netherlands Northern Ireland Norway '04 '05 Poland Portugal Republic of Ireland '04 '05 Romania Russia '04 '05 San Marino Scotland Serbia and Montenegro Slovakia Slovenia Spain Sweden '04 '05 Switzerland Turkey Ukraine Wales
Domestic cups	Albania Andorra Armenia Austria Azerbaijan Belarus Belgium Bosnia and Herzegovina Bulgaria Croatia Cyprus Czech Republic Denmark England Estonia Faroe Islands '04 '05 Finland '04 '05 France Georgia Germany Greece Hungary Iceland '04 '05 Israel Italy Kazakhstan '04 '05 Latvia '04 '05 Liechtenstein Lithuania Luxembourg Macedonia Malta Moldova Netherlands Northern Ireland Norway '04 '05 Poland Portugal Republic of Ireland '04 '05 Romania Russia San Marino Scotland Serbia and Montenegro Slovakia Slovenia Spain Sweden '04 '05 Switzerland Turkey Ukraine Wales
League cups	England Finland '04 '05 France Germany Iceland '04 '05 Israel Northern Ireland Republic of Ireland '04 '05 Scotland Wales
UEFA competitions	Champions League (Qualifying rounds, group stage, knockout stage, Final) UEFA Cup (First round, group stage, final phase, Final) Intertoto Cup Super Cup

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