2004_Latvian_Higher_League Knowpia

Latvian Higher League
Season	2004
Champions	Skonto FC
Relegated	FC Ditton; Auda/Alberts Riga
UEFA Champions League	Skonto FC
UEFA Cup	FK Liepajas Metalurgs; FK Ventspils
UEFA Intertoto Cup	Dinaburg FC
Top goalscorer	Aleksandr Katasonov (21 goals)
	← 2003 2005 →

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 edit

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: ^{[citation needed]}
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated

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.

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

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