2005_Latvian_Higher_League Knowpia

Latvian Higher League
Season	2005
Champions	FK Liepajas Metalurgs
Relegated	JFK Olimps Riga; FK Venta
UEFA Champions League	FK Liepajas Metalurgs
UEFA Cup	Skonto FC; FK Ventspils
UEFA Intertoto Cup	Dinaburg FC
Top goalscorer	Igors Slesarcuks; Viktors Dobrecovs (18 goals each one)
	← 2004 2006 →

The 2005 season in the Latvian Higher League, named Virslīga, was the 15th domestic football (soccer) competition since the Baltic nation gained independence from the Soviet Union on 6 September 1991. Eight teams competed in this edition, with FK Liepājas Metalurgs claiming the title.

Final table edit

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Liepājas Metalurgs (C)	28	22	5	1	85	19	+66	71	Qualification for Champions League first qualifying round
2	Skonto	28	17	7	4	59	25	+34	58	Qualification for UEFA Cup first qualifying round
3	Ventspils	28	16	7	5	56	30	+26	55	Qualification for UEFA Cup first qualifying round
4	Dinaburg	28	9	8	11	37	43	−6	35	Qualification for Intertoto Cup first round
5	Rīga	28	9	7	12	32	46	−14	34
6	Jūrmala	28	9	5	14	37	38	−1	32
7	Olimps Rīga (R)	28	5	4	19	24	68	−44	19	Qualification for relegation play-offs
8	Venta (R)	28	2	3	23	18	79	−61	9	Relegation to Latvian First League

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

First half of the season
Home \ Away	DIN	JŪR	MET	OLI	RĪG	SKO	VTA	VEN
Dinaburg		1–0	1–2	3–0	0–0	1–2	1–0	0–1
Jūrmala	1–2		0–1	1–0	3–0	3–2	0–0	2–2
Liepājas Metalurgs	4–2	3–1		3–0	5–1	4–2	5–1	2–0
Olimps Rīga	2–1	0–3	0–6		0–2	1–5	2–1	0–3
Rīga	3–0	3–2	0–1	1–0		0–4	0–2	0–2
Skonto	3–0	3–1	1–1	0–2	0–2		3–0	1–0
Venta	1–3	2–2	0–0	3–0	0–1	0–3		0–1
Ventspils	1–1	1–0	3–0	3–2	0–0	1–3	5–1

Source: ^{[citation needed]}
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Second half of the season
Home \ Away	DIN	JŪR	MET	OLI	RĪG	SKO	VTA	VEN
Dinaburg		1–0	2–2	1–1	2–2	1–3	3–0	3–3
Jūrmala	1–0		0–1	4–3	1–0	0–3	4–0	0–1
Liepājas Metalurgs	5–0	1–0		5–0	6–0	1–1	9–0	2–1
Olimps Rīga	1–1	1–1	0–4		0–3	0–1	5–2	0–1
Rīga	1–2	1–1	0–3	1–1		1–1	4–2	1–3
Skonto	1–1	2–1	1–1	3–0	4–0		3–0	1–1
Venta	0–3	2–4	1–3	0–2	0–4	0–1		0–6
Ventspils	3–1	2–1	1–5	6–1	1–1	2–2	2–0

Source: ^{[citation needed]}
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

11 November 2005

Olimps Rīga	0 – 2	Ditton
		Pertia 52' Modebadze 90+2'

Attendance: 500

Rank	Player	Club	Goals
1	Igors Sļesarčuks (LAT)	FK Venta / FK Ventspils	18
1	Viktors Dobrecovs (LAT)	FK Liepājas Metalurgs	18
3	Aleksandr Katasonov (RUS)	FK Liepājas Metalurgs	17
4	Gatis Kalniņš (LAT)	Skonto FC	15
5	Genādijs Soloņicins (LAT)	FK Liepājas Metalurgs	13