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2007 Latvian Higher League

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Latvian Higher League
Season2007
ChampionsFK Ventspils
UEFA Champions LeagueFK Ventspils
UEFA CupFK Liepajas Metalurgs
UEFA Intertoto CupFK Riga
Top goalscorerLatvia Vits Rimkus (20 goals)
2006
2008

The 2007 Latvian Higher League season was the 16th Virslīga season. It started on 7 April 2007 and finished on 4 December 2007. Eight teams competed in the league, playing each other four times over the course of the season, twice at home and twice away.

Season details

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For the second time in a row FK Ventspils won the championship. In mid-season FK Liepājas Metalurgs had a lead of 11 points over Ventspils who won their last 11 games, conceding just one goal. FK Rīga finished third for the first time in the club's history. FC Skonto finished the season without winning any competitions for the first time, and also for the first time they would not compete in any of the European cups in 2008 as one of the UEFA Cup qualifying spots was taken by JFC Olimps Rīga for reaching the Latvian Cup final. Vīts Rimkus from Ventspils was the top scorer with 20 goals.

At the end of the season the Latvian Football Federation announced that the Virslīga would expand to 10 clubs for the 2008 season. Therefore, no club was relegated to the First League.[1] The last time there were ten clubs in the Virslīga was in the 1996 season.

League standings

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Ventspils (C) 28 18 6 4 59 16 +43 60 Qualification for Champions League first qualifying round
2 Liepājas Metalurgs 28 18 4 6 42 21 +21 58 Qualification for UEFA Cup first qualifying round
3 Rīga 28 17 6 5 48 28 +20 57 Qualification for Intertoto Cup first round
4 Skonto 28 16 7 5 54 27 +27 55
5 Daugava Daugavpils 28 9 6 13 33 38 −5 33
6 Jūrmala 28 7 5 16 28 51 −23 26
7 Dinaburg 28 6 2 20 23 58 −35 20
8 Olimps Rīga 28 2 2 24 15 63 −48 8
Source: [citation needed]
(C) Champions

Match table

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Top scorers

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Rank Player Club Goals
1  Vits Rimkus (LAT) FK Ventspils 20
2  Andrei Nikolayev (RUS) FK Rīga 15
3  Ģirts Karlsons (LAT) FK Liepājas Metalurgs 12
4  Mikalay Ryndzyuk (BLR) FK Daugava Daugavpils 11
5  Vitālijs Astafjevs (LAT) Skonto FC 7
 Kristaps Blanks (LAT) Skonto FC
 Artjoms Rudņevs (LAT) FK Daugava Daugavpils
 Aleksejs Višņakovs (LAT) Skonto FC
 Jurijs Žigajevs (LAT) FK Rīga

References

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  1. ^ Hartmanis, Martins (2007-12-01). "LMT Virsliga new season calendar published". Latvian Football Federation. Retrieved 2008-02-20.
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