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2008 Latvian Higher League

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The 2008 Virslīga season was the 17th Virslīga season. It began on 5 April 2008 with the first round of games and ended on 9 November 2008 with the final matches of the championship and relegation rounds. Ventspils were the defending champions.

Latvian Higher League
Season2008
ChampionsFK Ventspils
RelegatedJFK Olimps/RFS
UEFA Champions LeagueFK Ventspils
UEFA Europa LeagueFK Liepajas Metalurgs
Skonto FC
Dinaburg FC
Top goalscorerLatvia Vits Rimkus (15 goals)
← 2007
2009 →
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Location of teams in the Latvian Higher League 2008

Season details

FK Ventspils - champions for third time in the row

For the 2008 season the league has expanded to ten clubs, and the fixture format has changed. Due to expansion there was no relegation at the end of the 2007 season, and the top two clubs from the 1. līga 2007 season, champions FK Vindava (from Ventspils), and second placed SK Blāzma (from Rēzekne) were both promoted. From the 2008 season on, the league will be held in two rounds.

In the first round each club played all the other nine clubs twice, home and away starting with Matchday 1 on 5 April and finishing with Matchday 18 on 10 August.

In the second round there were two "mini leagues", with the top six clubs after the First Round, playing each other twice and clubs in 7th to 10th place after the First Round playing each other four times. Second round matches started on 24 August and finished on 9 November.[1][2]

At the end of the season, the club finishing bottom of the Virslīga were automatically relegated to the 1. līga, and the champions of the 1. līga were automatically promoted, taking the place of the relegated club. The club that finished next to the bottom in the Virslīga play a two-legged playoff for the final place in the Virslīga for the next season with the club that finished second in 1. līga.[1]

First round

Standings

PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualification
1Ventspils181242336+2740Qualification for championship round
2Skonto1811342819+936
3Dinaburg189542213+932
4Rīga189362827+130[a]
5Liepājas Metalurgs187922717+1030[a]
6Daugava Daugavpils186662722+524
7Vindava Ventspils184591427−1317Qualification for relegation round
8Jūrmala183781527−1216
9Blāzma Rēzekne182412826−1810
10Olimps/RFS1816111230−189
Source: Latvian Football Federation (in Latvian)
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) head-to-head goals scored; 5) goal difference; 6) number of goals scored.
Notes:

Results

Home \ AwayBLĀDGDDINJŪRLIERFSRĪGSKOVENVIN
Blāzma Rēzekne1–10–21–00–11–11–00–20–31–1
FC Daugava Daugavpils2–00–10–04–13–16–11–31–41–1
Dinaburg FC2–10–32–20–01–02–03–00–11–1
FK Jūrmala1–00–00–01–11–11–31–10–12–1
SK Liepājas Metalurgs1–02–01–07–21–12–21–20–02–0
Olimps/RFS1–10–00–22–11–31–30–11–30–1
FK Rīga2–11–01–13–12–23–11–21–01–2
Skonto FC1–03–10–32–12–23–11–21–03–0
Ventspils3–02–23–02–00–00–02–01–01–0
Vindava Ventspils2–01–20–20–10–02–01–21–10–7
Source: Matchday 1–9 results Matchday 10–18 results (in Latvian)
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Second round

Championship round

Standings

PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualification
1Ventspils (C)2819635314+3963Qualification for Champions League second qualifying round
2Liepājas Metalurgs28141134825+2353Qualification for Europa League second qualifying round[a]
3Skonto2815764331+1252
4Dinaburg28108103231+138Qualification for Europa League first qualifying round[a]
5Daugava Daugavpils28107114035+537
6Rīga28103153655−1933
Source: Latvian Football Federation (in Latvian)
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) head-to-head goals scored; 5) goal difference; 6) number of goals scored.
(C) Champions
Notes:

Results

Home \ AwayDGDDINLIERĪGSKOVEN
FC Daugava Daugavpils2–01–22–02–10–2
Dinaburg FC3–30–03–10–10–3[a]
SK Liepājas Metalurgs3–13–13–00–01–2
FK Rīga0–23–21–41–20–2
Skonto FC1–01–12–33–12–2
Ventspils1–01–00–25–12–2
Source: Latvian Football Federation (in Latvian)
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
Notes:

Relegation round

Standings

PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualification or relegation
1Jūrmala301010103534+140
2Vindava Ventspils3099122741−1436
3Blāzma Rēzekne (O)3058172043−2323Qualification for relegation play-offs
4Olimps/RFS (R)30211172247−2517Relegation to Latvian First League
Source: Latvian Football Federation (in Latvian)
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) head-to-head goals scored; 5) goal difference; 6) number of goals scored.
(O) Play-off winners; (R) Relegated

Results

Source: Latvian Football Federation (in Latvian)
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
Third and fourth games
Home \ AwayBLĀJŪRRFSVIN
Blāzma Rēzekne1–31–02–2
FK Jūrmala2–13–00–0
Olimps/RFS2–20–25–1
Vindava Ventspils1–22–11–1
Source: Latvian Football Federation (in Latvian)
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Relegation play-offs

Blāzma Rēzekne, the 9th placed team in the Virslīga, and 1. līga runners-up, Tranzīts Ventspils, competed in a two-legged play-off for a spot in the Virslīga 2009. Blāzma Rēzekne won 6–1 on aggregate and thereby kept their spot in the next season of the Virslīga.

Tranzīts Ventspils1 – 5Blāzma Rēzekne
Baturinskis 42'Report
(in Latvian)		Gramovičs 55', 64', 74' (pen.)
Kurakins 70'
Silovs 86'
2. pamatskolas stadions, Ventspils
Attendance: 250
Referee: Vadims Direktorenko (Riga)
Blāzma Rēzekne1 – 0Tranzīts Ventspils
Silovs 78'Report
(in Latvian)
Attendance: 338
Referee: Andrejs Sipailo

Topscorers

RankPlayerClubGoals
1  Vits Rimkus (LAT)FK Ventspils14
2  Kristaps Grebis (LAT)FK Liepājas Metalurgs13
 Oļegs Malašenoks (LAT)FK Jūrmala
4  Andrejs Butriks (LAT)FK Ventspils11
5  Mikalay Ryndzyuk (BLR)Dinaburg FC9
 Vladimir Dvalishvili (GEO)Skonto FC

References

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