# 1992 Latvian Higher League

The 1992 season in the Latvian Higher League, named Virslīga, was the second football (soccer) domestic competition since the Baltic nation gained independence from the Soviet Union on 6 September 1991. Twelve teams competed in this edition, with Skonto FC claiming the title.

## Final table

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | Skonto (C) | 22 | 18 | 2 | 2 | 51 | 10 | +41 | 38 | Qualification for Champions League preliminary round |
| 2 | RAF Jelgava | 22 | 17 | 4 | 1 | 43 | 6 | +37 | 38 | Qualification for Cup Winners' Cup qualifying round |
| 3 | VEF Rīga | 22 | 14 | 5 | 3 | 46 | 14 | +32 | 33 | |
| 4 | Pārdaugava | 22 | 13 | 3 | 6 | 45 | 22 | +23 | 29 | |
| 5 | Kompar-Daugava | 22 | 11 | 6 | 5 | 48 | 19 | +29 | 28 | |
| 6 | Olimpija Liepāja | 22 | 10 | 5 | 7 | 33 | 25 | +8 | 25 | |
| 7 | Daugavpils | 22 | 8 | 3 | 11 | 25 | 35 | −10 | 19 | |
| 8 | Torpedo Rīga | 22 | 5 | 7 | 10 | 28 | 40 | −12 | 17 | |
| 9 | Vairogs | 22 | 7 | 2 | 13 | 29 | 43 | −14 | 16 | |
| 10 | Gauja | 22 | 6 | 3 | 13 | 26 | 48 | −22 | 15 | |
| 11 | Starts (R) | 22 | 2 | 0 | 20 | 19 | 76 | −57 | 4 | Relegation to Latvian First League |
| 12 | Dilar (R) | 22 | 0 | 2 | 20 | 10 | 65 | −55 | 2 | Relegation to Latvian First League |
* ↑ The title was decided in a championship playoff as Skonto and RAF Jelgava finished with equal points.

## Match table

| Home \ Away | BJS | DIL | GAU | K-D | OLI | PĀR | RAF | SKO | STA | TOR | VAI | VEF |
| Daugavpils | | 2–1 | 2–0 | 0–3 | 0–2 | 0–2 | 1–6 | 0–4 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 4–1 | 1–3 |
| Dilar | 1–2 | | 1–2 | 0–0 | 0–2 | 1–2 | 0–1 | 1–3 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 0–6 | 0–5 |
| Gauja | 1–4 | 3–1 | | 0–4 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 0–2 | 1–4 | 4–1 | 3–3 | 3–3 | 0–2 |
| Kompar-Daugava | 0–0 | 4–1 | 0–0 | | 1–0 | 3–2 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 7–1 | 2–1 | 5–1 | 1–1 |
| Olimpija | 0–0 | 3–0 | 1–0 | 2–1 | | 3–3 | 0–0 | 1–2 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 3–0 | 2–1 |
| Pārdaugava | 3–1 | 5–0 | 5–1 | 2–1 | 5–1 | | 1–0 | 0–0 | 6–1 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 0–1 |
| RAF Jelgava | 1–0 | 4–0 | 4–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | | 2–1 | 6–0 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 1–1 |
| Skonto | 3–0 | 4–0 | 3–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 0–1 | | 2–0 | 3–0 | 4–1 | 2–1 |
| Starts | 1–5 | 5–1 | 0–1 | 0–4 | 1–3 | 1–3 | 0–2 | 1–7 | | 1–4 | 0–5 | 2–5 |
| Torpedo Rīga | 0–1 | 4–0 | 2–1 | 1–5 | 3–3 | 2–2 | 0–4 | 0–1 | 1–0 | | 2–0 | 1–6 |
| Vairogs | 1–0 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 1–4 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 0–2 | 0–2 | 3–1 | 1–1 | | 0–4 |
| VEF Rīga | 1–0 | 3–0 | 3–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 2–0 | |

## Top scorers

| Rank | Player | Club | Goals |
| 1 | Vjačeslavs Ževnerovičs (LAT) | FK VEF Rīga | 19 |
| 2 | Aleksejs Semjonovs (LAT) | Skonto FC | 12 |
| 2 | Modris Zujevs (LAT) | RAF Jelgava | 12 |
| 2 | Dzintars Savaļnieks (LAT) | FK Gauja | 12 |
| 5 | Jurijs Hudjakovs (LAT) | Kompar-Daugava | 10 |
| 5 | Aivars Pozņaks (LAT) | FK Vairogs | 10 |

## Awards

| Best | Name | Team |
| Goalkeeper | Konstantīns Igošins (LAT) | RAF Jelgava |
| Defender | Dzintars Sproģis (LAT) | Kompar-Daugava |
| Midfielder | Oļegs Aleksejenko (LAT) | RAF Jelgava |
| Forward | Ainārs Linards (LAT) | Olimpija Liepāja |

## Skonto FC 1992

| Pos | Name | Birthdate | P | | | |
| - | Oļegs Aļohins | 27.06.1971 | 3 | - | - | - |
| MF | Vitālijs Astafjevs | 03.04.1971 | 21 | 4 | 2 | - |
| DF | Oļegs Blagonadeždins | 16.05.1973 | 22 | 1 | 2 | - |
| MF | Imants Bleidelis | 16.08.1975 | 1 | - | - | - |
| - | Jurijs Dementjevs | 20.06.1967 | 17 | 3 | - | - |
| FW | Aleksandrs Dibrivnijs | 28.08.1969 | 20 | 4 | 2 | - |
| FW | Aivars Drupass | 03.08.1963 | 2 | - | - | - |
| DF | Einars Gņedojs | 08.07.1965 | 21 | - | 3 | - |
| GK | Oļegs Grišins | 09.11.1967 | 18 | –10 | - | - |
| FW | Aleksandrs Jelisejevs | 11.08.1971 | 19 | 9 | 1 | - |
| - | Gintars Kviļuns | 17.04.1966 | 1 | - | - | - |
| GK | Raimonds Laizāns | 05.08.1964 | 5 | –2 | - | - |
| MF | Valentīns Lobaņovs | 23.10.1971 | 18 | 3 | 1 | - |
| - | Vladimirs Pačko | 28.12.1958 | 1 | - | - | - |
| MF | Aleksejs Semjonovs | 02.04.1973 | 21 | 12 | - | - |
| - | Genadiy Sosenko | 15.11.1958 | 7 | 2 | - | - |
| DF | Igors V. Stepanovs | 01.02.1966. | 13 | 1 | - | 1 |
| - | Igors N. Stepanovs | 21.01.1976 | 9 | - | - | - |
| - | Aleksandrs Stradiņš | 15.10.1968 | 8 | 2 | 3 | - |
| - | Arturs Šketovs | 09.11.1968 | 22 | 1 | - | - |
| - | Sergejs Tarasovs | 16.01.1971 | 21 | 3 | 1 | - |
| DF | Igors Troickis | 11.01.1969 | 9 | - | - | - |
| DF | Mihails Zemļinskis | 21.12.1969 | 17 | 6 | 1 | 1 |
| Manager: Marks Zahodins |||||||