# 1993 Latvian Higher League

The 1993 season in the Latvian Higher League, named Virslīga, was the third domestic competition since the Baltic nation gained independence from the Soviet Union on 6 September 1991. Ten 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) | 18 | 17 | 0 | 1 | 63 | 7 | +56 | 34 | Qualification for UEFA Cup preliminary round |
| 2 | Olimpija Rīga | 18 | 12 | 2 | 4 | 31 | 17 | +14 | 26 | Qualification for Cup Winners' Cup qualifying round |
| 3 | RAF Jelgava | 18 | 12 | 2 | 4 | 34 | 11 | +23 | 26 | |
| 4 | Pārdaugava | 18 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 29 | 13 | +16 | 24 | |
| 5 | Auseklis | 18 | 7 | 5 | 6 | 22 | 17 | +5 | 19 | |
| 6 | Vidus | 18 | 6 | 7 | 5 | 19 | 13 | +6 | 19 | |
| 7 | Olimpija Liepāja | 18 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 24 | 46 | −22 | 12 | |
| 8 | DAG Rīga | 18 | 3 | 4 | 11 | 15 | 29 | −14 | 10 | |
| 9 | Vairogs | 18 | 3 | 3 | 12 | 12 | 36 | −24 | 9 | |
| 10 | Gauja (R) | 18 | 0 | 1 | 17 | 14 | 74 | −60 | 1 | Relegation to Latvian First League |

## Match table

| Home \ Away | AUS | DAG | GAU | OLL | OLR | PĀR | RAF | SKO | VAI | VID |
| Auseklis | | 1–0 | 4–0 | 3–0 | 0–1 | 0–2 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 |
| DAG Rīga | 0–1 | | 4–1 | 3–3 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 0–3 | 0–0 | 1–0 |
| Gauja | 1–5 | 1–4 | | 1–3 | 1–2 | 1–4 | 1–6 | 1–5 | 1–2 | 0–3 |
| Olimpija Liepāja | 2–2 | 1–1 | 7–3 | | 0–3 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 1–3 | 0–0 |
| Olimpija Rīga | 1–1 | 4–1 | 3–0 | 4–3 | | 1–2 | 1–0 | 0–2 | 2–0 | 1–0 |
| Pārdaugava | 3–0 | 2–0 | 3–1 | 6–0 | 2–1 | | 0–1 | 0–3 | 1–0 | 0–0 |
| RAF Jelgava | 3–0 | 4–1 | 3–0 | 5–1 | 1–3 | 2–1 | | 0–1 | 4–0 | 1–0 |
| Skonto | 2–1 | 3–0 | 11–0 | 6–1 | 4–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | | 4–0 | 3–1 |
| Vairogs | 1–3 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 1–5 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 1–6 | | 0–2 |
| Vidus | 0–0 | 1–0 | 4–0 | 3–0 | 0–0 | 2–2 | 0–0 | 0–4 | 3–1 | |

## Top scorers

| Rank | Player | Club | Goals |
| 1 | Aleksandrs Jelisejevs (LAT) | Skonto FC | 20 |
| 2 | Vjačeslavs Ževnerovičs (LAT) | FK Auseklis | 10 |
| 3 | Andrejs Štolcers (LAT) | Olimpija Rīga | 8 |
| 4 | Rihards Butkus (LAT) | FK Pārdaugava | 7 |

## Awards

| Best | Name | Team |
| Goalkeeper | Ēriks Grigjans (LAT) | Olimpija Rīga |
| Defender | Einars Gņedojs (LAT) | Skonto FC |
| Midfielder | Andrejs Štolcers (LAT) | Olimpija Rīga |
| Forward | Aleksandrs Jelisejevs (LAT) | Skonto FC |

## Skonto FC 1993

| Pos | Name | Birthdate | P | | | |
| MF | Vitālijs Astafjevs | 03.04.1971 | 11 | 5 | 0 | - |
| MF | Vladimirs Babičevs | 22.04.1968 | 13 | 5 | 3 | - |
| DF | Oļegs Blagonadeždins | 16.05.1973 | 17 | 2 | - | - |
| - | Jurijs Dementjevs | 20.06.1967 | 17 | 3 | - | - |
| FW | Aleksandrs Dibrivnijs | 28.08.1969 | 17 | 1 | 2 | - |
| FW | Vladimirs Draguns | 13.12.1972 | 14 | 5 | - | - |
| DF | Einars Gņedojs | 08.07.1965 | 16 | 1 | 2 | - |
| GK | Oļegs Grišins | 09.11.1967 | 7 | –5 | - | - |
| FW | Aleksandrs Jelisejevs | 11.08.1971 | 17 | 20 | 1 | - |
| GK | Raimonds Laizāns | 05.08.1964 | 11 | –2 | - | - |
| - | Valentins Lobaņovs | 23.10.1971 | 4 | 1 | 1 | - |
| - | Dzintars Savaļnieks | 12.08.1968 | 12 | 2 | - | - |
| - | Aleksejs Semjonovs | 02.04.1973 | 18 | 1 | - | - |
| DF | Igors V. Stepanovs | 01.02.1966 | 12 | 4 | 1 | - |
| - | Aleksandrs Stradiņš | 15.10.1968 | 15 | 1 | - | - |
| - | Arturs Šketovs | 09.11.1968 | 13 | 2 | - | - |
| - | Sergejs Tarasovs | 16.01.1971 | 17 | 4 | - | - |
| - | Andrejs Troickis | 06.03.1970 | 5 | - | - | - |
| DF | Igors Troickis | 11.01.1969 | 16 | 2 | - | 1 |
| DF | Mihails Zemļinskis | 21.12.1969 | 16 | 6 | 1 | 2 |
| Manager: Aleksandrs Starkovs |||||||