2006 Latvian Higher League

Latvian Higher League

Season	2006
Champions	FK Ventspils
Relegated	RSK Dizvanagi
UEFA Champions League	FK Ventspils
UEFA Cup	FK Liepajas Metalurgs Skonto FC
UEFA Intertoto Cup	Dinaburg FC
Top goalscorer	Mihails Miholaps (15 goals)
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Final tables of the 2006 Latvian Higher League Championship.

League standings

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Ventspils (C)	28	19	5	4	48	23	+25	62	Qualification for Champions League first qualifying round
2	Liepājas Metalurgs	28	18	6	4	66	20	+46	60	Qualification for UEFA Cup first qualifying round
3	Skonto	28	16	6	6	55	21	+34	54
4	Dinaburg	28	12	5	11	33	38	−5	41	Qualification for Intertoto Cup first round
5	Ditton	28	10	8	10	33	31	+2	38
6	Jūrmala	28	11	4	13	36	36	0	37
7	Rīga (O)	28	6	4	18	21	57	−36	22	Qualification for relegation play-offs
8	Dižvanagi (R)	28	0	2	26	11	77	−66	2	Relegation to Latvian First League

Source:
(C) Champions; (O) Play-off winners; (R) Relegated

Match table

First half of the season

Home \ Away	DIN	DIT	DIŽ	JŪR	MET	RĪG	SKO	VEN
Dinaburg		1–3	2–1	1–1	0–2	1–0	0–2	2–1
Ditton	1–1		1–0	2–1	2–0	3–1	1–1	0–1
Dižvanagi	1–3	0–3		0–1	0–0	0–0	0–2	0–3
Jūrmala	1–0	0–1	2–1		1–1	3–0	0–1	1–1
Liepājas Metalurgs	1–1	0–0	6–1	3–2		5–0	2–1	0–1
Rīga	0–0	0–0	1–0	2–1	0–4		1–4	0–1
Skonto	2–0	0–0	6–0	2–0	0–0	5–1		1–1
Ventspils	3–2	2–1	7–1	1–0	1–1	1–0	1–0

Source:
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Second half of the season

Home \ Away	DIN	DIT	DIŽ	JŪR	MET	RĪG	SKO	VEN
Dinaburg		1–0	2–0	0–1	1–2	2–0	0–6	3–3
Ditton	2–4		2–1	0–0	1–2	0–1	0–2	0–1
Dižvanagi	0–2	0–1		1–3	0–2	2–5	0–1	1–3
Jūrmala	0–1	6–1	3–0		1–0	2–1	1–2	1–2
Liepājas Metalurgs	2–0	2–1	6–0	7–1		3–1	3–1	4–0
Rīga	0–1	0–4	3–1	2–0	0–5		1–2	0–2
Skonto	0–2	2–2	6–0	3–1	2–1	1–1		0–1
Ventspils	3–0	1–1	1–0	0–2	1–2	4–0	1–0

Source:
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Relegation play-offs

The matches were played on 9 and 12 November 2006.

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Rīga	5–0	Valmiera	3–0	2–0

Top scorers

Rank	Player	Club	Goals
1	Mihails Miholaps (LAT)	Skonto FC	15
2	Ģirts Karlsons (LAT)	FK Liepājas Metalurgs	13
3	* Jurģis Kalns (LAT)	Jūrmala	12
4	Kristaps Grebis (LAT)	FK Liepājas Metalurgs	11
	Darius Miceika (LTU)	FK Liepājas Metalurgs

Awards

Best	Name	Team
Goalkeeper	Andris Vaņins (LAT)	FK Ventspils
Defender	Jean-Paul Ndeki (CMR)	FK Ventspils
Midfielder	Vitālijs Astafjevs (LAT)	Skonto FC
Forward	Ģirts Karlsons (LAT)	FK Liepājas Metalurgs
Young Player	Aleksandrs Cauņa (LAT)	Skonto FC