The 1997 season in the Latvian Higher League, named Virslīga, was the seventh domestic competition since the Baltic nation gained independence from the Soviet Union on 6 September 1991. Ninth teams competed in this edition, with Skonto FC claiming the title.
Final table
Match table
Top scorers RankPlayerClubGoals1Skonto FC252Skonto FC143Skonto FC114Dinaburg FC105Skonto FC9Daugava Rīga
Awards BestNameTeamGoalkeeperSkonto FCDefenderSkonto FCMidfielderSkonto FCForwardSkonto FC
Skonto FC 1997 PosNameBirthdatePMF Vitālijs Astafjevs03.04.19711411-MF Vladimirs Babičevs22.04.196816-3-DF Oļegs Blagonadeždins16.05.19731811-MF Imants Bleidelis16.08.197520811FW David Chaladze22.01.197620252-MF Valērijs Ivanovs23.02.197017-- -MF Vladimirs Koļesņičenko04.05.1980123- -GK Aleksandrs Koļiņko18.06.19751201-MF Juris Laizāns06.01.19792---GK Raimonds Laizāns05.08.19641207-- Vsevolods Līdaks22.10.19774- --FW Mihails Miholaps24.08.19741714 --FW Marians Pahars05.08.1976225 - -- Aleksandr Pindejev03.03.19719- - -MF Alexander Rekhviashvili 06.08.1974 13 2 2 -DF Levan Silagadze 04.08.197619 - 1 1FW Igors Sļesarčuks 31.03.19761 - - -- Sergey Solovjov 03.04.1978 20 11 3 -DF Igors Stepanovs21.01.197622221DF Jurijs Ševļakovs24.01.195919- 1 -FW Andrejs Štolcers08.07.1974239 1 -DF Mihails Zemļinskis21.12.1969216 4 -Manager: Aleksandrs Starkovs
References RSSSF Skonto FC 1997