Latvian LMT Virsliga 1996

#	Club	M	W	D	L	Goal	Pts	GD	Result
7	FK Lokomotive Daugavpils	30	10	9	11	38 - 45	39	-7
8	Vairogs Rezekne	30	9	6	15	37 - 54	33	-17
9	Skonto/Metals	30	7	6	17	25 - 53	27	-28	Relegated (Relegation Playoff)
10	FK Jurnieks	30	4	8	18	25 - 61	20	-36	Relegated
Pts = Points M = Matches played; W = Matches won; D = Matches drawn; L = Matches lost; GD = Goal difference;
							Notes: - Champion - national cup holder - participation in European competition - promoted - relegated

#	Club	M	W	D	L	Goal	Pts	GD		Result
1	Skonto FC	28	23	4	1	98 - 12	73	+86		Champion
2	Daugava Riga	28	18	7	3	61 - 18	61	+43		Vice-champion
3	FC Dinaburg	28	13	8	7	53 - 31	47	+22
4	Universitate Riga	28	11	6	11	37 - 45	39	-8	¹⁾
5	Baltika Liepaja	28	11	5	12	32 - 44	38	-12	²⁾
6	Starts Broceni	28	6	5	17	26 - 69	23	-43
Pts = Points M = Matches played; W = Matches won; D = Matches drawn; L = Matches lost; GD = Goal difference;
Notes: ¹⁾ Former RAF Jelgava. ²⁾ During the playoff stage, FK Liepaja changed name to Baltika Liepaja.							Notes: - Champion - national cup holder - participation in European competition - promoted - relegated

#	Club	M	W	D	L	Goal	Pts	GD	Result
1	Skonto FC	18	15	2	1	74 - 9	47	+65	Qualification to Championship Round
2	Daugava Riga	18	13	4	1	41 - 11	43	+30	Qualification to Championship Round
3	FC Dinaburg	18	9	5	4	30 - 19	32	+11	Qualification to Championship Round
4	Baltika Liepaja	18	8	4	6	23 - 21	28	+2	Qualification to Championship Round
5	Universitate Riga	18	7	5	6	24 - 29	26	-5	Qualification to Championship Round
6	Starts Broceni	18	5	5	8	20 - 35	20	-15	Qualification to Championship Round
7	Vairogs Rezekne	18	5	3	10	19 - 32	18	-13	Qualification to Relegation Round
8	FK Lokomotive Daugavpils	18	4	5	9	18 - 31	17	-13	Qualification to Relegation Round
9	Skonto/Metals	18	2	3	13	9 - 38	9	-29	Qualification to Relegation Round
10	FK Jurnieks	18	1	6	11	11 - 44	9	-33	Qualification to Relegation Round
Pts = Points M = Matches played; W = Matches won; D = Matches drawn; L = Matches lost; GD = Goal difference;
							Notes: - Champion - national cup holder - participation in European competition - promoted - relegated

Latvian LMT Virsliga 1996: final table of Relegation/Promotion (summary)