| Competition: | Latvian Higher League |
| Season: | 1998 |
| Winners: | Skonto FC |
| Relegated: | LU-Daugava Ranto-Miks |
| Continentalcup1: | UEFA Champions League |
| Continentalcup1 Qualifiers: | Skonto FC |
| Continentalcup2: | UEFA Cup |
| Continentalcup2 Qualifiers: | Liepajas FK Ventspils |
| Continentalcup3: | UEFA Intertoto Cup |
| Continentalcup3 Qualifiers: | Dinaburg FC |
| League Topscorer: |  Viktors Dobrecovs |
| Prevseason: | 1997 |
| Nextseason: | 1999 |
The 1998 season in the Latvian Higher League, named Virslīga, was the 8th domestic competition since the Baltic nation gained independence from the Soviet Union on 6 September 1991. Eight teams competed in this edition, with Skonto FC claiming the title.
| Rank | Player | Club | Goals |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | FHK Liepājas Metalurgs | 23 | |
| 2 | Dinaburg FC | 21 | |
| 3 | Skonto FC | 20 | |
| 4 | Skonto FC | 19 | |
| 5 | Skonto FC | 11 | |
| Skonto FC |
| Best | Name | Team | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Goalkeeper | Skonto FC | ||
| Defender | Skonto FC | ||
| Midfielder | Skonto FC | ||
| Forward | Skonto FC |
| Pos | Name | Birthdate | P | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Nikolay Apilats | 21.09.1974 | 2 | - | - | - | |
| MF | Vitālijs Astafjevs | 03.04.1971 | 23 | 7 | 2 | - |
| MF | Vladimirs Babičevs | 22.04.1968 | 19 | 10 | 4 | 1 |
| DF | Oļegs Blagonadeždins | 16.05.1973 | 2 | - | - | - |
| MF | Imants Bleidelis | 16.08.1975 | 24 | 8 | 2 | - |
 Mamuka Cereteli | 13.01.1979 | 9 | 1 | 2 | - | |
| GK | Davit Gvaramadze | 08.11.1975 | 6 | –7 | - | - |
| MF | Jevgeņijs Ilovaiskis | 22.10.1979 | 2 | - | - | - |
| GK | Oļegs Karavajevs | 13.02.1961 | 9 | –7 | - | - |
| MF | Vladimirs Koļesņičenko | 04.05.1980 | 1 | - | - | - |
| GK | Aleksandrs Koliņko | 18.06.1975 | 5 | 0 | 5 | - |
| MF | Juris Laizāns | 06.01.1979 | 26 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| - | Vsevolods Līdaks | 22.10.1977 | 12 | 1 | - | - |
| - | Valentins Lobaņovs | 23.10.1971 | 22 | 1 | 3 | - |
| - | Vladimir Mel'nyk | 21.11.1979 | 18 | 1 | 5 | - |
| FW |  / Mihails Miholaps | 24.08.1974 | 25 | 20 | 1 | - |
| Iļja Novikovs | 12.08.1977 | 9 | 3 | - | - | |
| FW | Marians Pahars | 05.08.1976 | 26 | 19 | 1 | 1 |
| GK | Andrejs Piedels | 17.09.1970 | 8 | –8 | - | - |
| - | Aleksandr Pindejev | 03.03.1971 | 15 | 5 | 2 | - |
| - | Vitaliy Rozghon | 23.03.1980 | 1 | - | - | - |
| MF | Alexander Rekhviashvili | 06.08.1974 | 17 | 1 | 2 | - |
| FW | Vits Rimkus | 21.06.1973 | 15 | 11 | - | - |
| MF | Andrejs Rubins | 26.11.1978 | 19 | 1 | - | - |
| DF | Levan Silagadze | 04.08.1976 | 15 | 1 | 3 | - |
| - | Sergey Solovjov | 03.04.1978 | 9 | 4 | 3 | - |
| DF | Igors Stepanovs | 21.01.1976 | 24 | - | 3 | - |
| DF |  Andrėjus Tereškinas | 10.07.1970 | 7 | 2 | 2 | - |
| DF | Mihails Zemļinskis | 21.12.1969 | 13 | - | 1 | - |
| Manager: Aleksandrs Starkovs |