1997–98 Vyshcha Liha

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The 1997–98 Vyshcha Liha season was the 7th since its establishment. FC Dynamo Kyiv were the defending champions.

Teams

Promotions

Renamed

  • In a winter break Zirka-NIBAS Kirovohrad changed its name to Zirka Kirovohrad.

Location

Vorskla
Metalurh Z. Torpedo
Nyva T.
Tavriya
Shakhtar Metalurh D.
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Locations of teams home grounds in Ukrainian Premier League 1996-97

Managers

Club Coach Replaced coach Home stadium
FC Dynamo Kyiv
Valery Lobanovsky
 Dynamo Stadium
FC Shakhtar Donetsk
Valery Yaremchenko
 Shakhtar Stadium
FC Karpaty Lviv Ukraine Myron Markevych Ukraina Stadium
FC Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk
Vadym Tyschenko
Vyacheslav Hrozny
15 games (first half) 		Meteor Stadium
FC Vorskla Poltava Ukraine Oleksandr Dovbiy Ukraine Viktor Pozhechevskyi 27 games (first half) Vorskla Stadium
FC Metalurh Donetsk
Volodymyr Onyschenko
 Avanhard Stadium (Makiivka)
Donetsk Metallurgical Factory Stadium
FC Nyva Ternopil Ukraine Leonid Ischuk Ukraine Ihor Yavorskyi 29 games City Stadium
FC Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih Ukraine Oleh Taran Metalurh Stadium
FC Metalurh Zaporizhia
 Ukraine Oleksandr Shtelin
Oleksandr Tomakh 17 games
Ukraine Leonid Kliuchyk
1 game 		Metalurh Stadium
FC Prykarpattia Ivano-Frankivsk
Bohdan Blavatskiy
 Ukraine Ihor Yurchenko 15 games (first half) Rukh Stadium
FC Zirka Kirovohrad
Oleksandr Ischenko
 Ukraine Oleksandr Dovbiy 27 games
Ukraine Serhiy Strashnenko 1 game 		Zirka Stadium
FC Metalurh Mariupol
 Ukraine Mykola Pavlov Ukraine Volodymyr Kuzovlev 1 game
Ukraine Yuriy Pohrebniak 2 games 		Azovstal Stadium
FC CSKA Kyiv
Serhiy Morozov
Volodymyr Bezsonov
15 games 		CSK ZSU Stadium
SC Tavriya Simferopol Ukraine Viktor Hrachov Ukraine Ivan Balan 25 games Lokomotyv Stadium
FC Chornomorets Odesa Ukraine Volodymyr Kozerenko
Leonid Buriak
22 games 		Black Sea Shipping Stadium
FC Torpedo Zaporizhia
 Ukraine Leonid Koltun
Viktor Matvienko 18 games
Ukraine Vyacheslav Pershyn
4 games 		AvtoZAZ Stadium

Changes

Team Outgoing head coach Manner of departure Date of vacancy Table Incoming head coach Date of appointment Table
SC Tavriya Simferopol Ukraine Mykola Pavlov pre-season Ukraine Ivan Balan pre-season
FC CSKA Kyiv
Volodymyr Lozynsky
 pre-season Ukraine Volodymyr Bezsonov pre-season
FC Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih Ukraine Oleksandr Lysenko pre-season Ukraine Oleh Taran pre-season
FC Prykarpattia Ivano-Frankivsk Ukraine Viktor Kolotov pre-season Ukraine Ihor Yurchenko pre-season

League table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Dynamo Kyiv[a] (C) 30 23 3 4 70 15 +55 72 Qualification to Champions League first qualifying round
2 Shakhtar Donetsk 30 20 7 3 61 25 +36 67 Qualification to UEFA Cup first qualifying round
3 Karpaty Lviv 30 16 9 5 36 20 +16 57
4 Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk 30 17 4 9 47 27 +20 55
5 Vorskla Poltava 30 15 4 11 41 46 −5 49 Qualification to Intertoto Cup first round
6 Metalurh Donetsk 30 11 7 12 28 27 +1 40
7 Nyva Ternopil 30 12 4 14 37 39 −2 40
8 Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih 30 10 9 11 34 33 +1 39
9 Metalurh Zaporizhzhia 30 10 7 13 40 44 −4 37
10 Prykarpattya Ivano-Frankivsk 30 8 9 13 33 41 −8 33
11
Zirka Kirovohrad
 30 9 6 15 27 48 −21 33
12 Metalurh Mariupol 30 8 9 13 27 48 −21 33
13 CSKA Kyiv[a] 30 9 6 15 30 35 −5 33 Qualification to Cup Winners' Cup qualifying round
14 Tavriya Simferopol 30 8 9 13 35 41 −6 33
15 Chornomorets Odesa (R) 30 8 8 14 31 39 −8 32 Relegated to Ukrainian First League
16 Torpedo Zaporizhzhia (R) 30 2 7 21 20 69 −49 13
Source: uafootball.net.ua
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated
Notes:
  1. ^ a b Participants of the 1998 Ukrainian Cup Final

Results

Home \ Away CHO CSK DNI DYN KAR KRY MDO MTM MZA NVT PRY SHA TAV TZA VOR
ZIR
Chornomorets Odesa — 1–0 1–2 1–1 1–0 0–1 2–1 2–1 1–0 1–1 0–0 1–3 1–2 5–0 2–2 3–0
CSKA Kyiv 2–1 — 1–1 0–1 0–2 2–1 3–2 1–0 3–0 0–0 0–1 1–2 3–1 2–0 3–0 1–1
Dnipro 2–0 2–1 — 0–2 4–0 1–0 2–0 3–0 1–0 0–1 1–0 2–0 2–1 4–0 1–2 3–0
Dynamo Kyiv 1–0 4–0 2–1 — 0–1 2–0 0–1 3–0 2–1 4–2 4–0 3–0 3–0 3–0 5–0 4–1
Karpaty Lviv 2–0 1–0 0–0 2–1 — 2–1 1–0 4–1 1–1 4–1 1–0 1–1 2–0 3–1 2–1 0–0
Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih 0–0 1–1 0–2 0–1 2–2 — 1–2 0–0 2–1 2–1 2–1 0–1 2–2 3–0 3–2 4–0
Metalurh Donetsk 1–0 1–0 0–1 1–0 0–1 0–0 — 2–0 3–2 3–0 0–0 1–2 1–1 2–0 0–0 3–0
Metalurh Mariupol 2–0 2–1 2–0 0–2 0–0 1–1 0–0 — 4–2 +:- 0–3 0–5 3–0 3–1 2–5 0–0
Metalurh Zaporizhzhia 1–1 1–1 2–1 1–5 0–0 2–0 1–0 2–0 — 3–2 3–0 0–1 1–1 0–1 2–3 4–2
Nyva Ternopil 1–0 1–0 3–0 1–1 0–1 0–2 2–0 5–0 1–2 — 3–1 1–0 1–0 4–1 1–2 2–0
Prykarpattya Ivano-Frankivsk 1–1 2–0 1–4 0–3 0–0 1–2 0–1 2–0 2–2 1–1 — 0–2 2–0 3–2 4–0 4–1
Shakhtar Donetsk 4–1 2–1 2–0 0–0 2–1 1–1 2–0 2–2 3–1 5–0 4–1 — 1–0 4–0 3–2 3–2
Tavriya Simferopol 3–0 0–0 1–1 0–3 2–0 0–0 2–2 0–0 0–2 2–0 1–0 3–3 — 5–0 3–1 1–0
Torpedo Zaporizhzhia 2–2 0–1 2–2 0–3 0–2 0–3 1–1 1–1 1–1 0–1 2–2 0–0 4–3 — 1–2 0–1
Vorskla Poltava 1–0 2–1 2–1 1–4 0–0 2–0 2–0 0–2 1–2 2–1 0–0 0–3 1–0 2–0 — 2–0
Zirka-NIBAS Kirovohrad
 2–3 2–1 1–3 1–3 1–0 3–0 1–0 1–1 1–0 2–0 1–1 0–0 2–1 1–0 0–1 —
Source: uafootball.net.ua
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Top goalscorers

Serhii Rebrov
Rank Player Club Goals
(Pen.)
1
Serhii Rebrov
 Dynamo Kyiv 22 (5)
2 Ukraine Andriy Shevchenko Dynamo Kyiv 21 (1)
3
Oleksandr Palyanytsia
 Karpaty Lviv 17 (2)
4 Georgia (country) Avtandil Kapanadze Nyva Ternopil 15
5
Oleksandr Haidash
 Tavriya Simferopol 14
6
Hennady Shchekotylin
Chornomorets Odesa
 13 (1)
7 UkraineValeriy Kryventsov Shakhtar Donetsk 11
8 Ukraine Petro Rusak Spartak Ivano-Frankivsk 9
Ukraine Hennadiy Orbu Shakhtar Donetsk 9 (1)
10 Ukraine Valentyn Platonov Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih 9
Ukraine Vitaliy Mintenko Metalurh Donetsk 9 (2)
Volodymyr Haschyn
 Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih 9 (3)

See also

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