2004–05 Vyshcha Liha

Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk (2nd Qualifying Round)
Matches played	240
Goals scored	506 (2.11 per match)
Top goalscorer	(14) - Oleksandr Kosyrin (Chornomorets Odesa)
Biggest home win	(4:0) - Tavriya-Vorskla
Biggest away win	(0:7) - Obolon-Dynamo
Highest scoring	(0:7) - Obolon-Dynamo ; (5:2) Shakhtar-Obolon ; Arsenal-Illichivets
Average attendance	7,391
	← 2003–04 2005–06 →

The 2004–05 Vyshcha Liha season was the fourteenth since its establishment.

The season started on July 15, 2004, with all eight games of the first round. The last day of the competition was June 16, 2005.

Chornomorets Odesa

who had 14 precise shots on goal.

Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk

that had a bad stretch at the "finish line".

Both clubs from the

Kyiv region, FC Obolon Kyiv and FC Borysfen Boryspil

, that performed very well last season were forced into relegation due to their poor performance. Especially, strikingly bad season had Borysfen that won three games.

Teams

Promotions

Zakarpattia Uzhhorod, the winners of the 2003–04 Ukrainian First League – (returning after absence of 2 seasons)
Metalist Kharkiv, the runners-up of the 2003–04 Ukrainian First League – (returning after absence of a seasons)

Location

Metalurh Z.

Locations of teams home grounds in Ukrainian Premier League 1996-97

Club	Coach	Replaced coach
FC Arsenal Kyiv	Oleksandr Baranov
FC Chornomorets Odesa	Semen Altman
FC Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk	Yevhen Kucherevsky
FC Dynamo Kyiv	Yozhef Sabo	Oleksiy Mykhailychenko
FC Volyn Lutsk	Petro Kushlyk	Vitaliy Kvartsiany
FC Borysfen Boryspil	Stepan Matviiv	Oleksandr Ryabokon
FC Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih	Oleksandr Kosevych	Anatoliy Piskovets
FC Metalist Kharkiv	Oleksandr Zavarov	Hennadiy Lytovchenko
FC Metalurh Donetsk	Vitaliy Shevchenko	Slavoljub Muslin
FC Metalurh Zaporizhya	Valeriy Yaremchenko
FC Illichivets Mariupol	Ivan Balan	Mykola Pavlov
FC Shakhtar Donetsk	Mircea Lucescu
SC Tavriya Simferopol	Oleh Fedorchuk	Anatoliy Zayaev
FC Vorskla Poltava	Volodymyr Muntyan
FC Obolon Kyiv	Oleksandr Ryabokon	Petro Slobodyan
FC Zakarpattia Uzhhorod	Viktor Ryashko

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Shakhtar Donetsk (C)	30	26	2	2	63	19	+44	80	Qualification to Champions League third qualifying round
2	Dynamo Kyiv	30	23	4	3	58	14	+44	73	Qualification to Champions League second qualifying round
3	Metalurh Donetsk	30	14	7	9	38	35	+3	49	Qualification to UEFA Cup second qualifying round
4	Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk	30	13	9	8	38	34	+4	48	Qualification to UEFA Cup second qualifying round
5	Illichivets Mariupol	30	12	8	10	38	34	+4	44
6	Chornomorets Odesa	30	12	6	12	29	29	0	42
7	Tavriya Simferopol	30	11	9	10	34	28	+6	42
8	Volyn Lutsk	30	11	7	12	35	37	−2	40
9	Arsenal Kyiv	30	9	10	11	30	33	−3	37
10	Metalurh Zaporizhzhia	30	8	11	11	25	32	−7	35
11	Metalist Kharkiv	30	9	7	14	25	37	−12	34
12	Zakarpattia Uzhhorod	30	7	10	13	21	30	−9	31
13	Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih	30	7	10	13	24	38	−14	31
14	Vorskla-Naftohaz Poltava	30	8	6	16	18	35	−17	30
15	Obolon Kyiv (R)	30	4	9	17	18	43	−25	21	Relegated to Ukrainian First League
16	Borysfen Boryspil (R)	30	3	11	16	15	31	−16	20	Relegated to Ukrainian First League

Home \ Away	ARK	BOR	CHO	DNI	DYN	ILL	KRY	MET	MDO	MZA	OBO	SHA	TAV	VOL	VOR	ZAK
Arsenal Kyiv	—	2–1	2–1	1–2	0–0	5–2	0–2	0–0	2–1	1–0	1–0	1–1	2–2	1–2	2–0	2–2
Borysfen Boryspil	0–1	—	0–1	1–1	0–0	1–1	0–0	0–1	0–1	1–1	0–0	0–2	0–1	1–0	-:+	1–3
Chornomorets Odesa	1–0	0–1	—	2–0	0–3	0–1	3–1	2–1	1–0	1–0	3–1	1–3	1–0	2–1	1–1	0–0
Dnipro	1–0	0–0	1–0	—	1–2	2–0	2–1	4–2	3–3	1–1	3–0	1–3	3–1	1–0	3–1	0–3
Dynamo Kyiv	1–1	2–0	3–1	2–0	—	2–0	2–0	3–0	1–0	1–2	3–1	0–2	1–0	3–0	1–0	3–0
Illichivets Mariupol	0–0	1–0	2–1	3–0	1–1	—	2–0	1–1	3–0	2–2	1–1	0–1	2–2	1–0	2–0	3–0
Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih	0–3	1–1	0–0	1–2	0–2	0–0	—	3–1	1–1	0–0	1–1	1–2	0–2	0–0	1–0	1–0
Metalist Kharkiv	1–1	3–1	0–1	0–2	0–2	1–0	0–1	—	1–4	0–0	0–1	0–1	1–1	1–0	1–0	1–0
Metalurh Donetsk	1–0	1–3	1–0	2–1	1–2	2–1	1–1	3–1	—	1–0	2–1	1–3	2–1	1–0	2–0	2–0
Metalurh Zaporizhzhia	0–0	2–1	0–2	1–1	0–2	0–2	2–0	1–4	2–0	—	1–0	1–3	1–2	1–1	1–0	1–0
Obolon Kyiv	2–1	0–0	1–1	0–1	0–7	1–2	0–1	0–0	1–1	0–0	—	0–1	0–1	1–2	0–1	0–0
Shakhtar Donetsk	3–0	2–0	1–0	2–0	3–2	4–1	4–2	0–1	3–0	2–1	5–2	—	1–0	3–1	1–0	1–0
Tavriya Simferopol	1–1	2–1	2–2	1–1	0–1	2–0	1–2	1–0	0–0	1–1	0–1	2–1	—	4–1	4–0	+:-
Volyn Lutsk	1–0	0–0	1–0	1–1	0–1	3–2	3–1	4–2	1–2	2–2	1–0	1–3	1–0	—	1–1	3–0
Vorskla-Naftohaz Poltava	3–0	1–1	0–0	0–0	0–3	1–2	2–1	0–1	1–1	1–0	2–1	0–2	1–0	0–2	—	2–0
Zakarpattia Uzhhorod	2–0	1–0	2–1	0–0	1–2	1–0	1–1	0–0	1–1	0–1	1–2	0–0	0–0	2–2	1–0	—

Oleksandr Kosyrin	Chornomorets Odesa	14 (4)
Vasyl Sachko	Volyn Lutsk	12
Andrés Augusto Mendoza	Metalurh Donetsk	12 (1)
Brandao	Shakhtar Donetsk	12 (2)
Serhiy Zakarlyuka	Illychivets Mariupol	12 (4)
Maksim Shatskikh	Dynamo Kyiv	11
Diogo Rincón	Dynamo Kyiv	10 (6)
Vasyl Gigiadze	Tavriya Simferopol	9 (1)
Julius Aghahowa	Shakhtar Donetsk	8
Kléber	Dynamo Kyiv	8
Matuzalem	Shakhtar Donetsk	8

v t e 2004–05 in Ukrainian football
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Domestic leagues	Premier League First League Second League Amateur League 2004 2005
Domestic cups	Ukrainian Cup Final Super Cup Amateur Cup 2004 2005
Club seasons
Premier League	Chornomorets Odesa Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk Dynamo Kyiv Hoverla Uzhhorod Illichivets Mariupol Karpaty Lviv Metalist Kharkiv Metalurh Donetsk Metalurh Zaporizhzhia Olimpik Donetsk Shakhtar Donetsk Volyn Lutsk Vorskla Poltava Zorya Luhansk
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2004–05 Vyshcha Liha

Teams

Promotions

Location

Managers

League table

Results

Top goal scorers

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