1997–98 Vyshcha Liha

The 1997–98 Vyshcha Liha season was the 7th since its establishment.

FC Dynamo Kyiv were the defending champions.

Vyshcha Liha
Season1997–98
ChampionsDynamo Kyiv
6th title
RelegatedTorpedo, Chornomorets
Champions LeagueDynamo Kyiv
Cup Winners' CupCSKA Kyiv
UEFA CupShakhtar Donetsk
Top goalscorer(22) Serhii Rebrov (Dynamo)

Teams

Promotions

Renamed

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

Location

Managers

Club Coach Replaced coach Home stadium
FC Dynamo Kyiv 1997–98 Vyshcha Liha  Valery Lobanovsky Dynamo Stadium
FC Shakhtar Donetsk 1997–98 Vyshcha Liha  Valery Yaremchenko Shakhtar Stadium
FC Karpaty Lviv 1997–98 Vyshcha Liha  Myron Markevych Ukraina Stadium
FC Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk 1997–98 Vyshcha Liha  Vadym Tyschenko 1997–98 Vyshcha Liha  Vyacheslav Hrozny 15 games (first half) Meteor Stadium
FC Vorskla Poltava 1997–98 Vyshcha Liha  Oleksandr Dovbiy 1997–98 Vyshcha Liha  Viktor Pozhechevskyi 27 games (first half) Vorskla Stadium
FC Metalurh Donetsk 1997–98 Vyshcha Liha  Volodymyr Onyschenko Avanhard Stadium (Makiivka)
Donetsk Metallurgical Factory Stadium
FC Nyva Ternopil 1997–98 Vyshcha Liha  Leonid Ischuk 1997–98 Vyshcha Liha  Ihor Yavorskyi 29 games City Stadium
FC Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih 1997–98 Vyshcha Liha  Oleh Taran Metalurh Stadium
FC Metalurh Zaporizhia 1997–98 Vyshcha Liha  Oleksandr Shtelin 1997–98 Vyshcha Liha  Oleksandr Tomakh 17 games
1997–98 Vyshcha Liha  Leonid Kliuchyk 1 game
Metalurh Stadium
FC Prykarpattia Ivano-Frankivsk 1997–98 Vyshcha Liha  Bohdan Blavatskiy 1997–98 Vyshcha Liha  Ihor Yurchenko 15 games (first half) Rukh Stadium
FC Zirka Kirovohrad 1997–98 Vyshcha Liha  Oleksandr Ischenko 1997–98 Vyshcha Liha  Oleksandr Dovbiy 27 games
1997–98 Vyshcha Liha  Serhiy Strashnenko 1 game
Zirka Stadium
FC Metalurh Mariupol 1997–98 Vyshcha Liha  Mykola Pavlov 1997–98 Vyshcha Liha  Volodymyr Kuzovlev 1 game
1997–98 Vyshcha Liha  Yuriy Pohrebniak 2 games
Azovstal Stadium
FC CSKA Kyiv 1997–98 Vyshcha Liha  Serhiy Morozov 1997–98 Vyshcha Liha  Volodymyr Bezsonov 15 games CSK ZSU Stadium
SC Tavriya Simferopol 1997–98 Vyshcha Liha  Viktor Hrachov 1997–98 Vyshcha Liha  Ivan Balan 25 games Lokomotyv Stadium
FC Chornomorets Odesa 1997–98 Vyshcha Liha  Volodymyr Kozerenko 1997–98 Vyshcha Liha  Leonid Buriak 22 games Black Sea Shipping Stadium
FC Torpedo Zaporizhia 1997–98 Vyshcha Liha  Leonid Koltun 1997–98 Vyshcha Liha  Viktor Matvienko 18 games
1997–98 Vyshcha Liha  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 1997–98 Vyshcha Liha  Mykola Pavlov pre-season 1997–98 Vyshcha Liha  Ivan Balan pre-season
FC CSKA Kyiv 1997–98 Vyshcha Liha  Volodymyr Lozynsky pre-season 1997–98 Vyshcha Liha  Volodymyr Bezsonov pre-season
FC Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih 1997–98 Vyshcha Liha  Oleksandr Lysenko pre-season 1997–98 Vyshcha Liha  Oleh Taran pre-season
FC Prykarpattia Ivano-Frankivsk 1997–98 Vyshcha Liha  Viktor Kolotov pre-season 1997–98 Vyshcha Liha  Ihor Yurchenko pre-season

League table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Dynamo Kyiv (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 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:

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

1997–98 Vyshcha Liha 
Serhii Rebrov
Rank Player Club Goals
(Pen.)
1 1997–98 Vyshcha Liha  Serhii Rebrov Dynamo Kyiv 22 (5)
2 1997–98 Vyshcha Liha  Andriy Shevchenko Dynamo Kyiv 21 (1)
3 1997–98 Vyshcha Liha  Oleksandr Palyanytsia Karpaty Lviv 17 (2)
4 1997–98 Vyshcha Liha  Avtandil Kapanadze Nyva Ternopil 15
5 1997–98 Vyshcha Liha  Oleksandr Haidash Tavriya Simferopol 14
6 1997–98 Vyshcha Liha  Hennady Shchekotylin Chornomorets Odesa 13 (1)
7 1997–98 Vyshcha Liha Valeriy Kryventsov Shakhtar Donetsk 11
8 1997–98 Vyshcha Liha  Petro Rusak Spartak Ivano-Frankivsk 9
1997–98 Vyshcha Liha  Hennadiy Orbu Shakhtar Donetsk 9 (1)
10 1997–98 Vyshcha Liha  Valentyn Platonov Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih 9
1997–98 Vyshcha Liha  Vitaliy Mintenko Metalurh Donetsk 9 (2)
1997–98 Vyshcha Liha  Volodymyr Haschyn Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih 9 (3)

See also

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