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) Serhiy Rebrov (Dynamo)

Teams

Promotions

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

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

Final table
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Dynamo Kyiv[lower-alpha 1] (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 Zaporizhzhya 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[lower-alpha 1] 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 Odessa (R) 30 8 8 14 31 39 −8 32 Relegated to Ukrainian First League
16 Torpedo Zaporizhzhya (R) 30 2 7 21 20 69 −49 13
Source:
(C) Champion; (R) Relegated.
Notes:
  1. Participants of the 1998 Ukrainian Cup Final

Top goalscorers
Serhiy Rebrov
Rank Player Club Goals
(Pen.)
1 Serhiy Rebrov Dynamo Kyiv 22 (5)
2 Andriy Shevchenko Dynamo Kyiv 19 (1)
3 Oleksandr Palyanytsia Karpaty Lviv 17 (2)
4 Avtandil Kapanadze Nyva Ternopil 15
5 Oleksandr Haidash Tavriya Simferopol 14
6 Hennady Shchekotylin Chornomorets Odessa 13 (1)
7 Valeriy Kryventsov Shakhtar Donetsk 11
8 Petro Rusak Spartak Ivano-Frankivsk 9
Hennadiy Orbu Shakhtar Donetsk 9 (1)
10 Valentyn Platonov Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih 9
Vitaliy Mintenko Metalurh Donetsk 9 (2)
Volodymyr Haschyn Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih 9 (3)

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

See also
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