1999–2000 Vyshcha Liha

The 1999–2000 Vyshcha Liha season was the 9th since its establishment. FC Dynamo Kyiv were the defending champions.

Vyshcha Liha
Season1999–2000
ChampionsDynamo Kyiv
8th title
RelegatedChornomorets Odessa
Zirka Kirovohrad
Prykarpattya Ivano-Frankivsk
Champions LeagueDynamo Kyiv
Shakhtar Donetsk
UEFA CupVorskla Poltava
Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih
Matches played240
Top goalscorer(20) Maksim Shatskikh (Dynamo)
Biggest home winDynamo - Prykarpattia 6:0
Biggest away winMetalist - Dynamo 0:5
Highest scoringZirka - Shakhtar 2:6

Teams

Promotions

Note: the 1998–99 Ukrainian First League was won by the second team of Dynamo Kyiv, FC Dynamo-2 Kyiv, which could not be promoted. The third placed team FC Torpedo Zaporizhia was originally also had to be promoted, but due to its financial situation it filed for bankruptcy. Because of the situation with Torpedo, the Professional Football League of Ukraine scheduled a plyoff game which was won by Prykarpattia.

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 27 3 0 85 18 +67 84 Qualification to Champions League third qualifying round
2 Shakhtar Donetsk 30 21 3 6 60 16 +44 66 Qualification to Champions League second qualifying round
3 Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih[lower-alpha 1] 30 18 6 6 54 30 +24 60 Qualification to UEFA Cup first round
4 Vorskla Poltava 30 14 7 9 50 34 +16 49 Qualification to UEFA Cup qualifying round
5 Metalist Kharkiv 30 12 8 10 41 39 +2 44
6 Metalurh Zaporizhzhya 30 12 8 10 43 35 +8 44
7 Metalurh Donetsk 30 11 10 9 39 35 +4 43
8 Metalurh Mariupol 30 13 3 14 49 48 +1 42
9 Karpaty Lviv 30 12 4 14 39 38 +1 40
10 CSKA Kyiv 30 9 8 13 31 36 −5 35
11 Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk 30 8 9 13 26 52 −26 33
12 Nyva Ternopil 30 7 10 13 40 57 −17 31
13 Tavriya Simferopol 30 7 8 15 32 51 −19 29
14 Prykarpattya Ivano-Frankivsk (R) 30 7 8 15 27 47 −20 29 Relegated to Ukrainian First League
15 Chornomorets Odessa (R) 30 6 8 16 20 50 −30 26
16 Zirka Kirovohrad (R) 30 0 9 21 16 66 −50 9
Source:
(C) Champion; (R) Relegated.
Notes:
  1. Participant of the 2000 Ukrainian Cup Final

Top goalscorers
Shatskikh
Maksim Shatskikh Dynamo Kyiv 20 (1)
Ivan Hetsko Karpaty Lviv / Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih 19 (1) (10 goals for Karpaty Lviv)
Serhiy Rebrov Dynamo Kyiv 18 (6)
Andriy Vorobei Shakhtar Donetsk 15 (1)
Kostyantyn Babych Metalurh Mariupol 12
Avtandil Kapanadze Nyva Ternopil 12
Hennady Zubov Shakhtar Donetsk 12 (4)
Oleksandr Haidash Tavriya Simferopol / Metalurh Mariupol 10
Volodymyr Maziar Vorskla Poltava 10
Viktor Ivanenko Metalist Kharkiv 10 (3)
Hennadiy Moroz Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih 10 (6)
Notable Transfers

Managers
Club Coach Replaced coach Home stadium
FC Dynamo Kyiv Valery Lobanovsky Dynamo Stadium
FC Shakhtar Donetsk Viktor Prokopenko Anatoliy Byshovets 8 games
Oleksiy Drozdenko 6 games		 Shakhtar Stadium
FC Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih Oleh Taran Metalurh Stadium
FC Vorskla Poltava Anatoliy Konkov Vorskla Stadium
FC Metalist Kharkiv Mykhailo Fomenko Metalist Stadium
FC Metalurh Zaporizhia Myron Markevych Metalurh Stadium
FC Metalurh Donetsk Semen Altman Mykhailo Sokolovskyi 5 games Donetsk Metallurgical Factory Stadium
FC Metalurh Mariupol Mykola Pavlov Azovets Stadium
FC Karpaty Lviv Lev Brovarskyi SKA Stadium
Ukraina Stadium
FC CSKA Kyiv Volodymyr Bezsonov Olimpiyskiy National Sports Complex
CSK ZSU Stadium
FC Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk Mykola Fedorenko Leonid Koltun 2 games Meteor Stadium
FC Nyva Ternopil Valeriy Bohuslavskyi City Stadium
SC Tavriya Simferopol Volodymyr Muntian Anatoliy Korobochka the first half Lokomotyv Stadium
FC Prykarpattia Ivano-Frankivsk Serhiy Morozov Ihor Yavorskyi 12 games
Anatoliy Boyko 2 games		 Rukh Stadium
FC Chornomorets Odessa Anatoliy Azarenkov Oleksandr Holokolosov 7 games
Valeriy Melnyk 2 games		 Black Sea Shipping Stadium
FC Zirka Kirovohrad Yuriy Koval Oleksandr Ischenko 5 games Zirka Stadium

Managerial changes
Team Outgoing head coach Manner of departure Date of vacancy Table Incoming head coach Date of appointment Table
FC Nyva Ternopil Ihor Yurchenko pre-season Valeriy Bohuslavsky pre-season
FC Karpaty Lviv Stepan Yurchyshyn pre-season Lev Brovarsky pre-season
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