2001–02 Vyshcha Liha

The 2001–02 Vyshcha Liha season was the 11th since its establishment. FC Dynamo Kyiv were the defending champions.

Vyshcha Liha
Season2001–02
ChampionsShakhtar Donetsk
1st title
RelegatedZakarpattia Uzhhorod
Champions LeagueShakhtar Donetsk
Dynamo Kyiv
UEFA CupMetalurh Donetsk
Metalurh Zaporizhia
Top goalscorer(12) Serhiy Shyschenko (Metalurh Donetsk)
Biggest home winDynamo - Metalist 6:0
Biggest away winKryvbas - Dynamo 0:7
Highest scoringZakarpattia - Metalist 3:5
Polihraftekhnika - Dnipro 2:6

Teams

Promotions

Note: the 2000–01 Ukrainian First League was won by the second team of Dynamo Kyiv, FC Dynamo-2 Kyiv, which could not be promoted.

Renamed

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

Final standings
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Shakhtar Donetsk (C) 26 20 6 0 49 10 +39 66 Qualification to Champions League group stage
2 Dynamo Kyiv 26 20 5 1 62 9 +53 65 Qualification to Champions League third qualifying round
3 Metalurh Donetsk 26 12 6 8 38 28 +10 42 Qualification to UEFA Cup first round
4 Metalurh Zaporizhya 26 11 7 8 25 22 +3 40[lower-alpha 1] Qualification to UEFA Cup qualifying round[lower-alpha 2]
5 Metalist Kharkiv 26 11 7 8 35 36 −1 40[lower-alpha 1]
6 Dnipro 26 11 7 8 30 20 +10 40[lower-alpha 1]
7 Tavriya Simferopol 26 8 6 12 27 36 −9 30
8 Karpaty Lviv 26 7 8 11 19 31 −12 29
9 Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih 26 6 10 10 28 40 −12 28
10 Illichivets Mariupol 26 6 8 12 29 42 −13 26
11 Vorskla Poltava 26 6 7 13 19 33 −14 25
12 Arsenal Kyiv 26 6 5 15 18 28 −10 23[lower-alpha 3]
13 Polihraftekhnika 26 5 8 13 21 39 −18 23[lower-alpha 3] Qualification to relegation playoffs
14 Zakarpattia Uzhhorod (R) 26 5 6 15 23 49 −26 21 Relegated to Ukrainian First League
Source: Football Federation of Ukraine
Rules for classification: 1st points; 2nd head-to-head points; 3rd head-to-head goal difference; 4th head-to-head goals scored away; 4th overall wins; 5th goal difference; 6th goals scored [4]
(C) Champion; (R) Relegated.
Notes:
  1. Head-to-head points: Metalurh 7 pts, Metalist 9 pts, Dnipro 1 pt; On decision of the FFU executive committee, Metalurh had better head-to-head record with both Metalist and Dnipro separately (see #European qualifications case).
  2. Metalurh Zaporizhia obtained the uncontested European competitions berth (both Shakhtar and Dynamo were participants of the 2002 Ukrainian Cup Final) after it was awarded the 4th place on the decision the Executive Committee of Football Federation of Ukraine.[1][2] According to the Metalist head coach Mykhailo Fomenko, the club's leadership did not contested the decision as it was afraid for obligation to invest more funds in the club, plus the home stadium had to be reconstructed.[3]
  3. ARK 2–0 POL; POL 1–0 ARK

European qualifications case

Due to the fact that both finalists of the 2002 Ukrainian Cup Final Dynamo and Shakhtar qualified for the UEFA Champions League, the fourth European competition berth was to be awarded to the best fourth placed team in the league competition. The fourth place with 40 points earned was Metalist Kharkiv, however there were two more teams with the same number of points Metalurh Zaporizhia and Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk. According to the 2001-02 season regulations the first tie breaker in case of even points were the head-to-head points among the teams that tied. Therefore originally Metalist Kharkiv was the main contender to qualify for the European competitions. However, the administration of FC Metalurh Zaporizhia argued the fact that their team head better head-to-head record with both Metalist Kharkiv (2 1-0-1 2-2 with an away goal) and Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk (2 1-0-1 2-1). On 16 June 2002 the FFU Executive Committee came up with its final decision awarding Metalurh Zaporizhia with qualification to European competitions.

Top goalscorers
Serhiy Shyschenko Metalurh Donetsk 12 (2)
Vitaliy Pushkutsa Metalist Kharkiv 11 (1)
Olexandr Melashchenko Dynamo Kyiv 9
Andriy Vorobei Shakhtar Donetsk 9
Valentin Belkevich Dynamo Kyiv 9(1)
Florin Cernat Dynamo Kyiv 9 (1)
Vasyl Gigiadze Tavriya Simferopol 9 (7)
Igor Prodan Zakarpattia Uzhhorod 8
Serhiy Chuychenko Polihraftekhnika Oleksandriya 8(3)
Hennady Zubov Shakhtar Donetsk 8 (4)

Managers
Club Coach Replaced coach Home stadium
FC Shakhtar Donetsk Nevio Scala Viktor Prokopenko Shakhtar Stadium
FC Dynamo Kyiv Oleksiy Mykhailychenko Valery Lobanovsky Dynamo Stadium
FC Metalurh Donetsk Semen Altman Metalurh Stadium
FC Metalurh Zaporizhia Oleh Taran Volodymyr Atamanyuk Metalurh Stadium
AvtoZAZ Stadium
FC Metalist Kharkiv Mykhailo Fomenko Metalist Stadium
FC Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk Yevhen Kucherevsky Mykola Fedorenko Meteor Stadium
SC Tavriya Simferopol Anatoliy Zayayev Valeriy Petrov Lokomotyv Stadium
FC Karpaty Lviv Lev Brovarskyi Myron Markevych Ukraina Stadium
FC Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih Ihor Nadein Hennadiy Lytovchenko Metalurh Stadium
FC Metalurh Mariupol Mykola Pavlov Illichivets Stadium
FC Vorskla Poltava Andriy Bal Vorskla Stadium
FC Arsenal Kyiv Oleh Kuznetsov (co-coach Volodymyr Bezsonov) CKS ZSU Stadium
FC Polihraftekhnika Oleksandriya Roman Pokora Nika Stadium
FC Zakarpattia Uzhhorod Yuriy Kalitvintsev Avanhard Stadium

Relegation Playoff
Polihraftekhnika Oleksandriya1 – 0
Polissia Zhytomyr
Babych  45+2'
Martynenko  30'  78'		 Report
Attendance: 5,000
Referee: Shebek (Kiev)

See also

References
  1. Committee on communication with public and media of FFU (18 June 2002). Рішення виконавчого комітету Федерації футболу України [Decision of the Executive Committee of Football Federation of Ukraine] (in Ukrainian). Football Federation of Ukraine. Archived from the original on 30 December 2013. Retrieved 26 August 2013.
  2. Committee on communication with public and media of FFU (17 June 2002). Офіційний прес-реліз Федерації футболу України [Official press release of the Football Federation of Ukraine] (in Ukrainian). Football Federation of Ukraine. Archived from the original on 30 December 2013. Retrieved 26 August 2013.
  3. Verbytsky, I. Mykhailo Fomenko: To head the national football team I could have already at the end of 1990s. I refused as I thought that it is not time yet. UA-Football. 17 December 2015
  4. Regulation of the All-Ukrainian competitions in football among professional teams in 2001/02
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