2004–05 Vyshcha Liha

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

Vyshcha Liha
Season2004–05
ChampionsShakhtar Donetsk
2nd title
RelegatedObolon Kyiv,
Borysfen Boryspil
Champions LeagueShakhtar Donetsk (3rd Qualifying Round)
Dynamo Kyiv (2nd Qualifying Round)
UEFA CupMetalurh Donetsk (2nd Qualifying Round)
Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk (2nd Qualifying Round)
Matches played240
Goals scored506 (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 attendance7,391

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. Shakhtar Donetsk won its second champion's title place ahead of the reigning champions Dynamo that held for the last couple of seasons. The Miners only lost two of their games, one at home to Metalist Kharkiv that had just returned to the top league and another one in Simferopol to Tavriya. Shakhtar also won both of their match-ups with Dynamo Kyiv. The top scorers competition was won by Oleksandr Kosyrin from Chornomorets Odessa who had 14 precise shots on goal.

Illichivets Mariupol was close to qualify for the European competition once again; however, it was not able to convert on the poor playing form of the leading Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk that had a bad stretch at the "finish line".

Both clubs from the Kiev 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

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) 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
5 Illichivets Mariupol 30 12 8 10 38 34 +4 44
6 Chornomorets Odessa 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 Zaporizhzhya 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
Source:
(C) Champion; (R) Relegated.

Top goal scorers
Kosyrin
Oleksandr Kosyrin Chornomorets Odessa 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

Managers
Club Coach Replaced coach
FC Arsenal Kyiv Oleksandr Baranov
FC Chornomorets Odessa 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
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