1997–98 Vyshcha Liha

The 1997–98 Vyshcha Liha season was the 7th since its establishment and the 2nd since the establishment of the Professional Football League (PFL). FC Dynamo Kyiv were the defending champions.

Vyshcha Liha

Season	1997–98
Champions	Dynamo Kyiv 6th title
Relegated	Torpedo, Chornomorets
Champions League	Dynamo Kyiv
Cup Winners' Cup	CSKA Kyiv
UEFA Cup	Shakhtar Donetsk
Top goalscorer	(22) Serhii Rebrov (Dynamo)
← 1996–97 1998–99 →

Teams

This season, the Vyshcha Liha remained at 16 teams.

Promotions

• Metalurh Donetsk, the champion of the 1996–97 Ukrainian First League – (debut)
• Metalurh Mariupol, the third-place runner-up of the 1996–97 Ukrainian First League – (debut)

Relegated teams

• Kremin Kremenchuk – relegated after six seasons in the top flight.
• Nyva Vinnytsia – relegated after four seasons in the top flight.

Renamed

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

Location

Prykarpattia

Chornomorets

Zirka

Dnipro

Dynamo
CSKA

Kryvbas

Karpaty

Metalurh M.

Vorskla

Metalurh Z.
Torpedo

Nyva T.

Tavriya

Shakhtar
Metalurh D.

Locations of teams home grounds in Ukrainian Premier League 1997-98

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 Odesa	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

League table

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

1. Participants of the 1998 Ukrainian Cup Final

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

Serhii Rebrov

Rank	Player	Club	Goals (Pen.)
1	Serhii Rebrov	Dynamo Kyiv	22 (5)
2	Andriy Shevchenko	Dynamo Kyiv	21 (1)
3	Oleksandr Palyanytsia	Karpaty Lviv	17 (2)
4	Avtandil Kapanadze	Nyva Ternopil	15
5	Oleksandr Haidash	Tavriya Simferopol	14
6	Hennady Shchekotylin	Chornomorets Odesa	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)

See also

• 1997–98 Persha Liha
• 1997–98 Druha Liha
• 1997–98 Ukrainian Cup

External links

• ukrsoccerhistory.com - source of information