1998–99 Vyshcha Liha

The 1998–99 Vyshcha Liha season was the 8th top-level football club competition since its establishment and the 3rd since the establishment of the Professional Football League (PFL). FC Dynamo Kyiv were the defending champions.

Vyshcha Liha

Season	1998–99
Champions	Dynamo Kyiv 7th title
Relegated	SC Mykolaiv
Champions League	Dynamo Kyiv
UEFA Cup	Karpaty Lviv Shakhtar Donetsk Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih
Matches played	240
Top goalscorer	(18) Andriy Shevchenko (Dynamo)
Biggest home win	Dynamo - Prykarpattia 7:0 Shakhtar - Mykolaiv 7:0
Biggest away win	Metalist - Dynamo 1:6 Zirka - Dynamo 0:5
Highest scoring	Shakhtar - Vorskla 7:3
← 1997–98 1999–2000 →

Teams

This season, the Vyshcha Liha remained at 16 teams.

Promotions

• SC Mykolaiv, the champion of the 1997–98 Ukrainian First League – (returning after absence of two seasons)
• Metalist Kharkiv, the third-place runner-up of the 1997–98 Ukrainian First League – (returning after absence of four seasons)

Relegated teams

• Torpedo Zaporizhia – relegated after seven seasons in the top flight.
• Chornomorets Odesa – relegated after 11 seasons in the top flight, including seven in Vyshcha Liha.

Location

Prykarpattia

Mykolaiv

Zirka

Dnipro

Dynamo
CSKA

Kryvbas

Karpaty

Metalurh M.

Vorskla

Metalist

Metalurh Z.

Nyva T.

Tavriya

Shakhtar
Metalurh D.

Locations of teams home grounds in Ukrainian Premier League 1998-99

Managers

Club	Coach	Replaced coach	Home stadium
FC Dynamo Kyiv	Valery Lobanovsky		Dynamo Stadium
FC Shakhtar Donetsk	Anatoliy Byshovets	Valery Yaremchenko 18 games	Shakhtar Stadium
FC Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih	Oleh Taran		Metalurh Stadium
FC Karpaty Lviv	Stepan Yurchyshyn	Myron Markevych the first half	Ukraina Stadium
FC Metalurh Mariupol	Mykola Pavlov		Azovstal Stadium
FC Metalist Kharkiv	Mykhailo Fomenko		Metalist Stadium
FC CSKA Kyiv	Volodymyr Bezsonov		CSK ZSU Stadium
FC Metalurh Zaporizhia	Myron Markevych	Oleksandr Shtelin 17 games	Metalurh Stadium
SC Tavriya Simferopol	Anatoliy Korobochka	Viktor Hrachov the first half Valery Petrov 13 games	Lokomotyv Stadium
FC Vorskla Poltava	Anatoliy Konkov	Oleksandr Dovbiy 6 games Serhiy Sobetskyi 7 games	Vorskla Stadium Politekhnik Stadium (Kremenchuk)
FC Zirka Kirovohrad	Oleksandr Ischenko		Zirka Stadium
FC Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk	Leonid Koltun	Vadym Tyschenko 13 games Volodymyr Kobzarev 7 games	Meteor Stadium
FC Nyva Ternopil	Ihor Yurchenko		City Stadium
FC Metalurh Donetsk	Mykhailo Sokolovskyi	Volodymyr Onyschenko 7 games Volodymyr Havrylov 8 games Ihor Yavorskyi 7 games	Stalekanatchyk Stadium (Khartsyzk) Donetsk Metallurgical Factory Stadium
FC Prykarpattia Ivano-Frankivsk	Ihor Yavorskyi	Bohdan Blavatskiy 6 games Anatoliy Boyko 6 games Anatoliy Zayaev 14 games Bohdan Blavatskiy 2 games	Rukh Stadium
SC Mykolaiv	vacant	Anatoliy Konkov 12 games Leonid Nikolaenko 3 games Ivan Krasnetskyi 1 game	Central City Stadium

Notes: Games between Dynamo Kyiv and CSKA Kyiv were played at Republican Stadium.

Changes

Team	Outgoing head coach	Manner of departure	Date of vacancy	Table	Incoming head coach	Date of appointment	Table
FC Nyva Ternopil	Leonid Ishchuk			pre-season	Ihor Yurchenko		pre-season
FC CSKA Kyiv	Serhiy Morozov			pre-season	Volodymyr Bezsonov		pre-season

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Dynamo Kyiv[a] (C)	30	23	5	2	75	17	+58	74	Qualification to Champions League second qualifying round
2	Shakhtar Donetsk	30	20	5	5	70	25	+45	65	Qualification to UEFA Cup qualifying round
3	Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih	30	16	11	3	43	18	+25	59
4	Karpaty Lviv[a]	30	15	10	5	54	34	+20	55	Qualification to UEFA Cup first round
5	Metalurh Mariupol	30	14	6	10	35	27	+8	48
6	Metalist Kharkiv	30	14	5	11	31	32	−1	47
7	CSKA Kyiv	30	11	10	9	37	35	+2	43
8	Metalurh Zaporizhzhia	30	12	6	12	46	43	+3	42
9	Tavriya Simferopol	30	10	7	13	33	39	−6	37
10	Vorskla Poltava	30	10	5	15	36	43	−7	35
11	Zirka Kirovohrad	30	9	7	14	31	40	−9	34
12	Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk	30	9	5	16	28	46	−18	32
13	Nyva Ternopil	30	8	7	15	29	41	−12	31
14	Metalurh Donetsk	30	7	7	16	27	51	−24	28
15	Prykarpattya Ivano-Frankivsk	30	6	6	18	24	59	−35	24	Qualification to relegation play-off
16	SC Mykolaiv (R)	30	2	6	22	18	67	−49	12	Relegated to Ukrainian First League

Source: uafootball.net.ua
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated
Notes:

1. Participant of the 1999 Ukrainian Cup Final

Results

Home \ Away	CSK	DNI	DYN	KAR	KRY	MET	MDO	MTM	MZA	MYK	NVT	PRY	SHA	TAV	VOR	ZIR
CSKA Kyiv	—	1–0	0–4	3–3	1–2	2–1	2–1	1–1	1–0	2–0	0–0	1–2	0–1	3–0	2–1	0–0
Dnipro	0–1	—	0–1	0–2	2–1	0–0	5–1	1–0	1–4	2–1	4–0	0–0	1–2	1–0	2–0	1–1
Dynamo Kyiv	2–0	2–3	—	0–0	1–0	1–0	3–0	2–0	6–2	2–1	1–0	7–0	2–1	0–0	4–0	1–0
Karpaty Lviv	3–3	4–1	2–1	—	2–1	0–1	2–0	3–1	1–1	5–1	1–0	3–0	1–0	2–1	2–1	2–1
Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih	0–0	2–1	0–0	0–0	—	1–0	2–0	3–1	4–0	0–0	2–1	2–0	1–0	1–1	3–1	1–0
Metalist Kharkiv	1–0	2–0	1–6	3–1	0–0	—	1–0	0–1	1–0	0–0	2–1	1–0	1–1	1–0	2–4	3–0
Metalurh Donetsk	2–2	2–0	1–4	4–3	0–2	0–0	—	1–1	0–2	0–0	2–1	1–0	0–4	2–0	0–0	1–0
Metalurh Mariupol	1–1	0–1	1–2	4–2	0–0	2–0	0–0	—	4–2	3–0	1–0	2–1	0–1	2–0	1–0	0–0
Metalurh Zaporizhzhia	1–0	2–2	1–3	3–1	1–1	3–2	0–0	3–0	—	4–1	2–1	1–1	2–3	3–0	0–1	1–0
SC Mykolaiv	2–3	2–0	0–4	0–3	0–4	0–2	0–1	1–2	0–4	—	0–1	1–1	0–3	1–2	1–0	2–2
Nyva Ternopil	1–2	0–0	1–5	0–0	1–2	2–0	3–2	1–0	1–0	3–1	—	3–1	0–3	0–0	2–2	3–2
Prykarpattya Ivano-Frankivsk	2–4	3–0	0–1	0–2	2–2	1–2	2–1	0–3	0–0	2–1	1–1	—	1–3	0–2	1–0	1–0
Shakhtar Donetsk	1–0	6–0	0–0	1–1	1–1	3–1	4–2	1–0	2–1	7–0	1–1	6–1	—	2–0	7–3	1–2
Tavriya Simferopol	1–1	3–0	3–3	1–1	0–2	0–1	3–2	0–2	2–3	2–0	1–0	3–0	2–1	—	2–0	1–0
Vorskla Poltava	1–0	1–0	0–2	0–0	0–0	1–2	2–0	0–1	3–0	2–1	2–1	4–0	1–2	2–2	—	4–2
Zirka Kirovohrad	1–1	2–0	0–5	2–2	2–3	2–0	3–1	0–1	1–0	1–1	1–0	2–1	0–2	3–1	1–0	—

Source: uafootball.net.ua
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Top goalscorers

Andriy Shevchenko

Rank	Player	Club	Goals (Pen.)
1	Andriy Shevchenko	Dynamo Kyiv	18 (1)
2	Ivan Hetsko	Karpaty Lviv	16
	Oleksandr Palyanytsia	Karpaty Lviv	16 (5)
4	Valentyn Poltavets	Metalurh Zaporizhzhya	13 (3)
5	Andriy Vorobei	Shakhtar Donetsk	11
6	Oleksiy Osipov	Tavriya Simferopol	11 (3)
7	Alexander Khatskevich	Dynamo Kyiv	10
8	Oleksandr Haidash	Tavriya Simferopol	9
	Avtandil Kapanadze	Nyva Ternopil	9
	Ihor Kislov	Zirka Kirovohrad	9
	Ihor Kostiuk	Vorskla Poltava	9
	Vitaliy Pantilov	Metalurh Mariupol	9
	Serhii Rebrov	Dynamo Kyiv	9
	Yuriy Selezniov	Shakhtar Donetsk	9

Notable Transfers

• Andriy Shevchenko, FC Dynamo Kyiv to A.C. Milan
• Oleksandr Palyanytsia, FC Karpaty Lviv to FC Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih
• Ihor Kostiuk, FC Vorskla Poltava to FC Dynamo-2 Kyiv

External links

• ukrsoccerhistory.com - source of information
• 1998–99 Vyshcha Liha. ukranianfootball.narod.ru
• 1998–99 Vyshcha Liha. www.uafootball.net.ua
• 1998–99 championship. football.lg.ua
• 1998–99 championship. www.rsssf.com