1998–99 Ukrainian First League

1998–99 Ukrainian First League was the eighth season of the Ukrainian First League which was won by FC Dynamo-2 Kyiv. The season started on July 31, 1998, and finished on July 4, 1999.

Ukrainian First League

Season	1998–99
Champions	Dynamo-2 Kyiv
Promoted	Chornomorets Odesa
Relegated	Podillya Khmelnytskyi, Kremin Kremenchuk, Bukovyna Chernivtsi, Desna Chernihiv, Shakhtar Makiivka
Top goalscorer	(19) Oleh Hrytsay (FC Cherkasy)
← 1997–98 1999–00 →

Promotion and relegation

Promoted teams

Two clubs promoted from the 1997-98 Ukrainian Second League through a promotion/relegation play-off tournament.

Group A

• FC Podillya Khmelnytskyi – champion (returning after a season)

Group C

• FC Shakhtar-2 Donetsk – champion (returning after six seasons)

Relegated teams

Two clubs were relegated from the 1997-98 Ukrainian Top League:

• FC Chornomorets Odesa – 15th place (debut)
• FC Torpedo Zaporizhia – 16th place (debut)

Renamed teams

• FC Nyva Vinnytsia changed its name to FC Vinnytsia at winter break.
• FC Yavir Krasnopillia moved to Sumy from Krasnopillia and changed its name to FC Yavir-Sumy at winter break.

Teams

Shakhtar-2

Polissya

Dynamo-2

CSKA-2

Kremin

Lviv

Podillya

Desna

Yavir

Torpedo

Cherkasy

Naftovyk

Shakhtar

Polihraftekhnika

Stal

Metalurh

Volyn

Chornomorets

Vinnytsia

Bukovyna

Locations of teams in First League

Team	Stadium	Location
Chornomorets Odesa	Central Stadium ChMP	Odesa
Metalurh Nikopol	Stadium "Metalurh"	Nikopol
Torpedo Zaporizhia	Stadium of ME "AvtoZAZ–Daewoo"	Zaporizhia
Shakhtar-2 Donetsk	Stadium "Stalekanatchik"	Khartsyzk
	Stadium "Shakhtar"	Donetsk
	Stadium "Avanhard"	Makiivka
Dynamo-2 Kyiv	Stadium "DYuSSh"	Shchaslyve
	Stadium "Dynamo"	Kyiv
	Dynamo Training Center
Desna Chernihiv	Yuri Gagarin Stadium	Chernihiv
Stal Alchevsk	Stadium "Stal"	Alchevsk
Shakhtar Makiivka	Stadium "Avanhard"	Makiivka
Nyva Vinnytsia	Central City Stadium	Vinnytsia
Polissya Zhytomyr	Stadium "Polissia"	Zhytomyr
	Central City Stadium
FC Lviv	Stadium "Yunist"	Lviv
Podillya Khmelnytskyi	Stadium "Podillia"	Khmelnytskyi
Volyn Lutsk	Stadium "Avanhard"	Lutsk
Yavir Krasnopillia	Stadium "Kolos"	Krasnopillya
	Stadium "Avanhard"	Sumy
Naftovyk Okhtyrka	Stadium "Naftovyk"	Okhtyrka
Polihraftekhnika Oleksandriya	Stadium "Nika"	Oleksandriya
Kremin Kremenchuk	Stadium "Dnipro"	Kremenchuk
	Stadium "Politekhnik"
CSKA-2 Kyiv	CSK ZSU Stadium	Kyiv
	Stadium "Metalist"
	Stadium "Kolos"	Boryspil
FC Cherkasy	Central Stadium	Cherkasy
Bukovyna Chernivtsi	Stadium "Bukovyna"	Chernivtsi

Standings

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	FC Dynamo-2 Kyiv (C)	38	27	7	4	78	27	+51	88	[a]
2	FC Chornomorets Odesa (P)	38	25	4	9	77	38	+39	79	Promoted to Vyshcha Liha
3	FC Torpedo Zaporizhia	38	24	5	9	55	29	+26	77	Bankruptcy[b]
4	FC Cherkasy	38	24	4	10	68	42	+26	76	Qualification for promotion play-off[c]
5	FC Polihraftekhnika Oleksandria	38	15	13	10	47	51	−4	58
6	FC Vinnytsia	38	16	9	13	45	39	+6	57
7	FC Lviv	38	15	12	11	58	43	+15	57
8	FC Naftovyk Okhtyrka	38	16	9	13	45	40	+5	57
9	FC Stal Alchevsk	38	16	7	15	55	52	+3	55
10	FC Shakhtar-2 Donetsk	38	15	7	16	51	44	+7	52
11	CSKA-2 Kyiv	38	14	10	14	45	48	−3	52
12	FC Polissya Zhytomyr	38	15	7	16	40	55	−15	52
13	FC Yavir Sumy	38	15	7	16	36	42	−6	52
14	FC Volyn Lutsk	38	16	3	19	36	43	−7	51
15	FC Metalurh Nikopol	38	16	3	19	46	63	−17	51
16	FC Podillya Khmelnytskyi (R)	38	13	12	13	39	42	−3	51	Relegated to Second League
17	FC Kremin Kremenchuk (R)	38	11	7	20	34	63	−29	40
18	FC Bukovyna Chernivtsi (R)	38	6	9	23	26	68	−42	27
19	FC Desna Chernihiv (R)	38	7	6	25	28	60	−32	27
20	FC Shakhtar Makiivka[d] (R)	38	3	1	34	20	40	−20	4	Withdrew

Source: ^{[citation needed]}
(C) Champions; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated
Notes:

1. The second team of FC Dynamo Kyiv cannot be promoted as the club already has a representation in the Vyscha Liha.
2. FC Torpedo Zaporizhia filed for bankruptcy at the end of the season and therefore could not be promoted.
3. FC Cherkasy was offered to play a play-off game with the second worst team of Vyscha Liha, FC Prykarpattia Ivano-Frankivsk, because of Torpedo's bankruptcy and placing only the fourth place.
4. After the first half of the competition the team was taken off due to the PFL membership debts. The team was fined of six competition points and in the second half was awarded technical losses.

Promotion play-off

4 July 1999

Cherkasy	1 : 3	Prykarpattia Ivano-Frankivsk
Khursa 89'	Report	Larin 43', 46' Skidan 70' (pen.)

Dynamo Stadium, Kyiv

Attendance: 6,000

Referee: Vadym Shevchenko, Kyiv

FC Cherkasy failed to obtain berth in the Top League.

Top scorers

Statistics are taken from here.^[1]

	Scorer	Goals (Pen.)	Team
1	Oleh Hrytsay	19 (1)	Cherkasy
2	Oleksandr Kosyrin	18	Dynamo-2 Kyiv / Cherkasy
	Vadym Plotnykov	18 (2)	Stal Alchevsk
4	Pavlo Irichuk	17	Torpedo Zaporizhzhia
5	Oleh Venhlinskyi	16 (4)	Dynamo-2 Kyiv
6	Oleksandr Holokolosov	15	Chornomorets Odesa
	Vadym Kharchenko	15 (6)	Naftovyk Okhtyrka
8	Andriy Mazur	14	Lviv
	Rais Tyerkulov	14 (1)	Shakhtar Makiivka / Yavir Sumy
	Viktor Matsyuk	14 (2)	Podillya Khmelnytskyi

See also

• 1998–99 Ukrainian Second League
• 1998–99 Ukrainian Premier League

Notes