1997–98 Ukrainian First League

Ukrainian First League 1997–98 SC Mykolaiv SC Mykolaiv, Metalist Kharkiv Zorya Luhansk, Verkhovyna Uzhhorod, Avanhard Rovenky, Khimik Severodonetsk (22) – Oleh Hrytsay FC Cherkasy and Hennadiy Skidan SC Mykolaiv 1996–97 1998–99 1997–98 Ukrainian First League was the seventh season of the Ukrainian First League which was won by SC Mykolaiv. The season started on July 30, 1997, and finished on July 9, 1998. Promotion and relegation Promoted teams Two clubs promoted from the 1996-97 Ukrainian Second League. Group A FC Desna Chernihiv – champion (returning after three seasons) Group B FC Avanhard-Industriya Rovenky – champion (debut) Relegated teams Two clubs were relegated from the 1996-97 Ukrainian Top League: FC Kremin Kremenchuk – 15th place (debut) FC Nyva Vinnytsia – 16th place (returning after four seasons) Renamed teams FC Khimik Zhytomyr changed its name back to FC Polissya Zhytomyr. Teams In 1997-98 season, the Ukrainian First League consists of the following teams: Ukraine Ukraine (1991-2014) location map.svg 900 none Locations of teams in First League Ukraine 49.916667 36.316667 Metalist Ukraine 50.25 28.666667 Polissya left Ukraine 50.45 30.523333 Dynamo-2 bottom Ukraine 50.45 30.523333 CSKA-2 top Ukraine 49.066667 33.416667 Kremin right Ukraine 49.85 24.016667 Lviv right Ukraine 48.083333 39.366667 Avanhard bottom Ukraine 51.5 31.3 Desna top Ukraine 50.716667 34.95 Yavir bottom Ukraine 48.566667 39.333333 Zoria top Ukraine 49.433333 32.066667 Cherkasy left Ukraine 50.75 33.466667 Naftovyk top Ukraine 48.083333 38.066667 Shakhtar left Ukraine 48.666667 33.116667 Polihraftekhnika bottom Ukraine 48.466667 38.8 Stal left Ukraine 48.616667 22.3 Verkhovyna right Ukraine 47.566667 34.4 Metalurh N. right Ukraine 50.75 25.335833 Volyn top Ukraine 46.966667 32.0 Mykolaiv top Ukraine 48.933333 38.5 Khimik left Ukraine 49.233333 28.483333 Nyva bottom Ukraine 48.3 25.933333 Bukovyna left Final standings main WDL PR MYK SC Mykolaiv DK2 FC Dynamo-2 Kyiv MKH FC Metalist Kharkiv SAL FC Stal Alchevsk VIN FC Nyva Vinnytsia PZH FC Polissya Zhytomyr CHE FC Cherkasy NOK FC Naftovyk Okhtyrka V1L FC Volyn Lutsk SSU FC Yavir Krasnopillia ENN FC Metalurh Nikopol CSK CSCA-2 Kyiv SMA FC Shakhtar Makiivka KKR FC Kremin Kremenchuk LVI FC Lviv OLE FC Polihraftekhnika Oleksandria DCH FC Desna Chernihiv BCH FC Bukovyna Chernivtsi O ZOR FC Zorya Luhansk ZAK FC Verkhovyna Uzhhorod AIR FC Avanhard-Industria Rovenky KSD FC Khimik Severodonetsk D 31 5 6 94 31 C,P 28 9 5 90 31 26 11 5 74 29 P 24 5 13 95 53 22 7 13 58 34 21 5 16 58 64 19 11 12 51 41 19 10 13 56 50 19 8 15 56 45 19 5 18 52 48 19 4 19 44 61 18 5 19 56 44 17 5 20 65 77 16 7 19 55 53 16 6 20 65 54 15 9 18 51 49 14 12 16 45 53 14 11 17 36 50 11 6 25 43 84 R 7 11 24 42 79 R 4 4 34 15 107 R 3 4 35 26 90 green1 Promoted to Vyshcha Liha P P red2 Qualification for relegation play-off RP red1 Relegated to Second League R R R silver withdrew WD complete Promotion/relegation play-off To the play-off qualified four teams, the 18th placed team of 1997-98 Ukrainian First League and three group winners of 1997-98 Ukrainian Second League:Valerko, A. How and why there were played post season play-offs in the Ukrainian football (Як і чому гралися післясезоння в українському футболі). (Nestor the Chronicle Statistical Club of the Ukrainian Football). Sport Arena. 5 June 2017 FC Bukovyna Chernivtsi FC Podillya Khmelnytskyi (Group A) FC Krystal Kherson (Group B) FC Shakhtar-2 Donetsk (Group C) Top three teams qualified for the First League, the fourth and last team qualified for the Second Team. Format was a single round robin in Kyiv and Boryspil, Kyiv Oblast. When tied on points, the main tie-breaker was head-to-head games. The tournament was conducted at almost empty stadiums. The tournament was discontinued right after the second round when it became apparent that Krystal was not able to secure the third and the safe place to receive promotion. The Georgian footballer George MagrianiMagriani profile at footballfacts.ru (Podillya) became the top scorer of the tournament with three goals. main WDL PR PKH Podillya Khmelnytskyi BCH Bukovyna Chernivtsi S2D Shakhtar-2 Donetsk KRY Krystal Kherson 1 1 0 5 1 C 1 1 0 3 2 1 0 1 1 4 0 0 2 1 3 green1 Promoted to First League P P green1 Retained RET red1 No promotion NP complete Games 6 July 1998 Shakhtar-2 Donetsk 0 : 4 Report Podillya Khmelnytskyi Tymoshchuk 28 Kryvyi 62 Magriani 75 90 CSK ZSU Stadium, Kyiv 100 Oleksandr Tyutyun, Fastiv 6 July 1998 Krystal Kherson 1 : 2 Report Bukovyna Chernivtsi Bohomol 85 Lashuk 3 Semotyuk 49 Kolos Stadium, Boryspil 500 Anatoliy Kutsev, Kyiv 9 July 1998 Podillya Khmelnytskyi 1 : 1 Report Bukovyna Chernivtsi Magriani 66 pen. Belous 63 Dynamo Stadium, Kyiv 100 Ihor Yaremchuk, Kyiv 9 July 1998 Shakhtar-2 Donetsk 1 : 0 Report Krystal Kherson Dranov 77 CSK ZSU Stadium, Kyiv 100 Serhiy Shebek, Kyiv Top scorers Statistics are taken from here.Statistics ru ScorerGoals (Pen.)Team1UKR Oleh Hrytsay22 (1)FC CherkasyUKR Hennadiy Skidan22 (2)SC Mykolaiv3UKR Vadym Plotnikov21 (1)Stal Alchevsk4UKR Ruslan Zabranskyi17SC MykolaivUKR Borys Finkel17 (2)Nyva Vinnytsia6UKR Rais Tierkulov16 (1)Shakhtar MakiivkaUKR Oleksandr Barabash16 (8)Shakhtar Makiivka8UKR Pavlo Parshyn15Metalurh / PolissyaUKR Vadym Kharchenko15 (8)Naftovyk Okhtyrka10UKR Oleksandr Ostashov14Stal Alchevsk See also Ukrainian Premier League 1997-98 1997–98 Ukrainian Second League References External links 1997–98 Ukrainian First League. Ukrainian Football from Dmitriy Troschiy. Category:Ukrainian First League seasons 2 Ukra