1997–98 Vyshcha Liha

7th season of top-tier football league in Vyshcha Liha Vyshcha Liha 1997–98 Dynamo Kyiv6th title Torpedo, Chornomorets Champions League Dynamo Kyiv Cup Winners' Cup CSKA Kyiv UEFA Cup Shakhtar Donetsk (22) Serhii Rebrov (Dynamo) 1996–97 1998–99 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. 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 Ukraine Ukraine (1991-2014) location map.svg 800 none Locations of teams home grounds in Ukrainian Premier League 1997-98 Ukraine 48.908056 24.69625 Prykarpattia bottom Ukraine 46.466667 30.733333 Chornomorets top Ukraine 48.515833 32.266667 Zirka top Ukraine 48.450000 34.983333 Dnipro left Ukraine 50.433439 30.522114 DynamoCSKA Ukraine 47.895118 33.392462 Kryvbas top Ukraine 49.819167 24.048056 Karpaty Ukraine 47.143722 37.558333 Metalurh M. left Ukraine 49.594833 34.549444 Vorskla top Ukraine 47.833333 35.166667 Metalurh Z.Torpedo left Ukraine 49.340000 25.360000 Nyva T. Ukraine 44.948056 34.104167 Tavriya Ukraine 48.002778 37.805278 ShakhtarMetalurh D. Managers Club Coach Replaced coach Home stadium FC Dynamo Kyiv Ukraine 1992 Valery Lobanovsky Dynamo Stadium FC Shakhtar Donetsk Ukraine 1992 Valery Yaremchenko Shakhtar Stadium FC Karpaty Lviv Ukraine 1992 Myron Markevych Ukraina Stadium FC Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk Ukraine 1992 Vadym Tyschenko Ukraine 1992 Vyacheslav Hrozny 15 games (first half) Meteor Stadium FC Vorskla Poltava Ukraine 1992 Oleksandr Dovbiy Ukraine 1992 Viktor Pozhechevskyi 27 games (first half) Vorskla Stadium FC Metalurh Donetsk Ukraine 1992 Volodymyr Onyschenko Avanhard Stadium (Makiivka)Donetsk Metallurgical Factory Stadium FC Nyva Ternopil Ukraine 1992 Leonid Ischuk Ukraine 1992 Ihor Yavorskyi 29 games City Stadium FC Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih Ukraine 1992 Oleh Taran Metalurh Stadium FC Metalurh Zaporizhia Ukraine 1992 Oleksandr Shtelin Ukraine 1992 Oleksandr Tomakh 17 gamesUkraine 1992 Leonid Kliuchyk 1 game Metalurh Stadium FC Prykarpattia Ivano-Frankivsk Ukraine 1992 Bohdan Blavatskiy Ukraine 1992 Ihor Yurchenko 15 games (first half) Rukh Stadium FC Zirka Kirovohrad Ukraine 1992 Oleksandr Ischenko Ukraine 1992 Oleksandr Dovbiy 27 gamesUkraine 1992 Serhiy Strashnenko 1 game Zirka Stadium FC Metalurh Mariupol Ukraine 1992 Mykola Pavlov Ukraine 1992 Volodymyr Kuzovlev 1 gameUkraine 1992 Yuriy Pohrebniak 2 games Azovstal Stadium FC CSKA Kyiv Ukraine 1992 Serhiy Morozov Ukraine 1992 Volodymyr Bezsonov 15 games CSK ZSU Stadium SC Tavriya Simferopol Ukraine 1992 Viktor Hrachov Ukraine 1992 Ivan Balan 25 games Lokomotyv Stadium FC Chornomorets Odesa Ukraine 1992 Volodymyr Kozerenko Ukraine 1992 Leonid Buriak 22 games Black Sea Shipping Stadium FC Torpedo Zaporizhia Ukraine 1992 Leonid Koltun Ukraine 1992 Viktor Matvienko 18 gamesUkraine 1992 Vyacheslav Pershyn 4 games AvtoZAZ Stadium Changes TeamOutgoing head coachManner of departureDate of vacancyTableIncoming head coachDate of appointmentTableSC Tavriya SimferopolUkraine 1992 Mykola Pavlovpre-seasonUkraine 1992 Ivan Balanpre-seasonFC CSKA KyivUkraine 1992 Volodymyr Lozynskypre-seasonUkraine 1992 Volodymyr Bezsonovpre-seasonFC Kryvbas Kryvyi RihUkraine 1992 Oleksandr Lysenkopre-seasonUkraine 1992 Oleh Taranpre-seasonFC Prykarpattia Ivano-FrankivskUkraine 1992 Viktor Kolotovpre-seasonUkraine 1992 Ihor Yurchenkopre-season League table main WDL QR DYK Dynamo Kyiv Participants of the 1998 Ukrainian Cup Final SHD Shakhtar Donetsk KAR Karpaty Lviv DNI Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk VOR Vorskla Poltava MDO Metalurh Donetsk NVT Nyva Ternopil KRY Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih MZA Metalurh Zaporizhzhia IVF Prykarpattya Ivano-Frankivsk ZIR Zirka Kirovohrad MAR Metalurh Mariupol ARK CSKA Kyiv DYK TAV Tavriya Simferopol CHO Chornomorets Odesa TZA Torpedo Zaporizhzhia 23 3 4 70 15 C 20 7 3 61 25 16 9 5 36 20 17 4 9 47 27 15 4 11 41 46 11 7 12 28 27 12 4 14 37 39 10 9 11 34 33 10 7 13 40 44 8 9 13 33 41 9 6 15 27 48 8 9 13 27 48 9 6 15 30 35 8 9 13 35 41 8 8 14 31 39 R 2 7 21 20 69 R green1 Qualification to Champions League first qualifying round CL1 blue1 Qualification to UEFA Cup first qualifying round UC1 #ccccff Qualification to Intertoto Cup first round IC1 yellow1 Qualification to Cup Winners' Cup qualifying round CWCQR red1 Relegated to Ukrainian First League R1 R1 complete uafootball.net.ua Results main uafootball.net.ua complete FBR CHO Chornomorets Odesa CSK CSKA Kyiv DNI Dnipro DYN Dynamo Kyiv KAR Karpaty Lviv KRY Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih MDO Metalurh Donetsk MTM Metalurh Mariupol MZA Metalurh Zaporizhzhia NVT Nyva Ternopil PRY Prykarpattya Ivano-Frankivsk SHA Shakhtar Donetsk TAV Tavriya Simferopol TZA Torpedo Zaporizhzhia VOR Vorskla Poltava ZIR Zirka-NIBAS Kirovohrad 3–0 0–1 2–1 5–0 0–1 4–2 2–0 2–1 4–0 4–1 3–0 4–0 3–0 1–0 3–0 0–0 2–1 2–0 3–2 2–0 5–0 1–1 3–1 4–1 3–2 2–2 2–1 1–0 4–1 4–0 2–1 1–1 0–0 2–1 1–0 4–1 2–1 1–1 1–0 0–0 4–1 1–0 2–0 2–0 3–1 0–2 2–0 4–0 1–2 2–0 0–1 1–0 1–0 1–0 3–0 3–0 2–1 2–1 2–0 4–0 1–4 0–3 0–0 2–1 2–0 2–1 2–0 1–2 0–0 2–0 0–2 2–1 1–0 1–0 2–0 1–0 1–2 0–1 0–1 0–0 3–0 0–0 3–2 0–0 3–0 2–0 1–0 1–1 1–0 2–0 1–1 1–0 0–1 3–0 1–2 2–0 0–2 1–2 3–1 2–0 5–0 1–0 1–0 1–0 4–1 0–1 0–1 2–2 0–2 3–2 1–2 2–1 2–1 2–1 4–0 0–0 1–1 2–2 0–0 3–0 1–5 0–1 0–0 2–1 2–3 1–0 3–2 2–0 3–0 4–2 2–0 1–1 1–1 1–1 0–1 0–3 0–2 0–0 1–4 4–0 0–1 1–1 1–2 2–2 4–1 2–0 2–0 2–0 1–1 3–2 1–3 0–0 1–0 1–3 0–1 1–0 2–0 3–0 1–0 1–1 1–1 2–1 2–1 2–3 1–0 0–2 0–5 0–0 2–0 2–5 0–0 +:- 1–1 4–2 0–3 0–0 2–1 3–0 2–0 3–1 0–1 1–2 0–2 1–1 3–0 3–2 0–0 2–1 3–0 0–1 1–1 1–0 3–1 2–1 2–0 0–3 3–3 2–0 1–1 3–1 2–2 2–0 0–0 0–2 1–0 1–0 0–0 0–0 3–0 5–0 1–1 1–3 1–0 1–2 2–2 2–1 1–1 0–1 1–0 0–0 3–0 2–1 1–0 1–2 5–0 0–3 0–0 0–2 2–2 1–2 1–1 0–1 0–3 1–1 2–2 0–1 1–1 0–1 4–3 2–2 Top goalscorers thumb|upright|Serhii Rebrov RankPlayerClubGoals(Pen.) 1 Ukraine 1992 Serhii Rebrov Dynamo Kyiv 22 (5) 2 Ukraine 1992 Andriy Shevchenko Dynamo Kyiv 21 (1) 3 Ukraine 1992 Oleksandr Palyanytsia Karpaty Lviv 17 (2) 4 Georgia 1990 Avtandil Kapanadze Nyva Ternopil 15 5 Ukraine 1992 Oleksandr Haidash Tavriya Simferopol 14 6 Ukraine 1992 Hennady Shchekotylin Chornomorets Odesa 13 (1) 7 Ukraine 1992Valeriy Kryventsov Shakhtar Donetsk 118 Ukraine 1992 Petro Rusak Spartak Ivano-Frankivsk 9 Ukraine 1992 Hennadiy Orbu Shakhtar Donetsk 9 (1)10 Ukraine 1992 Valentyn Platonov Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih 9 Ukraine 1992 Vitaliy Mintenko Metalurh Donetsk 9 (2) Ukraine 1992 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 Category:Ukrainian Premier League seasons Category:1997–98 in Ukrainian association football leagues Ukra