2001–02 Vyshcha Liha

11th season of top-tier football league in Vyshcha Liha Vyshcha Liha 2001–02 Shakhtar Donetsk1st title Zakarpattia Uzhhorod Champions League Shakhtar Donetsk Dynamo Kyiv UEFA Cup Metalurh Donetsk Metalurh Zaporizhia (12) Serhiy Shyschenko (Metalurh Donetsk) Dynamo - Metalist 6:0 Kryvbas - Dynamo 0:7 Zakarpattia - Metalist 3:5 Polihraftekhnika - Dnipro 2:6 2000–01 2002–03 The 2001–02 Vyshcha Liha season was the 11th since its establishment. FC Dynamo Kyiv were the defending champions. Teams Promotions Zakarpattia Uzhhorod, the runners-up of the 2000–01 Ukrainian First League – (debut) Polihraftekhnika Oleksandriya, the third placed of the 2000–01 Ukrainian First League – (debut) Note: the 2000–01 Ukrainian First League was won by the second team of Dynamo Kyiv, FC Dynamo-2 Kyiv, which could not be promoted. Renamed FC CSKA Kyiv owned by the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine was sold to the Kyiv city authorities headed by Oleksandr Omelchenko. The club was reorganized and renamed as FC Arsenal Kyiv to commemorate SC Arsenal that existed before 1960s. Location Ukraine Ukraine (1991-2014) location map.svg 800 none Locations of teams home grounds in Ukrainian Premier League 2001-02 Ukraine 48.450000 34.983333 Dnipro left Ukraine 50.433439 30.522114 DynamoArsenal Ukraine 47.143722 37.558333 Metalurh M. left Ukraine 47.895118 33.392462 Kryvbas top Ukraine 49.819167 24.048056 Karpaty Ukraine 49.980858 36.261703 Metalist bottom Ukraine 47.833333 35.166667 Metalurh Z. left Ukraine 48.674722 33.103611 Polihraftekhnika top Ukraine 48.002778 37.805278 ShakhtarMetalurh D. Ukraine 44.948056 34.104167 Tavriya Ukraine 49.594833 34.549444 Vorskla top Ukraine 48.623611 22.276389 Zakarpattia Managers Club Coach Replaced coach Home stadium Shakhtar Donetsk Italy Nevio Scala Ukraine 1992 Viktor Prokopenko Shakhtar Stadium Dynamo Kyiv Ukraine 1992 Oleksiy Mykhaylychenko Ukraine 1992 Valeriy Lobanovskyi Dynamo Stadium Metalurh Donetsk Ukraine 1992 Semen Altman Metalurh Stadium Metalurh Zaporizhzhia Ukraine 1992 Oleh Taran Ukraine 1992 Volodymyr Atamanyuk Metalurh StadiumAvtoZAZ Stadium Metalist Kharkiv Ukraine 1992 Mykhaylo Fomenko Metalist Stadium Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk Ukraine 1992 Yevhen Kucherevskyi Ukraine 1992 Mykola Fedorenko Meteor Stadium Tavriya Simferopol Ukraine 1992 Anatoliy Zayayev Ukraine 1992 Valeriy Petrov Lokomotyv Stadium Karpaty Lviv Ukraine 1992 Lev Brovarskyi Ukraine 1992 Myron Markevych Ukraina Stadium Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih Ukraine 1992 Ihor Nadein Ukraine 1992 Hennadiy Lytovchenko Metalurh Stadium Metalurh Mariupol Ukraine 1992 Mykola Pavlov Illichivets Stadium Vorskla Poltava Ukraine 1992 Andriy Bal Vorskla Stadium Arsenal Kyiv Ukraine 1992 Oleh Kuznetsov (co-coach Ukraine 1992 Volodymyr Bezsonov) CKS ZSU Stadium Polihraftekhnika Oleksandriya Ukraine 1992 Roman Pokora Nika Stadium Zakarpattia Uzhhorod Ukraine 1992 Yuriy Kalitvintsev Avanhard Stadium League table main WDL QR SHD Shakhtar Donetsk DYK Dynamo Kyiv MDO Metalurh Donetsk MZA Metalurh Zaporizhzhia MKH Metalist Kharkiv DNI Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk TAV Tavriya Simferopol KAR Karpaty Lviv KRY Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih MAR Illichivets Mariupol VOR Vorskla Poltava ARK Arsenal Kyiv POL Polihraftekhnika ZAK Zakarpattia Uzhhorod 20 6 0 49 10 C 20 5 1 62 9 12 6 8 38 28 11 7 8 25 22 11 7 8 35 36 11 7 8 30 20 8 6 12 27 36 7 8 11 19 31 6 10 10 28 40 6 8 12 29 42 6 7 13 19 33 6 5 15 18 28 5 8 13 21 39 5 6 15 23 49 R Head-to-head points: Metalurh 7 pts, Metalist 9 pts, Dnipro 1 pt; On decision of the FFU executive committee, Metalurh had better head-to-head record with both Metalist and Dnipro separately (see #European qualifications case). MKH MKH ARK 2–0 POL; POL 1–0 ARK ARK green2 Qualification to Champions League third qualifying round CL3 green3 Qualification to Champions League second qualifying round CL2 blue1 Qualification to UEFA Cup first round UC1 blue2 Qualification to UEFA Cup qualifying round UCQR red2 Qualification to relegation playoffs RP red1 Relegated to Ukrainian First League R complete uafootball.net.ua 1st points; 2nd head-to-head points; 3rd head-to-head goal difference; 4th head-to-head goals scored away; 4th overall wins; 5th goal difference; 6th goals scored Regulation of the All-Ukrainian competitions in football among professional teams in 2001/02 Metalurh Zaporizhia obtained the uncontested European competitions berth (both Shakhtar and Dynamo were participants of the 2002 Ukrainian Cup Final) after it was awarded the 4th place on the decision the Executive Committee of Football Federation of Ukraine.http://old.ffu.org.ua/news/find.ua.phtml?20020618.00.ua Committee on communication with public and media of FFU uk:Рішення виконавчого комітету Федерації футболу України Decision of the Executive Committee of Football Federation of Ukraine Football Federation of Ukraine uk 18 June 2002 26 August 2013 https://web.archive.org/web/20131230234530/http://old.ffu.org.ua/news/find.ua.phtml?20020618.00.ua 30 December 2013 http://old.ffu.org.ua/news/find.ua.phtml?20020617.00.ua Committee on communication with public and media of FFU uk:Офіційний прес-реліз Федерації футболу України Official press release of the Football Federation of Ukraine Football Federation of Ukraine uk 17 June 2002 26 August 2013 https://web.archive.org/web/20131230234530/http://old.ffu.org.ua/news/find.ua.phtml?20020617.00.ua 30 December 2013 According to the Metalist head coach Mykhailo Fomenko, the club's leadership did not contested the decision as it was afraid for obligation to invest more funds in the club, plus the home stadium had to be reconstructed.Verbytsky, I. "Mykhailo Fomenko: To head the national football team I could have already at the end of 1990s. I refused as I thought that it is not time yet". UA-Football. 17 December 2015 European qualifications case Because both finalists of the 2002 Ukrainian Cup Final Dynamo and Shakhtar qualified for the UEFA Champions League, the fourth European competition berth was to be awarded to the best fourth placed team in the league competition. The fourth place with 40 points earned was Metalist Kharkiv, however there were two more teams with the same number of points Metalurh Zaporizhia and Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk. According to the 2001-02 season regulations the first tie breaker in case of even points were the head-to-head points among the teams that tied. Therefore originally Metalist Kharkiv was the main contender to qualify for the European competitions. However, the administration of FC Metalurh Zaporizhia argued the fact that their team head better head-to-head record with both Metalist Kharkiv (2 1-0-1 2-2 with an away goal) and Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk (2 1-1-0 2-1). On 16 June 2002 the FFU Executive Committee came up with its final decision awarding Metalurh Zaporizhia with qualification to European competitions. Results main uafootball.net.ua complete FBR ARK Arsenal Kyiv DNI Dnipro DYN Dynamo Kyiv KAR Karpaty Lviv KRY Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih MET Metalist Kharkiv MDO Metalurh Donetsk MTM Metalurh Mariupol MZA Metalurh Zaporizhzhia POL Polihraftekhnika SHA Shakhtar Donetsk TAV Tavriya Simferopol VOR Vorskla Poltava ZAK Zakarpattia Uzhhorod 2–0 3–1 0–0 3–0 1–0 2–1 3–0 3–1 2–0 4–0 2–0 2–1 5–1 2–2 2–0 1–0 6–0 1–0 0–0 4–1 0–0 1–0 1–0 2–0 5–0 5–0 0–1 0–0 1–1 5–0 2–0 4–1 0–0 3–2 2–1 0–0 2–1 1–0 1–1 0–3 1–3 0–3 1–0 2–1 0–2 4–1 0–0 3–0 1–0 2–0 0–0 4–1 1–1 0–1 3–1 2–1 3–0 4–1 0–0 0–0 2–2 2–0 2–1 1–0 4–0 0–1 0–0 2–0 0–0 0–1 2–1 0–1 2–0 3–1 2–0 2–0 0–0 2–0 0–1 1–5 1–3 0–1 2–0 0–2 3–0 3–2 3–1 1–0 1–2 2–0 1–1 0–2 0–2 0–1 2–1 0–2 0–0 0–0 3–2 2–0 0–1 1–0 0–0 3–0 0–0 0–7 1–3 0–0 4–1 3–3 2–0 0–0 1–1 2–0 1–0 3–1 1–0 0–2 0–6 4–2 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 3–1 3–1 1–0 1–2 2–1 3–0 1–1 1–2 2–1 0–1 1–1 1–2 2–0 1–3 2–2 2–1 1–0 1–1 1–0 0–0 0–1 0–1 2–0 1–1 0–1 0–0 0–0 3–0 3–2 0–0 2–0 0–2 1–2 0–3 1–0 0–1 2–0 2–6 0–1 1–1 0–0 2–2 2–2 1–0 4–2 0–1 1–2 1–1 0–1 3–5 0–0 2–2 1–0 2–0 1–1 2–0 2–1 0–1 Relegation playoff June 16, 2002 Polihraftekhnika Oleksandriya 1 – 0 Polissia Zhytomyr Babych 45+2 Martynenko 1 30 78 CSK ZSU Stadium, Kyiv 5,000 Shebek (Kyiv) Report Top goalscorers Ukraine 1992 Serhiy Shyshchenko Metalurh Donetsk 12 (2) Ukraine 1992 Vitaliy Pushkutsa Metalist Kharkiv 11 (1) Ukraine 1992 Oleksandr Melashchenko Dynamo Kyiv 9 Ukraine 1992 Andriy Vorobey Shakhtar Donetsk 9 Belarus 1995 Valyantsin Byalkevich Dynamo Kyiv 9(1) Romania Florin Cernat Dynamo Kyiv 9 (1) Georgia 1990 Vasil Gigiadze Tavriya Simferopol 9 (7) Ukraine 1992 Ihor Prodan Zakarpattia Uzhhorod 8 Ukraine 1992 Serhiy Chuychenko Polihraftekhnika Oleksandriya 8(3) Ukraine 1992 Hennady Zubov Shakhtar Donetsk 8 (4) Attendances Source:Historical attendances https://www.european-football-statistics.co.uk/attn/archive/ukr/aveukr02.htm 2026-08-01 www.european-football-statistics.co.uk # Football club Average attendance 1 Shakhtar Donetsk 25,615 2 Kryvbas 17,308 3 Metalist 15,423 4 Dnipro 12,492 5 Karpaty 10,438 6 Illichivets 9,477 7 Dynamo Kyiv 8,300 8 Vorskla 6,623 9 Metalurh Zaporizhzhya 5,946 10 Goverla 5,400 11 Arsenal Kyiv 5,338 12 Polihraftekhnika 5,015 13 Tavriya 4,985 14 Metalurh Donetsk 3,615 See also 2001–02 Ukrainian First League 2001–02 Ukrainian Second League 2001–02 Ukrainian Cup References External links ukrsoccerhistory.com - source of information Decision of the Executive Committee of Football Federation of Ukraine https://web.archive.org/web/20131230234530/http://old.ffu.org.ua/news/find.ua.phtml?20020618.00.ua 2013-12-30 Official press release of the Football Federation of Ukraine https://web.archive.org/web/20131230234530/http://old.ffu.org.ua/news/find.ua.phtml?20020617.00.ua 2013-12-30 Category:Ukrainian Premier League seasons 1 Ukra