2007–08 Vyshcha Liha

17th season of top-tier football league in Vyshcha Liha February 2020 Vyshcha Liha 2007–08 Shakhtar Donetsk4th title Dynamo Kyiv Naftovyk-Ukrnafta Okhtyrka,Zakarpattia Uzhhorod Champions League Shakhtar Donetsk (3rd Qualifying Round)Dynamo Kyiv (2nd Qualifying Round) UEFA Cup Metalist Kharkiv (1st Round)Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk (2nd Qualifying Round) Intertoto Cup Tavriya Simferopol (2nd Round) Marko Dević (19) (Metalist Kharkiv) Arsenal - Zakarpattia 7:0 numerous games 0:3 and 1:4 Dynamo - Karpaty 7:3 240 581 2006–07 2008–09 The 2007–08 Vyshcha Liha season was the seventeenth since its establishment. This season of the championship was sponsored by Biola which became the title sponsor replacing Soyuz-Viktan. The competition began on 17 July 2007 and ended on 18 May 2008. 16 teams participated in the competition, 14 of which contested in the 2006–07 season, and two of which (Zakarpattia Uzhhorod and Naftovyk-Ukrnafta Okhtyrka) were promoted from the Ukrainian First League (the league immediately below the Ukrainian Premier League). Dynamo Kyiv was the defending champions. Also, it was the last season of the top tier being part of the Professional Football League of Ukraine before separating into the Ukrainian Premier League and rebranding from Vyshcha Liha (Higher League). The winner of the competition became Shakhtar Donetsk with 74 points, followed by Dynamo Kyiv with 71 points. Metalist, which placed right behind Shakhtar and Dynamo, had its awards stripped for match fixing.The court ruling however came later in 2013. No further sanctions were awarded to the club. The top goalscorer of the season was Marko Dević from Metalist Kharkiv with 19 goals, 6 of which were penalties. The spot for the second highest goalscorer with 17 goals was a three-way tie between Oleksandr Hladky from Shakhtar Donetsk, Yevhen Seleznyov from Arsenal Kyiv (on loan from Shakhtar), and Oleksandr Kosyrin from Metalurh Donetsk. Teams Promoted Two teams were promoted from the 2006-07 Ukrainian First League. Naftovyk-Ukrnafta Okhtyrka, champion – (returning after absence of 15 seasons) Zakarpattya Uzhhorod, runner-up – (returning after absence of a seasons) Naftovyk and Zakarpattia replaced Illichivets Mariupol (after a 10-year topflight spell) and Stal Alchevsk (a couple of seasons), both of which were relegated to the 2007-08 Ukrainian First League. Location map Ukraine Ukraine (1991-2014) location map.svg 700 none Locations of team home grounds in Ukrainian Premier League 2007–08 Ukraine 50.45 30.523333 Dynamo left Ukraine 50.45 30.523333 Arsenal right Ukraine 48.45 34.983333 Dnipro top Ukraine 50.298611 34.889722 Naftovyk-Ukrnafta left Ukraine 47.859627 35.096952 Metalurh Z. bottom Ukraine 47.895000 33.3925 Kryvbas left Ukraine 49.916667 36.316667 Metalist right Ukraine 49.916667 36.316667 Kharkiv left Ukraine 49.819234 24.048193 Karpaty Ukraine 48.623611 22.276389 Zakarpattya right Ukraine 48.002778 37.805278 Metalurh D. left Ukraine 48.002778 37.805278 Shakhtar right Ukraine 44.948056 34.104167 Tavriya top Ukraine 49.589444 34.551389 Vorskla left Ukraine 48.559444 39.321111 Zorya left Ukraine 46.480556 30.755556 Chornomorets Managers ClubCoachReplaced coachArsenal Kyiv UKR Oleksandr Zavarov Chornomorets Odesa RUS Vitaliy ShevchenkoDnipro Dnipropetrovsk UKR Oleh ProtasovDynamo Kyiv RUS Yuri Semin UKR Anatoliy DemyanenkoKarpaty Lviv UKR Valery Yaremchenko UKR Oleksandr IschenkoKharkiv UKR Volodymyr BezsonovKryvbas Kryvyi Rih UKR Oleh TaranMetalist Kharkiv UKR Myron MarkevychMetalurh Donetsk BUL Nikolay Kostov BEL Jos DaerdenMetalurh Zaporizhzhia UKR Anatoly ChantsevNaftovyk-Ukrnafta Okhtyrka UKR Valeriy Horodov UKR Serhiy ShevchenkoUKR Viktor IshchenkoShakhtar Donetsk ROM Mircea LucescuTavriya Simferopol UKR Mykhailo FomenkoVorskla Poltava UKR Mykola Pavlov UKR Anatoliy MomotZakarpattia Uzhhorod UKR Volodymyr Vasiutyk UKR Petro KushlykUKR Volodymyr SharanZorya Luhansk UKR Anatoliy Volobuev UKR Oleksandr Kosevych Managerial changes TeamOutgoing head coachManner of departureDate of vacancyTableIncoming head coachDate of appointmentTableChornomoretsRUS Vitaliy Shevchenko27 June 2007Виталий Шевченко - главный тренер https://chornomorets.football/news/news1152 2023-06-13 FC Choronomorets ukPre-season League table main WDL 5 QR SHD Shakhtar Donetsk DYK Dynamo Kyiv MKH Metalist Kharkiv DNI Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk TAV Tavriya Simferopol ARK Arsenal Kyiv CHO Chornomorets Odesa VOR Vorskla Poltava MZA Metalurh Zaporizhzhia KAR Karpaty Lviv ZOR Zorya Luhansk MDO Metalurh Donetsk KRY Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih KHA FC Kharkiv NAF Naftovyk-Ukrnafta Okhtyrka ZAK Zakarpattia Uzhhorod 24 2 4 75 24 C 22 5 3 65 26 19 6 5 51 27 18 5 7 40 27 13 8 9 38 40 11 9 10 42 36 11 5 14 27 33 9 9 12 28 30 9 9 12 24 32 9 6 15 29 41 9 4 17 24 43 6 13 11 34 39 7 9 14 29 39 6 9 15 20 32 6 8 16 18 38 R 3 9 18 17 54 R green1 Qualification to Champions League third qualifying round CL3 green2 Qualification to Champions League second qualifying round CL2 blue1 Qualification to UEFA Cup first round UC1 blue2 Qualification to UEFA Cup second qualifying round UC2 #ccccff Qualification to Intertoto Cup second round IC2 red1 Relegation to the Ukrainian First League R R complete uafootball.net.ua Metalist Kharkiv was stripped of their bronze award for this season by the Court of Arbitration for Sport in Lausanne in August 2013 for fixing of the match Karpaty Lviv – Metalist (of 19 April 2008).Lausanne announced a verdict on the game Karpaty - Metalist (Лозанна озвучила вердикт по матчу "Карпаты" - "Металлист"). ua-football.com. 2 August 2013.Football - Match Fixing https://web.archive.org/web/20131015094713/http://www.tas-cas.org/d2wfiles/document/6999/5048/0/Media20Release20_English_20Metalist.pdf 15 October 2013 . Court of Arbitration of Sport. Lausanne 2 August 2013.Lausanne court upholds UEFA decision to disqualify FC Metalist from European competitions, says club’s vice president, Interfax-Ukraine (28 August 2013)UEFA happy with CAS decision on Metalist complaint, Interfax-Ukraine (28 August 2013) Results main uafootball.net.ua complete FBR ARK Arsenal Kyiv CHO Chornomorets Odesa DNI Dnipro DYN Dynamo Kyiv KAR Karpaty Lviv KHA FC Kharkiv KRY Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih MET Metalist Kharkiv MDO Metalurh Donetsk MZA Metalurh Zaporizhzhia NAF Naftovyk-Ukrnafta Okhtyrka SHA Shakhtar Donetsk TAV Tavriya Simferopol VOR Vorskla Poltava ZAK Zakarpattia Uzhhorod ZOR Zorya Luhansk 3–2 0–1 2–1 7–0 1–1 2–0 0–0 1–1 1–3 2–1 3–0 0–1 0–0 1–2 2–4 2–1 0–1 2–1 2–0 1–1 0–0 2–1 1–1 2–0 2–1 1–1 0–0 1–1 2–0 0–1 2–2 2–1 1–3 1–0 3–0 7–3 3–0 0–1 3–3 2–1 0–1 3–0 2–0 5–2 2–1 1–3 1–0 0–4 0–0 1–0 0–0 2–0 3–0 4–1 1–0 2–0 2–1 1–0 1–0 1–3 0–0 0–0 1–1 1–1 0–2 1–2 2–3 0–1 1–1 1–1 0–0 1–0 0–2 2–0 0–1 3–1 +:- 1–2 0–1 1–0 0–1 1–2 3–2 1–1 0–1 1–0 2–3 2–1 0–2 1–4 0–0 1–2 1–2 0–1 2–0 3–0 3–0 0–2 0–0 1–3 1–1 4–0 1–0 2–0 2–4 0–0 3–0 0–1 1–2 1–1 1–2 0–1 0–3 1–1 0–1 0–1 1–1 1–1 3–0 1–0 2–4 3–0 2–2 1–0 1–0 2–1 4–0 3–2 1–1 2–1 2–0 3–0 2–0 2–0 1–3 1–2 0–0 1–2 0–3 5–0 1–0 1–0 0–1 1–1 3–0 2–1 1–2 0–0 0–0 0–1 0–1 1–1 0–1 0–0 0–0 3–0 1–0 1–1 0–2 1–0 1–0 0–0 0–0 0–2 1–3 1–0 2–0 0–3 1–1 3–0 0–0 0–0 1–2 0–2 2–2 0–1 0–1 1–4 0–1 0–3 1–1 1–0 1–4 0–1 4–1 2–0 2–1 4–3 0–0 3–3 2–2 1–0 1–0 3–0 3–2 2–0 0–3 0–1 1–2 0–2 0–1 1–0 0–0 0–2 1–1 0–1 1–0 1–1 1–1 0–3 0–1 1–0 0–0 1–2 3–1 1–0 4–0 1–1 0–1 1–0 1–1 0–1 2–0 0–1 1–2 4–1 2–1 1–1 4–1 5–0 3–0 3–0 1–0 4–1 4–1 4–0 1–1 2–0 2–1 0–1 Top goalscorers thumb|upright|Marko Dević Scorer GoalsTeamSRB Marko Dević19Metalist KharkivUKR Oleksandr Hladky17Shakhtar DonetskUKR Oleksandr Kosyrin17Metalurh DonetskUKR Yevhen Seleznyov17Arsenal KyivGUI Ismaël Bangoura15Dynamo KyivUKR Volodymyr Homenyuk14Tavriya SimferopolBRA Brandão12Shakhtar DonetskBRA Fernandinho11Shakhtar DonetskUZB Maksim Shatskikh10Dynamo KyivUKR Serhiy Nazarenko9Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk Stadia The following stadiums were used as home grounds during the season: Rank Stadium Capacityhttp://www.ua-football.com/ukrainian/high/46b0c2e0.html Attendance figures for the 17th season of Ukrainian Premier League UA Football 3 August 2007 https://web.archive.org/web/20070822093605/http://www.ua-football.com/ukrainian/high/46b0c2e0.html 22 August 2007 live Club Notes 1 NSC Olimpiysky 83,450 Arsenal Kyiv Played last 6 games 2 Chornomorets Stadium 34,362 Chornomorets Odesa Annual venue for the Ukrainian Super Cup 3 Shakhtar Stadium 31,718 Metalurh Donetsk 4 Metalurh Stadium 29,783 Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih 5 Ukraina Stadium 28,051 Karpaty Lviv Renovations are taking place 6 RSK Olimpiyskiy 25,831 Shakhtar Donetsk 7 Vorskla Stadium 25,000 Vorskla Poltava FC Kharkiv played against Dynamo and Zorya 8 Stadium Meteor 24,381 Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk 9 Metalist Stadium 22,757 Metalist KharkivFC Kharkiv Temporarily in emergency conditions 10 Avanhard Stadium 22,320 Zorya Luhansk 11 Lokomotiv Stadium 19,978 Tavriya Simferopol 12 Lobanovsky Dynamo Stadium 16,873 Dynamo KyivArsenal Kyiv FC Arsenal Kyiv its first 9 games here 13 Avanhard Stadium 12,000 Zakarpattia Uzhhorod 14 Slavutych-Arena 11,983 Metalurh Zaporizhzhia 15 Dynamo Stadium 6,000 Metalist KharkivFC Kharkiv Metalist played three games here including one against Kharkiv, Kharkiv played here its home game against Vorskla 16 Naftovyk Stadium 5,256 Naftovyk-Ukrnafta Okhtyrka List of football stadiums in Ukraine See also 2007–08 Ukrainian Cup 2007–08 Ukrainian First League 2007–08 Ukrainian Second League References External links UEFA Website - Ukraine Premier Division Soccerway Website - Ukraine Premier League The Official Ukrainian PFL website uk Category:Ukrainian Premier League seasons 1