1999–2000 Vyshcha Liha

9th season of top-tier football league in Vyshcha Liha Vyshcha Liha 1999–2000 12 July 1999 – 20 June 20004 December 1999 – 18 March 2000(winter break) Dynamo Kyiv8th title Chornomorets Odesa Zirka Kirovohrad Prykarpattya Ivano-Frankivsk Champions League Dynamo Kyiv Shakhtar Donetsk UEFA Cup Vorskla Poltava Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih (20) Maksim Shatskikh (Dynamo) Dynamo - Prykarpattia 6:0 Metalist - Dynamo 0:5 Zirka - Shakhtar 2:6 240 1998–99 2000–01 The 1999–2000 Vyshcha Liha season was the 9th top-level football club competition since its establishment and the 4th since the establishment of the Professional Football League (PFL). FC Dynamo Kyiv were the defending champions. The competitions started in just over three weeks after the completion of the previous 1998–99 season, which ended on June 25, 1999. At the same time, the mid-season winter break lasted over three months. It was planned to reduce the number of participants to 14 for next season; therefore, three teams were scheduled to be relegated this season. Teams This season, the Vyshcha Liha remained at 16 teams. Promotions Chornomorets Odesa, the runners-up of the 1998–99 Ukrainian First League – (returning after absence of a season) Relegated teams SC Mykolaiv – relegated after a season in the top flight. Location Ukraine Ukraine (1991-2014) location map.svg 800 none Locations of teams home grounds in Ukrainian Premier League 1999-2000 Ukraine 48.908056 24.69625 Prykarpattia bottom Ukraine 46.480556 30.755556 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 49.980858 36.261703 Metalist bottom Ukraine 47.833333 35.166667 Metalurh Z. left Ukraine 49.340000 25.360000 Nyva T. Ukraine 44.948056 34.104167 Tavriya Ukraine 48.002778 37.805278 ShakhtarMetalurh D. Stadiums List of football stadiums in Ukraine The following stadiums are regarded as home grounds: RankStadiumPlaceClubCapacityNotes1Olimpiyskyi NSCKyivCSKA Kyiv 83,450used as home ground in 2 match(es)2ChMPOdesaChornomorets Odesa 43,0003MetalistKharkivMetalist Kharkiv 32,0004ShakhtarDonetskShakhtar Donetsk 31,545Metalurh Donetskused as home ground in 4 match(es)5MeteorDnipropetrovskDnipro Dnipropetrovsk 30,0006MetalurhKryvyi RihKryvbas Kryvyi Rih 29,7837UkrainaLvivKarpaty Lviv 28,0518LokomotyvSimferopolTavriya Simferopol 26,0009MetalurhZaporizhiaMetalurh Zaporizhia 25,00010VorsklaPoltavaVorskla Poltava 24,79511MiskyiTernopilNyva Ternopil 17,000 12SKALvivKarpaty Lviv 17,000used as home ground in 4 match(es)13DynamoKyiv Dynamo Kyiv 16,87314RukhIvano-FrankivskPrykarpattia Ivano-Frankivsk 15,00015ZirkaKirovohradZirka Kirovohrad 14,62816CSK ZSUKyivCSKA Kyiv 12,00017AvanhardMakiivkaShakhtar Donetsk 10,000used as home ground in 1 match(es)18AzovstalMariupolMetalurh Mariupol 9,00019MashynobudivnykDruzhkivkaMetalurh Donetsk 5,000used as home ground in 1 match(es)20125-richia DMZDonetskMetalurh Donetsk 4,000 Managers Club Coach Replaced coach FC Dynamo Kyiv Ukraine 1992 Valery Lobanovsky FC Shakhtar Donetsk Ukraine 1992 Viktor Prokopenko Russia Anatoliy Byshovets 8 games Ukraine 1992 Oleksiy Drozdenko 6 games FC Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih Ukraine 1992 Oleh Taran FC Vorskla Poltava Ukraine 1992 Anatoliy Konkov FC Metalist Kharkiv Ukraine 1992 Mykhailo Fomenko FC Metalurh Zaporizhzhia Ukraine 1992 Myron Markevych FC Metalurh Donetsk Ukraine 1992 Semen Altman Ukraine 1992 Mykhailo Sokolovskyi 5 games FC Metalurh Mariupol Ukraine 1992 Mykola Pavlov FC Karpaty Lviv Ukraine 1992 Lev Brovarskyi FC CSKA Kyiv Ukraine 1992 Volodymyr Bezsonov FC Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk Ukraine 1992 Mykola Fedorenko Ukraine 1992 Leonid Koltun 2 games FC Nyva Ternopil Ukraine 1992 Valeriy Bohuslavskyi SC Tavriya Simferopol Ukraine 1992 Volodymyr Muntian Ukraine 1992 Anatoliy Korobochka the first half FC Prykarpattia Ivano-Frankivsk Ukraine 1992 Serhiy Morozov Ukraine 1992 Ihor Yavorskyi 12 games Ukraine 1992 Anatoliy Boyko 2 games FC Chornomorets Odesa Ukraine 1992 Anatoliy Azarenkov Ukraine 1992 Oleksandr Holokolosov 7 gamesUkraine 1992 Valeriy Melnyk 2 games FC Zirka Kirovohrad Ukraine 1992 Yuriy Koval Ukraine 1992 Oleksandr Ischenko 5 games Managerial changes TeamOutgoing head coachManner of departureDate of vacancyTableIncoming head coachDate of appointmentFC Nyva TernopilUkraine 1992 Ihor Yurchenkopre-seasonUkraine 1992 Valeriy BohuslavskyFC Karpaty LvivUkraine 1992 Stepan Yurchyshynpre-seasonUkraine 1992 Lev BrovarskyShakhtar Donetskicon RUS Anatoliy ByshovetsResigned5 October 1999https://www.kommersant.ru/doc/226806?query=%D0%A4%D0%9A%20%22%D0%A8%D0%B0%D1%85%D1%82%D0%B5%D1%80%22%20%D0%90%D1%85%D0%BC%D0%B5%D1%82%D0%BE%D0%B2 Второе поражение Анатолия Бышовца 1999-10-05 www.kommersant.ru 2025-07-277thicon UKR Oleksiy Drozdenko (interim)5 October 1999https://1927.kiev.ua/news/view/17768 Страх і ненависть на «Олімпійському». Як все починалося. ВІДЕО 1927.kiev.ua 2025-07-27https://terrikon.com/posts/504231 Футбол от Дрозденко: прощаясь с легендой Шахтера 2024-12-18 terrikon.com 2025-07-27 https://fanday.net/news/umer-legendarnyi-igrok-shakhtera-byvshii-kapitan-zashishal-cveta-gornyakov-11-sezonov Умер легендарный игрок Шахтера: бывший капитан защищал цвета «горняков» 11 сезонов 2024-12-15 fanday.net 2025-07-27 https://www.rbc.ua/ukr/news/pomer-kolishniy-kapitan-shahtarya-grav-komandu-1734277254.html Умер бывший капитан "Шахтера": играл за команду 11 сезонов 2024-12-15 www.rbc.ua 2025-07-27 League table main WDL QR MZA Even on head-to-head points, away goals scored: Metalist +1, M. Zaporizhia 0. IVF Head-to-head points: Tavriya 6, Prykarpattia 0. DYK Dynamo Kyiv Participant of the 2000 Ukrainian Cup Final SHD Shakhtar Donetsk KRY Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih DYK VOR Vorskla Poltava MKH Metalist Kharkiv MZA Metalurh Zaporizhzhia MDO Metalurh Donetsk MAR Metalurh Mariupol KAR Karpaty Lviv ARK CSKA Kyiv DNI Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk NVT Nyva Ternopil TAV Tavriya Simferopol IVF Prykarpattya Ivano-Frankivsk CHO Chornomorets Odesa ZIR Zirka Kirovohrad 27 3 0 85 18 C 21 3 6 60 16 18 6 6 54 30 14 7 9 50 34 12 8 10 41 39 12 8 10 43 35 11 10 9 39 35 13 3 14 49 48 12 4 14 39 38 9 8 13 31 36 8 9 13 26 52 7 10 13 40 57 7 8 15 32 51 7 8 15 27 47 R 6 8 16 20 50 R 0 9 21 16 66 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 qualifying round UCQR red1 Relegated to Ukrainian First League R1 R1 R1 complete uafootball.net.ua, www.rsssf.org 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 MET Metalist Kharkiv MDO Metalurh Donetsk MTM Metalurh Mariupol MZA Metalurh Zaporizhzhia NVT Nyva Ternopil PRY Prykarpattya Ivano-Frankivsk SHA Shakhtar Donetsk TAV Tavriya Simferopol VOR Vorskla Poltava ZIR Zirka Kirovohrad 2–1 2–1 3–0 2–1 2–0 Originally, the match Dynamo v M. Zaporizhia was scheduled to take place on August 1, 1999, but was postponed and played on November 21, 1999. The Professional Football League approved the game postponement to accommodate Dynamo, which was scheduled to play Zalgiris in the 1999–2000 UEFA Champions League on August 4, 1999. 1–0 6–1 3–0 3–1 4–0 4–1 2–0 6–0 4–1 3–0 0–0 Scheduled on August 15, 1999, it was postponed and played on November 29, 1999, as both teams participated in European competitions and call-up of their players to the Ukraine national football team. 3–1 0–0 3–1 4–0 2–0 3–0 4–0 3–0 2–0 5–0 2–0 1–0 0–1 1–0 1–1 1–0 4–0 2–0 1–0 0–0 2–1 2–1 2–1 2–2 5–1 2–1 3–0 2–0 3–1 1–2 0–3 3–0 3–1 3–0 0–0 1–1 1–0 2–0 4–0 4–2 4–0 2–0 4–0 1–1 0–5 0–1 1–1 2–1 0–0 2–1 2–0 1–0 2–0 2–1 5–2 2–1 2–0 1–1 4–0 0–3 1–0 1–2 3–1 1–1 1–1 2–1 3–1 2–2 6–1 4–0 3–2 2–2 2–0 2–0 0–4 2–3 0–0 2–3 1–1 2–1 2–1 2–1 0–0 5–1 3–2 0–0 4–1 4–0 2–0 2–3 1–2 0–2 2–1 3–1 1–1 4–1 1–0 2–0 3–2 2–1 4–1 2–0 5–0 3–0 2–3 1–0 1–0 3–1 1–1 1–0 1–1 3–1 1–0 4–0 0–1 0–1 0–1 5–0 3–0 0–3 1–0 1–2 1–1 0–1 1–0 1–0 1–1 2–3 3–0 0–0 3–0 2–1 3–0 3–0 0–2 1–2 1–0 2–1 1–0 0–2 0–1 1–0 1–1 2–1 Scheduled on August 15, 1999, it was postponed and played on October 20, 1999, due to call-up of their players to the Ukraine national football team. 1–1 1–0 1–1 1–1 2–0 0–1 1–1 3–3 Scheduled on August 15, 1999, it was postponed and played on October 12, 1999, as Kryvbas participated in the European competitions. 1–1 2–1 0–3 3–0 2–1 1–2 2–2 1–1 1–1 3–1 3–1 3–0 1–3 0–3 2–4 0–3 2–2 1–2 1–1 1–0 4–1 1–2 1–1 1–1 1–0 1–1 2–0 1–2 0–2 1–3 0–1 2–1 0–0 1–1 3–0 3–1 0–0 1–1 2–1 0–2 1–0 4–2 2–2 0–3 2–0 1–1 0–1 1–0 0–1 3–4 0–0 2–0 -:+ Originally, the match Chornomorets v Dnipro that took place on April 22, 2000, ended in a 2:2 tie. The Professional Football League of Ukraine awarded a technical win to Dnipro and a loss to Chornomorets for fielding Dmytro Karyaka for Chornomorets.Match protocol copy. www.uafootball.net.ua 1–0 1–2 0–0 1–0 1–4 2–6 0–3 0–2 2–2 1–1 0–2 1–2 0–2 0–0 1–1 1–1 2–2 1–1 0–0 Top goalscorers upright|thumb|Shatskikh Uzbekistan Maksim Shatskikh Dynamo Kyiv 20 (1) Ukraine 1992 Ivan Hetsko Karpaty Lviv / Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih 19 (1) (10 goals for Karpaty Lviv) Ukraine 1992 Serhii Rebrov Dynamo Kyiv 18 (6) Ukraine 1992 Andriy Vorobei Shakhtar Donetsk 15 (1) Ukraine 1992 Kostyantyn Babych Metalurh Mariupol 12 Georgia 1990 Avtandil Kapanadze Nyva Ternopil 12 Ukraine 1992 Hennady Zubov Shakhtar Donetsk 12 (4) Ukraine 1992 Oleksandr Haidash Tavriya Simferopol / Metalurh Mariupol 10 Ukraine 1992 Volodymyr Maziar Vorskla Poltava 10 Ukraine 1992 Viktor Ivanenko Metalist Kharkiv 10 (3) Ukraine 1992 Hennadiy Moroz Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih 10 (6) Notable Transfers Serhii Rebrov, FC Dynamo Kyiv to Tottenham Hotspur F.C. Hennadiy Moroz, FC Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih to FC Dynamo Kyiv References External links ukrsoccerhistory.com - source of information The 9th Ukrainian championship 1999-2000. ukranianfootball.narod.ru (Ukrainian football from Aleksei Kobyzev) The 1999-2000 Ukrainian championship. www.uafootball.net.ua (Ukrainian football from Dmitriy Troschiy) The 9th Ukrainian football championship. www.rsssf.com Category:Ukrainian Premier League seasons Category:1999–2000 in Ukrainian association football leagues Ukra