1998–99 Vyshcha Liha
Appearance
Season | 1998–99 |
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Champions | Dynamo Kyiv 7th title |
Relegated | SC Mykolaiv |
Champions League | Dynamo Kyiv |
UEFA Cup | Karpaty Lviv Shakhtar Donetsk Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih |
Matches played | 240 |
Top goalscorer | (18) Andriy Shevchenko (Dynamo) |
Biggest home win | Dynamo - Prykarpattia 7:0 Shakhtar - Mykolaiv 7:0 |
Biggest away win | Metalist - Dynamo 1:6 Zirka - Dynamo 0:5 |
Highest scoring | Shakhtar - Vorskla 7:3 |
← 1997–98 |
The 1998–99 Vyshcha Liha season was the 8th since its establishment. FC Dynamo Kyiv were the defending champions.
Teams
[edit]Promotions
[edit]- SC Mykolaiv, the champion of the 1997–98 Ukrainian First League – (returning after absence of two seasons)
- Metalist Kharkiv, the third-place runner-up of the 1997–98 Ukrainian First League – (returning after absence of four seasons)
Location
[edit]Managers
[edit]Notes: Games between Dynamo Kyiv and CSKA Kyiv were played at Republican Stadium.
Changes
[edit]Team | Outgoing head coach | Manner of departure | Date of vacancy | Table | Incoming head coach | Date of appointment | Table |
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FC Nyva Ternopil | ![]() |
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FC CSKA Kyiv | ![]() |
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pre-season |
League table
[edit]Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
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1 | Dynamo Kyiv[a] (C) | 30 | 23 | 5 | 2 | 75 | 17 | +58 | 74 | Qualification to Champions League second qualifying round |
2 | Shakhtar Donetsk | 30 | 20 | 5 | 5 | 70 | 25 | +45 | 65 | Qualification to UEFA Cup qualifying round |
3 | Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih | 30 | 16 | 11 | 3 | 43 | 18 | +25 | 59 | |
4 | Karpaty Lviv[a] | 30 | 15 | 10 | 5 | 54 | 34 | +20 | 55 | Qualification to UEFA Cup first round |
5 | Metalurh Mariupol | 30 | 14 | 6 | 10 | 35 | 27 | +8 | 48 | |
6 | Metalist Kharkiv | 30 | 14 | 5 | 11 | 31 | 32 | −1 | 47 | |
7 | CSKA Kyiv | 30 | 11 | 10 | 9 | 37 | 35 | +2 | 43 | |
8 | Metalurh Zaporizhzhia | 30 | 12 | 6 | 12 | 46 | 43 | +3 | 42 | |
9 | Tavriya Simferopol | 30 | 10 | 7 | 13 | 33 | 39 | −6 | 37 | |
10 | Vorskla Poltava | 30 | 10 | 5 | 15 | 36 | 43 | −7 | 35 | |
11 | Zirka Kirovohrad | 30 | 9 | 7 | 14 | 31 | 40 | −9 | 34 | |
12 | Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk | 30 | 9 | 5 | 16 | 28 | 46 | −18 | 32 | |
13 | Nyva Ternopil | 30 | 8 | 7 | 15 | 29 | 41 | −12 | 31 | |
14 | Metalurh Donetsk | 30 | 7 | 7 | 16 | 27 | 51 | −24 | 28 | |
15 | Prykarpattya Ivano-Frankivsk | 30 | 6 | 6 | 18 | 24 | 59 | −35 | 24 | Qualification to relegation play-off |
16 | SC Mykolaiv (R) | 30 | 2 | 6 | 22 | 18 | 67 | −49 | 12 | Relegated to Ukrainian First League |
Results
[edit]Top goalscorers
[edit]![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/60/Andrey_Shevchenko.jpg/170px-Andrey_Shevchenko.jpg)
Rank | Player | Club | Goals (Pen.) |
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1 | ![]() |
Dynamo Kyiv | 18 (1) |
2 | ![]() |
Karpaty Lviv | 16 |
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Karpaty Lviv | 16 (5) | |
4 | ![]() |
Metalurh Zaporizhzhya | 13 (3) |
5 | ![]() |
Shakhtar Donetsk | 11 |
6 | ![]() |
Tavriya Simferopol | 11 (3) |
7 | ![]() |
Dynamo Kyiv | 10 |
8 | ![]() |
Tavriya Simferopol | 9 |
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Nyva Ternopil | 9 | |
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Zirka Kirovohrad | 9 | |
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Vorskla Poltava | 9 | |
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Metalurh Mariupol | 9 | |
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Dynamo Kyiv | 9 | |
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Shakhtar Donetsk | 9 |
- Notable Transfers
- Andriy Shevchenko, FC Dynamo Kyiv to A.C. Milan
- Oleksandr Palyanytsia, FC Karpaty Lviv to FC Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih
- Ihor Kostiuk, FC Vorskla Poltava to FC Dynamo-2 Kyiv