2006–07 Vyshcha Liha

Vyshcha Liha

Season	2006–07
Champions	Dynamo Kyiv 12th title
Relegated	Illichivets Mariupol, Stal Alchevsk
Champions League	Dynamo Kyiv (3rd Qualifying Round) Shakhtar Donetsk (2nd Qualifying Round)
UEFA Cup	Metalist Kharkiv (1st Round) Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk (2nd Qualifying Round)
Intertoto Cup	Chornomorets Odessa (2nd Round)
Matches played	240
Goals scored	515 (2.15 per match)
Top goalscorer	Oleksandr Hladky (13) (FC Kharkiv)
Biggest home win	(5:0) - Shakhtar-Metalist Shakhtar-Kyvbas
Biggest away win	(0:5) - Metalurh Z.-Dynamo
Highest scoring	(5:2) - Dynamo-Arsenal
Highest attendance	28,880 - Metalist-Dynamo
Lowest attendance	500 - Arsenal-Metalurh D. Metalurh D.-Illichivets
Average attendance	9,266
← 2005–06 2007–08 →

The 2006–07 Vyshcha Liha season is the sixteenth since its establishment. Shakhtar Donetsk were the defending champions. Soyuz-Viktan became the first title sponsor in the League's history.

The season started on July 21, 2006 with the game in Kyiv, Dynamo - Chornomorets 4:1. The last day of the competition was June 17, 2007. The winner of the championship was declared Dynamo Kyiv acquiring their 12th title defeating the reigning champion Shakhtar Donetsk that was holding the title for the last couple of years.

Illichivets was forced into relegation for the first time since entering the League 10 years ago. Stal was relegated as well. It was the second time for that club.

The game Karpaty-Metalist finished with a technical loss awarded to the Lviv's club for no appearance.

Teams

Promoted

• FC Zorya Luhansk, champion of the 2005-06 Ukrainian First League – (returning after absence of 10 seasons)
• FC Karpaty Lviv, runner-up of the 2005-06 Ukrainian First League – (returning after absence of 2 seasons)

Location map

Dynamo

Arsenal

Dnipro

Illichivets

Metalurh Z.

Kryvbas

Metalist
Khakriv

Karpaty

Stal

Metalurh D.

Shakhtar

Tavriya

Vorskla

Zorya

Chornomorets

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Locations of team home grounds in Ukrainian Premier League 2005–06

Managers

Club	Coach	Replaced coach
FC Arsenal Kyiv	Oleksandr Zavarov
FC Chornomorets Odessa	Semen Altman
FC Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk	Oleh Protasov
FC Dynamo Kyiv	Anatoliy Demyanenko
FC Karpaty Lviv	Oleksandr Ischenko
FC Kharkiv	Volodymyr Bezsonov	Volodymyr Kulayev Mykhailo Stelmakh
FC Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih	Oleh Taran	Oleksandr Kosevych
FC Metalist Kharkiv	Myron Markevych
FC Metalurh Donetsk	Jos Daerden	Pichi Alonso Co Adriaanse
FC Metalurh Zaporizhya	Anatoly Chantsev	Serhiy Yashchenko
FC Illichivets Mariupol	Yuriy Kerman	Ivan Balan
FC Shakhtar Donetsk	Mircea Lucescu
SC Tavriya Simferopol	Mykhailo Fomenko
FC Vorskla Poltava	Viktor Nosov
FC Stal Alchevsk	Ton Caanen
FC Zorya Luhansk	Oleksandr Kosevych	Yuriy Koval Volodymyr Bezsonov Volodymyr Malyhin

Final table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Dynamo Kyiv (C)	30	22	8	0	67	23	+44	74	Qualification to Champions League third qualifying round
2	Shakhtar Donetsk	30	19	6	5	57	20	+37	63	Qualification to Champions League second qualifying round
3	Metalist Kharkiv	30	18	7	5	40	20	+20	61	Qualification to UEFA Cup first round
4	Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk	30	11	14	5	32	24	+8	47	Qualification to UEFA Cup second qualifying round
5	Tavriya Simferopol	30	12	6	12	32	30	+2	42
6	Chornomorets Odessa	30	11	8	11	36	33	+3	41	Qualification to Intertoto Cup second round
7	Metalurh Zaporizhzhya	30	10	10	10	25	32	−7	40
8	Karpaty Lviv	30	9	10	11	26	32	−6	37
9	Metalurh Donetsk	30	9	9	12	26	35	−9	36
10	Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih	30	7	14	9	29	36	−7	35
11	Zorya Luhansk	30	9	7	14	23	43	−20	34
12	FC Kharkiv	30	8	9	13	26	38	−12	33
13	Vorskla Poltava	30	7	10	13	23	28	−5	31
14	Arsenal Kyiv	30	7	9	14	28	44	−16	30
15	Illychivets Mariupol (R)	30	6	7	17	23	39	−16	25	Relegated to Ukrainian First League
16	Stal Alchevsk (R)	30	5	6	19	22	38	−16	21

Source:
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated

Top goal scorers

Hladkyi

Oleksandr Hladky	Kharkiv	13 (3)
Vasil Gigiadze	Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih	11 (4)
Siarhey Karnilenka	Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk	10
William Batista	Karpaty Lviv	10 (2)
Serhiy Nazarenko	Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk	10 (2)
Maksim Shatskikh	Dynamo Kyiv	9
Brandao	Shakhtar Donetsk	9 (1)
Serhiy Danylovskyi	Chornomorets Odessa	8
Kleber	Dynamo Kyiv	8
Diogo Rincon	Dynamo Kyiv	8 (2)

Stadia

The locations of the 16 teams participating in Vyscha Liha season 2006-07.

Rank	Stadium	Capacity	Club	High att.	Opponent
1	Chornomorets Stadium	34,362	Chornomorets Odessa	14800	Dnipro Dniporpetrovsk
2	Shakhtar Stadium	31,718	Metalurh Donetsk	22000	Shakhtar Donetsk
3	Avanhard Stadium	31,243	Zorya Luhansk	20000	Dynamo Kyiv Shakhtar Donetsk
4	Metalist Stadium	30,133	Metalist Kharkiv FC Kharkiv	28800 14000	Dynamo Kyiv Metalist Kharkiv
5	Metalurh Stadium	29,782	Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih	18000	Dynamo Kyiv
6	Ukraina Stadium	28,051	Karpaty Lviv	28180	Shakhtar Donetsk
7	RSK Olimpiyskiy	25,831	Shakhtar Donetsk	26100	Dynamo Kyiv
8	Vorskla Stadium	25,000	Vorskla Poltava	17000	Dynamo Kyiv
9	Stadium Meteor	24,381	Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk	20500	Shakhtar Donetsk
10	Lokomotiv Stadium	19,978	Tavriya Simferopol	20000	Dynamo Kyiv
11	Lobanovsky Dynamo Stadium	16,873	Dynamo Kyiv Arsenal Kyiv	18000 4700	Dnipro Dniporpetrovsk Dynamo Kyiv
12	Illychivets Stadium	12,680	Illychivets Mariupol	12500	Shakhtar Donetsk
13	Slavutych Arena	11,983	Metalurh Zaporizhzhya	11500	Dynamo Kyiv
14	Stal Stadium	9,200	Stal Alchevsk	9000	Shakhtar Donetsk

Auxiliary or former home stadiums

Rank	Stadium	Capacity	Club	High att.	Opponent	Notes
1	NSC Olimpiysky	83,450	Arsenal Kyiv	2100	Illichivets Mariupol	8 games
2	Kolos Stadium	5,654	Arsenal Kyiv	1100	FC Kharkiv	Only game

See also

• 2006–07 Ukrainian First League
• 2006–07 Ukrainian Second League
• 2006–07 Ukrainian Cup

External links

• Website of FFU
• ukranianfootball.narod.ru