1999–2000 Vyshcha Liha

Vyshcha Liha

Season	1999–2000
Champions	Dynamo Kyiv 8th title
Relegated	Chornomorets Odesa Zirka Kirovohrad Prykarpattya Ivano-Frankivsk
Champions League	Dynamo Kyiv Shakhtar Donetsk
UEFA Cup	Vorskla Poltava Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih
Matches played	240
Top goalscorer	(20) Maksim Shatskikh (Dynamo)
Biggest home win	Dynamo - Prykarpattia 6:0
Biggest away win	Metalist - Dynamo 0:5
Highest scoring	Zirka - Shakhtar 2:6
← 1998–99 2000–01 →

The 1999–2000 Vyshcha Liha season was the 9th since its establishment. FC Dynamo Kyiv were the defending champions.

Teams

Promotions

• Chornomorets Odesa, the runners-up of the 1998–99 Ukrainian First League – (returning after absence of a season)

Note: the 1998–99 Ukrainian First League was won by the second team of Dynamo Kyiv, FC Dynamo-2 Kyiv, which could not be promoted. The third placed team FC Torpedo Zaporizhzhia was originally also had to be promoted, but due to its financial situation it filed for bankruptcy. Because of the situation with Torpedo, the Professional Football League of Ukraine scheduled a playoff game which was won by Prykarpattia.

Location

Prykarpattia

Chornomorets

Zirka

Dnipro

Dynamo
CSKA

Kryvbas

Karpaty

Metalurh M.

Vorskla

Metalist

Metalurh Z.

Nyva T.

Tavriya

Shakhtar
Metalurh D.

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Locations of teams home grounds in Ukrainian Premier League 1996-97

Managers

Club	Coach	Replaced coach	Home stadium
FC Dynamo Kyiv	Valery Lobanovsky		Dynamo Stadium
FC Shakhtar Donetsk	Viktor Prokopenko	Anatoliy Byshovets 8 games Oleksiy Drozdenko 6 games	Shakhtar Stadium
FC Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih	Oleh Taran		Metalurh Stadium
FC Vorskla Poltava	Anatoliy Konkov		Vorskla Stadium
FC Metalist Kharkiv	Mykhailo Fomenko		Metalist Stadium
FC Metalurh Zaporizhzhia	Myron Markevych		Metalurh Stadium
FC Metalurh Donetsk	Semen Altman	Mykhailo Sokolovskyi 5 games	Donetsk Metallurgical Factory Stadium
FC Metalurh Mariupol	Mykola Pavlov		Azovets Stadium
FC Karpaty Lviv	Lev Brovarskyi		SKA Stadium Ukraina Stadium
FC CSKA Kyiv	Volodymyr Bezsonov		Olimpiyskiy National Sports Complex CSK ZSU Stadium
FC Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk	Mykola Fedorenko	Leonid Koltun 2 games	Meteor Stadium
FC Nyva Ternopil	Valeriy Bohuslavskyi		City Stadium
SC Tavriya Simferopol	Volodymyr Muntian	Anatoliy Korobochka the first half	Lokomotyv Stadium
FC Prykarpattia Ivano-Frankivsk	Serhiy Morozov	Ihor Yavorskyi 12 games Anatoliy Boyko 2 games	Rukh Stadium
FC Chornomorets Odesa	Anatoliy Azarenkov	Oleksandr Holokolosov 7 games Valeriy Melnyk 2 games	Black Sea Shipping Stadium
FC Zirka Kirovohrad	Yuriy Koval	Oleksandr Ischenko 5 games	Zirka Stadium

Managerial changes

Team	Outgoing head coach	Manner of departure	Date of vacancy	Table	Incoming head coach	Date of appointment	Table
FC Nyva Ternopil	Ihor Yurchenko			pre-season	Valeriy Bohuslavsky		pre-season
FC Karpaty Lviv	Stepan Yurchyshyn			pre-season	Lev Brovarsky		pre-season

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Dynamo Kyiv (C)	30	27	3	0	85	18	+67	84	Qualification to Champions League third qualifying round
2	Shakhtar Donetsk	30	21	3	6	60	16	+44	66	Qualification to Champions League second qualifying round
3	Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih	30	18	6	6	54	30	+24	60	Qualification to UEFA Cup first round
4	Vorskla Poltava	30	14	7	9	50	34	+16	49	Qualification to UEFA Cup qualifying round
5	Metalist Kharkiv	30	12	8	10	41	39	+2	44
6	Metalurh Zaporizhzhia	30	12	8	10	43	35	+8	44
7	Metalurh Donetsk	30	11	10	9	39	35	+4	43
8	Metalurh Mariupol	30	13	3	14	49	48	+1	42
9	Karpaty Lviv	30	12	4	14	39	38	+1	40
10	CSKA Kyiv	30	9	8	13	31	36	−5	35
11	Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk	30	8	9	13	26	52	−26	33
12	Nyva Ternopil	30	7	10	13	40	57	−17	31
13	Tavriya Simferopol	30	7	8	15	32	51	−19	29
14	Prykarpattya Ivano-Frankivsk (R)	30	7	8	15	27	47	−20	29	Relegated to Ukrainian First League
15	Chornomorets Odesa (R)	30	6	8	16	20	50	−30	26
16	Zirka Kirovohrad (R)	30	0	9	21	16	66	−50	9

Source: uafootball.net.ua
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated
Notes:

Results

Home \ Away	CHO	CSK	DNI	DYN	KAR	KRY	MET	MDO	MTM	MZA	NVT	PRY	SHA	TAV	VOR	ZIR
Chornomorets Odesa	—	2–0	-:+	2–2	0–0	2–0	0–1	0–1	3–4	1–0	1–0	0–0	0–3	1–2	1–1	1–0
CSKA Kyiv	3–0	—	3–0	0–3	2–3	1–2	0–1	1–0	1–1	1–0	0–0	2–1	1–0	3–0	1–1	3–0
Dnipro	1–1	2–1	—	0–2	1–1	1–0	1–0	0–1	1–0	0–2	1–1	1–1	1–2	1–0	2–1	2–0
Dynamo Kyiv	4–1	3–1	4–0	—	3–0	2–1	2–1	1–0	6–1	2–0	4–1	6–0	2–1	2–0	3–0	3–0
Karpaty Lviv	5–0	1–0	4–0	2–3	—	1–0	1–1	1–1	3–1	1–0	0–1	0–1	1–0	0–1	3–1	3–0
Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih	2–0	2–1	2–2	1–1	2–1	—	2–0	0–0	2–1	1–0	5–1	3–0	1–0	2–1	4–0	3–1
Metalist Kharkiv	1–1	2–0	2–1	0–5	1–0	1–1	—	2–1	2–0	0–0	5–2	2–0	0–1	2–1	2–1	4–0
Metalurh Donetsk	4–0	0–0	5–1	0–4	2–1	0–0	1–1	—	2–1	2–1	3–2	4–1	2–3	0–0	2–3	2–0
Metalurh Mariupol	5–0	2–0	3–2	2–3	1–0	0–2	3–1	4–1	—	1–1	2–1	2–0	1–2	4–1	2–1	3–0
Metalurh Zaporizhzhia	2–0	2–2	6–1	0–3	3–1	1–2	1–1	1–1	2–1	—	4–0	2–2	1–0	3–2	3–1	2–0
Nyva Ternopil	3–1	2–2	1–1	0–1	1–2	3–3	2–1	3–0	2–1	0–3	—	3–1	1–1	1–1	1–1	3–0
Prykarpattya Ivano-Frankivsk	1–0	0–0	1–1	1–2	3–1	1–3	2–1	1–1	3–0	0–0	2–1	—	0–2	0–2	0–1	4–2
Shakhtar Donetsk	0–1	3–0	2–0	0–0	4–0	3–1	3–1	2–0	3–0	4–0	5–0	1–0	—	2–0	0–0	1–0
Tavriya Simferopol	1–1	1–2	1–1	1–3	4–1	2–4	2–2	1–1	1–0	1–2	1–1	1–0	0–3	—	0–3	2–0
Vorskla Poltava	4–0	2–0	4–0	1–2	1–0	3–0	3–1	0–0	1–1	3–0	4–2	2–0	0–3	4–0	—	1–1
Zirka Kirovohrad	0–0	0–0	1–1	1–4	0–2	0–3	2–2	0–2	1–2	1–1	1–1	1–1	2–6	2–2	0–2	—

Source: uafootball.net.ua
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Top goalscorers

Shatskikh

Maksim Shatskikh	Dynamo Kyiv	20 (1)
Ivan Hetsko	Karpaty Lviv / Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih	19 (1) (10 goals for Karpaty Lviv)
Serhii Rebrov	Dynamo Kyiv	18 (6)
Andriy Vorobei	Shakhtar Donetsk	15 (1)
Kostyantyn Babych	Metalurh Mariupol	12
Avtandil Kapanadze	Nyva Ternopil	12
Hennady Zubov	Shakhtar Donetsk	12 (4)
Oleksandr Haidash	Tavriya Simferopol / Metalurh Mariupol	10
Volodymyr Maziar	Vorskla Poltava	10
Viktor Ivanenko	Metalist Kharkiv	10 (3)
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

External links

• ukrsoccerhistory.com - source of information