1997–98 Vyshcha Liha

Vyshcha Liha
Season 1997–98
Champions Dynamo Kyiv
Relegated Torpedo, Chornomorets
Champions League Dynamo Kyiv
Cup Winners' Cup CSKA Kyiv
UEFA Cup Shakhtar Donetsk
Top goalscorer (22) Serhiy Rebrov (Dynamo)

Preseason changes

Managers
Team Outgoing head coach Manner of departure Date of vacancy Table Incoming head coach Date of appointment Table
SC Tavriya Simferopol Ukraine Mykola Pavlov pre-season Ukraine Ivan Balan pre-season
FC CSKA Kyiv Ukraine Volodymyr Lozynsky pre-season Ukraine Volodymyr Bezsonov pre-season
FC Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih Ukraine Oleksandr Lysenko pre-season Ukraine Oleh Taran pre-season
FC Prykarpattia Ivano-Frankivsk Ukraine Viktor Kolotov pre-season Ukraine Ihor Yurchenko pre-season

Final table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Comments
1Dynamo Kyiv (C) 3023347015+5572CL 1st Qualifying Round
2Shakhtar Donetsk 3020736125+3667UC 1st Qualifying Round
3Karpaty Lviv 3016953620+1657
4Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk 3017494727+2055
5Vorskla Poltava 30154114146549IC 1st Round
6Metalurh Donetsk 30117122827+140new
7Nyva Ternopil 30124143739240
8Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih 30109113433+139
9Metalurh Zaporizhzhya 30107134044437
10Prykarpattya Ivano-Frankivsk 3089133341833
11Zirka Kirovohrad 30961527482133
12Metalurh Mariupol 30891327482133new
13CSKA Kyiv 3096153035533CWC Qualifying Round
14Tavriya Simferopol 3089133541633
15Chornomorets Odessa (R) 3088143139832 Persha Liha
16Torpedo Zaporizhzhya (R) 30272120694913 Persha Liha

Note:

Top goalscorers

Ukraine Serhiy Rebrov Dynamo Kyiv 22
Ukraine Andriy Shevchenko Dynamo Kyiv 19
Ukraine Oleksandr Palyanytsia Karpaty Lviv 17
Georgia (country) Avtandil Kapanadze Nyva Ternopil 15
Ukraine Oleksandr Haidash Tavriya Simferopol 14
Ukraine Hennady Shekotilin Chornomorets Odessa 13
UkraineValery Kriventsov Shakhtar Donetsk 11
Ukraine Hennadiy Orbu Shakhtar Donetsk 9
Ukraine Petro Rusak Spartak Ivano-Frankivsk 9
Ukraine Volodymyr Haschyn Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih 9
Ukraine Vitaliy Mintenko Metalurh Donetsk 9
Ukraine Valentyn Platonov Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih 9

Managers

Club Coach Replaced coach Home stadium
FC Dynamo Kyiv Ukraine Valery Lobanovsky Dynamo Stadium
FC Shakhtar Donetsk Ukraine Valery Yaremchenko Shakhtar Stadium
FC Karpaty Lviv Ukraine Myron Markevych Ukraina Stadium
FC Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk Ukraine Vadym Tyschenko Ukraine Vyacheslav Hrozny 15 games (first half) Meteor Stadium
FC Vorskla Poltava Ukraine Oleksandr Dovbiy Ukraine Viktor Pozhychevskyi 27 games (first half) Vorskla Stadium
FC Metalurh Donetsk Ukraine Volodymyr Onyschenko Avanhard Stadium (Makiivka)
Donetsk Metallurgical Factory Stadium
FC Nyva Ternopil Ukraine Leonid Ischuk Ukraine Ihor Yavorskyi 29 games City Stadium
FC Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih Ukraine Oleh Taran Metalurh Stadium
FC Metalurh Zaporizhia Ukraine Oleksandr Shtelin Ukraine Oleksandr Tomakh 17 games
Ukraine Leonid Kliuchyk 1 game
Metalurh Stadium
FC Prykarpattia Ivano-Frankivsk Ukraine Bohdan Blavatskiy Ukraine Ihor Yurchenko 15 games (first half) Rukh Stadium
FC Zirka Kirovohrad Ukraine Oleksandr Ischenko Ukraine Oleksandr Dovbiy 27 games
Ukraine Serhiy Strashnenko 1 game
Zirka Stadium
FC Metalurh Mariupol Ukraine Mykola Pavlov Ukraine Volodymyr Kuzovlev 1 game
Ukraine Yuriy Pohrebniak 2 games
Azovstal Stadium
FC CSKA Kyiv Ukraine Serhiy Morozov Ukraine Volodymyr Bezsonov 15 games CSK ZSU Stadium
SC Tavriya Simferopol Ukraine Viktor Hrachov Ukraine Ivan Balan 25 games Lokomotyv Stadium
FC Chornomorets Odessa Ukraine Volodymyr Kozerenko Ukraine Leonid Buriak 22 games Black Sea Shipping Stadium
FC Torpedo Zaporizhia Ukraine Leonid Koltun Ukraine Viktor Matvienko 18 games
Ukraine Vyacheslav Pershyn 4 games
AvtoZAZ Stadium

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