2007–08 Vyshcha Liha

Vyshcha Liha

Season	2007–08
Champions	Shakhtar Donetsk
Relegated	Naftovyk-Ukrnafta Okhtyrka, Zakarpattia Uzhhorod
Champions League	Shakhtar Donetsk (3rd Qualifying Round) Dynamo Kyiv (2nd Qualifying Round)
UEFA Cup	Metalist Kharkiv (1st Round) Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk (2nd Qualifying Round)
Intertoto Cup	Tavriya Simferopol (2nd Round)
Matches played	240
Goals scored	581 (2.42 per match)
Top goalscorer	Marko Dević (19) (Metalist Kharkiv)
Biggest home win	Arsenal - Zakarpattia 7:0
Biggest away win	numerous games 0:3 and 1:4
Highest scoring	Dynamo - Karpaty 7:3
← 2006–07 2008–09 →

The 2007–08 Vyshcha Liha season is the seventeenth since its establishment. This season competition was sponsored by Biola which became the title sponsor of the League for the season. It began on July 17, 2007, and ended on May 18, 2008. 16 teams participated in the competition, 14 of which contested in the 2006-07 season, and two of which (Zakarpattia Uzhhorod and Naftovyk-Ukrnafta Okhtyrka) were promoted from the Ukrainian First League (the league immediately below the Ukrainian Premier League).

The winner of league was Shakhtar Donetsk with 74 points, followed by Dynamo Kyiv with 71 points. The top goalscorer of the season was Marko Dević from Metalist Kharkiv with 19 goals, 6 of which were penalties. The spot for second highest goalscorer with 17 goals was a three-way tie between Oleksandr Hladky from Shakhtar Donetsk, Yevhen Seleznyov from Arsenal Kyiv (on loan from Shakhtar), and Oleksandr Kosyrin from Metalurh Donetsk.

Team changes from previous season

FC Illichivets Mariupol and FC Stal Alchevsk were demoted to Ukrainian First League after the 2006–07 season for finishing in 15th and 16th place respectively. They were replaced by First League champions FC Naftovyk-Ukrnafta Okhtyrka and runners-up OSC Zakarpattya Uzhhorod.

Managers

Club	Coach	Replaced coach
FC Arsenal Kyiv	Oleksandr Zavarov
FC Chornomorets Odessa	Vitaliy Shevchenko
FC Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk	Oleh Protasov
FC Dynamo Kyiv	Yuri Semin	Anatoliy Demyanenko
FC Karpaty Lviv	Valery Yaremchenko	Oleksandr Ischenko
FC Kharkiv	Volodymyr Bezsonov
FC Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih	Oleh Taran
FC Metalist Kharkiv	Myron Markevych
FC Metalurh Donetsk	Nikolay Kostov	Jos Daerden
FC Metalurh Zaporizhya	Anatoly Chantsev
FC Naftovyk-Ukrnafta Okhtyrka	Valeriy Horodov	Serhiy Shevchenko
FC Shakhtar Donetsk	Mircea Lucescu
SC Tavriya Simferopol	Mykhailo Fomenko
FC Vorskla Poltava	Mykola Pavlov	Anatoliy Momot
FC Zakarpattia Uzhhorod	Volodymyr Vasiutyk	Volodymyr Sharan
FC Zorya Luhansk	Anatoliy Volobuev	Oleksandr Kosevych

League table

Final standings

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Comments
1	Shakhtar Donetsk	30	24	2	4	75	24	+51	74	2008-09 UEFA Champions League Third qualifying round
2	Dynamo Kyiv	30	22	5	3	65	26	+39	71	2008-09 UEFA Champions League Second qualifying round
3	Metalist Kharkiv *	30	19	6	5	51	27	+24	63	2008-09 UEFA Cup First round
4	Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk	30	18	5	7	40	27	+13	59	2008-09 UEFA Cup Second qualifying round
5	Tavriya Simferopol	30	13	8	9	38	40	−2	47	2008 UEFA Intertoto Cup Second round
6	Arsenal Kyiv	30	11	9	10	42	36	+6	42
7	Chornomorets Odessa	30	11	5	14	27	33	−6	38
8	Vorskla Poltava	30	9	9	12	28	30	−2	36
9	Metalurh Zaporizhzhya	30	9	9	12	24	32	−8	36
10	Karpaty Lviv	30	9	6	15	29	41	−12	33
11	Zorya Luhansk	30	9	4	17	24	43	−19	31
12	Metalurh Donetsk	30	6	13	11	34	39	−5	31
13	Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih	30	7	9	14	29	39	−10	30
14	FC Kharkiv	30	6	9	15	20	32	−12	27
15	Naftovyk-Ukrnafta Okhtyrka	30	6	8	16	18	38	−20	26	Relegation to the Ukrainian First League
16	Zakarpattia Uzhhorod	30	3	9	18	17	54	−37	18	Relegation to the Ukrainian First League

• Metalist Kharkiv was stripped of their bronze award for this season by the Court of Arbitration for Sport in Lausanne in August 2013 for fixing of the match Karpaty Lviv – Metalist (of April 19, 2008).^[1][2][3]

Top goalscorers

Scorer	Goals	Team
Marko Dević	19 (6 pk)	Metalist Kharkiv
Oleksandr Hladky	17 (1 pk)	Shakhtar Donetsk
Oleksandr Kosyrin	17 (3 pk)	Metalurh Donetsk
Yevhen Seleznyov	17 (3 pk)	Arsenal Kyiv
Ismaël Bangoura	15 (1 pk)	Dynamo Kyiv
Volodymyr Homenyuk	14 (2 pk)	Tavriya Simferopol
Brandão	12 (2 pk)	Shakhtar Donetsk
Fernandinho	11 (1 pk)	Shakhtar Donetsk
Maksim Shatskikh	10	Dynamo Kyiv
Serhiy Nazarenko	9 (3 pk)	Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk

Current results

Note: home games of each team are shown at the horizontal lines

#	Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Dynamo Kyiv	DK			1:3				7:3				2:0		2:2			8	4	3	1	15	9	+6	15
2	Shakhtar Donetsk	1:1	SD			2:0						3:0		2:1	4:1			8	7	1	0	19	4	+15	22
3	Metalist Kharkiv		1:3	MK		3:0	2:0									1:0	2:0	8	4	2	2	13	8	+5	14
4	Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk				DD					4:1	2:0		1:0			0:0	2:0	8	6	1	1	15	5	+10	19
5	Tavriya Simferopol					TS			2:1	3:3	4:3		1:0					8	3	2	3	10	13	-3	11
6	Chornomorets Odessa	0:0					CO					1:0	0:1	1:0				8	3	2	3	3	5	-2	11
7	Metalurh Zaporizhzhya	0:1						MZ	1:0			3:0	0:0					8	4	2	2	7	5	+2	14
8	Karpaty Lviv								KL	0:0	3:0						1:1	8	2	2	4	9	12	-3	8
9	Metalurh Donetsk						0:0	3:0		MD	0:1							8	2	4	2	11	10	+1	10
10	Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih	0:1						0:1			KK		1:1					8	2	1	5	7	13	-6	7
11	Zorya Luhansk			3:2	0:1				0:1			ZL			3:1			8	2	1	5	7	13	-6	7
12	FC Kharkiv				1:2				1:0	1:1			FK					8	2	3	3	5	7	-2	9
13	Vorskla Poltava			1:1	2:1	0:0						1:1		VP	2:1			8	2	4	2	7	7	0	10
14	Arsenal Kyiv			1:1						1:3					AK	7:0	3:0	8	2	2	4	17	15	+2	8
15	Zakarpattia Uzhhorod		0:1			1:0	2:0	1:1						0:0		ZU		8	2	3	3	4	10	-6	9
16	Naftovyk-Ukrnafta Okhtyrka		0:3				0:1	0:1			1:2						NO	8	0	1	7	2	15	-13	1

Teams locations and stadiums

Locations

Arsenal
Dynamo

Chornomorets

Dnipro

Zakarpattia

Naftovyk

Karpaty

Metalist
FC Kharkiv

Kryvbas

Metalurh D.
Shakhtar

Metalurh Za.

Tavriya

Vorskla

Zorya

Locations of teams home grounds in Ukrainian Premier League 2008–09

Stadia

The following stadiums were used as home grounds during the season:

Rank	Stadium	Capacity[4]	Club	Notes
1	NSC Olimpiysky	83,450	Arsenal Kyiv	Played last 6 games
2	Chornomorets Stadium	34,362	Chornomorets Odessa	Annual venue for the Ukrainian Super Cup
3	Shakhtar Stadium	31,718	Metalurh Donetsk
4	Metalurh Stadium	29,783	Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih
5	Ukraina Stadium	28,051	Karpaty Lviv	Renovations are taking place
6	RSK Olimpiyskiy	25,831	Shakhtar Donetsk
7	Vorskla Stadium	25,000	Vorskla Poltava	FC Kharkiv played against Dynamo and Zorya
8	Stadium Meteor	24,381	Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk
9	Metalist Stadium	22,757	Metalist Kharkiv FC Kharkiv	Temporarily in emergency conditions
10	Avanhard Stadium	22,320	Zorya Luhansk
11	Lokomotiv Stadium	19,978	Tavriya Simferopol
12	Lobanovsky Dynamo Stadium	16,873	Dynamo Kyiv Arsenal Kyiv	FC Arsenal Kyiv its first 9 games here
13	Avanhard Stadium	12,000	Zakarpattia Uzhhorod
14	Slavutych Arena	11,983	Metalurh Zaporizhia
15	Dynamo Stadium	6,000	Metalist Kharkiv FC Kharkiv	Metalist played three games here including one against Kharkiv, Kharkiv played here its home game against Vorskla
16	Naftovyk Stadium	5,256	Naftovyk-Ukrnafta Okhtyrka

See also

• Ukrainian Cup 2007-08
• Ukrainian First League 2007-08
• Ukrainian Second League 2007-08

References

1. Lausanne announced a verdict on the game Karpaty - Metalist (Лозанна озвучила вердикт по матчу "Карпаты" - "Металлист"). ua-football.com. August 2, 2013.
2. Football - Match Fixing. Court of Arbitration of Sport. Lausanne August 2, 2013.
3. Lausanne court upholds UEFA decision to disqualify FC Metalist from European competitions, says club’s vice president, Interfax-Ukraine (28 August 2013)
   UEFA happy with CAS decision on Metalist complaint, Interfax-Ukraine (28 August 2013)
4. "Attendance figures for the 17th season of Ukrainian Premier League". UA Football. Archived from the original on 22 August 2007. Retrieved August 3, 2007.

External links

• UEFA Website - Ukraine Premier Division
• Soccerway Website - Ukraine Premier League
• The Official Ukrainian PFL website (Ukrainian)