2002–03 Vyshcha Liha

Vyshcha Liha

Season	2002–03
Champions	Dynamo Kyiv
Relegated	Metalist Kharkiv Polihraftekhnika Oleksandriia
Champions League	Dynamo Kyiv Shakhtar Donetsk
UEFA Cup	Metalurh Donetsk Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk
Matches played	240
Top goalscorer	(22) Maksim Shatskikh (Dynamo Kyiv)
Biggest home win	Dynamo - Vorskla 8:0
Biggest away win	Metalurh Zp - Arsenal 0:5
Highest scoring	Arsenal - Volyn 8:1 Volyn - Dnipro 4:5
← 2001–02 2003–04 →

Final standings

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Comments
1	Dynamo Kyiv (C)	30	23	4	3	66	20	+46	73	CL 3rd Qualifying Round
2	Shakhtar Donetsk	30	22	4	4	61	24	+37	70	CL 2nd Qualifying Round
3	Metalurh Donetsk	30	18	6	6	44	26	+18	60	UC 1st Round
4	Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk	30	18	5	7	48	27	+21	59	UC Qualifying Round
5	Arsenal Kyiv	30	16	8	6	49	24	+25	56
6	Volyn Lutsk	30	12	5	13	37	44	−7	41
7	Karpaty Lviv	30	9	9	12	29	37	−8	36
8	Chornomorets Odessa	30	10	4	16	31	45	−14	34
9	Tavriya Simferopol	30	9	7	14	36	50	−14	34
10	Illychivets Mariupol	30	8	10	12	34	38	−4	34
11	Vorskla Poltava	30	8	8	14	26	41	−15	32
12	Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih	30	8	7	15	25	37	−12	31
13	Polihraftekhnika Oleksandriia (R)	30	7	9	14	26	43	−17	30	Bankrupt, Druha Liha
14	Obolon Kyiv	30	7	7	16	32	45	−13	28
15	Metalurh Zaporizhzhya	30	6	8	16	22	41	−19	26	Avoided relegation
16	Metalist Kharkiv (R)	30	6	5	19	19	43	−24	23	Persha Liha

Top goal scorers

Maksim Shatskikh	Dynamo Kyiv	22(1)
Oleksiy Byelik	Shakhtar Donetsk	21
Oleh Venhlynskyi	Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk	19
Shalva Apkhazava	Arsenal Kyiv	14
Oleksandr Haidash	Tavriya Simferopol	12
Vyacheslav Tereschenko	Obolon Kyiv	12(1)
Diogo Rincon	Dynamo Kyiv	10
Vasil Gigiadze	Tavriya Simferopol	10(4)
Samir Aliyev	Volyn Lutsk	9(1)
Serhiy Zakarlyuka	Metalurh Donetsk	9(1)
Oleksandr Kosyrin	Chornomorets Odessa	9(2)

External links

• ukrsoccerhistory.com - source of information