2006–07 Vyshcha Liha

Vyshcha Liha
Season 200607
Champions Dynamo Kyiv
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


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 Kiev, 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.[1]

Promotion/Relegation

These two teams were promoted from Persha Liha at the start of the season:

The clubs replaced FC Volyn Lutsk and FC Zakarpattia Uzhhorod that relegated the last season.

Managers

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

Final table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Comments
1Dynamo Kyiv (C) 3022806723+44742007–08 UEFA Champions League Third qualifying round
2Shakhtar Donetsk 3019655720+37632007–08 UEFA Champions League Second qualifying round
3Metalist Kharkiv 3018754020+20612007-08 UEFA Cup First round
4Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk 30111453224+8472007-08 UEFA Cup Second qualifying round
5Tavriya Simferopol 30126123230+242
6Chornomorets Odessa 30118113633+3412007 UEFA Intertoto Cup Second round
7Metalurh Zaporizhzhya 301010102532740
8Karpaty Lviv 30910112632637
9Metalurh Donetsk 3099122635936
10Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih 3071492936735
11Zorya Luhansk 30971423432034
12FC Kharkiv 30891326381233
13Vorskla Poltava 30710132328531
14Arsenal Kyiv 30791428441630
15Illychivets Mariupol (R) 30671723391625 Persha Liha
16Stal Alchevsk (R) 30561922381621 Persha Liha

Top goal scorers

Ukraine Oleksandr Hladky Kharkiv 13 (3)
Georgia (country) Vasil Gigiadze Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih 11 (4)
Belarus Siarhey Karnilenka Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk 10
Brazil William Batista Karpaty Lviv 10 (2)
Ukraine Serhiy Nazarenko Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk 10 (2)
Uzbekistan Maksim Shatskikh Dynamo Kyiv 9
Brazil Brandao Shakhtar Donetsk 9 (1)
Ukraine Serhiy Danylovskyi Chornomorets Odessa 8
Brazil Kleber Dynamo Kyiv 8
Brazil 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 Odessa14800Dnipro Dniporpetrovsk
2 Shakhtar Stadium 31,718 Metalurh Donetsk22000Shakhtar Donetsk
3 Avanhard Stadium 31,243 Zorya Luhansk20000Dynamo 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 Rih18000Dynamo Kyiv
6 Ukraina Stadium 28,051 Karpaty Lviv28180Shakhtar Donetsk
7 RSK Olimpiyskiy 25,831 Shakhtar Donetsk26100Dynamo Kyiv
8 Vorskla Stadium 25,000 Vorskla Poltava17000Dynamo Kyiv
9 Stadium Meteor 24,381 Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk20500Shakhtar Donetsk
10 Lokomotiv Stadium 19,978 Tavriya Simferopol20000Dynamo Kyiv
11 Lobanovsky Dynamo Stadium 16,873 Dynamo Kyiv
Arsenal Kyiv
18000
4700
Dnipro Dniporpetrovsk
Dynamo Kyiv
12 Illychivets Stadium 12,680 Illychivets Mariupol12500Shakhtar Donetsk
13 Slavutych Arena 11,983 Metalurh Zaporizhzhya11500Dynamo Kyiv
14 Stal Stadium 9,200 Stal Alchevsk9000Shakhtar Donetsk

Auxiliary or former home stadiums

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

See also

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