1998–99 Vyshcha Liha

Vyshcha Liha
Season1998–99
ChampionsDynamo Kyiv
7th title
RelegatedSC Mykolaiv
Champions LeagueDynamo Kyiv
UEFA CupKarpaty Lviv
Shakhtar Donetsk
Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih
Matches240
Top goalscorer(18) Andriy Shevchenko (Dynamo)
Biggest home winDynamo - Prykarpattia 7:0
Shakhtar - Mykolaiv 7:0
Biggest away winMetalist - Dynamo 1:6
Zirka - Dynamo 0:5
Highest scoringShakhtar - Vorskla 7:3

The 1998–99 Vyshcha Liha season was the 8th top-level football club competition since its establishment and the 3rd since the establishment of the Professional Football League (PFL). FC Dynamo Kyiv were the defending champions.

Teams

This season, the Vyshcha Liha remained at 16 teams.

Promotions

Relegated teams

Location

Locations of teams home grounds in Ukrainian Premier League 1998-99

Managers

Club Coach Replaced coach Home stadium
FC Dynamo Kyiv Valery Lobanovsky Dynamo Stadium
FC Shakhtar Donetsk Anatoliy Byshovets Valery Yaremchenko 18 games Shakhtar Stadium
FC Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih Oleh Taran Metalurh Stadium
FC Karpaty Lviv Stepan Yurchyshyn Myron Markevych the first half Ukraina Stadium
FC Metalurh Mariupol Mykola Pavlov Azovstal Stadium
FC Metalist Kharkiv Mykhailo Fomenko Metalist Stadium
FC CSKA Kyiv Volodymyr Bezsonov CSK ZSU Stadium
FC Metalurh Zaporizhia Myron Markevych Oleksandr Shtelin 17 games Metalurh Stadium
SC Tavriya Simferopol Anatoliy Korobochka Viktor Hrachov the first half
Valery Petrov 13 games 		Lokomotyv Stadium
FC Vorskla Poltava Anatoliy Konkov Oleksandr Dovbiy 6 games
Serhiy Sobetskyi 7 games 		Vorskla Stadium
Politekhnik Stadium (Kremenchuk)
FC Zirka Kirovohrad Oleksandr Ischenko Zirka Stadium
FC Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk Leonid Koltun Vadym Tyschenko 13 games
Volodymyr Kobzarev 7 games 		Meteor Stadium
FC Nyva Ternopil Ihor Yurchenko City Stadium
FC Metalurh Donetsk Mykhailo Sokolovskyi Volodymyr Onyschenko 7 games
Volodymyr Havrylov 8 games
Ihor Yavorskyi 7 games 		Stalekanatchyk Stadium (Khartsyzk)
Donetsk Metallurgical Factory Stadium
FC Prykarpattia Ivano-Frankivsk Ihor Yavorskyi Bohdan Blavatskiy 6 games
Anatoliy Boyko 6 games
Anatoliy Zayaev 14 games
Bohdan Blavatskiy 2 games 		Rukh Stadium
SC Mykolaiv vacant Anatoliy Konkov 12 games
Leonid Nikolaenko 3 games
Ivan Krasnetskyi 1 game 		Central City Stadium

Notes: Games between Dynamo Kyiv and CSKA Kyiv were played at Republican Stadium.

Changes

Team Outgoing head coach Manner of departure Date of vacancy Table Incoming head coach Date of appointment Table
FC Nyva Ternopil Leonid Ishchuk pre-season Ihor Yurchenko pre-season
FC CSKA Kyiv Serhiy Morozov pre-season Volodymyr Bezsonov pre-season

League table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Dynamo Kyiv[a] (C) 30 23 5 2 75 17 +58 74 Qualification to Champions League second qualifying round
2 Shakhtar Donetsk 30 20 5 5 70 25 +45 65 Qualification to UEFA Cup qualifying round
3 Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih 30 16 11 3 43 18 +25 59
4 Karpaty Lviv[a] 30 15 10 5 54 34 +20 55 Qualification to UEFA Cup first round
5 Metalurh Mariupol 30 14 6 10 35 27 +8 48
6 Metalist Kharkiv 30 14 5 11 31 32 −1 47
7 CSKA Kyiv 30 11 10 9 37 35 +2 43
8 Metalurh Zaporizhzhia 30 12 6 12 46 43 +3 42
9 Tavriya Simferopol 30 10 7 13 33 39 −6 37
10 Vorskla Poltava 30 10 5 15 36 43 −7 35
11 Zirka Kirovohrad 30 9 7 14 31 40 −9 34
12 Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk 30 9 5 16 28 46 −18 32
13 Nyva Ternopil 30 8 7 15 29 41 −12 31
14 Metalurh Donetsk 30 7 7 16 27 51 −24 28
15 Prykarpattya Ivano-Frankivsk 30 6 6 18 24 59 −35 24 Qualification to relegation play-off
16 SC Mykolaiv (R) 30 2 6 22 18 67 −49 12 Relegated to Ukrainian First League
Source: uafootball.net.ua
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated
Notes:
  1. ^ a b Participant of the 1999 Ukrainian Cup Final

Results

Home \ Away CSK DNI DYN KAR KRY MET MDO MTM MZA MYK NVT PRY SHA TAV VOR ZIR
CSKA Kyiv — 1–0 0–4 3–3 1–2 2–1 2–1 1–1 1–0 2–0 0–0 1–2 0–1 3–0 2–1 0–0
Dnipro 0–1 — 0–1 0–2 2–1 0–0 5–1 1–0 1–4 2–1 4–0 0–0 1–2 1–0 2–0 1–1
Dynamo Kyiv 2–0 2–3 — 0–0 1–0 1–0 3–0 2–0 6–2 2–1 1–0 7–0 2–1 0–0 4–0 1–0
Karpaty Lviv 3–3 4–1 2–1 — 2–1 0–1 2–0 3–1 1–1 5–1 1–0 3–0 1–0 2–1 2–1 2–1
Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih 0–0 2–1 0–0 0–0 — 1–0 2–0 3–1 4–0 0–0 2–1 2–0 1–0 1–1 3–1 1–0
Metalist Kharkiv 1–0 2–0 1–6 3–1 0–0 — 1–0 0–1 1–0 0–0 2–1 1–0 1–1 1–0 2–4 3–0
Metalurh Donetsk 2–2 2–0 1–4 4–3 0–2 0–0 — 1–1 0–2 0–0 2–1 1–0 0–4 2–0 0–0 1–0
Metalurh Mariupol 1–1 0–1 1–2 4–2 0–0 2–0 0–0 — 4–2 3–0 1–0 2–1 0–1 2–0 1–0 0–0
Metalurh Zaporizhzhia 1–0 2–2 1–3 3–1 1–1 3–2 0–0 3–0 — 4–1 2–1 1–1 2–3 3–0 0–1 1–0
SC Mykolaiv 2–3 2–0 0–4 0–3 0–4 0–2 0–1 1–2 0–4 — 0–1 1–1 0–3 1–2 1–0 2–2
Nyva Ternopil 1–2 0–0 1–5 0–0 1–2 2–0 3–2 1–0 1–0 3–1 — 3–1 0–3 0–0 2–2 3–2
Prykarpattya Ivano-Frankivsk 2–4 3–0 0–1 0–2 2–2 1–2 2–1 0–3 0–0 2–1 1–1 — 1–3 0–2 1–0 1–0
Shakhtar Donetsk 1–0 6–0 0–0 1–1 1–1 3–1 4–2 1–0 2–1 7–0 1–1 6–1 — 2–0 7–3 1–2
Tavriya Simferopol 1–1 3–0 3–3 1–1 0–2 0–1 3–2 0–2 2–3 2–0 1–0 3–0 2–1 — 2–0 1–0
Vorskla Poltava 1–0 1–0 0–2 0–0 0–0 1–2 2–0 0–1 3–0 2–1 2–1 4–0 1–2 2–2 — 4–2
Zirka Kirovohrad 1–1 2–0 0–5 2–2 2–3 2–0 3–1 0–1 1–0 1–1 1–0 2–1 0–2 3–1 1–0 —
Source: uafootball.net.ua
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Top goalscorers

Rank Player Club Goals
(Pen.)
1 Andriy Shevchenko Dynamo Kyiv 18 (1)
2 Ivan Hetsko Karpaty Lviv 16
Oleksandr Palyanytsia Karpaty Lviv 16 (5)
4 Valentyn Poltavets Metalurh Zaporizhzhya 13 (3)
5 Andriy Vorobei Shakhtar Donetsk 11
6 Oleksiy Osipov Tavriya Simferopol 11 (3)
7 Alexander Khatskevich Dynamo Kyiv 10
8 Oleksandr Haidash Tavriya Simferopol 9
Avtandil Kapanadze Nyva Ternopil 9
Ihor Kislov Zirka Kirovohrad 9
Ihor Kostiuk Vorskla Poltava 9
Vitaliy Pantilov Metalurh Mariupol 9
Serhii Rebrov Dynamo Kyiv 9
Yuriy Selezniov Shakhtar Donetsk 9
Notable Transfers
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