1998–99 Vyshcha Liha

The 1998–99 Vyshcha Liha season was the 8th since its establishment. FC Dynamo Kyiv were the defending champions.

Vyshcha Liha
Season1998–99
ChampionsDynamo Kyiv
RelegatedSC Mykolaiv
Champions LeagueDynamo Kyiv
UEFA CupKarpaty Lviv
Shakhtar Donetsk
Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih
Matches played240
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

Teams

Promotions

Location
Locations of teams home grounds in Ukrainian Premier League 1996-97

Final table
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Dynamo Kyiv[lower-alpha 1] (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[lower-alpha 1] 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 Zaporizhzhya 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:
(C) Champion; (R) Relegated.
Notes:
  1. Participant of the 1999 Ukrainian Cup Final

Top goalscorers
Andriy Shevchenko
Andriy Shevchenko Dynamo Kyiv 18 (1)
Ivan Hetsko Karpaty Lviv 16
Oleksandr Palyanytsia Karpaty Lviv 16 (5)
Valentyn Poltavets Metalurh Zaporizhzhya 13 (3)
Andriy Vorobei Shakhtar Donetsk 11
Oleksiy Osipov Tavriya Simferopol 11 (3)
Alexander Khatskevich Dynamo Kyiv 10
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
Serhiy Rebrov Dynamo Kyiv 9
Yuriy Selezniov Shakhtar Donetsk 9
Notable Transfers

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 Havrilov 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
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