1997–98 Vyshcha Liha

Vyshcha Liha

Season	1997–98
Champions	Dynamo Kyiv
Relegated	Torpedo, Chornomorets
Champions League	Dynamo Kyiv
Cup Winners' Cup	CSKA Kyiv
UEFA Cup	Shakhtar Donetsk
Top goalscorer	(22) Serhiy Rebrov (Dynamo)
← 1996–97 1998–99 →

Preseason changes

Managers

Team	Outgoing head coach	Manner of departure	Date of vacancy	Table	Incoming head coach	Date of appointment	Table
SC Tavriya Simferopol	Mykola Pavlov			pre-season	Ivan Balan		pre-season
FC CSKA Kyiv	Volodymyr Lozynsky			pre-season	Volodymyr Bezsonov		pre-season
FC Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih	Oleksandr Lysenko			pre-season	Oleh Taran		pre-season
FC Prykarpattia Ivano-Frankivsk	Viktor Kolotov			pre-season	Ihor Yurchenko		pre-season

Final table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Comments
1	Dynamo Kyiv (C)	30	23	3	4	70	15	+55	72	CL 1st Qualifying Round
2	Shakhtar Donetsk	30	20	7	3	61	25	+36	67	UC 1st Qualifying Round
3	Karpaty Lviv	30	16	9	5	36	20	+16	57
4	Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk	30	17	4	9	47	27	+20	55
5	Vorskla Poltava	30	15	4	11	41	46	−5	49	IC 1st Round
6	Metalurh Donetsk	30	11	7	12	28	27	+1	40	new
7	Nyva Ternopil	30	12	4	14	37	39	−2	40
8	Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih	30	10	9	11	34	33	+1	39
9	Metalurh Zaporizhzhya	30	10	7	13	40	44	−4	37
10	Prykarpattya Ivano-Frankivsk	30	8	9	13	33	41	−8	33
11	Zirka Kirovohrad	30	9	6	15	27	48	−21	33
12	Metalurh Mariupol	30	8	9	13	27	48	−21	33	new
13	CSKA Kyiv	30	9	6	15	30	35	−5	33	CWC Qualifying Round
14	Tavriya Simferopol	30	8	9	13	35	41	−6	33
15	Chornomorets Odessa (R)	30	8	8	14	31	39	−8	32	Persha Liha
16	Torpedo Zaporizhzhya (R)	30	2	7	21	20	69	−49	13	Persha Liha

Note:

• In bold are the participants of the 1998 Ukrainian Cup Final.

Top goalscorers

Serhiy Rebrov	Dynamo Kyiv	22
Andriy Shevchenko	Dynamo Kyiv	19
Oleksandr Palyanytsia	Karpaty Lviv	17
Avtandil Kapanadze	Nyva Ternopil	15
Oleksandr Haidash	Tavriya Simferopol	14
Hennady Shekotilin	Chornomorets Odessa	13
Valery Kriventsov	Shakhtar Donetsk	11
Hennadiy Orbu	Shakhtar Donetsk	9
Petro Rusak	Spartak Ivano-Frankivsk	9
Volodymyr Haschyn	Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih	9
Vitaliy Mintenko	Metalurh Donetsk	9
Valentyn Platonov	Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih	9

Managers

Club	Coach	Replaced coach	Home stadium
FC Dynamo Kyiv	Valery Lobanovsky		Dynamo Stadium
FC Shakhtar Donetsk	Valery Yaremchenko		Shakhtar Stadium
FC Karpaty Lviv	Myron Markevych		Ukraina Stadium
FC Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk	Vadym Tyschenko	Vyacheslav Hrozny 15 games (first half)	Meteor Stadium
FC Vorskla Poltava	Oleksandr Dovbiy	Viktor Pozhychevskyi 27 games (first half)	Vorskla Stadium
FC Metalurh Donetsk	Volodymyr Onyschenko		Avanhard Stadium (Makiivka) Donetsk Metallurgical Factory Stadium
FC Nyva Ternopil	Leonid Ischuk	Ihor Yavorskyi 29 games	City Stadium
FC Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih	Oleh Taran		Metalurh Stadium
FC Metalurh Zaporizhia	Oleksandr Shtelin	Oleksandr Tomakh 17 games Leonid Kliuchyk 1 game	Metalurh Stadium
FC Prykarpattia Ivano-Frankivsk	Bohdan Blavatskiy	Ihor Yurchenko 15 games (first half)	Rukh Stadium
FC Zirka Kirovohrad	Oleksandr Ischenko	Oleksandr Dovbiy 27 games Serhiy Strashnenko 1 game	Zirka Stadium
FC Metalurh Mariupol	Mykola Pavlov	Volodymyr Kuzovlev 1 game Yuriy Pohrebniak 2 games	Azovstal Stadium
FC CSKA Kyiv	Serhiy Morozov	Volodymyr Bezsonov 15 games	CSK ZSU Stadium
SC Tavriya Simferopol	Viktor Hrachov	Ivan Balan 25 games	Lokomotyv Stadium
FC Chornomorets Odessa	Volodymyr Kozerenko	Leonid Buriak 22 games	Black Sea Shipping Stadium
FC Torpedo Zaporizhia	Leonid Koltun	Viktor Matvienko 18 games Vyacheslav Pershyn 4 games	AvtoZAZ Stadium

External links

• ukrsoccerhistory.com - source of information