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1997–98 Vyshcha Liha
7th season of top-tier football league in Vyshcha Liha
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7th season of top-tier football league in Vyshcha Liha
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| competition | Vyshcha Liha |
| season | 1997–98 |
| winners | Dynamo Kyiv |
| 6th title | |
| relegated | Torpedo, Chornomorets |
| continentalcup1 | Champions League |
| continentalcup1 qualifiers | Dynamo Kyiv |
| continentalcup2 | Cup Winners' Cup |
| continentalcup2 qualifiers | CSKA Kyiv |
| continentalcup3 | UEFA Cup |
| continentalcup3 qualifiers | Shakhtar Donetsk |
| league topscorer | (22) Serhii Rebrov (Dynamo) |
| prevseason | 1996–97 |
| nextseason | 1998–99 |
6th title The 1997–98 Vyshcha Liha season was the 7th since its establishment and the 2nd 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
- Metalurh Donetsk, the champion of the 1996–97 Ukrainian First League – (debut)
- Metalurh Mariupol, the third-place runner-up of the 1996–97 Ukrainian First League – (debut)
Relegated teams
- Kremin Kremenchuk – relegated after six seasons in the top flight.
- Nyva Vinnytsia – relegated after four seasons in the top flight.
Renamed
- During a winter break, Zirka-NIBAS Kirovohrad changed its name to Zirka Kirovohrad.
Location
Managers
| Club | Coach | Replaced coach | Home stadium |
|---|---|---|---|
| FC Dynamo Kyiv | Ukraine Valery Lobanovsky | Dynamo Stadium | |
| FC Shakhtar Donetsk | Ukraine Valery Yaremchenko | Shakhtar Stadium | |
| FC Karpaty Lviv | Ukraine Myron Markevych | Ukraina Stadium | |
| FC Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk | Ukraine Vadym Tyschenko | Ukraine Vyacheslav Hrozny 15 games (first half) | Meteor Stadium |
| FC Vorskla Poltava | Ukraine Oleksandr Dovbiy | Ukraine Viktor Pozhechevskyi 27 games (first half) | Vorskla Stadium |
| FC Metalurh Donetsk | Ukraine Volodymyr Onyschenko | Avanhard Stadium (Makiivka) | |
| Donetsk Metallurgical Factory Stadium | |||
| FC Nyva Ternopil | Ukraine Leonid Ischuk | Ukraine Ihor Yavorskyi 29 games | City Stadium |
| FC Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih | Ukraine Oleh Taran | Metalurh Stadium | |
| FC Metalurh Zaporizhia | Ukraine Oleksandr Shtelin | Ukraine Oleksandr Tomakh 17 games | |
| Ukraine Leonid Kliuchyk 1 game | Metalurh Stadium | ||
| FC Prykarpattia Ivano-Frankivsk | Ukraine Bohdan Blavatskiy | Ukraine Ihor Yurchenko 15 games (first half) | Rukh Stadium |
| FC Zirka Kirovohrad | Ukraine Oleksandr Ischenko | Ukraine Oleksandr Dovbiy 27 games | |
| Ukraine Serhiy Strashnenko 1 game | Zirka Stadium | ||
| FC Metalurh Mariupol | Ukraine Mykola Pavlov | Ukraine Volodymyr Kuzovlev 1 game | |
| Ukraine Yuriy Pohrebniak 2 games | Azovstal Stadium | ||
| FC CSKA Kyiv | Ukraine Serhiy Morozov | Ukraine Volodymyr Bezsonov 15 games | CSK ZSU Stadium |
| SC Tavriya Simferopol | Ukraine Viktor Hrachov | Ukraine Ivan Balan 25 games | Lokomotyv Stadium |
| FC Chornomorets Odesa | Ukraine Volodymyr Kozerenko | Ukraine Leonid Buriak 22 games | Black Sea Shipping Stadium |
| FC Torpedo Zaporizhia | Ukraine Leonid Koltun | Ukraine Viktor Matvienko 18 games | |
| Ukraine Vyacheslav Pershyn 4 games | AvtoZAZ Stadium |
Changes
| Team | Outgoing head coach | Manner of departure | Date of vacancy | Table | Incoming head coach | Date of appointment | Table |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SC Tavriya Simferopol | Ukraine Mykola Pavlov | pre-season | Ukraine Ivan Balan | pre-season | |||
| FC CSKA Kyiv | Ukraine Volodymyr Lozynsky | pre-season | Ukraine Volodymyr Bezsonov | pre-season | |||
| FC Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih | Ukraine Oleksandr Lysenko | pre-season | Ukraine Oleh Taran | pre-season | |||
| FC Prykarpattia Ivano-Frankivsk | Ukraine Viktor Kolotov | pre-season | Ukraine Ihor Yurchenko | pre-season |
League table
Results
Top goalscorers
| Rank | Player | Club | Goals | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| (Pen.) | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 10 | |||
| Ukraine Serhii Rebrov | Dynamo Kyiv | 22 (5) | ||||||||||
| Ukraine Andriy Shevchenko | Dynamo Kyiv | 21 (1) | ||||||||||
| Ukraine Oleksandr Palyanytsia | Karpaty Lviv | 17 (2) | ||||||||||
| Georgia Avtandil Kapanadze | Nyva Ternopil | 15 | ||||||||||
| Ukraine Oleksandr Haidash | Tavriya Simferopol | 14 | ||||||||||
| Ukraine Hennady Shchekotylin | Chornomorets Odesa | 13 (1) | ||||||||||
| UkraineValeriy Kryventsov | Shakhtar Donetsk | 11 | ||||||||||
| Ukraine Petro Rusak | Spartak Ivano-Frankivsk | 9 | ||||||||||
| Ukraine Hennadiy Orbu | Shakhtar Donetsk | 9 (1) | ||||||||||
| Ukraine Valentyn Platonov | Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih | 9 | ||||||||||
| Ukraine Vitaliy Mintenko | Metalurh Donetsk | 9 (2) | ||||||||||
| Ukraine Volodymyr Haschyn | Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih | 9 (3) |
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