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1998–99 Vyshcha Liha
8th season of top-tier football league in Vyshcha Liha
8th season of top-tier football league in Vyshcha Liha
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| competition | Vyshcha Liha |
| season | 1998–99 |
| winners | Dynamo Kyiv |
| 7th title | |
| relegated | SC Mykolaiv |
| continentalcup1 | Champions League |
| continentalcup1 qualifiers | Dynamo Kyiv |
| continentalcup2 | UEFA Cup |
| continentalcup2 qualifiers | Karpaty Lviv |
| Shakhtar Donetsk | |
| Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih | |
| league topscorer | (18) Andriy Shevchenko (Dynamo) |
| biggest home win | Dynamo - Prykarpattia 7:0 |
| Shakhtar - Mykolaiv 7:0 | |
| biggest away win | Metalist - Dynamo 1:6 |
| Zirka - Dynamo 0:5 | |
| highest scoring | Shakhtar - Vorskla 7:3 |
| matches | 240 |
| prevseason | 1997–98 |
| nextseason | 1999–2000 |
7th title Shakhtar Donetsk Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih Shakhtar - Mykolaiv 7:0 Zirka - Dynamo 0:5 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
- SC Mykolaiv, the champion of the 1997–98 Ukrainian First League – (returning after absence of two seasons)
- Metalist Kharkiv, the third-place runner-up of the 1997–98 Ukrainian First League – (returning after absence of four seasons)
Relegated teams
- Torpedo Zaporizhia – relegated after seven seasons in the top flight.
- Chornomorets Odesa – relegated after 11 seasons in the top flight, including seven in Vyshcha Liha.
Location
Managers
| Club | Coach | Replaced coach | Home stadium |
|---|---|---|---|
| FC Dynamo Kyiv | Ukraine Valery Lobanovsky | Dynamo Stadium | |
| FC Shakhtar Donetsk | Russia Anatoliy Byshovets | Ukraine Valery Yaremchenko 18 games | Shakhtar Stadium |
| FC Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih | Ukraine Oleh Taran | Metalurh Stadium | |
| FC Karpaty Lviv | Ukraine Stepan Yurchyshyn | Ukraine Myron Markevych the first half | Ukraina Stadium |
| FC Metalurh Mariupol | Ukraine Mykola Pavlov | Azovstal Stadium | |
| FC Metalist Kharkiv | Ukraine Mykhailo Fomenko | Metalist Stadium | |
| FC CSKA Kyiv | Ukraine Volodymyr Bezsonov | CSK ZSU Stadium | |
| FC Metalurh Zaporizhia | Ukraine Myron Markevych | Ukraine Oleksandr Shtelin 17 games | Metalurh Stadium |
| SC Tavriya Simferopol | Ukraine Anatoliy Korobochka | Ukraine Viktor Hrachov the first half | |
| Ukraine Valery Petrov 13 games | Lokomotyv Stadium | ||
| FC Vorskla Poltava | Ukraine Anatoliy Konkov | Ukraine Oleksandr Dovbiy 6 games | |
| Ukraine Serhiy Sobetskyi 7 games | Vorskla Stadium | ||
| Politekhnik Stadium (Kremenchuk) | |||
| FC Zirka Kirovohrad | Ukraine Oleksandr Ischenko | Zirka Stadium | |
| FC Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk | Ukraine Leonid Koltun | Ukraine Vadym Tyschenko 13 games | |
| Ukraine Volodymyr Kobzarev 7 games | Meteor Stadium | ||
| FC Nyva Ternopil | Ukraine Ihor Yurchenko | City Stadium | |
| FC Metalurh Donetsk | Ukraine Mykhailo Sokolovskyi | Ukraine Volodymyr Onyschenko 7 games | |
| Ukraine Volodymyr Havrylov 8 games | |||
| Ukraine Ihor Yavorskyi 7 games | Stalekanatchyk Stadium (Khartsyzk) | ||
| Donetsk Metallurgical Factory Stadium | |||
| FC Prykarpattia Ivano-Frankivsk | Ukraine Ihor Yavorskyi | Ukraine Bohdan Blavatskiy 6 games | |
| Ukraine Anatoliy Boyko 6 games | |||
| Ukraine Anatoliy Zayaev 14 games | |||
| Ukraine Bohdan Blavatskiy 2 games | Rukh Stadium | ||
| SC Mykolaiv | vacant | Ukraine Anatoliy Konkov 12 games | |
| Ukraine Leonid Nikolaenko 3 games | |||
| Ukraine 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 | Ukraine Leonid Ishchuk | pre-season | Ukraine Ihor Yurchenko | pre-season | |||
| FC CSKA Kyiv | Ukraine Serhiy Morozov | pre-season | Ukraine Volodymyr Bezsonov | pre-season |
League table
Results
Top goalscorers
| Rank | Player | Club | Goals | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| (Pen.) | 1 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | |||
| Ukraine Andriy Shevchenko | Dynamo Kyiv | 18 (1) | ||||||||
| Ukraine Ivan Hetsko | Karpaty Lviv | 16 | ||||||||
| Ukraine Oleksandr Palyanytsia | Karpaty Lviv | 16 (5) | ||||||||
| Ukraine Valentyn Poltavets | Metalurh Zaporizhzhya | 13 (3) | ||||||||
| Ukraine Andriy Vorobei | Shakhtar Donetsk | 11 | ||||||||
| Ukraine Oleksiy Osipov | Tavriya Simferopol | 11 (3) | ||||||||
| Belarus Alexander Khatskevich | Dynamo Kyiv | 10 | ||||||||
| Ukraine Oleksandr Haidash | Tavriya Simferopol | 9 | ||||||||
| Georgia Avtandil Kapanadze | Nyva Ternopil | 9 | ||||||||
| Ukraine Ihor Kislov | Zirka Kirovohrad | 9 | ||||||||
| Ukraine Ihor Kostiuk | Vorskla Poltava | 9 | ||||||||
| Ukraine Vitaliy Pantilov | Metalurh Mariupol | 9 | ||||||||
| Ukraine Serhii Rebrov | Dynamo Kyiv | 9 | ||||||||
| Ukraine Yuriy Selezniov | Shakhtar Donetsk | 9 |
;Notable Transfers
- Andriy Shevchenko, FC Dynamo Kyiv to A.C. Milan
- Oleksandr Palyanytsia, FC Karpaty Lviv to FC Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih
- Ihor Kostiuk, FC Vorskla Poltava to FC Dynamo-2 Kyiv
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