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2007–08 Vyshcha Liha
17th season of top-tier football league in Vyshcha Liha
17th season of top-tier football league in Vyshcha Liha
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| competition | Vyshcha Liha |
| season | 2007–08 |
| winners | Shakhtar Donetsk |
| 4th title | |
| runners-up | Dynamo Kyiv |
| relegated | Naftovyk-Ukrnafta Okhtyrka, |
| Zakarpattia Uzhhorod | |
| continentalcup1 | [Champions League](2008-09-uefa-champions-league) |
| continentalcup1 qualifiers | Shakhtar Donetsk (3rd Qualifying Round) |
| Dynamo Kyiv (2nd Qualifying Round) | |
| continentalcup2 | [UEFA Cup](2008-09-uefa-cup) |
| continentalcup2 qualifiers | Metalist Kharkiv (1st Round) |
| Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk (2nd Qualifying Round) | |
| continentalcup3 | Intertoto Cup |
| continentalcup3 qualifiers | Tavriya Simferopol (2nd Round) |
| league topscorer | Marko Dević (19) (Metalist Kharkiv) |
| biggest home win | Arsenal - Zakarpattia 7:0 |
| biggest away win | numerous games 0:3 and 1:4 |
| highest scoring | Dynamo - Karpaty 7:3 |
| matches | 240 |
| total goals | 581 |
| prevseason | [2006–07](2006-07-vyshcha-liha) |
| nextseason | [2008–09](2008-09-ukrainian-premier-league) |
4th title | runners-up = Dynamo Kyiv Zakarpattia Uzhhorod Dynamo Kyiv (2nd Qualifying Round) Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk (2nd Qualifying Round)
The 2007–08 Vyshcha Liha season was the seventeenth since its establishment. This season of the championship was sponsored by Biola which became the title sponsor replacing Soyuz-Viktan. The competition began on 17 July 2007 and ended on 18 May 2008. 16 teams participated in the competition, 14 of which contested in the 2006–07 season, and two of which (Zakarpattia Uzhhorod and Naftovyk-Ukrnafta Okhtyrka) were promoted from the Ukrainian First League (the league immediately below the Ukrainian Premier League). Dynamo Kyiv was the defending champions. Also, it was the last season of the top tier being part of the Professional Football League of Ukraine before separating into the Ukrainian Premier League and rebranding from Vyshcha Liha (Higher League).
The winner of the competition became Shakhtar Donetsk with 74 points, followed by Dynamo Kyiv with 71 points. Metalist, which placed right behind Shakhtar and Dynamo, had its awards stripped for match fixing. The top goalscorer of the season was Marko Dević from Metalist Kharkiv with 19 goals, 6 of which were penalties. The spot for the second highest goalscorer with 17 goals was a three-way tie between Oleksandr Hladky from Shakhtar Donetsk, Yevhen Seleznyov from Arsenal Kyiv (on loan from Shakhtar), and Oleksandr Kosyrin from Metalurh Donetsk.
Teams
Promoted
Two teams were promoted from the 2006-07 Ukrainian First League.
- Naftovyk-Ukrnafta Okhtyrka, champion – (returning after absence of 15 seasons)
- Zakarpattya Uzhhorod, runner-up – (returning after absence of a seasons)
Naftovyk and Zakarpattia replaced Illichivets Mariupol (after a 10-year topflight spell) and Stal Alchevsk (a couple of seasons), both of which were relegated to the 2007-08 Ukrainian First League.
Location map
Managers
| Club | Coach | Replaced coach |
|---|---|---|
| Arsenal Kyiv | UKR Oleksandr Zavarov | |
| Chornomorets Odesa | RUS Vitaliy Shevchenko | |
| Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk | UKR Oleh Protasov | |
| Dynamo Kyiv | RUS Yuri Semin | UKR Anatoliy Demyanenko |
| Karpaty Lviv | UKR Valery Yaremchenko | UKR Oleksandr Ischenko |
| Kharkiv | UKR Volodymyr Bezsonov | |
| Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih | UKR Oleh Taran | |
| Metalist Kharkiv | UKR Myron Markevych | |
| Metalurh Donetsk | BUL Nikolay Kostov | BEL Jos Daerden |
| Metalurh Zaporizhzhia | UKR Anatoly Chantsev | |
| Naftovyk-Ukrnafta Okhtyrka | UKR Valeriy Horodov | UKR Serhiy Shevchenko |
| UKR Viktor Ishchenko | ||
| Shakhtar Donetsk | ROM Mircea Lucescu | |
| Tavriya Simferopol | UKR Mykhailo Fomenko | |
| Vorskla Poltava | UKR Mykola Pavlov | UKR Anatoliy Momot |
| Zakarpattia Uzhhorod | UKR Volodymyr Vasiutyk | UKR Petro Kushlyk |
| UKR Volodymyr Sharan | ||
| Zorya Luhansk | UKR Anatoliy Volobuev | UKR Oleksandr Kosevych |
Managerial changes
| Team | Outgoing head coach | Manner of departure | Date of vacancy | Table | Incoming head coach | Date of appointment | Table |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chornomorets | RUS Vitaliy Shevchenko | 27 June 2007 | Pre-season |
League table
Results
Top goalscorers
| Scorer | Goals | Team |
|---|---|---|
| SRB Marko Dević | Metalist Kharkiv | |
| UKR Oleksandr Hladky | Shakhtar Donetsk | |
| UKR Oleksandr Kosyrin | Metalurh Donetsk | |
| UKR Yevhen Seleznyov | Arsenal Kyiv | |
| GUI Ismaël Bangoura | Dynamo Kyiv | |
| UKR Volodymyr Homenyuk | Tavriya Simferopol | |
| BRA Brandão | Shakhtar Donetsk | |
| BRA Fernandinho | Shakhtar Donetsk | |
| UZB Maksim Shatskikh | Dynamo Kyiv | |
| UKR Serhiy Nazarenko | Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk |
Stadia
The following stadiums were used as home grounds during the season:
| Rank | Stadium | Capacity | Club | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | NSC Olimpiysky | 83,450 | Arsenal Kyiv | Played last 6 games |
| 2 | Chornomorets Stadium | 34,362 | Chornomorets Odesa | Annual venue for the Ukrainian Super Cup |
| 3 | Shakhtar Stadium | 31,718 | Metalurh Donetsk | |
| 4 | Metalurh Stadium | 29,783 | Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih | |
| 5 | Ukraina Stadium | 28,051 | Karpaty Lviv | Renovations are taking place |
| 6 | RSK Olimpiyskiy | 25,831 | Shakhtar Donetsk | |
| 7 | Vorskla Stadium | 25,000 | Vorskla Poltava | FC Kharkiv played against Dynamo and Zorya |
| 8 | Stadium Meteor | 24,381 | Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk | |
| 9 | Metalist Stadium | 22,757 | Metalist Kharkiv | |
| FC Kharkiv | Temporarily in emergency conditions | |||
| 10 | Avanhard Stadium | 22,320 | Zorya Luhansk | |
| 11 | Lokomotiv Stadium | 19,978 | Tavriya Simferopol | |
| 12 | Lobanovsky Dynamo Stadium | 16,873 | Dynamo Kyiv | |
| Arsenal Kyiv | FC Arsenal Kyiv its first 9 games here | |||
| 13 | Avanhard Stadium | 12,000 | Zakarpattia Uzhhorod | |
| 14 | Slavutych-Arena | 11,983 | Metalurh Zaporizhzhia | |
| 15 | Dynamo Stadium | 6,000 | Metalist Kharkiv | |
| FC Kharkiv | Metalist played three games here including one against Kharkiv, Kharkiv played here its home game against Vorskla | |||
| 16 | Naftovyk Stadium | 5,256 | Naftovyk-Ukrnafta Okhtyrka |
References
References
- "Виталий Шевченко - главный тренер".
- [http://www.ua-football.com/ukrainian/high/51fbb5ce.html Lausanne announced a verdict on the game Karpaty - Metalist (Лозанна озвучила вердикт по матчу "Карпаты" - "Металлист")]. ua-football.com. 2 August 2013.
- [http://www.tas-cas.org/d2wfiles/document/6999/5048/0/Media20Release20_English_20Metalist.pdf Football - Match Fixing] {{webarchive. link. (15 October 2013 . Court of Arbitration of Sport. Lausanne 2 August 2013.)
- [http://www.interfax.co.uk/ukraine-news/lausanne-court-upholds-uefa-decision-to-disqualify-fc-metalist-from-european-competitions-says-clubs-vice-president/ Lausanne court upholds UEFA decision to disqualify FC Metalist from European competitions, says club’s vice president], [[Interfax-Ukraine]] (28 August 2013)
[http://www.interfax.co.uk/ukraine-news/uefa-happy-with-cas-decision-on-metalist-complaint/ UEFA happy with CAS decision on Metalist complaint], [[Interfax-Ukraine]] (28 August 2013) - "Attendance figures for the 17th season of Ukrainian Premier League". UA Football.
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