1998–99 Vyshcha Liha

Vyshcha Liha

Season	1998–99
Champions	Dynamo Kyiv
Relegated	SC Mykolaiv
Champions League	Dynamo Kyiv
UEFA Cup	Karpaty Lviv Shakhtar Donetsk Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih
Matches played	240
Top goalscorer	(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
← 1997–98 1999–2000 →

Preseason changes

Managers

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

Final table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Comments
1	Dynamo Kyiv (C)	30	23	5	2	75	17	+58	74	CL 2nd Qualifying Round
2	Shakhtar Donetsk	30	20	5	5	70	25	+45	65	UC Qualifying Round
3	Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih	30	16	11	3	43	18	+25	59	UC Qualifying Round
4	Karpaty Lviv	30	15	10	5	54	34	+20	55	UC 1st Round
5	Metalurh Mariupol	30	14	6	10	35	27	+8	48
6	Metalist Kharkiv	30	14	5	11	31	32	−1	47	new
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	Relegation play-off match
16	SC Mykolaiv (R)	30	2	6	22	18	67	−49	12	new Persha Liha

Note:

• In bold are the participants of the 1999 Ukrainian Cup Final.

Top goalscorers

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

• 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

European competitions

Club Ranking in Europe

Rank	Club	Points	Notes
1	Dynamo Kyiv	46
2	Shakhtar Donetsk	16
3	Chornomorets (I)	13
4	Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk	4
	Vorskla Poltava	4
6	Nyva Vinnytsia (I)	2
7	CSKA Kyiv	1

Champion's Cup (FC Dynamo Kyiv)

Round	Country	Club	Home	Away
Q1 round		Barry Town	8-0	2-1
Q2 round		Sparta Prague	0-1	1-0
Group E		RC Lens Arsenal Panathinaikos	1-1 3-1 2-1	3-1 1-1 1-2
1/4 finals		Real Madrid	2-0	1-1
1/2 finals		Bayern Munich	3-3	0-1

^a Dynamo won pk 3-1.

Cup Winners' Cup (FC CSKA Kyiv)

Round	Country	Club	Home	Away
Q round		Cork City FC	2-0	1-2
1st round		Lokomotiv Moscow	0-2	1-3

UEFA Cup (FC Shakhtar Donetsk)

Round	Country	Club	Home	Away
Q1 round		Birkirkara F.C.	2-1	4-0
Q2 round		FC Zürich	3-2	0-4

Intertoto Cup (FC Vorskla Poltava)

Round	Country	Club	Home	Away
1st round		Leiftur	3-0	3-0
2nd round		Akademisk Boldklub	1-1	2-2
3rd round		Fortuna Sittard	2-2	0-3

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.

External links

• ukrsoccerhistory.com - source of information