1997–98 Ukrainian First League

Teams

In 1997-98 season, the Ukrainian First League consists of the following teams:

Metalist

Polissya

Dynamo-2

CSKA-2

Kremin

Lviv

Avanhard

Desna

Yavir

Zoria

Cherkasy

Naftovyk

Shakhtar

Polihraftekhnika

Stal

Verkhovyna

Metalurh N.

Volyn

Mykolaiv

Khimik

Nyva

Bukovyna

Locations of teams in First League

Metalist Kharkiv Lviv Poligraftechnika Olexandria Avanhard-Industria Rovenky Desna Chernihiv Kremin Kremenchuk Dynamo-2 Kyiv Yavir Krasnopillia Stal Alchevsk Cherkasy Shakhtar Makiivka

Volyn Lutsk Bukovyna Chernivtsi Polissya Zhytomyr Naftovyk Okhtyrka Metalurh Nikopol Zoria Luhansk Verkhovyna Uzhhorod CSKA-2 Kyiv Mykolaiv Khimik Severodonetsk Nyva Vinnytsia

Final standings

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Comments
1	SC Mykolaiv	42	31	5	6	94	31	+63	98	Vyscha Liha
2	FC Dynamo-2 Kyiv	42	28	9	5	90	31	+59	93	no promotion
3	FC Metalist Kharkiv	42	26	11	5	74	29	+45	89	Vyscha Liha
4	FC Stal Alchevsk	42	24	5	13	95	53	+42	77
5	FC Nyva Vinnytsia	42	22	7	13	58	34	+24	73
6	FC Polissya Zhytomyr	42	21	5	16	58	64	−6	68
7	FC Cherkasy	42	19	11	12	51	41	+10	68
8	FC Naftovyk Okhtyrka	42	19	10	13	56	50	+6	67
9	FC Volyn Lutsk	42	19	8	15	56	45	+11	65
10	FC Yavir Krasnopillia	42	19	5	18	52	48	+4	62
11	FC Metalurh Nikopol	42	19	4	19	44	61	−17	61
12	CSCA-2 Kyiv	42	18	5	19	56	44	+12	59
13	FC Shakhtar Makiivka	42	17	5	20	65	77	−12	56
14	FC Kremin Kremenchuk	42	16	7	19	55	53	+2	55
15	FC Lviv	42	16	6	20	65	54	+11	54
16	FC Polihraftekhnika Oleksandria	42	15	9	18	51	49	+2	54
17	FC Desna Chernihiv	42	14	12	16	45	53	−8	54
18	FC Bukovyna Chernivtsi	42	14	11	17	36	50	−14	53
19	FC Zorya Luhansk	42	11	6	25	43	84	−41	39	Druha Liha
20	FC Verkhovyna Uzhhorod	42	7	11	24	42	79	−37	32	Druha Liha
21	FC Avanhard-Industria Rovenky	42	4	4	34	15	107	−92	16	Druha Liha
22	FC Khimik Sieverodonetsk	42	3	4	35	26	90	−64	13	Amateurs

Note:
Four teams were relegated. The League will be reduced to 20 members next season.
Teams in bold last season members of the Vyscha Liha.
Teams in italic last season members of the Druha Liha.
FC Khimik Sieverodonetsk quit competition at the end of the season and did not reenter in the future.
FC Dynamo-2 Kyiv cannot be promoted.

Top scorers

Statistics are taken from here.

	Scorer	Goals (Pen.)	Team
1	Oleh Hrytsay	22 (1)	FC Cherkasy
	Hennadiy Skidan	22 (2)	SC Mykolaiv
3	Vadym Plotnikov	21 (1)	Stal Alchevsk
4	Ruslan Zabranskyi	17	SC Mykolaiv
	Borys Finkel	17 (2)	Nyva Vinnytsia
6	Rais Tierkulov	16 (1)	Shakhtar Makiivka
	Oleksandr Barabash	16 (8)	Shakhtar Makiivka
8	Pavlo Parshyn	15	Metalurh / Polissya
	Vadym Kharchenko	15 (8)	Naftovyk Okhtyrka
10	Oleksandr Ostashov	14	Stal Alchevsk

See also

• Ukrainian Premier League 1997-98
• Ukrainian Second League 1997-98