2007–08 Vyshcha Liha

Vyshcha Liha
Season 2007–08
Champions Shakhtar Donetsk
Relegated Naftovyk-Ukrnafta Okhtyrka,
Zakarpattia Uzhhorod
Champions League Shakhtar Donetsk (3rd Qualifying Round)
Dynamo Kyiv (2nd Qualifying Round)
UEFA Cup Metalist Kharkiv (1st Round)
Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk (2nd Qualifying Round)
Intertoto Cup Tavriya Simferopol (2nd Round)
Matches played 240
Goals scored 581 (2.42 per match)
Top goalscorer 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

The 2007–08 Vyshcha Liha season is the seventeenth since its establishment. This season competition was sponsored by Biola which became the title sponsor of the League for the season. It began on July 17, 2007, and ended on May 18, 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).

The winner of league was Shakhtar Donetsk with 74 points, followed by Dynamo Kyiv with 71 points. The top goalscorer of the season was Marko Dević from Metalist Kharkiv with 19 goals, 6 of which were penalties. The spot for 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

Location map

Managers

Club Coach Replaced coach
FC Arsenal KyivUkraine Oleksandr Zavarov
FC Chornomorets OdessaRussia Vitaliy Shevchenko
FC Dnipro DnipropetrovskUkraine Oleh Protasov
FC Dynamo KyivRussia Yuri SeminUkraine Anatoliy Demyanenko
FC Karpaty LvivUkraine Valery YaremchenkoUkraine Oleksandr Ischenko
FC KharkivUkraine Volodymyr Bezsonov
FC Kryvbas Kryvyi RihUkraine Oleh Taran
FC Metalist KharkivUkraine Myron Markevych
FC Metalurh DonetskBulgaria Nikolay KostovBelgium Jos Daerden
FC Metalurh ZaporizhyaUkraine Anatoly Chantsev
FC Naftovyk-Ukrnafta OkhtyrkaUkraine Valeriy HorodovUkraine Serhiy Shevchenko
Ukraine Viktor Ishchenko
FC Shakhtar DonetskRomania Mircea Lucescu
SC Tavriya SimferopolUkraine Mykhailo Fomenko
FC Vorskla PoltavaUkraine Mykola PavlovUkraine Anatoliy Momot
FC Zakarpattia UzhhorodUkraine Volodymyr VasiutykUkraine Petro Kushlyk
Ukraine Volodymyr Sharan
FC Zorya LuhanskUkraine Anatoliy VolobuevUkraine Oleksandr Kosevych

Final standings

Pos
 Team
 Pld
 W
 D
 L
 GF
 GA
 GD
 Pts
Qualification or relegation
1 Shakhtar Donetsk 30 24 2 4 75 24 +51 742008-09 UEFA Champions League Third qualifying round
2 Dynamo Kyiv 30 22 5 3 65 26 +39 712008-09 UEFA Champions League Second qualifying round
3 Metalist Kharkiv * 30 19 6 5 51 27 +24 632008-09 UEFA Cup First round
4 Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk 30 18 5 7 40 27 +13 592008-09 UEFA Cup Second qualifying round
5 Tavriya Simferopol 30 13 8 9 38 40 −2 472008 UEFA Intertoto Cup Second round
6 Arsenal Kyiv 30 11 9 10 42 36 +6 42
7 Chornomorets Odessa 30 11 5 14 27 33 −6 38
8 Vorskla Poltava 30 9 9 12 28 30 −2 36
9 Metalurh Zaporizhzhya 30 9 9 12 24 32 −8 36
10 Karpaty Lviv 30 9 6 15 29 41 −12 33
11 Zorya Luhansk 30 9 4 17 24 43 −19 31
12 Metalurh Donetsk 30 6 13 11 34 39 −5 31
13 Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih 30 7 9 14 29 39 −10 30
14 FC Kharkiv 30 6 9 15 20 32 −12 27
15 Naftovyk-Ukrnafta Okhtyrka 30 6 8 16 18 38 −20 26Relegation to the Ukrainian First League
16 Zakarpattia Uzhhorod 30 3 9 18 17 54 −37 18Relegation to the Ukrainian First League

* Metalist Kharkiv was stripped of their bronze award for this season by the Court of Arbitration for Sport in Lausanne in August 2013 for fixing of the match Karpaty Lviv – Metalist (of April 19, 2008).[1][2][3]

Top goalscorers

Marko Dević
Scorer Goals Team
Serbia Marko Dević
19 (6 pk)
 Metalist Kharkiv
Ukraine Oleksandr Hladky
17 (1 pk)
 Shakhtar Donetsk
Ukraine Oleksandr Kosyrin
17 (3 pk)
 Metalurh Donetsk
Ukraine Yevhen Seleznyov
17 (3 pk)
 Arsenal Kyiv
Guinea Ismaël Bangoura
15 (1 pk)
 Dynamo Kyiv
Ukraine Volodymyr Homenyuk
14 (2 pk)
 Tavriya Simferopol
Brazil Brandão
12 (2 pk)
 Shakhtar Donetsk
Brazil Fernandinho
11 (1 pk)
 Shakhtar Donetsk
Uzbekistan Maksim Shatskikh
10
 Dynamo Kyiv
Ukraine Serhiy Nazarenko
9 (3 pk)
 Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk

Current results

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts DK SD MK DD TS CO MZ KL MD KK ZL FK VP AK ZU NO
1 Dynamo Kyiv 8 4 3 1 15 9 +6 15 — 1:3 7:3 2:0 2:2
2 Shakhtar Donetsk 8 7 1 0 19 4 +15 22 1:1 — 2:0 3:0 2:1 4:1
3 Metalist Kharkiv 8 4 2 2 13 8 +5 14 1:3 — 3:0 2:0 1:0 2:0
4 Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk 8 6 1 1 15 5 +10 19 — 4:1 2:0 1:0 0:0 2:0
5 Tavriya Simferopol 8 3 2 3 10 13 −3 11 — 2:1 3:3 4:3 1:0
6 Chornomorets Odessa 8 3 2 3 3 5 −2 11 0:0 — 1:0 0:1 1:0
7 Metalurh Zaporizhzhya 8 4 2 2 7 5 +2 14 0:1 — 1:0 3:0 0:0
8 Karpaty Lviv 8 2 2 4 9 12 −3 8 — 0:0 3:0 1:1
9 Metalurh Donetsk 8 2 4 2 11 10 +1 10 0:0 3:0 — 0:1
10 Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih 8 2 1 5 7 13 −6 7 0:1 0:1 — 1:1
11 Zorya Luhansk 8 2 1 5 7 13 −6 7 3:2 0:1 0:1 — 3:1
12 FC Kharkiv 8 2 3 3 5 7 −2 9 1:2 1:0 1:1 —
13 Vorskla Poltava 8 2 4 2 7 7 0 10 1:1 2:1 0:0 1:1 — 2:1
14 Arsenal Kyiv 8 2 2 4 17 15 +2 8 1:1 1:3 — 7:0 3:0
15 Zakarpattia Uzhhorod 8 2 3 3 4 10 −6 9 0:1 1:0 2:0 1:1 0:0 —
16 Naftovyk-Ukrnafta Okhtyrka 8 0 1 7 2 15 −13 1 0:3 0:1 0:1 1:2 —
Updated to match(es) played on unknown. Source:

Note: home games of each team are shown at the horizontal lines

Stadia

The following stadiums were used as home grounds during the season:

Rank Stadium Capacity[4] Club Notes
1NSC Olimpiysky83,450Arsenal KyivPlayed last 6 games
2Chornomorets Stadium34,362Chornomorets OdessaAnnual venue for the Ukrainian Super Cup
3Shakhtar Stadium31,718Metalurh Donetsk
4Metalurh Stadium29,783Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih
5Ukraina Stadium28,051Karpaty LvivRenovations are taking place
6RSK Olimpiyskiy25,831Shakhtar Donetsk
7Vorskla Stadium25,000Vorskla PoltavaFC Kharkiv played against Dynamo and Zorya
8Stadium Meteor24,381Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk
9Metalist Stadium22,757Metalist Kharkiv
FC Kharkiv		Temporarily in emergency conditions
10Avanhard Stadium22,320Zorya Luhansk
11Lokomotiv Stadium19,978Tavriya Simferopol
12Lobanovsky Dynamo Stadium16,873Dynamo Kyiv
Arsenal Kyiv		FC Arsenal Kyiv its first 9 games here
13Avanhard Stadium12,000Zakarpattia Uzhhorod
14Slavutych Arena11,983Metalurh Zaporizhia
15Dynamo Stadium6,000Metalist Kharkiv
FC Kharkiv		Metalist played three games here including one against Kharkiv, Kharkiv played here its home game against Vorskla
16Naftovyk Stadium5,256Naftovyk-Ukrnafta Okhtyrka

See also

References

  1. ↑ Lausanne announced a verdict on the game Karpaty - Metalist (Лозанна озвучила вердикт по матчу "Карпаты" - "Металлист"). ua-football.com. August 2, 2013.
  2. ↑ Football - Match Fixing Archived 2013-10-15 at the Wayback Machine.. Court of Arbitration of Sport. Lausanne August 2, 2013.
  3. ↑ Lausanne court upholds UEFA decision to disqualify FC Metalist from European competitions, says club’s vice president, Interfax-Ukraine (28 August 2013)
    UEFA happy with CAS decision on Metalist complaint, Interfax-Ukraine (28 August 2013)
  4. ↑ "Attendance figures for the 17th season of Ukrainian Premier League". UA Football. Archived from the original on 22 August 2007. Retrieved August 3, 2007.
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