1997–98 Ukrainian First League

Ukrainian First League
Season 1997–98
Champions SC Mykolaiv
Promoted SC Mykolaiv, Metalist Kharkiv
Relegated Zorya Luhansk, Verkhovyna Uzhhorod, Avanhard Rovenky, Khimik Severodonetsk
Top goalscorer (22) – Oleh Hrytsay FC Cherkasy and Hennadiy Skidan SC Mykolaiv
← 1996-97
1998-99 →

Ukrainian First League 1997–98 was the seventh season of the Ukrainian First League which was won by SC Mykolaiv. The season started on July 30, 1997, and finished on July 9, 1998.

Promotion and relegation

Two clubs promoted from the 1996-97 Ukrainian Second League.

Group A
Group B

Relegated teams

Two clubs were relegated from the 1996-97 Ukrainian Top League:

Renamed teams

  • FC Khimik Zhytomyr changed its name back to FC Polissya Zhytomyr.

Teams

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

Final standings

Pos
 Team
 Pld
 W
 D
 L
 GF
 GA
 GD
 Pts
Promotion or relegation
1 SC Mykolaiv (C) (P) 42 31 5 6 94 31 +63 98Promoted to Vyscha Liha98-99
2 FC Dynamo-2 Kyiv 42 28 9 5 90 31 +59 93
3 FC Metalist Kharkiv (P) 42 26 11 5 74 29 +45 89Promoted to Vyscha Liha98-99
4 FC Stal Alchevsk 42 24 5 13 95 53 +42 77
5 FC Nyva Vinnytsia 42 22 7 13 58 34 +24 73(-) new
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(-) new
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(+) new
18 FC Bukovyna Chernivtsi (O) 42 14 11 17 36 50 −14 53Play-off tournament
19 FC Zorya Luhansk (R) 42 11 6 25 43 84 −41 39Relegated to Druha Liha98-99
20 FC Verkhovyna Uzhhorod (R) 42 7 11 24 42 79 −37 32Relegated to Druha Liha98-99
21 FC Avanhard-Industria Rovenky (R) 42 4 4 34 15 107 −92 16(+) new – Relegated to Druha Liha98-99
22 FC Khimik Severodonetsk (D) 42 3 4 35 26 90 −64 13withdrew

Promotion/Relegation play-off

To the play-off qualified four teams, the 18th placed team of 1997-98 Ukrainian First League and three group winners of 1997-98 Ukrainian Second League:[1]

Top three teams qualified for the First League, the fourth and last team qualified for the Second Team. Format was a single round robin in Kiev and Boryspil, Kiev Oblast. When tied on points, the main tie-breaker was head-to-head games. The tournament was conducted at almost empty stadiums. The tournament was discontinued right after the second round when it became apparent that Krystal was not able to secure the third and the safe place to receive promotion. The Georgian footballer George Magriani[2] (Podillya) became the top scorer of the tournament with three goals.

Pos
 Team
 Pld
 W
 D
 L
 GF
 GA
 GD
 Pts
Promotion or relegation
1 Podillya Khmelnytskyi (C) 2 1 1 0 5 1 +4 4Promoted to Ukrainian First League
2 Bukovyna Chernivtsi 2 1 1 0 3 2 +1 4Retained
3 Shakhtar-2 Donetsk 2 1 0 1 1 4 −3 3Promoted to Ukrainian First League
4 Krystal Kherson 2 0 0 2 1 3 −2 0No promotion

Games

Shakhtar-2 Donetsk 0 : 4 Podillya Khmelnytskyi
Report Tymoshchuk  28'
Kryvyi  62'
Magriani  75', 90'
Attendance: 100
Referee: Oleksandr Tyutyun, Fastiv
Krystal Kherson 1 : 2 Bukovyna Chernivtsi
Bohomol  85' Report Lashuk  3'
Semotyuk  49'
Attendance: 500
Podillya Khmelnytskyi 1 : 1 Bukovyna Chernivtsi
Magriani  66' (pen.) Report Belous  63'
Attendance: 100
Referee: Ihor Yaremchuk, Kiev
Shakhtar-2 Donetsk 1 : 0 Krystal Kherson
Dranov  77' Report
Attendance: 100

Top scorers

Statistics are taken from here.[3]

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

See also

References

  1. ↑ Valerko, A. How and why there were played post season play-offs in the Ukrainian football (Як і чому гралися післясезоння в українському футболі). (Nestor the Chronicle Statistical Club of the Ukrainian Football). Sport Arena. 5 June 2017
  2. ↑ Magriani profile at footballfacts.ru
  3. ↑ Statistics (in Russian)
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