1998–99 Ukrainian First League

Ukrainian First League
Season 1998–99
Champions Dynamo-2 Kyiv
Promoted Chornomorets Odesa
Relegated Podillya Khmelnytskyi, Kremin Kremenchuk, Bukovyna Chernivtsi, Desna Chernihiv, Shakhtar Makiivka
Top goalscorer (19) Oleh Hrytsay (FC Cherkasy)

1998-99 Ukrainian First League was the eighth season of the Ukrainian First League which was won by FC Dynamo-2 Kyiv. The season started on July 31, 1998, and finished on July 4, 1999.

Promotion and relegation

Two clubs promoted from the 1997-98 Ukrainian Second League through a promotion/relegation play-off tournament.

Group A
Group C

Relegated teams

Two clubs were relegated from the 1997-98 Ukrainian Top League:

Renamed teams

  • FC Nyva Vinnytsia changed its name to FC Vinnytsia at winter break.
  • FC Yavir Krasnopillia moved to Sumy from Krasnopillia and changed its name to FC Yavir-Sumy at winter break.

Teams

In 1998-99 season, the Ukrainian First League consists of the following teams:

Standings

Pos
 Team
 Pld
 W
 D
 L
 GF
 GA
 GD
 Pts
Promotion or relegation
1 FC Dynamo-2 Kyiv (C) 38 27 7 4 78 27 +51 88[lower-alpha 1]
2 FC Chornomorets Odessa (P) 38 25 4 9 77 38 +39 79(-) new – Promoted to Vyshcha Liha
3 FC Torpedo Zaporizhia 38 24 5 9 55 29 +26 77(-) new – bankruptcy[lower-alpha 2]
4 FC Cherkasy 38 24 4 10 68 42 +26 76qualified for play-off[lower-alpha 3]
5 FC Polihraftekhnika Oleksandria 38 15 13 10 47 51 −4 58
6 FC Vinnytsia 38 16 9 13 45 39 +6 57
7 FC Lviv 38 15 12 11 58 43 +15 57
8 FC Naftovyk Okhtyrka 38 16 9 13 45 40 +5 57
9 FC Stal Alchevsk 38 16 7 15 55 52 +3 55
10 FC Shakhtar-2 Donetsk 38 15 7 16 51 44 +7 52(+) new
11 FC CSKA-2 Kyiv 38 14 10 14 45 48 −3 52
12 FC Polissya Zhytomyr 38 15 7 16 40 55 −15 52
13 FC Yavir Sumy 38 15 7 16 36 42 −6 52
14 FC Volyn Lutsk 38 16 3 19 36 43 −7 51
15 FC Metalurh Nikopol 38 16 3 19 46 63 −17 51
16 FC Podillya Khmelnytskyi (R) 38 13 12 13 39 42 −3 51(+) new – Relegated to Druha Liha
17 FC Kremin Kremenchuk (R) 38 11 7 20 34 63 −29 40Relegated to Druha Liha
18 FC Bukovyna Chernivtsi (R) 38 6 9 23 26 68 −42 27Relegated to Druha Liha
19 FC Desna Chernihiv (R) 38 7 6 25 28 60 −32 27Relegated to Druha Liha
20 FC Shakhtar Makiivka (R) 38 3 1 34 20 40 −20 041Withdrew

1 After the first half of the competition the team was taken off due to the PFL membership debts. The team was fined of six (6) competition points and in the second half was awarded technical losses.

Promotion play-off

FC Cherkasy 1 : 3 Prykarpattia Ivano-Frankivsk
Viktor Khursa  89' Report Volodymyr Larin  43', 46'
Hennadiy Skidan  70' (pen.)
Attendance: 6,000

FC Cherkasy failed to obtain berth in the Top League.

Top scorers

Statistics are taken from here.[1]

Scorer Goals (Pen.) Team
1 Ukraine Oleh Hrytsay 19 (1) FC Cherkasy
2 Ukraine Oleksandr Kosyrin 18 Dynamo-2 / Cherkasy
Ukraine Vadym Plotnikov 18 (2) Stal Alchevsk
4 Ukraine Pavlo Irichuk 17 Torpedo Zaporizhia
5 Ukraine Oleh Venhlinskyi 16 (4) Nyva Vinnytsia
6 Ukraine Oleksandr Holokolosov 15 Chornomorets Odesa
Ukraine Vadym Kharchenko 15 (6) Naftovyk Okhtyrka
8 Ukraine Andriy Mazur 14 FC Lviv
Ukraine Rais Tierkulov 14 (1) Shakhtar / Yavir
Ukraine Viktor Matsyuk 14 (2) Podillya Khmelnytskyi

See also

Notes

  1. ↑ The second team of FC Dynamo Kyiv cannot be promoted as the club already has a representation in the Vyscha Liha.
  2. ↑ FC Torpedo Zaporizhia filed for bankruptcy at the end of the season and therefore could not be promoted.
  3. ↑ FC Cherkasy was offered to play a play-off game with the second worst team of Vyscha Liha, FC Prykarpattia Ivano-Frankivsk, because of Torpedo's bankruptcy and placing only the fourth place.

References

  1. ↑ Statistics (in Russian)
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