1997–98 Ukrainian First League

1997–98 Ukrainian First League 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.

Ukrainian First League
Season1997–98
ChampionsSC Mykolaiv
PromotedSC Mykolaiv, Metalist Kharkiv
RelegatedZorya Luhansk, Verkhovyna Uzhhorod, Avanhard Rovenky, Khimik Severodonetsk
Top goalscorer(22) – Oleh Hrytsay FC Cherkasy and Hennadiy Skidan SC Mykolaiv

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:

Locations of teams in First League

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 98 Promoted to Vyshcha Liha
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 89 Promoted to Vyshcha 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 (O) 42 14 11 17 36 50 −14 53 Qualification for relegation play-off
19 FC Zorya Luhansk (R) 42 11 6 25 43 84 −41 39 Relegated to Second League
20 FC Verkhovyna Uzhhorod (R) 42 7 11 24 42 79 −37 32
21 FC Avanhard-Industria Rovenky (R) 42 4 4 34 15 107 −92 16
22 FC Khimik Severodonetsk (D) 42 3 4 35 26 90 −64 13 withdrew
Source:
(C) Champions; (D) Disqualified; (O) Play-off winners; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated

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 Kyiv and Boryspil, Kyiv 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 4 Promoted to First League
2 Bukovyna Chernivtsi 2 1 1 0 3 2 +1 4 Retained
3 Shakhtar-2 Donetsk 2 1 0 1 1 4 −3 3 Promoted to First League
4 Krystal Kherson 2 0 0 2 1 3 −2 0 No promotion
Source:
(C) Champions

Games
Shakhtar-2 Donetsk0 : 4Podillya Khmelnytskyi
Report Tymoshchuk 28'
Kryvyi 62'
Magriani 75', 90'
Attendance: 100
Referee: Oleksandr Tyutyun, Fastiv
Krystal Kherson1 : 2Bukovyna Chernivtsi
Bohomol 85' Report Lashuk 3'
Semotyuk 49'
Attendance: 500
Podillya Khmelnytskyi1 : 1Bukovyna Chernivtsi
Magriani 66' (pen.) Report Belous 63'
Attendance: 100
Referee: Ihor Yaremchuk, Kyiv
Shakhtar-2 Donetsk1 : 0Krystal 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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