2006–07 Vyshcha Liha

The 2006–07 Vyshcha Liha season is the sixteenth since its establishment. Shakhtar Donetsk were the defending champions. Soyuz-Viktan became the first title sponsor in the League's history.

Vyshcha Liha
Season2006–07
ChampionsDynamo Kyiv
12th title
RelegatedIllichivets Mariupol,
Stal Alchevsk
Champions LeagueDynamo Kyiv (3rd Qualifying Round)
Shakhtar Donetsk (2nd Qualifying Round)
UEFA CupMetalist Kharkiv (1st Round)
Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk (2nd Qualifying Round)
Intertoto CupChornomorets Odesa (2nd Round)
Matches played240
Goals scored515 (2.15 per match)
Top goalscorerOleksandr Hladky (13) (FC Kharkiv)
Biggest home win(5:0) - Shakhtar-Metalist
Shakhtar-Kyvbas
Biggest away win(0:5) - Metalurh Z.-Dynamo
Highest scoring(5:2) - Dynamo-Arsenal
Highest attendance28,880 - Metalist-Dynamo
Lowest attendance500 - Arsenal-Metalurh D.
Metalurh D.-Illichivets
Average attendance9,266

The season started on July 21, 2006 with the game in Kyiv, Dynamo - Chornomorets 4:1. The last day of the competition was June 17, 2007. The winner of the championship was declared Dynamo Kyiv acquiring their 12th title defeating the reigning champion Shakhtar Donetsk that was holding the title for the last couple of years.

Illichivets was forced into relegation for the first time since entering the League 10 years ago. Stal was relegated as well. It was the second time for that club.

The game Karpaty-Metalist finished with a technical loss awarded to the Lviv's club for no appearance.[1]

Teams

Location map
Locations of team home grounds in Ukrainian Premier League 2005–06

Managers
Club Coach Replaced coach
Arsenal KyivUkraine Oleksandr Zavarov
Chornomorets OdesaUkraine Semen Altman
Dnipro DnipropetrovskUkraine Oleh Protasov
Dynamo KyivUkraine Anatoliy Demyanenko
Karpaty LvivUkraine Oleksandr Ischenko
KharkivUkraine Volodymyr BezsonovUkraine Volodymyr Kulayev
Ukraine Mykhaylo Stelmakh
Kryvbas Kryvyi RihUkraine Oleh TaranUkraine Oleksandr Kosevych
Metalist KharkivUkraine Myron Markevych
Metalurh DonetskBelgium Jos DaerdenSpain Pichi Alonso
Netherlands Co Adriaanse
Metalurh ZaporizhzhiaUkraine Anatoliy ChantsevUkraine Serhiy Yashchenko
Illichivets MariupolUkraine Yuriy KermanUkraine Ivan Balan
Shakhtar DonetskRomania Mircea Lucescu
Tavriya SimferopolUkraine Mykhaylo Fomenko
Vorskla PoltavaUkraine Viktor Nosov
Stal AlchevskNetherlands Ton Caanen
Zorya LuhanskUkraine Oleksandr KosevychUkraine Yuriy Koval
Ukraine Volodymyr Bezsonov
Ukraine Volodymyr Malyhin

League table
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Dynamo Kyiv (C) 30 22 8 0 67 23 +44 74 Qualification to Champions League third qualifying round
2 Shakhtar Donetsk 30 19 6 5 57 20 +37 63 Qualification to Champions League second qualifying round
3 Metalist Kharkiv 30 18 7 5 40 20 +20 61 Qualification to UEFA Cup first round
4 Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk 30 11 14 5 32 24 +8 47 Qualification to UEFA Cup second qualifying round
5 Tavriya Simferopol 30 12 6 12 32 30 +2 42
6 Chornomorets Odesa 30 11 8 11 36 33 +3 41 Qualification to Intertoto Cup second round
7 Metalurh Zaporizhzhya 30 10 10 10 25 32 −7 40
8 Karpaty Lviv 30 9 10 11 26 32 −6 37
9 Metalurh Donetsk 30 9 9 12 26 35 −9 36
10 Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih 30 7 14 9 29 36 −7 35
11 Zorya Luhansk 30 9 7 14 23 43 −20 34
12 FC Kharkiv 30 8 9 13 26 38 −12 33
13 Vorskla Poltava 30 7 10 13 23 28 −5 31
14 Arsenal Kyiv 30 7 9 14 28 44 −16 30
15 Illichivets Mariupol (R) 30 6 7 17 23 39 −16 25 Relegated to Ukrainian First League
16 Stal Alchevsk (R) 30 5 6 19 22 38 −16 21
Source: uafootball.net.ua
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated

Results
Home \ Away ARK CHO DNI DYN ILL KAR KHA KRY MET MDO MZA SHA STA TAV VOR ZOR
Arsenal Kyiv — 1–1 1–1 0–1 2–0 1–0 1–1 1–1 0–0 0–2 1–0 1–2 1–3 0–1 1–0 2–2
Chornomorets Odesa 2–0 — 0–1 2–3 2–1 1–0 4–2 2–3 1–3 2–0 1–1 0–0 3–0 0–0 2–0 2–0
Dnipro 1–1 1–0 — 0–2 1–1 2–2 1–0 1–1 0–2 2–0 1–1 1–1 0–0 2–0 1–0 3–0
Dynamo Kyiv 5–2 4–1 2–0 — 1–0 3–1 2–0 3–1 2–0 0–0 3–1 1–0 3–1 2–1 1–1 4–0
Illichivets Mariupol 4–1 0–0 1–1 2–3 — 1–2 2–1 0–1 0–3 0–2 1–0 1–1 0–0 1–0 2–0 0–1
Karpaty Lviv 1–1 0–1 0–1 1–0 1–0 — 1–0 1–1 -:+ 0–0 0–0 0–0 3–1 0–2 1–2 1–0
FC Kharkiv 2–0 0–1 0–0 0–2 2–0 0–0 — 2–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–3 0–0 1–1 3–2 2–2
Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih 1–0 2–2 1–1 1–1 0–0 3–0 3–1 — 0–3 1–1 1–1 0–1 1–0 0–0 0–0 2–0
Metalist Kharkiv 5–1 4–0 1–0 0–2 2–0 1–1 2–0 0–0 — 1–0 1–0 0–1 1–0 1–0 2–1 1–0
Metalurh Donetsk 2–1 1–0 1–1 1–1 2–1 3–3 1–2 2–1 0–2 — 1–0 0–0 2–1 1–2 0–0 3–2
Metalurh Zaporizhzhya 2–1 1–0 1–1 0–5 2–1 1–2 3–1 1–1 0–0 2–0 — 0–3 1–0 1–0 0–0 1–0
Shakhtar Donetsk 0–1 2–0 2–3 2–2 3–1 4–1 1–2 5–0 5–0 2–1 0–2 — 3–1 3–0 2–1 3–0
Stal Alchevsk 1–1 2–1 3–1 1–1 0–2 0–1 4–2 0–0 0–1 3–0 0–1 0–2 — 0–1 0–1 0–1
Tavriya Simferopol 1–3 1–1 0–0 2–4 1–0 0–1 2–0 3–1 2–0 2–0 5–1 1–3 2–1 — 1–0 1–2
Vorskla Poltava 0–1 0–0 0–1 1–1 3–0 1–2 0–1 2–1 2–2 2–0 2–1 0–1 1–0 0–0 — 1–1
Zorya Luhansk 2–1 0–4 0–3 1–2 1–1 1–0 0–1 2–1 2–2 1–0 0–0 0–2 1–0 1–0 0–0 —
Source: uafootball.net.ua
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Top goal scorers
Hladkyi
Ukraine Oleksandr Hladky Kharkiv 13 (3)
Georgia (country) Vasil Gigiadze Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih 11 (4)
Belarus Siarhey Karnilenka Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk 10
Brazil William Batista Karpaty Lviv 10 (2)
Ukraine Serhiy Nazarenko Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk 10 (2)
Uzbekistan Maksim Shatskikh Dynamo Kyiv 9
Brazil Brandão Shakhtar Donetsk 9 (1)
Ukraine Serhiy Danylovskyi Chornomorets Odesa 8
Brazil Kleber Dynamo Kyiv 8
Brazil Diogo Rincon Dynamo Kyiv 8 (2)

Stadia
The locations of the 16 teams participating in Vyscha Liha season 2006-07.
Rank Stadium Capacity Club High att. Opponent
1Chornomorets Stadium34,362Chornomorets Odesa14800Dnipro Dniporpetrovsk
2Shakhtar Stadium31,718Metalurh Donetsk22000Shakhtar Donetsk
3Avanhard Stadium31,243Zorya Luhansk20000Dynamo Kyiv
Shakhtar Donetsk
4Metalist Stadium30,133Metalist Kharkiv
FC Kharkiv		28800
14000		Dynamo Kyiv
Metalist Kharkiv
5Metalurh Stadium29,782Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih18000Dynamo Kyiv
6Ukraina Stadium28,051Karpaty Lviv28180Shakhtar Donetsk
7RSK Olimpiyskiy25,831Shakhtar Donetsk26100Dynamo Kyiv
8Vorskla Stadium25,000Vorskla Poltava17000Dynamo Kyiv
9Stadium Meteor24,381Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk20500Shakhtar Donetsk
10Lokomotiv Stadium19,978Tavriya Simferopol20000Dynamo Kyiv
11Lobanovsky Dynamo Stadium16,873Dynamo Kyiv
Arsenal Kyiv		18000
4700		Dnipro Dniporpetrovsk
Dynamo Kyiv
12Illychivets Stadium12,680Illychivets Mariupol12500Shakhtar Donetsk
13Slavutych Arena11,983Metalurh Zaporizhzhya11500Dynamo Kyiv
14Stal Stadium9,200Stal Alchevsk9000Shakhtar Donetsk

Auxiliary or former home stadiums
Rank Stadium Capacity Club High att. Opponent Notes
1NSC Olimpiysky83,450Arsenal Kyiv2100Illichivets Mariupol8 games
2Kolos Stadium5,654Arsenal Kyiv1100FC KharkivOnly game

See also

References
  1. Game report Karpaty-Metalist
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