2007–08 Vyshcha Liha

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 17 July 2007, and ended on 18 May 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).

Vyshcha Liha
Season2007–08
ChampionsShakhtar Donetsk
4th title
RelegatedNaftovyk-Ukrnafta Okhtyrka,
Zakarpattia Uzhhorod
Champions LeagueShakhtar Donetsk (3rd Qualifying Round)
Dynamo Kyiv (2nd Qualifying Round)
UEFA CupMetalist Kharkiv (1st Round)
Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk (2nd Qualifying Round)
Intertoto CupTavriya Simferopol (2nd Round)
Matches played240
Goals scored581 (2.42 per match)
Top goalscorerMarko Dević (19) (Metalist Kharkiv)
Biggest home winArsenal - Zakarpattia 7:0
Biggest away winnumerous games 0:3 and 1:4
Highest scoringDynamo - Karpaty 7:3

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

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

Managerial changes
Team Outgoing head coach Manner of departure Date of vacancy Table Incoming head coach Date of appointment Table
Chornomorets Russia Vitaliy Shevchenko 27 June 2007[1] Pre-season

League table
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Shakhtar Donetsk (C) 30 24 2 4 75 24 +51 74 Qualification to Champions League third qualifying round
2 Dynamo Kyiv 30 22 5 3 65 26 +39 71 Qualification to Champions League second qualifying round
3 Metalist Kharkiv[lower-alpha 1] 30 19 6 5 51 27 +24 63 Qualification to UEFA Cup first round
4 Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk 30 18 5 7 40 27 +13 59 Qualification to UEFA Cup second qualifying round
5 Tavriya Simferopol 30 13 8 9 38 40 −2 47 Qualification to Intertoto Cup second round
6 Arsenal Kyiv 30 11 9 10 42 36 +6 42
7 Chornomorets Odesa 30 11 5 14 27 33 −6 38
8 Vorskla Poltava 30 9 9 12 28 30 −2 36
9 Metalurh Zaporizhzhia 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 (R) 30 6 8 16 18 38 −20 26 Relegation to the Ukrainian First League
16 Zakarpattia Uzhhorod (R) 30 3 9 18 17 54 −37 18
Source: uafootball.net.ua
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated
Notes:
  1. 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 19 April 2008).[2][3][4]

Results
Home \ Away ARK CHO DNI DYN KAR KHA KRY MET MDO MZA NAF SHA TAV VOR ZAK ZOR
Arsenal Kyiv — 1–2 2–1 0–1 2–0 0–0 0–0 1–1 1–3 2–1 3–0 2–4 0–1 3–2 7–0 1–1
Chornomorets Odesa 0–1 — 1–2 0–0 4–0 0–1 1–1 0–1 1–0 1–1 0–1 1–2 2–0 1–0 3–1 1–0
Dnipro 1–3 1–0 — 0–4 0–0 1–0 2–0 3–0 4–1 1–0 2–0 1–3 2–1 1–0 0–0 1–0
Dynamo Kyiv 2–2 5–2 1–3 — 7–3 2–0 3–0 0–1 3–3 2–1 0–1 2–1 3–0 2–1 1–0 3–0
Karpaty Lviv 0–0 2–0 0–1 1–2 — 1–0 3–0 0–2 0–0 1–3 1–1 2–4 4–0 1–2 2–0 3–0
FC Kharkiv 2–0 1–1 1–2 0–1 1–0 — 0–0 0–2 1–1 0–1 1–0 0–3 1–1 0–3 0–2 0–1
Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih 0–0 3–0 1–2 0–1 0–1 1–1 — 0–3 1–1 0–1 0–1 1–0 1–1 3–0 1–1 1–2
Metalist Kharkiv 2–4 2–0 1–0 2–2 4–0 2–0 3–2 — 1–1 2–1 2–0 1–3 3–0 3–0 1–0 2–1
Metalurh Donetsk 1–2 0–0 0–3 1–2 1–0 0–0 0–1 1–1 — 3–0 2–1 0–1 1–2 0–0 5–0 1–0
Metalurh Zaporizhzhia 0–1 0–2 0–0 0–1 1–0 0–0 1–1 0–2 1–0 — 1–0 1–3 0–0 1–1 0–0 3–0
Naftovyk-Ukrnafta Okhtyrka 1–0 0–1 1–1 0–3 0–0 1–4 1–2 0–2 2–2 0–1 — 0–3 0–1 2–0 3–0 0–0
Shakhtar Donetsk 4–1 0–1 4–1 1–1 3–0 2–1 1–0 4–1 4–1 4–0 1–1 — 2–0 2–1 5–0 3–0
Tavriya Simferopol 1–1 3–0 0–1 1–4 2–1 1–0 4–3 0–0 3–3 2–2 1–0 3–2 — 1–0 4–1 2–0
Vorskla Poltava 2–1 2–0 2–1 0–1 0–0 1–1 2–1 1–1 2–0 2–1 1–1 0–1 0–0 — 2–0 1–1
Zakarpattia Uzhhorod 0–0 2–0 1–1 1–1 1–2 0–2 2–3 0–1 1–1 1–1 0–0 0–1 1–0 0–0 — 0–2
Zorya Luhansk 3–1 0–2 0–1 1–2 0–1 2–1 1–2 3–2 1–1 0–1 1–0 1–4 2–3 +:- 1–0 —
Source: uafootball.net.ua
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

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

Stadia

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

Rank Stadium Capacity[5] Club Notes
1NSC Olimpiysky83,450Arsenal KyivPlayed last 6 games
2Chornomorets Stadium34,362Chornomorets OdesaAnnual 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 Zaporizhzhia
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: List of football stadiums in Ukraine

See also

References
  1. "Виталий Шевченко - главный тренер". FC Choronomorets (in Ukrainian). Retrieved 13 June 2023.
  2. Lausanne announced a verdict on the game Karpaty - Metalist (Лозанна озвучила вердикт по матчу "Карпаты" - "Металлист"). ua-football.com. 2 August 2013.
  3. Football - Match Fixing Archived 15 October 2013 at the Wayback Machine. Court of Arbitration of Sport. Lausanne 2 August 2013.
  4. 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)
  5. "Attendance figures for the 17th season of Ukrainian Premier League". UA Football. Archived from the original on 22 August 2007. Retrieved 3 August 2007.
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