2007–08 Vyshcha Liha Explained

Season:2007–08
Winners:Shakhtar Donetsk
4th title
Continentalcup1 Qualifiers:Shakhtar Donetsk (3rd Qualifying Round)
Dynamo Kyiv (2nd Qualifying Round)
Continentalcup2 Qualifiers:Metalist Kharkiv (1st Round)
Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk (2nd Qualifying Round)
Continentalcup3 Qualifiers:Tavriya Simferopol (2nd Round)
League Topscorer:Marko Dević (19) (Metalist Kharkiv)
Biggest Home Win:Arsenal - Zakarpattia 7:0
Biggest Away Win:numerous games 0:3 and 1:4
Highest Scoring:Dynamo - Karpaty 7:3
Matches:240
Total Goals:581
Nextseason:2008–09

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).

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

Promoted

Location map

Managers

ClubCoachReplaced coach
Arsenal Kyiv Oleksandr Zavarov
Chornomorets Odesa Vitaliy Shevchenko
Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk Oleh Protasov
Dynamo Kyiv Yuri Semin Anatoliy Demyanenko
Karpaty Lviv Valery Yaremchenko Oleksandr Ischenko
Kharkiv Volodymyr Bezsonov
Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih Oleh Taran
Metalist Kharkiv Myron Markevych
Metalurh Donetsk Nikolay Kostov Jos Daerden
Metalurh Zaporizhzhia Anatoly Chantsev
Naftovyk-Ukrnafta Okhtyrka Valeriy Horodov Serhiy Shevchenko
Viktor Ishchenko
Shakhtar Donetsk Mircea Lucescu
Tavriya Simferopol Mykhailo Fomenko
Vorskla Poltava Mykola Pavlov Anatoliy Momot
Zakarpattia Uzhhorod Volodymyr Vasiutyk Petro Kushlyk
Volodymyr Sharan
Zorya Luhansk Anatoliy Volobuev Oleksandr Kosevych

Managerial changes

League table

Top goalscorers

Scorer GoalsTeam
Marko DevićMetalist Kharkiv
Oleksandr HladkyShakhtar Donetsk
Oleksandr KosyrinMetalurh Donetsk
Yevhen SeleznyovArsenal Kyiv
Ismaël BangouraDynamo Kyiv
Volodymyr HomenyukTavriya Simferopol
BrandãoShakhtar Donetsk
FernandinhoShakhtar Donetsk
Maksim ShatskikhDynamo Kyiv
Serhiy NazarenkoDnipro Dnipropetrovsk

Stadia

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

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1 83,450 Played last 6 games
2 34,362 Annual venue for the Ukrainian Super Cup
3 31,718
4 29,783 Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih
5 28,051 Renovations are taking place
6 25,831
7 25,000 FC Kharkiv played against Dynamo and Zorya
8 24,381
9 22,757 Temporarily in emergency conditions
10 22,320
11 19,978
12 16,873 FC Arsenal Kyiv its first 9 games here
13 12,000
14 11,983
15 6,000 Metalist played three games here including one against Kharkiv, Kharkiv played here its home game against Vorskla
16 5,256

See also: List of football stadiums in Ukraine.

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External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Виталий Шевченко - главный тренер . 2023-06-13 . FC Choronomorets . uk.
  2. Web site: Attendance figures for the 17th season of Ukrainian Premier League . UA Football . 3 August 2007. https://web.archive.org/web/20070822093605/http://www.ua-football.com/ukrainian/high/46b0c2e0.html. 22 August 2007 . live.