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.
The following stadiums were used as home grounds during the season:
width=60 | Rank | width=180 | Stadium | width=75 | Capacity[2] | width=200 | Club | Notes |
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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.