1999–2000 Vyshcha Liha Explained

Season:1999–2000
Winners:Dynamo Kyiv
8th title
League Topscorer:(20) Maksim Shatskikh (Dynamo)
Biggest Home Win:Dynamo - Prykarpattia 6:0
Biggest Away Win:Metalist - Dynamo 0:5
Highest Scoring:Zirka - Shakhtar 2:6
Matches:240
Nextseason:2000–01

The 1999–2000 Vyshcha Liha season was the 9th since its establishment. FC Dynamo Kyiv were the defending champions.

Teams

Promotions

Note: the 1998–99 Ukrainian First League was won by the second team of Dynamo Kyiv, FC Dynamo-2 Kyiv, which could not be promoted. The third placed team FC Torpedo Zaporizhzhia was originally also had to be promoted, but due to its financial situation it filed for bankruptcy. Because of the situation with Torpedo, the Professional Football League of Ukraine scheduled a playoff game which was won by Prykarpattia.

Location

Managers

ClubCoachReplaced coachHome stadium
FC Dynamo Kyiv Valery LobanovskyDynamo Stadium
FC Shakhtar Donetsk Viktor Prokopenko Anatoliy Byshovets 8 games
Oleksiy Drozdenko 6 games
Shakhtar Stadium
FC Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih Oleh TaranMetalurh Stadium
FC Vorskla Poltava Anatoliy KonkovVorskla Stadium
FC Metalist Kharkiv Mykhailo FomenkoMetalist Stadium
FC Metalurh Zaporizhzhia Myron MarkevychMetalurh Stadium
FC Metalurh Donetsk Semen Altman Mykhailo Sokolovskyi 5 gamesDonetsk Metallurgical Factory Stadium
FC Metalurh Mariupol Mykola PavlovAzovets Stadium
FC Karpaty Lviv Lev BrovarskyiSKA Stadium
Ukraina Stadium
FC CSKA Kyiv Volodymyr BezsonovOlimpiyskiy National Sports Complex
CSK ZSU Stadium
FC Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk Mykola Fedorenko Leonid Koltun 2 gamesMeteor Stadium
FC Nyva Ternopil Valeriy BohuslavskyiCity Stadium
SC Tavriya Simferopol Volodymyr Muntian Anatoliy Korobochka the first halfLokomotyv Stadium
FC Prykarpattia Ivano-Frankivsk Serhiy Morozov Ihor Yavorskyi 12 games
Anatoliy Boyko 2 games
Rukh Stadium
FC Chornomorets Odesa Anatoliy Azarenkov Oleksandr Holokolosov 7 games
Valeriy Melnyk 2 games
Black Sea Shipping Stadium
FC Zirka Kirovohrad Yuriy Koval Oleksandr Ischenko 5 gamesZirka Stadium

Managerial changes

TeamOutgoing head coachManner of departureDate of vacancyTableIncoming head coachDate of appointmentTable
FC Nyva Ternopil Ihor Yurchenkopre-season Valeriy Bohuslavskypre-season
FC Karpaty Lviv Stepan Yurchyshynpre-season Lev Brovarskypre-season

Top goalscorers

Maksim ShatskikhDynamo Kyiv20 (1)
Ivan HetskoKarpaty Lviv / Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih19 (1) (10 goals for Karpaty Lviv)
Serhii RebrovDynamo Kyiv18 (6)
Andriy VorobeiShakhtar Donetsk15 (1)
Kostyantyn BabychMetalurh Mariupol12
Avtandil KapanadzeNyva Ternopil12
Hennady ZubovShakhtar Donetsk12 (4)
Oleksandr HaidashTavriya Simferopol / Metalurh Mariupol10
Volodymyr MaziarVorskla Poltava10
Viktor IvanenkoMetalist Kharkiv10 (3)
Hennadiy MorozKryvbas Kryvyi Rih10 (6)
Notable Transfers

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