2001–02 Vyshcha Liha Explained

Season:2001–02
Winners:Shakhtar Donetsk
1st title
League Topscorer:(12) Serhiy Shyschenko (Metalurh Donetsk)
Biggest Home Win:Dynamo - Metalist 6:0
Biggest Away Win:Kryvbas - Dynamo 0:7
Highest Scoring:Zakarpattia - Metalist 3:5
Polihraftekhnika - Dnipro 2:6
Nextseason:2002–03

The 2001–02 Vyshcha Liha season was the 11th since its establishment. FC Dynamo Kyiv were the defending champions.

Teams

Promotions

Note: the 2000–01 Ukrainian First League was won by the second team of Dynamo Kyiv, FC Dynamo-2 Kyiv, which could not be promoted.

Renamed

Location

Managers

ClubCoachReplaced coachHome stadium
FC Shakhtar Donetsk Nevio Scala Viktor ProkopenkoShakhtar Stadium
FC Dynamo Kyiv Oleksiy Mykhailychenko Valery LobanovskyDynamo Stadium
FC Metalurh Donetsk Semen AltmanMetalurh Stadium
FC Metalurh Zaporizhia Oleh Taran Volodymyr AtamanyukMetalurh Stadium
AvtoZAZ Stadium
FC Metalist Kharkiv Mykhailo FomenkoMetalist Stadium
FC Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk Yevhen Kucherevsky Mykola FedorenkoMeteor Stadium
SC Tavriya Simferopol Anatoliy Zayayev Valeriy PetrovLokomotyv Stadium
FC Karpaty Lviv Lev Brovarskyi Myron MarkevychUkraina Stadium
FC Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih Ihor Nadein Hennadiy LytovchenkoMetalurh Stadium
FC Metalurh Mariupol Mykola PavlovIllichivets Stadium
FC Vorskla Poltava Andriy BalVorskla Stadium
FC Arsenal Kyiv Oleh Kuznetsov(co-coach Volodymyr Bezsonov)CKS ZSU Stadium
FC Polihraftekhnika Oleksandriya Roman PokoraNika Stadium
FC Zakarpattia Uzhhorod Yuriy KalitvintsevAvanhard Stadium

League table

European qualifications case

Due to the fact that both finalists of the 2002 Ukrainian Cup Final Dynamo and Shakhtar qualified for the UEFA Champions League, the fourth European competition berth was to be awarded to the best fourth placed team in the league competition. The fourth place with 40 points earned was Metalist Kharkiv, however there were two more teams with the same number of points Metalurh Zaporizhia and Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk. According to the 2001-02 season regulations the first tie breaker in case of even points were the head-to-head points among the teams that tied. Therefore originally Metalist Kharkiv was the main contender to qualify for the European competitions. However, the administration of FC Metalurh Zaporizhia argued the fact that their team head better head-to-head record with both Metalist Kharkiv (2 1-0-1 2-2 with an away goal) and Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk (2 1-1-0 2-1). On 16 June 2002 the FFU Executive Committee came up with its final decision awarding Metalurh Zaporizhia with qualification to European competitions.

Top goalscorers

Serhiy ShyschenkoMetalurh Donetsk12 (2)
Vitaliy PushkutsaMetalist Kharkiv11 (1)
Olexandr MelashchenkoDynamo Kyiv9
Andriy VorobeiShakhtar Donetsk9
Valentin BelkevichDynamo Kyiv9(1)
Florin CernatDynamo Kyiv9 (1)
Vasyl GigiadzeTavriya Simferopol9 (7)
Igor ProdanZakarpattia Uzhhorod8
Serhiy ChuychenkoPolihraftekhnika Oleksandriya8(3)
Hennady ZubovShakhtar Donetsk8 (4)

See also

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