2006–07 Vyshcha Liha Explained

Season:2006–07
Winners:Dynamo Kyiv
12th title
Continentalcup1 Qualifiers:Dynamo Kyiv (3rd Qualifying Round)
Shakhtar Donetsk (2nd Qualifying Round)
Continentalcup2 Qualifiers:Metalist Kharkiv (1st Round)
Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk (2nd Qualifying Round)
Continentalcup3 Qualifiers:Chornomorets Odesa (2nd Round)
League Topscorer:Oleksandr Hladky (13) (FC Kharkiv)
Biggest Home Win:(5:0) - Shakhtar-Metalist
Shakhtar-Kyvbas
Biggest Away Win:(0:5) - Metalurh Z.-Dynamo
Highest Scoring:(5:2) - Dynamo-Arsenal
Matches:240
Total Goals:515
Highest Attendance:28,880 - Metalist-Dynamo
Lowest Attendance:500 - Arsenal-Metalurh D.
Metalurh D.-Illichivets
Average Attendance:9,266
Nextseason:2007–08

The 2006–07 Vyshcha Liha season is the sixteenth since its establishment. Shakhtar Donetsk were the defending champions. Soyuz-Viktan became the first title sponsor in the League's history.

The season started on July 21, 2006 with the game in Kyiv, Dynamo - Chornomorets 4:1. The last day of the competition was June 17, 2007. The winner of the championship was declared Dynamo Kyiv acquiring their 12th title defeating the reigning champion Shakhtar Donetsk that was holding the title for the last couple of years.

Illichivets was forced into relegation for the first time since entering the League 10 years ago. Stal was relegated as well. It was the second time for that club.

The game Karpaty-Metalist finished with a technical loss awarded to the Lviv's club for no appearance.[1]

Teams

Promoted

Location map

Managers

ClubCoachReplaced coach
Arsenal Kyiv Oleksandr Zavarov
Chornomorets Odesa Semen Altman
Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk Oleh Protasov
Dynamo Kyiv Anatoliy Demyanenko
Karpaty Lviv Oleksandr Ischenko
Kharkiv Volodymyr Bezsonov Volodymyr Kulayev
Mykhaylo Stelmakh
Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih Oleh Taran Oleksandr Kosevych
Metalist Kharkiv Myron Markevych
Metalurh Donetsk Jos Daerden Pichi Alonso
Co Adriaanse
Metalurh Zaporizhzhia Anatoliy Chantsev Serhiy Yashchenko
Illichivets Mariupol Yuriy Kerman Ivan Balan
Shakhtar Donetsk Mircea Lucescu
Tavriya Simferopol Mykhaylo Fomenko
Vorskla Poltava Viktor Nosov
Stal Alchevsk Ton Caanen
Zorya Luhansk Oleksandr Kosevych Yuriy Koval
Volodymyr Bezsonov
Volodymyr Malyhin

League table

Top goal scorers

Oleksandr HladkyKharkiv13 (3)
Vasil GigiadzeKryvbas Kryvyi Rih11 (4)
Siarhey KarnilenkaDnipro Dnipropetrovsk10
William BatistaKarpaty Lviv10 (2)
Serhiy NazarenkoDnipro Dnipropetrovsk10 (2)
Maksim ShatskikhDynamo Kyiv9
BrandãoShakhtar Donetsk9 (1)
Serhiy DanylovskyiChornomorets Odesa8
KleberDynamo Kyiv8
Diogo RinconDynamo Kyiv8 (2)

Stadia

width=60Rankwidth=180Stadiumwidth=70Capacitywidth=200ClubHigh att.Opponent
1 34,362 Chornomorets Odesa14800Dnipro Dniporpetrovsk
2 31,718 Metalurh Donetsk22000Shakhtar Donetsk
3 31,243 Zorya Luhansk20000Dynamo Kyiv
Shakhtar Donetsk
4 30,133 Metalist Kharkiv
FC Kharkiv
28800
14000
Dynamo Kyiv
Metalist Kharkiv
5 29,782 Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih18000Dynamo Kyiv
6 28,051 Karpaty Lviv28180Shakhtar Donetsk
7 25,831 Shakhtar Donetsk26100Dynamo Kyiv
8 25,000 Vorskla Poltava17000Dynamo Kyiv
9 24,381 Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk20500Shakhtar Donetsk
10 19,978 Tavriya Simferopol20000Dynamo Kyiv
11 16,873 Dynamo Kyiv
Arsenal Kyiv
18000
4700
Dnipro Dniporpetrovsk
Dynamo Kyiv
12 12,680 Illychivets Mariupol12500Shakhtar Donetsk
13 11,983 Metalurh Zaporizhzhya11500Dynamo Kyiv
14 9,200 Stal Alchevsk9000Shakhtar Donetsk

Auxiliary or former home stadiums

width=60Rankwidth=180Stadiumwidth=75Capacitywidth=200ClubHigh att.OpponentNotes
1 83,450 2100Illichivets Mariupol8 games
2 5,654 1100FC KharkivOnly game

See also

External links

Notes and References

  1. http://www.uafootball.net.ua/2006-07/2/karp-metall.htm Game report Karpaty-Metalist