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.

Vyshcha Liha
Season2006–07
ChampionsDynamo Kyiv
12th title
RelegatedIllichivets Mariupol,
Stal Alchevsk
Champions LeagueDynamo Kyiv (3rd Qualifying Round)
Shakhtar Donetsk (2nd Qualifying Round)
UEFA CupMetalist Kharkiv (1st Round)
Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk (2nd Qualifying Round)
Intertoto CupChornomorets Odesa (2nd Round)
Matches played240
Goals scored515 (2.15 per match)
Top goalscorerOleksandr 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
Highest attendance28,880 - Metalist-Dynamo
Lowest attendance500 - Arsenal-Metalurh D.
Metalurh D.-Illichivets
Average attendance9,266

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

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Location map

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Locations of team home grounds in Ukrainian Premier League 2005–06

Managers

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Club Coach Replaced 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

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Dynamo Kyiv (C) 30 22 8 0 67 23 +44 74 Qualification to Champions League third qualifying round
2 Shakhtar Donetsk 30 19 6 5 57 20 +37 63 Qualification to Champions League second qualifying round
3 Metalist Kharkiv 30 18 7 5 40 20 +20 61 Qualification to UEFA Cup first round
4 Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk 30 11 14 5 32 24 +8 47 Qualification to UEFA Cup second qualifying round
5 Tavriya Simferopol 30 12 6 12 32 30 +2 42
6 Chornomorets Odesa 30 11 8 11 36 33 +3 41 Qualification to Intertoto Cup second round
7 Metalurh Zaporizhzhya 30 10 10 10 25 32 −7 40
8 Karpaty Lviv 30 9 10 11 26 32 −6 37
9 Metalurh Donetsk 30 9 9 12 26 35 −9 36
10 Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih 30 7 14 9 29 36 −7 35
11 Zorya Luhansk 30 9 7 14 23 43 −20 34
12 FC Kharkiv 30 8 9 13 26 38 −12 33
13 Vorskla Poltava 30 7 10 13 23 28 −5 31
14 Arsenal Kyiv 30 7 9 14 28 44 −16 30
15 Illichivets Mariupol (R) 30 6 7 17 23 39 −16 25 Relegated to Ukrainian First League
16 Stal Alchevsk (R) 30 5 6 19 22 38 −16 21
Source: uafootball.net.ua
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated

Results

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Home \ Away ARK CHO DNI DYN ILL KAR KHA KRY MET MDO MZA SHA STA TAV VOR ZOR
Arsenal Kyiv 1–1 1–1 0–1 2–0 1–0 1–1 1–1 0–0 0–2 1–0 1–2 1–3 0–1 1–0 2–2
Chornomorets Odesa 2–0 0–1 2–3 2–1 1–0 4–2 2–3 1–3 2–0 1–1 0–0 3–0 0–0 2–0 2–0
Dnipro 1–1 1–0 0–2 1–1 2–2 1–0 1–1 0–2 2–0 1–1 1–1 0–0 2–0 1–0 3–0
Dynamo Kyiv 5–2 4–1 2–0 1–0 3–1 2–0 3–1 2–0 0–0 3–1 1–0 3–1 2–1 1–1 4–0
Illichivets Mariupol 4–1 0–0 1–1 2–3 1–2 2–1 0–1 0–3 0–2 1–0 1–1 0–0 1–0 2–0 0–1
Karpaty Lviv 1–1 0–1 0–1 1–0 1–0 1–0 1–1 -:+ 0–0 0–0 0–0 3–1 0–2 1–2 1–0
FC Kharkiv 2–0 0–1 0–0 0–2 2–0 0–0 2–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–3 0–0 1–1 3–2 2–2
Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih 1–0 2–2 1–1 1–1 0–0 3–0 3–1 0–3 1–1 1–1 0–1 1–0 0–0 0–0 2–0
Metalist Kharkiv 5–1 4–0 1–0 0–2 2–0 1–1 2–0 0–0 1–0 1–0 0–1 1–0 1–0 2–1 1–0
Metalurh Donetsk 2–1 1–0 1–1 1–1 2–1 3–3 1–2 2–1 0–2 1–0 0–0 2–1 1–2 0–0 3–2
Metalurh Zaporizhzhya 2–1 1–0 1–1 0–5 2–1 1–2 3–1 1–1 0–0 2–0 0–3 1–0 1–0 0–0 1–0
Shakhtar Donetsk 0–1 2–0 2–3 2–2 3–1 4–1 1–2 5–0 5–0 2–1 0–2 3–1 3–0 2–1 3–0
Stal Alchevsk 1–1 2–1 3–1 1–1 0–2 0–1 4–2 0–0 0–1 3–0 0–1 0–2 0–1 0–1 0–1
Tavriya Simferopol 1–3 1–1 0–0 2–4 1–0 0–1 2–0 3–1 2–0 2–0 5–1 1–3 2–1 1–0 1–2
Vorskla Poltava 0–1 0–0 0–1 1–1 3–0 1–2 0–1 2–1 2–2 2–0 2–1 0–1 1–0 0–0 1–1
Zorya Luhansk 2–1 0–4 0–3 1–2 1–1 1–0 0–1 2–1 2–2 1–0 0–0 0–2 1–0 1–0 0–0
Source: uafootball.net.ua
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Top goal scorers

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Hladkyi
  Oleksandr Hladky Kharkiv 13 (3)
  Vasil Gigiadze Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih 11 (4)
  Siarhey Karnilenka Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk 10
  William Batista Karpaty Lviv 10 (2)
  Serhiy Nazarenko Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk 10 (2)
  Maksim Shatskikh Dynamo Kyiv 9
  Brandão Shakhtar Donetsk 9 (1)
  Serhiy Danylovskyi Chornomorets Odesa 8
  Kleber Dynamo Kyiv 8
  Diogo Rincon Dynamo Kyiv 8 (2)

Stadia

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The locations of the 16 teams participating in Vyscha Liha season 2006-07.
Rank Stadium Capacity Club High att. Opponent
1 Chornomorets Stadium 34,362 Chornomorets Odesa 14800 Dnipro Dniporpetrovsk
2 Shakhtar Stadium 31,718 Metalurh Donetsk 22000 Shakhtar Donetsk
3 Avanhard Stadium 31,243 Zorya Luhansk 20000 Dynamo Kyiv
Shakhtar Donetsk
4 Metalist Stadium 30,133 Metalist Kharkiv
FC Kharkiv
28800
14000
Dynamo Kyiv
Metalist Kharkiv
5 Metalurh Stadium 29,782 Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih 18000 Dynamo Kyiv
6 Ukraina Stadium 28,051 Karpaty Lviv 28180 Shakhtar Donetsk
7 RSK Olimpiyskiy 25,831 Shakhtar Donetsk 26100 Dynamo Kyiv
8 Vorskla Stadium 25,000 Vorskla Poltava 17000 Dynamo Kyiv
9 Stadium Meteor 24,381 Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk 20500 Shakhtar Donetsk
10 Lokomotiv Stadium 19,978 Tavriya Simferopol 20000 Dynamo Kyiv
11 Lobanovsky Dynamo Stadium 16,873 Dynamo Kyiv
Arsenal Kyiv
18000
4700
Dnipro Dniporpetrovsk
Dynamo Kyiv
12 Illychivets Stadium 12,680 Illychivets Mariupol 12500 Shakhtar Donetsk
13 Slavutych Arena 11,983 Metalurh Zaporizhzhya 11500 Dynamo Kyiv
14 Stal Stadium 9,200 Stal Alchevsk 9000 Shakhtar Donetsk

Auxiliary or former home stadiums

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Rank Stadium Capacity Club High att. Opponent Notes
1 NSC Olimpiysky 83,450 Arsenal Kyiv 2100 Illichivets Mariupol 8 games
2 Kolos Stadium 5,654 Arsenal Kyiv 1100 FC Kharkiv Only game

See also

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References

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