The 1997–98 Vyshcha Liha season was the 7th since its establishment. FC Dynamo Kyiv were the defending champions.

Vyshcha Liha
Season1997–98
ChampionsDynamo Kyiv
6th title
RelegatedTorpedo, Chornomorets
Champions LeagueDynamo Kyiv
Cup Winners' CupCSKA Kyiv
UEFA CupShakhtar Donetsk
Top goalscorer(22) Serhii Rebrov (Dynamo)

Teams

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Promotions

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Renamed

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  • In a winter break Zirka-NIBAS Kirovohrad changed its name to Zirka Kirovohrad.

Location

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Managers

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Club Coach Replaced coach Home stadium
FC Dynamo Kyiv   Valery Lobanovsky Dynamo Stadium
FC Shakhtar Donetsk   Valery Yaremchenko Shakhtar Stadium
FC Karpaty Lviv   Myron Markevych Ukraina Stadium
FC Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk   Vadym Tyschenko   Vyacheslav Hrozny 15 games (first half) Meteor Stadium
FC Vorskla Poltava   Oleksandr Dovbiy   Viktor Pozhechevskyi 27 games (first half) Vorskla Stadium
FC Metalurh Donetsk   Volodymyr Onyschenko Avanhard Stadium (Makiivka)
Donetsk Metallurgical Factory Stadium
FC Nyva Ternopil   Leonid Ischuk   Ihor Yavorskyi 29 games City Stadium
FC Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih   Oleh Taran Metalurh Stadium
FC Metalurh Zaporizhia   Oleksandr Shtelin   Oleksandr Tomakh 17 games
  Leonid Kliuchyk 1 game
Metalurh Stadium
FC Prykarpattia Ivano-Frankivsk   Bohdan Blavatskiy   Ihor Yurchenko 15 games (first half) Rukh Stadium
FC Zirka Kirovohrad   Oleksandr Ischenko   Oleksandr Dovbiy 27 games
  Serhiy Strashnenko 1 game
Zirka Stadium
FC Metalurh Mariupol   Mykola Pavlov   Volodymyr Kuzovlev 1 game
  Yuriy Pohrebniak 2 games
Azovstal Stadium
FC CSKA Kyiv   Serhiy Morozov   Volodymyr Bezsonov 15 games CSK ZSU Stadium
SC Tavriya Simferopol   Viktor Hrachov   Ivan Balan 25 games Lokomotyv Stadium
FC Chornomorets Odesa   Volodymyr Kozerenko   Leonid Buriak 22 games Black Sea Shipping Stadium
FC Torpedo Zaporizhia   Leonid Koltun   Viktor Matvienko 18 games
  Vyacheslav Pershyn 4 games
AvtoZAZ Stadium

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Team Outgoing head coach Manner of departure Date of vacancy Table Incoming head coach Date of appointment Table
SC Tavriya Simferopol   Mykola Pavlov pre-season   Ivan Balan pre-season
FC CSKA Kyiv   Volodymyr Lozynsky pre-season   Volodymyr Bezsonov pre-season
FC Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih   Oleksandr Lysenko pre-season   Oleh Taran pre-season
FC Prykarpattia Ivano-Frankivsk   Viktor Kolotov pre-season   Ihor Yurchenko pre-season

League table

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Dynamo Kyiv[a] (C) 30 23 3 4 70 15 +55 72 Qualification to Champions League first qualifying round
2 Shakhtar Donetsk 30 20 7 3 61 25 +36 67 Qualification to UEFA Cup first qualifying round
3 Karpaty Lviv 30 16 9 5 36 20 +16 57
4 Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk 30 17 4 9 47 27 +20 55
5 Vorskla Poltava 30 15 4 11 41 46 −5 49 Qualification to Intertoto Cup first round
6 Metalurh Donetsk 30 11 7 12 28 27 +1 40
7 Nyva Ternopil 30 12 4 14 37 39 −2 40
8 Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih 30 10 9 11 34 33 +1 39
9 Metalurh Zaporizhzhia 30 10 7 13 40 44 −4 37
10 Prykarpattya Ivano-Frankivsk 30 8 9 13 33 41 −8 33
11 Zirka Kirovohrad 30 9 6 15 27 48 −21 33
12 Metalurh Mariupol 30 8 9 13 27 48 −21 33
13 CSKA Kyiv[a] 30 9 6 15 30 35 −5 33 Qualification to Cup Winners' Cup qualifying round
14 Tavriya Simferopol 30 8 9 13 35 41 −6 33
15 Chornomorets Odesa (R) 30 8 8 14 31 39 −8 32 Relegated to Ukrainian First League
16 Torpedo Zaporizhzhia (R) 30 2 7 21 20 69 −49 13
Source: uafootball.net.ua
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated
Notes:
  1. ^ a b Participants of the 1998 Ukrainian Cup Final

Results

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Home \ Away CHO CSK DNI DYN KAR KRY MDO MTM MZA NVT PRY SHA TAV TZA VOR ZIR
Chornomorets Odesa 1–0 1–2 1–1 1–0 0–1 2–1 2–1 1–0 1–1 0–0 1–3 1–2 5–0 2–2 3–0
CSKA Kyiv 2–1 1–1 0–1 0–2 2–1 3–2 1–0 3–0 0–0 0–1 1–2 3–1 2–0 3–0 1–1
Dnipro 2–0 2–1 0–2 4–0 1–0 2–0 3–0 1–0 0–1 1–0 2–0 2–1 4–0 1–2 3–0
Dynamo Kyiv 1–0 4–0 2–1 0–1 2–0 0–1 3–0 2–1 4–2 4–0 3–0 3–0 3–0 5–0 4–1
Karpaty Lviv 2–0 1–0 0–0 2–1 2–1 1–0 4–1 1–1 4–1 1–0 1–1 2–0 3–1 2–1 0–0
Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih 0–0 1–1 0–2 0–1 2–2 1–2 0–0 2–1 2–1 2–1 0–1 2–2 3–0 3–2 4–0
Metalurh Donetsk 1–0 1–0 0–1 1–0 0–1 0–0 2–0 3–2 3–0 0–0 1–2 1–1 2–0 0–0 3–0
Metalurh Mariupol 2–0 2–1 2–0 0–2 0–0 1–1 0–0 4–2 +:- 0–3 0–5 3–0 3–1 2–5 0–0
Metalurh Zaporizhzhia 1–1 1–1 2–1 1–5 0–0 2–0 1–0 2–0 3–2 3–0 0–1 1–1 0–1 2–3 4–2
Nyva Ternopil 1–0 1–0 3–0 1–1 0–1 0–2 2–0 5–0 1–2 3–1 1–0 1–0 4–1 1–2 2–0
Prykarpattya Ivano-Frankivsk 1–1 2–0 1–4 0–3 0–0 1–2 0–1 2–0 2–2 1–1 0–2 2–0 3–2 4–0 4–1
Shakhtar Donetsk 4–1 2–1 2–0 0–0 2–1 1–1 2–0 2–2 3–1 5–0 4–1 1–0 4–0 3–2 3–2
Tavriya Simferopol 3–0 0–0 1–1 0–3 2–0 0–0 2–2 0–0 0–2 2–0 1–0 3–3 5–0 3–1 1–0
Torpedo Zaporizhzhia 2–2 0–1 2–2 0–3 0–2 0–3 1–1 1–1 1–1 0–1 2–2 0–0 4–3 1–2 0–1
Vorskla Poltava 1–0 2–1 2–1 1–4 0–0 2–0 2–0 0–2 1–2 2–1 0–0 0–3 1–0 2–0 2–0
Zirka-NIBAS Kirovohrad 2–3 2–1 1–3 1–3 1–0 3–0 1–0 1–1 1–0 2–0 1–1 0–0 2–1 1–0 0–1
Source: uafootball.net.ua
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Top goalscorers

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Serhii Rebrov
Rank Player Club Goals
(Pen.)
1   Serhii Rebrov Dynamo Kyiv 22 (5)
2   Andriy Shevchenko Dynamo Kyiv 21 (1)
3   Oleksandr Palyanytsia Karpaty Lviv 17 (2)
4   Avtandil Kapanadze Nyva Ternopil 15
5   Oleksandr Haidash Tavriya Simferopol 14
6   Hennady Shchekotylin Chornomorets Odesa 13 (1)
7  Valeriy Kryventsov Shakhtar Donetsk 11
8   Petro Rusak Spartak Ivano-Frankivsk 9
  Hennadiy Orbu Shakhtar Donetsk 9 (1)
10   Valentyn Platonov Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih 9
  Vitaliy Mintenko Metalurh Donetsk 9 (2)
  Volodymyr Haschyn Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih 9 (3)

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