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

Vyshcha Liha
Season2001–02
ChampionsShakhtar Donetsk
1st title
RelegatedZakarpattia Uzhhorod
Champions LeagueShakhtar Donetsk
Dynamo Kyiv
UEFA CupMetalurh Donetsk
Metalurh Zaporizhia
Top goalscorer(12) Serhiy Shyschenko (Metalurh Donetsk)
Biggest home winDynamo - Metalist 6:0
Biggest away winKryvbas - Dynamo 0:7
Highest scoringZakarpattia - Metalist 3:5
Polihraftekhnika - Dnipro 2:6

Teams edit

Promotions edit

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 edit

Location edit

Managers edit

Club Coach Replaced coach Home stadium
FC Shakhtar Donetsk   Nevio Scala   Viktor Prokopenko Shakhtar Stadium
FC Dynamo Kyiv   Oleksiy Mykhailychenko   Valery Lobanovsky Dynamo Stadium
FC Metalurh Donetsk   Semen Altman Metalurh Stadium
FC Metalurh Zaporizhia   Oleh Taran   Volodymyr Atamanyuk Metalurh Stadium
AvtoZAZ Stadium
FC Metalist Kharkiv   Mykhailo Fomenko Metalist Stadium
FC Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk   Yevhen Kucherevsky   Mykola Fedorenko Meteor Stadium
SC Tavriya Simferopol   Anatoliy Zayayev   Valeriy Petrov Lokomotyv Stadium
FC Karpaty Lviv   Lev Brovarskyi   Myron Markevych Ukraina Stadium
FC Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih   Ihor Nadein   Hennadiy Lytovchenko Metalurh Stadium
FC Metalurh Mariupol   Mykola Pavlov Illichivets Stadium
FC Vorskla Poltava   Andriy Bal Vorskla Stadium
FC Arsenal Kyiv   Oleh Kuznetsov (co-coach   Volodymyr Bezsonov) CKS ZSU Stadium
FC Polihraftekhnika Oleksandriya   Roman Pokora Nika Stadium
FC Zakarpattia Uzhhorod   Yuriy Kalitvintsev Avanhard Stadium

League table edit

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Shakhtar Donetsk (C) 26 20 6 0 49 10 +39 66 Qualification to Champions League third qualifying round
2 Dynamo Kyiv 26 20 5 1 62 9 +53 65 Qualification to Champions League second qualifying round
3 Metalurh Donetsk 26 12 6 8 38 28 +10 42 Qualification to UEFA Cup first round
4 Metalurh Zaporizhzhia 26 11 7 8 25 22 +3 40[a] Qualification to UEFA Cup qualifying round[b]
5 Metalist Kharkiv 26 11 7 8 35 36 −1 40[a]
6 Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk 26 11 7 8 30 20 +10 40[a]
7 Tavriya Simferopol 26 8 6 12 27 36 −9 30
8 Karpaty Lviv 26 7 8 11 19 31 −12 29
9 Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih 26 6 10 10 28 40 −12 28
10 Illichivets Mariupol 26 6 8 12 29 42 −13 26
11 Vorskla Poltava 26 6 7 13 19 33 −14 25
12 Arsenal Kyiv 26 6 5 15 18 28 −10 23[c]
13 Polihraftekhnika 26 5 8 13 21 39 −18 23[c] Qualification to relegation playoffs
14 Zakarpattia Uzhhorod (R) 26 5 6 15 23 49 −26 21 Relegated to Ukrainian First League
Source: uafootball.net.ua
Rules for classification: 1st points; 2nd head-to-head points; 3rd head-to-head goal difference; 4th head-to-head goals scored away; 4th overall wins; 5th goal difference; 6th goals scored [4]
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated
Notes:
  1. ^ a b c Head-to-head points: Metalurh 7 pts, Metalist 9 pts, Dnipro 1 pt; On decision of the FFU executive committee, Metalurh had better head-to-head record with both Metalist and Dnipro separately (see #European qualifications case).
  2. ^ Metalurh Zaporizhia obtained the uncontested European competitions berth (both Shakhtar and Dynamo were participants of the 2002 Ukrainian Cup Final) after it was awarded the 4th place on the decision the Executive Committee of Football Federation of Ukraine.[1][2] According to the Metalist head coach Mykhailo Fomenko, the club's leadership did not contested the decision as it was afraid for obligation to invest more funds in the club, plus the home stadium had to be reconstructed.[3]
  3. ^ a b ARK 2–0 POL; POL 1–0 ARK

European qualifications case edit

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.

Results edit

Home \ Away ARK DNI DYN KAR KRY MET MDO MTM MZA POL SHA TAV VOR ZAK
Arsenal Kyiv 0–1 0–1 0–0 3–0 1–1 0–1 3–2 2–0 2–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–2
Dnipro 2–0 0–0 0–1 2–0 0–1 2–0 3–1 0–0 0–0 0–1 2–1 2–0 2–0
Dynamo Kyiv 2–0 1–0 4–1 0–0 6–0 2–0 1–0 1–0 5–0 2–2 0–0 1–0 5–0
Karpaty Lviv 1–0 0–0 0–2 3–2 0–2 0–1 2–0 2–1 0–0 0–2 0–0 0–1 3–0
Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih 1–0 3–3 0–7 0–0 4–1 1–3 1–1 0–0 3–1 0–0 2–0 2–0 1–0
Metalist Kharkiv 2–1 3–0 0–1 0–0 0–0 3–1 2–2 2–1 1–0 1–1 4–1 2–0 4–0
Metalurh Donetsk 2–1 2–0 0–0 0–0 3–2 5–0 2–1 1–1 1–0 0–1 4–1 0–0 1–1
Metalurh Mariupol 1–2 0–0 0–6 3–1 3–1 0–0 4–2 0–0 2–1 0–2 0–0 1–0 3–0
Metalurh Zaporizhzhia 2–0 2–1 1–3 4–1 0–0 1–0 0–3 3–0 0–0 0–3 0–2 1–0 4–1
Polihraftekhnika 1–0 2–6 0–3 1–1 0–0 2–0 1–0 2–2 0–1 1–2 0–1 2–2 4–2
Shakhtar Donetsk 2–0 1–0 2–0 3–0 3–1 3–0 3–1 2–0 0–0 2–1 2–1 4–0 5–1
Tavriya Simferopol 1–2 0–2 1–5 3–0 3–2 2–0 1–3 3–1 0–1 2–0 0–1 1–0 1–1
Vorskla Poltava 1–0 1–2 1–2 1–3 2–2 1–1 2–1 2–1 0–1 1–1 1–1 2–0 1–0
Zakarpattia Uzhhorod 2–1 0–0 1–2 1–0 2–0 3–5 1–1 1–1 0–1 0–1 0–1 2–2 2–0
Source: uafootball.net.ua
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Relegation playoff edit

Polihraftekhnika Oleksandriya1 – 0Polissia Zhytomyr
Babych   45+2'
Martynenko   30'   78'
Report
Attendance: 5,000
Referee: Shebek (Kyiv)

Top goalscorers edit

  Serhiy Shyschenko Metalurh Donetsk 12 (2)
  Vitaliy Pushkutsa Metalist Kharkiv 11 (1)
  Olexandr Melashchenko Dynamo Kyiv 9
  Andriy Vorobei Shakhtar Donetsk 9
  Valentin Belkevich Dynamo Kyiv 9(1)
  Florin Cernat Dynamo Kyiv 9 (1)
  Vasyl Gigiadze Tavriya Simferopol 9 (7)
  Igor Prodan Zakarpattia Uzhhorod 8
  Serhiy Chuychenko Polihraftekhnika Oleksandriya 8(3)
  Hennady Zubov Shakhtar Donetsk 8 (4)

See also edit

References edit

  1. ^ Committee on communication with public and media of FFU (18 June 2002). Рішення виконавчого комітету Федерації футболу України [Decision of the Executive Committee of Football Federation of Ukraine] (in Ukrainian). Football Federation of Ukraine. Archived from the original on 30 December 2013. Retrieved 26 August 2013.
  2. ^ Committee on communication with public and media of FFU (17 June 2002). Офіційний прес-реліз Федерації футболу України [Official press release of the Football Federation of Ukraine] (in Ukrainian). Football Federation of Ukraine. Archived from the original on 30 December 2013. Retrieved 26 August 2013.
  3. ^ Verbytsky, I. "Mykhailo Fomenko: To head the national football team I could have already at the end of 1990s. I refused as I thought that it is not time yet". UA-Football. 17 December 2015
  4. ^ Regulation of the All-Ukrainian competitions in football among professional teams in 2001/02

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