Vyshcha Liha
Season1998–99
ChampionsDynamo Kyiv
7th title
RelegatedSC Mykolaiv
Champions LeagueDynamo Kyiv
UEFA CupKarpaty Lviv
Shakhtar Donetsk
Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih
Matches played240
Top goalscorer(18) Andriy Shevchenko (Dynamo)
Biggest home winDynamo - Prykarpattia 7:0
Shakhtar - Mykolaiv 7:0
Biggest away winMetalist - Dynamo 1:6
Zirka - Dynamo 0:5
Highest scoringShakhtar - Vorskla 7:3

The 1998–99 Vyshcha Liha season was the 8th since its establishment. FC Dynamo Kyiv were the defending champions.

Teams

Promotions

Location

Managers

Club Coach Replaced coach Home stadium
FC Dynamo Kyiv Ukraine Valery Lobanovsky Dynamo Stadium
FC Shakhtar Donetsk Russia Anatoliy Byshovets Ukraine Valery Yaremchenko 18 games Shakhtar Stadium
FC Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih Ukraine Oleh Taran Metalurh Stadium
FC Karpaty Lviv Ukraine Stepan Yurchyshyn Ukraine Myron Markevych the first half Ukraina Stadium
FC Metalurh Mariupol Ukraine Mykola Pavlov Azovstal Stadium
FC Metalist Kharkiv Ukraine Mykhailo Fomenko Metalist Stadium
FC CSKA Kyiv Ukraine Volodymyr Bezsonov CSK ZSU Stadium
FC Metalurh Zaporizhia Ukraine Myron Markevych Ukraine Oleksandr Shtelin 17 games Metalurh Stadium
SC Tavriya Simferopol Ukraine Anatoliy Korobochka Ukraine Viktor Hrachov the first half
Ukraine Valery Petrov 13 games		 Lokomotyv Stadium
FC Vorskla Poltava Ukraine Anatoliy Konkov Ukraine Oleksandr Dovbiy 6 games
Ukraine Serhiy Sobetskyi 7 games		 Vorskla Stadium
Politekhnik Stadium (Kremenchuk)
FC Zirka Kirovohrad Ukraine Oleksandr Ischenko Zirka Stadium
FC Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk Ukraine Leonid Koltun Ukraine Vadym Tyschenko 13 games
Ukraine Volodymyr Kobzarev 7 games		 Meteor Stadium
FC Nyva Ternopil Ukraine Ihor Yurchenko City Stadium
FC Metalurh Donetsk Ukraine Mykhailo Sokolovskyi Ukraine Volodymyr Onyschenko 7 games
Ukraine Volodymyr Havrylov 8 games
Ukraine Ihor Yavorskyi 7 games		 Stalekanatchyk Stadium (Khartsyzk)
Donetsk Metallurgical Factory Stadium
FC Prykarpattia Ivano-Frankivsk Ukraine Ihor Yavorskyi Ukraine Bohdan Blavatskiy 6 games
Ukraine Anatoliy Boyko 6 games
Ukraine Anatoliy Zayaev 14 games
Ukraine Bohdan Blavatskiy 2 games		 Rukh Stadium
SC Mykolaiv vacant Ukraine Anatoliy Konkov 12 games
Ukraine Leonid Nikolaenko 3 games
Ukraine Ivan Krasnetskyi 1 game		 Central City Stadium

Notes: Games between Dynamo Kyiv and CSKA Kyiv were played at Republican Stadium.

Changes

Team Outgoing head coach Manner of departure Date of vacancy Table Incoming head coach Date of appointment Table
FC Nyva Ternopil Ukraine Leonid Ishchuk pre-season Ukraine Ihor Yurchenko pre-season
FC CSKA Kyiv Ukraine Serhiy Morozov pre-season Ukraine Volodymyr Bezsonov pre-season

League table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Dynamo Kyiv[lower-alpha 1] (C) 30 23 5 2 75 17 +58 74 Qualification to Champions League second qualifying round
2 Shakhtar Donetsk 30 20 5 5 70 25 +45 65 Qualification to UEFA Cup qualifying round
3 Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih 30 16 11 3 43 18 +25 59
4 Karpaty Lviv[lower-alpha 1] 30 15 10 5 54 34 +20 55 Qualification to UEFA Cup first round
5 Metalurh Mariupol 30 14 6 10 35 27 +8 48
6 Metalist Kharkiv 30 14 5 11 31 32 −1 47
7 CSKA Kyiv 30 11 10 9 37 35 +2 43
8 Metalurh Zaporizhzhia 30 12 6 12 46 43 +3 42
9 Tavriya Simferopol 30 10 7 13 33 39 −6 37
10 Vorskla Poltava 30 10 5 15 36 43 −7 35
11 Zirka Kirovohrad 30 9 7 14 31 40 −9 34
12 Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk 30 9 5 16 28 46 −18 32
13 Nyva Ternopil 30 8 7 15 29 41 −12 31
14 Metalurh Donetsk 30 7 7 16 27 51 −24 28
15 Prykarpattya Ivano-Frankivsk 30 6 6 18 24 59 −35 24 Qualification to relegation play-off
16 SC Mykolaiv (R) 30 2 6 22 18 67 −49 12 Relegated to Ukrainian First League
Source: uafootball.net.ua
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated
Notes:
  1. 1 2 Participant of the 1999 Ukrainian Cup Final

Results

Home \ Away CSK DNI DYN KAR KRY MET MDO MTM MZA MYK NVT PRY SHA TAV VOR ZIR
CSKA Kyiv — 1–0 0–4 3–3 1–2 2–1 2–1 1–1 1–0 2–0 0–0 1–2 0–1 3–0 2–1 0–0
Dnipro 0–1 — 0–1 0–2 2–1 0–0 5–1 1–0 1–4 2–1 4–0 0–0 1–2 1–0 2–0 1–1
Dynamo Kyiv 2–0 2–3 — 0–0 1–0 1–0 3–0 2–0 6–2 2–1 1–0 7–0 2–1 0–0 4–0 1–0
Karpaty Lviv 3–3 4–1 2–1 — 2–1 0–1 2–0 3–1 1–1 5–1 1–0 3–0 1–0 2–1 2–1 2–1
Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih 0–0 2–1 0–0 0–0 — 1–0 2–0 3–1 4–0 0–0 2–1 2–0 1–0 1–1 3–1 1–0
Metalist Kharkiv 1–0 2–0 1–6 3–1 0–0 — 1–0 0–1 1–0 0–0 2–1 1–0 1–1 1–0 2–4 3–0
Metalurh Donetsk 2–2 2–0 1–4 4–3 0–2 0–0 — 1–1 0–2 0–0 2–1 1–0 0–4 2–0 0–0 1–0
Metalurh Mariupol 1–1 0–1 1–2 4–2 0–0 2–0 0–0 — 4–2 3–0 1–0 2–1 0–1 2–0 1–0 0–0
Metalurh Zaporizhzhia 1–0 2–2 1–3 3–1 1–1 3–2 0–0 3–0 — 4–1 2–1 1–1 2–3 3–0 0–1 1–0
SC Mykolaiv 2–3 2–0 0–4 0–3 0–4 0–2 0–1 1–2 0–4 — 0–1 1–1 0–3 1–2 1–0 2–2
Nyva Ternopil 1–2 0–0 1–5 0–0 1–2 2–0 3–2 1–0 1–0 3–1 — 3–1 0–3 0–0 2–2 3–2
Prykarpattya Ivano-Frankivsk 2–4 3–0 0–1 0–2 2–2 1–2 2–1 0–3 0–0 2–1 1–1 — 1–3 0–2 1–0 1–0
Shakhtar Donetsk 1–0 6–0 0–0 1–1 1–1 3–1 4–2 1–0 2–1 7–0 1–1 6–1 — 2–0 7–3 1–2
Tavriya Simferopol 1–1 3–0 3–3 1–1 0–2 0–1 3–2 0–2 2–3 2–0 1–0 3–0 2–1 — 2–0 1–0
Vorskla Poltava 1–0 1–0 0–2 0–0 0–0 1–2 2–0 0–1 3–0 2–1 2–1 4–0 1–2 2–2 — 4–2
Zirka Kirovohrad 1–1 2–0 0–5 2–2 2–3 2–0 3–1 0–1 1–0 1–1 1–0 2–1 0–2 3–1 1–0 —
Source: uafootball.net.ua
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Top goalscorers

Andriy Shevchenko
Rank Player Club Goals
(Pen.)
1 Ukraine Andriy Shevchenko Dynamo Kyiv 18 (1)
2 Ukraine Ivan Hetsko Karpaty Lviv 16
Ukraine Oleksandr Palyanytsia Karpaty Lviv 16 (5)
4 Ukraine Valentyn Poltavets Metalurh Zaporizhzhya 13 (3)
5 Ukraine Andriy Vorobei Shakhtar Donetsk 11
6 Ukraine Oleksiy Osipov Tavriya Simferopol 11 (3)
7 Belarus Alexander Khatskevich Dynamo Kyiv 10
8 Ukraine Oleksandr Haidash Tavriya Simferopol 9
Georgia (country) Avtandil Kapanadze Nyva Ternopil 9
Ukraine Ihor Kislov Zirka Kirovohrad 9
Ukraine Ihor Kostiuk Vorskla Poltava 9
Ukraine Vitaliy Pantilov Metalurh Mariupol 9
Ukraine Serhii Rebrov Dynamo Kyiv 9
Ukraine Yuriy Selezniov Shakhtar Donetsk 9
Notable Transfers
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