Vyshcha Liha
Season2002–03
ChampionsDynamo Kyiv
10th title
RelegatedMetalist Kharkiv
Oleksandriia
Champions LeagueDynamo Kyiv
Shakhtar Donetsk
UEFA CupMetalurh Donetsk
Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk
Matches played240
Top goalscorer(22) Maksim Shatskikh (Dynamo Kyiv)
Biggest home winDynamo - Vorskla 8:0
Biggest away winMetalurh Zp - Arsenal 0:5
Highest scoringArsenal - Volyn 8:1
Volyn - Dnipro 4:5

The 2002–03 Vyshcha Liha season was the 12th since its establishment. FC Shakhtar Donetsk were the defending champions.

Teams

Promotions

Renamed

  • On 22 July 2002 SC Volyn-1 Lutsk changed its name to FC Volyn Lutsk.
  • 17 December 2002 FC Metalurh Mariupol changed its name to FC Illichivets Mariupol.
  • 25 February 2003 FC Polihraftekhnika Oleksandriya changed its name to FC Oleksandriya.

Location

League table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Dynamo Kyiv (C) 30 23 4 3 66 20 +46 73 Qualification to Champions League third qualifying round
2 Shakhtar Donetsk 30 22 4 4 61 24 +37 70 Qualification to Champions League second qualifying round
3 Metalurh Donetsk 30 18 6 6 44 26 +18 60 Qualification to UEFA Cup first round
4 Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk 30 18 5 7 48 27 +21 59 Qualification to UEFA Cup qualifying round
5 Arsenal Kyiv 30 16 8 6 49 24 +25 56
6 Volyn Lutsk 30 12 5 13 37 44 −7 41
7 Karpaty Lviv 30 9 9 12 29 37 −8 36
8 Chornomorets Odesa 30 10 4 16 31 45 −14 34
9 Tavriya Simferopol 30 9 7 14 36 50 −14 34
10 Illichivets Mariupol 30 8 10 12 34 38 −4 34
11 Vorskla Poltava 30 8 8 14 26 41 −15 32
12 Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih 30 8 7 15 25 37 −12 31
13 PFC Oleksandriya (D) 30 7 9 14 26 43 −17 30 Withdrew[1]
14 Obolon Kyiv 30 7 7 16 32 45 −13 28
15 Metalurh Zaporizhzhia 30 6 8 16 22 41 −19 26 Avoided relegation
16 Metalist Kharkiv (R) 30 6 5 19 19 43 −24 23 Relegated to Ukrainian First League
Source: uafootball.net.ua
(C) Champions; (D) Disqualified; (R) Relegated

Results

Home \ Away ARK CHO DNI DYN ILL KAR KRY MET MDO MZA OBO OLK SHA TAV VOL VOR
Arsenal Kyiv — 1–0 0–3 0–1 2–0 1–1 2–1 1–0 1–3 0–0 2–0 5–1 0–0 5–0 8–1 2–1
Chornomorets Odesa 1–3 — 0–1 1–4 3–2 1–1 0–2 1–0 0–1 1–0 0–2 2–1 2–0 2–0 2–0 2–2
Dnipro 0–0 0–0 — 2–2 1–0 2–0 3–0 2–0 4–1 1–0 4–2 1–1 0–3 2–0 2–0 1–0
Dynamo Kyiv 3–1 2–0 1–0 — 2–0 2–0 1–0 4–2 2–0 5–2 5–3 2–0 2–1 4–1 3–1 8–0
Illichivets Mariupol 0–0 2–0 2–0 0–1 — 2–3 2–0 1–1 1–1 1–1 2–1 1–1 2–4 2–0 3–2 4–1
Karpaty Lviv 1–2 2–1 1–0 0–0 1–1 — 0–0 2–0 0–0 1–0 0–1 3–2 2–4 3–1 0–2 3–0
Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih 0–1 2–4 1–1 0–0 2–0 2–1 — 1–0 0–2 0–0 1–0 1–1 0–1 2–1 0–1 2–1
Metalist Kharkiv 1–1 1–0 0–2 0–2 0–1 1–0 2–1 — 0–3 2–1 1–1 0–1 0–1 1–0 3–1 0–0
Metalurh Donetsk 1–2 2–0 1–3 1–0 2–0 1–1 2–1 3–2 — 1–1 2–1 1–0 0–2 2–0 2–1 2–0
Metalurh Zaporizhzhia 0–5 1–2 0–2 0–3 1–1 1–1 2–1 2–0 0–1 — 2–0 2–1 0–1 1–1 1–0 0–1
Obolon Kyiv 0–2 4–1 1–3 1–1 0–0 2–1 0–1 3–1 0–3 2–0 — 2–2 0–1 1–1 1–1 1–0
PFC Oleksandriya 0–0 2–1 0–1 0–2 1–0 0–0 0–0 1–1 0–2 2–1 1–0 — 0–1 1–1 3–2 2–0
Shakhtar Donetsk 3–0 2–0 2–0 1–0 4–2 4–0 1–1 2–0 3–1 2–0 2–1 5–0 — 5–2 1–3 0–0
Tavriya Simferopol 1–0 2–0 3–2 1–2 0–0 1–0 4–2 2–0 0–2 1–1 3–1 3–1 3–3 — 1–1 3–2
Volyn Lutsk 0–1 2–2 4–5 1–0 2–1 0–1 2–0 2–0 1–1 0–2 2–1 1–0 2–0 1–0 — 0–0
Vorskla Poltava 1–1 1–2 2–0 1–2 1–1 3–0 2–1 1–0 0–0 2–0 0–0 2–1 1–2 1–0 0–1 —
Source: uafootball.net.ua
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Top goal scorers

Shatskikh
Uzbekistan Maksim Shatskikh Dynamo Kyiv 22(1)
Ukraine Oleksiy Byelik Shakhtar Donetsk 21
Ukraine Oleh Venhlynskyi Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk 19
Georgia (country) Shalva Apkhazava Arsenal Kyiv 14
Ukraine Oleksandr Haidash Tavriya Simferopol 12
Ukraine Vyacheslav Tereschenko Obolon Kyiv 12(1)
Brazil Diogo Rincon Dynamo Kyiv 10
Georgia (country) Vasil Gigiadze Tavriya Simferopol 10(4)
Azerbaijan Samir Aliyev Volyn Lutsk 9(1)
Ukraine Serhiy Zakarlyuka Metalurh Donetsk 9(1)
Ukraine Oleksandr Kosyrin Chornomorets Odesa 9(2)

References

  1. ↑ Information at liga zakon.
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