1998–99 Ukrainian First League
{{Infobox football league season
| competition = Ukrainian First League
| season = 1998–99
| winners = Dynamo-2 Kyiv
| promoted = Chornomorets Odesa
| relegated = Podillya Khmelnytskyi, Kremin Kremenchuk, Bukovyna Chernivtsi, Desna Chernihiv, Shakhtar Makiivka
| league topscorer = (19) Oleh Hrytsay {{small|(FC Cherkasy)}}
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| prevseason = 1997–98
| nextseason = 1999–00
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1998–99 Ukrainian First League was the eighth season of the Ukrainian First League which was won by FC Dynamo-2 Kyiv. The season started on July 31, 1998, and finished on July 4, 1999.
Promotion and relegation
=Promoted teams=
Two clubs promoted from the 1997-98 Ukrainian Second League through a promotion/relegation play-off tournament.
;Group A
- FC Podillya Khmelnytskyi – champion (returning after a season)
;Group C
- FC Shakhtar-2 Donetsk – champion (returning after six seasons)
= Relegated teams =
Two clubs were relegated from the 1997-98 Ukrainian Top League:
- FC Chornomorets Odesa – 15th place (debut)
- FC Torpedo Zaporizhia – 16th place (debut)
=Renamed teams=
- FC Nyva Vinnytsia changed its name to FC Vinnytsia at winter break.
- FC Yavir Krasnopillia moved to Sumy from Krasnopillia and changed its name to FC Yavir-Sumy at winter break.
=Teams=
{{Location map+|Ukraine|AlternativeMap = Ukraine (1991-2014) location map.svg|width=400|float=right|caption=Locations of teams in First League|places=
{{Location map~|Ukraine|lat=48.000278 |long=37.805278 |label=Shakhtar-2|position=bottom }}
{{Location map~|Ukraine|lat=50.25 |long=28.666667 |label=Polissya|position=left }}
{{Location map~|Ukraine|lat=50.45 |long=30.523333 |label=Dynamo-2|position=bottom }}
{{Location map~|Ukraine|lat=50.45 |long=30.523333 |label=CSKA-2|position=top }}
{{Location map~|Ukraine|lat=49.066667 |long=33.416667 |label=Kremin|position=top }}
{{Location map~|Ukraine|lat=49.85 |long=24.016667 |label=Lviv|position=right }}
{{Location map~|Ukraine|lat=49.416667 |long=27.0 |label=Podillya|position=left }}
{{Location map~|Ukraine|lat=51.5 |long=31.3 |label=Desna|position=top }}
{{Location map~|Ukraine|lat=50.916667 |long=34.75 |label=Yavir|position=bottom }}
{{Location map~|Ukraine|lat=47.833333 |long=35.166667 |label=Torpedo|position=left }}
{{Location map~|Ukraine|lat=49.433333 |long=32.066667 |label=Cherkasy |position=left }}
{{Location map~|Ukraine|lat=50.75 |long=33.466667 |label=Naftovyk|position=top}}
{{Location map~|Ukraine|lat=48.083333 |long=38.066667 |label=Shakhtar|position=right }}
{{Location map~|Ukraine|lat=48.666667 |long=33.116667 |label=Polihraftekhnika|position=right }}
{{Location map~|Ukraine|lat=48.466667 |long=38.8 |label=Stal|position=top }}
{{Location map~|Ukraine|lat=47.566667 |long=34.4 |label=Metalurh|position=bottom }}
{{Location map~|Ukraine|lat=50.75 |long=25.335833 |label=Volyn|position=top }}
{{Location map~|Ukraine|lat=46.466667 |long=30.733333 |label=Chornomorets|position=right }}
{{Location map~|Ukraine|lat=49.233333 |long=28.483333 |label=Vinnytsia|position=bottom }}
{{Location map~|Ukraine|lat=48.3 |long=25.933333 |label=Bukovyna|position=left }}
}}
| class="wikitable sortable" | ||
| Team
! Stadium ! Location | ||
|---|---|---|
| Chornomorets Odesa | Central Stadium ChMP | Odesa |
| Metalurh Nikopol | Stadium "Metalurh" | Nikopol |
| Torpedo Zaporizhia | Stadium of {{tooltip|ME|Mutual Enterprise}} "AvtoZAZ–Daewoo" | Zaporizhia |
| rowspan=3|Shakhtar-2 Donetsk | Stadium "Stalekanatchik" | Khartsyzk |
| Stadium "Shakhtar" | Donetsk | |
| Stadium "Avanhard" | Makiivka | |
| rowspan=3|Dynamo-2 Kyiv | Stadium "DYuSSh" | Shchaslyve |
| Stadium "Dynamo" | rowspan=2|Kyiv | |
| Dynamo Training Center | ||
| Desna Chernihiv | Yuri Gagarin Stadium | Chernihiv |
| Stal Alchevsk | Stadium "Stal" | Alchevsk |
| Shakhtar Makiivka | Stadium "Avanhard" | Makiivka |
| Nyva Vinnytsia | Central City Stadium | Vinnytsia |
| rowspan=2|Polissya Zhytomyr | Stadium "Polissia" | rowspan=2|Zhytomyr |
| Central City Stadium | ||
| FC Lviv | Stadium "Yunist" | Lviv |
| Podillya Khmelnytskyi | Stadium "Podillia" | Khmelnytskyi |
| Volyn Lutsk | Stadium "Avanhard" | Lutsk |
| rowspan=2|Yavir Krasnopillia | Stadium "Kolos" | Krasnopillya |
| Stadium "Avanhard" | Sumy | |
| Naftovyk Okhtyrka | Stadium "Naftovyk" | Okhtyrka |
| Polihraftekhnika Oleksandriya | Stadium "Nika" | Oleksandriya |
| rowspan=2|Kremin Kremenchuk | Stadium "Dnipro" | rowspan=2|Kremenchuk |
| Stadium "Politekhnik" | ||
| rowspan=3|CSKA-2 Kyiv | CSK ZSU Stadium | rowspan=2|Kyiv |
| Stadium "Metalist" | ||
| Stadium "Kolos" | Boryspil | |
| FC Cherkasy | Central Stadium | Cherkasy |
| Bukovyna Chernivtsi | Stadium "Bukovyna" | Chernivtsi |
Standings
{{#invoke:sports table|main|style=WDL
|res_col_header=PR
|team1=DK2|name_DK2=FC Dynamo-2 Kyiv
|team2=COD|name_COD=FC Chornomorets Odesa
|team3=TZA|name_TZA=FC Torpedo Zaporizhia
|team4=CHE|name_CHE=FC Cherkasy
|team5=POL|name_POL=FC Polihraftekhnika Oleksandria
|team6=VIN|name_VIN=FC Vinnytsia
|team7=Lviv|name_Lviv=FC Lviv
|team8=NOK|name_NOK=FC Naftovyk Okhtyrka
|team9=SAL|name_SAL=FC Stal Alchevsk
|team10=S2D|name_S2D=FC Shakhtar-2 Donetsk
|team11=CSCA|name_CSCA=CSKA-2 Kyiv
|team12=PZH|name_PZH=FC Polissya Zhytomyr
|team13=SSU|name_SSU=FC Yavir Sumy
|team14=V1L|name_V1L=FC Volyn Lutsk
|team15=ENN|name_ENN=FC Metalurh Nikopol
|team16=PKH|name_PKH=FC Podillya Khmelnytskyi
|team17=KKR|name_KKR=FC Kremin Kremenchuk
|team18=BCH|name_BCH=FC Bukovyna Chernivtsi
|team19=DCH|name_DCH=FC Desna Chernihiv
|team20=SMA|name_SMA=FC Shakhtar Makiivka
|win_DK2=27|draw_DK2=7|loss_DK2=4|gf_DK2=78|ga_DK2=27|status_DK2=C
|win_COD=25|draw_COD=4|loss_COD=9|gf_COD=77|ga_COD=38|status_COD=P
|win_TZA=24|draw_TZA=5|loss_TZA=9|gf_TZA=55|ga_TZA=29
|win_CHE=24|draw_CHE=4|loss_CHE=10|gf_CHE=68|ga_CHE=42
|win_POL=15|draw_POL=13|loss_POL=10|gf_POL=47|ga_POL=51
|win_VIN=16|draw_VIN=9|loss_VIN=13|gf_VIN=45|ga_VIN=39
|win_Lviv=15|draw_Lviv=12|loss_Lviv=11|gf_Lviv=58|ga_Lviv=43
|win_NOK=16|draw_NOK=9|loss_NOK=13|gf_NOK=45|ga_NOK=40
|win_SAL=16|draw_SAL=7|loss_SAL=15|gf_SAL=55|ga_SAL=52
|win_S2D=15|draw_S2D=7|loss_S2D=16|gf_S2D=51|ga_S2D=44
|win_CSCA=14|draw_CSCA=10|loss_CSCA=14|gf_CSCA=45|ga_CSCA=48
|win_PZH=15|draw_PZH=7|loss_PZH=16|gf_PZH=40|ga_PZH=55
|win_SSU=15|draw_SSU=7|loss_SSU=16|gf_SSU=36|ga_SSU=42
|win_V1L=16|draw_V1L=3|loss_V1L=19|gf_V1L=36|ga_V1L=43
|win_ENN=16|draw_ENN=3|loss_ENN=19|gf_ENN=46|ga_ENN=63
|win_PKH=13|draw_PKH=12|loss_PKH=13|gf_PKH=39|ga_PKH=42|status_PKH=R
|win_KKR=11|draw_KKR=7|loss_KKR=20|gf_KKR=34|ga_KKR=63|status_KKR=R
|win_BCH=6|draw_BCH=9|loss_BCH=23|gf_BCH=26|ga_BCH=68|status_BCH=R
|win_DCH=7|draw_DCH=6|loss_DCH=25|gf_DCH=28|ga_DCH=60|status_DCH=R
|win_SMA=3|draw_SMA=1|loss_SMA=34|gf_SMA=20|ga_SMA=40|adjust_points_SMA=-6|status_SMA=R
|note_SMA=After the first half of the competition the team was taken off due to the PFL membership debts. The team was fined of six competition points and in the second half was awarded technical losses.
|col_NOP=inherit|text_NOP={{efn|The second team of FC Dynamo Kyiv cannot be promoted as the club already has a representation in the Vyscha Liha.}}
|result1=NOP
|col_PNEWM=green1|text_PNEWM=Promoted to Vyshcha Liha
|result2=PNEWM
|col_BNEWM=inherit|text_BNEWM=Bankruptcy{{efn|FC Torpedo Zaporizhia filed for bankruptcy at the end of the season and therefore could not be promoted.}}
|result3=BNEWM
|col_QPO=green2|text_QPO=Qualification for promotion play-off{{efn|FC Cherkasy was offered to play a play-off game with the second worst team of Vyscha Liha, FC Prykarpattia Ivano-Frankivsk, because of Torpedo's bankruptcy and placing only the fourth place.}}
|result4=QPO
|col_R=red1|text_R=Relegated to Second League
|result16=R|result17=R|result18=R|result19=R
|col_WD=black1|text_WD=Withdrew
|result20=WD
|update=complete|source=
}}
Promotion play-off
{{footballbox
|date = 4 July 1999
|team1 = Cherkasy
|score = 1 : 3
|report = [http://ffu.org.ua/ukr/tournaments/arch/tprotocol/133317/ Report]
|team2 = Prykarpattia Ivano-Frankivsk
|goals1 = Khursa {{goal|89}}
|goals2 = Larin {{goal|43||46}}
Skidan {{goal|70|pen.}}
|stadium = Dynamo Stadium, Kyiv
|attendance = 6,000
|referee = Vadym Shevchenko, Kyiv }}
FC Cherkasy failed to obtain berth in the Top League.
Top scorers
Statistics are taken from here.[http://ukranianfootball.narod.ru/1999/1998_99_p.html Statistics] {{in lang|ru}}
| class="wikitable" |
| !Scorer
!Goals (Pen.) !Team |
|---|
| 1
|{{flagicon|UKR}} Oleh Hrytsay |align=center|19 (1) |
| rowspan=2|2
|{{flagicon|UKR}} Oleksandr Kosyrin |align=center|18 |
| {{flagicon|UKR}} Vadym Plotnykov
|align=center|18 (2) |
| 4
|{{flagicon|UKR}} Pavlo Irichuk |align=center|17 |
| 5
|{{flagicon|UKR}} Oleh Venhlinskyi |align=center|16 (4) |
| rowspan=2|6
|{{flagicon|UKR}} Oleksandr Holokolosov |align=center|15 |
| {{flagicon|UKR}} Vadym Kharchenko
|align=center|15 (6) |
| rowspan=3|8
|{{flagicon|UKR}} Andriy Mazur |align=center|14 |Lviv |
| {{flagicon|UKR}} Rais Tyerkulov
|align=center|14 (1) |
| {{flagicon|UKR}} Viktor Matsyuk
|align=center|14 (2) |
See also
Notes
{{Notelist}}
References
- [http://www.ukrsoccerhistory.com/sources/pages.aspx?page=ch8_1 The main source] {{in lang|uk}}
External links
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20080806154300/http://pfl.com.ua/1.php Professional Football League of Ukraine] - website of the professional football league of Ukraine {{in lang|uk}}
{{1998–99 in Ukrainian football}}
{{Ukrainian First League Seasons}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:1998-99 Ukrainian First League}}