2007–08 Vyshcha Liha
{{Short description|17th season of top-tier football league in Vyshcha Liha}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=February 2020}}
{{Infobox football league season
| competition = Vyshcha Liha
| season = 2007–08
| winners = Shakhtar Donetsk
4th title
| runners-up = Dynamo Kyiv
| relegated = Naftovyk-Ukrnafta Okhtyrka,
Zakarpattia Uzhhorod
| continentalcup1 = Champions League
| continentalcup1 qualifiers = Shakhtar Donetsk (3rd Qualifying Round)
Dynamo Kyiv (2nd Qualifying Round)
| continentalcup2 = UEFA Cup
| continentalcup2 qualifiers = Metalist Kharkiv (1st Round)
Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk (2nd Qualifying Round)
| continentalcup3 = Intertoto Cup
| continentalcup3 qualifiers = Tavriya Simferopol (2nd Round)
| league topscorer = Marko Dević (19) (Metalist Kharkiv)
| biggest home win = Arsenal - Zakarpattia 7:0
| biggest away win = numerous games 0:3 and 1:4
| highest scoring = Dynamo - Karpaty 7:3
| matches = 240
| total goals = 581
| average goals =
| longest wins =
| longest unbeaten =
| longest losses =
| highest attendance =
| lowest attendance =
| average attendance =
| prevseason = 2006–07
| nextseason = 2008–09
}}
The 2007–08 Vyshcha Liha season was the seventeenth since its establishment. This season of the championship was sponsored by Biola which became the title sponsor replacing Soyuz-Viktan. The competition began on 17 July 2007 and ended on 18 May 2008. 16 teams participated in the competition, 14 of which contested in the 2006–07 season, and two of which (Zakarpattia Uzhhorod and Naftovyk-Ukrnafta Okhtyrka) were promoted from the Ukrainian First League (the league immediately below the Ukrainian Premier League). Dynamo Kyiv was the defending champions. Also, it was the last season of the top tier being part of the Professional Football League of Ukraine before separating into the Ukrainian Premier League and rebranding from Vyshcha Liha (Higher League).
The winner of the competition became Shakhtar Donetsk with 74 points, followed by Dynamo Kyiv with 71 points. Metalist, which placed right behind Shakhtar and Dynamo, had its awards stripped for match fixing.{{efn|The court ruling however came later in 2013. No further sanctions were awarded to the club.}} The top goalscorer of the season was Marko Dević from Metalist Kharkiv with 19 goals, 6 of which were penalties. The spot for the second highest goalscorer with 17 goals was a three-way tie between Oleksandr Hladky from Shakhtar Donetsk, Yevhen Seleznyov from Arsenal Kyiv (on loan from Shakhtar), and Oleksandr Kosyrin from Metalurh Donetsk.
Teams
= Promoted =
Two teams were promoted from the 2006-07 Ukrainian First League.
- Naftovyk-Ukrnafta Okhtyrka, champion – (returning after absence of 15 seasons)
- Zakarpattya Uzhhorod, runner-up – (returning after absence of a seasons)
Naftovyk and Zakarpattia replaced Illichivets Mariupol (after a 10-year topflight spell) and Stal Alchevsk (a couple of seasons), both of which were relegated to the 2007-08 Ukrainian First League.
= Location map =
{{Location map+|Ukraine|AlternativeMap = Ukraine (1991-2014) location map.svg|width=700|float=none|caption=Locations of team home grounds in Ukrainian Premier League 2005–06|places=
{{Location map~|Ukraine|lat=50.45 |long=30.523333 |label=Dynamo|position=left }}
{{Location map~|Ukraine|lat=50.45 |long=30.523333 |label=Arsenal|position=right }}
{{Location map~|Ukraine|lat=48.45 |long=34.983333 |label=Dnipro|position=top }}
{{Location map~|Ukraine|lat=50.298611 |long=34.889722 |label=Naftovyk-Ukrnafta|position=left }}
{{Location map~|Ukraine|lat=47.859627 |long=35.096952 |label=Metalurh Z.|position=bottom }}
{{Location map~|Ukraine|lat=47.895000 |long=33.3925 |label=Kryvbas |position=left}}
{{Location map~|Ukraine|lat=49.916667 |long=36.316667 |label=Metalist|position=right}}
{{Location map~|Ukraine|lat=49.916667 |long=36.316667 |label=Khakriv|position=left}}
{{Location map~|Ukraine|lat=49.819234 |long=24.048193 |label=Karpaty}}
{{Location map~|Ukraine|lat=48.623611 |long=22.276389 |label=Zakarpattya |position=right}}
{{Location map~|Ukraine|lat=48.002778 |long=37.805278 |label=Metalurh D.|position=left }}
{{Location map~|Ukraine|lat=48.002778 |long=37.805278 |label=Shakhtar|position=right }}
{{Location map~|Ukraine|lat=44.948056 |long=34.104167 |label=Tavriya|position=top }}
{{Location map~|Ukraine|lat=49.589444 |long=34.551389 |label=Vorskla |position=left}}
{{Location map~|Ukraine|lat=48.559444 |long=39.321111 |label=Zorya|position=left}}
{{Location map~|Ukraine|lat=46.480556 |long=30.755556 |label=Chornomorets }}
}}
Managers
=Managerial changes=
| class="wikitable sortable" |
| Team
!Outgoing head coach !Manner of departure !Date of vacancy !Table !Incoming head coach !Date of appointment !Table |
|---|
| Chornomorets
| | | | |{{flagicon|RUS}} Vitaliy Shevchenko |Pre-season |
League table
|show_limit=5
|res_col_header=QR
|team1=SHD|name_SHD=Shakhtar Donetsk
|team2=DYK|name_DYK=Dynamo Kyiv
|team3=MKH|name_MKH=Metalist Kharkiv
|team4=DNI|name_DNI=Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk
|team5=TAV|name_TAV=Tavriya Simferopol
|team6=ARK|name_ARK=Arsenal Kyiv
|team7=CHO|name_CHO=Chornomorets Odesa
|team8=VOR|name_VOR=Vorskla Poltava
|team9=MZA|name_MZA=Metalurh Zaporizhzhia
|team10=KAR|name_KAR=Karpaty Lviv
|team11=ZOR|name_ZOR=Zorya Luhansk
|team12=MDO|name_MDO=Metalurh Donetsk
|team13=KRY|name_KRY=Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih
|team14=KHA|name_KHA=FC Kharkiv
|team15=NAF|name_NAF=Naftovyk-Ukrnafta Okhtyrka
|team16=ZAK|name_ZAK=Zakarpattia Uzhhorod
|win_SHD=24|draw_SHD=2|loss_SHD=4|gf_SHD=75|ga_SHD=24|status_SHD=C
|win_DYK=22|draw_DYK=5|loss_DYK=3|gf_DYK=65|ga_DYK=26
|win_MKH=19|draw_MKH=6|loss_MKH=5|gf_MKH=51|ga_MKH=27
|win_DNI=18|draw_DNI=5|loss_DNI=7|gf_DNI=40|ga_DNI=27
|win_TAV=13|draw_TAV=8|loss_TAV=9|gf_TAV=38|ga_TAV=40
|win_ARK=11|draw_ARK=9|loss_ARK=10|gf_ARK=42|ga_ARK=36
|win_CHO=11|draw_CHO=5|loss_CHO=14|gf_CHO=27|ga_CHO=33
|win_VOR=9|draw_VOR=9|loss_VOR=12|gf_VOR=28|ga_VOR=30
|win_MZA=9|draw_MZA=9|loss_MZA=12|gf_MZA=24|ga_MZA=32
|win_KAR=9|draw_KAR=6|loss_KAR=15|gf_KAR=29|ga_KAR=41
|win_ZOR=9|draw_ZOR=4|loss_ZOR=17|gf_ZOR=24|ga_ZOR=43
|win_MDO=6|draw_MDO=13|loss_MDO=11|gf_MDO=34|ga_MDO=39
|win_KRY=7|draw_KRY=9|loss_KRY=14|gf_KRY=29|ga_KRY=39
|win_KHA=6|draw_KHA=9|loss_KHA=15|gf_KHA=20|ga_KHA=32
|win_NAF=6|draw_NAF=8|loss_NAF=16|gf_NAF=18|ga_NAF=38|status_NAF=R
|win_ZAK=3|draw_ZAK=9|loss_ZAK=18|gf_ZAK=17|ga_ZAK=54|status_ZAK=R
|col_CL3=green1|text_CL3=Qualification to Champions League third qualifying round
|result1=CL3
|col_CL2=green2|text_CL2=Qualification to Champions League second qualifying round
|result2=CL2
|col_UC1=blue1|text_UC1=Qualification to UEFA Cup first round
|result3=UC1
|col_UC2=blue2|text_UC2=Qualification to UEFA Cup second qualifying round
|result4=UC2
|col_IC2=#ccccff|text_IC2=Qualification to Intertoto Cup second round
|result5=IC2
|col_R=red1|text_R=Relegation to the Ukrainian First League
|result15=R|result16=R
|update=complete
|source=[http://uafootball.net.ua/chemp_2007-08.htm uafootball.net.ua]
|note_MKH = Metalist Kharkiv was stripped of their bronze award for this season by the Court of Arbitration for Sport in Lausanne in August 2013 for fixing of the match Karpaty Lviv – Metalist (of 19 April 2008).[http://www.ua-football.com/ukrainian/high/51fbb5ce.html Lausanne announced a verdict on the game Karpaty - Metalist (Лозанна озвучила вердикт по матчу "Карпаты" - "Металлист")]. ua-football.com. 2 August 2013.[http://www.tas-cas.org/d2wfiles/document/6999/5048/0/Media20Release20_English_20Metalist.pdf Football - Match Fixing] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131015094713/http://www.tas-cas.org/d2wfiles/document/6999/5048/0/Media20Release20_English_20Metalist.pdf |date=15 October 2013 }}. Court of Arbitration of Sport. Lausanne 2 August 2013.[http://www.interfax.co.uk/ukraine-news/lausanne-court-upholds-uefa-decision-to-disqualify-fc-metalist-from-european-competitions-says-clubs-vice-president/ Lausanne court upholds UEFA decision to disqualify FC Metalist from European competitions, says club’s vice president], Interfax-Ukraine (28 August 2013)
[http://www.interfax.co.uk/ukraine-news/uefa-happy-with-cas-decision-on-metalist-complaint/ UEFA happy with CAS decision on Metalist complaint], Interfax-Ukraine (28 August 2013)
}}
Results
{{#invoke:Sports results|main
| source = [http://www.uafootball.net.ua/Tabl_2007-08.htm uafootball.net.ua]
| update = complete
| matches_style = FBR
| team1 =ARK|name_ARK=Arsenal Kyiv
| team2 =CHO|name_CHO=Chornomorets Odesa
| team3 =DNI|name_DNI=Dnipro
| team4 =DYN|name_DYN=Dynamo Kyiv
| team5 =KAR|name_KAR=Karpaty Lviv
| team6 =KHA|name_KHA=FC Kharkiv
| team7 =KRY|name_KRY=Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih
| team8 =MET|name_MET=Metalist Kharkiv
| team9 =MDO|name_MDO=Metalurh Donetsk
| team10=MZA|name_MZA=Metalurh Zaporizhzhia
| team11=NAF|name_NAF=Naftovyk-Ukrnafta Okhtyrka
| team12=SHA|name_SHA=Shakhtar Donetsk
| team13=TAV|name_TAV=Tavriya Simferopol
| team14=VOR|name_VOR=Vorskla Poltava
| team15=ZAK|name_ZAK=Zakarpattia Uzhhorod
| team16=ZOR|name_ZOR=Zorya Luhansk
| match_ARK_VOR=3–2
| match_ARK_DYN=0–1
| match_ARK_DNI=2–1
| match_ARK_ZAK=7–0
| match_ARK_ZOR=1–1
| match_ARK_KAR=2–0
| match_ARK_KRY=0–0
| match_ARK_MET=1–1
| match_ARK_MDO=1–3
| match_ARK_MZA=2–1
| match_ARK_NAF=3–0
| match_ARK_TAV=0–1
| match_ARK_KHA=0–0
| match_ARK_CHO=1–2
| match_ARK_SHA=2–4
| match_VOR_ARK=2–1
| match_VOR_DYN=0–1
| match_VOR_DNI=2–1
| match_VOR_ZAK=2–0
| match_VOR_ZOR=1–1
| match_VOR_KAR=0–0
| match_VOR_KRY=2–1
| match_VOR_MET=1–1
| match_VOR_MDO=2–0
| match_VOR_MZA=2–1
| match_VOR_NAF=1–1
| match_VOR_TAV=0–0
| match_VOR_KHA=1–1
| match_VOR_CHO=2–0
| match_VOR_SHA=0–1
| match_DYN_ARK=2–2
| match_DYN_VOR=2–1
| match_DYN_DNI=1–3
| match_DYN_ZAK=1–0
| match_DYN_ZOR=3–0
| match_DYN_KAR=7–3
| match_DYN_KRY=3–0
| match_DYN_MET=0–1
| match_DYN_MDO=3–3
| match_DYN_MZA=2–1
| match_DYN_NAF=0–1
| match_DYN_TAV=3–0
| match_DYN_KHA=2–0
| match_DYN_CHO=5–2
| match_DYN_SHA=2–1
| match_DNI_ARK=1–3
| match_DNI_VOR=1–0
| match_DNI_DYN=0–4
| match_DNI_ZAK=0–0
| match_DNI_ZOR=1–0
| match_DNI_KAR=0–0
| match_DNI_KRY=2–0
| match_DNI_MET=3–0
| match_DNI_MDO=4–1
| match_DNI_MZA=1–0
| match_DNI_NAF=2–0
| match_DNI_TAV=2–1
| match_DNI_KHA=1–0
| match_DNI_CHO=1–0
| match_DNI_SHA=1–3
| match_ZAK_ARK=0–0
| match_ZAK_VOR=0–0
| match_ZAK_DYN=1–1
| match_ZAK_DNI=1–1
| match_ZAK_ZOR=0–2
| match_ZAK_KAR=1–2
| match_ZAK_KRY=2–3
| match_ZAK_MET=0–1
| match_ZAK_MDO=1–1
| match_ZAK_MZA=1–1
| match_ZAK_NAF=0–0
| match_ZAK_TAV=1–0
| match_ZAK_KHA=0–2
| match_ZAK_CHO=2–0
| match_ZAK_SHA=0–1
| match_ZOR_ARK=3–1
| match_ZOR_VOR=+:-
| match_ZOR_DYN=1–2
| match_ZOR_DNI=0–1
| match_ZOR_ZAK=1–0
| match_ZOR_KAR=0–1
| match_ZOR_KRY=1–2
| match_ZOR_MET=3–2
| match_ZOR_MDO=1–1
| match_ZOR_MZA=0–1
| match_ZOR_NAF=1–0
| match_ZOR_TAV=2–3
| match_ZOR_KHA=2–1
| match_ZOR_CHO=0–2
| match_ZOR_SHA=1–4
| match_KAR_ARK=0–0
| match_KAR_VOR=1–2
| match_KAR_DYN=1–2
| match_KAR_DNI=0–1
| match_KAR_ZAK=2–0
| match_KAR_ZOR=3–0
| match_KAR_KRY=3–0
| match_KAR_MET=0–2
| match_KAR_MDO=0–0
| match_KAR_MZA=1–3
| match_KAR_NAF=1–1
| match_KAR_TAV=4–0
| match_KAR_KHA=1–0
| match_KAR_CHO=2–0
| match_KAR_SHA=2–4
| match_KRY_ARK=0–0
| match_KRY_VOR=3–0
| match_KRY_DYN=0–1
| match_KRY_DNI=1–2
| match_KRY_ZAK=1–1
| match_KRY_ZOR=1–2
| match_KRY_KAR=0–1
| match_KRY_MET=0–3
| match_KRY_MDO=1–1
| match_KRY_MZA=0–1
| match_KRY_NAF=0–1
| match_KRY_TAV=1–1
| match_KRY_KHA=1–1
| match_KRY_CHO=3–0
| match_KRY_SHA=1–0
| match_MET_ARK=2–4
| match_MET_VOR=3–0
| match_MET_DYN=2–2
| match_MET_DNI=1–0
| match_MET_ZAK=1–0
| match_MET_ZOR=2–1
| match_MET_KAR=4–0
| match_MET_KRY=3–2
| match_MET_MDO=1–1
| match_MET_MZA=2–1
| match_MET_NAF=2–0
| match_MET_TAV=3–0
| match_MET_KHA=2–0
| match_MET_CHO=2–0
| match_MET_SHA=1–3
| match_MDO_ARK=1–2
| match_MDO_VOR=0–0
| match_MDO_DYN=1–2
| match_MDO_DNI=0–3
| match_MDO_ZAK=5–0
| match_MDO_ZOR=1–0
| match_MDO_KAR=1–0
| match_MDO_KRY=0–1
| match_MDO_MET=1–1
| match_MDO_MZA=3–0
| match_MDO_NAF=2–1
| match_MDO_TAV=1–2
| match_MDO_KHA=0–0
| match_MDO_CHO=0–0
| match_MDO_SHA=0–1
| match_MZA_ARK=0–1
| match_MZA_VOR=1–1
| match_MZA_DYN=0–1
| match_MZA_DNI=0–0
| match_MZA_ZAK=0–0
| match_MZA_ZOR=3–0
| match_MZA_KAR=1–0
| match_MZA_KRY=1–1
| match_MZA_MET=0–2
| match_MZA_MDO=1–0
| match_MZA_NAF=1–0
| match_MZA_TAV=0–0
| match_MZA_KHA=0–0
| match_MZA_CHO=0–2
| match_MZA_SHA=1–3
| match_NAF_ARK=1–0
| match_NAF_VOR=2–0
| match_NAF_DYN=0–3
| match_NAF_DNI=1–1
| match_NAF_ZAK=3–0
| match_NAF_ZOR=0–0
| match_NAF_KAR=0–0
| match_NAF_KRY=1–2
| match_NAF_MET=0–2
| match_NAF_MDO=2–2
| match_NAF_MZA=0–1
| match_NAF_TAV=0–1
| match_NAF_KHA=1–4
| match_NAF_CHO=0–1
| match_NAF_SHA=0–3
| match_TAV_ARK=1–1
| match_TAV_VOR=1–0
| match_TAV_DYN=1–4
| match_TAV_DNI=0–1
| match_TAV_ZAK=4–1
| match_TAV_ZOR=2–0
| match_TAV_KAR=2–1
| match_TAV_KRY=4–3
| match_TAV_MET=0–0
| match_TAV_MDO=3–3
| match_TAV_MZA=2–2
| match_TAV_NAF=1–0
| match_TAV_KHA=1–0
| match_TAV_CHO=3–0
| match_TAV_SHA=3–2
| match_KHA_ARK=2–0
| match_KHA_VOR=0–3
| match_KHA_DYN=0–1
| match_KHA_DNI=1–2
| match_KHA_ZAK=0–2
| match_KHA_ZOR=0–1
| match_KHA_KAR=1–0
| match_KHA_KRY=0–0
| match_KHA_MET=0–2
| match_KHA_MDO=1–1
| match_KHA_MZA=0–1
| match_KHA_NAF=1–0
| match_KHA_TAV=1–1
| match_KHA_CHO=1–1
| match_KHA_SHA=0–3
| match_CHO_ARK=0–1
| match_CHO_VOR=1–0
| match_CHO_DYN=0–0
| match_CHO_DNI=1–2
| match_CHO_ZAK=3–1
| match_CHO_ZOR=1–0
| match_CHO_KAR=4–0
| match_CHO_KRY=1–1
| match_CHO_MET=0–1
| match_CHO_MDO=1–0
| match_CHO_MZA=1–1
| match_CHO_NAF=0–1
| match_CHO_TAV=2–0
| match_CHO_KHA=0–1
| match_CHO_SHA=1–2
| match_SHA_ARK=4–1
| match_SHA_VOR=2–1
| match_SHA_DYN=1–1
| match_SHA_DNI=4–1
| match_SHA_ZAK=5–0
| match_SHA_ZOR=3–0
| match_SHA_KAR=3–0
| match_SHA_KRY=1–0
| match_SHA_MET=4–1
| match_SHA_MDO=4–1
| match_SHA_MZA=4–0
| match_SHA_NAF=1–1
| match_SHA_TAV=2–0
| match_SHA_KHA=2–1
| match_SHA_CHO=0–1
}}
Top goalscorers
| class="wikitable"
!Scorer !Goals !Team |
| {{flagicon|SRB}} Marko Dević
|{{center|19}} |
| {{flagicon|UKR}} Oleksandr Hladky
|{{center|17}} |
| {{flagicon|UKR}} Oleksandr Kosyrin
|{{center|17}} |
| {{flagicon|UKR}} Yevhen Seleznyov
|{{center|17}} |
| {{flagicon|GUI}} Ismaël Bangoura
|{{center|15}} |
| {{flagicon|UKR}} Volodymyr Homenyuk
|{{center|14}} |
| {{flagicon|BRA}} Brandão
|{{center|12}} |
| {{flagicon|BRA}} Fernandinho
|{{center|11}} |
| {{flagicon|UZB}} Maksim Shatskikh
|{{center|10}} |
| {{flagicon|UKR}} Serhiy Nazarenko
|{{center|9}} |
Stadia
The following stadiums were used as home grounds during the season:
| class="wikitable"
!width=60| Rank !width=180| Stadium !width=200| Club ! Notes | ||||
| style="text-align:center;" | 1 | NSC Olimpiysky | style="text-align:center;" | 83,450 | Arsenal Kyiv | Played last 6 games |
| style="text-align:center;" | 2 | Chornomorets Stadium | style="text-align:center;" | 34,362 | Chornomorets Odesa | Annual venue for the Ukrainian Super Cup |
| style="text-align:center;" | 3 | Shakhtar Stadium | style="text-align:center;" | 31,718 | Metalurh Donetsk | |
| style="text-align:center;" | 4 | Metalurh Stadium | style="text-align:center;" | 29,783 | Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih | |
| style="text-align:center;" | 5 | Ukraina Stadium | style="text-align:center;" | 28,051 | Karpaty Lviv | Renovations are taking place |
| style="text-align:center;" | 6 | RSK Olimpiyskiy | style="text-align:center;" | 25,831 | Shakhtar Donetsk | |
| style="text-align:center;" | 7 | Vorskla Stadium | style="text-align:center;" | 25,000 | Vorskla Poltava | FC Kharkiv played against Dynamo and Zorya |
| style="text-align:center;" | 8 | Stadium Meteor | style="text-align:center;" | 24,381 | Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk | |
| style="text-align:center;" | 9 | Metalist Stadium | style="text-align:center;" | 22,757 | Metalist Kharkiv FC Kharkiv | Temporarily in emergency conditions |
| style="text-align:center;" | 10 | Avanhard Stadium | style="text-align:center;" | 22,320 | Zorya Luhansk | |
| style="text-align:center;" | 11 | Lokomotiv Stadium | style="text-align:center;" | 19,978 | Tavriya Simferopol | |
| style="text-align:center;" | 12 | Lobanovsky Dynamo Stadium | style="text-align:center;" | 16,873 | Dynamo Kyiv Arsenal Kyiv | FC Arsenal Kyiv its first 9 games here |
| style="text-align:center;" | 13 | Avanhard Stadium | style="text-align:center;" | 12,000 | Zakarpattia Uzhhorod | |
| style="text-align:center;" | 14 | Slavutych-Arena | style="text-align:center;" | 11,983 | Metalurh Zaporizhzhia | |
| style="text-align:center;" | 15 | Dynamo Stadium | style="text-align:center;" | 6,000 | Metalist Kharkiv FC Kharkiv | Metalist played three games here including one against Kharkiv, Kharkiv played here its home game against Vorskla |
| style="text-align:center;" | 16 | Naftovyk Stadium | style="text-align:center;" | 5,256 | Naftovyk-Ukrnafta Okhtyrka |
{{see also|List of football stadiums in Ukraine}}
See also
References
{{Reflist}}
External links
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20070313194725/http://www.uefa.com/footballeurope/countries/association=57166/standings.html UEFA Website - Ukraine Premier Division]
- [https://int.soccerway.com/national/ukraine/premier-league/ Soccerway Website - Ukraine Premier League]
- [http://www.pfl.com.ua/ The Official Ukrainian PFL website] {{in lang|uk}}
{{Ukrainian Premier League Seasons}}
{{2007–08 in Ukrainian football}}
{{2007-08 in European Football (UEFA)}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:2007-08 Ukrainian Premier League}}