| Season | 2007–08 |
|---|---|
| Champions | Shakhtar Donetsk 4th title |
| Relegated | Naftovyk-Ukrnafta Okhtyrka, Zakarpattia Uzhhorod |
| Champions League | Shakhtar Donetsk (3rd Qualifying Round) Dynamo Kyiv (2nd Qualifying Round) |
| UEFA Cup | Metalist Kharkiv (1st Round) Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk (2nd Qualifying Round) |
| Intertoto Cup | Tavriya Simferopol (2nd Round) |
| Matches played | 240 |
| Goals scored | 581 (2.42 per match) |
| Top goalscorer | 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 |
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The 2007–08 Vyshcha Liha season is the seventeenth since its establishment. This season competition was sponsored by Biola which became the title sponsor of the League for the season. It 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).
The winner of league was Shakhtar Donetsk with 74 points, followed by Dynamo Kyiv with 71 points. The top goalscorer of the season was Marko Dević from Metalist Kharkiv with 19 goals, 6 of which were penalties. The spot for 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
- FC Naftovyk-Ukrnafta Okhtyrka, champion of the 2006-07 Ukrainian First League – (returning after absence of 15 seasons)
- FC Zakarpattya Uzhhorod, runner-up of the 2006-07 Ukrainian First League – (returning after absence of a seasons)
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Zakarpattya
Chornomorets
Managers
| Club | Coach | Replaced coach |
|---|---|---|
| FC Arsenal Kyiv |  Oleksandr Zavarov | |
| FC Chornomorets Odessa |  Vitaliy Shevchenko | |
| FC Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk | Oleh Protasov | |
| FC Dynamo Kyiv | Yuri Semin | Anatoliy Demyanenko |
| FC Karpaty Lviv | Valery Yaremchenko | Oleksandr Ischenko |
| FC Kharkiv | Volodymyr Bezsonov | |
| FC Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih | Oleh Taran | |
| FC Metalist Kharkiv | Myron Markevych | |
| FC Metalurh Donetsk |  Nikolay Kostov | .svg.png){kind=small} Jos Daerden |
| FC Metalurh Zaporizhya | Anatoly Chantsev | |
| FC Naftovyk-Ukrnafta Okhtyrka | Valeriy Horodov | Serhiy Shevchenko Viktor Ishchenko |
| FC Shakhtar Donetsk |  Mircea Lucescu | |
| SC Tavriya Simferopol | Mykhailo Fomenko | |
| FC Vorskla Poltava | Mykola Pavlov | Anatoliy Momot |
| FC Zakarpattia Uzhhorod | Volodymyr Vasiutyk | Petro Kushlyk Volodymyr Sharan |
| FC Zorya Luhansk | Anatoliy Volobuev | Oleksandr Kosevych |
Final standings
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Shakhtar Donetsk (C) | 30 | 24 | 2 | 4 | 75 | 24 | +51 | 74 | Qualification to Champions League third qualifying round |
| 2 | Dynamo Kyiv | 30 | 22 | 5 | 3 | 65 | 26 | +39 | 71 | Qualification to Champions League second qualifying round |
| 3 | 30 | 19 | 6 | 5 | 51 | 27 | +24 | 63 | Qualification to UEFA Cup first round | |
| 4 | Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk | 30 | 18 | 5 | 7 | 40 | 27 | +13 | 59 | Qualification to UEFA Cup second qualifying round |
| 5 | Tavriya Simferopol | 30 | 13 | 8 | 9 | 38 | 40 | −2 | 47 | Qualification to Intertoto Cup second round |
| 6 | Arsenal Kyiv | 30 | 11 | 9 | 10 | 42 | 36 | +6 | 42 | |
| 7 | Chornomorets Odessa | 30 | 11 | 5 | 14 | 27 | 33 | −6 | 38 | |
| 8 | Vorskla Poltava | 30 | 9 | 9 | 12 | 28 | 30 | −2 | 36 | |
| 9 | Metalurh Zaporizhzhya | 30 | 9 | 9 | 12 | 24 | 32 | −8 | 36 | |
| 10 | Karpaty Lviv | 30 | 9 | 6 | 15 | 29 | 41 | −12 | 33 | |
| 11 | Zorya Luhansk | 30 | 9 | 4 | 17 | 24 | 43 | −19 | 31 | |
| 12 | Metalurh Donetsk | 30 | 6 | 13 | 11 | 34 | 39 | −5 | 31 | |
| 13 | Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih | 30 | 7 | 9 | 14 | 29 | 39 | −10 | 30 | |
| 14 | FC Kharkiv | 30 | 6 | 9 | 15 | 20 | 32 | −12 | 27 | |
| 15 | Naftovyk-Ukrnafta Okhtyrka (R) | 30 | 6 | 8 | 16 | 18 | 38 | −20 | 26 | Relegation to the Ukrainian First League |
| 16 | Zakarpattia Uzhhorod (R) | 30 | 3 | 9 | 18 | 17 | 54 | −37 | 18 |
Source:
(C) Champion; (R) Relegated.
Notes:
(C) Champion; (R) Relegated.
Notes:
- ^ 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).[1][2][3]
Top goalscorers
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Marko Dević
| Scorer | Goals | Team |
|---|---|---|
 Marko Dević | Metalist Kharkiv | |
| Oleksandr Hladky | Shakhtar Donetsk | |
| Oleksandr Kosyrin | Metalurh Donetsk | |
| Yevhen Seleznyov | Arsenal Kyiv | |
 Ismaël Bangoura | Dynamo Kyiv | |
| Volodymyr Homenyuk | Tavriya Simferopol | |
 Brandão | Shakhtar Donetsk | |
| Fernandinho | Shakhtar Donetsk | |
 Maksim Shatskikh | Dynamo Kyiv | |
| Serhiy Nazarenko | Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk |
Results
Note: home games of each team are shown at the horizontal lines
Stadia
The following stadiums were used as home grounds during the season:
| Rank | Stadium | Capacity[4] | Club | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | NSC Olimpiysky | 83,450 | Arsenal Kyiv | Played last 6 games |
| 2 | Chornomorets Stadium | 34,362 | Chornomorets Odessa | Annual venue for the Ukrainian Super Cup |
| 3 | Shakhtar Stadium | 31,718 | Metalurh Donetsk | |
| 4 | Metalurh Stadium | 29,783 | Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih | |
| 5 | Ukraina Stadium | 28,051 | Karpaty Lviv | Renovations are taking place |
| 6 | RSK Olimpiyskiy | 25,831 | Shakhtar Donetsk | |
| 7 | Vorskla Stadium | 25,000 | Vorskla Poltava | FC Kharkiv played against Dynamo and Zorya |
| 8 | Stadium Meteor | 24,381 | Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk | |
| 9 | Metalist Stadium | 22,757 | Metalist Kharkiv FC Kharkiv | Temporarily in emergency conditions |
| 10 | Avanhard Stadium | 22,320 | Zorya Luhansk | |
| 11 | Lokomotiv Stadium | 19,978 | Tavriya Simferopol | |
| 12 | Lobanovsky Dynamo Stadium | 16,873 | Dynamo Kyiv Arsenal Kyiv | FC Arsenal Kyiv its first 9 games here |
| 13 | Avanhard Stadium | 12,000 | Zakarpattia Uzhhorod | |
| 14 | Slavutych Arena | 11,983 | Metalurh Zaporizhia | |
| 15 | Dynamo Stadium | 6,000 | Metalist Kharkiv FC Kharkiv | Metalist played three games here including one against Kharkiv, Kharkiv played here its home game against Vorskla |
| 16 | Naftovyk Stadium | 5,256 | Naftovyk-Ukrnafta Okhtyrka |
See also
- 2007–08 Ukrainian Cup
- 2007–08 Ukrainian First League
- 2007–08 Ukrainian Second League
References
- ^ Lausanne announced a verdict on the game Karpaty - Metalist (Лозанна озвучила вердикт по матчу "Карпаты" - "Металлист"). ua-football.com. 2 August 2013.
- ^ Football - Match Fixing Archived 15 October 2013 at the Wayback Machine. Court of Arbitration of Sport. Lausanne 2 August 2013.
- ^ Lausanne court upholds UEFA decision to disqualify FC Metalist from European competitions, says club’s vice president, Interfax-Ukraine (28 August 2013)
UEFA happy with CAS decision on Metalist complaint, Interfax-Ukraine (28 August 2013) - ^ "Attendance figures for the 17th season of Ukrainian Premier League". UA Football. Archived from the original on 22 August 2007. Retrieved 3 August 2007.