2007–08 Vyshcha Liha
| Season | 2007–08 |
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| Champions | Shakhtar Donetsk |
| 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 July 17, 2007, and ended on May 18, 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.
Contents
Team changes from previous season
FC Illichivets Mariupol and FC Stal Alchevsk were demoted to Ukrainian First League after the 2006–07 season for finishing in 15th and 16th place respectively. They were replaced by First League champions FC Naftovyk-Ukrnafta Okhtyrka and runners-up OSC Zakarpattya Uzhhorod.
Managers
League table
Final standings
- 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 April 19, 2008).[1][2][3]
Top goalscorers
| Scorer | Goals | Team |
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 Marko Dević |
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Metalist Kharkiv |
 Oleksandr Hladky |
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Shakhtar Donetsk |
| Oleksandr Kosyrin |
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Metalurh Donetsk |
| Yevhen Seleznyov |
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Arsenal Kyiv |
 Ismaël Bangoura |
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Dynamo Kyiv |
| Volodymyr Homenyuk |
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Tavriya Simferopol |
 Brandão |
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Shakhtar Donetsk |
| Fernandinho |
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Shakhtar Donetsk |
 Maksim Shatskikh |
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Dynamo Kyiv |
| Serhiy Nazarenko |
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Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk |
Current results
Note: home games of each team are shown at the horizontal lines
| # | Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
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| 1 | Dynamo Kyiv | DK | 1:3 | 7:3 | 2:0 | 2:2 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 15 | 9 | +6 | 15 | |||||||||||
| 2 | Shakhtar Donetsk | 1:1 | SD | 2:0 | 3:0 | 2:1 | 4:1 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 19 | 4 | +15 | 22 | ||||||||||
| 3 | Metalist Kharkiv | 1:3 | MK | 3:0 | 2:0 | 1:0 | 2:0 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 13 | 8 | +5 | 14 | ||||||||||
| 4 | Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk | DD | 4:1 | 2:0 | 1:0 | 0:0 | 2:0 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 15 | 5 | +10 | 19 | ||||||||||
| 5 | Tavriya Simferopol | TS | 2:1 | 3:3 | 4:3 | 1:0 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 13 | -3 | 11 | |||||||||||
| 6 | Chornomorets Odessa | 0:0 | CO | 1:0 | 0:1 | 1:0 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 5 | -2 | 11 | |||||||||||
| 7 | Metalurh Zaporizhzhya | 0:1 | MZ | 1:0 | 3:0 | 0:0 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 5 | +2 | 14 | |||||||||||
| 8 | Karpaty Lviv | KL | 0:0 | 3:0 | 1:1 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 12 | -3 | 8 | ||||||||||||
| 9 | Metalurh Donetsk | 0:0 | 3:0 | MD | 0:1 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 11 | 10 | +1 | 10 | ||||||||||||
| 10 | Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih | 0:1 | 0:1 | KK | 1:1 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 13 | -6 | 7 | ||||||||||||
| 11 | Zorya Luhansk | 3:2 | 0:1 | 0:1 | ZL | 3:1 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 13 | -6 | 7 | |||||||||||
| 12 | FC Kharkiv | 1:2 | 1:0 | 1:1 | FK | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 7 | -2 | 9 | ||||||||||||
| 13 | Vorskla Poltava | 1:1 | 2:1 | 0:0 | 1:1 | VP | 2:1 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 10 | ||||||||||
| 14 | Arsenal Kyiv | 1:1 | 1:3 | AK | 7:0 | 3:0 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 17 | 15 | +2 | 8 | |||||||||||
| 15 | Zakarpattia Uzhhorod | 0:1 | 1:0 | 2:0 | 1:1 | 0:0 | ZU | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 10 | -6 | 9 | ||||||||||
| 16 | Naftovyk-Ukrnafta Okhtyrka | 0:3 | 0:1 | 0:1 | 1:2 | NO | 8 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 2 | 15 | -13 | 1 |
Teams locations and stadiums
Locations
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Stadia
The following stadiums were used as home grounds during the season:
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See also
References
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- UEFA Website - Ukraine Premier Division
- Soccerway Website - Ukraine Premier League
- The Official Ukrainian PFL website (Ukrainian)
- ↑ Lausanne announced a verdict on the game Karpaty - Metalist (Лозанна озвучила вердикт по матчу "Карпаты" - "Металлист"). ua-football.com. August 2, 2013.
- ↑ Football - Match Fixing. Court of Arbitration of Sport. Lausanne August 2, 2013.
- ↑ Lausanne court upholds UEFA decision to disqualify FC Metalist from European competitions, says club’s vice president, Interfax-Ukraine (28 August 2013)
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