The 1999–2000 Vyshcha Liha season was the 9th top-level football club competition since its establishment and the 4th since the establishment of the Professional Football League (PFL). FC Dynamo Kyiv were the defending champions.
The competitions started in just over three weeks after the completion of the previous 1998–99 season, which ended on June 25, 1999. At the same time, the mid-season winter break lasted over three months.
It was planned to reduce the number of participants to 14 for next season; therefore, three teams were scheduled to be relegated this season.
Teams This season, the Vyshcha Liha remained at 16 teams.
Promotions Chornomorets Odesa, the runners-up of the 1998–99 Ukrainian First League – (returning after absence of a season)
Relegated teams SC Mykolaiv – relegated after a season in the top flight.
Location
Stadiums
The following stadiums are regarded as home grounds:
RankStadiumPlaceClubCapacityNotes1Olimpiyskyi NSCKyivCSKA Kyiv 83,450used as home ground in 2 match(es)2ChMPOdesaChornomorets Odesa 43,0003MetalistKharkivMetalist Kharkiv 32,0004ShakhtarDonetskShakhtar Donetsk 31,545Metalurh Donetskused as home ground in 4 match(es)5MeteorDnipropetrovskDnipro Dnipropetrovsk 30,0006MetalurhKryvyi RihKryvbas Kryvyi Rih 29,7837UkrainaLvivKarpaty Lviv 28,0518LokomotyvSimferopolTavriya Simferopol 26,0009MetalurhZaporizhiaMetalurh Zaporizhia 25,00010VorsklaPoltavaVorskla Poltava 24,79511MiskyiTernopilNyva Ternopil 17,000 12SKALvivKarpaty Lviv 17,000used as home ground in 4 match(es)13DynamoKyiv Dynamo Kyiv 16,87314RukhIvano-FrankivskPrykarpattia Ivano-Frankivsk 15,00015ZirkaKirovohradZirka Kirovohrad 14,62816CSK ZSUKyivCSKA Kyiv 12,00017AvanhardMakiivkaShakhtar Donetsk 10,000used as home ground in 1 match(es)18AzovstalMariupolMetalurh Mariupol 9,00019MashynobudivnykDruzhkivkaMetalurh Donetsk 5,000used as home ground in 1 match(es)20125-richia DMZDonetskMetalurh Donetsk 4,000
Managers
Club Coach Replaced coach FC Dynamo Kyiv Valery Lobanovsky FC Shakhtar Donetsk Viktor Prokopenko Anatoliy Byshovets 8 games Oleksiy Drozdenko 6 games FC Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih Oleh Taran FC Vorskla Poltava Anatoliy Konkov FC Metalist Kharkiv Mykhailo Fomenko FC Metalurh Zaporizhzhia Myron Markevych FC Metalurh Donetsk Semen Altman Mykhailo Sokolovskyi 5 games FC Metalurh Mariupol Mykola Pavlov FC Karpaty Lviv Lev Brovarskyi FC CSKA Kyiv Volodymyr Bezsonov FC Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk Mykola Fedorenko Leonid Koltun 2 games FC Nyva Ternopil Valeriy Bohuslavskyi SC Tavriya Simferopol Volodymyr Muntian Anatoliy Korobochka the first half FC Prykarpattia Ivano-Frankivsk Serhiy Morozov Ihor Yavorskyi 12 games Anatoliy Boyko 2 games FC Chornomorets Odesa Anatoliy Azarenkov Oleksandr Holokolosov 7 games Valeriy Melnyk 2 games FC Zirka Kirovohrad Yuriy Koval Oleksandr Ischenko 5 games
Managerial changes TeamOutgoing head coachManner of departureDate of vacancyTableIncoming head coachDate of appointmentFC Nyva Ternopil Ihor Yurchenkopre-season Valeriy BohuslavskyFC Karpaty Lviv Stepan Yurchyshynpre-season Lev BrovarskyShakhtar Donetsk Anatoliy ByshovetsResigned5 October 19997th Oleksiy Drozdenko (interim)5 October 1999
League table
Results
Top goalscorers
Maksim Shatskikh Dynamo Kyiv 20 (1) Ivan Hetsko Karpaty Lviv / Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih 19 (1) (10 goals for Karpaty Lviv) Serhii Rebrov Dynamo Kyiv 18 (6) Andriy Vorobei Shakhtar Donetsk 15 (1) Kostyantyn Babych Metalurh Mariupol 12 Avtandil Kapanadze Nyva Ternopil 12 Hennady Zubov Shakhtar Donetsk 12 (4) Oleksandr Haidash Tavriya Simferopol / Metalurh Mariupol 10 Volodymyr Maziar Vorskla Poltava 10 Viktor Ivanenko Metalist Kharkiv 10 (3) Hennadiy Moroz Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih 10 (6)
Notable Transfers Serhii Rebrov, FC Dynamo Kyiv to Tottenham Hotspur F.C. Hennadiy Moroz, FC Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih to FC Dynamo Kyiv
References
External links ukrsoccerhistory.com - source of information The 9th Ukrainian championship 1999-2000. ukranianfootball.narod.ru (Ukrainian football from Aleksei Kobyzev) The 1999-2000 Ukrainian championship. www.uafootball.net.ua (Ukrainian football from Dmitriy Troschiy) The 9th Ukrainian football championship. www.rsssf.com