The 1998–99 Vyshcha Liha season was the 8th top-level football club competition since its establishment and the 3rd since the establishment of the Professional Football League (PFL). FC Dynamo Kyiv were the defending champions.
Teams This season, the Vyshcha Liha remained at 16 teams. Promotions SC Mykolaiv, the champion of the 1997–98 Ukrainian First League – (returning after absence of two seasons) Metalist Kharkiv, the third-place runner-up of the 1997–98 Ukrainian First League – (returning after absence of four seasons)
Relegated teams Torpedo Zaporizhia – relegated after seven seasons in the top flight. Chornomorets Odesa – relegated after 11 seasons in the top flight, including seven in Vyshcha Liha.
Location
Managers Club Coach Replaced coach Home stadium FC Dynamo Kyiv Valery Lobanovsky Dynamo Stadium FC Shakhtar Donetsk Anatoliy Byshovets Valery Yaremchenko 18 games Shakhtar Stadium FC Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih Oleh Taran Metalurh Stadium FC Karpaty Lviv Stepan Yurchyshyn Myron Markevych the first half Ukraina Stadium FC Metalurh Mariupol Mykola Pavlov Azovstal Stadium FC Metalist Kharkiv Mykhailo Fomenko Metalist Stadium FC CSKA Kyiv Volodymyr Bezsonov CSK ZSU Stadium FC Metalurh Zaporizhia Myron Markevych Oleksandr Shtelin 17 games Metalurh Stadium SC Tavriya Simferopol Anatoliy Korobochka Viktor Hrachov the first half Valery Petrov 13 games Lokomotyv Stadium FC Vorskla Poltava Anatoliy Konkov Oleksandr Dovbiy 6 games Serhiy Sobetskyi 7 games Vorskla Stadium Politekhnik Stadium (Kremenchuk) FC Zirka Kirovohrad Oleksandr Ischenko Zirka Stadium FC Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk Leonid Koltun Vadym Tyschenko 13 games Volodymyr Kobzarev 7 games Meteor Stadium FC Nyva Ternopil Ihor Yurchenko City Stadium FC Metalurh Donetsk Mykhailo Sokolovskyi Volodymyr Onyschenko 7 games Volodymyr Havrylov 8 games Ihor Yavorskyi 7 games Stalekanatchyk Stadium (Khartsyzk)Donetsk Metallurgical Factory Stadium FC Prykarpattia Ivano-Frankivsk Ihor Yavorskyi Bohdan Blavatskiy 6 games Anatoliy Boyko 6 games Anatoliy Zayaev 14 games Bohdan Blavatskiy 2 games Rukh Stadium SC Mykolaiv vacant Anatoliy Konkov 12 games Leonid Nikolaenko 3 games Ivan Krasnetskyi 1 game Central City Stadium
Notes: Games between Dynamo Kyiv and CSKA Kyiv were played at Republican Stadium.
Changes TeamOutgoing head coachManner of departureDate of vacancyTableIncoming head coachDate of appointmentTableFC Nyva Ternopil Leonid Ishchukpre-season Ihor Yurchenkopre-seasonFC CSKA Kyiv Serhiy Morozovpre-season Volodymyr Bezsonovpre-season
League table
Results
Top goalscorers
RankPlayerClubGoals(Pen.) 1 Andriy Shevchenko Dynamo Kyiv 18 (1)2 Ivan Hetsko Karpaty Lviv 16 Oleksandr Palyanytsia Karpaty Lviv 16 (5) 4 Valentyn Poltavets Metalurh Zaporizhzhya 13 (3) 5 Andriy Vorobei Shakhtar Donetsk 11 6 Oleksiy Osipov Tavriya Simferopol 11 (3) 7 Alexander Khatskevich Dynamo Kyiv 108 Oleksandr Haidash Tavriya Simferopol 9 Avtandil Kapanadze Nyva Ternopil 9 Ihor Kislov Zirka Kirovohrad 9 Ihor Kostiuk Vorskla Poltava 9 Vitaliy Pantilov Metalurh Mariupol 9 Serhii Rebrov Dynamo Kyiv 9 Yuriy Selezniov Shakhtar Donetsk 9 Notable Transfers Andriy Shevchenko, FC Dynamo Kyiv to A.C. Milan Oleksandr Palyanytsia, FC Karpaty Lviv to FC Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih Ihor Kostiuk, FC Vorskla Poltava to FC Dynamo-2 Kyiv
External links ukrsoccerhistory.com - source of information 1998–99 Vyshcha Liha. ukranianfootball.narod.ru 1998–99 Vyshcha Liha. www.uafootball.net.ua 1998–99 championship. football.lg.ua 1998–99 championship. www.rsssf.com