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. 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
Managers ClubCoachReplaced coachArsenal Kyiv Oleksandr Zavarov Chornomorets Odesa Vitaliy ShevchenkoDnipro Dnipropetrovsk Oleh ProtasovDynamo Kyiv Yuri Semin Anatoliy DemyanenkoKarpaty Lviv Valery Yaremchenko Oleksandr IschenkoKharkiv Volodymyr BezsonovKryvbas Kryvyi Rih Oleh TaranMetalist Kharkiv Myron MarkevychMetalurh Donetsk Nikolay Kostov Jos DaerdenMetalurh Zaporizhzhia Anatoly ChantsevNaftovyk-Ukrnafta Okhtyrka Valeriy Horodov Serhiy Shevchenko Viktor IshchenkoShakhtar Donetsk Mircea LucescuTavriya Simferopol Mykhailo FomenkoVorskla Poltava Mykola Pavlov Anatoliy MomotZakarpattia Uzhhorod Volodymyr Vasiutyk Petro Kushlyk Volodymyr SharanZorya Luhansk Anatoliy Volobuev Oleksandr Kosevych
Managerial changes TeamOutgoing head coachManner of departureDate of vacancyTableIncoming head coachDate of appointmentTableChornomorets Vitaliy Shevchenko27 June 2007Pre-season
League table
Results
Top goalscorers
Scorer GoalsTeam Marko DevićMetalist Kharkiv Oleksandr HladkyShakhtar Donetsk Oleksandr KosyrinMetalurh Donetsk Yevhen SeleznyovArsenal Kyiv Ismaël BangouraDynamo Kyiv Volodymyr HomenyukTavriya Simferopol BrandãoShakhtar Donetsk FernandinhoShakhtar Donetsk Maksim ShatskikhDynamo Kyiv Serhiy NazarenkoDnipro Dnipropetrovsk
Stadia The following stadiums were used as home grounds during the season:
Rank Stadium Capacity Club Notes 1 NSC Olimpiysky 83,450 Arsenal Kyiv Played last 6 games 2 Chornomorets Stadium 34,362 Chornomorets Odesa 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 KharkivFC 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 KyivArsenal Kyiv FC Arsenal Kyiv its first 9 games here 13 Avanhard Stadium 12,000 Zakarpattia Uzhhorod 14 Slavutych-Arena 11,983 Metalurh Zaporizhzhia 15 Dynamo Stadium 6,000 Metalist KharkivFC 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
External links UEFA Website - Ukraine Premier Division Soccerway Website - Ukraine Premier League The Official Ukrainian PFL website