1997–98 Ukrainian First League was the seventh season of the Ukrainian First League which was won by SC Mykolaiv. The season started on July 30, 1997, and finished on July 9, 1998.
Promotion and relegation Promoted teams Two clubs promoted from the 1996-97 Ukrainian Second League. Group A FC Desna Chernihiv – champion (returning after three seasons) Group B FC Avanhard-Industriya Rovenky – champion (debut)
Relegated teams Two clubs were relegated from the 1996-97 Ukrainian Top League: FC Kremin Kremenchuk – 15th place (debut) FC Nyva Vinnytsia – 16th place (returning after four seasons)
Renamed teams FC Khimik Zhytomyr changed its name back to FC Polissya Zhytomyr.
Teams In 1997-98 season, the Ukrainian First League consists of the following teams:
Final standings
Promotion/relegation play-off To the play-off qualified four teams, the 18th placed team of 1997-98 Ukrainian First League and three group winners of 1997-98 Ukrainian Second League:Valerko, A. How and why there were played post season play-offs in the Ukrainian football (Як і чому гралися післясезоння в українському футболі). (Nestor the Chronicle Statistical Club of the Ukrainian Football). Sport Arena. 5 June 2017 FC Bukovyna Chernivtsi FC Podillya Khmelnytskyi (Group A) FC Krystal Kherson (Group B) FC Shakhtar-2 Donetsk (Group C)
Top three teams qualified for the First League, the fourth and last team qualified for the Second Team. Format was a single round robin in Kyiv and Boryspil, Kyiv Oblast. When tied on points, the main tie-breaker was head-to-head games. The tournament was conducted at almost empty stadiums. The tournament was discontinued right after the second round when it became apparent that Krystal was not able to secure the third and the safe place to receive promotion. The Georgian footballer George MagrianiMagriani profile at footballfacts.ru (Podillya) became the top scorer of the tournament with three goals.
Games
Top scorers Statistics are taken from here.Statistics ScorerGoals (Pen.)Team1 Oleh Hrytsay22 (1)FC Cherkasy Hennadiy Skidan22 (2)SC Mykolaiv3 Vadym Plotnikov21 (1)Stal Alchevsk4 Ruslan Zabranskyi17SC Mykolaiv Borys Finkel17 (2)Nyva Vinnytsia6 Rais Tierkulov16 (1)Shakhtar Makiivka Oleksandr Barabash16 (8)Shakhtar Makiivka8 Pavlo Parshyn15Metalurh / Polissya Vadym Kharchenko15 (8)Naftovyk Okhtyrka10 Oleksandr Ostashov14Stal Alchevsk
See also Ukrainian Premier League 1997-98 1997–98 Ukrainian Second League
References
External links 1997–98 Ukrainian First League. Ukrainian Football from Dmitriy Troschiy.