The 2001–02 Vyshcha Liha season was the 11th since its establishment. FC Dynamo Kyiv were the defending champions.
Teams
Promotions Zakarpattia Uzhhorod, the runners-up of the 2000–01 Ukrainian First League – (debut) Polihraftekhnika Oleksandriya, the third placed of the 2000–01 Ukrainian First League – (debut)
Note: the 2000–01 Ukrainian First League was won by the second team of Dynamo Kyiv, FC Dynamo-2 Kyiv, which could not be promoted.
Renamed FC CSKA Kyiv owned by the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine was sold to the Kyiv city authorities headed by Oleksandr Omelchenko. The club was reorganized and renamed as FC Arsenal Kyiv to commemorate SC Arsenal that existed before 1960s.
Location
Managers Club Coach Replaced coach Home stadium Shakhtar Donetsk Nevio Scala Viktor Prokopenko Shakhtar Stadium Dynamo Kyiv Oleksiy Mykhaylychenko Valeriy Lobanovskyi Dynamo Stadium Metalurh Donetsk Semen Altman Metalurh Stadium Metalurh Zaporizhzhia Oleh Taran Volodymyr Atamanyuk Metalurh StadiumAvtoZAZ Stadium Metalist Kharkiv Mykhaylo Fomenko Metalist Stadium Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk Yevhen Kucherevskyi Mykola Fedorenko Meteor Stadium Tavriya Simferopol Anatoliy Zayayev Valeriy Petrov Lokomotyv Stadium Karpaty Lviv Lev Brovarskyi Myron Markevych Ukraina Stadium Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih Ihor Nadein Hennadiy Lytovchenko Metalurh Stadium Metalurh Mariupol Mykola Pavlov Illichivets Stadium Vorskla Poltava Andriy Bal Vorskla Stadium Arsenal Kyiv Oleh Kuznetsov (co-coach Volodymyr Bezsonov) CKS ZSU Stadium Polihraftekhnika Oleksandriya Roman Pokora Nika Stadium Zakarpattia Uzhhorod Yuriy Kalitvintsev Avanhard Stadium
League table
European qualifications case Because both finalists of the 2002 Ukrainian Cup Final Dynamo and Shakhtar qualified for the UEFA Champions League, the fourth European competition berth was to be awarded to the best fourth placed team in the league competition. The fourth place with 40 points earned was Metalist Kharkiv, however there were two more teams with the same number of points Metalurh Zaporizhia and Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk. According to the 2001-02 season regulations the first tie breaker in case of even points were the head-to-head points among the teams that tied. Therefore originally Metalist Kharkiv was the main contender to qualify for the European competitions. However, the administration of FC Metalurh Zaporizhia argued the fact that their team head better head-to-head record with both Metalist Kharkiv (2 1-0-1 2-2 with an away goal) and Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk (2 1-1-0 2-1). On 16 June 2002 the FFU Executive Committee came up with its final decision awarding Metalurh Zaporizhia with qualification to European competitions.
Results
Relegation playoff
Top goalscorers
Serhiy Shyshchenko Metalurh Donetsk 12 (2) Vitaliy Pushkutsa Metalist Kharkiv 11 (1) Oleksandr Melashchenko Dynamo Kyiv 9 Andriy Vorobey Shakhtar Donetsk 9 Valyantsin Byalkevich Dynamo Kyiv 9(1) Florin Cernat Dynamo Kyiv 9 (1) Vasil Gigiadze Tavriya Simferopol 9 (7) Ihor Prodan Zakarpattia Uzhhorod 8 Serhiy Chuychenko Polihraftekhnika Oleksandriya 8(3) Hennady Zubov Shakhtar Donetsk 8 (4)
Attendances
Source:
# Football club Average attendance 1 Shakhtar Donetsk 25,615 2 Kryvbas 17,308 3 Metalist 15,423 4 Dnipro 12,492 5 Karpaty 10,438 6 Illichivets 9,477 7 Dynamo Kyiv 8,300 8 Vorskla 6,623 9 Metalurh Zaporizhzhya 5,946 10 Goverla 5,400 11 Arsenal Kyiv 5,338 12 Polihraftekhnika 5,015 13 Tavriya 4,985 14 Metalurh Donetsk 3,615
See also 2001–02 Ukrainian First League 2001–02 Ukrainian Second League 2001–02 Ukrainian Cup
References
External links ukrsoccerhistory.com - source of information Decision of the Executive Committee of Football Federation of Ukraine Official press release of the Football Federation of Ukraine