1998–99 Ukrainian First League

Ukrainian First League
Season	1998–99
Champions	Dynamo-2 Kyiv
Promoted	Chornomorets Odesa
Relegated	Podillya Khmelnytskyi, Kremin Kremenchuk, Bukovyna Chernivtsi, Desna Chernihiv, Shakhtar Makiivka
Top goalscorer	(19) Oleh Hrytsay (FC Cherkasy)
	← 1997–98 1999–00 →

1998–99 Ukrainian First League was the eighth season of the Ukrainian First League which was won by FC Dynamo-2 Kyiv. The season started on July 31, 1998, and finished on July 4, 1999.

Promotion and relegation

Promoted teams

Two clubs promoted from the 1997-98 Ukrainian Second League through a promotion/relegation play-off tournament.

Group A

FC Podillya Khmelnytskyi – champion (returning after a season)

Group C

FC Shakhtar-2 Donetsk – champion (returning after six seasons)

Relegated teams

Two clubs were relegated from the 1997-98 Ukrainian Top League:

FC Chornomorets Odesa – 15th place (debut)
FC Torpedo Zaporizhia – 16th place (debut)

Renamed teams

FC Nyva Vinnytsia changed its name to FC Vinnytsia at winter break.
FC Yavir Krasnopillia moved to Sumy from Krasnopillia and changed its name to FC Yavir-Sumy at winter break.

Teams

Locations of teams in First League

Team	Stadium	Location
Chornomorets Odesa	Central Stadium ChMP	Odesa
Metalurh Nikopol	Stadium "Metalurh"	Nikopol
Torpedo Zaporizhia	Stadium of ME "AvtoZAZ–Daewoo"	Zaporizhia
Shakhtar-2 Donetsk	Stadium "Stalekanatchik"	Khartsyzk
	Stadium "Shakhtar"	Donetsk
	Stadium "Avanhard"	Makiivka
Dynamo-2 Kyiv	Stadium "DYuSSh"	Shchaslyve
	Stadium "Dynamo"	Kyiv
	Dynamo Training Center	Kyiv
Desna Chernihiv	Yuri Gagarin Stadium	Chernihiv
Stal Alchevsk	Stadium "Stal"	Alchevsk
Shakhtar Makiivka	Stadium "Avanhard"	Makiivka
Nyva Vinnytsia	Central City Stadium	Vinnytsia
Polissya Zhytomyr	Stadium "Polissia"	Zhytomyr
Polissya Zhytomyr	Central City Stadium	Zhytomyr
FC Lviv	Stadium "Yunist"	Lviv
Podillya Khmelnytskyi	Stadium "Podillia"	Khmelnytskyi
Volyn Lutsk	Stadium "Avanhard"	Lutsk
Yavir Krasnopillia	Stadium "Kolos"	Krasnopillya
Yavir Krasnopillia	Stadium "Avanhard"	Sumy
Naftovyk Okhtyrka	Stadium "Naftovyk"	Okhtyrka
Polihraftekhnika Oleksandriya	Stadium "Nika"	Oleksandriya
Kremin Kremenchuk	Stadium "Dnipro"	Kremenchuk
Kremin Kremenchuk	Stadium "Politekhnik"	Kremenchuk
CSKA-2 Kyiv	CSK ZSU Stadium	Kyiv
	Stadium "Metalist"	Kyiv
	Stadium "Kolos"	Boryspil
FC Cherkasy	Central Stadium	Cherkasy
Bukovyna Chernivtsi	Stadium "Bukovyna"	Chernivtsi

Standings

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	FC Dynamo-2 Kyiv (C)	38	27	7	4	78	27	+51	88	^[a]
2	FC Chornomorets Odesa (P)	38	25	4	9	77	38	+39	79	Promoted to Vyshcha Liha
3	FC Torpedo Zaporizhia	38	24	5	9	55	29	+26	77	Bankruptcy^[b]
4	FC Cherkasy	38	24	4	10	68	42	+26	76	Qualification for promotion play-off^[c]
5	FC Polihraftekhnika Oleksandria	38	15	13	10	47	51	−4	58
6	FC Vinnytsia	38	16	9	13	45	39	+6	57
7	FC Lviv	38	15	12	11	58	43	+15	57
8	FC Naftovyk Okhtyrka	38	16	9	13	45	40	+5	57
9	FC Stal Alchevsk	38	16	7	15	55	52	+3	55
10	FC Shakhtar-2 Donetsk	38	15	7	16	51	44	+7	52
11	CSKA-2 Kyiv	38	14	10	14	45	48	−3	52
12	FC Polissya Zhytomyr	38	15	7	16	40	55	−15	52
13	FC Yavir Sumy	38	15	7	16	36	42	−6	52
14	FC Volyn Lutsk	38	16	3	19	36	43	−7	51
15	FC Metalurh Nikopol	38	16	3	19	46	63	−17	51
16	FC Podillya Khmelnytskyi (R)	38	13	12	13	39	42	−3	51	Relegated to Second League
17	FC Kremin Kremenchuk (R)	38	11	7	20	34	63	−29	40
18	FC Bukovyna Chernivtsi (R)	38	6	9	23	26	68	−42	27
19	FC Desna Chernihiv (R)	38	7	6	25	28	60	−32	27
20	FC Shakhtar Makiivka^[d] (R)	38	3	1	34	20	40	−20	4	Withdrew

Source: ^{[citation needed]}
(C) Champions; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated
Notes:

^ The second team of FC Dynamo Kyiv cannot be promoted as the club already has a representation in the Vyscha Liha.
^ FC Torpedo Zaporizhia filed for bankruptcy at the end of the season and therefore could not be promoted.
^ FC Cherkasy was offered to play a play-off game with the second worst team of Vyscha Liha, FC Prykarpattia Ivano-Frankivsk, because of Torpedo's bankruptcy and placing only the fourth place.
^ After the first half of the competition the team was taken off due to the PFL membership debts. The team was fined of six competition points and in the second half was awarded technical losses.

Promotion play-off

4 July 1999

FC Cherkasy	1 : 3	Prykarpattia Ivano-Frankivsk
Viktor Khursa 89'	Report	Volodymyr Larin 43', 46' Hennadiy Skidan 70' (pen.)

Dynamo Stadium, Kyiv

Attendance: 6,000

Referee: Vadym Shevchenko, Kyiv

FC Cherkasy failed to obtain berth in the Top League.

Top scorers

Statistics are taken from here.^[1]

	Scorer	Goals (Pen.)	Team
1	Oleh Hrytsay	19 (1)	FC Cherkasy
2	Oleksandr Kosyrin	18	Dynamo-2 / Cherkasy
2	Vadym Plotnikov	18 (2)	Stal Alchevsk
4	Pavlo Irichuk	17	Torpedo Zaporizhia
5	Oleh Venhlinskyi	16 (4)	Nyva Vinnytsia
6	Oleksandr Holokolosov	15	Chornomorets Odesa
6	Vadym Kharchenko	15 (6)	Naftovyk Okhtyrka
8	Andriy Mazur	14	FC Lviv
	Rais Tierkulov	14 (1)	Shakhtar / Yavir
	Viktor Matsyuk	14 (2)	Podillya Khmelnytskyi

Notes

References

^ Statistics (in Russian)

The main source (in Ukrainian)

External links

Professional Football League of Ukraine - website of the professional football league of Ukraine (in Ukrainian)

[1] The second team of FC Dynamo Kyiv cannot be promoted as the club already has a representation in the Vyscha Liha.

[2] FC Torpedo Zaporizhia filed for bankruptcy at the end of the season and therefore could not be promoted.

[3] FC Cherkasy was offered to play a play-off game with the second worst team of Vyscha Liha, FC Prykarpattia Ivano-Frankivsk, because of Torpedo's bankruptcy and placing only the fourth place.

[table_note_SMA0.089630978223696-4] After the first half of the competition the team was taken off due to the PFL membership debts. The team was fined of six competition points and in the second half was awarded technical losses.

[5] Statistics (in Russian)

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