1999–2000 Vyshcha Liha (original) (raw)
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9th season of top-tier football league in Vyshcha Liha
Football league season
| Season | 1999–2000 |
|---|---|
| Champions | Dynamo Kyiv8th title |
| Relegated | Chornomorets Odesa Zirka Kirovohrad Prykarpattya Ivano-Frankivsk |
| Champions League | Dynamo Kyiv Shakhtar Donetsk |
| UEFA Cup | Vorskla Poltava Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih |
| Matches played | 240 |
| Top goalscorer | (20) Maksim Shatskikh (Dynamo) |
| Biggest home win | Dynamo - Prykarpattia 6:0 |
| Biggest away win | Metalist - Dynamo 0:5 |
| Highest scoring | Zirka - Shakhtar 2:6 |
| ← 1998–99 2000–01 → |
The 1999–2000 Vyshcha Liha season was the 9th since its establishment. FC Dynamo Kyiv were the defending champions.
- Chornomorets Odesa, the runners-up of the 1998–99 Ukrainian First League – (returning after absence of a season)
Note: the 1998–99 Ukrainian First League was won by the second team of Dynamo Kyiv, FC Dynamo-2 Kyiv, which could not be promoted. The third placed team FC Torpedo Zaporizhzhia was originally also had to be promoted, but due to its financial situation it filed for bankruptcy. Because of the situation with Torpedo, the Professional Football League of Ukraine scheduled a playoff game which was won by Prykarpattia.
Locations of teams home grounds in Ukrainian Premier League 1996-97
| Team | Outgoing head coach | Manner of departure | Date of vacancy | Table | Incoming head coach | Date of appointment | Table |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| FC Nyva Ternopil |  Ihor Yurchenko |
pre-season | Valeriy Bohuslavsky |
pre-season | |||
| FC Karpaty Lviv | Stepan Yurchyshyn |
pre-season | Lev Brovarsky |
pre-season |
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dynamo Kyiv[a] (C) | 30 | 27 | 3 | 0 | 85 | 18 | +67 | 84 | Qualification to Champions League third qualifying round |
| 2 | Shakhtar Donetsk | 30 | 21 | 3 | 6 | 60 | 16 | +44 | 66 | Qualification to Champions League second qualifying round |
| 3 | Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih[a] | 30 | 18 | 6 | 6 | 54 | 30 | +24 | 60 | Qualification to UEFA Cup first round |
| 4 | Vorskla Poltava | 30 | 14 | 7 | 9 | 50 | 34 | +16 | 49 | Qualification to UEFA Cup qualifying round |
| 5 | Metalist Kharkiv | 30 | 12 | 8 | 10 | 41 | 39 | +2 | 44 | |
| 6 | Metalurh Zaporizhzhia | 30 | 12 | 8 | 10 | 43 | 35 | +8 | 44 | |
| 7 | Metalurh Donetsk | 30 | 11 | 10 | 9 | 39 | 35 | +4 | 43 | |
| 8 | Metalurh Mariupol | 30 | 13 | 3 | 14 | 49 | 48 | +1 | 42 | |
| 9 | Karpaty Lviv | 30 | 12 | 4 | 14 | 39 | 38 | +1 | 40 | |
| 10 | CSKA Kyiv | 30 | 9 | 8 | 13 | 31 | 36 | −5 | 35 | |
| 11 | Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk | 30 | 8 | 9 | 13 | 26 | 52 | −26 | 33 | |
| 12 | Nyva Ternopil | 30 | 7 | 10 | 13 | 40 | 57 | −17 | 31 | |
| 13 | Tavriya Simferopol | 30 | 7 | 8 | 15 | 32 | 51 | −19 | 29 | |
| 14 | Prykarpattya Ivano-Frankivsk (R) | 30 | 7 | 8 | 15 | 27 | 47 | −20 | 29 | Relegated to Ukrainian First League |
| 15 | Chornomorets Odesa (R) | 30 | 6 | 8 | 16 | 20 | 50 | −30 | 26 | |
| 16 | Zirka Kirovohrad (R) | 30 | 0 | 9 | 21 | 16 | 66 | −50 | 9 |
Shatskikh
 Maksim Shatskikh |
Dynamo Kyiv | 20 (1) |
|---|---|---|
| Ivan Hetsko |
Karpaty Lviv / Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih | 19 (1) (10 goals for Karpaty Lviv) |
| Serhii Rebrov |
Dynamo Kyiv | 18 (6) |
| Andriy Vorobei |
Shakhtar Donetsk | 15 (1) |
| Kostyantyn Babych |
Metalurh Mariupol | 12 |
 Avtandil Kapanadze |
Nyva Ternopil | 12 |
| Hennady Zubov |
Shakhtar Donetsk | 12 (4) |
| Oleksandr Haidash |
Tavriya Simferopol / Metalurh Mariupol | 10 |
| Volodymyr Maziar |
Vorskla Poltava | 10 |
| Viktor Ivanenko |
Metalist Kharkiv | 10 (3) |
| Hennadiy Moroz |
Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih | 10 (6) |
Notable Transfers
- Serhii Rebrov, FC Dynamo Kyiv to Tottenham Hotspur F.C.
- Hennadiy Moroz, FC Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih to FC Dynamo Kyiv
- ukrsoccerhistory.com - source of information