1999–2000 Ukrainian First League

Ukrainian First League
Season	1999–2000
Champions	Dynamo-2 Kyiv
Promoted	Stal Alchevsk
Relegated	Naftovyk Okhtyrka, Polissya Zhytomyr, Obolon-PPO Kyiv, Chornomorets-2 Odesa, Torpedo Zaporizhia
Top goalscorer	(17) Pavlo Parshyn (Polissya Zhytomyr)
	← 1998–99 2000–01 →

1999–2000 Ukrainian First League was the ninth season of the Ukrainian First League which was won by FC Dynamo-2 Kyiv. The season started on July 25, 1999, and finished on June 19, 2000.

Promotion and relegation[]

Promoted teams[]

Two clubs promoted from the 1998-99 Ukrainian Second League.

Group A

FC Zakarpattia Uzhhorod – champion (returning after a season)

Group B

SC Odesa – champion (returning after two seasons)

Group C

FC Obolon-PPO Kyiv – champion (debut)

Relegated teams[]

One club was relegated from the 1998-99 Ukrainian Top League:

SC Mykolaiv – 16th place (returning after a season)

Reorganized clubs[]

SC Odesa was merged with Chornomorets and replaced with FC Chornomorets-2 Odessa (returning after seven seasons).

Teams[]

In 1999-00 season, the Ukrainian First League consists of the following teams:

Zakarpattia

Torpedo

Polihraftekhnika

Chornomorets-2

Mykolaiv

Locations of teams in First League

Standings[]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	FC Dynamo-2 Kyiv (C)	34	22	7	5	75	21	+54	73
2	FC Stal Alchevsk (P)	34	21	7	6	58	36	+22	70	Promoted to Vyshcha Liha
3	FC Cherkasy	34	17	8	9	48	34	+14	59
4	FC Shakhtar-2 Donetsk	34	16	8	10	47	38	+9	56
5	FC CSKA-2 Kyiv	34	16	6	12	38	26	+12	54
6	SC Mykolaiv	34	15	7	12	40	38	+2	52
7	FC Lviv	34	13	12	9	34	31	+3	51
8	FC Polihraftekhnika Oleksandria	34	13	10	11	34	34	0	49
9	FC Yavir Sumy	34	14	6	14	42	45	−3	48
10	FC Volyn Lutsk	34	13	9	12	42	41	+1	48
11	FC Vinnytsia	34	14	6	14	29	39	−10	48
12	FC Metalurh Nikopol	34	14	6	14	31	34	−3	48
13	FC Zakarpattia Uzhhorod	34	14	6	14	36	49	−13	48
14	FC Naftovyk Okhtyrka (R)	34	13	5	16	42	51	−9	44	Relegated to Second League
15	FC Polissya Zhytomyr (R)	34	11	7	16	36	51	−15	40
16	FC Obolon-PPO Kyiv (R)	34	5	12	17	23	52	−29	27
17	FC Chornomorets-2 Odessa (R)	34	6	5	23	25	49	−24	23
18	FC Torpedo Zaporizhia (R)	34	5	1	28	21	32	−11	16	Relegated to Second League – withdrew^[a]

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

Top scorers[]

Statistics are taken from here.^[1]

	Scorer	Goals (Pen.)	Team
1	Pavlo Parshyn	17 (5)	Polissya Zhytomyr
2	Oleh Venhlinskyi	16 (1)	Dynamo-2 Kyiv
3	Myroslav Bundash	15 (5)	Zakarpattia Uzhhorod
4	Vadym Plotnikov	14 (3)	Stal Alchevsk
5	Oleh Hrytsay	13 (2)	FC Cherkasy
6		12 (3)	Torpedo / Chornomorets-2
7	Viktor Arefyev	11 (2)	Stal / CSKA-2
7	Samir Hasanov	11 (6)	Metalurh Nikopol
9		10 (6)	Yavir-Sumy
9		10 (6)	Polihraftekhnika Oleksandriya

Notes[]

^ FC Torpedo Zaporizhia was reinstated in the First League after its bankruptcy last season, but after the first half of this season it withdrew out of the competition. It was awarded technical losses throughout the whole second half.

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] FC Torpedo Zaporizhia was reinstated in the First League after its bankruptcy last season, but after the first half of this season it withdrew out of the competition. It was awarded technical losses throughout the whole second half.

[2] Statistics (in Russian)

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