2001–02 Vyshcha Liha

Vyshcha Liha
Season	2001–02
Champions	Shakhtar Donetsk; 1st title
Relegated	Zakarpattia Uzhhorod
Champions League	Shakhtar Donetsk ; Dynamo Kyiv
UEFA Cup	Metalurh Donetsk ; Metalurh Zaporizhia
Top goalscorer	(12) Serhiy Shyschenko (Metalurh Donetsk)
Biggest home win	Dynamo - Metalist 6:0
Biggest away win	Kryvbas - Dynamo 0:7
Highest scoring	Zakarpattia - Metalist 3:5 ; Polihraftekhnika - Dnipro 2:6
	← 2000–01 2002–03 →

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 Kiev 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[]

Dnipro

Dynamo
Arsenal

Metalurh M.

Kryvbas

Karpaty

Metalurh Z.

Tavriya

Locations of teams home grounds in Ukrainian Premier League 1996-97

Managers[]

Club	Coach	Replaced coach	Home stadium
FC Shakhtar Donetsk	Nevio Scala	Viktor Prokopenko	Shakhtar Stadium
FC Dynamo Kyiv	Oleksiy Mykhailychenko	Valery Lobanovsky	Dynamo Stadium
FC Metalurh Donetsk	Semen Altman		Metalurh Stadium
FC Metalurh Zaporizhia	Oleh Taran	Volodymyr Atamanyuk	Metalurh Stadium AvtoZAZ Stadium
FC Metalist Kharkiv	Mykhailo Fomenko		Metalist Stadium
FC Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk	Yevhen Kucherevsky	Mykola Fedorenko	Meteor Stadium
SC Tavriya Simferopol	Anatoliy Zayayev	Valeriy Petrov	Lokomotyv Stadium
FC Karpaty Lviv	Lev Brovarskyi	Myron Markevych	Ukraina Stadium
FC Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih	Ihor Nadein	Hennadiy Lytovchenko	Metalurh Stadium
FC Metalurh Mariupol	Mykola Pavlov		Illichivets Stadium
FC Vorskla Poltava	Andriy Bal		Vorskla Stadium
FC Arsenal Kyiv	Oleh Kuznetsov	(co-coach Volodymyr Bezsonov)	CKS ZSU Stadium
FC Polihraftekhnika Oleksandriya	Roman Pokora		Nika Stadium
FC Zakarpattia Uzhhorod	Yuriy Kalitvintsev		Avanhard Stadium

League table[]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Shakhtar Donetsk (C)	26	20	6	0	49	10	+39	66	Qualification to Champions League group stage
2	Dynamo Kyiv	26	20	5	1	62	9	+53	65	Qualification to Champions League third qualifying round
3	Metalurh Donetsk	26	12	6	8	38	28	+10	42	Qualification to UEFA Cup first round
4	Metalurh Zaporizhzhia	26	11	7	8	25	22	+3	40^[a]	Qualification to UEFA Cup qualifying round^[b]
5	Metalist Kharkiv	26	11	7	8	35	36	−1	40^[a]
6	Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk	26	11	7	8	30	20	+10	40^[a]
7	Tavriya Simferopol	26	8	6	12	27	36	−9	30
8	Karpaty Lviv	26	7	8	11	19	31	−12	29
9	Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih	26	6	10	10	28	40	−12	28
10	Illichivets Mariupol	26	6	8	12	29	42	−13	26
11	Vorskla Poltava	26	6	7	13	19	33	−14	25
12	Arsenal Kyiv	26	6	5	15	18	28	−10	23^[c]
13	Polihraftekhnika	26	5	8	13	21	39	−18	23^[c]	Qualification to relegation playoffs
14	Zakarpattia Uzhhorod (R)	26	5	6	15	23	49	−26	21	Relegated to Ukrainian First League

Source: uafootball.net.ua
Rules for classification: 1st points; 2nd head-to-head points; 3rd head-to-head goal difference; 4th head-to-head goals scored away; 4th overall wins; 5th goal difference; 6th goals scored ^[4]
(C) Champion; (R) Relegated
Notes:

^ Jump up to: ^a ^b ^c Head-to-head points: Metalurh 7 pts, Metalist 9 pts, Dnipro 1 pt; On decision of the FFU executive committee, Metalurh had better head-to-head record with both Metalist and Dnipro separately (see #European qualifications case).
^ Metalurh Zaporizhia obtained the uncontested European competitions berth (both Shakhtar and Dynamo were participants of the 2002 Ukrainian Cup Final) after it was awarded the 4th place on the decision the Executive Committee of Football Federation of Ukraine.^[1]^[2] According to the Metalist head coach Mykhailo Fomenko, the club's leadership did not contested the decision as it was afraid for obligation to invest more funds in the club, plus the home stadium had to be reconstructed.^[3]
^ Jump up to: ^a ^b ARK 2–0 POL; POL 1–0 ARK

European qualifications case[]

Due to the fact that 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 1-0-1 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[]

Home \ Away	ARK	DNI	DYN	KAR	KRY	MET	MDO	MTM	MZA	POL	SHA	TAV	VOR	ZAK
Arsenal Kyiv	—	0–1	0–1	0–0	3–0	1–1	0–1	3–2	2–0	2–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–2
Dnipro	2–0	—	0–0	0–1	2–0	0–1	2–0	3–1	0–0	0–0	0–1	2–1	2–0	2–0
Dynamo Kyiv	2–0	1–0	—	4–1	0–0	6–0	2–0	1–0	1–0	5–0	2–2	0–0	1–0	5–0
Karpaty Lviv	1–0	0–0	0–2	—	3–2	0–2	0–1	2–0	2–1	0–0	0–2	0–0	0–1	3–0
Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih	1–0	3–3	0–7	0–0	—	4–1	1–3	1–1	0–0	3–1	0–0	2–0	2–0	1–0
Metalist Kharkiv	2–1	3–0	0–1	0–0	0–0	—	3–1	2–2	2–1	1–0	1–1	4–1	2–0	4–0
Metalurh Donetsk	2–1	2–0	0–0	0–0	3–2	5–0	—	2–1	1–1	1–0	0–1	4–1	0–0	1–1
Metalurh Mariupol	1–2	0–0	0–6	3–1	3–1	0–0	4–2	—	0–0	2–1	0–2	0–0	1–0	3–0
Metalurh Zaporizhzhia	2–0	2–1	1–3	4–1	0–0	1–0	0–3	3–0	—	0–0	0–3	0–2	1–0	4–1
Polihraftekhnika	1–0	2–6	0–3	1–1	0–0	2–0	1–0	2–2	0–1	—	1–2	0–1	2–2	4–2
Shakhtar Donetsk	2–0	1–0	2–0	3–0	3–1	3–0	3–1	2–0	0–0	2–1	—	2–1	4–0	5–1
Tavriya Simferopol	1–2	0–2	1–5	3–0	3–2	2–0	1–3	3–1	0–1	2–0	0–1	—	1–0	1–1
Vorskla Poltava	1–0	1–2	1–2	1–3	2–2	1–1	2–1	2–1	0–1	1–1	1–1	2–0	—	1–0
Zakarpattia Uzhhorod	2–1	0–0	1–2	1–0	2–0	3–5	1–1	1–1	0–1	0–1	0–1	2–2	2–0	—

Source: uafootball.net.ua
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Relegation Playoff[]

June 16, 2002

Polihraftekhnika Oleksandriya	1 – 0	Polissia Zhytomyr
Babych 45+2' 30' 78'	Report

CSK ZSU Stadium, Kiev

Attendance: 5,000

Referee: Shebek (Kiev)

Top goalscorers[]

Serhiy Shyschenko	Metalurh Donetsk	12 (2)
Vitaliy Pushkutsa	Metalist Kharkiv	11 (1)
Olexandr Melashchenko	Dynamo Kyiv	9
Andriy Vorobei	Shakhtar Donetsk	9
Valentin Belkevich	Dynamo Kyiv	9(1)
Florin Cernat	Dynamo Kyiv	9 (1)
Vasyl Gigiadze	Tavriya Simferopol	9 (7)
	Zakarpattia Uzhhorod	8
Serhiy Chuychenko	Polihraftekhnika Oleksandriya	8(3)
Hennady Zubov	Shakhtar Donetsk	8 (4)

References[]

^ Committee on communication with public and media of FFU (18 June 2002). Рішення виконавчого комітету Федерації футболу України [Decision of the Executive Committee of Football Federation of Ukraine] (in Ukrainian). Football Federation of Ukraine. Archived from the original on 30 December 2013. Retrieved 26 August 2013.
^ Committee on communication with public and media of FFU (17 June 2002). Офіційний прес-реліз Федерації футболу України [Official press release of the Football Federation of Ukraine] (in Ukrainian). Football Federation of Ukraine. Archived from the original on 30 December 2013. Retrieved 26 August 2013.
^ Verbytsky, I. Mykhailo Fomenko: To head the national football team I could have already at the end of 1990s. I refused as I thought that it is not time yet. UA-Football. 17 December 2015
^ Regulation of the All-Ukrainian competitions in football among professional teams in 2001/02

External links[]

ukrsoccerhistory.com - source of information
Decision of the Executive Committee of Football Federation of Ukraine Archived 2013-12-30 at the Wayback Machine
Official press release of the Football Federation of Ukraine Archived 2013-12-30 at the Wayback Machine

[table_hth_MKH0.29805884198195-1] Jump up to: ^a ^b ^c Head-to-head points: Metalurh 7 pts, Metalist 9 pts, Dnipro 1 pt; On decision of the FFU executive committee, Metalurh had better head-to-head record with both Metalist and Dnipro separately (see #European qualifications case).

[table_note_res_UCQR0.29805884198195-5] Metalurh Zaporizhia obtained the uncontested European competitions berth (both Shakhtar and Dynamo were participants of the 2002 Ukrainian Cup Final) after it was awarded the 4th place on the decision the Executive Committee of Football Federation of Ukraine.^[1]^[2] According to the Metalist head coach Mykhailo Fomenko, the club's leadership did not contested the decision as it was afraid for obligation to invest more funds in the club, plus the home stadium had to be reconstructed.^[3]

[table_hth_ARK0.29805884198195-6] Jump up to: ^a ^b ARK 2–0 POL; POL 1–0 ARK

[2] Committee on communication with public and media of FFU (18 June 2002). Рішення виконавчого комітету Федерації футболу України [Decision of the Executive Committee of Football Federation of Ukraine] (in Ukrainian). Football Federation of Ukraine. Archived from the original on 30 December 2013. Retrieved 26 August 2013.

[3] Committee on communication with public and media of FFU (17 June 2002). Офіційний прес-реліз Федерації футболу України [Official press release of the Football Federation of Ukraine] (in Ukrainian). Football Federation of Ukraine. Archived from the original on 30 December 2013. Retrieved 26 August 2013.

[4] Verbytsky, I. Mykhailo Fomenko: To head the national football team I could have already at the end of 1990s. I refused as I thought that it is not time yet. UA-Football. 17 December 2015

[7] Regulation of the All-Ukrainian competitions in football among professional teams in 2001/02

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