Ukrainian First League 1997-98
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Teams
In 1997-98 season, the Ukrainian First League consists of the following teams:
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FC Volyn Lutsk FC Volyn Lutsk is a professional Ukrainian football team in the Ukrainian Premier League.-History:The Lutsk club was formed in 1960 initially as Avanhard, after the Soviet sports society, but before the start of competitions the name was changed to Volyn. Right from its establishment the club... FC Bukovyna Chernivtsi FC Bukovyna Chernivtsi is a Ukrainian football club based in Chernivtsi. For the 2010–11 season, the club is taking part in the Persha Liha. From 1992–94, Bukovyna played in the Ukrainian Premier League, after being initially chosen to participate for being one of the Ukrainian teams taking part in... FC Polissya Zhytomyr FC Polissya Zhytomyr was a professional Ukrainian football club. The club was based in Zhytomyr, Ukraine.- Brief history :In Soviet times the club carried the name Avtomobilist , then it changed to Polissya... FC Naftovyk-Ukrnafta Okhtyrka FC Naftovyk Okhtyrka is a Ukrainian football club based in Okhtyrka, Ukraine, where it was founded in 1980.-History:Naftovyk Okhtyrka took part in the first Ukrainian Premier League season in 1992, after being initially chosen to participate for being the Ukrainian SSR Champion in 1991... FC CSKA Kyiv FC CSCA Kyiv was a Ukrainian association football club that competed in the Ukrainian Second League. The team withdrew from theprofessional league 4 September 2009.-History:... FC Nyva Vinnytsia PFC Nyva Vinnytsia is a professional Ukrainian football club based in the city of Vinnytsia. It currently participates in the Ukrainian First League... |
Final standings
Note:Four teams were relegated. The League will be reduced to 20 members next season.
Teams in bold last season members of the Vyscha Liha
Ukrainian Premier League
The Ukrainian Premier League is the highest division of Ukrainian annual football championship. As the Supreme League it was founded in 1991 after the fold of the Soviet Union's Vysshaya Liga. In 2008 it was reformed into a more autonomous entity of the Football Federation of Ukraine and changed...
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Teams in italic last season members of the Druha Liha
Ukrainian Second League
The Ukrainian Second League is a professional football league in Ukraine which is part of the Professional Football League of Ukraine. The league is lower than the Ukrainian First League and the lowest level of professional football competitions in the country. Druha Liha is the third level of...
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FC Khimik Sieverodonetsk quit competition at the end of the season and did not reenter in the future.
FC Dynamo-2 Kyiv
FC Dynamo-2 Kyiv
FC Dynamo-2 Kyiv is a Ukrainian football team based in Kiev , Ukraine. The club was inaugurated in 1946. The club has been featured regularly in the Ukrainian First League, since it cannot be promoted to the Ukrainian Premier League, being a reserve team from the FC Dynamo Kyiv franchise...
cannot be promoted.
Top scorers
Statistics are taken from here.- Hennadiy Skydan (Mykolaiv) - 22
- Oleh Hrytsay (CherkasyFC Dnipro CherkasyFC Dnipro Cherkasy was a Ukrainian football team, based in Cherkasy.-History overview:The club was established on 9 May 1955, the 10th anniversary Victory Day. The team kept its professional status for 44 years since acquiring it in 1958 and reacqiured it in 2003 after the short term disruption...
) - 22 - Vadym PlotnikovVadym PlotnikovVadym Vyacheslavovych Plotnikov is a former Ukrainian footballer, and recently was head-coach of FC Stal Alchevsk in the Ukrainian First League .-External links:* Biography...
(StalFC Stal AlchevskFC Stal Alchevsk is a Ukrainian professional football team of the Ukrainian First League that is based in Alchevsk. "Stal" is the Russian for "steel". The name was chosen as the pride for the heavily industrialized region of the country....
) - 21 - Ruslan Zabransky (Mykolaiv) - 17
- Borys Finkel (NyvaFC Nyva VinnytsiaPFC Nyva Vinnytsia is a professional Ukrainian football club based in the city of Vinnytsia. It currently participates in the Ukrainian First League...
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