Season: | 2007–08 |
Winners: | Shakhtar Donetsk 4th title |
Continentalcup1 Qualifiers: | Shakhtar Donetsk (3rd Qualifying Round) Dynamo Kyiv (2nd Qualifying Round) |
Continentalcup2 Qualifiers: | Metalist Kharkiv (1st Round) Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk (2nd Qualifying Round) |
Continentalcup3 Qualifiers: | Tavriya Simferopol (2nd Round) |
League Topscorer: | Marko Dević (19) (Metalist Kharkiv) |
Biggest Home Win: | Arsenal - Zakarpattia 7:0 |
Biggest Away Win: | numerous games 0:3 and 1:4 |
Highest Scoring: | Dynamo - Karpaty 7:3 |
Matches: | 240 |
Total Goals: | 581 |
Nextseason: | 2008–09 |
The 2007–08 Vyshcha Liha season was the seventeenth since its establishment. This season of the championship was sponsored by Biola which became the title sponsor replacing Soyuz-Viktan. The competition began on 17 July 2007 and ended on 18 May 2008. 16 teams participated in the competition, 14 of which contested in the 2006–07 season, and two of which (Zakarpattia Uzhhorod and Naftovyk-Ukrnafta Okhtyrka) were promoted from the Ukrainian First League (the league immediately below the Ukrainian Premier League). Dynamo Kyiv was the defending champions. Also, it was the last season of the top tier being part of the Professional Football League of Ukraine before separating into the Ukrainian Premier League and rebranding from Vyshcha Liha (Higher League).
The winner of the competition became Shakhtar Donetsk with 74 points, followed by Dynamo Kyiv with 71 points. Metalist, which placed right behind Shakhtar and Dynamo, had its awards stripped for match fixing. The top goalscorer of the season was Marko Dević from Metalist Kharkiv with 19 goals, 6 of which were penalties. The spot for the second highest goalscorer with 17 goals was a three-way tie between Oleksandr Hladky from Shakhtar Donetsk, Yevhen Seleznyov from Arsenal Kyiv (on loan from Shakhtar), and Oleksandr Kosyrin from Metalurh Donetsk.
Two teams were promoted from the 2006-07 Ukrainian First League.
Naftovyk and Zakarpattia replaced Illichivets Mariupol (after a 10-year topflight spell) and Stal Alchevsk (a couple of seasons), both of which were relegated to the 2007-08 Ukrainian First League.
The following stadiums were used as home grounds during the season:
width=60 | Rank | width=180 | Stadium | width=75 | Capacity[2] | width=200 | Club | Notes |
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1 | 83,450 | Played last 6 games | ||||||
2 | 34,362 | Annual venue for the Ukrainian Super Cup | ||||||
3 | 31,718 | |||||||
4 | 29,783 | Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih | ||||||
5 | 28,051 | Renovations are taking place | ||||||
6 | 25,831 | |||||||
7 | 25,000 | FC Kharkiv played against Dynamo and Zorya | ||||||
8 | 24,381 | |||||||
9 | 22,757 | Temporarily in emergency conditions | ||||||
10 | 22,320 | |||||||
11 | 19,978 | |||||||
12 | 16,873 | FC Arsenal Kyiv its first 9 games here | ||||||
13 | 12,000 | |||||||
14 | 11,983 | |||||||
15 | 6,000 | Metalist played three games here including one against Kharkiv, Kharkiv played here its home game against Vorskla | ||||||
16 | 5,256 |
See also: List of football stadiums in Ukraine.