2002–03 Vyshcha Liha

Vyshcha Liha
Season	2002–03
Champions	Dynamo Kyiv
Relegated	Metalist Kharkiv Oleksandriia
Champions League	Dynamo Kyiv Shakhtar Donetsk
UEFA Cup	Metalurh Donetsk Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk
Matches played	240
Top goalscorer	(22) Maksim Shatskikh (Dynamo Kyiv)
Biggest home win	Dynamo - Vorskla 8:0
Biggest away win	Metalurh Zp - Arsenal 0:5
Highest scoring	Arsenal - Volyn 8:1 Volyn - Dnipro 4:5
← 2001–02 2003–04 →

The 2002–03 Vyshcha Liha season was the 12th since its establishment. FC Shakhtar Donetsk were the defending champions.

Teams

Promotions

Volyn-1 Lutsk, the winners of the 2001–02 Ukrainian First League – (returning after absence of 6 seasons)
Chornomorets Odesa, the runners-up of the 2001–02 Ukrainian First League – (returning after absence of 2 seasons)
Obolon Kyiv, the third placed of the 2001–02 Ukrainian First League – (debut)

Renamed

On 22 July 2002 SC Volyn-1 Lutsk changed its name to FC Volyn Lutsk.
17 December 2002 FC Metalurh Mariupol changed its name to FC Illichivets Mariupol.
25 February 2003 FC Polihraftekhnika Oleksandriya changed its name to FC Oleksandriya.

Location

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

Final standings

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Comments
1	Dynamo Kyiv (C)	30	23	4	3	66	20	+46	73	CL 3rd Qualifying Round
2	Shakhtar Donetsk	30	22	4	4	61	24	+37	70	CL 2nd Qualifying Round
3	Metalurh Donetsk	30	18	6	6	44	26	+18	60	UC 1st Round
4	Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk	30	18	5	7	48	27	+21	59	UC Qualifying Round
5	Arsenal Kyiv	30	16	8	6	49	24	+25	56
6	Volyn Lutsk	30	12	5	13	37	44	−7	41
7	Karpaty Lviv	30	9	9	12	29	37	−8	36
8	Chornomorets Odessa	30	10	4	16	31	45	−14	34
9	Tavriya Simferopol	30	9	7	14	36	50	−14	34
10	Illychivets Mariupol	30	8	10	12	34	38	−4	34
11	Vorskla Poltava	30	8	8	14	26	41	−15	32
12	Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih	30	8	7	15	25	37	−12	31
13	FC Oleksandriia (DQ)	30	7	9	14	26	43	−17	30	Withdrew^[1]
14	Obolon Kyiv	30	7	7	16	32	45	−13	28
15	Metalurh Zaporizhzhya	30	6	8	16	22	41	−19	26	Avoided relegation
16	Metalist Kharkiv (R)	30	6	5	19	19	43	−24	23	Persha Liha

Top goal scorers

Maksim Shatskikh	Dynamo Kyiv	22(1)
Oleksiy Byelik	Shakhtar Donetsk	21
Oleh Venhlynskyi	Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk	19
Shalva Apkhazava	Arsenal Kyiv	14
Oleksandr Haidash	Tavriya Simferopol	12
Vyacheslav Tereschenko	Obolon Kyiv	12(1)
Diogo Rincon	Dynamo Kyiv	10
Vasil Gigiadze	Tavriya Simferopol	10(4)
Samir Aliyev	Volyn Lutsk	9(1)
Serhiy Zakarlyuka	Metalurh Donetsk	9(1)
Oleksandr Kosyrin	Chornomorets Odessa	9(2)

References

↑ Information at liga zakon.

External links

ukrsoccerhistory.com - source of information

Ukrainian Premier League seasons

Vyshcha Liha	1992 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–2000 2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08

Premier League	2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16 2016–17

Golden matches	1992 Tavria v Dynamo 2006 Shakhtar v Dynamo

2002–03 in European football (UEFA)

« 2001–02 2003–04 »

Domestic leagues	Albania Andorra Armenia '02 '03 Austria Azerbaijan Belarus '02 '03 Belgium Bosnia and Herzegovina Bulgaria Croatia Cyprus Czech Republic Denmark England Estonia '02 '03 Faroe Islands '02 '03 Finland '02 '03 France Georgia Germany Greece Hungary Iceland '02 '03 Israel Italy Kazakhstan '02 '03 Latvia '02 '03 Lithuania '02 '03 Luxembourg Macedonia Malta Moldova Netherlands Northern Ireland Norway '02 '03 Poland Portugal Republic of Ireland Romania Russia '02 '03 San Marino Scotland Serbia and Montenegro Slovakia Slovenia Spain Sweden '02 '03 Switzerland Turkey Ukraine Wales

Domestic cups	Albania Andorra Armenia Austria Azerbaijan Belarus Belgium Bosnia and Herzegovina Bulgaria Croatia Cyprus Czech Republic Denmark England Estonia Faroe Islands '02 '03 Finland '02 '03 France Georgia Germany Greece Hungary Iceland '02 '03 Israel Italy Kazakhstan '02 '03 Latvia '02 '03 Liechtenstein Lithuania Luxembourg Macedonia Malta Moldova Netherlands Northern Ireland Norway '02 '03 Poland Portugal Republic of Ireland Romania Russia San Marino Scotland Serbia and Montenegro Slovakia Slovenia Spain Sweden '02 '03 Switzerland Turkey Ukraine Wales

League cups	England Finland '02 '03 France Germany Iceland '02 '03 Israel Northern Ireland Scotland Wales

UEFA competitions	Champions League (Qualifying phase, Group stage, 2nd Group stage, knockout stage, Final) UEFA Cup (Qualifying round, First round, Second round, Final phase, Final) Intertoto Cup Super Cup

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