2004–05 Vyshcha Liha

Vyshcha Liha
Season	2004–05
Champions	Shakhtar Donetsk; 2nd title
Relegated	Obolon Kyiv,; Borysfen Boryspil
Champions League	Shakhtar Donetsk (3rd Qualifying Round); Dynamo Kyiv (2nd Qualifying Round)
UEFA Cup	Metalurh Donetsk (2nd Qualifying Round); Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk (2nd Qualifying Round)
Matches played	240
Goals scored	506 (2.11 per match)
Top goalscorer	(14) - Oleksandr Kosyrin (Chornomorets Odesa)
Biggest home win	(4:0) - Tavriya-Vorskla
Biggest away win	(0:7) - Obolon-Dynamo
Highest scoring	(0:7) - Obolon-Dynamo ; (5:2) Shakhtar-Obolon ; Arsenal-Illichivets
Average attendance	7,391
	← 2003–04 2005–06 →

The 2004–05 Vyshcha Liha season was the fourteenth since its establishment.

The season started on July 15, 2004, with all eight games of the first round. The last day of the competition was June 16, 2005. Shakhtar Donetsk won its second champion's title place ahead of the reigning champions Dynamo that held for the last couple of seasons. The Miners only lost two of their games, one at home to Metalist Kharkiv that had just returned to the top league and another one in Simferopol to Tavriya. Shakhtar also won both of their match-ups with Dynamo Kyiv. The top scorers competition was won by Oleksandr Kosyrin from Chornomorets Odesa who had 14 precise shots on goal.

Illichivets Mariupol was close to qualify for the European competition once again; however, it was not able to convert on the poor playing form of the leading Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk that had a bad stretch at the "finish line".

Both clubs from the Kyiv region, FC Obolon Kyiv and FC Borysfen Boryspil, that performed very well last season were forced into relegation due to their poor performance. Especially, strikingly bad season had Borysfen that won three games.

Teams

Promotions

Zakarpattia Uzhhorod, the winners of the 2003–04 Ukrainian First League – (returning after absence of 2 seasons)
Metalist Kharkiv, the runners-up of the 2003–04 Ukrainian First League – (returning after absence of a seasons)

Location

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

Managers

Club	Coach	Replaced coach
FC Arsenal Kyiv	Oleksandr Baranov
FC Chornomorets Odesa	Semen Altman
FC Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk	Yevhen Kucherevsky
FC Dynamo Kyiv	Yozhef Sabo	Oleksiy Mykhailychenko
FC Volyn Lutsk	Petro Kushlyk	Vitaliy Kvartsiany
FC Borysfen Boryspil	Stepan Matviiv	Oleksandr Ryabokon
FC Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih	Oleksandr Kosevych	Anatoliy Piskovets
FC Metalist Kharkiv	Oleksandr Zavarov	Hennadiy Lytovchenko
FC Metalurh Donetsk	Vitaliy Shevchenko	Slavoljub Muslin
FC Metalurh Zaporizhya	Valeriy Yaremchenko
FC Illichivets Mariupol	Ivan Balan	Mykola Pavlov
FC Shakhtar Donetsk	Mircea Lucescu
SC Tavriya Simferopol	Oleh Fedorchuk	Anatoliy Zayaev
FC Vorskla Poltava	Volodymyr Muntyan
FC Obolon Kyiv	Oleksandr Ryabokon	Petro Slobodyan
FC Zakarpattia Uzhhorod	Viktor Ryashko

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Shakhtar Donetsk (C)	30	26	2	2	63	19	+44	80	Qualification to Champions League third qualifying round
2	Dynamo Kyiv	30	23	4	3	58	14	+44	73	Qualification to Champions League second qualifying round
3	Metalurh Donetsk	30	14	7	9	38	35	+3	49	Qualification to UEFA Cup second qualifying round
4	Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk	30	13	9	8	38	34	+4	48	Qualification to UEFA Cup second qualifying round
5	Illichivets Mariupol	30	12	8	10	38	34	+4	44
6	Chornomorets Odesa	30	12	6	12	29	29	0	42
7	Tavriya Simferopol	30	11	9	10	34	28	+6	42
8	Volyn Lutsk	30	11	7	12	35	37	−2	40
9	Arsenal Kyiv	30	9	10	11	30	33	−3	37
10	Metalurh Zaporizhzhia	30	8	11	11	25	32	−7	35
11	Metalist Kharkiv	30	9	7	14	25	37	−12	34
12	Zakarpattia Uzhhorod	30	7	10	13	21	30	−9	31
13	Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih	30	7	10	13	24	38	−14	31
14	Vorskla-Naftohaz Poltava	30	8	6	16	18	35	−17	30
15	Obolon Kyiv (R)	30	4	9	17	18	43	−25	21	Relegated to Ukrainian First League
16	Borysfen Boryspil (R)	30	3	11	16	15	31	−16	20	Relegated to Ukrainian First League

Source: uafootball.net.ua
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated

Results

Home \ Away	ARK	BOR	CHO	DNI	DYN	ILL	KRY	MET	MDO	MZA	OBO	SHA	TAV	VOL	VOR	ZAK
Arsenal Kyiv	—	2–1	2–1	1–2	0–0	5–2	0–2	0–0	2–1	1–0	1–0	1–1	2–2	1–2	2–0	2–2
Borysfen Boryspil	0–1	—	0–1	1–1	0–0	1–1	0–0	0–1	0–1	1–1	0–0	0–2	0–1	1–0	-:+	1–3
Chornomorets Odesa	1–0	0–1	—	2–0	0–3	0–1	3–1	2–1	1–0	1–0	3–1	1–3	1–0	2–1	1–1	0–0
Dnipro	1–0	0–0	1–0	—	1–2	2–0	2–1	4–2	3–3	1–1	3–0	1–3	3–1	1–0	3–1	0–3
Dynamo Kyiv	1–1	2–0	3–1	2–0	—	2–0	2–0	3–0	1–0	1–2	3–1	0–2	1–0	3–0	1–0	3–0
Illichivets Mariupol	0–0	1–0	2–1	3–0	1–1	—	2–0	1–1	3–0	2–2	1–1	0–1	2–2	1–0	2–0	3–0
Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih	0–3	1–1	0–0	1–2	0–2	0–0	—	3–1	1–1	0–0	1–1	1–2	0–2	0–0	1–0	1–0
Metalist Kharkiv	1–1	3–1	0–1	0–2	0–2	1–0	0–1	—	1–4	0–0	0–1	0–1	1–1	1–0	1–0	1–0
Metalurh Donetsk	1–0	1–3	1–0	2–1	1–2	2–1	1–1	3–1	—	1–0	2–1	1–3	2–1	1–0	2–0	2–0
Metalurh Zaporizhzhia	0–0	2–1	0–2	1–1	0–2	0–2	2–0	1–4	2–0	—	1–0	1–3	1–2	1–1	1–0	1–0
Obolon Kyiv	2–1	0–0	1–1	0–1	0–7	1–2	0–1	0–0	1–1	0–0	—	0–1	0–1	1–2	0–1	0–0
Shakhtar Donetsk	3–0	2–0	1–0	2–0	3–2	4–1	4–2	0–1	3–0	2–1	5–2	—	1–0	3–1	1–0	1–0
Tavriya Simferopol	1–1	2–1	2–2	1–1	0–1	2–0	1–2	1–0	0–0	1–1	0–1	2–1	—	4–1	4–0	+:-
Volyn Lutsk	1–0	0–0	1–0	1–1	0–1	3–2	3–1	4–2	1–2	2–2	1–0	1–3	1–0	—	1–1	3–0
Vorskla-Naftohaz Poltava	3–0	1–1	0–0	0–0	0–3	1–2	2–1	0–1	1–1	1–0	2–1	0–2	1–0	0–2	—	2–0
Zakarpattia Uzhhorod	2–0	1–0	2–1	0–0	1–2	1–0	1–1	0–0	1–1	0–1	1–2	0–0	0–0	2–2	1–0	—

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

Top goal scorers

Kosyrin

Oleksandr Kosyrin	Chornomorets Odesa	14 (4)
Vasyl Sachko	Volyn Lutsk	12
Andrés Augusto Mendoza	Metalurh Donetsk	12 (1)
Brandao	Shakhtar Donetsk	12 (2)
Serhiy Zakarlyuka	Illychivets Mariupol	12 (4)
Maksim Shatskikh	Dynamo Kyiv	11
Diogo Rincón	Dynamo Kyiv	10 (6)
Vasyl Gigiadze	Tavriya Simferopol	9 (1)
Julius Aghahowa	Shakhtar Donetsk	8
Kléber	Dynamo Kyiv	8
Matuzalem	Shakhtar Donetsk	8

External links

ukrsoccerhistory.com - source of information