The 1999–2000 Vyshcha Liha season was the 9th since its establishment. FC Dynamo Kyiv were the defending champions.

Vyshcha Liha
Season1999–2000
ChampionsDynamo Kyiv
8th title
RelegatedChornomorets Odesa
Zirka Kirovohrad
Prykarpattya Ivano-Frankivsk
Champions LeagueDynamo Kyiv
Shakhtar Donetsk
UEFA CupVorskla Poltava
Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih
Matches played240
Top goalscorer(20) Maksim Shatskikh (Dynamo)
Biggest home winDynamo - Prykarpattia 6:0
Biggest away winMetalist - Dynamo 0:5
Highest scoringZirka - Shakhtar 2:6

Teams

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Promotions

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Note: the 1998–99 Ukrainian First League was won by the second team of Dynamo Kyiv, FC Dynamo-2 Kyiv, which could not be promoted. The third placed team FC Torpedo Zaporizhzhia was originally also had to be promoted, but due to its financial situation it filed for bankruptcy. Because of the situation with Torpedo, the Professional Football League of Ukraine scheduled a playoff game which was won by Prykarpattia.

Location

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Managers

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Club Coach Replaced coach Home stadium
FC Dynamo Kyiv   Valery Lobanovsky Dynamo Stadium
FC Shakhtar Donetsk   Viktor Prokopenko   Anatoliy Byshovets 8 games
  Oleksiy Drozdenko 6 games
Shakhtar Stadium
FC Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih   Oleh Taran Metalurh Stadium
FC Vorskla Poltava   Anatoliy Konkov Vorskla Stadium
FC Metalist Kharkiv   Mykhailo Fomenko Metalist Stadium
FC Metalurh Zaporizhzhia   Myron Markevych Metalurh Stadium
FC Metalurh Donetsk   Semen Altman   Mykhailo Sokolovskyi 5 games Donetsk Metallurgical Factory Stadium
FC Metalurh Mariupol   Mykola Pavlov Azovets Stadium
FC Karpaty Lviv   Lev Brovarskyi SKA Stadium
Ukraina Stadium
FC CSKA Kyiv   Volodymyr Bezsonov Olimpiyskiy National Sports Complex
CSK ZSU Stadium
FC Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk   Mykola Fedorenko   Leonid Koltun 2 games Meteor Stadium
FC Nyva Ternopil   Valeriy Bohuslavskyi City Stadium
SC Tavriya Simferopol   Volodymyr Muntian   Anatoliy Korobochka the first half Lokomotyv Stadium
FC Prykarpattia Ivano-Frankivsk   Serhiy Morozov   Ihor Yavorskyi 12 games
  Anatoliy Boyko 2 games
Rukh Stadium
FC Chornomorets Odesa   Anatoliy Azarenkov   Oleksandr Holokolosov 7 games
  Valeriy Melnyk 2 games
Black Sea Shipping Stadium
FC Zirka Kirovohrad   Yuriy Koval   Oleksandr Ischenko 5 games Zirka Stadium

Managerial changes

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Team Outgoing head coach Manner of departure Date of vacancy Table Incoming head coach Date of appointment Table
FC Nyva Ternopil   Ihor Yurchenko pre-season   Valeriy Bohuslavsky pre-season
FC Karpaty Lviv   Stepan Yurchyshyn pre-season   Lev Brovarsky pre-season

League table

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Dynamo Kyiv[a] (C) 30 27 3 0 85 18 +67 84 Qualification to Champions League third qualifying round
2 Shakhtar Donetsk 30 21 3 6 60 16 +44 66 Qualification to Champions League second qualifying round
3 Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih[a] 30 18 6 6 54 30 +24 60 Qualification to UEFA Cup first round
4 Vorskla Poltava 30 14 7 9 50 34 +16 49 Qualification to UEFA Cup qualifying round
5 Metalist Kharkiv 30 12 8 10 41 39 +2 44
6 Metalurh Zaporizhzhia 30 12 8 10 43 35 +8 44
7 Metalurh Donetsk 30 11 10 9 39 35 +4 43
8 Metalurh Mariupol 30 13 3 14 49 48 +1 42
9 Karpaty Lviv 30 12 4 14 39 38 +1 40
10 CSKA Kyiv 30 9 8 13 31 36 −5 35
11 Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk 30 8 9 13 26 52 −26 33
12 Nyva Ternopil 30 7 10 13 40 57 −17 31
13 Tavriya Simferopol 30 7 8 15 32 51 −19 29
14 Prykarpattya Ivano-Frankivsk (R) 30 7 8 15 27 47 −20 29 Relegated to Ukrainian First League
15 Chornomorets Odesa (R) 30 6 8 16 20 50 −30 26
16 Zirka Kirovohrad (R) 30 0 9 21 16 66 −50 9
Source: uafootball.net.ua
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated
Notes:
  1. ^ a b Participant of the 2000 Ukrainian Cup Final

Results

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Home \ Away CHO CSK DNI DYN KAR KRY MET MDO MTM MZA NVT PRY SHA TAV VOR ZIR
Chornomorets Odesa 2–0 -:+ 2–2 0–0 2–0 0–1 0–1 3–4 1–0 1–0 0–0 0–3 1–2 1–1 1–0
CSKA Kyiv 3–0 3–0 0–3 2–3 1–2 0–1 1–0 1–1 1–0 0–0 2–1 1–0 3–0 1–1 3–0
Dnipro 1–1 2–1 0–2 1–1 1–0 1–0 0–1 1–0 0–2 1–1 1–1 1–2 1–0 2–1 2–0
Dynamo Kyiv 4–1 3–1 4–0 3–0 2–1 2–1 1–0 6–1 2–0 4–1 6–0 2–1 2–0 3–0 3–0
Karpaty Lviv 5–0 1–0 4–0 2–3 1–0 1–1 1–1 3–1 1–0 0–1 0–1 1–0 0–1 3–1 3–0
Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih 2–0 2–1 2–2 1–1 2–1 2–0 0–0 2–1 1–0 5–1 3–0 1–0 2–1 4–0 3–1
Metalist Kharkiv 1–1 2–0 2–1 0–5 1–0 1–1 2–1 2–0 0–0 5–2 2–0 0–1 2–1 2–1 4–0
Metalurh Donetsk 4–0 0–0 5–1 0–4 2–1 0–0 1–1 2–1 2–1 3–2 4–1 2–3 0–0 2–3 2–0
Metalurh Mariupol 5–0 2–0 3–2 2–3 1–0 0–2 3–1 4–1 1–1 2–1 2–0 1–2 4–1 2–1 3–0
Metalurh Zaporizhzhia 2–0 2–2 6–1 0–3 3–1 1–2 1–1 1–1 2–1 4–0 2–2 1–0 3–2 3–1 2–0
Nyva Ternopil 3–1 2–2 1–1 0–1 1–2 3–3 2–1 3–0 2–1 0–3 3–1 1–1 1–1 1–1 3–0
Prykarpattya Ivano-Frankivsk 1–0 0–0 1–1 1–2 3–1 1–3 2–1 1–1 3–0 0–0 2–1 0–2 0–2 0–1 4–2
Shakhtar Donetsk 0–1 3–0 2–0 0–0 4–0 3–1 3–1 2–0 3–0 4–0 5–0 1–0 2–0 0–0 1–0
Tavriya Simferopol 1–1 1–2 1–1 1–3 4–1 2–4 2–2 1–1 1–0 1–2 1–1 1–0 0–3 0–3 2–0
Vorskla Poltava 4–0 2–0 4–0 1–2 1–0 3–0 3–1 0–0 1–1 3–0 4–2 2–0 0–3 4–0 1–1
Zirka Kirovohrad 0–0 0–0 1–1 1–4 0–2 0–3 2–2 0–2 1–2 1–1 1–1 1–1 2–6 2–2 0–2
Source: uafootball.net.ua
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Top goalscorers

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Shatskikh
  Maksim Shatskikh Dynamo Kyiv 20 (1)
  Ivan Hetsko Karpaty Lviv / Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih 19 (1) (10 goals for Karpaty Lviv)
  Serhii Rebrov Dynamo Kyiv 18 (6)
  Andriy Vorobei Shakhtar Donetsk 15 (1)
  Kostyantyn Babych Metalurh Mariupol 12
  Avtandil Kapanadze Nyva Ternopil 12
  Hennady Zubov Shakhtar Donetsk 12 (4)
  Oleksandr Haidash Tavriya Simferopol / Metalurh Mariupol 10
  Volodymyr Maziar Vorskla Poltava 10
  Viktor Ivanenko Metalist Kharkiv 10 (3)
  Hennadiy Moroz Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih 10 (6)
Notable Transfers
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