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(Top) 1 Teams 1.1 Promotions 1.2 Renamed 1.3 Location 2 League table 3 Results 4 Top goal scorers 5 References 6 External links

2002–03 Vyshcha Liha

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Vyshcha Liha
Season	2002–03
Champions	Dynamo Kyiv 10th title
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

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Promotions

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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

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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

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

League table

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Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Dynamo Kyiv (C)	30	23	4	3	66	20	+46	73	Qualification to Champions League third qualifying round
2	Shakhtar Donetsk	30	22	4	4	61	24	+37	70	Qualification to Champions League second qualifying round
3	Metalurh Donetsk	30	18	6	6	44	26	+18	60	Qualification to UEFA Cup first round
4	Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk	30	18	5	7	48	27	+21	59	Qualification to UEFA Cup 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 Odesa	30	10	4	16	31	45	−14	34
9	Tavriya Simferopol	30	9	7	14	36	50	−14	34
10	Illichivets 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	PFC Oleksandriya (D)	30	7	9	14	26	43	−17	30	Withdrew^[1]
14	Obolon Kyiv	30	7	7	16	32	45	−13	28
15	Metalurh Zaporizhzhia	30	6	8	16	22	41	−19	26	Avoided relegation
16	Metalist Kharkiv (R)	30	6	5	19	19	43	−24	23	Relegated to Ukrainian First League

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

Results

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Home \ Away	ARK	CHO	DNI	DYN	ILL	KAR	KRY	MET	MDO	MZA	OBO	OLK	SHA	TAV	VOL	VOR
Arsenal Kyiv	—	1–0	0–3	0–1	2–0	1–1	2–1	1–0	1–3	0–0	2–0	5–1	0–0	5–0	8–1	2–1
Chornomorets Odesa	1–3	—	0–1	1–4	3–2	1–1	0–2	1–0	0–1	1–0	0–2	2–1	2–0	2–0	2–0	2–2
Dnipro	0–0	0–0	—	2–2	1–0	2–0	3–0	2–0	4–1	1–0	4–2	1–1	0–3	2–0	2–0	1–0
Dynamo Kyiv	3–1	2–0	1–0	—	2–0	2–0	1–0	4–2	2–0	5–2	5–3	2–0	2–1	4–1	3–1	8–0
Illichivets Mariupol	0–0	2–0	2–0	0–1	—	2–3	2–0	1–1	1–1	1–1	2–1	1–1	2–4	2–0	3–2	4–1
Karpaty Lviv	1–2	2–1	1–0	0–0	1–1	—	0–0	2–0	0–0	1–0	0–1	3–2	2–4	3–1	0–2	3–0
Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih	0–1	2–4	1–1	0–0	2–0	2–1	—	1–0	0–2	0–0	1–0	1–1	0–1	2–1	0–1	2–1
Metalist Kharkiv	1–1	1–0	0–2	0–2	0–1	1–0	2–1	—	0–3	2–1	1–1	0–1	0–1	1–0	3–1	0–0
Metalurh Donetsk	1–2	2–0	1–3	1–0	2–0	1–1	2–1	3–2	—	1–1	2–1	1–0	0–2	2–0	2–1	2–0
Metalurh Zaporizhzhia	0–5	1–2	0–2	0–3	1–1	1–1	2–1	2–0	0–1	—	2–0	2–1	0–1	1–1	1–0	0–1
Obolon Kyiv	0–2	4–1	1–3	1–1	0–0	2–1	0–1	3–1	0–3	2–0	—	2–2	0–1	1–1	1–1	1–0
PFC Oleksandriya	0–0	2–1	0–1	0–2	1–0	0–0	0–0	1–1	0–2	2–1	1–0	—	0–1	1–1	3–2	2–0
Shakhtar Donetsk	3–0	2–0	2–0	1–0	4–2	4–0	1–1	2–0	3–1	2–0	2–1	5–0	—	5–2	1–3	0–0
Tavriya Simferopol	1–0	2–0	3–2	1–2	0–0	1–0	4–2	2–0	0–2	1–1	3–1	3–1	3–3	—	1–1	3–2
Volyn Lutsk	0–1	2–2	4–5	1–0	2–1	0–1	2–0	2–0	1–1	0–2	2–1	1–0	2–0	1–0	—	0–0
Vorskla Poltava	1–1	1–2	2–0	1–2	1–1	3–0	2–1	1–0	0–0	2–0	0–0	2–1	1–2	1–0	0–1	—

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

Top goal scorers

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Shatskikh

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 Odesa	9(2)

References

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^ Information at liga zakon.

External links

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ukrsoccerhistory.com - source of information

Ukrainian Premier League

List of Ukrainian football champions

Seasons

Vyshcha Liha

Premier League

2024–25 teams

Former teams

Active
(lower leagues)

Defunct
(or amateur)

Winners

Golden matches

Statistics

v t e 2002–03 in European men's football (UEFA)
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 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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