Wyschtscha Liha 2002/03

Wyschtscha Liha 2002/03
master	Dynamo Kiev
Champions League qualification	Dynamo Kiev Shakhtar Donetsk
Uefa cup	Metalurh Donetsk
UEFA Cup qualification	Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk
Cup winners	Dynamo Kiev
Relegated	Metalist Kharkiv FK Oleksandrija
Teams	16
Games	240
Gates	585  (ø 2.44 per game)
spectator	1,779,150  (ø 7413 per game)
Top scorer	Maksim Shatskix (Dynamo Kiev)
← Wyschtscha Liha 2001/02 Wyschtscha Liha 2003/04 →
Perscha Liha 2002/03 ↓

The Wyschtscha Liha 2002/03 ( Ukrainian Вища ліга ) was the 12th edition of the highest Ukrainian league in men's football . The season started on July 7, 2002 and ended on June 18, 2003.

mode

The league has grown to sixteen teams this season. They played against each other twice on a total of 30 match days, divided into a first half and a second half.

Dynamo Kiev won the tenth championship ahead of defending champions Shakhtar Donetsk. The bottom of the table was relegated to the Perscha Liha . Metalurh Zaporizhia was able to keep the league after FK Oleksandrija went bankrupt.

societies

Kiev Donetsk Dnipro Lviv Simferopol Poltava Kryvyi Rih Zaporizhia Mariupol Kharkiv Oleksandrija Odessa Lutsk

Associations of the Wyschtscha Liha 2002/03

society	city	Stadion	capacity
Arsenal Kiev	Kiev	Kiev Olympic Stadium	83,450
Obolon Kiev	Kiev	Kiev Olympic Stadium	83,450
Metalist Kharkiv	Kharkiv	Metalist Stadium	38,633
Shakhtar Donetsk	Donetsk	Shakhtar Central Stadium	31,718
Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih	Kryvyi Rih	Metalurh Stadium	29,783
Chornomorets Odessa	Odessa	Chornomorets Central Stadium	28.164
Karpaty Lviv	Lviv	Ukrajina Stadium	28.051
Vorskla Poltava	Poltava	Worskla Stadium	24,586
Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk	Dnepropetrovsk	Meteor Stadium	24,381
Tavriya Simferopol	Simferopol	RSC Lokomotiv Stadium	19,978
Dynamo Kiev	Kiev	Valery Lobanovsky Stadium	16,873
Illichivets Mariupol	Mariupol	Illichivets Stadium	12,680
Metalurh Zaporizhia	Zaporizhia	Zaporizhia Central Stadium	11,983
Volyn Lutsk	Lutsk	Awanhard Stadium	10,792
PFK Oleksandrija	Oleksandrija	KSC Nika	05,692
Metalurh Donetsk	Donetsk	Metalurh Stadium	05,094

Closing table

Pl.	society	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Points
1.	Dynamo Kiev	30th	23	4th	3	066:200	+46	73
2.	Shakhtar Donetsk (M, P)	30th	22nd	4th	4th	061:240	+37	70
3.	Metalurh Donetsk	30th	18th	6th	6th	044:260	+18	60
4th	Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk	30th	18th	5	7th	048:270	+21	59
5.	Arsenal Kiev	30th	16	8th	6th	049:240	+25	56
6th	Volyn Lutsk (N)	30th	12	5	13	037:440	−7	41
7th	Karpaty Lviv	30th	9	9	12	029:370	−8	36
8th.	Chornomorets Odessa (N)	30th	10	4th	16	031:450	−14	34
9.	Tavriya Simferopol	30th	9	7th	14th	036:500	−14	34
10.	Illichivets Mariupol	30th	8th	10	12	034:380	−4	34
11.	Vorskla Poltava	30th	8th	8th	14th	026:410	−15	32
12.	Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih	30th	8th	7th	15th	025:370	−12	31
13.	PFK Oleksandrija	30th	7th	9	14th	026:430	−17	30th
14th	Obolon Kiev (N)	30th	7th	7th	16	032:450	−13	28
15th	Metalurh Zaporizhia	30th	6th	8th	16	022:410	−19	26th
16.	Metalist Kharkiv	30th	6th	5	19th	019:430	−24	23

Placement criteria: 1st points - 2nd direct comparison (points, goal difference, goals scored) - 3rd goal difference - 4th goals scored

Ukrainian champion and participation in the third qualifying round of the 2003/04 UEFA Champions League

Participation in the second qualifying round for the 2003/04 UEFA Champions League

Participation in the first round of the 2003/04 UEFA Cup

Participation in the qualifying round of the 2003/04 UEFA Cup

insolvency

Relegated to the Perscha Liha in 2003/04

(M)	reigning Ukrainian champion
(P)	reigning Ukrainian cup winner
(N)	Newcomers from the Perscha Liha

Crosstab

2002/03
Dynamo Kiev		2: 1	2-0	1-0	3: 1	3: 1	2-0	2-0	4: 1	2-0	8-0	1-0	2-0	5: 3	5: 2	4: 2
Shakhtar Donetsk	1-0		3: 1	2-0	3-0	1: 3	4-0	2-0	5: 2	4: 2	0-0	1: 1	5-0	2: 1	2-0	2-0
Metalurh Donetsk	1-0	0: 2		1: 3	1: 2	2: 1	1: 1	2-0	2-0	2-0	2-0	2: 1	1-0	2: 1	1: 1	3: 2
Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk	2: 2	0: 3	4: 1		0-0	2-0	2-0	0-0	2-0	1-0	1-0	3-0	1: 1	4: 2	1-0	2-0
Arsenal Kiev	0: 1	0-0	1: 3	0: 3		8: 1	1: 1	1-0	5-0	2-0	2: 1	2: 1	5: 1	2-0	0-0	1-0
Volyn Lutsk	1-0	2-0	1: 1	4: 5	0: 1		0: 1	2: 2	1-0	2: 1	0-0	2-0	1-0	2: 1	0: 2	2-0
Karpaty Lviv	0-0	2: 4	0-0	1-0	1: 2	0: 2		2: 1	3: 1	1: 1	3-0	0-0	3: 2	0: 1	1-0	2-0
Chornomorets Odessa	1: 4	2-0	0: 1	0: 1	1: 3	2-0	1: 1		2-0	3: 2	2: 2	0: 2	2: 1	0: 2	1-0	1-0
Tavriya Simferopol	1: 2	3: 3	0: 2	3: 2	1-0	1: 1	1-0	2-0		0-0	3: 2	4: 2	3: 1	3: 1	1: 1	2-0
Illichivets Mariupol	0: 1	2: 4	1: 1	2-0	0-0	3: 2	2: 3	2-0	2-0		4: 1	2-0	1: 1	2: 1	1: 1	1: 1
Vorskla Poltava	1: 2	1: 2	0-0	2-0	1: 1	0: 1	3-0	1: 2	1-0	1: 1		2: 1	2: 1	0-0	2-0	1-0
Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih	0-0	0: 1	0: 2	1: 1	0: 1	0: 1	2: 1	2: 4	2: 1	2-0	2: 1		1: 1	1-0	0-0	1-0
PFK Oleksandrija	0: 2	0: 1	0: 2	0: 1	0-0	3: 2	0-0	2: 1	1: 1	1-0	2-0	0-0		1-0	2: 1	1: 1
Obolon Kiev	1: 1	0: 1	0: 3	1: 3	0: 2	1: 1	2: 1	4: 1	1: 1	0-0	1-0	0: 1	2: 2		2-0	3: 1
Metalurh Zaporizhia	0: 3	0: 1	0: 1	0: 2	0: 5	1-0	1: 1	1: 2	1: 1	1: 1	0: 1	2: 1	2: 1	2-0		2-0
Metalist Kharkiv	0: 2	0: 1	0: 3	0: 2	1: 1	3: 1	1-0	1-0	1-0	0: 1	0-0	2: 1	0: 1	1: 1	2: 1

The championship team from Dynamo Kiev

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Dynamo Kiev

Goal : Witalij Rewa (15 / -), Oleksandr Schowkowskyj (15 / -) Defense : Andrij Nesmantschnyj (29 / -), Goran Gavrančić (23/4), Jurij Dmytrulin (19/1), Serhij Fedorow (17/4), László Bodnár (14 / -), Goran Sablić 14 / -), Olexandr Holowko (8 / -), Wladyslaw Waschtschuk (5 / -), Olexandr Radtschenko (1 / -) Midfield : Andrij Hussin (28/1), Tiberiu Ghioane (25/2), Florin Cernat (24/6), Valjanzin Bjalkewitsch (23/3), Georgi Peew (22 / -), Aljaksandr Chazkewitsch (18/4), Jerko Leko (18/3), Badr El Kaddouri (4 / -), Oleksandr Aliyev (2 / -), Ihor Skoba (2 / -), Olexandr Jazenko (1 / -), Vitaly Lysyzkyj (1 / -) Storm : Maksim Shatskix (29/22), Diogó Rincon (23/10), Olexandr Melashchenko (13/2), Lucky Idahor (8 / -), Artem Milewskyj (6/1), Leandro Machado (5 / -) Coach : Oleksiy Mychajlychenko

List of goalscorers

Pl.	Surname	team	Gates
1.	Maksim Shatskix	Dynamo Kiev	22nd
2.	Oleksiy Bjelik	Shakhtar Donetsk	21st
3.	Oleh Wenhlynskyj	Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk	19th
4th	Schalwa Apchasawa	Arsenal Kiev	14th
5.	Olexandr Haidasch	Tavriya Simferopol	12
	Vyacheslav Tereshchenko	FK Obolon Kiev
7th	Diogó Rincon	Dynamo Kiev	10
	Wasil Gigiadze	Tavriya Simferopol

Web links

• Results with goal scorers ukranianfootball.narod.ru (ukrainian)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Ukraine 2002/03. In: wildstat.com. Retrieved January 20, 2017 .