| Season | 1999–2000 |
|---|---|
| Dates | 12 July 1999 – 20 June 2000 4 December 1999 – 18 March 2000 (winter break) |
| Champions | Dynamo Kyiv 8th title |
| Relegated | Chornomorets Odesa Zirka Kirovohrad Prykarpattya Ivano-Frankivsk |
| Champions League | Dynamo Kyiv Shakhtar Donetsk |
| UEFA Cup | Vorskla Poltava Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih |
| Matches | 240 |
| Top goalscorer | (20)Maksim Shatskikh (Dynamo) |
| Biggest home win | Dynamo - Prykarpattia 6:0 |
| Biggest away win | Metalist - Dynamo 0:5 |
| Highest scoring | Zirka - Shakhtar 2:6 |
2000–01 → | |
The1999–2000 Vyshcha Liha season was the 9th top-level football club competition since its establishment and the 4th since the establishment of theProfessional Football League (PFL).FC Dynamo Kyiv were the defending champions.
The competitions started in just over three weeks after the completion of the previous1998–99 season, which ended on June 25, 1999. At the same time, the mid-season winter break lasted over three months.
It was planned to reduce the number of participants to 14 for next season; therefore, three teams were scheduled to be relegated this season.
This season, the Vyshcha Liha remained at 16 teams.
The following stadiums are regarded as home grounds:
| Rank | Stadium | Place | Club | Capacity | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Olimpiyskyi NSC | Kyiv | CSKA Kyiv | 83,450 | used as home ground in 2 match(es) |
| 2 | ChMP | Odesa | Chornomorets Odesa | 43,000 | |
| 3 | Metalist | Kharkiv | Metalist Kharkiv | 32,000 | |
| 4 | Shakhtar | Donetsk | Shakhtar Donetsk | 31,545 | |
| Metalurh Donetsk | used as home ground in 4 match(es) | ||||
| 5 | Meteor | Dnipropetrovsk | Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk | 30,000 | |
| 6 | Metalurh | Kryvyi Rih | Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih | 29,783 | |
| 7 | Ukraina | Lviv | Karpaty Lviv | 28,051 | |
| 8 | Lokomotyv | Simferopol | Tavriya Simferopol | 26,000 | |
| 9 | Metalurh | Zaporizhia | Metalurh Zaporizhia | 25,000 | |
| 10 | Vorskla | Poltava | Vorskla Poltava | 24,795 | |
| 11 | Miskyi | Ternopil | Nyva Ternopil | 17,000 | |
| 12 | SKA | Lviv | Karpaty Lviv | 17,000 | used as home ground in 4 match(es) |
| 13 | Dynamo | Kyiv | Dynamo Kyiv | 16,873 | |
| 14 | Rukh | Ivano-Frankivsk | Prykarpattia Ivano-Frankivsk | 15,000 | |
| 15 | Zirka | Kirovohrad | Zirka Kirovohrad | 14,628 | |
| 16 | CSK ZSU | Kyiv | CSKA Kyiv | 12,000 | |
| 17 | Avanhard | Makiivka | Shakhtar Donetsk | 10,000 | used as home ground in 1 match(es) |
| 18 | Azovstal | Mariupol | Metalurh Mariupol | 9,000 | |
| 19 | Mashynobudivnyk | Druzhkivka | Metalurh Donetsk | 5,000 | used as home ground in 1 match(es) |
| 20 | 125-richia DMZ | Donetsk | Metalurh Donetsk | 4,000 |
| Team | Outgoing head coach | Manner of departure | Date of vacancy | Table | Incoming head coach | Date of appointment |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| FC Nyva Ternopil | pre-season | |||||
| FC Karpaty Lviv | pre-season | |||||
| Shakhtar Donetsk | Resigned | 5 October 1999[1] | 7th | 5 October 1999[2][3][4][5] |
| 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 toChampions League third qualifying round |
| 2 | Shakhtar Donetsk | 30 | 21 | 3 | 6 | 60 | 16 | +44 | 66 | Qualification toChampions League second qualifying round |
| 3 | Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih[a] | 30 | 18 | 6 | 6 | 54 | 30 | +24 | 60 | Qualification toUEFA Cup first round |
| 4 | Vorskla Poltava | 30 | 14 | 7 | 9 | 50 | 34 | +16 | 49 | Qualification toUEFA Cup qualifying round |
| 5 | Metalist Kharkiv | 30 | 12 | 8 | 10 | 41 | 39 | +2 | 44[b] | |
| 6 | Metalurh Zaporizhzhia | 30 | 12 | 8 | 10 | 43 | 35 | +8 | 44[b] | |
| 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[c] | |
| 14 | Prykarpattya Ivano-Frankivsk(R) | 30 | 7 | 8 | 15 | 27 | 47 | −20 | 29[c] | Relegated toUkrainian 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 |
| Home \ Away | CHO | CSK | DNI | DYN | KAR | KRY | MET | MDO | MTM | MZA | NVT | PRY | SHA | TAV | VOR | ZIR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chornomorets Odesa | — | 2–0 | -:+[a] | 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[b] | — | 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[c] | 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[d] | 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[e] | 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 | — |
