| Season | 2004–05 |
|---|---|
| Champions | Shakhtar Donetsk 2nd title |
| Runner up | Dynamo Kyiv |
| 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 | 240 |
| Goals | 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 |
2005–06 → | |
The2004–05 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. TheMiners only lost two of their games, one at home toMetalist Kharkiv that had just returned to the top league and another one inSimferopol toTavriya. Shakhtar also won both of their match-ups withDynamo Kyiv. The top scorers competition was won byOleksandr Kosyrin fromChornomorets 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 leadingDnipro Dnipropetrovsk that had a bad stretch at the "finish line".
Both clubs from theKyiv region,FC Obolon Kyiv andFC 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.
| 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 toChampions League third qualifying round |
| 2 | Dynamo Kyiv | 30 | 23 | 4 | 3 | 58 | 14 | +44 | 73 | Qualification toChampions League second qualifying round |
| 3 | Metalurh Donetsk | 30 | 14 | 7 | 9 | 38 | 35 | +3 | 49 | Qualification toUEFA Cup second qualifying round |
| 4 | Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk | 30 | 13 | 9 | 8 | 38 | 34 | +4 | 48 | |
| 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 toUkrainian First League |
| 16 | Borysfen Boryspil(R) | 30 | 3 | 11 | 16 | 15 | 31 | −16 | 20 |
| 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 | — |
