| Season | 1997–98 |
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| Champions | Dynamo Kyiv |
| Relegated | Torpedo, Chornomorets |
| Champions League | Dynamo Kyiv |
| Cup Winners' Cup | CSKA Kyiv |
| UEFA Cup | Shakhtar Donetsk |
| Top goalscorer | (22) Serhiy Rebrov (Dynamo) |
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| Team | Outgoing head coach | Manner of departure | Date of vacancy | Table | Incoming head coach | Date of appointment | Table |
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| SC Tavriya Simferopol | Mykola Pavlov | pre-season | Ivan Balan | pre-season | |||
| FC CSKA Kyiv | Volodymyr Lozynsky | pre-season | Volodymyr Bezsonov | pre-season | |||
| FC Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih | Oleksandr Lysenko | pre-season | Oleh Taran | pre-season | |||
| FC Prykarpattia Ivano-Frankivsk | Viktor Kolotov | pre-season | Ihor Yurchenko | pre-season |
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Comments |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dynamo Kyiv (C) | 30 | 23 | 3 | 4 | 70 | 15 | +55 | 72 | CL 1st Qualifying Round |
| 2 | Shakhtar Donetsk | 30 | 20 | 7 | 3 | 61 | 25 | +36 | 67 | UC 1st Qualifying Round |
| 3 | Karpaty Lviv | 30 | 16 | 9 | 5 | 36 | 20 | +16 | 57 | |
| 4 | Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk | 30 | 17 | 4 | 9 | 47 | 27 | +20 | 55 | |
| 5 | Vorskla Poltava | 30 | 15 | 4 | 11 | 41 | 46 | −5 | 49 | IC 1st Round |
| 6 | Metalurh Donetsk | 30 | 11 | 7 | 12 | 28 | 27 | +1 | 40 | new |
| 7 | Nyva Ternopil | 30 | 12 | 4 | 14 | 37 | 39 | −2 | 40 | |
| 8 | Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih | 30 | 10 | 9 | 11 | 34 | 33 | +1 | 39 | |
| 9 | Metalurh Zaporizhzhya | 30 | 10 | 7 | 13 | 40 | 44 | −4 | 37 | |
| 10 | Prykarpattya Ivano-Frankivsk | 30 | 8 | 9 | 13 | 33 | 41 | −8 | 33 | |
| 11 | Zirka Kirovohrad | 30 | 9 | 6 | 15 | 27 | 48 | −21 | 33 | |
| 12 | Metalurh Mariupol | 30 | 8 | 9 | 13 | 27 | 48 | −21 | 33 | new |
| 13 | CSKA Kyiv | 30 | 9 | 6 | 15 | 30 | 35 | −5 | 33 | CWC Qualifying Round |
| 14 | Tavriya Simferopol | 30 | 8 | 9 | 13 | 35 | 41 | −6 | 33 | |
| 15 | Chornomorets Odessa (R) | 30 | 8 | 8 | 14 | 31 | 39 | −8 | 32 | Persha Liha |
| 16 | Torpedo Zaporizhzhya (R) | 30 | 2 | 7 | 21 | 20 | 69 | −49 | 13 | Persha Liha |
Note:
| Serhiy Rebrov | Dynamo Kyiv | 22 |
| Andriy Shevchenko | Dynamo Kyiv | 19 |
| Oleksandr Palyanytsia | Karpaty Lviv | 17 |
| Avtandil Kapanadze | Nyva Ternopil | 15 |
| Oleksandr Haidash | Tavriya Simferopol | 14 |
| Hennady Shekotilin | Chornomorets Odessa | 13 |
| Valery Kriventsov | Shakhtar Donetsk | 11 |
| Hennadiy Orbu | Shakhtar Donetsk | 9 |
| Petro Rusak | Spartak Ivano-Frankivsk | 9 |
| Volodymyr Haschyn | Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih | 9 |
| Vitaliy Mintenko | Metalurh Donetsk | 9 |
| Valentyn Platonov | Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih | 9 |
| Club | Name | Comments |
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| FC Dynamo Kyiv | Valery Lobanovsky | |
| FC Shakhtar Donetsk | Valery Yaremchenko | |
| FC Karpaty Lviv | Myron Markevych | |
| FC Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk | Vyacheslav Hrozny | after 15 games(first half) replaced with Vadym Tyschenko |
| FC Vorskla Poltava | Viktor Pozhychevskyi | after 27 games(first half) replaced with Oleksandr Dovbiy |
| FC Metalurh Donetsk | Volodymyr Onyschenko | |
| FC Nyva Ternopil | Ihor Yavorskyi | after 29 games(!) replaced with Leonid Ischuk |
| FC Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih | Oleh Taran | |
| FC Metalurh Zaporizhia | Oleksandr Tomakh | after 17 games replaced with Leonid Kliuchyk(1 game), and then Oleksandr Shtelin |
| FC Prykarpattia Ivano-Frankivsk | Ihor Yurchenko | after 15 games(first half) replaced with Bohdan Blavatskiy |
| FC Zirka Kirovohrad | Oleksandr Dovbiy | after 27 games replaced with Serhiy Strashnenko(1 game), and then Oleksandr Ischenko |
| FC Metalurh Mariupol | Volodymyr Kuzovlev | after 1 game replaced with Yuriy Pohrebniak(2 games), and then Mykola Pavlov |
| FC CSKA Kyiv | Volodymyr Bezsonov | after 15 games(first half) replaced with Serhiy Morozov |
| SC Tavriya Simferopol | Ivan Balan | after 25 games replaced with Viktor Hrachov |
| FC Chornomorets Odessa | Leonid Buriak | after 22 games(first half) replaced with Volodymyr Kozerenko |
| FC Torpedo Zaporizhia | Viktor Matvienko | after 18 games replaced with Vyacheslav Pershyn(4 games), and then Leonid Koltun |
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