Premier Liga
Ukraine
League level:
First Tier
Reigning champion:
Shakhtar Donetsk
Record-holding champions:
Dynamo Kyiv 16 time(s)
UEFA coefficient:
18. Pos. 28.000 Points
- Number of teams: 16 teams
- Players: 436
- Foreigners: 83 Players 19.0%
- ø-Market value: €784k
- ø-Age: 25.9
Managerial changes during the season
Manager changes
| Club | Coach | Rank | Leaving date | Days in charge | Successor | Rank | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Change(s) in coach at the end of the season | ||||||||||||
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| 15 | Jun 30, 2003 | 180 |
| - | ||||||
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| 13 | Jun 30, 2003 | 1386 |
| 13 | ||||||
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| 2 | Jun 30, 2003 | 285 |
| - | ||||||
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| 12 | Jun 30, 2003 | 322 |
| - | ||||||
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| 16 | Jun 30, 2003 | 53 |
| - | ||||||
| Change(s) in coach during the season | ||||||||||||
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| 15 | May 7, 2003 | 187 |
| 16 | ||||||
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| 16 | Feb 7, 2003 | 78 |
| 10 | ||||||
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| 5 | Jan 20, 2003 | 1207 |
| 3 | ||||||
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| 12 | Dec 31, 2002 | 91 |
| 7 | ||||||
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| 15 | Dec 5, 2002 | 34 |
| 15 | ||||||
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| 16 | Nov 20, 2002 | 52 |
| 16 | ||||||
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| 14 | Nov 1, 2002 | 50 |
| 15 | ||||||
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| 11 | Oct 31, 2002 | 487 |
| 15 | ||||||
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| 8 | Sep 30, 2002 | 41 |
| 12 | ||||||
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| 16 | Sep 29, 2002 | 393 |
| 16 | ||||||
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| 4 | Sep 18, 2002 | 242 |
| 2 | ||||||
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| 15 | Sep 12, 2002 | 418 |
| 14 | ||||||
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| 6 | Aug 19, 2002 | 18 |
| 8 | ||||||
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| 11 | Aug 11, 2002 | 163 |
| 12 | ||||||
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| 6 | Jul 28, 2002 | 53 |
| 6 | ||||||
Table Vyshcha Liga
| # | Club | +/- | Pts | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  |
Dynamo Kyiv | 30 | 46 | 73 |
| 2 |  |
Shakhtar D. 
| 30 | 37 | 70 |
| 3 |  |
Metalurg D. | 30 | 18 | 60 |
| 4 |  |
Dnipro | 30 | 21 | 59 |
| 5 |  |
Arsenal Kyiv | 30 | 25 | 56 |
| 6 |  |
Volyn Lutsk 
| 30 | -7 | 41 |
| 7 |  |
Karpaty | 30 | -8 | 36 |
| 8 |  |
Illichivets | 30 | -4 | 34 |
| 9 |  |
Tavriya | 30 | -14 | 34 |
| 10 |  |
Chornomorets | 30 | -14 | 34 |
| 11 |  |
Vorskla Poltava | 30 | -15 | 32 |
| 12 |  |
Kryvbas | 30 | -12 | 31 |
| 13 |  |
Oleksandria | 30 | -17 | 30 |
| 14 |  |
Obolon Kyiv | 30 | -13 | 28 |
| 15 |  |
Metalurg Z. | 30 | -19 | 26 |
| 16 |  |
Metalist Kharkiv | 30 | -24 | 23 |