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Ukrainian Premier League 2007-08

Vyshcha Liha
Season 2007–08
Champions Shakhtar Donetsk
Relegated Naftovyk-Ukrnafta Okhtyrka,
Zakarpattia Uzhhorod
Champions League Shakhtar Donetsk (3rd Qualifying Round)
Dynamo Kyiv (2nd Qualifying Round)
UEFA Cup Metalist Kharkiv (1st Round)
Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk (2nd Qualifying Round)
Intertoto Cup Tavriya Simferopol (2nd Round)
Matches played 240
Goals scored 581 (2.42 per match)
Top goalscorer Marko Dević (19) (Metalist Kharkiv)
Biggest home win Arsenal - Zakarpattia 7:0
Biggest away win numerous games 0:3 and 1:4
Highest scoring Dynamo - Karpaty 7:3

The 2007–08 Vyshcha Liha season is the seventeenth since its establishment. This season competition was sponsored by Biola which became the title sponsor of the League for the season. It began on July 17, 2007, and ended on May 18, 2008. 16 teams participated in the competition, 14 of which contested in the 2006-07 season, and two of which (Zakarpattia Uzhhorod and Naftovyk-Ukrnafta Okhtyrka) were promoted from the Ukrainian First League (the league immediately below the Ukrainian Premier League).

The winner of league was Shakhtar Donetsk with 74 points, followed by Dynamo Kyiv with 71 points. The top goalscorer of the season was Marko Dević from Metalist Kharkiv with 19 goals, 6 of which were penalties. The spot for second highest goalscorer with 17 goals was a three-way tie between Oleksandr Hladky from Shakhtar Donetsk, Yevhen Seleznyov from Arsenal Kyiv (on loan from Shakhtar), and Oleksandr Kosyrin from Metalurh Donetsk.

Final standings

Note: home games of each team are shown at the horizontal lines

The following stadiums were used as home grounds during the season:


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