# 2006–07 Vyshcha Liha

The 2006–07 Vyshcha Liha season was the sixteenth since its establishment. Shakhtar Donetsk were the defending champions. Soyuz-Viktan became the first title sponsor in the League's history.
The season started on 21 July 2006, with the game in Kyiv, Dynamo - Chornomorets 4–1. The last day of the competition was 17 June 2007. The winner of the championship was declared Dynamo Kyiv acquiring their record-extending 12th title defeating the reigning champion Shakhtar Donetsk, who were the two-time defending champions.
Illichivets was forced into relegation for the first time since entering the League 10 years ago. Stal was relegated as well. It was the second time for that club.
The game Karpaty-Metalist finished with a technical loss awarded to Lviv's club for no appearance.

## Teams
### Promoted

* FC Zorya Luhansk, champion of the 2005-06 Ukrainian First League – (returning after absence of 10 seasons)
* FC Karpaty Lviv, runner-up of the 2005-06 Ukrainian First League – (returning after absence of 2 seasons)

### Location map
## Managers

| Club | Coach | Replaced coach |
| Arsenal Kyiv | Oleksandr Zavarov | |
| Chornomorets Odesa | Semen Altman | |
| Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk | Oleh Protasov | |
| Dynamo Kyiv | Anatoliy Demyanenko | |
| Karpaty Lviv | Oleksandr Ischenko | |
| Kharkiv | Volodymyr Bezsonov | Volodymyr Kulayev Mykhaylo Stelmakh |
| Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih | Oleh Taran | Oleksandr Kosevych |
| Metalist Kharkiv | Myron Markevych | |
| Metalurh Donetsk | Jos Daerden | Pichi Alonso Co Adriaanse |
| Metalurh Zaporizhzhia | Anatoliy Chantsev | Serhiy Yashchenko |
| Illichivets Mariupol | Yuriy Kerman | Ivan Balan |
| Shakhtar Donetsk | Mircea Lucescu | |
| Tavriya Simferopol | Mykhaylo Fomenko | |
| Vorskla Poltava | Viktor Nosov | |
| Stal Alchevsk | Ton Caanen | |
| Zorya Luhansk | Oleksandr Kosevych | Yuriy Koval Volodymyr Bezsonov Volodymyr Malyhin |

## League table

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | Dynamo Kyiv (C) | 30 | 22 | 8 | 0 | 67 | 23 | +44 | 74 | Qualification to Champions League third qualifying round |
| 2 | Shakhtar Donetsk | 30 | 19 | 6 | 5 | 57 | 20 | +37 | 63 | Qualification to Champions League second qualifying round |
| 3 | Metalist Kharkiv | 30 | 18 | 7 | 5 | 40 | 20 | +20 | 61 | Qualification to UEFA Cup first round |
| 4 | Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk | 30 | 11 | 14 | 5 | 32 | 24 | +8 | 47 | Qualification to UEFA Cup second qualifying round |
| 5 | Tavriya Simferopol | 30 | 12 | 6 | 12 | 32 | 30 | +2 | 42 | |
| 6 | Chornomorets Odesa | 30 | 11 | 8 | 11 | 36 | 33 | +3 | 41 | Qualification to Intertoto Cup second round |
| 7 | Metalurh Zaporizhzhya | 30 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 25 | 32 | −7 | 40 | |
| 8 | Karpaty Lviv | 30 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 26 | 32 | −6 | 37 | |
| 9 | Metalurh Donetsk | 30 | 9 | 9 | 12 | 26 | 35 | −9 | 36 | |
| 10 | Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih | 30 | 7 | 14 | 9 | 29 | 36 | −7 | 35 | |
| 11 | Zorya Luhansk | 30 | 9 | 7 | 14 | 23 | 43 | −20 | 34 | |
| 12 | FC Kharkiv | 30 | 8 | 9 | 13 | 26 | 38 | −12 | 33 | |
| 13 | Vorskla Poltava | 30 | 7 | 10 | 13 | 23 | 28 | −5 | 31 | |
| 14 | Arsenal Kyiv | 30 | 7 | 9 | 14 | 28 | 44 | −16 | 30 | |
| 15 | Illichivets Mariupol (R) | 30 | 6 | 7 | 17 | 23 | 39 | −16 | 25 | Relegated to Ukrainian First League |
| 16 | Stal Alchevsk (R) | 30 | 5 | 6 | 19 | 22 | 38 | −16 | 21 | Relegated to Ukrainian First League |

## Results

| Home \ Away | ARK | CHO | DNI | DYN | ILL | KAR | KHA | KRY | MET | MDO | MZA | SHA | STA | TAV | VOR | ZOR |
| Arsenal Kyiv | — | 1–1 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 0–2 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 1–3 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 2–2 |
| Chornomorets Odesa | 2–0 | — | 0–1 | 2–3 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 4–2 | 2–3 | 1–3 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 3–0 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 2–0 |
| Dnipro | 1–1 | 1–0 | — | 0–2 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 3–0 |
| Dynamo Kyiv | 5–2 | 4–1 | 2–0 | — | 1–0 | 3–1 | 2–0 | 3–1 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 3–1 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 4–0 |
| Illichivets Mariupol | 4–1 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 2–3 | — | 1–2 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 0–3 | 0–2 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 0–1 |
| Karpaty Lviv | 1–1 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | — | 1–0 | 1–1 | -:+ | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 3–1 | 0–2 | 1–2 | 1–0 |
| FC Kharkiv | 2–0 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 0–2 | 2–0 | 0–0 | — | 2–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–3 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 3–2 | 2–2 |
| Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih | 1–0 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 3–0 | 3–1 | — | 0–3 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 2–0 |
| Metalist Kharkiv | 5–1 | 4–0 | 1–0 | 0–2 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 0–0 | — | 1–0 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 1–0 |
| Metalurh Donetsk | 2–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 3–3 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 0–2 | — | 1–0 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 0–0 | 3–2 |
| Metalurh Zaporizhzhya | 2–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 0–5 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 2–0 | — | 0–3 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 |
| Shakhtar Donetsk | 0–1 | 2–0 | 2–3 | 2–2 | 3–1 | 4–1 | 1–2 | 5–0 | 5–0 | 2–1 | 0–2 | — | 3–1 | 3–0 | 2–1 | 3–0 |
| Stal Alchevsk | 1–1 | 2–1 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 0–1 | 4–2 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 3–0 | 0–1 | 0–2 | — | 0–1 | 0–1 | 0–1 |
| Tavriya Simferopol | 1–3 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 2–4 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 3–1 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 5–1 | 1–3 | 2–1 | — | 1–0 | 1–2 |
| Vorskla Poltava | 0–1 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 3–0 | 1–2 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 2–2 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 0–0 | — | 1–1 |
| Zorya Luhansk | 2–1 | 0–4 | 0–3 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 2–2 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 0–2 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 0–0 | — |

## Top goal scorers

| Oleksandr Hladky | Kharkiv | 13 (3) |
| Vasil Gigiadze | Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih | 11 (4) |
| Siarhey Karnilenka | Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk | 10 |
| William Batista | Karpaty Lviv | 10 (2) |
| Serhiy Nazarenko | Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk | 10 (2) |
| Maksim Shatskikh | Dynamo Kyiv | 9 |
| Brandão | Shakhtar Donetsk | 9 (1) |
| Serhiy Danylovskyi | Chornomorets Odesa | 8 |
| Kleber | Dynamo Kyiv | 8 |
| Diogo Rincon | Dynamo Kyiv | 8 (2) |

## Stadia

| Rank | Stadium | Capacity | Club | High att. | Opponent |
| 1 | Chornomorets Stadium | 34,362 | Chornomorets Odesa | 14800 | Dnipro Dniporpetrovsk |
| 2 | Shakhtar Stadium | 31,718 | Metalurh Donetsk | 22000 | Shakhtar Donetsk |
| 3 | Avanhard Stadium | 31,243 | Zorya Luhansk | 20000 | Dynamo Kyiv Shakhtar Donetsk |
| 4 | Metalist Stadium | 30,133 | Metalist Kharkiv FC Kharkiv | 28800 14000 | Dynamo Kyiv Metalist Kharkiv |
| 5 | Metalurh Stadium | 29,782 | Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih | 18000 | Dynamo Kyiv |
| 6 | Ukraina Stadium | 28,051 | Karpaty Lviv | 28180 | Shakhtar Donetsk |
| 7 | RSK Olimpiyskiy | 25,831 | Shakhtar Donetsk | 26100 | Dynamo Kyiv |
| 8 | Vorskla Stadium | 25,000 | Vorskla Poltava | 17000 | Dynamo Kyiv |
| 9 | Stadium Meteor | 24,381 | Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk | 20500 | Shakhtar Donetsk |
| 10 | Lokomotiv Stadium | 19,978 | Tavriya Simferopol | 20000 | Dynamo Kyiv |
| 11 | Lobanovsky Dynamo Stadium | 16,873 | Dynamo Kyiv Arsenal Kyiv | 18000 4700 | Dnipro Dniporpetrovsk Dynamo Kyiv |
| 12 | Illychivets Stadium | 12,680 | Illychivets Mariupol | 12500 | Shakhtar Donetsk |
| 13 | Slavutych Arena | 11,983 | Metalurh Zaporizhzhya | 11500 | Dynamo Kyiv |
| 14 | Stal Stadium | 9,200 | Stal Alchevsk | 9000 | Shakhtar Donetsk |

### Auxiliary or former home stadiums

| Rank | Stadium | Capacity | Club | High att. | Opponent | Notes |
| 1 | NSC Olimpiysky | 83,450 | Arsenal Kyiv | 2100 | Illichivets Mariupol | 8 games |
| 2 | Kolos Stadium | 5,654 | Arsenal Kyiv | 1100 | FC Kharkiv | Only game |