# 2007–08 FC Metalist Kharkiv season

The 2007–08 season was FC Metalist Kharkiv's 63rd season in existence and the club's 4th consecutive season in the top flight of Ukrainian football. In addition to the domestic league, Metalist Kharkiv participated in that season's editions of the Ukrainian Cup and the UEFA Cup. The season covers the period from 1 July 2007 to 30 June 2008.

## Players
### First team squad

    Squad at end of season
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 3 | DF | UKR | Yevhen Selin |
| 4 | DF | MKD | Vlade Lazarevski (on loan from Dyskobolia Grodzisk Wielkopolski) |
| 5 | DF | UKR | Oleksandr Babych |
| 6 | DF | POL | Seweryn Gancarczyk |
| 7 | MF | UKR | Serhiy Valyayev |
| 8 | MF | BRA | Edmar |
| 9 | MF | UKR | Valentyn Slyusar |
| 10 | MF | SRB | Aleksandar Trišović |
| 11 | FW | UKR | Serhiy Davydov |
| 13 | DF | MAR | Hicham Mahdoufi (on loan from Olympique Khouribga) |
| 19 | MF | UKR | Serhiy Barilko |
| 20 | MF | UKR | Anton Postupalenko |
| 21 | MF | UKR | Roman Svitlychnyi |
| 22 | DF | SRB | Milan Obradović |
| 24 | FW | UKR | Ruslan Fomin (on loan from Shakhtar Donetsk) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 25 | MF | UKR | Oleksandr Rykun |
| 26 | FW | CIV | Venance Zézé |
| 27 | MF | UKR | Pavlo Rebenok |
| 29 | GK | UKR | Oleksandr Horyainov |
| 30 | DF | SEN | Papa Gueye |
| 33 | FW | SRB | Marko Dević |
| 37 | DF | MDA | Vitalie Bordian |
| 39 | FW | UKR | Anatoliy Didenko |
| 50 | FW | BRA | Jajá |
| 51 | MF | UKR | Serhiy Kostyuk |
| 88 | DF | UKR | Oleksiy Kurilov |
| 89 | GK | UKR | Denys Sydorenko |
| — | GK | UKR | Dmytro Zhdankov |
| — | DF | UKR | Vladyslav Pidkopay |
| — | MF | UKR | Taras Kiktyov |

### Left club during season

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 1 | GK | UKR | Andriy Tlumak (to Zorya Luhansk) |
| 23 | DF | BLR | Alyaksandr Danilaw (to Metalurh Donetsk) |
| 69 | FW | UKR | Oleksiy Antonov (loan to Zorya Luhansk) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 14 | FW | GEO | Lasha Jakobia (loan to Vorskla Poltava) |
| 42 | FW | NGA | Onyekachi Nwoha (loan to Zorya Luhansk) |

## Competitions
### Vyshcha Liha
#### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | Shakhtar Donetsk (C) | 30 | 24 | 2 | 4 | 75 | 24 | +51 | 74 | Qualification to Champions League third qualifying round |
| 2 | Dynamo Kyiv | 30 | 22 | 5 | 3 | 65 | 26 | +39 | 71 | Qualification to Champions League second qualifying round |
| 3 | Metalist Kharkiv | 30 | 19 | 6 | 5 | 51 | 27 | +24 | 63 | Qualification to UEFA Cup first round |
| 4 | Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk | 30 | 18 | 5 | 7 | 40 | 27 | +13 | 59 | Qualification to UEFA Cup second qualifying round |
| 5 | Tavriya Simferopol | 30 | 13 | 8 | 9 | 38 | 40 | −2 | 47 | Qualification to Intertoto Cup second round |
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