The 1998–99 Vyshcha Liha season was the 8th since its establishment.

FC Dynamo Kyiv Football Club Dynamo Kyiv (, ) is a Ukrainian professional football club based in Kyiv. Founded in 1927 as a Kyivan football team of republican branch of the bigger Soviet Dynamo Sports Society, the club as a separate business entity was offici ...

were the defending champions.

Teams

Promotions

SC Mykolaiv MFС Mykolaiv (''Municipal Football Club "Mykolaiv"'', ) is a Ukrainian football club based in Mykolaiv. It is one of the oldest football clubs that exists in Ukraine. Originally was established as a football team of the Black Sea Shipyard, sin ...

, the champion of the

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– ''(returning after absence of two seasons)'' *

Metalist Kharkiv Football Club Metalist Kharkiv ( uk, Футбо́льний Клуб Металі́ст Ха́рків ) is a Ukrainian football club based in Kharkiv that plays in the Ukrainian First League during the 2021–22 season. It was revived 5 years ...

, the third-place runner-up of the

– ''(returning after absence of four seasons)''

Location

Managers

''Notes:'' Games between Dynamo Kyiv and CSKA Kyiv were played at Republican Stadium.

Changes

League table

Results

Top goalscorers

;Notable Transfers *

Andriy Shevchenko Andriy Mykolayovych Shevchenko, or Andrii Mykolaiovych Shevchenko ( uk, Андрій Миколайович Шевченко, ; born 29 September 1976) is a Ukrainian football manager, a former professional football player and a former politici ...

to A.C. Milan *

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, FC Karpaty Lviv to FC Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih * Ihor Kostiuk,

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to FC Dynamo-2 Kyiv

External links

ukrsoccerhistory.com - source of information
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