Ukrainian Premier League 2001/2002 Season Competition Format
The Ukrainian Premier League (Ukrainian: "Вища Л?га", Vyshcha Liha) is the highest division of Ukrainian annual football championship. The league was founded in 1991 and 2007-08 is the league's 17th season.
There are 16 clubs in the competition. At the end of the season, the bottom two clubs are relegated to the Persha Liha and replaced by the two top clubs from that league.
As of 2007, FC Dynamo Kyiv is the reigning Ukrainian Premier League champion, having won the most titles, 12 in 16 years. SC Tavriya Simferopol won the first championship, and all subsequent titles have gone to either Dynamo or FC Shakhtar Donetsk. Only 5 teams, Dynamo, Shakhtar, FC Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk, Tavria, and Metalurh Zaporizhia have participated in all 16 Ukrainian Vyscha Liha competitions.