1998–99 Ukrainian First League
1998–99 Ukrainian First League was the eighth season of the Ukrainian First League which was won by FC Dynamo-2 Kyiv. The season started on July 31, 1998, and finished on July 4, 1999.
Promotion and relegation
Promoted teams
Two clubs promoted from the 1997-98 Ukrainian Second League through a promotion/relegation play-off tournament.;Group A
;Group C
- FC Shakhtar-2 Donetsk - champion ''
Relegated teams
- FC Chornomorets Odesa - 15th place '
- FC Torpedo Zaporizhia - 16th place '
Renamed teams
- FC Nyva Vinnytsia changed its name to FC Vinnytsia at winter break.
- FC Yavir Krasnopillia moved to Sumy from Krasnopillia and changed its name to FC Yavir-Sumy at winter break.
Teams
| Team | Stadium | Location |
| Chornomorets Odesa | Central Stadium ChMP | Odesa |
| Metalurh Nikopol | Stadium "Metalurh" | Nikopol |
| Torpedo Zaporizhia | Stadium of "AvtoZAZ–Daewoo" | Zaporizhia |
| Shakhtar-2 Donetsk | Stadium "Stalekanatchik" | Khartsyzk |
| Shakhtar-2 Donetsk | Stadium "Shakhtar" | Donetsk |
| Shakhtar-2 Donetsk | Stadium "Avanhard" | Makiivka |
| Dynamo-2 Kyiv | Stadium "DYuSSh" | Shchaslyve |
| Dynamo-2 Kyiv | Stadium "Dynamo" | Kyiv |
| Dynamo-2 Kyiv | Dynamo Training Center | Kyiv |
| Desna Chernihiv | Yuri Gagarin Stadium | Chernihiv |
| Stal Alchevsk | Stadium "Stal" | Alchevsk |
| Shakhtar Makiivka | Stadium "Avanhard" | Makiivka |
| Nyva Vinnytsia | Central City Stadium | Vinnytsia |
| Polissya Zhytomyr | Stadium "Polissia" | Zhytomyr |
| Polissya Zhytomyr | Central City Stadium | Zhytomyr |
| FC Lviv | Stadium "Yunist" | Lviv |
| Podillya Khmelnytskyi | Stadium "Podillia" | Khmelnytskyi |
| Volyn Lutsk | Stadium "Avanhard" | Lutsk |
| Yavir Krasnopillia | Stadium "Kolos" | Krasnopillya |
| Yavir Krasnopillia | Stadium "Avanhard" | Sumy |
| Naftovyk Okhtyrka | Stadium "Naftovyk" | Okhtyrka |
| Polihraftekhnika Oleksandriya | Stadium "Nika" | Oleksandriya |
| Kremin Kremenchuk | Stadium "Dnipro" | Kremenchuk |
| Kremin Kremenchuk | Stadium "Politekhnik" | Kremenchuk |
| CSKA-2 Kyiv | CSK ZSU Stadium | Kyiv |
| CSKA-2 Kyiv | Stadium "Metalist" | Kyiv |
| CSKA-2 Kyiv | Stadium "Kolos" | Boryspil |
| FC Cherkasy | Central Stadium | Cherkasy |
| Bukovyna Chernivtsi | Stadium "Bukovyna" | Chernivtsi |
Standings
Promotion play-off
FC Cherkasy failed to obtain berth in the Top League.Top scorers
Statistics are taken from here.| Scorer | Goals | Team | |
| 1 |  Oleh Hrytsay | 19 | FC Cherkasy |
| 2 | Oleksandr Kosyrin | 18 | Dynamo-2 / Cherkasy |
| 2 | Vadym Plotnikov | 18 | Stal Alchevsk |
| 4 | Pavlo Irichuk | 17 | Torpedo Zaporizhia |
| 5 | Oleh Venhlinskyi | 16 | Nyva Vinnytsia |
| 6 | Oleksandr Holokolosov | 15 | Chornomorets Odesa |
| 6 | Vadym Kharchenko | 15 | Naftovyk Okhtyrka |
| 8 | Andriy Mazur | 14 | FC Lviv |
| 8 | Rais Tierkulov | 14 | Shakhtar / Yavir |
| 8 | Viktor Matsyuk | 14 | Podillya Khmelnytskyi |