 In their first season in Vyshcha, Veres placed last but wasn't relegated because the league was expanded.The following season was the most successful in the club's history.The team was 4th at the mid-way point, beating teams like FC Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk, FC Metalist Kharkiv, FC Shakhtar Donetsk, defeating FC Dynamo Kyiv in the Ukrainian Cup to reach the semi-final.