2015–16 Ukrainian Premier League

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Ukrainian Premier League
Season 2015–16
Champions League Dynamo Kyiv
Shakhtar Donetsk
Europa League Zorya Luhansk
Vorskla Poltava
FC Oleksandriya
Matches played 136
Goals scored 365 (2.68 per match)
Top goalscorer 22 – Alex Teixeira (Shakhtar)
Biggest home win 8 – Volyn 9–1 Metalurh (Round 15)
Biggest away win 6 – Metalurh 0–6 Zorya (Round 1),
Stal 0–6 Dnipro (Round 11),
Zorya 1–7 Shakhtar (Round 12),
Metalurh 0–6 Dynamo (Round 16)
Highest scoring 10 – Volyn 9–1 Metalurh (Round 15)
Longest winning run 12 – Shakhtar (Round 6–17)
Longest unbeaten run 10 – Dynamo (Round 1–10)
Longest winless run 16 – Metalurh (Round 1–16)
Longest losing run 8 – Metalurh (Round 9–16)
Highest attendance 32,794 – DynamoShakhtar (Round 11)
Lowest attendance 300 – OlimpikVolyn (Round 19)
All statistics correct as of 20 March 2016.

The 2015–16 Ukrainian Premier League season is the 25th top level football competitions since the fall of the Soviet Union and the eighth since the establishment of the Ukrainian Premier League. Because of sponsorship the league changed its title for 2015-16 season to League Pari-Match. The competition commenced on 17 July when Metalurh Zaporizhia hosted Zorya Luhansk in Zaporizhia.[1] The first sixteen rounds were played before winter break which began 6 December 2015. The competition is to resume 5 March 2016. The season will be concluded on 15 May 2016. Dynamo Kyiv are the defending champions. With the continuation of the Ukrainian crisis in the oblasts of Donetsk and Luhansk, the league remains at 14 teams after being cut from 16 in the 2013–14 season.[1][2]

Format

It was confirmed that the championship would be played using a standard double round-robin tournament system. The last team would be relegated and would be replaced by the champion of the 2015–16 Ukrainian First League.[3] In the event of a decision being made to expand the league to 16 teams next season, the last team will play a play-off game with a team that takes the third place of the 2015–16 Ukrainian First League, while the champion and runner-up would be promoted.[3]

Teams

Promotions

FC Oleksandriya, the champion of the 2014–15 Ukrainian First League, rejoins the Premier League for the first time since the 2011–12 season.

Metalurh Donetsk / Stal Dniprodzerzhynsk case

After the previous season the president of FC Stal Dniprodzerzhynsk announced that the club will be merged with FC Metalurh Donetsk and replace them in the Premier League for the 2015–16 season[4] due to the fact that both clubs are owned by the Industrial Union of Donbas (ISD).[5] On 11 July 2015, the owners of FC Metalurh Donetsk have sent a letter to the Football Federation of Ukraine announcing their withdrawal from the competitions.[6] Right before the start of competitions it was uncertain which club will replace Metalurh either FC Stal Dniprodzerzhynsk or FC Illichivets Mariupol.[7][8] On July 14, 2015 the administration of Illichivets released a letter explaining its reason why the club should remain in the league.[9] Due to the fact that the Premier League members did not manage to gather a quorum, on July 16, 2015 the Football Federation of Ukraine Executive Committee voted on to include Stal to the Premier League (29 for, 7 against and 1 abstain).[10][11]

Metalurh Zaporizhya case

On 7 October 2015 FC Metalurh Zaporizhya petitioned to the Premier League to withdrew the club from the competition's participation due to the lack of financing.[12] On 24 November 2015 Metalurh Zaporizhya informed the Premier League about decision of a deliberate assembly of the Metalurh Zaporizhya members in regards to liquidation of the club. On 2 March 2016 the Premier League cancelled the 17th round game for Metalurh Zaporizhya due to the fact that there are only four players were registered for the second half and only five more are allowed to be registered outside of a transfer window. Also the club failed to inform the league and the visiting team about place and time of the upcoming game.[12]

On 13 March 2016 it was announced that the club's academy the Sports School Metalurh, was handed over to the city authorities after the liquidation of the club.[13]

On 7 April 2016 another Zaporizhya city club "Rosso Nero" successfully changed its name to Metalurh Zaporizhya[14] and will participate in the 2016 Ukrainian Football Amateur League.[15]

Stal Dniprodzerzhynsk scandal

On 19 November 2015[16][17] there was appointed a new president of the club Vardan Israelian as the previous president Maksym Zavhorodniy changed his place of work.[18] In a protest of appointing Vardan Israelian, the club's vice-president Mykola Kolyuchy resigned[19] and replaced with Bohdan Napolov.[20] On 24 December 2015 took place a meeting of members of FC Stal Dniprodzerzhynsk which decided discontinue contract with its U-19 team due to "a lack of patriotism" as well as liquidate contracts with number of players from the U-21 who were involved in corruption along with the team's head coach Serhiy Shyshchenko.[21] Israelian informed that during his talk with Mazyar, the latter said that he will not work without Kolyuchy in the club.[22]


Location map

Home venues of teams in the 2015–16 Ukrainian Premier League.
Teams in italics are from a conflict zone of the War in Donbass and are playing their home games in different cities.
Stal plays its games also in Dnipropetrovsk rather than at home.

Stadiums

The following stadiums are regarded as home grounds:

Rank Stadium Club Capacity Highest
Attendance
Notes
1 NSC Olimpiyskiy Dynamo Kyiv 70,050 32,794 Round 11 (Shakhtar)
2 OSC Metalist Metalist Kharkiv 40,003 16,855 Round 7 (Shakhtar)
3 Arena Lviv Shakhtar Donetsk 34,915 6,497 Round 24 (Dynamo) Used as home ground during season
Karpaty Lviv 14,656 Round 18 (Dynamo) Used as home ground in round 18
4 Chornomorets Stadium Chornomorets Odesa 34,164 22,222 Round 3 (Dynamo)
Shakhtar Donetsk 13,213 Round 5 (Dnipro) Used as home ground in rounds 5 and 16
5 Dnipro-Arena Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk 31,003 22,060 Round 4 (Dynamo)
6 Ukraina Stadium Karpaty Lviv 28,051 7,328 Round 7 (Zorya)
7 Vorskla Stadium Vorskla Poltava 24,795 16,000 Round 10 (Dynamo)
8 Meteor Stadium Stal Dniprodzerzhynsk 24,381 5,500 Round 11 (Dnipro) Used as home ground during season[23]
9 Dynamo Stadium Olimpik Donetsk 16,873 2,500 Round 14 (Dynamo) Used as home ground in Round 14
Metalurh Zaporizhya 4,800 Round 16 (Dynamo) Used as home ground in Round 16
10 Avanhard Stadium Volyn Lutsk 12,080 10,280 Round 8 (Dynamo)
11 Slavutych-Arena Metalurh Zaporizhya 12,000 6,960 Round 10 (Olimpik)
Zorya Luhansk 6,800 Round 6 (Dynamo) Used as home ground during season
Shakhtar Donetsk 6,751 Round 14 (Zorya) Used as home ground in Round 14 & 26
12 Avanhard Stadium Hoverla Uzhhorod 12,000 3,600 Round 15 (Shakhtar)
13 CSC Nika Stadium Oleksandriya 7,000 6,500 Round 13 (Shakhtar)
14 Bannikov Stadium Olimpik Donetsk 1,678 1,050 Round 9 (Shakhtar) Used as home ground during season
Shakhtar Donetsk 1,354 Round 8 (Stal) Used as home ground in Round 8

Note:

Round when attendance is noted as highest is the chronological number of the round, not the published round by the Ukrainian Premier League since some rounds were rescheduled for a later date.

Personnel and sponsorship

Team Home city Head coach Captain Kit manufacturer Shirt sponsor
Chornomorets Odesa Odesa Ukraine Oleksandr Babych (interim) Ukraine Artem Filimonov Nike 2+2[24]
Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk Dnipropetrovsk Ukraine Myron Markevych Ukraine Ruslan Rotan Nike Біола
Dynamo Kyiv Kyiv Ukraine Serhiy Rebrov Ukraine Oleksandr Shovkovskiy adidas
Hoverla Uzhhorod Uzhhorod Ukraine Vyacheslav Hroznyi Ukraine Dmytro Babenko adidas
Karpaty Lviv Lviv Ukraine Oleh Luzhny[25] Ukraine Ihor Plastun Joma Pari-Match[26]
Metalist Kharkiv Kharkiv Ukraine Oleksandr Pryzetko (interim) Ukraine Volodymyr Pryyomov adidas VETEK
Metalurh Zaporizhya Zaporizhia Ukraine Anatoliy Chantsev Nike
FC Oleksandriya Oleksandriya Ukraine Volodymyr Sharan Ukraine Andriy Zaporozhan Nike УкрАгроКом
Olimpik Donetsk Donetsk Ukraine Roman Sanzhar Ukraine Dmytro Hryshko Puma Altkom
Shakhtar Donetsk Donetsk Romania Mircea Lucescu Croatia Darijo Srna Nike SCM
Stal Dniprodzerzhynsk Dniprodzerzhynsk Netherlands Erik van der Meer Ukraine Maksym Kalenchuk Nike[27] ISD
Volyn Lutsk Lutsk Ukraine Vitaliy Kvartsyanyi Ukraine Serhiy Kravchenko adidas
Vorskla Poltava Poltava Ukraine Vasyl Sachko Albania Armend Dallku adidas Ferrexpo
Zorya Luhansk Luhansk Ukraine Yuriy Vernydub Ukraine Mykyta Kamenyuka Nike

Managerial changes

Team Outgoing manager Manner of departure Date of vacancy Table Incoming manager Date of appointment
Metalist Kharkiv Ukraine Ihor Rakhayev Mutual consent[28] 4 June Pre-season Ukraine Oleksandr Sevidov[29] 4 June
Karpaty Lviv Croatia Igor Jovićević (interim) Change of contract[30] 1 September 6th Croatia Igor Jovićević[30] 1 September
Stal Dniprodzerzhynsk Ukraine Volodymyr Mazyar existing contract until 2017 undefined[31] 9th Netherlands Erik van der Meer[32] 16 January
Karpaty Lviv Croatia Igor Jovićević End of contract[33] 12 January 8th Ukraine Oleh Luzhny[34] & Ukraine Volodymyr Bezubyak[35] 22 January
Metalist Kharkiv Ukraine Oleksandr Sevidov Resigned[36][37] 18 April 10th Ukraine Oleksandr Pryzetko (interim)[36][38] 18 April

Qualification for 2016–17 European competitions

Qualified teams

  • After the 19th Round and announcement made by the Adjudicatory Chamber of the UEFA Club Financial Control Body (CFCB) in regards to Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk (see the standings table), both Dynamo Kyiv and Shakhtar Donetsk qualified for European football for the 2016–17 season.[40]
  • After the quarter finals second leg of the Ukrainian Cup, Zorya Luhansk qualified for European football for the 2016-17 season.
  • After the 21st round, Dynamo Kyiv qualified for the 2016–17 UEFA Champions League as they secured a top 2 finish in the league.
  • After the 22nd round, Shakhtar Donetsk qualified for the 2016–17 UEFA Champions League as they secured a top 2 finish in the league. At the same time, Zorya Luhansk qualified for the 2016-17 UEFA Europa League (third qualifying round) as they secured a top six finish in the league (see below for further information). Zorya Luhansk could still qualify for group stage instead, depending on cup winners.
  • After the 23rd round, Dynamo Kyiv qualified for the 2016–17 UEFA Champions League (group stage) by winning the league three rounds ahead of finish. One of the last three games is against the expelled Metalurh Zaporizhya for which they guaranteed another three point. At the same time, Shakhtar Donetsk qualified for the 2016-17 UEFA Champions League (third qualifying round) as they secured the second place.
  • After the 24th round, Vorskla Poltava qualified for the 2016–17 UEFA Europa League yet it still could qualify for group stage.
  • After the 25th round, FC Oleksandriya qualified for the 2016–17 UEFA Europa League yet it still could qualify for group stage.
  • After the 26th round, Zorya Luhansk qualified for the 2016–17 UEFA Europa League Group Stage by securing the third best league position eligible for the European competition and making the outcome of the 2016 Ukrainian Cup Final irrelevant for the European qualification. At the same time, Vorskla Poltava and FC Oleksandriya will start at the 2016-17 UEFA Europe League third qualification round.

League table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Dynamo Kyiv (C) 26 23 1 2 54 11 +43 70 Qualification to Champions League group stage
2 Shakhtar Donetsk 26 20 3 3 76 25 +51 63 Qualification to Champions League third qualifying round
3 Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk[lower-alpha 1] 26 16 5 5 50 22 +28 53
4 Zorya Luhansk 26 14 6 6 51 26 +25 48 Qualification to Europa League group stage[lower-alpha 2]
5 Vorskla Poltava 26 11 9 6 32 26 +6 42 Qualification to Europa League third qualifying round[lower-alpha 2]
6 FC Oleksandriya 26 10 8 8 30 29 +1 38
7 Karpaty Lviv 26 8 6 12 26 37 −11 30
8 Stal Dniprodzerzhynsk 26 7 8 11 22 31 −9 29
9 Olimpik Donetsk 26 6 7 13 22 35 −13 25
10 Metalist Kharkiv (D) 26 5 9 12 19 46 −27 24 Expelled from competition after the season[lower-alpha 3]
11 Chornomorets Odesa 26 4 10 12 20 39 −19 22
12 Volyn Lutsk[lower-alpha 4] 26 10 8 8 36 36 0 20
13 Hoverla Uzhhorod[lower-alpha 5] (D) 26 3 7 16 13 45 −32 7 Expelled from competition after the season[lower-alpha 3]
14 Metalurh Zaporizhya (D) 26 0 3 23 7 50 −43 3 Expelled from competition during the season[lower-alpha 6]
Source: UEFA, Soccerway, Ukrainian Premier League
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored; 4) Head-to-head points; 5) Head-to-head goal difference; 6) Head-to-head goals scored; 7) Fairplay ranking; 8) Draw.[52]
(C) Champion; (D) Disqualified.
Notes:
  1. On 31 March 2016, the Adjudicatory Chamber of the UEFA Club Financial Control Body (CFCB) announced that Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk will be excluded from participating in the next UEFA club competition for which they would otherwise qualify in the next three (3) seasons (i.e. the 2016–17, 2017–18 and 2018–19 seasons).[41]
  2. 2.0 2.1 Since the winners of the 2015–16 Ukrainian Cup, Shakhtar Donetsk qualified for European competitions based on their league position, the spot in the Europa League group stage was passed to the fourth-placed team, and the spot in the Europa League third qualifying round was passed to the sixth-placed team.
  3. 3.0 3.1 On 22 April 2016 the FFU Committee announced that Metalist Kharkiv and Hoverla Uzhhorod would not allowed to participate in professional competitions because of their debts to their players as well as Volyn Lutsk due to the fact that they had not even applied any license for the following season.[42][43] On 16 May 2016 the FFU Appeal Committee adopted decision to leave in force the decision of the FFU Football Clubs Attestation Committee of 22 April 2016 and refuse in issuing attestation for the next season for Hoverla Uzhhorod and Metalist Kharkiv by declining their appeals.[44] On 30 May 2016 some Ukrainian media announced that Volyn was issued the attestation for the next season without financial guarantees.[45][46] Later same day a FFU representative confirmed that Volyn managed to provide financial guarantees and made all required pre pays on time.[47]
  4. Volyn Lutsk were deducted a total of eighteen points. Twelve points were deducted initially by FIFA for non-payment of wages owed to former players.[48] An additional six points were deducted by the Football Federation of Ukraine due to the club not complying with FIFA directives.[49] On 30 May 2016 some Ukrainian media announced that Volyn was issued the attestation for the next season without financial guarantees.[45]
  5. Hoverla Uzhhorod had nine points deducted due to not complying with decisions of the FFU Control and Disciplinary Committee (CDC).[50]
  6. Metalurh Zaporizhia were expelled from the competition after the winter break (for more detailed information, see Metalurh Zaporizhia case). Technical victories will be awarded to their opponents for the rest of season.[51] In late April, it was announced that the team had not received a license for next season.[42][43]

Results

Home ╲ Away CHO DNI DYK HOV KAR MET MZA OLK OLD STD SHA VOL VOR ZOR
Chornomorets Odesa 0–0 0–2 1–0 0–0 0–1 5–2 1–2 0–2 1–1 1–1 1–2 0–0 0–2
Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk 4–2 1–2 2–0 2–0 5–0 +:- 2–0 1–1 2–0 4–1 0–1 0–2 0–3
FC Dynamo Kyiv 2–1 2–0 2–0 3–0 2–0 +:- 3–0 2–0 2–0 0–3 3–0 1–0 1–0
Hoverla Uzhhorod(4) 1–1 1–1 0–2 0–2 1–0 1–1 1–2 0–2 0–0 1–6 1–4 1–1 0–4
Karpaty Lviv 4–0 0–1 1–2 3–0 1–1 1–0 2–2 4–1 1–0 1–2 0–2 1–3 1–1
Metalist Kharkiv 2–2 1–2 1–4 2–2 2–0 +:- 1–1 1–0 1–1 0–5 3–0 0–3 0–1
Metalurh Zaporizhya(3) -:+ 1–4 0–6 -:+ -:+ 0–0 0–2 0–3 -:+ -:+ 0–2 1–1 0–6
FC Oleksandriya 0–0 0–4 0–2 2–0 4–1 2–0 1–0 0–0 0–1 2–3 3–1 1–1 2–0
Olimpik Donetsk 2–2 1–1 0–3 0–1 0–1 3–0 +:- 1–0 0–2 2–3 1–1 1–1 1–1
Stal Dniprodzerzhynsk 0–1 0–6 1–2 1–0 1–1 0–0 3–0 2–2 1–0 3–3 1–2 1–2 2–0
Shakhtar Donetsk 2–0 0–2 3–0 2–0 3–0 8–1 2–0 2–0 3–0 2–0 4–0 3–1 2–3
Volyn Lutsk 1–1 2–3 0–2 0–0 0–0 2–2 9–1 0–0 1–0 1–0 1–4 2–1 0–3
Vorskla Poltava 2–0 1–1 0–4 2–1 3–0 1–0 +:- 0–1 2–1 0–0 2–2 1–1 0–2
Zorya Luhansk 4–0 1–2 0–0 2–1 4–1 0–0 4–1 1–1 4–0 2–1 1–7 1–1 1–2

Updated to games played on 15 May 2016.
Source: Ukrainian Premier League (Ukrainian)
^ The home team is listed in the left-hand column.
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Notes:

  • ^(3) Premier League administration cancelled Round 17 and 18 matches due to Metalurh Zaporizhya not having enough players registered to compete.[12] Metalurh Zaporizhya was expelled from the competition and all their remaining games are technical losses (-:+), while their opponents receive a technical victory (+:-).[51]
  • ^(4) On 15 April 2016 the FFU Control and Disciplinary Committee (KDK) adopted decision to award FC Hoverla Uzhhorod technical losses in last two games (at home against Olimpik and away against Chornomorets) where the club fielded a player (Vitālijs Jagodinskis) and allowed a banned coach (Oleksiy Velychko) who were supposed to serve their suspension.[53][54][55] The club is also was fined for a total of 60,000 hryvnias (~$2,000).[53]

Positions by round

The following table represents the teams position after each round in the competition played chronologically.(5)

Team \ Round 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26
FC Dynamo Kyiv 4 2 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
Shakhtar Donetsk 3 1 1 2 3 2 2 2 2 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2
Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk 7 4 4 7 5 4 3 4 3 3 3 3 3 3 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 3 3 3 3 3
Zorya Luhansk 1 3 6 4 2 3 5 3 5 4 4 4 4 4 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 4 4 4 4 4
Vorskla Poltava 10 8 10 9 9 7 6 5 6 6 5 5 6 5 5 6 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5
FC Oleksandriya 13 7 8 10 11 11 11 9 10 11 8 8 9 8 8 7 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6
Karpaty Lviv 12 6 3 3 4 6 7 7 8 7 7 7 7 7 7 8 7 7 7 7 7 8 7 7 8 7
Stal Dniprodzerzhynsk 11 13 9 6 8 9 9 11 7 8 9 9 10 10 10 9 8 8 8 8 8 7 8 8 7 8
Olimpik Donetsk 6 11 12 12 12 12 12 12 12 12 10 10 8 9 9 10 10 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9
Metalist Kharkiv 2 5 5 5 7 8 10 10 11 9 12 12 12 12 11 11 11 10 11 12 10 10 10 10 10 10
Chornomorets Odesa 5 10 13 13 14 13 13 13 13 13 13 13 13 13 13 12 12 13 13 13 12 13 12 11 11 11
Volyn Lutsk 9 12 7 8 6 5 4 6 4 5 6 6 5 6 6 5 9 12 12 11 13 12 11 12 12 12
Hoverla Uzhhorod 8 9 11 11 10 10 8 8 9 10 11 11 11 11 12 13 13 11 10 10 11 11 13 13 13 13
Metalurh Zaporizhya 14 14 14 14 13 14 14 14 14 14 14 14 14 14 14 14 14 14 14 14 14 14 14 14 14 14

Last updated: 9 May 2016
Source:[citation needed]

Notes:

  • ^(5) Originally scheduled Round 12 has been scheduled to be played after Round 16.[56]

Season statistics

Top goalscorers

As of 21 May 2016[57]
Rank Player Club Goals
(Pen.)
1 Brazil Alex Teixeira(6) Shakhtar Donetsk 22 (5)
2 Ukraine Pylyp Budkivskyi Zorya Luhansk 14
3 Ukraine Andriy Yarmolenko Dynamo Kyiv 13 (1)
4 Croatia Eduardo da Silva Shakhtar Donetsk 12
5 Ukraine Yevhen Seleznyov(7) Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk 10 (2)
Ukraine Oleh Husyev Dynamo Kyiv 10 (4)
7 Ukraine Oleksandr Karavayev Zorya Luhansk 8
Brazil Marlos Shakhtar Donetsk 8 (2)
Ukraine Anton Shynder Vorskla Poltava 8 (2)
10 Brazil Júnior Moraes Dynamo Kyiv 7
Ukraine Dmytro Khlyobas Vorskla Poltava 7
Ukraine Vitaliy Ponomar FC Oleksandriya 7
Brazil Matheus Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk 7 (1)
Ukraine Volodymyr Pryyomov Metalist Kharkiv 7 (1)

Notes:

Hat-tricks

Player For Against Result Date
Ukraine Yevhen Seleznyov4
Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk
Stal Dniprodzerzhynsk
6–0
17 October 2015[59]
Ukraine Vyacheslav Sharpar
Volyn Lutsk
Metalurh Zaporizhya
9–1
29 November 2015[60]
Brazil Taison
Shakhtar Donetsk
Metalist Kharkiv
8–1
1 April 2016[61]
Ukraine Andriy Totovytskyi
Zorya Luhansk
Shakhtar Donetsk
2–3
15 May 2016[62]

4 Player scored four goals

  away win
  home win
  tie

See also

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