2008–09 Ukrainian First League

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Ukrainian First League
Season 2008–09
Champions Zakarpattia Uzhhorod
Promoted Zakarpattia Uzhhorod
Obolon Kyiv
Relegated (all withdrew)
Komunalnyk Luhansk
Knyazha Schaslyve
Ihroservice Simferopol
Top goalscorer 22 - Oleksandr Pyschur (Volyn Lutsk)
Biggest home win Obolon 6–0 Ihroservice
Obolon 6–0 Sevastopol
Biggest away win Prykarpattya 0–5 Dniester
Highest scoring Prykarpattya 2–6 Sevastopol
Obolon 6-2 Stal

The 2008–09 Ukrainian First League is the eighteenth since its establishment. The Professional Football League (PFL) decreased the number of teams in the league. This season, there are 18 teams instead of 20 teams competing. Two of the teams were relegated from the Ukrainian Premier League 2007-08 and two were promoted from the Ukrainian Second League 2007-08. To decrease the number of teams in the competition 4 teams were relegated from the Ukrainian First League 2007-08 season.

Promotion and relegation

Both of the following two teams were promoted from Druha Liha and debuting in the Ukrainian First League:

Group A
Group B

Relegated teams

Two teams were relegated from the Ukrainian Premier League 2007–08 season after finishing on the bottom of the competition:

Competition information

Placing of teams in table of standings are done in the following order:

  • number of accumulated points
  • number of wins
  • difference(GD) between goals for(GF) and goals allowed(GA)
  • number of goals for(GF)
  • The League Fair-play ranking

The next tie-break is a simple draw.

Withdrawn teams

Komunalnyk Luhansk

After competing in thirteen rounds of the competition Komunalnyk Luhansk withdrew from the PFL on October 17, 2008. The PFL annulled all the results from the competition and adjusted the standings.[1] Komunalnyk had a record of 2 wins, 1 draw and 10 losses scoring 12 goals and having 31 goals scored against them in the thirteen games that they played in. At the end of the 13th round Komunalnyk was in 17th place in the standings. Yuri Kudinov was team's leading goal scorer with 8 goals (3 penalties).

Knyazha Schaslyve

Knyazha withdrew on the March 25, 2009.[2] The PFL will award technical victories to teams that are to play against Knyazha after the winter break. Knyazha in 18 games had a record of 5 wins, 5 draws, and 8 losses scoring 22 goals and having 23 goals scored against them. At the end of the 18th round Knyazha was in 14th place in the standings. Oleksandr Mandziuk was team's leading goal scorer with 9 goals.

Ihroservis Simferopol

Ihroservis failed to pay league dues on time and were excluded from competitions for the next season.

Final standings

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Comments
1 Zakarpattia Uzhhorod 32 21 6 5 55 28 +27 69 (-) new – Substituted in Premier League - Promoted – Champions
2 Obolon Kyiv 32 19 6 7 74 40 +34 63 Substituted in Premier League - Promoted
3 PFC Oleksandria 32 15 9 8 43 31 +12 54
4 PFC Sevastopol 32 15 6 11 43 41 +2 51
5 Volyn Lutsk 32 15 5 12 48 46 +2 50
6 Krymteplytsia Molodizhne 32 14 7 11 40 39 +1 49
7 Desna Chernihiv 32 13 8 11 31 33 −2 47
8 Dynamo-2 Kyiv 32 11 14 7 43 42 +1 47
9 Dniester Ovidiopol 32 11 10 11 39 40 −1 43
10 Stal Alchevsk 32 11 10 11 33 39 −6 43 Fair Play Award
11 Ihroservice Simferopol 32 12 6 14 42 47 −5 42 Withdraw 1
12 Naftovyk-Ukrnafta Okhtyrka 32 11 11 10 41 42 −1 41 –3 2 (-) new
13 Feniks-Illichovets Kalinine 32 9 11 12 33 38 −5 38
14 Enerhetyk Burshtyn 32 8 7 17 29 43 −14 31
15 Helios Kharkiv 32 8 6 18 28 44 −16 30
16 Prykarpattya Ivano-Frankivsk 32 7 7 18 26 54 −28 28 Reinstated 3
17 Knyazha Schaslyve 32 5 5 22 22 23 −1 20 (+) new – Withdraw 4
Promotion to Ukrainian Premier League
Relegation to Ukrainian Second League
Withdrew (expelled) from PFL

Notes :

Teams

In 2008–09 season, the Ukrainian First League consists of the following teams:

Results

Home ╲ Away DES DNR DK2 ENE FEN HEL IHS KNY KRM NAF OBO OLK PIF SEV STA VOL HOV
Desna Chernihiv 1–3 2–1 1–0 0–0 1–0 1–0 0–0 2–3 1–0 3–2 0–0 0–0 1–1 2–1 0–1 0–1
Dnister Ovidiopol 1–0 1–2 1–1 2–0 1–1 3–0 +:- 0–0 1–1 1–3 1–1 1–0 1–1 1–2 1–3 1–3
Dynamo-2 Kyiv 2–2 2–1 3–2 2–2 1–1 3–1 +:- 2–2 1–1 0–0 1–1 0–3 1–2 0–0 3–2 1–1
Enerhetyk Burshtyn 1–2 0–0 2–0 1–2 2–1 0–1 1–1 0–1 1–1 2–1 0–3 2–0 2–1 1–3 0–0 1–2
Feniks-Illichovets Kalinino 1–2 2–1 3–1 3–2 2–3 0–0 +:- 0–1 2–2 1–1 0–0 2–1 0–0 2–2 1–2 1–2
Helios Kharkiv 3–1 0–1 2–2 1–0 0–1 1–1 +:- 0–1 0–1 1–2 1–3 2–1 0–1 2–0 1–0 0–1
Ihroservice Simferopol 3–0 2–2 0–1 1–2 1–0 3–0 1–0 2–1 3–0 1–2 1–2 1–0 4–2 1–1 2–3 1–1
Knyazha Schaslyve -:+ 0–2 2–2 -:+ 1–2 1–1 -:+ -:+ 3–0 1–2 -:+ -:+ -:+ 1–3 3–0 1–3
Krymteplytsia Molodizhne 0–0 4–0 1–2 0–3 2–2 1–2 2–4 1–2 3–1 2–1 2–1 1–0 1–1 2–0 1–0 0–4
Naftovyk-Ukrnafta Okhtyrka 1–0 1–1 2–2 3–1 3–1 2–2 2–4 +:- 1–0 0–1 1–1 3–0 1–2 1–1 3–1 1–0
Obolon Kyiv 3–2 3–1 0–1 3–0 0–0 3–0 6–0 2–1 2–1 3–2 4–3 1–1 6–0 6–2 4–3 0–0
FC Oleksandriya 0–1 1–2 2–0 1–1 2–0 2–1 2–1 1–1 2–1 0–0 1–0 2–1 1–0 2–1 2–2 1–0
Prykarpattya Ivano-Frankivsk 0–0 0–5 1–3 1–1 0–0 1–0 2–0 0–2 2–1 1–1 3–3 0–2 2–6 2–1 0–4 1–3
Sevastopol 0–1 1–1 1–0 1–0 2–1 1–0 3–1 0–1 1–2 0–1 1–4 3–1 3–0 0–0 4–1 3–1
Stal Alchevsk 2–0 1–0 0–2 2–0 1–2 2–1 1–1 +:- 0–0 2–1 0–2 2–1 1–0 1–2 0–0 1–1
Volyn Lutsk 0–4 0–1 1–1 2–0 1–0 3–0 3–1 +:- 0–2 3–2 3–2 2–1 1–2 3–0 1–1 3–2
Hoverla Uzhhorod 3–1 4–1 1–1 1–0 1–0 2–1 1–0 2–0 1–1 0–1 3–2 2–1 2–1 2–0 2–0 2–0

Updated to games played on Jun 14, 2009.
Source: PFL Persha Liha Calendar
^ The home team is listed in the left-hand column.
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Top scorers

Oleksandr Pyschur
Scorer Goals (Pen.) Team
Ukraine Oleksandr Pyschur 22 (4) Volyn
Nigeria Charles Newuche 16 (1) Zakarpattia
Ukraine Valeriy Kutsenko 14 (2) Obolon
Ukraine Matviy Bobal 14 (6) Ihroservice 5
Ukraine Andriy Shevchuk 13 PFC Sevastopol
Ukraine Vitaliy Prokopchenko 12 (1) Feniks-Illichovets / Zakarpattia 6
Ukraine Oleksandr Savanchuk 11 (3) Feniks-Illichovets / Naftovyk-Ukrnafta 7
Ukraine Pavlo Onysko 10 (2) Obolon
Ukraine Artem Miroshnychenko 9 Obolon
Ukraine Oleksandr Mandzyuk 9 Knyazha 8
Ivory Coast Diabi Suliman 9 Krymteplitsia
Ukraine Dmytro Viter 9 (3) Naftovyk-Ukrnafta

Managers

Club Coach Replaced coach
Desna Chernihiv Ukraine Mykhaylo Dunets Ukraine Oleksandr Ryabokon’
Dniester Ovidiopol Ukraine Andriy Parkhomenko Ukraine Ihor Nehara
Dynamo-2 Kyiv Ukraine Henadiy Lytovchenko
Enerhetyk Burshtyn Ukraine Mykhaylo Savka
Feniks-Illichovets Kalinine Ukraine Oleksandr Haidash
Helios Kharkiv Ukraine Serhiy Kandaurov Ukraine Yuriy Pohrebnyak
Ihroservice Simferopol Ukraine Serhiy Shevchenko
Knyazha Schaslyve Ukraine Vitaliy Levchenko
Komunalnyk Luhansk Ukraine Yuriy Malyhin Ukraine Mykhaylo Dunets
Krymteplitsia Molodizhne Ukraine Mykhaylo Sachko
Naftovyk-Ukrnafta Okhtyrka Ukraine Valeriy Horodov
Obolon Kyiv Ukraine Yuriy Maksymov
PFC Oleksandria Ukraine Yuriy Koval
Prykarpattya Ivano-Frankivsk Ukraine Mykola Prystay Ukraine Stepan Matviyiv
PFC Sevastopol Ukraine Oleh Leschynskyi Ukraine Serhiy Puchkov
Stal Alchevsk Ukraine Vadym Plotnikov
Volyn Lutsk Ukraine Vitaliy Kvartsyanyi
Zakarpattia Uzhhorod Ukraine Mykhaylo Ivanytsya Ukraine Volodymyr Vasyutyk

Awards[4]

  • Best coach – Yuri Maximov (Obolon)
  • Best official – Yevhen Aranovsky (Kyiv)
  • Best player – Oleksandr Pischur (Volyn)
  • Best scorer – Oleksandr Pischur (Volyn)
  • Fair Play Champion – FC Stal Alchevsk

See also

External links

References

  1. [1] (Ukrainian) Professional Football League 2008–09 Official Meetings Minutes #23
  2. 2.0 2.1 [2] (Ukrainian) Professional Football League 2009 Official Meetings Minutes #6
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  4. XVIII Conference of the Union of Professional Clubs "PFL of Ukraine"