2008–09 Ukrainian First League

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 2007–08 Ukrainian Premier League and two were promoted from the 2007–08 Ukrainian Second League. To decrease the number of teams in the competition 4 teams were relegated from the 2007–08 Ukrainian First League season.

Ukrainian First League
Season2008–09
ChampionsZakarpattia Uzhhorod
PromotedZakarpattia Uzhhorod
Obolon Kyiv
Relegated(all withdrew)
Komunalnyk Luhansk
Knyazha Schaslyve
Ihroservice Simferopol
Top goalscorer22 - Oleksandr Pyschur (Volyn Lutsk)
Biggest home winObolon 6–0 Ihroservice
Obolon 6–0 Sevastopol
Biggest away winPrykarpattya 0–5 Dniester
Highest scoringPrykarpattya 2–6 Sevastopol
Obolon 6-2 Stal

Teams

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:

Withdrawn teams

On June 26, 2008 MFC Mykolaiv was withdrawn from competitions. On July 1, 2008, the club was announced about the official disbandment. Due to the public pressure and with help of Hryhoriy Surkis, it became possible to preserve the club in professional competitions. MFK Mykolaiv was admitted to the 2008–09 Ukrainian Second League instead of the third team of Dynamo, FC Dynamo-3 Kyiv.

Location
Kyiv city home venues of teams in the League
Locations of teams in First League

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.

Final standings
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion or relegation
1 Zakarpattia Uzhhorod (C, P) 32 21 6 5 55 28 +27 69 Promoted to Ukrainian Premier League
2 Obolon Kyiv (P) 32 19 6 7 74 40 +34 63
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 (D) 32 12 6 14 42 47 −5 42 Withdrew (expelled) from PFL[lower-alpha 1]
12 Naftovyk-Ukrnafta Okhtyrka[lower-alpha 2] 32 11 11 10 41 42 −1 41
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 Avoided relegation[lower-alpha 3]
17 Knyazha Schaslyve (D) 32 5 5 22 22 23 −1 20 Withdrew (expelled) from PFL[lower-alpha 4]
– Komunalnyk Luhansk (D) 0 2 1 10 12 31 — 0
Source:
(C) Champions; (D) Disqualified; (P) Promoted
Notes:
  1. After the season completed, Ihroservice Simferopol withdrew due to licensing issues for the next season[1]
  2. Naftovyk-Ukrnafta Okhtyrka deducted 3 points by the Ukrainian Football Federation (January 22, 2009)
  3. Due to the licensing issues of Ihroservice Simferopol, Prykarpattya Ivano-Frankivsk who finished in 16th place were not relegated by the PFL.
  4. Knyazha Schaslyve withdrew after the winter break;[2] Komunalnyk Luhansk was withdrawn from the league and its results were annulled[3]

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 match(es) played on Jun 14, 2009. Source: PFL Persha Liha Calendar
Legend: 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[lower-alpha 1]
Ukraine Andriy Shevchuk 13 PFC Sevastopol
Ukraine Vitaliy Prokopchenko 12 (1) Feniks-Illichovets / Zakarpattia[lower-alpha 2]
Ukraine Oleksandr Savanchuk 11 (3) Feniks-Illichovets / Naftovyk-Ukrnafta[lower-alpha 3]
Ukraine Pavlo Onysko 10 (2) Obolon
Ukraine Artem Miroshnychenko 9 Obolon
Ukraine Oleksandr Mandzyuk 9 Knyazha[lower-alpha 4]
Ivory Coast Souleymane Diaby 9 Krymteplitsia
Ukraine Dmytro Viter 9 (3) Naftovyk-Ukrnafta
  1. Bobal signed with Premier League club Tavriya Simferopol (November 22, 2008)
  2. Prokopchenko transferred to Zakarpattia (March 24, 2009)
  3. Savanchuk transferred to Naftovyk-Ukrnafta Okhtyrka (March 24, 2009)
  4. Mandzyuk signed with Premier League club FC Lviv (February 25, 2009)

Managers
Club Coach Replaced coach
Desna ChernihivUkraine Mykhaylo DunetsUkraine Oleksandr Ryabokon’
Dniester OvidiopolUkraine Andriy ParkhomenkoUkraine Ihor Nehara
Dynamo-2 KyivUkraine Henadiy Lytovchenko
Enerhetyk BurshtynUkraine Mykhaylo Savka
Feniks-Illichovets KalinineUkraine Oleksandr Haidash
Helios KharkivUkraine Serhiy KandaurovUkraine Yuriy Pohrebnyak
Ihroservice SimferopolUkraine Serhiy Shevchenko
Knyazha SchaslyveUkraine Vitaliy Levchenko
Komunalnyk LuhanskUkraine Yuriy MalyhinUkraine Mykhaylo Dunets
Krymteplitsia MolodizhneUkraine Mykhaylo Sachko
Naftovyk-Ukrnafta OkhtyrkaUkraine Valeriy Horodov
Obolon KyivUkraine Yuriy Maksymov
PFC OleksandriaUkraine Yuriy Koval
Prykarpattya Ivano-FrankivskUkraine Mykola PrystayUkraine Stepan Matviyiv
PFC SevastopolUkraine Oleh LeschynskyiUkraine Serhiy Puchkov
Stal AlchevskUkraine Vadym Plotnikov
Volyn LutskUkraine Vitaliy Kvartsyanyi
Zakarpattia UzhhorodUkraine Mykhaylo IvanytsyaUkraine Volodymyr Vasyutyk

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.[4] 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.

Awards
  • 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

[5]

See also

References
  1. ""Полтава" и белоцерковский "Арсенал" разыграют путевку в первую лигу ("Poltava" and "Arsenal" playoff to determine promotion to Persha Liha))" (in Russian). ua.football. 2009-07-08. Retrieved 2009-07-08.
  2. (in Ukrainian) Professional Football League 2009 Official Meetings Minutes #6
  3. "Професіональна футбольна ліга України" (in Ukrainian). Archived from the original on 2008-12-06. Retrieved 2008-10-19. Professional Football League 2008–09 Official Meetings Minutes #23
  4. Archived 2008-12-06 at the Wayback Machine (in Ukrainian) Professional Football League 2008–09 Official Meetings Minutes #23
  5. XVIII Conference of the Union of Professional Clubs "PFL of Ukraine"
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