2005–06 Vyshcha Liha

The 2005–06 Vyshcha Liha season was the fifteenth since its establishment.

Vyshcha Liha
Season2005–06
ChampionsShakhtar Donetsk
3rd title
RelegatedVolyn Lutsk,
Zakarpattia Uzhhorod
Champions LeagueShakhtar Donetsk (3rd Qualifying Round)
Dynamo Kyiv (2nd Qualifying Round)
UEFA CupChornomorets Odesa (2nd Qualifying Round)
Metalurh Zaporizhya (2nd Qualifying Round)
Intertoto CupDnipro Dnipropetrovsk (2nd Round)
Matches played241
Goals scored554 (2.3 per match)
Top goalscorer(15) - Brandão
Emmanuel Okoduwa
Biggest home win(6:0) - Shakhtar-Illichivets
(7:1) Dynamo-Volyn
Biggest away win(0:6) - Metalist-Dnipro
Highest scoring(3:6) - Metalurh Z.-Kharkiv
Average attendance8,016

Summary

The season started on July 12, 2005 with six games of the first round. The last day of the competition was May 10, 2006. However, because the top two teams have finished with an equal number of points, it was decided to conduct a decisive game between them, which was named as the Golden Match. The game took place soon upon the conclusion of the regular season on May 14. The winner of the championship final became Shakhtar Donetsk that managed to defeat Dynamo Kyiv 2–1 and for the first time winning its second consecutive title and third over all. The top scorers competition was also tied between two foreigners Brandão from Brazil and Emmanuel Okoduwa from Nigeria. Both players won their individual award scoring 15 goals.

Both Shakhtar and Dynamo lost only once Shakhtar at home to Dynamo, while Dynamo lost its only game at home to Dnipro. Both Shakhtar and Dynamo also finished 30 points away from the closest trailing team in the standings. A good season had FC Illichivets Mariupol tying for the fourth together with FC Metalist Kharkiv and FC Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk. Also could be left unnoticed the big return of the Odesa sailors that finally earn their next set of medals for the first time since returning to premiers. Out of the newly promoted teams a good performance showed FC Stal Alchevsk that were just a point shy to stay among the top 10.

Both clubs from the Western Ukraine, FC Volyn Lutsk and FC Zakarpattia Uzhhorod, were forced into relegation due to their poor performance.

Teams

Notes: FC Arsenal Kharkiv was reinstated in the Ukrainian Second League.

Renamed

Location map
Locations of team home grounds in Ukrainian Premier League 2005–06

Managers
Club Coach Replaced coach
FC Arsenal KyivUkraine Oleksandr ZavarovUkraine Oleksandr Baranov
Ukraine Ihor Babinchuk
FC Chornomorets OdesaUkraine Semen Altman
FC Dnipro DnipropetrovskUkraine Oleh ProtasovUkraine Yevhen Kucherevsky
Ukraine Vadym Tyshchenko
FC Dynamo KyivUkraine Anatoliy DemyanenkoUkraine Leonid Buryak
FC Volyn LutskUkraine Vitaliy Kvartsiany
FC KharkivUkraine Hennadiy Lytovchenko
FC Kryvbas Kryvyi RihUkraine Oleksandr Kosevych
FC Metalist KharkivUkraine Myron Markevych
FC Metalurh DonetskUkraine Stepan MatviivUkraine Oleksandr Sevidov
FC Metalurh ZaporizhyaUkraine Vyacheslav HroznyUkraine Valeriy Yaremchenko
Ukraine Anatoliy Chantsev
FC Illichivets MariupolUkraine Ivan Balan
FC Shakhtar DonetskRomania Mircea Lucescu
SC Tavriya SimferopolUkraine Mykhailo FomenkoUkraine Oleh Fedorchuk
FC Vorskla PoltavaUkraine Viktor Nosov
FC Stal AlchevskUkraine Anatoliy Volobuyev
FC Zakarpattia UzhhorodUkraine Petro KushlykUkraine Viktor Ryashko

League table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Shakhtar Donetsk (C) 30 23 6 1 64 14 +50 75 Qualification to Champions League third qualifying round
2 Dynamo Kyiv 30 23 6 1 68 20 +48 75 Qualification to Champions League second qualifying round
3 Chornomorets Odesa 30 13 6 11 36 31 +5 45 Qualification to UEFA Cup second qualifying round
4 Illychivets Mariupol 30 12 7 11 30 34 −4 43
5 Metalist Kharkiv 30 12 7 11 35 42 −7 43
6 Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk 30 11 10 9 33 23 +10 43 Qualification to Intertoto Cup second round
7 Tavriya Simferopol 30 11 6 13 29 31 −2 39
8 Metalurh Zaporizhya 30 11 6 13 32 40 −8 39 Qualification to UEFA Cup second qualifying round
9 Metalurh Donetsk 30 10 9 11 35 35 0 39
10 Vorskla Poltava 30 9 10 11 28 34 −6 37
11 Stal Alchevsk 30 9 9 12 26 39 −13 36
12 Arsenal Kyiv 30 9 8 13 31 39 −8 35
13 FC Kharkiv 30 9 6 15 29 36 −7 33
14 Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih 30 9 6 15 27 35 −8 33
15 Volyn Lutsk (R) 30 9 6 15 31 45 −14 33 Relegated to Ukrainian First League
16 Zakarpattia Uzhhorod (R) 30 3 6 21 17 53 −36 15
Source: uafootball.net.ua
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated

Results
Home \ Away ARK CHO DNI DYN ILL KHA KRY MET MDO MZA SHA STA TAV VOL VOR ZAK
Arsenal Kyiv — 0–1 1–0 0–2 0–2 0–0 1–1 1–1 0–2 1–2 0–0 1–1 1–0 2–1 2–0 2–1
Chornomorets Odesa 1–1 — 0–0 0–1 1–2 1–0 2–1 5–2 1–0 0–0 0–1 2–2 1–2 2–0 1–2 2–0
Dnipro 1–0 1–2 — 0–3 0–1 2–0 1–0 0–0 1–0 3–0 2–2 0–1 1–3 0–0 0–0 4–0
Dynamo Kyiv 3–1 4–1 0–2 — 1–1 1–0 3–1 2–2 3–1 1–1 2–2 4–0 2–0 7–1 0–0 4–1
Illichivets Mariupol 3–5 0–1 0–0 1–2 — 2–1 1–0 0–2 1–0 1–0 1–2 3–0 0–1 1–1 3–2 2–0
FC Kharkiv 3–1 0–1 0–1 0–3 3–0 — 1–1 1–0 1–0 1–0 2–3 0–1 0–0 3–2 2–0 1–0
Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih 1–2 1–0 2–2 0–1 0–1 3–1 — 2–1 0–1 1–0 0–2 2–1 2–0 2–1 2–2 1–0
Metalist Kharkiv 1–2 1–1 0–6 1–2 1–1 1–0 1–0 — 2–0 3–1 1–5 1–0 2–0 1–0 0–1 4–1
Metalurh Donetsk 2–2 3–2 1–1 0–3 0–0 1–1 3–2 3–1 — 0–0 1–3 5–0 0–0 4–0 2–0 1–0
Metalurh Zaporizhzhya 2–2 1–0 1–0 1–2 2–1 3–6 2–1 0–0 3–1 — 0–3 2–1 2–1 0–1 0–2 3–0
Shakhtar Donetsk 1–0 2–0 2–0 0–1 6–0 3–0 1–0 2–0 2–0 3–1 — 1–1 1–1 2–0 0–0 3–0
Stal Alchevsk 1–0 0–1 0–0 1–2 1–0 0–0 0–1 1–1 1–1 1–1 1–3 — 1–0 2–2 2–0 1–0
Tavriya Simferopol 0–1 1–1 0–1 0–0 0–1 2–1 1–0 0–1 3–0 1–0 0–3 5–2 — 1–2 2–3 1–0
Volyn Lutsk 2–1 0–3 2–1 1–3 0–0 2–0 3–0 3–0 1–2 0–1 0–1 0–1 0–0 — 2–1 3–1
Vorskla Poltava 2–0 1–2 1–1 0–4 1–0 0–0 0–0 0–1 1–1 3–1 0–2 1–0 2–3 2–0 — 0–0
Zakarpattia Uzhhorod 2–1 2–1 1–2 1–2 1–1 2–1 0–0 2–3 0–0 0–2 0–3 0–2 0–1 1–1 1–1 —
Source: uafootball.net.ua
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Final match
Shakhtar Donetsk2 – 1 (a.e.t.)Dynamo Kyiv
Marica 59'
Aghahowa 100'		 Report Rodolfo 79'
Attendance: 29,734
Referee: Slovakia Ľ. Micheľ (Slovakia), (FIFA)
Shakhtar Donetsk
Dynamo Kyiv
Shakhtar Donetsk:
GK35Ukraine Bohdan Shust
DF33Croatia Srna
DF27Ukraine Dmytro Chyhrynskyi
DF3Czech Republic Tomáš HübschmanYellow card 58'downward-facing red arrow 91'
DF26Romania Răzvan Raț
MF36Brazil ElanoYellow card 21'downward-facing red arrow 73'
MF4Ukraine Anatoliy Tymoshchuk (c)
MF18Poland Mariusz Lewandowski
MF7Brazil Fernandinho
FW29Romania Ciprian Marica 59'downward-facing red arrow 80'
FW25Brazil BrandãoYellow card 118'
Substitutes:
MF6Serbia Igor Duljajupward-facing green arrow 73'Yellow card 120'
DF8Brazil Leonardo
DF13Ukraine Vyacheslav Shevchuk
DF14Romania Flavius Stoicanupward-facing green arrow 91'
GK16Czech Republic Jan Laštůvka
FW17Nigeria Julius Aghahowaupward-facing green arrow 80' 100'
FW20Ukraine Oleksiy Byelik
Manager:
Romania Mircea Lucescu
Dynamo Kyiv:
GK1Ukraine Oleksandr Shovkovskyi (c)
DF3Ukraine Serhiy Fedorov
FW5Ukraine Serhii RebrovYellow card 101'
FW9Brazil KléberYellow card 45'
MF14Ukraine Ruslan Rotandownward-facing red arrow 12'
FW16Uzbekistan Maksim Shatskikh
MF20Ukraine Oleh Husyev
DF27Ukraine Vladyslav Vashchuk
MF30Morocco Badr El KaddouriYellow card 119'
DF32Serbia Goran Gavrančićdownward-facing red arrow 55'
DF33Russia Andrey Yeshchenkodownward-facing red arrow 68'
Substitutes:
DF4Brazil Rodolfoupward-facing green arrow 55' 79'
MF8Belarus Valyantsin Byalkevichupward-facing green arrow 12'
MF15Brazil Diogo Rincón
FW23Latvia Māris Verpakovskis
FW25Ukraine Artem Milevskyiupward-facing green arrow 68'Yellow card 82'
DF26Ukraine Andriy Nesmachniy
GK55Ukraine Oleksandr Rybka
Manager:
Ukraine Anatoliy Demyanenko

MATCH OFFICIALS

  • Assistant referees:
    • Slovakia Martin Balko
    • Slovakia Tomáš Mokoš
  • Fourth official:Slovakia V. Grinjak

MATCH RULES

  • 90 minutes.
  • 30 minutes of extra-time if necessary.
  • Penalty shoot-out if scores still level.
  • Seven named substitutes
  • Maximum of 3 substitutions.

Top goal scorers
Brandão
Okoduwa
Brazil Brandão Shakhtar Donetsk 15
Nigeria Emmanuel Okoduwa Arsenal Kyiv 15
Ukraine Oleksandr Kosyrin Metalurh Donetsk 13 (2)
Ukraine Serhii Rebrov Dynamo Kyiv 13 (2)
Ukraine Vasyl Sachko Volyn Lutsk 13 (2)
Brazil Kléber Dynamo Kyiv 11
Brazil Matuzalém Shakhtar Donetsk 10 (1)
Armenia Ara Hakobyan Metalurh Donetsk 10 (3)
Brazil Diogo Rincón Dynamo Kyiv 10 (4)
Ukraine Serhiy Shyshchenko Metalurh Zaporizhya 9
Georgia (country) Vasil Gigiadze Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih 9 (4)
  

See also

References
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