Vitaliy Danilov is the president of Ukrainian Premier League and Honorary President of FC Kharkiv.
Vitaliy Danilov was born 10 June 1967 in Ukraine. He graduated from the Kiev National University of fitness education and sport of Ukraine as a teacher. Post-graduation – Kharkiv Economic University. Vitaliy Danilov is a member of Ukrainian parliament (Verkhovna Rada). Master of sports in freestyle wrestling.
Vitaliy Danilov was elected as a temporary acting president on May 27, 2008 when top 16 Ukrainian football clubs declared about Ukrainian Premier League launch.
On July 1, 2009 Danilov won the election and became the league president without 'temporary acting' prefix.
But July 2009 five Premier League clubs: Arsenal (Kyiv), Dynamo (Kyiv), Dnipro (Dnepropetrovsk), Kryvbas (Kryvy Rig), and Metalist (Kharkov) declared that the elections of the League's president were illegal due to procedure infraction. The representatives of the above mentioned clubs did not recognize Vitaliy Danilov as the president.
To resolve this conflict Vitaliy Danilov initiated in September 2009 re-election of the League's president and on the 1st December 2009 won the election again[1] with 11 clubs voted for his candidature, 3 (Arsenal, Dynamo, Metalist) - against, 1 (Kryvbas) abstain, and 1 (FC Dnipro) - absent. This time most presidents of the Premier League of Ukraine acknowledged Vitaliy Danilov legality.