2008–09 Ukrainian First League

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
2007-08
2009-10

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

Promoted 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:

Competition information

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

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Withdrawn teams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
1Zakarpattia Uzhhorod 3221655528+2769(-) new – Premier League - Promoted – Champions
2Obolon Kyiv 3219677440+3463 Premier League - Promoted
3PFC Oleksandria 3215984331+1254
4PFC Sevastopol 32156114341+251
5Volyn Lutsk 32155124846+250
6Krymteplytsia Molodizhne 32147114039+149
7Desna Chernihiv 32138113133247
8Dynamo-2 Kyiv 32111474342+147
9Dniester Ovidiopol 321110113940143
10Stal Alchevsk 321110113339643Fair Play Award
11Ihroservice Simferopol 32126144247542Withdraw 1
12Naftovyk-Ukrnafta Okhtyrka 321111104142141–3 2 (-) new
13Feniks-Illichovets Kalinine 32911123338538
14Enerhetyk Burshtyn 32871729431431
15Helios Kharkiv 32861828441630
16Prykarpattya Ivano-Frankivsk 32771826542828Reinstated 3
17Knyazha Schaslyve 3255222223120(+) 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 DK2ENEFENHELIHSKNYKRMNAFOBOOLKPIFSEVSTAVOLHOV
Desna Chernihiv 13 21 10 00 10 10 00 23 10 32 00 00 11 21 01 01
Dnister Ovidiopol 10 12 11 20 11 30 +:- 00 11 13 11 10 11 12 13 13
Dynamo-2 Kyiv 22 21 32 22 11 31 +:- 22 11 00 11 03 12 00 32 11
Enerhetyk Burshtyn 12 00 20 12 21 01 11 01 11 21 03 20 21 13 00 12
Feniks-Illichovets Kalinino 12 21 31 32 23 00 +:- 01 22 11 00 21 00 22 12 12
Helios Kharkiv 31 01 22 10 01 11 +:- 01 01 12 13 21 01 20 10 01
Ihroservice Simferopol 30 22 01 12 10 30 10 21 30 12 12 10 42 11 23 11
Knyazha Schaslyve -:+ 02 22 -:+ 12 11 -:+ -:+ 30 12 -:+ -:+ -:+ 13 30 13
Krymteplytsia Molodizhne 00 40 12 03 22 12 24 12 31 21 21 10 11 20 10 04
Naftovyk-Ukrnafta Okhtyrka 10 11 22 31 31 22 24 +:- 10 01 11 30 12 11 31 10
Obolon Kyiv 32 31 01 30 00 30 60 21 21 32 43 11 60 62 43 00
FC Oleksandriya 01 12 20 11 20 21 21 11 21 00 10 21 10 21 22 10
Prykarpattya Ivano-Frankivsk 00 05 13 11 00 10 20 02 21 11 33 02 26 21 04 13
Sevastopol 01 11 10 10 21 10 31 01 12 01 14 31 30 00 41 31
Stal Alchevsk 20 10 02 20 12 21 11 +:- 00 21 02 21 10 12 00 11
Volyn Lutsk 04 01 11 20 10 30 31 +:- 02 32 32 21 12 30 11 32
Hoverla Uzhhorod 31 41 11 10 10 21 10 20 11 01 32 21 21 20 20 20

Updated to games played on Jun 14, 2009.
Source: PFL Persha Liha Calendar
1 ^ 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 ParkhomenkoUkraine 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]

See also

External links

References

  1. (Ukrainian) Professional Football League 2008–09 Official Meetings Minutes #23
  2. 1 2 (Ukrainian) Professional Football League 2009 Official Meetings Minutes #6
  3. ""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.
  4. XVIII Conference of the Union of Professional Clubs "PFL of Ukraine"
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