2015–16 Ukrainian Premier League

Ukrainian Premier League
Season 2015–16
Matches played 107
Goals scored 294 (2.75 per match)
Top goalscorer 22 – Alex Teixeira (Shakhtar)
Biggest home win 8 – Volyn 9–1 Metalurh (Round 15)
Biggest away win 6 – Metalurh 0–6 Zorya (Round 1),
Stal 0–6 Dnipro (Round 11),
Zorya 1–7 Shakhtar (Round 12),
Metalurh 0–6 Dynamo (Round 16)
Highest scoring 10 – Volyn 9–1 Metalurh (Round 15)
Longest winning run 11 – Shakhtar (Round 6–16)
Longest unbeaten run 10 – Dynamo (Round 1–10)
Longest winless run 16 – Metalurh (Round 1–16)
Longest losing run 7 – Metalurh (Round 9–15)
Highest attendance 32,794 – Dynamo–Shakhtar (Round 11)
Lowest attendance 432 – Hoverla–Oleksandriya (Round 16)

All statistics correct as of 5 December 2015.

The 2015–16 Ukrainian Premier League season is the 25th top level football competitions since the fall of the Soviet Union and the eighth since the establishment of the Ukrainian Premier League. Because of sponsorship the league changed its title for 2015-16 season to League Pari-Match. The competition commenced on 17 July when Metalurh Zaporizhia hosted Zorya Luhansk in Zaporizhia.[1] The first sixteen rounds were played before winter break which began 6 December 2015. The competition is to resume 5 March 2016. The season will be concluded on 15 May 2016. Dynamo Kyiv are the defending champions. With the continuation of the Ukrainian crisis in the oblasts of Donetsk and Luhansk, the league remains at 14 teams after being cut from 16 in the 2014–15 season.[2][1]

Format

It was confirmed that the championship would be played using a standard double round-robin tournament system. The last team would be relegated and would be replaced by the champion of the 2015–16 Ukrainian First League.[3] In the event of a decision being made to expand the league to 16 teams next season, the last team will play a play-off game with a team that takes the third place of the 2015–16 Ukrainian First League, while the champion and runner-up would be promoted.[3]

Teams

After the previous season the president of FC Stal Dniprodzerzhynsk announced that the club will be merged with FC Metalurh Donetsk and replace them in the Premier League for the 2015–16 season[4] due to the fact that both clubs are owned by the Industrial Union of Donbas (ISD).[5] On 11 July 2015, the owners of FC Metalurh Donetsk have sent a letter to the Football Federation of Ukraine announcing their withdrawal from the competitions.[6] Right before the start of competitions it was uncertain which club will replace Metalurh either FC Stal Dniprodzerzhynsk or FC Illichivets Mariupol.[7][8] On July 14, 2015 the administration of Illichivets released a letter explaining its reason why the club should remain in the league.[9] Due to the fact that the Premier League members did not manage to gather a quorum, on July 16, 2015 the Football Federation of Ukraine Executive Committee voted on to include Stal to the Premier League (29 for, 7 against and 1 abstain).[10][11]

FC Oleksandriya, the champion of the 2014–15 Ukrainian First League, rejoins the Premier League for the first time since the 2011–12 season.

Location map

Home venues of teams in the 2015–16 Ukrainian Premier League.
Teams in italics are from a conflict zone of the War in Donbass and are playing their home games in different cities.
Stal plays its games also in Dnipropetrovsk rather than at home.

Stadiums

The following stadiums are regarded as home grounds:

Rank Stadium Club Capacity Highest
Attendance		 Notes
1 NSC Olimpiyskiy Dynamo Kyiv 70,050 32,794 Round 11 (Shakhtar)
2 OSC Metalist Metalist Kharkiv 40,003 16,855 Round 7 (Shakhtar)
3 Arena Lviv Shakhtar Donetsk 34,915 3,011 Round 6 (Metalurh) Used as home ground during season
4 Chornomorets Stadium Chornomorets Odesa 34,164 22,222 Round 3 (Dynamo)
Shakhtar Donetsk 13,213 Round 5 (Dnipro) Used as home ground in rounds 5 and 16
5 Dnipro-Arena Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk 31,003 22,060 Round 4 (Dynamo)
6 Ukraina Stadium Karpaty Lviv 28,051 7,328 Round 7 (Zorya)
7 Vorskla Stadium Vorskla Poltava 24,795 16,000 Round 10 (Dynamo)
8 Meteor Stadium Stal Dniprodzerzhynsk 24,381 5,500 Round 11 (Dnipro) Used as home ground during season[12]
9 Dynamo Stadium Olimpik Donetsk 16,873 2,500 Round 14 (Dynamo) Used as home ground in Round 14
Metalurh Zaporizhia 4,800 Round 16 (Dynamo) Used as home ground in Round 16
10 Avanhard Stadium Volyn Lutsk 12,080 10,280 Round 8 (Dynamo)
11 Slavutych-Arena Metalurh Zaporizhya 12,000 6,960 Round 10 (Olimpik)
Zorya Luhansk 6,800 Round 6 (Dynamo) Used as home ground during season
Shakhtar Donetsk 6,000 Round 14 (Volyn) Used as home ground in Round 14
12 Avanhard Stadium Hoverla Uzhhorod 12,000 3,600 Round 15 (Shakhtar)
13 CSC Nika Stadium Oleksandriya 7,000 6,500 Round 13 (Shakhtar)
14 Bannikov Stadium Olimpik Donetsk 1,678 1,050 Round 9 (Shakhtar) Used as home ground during season
Shakhtar Donetsk 1,354 Round 8 (Stal) Used as home ground in Round 8

Note:

Round when attendance is noted as highest is the chronological number of the round, not the published round by the Ukrainian Premier League since some rounds were rescheduled for a later date.

Personnel and sponsorship

Team Home city Head coach Captain Kit manufacturer Shirt sponsor
Chornomorets Odesa Odessa Ukraine Oleksandr Babych (interim) Ukraine Artem Filimonov Nike 2+2[13]
Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk Dnipropetrovsk Ukraine Myron Markevych Ukraine Ruslan Rotan Nike Біола
Dynamo Kyiv Kiev Ukraine Serhiy Rebrov Ukraine Oleksandr Shovkovskyi adidas —
Hoverla Uzhhorod Uzhhorod Ukraine Vyacheslav Hroznyi Ukraine Andriy Tsurikov adidas —
Karpaty Lviv Lviv Ukraine Volodymyr Bezubyak Ukraine Andriy Hitchenko Joma Pari-Match[14]
Metalist Kharkiv Kharkiv Ukraine Oleksandr Sevidov Ukraine Serhiy Pohorilyi adidas VETEK
Metalurh Zaporizhya Zaporizhia Ukraine Anatoliy Chantsev Ukraine Vitaliy Lysytskyi Nike —
Oleksandriya Oleksandriya Ukraine Volodymyr Sharan Ukraine Andriy Zaporozhan Nike УкрАгроКом
Olimpik Donetsk Donetsk Ukraine Roman Sanzhar Ukraine Dmytro Hryshko Puma Altkom
Shakhtar Donetsk Donetsk Romania Mircea Lucescu Croatia Darijo Srna Nike SCM
Stal Dniprodzerzhynsk Dniprodzerzhynsk Ukraine Volodymyr Mazyar Ukraine Maksym Kalenchuk Nike[15] ISD
Volyn Lutsk Lutsk Ukraine Vitaliy Kvartsyanyi Ukraine Serhiy Politylo adidas Vodafone
Vorskla Poltava Poltava Ukraine Vasyl Sachko Albania Armend Dallku adidas Ferrexpo
Zorya Luhansk Luhansk Ukraine Yuriy Vernydub Ukraine Mykyta Kamenyuka Nike —

Managerial changes

Team Outgoing manager Manner of departure Date of vacancy Table Incoming manager Date of appointment
Metalist Kharkiv Ukraine Ihor Rakhayev Mutual consent[16] 4 June Pre-season Ukraine Oleksandr Sevidov[17] 4 June
Karpaty Lviv Croatia Igor Jovićević (interim) Change of contract[18] 1 September 6th Croatia Igor Jovićević[18] 1 September
Karpaty Lviv Croatia Igor Jovićević End of contract[19] 12 January 8th Ukraine Volodymyr Bezubyak[20] 18 January

League table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Shakhtar Donetsk 16 14 1 1 50 11 +39 43 Qualification to Champions League group stage
2 Dynamo Kyiv 16 14 1 1 37 6 +31 43 Qualification to Champions League third qualifying round
3 Zorya Luhansk 16 10 4 2 32 14 +18 34 Qualification to Europa League third qualifying round
4 Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk 16 8 4 4 28 15 +13 28
5 Vorskla Poltava 16 6 7 3 20 19 +1 25
6 FC Oleksandriya 16 6 4 6 19 18 +1 22
7 Karpaty Lviv 16 6 3 7 18 23 −5 21
8 Stal Dniprodzerzhynsk 16 4 4 8 14 22 −8 16
9 Volyn Lutsk[lower-alpha 1] 16 8 3 5 26 23 +3 15
10 Olimpik Donetsk 16 4 2 10 16 25 −9 14
11 Metalist Kharkiv 16 1 8 7 12 25 −13 11
12 Chornomorets Odesa 16 1 7 8 15 28 −13 10
13 Hoverla Uzhhorod 16 1 7 8 11 26 −15 10
14 Metalurh Zaporizhya 16 0 3 13 7 50 −43 3 Relegation to Ukrainian First League
Updated to match(es) played on 6 December 2015. Source: UEFA, Soccerway, Ukrainian Premier League
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored; 4) Head-to-head points; 5) Head-to-head goal difference; 6) Head-to-head goals scored; 7) Fairplay ranking; 8) Draw.[22]
Notes:
  1. ↑ Volyn Lutsk were deducted twelve points.[21]

Results

Home ╲ Away CHO DNI DYKHOVKARMETMZAOLKOLDSTDSHAVOLVORZOR
Chornomorets Odesa 0–2 5–2 0–2 1–1 1–2 0–2
Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk 4–2 1–2 2–0 2–0 0–1 0–2 0–3
FC Dynamo Kyiv 2–1 2–0 3–0 2–0 3–0 2–0 0–3
Hoverla Uzhhorod 1–1 1–1 0–2 1–1 1–2 0–0 1–6 1–1
Karpaty Lviv 4–0 1–1 1–0 4–1 1–0 1–3 1–1
Metalist Kharkiv 2–2 2–2 2–0 1–1 1–1 0–5 0–1
Metalurh Zaporizhya 1–4 0–6 0–0 0–2 0–3 0–2 1–1 0–6
FC Oleksandriya 0–0 4–1 2–0 1–0 0–1 2–3 3–1 1–1
Olimpik Donetsk 2–2 1–1 0–3 0–1 0–1 3–0 1–0 2–3
Stal Dniprodzerzhynsk 0–5 1–2 1–1 1–0 1–2 2–0
Shakhtar Donetsk 0–2 a 2–0 3–0 2–0 2–0 a 2–0 4–0
Volyn Lutsk 0–2 0–0 2–2 9–1 1–0 1–4
Vorskla Poltava 1–1 2–1 1–0 2–1 2–2 1–1 0–2
Zorya Luhansk 0–0 2–1 0–0 4–1 4–0 2–1 1–7

Updated to games played on 6 December 2015.
Source: Ukrainian Premier League (Ukrainian)
1 ^ The home team is listed in the left-hand column.
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Positions by round

The following table represents the teams position after each round in the competition played chronologically.(4)

Team \ Round 1234567891011121314151617181920212223242526
Shakhtar Donetsk 3 1 1 2 3 2 2 2 2 2 1 1 1 1 1 1                    
FC Dynamo Kyiv 4 2 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 2 2 2                    
Zorya Luhansk 1 3 6 4 2 3 5 3 5 4 4 4 4 4 3 3                    
Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk 7 4 4 7 5 4 3 4 3 3 3 3 3 3 4 4                    
Volyn Lutsk 9 12 7 8 6 5 4 6 4 5 6 6 5 6 6 5                    
Vorskla Poltava 10 8 10 9 9 7 6 5 6 6 5 5 6 5 5 6                    
PFC Oleksandriya 13 7 8 10 11 11 11 9 10 11 8 8 9 8 8 7                    
Karpaty Lviv 12 6 3 3 4 6 7 7 8 7 7 7 7 7 7 8                    
Stal Dniprodzerzhynsk 11 13 9 6 8 9 9 11 7 8 9 9 10 10 10 9                    
Olimpik Donetsk 6 11 12 12 12 12 12 12 12 12 10 10 8 9 9 10                    
Metalist Kharkiv 2 5 5 5 7 8 10 10 11 9 12 12 12 12 11 11                    
Chornomorets Odesa 5 10 13 13 14 13 13 13 13 13 13 13 13 13 13 12                    
Hoverla Uzhhorod 8 9 11 11 10 10 8 8 9 10 11 11 11 11 12 13                    
Metalurh Zaporizhya 14 14 14 14 13 14 14 14 14 14 14 14 14 14 14 14 14 14                

Last updated: 6 December 2015
Source:

Notes:

Season statistics

Top goalscorers

As of 6 December 2015[24]

Notes:

Hat-tricks

Player For Against Result Date
Ukraine Yevhen Seleznyov4
Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk
Stal Dniprodzerzynsk
6–0
17 October 2015[26]
Ukraine Vyacheslav Sharpar
Volyn Lutsk
Metalurh Zaporizhia
9–1
29 November 2015[27]

4 Player scored four goals

  away win
  home win
  tie

See also

References

  1. 1 2 (Ukrainian) Дати і час початку матчів 1-го туру Ліги Парі-Матч [Dates and time of the 1st round games of the League Pari-Match]. Ukrainian Premier League. 3 July 2015. Retrieved 3 July 2015.
  2. ↑ Ukraine trying to revive Crimean champion football club, USA Today (19 June 2015)
  3. 1 2 (Ukrainian) 2015-16 Ukrainian Premier League regulations. Football Federation of Ukraine.
  4. ↑ (Russian) FC Stal press-office (21 June 2015). "Металлург (Д) и Сталь (Д) объединились в одну команду" [Metalurh and Stal merged into one team]. Official FC Stal Site. Retrieved 15 July 2015.
  5. ↑ (Russian)UA-Football (10 June 2015). "Тарута: Металлург Д прекращает свое существование" [Taruta: Metalurh D is ceasing its existence]. Matchday.ua. Retrieved 13 September 2015.
  6. ↑ (Russian) Металлург Д объявляет о банкротстве
  7. ↑ (Russian) Говерла остается в УПЛ; идет борьба между Ильичевцем и Сталью
  8. ↑ (Russian) Кочетов: "Можем говорить, что Сталь является участником УПЛ"
  9. ↑ (Ukrainian) Illichivets came out with the official announcement. UA-Football. 14 July 2015
  10. ↑ (Ukrainian) Stal Dniprodzerzhynsk will participate in the 2015-16 Ukrainian Premier League. Football Federation of Ukraine. 16 July 2015
  11. ↑ (Ukrainian) FFU announced the results of voting on the UPL composition. Stal will play in the elite. UA-Football. 16 July 2015
  12. ↑ (Ukrainian) Сталь виступатиме на Метеорі до кінця чемпіонату [Stal will perform at Meteor until the end of the championship]. ua-football.com. 5 August 2015. Retrieved 5 August 2015.
  13. ↑ (Russian) Черноморец: новый спонсор — канал 2+2
  14. ↑ Video of Round 2 game between Karpaty - Stal. youtube. 26 July 2015
  15. ↑ (Ukrainian)«Сталь» повертається до успішних кольорів
  16. ↑ (Russian)Металлист уволил Рахаева [Metalist fired Rakhayev]. Official Metalist website. UA-Football. 4 June 2015. Retrieved 4 June 2015.
  17. ↑ (Russian)Севидов назначен главным тренером Металлиста [Sevidov is appointed as a head coach of Metalist]. Official Metalist website. UA-Football. 4 June 2015. Retrieved 4 June 2015.
  18. 1 2 (Russian)Йовичевич лишился приставки и.о. [Jovićević left without interim prefix]. UA-Football. 1 September 2015. Retrieved 1 September 2015.
  19. ↑ (Russian) "Йовичевич покинул "Карпаты"" [Jovićević leaves Karpaty]. Futbol 1. zn.ua (Sport). 12 January 2016. Retrieved 19 January 2016.
  20. ↑ (Ukrainian) Володимир Безуб'як очолив "Карпати" [Bezubyaka heads Karpaty]. UA-Football. 18 January 2016. Retrieved 19 January 2016.
  21. ↑ "«Волинь» позбавлена дванадцяти турнірних очок" ["Volyn" devoid of twelve tournament points] (in Ukrainian). Ukrainian Premier League. 22 January 2016. Retrieved 12 February 2016.
  22. ↑ "Premier League 2015/2016 - Season rules". Scoresway. Retrieved 14 July 2015.
  23. ↑ (Ukrainian) "Ліга Парі-Матч. Сезон 2015/2016" [League Pari-Match. Season 2015–16 Calendar]. Ukrainian Premier League. 19 October 2015. Retrieved 19 October 2015.
  24. ↑ (Ukrainian) "Top Scorers (Premier League Championship. Season 2015/2016)". Ukrainian Premier League. Retrieved 21 November 2014.
  25. ↑ Shakhtar officially announced about the transfer of Texeira to a Chinese club. UA-Football. 4 February 2016
  26. ↑ (Ukrainian) "Hat-tricks". Official UPL Site. 17 October 2015. Retrieved 17 October 2015.
  27. ↑ (Ukrainian) "Hat-tricks". Official UPL Site. 29 November 2015. Retrieved 29 November 2015.

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