2015–16 Ukrainian First League

Ukrainian First League
Season 2015–16
Champions FC Zirka Kirovohrad
Relegated FC Ternopil
Matches played 220
Goals scored 509 (2.31 per match)
Top goalscorer 16 Artem Favorov (Obolon-Brovar)
Biggest home win Zirka 60 FC Ternopil (Round 5)
Biggest away win 4 Nyva 04 FC Sumy (Round 3)
Highest scoring 7 Hirnyk-Sport 34 FC Poltava (Round 29)
Longest winning run 6 Zirka (Round 1925)
Longest unbeaten run 9 Helios (Rounds 19)
Longest winless run 8 Illichivets (Rounds 34, 6, 89, ppd. 7, 10, ppd. 5)
Longest losing run 8 Nyva (Round 69, Round 1114)
Highest attendance 7,500 DniproHirnyk (Round 20)
Lowest attendance 100
DesnaFC Sumy(Round 12)

The 2015–16 Ukrainian First League was the 25th since its establishment. The competition commenced on 26 July 2015 with eight matches. The competition had a winter break which began after Round 18 on November 22. The competition resumed on 26 March 2016 and completed on 1 June 2016.

Teams

The number of teams for the competition was confirmed on 19 June 2015.[1]

Two teams were promoted from the 2014–15 Ukrainian Second League.[2]

Relegated teams

One team was promoted from the 2014–15 Ukrainian Premier League.

Reinstated teams

Location map

The following displays the location of teams.

Stadiums

The following stadiums are considered home grounds for the teams in the competition.

Rank Stadium Capacity Club Notes
1 Metalurh Stadium, Kryvyi Rih 29,783 Hirnyk Kryvyi Rih
2 Yuvileiny Stadium, Sumy 25,800 FC Sumy
3 Lobanovskyi Dynamo Stadium, Kyiv 16,873 Dynamo-2 Kyiv Used as home ground in Round 14 and 17
4 Central City Stadium, Mykolaiv 16,700 MFC Mykolaiv
5 Zirka Stadium, Kirovohrad 13,667 Zirka Kirovohrad
6 Labor Reserve, Bila Tserkva 13,500 Desna Chernihiv Used as home ground(22)
7 City Stadium, Ternopil 12,750 Nyva Ternopil
FC Ternopil
8 Illichivets Stadium, Mariupol 12,680 Illichivets Mariupol
9 Yuri Gagarin Stadium, Chernihiv 12,060 Desna Chernihiv
10 Central Stadion, Cherkasy 10,321 Cherkaskyi Dnipro
11 Naftovyk Stadium, Okhtyrka 5,256 Naftovyk-Ukrnafta Okhtyrka
12 Obolon Arena, Kiev 5,100 Obolon-Brovar Kyiv
13 Sonyachny Training Center, Kharkiv 4,924[4] Helios Kharkiv
14 Avanhard Stadium, Kramatorsk 2,500 Avanhard Kramatorsk
15 Lokomotov Stadium, Poltava 2,500 FC Poltava
16 Yunist Stadium, Komsomolsk 2,500 Hirnyk-Sport Komsomolsk
17 Dynamo Training Center, Kyiv 1,200 Dynamo-2 Kyiv

Notes:

Managers

Club Coach Replaced coach
Avanhard Kramatorsk Ukraine Yakiv Kripak
Cherkaskyi Dnipro Ukraine Ihor Stolovytskyi
Desna Chernihiv Ukraine Oleksandr Ryabokon
Dynamo-2 Kyiv Ukraine Vadym Yevtushenko
Helios Kharkiv Ukraine Serhiy Syzykhin
Hirnyk Kryvyi Rih Ukraine Hennadiy Prykhodko
Hirnyk-Sport Komsomolsk Ukraine Ihor Zhabchenko
Illichivets Mariupol Ukraine Valeriy Kriventsov
MFC Mykolaiv Ukraine Ruslan Zabranskyi
Naftovyk-Ukrnafta Okhtyrka Ukraine Volodymyr Knysh
Nyva Ternopil Kazakhstan Petro Badlo (interim) Ukraine Roman Tolochko
Obolon-Brovar Kyiv Russia Sergei Soldatov
FC Poltava Ukraine Anatoliy Bezsmertnyi (interim) Ukraine Oleh Fedorchuk
FC SumyUkraine Yuriy Yaroshenko
FC TernopilUkraine Vasyl Ivehesh
Zirka Kirovohrad Ukraine Serhiy Lavrynenko

Managerial changes

Team Outgoing head coach Manner of departure Date of vacancy Table Incoming head coach Date of appointment Table
Helios Kharkiv Ukraine Serhiy Syzykhin (interim) Change of contract 1 July 2015[6] Pre-season Ukraine Serhiy Syzykhin 1 July 2015 Pre-season
Nyva Ternopil Ukraine Roman Tolochko Resigns 9 September 2015[7] 15th Kazakhstan Petro Badlo (interim) 9 September 2015 15th
FC Ternopil Ukraine Vasyl Ivehesh Hospitalized 13 May 2016[8] 15th Ukraine Ivan Maruschak (interim) 14 May 2016 15th

League table

As of 24 June 2016
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Comments
1 Zirka Kirovohrad (C, P) 30 20 5 5 49 22 +27 65 Premier League Promoted
2 Cherkaskyi Dnipro 30 16 7 7 45 27 +18 55 (+) new
3 Obolon-Brovar Kyiv 30 16 6 8 45 35 +10 54 (+) new
4 Illichivets Mariupol 30 14 11 5 34 23 +11 53 (-) new
5 Helios Kharkiv 30 13 12 5 33 24 +9 51  
6 Hirnyk Kryvyi Rih (D) 30 13 10 7 39 27 +12 49 withdrew after the season(1)
7 MFC Mykolaiv 30 13 8 9 34 27 +7 44 3(2)
8 Desna Chernihiv 30 11 7 12 30 29 +1 40  
9 Naftovyk-Ukrnafta Okhtyrka 30 11 7 12 31 33 2 40  
10 FC Poltava 30 10 8 12 29 32 3 38  
11 Dynamo-2 Kyiv (D) 30 9 9 12 27 34 7 36 withdrew after the season(3)
12 Hirnyk-Sport Komsomolsk 30 8 9 13 30 35 5 33  
13 Avanhard Kramatorsk 30 8 8 14 28 42 14 32 (*) new
14 FC Sumy 30 8 6 16 35 54 19 30  
15 FC Ternopil 30 6 7 17 18 47 29 22 3(2) avoided relegation(6)
16 Nyva Ternopil (D) 30 2 4 24 10 26 16 7 3(2) withdrew during the season(4)
Source: (in Ukrainian) Professional Football League of Ukraine[9]
(C) Champion; (D) Disqualified; (P) Promoted.
Rules for classification:[10] 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) head-to-head fair play (all games) 8) draw or playoff
Promotion to Ukrainian Premier League[11]
Qualifies for Promotion/Relegation playoff game(5)
Relegation to Ukrainian Second League(6)
Withdrew from competition

Notes:

Results

As of 1 June 2016
Home ╲ Away AVK CHD DESDK2HELHIRHISILLMYKNAFNVTOBKPOLSUMTNPZIR
Avanhard Kramatorsk 11 11 10 00 01 21 02 02 23 +:- 12 00 30 20 02
Cherkaskyi Dnipro 20 20 31 11 21 30 32 02 10 31 40 21 20 20 22
Desna Chernihiv 31 31 12 01 11 02 01 01 12 +:- 02 21 41 11 10
Dynamo-2 Kyiv 21 22 31 00 00 11 10 00 00 10 13 21 41 21 01
Helios Kharkiv 20 11 01 11 21 11 00(11) 22 02 30(10) 12 10 32 30 11
Hirnyk Kryvyi Rih 11 21 00 20 11 31 12 30 03 +:-(10) 21 00 20 11 00
Hirnyk-Sport Komsomolsk 01 01 00 00 11 10(7) 11 31 20 13 12 34 30 13 11
Illichivets Mariupol 11 11 01(8) 42 31 21 00 00 11 10 10 21 11(9) 00 30
MFC Mykolaiv 21 10 31 00 02 03 20 40 01 30 22 11 31 30 02
Naftovyk-Ukrnafta Okhtyrka 42 01 11 10 01 23 02 10 00 +:- 11 11 00 20 23
Nyva Ternopil(12) 01 11 20 -:+ -:+ 01 00 -:+ -:+ 01 -:+ 01 04 -:+ 01
Obolon-Brovar Kyiv 11 10 00 20 12 23 10 02 00 30 22 31 42 32 12
FC Poltava 01 02 01 20 00 10 12 10 31 +:- 12 22 10 10
PFC Sumy 32 01 04 21 00 22 01 01 21 20 11 20 13 41 01
FC Ternopil 11 10 02 10 01 03 11 11 01 10 10 02 11 01 12
Zirka Kirovohrad 51 20 10 21 40 21 13 00 21 10 +:- 12 20 20 60

Updated to games played on 1 June 2016.
Source: (in Ukrainian)
1 ^ The home team is listed in the left-hand column.
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Notes:

Position by Round

Team ╲ Round 123456789101112131415161718192021222324252627282930
Zirka Kirovohrad 13 14 7 4 1 3 2 2 1 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
Cherkaskyi Dnipro 9 3 8 5 8 4 3 4 2 5 3 4 3 4 3 3 3 3 3 3 4 3 3 3 2 2 4 3 2 2
Obolon-Brovar Kyiv 1 7 12 8 6 8 6 3 5 6 4 2 2 2 2 2 2 5 4 4 2 4 4 4 4 4 2 2 3 3
Illichivets Mariupol 2 1 2 3 7 9 9 9 10 14 11 13 10 11 10 7 8 8 7 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 5 4 4 4
Helios Kharkiv 10 11 6 2 4 2 4 5 3 4 6 6 7 9 8 8 5 4 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 6 6 6 5
Hirnyk Kryvyi Rih 14 5 4 7 5 5 7 8 6 3 2 3 4 3 4 4 4 2 2 2 3 2 2 2 3 3 3 5 5 6
MFC Mykolaiv 3 6 10 10 10 7 8 7 8 8 8 7 9 6 5 5 6 6 10 10 9 11 11 11 11 10 9 7 7 7
Desna Chernihiv 7 12 9 11 12 10 10 10 11 10 13 10 8 8 9 11 11 11 9 7 7 10 10 10 10 9 8 8 8 8
Naftovyk-Ukrnafta Okhtyrka 8 4 1 1 2 6 5 6 7 7 7 12 13 13 14 13 13 12 12 12 10 8 9 8 7 7 7 9 10 9
FC Poltava 6 8 13 14 9 12 12 11 9 9 9 11 12 10 12 9 9 10 8 8 8 7 7 7 8 8 10 10 9 10
Dynamo-2 Kyiv 4 2 3 6 3 1 1 1 4 1 5 5 5 5 6 6 7 7 6 9 11 9 8 9 9 11 13 12 12 11
Hirnyk-Sport Komsomolsk 12 10 11 13 15 15 16 14 15 13 12 9 6 7 7 10 10 9 11 11 13 13 12 12 12 13 11 11 11 12
Avanhard Kramatorsk 16 16 16 16 16 16 13 12 13 12 10 8 11 12 11 12 12 13 13 13 12 12 13 13 13 12 12 13 13 13
PFC Sumy 5 9 5 9 11 11 11 13 14 15 15 15 14 14 13 15 15 14 14 14 15 14 14 14 14 14 14 14 14 14
FC Ternopil 15 13 14 12 14 13 14 15 12 11 14 14 15 15 15 14 14 15 15 15 14 15 15 15 15 15 15 15 15 15
Nyva Ternopil 11 15 15 15 13 14 15 16 16 16 16 16 16 16 16 16 16 16 16 16 16 16 16 16 16 16 16 16 16 16

Last updated: 1 June 2016
Source: pfl.ua

Top goalscorers

As of 1 June 2016[29]

Notes:

See also

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  29. Full roster at UA-Football
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