2008–09 Ukrainian Premier League

Ukrainian Premier League
Season 2008–09
Champions Dynamo Kyiv
Relegated FC Lviv
FC Kharkiv
Champions League Dynamo Kyiv
Shakhtar Donetsk
Europa League Metalist Kharkiv
Metalurh Donetsk
Vorskla Poltava (via Ukrainian Cup)
Matches played 240
Goals scored 551 (2.3 per match)
Top goalscorer Oleksandr Kovpak (17) (Tavriya Simferopol)
Longest winning run Dynamo Kyiv (10)
Longest unbeaten run Shakhtar Donetsk (15)
Longest losing run FC Kharkiv (8)

The 2008–09 Ukrainian Premier League season was the eighteenth since its establishment. The league was restructured and split off from the Professional Football League of Ukraine. It was officially named as the EpiCentre Championship of Ukraine in football.

Shakhtar Donetsk were the defending champions of the past season, having won their fourth league title. The season began on 16 July 2008 with a scoreless draw between Tavriya Simferopol and Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk. The last round of matches were played on 26 May 2009. A total of 16 teams participated in the league, 14 of which had contested in the 2007–08 season, and two of which were promoted from the Persha Liha.

Vorskla Poltava's Ahmed Yanuzi scored the first goal of the tournament on 18 July 2008 in the 72nd minute of an away match against FC Kharkiv. Dynamo Kyiv won their title several games before the end of the season after a home win against Tavriya Simferopol. Dynamo finished with a 15-point lead over the defending champions and current runners-up Shakhtar Donetsk.

Teams

Location map

Managers and captains

Club Coach Captain Replaced coach
Arsenal KyivUkraine Oleksandr ZavarovUkraine Vitaliy Reva
Chornomorets OdesaUkraine Viktor HryshkoUkraine Vitaliy RudenkoRussia Vitaliy Shevchenko
Dnipro DnipropetrovskUkraine Volodymyr BezsonovUkraine Andriy RusolUkraine Oleh Protasov
Dynamo KyivRussia Yuri SeminMorocco Badr El Kaddouri
Illichivets MariupolRussia Ilya BliznyukUkraine Ihor ShukhovtsevUkraine Oleksandr Ischenko
Karpaty LvivBelarus Oleg KononovUkraine Serhiy Pshenychnykh
FC KharkivUkraine Mykhailo StelmakhUkraine Vitaliy KomarnitskyyUkraine Volodymyr Bezsonov
Kryvbas Kryvyi RihUkraine Oleh TaranAlbania Dorian Bylykbashi
FC LvivUkraine Serhiy KovaletsUkraine Maryan MarushchakUkraine Stepan Yurchyshyn
Metalist KharkivUkraine Myron MarkevychUkraine Oleksandr Goryainov
Metalurh DonetskBulgaria Nikolay KostovUkraine Vyacheslav Checher
Metalurh ZaporizhyaUkraine Oleh LutkovUkraine Oleksiy HodinUkraine Anatoly Chantsev
Shakhtar DonetskRomania Mircea LucescuCroatia Darijo Srna
Tavriya SimferopolUkraine Serhiy PuchkovUkraine Oleksandr KovpakUkraine Mykhailo Fomenko
Vorskla PoltavaUkraine Mykola PavlovUkraine Gennadiy Medvediev
Zorya LuhanskUkraine Yuri DudnykUkraine Oleksiy KhramtsovUkraine Anatoliy Volobuev

Qualification to European competitions for 2009–10

Timeline of qualification

Vorskla PoltavaMetalurh DonetskMetalist KharkivShakhtar DonetskDynamo Kyiv

League table

Pos
 Team
 Pld
 W
 D
 L
 GF
 GA
 GD
 Pts
Qualification or relegation
1 FC Dynamo Kyiv (C) 30 26 1 3 71 19 +52 79 2009–10 UEFA Champions League Group stage
2 Shakhtar Donetsk 30 19 7 4 47 16 +31 64 2009–10 UEFA Champions League Third qualifying round
3 Metalist Kharkiv 30 17 8 5 44 25 +19 59 2009–10 UEFA Europa League Third qualifying round
4 Metalurh Donetsk 30 14 7 9 36 27 +9 49 2009–10 UEFA Europa League Second qualifying round
5 Vorskla Poltava 30 14 7 9 32 26 +6 49 2009–10 UEFA Europa League Play-off round
6 Dnipro 30 13 9 8 34 25 +9 48
7 Metalurh Zaporizhya 30 12 9 9 29 30 −1 45
8 Tavriya Simferopol 30 10 7 13 41 45 −4 37
9 Karpaty Lviv 30 8 10 12 33 39 −6 34
10 Chornomorets Odesa 30 12 2 16 34 42 −8 0321
11 Arsenal Kyiv 30 8 8 14 26 33 −7 32
12 Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih 30 8 8 14 21 36 −15 32
13 Zorya Luhansk 30 8 7 15 29 45 −16 31
14 Illichivets Mariupol 30 7 5 18 31 54 −23 26
15 FC Lviv (R) 30 6 8 16 24 39 −15 26 Relegation to Ukrainian First League
16 FC Kharkiv (R) 30 2 9 19 19 50 −31 0122

Source: Premier League website (in Ukrainian)
Rules for classification: 1st points; 2nd overall wins; 3rd goal difference; 4th goals scored
1Chornomorets were docked 6 points for failing to satisfy contractual obligations with the Bosnian player Đorđe Inđić.[1]
2On 6 May 2009 FC Kharkiv were docked 3 points by the Disciplinary Committee of the FPL (application fees).[2]
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (E) = Eliminated; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round.
Only applicable when the season is not finished:
(Q) = Qualified to the phase of tournament indicated; (TQ) = Qualified to tournament, but not yet to the particular phase indicated; (RQ) = Qualified to the relegation tournament indicated; (DQ) = Disqualified from tournament.

Results

Home \ Away[1] ARK CHO DNIDYNILLKARKHAKRYLVIMETMDOMZASHATAVVORZOR
Arsenal Kyiv 1–0 0–1 0–2 4–0 4–0 1–0 1–1 0–0 0–2 0–1 2–0 0–0 1–1 0–0 1–1
Chornomorets Odesa 0–1 1–1 0–3 3–2 3–0 3–1 2–0 1–0 1–0 2–1 2–1 0–3 0–2 0–1 1–3
Dnipro 2–1 4–1 1–3 0–0 1–0 4–1 1–0 1–1 2–0 1–1 1–2 0–0 0–1 2–1 1–1
FC Dynamo Kyiv 3–0 3–1 2–1 2–0 4–0 1–0 3–0 1–0 1–2 1–0 2–0 1–0 3–2 4–1 5–0
Illichivets Mariupol 2–1 1–0 1–2 3–4 1–5 1–1 2–0 2–0 0–2 0–1 1–1 1–2 3–3 1–3 1–0
Karpaty Lviv 3–1 3–0 0–0 1–4 1–0 0–2 3–0 2–1 0–2 1–1 0–0 1–1 0–1 0–0 1–1
FC Kharkiv 1–1 1–1 0–2 0–4 1–2 1–1 0–1 2–3 1–2 1–0 0–2 0–0 0–3 0–1 2–3
Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih 1–0 0–2 0–1 2–1 0–0 1–1 1–1 2–0 1–3 1–2 1–0 0–1 1–1 0–2 2–1
FC Lviv 0–1 0–2 0–1 0–1 2–1 2–4 1–0 1–0 1–1 0–1(2) 1–2(1) 2–0 2–4 0–0 3–1
Metalist Kharkiv 3–1 2–0 3–2 0–2 2–0 1–1 1–1 1–0 0–0 1–1 1–1 0–3 3–0 3–1 2–1
Metalurh Donetsk 0–0 1–0 1–1 0–2 2–0 1–0 3–0 1–1 2–0 0–2 3–1 1–2 2–1 2–1 3–0
Metalurh Zaporizhya 2–1 1–3 0–1 1–3 2–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 2–1 1–0 2–1 1–0 1–0 1–0 2–1
Shakhtar Donetsk 3–0 1–0 1–0 1–0 3–0 1–0 3–0 4–2 2–0 2–2 1–1 2–2 2–0 1–0 3–1
Tavriya Simferopol 3–1 1–3 0–0 1–3 3–2 1–4 1–1 0–1 2–2 0–1 4–1 2–0 0–2 1–3 2–1
Vorskla Poltava 1–0 2–1 1–0 2–2 2–3 2–1 2–1 0–0 0–0 0–1 1–0 1–1 1–0 1–0 0–1
Zorya Luhansk 0–1 2–1 2–0 0–1 2–1 1–0 2–0 1–2 1–1 1–1 0–2 0–0 0–3 1–1 0–2

Source: Premier League website (in Ukrainian)
1 ^ The home team is listed in the left-hand column.
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Additional Notes

  • (1) The game was played in Lutsk as the Lviv's home ground was temporarily suspended due to its poor pitch conditions (see Stadiums).
  • (2) The game was played in Kiev.

Round by Round

The following table is a historic representation of the team's position in the standings after the completion of each round.

Team ╲ Round123456789101112131415161718192021222324252627282930
Arsenal Kyiv345681110109111212131313121211101113121212121314121011
Chornomorets Odesa1116105686878999101010912121011131313131212111210
Dnipro91391056578766656677887777676556
FC Dynamo Kyiv113322221111111111111111111111
Illichivets Mariupol15712141516161613141313121212141415151515141414151515151414
Karpaty Lviv1110151313121212121211111199910877888910101010119
FC Kharkiv111113151615141515151616161616161616161616161616161616161616
Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih3481211108910910101011111111101112109988999912
FC Lviv1711111013131316161414151515151514141414151515141413141515
Metalist Kharkiv732233443333223222233233333333
Metalurh Donetsk321111112222332334544444444444
Metalurh Zaporizhya1111149127966555567766666666757777
Shakhtar Donetsk151378791111111088775555322322222222
Tavriya Simferopol91516161414151414131515141414131313131312111111988888
Vorskla Poltava394444334444444443455555565665
Zorya Luhansk746795755677888889999101010111111131313

Source: kicker.de (in German)

Top scorers

Kovpak
in 2009
# Scorer Goals (Pen.) Team
1 Ukraine Oleksandr Kovpak 17 (6) Tavriya Simferopol
2 Guinea Ismaël Bangoura 13 (1) Dynamo Kyiv
Ukraine Oleksandr Aliev 13 (3) Dynamo Kyiv
4 Brazil Jajá 11 (1) Metalist Kharkiv
5 Ukraine Serhiy Kuznetsov 10 Karpaty Lviv
Albania Parid Xhihani 10 Zorya Luhansk
Ukraine Artem Milevskiy 10 (1) Dynamo Kyiv
8 Romania Tiberiu Ghioane 9 Dynamo Kyiv
9 Ukraine Oleksandr Kosyrin 8 Chornomorets Odesa
Ukraine Marko Dević 8 (2) Metalist Kharkiv
Portugal Ricardo Fernandes 8 (6) Metalurh Donetsk

Season awards

The laureates of the 2008–09 UPL season were:[3]

Stadiums

FC Kharkiv played in Sumy, because Dynamo Stadium in Kharkiv which was recently bought by the club requires major renovations. The club returned to their home ground in April for their 24th Round game against Tavriya. Arsenal Kyiv, who also has a chronic problem with obtaining its own home ground, shared three stadiums in the first half of the season. Initially allowed to play at Lobanovsky Dynamo Stadium, Arsenal was forced to seek another home venue during its times financial hardship. Arsenal was spotted by Obolon Kyiv that let the club utilize the Obolon Stadium. As the problem continues to be unresolved with Arsenal's home field, they could possibly relocate from Kiev, with some speculations of moving to Sumy Oblast.

Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk has moved this season to the newly built Dnipro Stadium, but still played some of its games at Stadium Meteor on occasion. Also Shakhtar Donetsk plans to move to the newly built Donbass Arena once it is completely built. FC Chornomorets Odessa, due to renovations at Chornomorets Stadium played its games in the second half of the season at Spartak Stadium.

Newly promoted FC Lviv decided to use Ukraina Stadium expecting to attract extra fans in Lviv. However, economic factors as well as poor performances and lack of support in the area the club decided after the winter break to return to their original home ground Kniazha Arena in Dobromyl. After one home game in atrocious conditions in early spring which damaged the pitch the club was forced to look to other venues (including Avanhard Stadium in Lutsk and Bannikov Stadium in Kiev).[4] Late in April FC Lviv returned for home fixtures at Kniazha Arena.

List of home stadiums

Rank Stadium Capacity Club Notes
1Dnipro Stadium31,003Dnipro DnipropetrovskMoved from Stadium Meteor (12 games)[5]
2Metalurh Stadium29,783Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih
3Ukraina Stadium28,051Karpaty LvivStadium under renovations
4RSK Olimpiyskiy25,831Shakhtar Donetsk
5Vorskla Stadium25,000Vorskla Poltava
6OSK Metalist22,757Metalist KharkivStadium under renovations
7Avanhard Stadium22,320Zorya Luhansk
8Lokomotiv Stadium19,978Tavriya Simferopol
9Lobanovsky Dynamo Stadium16,873Dynamo Kyiv
Arsenal Kyiv		Temporarily leased to FC Arsenal
10Illichivets Stadium12,680Illichivets Mariupol
11Slavutych Arena11,983Metalurh Zaporizhya
12Dynamo Stadium (Kharkiv)[6]9,000FC KharkivFC Kharkiv played only its last four games (all lost)[7]
13Metalurh Stadium5,300Metalurh Donetsk
14Spartak Stadium[8]5,000Chornomorets OdesaChornomorets' secondary home ground.
15Kniazha Arena3,220FC LvivFC Lviv's home ground in Dobromyl

Auxiliary or former home stadiums

Rank Stadium Capacity Club Notes
1Chornomorets Stadium34,362Chornomorets OdesaHome ground for the first half (9 games)[9]
2Yuvileiny Stadium (Sumy)29,300FC KharkivFC Kharkiv lease until April 2009 (11 games)
3Ukraina Stadium28,051FC LvivLent to FC Lviv in the first half.
4Stadium Meteor24,381Dnipro DnipropetrovskPlayed only first three games
5Avanhard Stadium[10]11,574FC LvivLent to FC Lviv for a single game
6Dynamo Stadium (Kharkiv)9,000Metalist KharkivPlayed the last game of season against Kryvbas[11]
7Obolon Stadium[12]4,300Arsenal KyivLent to Arsenal Kyiv by Obolon Kyiv
8Bannikov Stadium1,678Arsenal Kyiv,[13] FC Lviv[14]Lent to Arsenal Kyiv and FC Lviv by FFU
9Dynamo Club Stadium[15]750Arsenal KyivLent to Arsenal Kyiv by Dynamo Kyiv

Medal squads

(league appearances and goals listed in brackets)

1. FC Dynamo Kyiv

Goalkeepers: Stanislav Bohush (20), Oleksandr Shovkovsky (10).
Defenders: Betão (24), Badr El Kaddouri (23 / 1), Andriy Nesmachny (22 / 2), Taras Mykhalyk (18 / 2), Pape Diakhaté (13 / 1), Goran Sablić (7), Vitaliy Mandziuk (6), Oleksandr Romanchuk (5), Oleh Dopilka (1).
Midfielders: Ognjen Vukojević (27 / 2), Oleksandr Aliyev (25 / 13), Tiberiu Ghioane (21 / 9), Miloš Ninković (20 / 5), Roman Eremenko (19 / 1), Corrêa (11 / 1), Malkhaz Asatiani (11), Atanda Yussuf (11), Serhiy Kravchenko (9 / 1), Oleh Husiev (9), Mykola Moroziuk (5), Florin Cernat (3 / 1), Frank Temile (1).
Forwards: Ismaël Bangoura (26 / 13), Artem Milevskiy (24 / 10), Artem Kravets (12 / 4), Roman Zozulya (11 / 1), Andriy Yarmolenko (10), Maksim Shatskikh (6), Guilherme (2 / 3).

Manager: Yuriy Semin.

Transferred out during the season: ?.

2. FC Shakhtar Donetsk

Goalkeepers: Andriy Pyatov (24), Rustam Khudzhamov (6).
Defenders: Darijo Srna (25 / 4), Dmytro Chyhrynsky (23 / 1), Răzvan Raț (17), Oleksandr Kucher (15), Vyacheslav Shevchuk (14), Mykola Ishchenko (13), Oleksandr Chyzhov (9), Volodymyr Yezersky (8).
Midfielders: Willian (29 / 5), Jádson (26 / 1), Tomáš Hübschman (22 / 1), Fernandinho (20 / 5), Oleksiy Hay (16 / 2), Mariusz Lewandowski (16 / 1), Ilsinho (13 / 1), Igor Duljaj (13 / 1), Kostiantyn Kravchenko (6), Artem Fedetsky (5 / 1), Oleksiy Poliansky (3).
Forwards: Yevhen Selezniov (26 / 7), Oleksandr Hladkyy (26 / 4), Marcelo Moreno (14 / 2), Luiz Adriano (12 / 4), Nery Castillo (4 / 1), Ruslan Fomin (2).

Manager: Mircea Lucescu.

Transferred out during the season: ?.

3. FC Metalist Kharkiv

Goalkeepers: Oleksandr Horiainov (23), Ihor Bazhan (7).
Defenders: Milan Obradović (28 / 5), Vitalie Bordian (27 / 1), Papa Gueye (24), Seweryn Gancarczyk (23 / 2), Jonathan Maidana (20), Andriy Koniushenko (15 / 1), Yevhen Selin (2), Maksym Yakhno (1).
Midfielders: Valentyn Sliusar (29 / 3), Edmar (27 / 4), Serhiy Valiayev (26 / 2), Oleksandr Rykun (17), Walter Acevedo (12), Andriy Berezovchuk (9 / 1), Anton Postupalenko (6), Serhiy Barilko (3).
Forwards: Marko Dević (24 / 8), Jajá (23 / 11), Venance Zeze (14 / 1), Dmytro Semochko (9), Roman Butenko (1).

Manager: Myron Markevich.

Transferred out during the season: ?.

Note: Players in italic are those whose playing position is uncertain.

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Chornomorets deducted 6 points" (in Russian). UA Football. 2009-03-02. Archived from the original on 3 March 2009. Retrieved 2009-03-02.
  2. ↑ С ФК "Харьков" сняли три очка [FC Kharkiv deducted three points)] (in Russian). UA Football. 2009-05-13. Archived from the original on 14 May 2009. Retrieved 2009-05-15.
  3. ↑ Клуби ПЛ визначили лауреатів сезону
  4. ↑ Тепер у Луцьку! (Now in Lutsk) (in Ukrainian)
  5. ↑ [September 14, 2008]
  6. ↑ FPL: Game Report – Venue Dynamo Stadium used as home ground by FC Kharkiv (in Ukrainian)
  7. ↑ At Dynamo, Kharkiv played against Tavria, Lviv, Metalurh Donetsk and Metalist.
  8. ↑ FPL: Game Report – Venue Spartak Stadium used as home ground (in Ukrainian)
  9. ↑ Renovations in preparation for UEFA Euro 2012 since the start of 2009
  10. ↑ FPL: Game Report – Venue Avanhard Stadium (Lutsk) used as home ground (in Ukrainian)
  11. ↑ "Metalist-Kryvbas match report". Fpl.ua. 2009-05-23. Retrieved 2011-01-15.
  12. ↑ FPL: Game Report – Venue Obolon Stadium used as home ground (in Ukrainian)
  13. ↑ FPL: Game Report – Venue Bannikov Stadion used as home ground by Arsenal (in Ukrainian)
  14. ↑ FPL: Game Report – Venue Bannikov Stadion used as home ground by FC Lviv (in Ukrainian)
  15. ↑ FPL: Game Report – Venue Dynamo Club Stadion used as home ground (in Ukrainian)

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