2015–16 Ukrainian Premier League

25th season of top-tier football league in Vyshcha Liha Ukrainian Premier League 2015–16 Dynamo Kyiv15th title Champions League Dynamo KyivShakhtar Donetsk Europa League Zorya LuhanskVorskla PoltavaFC Oleksandriya 22 – Alex Teixeira (Shakhtar) 12 – Shakhtar (Round 6–17) 10 – Dynamo (Round 1–10) 16 – Metalurh (Round 1–16) 8 – Metalurh (Round 9–16) 8 – Volyn 9–1 Metalurh (Round 15) 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) 10 – Volyn 9–1 Metalurh (Round 15) 136 365 32,794 – Dynamo–Shakhtar (Round 11) 300 – Olimpik–Volyn (Round 19) 2014–15 2016–17 20 March 2016 The 2015–16 Ukrainian Premier League season was 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 Parimatch. The competition commenced on 17 July when Metalurh Zaporizhzhia hosted Zorya Luhansk in Zaporizhzhia.http://www.fpl.ua/ukr/news/news_fpl/6383/ uk: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 3 July 2015 uk https://web.archive.org/web/20150704074800/http://www.fpl.ua/ukr/news/news_fpl/6383/ 4 July 2015 dead The first sixteen rounds were played before the winter break which began 6 December 2015; the competition resumed on 5 March 2016. The season concluded on 15 May 2016. Dynamo Kyiv were the defending champions. With the continuation of the war in Donbas, the league remained at 14 teams after being cut from 16 in the 2013–14 season.Ukraine trying to revive Crimean champion football club, USA Today (19 June 2015) 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.uk 2015-16 Ukrainian Premier League regulations https://web.archive.org/web/20160717052558/http://www.ffu.org.ua/files/ndocs_757.pdf 2016-07-17 . Football Federation of Ukraine. 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. Teams Promotions FC Oleksandriya, the champion of the 2014–15 Ukrainian First League – (returning for the first time since 2011–12 season, four seasons absence). Stal Dniprodzerzhynsk, the runner-up of the 2014–15 Ukrainian First League – (debut). Note: the club replaced FC Metalurh Donetsk (see below). Metalurh Donetsk / Stal Dniprodzerzhynsk case 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 seasonhttp://www.ua-football.com/ukrainian/high/1434885788-stal-d-i-metallurg-d-pristupili-k-sovmestnym-trenirovkam.html ru:Металлург (Д) и Сталь (Д) объединились в одну команду Metalurh and Stal merged into one team Official FC Stal Site FC Stal press-office 21 June 2015 15 July 2015 ru because both clubs are owned by the Industrial Union of Donbas (ISD).http://www.ua-football.com/ukrainian/high/1433944423-taruta-metallurg-d-prekraschaet-svoe-suschestvovanie.html ru:Тарута: Металлург Д прекращает свое существование Taruta: Metalurh D is ceasing its existence Matchday.ua UA-Football 10 June 2015 13 September 2015 ru 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.ru Металлург Д объявляет о банкротстве Right before the start of competitions it was uncertain which club will replace Metalurh either FC Stal Dniprodzerzhynsk or FC Illichivets Mariupol.ru Говерла остается в УПЛ; идет борьба между Ильичевцем и Стальюru Кочетов: "Можем говорить, что Сталь является участником УПЛ" On 14 July 2015, the administration of Illichivets released a letter explaining its reason why the club should remain in the league.uk Illichivets came out with the official announcement. UA-Football. 14 July 2015 Because the Premier League members did not manage to gather a quorum, on 16 July 2015, the Football Federation of Ukraine Executive Committee voted on to include Stal to the Premier League (29 for, 7 against and 1 abstain).uk Stal Dniprodzerzhynsk will participate in the 2015-16 Ukrainian Premier League. Football Federation of Ukraine. 16 July 2015uk FFU announced the results of voting on the UPL composition. Stal will play in the elite. UA-Football. 16 July 2015 Metalurh Zaporizhzhia case On 7 October 2015, FC Metalurh Zaporizhzhia petitioned to the Premier League to withdraw the club from the competition's participation due to the lack of financing. On 24 November 2015, Metalurh Zaporizhzhia informed the Premier League about decision of a deliberate assembly of the Metalurh Zaporizhzhia members in regards to liquidation of the club. On 2 March 2016, the Premier League cancelled the 17th-round game for Metalurh Zaporizhzhia because there are only four players were registered for the second half and only five more are allowed to be registered outside of a transfer window. Also the club failed to inform the league and the visiting team about place and time of the upcoming game. On 13 March 2016, it was announced that the club's academy the Sports School Metalurh, was handed over to the city authorities after the liquidation of the club.http://www.ua-football.com/ukrainian/high/1457871619-dyussh-zaporozhskogo-metallurga-pereshla-pod-opeku-goroda.html Sports school of Metalurh Zaporizhzhia was transferred under the city's supervision UA-Football 13 March 2016 Sport Arena ru:ДЮСШ запорожского Металлурга перешла под опеку города dead https://web.archive.org/web/20160313161457/http://www.ua-football.com/ukrainian/high/1457871619-dyussh-zaporozhskogo-metallurga-pereshla-pod-opeku-goroda.html March 13, 2016 ru On 7 April 2016, another Zaporizhzhia city club "Rosso Nero" successfully changed its name to Metalurh Zaporizhzhiahttp://www.ua-football.com/ukrainian/amateur/1460025585-metallurg-zaporozhe-proshel-gosudarstvennuyu-registraciyu.html Metalurh Zaporizhzhia passed the state registration UA-Football 7 April 2016 ru:Металлург Запорожье прошел государственную регистрацию https://web.archive.org/web/20160422194650/http://www.ua-football.com/ukrainian/amateur/1460025585-metallurg-zaporozhe-proshel-gosudarstvennuyu-registraciyu.html 22 April 2016 ru and will participate in the 2016 Ukrainian Football Amateur League.http://www.ua-football.com/ukrainian/amateur/1460273329-stal-izvesten-sostav-uchastnikov-lyubitelskogo-chempionata-ukrainy.html There became known composition of the Amateur Championship of Ukraine participants UA-Football 10 April 2016 ru:Стал известен состав участников любительского чемпионата Украины https://web.archive.org/web/20160422195045/http://www.ua-football.com/ukrainian/amateur/1460273329-stal-izvesten-sostav-uchastnikov-lyubitelskogo-chempionata-ukrainy.html 22 April 2016 ru Stal Dniprodzerzhynsk scandal On 19 November 2015,http://terrikon.com/posts/233720 Israelian will be I charge of Stal terrikon.com 19 November 2015 ru:Руководить Сталью будет Исраелян dead https://web.archive.org/web/20160313194849/http://terrikon.com/posts/233720 March 13, 2016 ruhttp://fcstal.com.ua/news/2015-11/361 Vardan Israelian is the new president of FC Stal Dniprodzerzhynsk 20 November 2015 FC Stal Dniprodzerzhynsk ru:Вардан Исраелян - новый Президент ФК "Сталь" Днепродзержинск dead https://web.archive.org/web/20160313195412/http://fcstal.com.ua/news/2015-11/361 March 13, 2016 ru there was appointed a new president of the club Vardan Israelian as the previous president Maksym Zavhorodniy changed his place of work.http://fcstal.com.ua/news/2015-12/435 FC Stal lawyer Serhiy Kakusha about the latest event in the club 13 March 2016 FC Stal Dniprodzerzhynsk ru:Юрист ФК "Сталь" Сергей Какуша о последних событиях в клубе dead https://web.archive.org/web/20160313182409/http://fcstal.com.ua/news/2015-12/435 March 13, 2016 ru In a protest of appointing Vardan Israelian, the club's vice-president Mykola Kolyuchy resignedhttp://kstati.dp.ua/content/okolofutbolnyy-skandal-vokrug-dneprodzerzhinskoy-stali Round-football scandal around Stal Dniprodzerzhynsk Kstati+ 10 December 2015 ru:Околофутбольный скандал вокруг днепродзержинской "Стали" dead https://web.archive.org/web/20160313192902/http://kstati.dp.ua/content/okolofutbolnyy-skandal-vokrug-dneprodzerzhinskoy-stali March 13, 2016 ru and replaced with Bohdan Napolov.http://fcstal.com.ua/news/2016-01/441 There took place extraordinary general assembly of the public organization FC Stal 5 January 2016 FC Stal Dniprodzerzhynsk ru:Состоялось внеочередное общее собрание общественной организации ФК "Сталь" dead https://web.archive.org/web/20160313193425/http://fcstal.com.ua/news/2016-01/441 March 13, 2016 ru On 24 December 2015, took place a meeting of members of FC Stal Dniprodzerzhynsk which decided discontinue contract with its U-19 team due to "a lack of patriotism" as well as liquidate contracts with number of players from the U-21 who were involved in corruption along with the team's head coach Serhiy Shyshchenko.http://fcstal.com.ua/news/2015-12/433 There took place a general annual assembly of the public organization FC Stal 13 March 2016 FC Stal Dniprodzerzhynsk ru:Состоялось ежегодное общее собрание общественной организации ФК "Сталь" dead https://web.archive.org/web/20160313184423/http://fcstal.com.ua/news/2015-12/433 March 13, 2016 ru Israelian informed that during his talk with Mazyar, the latter said that he will not work without Kolyuchy in the club.http://football.ua/ukraine/291017-israeljan-ja-ne-khotel-vynosit-na-publiku-to-chto-my-podozrevali-igrokov-komandy-u-21-my-ikh-nakazali-uzhe-tem-chto-vygnali-iz-k.html Israelian: There should be no discussion about resignation of Shyshchenko 24 December 2015 Football.ua ru:Исраелян: " Ни о каком увольнении Шищенко речь не идет!" dead https://web.archive.org/web/20160313195838/http://football.ua/ukraine/291017-israeljan-ja-ne-khotel-vynosit-na-publiku-to-chto-my-podozrevali-igrokov-komandy-u-21-my-ikh-nakazali-uzhe-tem-chto-vygnali-iz-k.html March 13, 2016 ru Location map Ukraine 500 left Home venues of teams in the 2015–16 Ukrainian Premier League.Teams in italics are from the conflict zone of the War in Donbas and are playing their home games in different cities.Stal plays its games also in Dnipropetrovsk rather than at home. Ukraine 50.433439 30.523333 Kyiv left Red-blue dot.svg Ukraine TransparentPlaceholder.png 52.27 21.55 Kyiv teams :DynamoOlimpik right Ukraine 48.020833 37.809722 Donetsk top Ukraine TransparentPlaceholder.png 45.27 36.55 Donetsk teams :ShakhtarOlimpik right Ukraine 49.819234 24.048193 Lviv right Red-blue dot.svg Ukraine TransparentPlaceholder.png 45.27 21.55 Lviv teams :KarpatyShakhtar right Ukraine 48.45 34.983333 Dnipro right Red-blue dot.svg Ukraine TransparentPlaceholder.png 52.27 36.55 Dnipro teams :DniproStal right Ukraine 47.833333 35.166667 Zaporizhzhia left Red-blue dot.svg Ukraine TransparentPlaceholder.png 45.27 29.55 Zaporizhzhia teams :MetalurhZorya right Ukraine 46.480556 30.755556 Chornomorets Ukraine 48.623611 22.276389 Hoverla Ukraine 49.916667 36.316667 Metalist Ukraine 48.666667 33.116667 Oleksandriya left Ukraine 48.516667 34.616667 Stal left Ukraine 49.589444 34.551389 Vorskla left Ukraine 48.566667 39.333333 Zorya top Ukraine 50.754167 25.337500 Volyn Ukraine Kyiv 300 right Kyiv city home venues of teams in the League Ukraine Kyiv 50.433333 30.521667 Dynamo(Bannikov) left Red-blue dot.svg Ukraine Lviv 200 right Lviv city home venues of teams in the League Ukraine Lviv 49.775278 24.027778 (Lviv) top Blue dot.png 6 Ukraine Lviv 49.819234 24.048193 Karpaty top Stadiums The following stadiums are regarded as home grounds: RankStadiumClubCapacityHighestAttendanceNotes 1NSC OlimpiyskiyDynamo Kyiv 70,050 32,794Round 11 (Shakhtar)2OSC MetalistMetalist Kharkiv40,00316,855Round 7 (Shakhtar) 3Arena LvivShakhtar Donetsk 34,915 6,497 Round 24 (Dynamo)Used as home ground during seasonKarpaty Lviv14,656Round 18 (Dynamo)Used as home ground in round 184Chornomorets StadiumChornomorets Odesa34,16422,222Round 3 (Dynamo)Shakhtar Donetsk13,213Round 5 (Dnipro)Used as home ground in rounds 5 and 165Dnipro-ArenaDnipro Dnipropetrovsk31,00322,060Round 4 (Dynamo)6Ukraina StadiumKarpaty Lviv28,0517,328Round 7 (Zorya)7Vorskla StadiumVorskla Poltava24,79516,000Round 10 (Dynamo)8Meteor StadiumStal Dniprodzerzhynsk24,3815,500Round 11 (Dnipro)Used as home ground during seasonhttp://www.ua-football.com/ua/ukrainian/high/1438755741-stal-vistupatime-na-meteori-do-kincya-chempionatu.html uk:Сталь виступатиме на Метеорі до кінця чемпіонату Stal will perform at Meteor until the end of the championship 5 August 2015 5 August 2015 ua-football.com uk9Dynamo StadiumOlimpik Donetsk16,8732,500Round 14 (Dynamo)Used as home ground in Round 14Metalurh Zaporizhzhia4,800Round 16 (Dynamo)Used as home ground in Round 1610Avanhard StadiumVolyn Lutsk12,08010,280Round 8 (Dynamo)11Slavutych-ArenaMetalurh Zaporizhzhia12,0006,960Round 10 (Olimpik)Zorya Luhansk6,800Round 6 (Dynamo)Used as home ground during seasonShakhtar Donetsk6,751Round 14 (Zorya)Used as home ground in Round 14 & 2612Avanhard StadiumHoverla Uzhhorod12,0003,600Round 15 (Shakhtar)13CSC Nika StadiumOleksandriya7,0006,500Round 13 (Shakhtar)14Bannikov StadiumOlimpik Donetsk 1,678 1,050Round 9 (Shakhtar) Used as home ground during seasonShakhtar Donetsk1,354Round 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 TeamHome cityHead coachCaptainKit manufacturerShirt sponsorChornomorets Odesa Odesa Ukraine Oleksandr Babych (interim) Ukraine Artem Filimonov Nike 2+2ru Черноморец: новый спонсор — канал 2+2Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk Dnipropetrovsk Ukraine Myron Markevych Ukraine Ruslan Rotan Nike БіолаDynamo Kyiv Kyiv Ukraine Serhii Rebrov Ukraine Oleksandr Shovkovskyi adidas —Hoverla Uzhhorod Uzhhorod Ukraine Vyacheslav Hroznyi Ukraine Dmytro Babenko adidas —Karpaty Lviv Lviv Ukraine Oleh LuzhnyiKarpaty senior squad. FC Karpaty Lviv website. 3 April 2016 Ukraine Ihor Plastun Joma Pari-MatchVideo of Round 2 game between Karpaty - Stal. youtube. 26 July 2015Metalist Kharkiv Kharkiv Ukraine Oleksandr Pryzetko (interim) Ukraine Volodymyr Pryyomov adidas VETEKMetalurh Zaporizhzhia Zaporizhzhia Ukraine Anatoliy Chantsev Ukraine Vitaliy Lysytskyi Nike —FC Oleksandriya Oleksandriya Ukraine Volodymyr Sharan Ukraine Andriy Zaporozhan Nike УкрАгроКомOlimpik Donetsk Donetsk Ukraine Roman Sanzhar Ukraine Dmytro Hryshko Puma AltkomShakhtar Donetsk Donetsk Romania Mircea Lucescu Croatia Darijo Srna Nike SCMStal Dniprodzerzhynsk Dniprodzerzhynsk Netherlands Erik van der Meer Ukraine Maksym Kalenchuk Nikeuk«Сталь» повертається до успішних кольорів https://web.archive.org/web/20150927090726/http://fpl.ua/ukr/news/news_fpl/6607/ 2015-09-27 ISDVolyn Lutsk Lutsk Ukraine Vitaliy Kvartsyanyi Ukraine Serhiy Kravchenko adidas —Vorskla Poltava Poltava Ukraine Vasyl Sachko Albania Armend Dallku adidas FerrexpoZorya Luhansk Luhansk Ukraine Yuriy Vernydub Ukraine Mykyta Kamenyuka Nike — Managerial changes TeamOutgoing managerManner of departureDate of vacancyTableIncoming managerDate of appointmentMetalist KharkivUkraine Ihor RakhayevMutual consenthttp://www.ua-football.com/ukrainian/high/1433402098-metallist-uvolil-rahaeva.html ru:Металлист уволил Рахаева Metalist fired Rakhayev UA-Football Official Metalist website 4 June 2015 4 June 2015 ru4 June Pre-seasonUkraine Oleksandr Sevidovhttp://www.ua-football.com/ukrainian/high/1433404336-sevidov-naznachen-glavnym-trenerom-metallista.html ru:Севидов назначен главным тренером Металлиста Sevidov is appointed as a head coach of Metalist UA-Football Official Metalist website 4 June 2015 4 June 2015 ru4 June Karpaty LvivCroatia Igor Jovićević (interim)Change of contracthttp://www.ua-football.com/ukrainian/high/1441124166-yovichevich-lishilsya-pristavki-i-o-.html ru:Йовичевич лишился приставки и.о. Jovićević left without interim prefix UA-Football 1 September 2015 1 September 2015 ru1 September6thCroatia Igor Jovićević1 SeptemberStal DniprodzerzhynskUkraine Volodymyr Mazyarexisting contract until 2017undefinedhttp://football.ua/ukraine/292477-stal-ostalas-bez-glavnogo-trenera.html uk:Сталь осталась без главного тренера Stal was left without a head coach Football.ua 13 January 2016 13 March 2016 dead https://web.archive.org/web/20160313164726/http://football.ua/ukraine/292477-stal-ostalas-bez-glavnogo-trenera.html March 13, 2016 uk9thNetherlands Erik van der Meerhttp://football.ua/ukraine/292764-van-der-meer-vozglavil-stal.html uk:Ван дер Меер возглавил Сталь Van der Meer put in charge of Stal Football.ua 16 January 2016 13 March 2016 dead https://web.archive.org/web/20160313163750/http://football.ua/ukraine/292764-van-der-meer-vozglavil-stal.html March 13, 2016 uk16 JanuaryKarpaty LvivCroatia Igor JovićevićEnd of contracthttp://zn.ua/SPORT/yovichevich-pokinul-karpaty-201007_.html ru:Йовичевич покинул "Карпаты" Jovićević leaves Karpaty zn.ua (Sport) 12 January 2016 19 January 2016 Futbol 1 ru12 January8thUkraine Oleh Luzhnyihttp://www.fckarpaty.lviv.ua/ua/news/15414/page.html uk:Олег Лужний – головний тренер ФК «Карпати» Oleh Luzhny is the head coach of FC Karpaty FC Karpaty Lviv 22 January 2016 4 March 2016 dead https://web.archive.org/web/20160304205438/http://www.fckarpaty.lviv.ua/ua/news/15414/page.html March 4, 2016 uk & Ukraine Volodymyr Bezubyakhttp://www.ua-football.com/ua/ukrainian/high/1453125153-volodimir-bezzubyak-stav-golovnim-trenerom-karpat.html uk:Володимир Безуб'як очолив "Карпати" Bezubyaka heads Karpaty UA-Football 18 January 2016 19 January 2016 uk 22 JanuaryMetalist KharkivUkraine Oleksandr SevidovResignedСевидов покинул Металлистhttp://ua.tribuna.com/tribuna/blogs/seira_vs/932447.html ru:Прыгающие на граблях. Почему Александра Севидова не жалко Those who are jumping on a rake. Why there are no pity for Oleksandr Sevidov tribuna.com 20 April 2016 31 May 2016 dead https://web.archive.org/web/20160601044055/http://ua.tribuna.com/tribuna/blogs/seira_vs/932447.html June 1, 2016 ru18 April10thUkraine Oleksandr Pryzetko (interim)Changes in coaching staff. FC Metalist Kharkiv website. 18 April 201618 April Qualification for 2016–17 European competitions Since Ukraine finished in eighth place of the UEFA country ranking after the 2014–15 season,http://kassiesa.home.xs4all.nl/bert/uefa/data/method4/crank2015.html UEFA Country Ranking 2015 Kassies Bert 1 April 2016 the league will have the same number of qualifiers for 2016–17 UEFA Europa League — 3. The Ukrainian Cup winner qualifies for the Group stage. Qualified teams After the 19th round and announcement made by the Adjudicatory Chamber of the UEFA Club Financial Control Body (CFCB) in regards to Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk (see the standings table), both Dynamo Kyiv and Shakhtar Donetsk qualified for European football for the 2016–17 season.Qualification 2016/2017 UEFA European Cup Football Kassies Bert 1 April 2016 http://kassiesa.home.xs4all.nl/bert/uefa/qual2016.html Dynamo Kyiv qualified for European football 3 May 2017 https://web.archive.org/web/20170503055433/http://kassiesa.home.xs4all.nl/bert/uefa/qual2016.html dead After the quarter-finals second leg of the Ukrainian Cup, Zorya Luhansk qualified for European football for the 2016–17 season. After the 21st round, Dynamo Kyiv qualified for the 2016–17 UEFA Champions League as they secured a top 2 finish in the league. After the 22nd round, Shakhtar Donetsk qualified for the 2016–17 UEFA Champions League as they secured a top 2 finish in the league. At the same time, Zorya Luhansk qualified for the 2016-17 UEFA Europa League (third qualifying round) as they secured a top six finish in the league (see below for further information). Zorya Luhansk could still qualify for group stage instead, depending on cup winners. After the 23rd round, Dynamo Kyiv qualified for the 2016–17 UEFA Champions League (group stage) by winning the league three rounds ahead of finish. One of the last three games is against the expelled Metalurh Zaporizhzhia for which they guaranteed another three point. At the same time, Shakhtar Donetsk qualified for the 2016-17 UEFA Champions League (third qualifying round) as they secured the second place. After the 24th round, Vorskla Poltava qualified for the 2016–17 UEFA Europa League yet it still could qualify for group stage. After the 25th round, FC Oleksandriya qualified for the 2016–17 UEFA Europa League yet it still could qualify for group stage. After the 26th round, Zorya Luhansk qualified for the 2016–17 UEFA Europa League Group Stage by securing the third best league position eligible for the European competition and making the outcome of the 2016 Ukrainian Cup Final irrelevant for the European qualification. At the same time, Vorskla Poltava and FC Oleksandriya will start at the 2016-17 UEFA Europe League third qualification round. League table Results main uafootball.net.ua complete FBR CHO Chornomorets Odesa DNI Dnipro DYK Dynamo Kyiv HOV Hoverla UzhhorodOn 15 April 2016 the FFU Control and Disciplinary Committee (KDK) adopted decision to award FC Hoverla Uzhhorod technical losses in last two games (at home against Olimpik and away against Chornomorets) where the club fielded a player (Vitālijs Jagodinskis) and allowed a banned coach (Oleksiy Velychko) who were supposed to serve their suspension.http://www.ua-football.com/ukrainian/high/1460729331-oficialno-goverle-zaschitany-tehnicheskie-porazheniya-v-matchah-s-olimpikom-i-chernomorcem.html Officially: Hoverla was awarded technical losses in games against Olimpik and Chornomorets uk:Официально: Говерле засчитаны технические поражения в матчах с Олимпиком и Черноморцем UA-Football 15 April 2016 29 May 2016 https://web.archive.org/web/20160415225845/http://www.ua-football.com/ukrainian/high/1460729331-oficialno-goverle-zaschitany-tehnicheskie-porazheniya-v-matchah-s-olimpikom-i-chernomorcem.html April 15, 2016 dead ukFFU: Hoveral was notified about the decision of KDK on Friday. Zakarpattia Sportive. 4 April 2016How after the Hoverla's game one was shoving and two were swearing. Uzhgorod.net.ua. 22 March 2016 The club was also fined a total of ₴60,000 (~$2,000). KAR Karpaty Lviv MET Metalist Kharkiv MZA Metalurh ZaporizhzhiaPremier League administration cancelled Round 17 and 18 matches due to Metalurh Zaporizhzhia not having enough players registered to compete. Metalurh Zaporizhzhia was expelled from the competition and all their remaining games are technical losses (-:+), while their opponents receive a technical victory (+:-). OLK FC Oleksandriya OLD Olimpik Donetsk STD Stal Dniprodzerzhynsk SHA Shakhtar Donetsk VOL Volyn Lutsk VOR Vorskla Poltava ZOR Zorya Luhansk 0–0 0–2 1–0 0–0 0–1 5–2 1–2 0–2 1–1 1–1 1–2 0–0 0–2 4–2 1–2 2–0 2–0 5–0 +:- 2–0 1–1 2–0 4–1 0–1 0–2 0–3 2–1 2–0 2–0 3–0 2–0 +:- 3–0 2–0 2–0 0–3 3–0 1–0 1–0 1–1 1–1 0–2 0–2 1–0 1–1 1–2 0–2 0–0 1–6 1–4 1–1 0–4 4–0 0–1 1–2 3–0 1–1 1–0 2–2 4–1 1–0 1–2 0–2 1–3 1–1 2–2 1–2 1–4 2–2 2–0 +:- 1–1 1–0 1–1 0–5 3–0 0–3 0–1 -:+ 1–4 0–6 -:+ -:+ 0–0 0–2 0–3 -:+ -:+ 0–2 1–1 0–6 0–0 0–4 0–2 2–0 4–1 2–0 1–0 0–0 0–1 2–3 3–1 1–1 2–0 2–2 1–1 0–3 0–1 0–1 3–0 +:- 1–0 0–2 2–3 1–1 1–1 1–1 0–1 0–6 1–2 1–0 1–1 0–0 3–0 2–2 1–0 3–3 1–2 1–2 2–0 2–0 0–2 3–0 2–0 3–0 8–1 2–0 2–0 3–0 2–0 4–0 3–1 2–3 1–1 2–3 0–2 0–0 0–0 2–2 9–1 0–0 1–0 1–0 1–4 2–1 0–3 2–0 1–1 0–4 2–1 3–0 1–0 +:- 0–1 2–1 0–0 2–2 1–1 0–2 4–0 1–2 0–0 2–1 4–1 0–0 4–1 1–1 4–0 2–1 1–7 1–1 1–2Notes: Positions by round The following table represents the teams position after each round in the competition played chronologically. Originally scheduled Round 12 has been scheduled to be played after Round 16.http://www.fpl.ua/ukr/tournaments/pl/2/ uk:Ліга Парі-Матч. Сезон 2015/2016 Ukrainian Premier League 19 October 2015 19 October 2015 League Pari-Match. Season 2015–16 Calendar uk https://web.archive.org/web/20151023045416/http://www.fpl.ua/ukr/tournaments/pl/2 23 October 2015 dead table y br Dynamo Kyiv 4/ 2/ 2/ 1/ 1/ 1/ 1/ 1/ 1/ 1/ 2/ 2/ 2/ 2/ 2/ 2/ 2/ 1/ 1/ 1/ 1/ 1/ 1/ 1/ 1/ 1 Shakhtar Donetsk 3/ 1/ 1/ 2/ 3/ 2/ 2/ 2/ 2/ 2/ 1/ 1/ 1/ 1/ 1/ 1/ 1/ 2/ 2/ 2/ 2/ 2/ 2/ 2/ 2/ 2 Dnipro 7/ 4/ 4/ 7/ 5/ 4/ 3/ 4/ 3/ 3/ 3/ 3/ 3/ 3/ 4/ 4/ 4/ 4/ 4/ 4/ 4/ 3/ 3/ 3/ 3/ 3 Zorya Luhansk 1/ 3/ 6/ 4/ 2/ 3/ 5/ 3/ 5/ 4/ 4/ 4/ 4/ 4/ 3/ 3/ 3/ 3/ 3/ 3/ 3/ 4/ 4/ 4/ 4/ 4 Vorskla Poltava 10/ 8/10/ 9/ 9/ 7/ 6/ 5/ 6/ 6/ 5/ 5/ 6/ 5/ 5/ 6/ 5/ 5/ 5/ 5/ 5/ 5/ 5/ 5/ 5/ 5 FC Oleksandriya 13/ 7/ 8/10/11/11/11/ 9/10/11/ 8/ 8/ 9/ 8/ 8/ 7/ 6/ 6/ 6/ 6/ 6/ 6/ 6/ 6/ 6/ 6 Karpaty Lviv 12/ 6/ 3/ 3/ 4/ 6/ 7/ 7/ 8/ 7/ 7/ 7/ 7/ 7/ 7/ 8/ 7/ 7/ 7/ 7/ 7/ 8/ 7/ 7/ 8/ 7 Stal Dniprodzerzhynsk 11/13/ 9/ 6/ 8/ 9/ 9/11/ 7/ 8/ 9/ 9/10/10/10/ 9/ 8/ 8/ 8/ 8/ 8/ 7/ 8/ 8/ 7/ 8 Olimpik Donetsk 6/11/12/12/12/12/12/12/12/12/10/10/ 8/ 9/ 9/10/10/ 9/ 9/ 9/ 9/ 9/ 9/ 9/ 9/ 9 Metalist Kharkiv 2/ 5/ 5/ 5/ 7/ 8/10/10/11/ 9/12/12/12/12/11/11/11/10/11/12/10/10/10/10/10/10 Chornomorets Odesa 5/10/13/13/14/13/13/13/13/13/13/13/13/13/13/12/12/13/13/13/12/13/12/11/11/11 Volyn Lutsk 9/12/ 7/ 8/ 6/ 5/ 4/ 6/ 4/ 5/ 6/ 6/ 5/ 6/ 6/ 5/ 9/12/12/11/13/12/11/12/12/12 Hoverla Uzhhorod 8/ 9/11/11/10/10/ 8/ 8/ 9/10/11/11/11/11/12/13/13/11/10/10/11/11/13/13/13/13 Metalurh Zaporizhzhia 14/14/14/14/13/14/14/14/14/14/14/14/14/14/14/14/14/14/14/14/14/14/14/14/14/14 1st 2nd 3rd red1 complete July 2015 Season statistics thumb|Teixeira in 2015 Top goalscorers 21 May 2016http://www.fpl.ua/eng/stat/statplayers/ Top Scorers (Premier League Championship. Season 2015/2016) Ukrainian Premier League 21 November 2014 https://web.archive.org/web/20121113223643/http://www.fpl.ua/eng/stat/statplayers 2012-11-13 dead uk RankPlayerClubGoals(Pen.)1BRA Alex Teixeira6 (6)Shakhtar Donetsk22 (5)2UKR Pylyp BudkivskyiZorya Luhansk143UKR Andriy YarmolenkoDynamo Kyiv13 (1)4CRO Eduardo da SilvaShakhtar Donetsk125UKR Yevhen Seleznyov7 (7)Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk 10 (2)UKR Oleh HusyevDynamo Kyiv10 (4)7UKR Oleksandr KaravayevZorya Luhansk8BRA Marlos8 (8)Shakhtar Donetsk8 (2)UKR Anton ShynderVorskla Poltava8 (2)10BRA Júnior MoraesDynamo Kyiv7UKR Dmytro KhlyobasVorskla Poltava7UKR Vitaliy PonomarFC Oleksandriya7BRA MatheusDnipro Dnipropetrovsk7 (1)UKR Volodymyr PryyomovMetalist Kharkiv7 (1) Notes: 6 (6) On 4 February 2016 it was announced that Alex Teixeira was sold to a Chinese club Jiangsu Suning F.C. for €50 million.Shakhtar officially announced about the transfer of Texeira to a Chinese club. UA-Football. 4 February 2016 7 (7) On 25 February 2016 Yevhen Seleznyov was sold to FC Kuban Krasnodar. On 14 May 2016 Seleznyov signed with FC Shakhtar Donetsk. 8 (8) On 29 September 2017 it was announced that Marlos officially received Ukrainian citizenship. Until his time he was a Brazilian nationality.Marlos officially received Ukrainian citizenship (Марлос офіційно отримав громадянство України). football24.ua. 29 September 2017 Hat-tricks Player For Against Result Date UKR Yevhen Seleznyov4 Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk Stal Dniprodzerzhynsk 6–0 17 October 2015http://fpl.ua/ukr/protocol/2015_2016/pl/71/14/ Hat-tricks Official UPL Site 17 October 2015 17 October 2015 uk https://web.archive.org/web/20151020020302/http://fpl.ua/ukr/protocol/2015_2016/pl/71/14 20 October 2015 dead UKR Vyacheslav Sharpar Volyn Lutsk Metalurh Zaporizhzhia 9–1 29 November 2015http://www.fpl.ua/ukr/protocol/2015_2016/pl/12/3/ Hat-tricks Official UPL Site 29 November 2015 29 November 2015 uk https://web.archive.org/web/20160903093530/http://fpl.ua/ukr/protocol/2015_2016/pl/12/3/ 3 September 2016 dead BRA Taison Shakhtar Donetsk Metalist Kharkiv 8–1 1 April 2016http://www.fpl.ua/ukr/protocol/2015_2016/pl/9/16/ Hat-tricks Official UPL Site 1 April 2016 1 April 2016 uk https://web.archive.org/web/20161104124825/http://www.fpl.ua/ukr/protocol/2015_2016/pl/9/16/ 4 November 2016 dead UKR Andriy Totovytskyi Zorya Luhansk Shakhtar Donetsk 3–2 15 May 2016http://fpl.ua/ukr/protocol/2015_2016/pl/9/15/ Hat-tricks Official UPL Site 15 May 2016 15 May 2016 https://web.archive.org/web/20160521145243/http://fpl.ua/ukr/protocol/2015_2016/pl/9/15 21 May 2016 dead dmy-all uk 4 Player scored four goals #ffcccc away win #ccccff home win #ffffcc tie Awards The laureates of the 2015–16 UPL season were:http://www.upl.ua/news/view/310 Визначено лауреатів сезону 2015/16! Best player: UKR Andriy Yarmolenko (Dynamo Kyiv) Best coach: UKR Serhii Rebrov (Dynamo Kyiv) Best goalkeeper: UKR Andriy Pyatov (Shakhtar Donetsk) Best arbiter: UKR Anatoliy Abdula (Kharkiv) Best young player: UKR Viktor Kovalenko (Shakhtar Donetsk) Best goalscorer: BRA Alex Teixeira (Shakhtar Donetsk) Best discipline: UKR Vitaliy Ponomar (Oleksandriya) See also 2015–16 Ukrainian First League 2015–16 Ukrainian Premier League Reserves and Under 19 2015–16 Ukrainian Second League 2015–16 Ukrainian Cup 2015–16 UEFA Europa League 2015–16 UEFA Champions League References External links 2015-16 Ukrainian Premier League season regulations https://web.archive.org/web/20160717052558/http://www.ffu.org.ua/files/ndocs_757.pdf 2016-07-17 . Football Federation of Ukraine 2015-16 season Regulations. Ukrainian Premier League. Рейтинг зарплат тренеров УПЛ [Salary ranking of the UPL coaches]. tribuna.com. 3 November 2015 Category:Ukrainian Premier League seasons 1 Ukr