2015–16 Ukrainian First League

Ukrainian First League 2015–16 Zirka Kirovohrad Zirka Kirovohrad Nyva (withdrew)Dynamo-2 (withdrew)Hirnyk (withdrew) 16 – Artem Favorov (Obolon-Brovar) Zirka 6–0 FC Ternopil (Round 5) 4 – Nyva 0–4 FC Sumy (Round 3) 7 – Hirnyk-Sport 3–4 FC Poltava (Round 29) 220 509 6 – Zirka (Round 19–25) 9 – Helios (Rounds 1–9) 8 –Illichivets (Rounds 3–4, 6, 8–9, ppd. 7, 10, ppd. 5) 8 – Nyva (Round 6–9, Round 11–14) 7,500 – Dnipro–Hirnyk (Round 20) 100 – Desna–FC Sumy(Round 12) 2014–15 2016–17 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.http://pfl.ua/docs/conference/Post_190615.pdf uk:ЧЕРГОВОЇ ХХІV КОНФЕРЕНЦІЇ ПРОФЕСІОНАЛЬНОЇ ФУТБОЛЬНОЇ ЛІГИ Statement of the 24th PFL Conference PFL 19 June 2015 19 July 2015 https://web.archive.org/web/20150721155813/http://pfl.ua/docs/conference/Post_190615.pdf 21 July 2015 dead dmy-all uk Promoted teams Two teams were promoted from the 2014–15 Ukrainian Second League.uk http://pfl.ua/football_news.php?readmore=8559 Друга ліга, 24-й тур:"Черкаський Дніпро" та "Оболонь-Бровар" виходять у першу лігу! Second league, Round 24: Cherkaskyi Dnipro and Obolon-Brovar enter First League Professional Football League of Ukraine 19 May 2015 25 June 2015 https://web.archive.org/web/20160701072337/http://pfl.ua/football_news.php?readmore=8559 2016-07-01 dead Cherkaskyi Dnipro – champion (returning as a successor of FC Dnipro Cherkasy that last participated in the 2007–08 Ukrainian First League, 7 seasons absence) Obolon-Brovar Kyiv – 2nd place runner-up (returning as a successor of FC Obolon Kyiv after an absence of three seasons) Relegated teams One team was promoted from the 2014–15 Ukrainian Premier League. Illichivets Mariupolru http://www.ua-football.com/ukrainian/first/1434716710-stal-i-esche-pyat-klubov-vyshli-iz-sostava-pfl-vosem-vklyucheno.html Сталь и еще пять клубов вышли из состава ПФЛ, восемь - включено Stal and other five clubs left the PFL, while other eight were included 20 June 2015 25 June 2015 UA-Football – 14th place (returning after an absence of seven seasons) Reinstated teams Avanhard Kramatorsk – special case (returning after an absence of one season) Location map The following displays the location of teams. Ukraine Kyiv 300 right Kyiv city home venues of teams in the League Ukraine Kyiv 50.450278 30.535278 Dynamo-2 right Ukraine Kyiv 50.527056 30.5075 Obolon-Brovar left Ukraine Ukraine administrative locations map, improved.svg 500 none Home venues of teams in the 2015–16 Ukrainian First League. Ukraine 50.433439 30.523333 Kyiv left Ukraine TransparentPlaceholder.png 52.27 36.55 Kyiv teams :Dynamo-2Obolon-Brovar right Ukraine 49.566667 25.600000 Ternopil left Ukraine TransparentPlaceholder.png 45.27 21.55 Ternopil teams :NyvaTernopil right Ukraine 9 51.501667 31.327222 Desna Ukraine 9 49.916667 36.316667 Helios Ukraine 9 47.916667 33.250000 Hirnyk bottom Ukraine 9 49.016667 33.666667 Hirnyk-Sport left Ukraine 9 46.966667 32.000000 Mykolaiv Ukraine 9 50.333333 34.833333 Naftovyk-Ukrnafta left Ukraine 9 49.589444 34.551389 Poltava left Ukraine 9 50.916667 34.750000 Sumy left Ukraine 9 48.515833 32.266667 Zirka bottom Ukraine 9 47.116667 37.55 Illichivets bottom Ukraine 9 48.716666 37.533333 Avanhard left Ukraine 9 49.444444 32.059722 Cherkaskyi Dnipro left Stadiums The following stadiums are considered home grounds for the teams in the competition. Rank Stadium Capacity Club Notes 1Metalurh Stadium, Kryvyi Rih29,783Hirnyk Kryvyi Rih 2 Yuvileiny Stadium, Sumy 25,800 FC Sumy 3Lobanovskyi Dynamo Stadium, Kyiv 16,873 Dynamo-2 KyivUsed 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 groundDue to reconstruction of their home ground Yuri Gagarin Stadium, Desna Chernihiv played their Round 12 home game in Bila Tserkvahttp://www.ua-football.com/ua/ukrainian/first/1444143792-desna-priyme-pfk-sumi-u-biliy-cerkvi.html uk:"Десна" прийме ПФК "Суми" у Білій Церкві 6 October 2015 10 October 2015 ua-football.com Desna will host FC Sumy in Bila Tserkva uk 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, Kyiv 5,100 Obolon-Brovar Kyiv 13 Sonyachny Stadium, Kharkiv 4,924http://stadion.lviv.ua/ua/Kharkiv_training_stadion uk:Харків відкрив тренувальний центр "Сонячний" Kharkiv has opened the training base "Sonyachniy" 11 May 2011 stadion.lviv.ua 2 September 2012 https://web.archive.org/web/20120513074753/http://stadion.lviv.ua/ua/Kharkiv_training_stadion 13 May 2012 dead uk Helios Kharkiv 14 Avanhard Stadium, Kramatorsk 2,500 Avanhard Kramatorsk 15Lokomotov Stadium, Poltava 2,500 FC Poltava 16Yunist Stadium, Komsomolsk 2,500 Hirnyk-Sport Komsomolsk 17 Dynamo Training Center, Kyiv 1,200 Dynamo-2 Kyiv Managers ClubCoachReplaced coach Avanhard Kramatorsk UKR Yakiv Kripak Cherkaskyi Dnipro UKR Ihor Stolovytskyi Desna Chernihiv UKR Oleksandr Ryabokon Dynamo-2 Kyiv UKR Vadym Yevtushenko Helios Kharkiv UKR Serhiy Syzykhin Hirnyk Kryvyi Rih UKR Hennadiy Prykhodko Hirnyk-Sport Komsomolsk UKR Ihor Zhabchenko Illichivets Mariupol UKR Valeriy Kriventsov MFC Mykolaiv UKR Ruslan Zabranskyi Naftovyk-Ukrnafta Okhtyrka UKR Volodymyr Knysh Nyva Ternopil KAZ Petr Badlo (interim) UKR Roman TolochkoObolon-Brovar Kyiv RUS Sergei Soldatov FC Poltava UKR Anatoliy Bezsmertnyi (interim) UKR Oleh Fedorchuk FC SumyUKR Yuriy Yaroshenko FC TernopilUKR Vasyl Ivehesh Zirka Kirovohrad UKR Serhiy Lavrynenko Managerial changes TeamOutgoing head coachManner of departureDate of vacancyTableIncoming head coachDate of appointment Helios Kharkiv Ukraine Serhiy Syzykhin (interim) Change of contract 1 July 2015http://www.gelios.ua/ru/node/2177 Head coach FC Helios Kharkiv FC Helios Kharkiv website 2017 uk:Главный тренер bot: unknown https://web.archive.org/web/20170609001458/http://www.gelios.ua/ru/node/2177 2017-06-09 uk Pre-season UKR Serhiy Syzykhin 1 July 2015 Nyva Ternopil Ukraine Roman Tolochko Resigns 9 September 2015http://www.ua-football.com/ukrainian/first/1441825322-trenerskiy-shtab-nivy-podal-v-otstavku.html Nyva coaching staff resigned UA-Football Nyva Ternopi] website) 9 September 2015 uk:Тренерський штаб "Ниви" подав у відставку uk 15th KAZ Petr Badlo (interim) 9 September 2015 FC Ternopil UKR Vasyl Ivehesh Hospitalized 13 May 2016http://www.0352.ua/article/1222475 Why did FC Ternopil's Vasyl Ivehesh find himself in hospital? Ternopil City web site 13 May 2016 27 May 2016 uk:Чому тренер ФК «Тернопіль» Василь Івегеш потрапив до лікарні? uk 15th UKR Ivan Maruschak (interim) 14 May 2016 League table main WDL complete uk Professional Football League of Ukrainehttp://pfl.ua/leagues.php?id=1 2014–15 Ukrainian First League PFL 2015-06-25 https://web.archive.org/web/20100527020526/http://pfl.ua/leagues.php?id=1 2010-05-27 dead uk PR http://pfl.ua/docs/Reglament_PFL_2013-14_print_v2.pdf РЕГЛАМЕНТ Стаття 12. Визначення місць команд у турнірній таблиці (Regulations: Statute 12 Standing place position in the tournament table) 12 July 2013 PFL 31 August 2013 uk 10 June 2017 https://web.archive.org/web/20170610114542/http://pfl.ua/docs/Reglament_PFL_2013-14_print_v2.pdf dead 1) points 2) goal difference 3) goals scored4) 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 Avanhard Kramatorsk Cherkaskyi Dnipro Desna Chernihiv Dynamo-2 Kyiv Helios Kharkiv Hirnyk Kryvyi Rih Hirnyk-Sport Komsomolsk Illichivets Mariupol MFC Mykolaiv Naftovyk-Ukrnafta Okhtyrka Nyva Ternopil Obolon-Brovar Kyiv FC Poltava FC Sumy FC Ternopil Zirka Kirovohrad ZIR 20 5 5 49 22 Promoted to Ukrainian Premier Leaguehttp://pfl.ua/docs/central_council/POST_160714_20.pdf uk:Постанови Центральної Ради ПФЛ ПОСТАНОВА №20 Professional Football League of Ukraine Central Committee - Meeting Minutes #20 PFL 17 July 2014 uk 19 July 2015 29 November 2014 https://web.archive.org/web/20141129045318/http://pfl.ua/docs/central_council/POST_160714_20.pdf dead CHD 16 7 7 45 27 OBK 16 6 8 45 35 ILL 14 11 5 34 23 HEL 13 12 5 33 24 HIR 13 10 7 39 27 Withdrew after the season MYK 13 8 9 34 27 DES 11 7 12 30 29 NAF 11 7 12 31 33 POL 10 8 12 29 32 DK2 9 9 12 27 34 Withdrew after the season HIS 8 9 13 30 35 AVK 8 8 14 28 42 SUM 8 6 16 35 54 Avoided relegation playoff TNP 6 7 17 18 47 Avoided relegation NVT 2 4 24 10 26 Withdrew during the season -3 MYK -3 MYK -3 The Control Disciplinary Committee of the Football Federation of Ukraine deducted three points and fined the clubs Nyva Ternopil, FC Ternopil and MFC Mykolaiv for match fixing during the 2014–15 season.http://www.ua-football.com/ua/ukrainian/first/1458656979-apelyaciya-mikolayeva-nivi-i-ternopolya-schodo-znyattya-ochok-vidhilena.html uk:Апеляція Миколаєва, Ниви і Тернополя щодо зняття очок відхилена Mykolaiv, Ternopil, Nyva points deducted appeal rejected 22 March 2016 ua-football.com 24 March 2016 uk (2 September 2015) CP D D D green1 POS1 black1 POS6 Several weeks after the season completed the administration of Hirnyk Kryvyi Rih announced that the club would withdraw from the PFL.http://www.ua-football.com/ua/ukrainian/first/1466669520-girnik-pidtverdiv-informaciyu-pro-znyattya-z-chempionatu.html uk:Гірник підтвердив інформацію про зняття з чемпіонату Hirnyk confirmed that the club removes itself from the championship 23 June 2016 ua-football.com 23 June 2016 uk (23 June 2016) black1 POS11 The management of the senior club FC Dynamo Kyiv prior to the last game of the season announced that the reserve club, Dynamo-2 Kyiv would be terminating after the completion of the season.http://www.ua-football.com/ua/ukrainian/first/1464787596-dinamo-2-pripinyaye-svoye-isnuvannya.html uk:Динамо-2 припиняє своє існування Dynamo-2 ceases its existence 1 June 2016 ua-football.com 1 June 2016 uk white1 POS14 Originally the fourteenth placed was to have played in a promotion-relegation playoff series against the third team in the Second League competition. However, two days before the end of the season, on 30 May 2016 the PFL ruled that due to sporting principles to keep 16 teams in the First League the promotion-relegation playoff match between the third placed team in the Second League against the 14th placed team in the First League was cancelled and that the third placed team in the Second League would be automatically promoted to the First League.http://www.ua-football.com/ua/ukrainian/first/1464713096-pfl-vidminila-pley-off-za-misce-u-1-lizi-tretya-komanda-2-ligi-pidvischuyetsya-napryamu.html uk:ПФЛ відмінила плей-офф за місце у 1 лізі, третя команда 2 ліги підвищується напряму UA-Football 31 May 2016 31 May 2016 PFL cancelled the playoffs for a place in First League, Second League third team obtains direct promotion uk white1 POS15 Originally, as per competition regulations, the fifteenth placed team, FC Ternopil was to be relegated to the Ukrainian Second League. However, after the season at the Conference of the PFL in preparation for the 2016–17 Ukrainian First League season the committee decided to expand the competition to eighteen teams and include FC Ternopil.http://www.ua-football.com/ua/ukrainian/first/1466766468-v-pershiy-lizi-mozhut-startuvati-18-komand.html uk:В Першій лізі можуть стартувати 18 команд UA-Football 24 June 2016 24 June 2016 16 teams my compete in the First League uk black1 POS16 Nyva Ternopil announced that it will not play the first games of the spring half of the competition.http://www.ua-football.com/ua/ukrainian/first/1458753258-oficiyno-niva-ne-viyde-na-gru-z-fk-ternopil.html uk:Офіційно: Нива не вийде на гру з ФК Тернопіль Official: Nyva will not appear for the match against FC Ternopil 24 March 2016 ua-football.com uk The club indicated that it would compete in the Ternopil Oblast competition.http://www.ua-football.com/ukrainian/first/1458547554-niva-ternopol-s-novogo-sezona-budet-vystupat-v-oblastnom-chempionate.html ru:Нива (Тернополь) с нового сезона будет выступать в областном чемпионате Since the season Nyva (Ternopil) will participate in a regional championship 21 March 2016 UA-Football dead https://web.archive.org/web/20160325105107/http://www.ua-football.com/ukrainian/first/1458547554-niva-ternopol-s-novogo-sezona-budet-vystupat-v-oblastnom-chempionate.html March 25, 2016 ru The Football Federation of Ukraine formally expelled the club from the competition on 1 April 2016.http://www.ua-football.com/ua/ukrainian/first/1460045737-oficiyno-niva-viklyuchena-z-pershoyi-ligi.html uk:Офіційно: Нива виключена з Першої ліги Official: Nyva expelled from First League 7 April 2016 8 April 2016 ua-football.com uk Later In April 2016, the club joined the 2016 Ukrainian Football Amateur League. Results 1 June 2016 main FBR grey AVK CHD DES DK2 HEL HIR HIS ILL MYK NAF NVT OBK POL SUM TNP ZIR Avanhard Kramatorsk 1–1 1–1 1–0 0–0 0–1 2–1 0–2 0–2 2–3 +:- 1–2 0–0 3–0 2–0 0–2 Cherkaskyi Dnipro 2–0 2–0 3–1 1–1 2–1 3–0 3–2 0–2 1–0 3–1 4–0 2–1 2–0 2–0 2–2 Desna Chernihiv 3–1 3–1 1–2 0–1 1–1 0–2 0–1 0–1 1–2 +:- 0–2 2–1 4–1 1–1 1–0 Dynamo-2 Kyiv 2–1 2–2 3–1 0–0 0–0 1–1 1–0 0–0 0–0 1–0 1–3 2–1 4–1 2–1 0–1 Helios Kharkiv 2–0 1–1 0–1 1–1 2–1 1–1 0–0 2–2 0–2 3–0 1–2 1–0 3–2 3–0 1–1 Hirnyk Kryvyi Rih 1–1 2–1 0–0 2–0 1–1 3–1 1–2 3–0 0–3 +:- 2–1 0–0 2–0 1–1 0–0 Hirnyk-Sport Komsomolsk 0–1 0–1 0–0 0–0 1–1 1–0 1–1 3–1 2–0 1–3 1–2 3–4 3–0 1–3 1–1 Illichivets Mariupol 1–1 1–1 0–1 4–2 3–1 2–1 0–0 0–0 1–1 1–0 1–0 2–1 1–1 0–0 3–0 MFC Mykolaiv 2–1 1–0 3–1 0–0 0–2 0–3 2–0 4–0 0–1 3–0 2–2 1–1 3–1 3–0 0–2 Naftovyk-Ukrnafta Okhtyrka 4–2 0–1 1–1 1–0 0–1 2–3 0–2 1–0 0–0 +:- 1–1 1–1 0–0 2–0 2–3 Nyva Ternopil 0–1 1–1 2–0 -:+ -:+ 0–1 0–0 -:+ -:+ 0–1 -:+ 0–1 0–4 -:+ 0–1 Obolon-Brovar Kyiv 1–1 1–0 0–0 2–0 1–2 2–3 1–0 0–2 0–0 3–0 2–2 3–1 4–2 3–2 1–2 FC Poltava 0–1 0–2 0–1 2–0 0–0 1–0 1–2 1–0 3–1 +:- 1–2 2–2 1–0 1–0 PFC Sumy 3–2 0–1 0–4 2–1 0–0 2–2 0–1 0–1 2–1 2–0 1–1 2–0 1–3 4–1 0–1 FC Ternopil 1–1 1–0 0–2 1–0 0–1 0–3 1–1 1–1 0–1 1–0 1–0 0–2 1–1 0–1 1–2 Zirka Kirovohrad 5–1 2–0 1–0 2–1 4–0 2–1 1–3 0–0 2–1 1–0 +:- 1–2 2–0 2–0 6–0 Nyva Ternopil informed the PFL that the club will not be able to take part in the first game of the spring half of the season. (23 March 2016) Later the FFU formally expelled the club and awarded technical victories to their opponents. (1 April 2016) Illichivets Mariupol postpones their Round 12 away match against Helios Kharkiv since several players were called for international duty.http://fcilich.com/ru/news/?id=6044 ru:Ильичевец проведет товарищеский матч с Металлистом Illichivets will hold a friendly match against Metalist Illichivets Mariupol official webpage 7 October 2015 10 October 2015 https://web.archive.org/web/20160924201531/http://fcilich.com/ru/news/?id=6044 24 September 2016 dead dmy-all ru Match was played after Round 16. Nyva Ternopil informed the PFL that they would not arrive for their Round 10 match against Helios Kharkiv due to their difficult financial situation.http://pfl.ua/football_news.php?readmore=8624 uk:Офіційно: матч 10-го туру першої ліги "Геліос" Харків - "Нива" Тернопіль не відбудеться Official: Round 10 First League match between Helios Kharkiv and Nyva Ternopil will not take place. 26 September 2015 26 September 2015 Professional Football League of Ukraine https://web.archive.org/web/20150928030753/http://pfl.ua/football_news.php?readmore=8624 2015-09-28 dead uk Control Disciplinary Committee of the Football Federation of Ukraine awarded a 3–0 technical victory to Helios. (12 November 2015)http://www.goalless.ru/fnews/news.php?id=285193 ru:Гелиосу засчитали техническую победу над Нивой Helios was awarded a technical win over Nyva 12 November 2015 12 November 2015 goalless.ru ru HEL_NVT Round 4 match at Yunist Stadium between Hirnyk-Sport and Hirnyk was abandoned due to the waterlogged condition of the pitch due to torrential rain prior to the start of the match.http://www.champion.com.ua/football/2015/08/15/625547/ uk:Перша ліга. Матч Гірник-Спорт - Гірник перенесено через зливу First League. Match Hirnyk-Sport - Hirnyk moved due downpour 15 August 2015 16 August 2015 champion.com (Ukrainian Pravda) ukhttp://gornyak-sport.net/index.php/novosti/951-nagrada-dlya-predannykh-bolelshchikov-video ru:Награда для преданных болельщиков (видео) Reward for the loyal fans (video) 15 August 2015 16 August 2015 Hirnyk-Sport official web site ru 4 March 2016 https://web.archive.org/web/20160304135748/http://gornyak-sport.net/index.php/novosti/951-nagrada-dlya-predannykh-bolelshchikov-video usurped The match was rescheduled and played after Round 12 on 14 October.http://pfl.ua/docs/administ_decision/decision_16_290915.pdf uk:Адміністрація ОФК "Професіональна футбольна ліга України" РІШЕННЯ № 16 - #3 Professional Football League of Ukraine Administration Committee - Meeting Minutes #16 Agenda Item #3 PFL 29 September 2015 10 October 2015 uk Illichivets Mariupol postpones their Round 7 home match against Desna Chernihiv since several players were called for international duty.http://fcilich.com/ru/news/?id=5919 ru:Матч Ильичевец - Десна будет перенесён Match Illichivets - Desna will be rescheduled Illichivets Mariupol official webpage 5 September 2015 27 August 2015 https://web.archive.org/web/20160304210219/http://fcilich.com/ru/news/?id=5919 4 March 2016 dead dmy-all ru Match played after Round 9.http://fcilich.com/ru/news/?id=5941 ru:Известны даты матчей Ильичевца с Сумами и Десной Dates for matches with Illichivets against Sumy and Desna known Illichivets Mariupol official webpage 5 September 2015 5 September 2015 https://web.archive.org/web/20160304185819/http://fcilich.com/ru/news/?id=5941 4 March 2016 dead dmy-all ru Illichivets Mariupol postpones their Round 5 home match against FC Sumy since several players were called for international duty.http://fcilich.com/ru/news/?id=5898 ru:Игроки Ильичевца вызваны в молодежную сборную Illichivets players called up for U-21 National Team Illichivets Mariupol official webpage 26 August 2015 18 August 2015 https://web.archive.org/web/20160304210224/http://fcilich.com/ru/news/?id=5898 4 March 2016 dead dmy-all ru Match played after Round 10. 1 June 2016 uk Position by round table br 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 1st 2nd 3rd 1 June 2016 pfl.ua June 2016 Top goalscorers 1 June 2016Full roster at UA-Football RankScorerGoals(Pen.)Team1UKR Artem Favorov16 (3)Obolon-Brovar Kyiv2UKR Yevhen Chepurnenko11 (1)Desna Chernihiv 3UKR Artem Sitalo10 (4)Hirnyk Kryvyi RihUKR Serhiy Vakulenko10 (6)Illichivets Mariupol5UKR Volodymyr Bayenko8Hirnyk Kryvyi RihUKR Denys Skepskyi8 (2)Cherkaskyi Dnipro7UKR Borys Baranets7Zirka KirovohradUKR Oleksandr Batalskyi7Cherkaskyi Dnipro RankScorerGoals(Pen.)Team7UKR Oleksiy Chychykov7Zirka KirovohradUKR Ruslan Ivashko7Hirnyk-Sport KomsomolskUKR Roman Loktionov7Zirka KirovohradUKR Vasyl Prodan7Obolon-Brovar KyivUKR Artur Zahorulko7Illichivets MariupolUKR Denys FavorovDenys Favorov signed with Desna Chernihiv during the winter break.http://4ernigiv.info/strichka/23026-desna-chernigov-vozvraschaetsya-v-sezon.html ru:"Десна" Чернигов возвращается в сезон "Desna" Chernihiv returns for the season 28 March 2016 11 May 2016 4ernigiv.info https://web.archive.org/web/20160604122808/http://4ernigiv.info/strichka/23026-desna-chernigov-vozvraschaetsya-v-sezon.html 4 June 2016 usurped dmy-all ru7 (1)FC Poltava/Desna Chernihiv UKR Ihor Sikorskyi7 (4)MFC Mykolaiv See also 2015–16 Ukrainian Premier League 2015–16 Ukrainian Second League 2015–16 Ukrainian Cup References Category:Ukrainian First League seasons Category:2015–16 in Ukrainian association football leagues Ukraine