2008–09 Ukrainian Premier League

18th season of top-tier football league in Vyshcha Liha Ukrainian Premier League 2008–09 Dynamo Kyiv13th title FC LvivFC Kharkiv Champions League Dynamo KyivShakhtar Donetsk Europa League Metalist KharkivMetalurh DonetskVorskla Poltava (via Ukrainian Cup) Oleksandr Kovpak (17) (Tavriya Simferopol) 240 551 Dynamo Kyiv (10) Shakhtar Donetsk (15) FC Kharkiv (8) 2007–08 2009–10 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 Januzi 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 Promoted FC Illichivets Mariupol, champion of the 2007–08 Ukrainian First League – (returning after absence of a season) FC Lviv, runner-up of the 2007–08 Ukrainian First League – (debut) Location map Ukraine Ukraine (1991-2014) location map.svg 700 none Locations of team home grounds in Ukrainian Premier League 2008–09 Ukraine 50.45 30.523333 Dynamo left Ukraine 50.45 30.523333 Arsenal right Ukraine 48.45 34.983333 Dnipro top Ukraine 47.143722 37.558333 Illichivets left Ukraine 47.859627 35.096952 Metalurh Z. bottom Ukraine 47.895000 33.3925 Kryvbas left Ukraine 49.916667 36.316667 Metalist right Ukraine 50.902222 34.799722 Kharkiv left Ukraine 49.819234 24.048193 KarpatyLviv right Ukraine 48.002778 37.805278 Metalurh D. left Ukraine 48.002778 37.805278 Shakhtar right Ukraine 44.948056 34.104167 Tavriya top Ukraine 49.589444 34.551389 Vorskla left Ukraine 48.559444 39.321111 Zorya left Ukraine 46.480556 30.755556 Chornomorets Managers and captains ClubCoachCaptainReplaced coachArsenal Kyiv UKR Oleksandr Zavarov UKR Vitaliy Reva Chornomorets Odesa UKR Viktor HryshkoUKR Vitaliy Rudenko RUS Vitaly Shevchenko Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk UKR Volodymyr Bezsonov UKR Andriy Rusol UKR Oleh Protasov Dynamo Kyiv RUS Yury Syomin Morocco Badr El KaddouriIllichivets Mariupol UKR Illya Blyznyuk UKR Ihor Shukhovtsev UKR Oleksandr Ishchenko Karpaty Lviv BLR Oleg Kononov UKR Serhiy Pshenychnykh FC Kharkiv UKR Mykhailo Stelmakh UKR Vitaliy Komarnytskyi UKR Volodymyr Bezsonov Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih UKR Oleh Taran ALB Dorian Bylykbashi FC Lviv UKR Serhiy Kovalets UKR Maryan Marushchak UKR Stepan Yurchyshyn Metalist Kharkiv UKR Myron Markevych UKR Oleksandr Horyainov Metalurh Donetsk BUL Nikolay Kostov UKR Vyacheslav Checher Metalurh Zaporizhzhia UKR Oleh Lutkov UKR Oleksiy HodinUKR Anatoliy ChantsevShakhtar Donetsk ROM Mircea Lucescu CRO Darijo Srna Tavriya Simferopol UKR Serhiy Puchkov UKR Oleksandr Kovpak UKR Mykhaylo Fomenko Vorskla Poltava UKR Mykola Pavlov UKR Hennadiy Medvedyev Zorya Luhansk UKR Yuriy Dudnyk UKR Oleksiy Khramtsov UKR Anatoliy Volobuyev Managerial changes TeamOutgoing head coachManner of departureDate of vacancyTableIncoming head coachDate of appointmentTableDniproUKR Oleh ProtasovResigned29 August 2008Бессонов заменил Протасова. football.ua. 29 August 20086thUKR Volodymyr Bezsonov (acting)29 August 20086thDniproUKR Oleksandr IshchenkoSacked5 September 2008Александр Ищенко - причины увольнения. terrikon.com. 5 September 200816thUKR Illya Blyznyuk (acting)5 September 200816thChornomoretsRUS Vitaly ShevchenkoResigned4 November 2008Головний тренер одеського "Чорноморця" подав у відставку. gazeta.ua. 3 November 20089thUKR Viktor Hryshko (acting)4 November 2008Гришко вместо Шевченко. UEFA. 4 November 20089th Qualification to European competitions for 2009–10 After the 23rd Round, Dynamo Kyiv qualified for European football for the 2009–10 season. After the 26th Round, Shakhtar Donetsk qualified for European football for the 2009–10 season, while Dynamo Kyiv – for the 2009–10 UEFA Champions League with an away 1–0 win over Zorya Luhansk. After the 27th Round, Metalist Kharkiv qualified for European football for the 2009–10 season, while Dynamo Kyiv won the League's title with 3–2 home win over Tavriya Simferopol. After the 28th Round, Shakhtar Donetsk qualified for the 2009–10 UEFA Champions League with an away 3–0 win over Zorya Luhansk. After the 30th Round, Metalurh Donetsk qualified for the 2009–10 UEFA Europa League with the 0–0 home draw against Arsenal Kyiv. After beating Shakhtar Donetsk in the final of the 2008–09 Ukrainian Cup (1–0), Vorskla qualified for the Europa League play-off round, which qualified Metalist for the Europa League third qualification round and Metalurh for the second qualification round Timeline of qualification League table main WDL 5 QR DYN Dynamo Kyiv SHA Shakhtar Donetsk MET Metalist Kharkiv MDO Metalurh Donetsk VOR Vorskla Poltava DNI Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk MZA Metalurh Zaporizhzhia TAV Tavriya Simferopol KAR Karpaty Lviv CHO Chornomorets Odesa ARK Arsenal Kyiv KRY Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih ZOR Zorya Luhansk ILL Illichivets Mariupol LVI FC Lviv KHA FC Kharkiv 26 1 3 71 19 C 19 7 4 47 16 17 8 5 44 25 14 7 9 36 27 14 7 9 32 26 13 9 8 34 25 12 9 9 29 30 10 7 13 41 45 8 10 12 33 39 12 2 16 34 42 -6 8 8 14 26 33 8 8 14 21 36 8 7 15 29 45 7 5 18 31 54 6 8 16 24 39 R 2 9 19 19 50 -3 R Chornomorets were docked 6 points for failing to satisfy contractual obligations with the Bosnian player Đorđe Inđić.http://ua-football.com/ukrainian/high/49abea5b.html Chornomorets deducted 6 points ru 2009-03-02 2009-03-02 UA Football https://web.archive.org/web/20090303125311/http://www.ua-football.com/ukrainian/high/49abea5b.html 3 March 2009 live On 6 May 2009 FC Kharkiv were docked 3 points by the Disciplinary Committee of the FPL (application fees).http://ua-football.com/ukrainian/high/4a0a9d8a.html ru:С ФК "Харьков" сняли три очка FC Kharkiv deducted three points) ru 2009-05-13 2009-05-15 UA Football https://web.archive.org/web/20090514153206/http://www.ua-football.com/ukrainian/high/4a0a9d8a.html 14 May 2009 live green1 Qualification to Champions League group stage CLGS green2 Qualification to Champions League third qualifying round CL3 blue2 Qualification to Europa League third qualifying round EL3 blue3 Qualification to Europa League second qualifying round EL2 blue1 Qualification to Europa League play-off round ELPR red1 Relegation to Ukrainian First League R R complete 1st points; 2nd overall wins; 3rd goal difference; 4th goals scored uafootball.net.ua Results main uafootball.net.ua complete FBR ARK Arsenal Kyiv CHO Chornomorets Odesa DNI Dnipro DYN Dynamo Kyiv ILL Illichivets Mariupol KAR Karpaty Lviv KHA FC Kharkiv KRY Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih LVI FC Lviv MET Metalist Kharkiv MDO Metalurh Donetsk MZA Metalurh Zaporizhzhia SHA Shakhtar Donetsk TAV Tavriya Simferopol VOR Vorskla Poltava ZOR Zorya Luhansk 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 0–1 0–2 0–1 0–1 2–1 2–4 1–0 1–0 1–1 0–1 The game was played in Kyiv. 1–2 The game was played in Lutsk as the Lviv's home ground was temporarily suspended due to its poor pitch conditions (see Stadiums). 2–0 2–4 0–0 3–1 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 Round by round The following table is a historic representation of the team's position in the standings after the completion of each round. table y br Arsenal Kyiv 3/ 4/ 5/ 6/ 8/11/10/10/ 9/11/12/12/13/13/13/12/12/11/10/11/13/12/12/12/12/13/14/12/10/11 Chornomorets Odesa 11/16/10/ 5/ 6/ 8/ 6/ 8/ 7/ 8/ 9/ 9/ 9/10/10/10/ 9/12/12/10/11/13/13/13/13/12/12/11/12/10 Dnipro 9/13/ 9/10/ 5/ 6/ 5/ 7/ 8/ 7/ 6/ 6/ 6/ 5/ 6/ 6/ 7/ 7/ 8/ 8/ 7/ 7/ 7/ 7/ 6/ 7/ 6/ 5/ 5/ 6 Dynamo Kyiv 1/ 1/ 3/ 3/ 2/ 2/ 2/ 2/ 1/ 1/ 1/ 1/ 1/ 1/ 1/ 1/ 1/ 1/ 1/ 1/ 1/ 1/ 1/ 1/ 1/ 1/ 1/ 1/ 1/ 1 Illichivets Mariupol 15/ 7/12/14/15/16/16/16/13/14/13/13/12/12/12/14/14/15/15/15/15/14/14/14/15/15/15/15/14/14 Karpaty Lviv 11/10/15/13/13/12/12/12/12/12/11/11/11/ 9/ 9/ 9/10/ 8/ 7/ 7/ 8/ 8/ 8/ 9/10/10/10/10/11/ 9 FC Kharkiv 11/11/13/15/16/15/14/15/15/15/16/16/16/16/16/16/16/16/16/16/16/16/16/16/16/16/16/16/16/16 Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih 3/ 4/ 8/12/11/10/ 8/ 9/10/ 9/10/10/10/11/11/11/11/10/11/12/10/ 9/ 9/ 8/ 8/ 9/ 9/ 9/ 9/12 FC Lviv 1/ 7/11/11/10/13/13/13/16/16/14/14/15/15/15/15/15/14/14/14/14/15/15/15/14/14/13/14/15/15 Metalist Kharkiv 7/ 3/ 2/ 2/ 3/ 3/ 4/ 4/ 3/ 3/ 3/ 3/ 2/ 2/ 3/ 2/ 2/ 2/ 2/ 3/ 3/ 2/ 3/ 3/ 3/ 3/ 3/ 3/ 3/ 3 Metalurh Donetsk 3/ 2/ 1/ 1/ 1/ 1/ 1/ 1/ 2/ 2/ 2/ 2/ 3/ 3/ 2/ 3/ 3/ 4/ 5/ 4/ 4/ 4/ 4/ 4/ 4/ 4/ 4/ 4/ 4/ 4 Metalurh Zaporizhzhia 11/11/14/ 9/12/ 7/ 9/ 6/ 6/ 5/ 5/ 5/ 5/ 6/ 7/ 7/ 6/ 6/ 6/ 6/ 6/ 6/ 6/ 6/ 7/ 5/ 7/ 7/ 7/ 7 Shakhtar Donetsk 15/13/ 7/ 8/ 7/ 9/11/11/11/10/ 8/ 8/ 7/ 7/ 5/ 5/ 5/ 5/ 3/ 2/ 2/ 3/ 2/ 2/ 2/ 2/ 2/ 2/ 2/ 2 Tavriya Simferopol 9/15/16/16/14/14/15/14/14/13/15/15/14/14/14/13/13/13/13/13/12/11/11/11/ 9/ 8/ 8/ 8/ 8/ 8 Vorskla Poltava 3/ 9/ 4/ 4/ 4/ 4/ 3/ 3/ 4/ 4/ 4/ 4/ 4/ 4/ 4/ 4/ 4/ 3/ 4/ 5/ 5/ 5/ 5/ 5/ 5/ 6/ 5/ 6/ 6/ 5 Zorya Luhansk 7/ 4/ 6/ 7/ 9/ 5/ 7/ 5/ 5/ 6/ 7/ 7/ 8/ 8/ 8/ 8/ 8/ 9/ 9/ 9/ 9/10/10/10/11/11/11/13/13/13 1st 2nd 3rd red1 kicker.de de April 2013 Top scorers thumb|Kovpak in 2009 #ScorerGoals (Pen.)Team1UKR Oleksandr Kovpak17 (6)Tavriya Simferopol2GUI Ismaël Bangoura13 (1)Dynamo KyivUKR Oleksandr Aliyev13 (3) Dynamo Kyiv4BRA Jajá11 (1)Metalist Kharkiv5UKR Serhiy Kuznetsov10Karpaty LvivALB Parid Xhihani10Zorya LuhanskUKR Artem Milevskyi10 (1)Dynamo Kyiv8ROM Tiberiu Ghioane9 Dynamo Kyiv9UKR Oleksandr Kosyrin8Chornomorets OdesaUKR Marko Dević8 (2)Metalist KharkivPOR Ricardo Fernandes8 (6)Metalurh Donetsk Season awards The laureates of the 2008–09 UPL season were:Клуби ПЛ визначили лауреатів сезону Best player: CRO Darijo Srna (Shakhtar Donetsk) Best coach: ROU Mircea Lucescu (Shakhtar Donetsk) Best arbiter: UKR Andriy Shandor (Lviv) Best goalscorer: UKR Oleksandr Kovpak (Tavriya Simferopol) Fair play prize: UKR Dynamo Kyiv 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 Kyiv, 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 Odesa, 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 Kyiv).Тепер у Луцьку! (Now in Lutsk)April 2019 InternetArchiveBot yes uk Late in April FC Lviv returned for home fixtures at Kniazha Arena. List of home stadiums Rank Stadium Capacity Club Notes 1 Dnipro Stadium 31,003 Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk Moved from Stadium Meteor (12 games)[September 14, 2008] 2 Metalurh Stadium 29,783 Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih 3 Ukraina Stadium 28,051 Karpaty Lviv Stadium under renovations 4 RSK Olimpiyskiy 25,831 Shakhtar Donetsk 5 Vorskla Stadium 25,000 Vorskla Poltava 6 OSK Metalist 22,757 Metalist Kharkiv Stadium under renovations 7 Avanhard Stadium 22,320 Zorya Luhansk 8 Lokomotiv Stadium 19,978 Tavriya Simferopol 9 Lobanovsky Dynamo Stadium 16,873 Dynamo KyivArsenal Kyiv Temporarily leased to FC Arsenal 10 Illichivets Stadium 12,680 Illichivets Mariupol 11 Slavutych Arena 11,983 Metalurh Zaporizhzhia 12 Dynamo Stadium (Kharkiv)FPL: Game Report – Venue Dynamo Stadium used as home ground by FC Kharkiv https://web.archive.org/web/20090421070158/http://www.fpl.ua/ukr/protocol/2008_2009/pl/409/5 2009-04-21 uk 9,000 FC Kharkiv FC Kharkiv played only its last four games (all lost)At Dynamo, Kharkiv played against Tavria, Lviv, Metalurh Donetsk and Metalist. 13 Metalurh Stadium 5,300 Metalurh Donetsk 14 Spartak StadiumFPL: Game Report – Venue Spartak Stadium used as home ground https://web.archive.org/web/20090317085253/http://www.fpl.ua/ukr/protocol/2008_2009/pl/8/409 2009-03-17 uk 5,000 Chornomorets Odesa Chornomorets' secondary home ground. 15 Kniazha Arena 3,220 FC Lviv FC Lviv's home ground in Dobromyl Auxiliary or former home stadiums Rank Stadium Capacity Club Notes 1 Chornomorets Stadium 34,362 Chornomorets Odesa Home ground for the first half (9 games)Renovations in preparation for UEFA Euro 2012 since the start of 2009 2 Yuvileiny Stadium (Sumy) 29,300 FC Kharkiv FC Kharkiv lease until April 2009 (11 games) 3 Ukraina Stadium 28,051 FC Lviv Lent to FC Lviv in the first half. 4 Stadium Meteor 24,381 Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk Played only first three games 5 Avanhard StadiumFPL: Game Report – Venue Avanhard Stadium (Lutsk) used as home ground https://web.archive.org/web/20090419174405/http://www.fpl.ua/ukr/protocol/2008_2009/pl/5089/3 2009-04-19 uk 11,574 FC Lviv Lent to FC Lviv for a single game 6 Dynamo Stadium (Kharkiv) 9,000 Metalist Kharkiv Played the last game of season against Kryvbashttp://www.fpl.ua/ukr/protocol/2008_2009/pl/16/40/ Metalist-Kryvbas match report Fpl.ua 2009-05-23 2011-01-15 https://web.archive.org/web/20141028161101/http://www.fpl.ua/ukr/protocol/2008_2009/pl/16/40/ 2014-10-28 dead 7 Obolon StadiumFPL: Game Report – Venue Obolon Stadium used as home ground https://web.archive.org/web/20121005133606/http://www.fpl.ua/ukr/protocol/2008_2009/pl/70/15/ 2012-10-05 uk 4,300 Arsenal Kyiv Lent to Arsenal Kyiv by Obolon Kyiv 8 Bannikov Stadium 1,678 Arsenal Kyiv,FPL: Game Report – Venue Bannikov Stadion used as home ground by Arsenal https://web.archive.org/web/20110724025955/http://www.fpl.ua/ukr/protocol/2008_2009/pl/70/14/ 2011-07-24 uk FC LvivFPL: Game Report – Venue Bannikov Stadion used as home ground by FC Lviv https://web.archive.org/web/20110724030038/http://www.fpl.ua/ukr/protocol/2008_2009/pl/5089/65/ 2011-07-24 uk Lent to Arsenal Kyiv and FC Lviv by FFU 9 Dynamo Club StadiumFPL: Game Report – Venue Dynamo Club Stadion used as home ground https://web.archive.org/web/20121005133640/http://www.fpl.ua/ukr/protocol/2008_2009/pl/70/409/ 2012-10-05 uk 750 Arsenal Kyiv Lent to Arsenal Kyiv by Dynamo Kyiv See also Ukrainian Premier League reserves 2008-09 Ukrainian First League 2008-09 Ukrainian Second League 2008-09 Ukrainian Cup 2008–09 UEFA Cup 2008-09 References External links Ukrainian Football Premier League official page uk soccerway.com Category:Ukrainian Premier League seasons 1 Ukraine