2008–09 Ukrainian First League

Ukrainian First League 2008–09 Zakarpattia Uzhhorod Zakarpattia Uzhhorod Obolon Kyiv (all withdrew)Komunalnyk Luhansk Knyazha Schaslyve Ihroservice Simferopol 22 - Oleksandr Pyschur (Volyn Lutsk) Obolon 6–0 Ihroservice Obolon 6–0 Sevastopol Prykarpattya 0–5 Dniester Prykarpattya 2–6 Sevastopol Obolon 6-2 Stal 2007–08 2009–10 The 2008–09 Ukrainian First League was the eighteenth since its establishment. The Professional Football League (PFL) decreased the number of teams in the league. This season, there are 18 teams instead of 20 teams competing. Two of the teams were relegated from the 2007–08 Ukrainian Premier League and two were promoted from the 2007–08 Ukrainian Second League. To decrease the number of teams in the competition 4 teams were relegated from the 2007–08 Ukrainian First League season. Teams Promoted teams Both of the following two teams were promoted from Druha Liha and debuting in the Ukrainian First League: Group A Knyazha Schaslyve – Druha Liha champion (debut) Group B Komunalnyk Luhansk – Druha Liha champion (debut) Relegated teams Two teams were relegated from the Ukrainian Premier League 2007–08 season after finishing on the bottom of the competition: Naftovyk-Ukrnafta Okhtyrka – 15th place (Returning after a seasons) Zakarpattia Uzhhorod – 16th place (Returning after a seasons) Withdrawn teams On June 26, 2008 MFC Mykolaiv was withdrawn from competitions. On July 1, 2008, the club was announced about the official disbandment. Due to the public pressure and with help of Hryhoriy Surkis, it became possible to preserve the club in professional competitions. MFK Mykolaiv was admitted to the 2008–09 Ukrainian Second League instead of the third team of Dynamo, FC Dynamo-3 Kyiv. Location 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 left Ukraine Ukraine (1991-2014) location map.svg 500 none Locations of teams in First League Ukraine 50.433439 30.523333 Kyiv left Ukraine TransparentPlaceholder.png 52.27 36.55 Kyiv teams :Dynamo-2Obolon right Ukraine 51.5 31.3 Desna Ukraine 46.244722 30.544722 Dniester Ukraine 49.266667 24.633333 Enerhetyk Ukraine 45.5 34.0 Feniks top Ukraine 49.916667 36.316667 Helios Ukraine 44.948056 34.104167 Ihroservice left Ukraine 50.3789 30.7894 Knyazha bottom Ukraine 45.1 34.104167 Krymteplytsia right Ukraine 50.75 33.466667 Naftovyk Ukraine 48.666667 33.116667 Oleksandria Ukraine 48.916667 24.716667 Prykarpattya Ukraine 44.6 33.53 Sevastopol Ukraine 48.466667 38.8 Stal left Ukraine 50.75 25.335833 Volyn Ukraine 48.616667 22.3 Zakarpattia Ukraine 48.566667 39.3 Komunalnyk top Competition information Placing of teams in table of standings are done in the following order: number of accumulated points number of wins difference(GD) between goals for(GF) and goals allowed(GA) number of goals for(GF) The League Fair-play ranking The next tie-break is a simple draw. Final standings main WDL PR ZUZ Zakarpattia Uzhhorod OBK Obolon Kyiv OLE PFC Oleksandria SEV PFC Sevastopol VOL Volyn Lutsk KRM Krymteplytsia Molodizhne DES Desna Chernihiv DK2 Dynamo-2 Kyiv DOV Dniester Ovidiopol STA Stal Alchevsk IHS Ihroservice Simferopol D NAF Naftovyk-Ukrnafta Okhtyrka FIK Feniks-Illichovets Kalinine EBU Enerhetyk Burshtyn HEL Helios Kharkiv PIF Prykarpattya Ivano-Frankivsk KNY Knyazha Schaslyve D KOM – Komunalnyk Luhansk D 21 6 5 55 28 C,P 19 6 7 74 40 P 15 9 8 43 31 15 6 11 43 41 15 5 12 48 46 14 7 11 40 39 13 8 11 31 33 11 14 7 43 42 11 10 11 39 40 11 10 11 33 39 12 6 14 42 47 11 11 10 41 42 -3 9 11 12 33 38 8 7 17 29 43 8 6 18 28 44 7 7 18 26 54 5 5 22 22 23 2 1 10 12 31 Naftovyk-Ukrnafta Okhtyrka deducted 3 points by the Ukrainian Football Federation (January 22, 2009) green1 Promoted to Ukrainian Premier League P P inherit Fair Play Award FPA black1 Withdrew (expelled) from PFL After the season completed, Ihroservice Simferopol withdrew due to licensing issues for the next seasonhttp://www.ua-football.com/ukrainian/first/4a549a87.html "Полтава" и белоцерковский "Арсенал" разыграют путевку в первую лигу ("Poltava" and "Arsenal" playoff to determine promotion to Persha Liha)) 2009-07-08 ua.football 2009-07-08 ru EXP inherit Avoided relegation Due to the licensing issues of Ihroservice Simferopol, Prykarpattya Ivano-Frankivsk who finished in 16th place were not relegated by the PFL. AVR black1 Withdrew (expelled) from PFL Knyazha Schaslyve withdrew after the winter break;September 2018 InternetArchiveBot yes uk Professional Football League 2009 Official Meetings Minutes #6 Komunalnyk Luhansk was withdrawn from the league and its results were annulledhttp://www.pfl.com.ua/official.php?id=081017170455 Професіональна футбольна ліга України 2008-10-19 dead https://web.archive.org/web/20081206015814/http://www.pfl.com.ua/official.php?id=081017170455 2008-12-06 uk Professional Football League 2008–09 Official Meetings Minutes #23 WN WN complete Results main FBR grey DES DNR DK2 ENE FEN HEL IHS KNY KRM NAF OBO OLK PIF SEV STA VOL HOV Desna Chernihiv 1–3 2–1 1–0 0–0 1–0 1–0 0–0 2–3 1–0 3–2 0–0 0–0 1–1 2–1 0–1 0–1 Dnister Ovidiopol 1–0 1–2 1–1 2–0 1–1 3–0 +:- 0–0 1–1 1–3 1–1 1–0 1–1 1–2 1–3 1–3 Dynamo-2 Kyiv 2–2 2–1 3–2 2–2 1–1 3–1 +:- 2–2 1–1 0–0 1–1 0–3 1–2 0–0 3–2 1–1 Enerhetyk Burshtyn 1–2 0–0 2–0 1–2 2–1 0–1 1–1 0–1 1–1 2–1 0–3 2–0 2–1 1–3 0–0 1–2 Feniks-Illichovets Kalinino 1–2 2–1 3–1 3–2 2–3 0–0 +:- 0–1 2–2 1–1 0–0 2–1 0–0 2–2 1–2 1–2 Helios Kharkiv 3–1 0–1 2–2 1–0 0–1 1–1 +:- 0–1 0–1 1–2 1–3 2–1 0–1 2–0 1–0 0–1 Ihroservice Simferopol 3–0 2–2 0–1 1–2 1–0 3–0 1–0 2–1 3–0 1–2 1–2 1–0 4–2 1–1 2–3 1–1 Knyazha Schaslyve -:+ 0–2 2–2 -:+ 1–2 1–1 -:+ -:+ 3–0 1–2 -:+ -:+ -:+ 1–3 3–0 1–3 Krymteplytsia Molodizhne 0–0 4–0 1–2 0–3 2–2 1–2 2–4 1–2 3–1 2–1 2–1 1–0 1–1 2–0 1–0 0–4 Naftovyk-Ukrnafta Okhtyrka 1–0 1–1 2–2 3–1 3–1 2–2 2–4 +:- 1–0 0–1 1–1 3–0 1–2 1–1 3–1 1–0 Obolon Kyiv 3–2 3–1 0–1 3–0 0–0 3–0 6–0 2–1 2–1 3–2 4–3 1–1 6–0 6–2 4–3 0–0 FC Oleksandriya 0–1 1–2 2–0 1–1 2–0 2–1 2–1 1–1 2–1 0–0 1–0 2–1 1–0 2–1 2–2 1–0 Prykarpattya Ivano-Frankivsk 0–0 0–5 1–3 1–1 0–0 1–0 2–0 0–2 2–1 1–1 3–3 0–2 2–6 2–1 0–4 1–3 Sevastopol 0–1 1–1 1–0 1–0 2–1 1–0 3–1 0–1 1–2 0–1 1–4 3–1 3–0 0–0 4–1 3–1 Stal Alchevsk 2–0 1–0 0–2 2–0 1–2 2–1 1–1 +:- 0–0 2–1 0–2 2–1 1–0 1–2 0–0 1–1 Volyn Lutsk 0–4 0–1 1–1 2–0 1–0 3–0 3–1 +:- 0–2 3–2 3–2 2–1 1–2 3–0 1–1 3–2 Hoverla Uzhhorod 3–1 4–1 1–1 1–0 1–0 2–1 1–0 2–0 1–1 0–1 3–2 2–1 2–1 2–0 2–0 2–0 Jun 14, 2009 PFL Persha Liha Calendar Top scorers 150px|right|thumb|Oleksandr Pyschur ScorerGoals (Pen.)TeamUKR Oleksandr Pyschur22 (4)VolynNigeria Charles Newuche16 (1)ZakarpattiaUKR Valeriy Kutsenko14 (2)ObolonUKR Matviy Bobal14 (6)IhroserviceBobal signed with Premier League club Tavriya Simferopol (November 22, 2008)UKR Andriy Shevchuk13PFC SevastopolUKR Vitaliy Prokopchenko12 (1)Feniks-Illichovets / ZakarpattiaProkopchenko transferred to Zakarpattia (March 24, 2009)UKR Oleksandr Savanchuk11 (3)Feniks-Illichovets / Naftovyk-UkrnaftaSavanchuk transferred to Naftovyk-Ukrnafta Okhtyrka (March 24, 2009)UKR Pavlo Onysko10 (2)ObolonUKR Artem Miroshnychenko9ObolonUKR Oleksandr Mandzyuk9KnyazhaMandzyuk signed with Premier League club FC Lviv (February 25, 2009)CIV Souleymane Diaby9KrymteplitsiaUKR Dmytro Viter9 (3)Naftovyk-Ukrnafta Managers ClubCoachReplaced coachDesna Chernihiv UKR Mykhaylo Dunets UKR Oleksandr Ryabokon’Dniester Ovidiopol UKR Andriy ParkhomenkoUKR Ihor Nehara Dynamo-2 Kyiv UKR Henadiy Lytovchenko Enerhetyk Burshtyn UKR Mykhaylo Savka Feniks-Illichovets Kalinine UKR Oleksandr Haidash Helios Kharkiv UKR Serhiy Kandaurov UKR Yuriy Pohrebnyak Ihroservice Simferopol UKR Serhiy Shevchenko Knyazha Schaslyve UKR Vitaliy Levchenko Komunalnyk Luhansk UKR Yuriy Malyhin UKR Mykhaylo Dunets Krymteplitsia Molodizhne UKR Mykhaylo Sachko Naftovyk-Ukrnafta Okhtyrka UKR Valeriy Horodov Obolon Kyiv UKR Yuriy Maksymov PFC Oleksandria UKR Yuriy Koval Prykarpattya Ivano-Frankivsk UKR Mykola Prystay UKR Stepan Matviyiv PFC Sevastopol UKR Oleh Leschynskyi UKR Serhiy Puchkov Stal Alchevsk UKR Vadym Plotnikov Volyn Lutsk UKR Vitaliy Kvartsyanyi Zakarpattia Uzhhorod UKR Mykhaylo Ivanytsya UKR Volodymyr Vasyutyk Withdrawn teams Komunalnyk Luhansk After competing in thirteen rounds of the competition Komunalnyk Luhansk withdrew from the PFL on October 17, 2008. The PFL annulled all the results from the competition and adjusted the standings. https://web.archive.org/web/20081206015814/http://www.pfl.com.ua/official.php?id=081017170455 2008-12-06 uk Professional Football League 2008–09 Official Meetings Minutes #23 Komunalnyk had a record of 2 wins, 1 draw and 10 losses scoring 12 goals and having 31 goals scored against them in the thirteen games that they played in. At the end of the 13th round Komunalnyk was in 17th place in the standings. Yuri Kudinov was the team's leading goal scorer with 8 goals (3 penalties). Knyazha Schaslyve Knyazha withdrew on the March 25, 2009. The PFL will award technical victories to teams that are to play against Knyazha after the winter break. Knyazha in 18 games had a record of 5 wins, 5 draws, and 8 losses scoring 22 goals and having 23 goals scored against them. At the end of the 18th round Knyazha was in 14th place in the standings. Oleksandr Mandziuk was the team's leading goal scorer with 9 goals. Ihroservis Simferopol Ihroservis failed to pay league dues on time and were excluded from competitions for the next season. Awards Best coach – Yuri Maximov (Obolon) Best official – Yevhen Aranovsky (Kyiv) Best player – Oleksandr Pischur (Volyn) Best scorer – Oleksandr Pischur (Volyn) Fair Play Champion – FC Stal Alchevsk http://www.pfl.com.ua/official.php?id=090624124426 XVIII Conference of the Union of Professional Clubs "PFL of Ukraine" 2009-07-14 2020-04-05 https://web.archive.org/web/20200405044606/http://www.pfl.com.ua/official.php?id=090624124426 dead See also 2008–09 Ukrainian Second League 2008–09 Ukrainian Premier League References External links uk Professional Football League of Ukraine – website of the professional football league of Ukraine uk 2008-09 season's regulations. PFL of Ukraine and Football Federation of Ukraine. Category:Ukrainian First League seasons Category:2008–09 in Ukrainian association football leagues Ukra