2007–08 Ukrainian First League

Ukrainian First League 2007–08 Illichivets Mariupol Illichivets Mariupol FC Lviv MFK Mykolaiv (withdrew) Dnipro Cherkasy CSKA Kyiv Stal Dniprodzerzhynsk 22 - Matviy Bobal (Ihroservice Simferopol) 2006–07 2008–09 The 2007–08 Ukrainian First League was the seventeenth since its establishment. There were 20 teams competing. Two teams were relegated from the Ukrainian Premier League 2006-07. Four teams were promoted from the Ukrainian Second League 2006-07. Promotion and relegation Promoted teams These four teams were promoted from Druha Liha at the start of the season: Group A FC Dnister Ovidiopil : Druha Liha champion (Debut) FC Prykarpattya Ivano-Frankivsk : Druha Liha runner-up (Debut) Group B FC Sevastopol : Druha Liha champion (Debut) FC Feniks-Illichovets Kalinine : Druha Liha runner-up (Debut) Relegated teams Two teams were relegated from the Ukrainian Premier League 2006–07 season after finishing on the bottom of the competition: FC Illichivets Mariupol : 15th place (Returning after 10 seasons) FC Stal Alchevsk : 16th place (Returning after two seasons) Renamed teams On July 24, 2007 the team of "Fakel" changed its name to "Prykarpattia".Decision #33 of the PFL Bureau of Ukraine. July 24, 2007. Teams Ukraine Ukraine (1991-2014) location map.svg 500 left Locations of teams in First League Ukraine 50.433439 30.523333 Kyiv left Ukraine TransparentPlaceholder.png 52.27 36.55 Kyiv teams :Dynamo-2Obolon CSKA right Ukraine 51.5 31.3 Desna bottom Ukraine 49.433333 32.066667 Dnipro top Ukraine 46.244722 30.544722 Dniester right Ukraine 47.116667 37.55 Illichivets top Ukraine 44.6 33.53 Sevastopol left Ukraine 48.916667 24.716667 Prykarpattia bottom Ukraine 44.948056 34.104167 Dynamo right Ukraine 49.916667 36.316667 Helios bottom Ukraine 49.85 24.016667 Lviv right Ukraine 45.1 34.104167 Krymteplitsia left Ukraine 45.5 34.0 Feniks top Ukraine 48.466667 38.8 Stal A top Ukraine 48.516667 34.616667 Stal D top Ukraine 50.75 25.335833 Volyn right Ukraine 49.266667 24.633333 Enerhetyk right Ukraine 46.966667 32.0 Mykolaiv right Ukraine 48.666667 33.116667 Oleksandria left 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 Kyiv 50.444722 30.478333 CSKA left Stadia Rank Stadium Capacity Club Region 1 Lobanovsky Dynamo Stadium 16873 FC Dynamo-2 Kyiv Kyiv 2 MCS Rukh 16000 FSC Prykarpattya Ivano-Frankivsk Ivano-Frankivsk 3 Illychivets 12680 FC Illichivets Mariupol Donetsk 4 Youri Haharyn 12000 FC Desna Chernihiv Chernihiv 5 CSK ZSU 12000 CSCA Kyiv Kyiv 6 Avanhard 11574 FC Volyn Lutsk Lutsk 7 Central 10321 FC Dnipro Cherkasy Cherkasy 8 Stal 9200 FC Stal Alchevsk Luhansk 9 SK Sevastopol 6500 PFC Sevastopol Crimea 10 Dynamo 6000 FC Helios Kharkiv Kharkiv 11 KSC Nika 5640 PFC Oleksandria Kirovohrad 12 Fiolent 5000 FC Ihroservice Simferopol Crimea 13 Enerhetyk Stadium 4000 FC Enerhetyk Burshtyn Ivano-Frankivsk 14 Kniazha Arena 3220 FC Lviv Lviv 15 STC Krymteplitsia 3000 FC Krymteplitsia Molodizhne Crimea 16 Metalurh 2900 FC Stal Dniprodzerzhynsk Dnipropetrovsk 17 Central City Stadium 1500 MFK Mykolaiv Mykolaiv 18 Dukov Dniester Stadium 1500 FC Dniester Ovidiopol Odesa 19 Obolon 4300 FC Obolon Kyiv Kyiv 20 Kalinino 1050 FC Feniks-Illichovets Kalinine Crimea Managers ClubCoachReplaced coachDesna Chernihiv UKR Oleksandr Ryabokon UKR Serhiy Kucherenko Dniester Ovidiopol UKR Ihor Nehara Dynamo-2 Kyiv UKR Henadiy Lytovchenko Enerhetyk Burshtyn UKR Mykhaylo Savka UKR Mykola Prystay Feniks-Illichovets Kalinine UKR Oleksandr Haidash UKR Oleksiy Antyukhin Helios Kharkiv UKR Yuriy Pohrebnyak UKR Ihor NadeinIhroservice Simferopol UKR Serhiy Shevchenko Krymteplitsia Molodizhne UKR Mykhailo Dunets Obolon Kyiv UKR Ihor Artymovych (caretaker) UKR Petro Slobodyan PFC Oleksandria UKR Ihor Bohatyr Prykarpattya Ivano-Frankivsk UKR Serhiy Ptashnyk PFC Sevastopol UKR Serhiy Puchkov Stal Alchevsk UKR Vadym Plotnikov UKR Oleh SmolyaninovUKR Hennadiy BatkayevVolyn Lutsk UKR Vitaliy Kvartsyanyi Illichivets Mariupol UKR Oleksandr Ishchenko UKR Semen AltmanUKR Ivan Balan (caretaker)FC Lviv UKR Stepan Yurchyshyn MFC Mykolaiv UKR Vyacheslav Mazarati UKR Oleksandr Spitsyn (caretaker)CSKA Kyiv UKR Serhiy Revut Dnipro Cherkasy UKR Anatoliy Bezsmertnyi UKR Oleksandr Ryabokon Stal Dniprodzerzhynsk UKR Vadym Lazorenko UKR Viktor MaslovUKR Oleksandr Shcherbakov Final standings main WDL PR ILL Illichivets Mariupol LVI FC Lviv OBK Obolon Kyiv DES Desna Chernihiv DK2 Dynamo-2 Kyiv IHS Ihroservice Simferopol STA Stal Alchevsk OLE PFC Oleksandria VOL Volyn Lutsk MYK MFK Mykolaiv KRM Krymteplitsia Molodizhne DOV FC Dniester Ovidiopol EBU Enerhetyk Burshtyn HEL Helios Kharkiv SEV PFC Sevastopol FIK FC Feniks-Illichovets Kalinine PIF Prykarpattia Ivano-Frankivsk DNC Dnipro Cherkasy CSCA CSCA Kyiv STD Stal Dniprodzerzhynsk 26 7 5 65 26 C,P 23 5 10 58 29 P 22 6 10 67 42 20 7 11 61 44 19 6 13 64 52 18 6 14 50 45 15 13 10 52 44 14 15 9 41 32 16 8 14 61 55 -3 13 13 12 33 27 R 13 11 14 49 43 12 13 13 33 39 13 9 16 39 44 13 8 17 31 41 12 7 19 38 55 11 8 19 35 56 11 6 21 37 67 8 17 13 43 43 -6 R 7 6 25 36 74 R 3 11 24 23 58 R FC Volyn Lutsk was docked three tournament points in accordance with the decision of the Bureau of PFL of 15 April 2008. FC Dnipro Cherkasy docked six tournament points in accordance with the decision of the Bureau of PFL of 19 June 2008 and 3 July 2008. green1 Promoted to Ukrainian Premier League P P red1 Relegated to Ukrainian Second League MFK Mykolaiv informed the PFL season on 26 June 2008 that the City Administration of Mykolaiv will not be financing the team in the 2008/09 season. On 1 July 2008 the team was dissolved. On 17 July 2008 the club reapplies to the PFL and are readmitted into Druha Liha Group A for the 2008-09 season. R1 inherit Avoided relegation Prykarpattia Ivano-Frankivsk remains in the Persha Liha after MFK Mykolaiv dissolved and relegated. AVR red1 Relegated to Ukrainian Second League R R R complete Top goalscorers ScorerGoals (pen.)TeamUKR Matviy Bobal23 (6)Ihroservice SimferopolUKR Pavlo Onysko21 (1)Obolon KyivUKR Dmytro Hordienko18 (1)Enerhetyk BurshtynNGR Michael Chidi Alozi15 (1)FC Volyn LutskUKR Oleksandr Pyschur14 (1)FC Volyn LutskUKR Oleksandr Savanchuk14 (7)FC Krymteplitsia MolodizhneUKR Oleksandr Akymenko13 (3)FC Stal AlchevskUKR Hryhoriy Baranets12 (2)FC LvivUKR Andriy Shevchuk11PFC SevastopolUKR Oleksandr Zghura11 (5)FC Dnister Ovidiopol Post-season 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. References See also Ukrainian Second League 2007-08 Ukrainian Premier League 2007-08 Category:Ukrainian First League seasons Category:2007–08 in Ukrainian association football leagues Ukra