Ukrainian Premier League 2007-08
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The 2007–08 Ukrainian Premier League
season is the seventeenth since its establishment. This season competition was sponsored by Biola which became the title sponsor of the League for the season. It began on July 17, 2007, and ended on May 18, 2008. 16 teams participated in the competition, 14 of which contested in the 2006-07 season, and two of which (Zakarpattia Uzhhorod and Naftovyk-Ukrnafta Okhtyrka) were promoted from the Ukrainian First League (the league immediately below the Ukrainian Premier League).
The winner of league was Shakhtar Donetsk with 74 points, followed by Dynamo Kyiv with 71 points. The top goalscorer of the season was Marko Dević
from Metalist Kharkiv with 19 goals, 6 of which were penalties. The spot for second highest goalscorer with 17 goals was a three-way tie between Oleksandr Hladky
from Shakhtar Donetsk, Yevhen Seleznyov from Arsenal Kyiv (on loan from Shakhtar), and Oleksandr Kosyrin
from Metalurh Donetsk.
at the start of the season:
Ukrainian Premier League
The Ukrainian Premier League is the highest division of Ukrainian annual football championship. As the Supreme League it was founded in 1991 after the fold of the Soviet Union's Vysshaya Liga. In 2008 it was reformed into a more autonomous entity of the Football Federation of Ukraine and changed...
season is the seventeenth since its establishment. This season competition was sponsored by Biola which became the title sponsor of the League for the season. It began on July 17, 2007, and ended on May 18, 2008. 16 teams participated in the competition, 14 of which contested in the 2006-07 season, and two of which (Zakarpattia Uzhhorod and Naftovyk-Ukrnafta Okhtyrka) were promoted from the Ukrainian First League (the league immediately below the Ukrainian Premier League).
The winner of league was Shakhtar Donetsk with 74 points, followed by Dynamo Kyiv with 71 points. The top goalscorer of the season was Marko Dević
Marko Devic
Marko Dević is a Serbian-Ukrainian footballer playing for Metalist Kharkiv initially as an attacking midfielder and later as a forward.-Serbia:...
from Metalist Kharkiv with 19 goals, 6 of which were penalties. The spot for second highest goalscorer with 17 goals was a three-way tie between Oleksandr Hladky
Oleksandr Hladky
Oleksandr Mykolayovych Gladkiy is a Ukrainian football forward. He plays for Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk and the Ukraine national football team. His last name can also be transliterated as Hladkiy, Gladkiy and Gladkyy.-Kharkiv:...
from Shakhtar Donetsk, Yevhen Seleznyov from Arsenal Kyiv (on loan from Shakhtar), and Oleksandr Kosyrin
Oleksandr Kosyrin
Oleksandr Mykhaylovych Kosyrin is a professional footballer currently playing for FC Dniester Ovidiopol. He is also a member of the Ukrainian national football team.-Club career:...
from Metalurh Donetsk.
Teams
| Club | Town | 2006-07 Season |
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| FC Arsenal Kyiv FC Arsenal Kyiv FC Arsenal Kyiv is a professional football club from the Ukrainian capital of Kiev.-History:In the 1950s, a different club under the same name Arsenal Kyiv won the 1958 Ukrainian SSR Championship. However in 1963 the club was renamed to "Temp Kyiv". In 1964 the club was replaced by FC Dynamo-2 Kyiv... |
Kiev Kiev Kiev or Kyiv is the capital and the largest city of Ukraine, located in the north central part of the country on the Dnieper River. The population as of the 2001 census was 2,611,300. However, higher numbers have been cited in the press.... |
14th |
| Chornomorets FC Chornomorets Odessa FC Chornomorets Odesa is a Ukrainian professional football club from the city of Odessa. The club's home ground is the 34,164 Chornomorets Stadium opened in 1935 and rebuilt in 2011. During the reconstruction , the team played in the 4,610 Spartak Stadium... |
Odessa Odessa Odessa or Odesa is the administrative center of the Odessa Oblast located in southern Ukraine. The city is a major seaport located on the northwest shore of the Black Sea and the fourth largest city in Ukraine with a population of 1,029,000 .The predecessor of Odessa, a small Tatar settlement,... |
6th |
| FC Dnipro FC Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk Football Club Dnipro is a Ukrainian professional football club from the city of Dnipropetrovsk.-BRIT:The club's franchise traces its history all the way back when the first team that was formed in 1918 by the Petrovsky factory and was called as BRIT . The team participated in the regional competition... |
Dnipropetrovsk Dnipropetrovsk Dnipropetrovsk or Dnepropetrovsk formerly Yekaterinoslav is Ukraine's third largest city with one million inhabitants. It is located southeast of Ukraine's capital Kiev on the Dnieper River, in the south-central region of the country... |
4th |
| FC Dynamo Kyiv FC Dynamo Kyiv FC Dynamo Kyiv is a professional football club based in the Ukrainian capital city of Kyiv. Founded in 1927, the club currently participates in the Ukrainian Premier League and has spent its entire history in the top league of Soviet and later Ukrainian football... |
Kiev Kiev Kiev or Kyiv is the capital and the largest city of Ukraine, located in the north central part of the country on the Dnieper River. The population as of the 2001 census was 2,611,300. However, higher numbers have been cited in the press.... |
1st |
| FC Karpaty Lviv FC Karpaty Lviv FC Karpaty Lviv is a Ukrainian professional football club from the city of Lviv. Named after the Carpathian Mountains, they are one of perennial mid-table clubs in Ukraine.-Early years :... |
Lviv Lviv Lviv is a city in western Ukraine. The city is regarded as one of the main cultural centres of today's Ukraine and historically has also been a major Polish and Jewish cultural center, as Poles and Jews were the two main ethnicities of the city until the outbreak of World War II and the following... |
8th |
| FC Kharkiv FC Kharkiv FC Kharkiv was a professional football club based in Kharkiv, Ukraine.After 2009–10 Ukrainian First League season the club was relegated to the Ukrainian Second League... |
Kharkiv Kharkiv Kharkiv or Kharkov is the second-largest city in Ukraine.The city was founded in 1654 and was a major centre of Ukrainian culture in the Russian Empire. Kharkiv became the first city in Ukraine where the Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic was proclaimed in December 1917 and Soviet government was... |
12th |
| FC Kryvbas FC Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih FC Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih is a Ukrainian professional football club from the city of Kryvyi Rih. The club currently plays in Ukrainian Premier League and is based in the Metalurh Stadium, which seats 29,734.... |
Kryvyi Rih Kryvyi Rih Kryvyi Rih or Krivoy Rog is a city in central Ukraine. It is situated in Dnipropetrovsk Oblast, to the southwest of the oblast's administrative center, Dnipropetrovsk, at the confluence of the Inhulets and Saksahan rivers... |
10th |
| FC Metalist Kharkiv FC Metalist Kharkiv FC Metalist Kharkiv is a Ukrainian professional football club based in Kharkiv. It competes in the Ukrainian Premier League, the highest football level in the country. Founded in 1925, the team worked its way up the rungs of the Soviet football system, eventually being promoted to the Soviet Top... |
Kharkiv Kharkiv Kharkiv or Kharkov is the second-largest city in Ukraine.The city was founded in 1654 and was a major centre of Ukrainian culture in the Russian Empire. Kharkiv became the first city in Ukraine where the Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic was proclaimed in December 1917 and Soviet government was... |
3rd |
| FC Metalurh Donetsk FC Metalurh Donetsk FC Metalurh Donetsk is a Ukrainian professional football club from the city of Donetsk. The club currently plays in the Ukrainian Premier League.- Pre-history :... |
Donetsk Donetsk Donetsk , is a large city in eastern Ukraine on the Kalmius river. Administratively, it is a center of Donetsk Oblast, while historically, it is the unofficial capital and largest city of the economic and cultural Donets Basin region... |
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| FC Metalurh Zaporizhia | Zaporizhia Zaporizhia Zaporizhia or Zaporozhye [formerly Alexandrovsk ] is a city in southeastern Ukraine, situated on the banks of the Dnieper River. It is the administrative center of the Zaporizhia Oblast... |
7th |
| FC Naftovyk-Ukrnafta Okhtyrka FC Naftovyk-Ukrnafta Okhtyrka FC Naftovyk Okhtyrka is a Ukrainian football club based in Okhtyrka, Ukraine, where it was founded in 1980.-History:Naftovyk Okhtyrka took part in the first Ukrainian Premier League season in 1992, after being initially chosen to participate for being the Ukrainian SSR Champion in 1991... |
Okhtyrka Okhtyrka Okhtyrka is a city in Ukraine, a raion centre within Sumy Oblast. It is situated near the Vorskla River, on an eleven-mile spur of the Kiev–Kharkiv railway line. It is home to Akhtyrka air base... |
Persha Liha Ukrainian First League The Persha Liha or Ukrainian First League is a football league in Ukraine and the second tier of national football competitions. Members of the league also participate in the Ukrainian Cup... , 1st |
| FC Shakhtar FC Shakhtar Donetsk FC Shakhtar Donetsk is a Ukrainian professional football club from the city of Donetsk. Shakhtar has appeared in several European competitions and currently is often a participant of the UEFA Champions League. The club became the first Ukrainian club to win the UEFA Cup in 2009, the last year... |
Donetsk Donetsk Donetsk , is a large city in eastern Ukraine on the Kalmius river. Administratively, it is a center of Donetsk Oblast, while historically, it is the unofficial capital and largest city of the economic and cultural Donets Basin region... |
2nd |
| SC Tavriya Simferopol SC Tavriya Simferopol SC Tavriya Simferopol is a football club from Simferopol, Crimea, which plays in the Ukrainian Premier League. Tavriya is Crimea's most successful football club and is the winner of the very first Ukrainian Premier League, making them one out of 3 teams that have ever held this title.- History... |
Simferopol Simferopol -Russian Empire and Civil War:The city was renamed Simferopol in 1784 after the annexation of the Crimean Khanate to the Russian Empire by Catherine II of Russia. The name Simferopol is derived from the Greek, Συμφερόπολις , translated as "the city of usefulness." In 1802, Simferopol became the... |
5th |
| FC Vorskla FC Vorskla Poltava FC Vorskla Poltava ,is a professional football team which plays in the Ukrainian Premier League and represents the city of Poltava.- History :... |
Poltava Poltava Poltava is a city in located on the Vorskla River in central Ukraine. It is the administrative center of the Poltava Oblast , as well as the surrounding Poltava Raion of the oblast. Poltava's estimated population is 298,652 .... |
13th |
| OSC Zakarpattia | Uzhhorod Uzhhorod Uzhhorod or Uzhgorod is a city located in western Ukraine, at the border with Slovakia and near the border with Hungary. It is the administrative center of the Zakarpattia Oblast , as well as the administrative center of the surrounding Uzhhorodskyi Raion within the oblast... |
Persha Liha Ukrainian First League The Persha Liha or Ukrainian First League is a football league in Ukraine and the second tier of national football competitions. Members of the league also participate in the Ukrainian Cup... , 2nd |
| FC Zorya Luhansk FC Zorya Luhansk FC Zorya Luhansk , formerly known as Zorya Voroshilovgrad and Zorya-MALS, is a Ukrainian football team. Zorya Luhansk is based in the city of Luhansk , Luhansk Oblast, Ukraine.-History:... |
Luhansk Luhansk Luhansk also known as Lugansk is a city in southeastern Ukraine. It is the administrative center of the Luhansk Oblast . The city itself is also designated as its own separate municipality within the oblast... |
11th |
League table
Final standingsTop goalscorers
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 Marko DevićMarko Devic Marko Dević is a Serbian-Ukrainian footballer playing for Metalist Kharkiv initially as an attacking midfielder and later as a forward.-Serbia:... |
Metalist Kharkiv FC Metalist Kharkiv FC Metalist Kharkiv is a Ukrainian professional football club based in Kharkiv. It competes in the Ukrainian Premier League, the highest football level in the country. Founded in 1925, the team worked its way up the rungs of the Soviet football system, eventually being promoted to the Soviet Top... |
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 Oleksandr HladkyOleksandr Hladky Oleksandr Mykolayovych Gladkiy is a Ukrainian football forward. He plays for Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk and the Ukraine national football team. His last name can also be transliterated as Hladkiy, Gladkiy and Gladkyy.-Kharkiv:... |
Shakhtar Donetsk | |
| Oleksandr Kosyrin Oleksandr Kosyrin Oleksandr Mykhaylovych Kosyrin is a professional footballer currently playing for FC Dniester Ovidiopol. He is also a member of the Ukrainian national football team.-Club career:... |
Metalurh Donetsk | |
| Yevhen Seleznyov |
Arsenal Kyiv | |
 Ismaël BangouraIsmaël Bangoura Ismaël Bangoura is a Guinean football striker who currently plays for Al Nasr SC and the Guinea national team. His favourite position is striker. Also, Bangoura has played as a winger and attacking midfielder.-Early career:... |
Dynamo Kyiv FC Dynamo Kyiv FC Dynamo Kyiv is a professional football club based in the Ukrainian capital city of Kyiv. Founded in 1927, the club currently participates in the Ukrainian Premier League and has spent its entire history in the top league of Soviet and later Ukrainian football... |
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| Volodymyr Homenyuk Volodymyr Homenyuk Volodymyr Homenyuk is a Ukrainian football forward for FC Arsenal Kyiv on loan from FC Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk in the Ukrainian Premier League. He has been nicknamed the Wayne Rooney of Crimea.- Club :... |
Tavriya Simferopol SC Tavriya Simferopol SC Tavriya Simferopol is a football club from Simferopol, Crimea, which plays in the Ukrainian Premier League. Tavriya is Crimea's most successful football club and is the winner of the very first Ukrainian Premier League, making them one out of 3 teams that have ever held this title.- History... |
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 BrandãoEvaeverson Lemos da Silva Evaeverson Lemos da Silva or simply Brandão is a Brazilian footballer who currently plays for Grêmio, on loan from the French club Marseille.- Career :... |
Shakhtar Donetsk | |
| Fernandinho Fernandinho Fernando Luiz Rosa or simply Fernandinho was born May 4, 1985 in Londrina, Brazil and is a footballer who currently plays for FC Shakhtar Donetsk... |
Shakhtar Donetsk | |
 Maksim ShatskikhMaksim Shatskikh Maksim Aleksandrovich Shatskikh , is an Uzbek professional footballer who plays for Arsenal Kyiv in the Ukrainian Premier League.... |
Dynamo Kyiv FC Dynamo Kyiv FC Dynamo Kyiv is a professional football club based in the Ukrainian capital city of Kyiv. Founded in 1927, the club currently participates in the Ukrainian Premier League and has spent its entire history in the top league of Soviet and later Ukrainian football... |
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| Serhiy Nazarenko Serhiy Nazarenko Serhiy Yuriyovych Nazarenko is a Ukrainian football midfielder for SC Tavriya Simferopol and the Ukrainian national football team.- Club career :... |
Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk FC Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk Football Club Dnipro is a Ukrainian professional football club from the city of Dnipropetrovsk.-BRIT:The club's franchise traces its history all the way back when the first team that was formed in 1918 by the Petrovsky factory and was called as BRIT . The team participated in the regional competition... |
Managers
| Club | Coach | Replaced coach |
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| FC Arsenal Kyiv FC Arsenal Kyiv FC Arsenal Kyiv is a professional football club from the Ukrainian capital of Kiev.-History:In the 1950s, a different club under the same name Arsenal Kyiv won the 1958 Ukrainian SSR Championship. However in 1963 the club was renamed to "Temp Kyiv". In 1964 the club was replaced by FC Dynamo-2 Kyiv... |
Oleksandr Zavarov Aleksandr Zavarov Oleksandr Anatoliyovych Zavarov, also spell Aleksandr Anatoljević Zavarov – is a former football midfielder and the former head coach at FC Arsenal Kyiv. In 1986 he was named the best footballer in the USSR and Ukraine and the 6th best footballer in Europe according to France Football... |
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| FC Chornomorets Odessa FC Chornomorets Odessa FC Chornomorets Odesa is a Ukrainian professional football club from the city of Odessa. The club's home ground is the 34,164 Chornomorets Stadium opened in 1935 and rebuilt in 2011. During the reconstruction , the team played in the 4,610 Spartak Stadium... |
 Vitaliy ShevchenkoVitaliy Shevchenko Vitaliy Viktorovich Shevchenko is a Russian coach and former Soviet footballer, currently head-coach of FC Rotor Volgograd. He finished the Institute of Physical Education and the Supreme school of coaches in Moscow.... |
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| FC Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk FC Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk Football Club Dnipro is a Ukrainian professional football club from the city of Dnipropetrovsk.-BRIT:The club's franchise traces its history all the way back when the first team that was formed in 1918 by the Petrovsky factory and was called as BRIT . The team participated in the regional competition... |
Oleh Protasov Oleg Protasov Oleh Valeriyovych Protasov is a former football striker. He was a key member of the Soviet Union national team throughout the 1980s; his 29 goals for the Soviet Union are second in the team's history, behind Oleh Blokhin's 42... |
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| FC Dynamo Kyiv FC Dynamo Kyiv FC Dynamo Kyiv is a professional football club based in the Ukrainian capital city of Kyiv. Founded in 1927, the club currently participates in the Ukrainian Premier League and has spent its entire history in the top league of Soviet and later Ukrainian football... |
Yuri Semin Yuri Semin Yuri Syomin is a Russian football coach and the current manager of FC Dynamo Kyiv. He is most notable for his former work as FC Lokomotiv Moscow manager and president.-Biography:... |
Anatoliy Demyanenko |
| FC Karpaty Lviv FC Karpaty Lviv FC Karpaty Lviv is a Ukrainian professional football club from the city of Lviv. Named after the Carpathian Mountains, they are one of perennial mid-table clubs in Ukraine.-Early years :... |
Valery Yaremchenko Valery Yaremchenko Valeriy Yaremchenko is a Ukrainian coach of Illichivets and a former footballer. He was born in the city of Kryvyi Rih, Ukraine. As a player he participated in 247 games as a member of FC Shakhtar Donetsk scoring 24 goals... |
Oleksandr Ischenko Oleksandr Ischenko Oleksandr Ishchenko is a former football player and manager who is currenly the head coach of the FC Dynamo Kyiv Reserves and Youth Team. He played for SKA Odessa and FC Zvezda Kirovohrad, and he coached the Ukraine national under-21 football team, FC Karpaty Lviv and FC Illychivets... |
| FC Kharkiv FC Kharkiv FC Kharkiv was a professional football club based in Kharkiv, Ukraine.After 2009–10 Ukrainian First League season the club was relegated to the Ukrainian Second League... |
Volodymyr Bezsonov Volodymyr Bessonov Volodymyr Vasylyovych Bezsonov, also spell Vladimir Vasilijević Bessonov is a Ukrainian football manager and former player, he played for the USSR national football team. The most recent team he was managing was Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk in the Ukrainian Premier League.- Club :Bezsonov's career began... |
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| FC Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih FC Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih FC Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih is a Ukrainian professional football club from the city of Kryvyi Rih. The club currently plays in Ukrainian Premier League and is based in the Metalurh Stadium, which seats 29,734.... |
Oleh Taran Oleh Taran Oleh Anatolyevich Taran is a former Ukrainian football player, now coach. He was a prolific forward with a quick dribling and a powerful shot... |
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| FC Metalist Kharkiv FC Metalist Kharkiv FC Metalist Kharkiv is a Ukrainian professional football club based in Kharkiv. It competes in the Ukrainian Premier League, the highest football level in the country. Founded in 1925, the team worked its way up the rungs of the Soviet football system, eventually being promoted to the Soviet Top... |
Myron Markevych Myron Markevych Myron Bohdanovych Markevych is a former football midfielder and current head coach of Metalist Kharkiv in the Ukrainian Premier League and former head coach of the Ukrainian national football team... |
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| FC Metalurh Donetsk FC Metalurh Donetsk FC Metalurh Donetsk is a Ukrainian professional football club from the city of Donetsk. The club currently plays in the Ukrainian Premier League.- Pre-history :... |
 Nikolay KostovNikolay Kostov Nikolay Kostov is a Bulgarian football manager and former footballer. Much of his coaching career has taken place in Cyprus. His first coaching role in the country was at Anorthosis, where he won the Cypriot Cup in 2002. In 2006 he joined Olympiakos Nicosia, but was replaced by Juan Ramon Rocha... |
 Jos Daerden |
| FC Metalurh Zaporizhya FC Metalurh Zaporizhya FC Metalurh Zaporizhya is a Ukrainian professional football club from the city of Zaporizhia. The club has always been in the top league, since the first season in 1992 until the season 2010/11 when it took the last position and was relegated to the Ukrainian First League.- Early years :The... |
Anatoly Chantsev |
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| FC Naftovyk-Ukrnafta Okhtyrka FC Naftovyk-Ukrnafta Okhtyrka FC Naftovyk Okhtyrka is a Ukrainian football club based in Okhtyrka, Ukraine, where it was founded in 1980.-History:Naftovyk Okhtyrka took part in the first Ukrainian Premier League season in 1992, after being initially chosen to participate for being the Ukrainian SSR Champion in 1991... |
Valeriy Horodov Valeriy Horodov Valeriy Vasylyovich Horodov is a Ukrainian professional football coach and a former Soviet player.As of 2009, he manages FC Naftovyk-Ukrnafta Okhtyrka. As a player, he made his professional debut in the Soviet Second League in 1981 for FC Salyut Belgorod... |
Serhiy Shevchenko |
| FC Shakhtar Donetsk FC Shakhtar Donetsk FC Shakhtar Donetsk is a Ukrainian professional football club from the city of Donetsk. Shakhtar has appeared in several European competitions and currently is often a participant of the UEFA Champions League. The club became the first Ukrainian club to win the UEFA Cup in 2009, the last year... |
 Mircea LucescuMircea Lucescu Mircea Lucescu is a Romanian former football player and current coach, and one of the most successful Romanian football managers. He is also the father of Rapid Bucharest coach, Răzvan Lucescu... |
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| SC Tavriya Simferopol SC Tavriya Simferopol SC Tavriya Simferopol is a football club from Simferopol, Crimea, which plays in the Ukrainian Premier League. Tavriya is Crimea's most successful football club and is the winner of the very first Ukrainian Premier League, making them one out of 3 teams that have ever held this title.- History... |
Mykhailo Fomenko Mykhailo Fomenko Mykhaylo Fomenko is a former Ukrainian footballer who capped 24 times for the USSR. He then became one of the most popular coaches in Ukraine. He is famous for his coaching in FC Metalist Kharkiv, returning the team to the European qualifications.-References:***... |
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| FC Vorskla Poltava FC Vorskla Poltava FC Vorskla Poltava ,is a professional football team which plays in the Ukrainian Premier League and represents the city of Poltava.- History :... |
Mykola Pavlov Mykola Pavlov Mykola Petrovych Pavlov is a former Ukrainian football defender, and currently head-coach of FC Vorskla Poltava in the Ukrainian Premier League.-Playing career:... |
Anatoliy Momot |
| FC Zakarpattia Uzhhorod | Volodymyr Vasiutyk |
Volodymyr Sharan Volodymyr Sharan Volodymyr Bohdanovych Sharan is a Ukrainian football midfielder who represented Ukraine once at the national level and currently is a manager of PFC Oleksandria.He also capped for USSR U-20 team at 1991 FIFA World Youth Championship.... |
| FC Zorya Luhansk FC Zorya Luhansk FC Zorya Luhansk , formerly known as Zorya Voroshilovgrad and Zorya-MALS, is a Ukrainian football team. Zorya Luhansk is based in the city of Luhansk , Luhansk Oblast, Ukraine.-History:... |
Anatoliy Volobuev |
Oleksandr Kosevych |
Current results
Promoted teams
These two teams were promoted from Persha LihaUkrainian First League
The Persha Liha or Ukrainian First League is a football league in Ukraine and the second tier of national football competitions. Members of the league also participate in the Ukrainian Cup...
at the start of the season:
- FC Naftovyk-Ukrnafta OkhtyrkaFC Naftovyk-Ukrnafta OkhtyrkaFC Naftovyk Okhtyrka is a Ukrainian football club based in Okhtyrka, Ukraine, where it was founded in 1980.-History:Naftovyk Okhtyrka took part in the first Ukrainian Premier League season in 1992, after being initially chosen to participate for being the Ukrainian SSR Champion in 1991...
: champion of Persha Liha - FC Zakarpattia Uzhhorod : runner-up of Persha Liha
Stadia
| Rank | Stadium | Capacity | Club | Notes |
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| 1 | NSC Olimpiysky Olimpiysky National Sports Complex The Olympic National Sports Complex is a multi-use sports facility in Kiev, Ukraine, located on the slopes of city's central Cherepanov Hill, Pechersk Raion. The stadium is the premier sports venue of Ukraine and one of the world's largest... |
83,450 | Arsenal Kyiv FC Arsenal Kyiv FC Arsenal Kyiv is a professional football club from the Ukrainian capital of Kiev.-History:In the 1950s, a different club under the same name Arsenal Kyiv won the 1958 Ukrainian SSR Championship. However in 1963 the club was renamed to "Temp Kyiv". In 1964 the club was replaced by FC Dynamo-2 Kyiv... |
Played last 6 games |
| 2 | Chornomorets Stadium | 34,362 | Chornomorets Odessa FC Chornomorets Odessa FC Chornomorets Odesa is a Ukrainian professional football club from the city of Odessa. The club's home ground is the 34,164 Chornomorets Stadium opened in 1935 and rebuilt in 2011. During the reconstruction , the team played in the 4,610 Spartak Stadium... |
Annual venue for the Ukrainian Super Cup Ukrainian Super Cup Ukrainian Super Cup acts as the grand-opening for every new football competition season in Ukraine, officially having the winners of the previous season's Ukrainian Championship and Ukrainian Cup face-off against each other... |
| 3 | Shakhtar Stadium Shakhtar Stadium Shakhtar Stadium is a multi-purpose stadium in Donetsk, Ukraine. It is currently used mostly for football matches. The stadium holds 31,718 people. The stadium is currently used by FC Shakhtar Donetsk reserves and FC Metalurh Donetsk for the European competition . The stadium was built in 1936... |
31,718 | Metalurh Donetsk FC Metalurh Donetsk FC Metalurh Donetsk is a Ukrainian professional football club from the city of Donetsk. The club currently plays in the Ukrainian Premier League.- Pre-history :... |
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| 4 | Metalurh Stadium Metalurh Stadium Stadion Metalurh is a multi-purpose stadium in Kryvyi Rih, Ukraine. It is currently used mostly for football matches, and is the home of FC Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih. The stadium holds 29,734 people.... |
29,783 | Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih FC Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih FC Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih is a Ukrainian professional football club from the city of Kryvyi Rih. The club currently plays in Ukrainian Premier League and is based in the Metalurh Stadium, which seats 29,734.... |
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| 5 | Ukraina Stadium Ukraina Stadium Ukraina Stadium is a multi-purpose stadium in Lviv, Ukraine. It is currently used mostly for football matches, and is the home of FC Karpaty Lviv. "Ukraina" is also an alternative stadium for the Ukraine national football team where it played several of its qualification games for various... |
28,051 | Karpaty Lviv FC Karpaty Lviv FC Karpaty Lviv is a Ukrainian professional football club from the city of Lviv. Named after the Carpathian Mountains, they are one of perennial mid-table clubs in Ukraine.-Early years :... |
Renovations are taking place |
| 6 | RSK Olimpiyskiy Lokomotiv Stadium (Donetsk) RSK Olimpiyskyi is a multi-purpose stadium in Donetsk, Ukraine, owned by Shakhtar Donetsk. The stadium's maximum capacity is 25,678, and it is used exclusively for football matches. After its reconstruction in 2003, the stadium was also host to Shakhtar's city-rivals, FC Metalurh Donetsk... |
25,831 | Shakhtar Donetsk FC Shakhtar Donetsk FC Shakhtar Donetsk is a Ukrainian professional football club from the city of Donetsk. Shakhtar has appeared in several European competitions and currently is often a participant of the UEFA Champions League. The club became the first Ukrainian club to win the UEFA Cup in 2009, the last year... |
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| 7 | Vorskla Stadium Vorskla Stadium Oleksiy Butovsky Vorskla Stadium is a multi-purpose stadium in Poltava, Ukraine. It is currently used mostly for football matches, and is the home of FC Vorskla Poltava. The stadium holds 24,795 people. It was built in 1974 and has undergone several reconstructions after, most notably in 2000,... |
25,000 | Vorskla Poltava FC Vorskla Poltava FC Vorskla Poltava ,is a professional football team which plays in the Ukrainian Premier League and represents the city of Poltava.- History :... |
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| 8 | Stadium Meteor Stadium Meteor Stadium Meteor was a multi-purpose stadium in Dnipropetrovsk, Ukraine. It was used mostly for football matches, and was the home of FC Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk. The stadium can hold 24,381 people. Currently its tenant, Dnipro was relocated to Dnipro Stadium after a long spell at this... |
24,381 | Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk FC Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk Football Club Dnipro is a Ukrainian professional football club from the city of Dnipropetrovsk.-BRIT:The club's franchise traces its history all the way back when the first team that was formed in 1918 by the Petrovsky factory and was called as BRIT . The team participated in the regional competition... |
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| 9 | Metalist Stadium Metalist Stadium Oblast Sports Complex "Metalist" , commonly known as Metalist Stadium , is a multi-use stadium in Kharkov, Ukraine. It is currently used chiefly for football matches and is the home of FC Metalist Kharkiv... |
22,757 | Metalist Kharkiv FC Metalist Kharkiv FC Metalist Kharkiv is a Ukrainian professional football club based in Kharkiv. It competes in the Ukrainian Premier League, the highest football level in the country. Founded in 1925, the team worked its way up the rungs of the Soviet football system, eventually being promoted to the Soviet Top... FC Kharkiv FC Kharkiv FC Kharkiv was a professional football club based in Kharkiv, Ukraine.After 2009–10 Ukrainian First League season the club was relegated to the Ukrainian Second League... |
Temporarilly in emergency conditions |
| 10 | Avanhard Stadium | 22,320 | Zorya Luhansk FC Zorya Luhansk FC Zorya Luhansk , formerly known as Zorya Voroshilovgrad and Zorya-MALS, is a Ukrainian football team. Zorya Luhansk is based in the city of Luhansk , Luhansk Oblast, Ukraine.-History:... |
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| 11 | Lokomotiv Stadium Lokomotiv Stadium (Tavriya) Lokomotiv Stadium is a multi-purpose stadium in Simferopol, Ukraine. It is currently used mostly for football matches, and is the home of SC Tavriya Simferopol. The stadium holds 19,978 people and was built in 1967 and renovated in 2004.... |
19,978 | Tavriya Simferopol SC Tavriya Simferopol SC Tavriya Simferopol is a football club from Simferopol, Crimea, which plays in the Ukrainian Premier League. Tavriya is Crimea's most successful football club and is the winner of the very first Ukrainian Premier League, making them one out of 3 teams that have ever held this title.- History... |
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| 12 | Lobanovsky Dynamo Stadium Lobanovsky Dynamo Stadium Dynamo Stadium named after Valeriy Lobanovskiy is a football stadium in Kiev, Ukraine. It is currently used for football matches, and is the home of FC Dynamo Kyiv... |
16,873 | Dynamo Kyiv FC Dynamo Kyiv FC Dynamo Kyiv is a professional football club based in the Ukrainian capital city of Kyiv. Founded in 1927, the club currently participates in the Ukrainian Premier League and has spent its entire history in the top league of Soviet and later Ukrainian football... |
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| 13 | Avanhard Stadium | 12,000 | Zakarpattia Uzhhorod | |
| 14 | Slavutych Arena | 11,983 | Metalurh Zaporizhia | |
| 15 | Naftovyk Stadium Naftovyk Stadium Naftovyk Stadium is a multi-use stadium in Okhtyrka, Ukraine. It is currently used mostly for football matches, and is the home of FC Naftovyk-Ukrnafta Okhtyrka. The stadium holds 5,256 people.-References:... |
5,256 | Naftovyk-Ukrnafta Okhtyrka FC Naftovyk-Ukrnafta Okhtyrka FC Naftovyk Okhtyrka is a Ukrainian football club based in Okhtyrka, Ukraine, where it was founded in 1980.-History:Naftovyk Okhtyrka took part in the first Ukrainian Premier League season in 1992, after being initially chosen to participate for being the Ukrainian SSR Champion in 1991... |
Auxiliary or former home stadiums
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| 7 | Vorskla Stadium Vorskla Stadium Oleksiy Butovsky Vorskla Stadium is a multi-purpose stadium in Poltava, Ukraine. It is currently used mostly for football matches, and is the home of FC Vorskla Poltava. The stadium holds 24,795 people. It was built in 1974 and has undergone several reconstructions after, most notably in 2000,... |
25,000 | FC Kharkiv FC Kharkiv FC Kharkiv was a professional football club based in Kharkiv, Ukraine.After 2009–10 Ukrainian First League season the club was relegated to the Ukrainian Second League... |
Against Zoria and Dynamo |
| 12 | Lobanovsky Dynamo Stadium Lobanovsky Dynamo Stadium Dynamo Stadium named after Valeriy Lobanovskiy is a football stadium in Kiev, Ukraine. It is currently used for football matches, and is the home of FC Dynamo Kyiv... |
16,873 | Arsenal Kyiv FC Arsenal Kyiv FC Arsenal Kyiv is a professional football club from the Ukrainian capital of Kiev.-History:In the 1950s, a different club under the same name Arsenal Kyiv won the 1958 Ukrainian SSR Championship. However in 1963 the club was renamed to "Temp Kyiv". In 1964 the club was replaced by FC Dynamo-2 Kyiv... |
Played first 9 games |
| 14 | Dynamo Stadium Dynamo Stadium (Kharkiv) Dynamo Stadium in Kharkiv, Ukraine was most recently the home of FC Kharkiv, an association football club.-History:The stadium was built in 1931 and was used by teams from Kharkiv in the Soviet Championship, including FC Dynamo Kharkiv and FC Lokomotyv Kharkiv.The stadium was damaged during... |
6,000 | Metalist Kharkiv FC Metalist Kharkiv FC Metalist Kharkiv is a Ukrainian professional football club based in Kharkiv. It competes in the Ukrainian Premier League, the highest football level in the country. Founded in 1925, the team worked its way up the rungs of the Soviet football system, eventually being promoted to the Soviet Top... FC Kharkiv FC Kharkiv FC Kharkiv was a professional football club based in Kharkiv, Ukraine.After 2009–10 Ukrainian First League season the club was relegated to the Ukrainian Second League... |
Metalist played three games here including one against Kharkiv, Kharkiv played here its home game against Vorskla |