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2008–09 Ukrainian Premier League

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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.

Ukrainian Premier League
Season2008–09
ChampionsDynamo Kyiv
13th title
RelegatedFC Lviv
FC Kharkiv
Champions LeagueDynamo Kyiv
Shakhtar Donetsk
Europa LeagueMetalist Kharkiv
Metalurh Donetsk
Vorskla Poltava (via Ukrainian Cup)
Matches played240
Goals scored551 (2.3 per match)
Top goalscorerOleksandr Kovpak (17) (Tavriya Simferopol)
Longest winning runDynamo Kyiv (10)
Longest unbeaten runShakhtar Donetsk (15)
Longest losing runFC Kharkiv (8)

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

Location map

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Locations of team home grounds in Ukrainian Premier League 2008–09

Managers and captains

ClubCoachCaptainReplaced coach
Arsenal Kyiv Oleksandr Zavarov Vitaliy Reva
Chornomorets Odesa Viktor Hryshko Vitaliy Rudenko Vitaly Shevchenko
Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk Volodymyr Bezsonov Andriy Rusol Oleh Protasov
Dynamo Kyiv Yury Syomin Badr El Kaddouri
Illichivets Mariupol Illya Blyznyuk Ihor Shukhovtsev Oleksandr Ishchenko
Karpaty Lviv Oleg Kononov Serhiy Pshenychnykh
FC Kharkiv Mykhailo Stelmakh Vitaliy Komarnytskyi Volodymyr Bezsonov
Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih Oleh Taran Dorian Bylykbashi
FC Lviv Serhiy Kovalets Maryan Marushchak Stepan Yurchyshyn
Metalist Kharkiv Myron Markevych Oleksandr Horyainov
Metalurh Donetsk Nikolay Kostov Vyacheslav Checher
Metalurh Zaporizhzhia Oleh Lutkov Oleksiy Hodin Anatoliy Chantsev
Shakhtar Donetsk Mircea Lucescu Darijo Srna
Tavriya Simferopol Serhiy Puchkov Oleksandr Kovpak Mykhaylo Fomenko
Vorskla Poltava Mykola Pavlov Hennadiy Medvedyev
Zorya Luhansk Yuriy Dudnyk Oleksiy Khramtsov Anatoliy Volobuyev

Managerial changes

TeamOutgoing head coachManner of departureDate of vacancyTableIncoming head coachDate of appointmentTable
Dnipro Oleh ProtasovResigned29 August 2008[1]6th Volodymyr Bezsonov (acting)29 August 20086th
Dnipro Oleksandr IshchenkoSacked5 September 2008[2]16th Illya Blyznyuk (acting)5 September 200816th
Chornomorets Vitaly ShevchenkoResigned4 November 2008[3]9th Viktor Hryshko (acting)4 November 2008[4]9th

Qualification to European competitions for 2009–10

Timeline of qualification

Vorskla PoltavaMetalurh DonetskMetalist KharkivFC Shakhtar DonetskFC Dynamo Kyiv

League table

PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualification or relegation
1Dynamo Kyiv (C)3026137119+5279Qualification to Champions League group stage
2Shakhtar Donetsk3019744716+3164Qualification to Champions League third qualifying round
3Metalist Kharkiv3017854425+1959Qualification to Europa League third qualifying round
4Metalurh Donetsk3014793627+949Qualification to Europa League second qualifying round
5Vorskla Poltava3014793226+649Qualification to Europa League play-off round
6Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk3013983425+948
7Metalurh Zaporizhzhia3012992930−145
8Tavriya Simferopol30107134145−437
9Karpaty Lviv30810123339−634
10Chornomorets Odesa30122163442−832[a]
11Arsenal Kyiv3088142633−732
12Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih3088142136−1532
13Zorya Luhansk3087152945−1631
14Illichivets Mariupol3075183154−2326
15FC Lviv (R)3068162439−1526Relegation to Ukrainian First League
16FC Kharkiv (R)3029191950−3112[b]
Source: uafootball.net.ua
Rules for classification: 1st points; 2nd overall wins; 3rd goal difference; 4th goals scored
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated
Notes:

Results

Home \ AwayARKCHODNIDYNILLKARKHAKRYLVIMETMDOMZASHATAVVORZOR
Arsenal Kyiv—1–00–10–24–04–01–01–10–00–20–12–00–01–10–01–1
Chornomorets Odesa0–1—1–10–33–23–03–12–01–01–02–12–10–30–20–11–3
Dnipro2–14–1—1–30–01–04–11–01–12–01–11–20–00–12–11–1
Dynamo Kyiv3–03–12–1—2–04–01–03–01–01–21–02–01–03–24–15–0
Illichivets Mariupol2–11–01–23–4—1–51–12–02–00–20–11–11–23–31–31–0
Karpaty Lviv3–13–00–01–41–0—0–23–02–10–21–10–01–10–10–01–1
FC Kharkiv1–11–10–20–41–21–1—0–12–31–21–00–20–00–30–12–3
Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih1–00–20–12–10–01–11–1—2–01–31–21–00–11–10–22–1
FC Lviv0–10–20–10–12–12–41–01–0—1–10–1[a]1–2[b]2–02–40–03–1
Metalist Kharkiv3–12–03–20–22–01–11–11–00–0—1–11–10–33–03–12–1
Metalurh Donetsk0–01–01–10–22–01–03–01–12–00–2—3–11–22–12–13–0
Metalurh Zaporizhzhia2–11–30–11–32–00–00–00–02–11–02–1—1–01–01–02–1
Shakhtar Donetsk3–01–01–01–03–01–03–04–22–02–21–12–2—2–01–03–1
Tavriya Simferopol3–11–30–01–33–21–41–10–12–20–14–12–00–2—1–32–1
Vorskla Poltava1–02–11–02–22–32–12–10–00–00–11–01–11–01–0—0–1
Zorya Luhansk0–12–12–00–12–11–02–01–21–11–10–20–00–31–10–2—
Source: uafootball.net.ua
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
Notes:

Round by round

The following table is a historic representation of the team's position in the standings after the completion of each round.

Team ╲ Round123456789101112131415161718192021222324252627282930
Arsenal Kyiv345681110109111212131313121211101113121212121314121011
Chornomorets Odesa1116105686878999101010912121011131313131212111210
Dnipro91391056578766656677887777676556
Dynamo Kyiv113322221111111111111111111111
Illichivets Mariupol15712141516161613141313121212141415151515141414151515151414
Karpaty Lviv1110151313121212121211111199910877888910101010119
FC Kharkiv111113151615141515151616161616161616161616161616161616161616
Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih3481211108910910101011111111101112109988999912
FC Lviv1711111013131316161414151515151514141414151515141413141515
Metalist Kharkiv732233443333223222233233333333
Metalurh Donetsk321111112222332334544444444444
Metalurh Zaporizhzhia1111149127966555567766666666757777
Shakhtar Donetsk151378791111111088775555322322222222
Tavriya Simferopol91516161414151414131515141414131313131312111111988888
Vorskla Poltava394444334444444443455555565665
Zorya Luhansk746795755677888889999101010111111131313
Source: kicker.de (in German)

Top scorers

Kovpak in 2009
#ScorerGoals (Pen.)Team
1 Oleksandr Kovpak17 (6)Tavriya Simferopol
2 Ismaël Bangoura13 (1)Dynamo Kyiv
Oleksandr Aliyev13 (3)Dynamo Kyiv
4 Jajá11 (1)Metalist Kharkiv
5 Serhiy Kuznetsov10Karpaty Lviv
Parid Xhihani10Zorya Luhansk
Artem Milevskyi10 (1)Dynamo Kyiv
8 Tiberiu Ghioane9Dynamo Kyiv
9 Oleksandr Kosyrin8Chornomorets Odesa
Marko Dević8 (2)Metalist Kharkiv
Ricardo Fernandes8 (6)Metalurh Donetsk

Season awards

The laureates of the 2008–09 UPL season were:[7]

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).[8] Late in April FC Lviv returned for home fixtures at Kniazha Arena.

List of home stadiums

RankStadiumCapacityClubNotes
1Dnipro Stadium31,003Dnipro DnipropetrovskMoved from Stadium Meteor (12 games)[9]
2Metalurh Stadium29,783Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih
3Ukraina Stadium28,051Karpaty LvivStadium under renovations
4RSK Olimpiyskiy25,831Shakhtar Donetsk
5Vorskla Stadium25,000Vorskla Poltava
6OSK Metalist22,757Metalist KharkivStadium under renovations
7Avanhard Stadium22,320Zorya Luhansk
8Lokomotiv Stadium19,978Tavriya Simferopol
9Lobanovsky Dynamo Stadium16,873Dynamo Kyiv
Arsenal Kyiv		Temporarily leased to FC Arsenal
10Illichivets Stadium12,680Illichivets Mariupol
11Slavutych Arena11,983Metalurh Zaporizhzhia
12Dynamo Stadium (Kharkiv)[10]9,000FC KharkivFC Kharkiv played only its last four games (all lost)[11]
13Metalurh Stadium5,300Metalurh Donetsk
14Spartak Stadium[12]5,000Chornomorets OdesaChornomorets' secondary home ground.
15Kniazha Arena3,220FC LvivFC Lviv's home ground in Dobromyl

Auxiliary or former home stadiums

RankStadiumCapacityClubNotes
1Chornomorets Stadium34,362Chornomorets OdesaHome ground for the first half (9 games)[13]
2Yuvileiny Stadium (Sumy)29,300FC KharkivFC Kharkiv lease until April 2009 (11 games)
3Ukraina Stadium28,051FC LvivLent to FC Lviv in the first half.
4Stadium Meteor24,381Dnipro DnipropetrovskPlayed only first three games
5Avanhard Stadium[14]11,574FC LvivLent to FC Lviv for a single game
6Dynamo Stadium (Kharkiv)9,000Metalist KharkivPlayed the last game of season against Kryvbas[15]
7Obolon Stadium[16]4,300Arsenal KyivLent to Arsenal Kyiv by Obolon Kyiv
8Bannikov Stadium1,678Arsenal Kyiv,[17] FC Lviv[18]Lent to Arsenal Kyiv and FC Lviv by FFU
9Dynamo Club Stadium[19]750Arsenal KyivLent to Arsenal Kyiv by Dynamo Kyiv

See also

References

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