2008–09 Ukrainian First League

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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

Both of the following two teams were promoted from Druha Liha and debuting in the Ukrainian First League:

Group A
Group B

Relegated teams

Two teams were relegated from the Ukrainian Premier League 2007–08 season after finishing on the bottom of the competition:

Withdrawn teams

On June 26, 2008 MFC Mykolaiv was withdrawn from competitions.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

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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

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Results

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Top scorers

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Scorer Goals (Pen.) Team
Template:Flagicon Oleksandr Pyschur 22 (4) Volyn
Template:Flagicon Charles Newuche 16 (1) Zakarpattia
Template:Flagicon Valeriy Kutsenko 14 (2) Obolon
Template:Flagicon Matviy Bobal 14 (6) IhroserviceTemplate:Efn
Template:Flagicon Andriy Shevchuk 13 PFC Sevastopol
Template:Flagicon Vitaliy Prokopchenko 12 (1) Feniks-Illichovets / ZakarpattiaTemplate:Efn
Template:Flagicon Oleksandr Savanchuk 11 (3) Feniks-Illichovets / Naftovyk-UkrnaftaTemplate:Efn
Template:Flagicon Pavlo Onysko 10 (2) Obolon
Template:Flagicon Artem Miroshnychenko 9 Obolon
Template:Flagicon Oleksandr Mandzyuk 9 KnyazhaTemplate:Efn
Template:Flagicon Souleymane Diaby 9 Krymteplitsia
Template:Flagicon Dmytro Viter 9 (3) Naftovyk-Ukrnafta

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Managers

Club Coach Replaced coach
Desna Chernihiv Template:Flagicon Mykhaylo Dunets Template:Flagicon Oleksandr Ryabokon’
Dniester Ovidiopol Template:Flagicon Andriy Parkhomenko Template:Flagicon Ihor Nehara
Dynamo-2 Kyiv Template:Flagicon Henadiy Lytovchenko
Enerhetyk Burshtyn Template:Flagicon Mykhaylo Savka
Feniks-Illichovets Kalinine Template:Flagicon Oleksandr Haidash
Helios Kharkiv Template:Flagicon Serhiy Kandaurov Template:Flagicon Yuriy Pohrebnyak
Ihroservice Simferopol Template:Flagicon Serhiy Shevchenko
Knyazha Schaslyve Template:Flagicon Vitaliy Levchenko
Komunalnyk Luhansk Template:Flagicon Yuriy Malyhin Template:Flagicon Mykhaylo Dunets
Krymteplitsia Molodizhne Template:Flagicon Mykhaylo Sachko
Naftovyk-Ukrnafta Okhtyrka Template:Flagicon Valeriy Horodov
Obolon Kyiv Template:Flagicon Yuriy Maksymov
PFC Oleksandria Template:Flagicon Yuriy Koval
Prykarpattya Ivano-Frankivsk Template:Flagicon Mykola Prystay Template:Flagicon Stepan Matviyiv
PFC Sevastopol Template:Flagicon Oleh Leschynskyi Template:Flagicon Serhiy Puchkov
Stal Alchevsk Template:Flagicon Vadym Plotnikov
Volyn Lutsk Template:Flagicon Vitaliy Kvartsyanyi
Zakarpattia Uzhhorod Template:Flagicon Mykhaylo Ivanytsya Template:Flagicon 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.[1] 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.[2] 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

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See also

References

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External links

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