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Revision as of 20:17, 4 April 2009
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| Season | 2008–09 |
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← 2007-08 2009-10 → | |
The 2008–09 Ukrainian Premier League season is the eighteenth since its establishment. It began on 16 July 2008 with a scoreless draw between Tavriya and Dnipro. The last round of games will be played in May 2009.
Shakhtar Donetsk are the defending champions, having won their 4th league title. A total of sixteen teams are participating in the league. Fourteen of them have contested in the 2007–08 season while the remaining two were promoted from the Persha Liha.
On March 2nd, 2009, FC Chornomorets was deducted 6 points by Ukrainian Premier League due to FIFA decision from November 6th, 2008.
Locations
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Map shows the locations of Ukranian Premier League 2008-09 teams. Most of them were in the eastern and central Ukraine. Donetsk Oblast had the most teams in it (3 teams). Ukraine has 24 oblasts and Crimea republic, but only 10 administrative divisions of Ukraine had a team in the Premier League.
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Note: Template:Fb team FC Kharkiv play their home games in Sumy's Yuvileiny Stadium (see also Stadia section).
Team changes from previous season
FC Naftovyk-Ukrnafta Okhtyrka and Zakarpattya Uzhhorod were demoted to Ukrainian First League after the 2007-08 season for finishing in 15th and 16th place respectively. They were replaced by First League champions FC Illichivets Mariupol and runners-up FC Lviv.
Qualification to European competitions for 2009–10
- The Champions of the Ukrainian Premier League 2008-09 will enter directly to the Group stage of the European Champions League competition (medium green). The Runners-up (second placed team) will enter the third qualifying round for non-Champions of the European Champions League competition (light green).
- The third placed team will enter the third qualifying round of the UEFA Europa League competition (medium blue). The fourth placed team will enter the second qualifying round of the UEFA Europa League competition (light blue).
- One more team will enter the play-off round of the UEFA Europa League as the winner of the Ukrainian Cup. In case when the winner of the Ukrainian Cup would qualify to the Champions League, the order of qualification will shift. The current semifinal pairs are Dynamo vs. Shakhtar and Vorskla vs. Metalist.
Standings
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Results
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Round by Round
The following table is a historic representation of the team's position in the standings after the completion of each round.
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- Template:Fnb Round 20 fixture was postponed to April 22 2009 (after Round 24) due to inclement weather in Sumy.
- Template:Fnb Round 21 fixture was postponed to April 9 2009 (after Round 22) due to inclement weather.
Top scorers
| # | Scorer | Goals (Pen.) | Team |
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| 1 |  Ismaël Bangoura
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12 (1) | Dynamo Kyiv |
| 2 |  Oleksandr Kovpak
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11 (5) | Tavriya Simferopol |
| 3 |  Jackson Coelho
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10 (1) | Metalist Kharkiv |
| Oleksandr Aliev
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10 (2) | Dynamo Kyiv | |
| 5 | Artem Milevsky
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9 (1) | Dynamo Kyiv |
| 6 | Oleksandr Kosyrin
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8 | Chornomorets Odessa |
| Serhiy Kuznetsov
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8 | Karpaty Lviv | |
 Parid Xhihani
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8 | Zorya Luhansk | |
| 9 |  Vladzimir Karytska
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6 | Chornomorets Odessa / Metalurh Donetsk [3] |
 Ricardo Fernandes
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6 (5) | Metalurh Donetsk |
- Template:Fnb Vladzimir Karytska signed with Premier League club Metalurh Donetsk (January 20, 2009)
Stadia
FC Kharkiv plays in Sumy, because Dynamo Stadium in Kharkiv which was recently bought by the club requires major renovations. Because of that issue the initial owner of the stadium, FC Helios Kharkiv was forced to move out of the city to Krasnokutsk as well. FC Arsenal Kyiv, that 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 FC 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.
FC Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk has moved this season to the newly built Dnipro Stadium, but still plays some of its games at Meteor time to time. Also FC Shakhtar Donetsk plans to move to the newly built Donbas Arena once it is completely built. FC Chornomorets Odessa, due to renovations at Chornomorets Stadium will play its games in the second half of the season at Spartak Stadium.
Newly promoted FC Lviv decided to use Ukraina Stadium expecting to attact 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 back 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) until the home ground can satisfy league requirements.[1].
| Rank | Stadium | Capacity | Club | Notes |
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| 1 | Tsentralnyi-Chornomorets Stadium | 34,362 | Chornomorets Odessa | Currently undergoing renovations in preparations for EURO 2012 |
| 2 | Dnipro Stadium | 31,003 | Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk | Moved from 24,381-seat Stadium Meteor on 14 September 2008 |
| 3 | OSK Metalist | 30,133 | Metalist Kharkiv | While upgrades are taking place, maximum capacity is at 22,757 (planned capacity is 42,000+) |
| 4 | Metalurh Stadium | 29,783 | Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih | |
| 5 | Yuvileiny Stadium (Sumy) | 29,300 | FC Kharkiv | FC Kharkiv are currently leasing this stadium for their home games in 2008–09. |
| 6 | Ukraina Stadium | 28,051 | Karpaty Lviv FC Lviv |
Plans to upgrade to around 40,000 seats in preparations for Euro 2012, the ground was lent to FC Lviv in the first half. |
| 7 | RSK Olimpiyskiy | 25,831 | Shakhtar Donetsk | Moving to new UEFA 5-star 50,000-seat venue in 2009 |
| 8 | Vorskla Stadium | 25,000 | Vorskla Poltava | |
| 9 | Stadium Meteor | 24,381 | Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk | Moved to new home ground during the season |
| 10 | Avanhard Stadium | 22,320 | Zorya Luhansk | |
| 11 | Lokomotiv Stadium | 19,978 | Tavriya Simferopol | |
| 12 | Lobanovsky Dynamo Stadium | 16,873 | Dynamo Kyiv Arsenal Kyiv |
Temporarily leased to FC Arsenal |
| 13 | Illichivets Stadium | 12,680 | Illichivets Mariupol | |
| 14 | Slavutych Arena | 11,983 | Metalurh Zaporizhya | |
| 15 | Avanhard Stadium[2] | 11,574 | FC Lviv | Lent to FC Lviv after home ground's pitch in Dobromyl was damaged and was unfit to host a home fixture. Actual home ground of First Division side FC Volyn Lutsk. |
| 16 | Metalurh Stadium | 5,300 | Metalurh Donetsk | |
| 17 | Spartak Stadium[3] | 5,000 | Chornomorets Odessa | Chornomorets secondary home ground. |
| 18 | Obolon Stadium[4] | 4,300 | Arsenal Kyiv | Lent to FC Arsenal by Obolon Kyiv |
| 19 | Kniazha Arena | 3,220 | FC Lviv | FC Lviv's home ground in Dobromyl |
| 20 | Bannikov Stadium[5] | 1,678 | Arsenal Kyiv | Lent to Arsenal by FFU, training ground for the Ukrainian national teams. |
| 21 | Dynamo Club Stadium[6] | 750 | Arsenal Kyiv | Lent to Arsenal by Dynamo Kyiv. Located at Dynamo's training facility outside of Kyiv in the village of Chapayivka. |
Managers and captains
External links
References
- ^ Тепер у Луцьку! (Now in Lutsk) Template:Uk icon
- ^ FPL: Game Report - Venue Avanhard Stadium (Lutsk) used as home ground Template:Uk icon
- ^ FPL: Game Report - Venue Spartak Stadium used as home ground Template:Uk icon
- ^ FPL: Game Report - Venue Obolon Stadium used as home ground Template:Uk icon
- ^ FPL: Game Report - Venue Bannikov Stadion used as home ground Template:Uk icon
- ^ FPL: Game Report - Venue Dynamo Club Stadion used as home ground Template:Uk icon
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