2008–09 Ukrainian Premier League

Ukrainian Premier League
Season	2008–09
Champions	Dynamo Kyiv
Relegated	FC Lviv FC Kharkiv
Champions League	Dynamo Kyiv Shakhtar Donetsk
Europa League	Metalist Kharkiv Metalurh Donetsk Vorskla Poltava (via Ukrainian Cup)
Matches played	240
Goals scored	551 (2.3 per match)
Top goalscorer	Oleksandr Kovpak (17) (Tavriya Simferopol)
Longest winning run	Dynamo Kyiv (10)
Longest unbeaten run	Shakhtar Donetsk (15)
Longest losing run	FC Kharkiv (8)
← 2007–08 2009–10 →

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.

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 Yanuzi 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

Promoted

FC Illichivets Mariupol, champion of the 2007-08 Ukrainian First League – (returning after absence of a season)
FC Lviv, runner-up of the 2007-08 Ukrainian First League – (debut)

Location map

Locations of team home grounds in Ukrainian Premier League 2005–06

Managers and captains

Club	Coach	Captain	Replaced coach
Arsenal Kyiv	Oleksandr Zavarov	Vitaliy Reva
Chornomorets Odesa	Viktor Hryshko	Vitaliy Rudenko	Vitaliy Shevchenko
Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk	Volodymyr Bezsonov	Andriy Rusol	Oleh Protasov
Dynamo Kyiv	Yuri Semin	Badr El Kaddouri
Illichivets Mariupol	Ilya Bliznyuk	Ihor Shukhovtsev	Oleksandr Ischenko
Karpaty Lviv	Oleg Kononov	Serhiy Pshenychnykh
FC Kharkiv	Mykhailo Stelmakh	Vitaliy Komarnitskyy	Volodymyr Bezsonov
Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih	Oleh Taran	Dorian Bylykbashi
FC Lviv	Serhiy Kovalets	Maryan Marushchak	Stepan Yurchyshyn
Metalist Kharkiv	Myron Markevych	Oleksandr Goryainov
Metalurh Donetsk	Nikolay Kostov	Vyacheslav Checher
Metalurh Zaporizhya	Oleh Lutkov	Oleksiy Hodin	Anatoly Chantsev
Shakhtar Donetsk	Mircea Lucescu	Darijo Srna
Tavriya Simferopol	Serhiy Puchkov	Oleksandr Kovpak	Mykhailo Fomenko
Vorskla Poltava	Mykola Pavlov	Gennadiy Medvediev
Zorya Luhansk	Yuri Dudnyk	Oleksiy Khramtsov	Anatoliy Volobuev

Qualification to European competitions for 2009–10

After the 23rd Round, Dynamo Kyiv qualified for European football for the 2009–10 season.
After the 26th Round, Shakhtar Donetsk qualified for European football for the 2009–10 season, while Dynamo Kyiv - for the 2009–10 UEFA Champions League with an away 1–0 win over Zorya Luhansk.
After the 27th Round, Metalist Kharkiv qualified for European football for the 2009–10 season, while Dynamo Kyiv won the League's title with 3-2 home win over Tavriya Simferopol.
After the 28th Round, Shakhtar Donetsk qualified for the 2009–10 UEFA Champions League with an away 3–0 win over Zorya Luhansk.
After the 30th Round, Metalurh Donetsk qualified for the 2009–10 UEFA Europa League with the 0–0 home draw against Arsenal Kyiv.
After beating Shakhtar Donetsk in the final of the 2008–09 Ukrainian Cup (1–0), Vorskla qualified for the Europa League play-off round, which qualified Metalist for the Europa League third qualification round and Metalurh for the second qualification round

Timeline of qualification

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League table


Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	FC Dynamo Kyiv !FC Dynamo Kyiv (C)	30	26	1	3	71	19	+52	79	2009–10 UEFA Champions League Group stage
2	Shakhtar Donetsk !Shakhtar Donetsk	30	19	7	4	47	16	+31	64	2009–10 UEFA Champions League Third qualifying round
3	Metalist Kharkiv !Metalist Kharkiv	30	17	8	5	44	25	+19	59	2009–10 UEFA Europa League Third qualifying round
4	Metalurh Donetsk !Metalurh Donetsk	30	14	7	9	36	27	+9	49	2009–10 UEFA Europa League Second qualifying round
5	Vorskla Poltava !Vorskla Poltava	30	14	7	9	32	26	+6	49	2009–10 UEFA Europa League Play-off round
6	Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk !Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk	30	13	9	8	34	25	+9	48
7	Metalurh Zaporizhya !Metalurh Zaporizhya	30	12	9	9	29	30	−1	45
8	Tavriya Simferopol !Tavriya Simferopol	30	10	7	13	41	45	−4	37
9	Karpaty Lviv !Karpaty Lviv	30	8	10	12	33	39	−6	34
10	Chornomorets Odesa !Chornomorets Odesa	30	12	2	16	34	42	−8	032¹
11	Arsenal Kyiv !Arsenal Kyiv	30	8	8	14	26	33	−7	32
12	Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih !Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih	30	8	8	14	21	36	−15	32
13	Zorya Luhansk !Zorya Luhansk	30	8	7	15	29	45	−16	31
14	Illichivets Mariupol !Illichivets Mariupol	30	7	5	18	31	54	−23	26
15	FC Lviv !FC Lviv (R)	30	6	8	16	24	39	−15	26	Relegation to Ukrainian First League
16	FC Kharkiv !FC Kharkiv (R)	30	2	9	19	19	50	−31	012²	Relegation to Ukrainian First League

Source: Premier League website (Ukrainian)
Rules for classification: 1st points; 2nd overall wins; 3rd goal difference; 4th goals scored
¹Chornomorets were docked 6 points for failing to satisfy contractual obligations with the Bosnian player Đorđe Inđić.^[1]
²On 6 May 2009 FC Kharkiv were docked 3 points by the Disciplinary Committee of the FPL.^[2]
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (E) = Eliminated; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round.
Only applicable when the season is not finished:
(Q) = Qualified to the phase of tournament indicated; (TQ) = Qualified to tournament, but not yet to the particular phase indicated; (RQ) = Qualified to the relegation tournament indicated; (DQ) = Disqualified from tournament.

Results

Home ╲ Away	Arsenal Kyiv !ARK	Chornomorets Odesa !CHO	Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk !DNI	FC Dynamo Kyiv !DYN	Illichivets Mariupol !ILL	Karpaty Lviv !KAR	FC Kharkiv !KHA	Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih !KRY	FC Lviv !LVI	Metalist Kharkiv !MET	Metalurh Donetsk !MDO	Metalurh Zaporizhya !MZA	Shakhtar Donetsk !SHA	Tavriya Simferopol !TAV	Vorskla Poltava !VOR	Zorya Luhansk !ZOR
Arsenal Kyiv !Arsenal Kyiv		1–0	0–1	0–2	4–0	4–0	1–0	1–1	0–0	0–2	0–1	2–0	0–0	1–1	0–0	1–1
Chornomorets Odesa !Chornomorets Odesa	0–1		1–1	0–3	3–2	3–0	3–1	2–0	1–0	1–0	2–1	2–1	0–3	0–2	0–1	1–3
Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk !Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk	2–1	4–1		1–3	0–0	1–0	4–1	1–0	1–1	2–0	1–1	1–2	0–0	0–1	2–1	1–1
FC Dynamo Kyiv !FC Dynamo Kyiv	3–0	3–1	2–1		2–0	4–0	1–0	3–0	1–0	1–2	1–0	2–0	1–0	3–2	4–1	5–0
Illichivets Mariupol !Illichivets Mariupol	2–1	1–0	1–2	3–4		1–5	1–1	2–0	2–0	0–2	0–1	1–1	1–2	3–3	1–3	1–0
Karpaty Lviv !Karpaty Lviv	3–1	3–0	0–0	1–4	1–0		0–2	3–0	2–1	0–2	1–1	0–0	1–1	0–1	0–0	1–1
FC Kharkiv !FC Kharkiv	1–1	1–1	0–2	0–4	1–2	1–1		0–1	2–3	1–2	1–0	0–2	0–0	0–3	0–1	2–3
Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih !Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih	1–0	0–2	0–1	2–1	0–0	1–1	1–1		2–0	1–3	1–2	1–0	0–1	1–1	0–2	2–1
FC Lviv !FC Lviv	0–1	0–2	0–1	0–1	2–1	2–4	1–0	1–0		1–1	0–1⁽²⁾	1–2⁽¹⁾	2–0	2–4	0–0	3–1
Metalist Kharkiv !Metalist Kharkiv	3–1	2–0	3–2	0–2	2–0	1–1	1–1	1–0	0–0		1–1	1–1	0–3	3–0	3–1	2–1
Metalurh Donetsk !Metalurh Donetsk	0–0	1–0	1–1	0–2	2–0	1–0	3–0	1–1	2–0	0–2		3–1	1–2	2–1	2–1	3–0
Metalurh Zaporizhya !Metalurh Zaporizhya	2–1	1–3	0–1	1–3	2–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	2–1	1–0	2–1		1–0	1–0	1–0	2–1
Shakhtar Donetsk !Shakhtar Donetsk	3–0	1–0	1–0	1–0	3–0	1–0	3–0	4–2	2–0	2–2	1–1	2–2		2–0	1–0	3–1
Tavriya Simferopol !Tavriya Simferopol	3–1	1–3	0–0	1–3	3–2	1–4	1–1	0–1	2–2	0–1	4–1	2–0	0–2		1–3	2–1
Vorskla Poltava !Vorskla Poltava	1–0	2–1	1–0	2–2	2–3	2–1	2–1	0–0	0–0	0–1	1–0	1–1	1–0	1–0		0–1
Zorya Luhansk !Zorya Luhansk	0–1	2–1	2–0	0–1	2–1	1–0	2–0	1–2	1–1	1–1	0–2	0–0	0–3	1–1	0–2

Source: Premier League website (Ukrainian)
1 ^{^} The home team is listed in the left-hand column.
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Additional Notes

⁽¹⁾ The game was played in Lutsk as the Lviv's home ground was temporarily suspended due to its poor pitch conditions (see Stadiums).
⁽²⁾ The game was played in Kiev.

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 ╲ Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30
Arsenal Kyiv !Arsenal Kyiv	3	4	5	6	8	11	10	10	9	11	12	12	13	13	13	12	12	11	10	11	13	12	12	12	12	13	14	12	10	11
Chornomorets Odesa !Chornomorets Odesa	11	16	10	5	6	8	6	8	7	8	9	9	9	10	10	10	9	12	12	10	11	13	13	13	13	12	12	11	12	10
Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk !Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk	9	13	9	10	5	6	5	7	8	7	6	6	6	5	6	6	7	7	8	8	7	7	7	7	6	7	6	5	5	6
FC Dynamo Kyiv !FC Dynamo Kyiv	1	1	3	3	2	2	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
Illichivets Mariupol !Illichivets Mariupol	15	7	12	14	15	16	16	16	13	14	13	13	12	12	12	14	14	15	15	15	15	14	14	14	15	15	15	15	14	14
Karpaty Lviv !Karpaty Lviv	11	10	15	13	13	12	12	12	12	12	11	11	11	9	9	9	10	8	7	7	8	8	8	9	10	10	10	10	11	9
FC Kharkiv !FC Kharkiv	11	11	13	15	16	15	14	15	15	15	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16
Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih !Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih	3	4	8	12	11	10	8	9	10	9	10	10	10	11	11	11	11	10	11	12	10	9	9	8	8	9	9	9	9	12
FC Lviv !FC Lviv	1	7	11	11	10	13	13	13	16	16	14	14	15	15	15	15	15	14	14	14	14	15	15	15	14	14	13	14	15	15
Metalist Kharkiv !Metalist Kharkiv	7	3	2	2	3	3	4	4	3	3	3	3	2	2	3	2	2	2	2	3	3	2	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3
Metalurh Donetsk !Metalurh Donetsk	3	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	2	2	2	3	3	2	3	3	4	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4
Metalurh Zaporizhya !Metalurh Zaporizhya	11	11	14	9	12	7	9	6	6	5	5	5	5	6	7	7	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	7	5	7	7	7	7
Shakhtar Donetsk !Shakhtar Donetsk	15	13	7	8	7	9	11	11	11	10	8	8	7	7	5	5	5	5	3	2	2	3	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2
Tavriya Simferopol !Tavriya Simferopol	9	15	16	16	14	14	15	14	14	13	15	15	14	14	14	13	13	13	13	13	12	11	11	11	9	8	8	8	8	8
Vorskla Poltava !Vorskla Poltava	3	9	4	4	4	4	3	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	4	5	5	5	5	5	5	6	5	6	6	5
Zorya Luhansk !Zorya Luhansk	7	4	6	7	9	5	7	5	5	6	7	7	8	8	8	8	8	9	9	9	9	10	10	10	11	11	11	13	13	13

Source: kicker.de (German)

Top scorers

#	Scorer	Goals (Pen.)	Team
1	Oleksandr Kovpak	17 (6)	Tavriya Simferopol
2	Ismaël Bangoura	13 (1)	Dynamo Kyiv
2	Oleksandr Aliev	13 (3)	Dynamo Kyiv
4	Jajá	11 (1)	Metalist Kharkiv
5	Serhiy Kuznetsov	10	Karpaty Lviv
	Parid Xhihani	10	Zorya Luhansk
	Artem Milevskiy	10 (1)	Dynamo Kyiv
8	Tiberiu Ghioane	9	Dynamo Kyiv
9	Oleksandr Kosyrin	8	Chornomorets Odesa
	Marko Dević	8 (2)	Metalist Kharkiv
	Ricardo Fernandes	8 (6)	Metalurh Donetsk

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 Kiev, 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 Odessa, 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 Kiev).^[3] Late in April FC Lviv returned for home fixtures at Kniazha Arena.

List of home stadiums

Rank	Stadium	Capacity	Club	Notes
1	Dnipro Stadium	31,003	Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk	Moved from Stadium Meteor (12 games)^[4]
2	Metalurh Stadium	29,783	Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih
3	Ukraina Stadium	28,051	Karpaty Lviv	Stadium under renovations
4	RSK Olimpiyskiy	25,831	Shakhtar Donetsk
5	Vorskla Stadium	25,000	Vorskla Poltava
6	OSK Metalist	22,757	Metalist Kharkiv	Stadium under renovations
7	Avanhard Stadium	22,320	Zorya Luhansk
8	Lokomotiv Stadium	19,978	Tavriya Simferopol
9	Lobanovsky Dynamo Stadium	16,873	Dynamo Kyiv Arsenal Kyiv	Temporarily leased to FC Arsenal
10	Illichivets Stadium	12,680	Illichivets Mariupol
11	Slavutych Arena	11,983	Metalurh Zaporizhya
12	Dynamo Stadium (Kharkiv)^[5]	9,000	FC Kharkiv	FC Kharkiv played only its last four games (all lost)^[6]
13	Metalurh Stadium	5,300	Metalurh Donetsk
14	Spartak Stadium^[7]	5,000	Chornomorets Odesa	Chornomorets' secondary home ground.
15	Kniazha Arena	3,220	FC Lviv	FC Lviv's home ground in Dobromyl

Auxiliary or former home stadiums

Rank	Stadium	Capacity	Club	Notes
1	Chornomorets Stadium	34,362	Chornomorets Odesa	Home ground for the first half (9 games)^[8]
2	Yuvileiny Stadium (Sumy)	29,300	FC Kharkiv	FC Kharkiv lease until April 2009 (11 games)
3	Ukraina Stadium	28,051	FC Lviv	Lent to FC Lviv in the first half.
4	Stadium Meteor	24,381	Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk	Played only first three games
5	Avanhard Stadium^[9]	11,574	FC Lviv	Lent to FC Lviv for a single game
6	Dynamo Stadium (Kharkiv)	9,000	Metalist Kharkiv	Played the last game of season against Kryvbas^[10]
7	Obolon Stadium^[11]	4,300	Arsenal Kyiv	Lent to Arsenal Kyiv by Obolon Kyiv
8	Bannikov Stadium	1,678	Arsenal Kyiv,^[12] FC Lviv^[13]	Lent to Arsenal Kyiv and FC Lviv by FFU
9	Dynamo Club Stadium^[14]	750	Arsenal Kyiv	Lent to Arsenal Kyiv by Dynamo Kyiv

Medal squads

(league appearances and goals listed in brackets)

1. FC Dynamo Kyiv
Goalkeepers: Stanislav Bohush (20), Oleksandr Shovkovsky (10). Defenders: Betão (24), Badr El Kaddouri (23 / 1), Andriy Nesmachny (22 / 2), Taras Mykhalyk (18 / 2), Pape Diakhaté (13 / 1), Goran Sablić (7), Vitaliy Mandziuk (6), Oleksandr Romanchuk (5), Oleh Dopilka (1). Midfielders: Ognjen Vukojević (27 / 2), Oleksandr Aliyev (25 / 13), Tiberiu Ghioane (21 / 9), Miloš Ninković (20 / 5), Roman Eremenko (19 / 1), Corrêa (11 / 1), Malkhaz Asatiani (11), Atanda Yussuf (11), Serhiy Kravchenko (9 / 1), Oleh Husiev (9), Mykola Moroziuk (5), Florin Cernat (3 / 1), Frank Temile (1). Forwards: Ismaël Bangoura (26 / 13), Artem Milevskiy (24 / 10), Artem Kravets (12 / 4), Roman Zozulya (11 / 1), Andriy Yarmolenko (10), Maksim Shatskikh (6), Guilherme (2 / 3). Manager: Yuriy Semin. Transferred out during the season: ?.
2. FC Shakhtar Donetsk
Goalkeepers: Andriy Pyatov (24), Rustam Khudzhamov (6). Defenders: Darijo Srna (25 / 4), Dmytro Chyhrynsky (23 / 1), Răzvan Raț (17), Oleksandr Kucher (15), Vyacheslav Shevchuk (14), Mykola Ishchenko (13), Oleksandr Chyzhov (9), Volodymyr Yezersky (8). Midfielders: Willian (29 / 5), Jádson (26 / 1), Tomáš Hübschman (22 / 1), Fernandinho (20 / 5), Oleksiy Hay (16 / 2), Mariusz Lewandowski (16 / 1), Ilsinho (13 / 1), Igor Duljaj (13 / 1), Kostiantyn Kravchenko (6), Artem Fedetsky (5 / 1), Oleksiy Poliansky (3). Forwards: Yevhen Selezniov (26 / 7), Oleksandr Hladkyy (26 / 4), Marcelo Moreno (14 / 2), Luiz Adriano (12 / 4), Nery Castillo (4 / 1), Ruslan Fomin (2). Manager: Mircea Lucescu. Transferred out during the season: ?.
3. FC Metalist Kharkiv
Goalkeepers: Oleksandr Horiainov (23), Ihor Bazhan (7). Defenders: Milan Obradović (28 / 5), Vitalie Bordian (27 / 1), Papa Gueye (24), Seweryn Gancarczyk (23 / 2), Jonathan Maidana (20), Andriy Koniushenko (15 / 1), Yevhen Selin (2), Maksym Yakhno (1). Midfielders: Valentyn Sliusar (29 / 3), Edmar (27 / 4), Serhiy Valiayev (26 / 2), Oleksandr Rykun (17), Walter Acevedo (12), Andriy Berezovchuk (9 / 1), Anton Postupalenko (6), Serhiy Barilko (3). Forwards: Marko Dević (24 / 8), Jajá (23 / 11), Venance Zeze (14 / 1), Dmytro Semochko (9), Roman Butenko (1). Manager: Myron Markevich. Transferred out during the season: ?.

Note: Players in italic are those whose playing position is uncertain.

References

↑ "Chornomorets deducted 6 points" (in Russian). UA Football. 2009-03-02. Archived from the original on 3 March 2009. Retrieved 2009-03-02.
↑ С ФК "Харьков" сняли три очка [FC Kharkiv deducted three points)] (in Russian). UA Football. 2009-05-13. Archived from the original on 14 May 2009. Retrieved 2009-05-15.
↑ Тепер у Луцьку! (Now in Lutsk) (Ukrainian)
↑ [September 14, 2008]
↑ FPL: Game Report – Venue Dynamo Stadium used as home ground by FC Kharkiv (Ukrainian)
↑ At Dynamo, Kharkiv played against Tavria, Lviv, Metalurh Donetsk and Metalist.
↑ FPL: Game Report – Venue Spartak Stadium used as home ground (Ukrainian)
↑ Renovations in preparation for UEFA Euro 2012 since the start of 2009
↑ FPL: Game Report – Venue Avanhard Stadium (Lutsk) used as home ground (Ukrainian)
↑ "Metalist-Kryvbas match report". Fpl.ua. 2009-05-23. Retrieved 2011-01-15.
↑ FPL: Game Report – Venue Obolon Stadium used as home ground (Ukrainian)
↑ FPL: Game Report – Venue Bannikov Stadion used as home ground by Arsenal (Ukrainian)
↑ FPL: Game Report – Venue Bannikov Stadion used as home ground by FC Lviv (Ukrainian)
↑ FPL: Game Report – Venue Dynamo Club Stadion used as home ground (Ukrainian)

External links

Ukrainian Football Premier League official page (Ukrainian)
soccerway.com

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Women	National team

League system

Men	Premier League First League Second League Third League (defunct) Amateur League Regional championships Championship of the Ukrainian SSR (defunct)

Women	Ukrainian Women's League

Youth	UPL (U-21 & U-19) Ukrainian Youth Football League (U-17, U-16, U-15, U-14) Ukrainian Students' League (Universities) Leather Ball Club (U-13, U-12, U-11)

Domestic cups

Men	Ukrainian Cup Ukrainian Super Cup Ukrainian Amateur Cup FFU Regions Cup Ukrainian Second League Cup (defunct) Ukrainian League Cup (defunct) Cup of Ukrainian PFL (defunct) Cup of the Ukrainian SSR (defunct)

Women	Women's Cup

International	Valeriy Lobanovskyi Memorial Tournament Viktor Bannikov Memorial Tournament

Awards

Lists

2008–09 in European football (UEFA)

« 2007–08 2009–10 »

Domestic leagues	Albania Andorra Armenia '08 '09 Austria Azerbaijan Belarus '08 '09 Belgium Bosnia and Herzegovina Bulgaria Croatia Cyprus Czech Republic Denmark England Estonia '08 '09 Faroe Islands '08 '09 Finland '08 '09 France Georgia Germany Greece Hungary Iceland '08 '09 Israel Italy Kazakhstan '08 '09 Latvia '08 '09 Lithuania '08 '09 Luxembourg Macedonia Malta Moldova Montenegro Netherlands Northern Ireland Norway '08 '09 Poland Portugal Republic of Ireland '08 '09 Romania Russia '08 '09 San Marino Scotland Serbia Slovakia Slovenia Spain Sweden '08 '09 Switzerland Turkey Ukraine Wales

Domestic cups	Albania Andorra Armenia Austria Azerbaijan Belarus Belgium Bosnia and Herzegovina Bulgaria Croatia Cyprus Czech Republic Denmark England Estonia Faroe Islands '08 '09 Finland '08 '09 France Georgia Germany Greece Hungary Iceland '08 '09 Israel Italy Kazakhstan '08 '09 Latvia '08 '09–'10 Liechtenstein Lithuania Luxembourg Macedonia Malta Moldova Montenegro Netherlands Northern Ireland Norway '08 '09 Poland Portugal Republic of Ireland '08 '09 Romania Russia San Marino Scotland Serbia Slovakia Slovenia Spain Sweden '08 '09 Switzerland Turkey Ukraine Wales

League cups	England Finland '08 '09 France Hungary Iceland '08 '09 Israel Northern Ireland Portugal Republic of Ireland '08 '09 Scotland Wales

UEFA competitions	Champions League (Qualifying rounds, Group stage, knockout phase, Final) UEFA Cup (Group stage, final phase, Final) Intertoto Cup Super Cup