2009–10 Ukrainian First League

The 2009–10 Ukrainian First League was the nineteenth since its establishment. There were 18 teams competing. Two teams were relegated from the 2008–09 Ukrainian Premier League. Three teams were promoted from the 2008–09 Ukrainian Second League. Due to the 2009 flu pandemic which affected Ukraine in late October the PFL decide to break for winter earlier than they originally scheduled. The second half of the season began March 11, 2010.^[1]

Ukrainian First League

Season	2009–10
Champions	PFC Sevastopol
Promoted	PFC Sevastopol Volyn Lutsk
Relegated	Nyva Ternopil FC Kharkiv Desna Chernihiv
Matches played	304
Goals scored	802 (2.64 per match)
Top goalscorer	19 - Serhiy Kucherenko (Krymteplitsia Molodizhne )
Biggest home win	Oleksandria 5–0 Kharkiv (1 August 2009) Sevastopol 5–0 Dynamo-2 (26 August 2009)
Biggest away win	Arsenal 2–7 Sevastopol (21 August 2009) Kharkiv 0–5 Helios (22 September 2009)
Highest scoring	Arsenal 2–7 Sevastopol (21 August 2009)
Longest winning run	11 – Volyn (Round 25–26, Round 19 ppd., Round 27–34)
Longest unbeaten run	11 – Helios (Round 5–15)
Longest losing run	8 – Kharkiv (Round 9, Round 1 ppd., 10–15)
Highest attendance	8,400 Zirka – Oleksandria (29 May 2010)
Lowest attendance	50 Dynamo-2 – Helios (3 April 2010)
← 2008–09 2010–11 →

Teams

Promoted teams

These three teams were promoted from Druha Liha at the start of the season:

Group A

• Nyva Ternopil – Druha Liha champion (Returning after seven seasons)
• Arsenal Bila Tserkva - Playoff Winner (Debut)

Group B

• Zirka Kirovohrad – Druha Liha champion (Returning after six seasons)

Relegated teams

Two teams were relegated from the Ukrainian Premier League 2008–09 season

• FC Lviv – 15th place (Returning after a season)
• FC Kharkiv – 16th place (Previously as FC Arsenal Kharkiv)

Map

The following displays the location of teams.

Kharkiv

Kharkiv teams :
Helios
Kharkiv

Sevastopol

Lviv
(Dobromyl)

Volyn

Stal

Oleksandria

Arsenal

Desna

Dynamo-2

Zirka

Krymteplitsia(Ahrarne)

Naftovyk-Ukrnafta

Dniester

Feniks-Illichovets

Enerhetyk

Nyva

Prykarpattya

Location of teams in Ukrainian First League 2009–10

Playoff game

Prior to the beginning of the season FC Ihroservice Simferopol failed to pay their license dues for the season. To allow an extra team to be promoted, the PFL determined that a playoff game between the 2nd placed teams from Druha Liha – Arsenal Bila Tserkva and FC Poltava would determine the vacancy. This playoff game was played July 12, 2009.^[2]

July 12, 2009

17:00 UTC+3

Arsenal Bila Tserkva	1 – 0	FC Poltava
Derevliov 60'	Report

Central Stadium, Cherkasy

Attendance: 300

Referee: Vitaliy Hodulian (Odesa)

Final standings

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	PFC Sevastopol (C, P)	34	24	4	6	68	27	+41	76	Promoted to Ukrainian Premier League
2	Volyn Lutsk (P)	34	22	8	4	71	30	+41	74
3	Stal Alchevsk	34	19	8	7	55	35	+20	65
4	FC Lviv	34	19	6	9	49	22	+27	63
5	PFC Oleksandria	34	19	6	9	58	34	+24	63
6	Krymteplitsia Molodizhne	34	17	8	9	53	28	+25	59
7	Naftovyk-Ukrnafta Okhtyrka	34	17	6	11	45	37	+8	57
8	Desna Chernihiv (D)	34	12	12	10	38	30	+8	48	Withdrew[a]
9	Arsenal Bila Tserkva	34	12	10	12	48	44	+4	46
10	Helios Kharkiv	34	12	10	12	42	47	−5	46
11	Dniester Ovidiopol	34	12	8	14	44	47	−3	44
12	Zirka Kirovohrad[b]	34	11	13	10	38	40	−2	43
13	Dynamo-2 Kyiv	34	12	5	17	35	46	−11	41
14	Feniks-Illichivets Kalinine	34	10	7	17	39	52	−13	37
15	Enerhetyk Burshtyn	34	8	11	15	32	49	−17	35
16	Prykarpattya Ivano-Frankivsk	34	5	7	22	26	68	−42	22
17	FC Kharkiv (D)	34	3	5	26	23	76	−53	14	Withdrew (expelled) from PFL[c]
18	Nyva Ternopil[d] (R)	34	3	4	27	18	72	−54	7	Relegated to Ukrainian Second League

Source: Professional Football League of Ukraine^[8]
Rules for classification: 1st points; 2nd goal difference; 3rd goals scored; 4th fair play^[9]
(C) Champions; (D) Disqualified; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated
Notes:

1. Desna Chernihiv completed the season but failed attestation for the 2010-11 season and their licence was removed. (June 21st, 2010)^[3]
2. Zirka Kirovohrad deducted 3 points for failure of payment to contracted players. (January 28th, 2010)^[4]
3. FC Kharkiv were relegated to the Second League. After the season completed the club failed attestation and their license was withdrawn by the respective committee of the Football Federation of Ukraine for providing false information of the club's affairs.(June 23rd, 2010)^[5]
4. Nyva Ternopil initially deducted 3 points for failure of payment of license fees. (October 2nd, 2009)^[6] Another 3 points were for non payment to players. (June 9th, 2010)^[7]

Results

Home \ Away[a]	ABT	DES	DNR	DK2	ENE	FEN	HEL	KHA	KRM	LVI	NAF	NVT	OLK	PIF	SEV	STA	VOL	ZIR
Arsenal Bila Tserkva		2–2	0–0	2–1	0–0	1–0	0–1	4–1[b]	1–1	1–3	4–0	4–0	3–0	3–4	2–7	1–0	2–0	0–0
Desna Chernihiv	2–1		1–2	0–0	0–1	0–0	1–1	3–1	1–1	0–0	1–2	4–0	2–1	4–0	0–0	0–1	2–1	2–1
Dnister Ovidiopol	1–1	2–1		3–1	1–1	2–2	1–2	2–0	0–2	0–1	0–1	4–1	0–1	5–2	4–1	0–2	1–5	0–0
Dynamo-2 Kyiv	0–1	0–1	0–2		1–2	0–1	2–2	2–1	1–1	2–1	2–0	3–2	0–3	3–1	1–0	1–2	0–2	2–0
Enerhetyk Burshtyn	1–0	1–1	2–1	3–4		1–1	0–0	1–1	0–1	1–0	0–1	1–1	2–1	1–1	1–2	2–2	0–3	0–1
Feniks-Illichovets Kalinino	2–2	1–2	0–1	1–1	3–0		2–0	4–2	1–0	1–0	1–2	2–0	0–1	2–1	1–1	3–4	1–1	1–2
Helios Kharkiv	1–0	0–0	2–2	0–3	1–0	3–1		0–1	0–4	3–3	1–0	2–0	2–2	2–0	0–1	1–1	2–2	1–2
FC Kharkiv	0–4	0–4	1–3	0–1	3–0[c]	1–2	0–5		1–2	1–0	1–4	1–0	1–1	1–2	0–3	0–1	1–3	0–0
Krymteplytsia Molodizhne	1–2	0–0	0–0	1–0	2–1	3–0	0–1	4–1		0–1	2–1	4–0	3–0	4–0	1–2	3–2	3–2	1–1
FC Lviv	0–0	2–0	3–0	3–0	3–1	1–0	1–0	2–1	3–1		2–0	3–0	1–2	4–0	0–1[d]	3–2	0–1	2–1
Naftovyk-Ukrnafta Okhtyrka	2–1	0–0	2–2	1–0	1–0	3–1	2–0	2–1	1–0	2–0		3–0	0–1	1–1	0–1	1–2	2–3	2–1
Nyva Ternopil	0–1	0–1	2–0	0–1	2–2	1–2	1–2	1–0	0–1	0–4	0–4		0–2	1–0	0–2	0–3	1–2	1–1
FC Oleksandriya	5–1	1–1	2–1	2–1	4–1	2–1	3–2	5–0	0–3	0–0	0–0	3–0		4–0	2–1	1–2	0–1	1–1
Prykarpattya Ivano-Frankivsk	2–0	0–1	1–2	1–0	0–1	2–0	0–2	1–1	0–1	0–0	3–3	1–1	0–2		0–1	2–2	0–2	0–1
Sevastopol	2–0	1–0	2–0	5–0	4–0	3–1	4–2	1–0	3–2	1–0	2–0	3–1	1–0	3–0		3–4	1–1	4–0
Stal Alchevsk	1–1	3–0[e]	1–0	1–0	0–0	3–1	3–0	2–1	0–0	0–2	0–1	1–0	2–1	2–0	2–1		0–1	3–3
Volyn Lutsk	3–2	2–1	3–0	1–1	4–1	4–0	4–0	2–0	0–0	0–0	1–0	2–1	1–3	5–1	2–1	1–1		4–0
Zirka Kirovohrad	1–1	2–0	1–2	0–1	2–1	2–0	1–1	2–2	2–1	0–1	1–1	3–1	0–2	0–3	0–0	1–0	2–2

Updated to match(es) played on June 10, 2010. Source: PFL Persha Liha Calendar
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
Notes:

1. Seven matches from Round 17 were postponed due to the 2009 flu pandemic which affected Ukraine in late October.^[10]
2. In this game in FC Kharkiv was represented by the youth squad of FC Arsenal Kharkiv, U-17.^[11]
3. Round 33 match between FC Kharkiv and Enerhetyk Burshtyn did not take place due to FC Kharkiv's players boycotting the game due to not payment of wages and no contracts for next season.^[12] PFL awards a 3–0 technical victory to Enerhetyk Burshtyn.^[7]
4. Match on March 14 FC Lviv – PFC Sevastopol was not played due to the condition of the pitch.^[13] The Disciplinary Committee of the PFL awarded a 3–0 technical victory to PFC Sevastopol.^[14] (21 April 2010) However, with PFC Sevastapol's agreement the league decided to play the fixture on 2 June 2010.^[15]
5. Round 33 match between Stal Alchevsk and Desna Chernihiv did not take place due to Desna not arriving to play. PFL awards a 3–0 technical victory to Stal Alchevsk.^[7]

Top scorers

	Scorer	Goals (Pen.)	Team
1	Serhiy Kucherenko	19 (3)	Krymteplitsia Molodizhne
2	Yuriy Pleshakov	17	PFC Sevastopol
3	Valentyn Poltavets	15 (5)	Dnister Ovidiopol
4	Serhiy Hrybanov	14 (3)	Desna Chernihiv
5	Maicon	13 (3)	Volyn Lutsk
6	Andriy Shevchuk	12 (4)	PFC Sevastopol
7	Yevhen Pavlov	11	Volyn Lutsk
	Souleymane Diaby	11	Krymteplitsia Molodizhne
	Oleksandr Mandzyuk	11 (1)	FC Lviv
10	Anton Mukhovykov	10	Stal Alchevsk

Managers

Club	Coach	Replaced coach
Arsenal Bila Tserkva	Ihor Artymovych
Desna Chernihiv	Oleksandr Ryabokon[16]
Dniester Ovidiopol	Andriy Parkhomenko
Dynamo-2 Kyiv	Hennadiy Lytovchenko
Enerhetyk Burshtyn	Mykola Prystay
Feniks-Illichovets Kalinine	Ivan Maruschak
Helios Kharkiv	Serhiy Kandaurov
FC Kharkiv	Rinat Morozov	Mykhaylo Stelmakh[17]
Krymteplitsia Molodizhne	Oleksandr Sevidov	Gennady Morozov[18]
FC Lviv	Viktor Ryashko (caretaker)	Algimantas Liubinskas[19] Ihor Yavorskyi[20] Yuriy Benyo[21] Vyacheslav Mavrov
Naftovyk-Ukrnafta Okhtyrka	Serhiy Shevchenko[22]	Valeriy Horodov
Nyva Ternopil	Ihor Biskup (interim)[23]	Viktor Ryashko
PFC Oleksandria	Volodymyr Sharan	Serhiy Kovalets Yuriy Koval
Prykarpattya Ivano-Frankivsk	Serhiy Ptashnyk
PFC Sevastopol	Oleh Leschynskyi
Stal Alchevsk	Anatoliy Volobuyev[24]	Vadym Plotnikov
Volyn Lutsk	Vitaliy Kvartsyanyi
Zirka Kirovohrad	Ihor Zhabchenko

Managerial changes

Team	Outgoing head coach	Manner of departure	Date of vacancy	Table	Incoming head coach	Date of appointment
Krymteplitsia	Mykhaylo Sachko	Contract expired	15 July 2009	Pre-season	Gennady Morozov	15 July 2009
Desna	Mykhaylo Dunets	Contract expired	17 July 2009		Oleksandr Ryabokon	17 July 2009
Naftovyk-Ukrnafta	Valeriy Horodov	Mutual consent	5 August 2009		Serhiy Shevchenko	5 August 2009
FC Lviv	Yuri Benio	Mutual consent	8 August 2009	5	Vyacheslav Mavrov (caretaker)	8 August 2009
	Vyacheslav Mavrov (caretaker)	Interim manager	19 August 2009	5	Ihor Yavorsky	19 August 2009
PFC Oleksandria	Yuriy Koval	Mutual consent	28 August 2009	10	Serhiy Kovalets[25]	28 August 2009
Krymteplitsia	Gennady Morozov	Mutual consent	20 October 2009	12	Oleksandr Sevidov[26]	20 October 2009
FC Stal Alchevsk	Vadym Plotnikov	Mutual consent	5 November 2009	4	Anatoliy Volobuyev	5 November 2009
FC Lviv	Ihor Yavorsky	Dismissed[27]	10 November 2009	2	Algimantas Liubinskas[28]	1 January 2010
PFC Oleksandria	Serhiy Kovalets[29]	Leaves for Obolon	12 January 2010	6	Volodymyr Sharan[30]	31 January 2010
Nyva	Viktor Ryashko[23]	Leaves for FC Lviv	11 March 2010	17	Ihor Biskup (interim)	11 March 2010
FC Kharkiv	Mykhaylo Stelmakh	Sacked	18 April 2010	18	Rinat Morozov[17]	18 April 2010
FC Lviv	Algimantas Liubinskas	Mutual terms	19 April 2010	2	Viktor Ryashko (caretaker)[19]	19 April 2010

Stadiums

The following stadiums were used during the season.

Rank	Stadium	Capacity	Club	Notes
1	Zirka Stadium, Kirovohrad	13,667	Zirka Kirovohrad
2	Labor Reserve, Bila Tserkva	13,500	Arsenal Bila Tserkva	With stadium under construction capacity is reduced to 5,000.
3	Avanhard Stadium, Lutsk	12,080	Volyn Lutsk
4	Yuriy Haharyn Stadium, Chernihiv	12,060	Desna Chernihiv
5	City Stadium, Ternopil	11,300	Nyva Ternopil
6	Stal Stadium, Alchevsk	8,632	Stal Alchevsk
7	MCS Rukh, Ivano-Frankivsk	6,500	Prykarpattya Ivano-Frankivsk
8	KSC Nika, Oleksandria	5,692	PFC Oleksandria
9	Naftovyk Stadium, Okhtyrka	5,256	Naftovyk-Ukrnafta Okhtyrka
10	Druzhba Stadium, Bakhchisaray, Crimea	4,500	PFC Sevastopol	Temporary home stadium used by Sevastopol in the first half of the season
11	SK Sevastopol, Sevastopol, Crimea	3,500	PFC Sevastopol	Return to their home stadium after the winter break
12	ST Sport Arena, Ahrarne, Crimea	3,250	Krymteplitsia Molodizhne
13	Kniazha Arena, Dobromyl	3,220	FC Lviv
14	Central Stadium, Makariv, Kyiv Oblast	3,100[31]	Arsenal Bila Tserkva	Club forced to play away from home due to construction.[a]
15	Enerhetyk Stadium, Burshtyn	3,000	Enerhetyk Burshtyn
16	Dynamo Stadium, Kharkiv	2,500	FC Kharkiv
17	Sport Complex Obukhivsky Raion, Obukhiv, Kyiv Oblast[33]	2,064	Arsenal Bila Tserkva	Club forced to play away from home due to state of home ground pitch.[b]
18	Helios Arena, Kharkiv	2,057	Helios Kharkiv
19	Dukov Dniester Stadium, Ovidiopol	1,500	Dniester Ovidiopol
20	Arsenal-Spartak Stadium, Kharkiv[c]	1,500	FC Kharkiv	Used as temporary home ground after the winter break because of weather conditions.
21	Stadium Yunist, Kalinino, Crimea	1,050	Feniks-Illichovets Kalinine
22	Dynamo Club Stadium, Chapayevka	750	Dynamo-2 Kyiv Desna Chernihiv Arsenal Bila Tserkva	Used as temporary home ground for Desna and Arsenal because of weather conditions.[d]
23	YFA Sport Club Metalist Stadium[e], Kharkiv	400	Helios Kharkiv	Used as temporary home ground after the winter break because of weather conditions.

Notes:

1. Arsenal Bila Tserkva played three home games at Central Stadium, Makariv, Kyiv Oblast – Round 21, 23 and 25.^[32]
2. Arsenal Bila Tserkva played their Round 28,^[33] 32 and 34 games at SCOR Stadium, Obukhiv, Kyiv Oblast^[34]
3. Arsenal-Spartak Stadium (home ground of FC Arsenal Kharkiv) is an all weather stadium with artificial turf.^[35]
4. Weather conditions in March forced the PFL to reschedule home games for Arsenal and Desna to Dynamo Training Center which has an artificial pitch. On March 24, three games from Round 19 were played at the complex in one day, including a home game for Dynamo-2.^[36]
5. Youth Football Academy Sport Club Metalist Stadium is a sporting complex that has an artificial turf pitch.^[35]

See also

• 2009–10 Ukrainian Premier League
• 2009–10 Ukrainian Second League