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2008–09 Ukrainian Premier League
18th season of top-tier football league in Vyshcha Liha
18th season of top-tier football league in Vyshcha Liha
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| competition | Ukrainian Premier League |
| season | 2008–09 |
| winners | Dynamo Kyiv |
| 13th title | |
| relegated | FC Lviv |
| FC Kharkiv | |
| continentalcup1 | Champions League |
| continentalcup1 qualifiers | Dynamo Kyiv |
| Shakhtar Donetsk | |
| continentalcup2 | Europa League |
| continentalcup2 qualifiers | Metalist Kharkiv |
| Metalurh Donetsk | |
| Vorskla Poltava (via Ukrainian Cup) | |
| league topscorer | Oleksandr Kovpak (17) (Tavriya Simferopol) |
| matches | 240 |
| total goals | 551 |
| longest wins | Dynamo Kyiv (10) |
| longest unbeaten | Shakhtar Donetsk (15) |
| longest losses | FC Kharkiv (8) |
| prevseason | 2007–08 |
| nextseason | 2009–10 |
13th title FC Kharkiv Shakhtar Donetsk Metalurh Donetsk Vorskla Poltava (via Ukrainian Cup)
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 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
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
Managers and captains
| Club | Coach | Captain | Replaced coach |
|---|---|---|---|
| Arsenal Kyiv | UKR Oleksandr Zavarov | UKR Vitaliy Reva | |
| Chornomorets Odesa | UKR Viktor Hryshko | UKR Vitaliy Rudenko | RUS Vitaly Shevchenko |
| Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk | UKR Volodymyr Bezsonov | UKR Andriy Rusol | UKR Oleh Protasov |
| Dynamo Kyiv | RUS Yury Syomin | Morocco Badr El Kaddouri | |
| Illichivets Mariupol | UKR Illya Blyznyuk | UKR Ihor Shukhovtsev | UKR Oleksandr Ishchenko |
| Karpaty Lviv | BLR Oleg Kononov | UKR Serhiy Pshenychnykh | |
| FC Kharkiv | UKR Mykhailo Stelmakh | UKR Vitaliy Komarnytskyi | UKR Volodymyr Bezsonov |
| Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih | UKR Oleh Taran | ALB Dorian Bylykbashi | |
| FC Lviv | UKR Serhiy Kovalets | UKR Maryan Marushchak | UKR Stepan Yurchyshyn |
| Metalist Kharkiv | UKR Myron Markevych | UKR Oleksandr Horyainov | |
| Metalurh Donetsk | BUL Nikolay Kostov | UKR Vyacheslav Checher | |
| Metalurh Zaporizhzhia | UKR Oleh Lutkov | UKR Oleksiy Hodin | UKR Anatoliy Chantsev |
| Shakhtar Donetsk | ROM Mircea Lucescu | CRO Darijo Srna | |
| Tavriya Simferopol | UKR Serhiy Puchkov | UKR Oleksandr Kovpak | UKR Mykhaylo Fomenko |
| Vorskla Poltava | UKR Mykola Pavlov | UKR Hennadiy Medvedyev | |
| Zorya Luhansk | UKR Yuriy Dudnyk | UKR Oleksiy Khramtsov | UKR Anatoliy Volobuyev |
Managerial changes
| Team | Outgoing head coach | Manner of departure | Date of vacancy | Table | Incoming head coach | Date of appointment | Table |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dnipro | UKR Oleh Protasov | Resigned | 29 August 2008 | 6th | UKR Volodymyr Bezsonov (acting) | 29 August 2008 | 6th |
| Dnipro | UKR Oleksandr Ishchenko | Sacked | 5 September 2008 | 16th | UKR Illya Blyznyuk (acting) | 5 September 2008 | 16th |
| Chornomorets | RUS Vitaly Shevchenko | Resigned | 4 November 2008 | 9th | UKR Viktor Hryshko (acting) | 4 November 2008 | 9th |
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
Results
Round by round
The following table is a historic representation of the team's position in the standings after the completion of each round.
Top scorers
| # | Scorer | Goals (Pen.) | Team |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | UKR Oleksandr Kovpak | 17 (6) | Tavriya Simferopol |
| 2 | GUI Ismaël Bangoura | 13 (1) | Dynamo Kyiv |
| UKR Oleksandr Aliyev | 13 (3) | Dynamo Kyiv | |
| 4 | BRA Jajá | 11 (1) | Metalist Kharkiv |
| 5 | UKR Serhiy Kuznetsov | 10 | Karpaty Lviv |
| ALB Parid Xhihani | 10 | Zorya Luhansk | |
| UKR Artem Milevskyi | 10 (1) | Dynamo Kyiv | |
| 8 | ROM Tiberiu Ghioane | 9 | Dynamo Kyiv |
| 9 | UKR Oleksandr Kosyrin | 8 | Chornomorets Odesa |
| UKR Marko Dević | 8 (2) | Metalist Kharkiv | |
| POR Ricardo Fernandes | 8 (6) | Metalurh Donetsk |
Season awards
The laureates of the 2008–09 UPL season were:
- Best player: CRO Darijo Srna (Shakhtar Donetsk)
- Best coach: ROU Mircea Lucescu (Shakhtar Donetsk)
- Best arbiter: UKR Andriy Shandor (Lviv)
- Best goalscorer: UKR Oleksandr Kovpak (Tavriya Simferopol)
- Fair play prize: UKR Dynamo Kyiv
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). 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) |
| 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 Zaporizhzhia | |
| 12 | Dynamo Stadium (Kharkiv) | 9,000 | FC Kharkiv | FC Kharkiv played only its last four games (all lost) |
| 13 | Metalurh Stadium | 5,300 | Metalurh Donetsk | |
| 14 | Spartak Stadium | 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) |
| 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 | 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 |
| 7 | Obolon Stadium | 4,300 | Arsenal Kyiv | Lent to Arsenal Kyiv by Obolon Kyiv |
| 8 | Bannikov Stadium | 1,678 | Arsenal Kyiv, FC Lviv | Lent to Arsenal Kyiv and FC Lviv by FFU |
| 9 | Dynamo Club Stadium | 750 | Arsenal Kyiv | Lent to Arsenal Kyiv by Dynamo Kyiv |
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