The 2009–10 Ukrainian Premier League season is the nineteenth since its establishment and second since its reorganization. Dynamo Kyiv are the defending champions, having won their 13th league title. A total of sixteen teams are participating in the league, fourteen of them have contested in the 2008–09 season while the remaining two were promoted from the Ukrainian First League.
The season began on 17 July 2009. The winter break will last from 13 December 2009 until 28 February 2010. The last round of the season will be played on 9 May 2010.[1]
[edit] Changes from previous season
[edit] Team changes
FC Kharkiv and FC Lviv were relegated to Ukrainian First League after the 2008-09 season for finishing in 16th and 15th respectively. They are replaced by Ukrainian First League 2008-09 Champions Zakarpattia Uzhhorod and Runners-up Obolon Kyiv.
[edit] Position in standings
For the 2009–10 season the FPL has removed the point tiebreaker condition of most wins. In previous seasons if two clubs had the same amount of points the first tiebreaker was which team had the most wins. For this season the first tiebreaker is goal difference followed by goals scored and finally fair play coefficients.[2]
[edit] Qualification to European competitions for 2010–11
- Since Ukraine finished in seventh place of the UEFA country ranking after the 2008–09 season[3], the league will gain one more qualification spot for UEFA Europa League 2010–11. The third-placed team and cup winner will now qualify for the play-off round (denoted in the dark blue color). The fourth-placed team will enter the competition in the third qualification round (denoted in the medium blue color) while the fifth-placed team will qualify for the second qualification round (denoted in the light blue color).
[edit] League table
Updated to games played on 13 December 2009
Source: Premier League website (Ukrainian)
Rules for classification: 1st points; 2nd goal difference; 3rd goals scored; 4th fair play.[2].
[edit] Results
Updated to games played on 13 December 2009
Source: Premier League website (Ukrainian)
1The home team is listed in the left-hand column.
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
Additional Notes:
- Note 2: Original game ended in a 4–1 victory to Obolon. A technical 3–0 victory was awarded to Metalurh Zaporizhya as a result of four players from Obolon Kyiv using a banned substance administered to them during the game. [4] FC Obolon Kyiv protested the decision and entered arbitration via the Appellate Committee of the Ukrainian Football Federation. The decision was overturned November 20, 2009. [5]
[edit] Round by Round
The following table is a historic representation of the team's position in the standings after the completion of each round.
Last updated: 13 December 2009
Source: kicker.de (German)
[edit] Rescheduled games
- Due to the participation of Shakhtar Donetsk in the 2009 UEFA Super Cup on 28 August 2009, their Round 5 match against Metalist Kharkiv was rescheduled to 23 September 2009 (after Round 7).[6] Upon completion of this game Metalist moved from 6th to 5th in the standings.
- All Round 13 matches were cancelled due to a strike by the referees, delegates and inspectors from the Football Federation of Ukraine. Games were to be played November 7 and 8.[7] The first match was played on December 9, 2009 initiating Round 16. The rest of the matches are scheduled after the winter break to be played 24 March 2010, and 7 April 2010.[8] For historical tabulation purpose the Round-by-Round displays chronologically when the round was played and not the name used by the FPL.
[edit] Top goalscorers
Last updated: 13 December 2009[9]
[edit] Managers and captains
Note:
- At the start of the season Artem Milevskiy was selected to captain the side by manager Gazzayev but on signing Andriy Shevchenko before Round 6 the club president Ihor Surkis appointed Shevchenko captaincy in the club.[12] However, Gazzayev informed the media that Milevskiy would remain the captain and Shevchenko would be the club leader.[13]
[edit] Managerial changes
[edit] Stadia
Locations of team home grounds in Ukrainian Premier League 2009–10
| Rank | Stadium | Capacity | Club | Notes |
| 1 | Donbass Arena | 50,149 | Shakhtar Donetsk | First match 27 September 2009 [20] |
| 2 | OSK Metalist | 41,411 | Metalist Kharkiv | [21] |
| 3 | Dnipro Stadium | 31,003 | Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk | |
| 4 | Metalurh Stadium | 29,783 | Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih | |
| 5 | Ukraina Stadium | 28,051 | Karpaty Lviv | Plans to upgrade to around 40,000 seats in preparations for Euro 2012. |
| 6 | RSK Olimpiyskiy | 25,831 | Shakhtar Donetsk | Former home ground used as venue prior to Round 8 |
| 7 | Vorskla Stadium | 25,000 | Vorskla Poltava | |
| 8 | Avanhard Stadium | 22,320 | Zorya Luhansk | |
| 9 | Lokomotiv Stadium | 19,978 | Tavriya Simferopol | |
| 10 | Lobanovsky Dynamo Stadium | 16,873 | Dynamo Kyiv | |
| 11 | Illichivets Stadium | 12,680 | Illichivets Mariupol | |
| 12 | Avanhard Stadium | 12,000 | Zakarpattia Uzhhorod | |
| 13 | Slavutych Arena | 11,983 | Metalurh Zaporizhya | |
| 14 | Kolos Stadium[22] | 5,654 | Arsenal Kyiv | Temporary home ground in Borispil |
| 15 | Metalurh Stadium | 5,300 | Metalurh Donetsk | |
| 16 | Spartak Stadium | 5,000 | Chornomorets Odessa | Chornomorets secondary home ground. |
| 17 | Obolon Stadium | 4,300 | Obolon Kyiv | |
| 18 | Bannikov Stadium | 1,678 | Arsenal Kyiv [23] | Lent from FFU in Round 17. |
[edit] Teams by region
Most of the Ukrainian Premier League 2009–10 teams were located in central and eastern Ukraine. Of the 25 administrative regions of Ukraine, only 12 of them featured at least one team.
[edit] See also
[edit] External links
[edit] References
| |
| |
| |
| 2009–10 in European Football (UEFA) | | | Domestic leagues | | | | Domestic cups | | | | League Cups | | | | UEFA competitions | | |
