Ukrainian Premier League 2007-08
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| Ukrainian Premier League | |
|---|---|
| Season | 2007–08 |
| Champions | Shakhtar Donetsk |
| Relegated | Naftovyk-Ukrnafta Okhtyrka, Zakarpattia Uzhhorod |
| Champions League | Shakhtar Donetsk (3rd Qualifying Round) Dynamo Kyiv (2nd Qualifying Round) |
| UEFA Cup | Metalist Kharkiv (1st Round) Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk (2nd Qualifying Round) |
| Intertoto Cup | Tavriya Simferopol (2nd Round) |
| Top goalscorer | Marko Dević (19) |
| Total goals | 581 |
| ← Previous season 2006-07 |
Next season → 2008-09 |
The 2007–08 Ukrainian Premier League season is the seventeenth since its establishment. It began on July 17, 2007, and ended on May 18, 2008. 16 teams participated in the competition, 14 of which contested in the 2006-07 season, and two of which (Zakarpattia Uzhhorod and Naftovyk-Ukrnafta Okhtyrka) were promoted from the Ukrainian First League (the league immediately below the Ukrainian Premier League).
The winner of league was Shakhtar Donetsk with 74 points, followed by Dynamo Kyiv with 71 points. The top goalscorer of the season was Marko Dević from Metalist Kharkiv with 19 goals, 6 of which were penalties. The spot for second highest goalscorer with 17 goals was a three-way tie between Oleksandr Hladky from Shakhtar Donetsk, Yevhen Seleznyov from Arsenal Kyiv (on loan from Shakhtar), and Oleksandr Kosyrin from Metalurh Donetsk.
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[edit] Teams
| Club | Town | 2006-07 Season |
|---|---|---|
| FC Arsenal Kyiv | Kyiv | 14th |
| Chornomorets | Odesa | 6th |
| FC Dnipro | Dnipropetrovsk | 4th |
| FC Dynamo Kyiv | Kyiv | 1st |
| FC Karpaty Lviv | Lviv | 8th |
| FC Kharkiv | Kharkiv | 12th |
| FC Kryvbas | Kryvyi Rih | 10th |
| FC Metalist Kharkiv | Kharkiv | 3rd |
| FC Metalurh Donetsk | Donetsk | 9th |
| FC Metalurh Zaporizhia | Zaporizhia | 7th |
| FC Naftovyk-Ukrnafta Okhtyrka | Okhtyrka | Persha Liha, 1st |
| FC Shakhtar | Donetsk | 2nd |
| SC Tavriya Simferopol | Simferopol | 5th |
| FC Vorskla | Poltava | 13th |
| OSC Zakarpattia | Uzhhorod | Persha Liha, 2nd |
| FC Zorya Luhansk | Luhansk | 11th |
[edit] Current standings
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Comments |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Shakhtar Donetsk | 30 | 24 | 2 | 4 | 75 | 24 | 51 | 74 | CL 3rd Qualifying Round |
| 2 | Dynamo Kyiv | 30 | 22 | 5 | 3 | 65 | 26 | 39 | 71 | CL 2nd Qualifying Round |
| 3 | Metalist Kharkiv | 30 | 19 | 6 | 5 | 51 | 27 | 24 | 63 | UC 1st Round |
| 4 | Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk | 30 | 18 | 5 | 7 | 40 | 27 | 13 | 59 | UC 2nd Qualifying Round |
| 5 | Tavriya Simferopol | 30 | 13 | 8 | 9 | 38 | 40 | -2 | 47 | IC 2nd Round |
| 6 | Arsenal Kyiv | 30 | 11 | 9 | 10 | 42 | 36 | 6 | 42 | |
| 7 | Chornomorets Odessa | 30 | 11 | 5 | 14 | 27 | 33 | -6 | 38 | |
| 8 | Vorskla Poltava | 30 | 9 | 9 | 12 | 28 | 30 | -2 | 36 | |
| 9 | Metalurh Zaporizhzhya | 30 | 9 | 9 | 12 | 24 | 32 | -8 | 36 | |
| 10 | Karpaty Lviv | 30 | 9 | 6 | 15 | 29 | 41 | -12 | 33 | |
| 11 | Zorya Luhansk | 30 | 9 | 4 | 17 | 24 | 43 | -19 | 31 | |
| 12 | Metalurh Donetsk | 30 | 6 | 13 | 11 | 34 | 39 | -5 | 31 | |
| 13 | Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih | 30 | 7 | 9 | 14 | 29 | 39 | -10 | 30 | |
| 14 | FC Kharkiv | 30 | 6 | 9 | 15 | 20 | 32 | -12 | 27 | |
| 15 | Naftovyk-Ukrnafta Okhtyrka | 30 | 6 | 8 | 16 | 18 | 38 | -20 | 26 |  Persha Liha |
| 16 | Zakarpattia Uzhhorod | 30 | 3 | 9 | 18 | 17 | 54 | -37 | 18 | Relegated Persha Liha |
| Ukrainian Premier League 2006-07 Winners |
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| Shakhtar Donetsk 4th Title |
[edit] Top goalscorers
| Scorer [1] | Goals | Team |
|---|---|---|
 Marko Dević |
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Metalist Kharkiv |
 Oleksandr Hladky |
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Shakhtar Donetsk |
| Yevhen Seleznyov |
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Arsenal Kyiv |
| Oleksandr Kosyrin |
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Metalurh Donetsk |
 Ismaël Bangoura |
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Dynamo Kyiv |
| Volodymyr Homenyuk |
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Tavriya Simferopol |
 Brandão |
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Shakhtar Donetsk |
| Fernandinho |
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Shakhtar Donetsk |
 Maksim Shatskikh |
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Dynamo Kyiv |
| Serhiy Nazarenko |
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Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk |
[edit] Managers
[edit] Current results
Note: home games of each team are shown at the horizontal lines
| # | Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
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| 1 | Dynamo Kyiv | DK | 1:3 | 7:3 | 2:0 | 2:2 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 15 | 9 | +6 | 15 | |||||||||||
| 2 | Shakhtar Donetsk | 1:1 | SD | 2:0 | 3:0 | 2:1 | 4:1 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 19 | 4 | +15 | 22 | ||||||||||
| 3 | Metalist Kharkiv | 1:3 | MK | 3:0 | 2:0 | 1:0 | 2:0 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 13 | 8 | +5 | 14 | ||||||||||
| 4 | Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk | DD | 4:1 | 2:0 | 1:0 | 0:0 | 2:0 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 15 | 5 | +10 | 19 | ||||||||||
| 5 | Tavriya Simferopol | TS | 2:1 | 3:3 | 4:3 | 1:0 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 13 | -3 | 11 | |||||||||||
| 6 | Chornomorets Odessa | 0:0 | CO | 1:0 | 0:1 | 1:0 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 5 | -2 | 11 | |||||||||||
| 7 | Metalurh Zaporizhzhya | 0:1 | MZ | 1:0 | 3:0 | 0:0 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 5 | +2 | 14 | |||||||||||
| 8 | Karpaty Lviv | KL | 0:0 | 3:0 | 1:1 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 12 | -3 | 8 | ||||||||||||
| 9 | Metalurh Donetsk | 0:0 | 3:0 | MD | 0:1 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 11 | 10 | +1 | 10 | ||||||||||||
| 10 | Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih | 0:1 | 0:1 | KK | 1:1 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 13 | -6 | 7 | ||||||||||||
| 11 | Zorya Luhansk | 3:2 | 0:1 | 0:1 | ZL | 3:1 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 13 | -6 | 7 | |||||||||||
| 12 | FC Kharkiv | 1:2 | 1:0 | 1:1 | FK | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 7 | -2 | 9 | ||||||||||||
| 13 | Vorskla Poltava | 1:1 | 2:1 | 0:0 | 1:1 | VP | 2:1 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 10 | ||||||||||
| 14 | Arsenal Kyiv | 1:1 | 1:3 | AK | 7:0 | 3:0 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 17 | 15 | +2 | 8 | |||||||||||
| 15 | Zakarpattia Uzhhorod | 0:1 | 1:0 | 2:0 | 1:1 | 0:0 | ZU | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 10 | -6 | 9 | ||||||||||
| 16 | Naftovyk-Ukrnafta Okhtyrka | 0:3 | 0:1 | 0:1 | 1:2 | NO | 8 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 2 | 15 | -13 | 1 |
[edit] Promoted teams
These two teams were promoted from Persha Liha at the start of the season:
- FC Naftovyk-Ukrnafta Okhtyrka : champion of Persha Liha
- FC Zakarpattia Uzhhorod : runner-up of Persha Liha
[edit] Stadia
| Rank | Stadium | Capacity [2] | Club | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | NSC Olimpiysky | 83,450 | None at the moment due to reconstruction | Largest stadium in Ukraine, Dynamo Kyiv plays its major European matches on this ground, annual venue for the Ukrainian Cup final and FC Arsenal Kyiv |
| 2 | Tsentralnyi-Chornomorets Stadium | 34,362 | Chornomorets Odessa | Annual venue for the Ukrainian Super Cup |
| 3 | Shakhtar Stadium | 31,718 | Metalurh Donetsk | |
| 4 | Metalist Stadium | 30,133 | (temporarilly in emergency conditions) | While upgrades are taking place, max capacity is at 22,757 (planned capacity is 42,000+) |
| 5 | Metalurh Stadium | 29,783 | Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih | |
| 6 | Ukraina Stadium | 28,051 | Karpaty Lviv | Plans to upgrade to ~40,000 seats in prep for Euro 2012 |
| 7 | RSK Olimpiyskiy | 25,831 | Shakhtar Donetsk | Moving to new UEFA 5-star 50,000-seat venue in 2008 |
| 8 | Vorskla Stadium | 25,000 | Vorskla Poltava FC Kharkiv (temporarilly) |
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| 9 | Stadium Meteor | 24,381 | Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk | Moving to new 31,003-seat arena in 2007 |
| 10 | Avanhard Stadium | 22,320 | Zorya Luhansk | |
| 11 | Lokomotiv Stadium | 19,978 | Tavriya Simferopol | |
| 12 | Lobanovsky Dynamo Stadium | 16,873 | Dynamo Kyiv Arsenal Kyiv |
Arsenal Kyiv is temporarily playing at this stadium |
| 13 | Avanhard Stadium | 12,000 | Zakarpattia Uzhhorod | |
| 14 | Slavutych Arena | 11,983 | Metalurh Zaporizhia | |
| 15 | Dynamo Stadium | 6,000 | Metalist Kharkiv (temporarily) | Helios Kharkiv (host, plays in the lower leagues) |
| 16 | Naftovyk Stadium | 5,256 | Naftovyk-Ukrnafta Okhtyrka |
[edit] References
- ^ Scorers table for the 17th season of Ukrainian Premier League. Professional football league. Retrieved on March 23, 2008.
- ^ Attendance figures for the 17th season of Ukrainian Premier League. UA Football. Retrieved on August 3, 2007.
[edit] See Also
[edit] External links
- UEFA Website - Ukraine Premier Division
- Soccerway Website - Ukraine Premier League
- The Official Ukrainian PFL website (Ukrainian)
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