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The 2008–09 Ukrainian Premier League season will be the eighteenth since its establishment. Shakhtar Donetsk are the defending champions, having won their 4th league title. A total of 16 teams will contest the league, 14 of which have contested in the 2007-08 season, and two of which will be promoted from the Persha Liha.
[edit] Promotion and Relegation
[edit] Teams promoted from 2007-08 Persha Liha:
[edit] Teams relegated to 2008-09 Persha Liha:
[edit] Stadia
| Rank |
Stadium |
Capacity |
Club |
Notes |
| 1 |
Tsentralnyi-Chornomorets Stadium |
34,362 |
Chornomorets Odessa |
Annual venue for the Ukrainian Super Cup |
| 2 |
Shakhtar Stadium |
31,718 |
Metalurh Donetsk |
|
| 3 |
Metalist Stadium |
42,300 |
Metalist Kharkiv |
| 4 |
Metalurh Stadium |
29,783 |
Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih |
|
| 5 |
Ukraina Stadium |
28,051 |
Karpaty Lviv |
Plans to upgrade to ~40,000 seats in prep for Euro 2012 |
| 5 |
RSK Olimpiyskiy |
25,831 |
Shakhtar Donetsk |
Moving to new UEFA 5-star 50,000-seat venue in 2008 |
| 7 |
Vorskla Stadium |
25,000 |
Vorskla Poltava |
| 8 |
Stadium Meteor |
24,381 |
Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk |
Moving to new 31,003-seat arena in 2007 |
| 9 |
Avanhard Stadium |
22,320 |
Zorya Luhansk |
|
| 10 |
Lokomotiv Stadium |
19,978 |
Tavriya Simferopol |
|
| 11 |
Lobanovsky Dynamo Stadium |
16,873 |
Dynamo Kyiv
Arsenal Kyiv |
Arsenal Kyiv is temporarily playing at this stadium |
| 12 |
Slavutych Arena |
11,983 |
Metalurh Zaporizhia |
|
| 13 |
Dynamo Stadium |
6,000 |
FC Kharkiv |
[edit] References
