2004–05 Ukrainian First League Explained

Season:	2004–05
League Topscorer:	16 - Oleksandr Aliyev (Dynamo-2) Roman Pakholiuk (Nyva)
Nextseason:	2005–06

The 2004–05 Ukrainian First League was the 14th since its establishment. Eighteen teams competed in the competition.

The competition began on July 17, 2004 with six matches. The competition had a winter break and resumed March 19, 2005.

Teams

One club was relegated from the 2003-04 Ukrainian Top League:

Before the start of season, FC Krasyliv-Obolon Krasyliv merged with lower league FC Podillya Khmelnytskyi and changed its name to FC Podillya Khmelnytskyi, while the lower league clubs was dissolved.
Before the start of season, FC Nafkom-Akademia Irpin was relocated and changed its name to FC Nafkom Brovary.
Before the start of season, FC Naftovyk Okhtyrka changed its name to FC Naftovyk-Ukrnafta Okhtyrka.
At the end of season, FC Spartak-Horobyna Sumy changed its name to FC Spartak Sumy.

In 2004-05 season, the Ukrainian First League consists of the following teams:

FC Polissya Zhytomyr became insolvent during the mid season winter break and the UFF awarded technical victories against them in the second half of the season.

Statistics are taken from here.^[1]

Scorer	Goals (pen.)	Team
Roman Pakholiuk		Nyva Vinnytsia
Oleksandr Aliyev		Dynamo-2 Kyiv
Petro Kondratiuk		Nyva Vinnytsia
Maksym Feschuk		Karpaty Lviv
Vladyslav Holopyorov		Shakhtar-2 Donetsk
Oleksiy Yakymenko		Zoria Luhansk
Serhiy Sernetskyi		Stal Alchevsk
Ara Hakobyan		Stal D. / Stal A.
Oleksiy Hryshchenko		Dynamo-Ihroservis Simferopol
Andriy Danayev		Stal Alchevsk