2009–10 Ukrainian Premier League Explained
The 2009–10 Ukrainian Premier League season was the nineteenth since its establishment and second since its reorganization. Dynamo Kyiv were the defending champions, having won their 13th league title. A total of 16 teams participated in the league, 14 of which participated in the 2008–09 season, and two of which were promoted from the Ukrainian First League.
The season began on 17 July 2009. The winter break in the season was from 13 December 2009 until 28 February 2010. The last round of the season was played on 9 May 2010.[1]
On 5 May 2010, Shakhtar Donetsk regained the title after a 1–0 win against rivals Dynamo Kyiv.[2]
Teams
Promoted
Location map
Managers and captains
Note:
- At the start of the season, Artem Milevskyi was selected to captain the side by manager Gazzayev, but on signing Andriy Shevchenko before Round 6, club president Ihor Surkis appointed Shevchenko captaincy in the club.[7] However, Gazzayev informed the media that Milevskyi would remain the captain and Shevchenko would be the club leader.[8]
Managerial changes
Stadiums
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1 | | 52,518 | 52,518 | Round 29 | Shakhtar Donetsk[25] | Dynamo Kyiv |
2 | | 41,411 | 40,000 | Round 16 | | Obolon Kyiv |
3 | | 31,003 | 31,003 | Round 11 | | Dynamo Kyiv |
4 | | 29,783 | 5,000 | Round 3 | Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih | Dynamo Kyiv |
5 | | 28,051 | 27,047 | Round 25 | Karpaty Lviv | Shakhtar Donetsk |
6 | RSK Olimpiyskiy | 25,831 | 13,500 | Round 4 | Shakhtar Donetsk[26] | Metalurh Donetsk |
7 | | 25,000 | 16,000 | Round 3 | | Shakhtar Donetsk |
8 | Stadium Meteor | 24,381 | 1,000 | Round 13 | Arsenal Kyiv[27] | Vorskla Poltava |
9 | | 22,320 | 22,189 | Round 21 | | Shakhtar Donetsk |
12,300 | Round 6 | Shakhtar Donetsk | Zorya Luhansk |
10 | | 19,978 | 14,000 | Round 8 | | Metalist Kharkiv |
11 | | 16,873 | 17,100 | Round 22 | | Metalist Kharkiv |
1,500 | Round 21 | Arsenal Kyiv[28] [29] | Zakarpattya Uzhhorod |
12 | | 12,680 | 8,500 | Round 2 | | Shakhtar Donetsk |
13 | Avanhard Zakarpattya | 12,000 | 9,800 | Round 13 | Zakarpattya Uzhhorod | Dynamo Kyiv |
14 | | 11,983 | 12,000 | Round 28 | | Shakhtar Donetsk |
15 | | 5,654 | 5,600 | Round 7 Round 9 | | Shakhtar Donetsk Dynamo Kyiv |
16 | | 5,300 | 4,200 | Round 21 | | Dynamo Kyiv |
17 | | 5,100 | 5,300 | Round 21 | | Shakhtar Donetsk |
18 | Spartak Stadium | 5,000 | 4,800 | Round 12 | | Shakhtar Donetsk |
19 | Bannikov Stadium | 1,678 | 1,216 | Round 29 | Arsenal Kyiv[30] [31] | Metalurh Donetsk | |
Qualification to European competitions for 2010–11
- Since Ukraine finished in seventh place of the UEFA country ranking after the 2008–09 season,[32] the league will gain one more qualification spot for 2010–11 UEFA Europa League. The Ukrainian Cup winner will now qualify for the play-off round.
Qualified teams
- After the 24th Round, both Dynamo Kyiv and Shakhtar Donetsk qualified for European football for the 2010–11 season.[33]
- After the 26th Round, both Dynamo Kyiv and Shakhtar Donetsk qualified for 2010–11 UEFA Champions League.[34]
- After the 27th Round, Metalist Kharkiv qualified for the 2010–11 UEFA Europa League.[35]
- After the 28th Round, both Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk and Karpaty Lviv qualified for the 2010–11 UEFA Europa League.
- Shakhtar Donetsk captured the championship after a 1–0 win against rivals Dynamo Kyiv in the 29th Round, thus securing a place in the Champions League group stage.[2] Dynamo Kyiv enters the Champions League third qualification round as runners up.[2]
- Metalist Kharkiv's 4–1 away victory over Zorya Luhansk in the 29th Round secured them a third-place finish in the competition and a place in the Europa League play-off round. Also in the same round, Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk completed a 4–1 home victory against Illichivets which secured fourth-place and entry into Europa League third qualification round, since Karpaty Lviv lost 0–2 at home to Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih, leaving them in fifth place and qualification into the second qualification round.
Timeline of qualification
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League table
Round by round
The following table is a historic representation of the team's position in the standings after the completion of each round.
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).[36] 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 7 November and 8.[37] The first match was played on 9 December 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.[38] For historical tabulation purpose the Round-by-Round displays chronologically when the round was played and not the name used by the FPL.
Top goalscorers
Last updated: 9 May 2010[39]
Season awards
By the competition's statute, the following awards was presented.[40] [41] The award presentation took place on 15 June 2010 at InterContinental in Kyiv.
The laureates of the 2009–10 UPL season were:[42]
Pride of flag is a club award given to the club who provided the most players for the national team and youth teams: U-21, U-19, U-17.[43] In 2009, the award was given to Dynamo Kyiv, while the first runner-up was Shakhtar Donetsk and second – Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk.[44] No data is available for the 2010 season.
See also
External links
Notes and References
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- News: Shakhtar regain Ukrainian crown . 5 May 2010 . UEFA.com . . Igor . Linnyk . 5 May 2010 . https://web.archive.org/web/20100507123951/http://www.uefa.com/memberassociations/association%3Dukr/news/newsid%3D1485319.html . 7 May 2010 . live .
- Web site: Керівництво ФК "Чорноморець" спростувало інформацію про продаж клубу російській компанії (Administration of Chornomorets released information about sale of club to a Russian company). Ukrinform – Ukrainian National Information Agency. 28 August 2009. uk. https://web.archive.org/web/20110716162927/http://www.ukrinform.ua/ukr/order/?id=830995. 16 July 2011. dead.
- Web site: Игорь Наконечный - и.о. главного тренера «Черноморца» . Ihor Nakonechny – head coach of Chornomorets . 2023-06-13 . FC Choronomorets . uk.
- Web site: У Ковальца в "Оболони" две задачи (Kovalets has two tasks with "Obolon") . 14 January 2010. 14 January 2010. ua-football.com. https://web.archive.org/web/20100117182800/http://ua-football.com/ukrainian/high/4b4ef19e.html. 17 January 2010 . live. ru.
- Web site: http://www.ua-football.com/ukrainian/high/4b34c99e.html. uk:До весняної частини чемпіонату "Оболонь" готуватиме новий наставник . For the spring part of the championship "Obolon" will be prepared by a new coach. ua-football.com. 27 December 2009. 27 December 2009. https://web.archive.org/web/20091227062039/http://www.ua-football.com/ukrainian/high/4b34c99e.html. 27 December 2009 . live. uk.
- News: Andriy Shevchenko leaves Chelsea to return to Dynamo Kyiv. The Guardian. 29 August 2009. 29 August 2009. Fifield. Dominic.
- News: Официальное представление Андрея Шевченко как игрока "Динамо" – состоялось (Official presentation Andriy Shevchenko as a Dynamo player). ua-football.com. 31 August 2009. 31 August 2009. uk.
- https://www.championat.com/football/article-3076539-gazzaev-edet-v-kiev-a-sjomin---v-moskvu.html Газзаев едет в Киев, а Сёмин - в Москву
- https://sportrg.ru/2009/05/27/semin-gazzaev.html Юрий Семин вновь возглавит "Локомотив" с 1 июня 2009 года
- https://daily.rbc.ua/ukr/show/i-surkis-v-gazzaev-ostanetsya-rabotat-v-dinamo--17092010121000 І.Суркіс: В.Газзаєв залишиться працювати в "Динамо"
- Web site: Blokhin gets director job at Chernomorets Odesa. Fyodorov. Gennady. Reuters. yahoo. 1 September 2009.
- Web site: http://www.ua-football.com/ukrainian/high/4a9f8e68.html. ru:Владимир Ходус возглавил запорожский "Металлург" . Volodymyr Khodus head trainer Metalurh Zaporizhzhia. ua-football.com. 3 September 2009. 3 September 2009. ru.
- Web site: http://www.ua-football.com/ukrainian/high/4ab9ed47.html. ru:Юрий Коваль – главный тренер "Зари" . Yuriy Koval head trainer of Zorya Luhansk. ua-football.com. 1 October 2009. 23 September 2009. ru.
- Web site: http://www.ua-football.com/ukrainian/high/4ae0123c.html. ru:Роман Григорчук – главный тренер запорожского "Металлурга" . Roman Hryhorchuk head trainer of Metalurh Zaporizhya. ua-football.com. 23 October 2009. 22 October 2009. https://web.archive.org/web/20091025112704/http://ua-football.com/ukrainian/high/4ae0123c.html. 25 October 2009 . live. ru.
- Web site: Роман Григорчук уже не тренер "Металлурга"? (Roman Hryhorchuk already not manager of "Metalurh"?). ua-football.com. 11 November 2009. 8 November 2009. https://web.archive.org/web/20091025112704/http://ua-football.com/ukrainian/high/4ae0123c.html. 25 October 2009 . live. ru.
- Web site: Роман Григорчук подписал контракт с запорожским "Металлургом" (Roman Hryhorchuk signed a contract with Metalurh Zaporizhya). ua-football.com. 14 December 2009. 8 December 2009. https://web.archive.org/web/20091213010645/http://www.ua-football.com/ukrainian/high/4b1e48bb.html. 13 December 2009 . live. ru.
- Web site: Анатолий Чанцев: "Нужно играть в футбол, от которого сам получаешь удовлетворение" (Anatoliy Chantsev: "Need to play football, from which you get satisfaction.") . Zorya Official Site . 5 January 2010 . 4 January 2010 . ru . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20110718151336/http://www.zarya-lugansk.com/news/show/?id=1754 . 18 July 2011 .
- Web site: Юрий Максимов: "Поблажек не будет"» (Yuriy Maksymov: "There will be no indulgence.") . ua.football. 13 January 2010. 13 January 2010. https://web.archive.org/web/20100116104939/http://www.ua-football.com/ukrainian/high/4b4da71c.html. 16 January 2010 . live. ru.
- Web site: ФК "Арсенал": Заваров освобожден!.. Грозный назначен (Arsenal Kyiv: Zavarov dismissed!.. Grozny assigned) . ua.football. 28 January 2010. 28 January 2010. ru.
- Web site: Грозный подал в отставку! (Grozny gives notice of resignation) . fcarsenal.com.ua . 16 April 2010 . 16 April 2010 . https://web.archive.org/web/20100419142517/http://fcarsenal.com.ua/wp/8449/ . 19 April 2010 . dead . ru.
- Web site: http://www.dynamo.kiev.ua/news/28864.html . ru:Вадим Рабинович: "Не вижу разницы между эмоциональным и взвешенным решением" . dynamo.kiev.ua. 18 April 2010. 18 April 2010. https://web.archive.org/web/20100421101736/http://dynamo.kiev.ua/news/28864.html. 21 April 2010 . live. ru.
- Web site: http://www.ua-football.com/ukrainian/high/4bcffaad.html . ru:Тренерский покер "Арсенала" . ua-football.com. 19 September 2013. 22 April 2010. https://web.archive.org/web/20100425185042/http://www.ua-football.com/ukrainian/high/4bcffaad.html . 25 April 2010 . live. ru.
- Web site: http://www.ua-football.com/ukrainian/high/4bdafb94.html . ru:"Ворскла" – "Арсенал" 1:5. Расстрел по-киевски . ua-football.com. 19 September 2013. 30 April 2010. https://web.archive.org/web/20100503224031/http://www.ua-football.com/ukrainian/high/4bdafb94.html . 3 May 2010 . live. ru.
- FPL: Game Report – Venue Donbass Arena Round 8 fixture Shakhtar–Obolon with 42,800 in attendance
- Former home ground used as venue prior to Round 8
- Web site: Матч "Арсенал" – "Ворскла" у Дніпропетровську! (Match Arsenal – Vorskla in Dnipropetrovsk!). 22 March 2010. 22 March 2010. FPL. https://web.archive.org/web/20100403000059/http://www.fpl.ua/ukr/news/news_fpl/1621/. 3 April 2010. dead. uk.
- FPL: Game Report – Venue VV Lobanovsky Stadium (Kyiv) used as home ground by Arsenal Kyiv in Round 19
- FPL: Game Report – Venue VV Lobanovsky Stadium (Kyiv) used as home ground by Arsenal Kyiv in Round 21
- FPL: Game Report – Venue Bannikov Stadion used as home ground by Arsenal in Round 17
- FPL: Game Report – Venue Bannikov Stadion used as home ground by Arsenal in Round 29
- Web site: UEFA Country Ranking 2009. Kassies. Bert. 25 May 2009.
- Web site: Qualification for European Cup Football 2010/2011 . 2023-06-13 . kassiesa.net.
- Web site: 2010–11 UEFA Champions League Qualifying Picture – Qualifying Rounds . Maloney . Steven . 20 April 2010 . Dinamo Kyiv and Shakhtar Donetsk are tied with 4 weeks left. One of them goes to the group stage directly, the other one ends up here. (THIRD QUALIFYING ROUND) . 19 April 2010 . Glorious Football . https://web.archive.org/web/20100509200210/http://www.gloriousfootball.com/europe/2010-11-uefa-champions-league-qualifying-picture-qualifying-rounds/ . 9 May 2010 . dead.
- Web site: Qualification 2010/2011 UEFA European Cup Football. Kassies. Bert. 25 April 2010. EL2-4=Metalist Kharkiv – 25.410 (eu/Q4) or (eu/Q3) or (eu/Q2).
- Web site: Матч "Металіст" – "Шахтар" – 23 вересня! (Match Metalist – Shakhtar – 23 September). 11 August 2009. 21 August 2009. Professional Football League of Ukraine (PFL). uk. https://web.archive.org/web/20090813010753/http://www.fpl.ua/ukr/news/news_fpl/1460/. 13 August 2009. dead.
- Web site: 13-й тур не відбудеться (Round 13 will not be played). 4 November 2009. 7 November 2009. PFL. https://web.archive.org/web/20091108184438/http://www.fpl.ua/ukr/news/news_fpl/1527/. 8 November 2009. dead. uk.
- Web site: Дати проведення матчів 13-го і 16-го турів (Match dates for Round 13 and 16). 12 November 2009. 20 November 2009. PFL. uk. https://web.archive.org/web/20091201045227/http://fpl.ua/ukr/news/news_fpl/1532/. 1 December 2009. dead.
- Web site: Бомбардири (Goalscorer section). 1 May 2010. 1 May 2010. PFL. https://web.archive.org/web/20100529221946/http://fpl.ua/ukr/fans/liga/. 29 May 2010. dead. uk.
- Web site: Прем'єр-ліга. Визначені лауреати сезону 2009/2010 рр.! (Premier League. Award winners for 2009–10 season). 29 June 2010. 29 June 2010. ua-football.com. https://web.archive.org/web/20100529221946/http://fpl.ua/ukr/fans/liga/. 29 May 2010. dead. uk.
- http://www.fpl.ua/ukr/news/news_fpl/1653/ Photos of the awards and their author.
- Web site: Срна, Пятов і Луческу стали найкращими в Україні - Спорт - TCH.ua . 20 March 2017 . 21 March 2017 . https://web.archive.org/web/20170321165411/https://prosport.tsn.ua/sport/srna-pyatov-i-luchesku-stali-naykraschimi-v-ukrayini.html . dead .
- Regulations on the Pride of flag award
- Final Standing (pdf)