2009–10 Ukrainian Second League Explained

Season:2009–10
Winners:Bukovyna Chernivtsi (Group A)
Tytan Armyansk (Group B)
Relegated:2 withdrew, 1 expelled
League Topscorer:14 - Vladyslav Korobkin (Bukovyna Chernivtsi)
Nextseason:2010–11

The 2009–10 Ukrainian Second League was the 19th season of 3rd level professional football in Ukraine. The competitions were divided into two groups according to geographical location in the country – A is western Ukraine and B is eastern Ukraine. Due to the 2009 flu pandemic which affected Ukraine in late October the PFL decide to break for winter earlier than they originally scheduled. The second half of the season began March 14, 2009.[1]

Competition information

Note: Relegation from the League is not covered by the current regulations[2]

The placing of teams in the table is done in the following order:

The next tie-break is a simple draw.

Team changes

Admitted teams

The following team was promoted from the 2009 Ukrainian Football Amateur League:

Also, one reserve team was admitted:

Relegated teams

No teams were relegated from the 2008–09 Ukrainian First League due to team withdrawal.[3]

Location map

Competitions

Group A

Withdrawn teams

CSCA Kyiv

CSCA Kyiv ceased its operation and withdrew from the League after the 5th Round on September 4, 2009 due to financial hardship.[4] All of their results were annulled. They played three games in the League and had a record of 1 win and 2 losses with 6 goals scored and 6 allowed. The club was also docked 3 points by the PFL on August 27, 2009 due to failure of payment of league dues.[5]

Top goalscorers

ScorerGoals (Pen.)Team
Vladyslav Korobkin
Oleksandr Nechyporuk
Serhiy Ditkovsky
Yevhen Santrapinskykh
Oleksiy Kolesnykov

Group B

Expelled teams

Dnipro-75 Dnipropetrovsk

Dnipro-75 Dnipropetrovsk was expelled from the League just prior to the 16th Round on March 18, 2010 due to the inability to pay the spring season dues.[6] All of their spring fixtures are considered technical losses. The club played fifteen games in the League and had a record of 4 wins, 5 draws and 6 losses with 19 goals scored and 21 allowed. Stanislav Kulish was the top scorer with 6 goals of which 3 were scored from the penalty spot.

Top goalscorers

ScorerGoals (Pen.)Team
Vasyl KlimovKremin Kremenchuk
Kostyantyn VizyonokTytan Armyansk
Vadym ShavrinOlimpik Donetsk
Dmytro KryviyStal Dniprodzerzhynsk
Serhiy SavchenkoOlkom Melitopol/FC Sumy

Playoff game

At the meeting of the Professional Football League of Ukraine after the season, it was confirmed that Ukrainian First League team FC Desna Chernihiv failed attestation and hence would have their license withdrawn. To allow an extra team to be promoted, the PFL determined that a playoff game between the 2nd placed teams from Druha Liha –Kremin Kremenchuk and Nyva Vinnytsia would determine the vacancy created. This playoff game was played June 28, 2010.[7]

Stadia

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1Shakhtar Stadium31,718Shakhtar-3 Donetsk
2Yuvileyny Stadium25,800Sumy
3Meteor Stadium24,361Dnipro-75 Dnipropetrovsk
4CMS Vinnytsia24,000FC Nyva Vinnytsia
5Army Stadium (SKA)16,724FC Karpaty-2 Lviv
6Stadion Trudovi Rezervy13,500FC Ros Bila Tserkva
7Bukovyna Stadium12,000FC Bukovyna Chernivtsi
8Polytechnic Stadium11,300FC Kremin Kremenchuk
9Horiushkin Memorial Stadium10,000FC Shakhtar Sverdlovsk
10SC Podillia8,000FC Dynamo Khmelnytskyi
11Sokil Stadium6,000Morshyn Stryi
12Stadion Khimik5,000FC Titan Armyansk
13Spartak Stadium (Nizhyn)5,000Yednist Plysky
14Stadion Avanhard[8] 4,500[9] FC Veres Rivne
15SC Khimik3,600FC Nyva Vinnytsia
16Zakhidnyi Stadium3,206FC Illichivets-2 Mariupol
17Central Stadium (Makariv)3,100Ros Bila Tserkva
18Metalurh Stadium2,900FC Stal Dniprodzerzhynsk
19Dynamo Training Center2,700CSCA Kyiv
20Nad Buhom Stadium2,660Lviv-2 Kamyanka-Buzka
21Stadion Lokomotyv2,500FC Poltava
22Zhovtneva Mine Stadium2,500Hirnyk Kryvyi Rih
23Yunist Stadium2,500FC Hirnyk-Sport Komsomolsk
24Obukhiv Raion Stadium2,064Yednist / Ros
25Oleksenko Spartak Stadium2,000FC Olkom Melitopol
26Tytan Stadium2,000FC Metalurh-2 Zaporizhzhia
27Azovets Stadium1,660FC Illichivets-2 Mariupol
28CMS Mykolaiv1,500[10] MFK Mykolaiv
29Suputnyk Stadium1,500Yednist Plysky
30School Stadium1,500Bastion Illichivsk
31Kirsha Training Center1,500Shakhtar-3 Donetsk
32Yednist Stadium1,050FC Yednist' Plysky
33SC Olimpik680FC Olimpik Donetsk
34Metalist Academy Stadium400FC Kremin Kremenchuk
35Metalurh Training Center?FC Metalurh-2 Zaporizhzhia
36Budivelnyk Stadium?Hirnyk Kryvyi Rih

Notes:

See also

Notes and References

  1. News: Матчі листопада перенесено на весняну частину змагань (November fixtures transferred to spring schedule). 2009-11-04. PFL. 2009-11-05. uk. https://web.archive.org/web/20091113175333/http://www.pfl.com.ua/news.php?id=091104164139. 2009-11-13. dead.
  2. News: РЕГЛАМЕНТ Стаття 14. Визначення місць команд у турнірній таблиці (Regulations: Statute 14 Standing place position in the tournament table)). 2009-07-14. PFL. 2009-09-20. uk. https://web.archive.org/web/20090413185737/http://www.pfl.com.ua/regl.php. 2009-04-13. dead.
  3. News: Визначено склад груп учасників змагань з футболу серед команд другої ліги (Confirmed group team entrants to compete in the Druha Liha)). 2009-07-14. PFL. 2009-07-14. uk.
  4. News: Футбольний клуб ЦСКА Київ припинив участь у змаганнях сезону 2009–2010 років (FC CSCA Kyiv ceased their participation in the 2009–2010 competition) . 2009-09-04 . PFL . 2009-09-04 . uk . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20090922102628/http://www.pfl.com.ua/news.php?id=090904161851 . 2009-09-22 .
  5. News: Professional Football League 2009 Official Meetings Minutes №8 2009–10 season (CSCA Kyiv, Dnipro-75 deducted 3 points). 2009-08-27. PFL. 2009-09-02. uk. https://web.archive.org/web/20090922105423/http://www.pfl.com.ua/official.php?id=090831103655. 2009-09-22. dead.
  6. News: ФК "Дніпро-75" Дніпропетровськ виключено зі складу ПФЛ (FC Dnipro-75 Dnipropetrovsk removed from the PFL). 2010-03-19. PFL. 2009-03-19. uk. https://web.archive.org/web/20120313171440/http://pfl.ua/football_news.php?readmore=4017. 2012-03-13. dead.
  7. News: Состоялось заседание Центрального Совета ПФЛ (Meeting of the Professional Football League). 2010-06-21. ua.football. 2009-06-21. ru.
  8. Web site: World Stadiums – Stadiums in the Ukraine . 2009-07-13 . 2012-11-23 . https://web.archive.org/web/20121123124203/http://www.worldstadiums.com/europe/countries/ukraine.shtml . dead .
  9. Avanhard is under reconstruction (20,000)
  10. CMS under reconstruction (16,700)