2006–07 Ukrainian First League

The 2006–07 Ukrainian First League is the sixteenth since its establishment. There were 20 teams competing. Two teams were relegated from the Ukrainian Premier League 2005-06. Four teams were promoted from the 2005–06 Ukrainian Second League.

Ukrainian First League
Season2006–07
ChampionsNaftovyk-Ukrnafta Okhtyrka
PromotedNaftovyk-Ukrnafta Okhtyrka
Zakarpattia Uzhhorod
Relegated(all withdrew)
Spartak Ivano-Frankivsk
Podillya Khmelnytskyi
Borysfen Boryspil
Spartak Sumy
Top goalscorer16 - Matviy Bobal (Ihroservice Simferopol)

Promotion and relegation

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These four teams were promoted from Druha Liha at the start of the season:

Group A

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Group B

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  • MFK Mykolaiv : Druha Liha champion (Returning after a seasons)
  • PFC Olexandria : Druha Liha runner-up (Returning after five seasons)

Group C

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Relegated teams

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Two teams were relegated from the Ukrainian Premier League 2005–06 season after finishing on the bottom of the competition:

Renamed/relocated teams

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Teams

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In 2006–07 season, the Ukrainian First League consists of the following teams:

Managers

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Club Coach Replaced coach
Desna Chernihiv   Serhiy Kucherenko   Oleksandr Tomakh
  Serhiy Bakun (caretaker)
Dynamo-2 Kyiv   Henadiy Lytovchenko
Enerhetyk Burshtyn   Mykola Prystay
Helios Kharkiv   Oleksandr Sevidov
Ihroservice Simferopol   Rostyslav Lysenko   Oleh Lutkov
Krymteplitsia Molodizhne   Oleksandr Haydash
Obolon Kyiv   Petro Slobodyan
PFC Oleksandria   Ihor Bohatyr
Spartak Ivano-Frankivsk   Mykola Vasylkiv (caretaker)   Yuriy Shulyatytskyi (caretaker)
  Serhiy Kucherenko
Volyn Lutsk   Vitaliy Kvartsyanyi
FC Lviv   Stepan Yurchyshyn   Bohdan Bandura
MFC Mykolaiv   Leonid Haidarzhy
CSKA Kyiv   Serhiy Revut   Yuriy Maksymov
Dnipro Cherkasy   Serhiy Morozov
Stal Dniprodzerzhynsk   Serhiy Diryavka   Viktor Maslov
  Yuriy Pohrebnyak
Naftovyk-Ukrnafta Okhtyrka   Viktor Ishchenko (caretaker)   Serhiy Shevchenko
Zakarpattia Uzhhorod   Petro Kushlyk
Spartak Sumy   Serhiy Strashnenko
Podillya Khmelnytskyi   Zyhmund Vysotskyi   Serhiy Kucherenko
Borysfen Boryspil   Oleksandr Ryabokon   Oleksandr Prykhodko (caretaker)

Final standings

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion or relegation
1 Naftovyk-Ukrnafta Okhtyrka (C, P) 36 27 2 7 58 29 +29 83 Promoted to Vyshcha Liha
2 Zakarpattia Uzhhorod (P) 36 25 5 6 50 22 +28 80
3 Obolon Kyiv 36 23 4 9 47 27 +20 73
4 Krymteplitsia Molodizhne 36 21 7 8 53 37 +16 70
5 Olexandria 35 18 4 13 37 27 +10 58
6 Dynamo-2 Kyiv 36 17 8 11 53 37 +16 59 No promotion
7 Helios Kharkiv 36 17 7 12 45 36 +9 58
8 Enerhetyk Burshtyn 36 15 11 10 44 33 +11 56
9 Stal Dniprodzerzhynsk 36 15 8 13 42 37 +5 53
10 Ihroservice Simferopol 36 14 9 13 46 44 +2 51
11 FC Lviv 36 13 8 15 45 45 0 47
12 Volyn Lutsk 36 13 7 16 40 48 −8 46
13 MFK Mykolaiv 36 12 10 14 33 40 −7 46
14 Desna Chernihiv 36 11 8 17 51 58 −7 41
15 Dnipro Cherkasy 36 10 9 17 31 46 −15 39
16 CSKA Kyiv 36 10 8 18 24 44 −20 38
17 Spartak Ivano-Frankivsk (D) 36 10 3 23 24 51 −27 33 Withdrew
18 Podillya Khmelnytskyi[a] (D) 36 5 6 25 20 63 −43 9
19 Borysfen Boryspil[b] (D) 36 1 4 31 10 29 −19 1 Excluded
Spartak Sumy (D) 0 1 0 18 4 49 0 Withdrew
Source: Professional Football League of Ukraine
Rules for classification: 1st points; 2nd goal difference; 3rd goals scored; 4th head-to-head points; 5th head-to-head goal difference; 6th head-to-head goals scored; 7th fair play; 8th draw
(C) Champions; (D) Disqualified; (P) Promoted
Notes:
  1. ^ Podillia Khmelnytskyi had taken 3 points off in accordance with decision of the FFU Disciplinary Committee of May 25, 2007; 3 points off in accordance with decision of the PFL Bureau of Ukraine of June 5, 2007; and 6 points off in accordance with decision of the FFU Appellation Committee of June 22, 2007.
  2. ^ Borysfen Boryspil had taken 6 points off in accordance with decision of the PFL Bureau of Ukraine of February 6, 2007.

Top scorers

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Statistics are taken from here.[2]

Scorer Goals (pen.) Team
  Matviy Bobal
16
Ihroservice Simferopol
  Bohdan Yesyp
15 (1)
Naftovyk-Ukrnafta Okhtyrka
  Oleksandr Sytnik
14 (1)
Stal Dniprodzerzhynsk
  Valentyn Krukovets
13 (1)
Desna Chernihiv
  Alozi Chidi
13 (3)
Volyn Lutsk
  Myroslav Bundash
13 (9)
Zakarpattia Uzhhorod
  Pavlo Onysko
12 (3)
Krymteplytsia Molodizhne
Obolon Kyiv
  Ruslan Zeinalov
12 (8)
Naftovyk-Ukrnafta Okhtyrka
  Oleksandr Hrebinyuk
11
PFC Olexandria
  Roman Polishchuk
11 (5)
Dnipro Cherkasy
  Andriy Yarmolenko
7
Desna Chernihiv / Dynamo-2 Kyiv

Teams withdrawn during and after season

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Spartak Sumy

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On November 28, 2006 PFL Bureau has excluded FC Spartak Sumy from competitions for the second no show. Due to the fact that team has physically played less than 50% of calendar games (17 games), all its season record was stripped.[3] Upon withdrawal it had 1-0-18 record and 4-49 goals difference.

Borysfen Boryspil

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On March 16, 2007 FC Borysfen Boryspil was excluded from competitions for systematic violation of statute and regulations of FFU and PFL, failure to comply with their organs of administration and implementation football justice as well as failure to fulfill terms of contracts with players and financial obligations to FFU and PFL. In the rest of games were nominated technical losses to the team and its opponents - technical victory.[4]

Podillia Khmelnytskyi

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In the second half of the season Podillia Khmelnytskyi moved from Khmelnytskyi to Krasyliv. At the same time for the amateur championship registered a new club from Khmelnytskyi, FC Podillia-Khmelnytskyi Khmelnytskyi. So, since spring 2007 there were two clubs Podillia, one at professional level playing in Krasyliv and other - amateur playing in Khmelnytskyi. One of the reasons was the prior merger of Podillia with FC Krasyliv back in 2004. At the end of 2006–07 season Podillia Krasyliv changed back to FC Krasyliv and was scheduled to play in the 2007-08 Ukrainian Second League, but withdrew just before the start of season.

Instead of Krasyliv to the Ukrainian Second League applied the newly revived FC Podillia-Khmelnytskyi Khmelnytskyi. In such manner there was created a club's continium.

Spartak Ivano-Frankivsk

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FC Spartak Ivano-Frankivsk was relegated to the Ukrainian Second League, while another team form local university FC Fakel Ivano-Frankivsk obtain promotion to the Ukrainian First League. The city municipality on whose balance ended up both clubs decided to keep one and dissolve another one. So, in the 2007-08 Ukrainian Second League season there were no clubs playing from Ivano-Frankivsk, while a new team FSC Prykarpattia Ivano-Frankivsk was created in place of Fakel to participate in the 2007-08 Ukrainian First League season.

See also

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References

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