The 2007–08 Ukrainian First League was the seventeenth since its establishment. There were 20 teams competing. Two teams were relegated from the Ukrainian Premier League 2006-07. Four teams were promoted from the Ukrainian Second League 2006-07.
Promotion and relegation
Promoted teams These four teams were promoted from Druha Liha at the start of the season:
Group A FC Dnister Ovidiopil : Druha Liha champion (Debut) FC Prykarpattya Ivano-Frankivsk : Druha Liha runner-up (Debut)
Group B FC Sevastopol : Druha Liha champion (Debut) FC Feniks-Illichovets Kalinine : Druha Liha runner-up (Debut)
Relegated teams Two teams were relegated from the Ukrainian Premier League 2006–07 season after finishing on the bottom of the competition: FC Illichivets Mariupol : 15th place (Returning after 10 seasons) FC Stal Alchevsk : 16th place (Returning after two seasons)
Renamed teams On July 24, 2007 the team of "Fakel" changed its name to "Prykarpattia".Decision #33 of the PFL Bureau of Ukraine. July 24, 2007.
Teams
Stadia
Rank Stadium Capacity Club Region 1 Lobanovsky Dynamo Stadium 16873 FC Dynamo-2 Kyiv Kyiv 2 MCS Rukh 16000 FSC Prykarpattya Ivano-Frankivsk Ivano-Frankivsk 3 Illychivets 12680 FC Illichivets Mariupol Donetsk 4 Youri Haharyn 12000 FC Desna Chernihiv Chernihiv 5 CSK ZSU 12000 CSCA Kyiv Kyiv 6 Avanhard 11574 FC Volyn Lutsk Lutsk 7 Central 10321 FC Dnipro Cherkasy Cherkasy 8 Stal 9200 FC Stal Alchevsk Luhansk 9 SK Sevastopol 6500 PFC Sevastopol Crimea 10 Dynamo 6000 FC Helios Kharkiv Kharkiv 11 KSC Nika 5640 PFC Oleksandria Kirovohrad 12 Fiolent 5000 FC Ihroservice Simferopol Crimea 13 Enerhetyk Stadium 4000 FC Enerhetyk Burshtyn Ivano-Frankivsk 14 Kniazha Arena 3220 FC Lviv Lviv 15 STC Krymteplitsia 3000 FC Krymteplitsia Molodizhne Crimea 16 Metalurh 2900 FC Stal Dniprodzerzhynsk Dnipropetrovsk 17 Central City Stadium 1500 MFK Mykolaiv Mykolaiv 18 Dukov Dniester Stadium 1500 FC Dniester Ovidiopol Odesa 19 Obolon 4300 FC Obolon Kyiv Kyiv 20 Kalinino 1050 FC Feniks-Illichovets Kalinine Crimea
Managers ClubCoachReplaced coachDesna Chernihiv Oleksandr Ryabokon Serhiy Kucherenko Dniester Ovidiopol Ihor Nehara Dynamo-2 Kyiv Henadiy Lytovchenko Enerhetyk Burshtyn Mykhaylo Savka Mykola Prystay Feniks-Illichovets Kalinine Oleksandr Haidash Oleksiy Antyukhin Helios Kharkiv Yuriy Pohrebnyak Ihor NadeinIhroservice Simferopol Serhiy Shevchenko Krymteplitsia Molodizhne Mykhailo Dunets Obolon Kyiv Ihor Artymovych Petro Slobodyan PFC Oleksandria Ihor Bohatyr Prykarpattya Ivano-Frankivsk Serhiy Ptashnyk PFC Sevastopol Serhiy Puchkov Stal Alchevsk Vadym Plotnikov Oleh Smolyaninov Hennadiy BatkayevVolyn Lutsk Vitaliy Kvartsyanyi Illichivets Mariupol Oleksandr Ishchenko Semen Altman Ivan Balan FC Lviv Stepan Yurchyshyn MFC Mykolaiv Vyacheslav Mazarati Oleksandr Spitsyn CSKA Kyiv Serhiy Revut Dnipro Cherkasy Anatoliy Bezsmertnyi Oleksandr Ryabokon Stal Dniprodzerzhynsk Vadym Lazorenko Viktor Maslov Oleksandr Shcherbakov
Final standings
Top goalscorers ScorerGoals (pen.)Team Matviy BobalIhroservice Simferopol Pavlo OnyskoObolon Kyiv Dmytro HordienkoEnerhetyk Burshtyn Michael Chidi AloziFC Volyn Lutsk Oleksandr PyschurFC Volyn Lutsk Oleksandr SavanchukFC Krymteplitsia Molodizhne Oleksandr AkymenkoFC Stal Alchevsk Hryhoriy BaranetsFC Lviv Andriy ShevchukPFC Sevastopol Oleksandr ZghuraFC Dnister Ovidiopol
Post-season withdrawn teams
On June 26, 2008 MFC Mykolaiv was withdrawn from competitions. On July 1, 2008 the club was announced about the official disbandment. Due to the public pressure and with help of Hryhoriy Surkis, it became possible to preserve the club in professional competitions. MFK Mykolaiv was admitted to the 2008-09 Ukrainian Second League instead of the third team of Dynamo, FC Dynamo-3 Kyiv.
References
See also Ukrainian Second League 2007-08 Ukrainian Premier League 2007-08