The 2009–10 Ukrainian First League was the nineteenth since its establishment. There were 18 teams competing. Two teams were relegated from the 2008–09 Ukrainian Premier League. Three teams were promoted from the 2008–09 Ukrainian Second League. 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 11, 2010.
Teams
Promoted teams These three teams were promoted from Druha Liha at the start of the season: Group A Nyva Ternopil – Druha Liha champion (Returning after seven seasons) Arsenal Bila Tserkva - Playoff Winner (Debut)
Group B Zirka Kirovohrad – Druha Liha champion (Returning after six seasons)
Relegated teams Two teams were relegated from the Ukrainian Premier League 2008–09 season
FC Lviv – 15th place (Returning after a season) FC Kharkiv – 16th place (Previously as FC Arsenal Kharkiv)
Map The following displays the location of teams.
Playoff game Prior to the beginning of the season FC Ihroservice Simferopol failed to pay their license dues for the season. To allow an extra team to be promoted, the PFL determined that a playoff game between the 2nd placed teams from Druha Liha – Arsenal Bila Tserkva and FC Poltava would determine the vacancy. This playoff game was played July 12, 2009.
Final standings
Results
Top scorers ScorerGoals (Pen.)Team1 Serhiy Kucherenko 19 (3)Krymteplitsia Molodizhne 2 Yuriy Pleshakov 17PFC Sevastopol 3 Valentyn Poltavets 15 (5)Dnister Ovidiopol 4 Serhiy Hrybanov14 (3) Desna Chernihiv5 Maicon 13 (3)Volyn Lutsk 6 Andriy Shevchuk 12 (4)PFC Sevastopol7 Yevhen Pavlov11 Volyn Lutsk Souleymane Diaby11Krymteplitsia Molodizhne Oleksandr Mandzyuk 11 (1)FC Lviv 10 Anton Mukhovykov 10Stal Alchevsk
Managers ClubCoachReplaced coachArsenal Bila Tserkva Ihor Artymovych Desna Chernihiv Oleksandr Ryabokon Dniester Ovidiopol Andriy ParkhomenkoDynamo-2 Kyiv Hennadiy Lytovchenko Enerhetyk Burshtyn Mykola Prystay Feniks-Illichovets Kalinine Ivan Maruschak Helios Kharkiv Serhiy Kandaurov FC Kharkiv Rinat Morozov Mykhaylo StelmakhKrymteplitsia Molodizhne Oleksandr Sevidov Gennady MorozovFC Lviv Viktor Ryashko (caretaker) Algimantas Liubinskas Ihor Yavorskyi Yuriy Benyo Vyacheslav Mavrov Naftovyk-Ukrnafta Okhtyrka Serhiy Shevchenko Valeriy HorodovNyva Ternopil Ihor Biskup (interim) Viktor RyashkoPFC Oleksandria Volodymyr Sharan Serhiy Kovalets <br/ > Yuriy KovalPrykarpattya Ivano-Frankivsk Serhiy Ptashnyk PFC Sevastopol Oleh Leschynskyi Stal Alchevsk Anatoliy Volobuyev Vadym PlotnikovVolyn Lutsk Vitaliy Kvartsyanyi Zirka Kirovohrad Ihor Zhabchenko
Managerial changes TeamOutgoing head coachManner of departureDate of vacancyTableIncoming head coachDate of appointment Krymteplitsia Mykhaylo Sachko Contract expired Pre-season Gennady Morozov Desna Mykhaylo Dunets Contract expired Oleksandr Ryabokon Naftovyk-Ukrnafta Valeriy Horodov Mutual consent Serhiy Shevchenko FC Lviv Yuri Benio Mutual consent 5 Vyacheslav Mavrov (caretaker) Vyacheslav Mavrov (caretaker) Interim manager 5 Ihor Yavorsky PFC Oleksandria Yuriy Koval Mutual consent 10 Serhiy Kovalets Krymteplitsia Gennady Morozov Mutual consent 12 Oleksandr Sevidov FC Stal Alchevsk Vadym Plotnikov Mutual consent 4 Anatoliy Volobuyev FC Lviv Ihor Yavorsky Dismissed 2 Algimantas Liubinskas PFC Oleksandria Serhiy Kovalets Leaves for Obolon 6 Volodymyr Sharan Nyva Viktor Ryashko Leaves for FC Lviv 17 Ihor Biskup (interim) FC Kharkiv Mykhaylo Stelmakh Sacked 18 Rinat Morozov FC Lviv Algimantas Liubinskas Mutual terms 2 Viktor Ryashko (caretaker)
Stadiums The following stadiums were used during the season.
Rank Stadium Capacity Club Notes 1 Zirka Stadium, Kirovohrad 13,667 Zirka Kirovohrad 2 Labor Reserve, Bila Tserkva 13,500 Arsenal Bila Tserkva With stadium under construction capacity is reduced to 5,000. 3 Avanhard Stadium, Lutsk 12,080 Volyn Lutsk 4 Yuriy Haharyn Stadium, Chernihiv 12,060 Desna Chernihiv 5 City Stadium, Ternopil 11,300 Nyva Ternopil 6 Stal Stadium, Alchevsk 8,632 Stal Alchevsk 7 MCS Rukh, Ivano-Frankivsk 6,500 Prykarpattya Ivano-Frankivsk 8 KSC Nika, Oleksandria 5,692 PFC Oleksandria 9 Naftovyk Stadium, Okhtyrka 5,256 Naftovyk-Ukrnafta Okhtyrka 10 Druzhba Stadium, Bakhchisaray, Crimea 4,500 PFC Sevastopol Temporary home stadium used by Sevastopol in the first half of the season 11 SK Sevastopol, Sevastopol, Crimea 3,500 PFC Sevastopol Return to their home stadium after the winter break 12 ST Sport Arena, Ahrarne, Crimea 3,250 Krymteplitsia Molodizhne 13 Kniazha Arena, Dobromyl 3,220 FC Lviv 14 Central Stadium, Makariv, Kyiv Oblast 3,100 Arsenal Bila Tserkva Club forced to play away from home due to construction. 15 Enerhetyk Stadium, Burshtyn 3,000 Enerhetyk Burshtyn 16 Dynamo Stadium, Kharkiv 2,500 FC Kharkiv 17 Sport Complex Obukhivsky Raion, Obukhiv, Kyiv Oblast 2,064 Arsenal Bila Tserkva Club forced to play away from home due to state of home ground pitch. 18 Helios Arena, Kharkiv 2,057 Helios Kharkiv 19 Dukov Dniester Stadium, Ovidiopol 1,500 Dniester Ovidiopol 20 Arsenal-Spartak Stadium, Kharkiv 1,500 FC Kharkiv Used as temporary home ground after the winter break because of weather conditions. 21 Stadium Yunist, Kalinino, Crimea 1,050 Feniks-Illichovets Kalinine 22 Dynamo Club Stadium, Chapayevka 750 Dynamo-2 KyivDesna ChernihivArsenal Bila Tserkva Used as temporary home ground for Desna and Arsenal because of weather conditions. 23 YFA Sport Club Metalist Stadium, Kharkiv 400 Helios Kharkiv Used as temporary home ground after the winter break because of weather conditions.
See also 2009–10 Ukrainian Premier League 2009–10 Ukrainian Second League
References
External links Professional Football League of Ukraine – website of the professional football league of Ukraine Football agency S.V.S.: statistic information