19th season of top-tier football league in Vyshcha Liha
Football league season
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]
Locations of team home grounds in Ukrainian Premier League 2009–10
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
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]
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.
^Original game ended in a 4–1 victory to Obolon. A technical 3–0 victory was awarded to Metalurh Zaporizhya as a result of four players from Obolon Kyiv using a banned substance administered to them during the game.[39] FC Obolon Kyiv protested the decision and entered arbitration via the Appellate Committee of the Ukrainian Football Federation. The decision was overturned 20 November 2009.[40]
Round by round
The following table is a historic representation of the team's position in the standings after the completion of each round.
Source: Dynamo Kyiv's Official Site (in Ukrainian)
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).[41] 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.[42] 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.[43] 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[44]
Season awards
By the competition's statute, the following awards was presented.[37][45][46] The award presentation took place on 15 June 2010 at InterContinental in Kyiv.
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.[48] In 2009, the award was given to Dynamo Kyiv, while the first runner-up was Shakhtar Donetsk and second – Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk.[49] No data is available for the 2010 season.
^Затверджено календар змагань на сезон 2009/2010 рр. [Confirmed match calendar for 2009–10]. Professional Football League of Ukraine (PFL) (in Ukrainian). 12 June 2009. Archived from the original on 17 June 2009. Retrieved 12 June 2009.
^ a b cLinnyk, Igor (5 May 2010). "Shakhtar regain Ukrainian crown". UEFA.com. UEFA. Archived from the original on 7 May 2010. Retrieved 5 May 2010.
^"Керівництво ФК "Чорноморець" спростувало інформацію про продаж клубу російській компанії (Administration of Chornomorets released information about sale of club to a Russian company)" (in Ukrainian). Ukrinform – Ukrainian National Information Agency. Archived from the original on 16 July 2011. Retrieved 28 August 2009.
^"Игорь Наконечный - и.о. главного тренера «Черноморца»" [Ihor Nakonechny – head coach of Chornomorets]. FC Choronomorets (in Ukrainian). Retrieved 13 June 2023.
^ a b"У Ковальца в "Оболони" две задачи (Kovalets has two tasks with "Obolon")". ua-football.com (in Russian). 14 January 2010. Archived from the original on 17 January 2010. Retrieved 14 January 2010.
^До весняної частини чемпіонату "Оболонь" готуватиме новий наставник [For the spring part of the championship "Obolon" will be prepared by a new coach] (in Ukrainian). ua-football.com. 27 December 2009. Archived from the original on 27 December 2009. Retrieved 27 December 2009.
^Fifield, Dominic (29 August 2009). "Andriy Shevchenko leaves Chelsea to return to Dynamo Kyiv". The Guardian. Retrieved 29 August 2009.
^"Официальное представление Андрея Шевченко как игрока "Динамо" – состоялось (Official presentation Andriy Shevchenko as a Dynamo player)" (in Ukrainian). ua-football.com. 31 August 2009. Retrieved 31 August 2009.
^Газзаев едет в Киев, а Сёмин - в Москву. www.championat.com. 26 May 2009
^Юрий Семин вновь возглавит "Локомотив" с 1 июня 2009 года. sportrg.ru. 27 May 2009
^І.Суркіс: В.Газзаєв залишиться працювати в "Динамо". daily.rbc.ua. 17 September 2010
^Fyodorov, Gennady. "Blokhin gets director job at Chernomorets Odesa". yahoo. Reuters. Retrieved 1 September 2009.[permanent dead link]
^Владимир Ходус возглавил запорожский "Металлург" [Volodymyr Khodus head trainer Metalurh Zaporizhzhia] (in Russian). ua-football.com. 3 September 2009. Retrieved 3 September 2009.
^Юрий Коваль – главный тренер "Зари" [Yuriy Koval head trainer of Zorya Luhansk] (in Russian). ua-football.com. 23 September 2009. Retrieved 1 October 2009.
^Роман Григорчук – главный тренер запорожского "Металлурга" [Roman Hryhorchuk head trainer of Metalurh Zaporizhya] (in Russian). ua-football.com. 22 October 2009. Archived from the original on 25 October 2009. Retrieved 23 October 2009.
^"Роман Григорчук уже не тренер "Металлурга"? (Roman Hryhorchuk already not manager of "Metalurh"?)" (in Russian). ua-football.com. 8 November 2009. Archived from the original on 25 October 2009. Retrieved 11 November 2009.
^"Роман Григорчук подписал контракт с запорожским "Металлургом" (Roman Hryhorchuk signed a contract with Metalurh Zaporizhya)" (in Russian). ua-football.com. 8 December 2009. Archived from the original on 13 December 2009. Retrieved 14 December 2009.
^"Анатолий Чанцев: "Нужно играть в футбол, от которого сам получаешь удовлетворение" (Anatoliy Chantsev: "Need to play football, from which you get satisfaction.")" (in Russian). Zorya Official Site. 4 January 2010. Archived from the original on 18 July 2011. Retrieved 5 January 2010.
^"Юрий Максимов: "Поблажек не будет"» (Yuriy Maksymov: "There will be no indulgence.")" (in Russian). ua.football. 13 January 2010. Archived from the original on 16 January 2010. Retrieved 13 January 2010.
^"ФК "Арсенал": Заваров освобожден!.. Грозный назначен (Arsenal Kyiv: Zavarov dismissed!.. Grozny assigned)" (in Russian). ua.football. 28 January 2010. Retrieved 28 January 2010.
^"Грозный подал в отставку! (Grozny gives notice of resignation)" (in Russian). fcarsenal.com.ua. 16 April 2010. Archived from the original on 19 April 2010. Retrieved 16 April 2010.
^Вадим Рабинович: "Не вижу разницы между эмоциональным и взвешенным решением" (in Russian). dynamo.kiev.ua. 18 April 2010. Archived from the original on 21 April 2010. Retrieved 18 April 2010.
^Тренерский покер "Арсенала" (in Russian). ua-football.com. 22 April 2010. Archived from the original on 25 April 2010. Retrieved 19 September 2013.
^"Ворскла" – "Арсенал" 1:5. Расстрел по-киевски (in Russian). ua-football.com. 30 April 2010. Archived from the original on 3 May 2010. Retrieved 19 September 2013.
^(in Ukrainian) FPL: Game Report – Venue Donbass Arena Round 8 fixture Shakhtar–Obolon with 42,800 in attendance Archived 8 March 2012 at the Wayback Machine
^Former home ground used as venue prior to Round 8
^"Матч "Арсенал" – "Ворскла" у Дніпропетровську! (Match Arsenal – Vorskla in Dnipropetrovsk!)". FPL (in Ukrainian). 22 March 2010. Archived from the original on 3 April 2010. Retrieved 22 March 2010.
^(in Ukrainian) FPL: Game Report – Venue VV Lobanovsky Stadium (Kyiv) used as home ground by Arsenal Kyiv in Round 19 Archived 14 March 2010 at the Wayback Machine
^(in Ukrainian) FPL: Game Report – Venue VV Lobanovsky Stadium (Kyiv) used as home ground by Arsenal Kyiv in Round 21 Archived 8 March 2012 at the Wayback Machine
^(in Ukrainian) FPL: Game Report – Venue Bannikov Stadion used as home ground by Arsenal in Round 17 Archived 6 February 2010 at the Wayback Machine
^(in Ukrainian)FPL: Game Report – Venue Bannikov Stadion used as home ground by Arsenal in Round 29 Archived 8 March 2012 at the Wayback Machine
^Kassies, Bert. "UEFA Country Ranking 2009". Retrieved 25 May 2009.
^"Qualification for European Cup Football 2010/2011". kassiesa.net. Retrieved 13 June 2023.
^Maloney, Steven (19 April 2010). "2010–11 UEFA Champions League Qualifying Picture – Qualifying Rounds". Glorious Football. Archived from the original on 9 May 2010. Retrieved 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)
^Kassies, Bert. "Qualification 2010/2011 UEFA European Cup Football". Retrieved 25 April 2010. EL2-4=Metalist Kharkiv – 25.410 (eu/Q4) or (eu/Q3) or (eu/Q2)[dead link]
^Kassies, Bert, Qualification 2010/2011 UEFA European Cup Football, EL2-4=(Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk 14.910 (eu/Q3) or (eu/Q4) or (eu/Q2)–EL3-4=Karpaty Lviv 7.910 (eu/Q2) or (eu/Q3))
^ a bРЕГЛАМЕНТ Стаття 13. Визначення місць команд у турнірній таблиці [Regulations: Statute 13 Determination of position in the competition standings table, Awards: Appendix 5 Pride of flag Award] (PDF) (in Ukrainian). FPL. 10 July 2009. Archived from the original (PDF) on 8 March 2012. Retrieved 15 April 2010.
^"Match protocol" (in Ukrainian). fpl.ua. 23 March 2010. Archived from the original on 27 March 2010. Retrieved 23 March 2010.
^""Оболонь" подасть апеляцію (Obolon appeals decision on loss of points)" (in Ukrainian). ua-football.com. 23 October 2009. Retrieved 4 November 2009.
^АК ФФУ задовольнив скаргу ФК "Оболонь" [Appellate Committee of FFU remove sanctions against Obolon Kyiv] (in Ukrainian). ОПФКУ «ПЛ». 20 November 2009. Archived from the original on 25 November 2009. Retrieved 25 November 2009.
^"Матч "Металіст" – "Шахтар" – 23 вересня! (Match Metalist – Shakhtar – 23 September)". Professional Football League of Ukraine (PFL) (in Ukrainian). 11 August 2009. Archived from the original on 13 August 2009. Retrieved 21 August 2009.
^"13-й тур не відбудеться (Round 13 will not be played)". PFL (in Ukrainian). 4 November 2009. Archived from the original on 8 November 2009. Retrieved 7 November 2009.
^"Дати проведення матчів 13-го і 16-го турів (Match dates for Round 13 and 16)". PFL (in Ukrainian). 12 November 2009. Archived from the original on 1 December 2009. Retrieved 20 November 2009.
^"Бомбардири (Goalscorer section)". PFL (in Ukrainian). 1 May 2010. Archived from the original on 29 May 2010. Retrieved 1 May 2010.
^"Прем'єр-ліга. Визначені лауреати сезону 2009/2010 рр.! (Premier League. Award winners for 2009–10 season)". ua-football.com (in Ukrainian). 29 June 2010. Archived from the original on 29 May 2010. Retrieved 29 June 2010.
^Photos of the awards and their author. Archived 15 May 2010 at the Wayback Machine(in Ukrainian)
^"Срна, Пятов і Луческу стали найкращими в Україні - Спорт - TCH.ua". Archived from the original on 21 March 2017. Retrieved 20 March 2017.
^(in Ukrainian) Regulations on the Pride of flag award
^(in Ukrainian) Final Standing (pdf)
External links
Ukrainian Football Premier League official page (in Ukrainian)