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

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

Group A

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

Group C

Relegated teams

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

Renamed/relocated teams
  • On May 23, 2006, the PFL Bureau of Ukraine acknowledged that FC Lviv will replace FC Hazovyk-Skala Stryi as its successor. The club was moved from Stryi to Lviv.
  • On December 19, 2006 FC Dynamo-Ihroservis Simferopol changed to FC Ihroservis Simferopol.[1]

Teams

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

Locations of teams in First League

Managers
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
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[lower-alpha 1] (D) 36 5 6 25 20 63 −43 9
19 Borysfen Boryspil[lower-alpha 2] (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) Champion; (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

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
 FC Desna Chernihiv & Dynamo-2

Teams withdrawn during and after season

Spartak Sumy

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

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

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

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

References
  1. Decision #60 of the PFL Bureau of Ukraine. December 19, 2006.
  2. Statistics (in Russian)
  3. Decision #57 of the PFL Bureau of Ukraine Archived 2016-03-03 at the Wayback Machine. November 28, 2006.
  4. Decision #11 of the PFL Bureau of Ukraine Archived 2016-03-03 at the Wayback Machine. March 16, 2007.
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