2015–16 Ukrainian Premier League

The 2015–16 Ukrainian Premier League season is the 25th top level football competitions since the fall of the Soviet Union and the eighth since the establishment of the Ukrainian Premier League. Because of sponsorship the league changed its title for 2015–16 season to League Pari-Match. The competition commenced on 17 July when Metalurh Zaporizhia hosted Zorya Luhansk in Zaporizhia.^[1] The first sixteen rounds were played before the winter break which began 6 December 2015; the competition resumed on 5 March 2016. The season concluded on 15 May 2016. Dynamo Kyiv are the defending champions. With the continuation of the Ukrainian crisis in the oblasts of Donetsk and Luhansk, the league remains at 14 teams after being cut from 16 in the 2013–14 season.^[1][2]

Format

It was confirmed that the championship would be played using a standard double round-robin tournament system. The last team would be relegated and would be replaced by the champion of the 2015–16 Ukrainian First League.^[3] In the event of a decision being made to expand the league to 16 teams next season, the last team will play a play-off game with a team that takes the third place of the 2015–16 Ukrainian First League, while the champion and runner-up would be promoted.^[3]

Teams

Promotions

• FC Oleksandriya, the champion of the 2014–15 Ukrainian First League – (returning for the first time since 2011–12 season, four seasons absence).
• Stal Dniprodzerzhynsk, the runner-up of the 2014–15 Ukrainian First League – (debut). Note: the club replaced FC Metalurh Donetsk (see below).

Metalurh Donetsk / Stal Dniprodzerzhynsk case

After the previous season the president of FC Stal Dniprodzerzhynsk announced that the club will be merged with FC Metalurh Donetsk and replace them in the Premier League for the 2015–16 season^[4] due to the fact that both clubs are owned by the Industrial Union of Donbas (ISD).^[5] On 11 July 2015, the owners of FC Metalurh Donetsk have sent a letter to the Football Federation of Ukraine announcing their withdrawal from the competitions.^[6] Right before the start of competitions it was uncertain which club will replace Metalurh either FC Stal Dniprodzerzhynsk or FC Illichivets Mariupol.^[7][8] On 14 July 2015, the administration of Illichivets released a letter explaining its reason why the club should remain in the league.^[9] Due to the fact that the Premier League members did not manage to gather a quorum, on 16 July 2015, the Football Federation of Ukraine Executive Committee voted on to include Stal to the Premier League (29 for, 7 against and 1 abstain).^[10][11]

Metalurh Zaporizhya case

On 7 October 2015, FC Metalurh Zaporizhya petitioned to the Premier League to withdrew the club from the competition's participation due to the lack of financing.^[12] On 24 November 2015, Metalurh Zaporizhya informed the Premier League about decision of a deliberate assembly of the Metalurh Zaporizhya members in regards to liquidation of the club. On 2 March 2016, the Premier League cancelled the 17th round game for Metalurh Zaporizhya due to the fact that there are only four players were registered for the second half and only five more are allowed to be registered outside of a transfer window. Also the club failed to inform the league and the visiting team about place and time of the upcoming game.^[12]

On 13 March 2016, it was announced that the club's academy the Sports School Metalurh, was handed over to the city authorities after the liquidation of the club.^[13]

On 7 April 2016, another Zaporizhya city club "Rosso Nero" successfully changed its name to Metalurh Zaporizhya^[14] and will participate in the 2016 Ukrainian Football Amateur League.^[15]

Stal Dniprodzerzhynsk scandal

On 19 November 2015,^[16][17] there was appointed a new president of the club Vardan Israelian as the previous president Maksym Zavhorodniy changed his place of work.^[18] In a protest of appointing Vardan Israelian, the club's vice-president Mykola Kolyuchy resigned^[19] and replaced with Bohdan Napolov.^[20] On 24 December 2015, took place a meeting of members of FC Stal Dniprodzerzhynsk which decided discontinue contract with its U-19 team due to "a lack of patriotism" as well as liquidate contracts with number of players from the U-21 who were involved in corruption along with the team's head coach Serhiy Shyshchenko.^[21] Israelian informed that during his talk with Mazyar, the latter said that he will not work without Kolyuchy in the club.^[22]

Location map

Chornomorets

Dnipro

Dynamo

Hoverla

Metalist

Oleksandriya

Metalurh Z.

Olimpik

Shakhtar

Stal

Vorskla

Zorya

Volyn

Karpaty

Home venues of teams in the 2015–16 Ukrainian Premier League.
Teams in italics are from a conflict zone of the War in Donbass and are playing their home games in different cities.
Stal plays its games also in Dnipropetrovsk rather than at home.

Stadiums

The following stadiums are regarded as home grounds:

Note:

Round when attendance is noted as highest is the chronological number of the round, not the published round by the Ukrainian Premier League since some rounds were rescheduled for a later date.

Personnel and sponsorship

Team	Home city	Head coach	Captain	Kit manufacturer	Shirt sponsor
Chornomorets Odesa	Odesa	Oleksandr Babych (interim)	Artem Filimonov	Nike	2+2[24]
Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk	Dnipropetrovsk	Myron Markevych	Ruslan Rotan	Nike	Біола
Dynamo Kyiv	Kyiv	Serhiy Rebrov	Oleksandr Shovkovskiy	adidas	—
Hoverla Uzhhorod	Uzhhorod	Vyacheslav Hroznyi	Dmytro Babenko	adidas	—
Karpaty Lviv	Lviv	Oleh Luzhny[25]	Ihor Plastun	Joma	Pari-Match[26]
Metalist Kharkiv	Kharkiv	Oleksandr Pryzetko (interim)	Volodymyr Pryyomov	adidas	VETEK
Metalurh Zaporizhya	Zaporizhia	Anatoliy Chantsev	Vitaliy Lysytskyi	Nike	—
FC Oleksandriya	Oleksandriya	Volodymyr Sharan	Andriy Zaporozhan	Nike	УкрАгроКом
Olimpik Donetsk	Donetsk	Roman Sanzhar	Dmytro Hryshko	Puma	Altkom
Shakhtar Donetsk	Donetsk	Mircea Lucescu	Darijo Srna	Nike	SCM
Stal Dniprodzerzhynsk	Dniprodzerzhynsk	Erik van der Meer	Maksym Kalenchuk	Nike[27]	ISD
Volyn Lutsk	Lutsk	Vitaliy Kvartsyanyi	Serhiy Kravchenko	adidas	—
Vorskla Poltava	Poltava	Vasyl Sachko	Armend Dallku	adidas	Ferrexpo
Zorya Luhansk	Luhansk	Yuriy Vernydub	Mykyta Kamenyuka	Nike	—

Managerial changes

Team	Outgoing manager	Manner of departure	Date of vacancy	Table	Incoming manager	Date of appointment
Metalist Kharkiv	Ihor Rakhayev	Mutual consent[28]	4 June	Pre-season	Oleksandr Sevidov[29]	4 June
Karpaty Lviv	Igor Jovićević (interim)	Change of contract[30]	1 September	6th	Igor Jovićević[30]	1 September
Stal Dniprodzerzhynsk	Volodymyr Mazyar	existing contract until 2017	undefined[31]	9th	Erik van der Meer[32]	16 January
Karpaty Lviv	Igor Jovićević	End of contract[33]	12 January	8th	Oleh Luzhny[34] & Volodymyr Bezubyak[35]	22 January
Metalist Kharkiv	Oleksandr Sevidov	Resigned[36][37]	18 April	10th	Oleksandr Pryzetko (interim)[36][38]	18 April

Qualification for 2016–17 European competitions

• Since Ukraine finished in eighth place of the UEFA country ranking after the 2014–15 season,^[39] the league will have the same number of qualifiers for 2016–17 UEFA Europa League — 3. The Ukrainian Cup winner qualifies for the Group stage.

Qualified teams

• After the 19th Round and announcement made by the Adjudicatory Chamber of the UEFA Club Financial Control Body (CFCB) in regards to Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk (see the standings table), both Dynamo Kyiv and Shakhtar Donetsk qualified for European football for the 2016–17 season.^[40]
• After the quarter finals second leg of the Ukrainian Cup, Zorya Luhansk qualified for European football for the 2016-17 season.
• After the 21st round, Dynamo Kyiv qualified for the 2016–17 UEFA Champions League as they secured a top 2 finish in the league.
• After the 22nd round, Shakhtar Donetsk qualified for the 2016–17 UEFA Champions League as they secured a top 2 finish in the league. At the same time, Zorya Luhansk qualified for the 2016-17 UEFA Europa League (third qualifying round) as they secured a top six finish in the league (see below for further information). Zorya Luhansk could still qualify for group stage instead, depending on cup winners.
• After the 23rd round, Dynamo Kyiv qualified for the 2016–17 UEFA Champions League (group stage) by winning the league three rounds ahead of finish. One of the last three games is against the expelled Metalurh Zaporizhya for which they guaranteed another three point. At the same time, Shakhtar Donetsk qualified for the 2016-17 UEFA Champions League (third qualifying round) as they secured the second place.
• After the 24th round, Vorskla Poltava qualified for the 2016–17 UEFA Europa League yet it still could qualify for group stage.
• After the 25th round, FC Oleksandriya qualified for the 2016–17 UEFA Europa League yet it still could qualify for group stage.
• After the 26th round, Zorya Luhansk qualified for the 2016–17 UEFA Europa League Group Stage by securing the third best league position eligible for the European competition and making the outcome of the 2016 Ukrainian Cup Final irrelevant for the European qualification. At the same time, Vorskla Poltava and FC Oleksandriya will start at the 2016-17 UEFA Europe League third qualification round.

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Dynamo Kyiv (C)	26	23	1	2	54	11	+43	70	Qualification to Champions League group stage
2	Shakhtar Donetsk	26	20	3	3	76	25	+51	63	Qualification to Champions League third qualifying round[lower-alpha 1]
3	Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk[lower-alpha 2]	26	16	5	5	50	22	+28	53
4	Zorya Luhansk	26	14	6	6	51	26	+25	48	Qualification to Europa League group stage
5	Vorskla Poltava	26	11	9	6	32	26	+6	42	Qualification to Europa League third qualifying round
6	FC Oleksandriya	26	10	8	8	30	29	+1	38
7	Karpaty Lviv	26	8	6	12	26	37	−11	30
8	Stal Dniprodzerzhynsk	26	7	8	11	22	31	−9	29
9	Olimpik Donetsk	26	6	7	13	22	35	−13	25
10	Metalist Kharkiv	26	5	9	12	19	46	−27	24	Expelled from competition after the season[lower-alpha 3]
11	Chornomorets Odesa	26	4	10	12	20	39	−19	22
12	Volyn Lutsk[lower-alpha 4]	26	3	7	16	13	45	−32	7		Expelled from competition after the season[lower-alpha 3]
14	Metalurh Zaporizhya (D)	26	0	3	23	7	50	−43	3	Expelled from competition during the season[lower-alpha 6] (C) Champion; (D) Disqualified. Notes: ↑ Shakhtar Donetsk qualified for the Europa League group stage by winning the 2015–16 Ukrainian Cup. However, since they already qualified for European competition based on their league position, the spot awarded to the cup winners was passed down the league. ↑ On 31 March 2016, the Adjudicatory Chamber of the UEFA Club Financial Control Body (CFCB) announced that Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk will be excluded from participating in the next UEFA club competition for which they would otherwise qualify in the next three (3) seasons (i.e. the 2016–17, 2017–18 and 2018–19 seasons).[41] 1 2 On 22 April 2016, the FFU Committee announced that Metalist Kharkiv and Hoverla Uzhhorod would not be allowed to participate in the professional competitions because of their debts to their players as well as Volyn Lutsk due to the fact that they had not even applied for a license for the following season.[42][43] On 16 May 2016 the FFU Appeal Committee adopted decision to leave in force the decision of the FFU Football Clubs Attestation Committee of 22 April 2016 and refuse in issuing attestation for the next season for Hoverla Uzhhorod and Metalist Kharkiv by declining their appeals.[44] On 30 May 2016 some Ukrainian media announced that Volyn was issued the attestation for the next season without financial guarantees.[45][46] Later same day a FFU representative confirmed that Volyn managed to provide financial guarantees and made all required pre pays on time.[47] ↑ Volyn Lutsk were deducted a total of eighteen points. 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Retrieved 14 July 2015.  Results Home ╲ Away Chornomorets Odesa !CHO Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk !DNI Dynamo Kyiv !DYK Hoverla Uzhhorod !HOV Karpaty Lviv !KAR Metalist Kharkiv !MET Metalurh Zaporizhya !MZA FC Oleksandriya !OLK Olimpik Donetsk !OLD Stal Dniprodzerzhynsk !STD Shakhtar Donetsk !SHA Volyn Lutsk !VOL Vorskla Poltava !VOR Zorya Luhansk !ZOR Chornomorets Odesa !Chornomorets Odesa 0–0 0–2 1–0 0–0 0–1 5–2 1–2 0–2 1–1 1–1 1–2 0–0 0–2 Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk !Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk 4–2 1–2 2–0 2–0 5–0 +:- 2–0 1–1 2–0 4–1 0–1 0–2 0–3 Dynamo Kyiv !Dynamo Kyiv 2–1 2–0 2–0 3–0 2–0 +:- 3–0 2–0 2–0 0–3 3–0 1–0 1–0 Hoverla Uzhhorod !Hoverla Uzhhorod(4) 1–1 1–1 0–2 0–2 1–0 1–1 1–2 0–2 0–0 1–6 1–4 1–1 0–4 Karpaty Lviv !Karpaty Lviv 4–0 0–1 1–2 3–0 1–1 1–0 2–2 4–1 1–0 1–2 0–2 1–3 1–1 Metalist Kharkiv !Metalist Kharkiv 2–2 1–2 1–4 2–2 2–0 +:- 1–1 1–0 1–1 0–5 3–0 0–3 0–1 Metalurh Zaporizhya !Metalurh Zaporizhya(3) -:+ 1–4 0–6 -:+ -:+ 0–0 0–2 0–3 -:+ -:+ 0–2 1–1 0–6 FC Oleksandriya !FC Oleksandriya 0–0 0–4 0–2 2–0 4–1 2–0 1–0 0–0 0–1 2–3 3–1 1–1 2–0 Olimpik Donetsk !Olimpik Donetsk 2–2 1–1 0–3 0–1 0–1 3–0 +:- 1–0 0–2 2–3 1–1 1–1 1–1 Stal Dniprodzerzhynsk !Stal Dniprodzerzhynsk 0–1 0–6 1–2 1–0 1–1 0–0 3–0 2–2 1–0 3–3 1–2 1–2 2–0 Shakhtar Donetsk !Shakhtar Donetsk 2–0 0–2 3–0 2–0 3–0 8–1 2–0 2–0 3–0 2–0 4–0 3–1 2–3 Volyn Lutsk !Volyn Lutsk 1–1 2–3 0–2 0–0 0–0 2–2 9–1 0–0 1–0 1–0 1–4 2–1 0–3 Vorskla Poltava !Vorskla Poltava 2–0 1–1 0–4 2–1 3–0 1–0 +:- 0–1 2–1 0–0 2–2 1–1 0–2 Zorya Luhansk !Zorya Luhansk 4–0 1–2 0–0 2–1 4–1 0–0 4–1 1–1 4–0 2–1 1–7 1–1 1–2 Updated to games played on 15 May 2016. Source: Ukrainian Premier League (Ukrainian) 1 ^ The home team is listed in the left-hand column. Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win. Notes: ^(3) Premier League administration cancelled Round 17 and 18 matches due to Metalurh Zaporizhya not having enough players registered to compete.[12] Metalurh Zaporizhya was expelled from the competition and all their remaining games are technical losses (-:+), while their opponents receive a technical victory (+:-).[50] ^(4) On 15 April 2016 the FFU Control and Disciplinary Committee (KDK) adopted decision to award FC Hoverla Uzhhorod technical losses in last two games (at home against Olimpik and away against Chornomorets) where the club fielded a player (Vitālijs Jagodinskis) and allowed a banned coach (Oleksiy Velychko) who were supposed to serve their suspension.[51][52][53] The club is also was fined for a total of 60,000 hryvnias (~$2,000).[51] Positions by round The following table represents the teams position after each round in the competition played chronologically.(5) Team ╲ Round 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 Dynamo Kyiv !Dynamo Kyiv 4 2 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 Shakhtar Donetsk !Shakhtar Donetsk 3 1 1 2 3 2 2 2 2 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk !Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk 7 4 4 7 5 4 3 4 3 3 3 3 3 3 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 3 3 3 3 3 Zorya Luhansk !Zorya Luhansk 1 3 6 4 2 3 5 3 5 4 4 4 4 4 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 4 4 4 4 4 Vorskla Poltava !Vorskla Poltava 10 8 10 9 9 7 6 5 6 6 5 5 6 5 5 6 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 FC Oleksandriya !FC Oleksandriya 13 7 8 10 11 11 11 9 10 11 8 8 9 8 8 7 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 Karpaty Lviv !Karpaty Lviv 12 6 3 3 4 6 7 7 8 7 7 7 7 7 7 8 7 7 7 7 7 8 7 7 8 7 Stal Dniprodzerzhynsk !Stal Dniprodzerzhynsk 11 13 9 6 8 9 9 11 7 8 9 9 10 10 10 9 8 8 8 8 8 7 8 8 7 8 Olimpik Donetsk !Olimpik Donetsk 6 11 12 12 12 12 12 12 12 12 10 10 8 9 9 10 10 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 Metalist Kharkiv !Metalist Kharkiv 2 5 5 5 7 8 10 10 11 9 12 12 12 12 11 11 11 10 11 12 10 10 10 10 10 10 Chornomorets Odesa !Chornomorets Odesa 5 10 13 13 14 13 13 13 13 13 13 13 13 13 13 12 12 13 13 13 12 13 12 11 11 11 Volyn Lutsk !Volyn Lutsk 9 12 7 8 6 5 4 6 4 5 6 6 5 6 6 5 9 12 12 11 13 12 11 12 12 12 Hoverla Uzhhorod !Hoverla Uzhhorod 8 9 11 11 10 10 8 8 9 10 11 11 11 11 12 13 13 11 10 10 11 11 13 13 13 13 Metalurh Zaporizhya !Metalurh Zaporizhya 14 14 14 14 13 14 14 14 14 14 14 14 14 14 14 14 14 14 14 14 14 14 14 14 14 14 Last updated: 9 May 2016 Source: Notes: ^(5) Originally scheduled Round 12 has been scheduled to be played after Round 16.[54] Season statistics Teixeira in 2015 Top goalscorers As of 21 May 2016[55] Rank Player Club Goals (Pen.) 1 Alex Teixeira(6) Shakhtar Donetsk 22 (5) 2 Pylyp Budkivskyi Zorya Luhansk 14 3 Andriy Yarmolenko Dynamo Kyiv 13 (1) 4 Eduardo da Silva Shakhtar Donetsk 12 5 Yevhen Seleznyov(7) Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk 10 (2) Oleh Husyev Dynamo Kyiv 10 (4) 7 Oleksandr Karavayev Zorya Luhansk 8 Marlos Shakhtar Donetsk 8 (2) Anton Shynder Vorskla Poltava 8 (2) 10 Júnior Moraes Dynamo Kyiv 7 Dmytro Khlyobas Vorskla Poltava 7 Vitaliy Ponomar FC Oleksandriya 7 Matheus Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk 7 (1) Volodymyr Pryyomov Metalist Kharkiv 7 (1) Notes: ^(6) On 4 February 2016 it was announced that Alex Teixeira was sold to a Chinese club Jiangsu Suning F.C. for €50 million.[56] ^(7) On 25 February 2016 Yevhen Seleznyov was sold to FC Kuban Krasnodar. On 14 May 2016 Seleznyov signed with FC Shakhtar Donetsk. Hat-tricks Player For Against Result Date Yevhen Seleznyov4 Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk Stal Dniprodzerzhynsk 6–0 17 October 2015[57] Vyacheslav Sharpar Volyn Lutsk Metalurh Zaporizhya 9–1 29 November 2015[58] Taison Shakhtar Donetsk Metalist Kharkiv 8–1 1 April 2016[59] Andriy Totovytskyi Zorya Luhansk Shakhtar Donetsk 3–2 15 May 2016[60] 4 Player scored four goals   away win   home win   tie See also 2015–16 Ukrainian First League 2015–16 Ukrainian Premier League Reserves and Under 19 2015–16 Ukrainian Second League 2015–16 Ukrainian Cup 2015–16 UEFA Europa League 2015–16 UEFA Champions League References 1 2 (Ukrainian) Дати і час початку матчів 1-го туру Ліги Парі-Матч [Dates and time of the 1st round games of the League Pari-Match]. Ukrainian Premier League. 3 July 2015. Retrieved 3 July 2015.  ↑ Ukraine trying to revive Crimean champion football club, USA Today (19 June 2015) 1 2 (Ukrainian) 2015-16 Ukrainian Premier League regulations. Football Federation of Ukraine. ↑ (Russian) FC Stal press-office (21 June 2015). "Металлург (Д) и Сталь (Д) объединились в одну команду" [Metalurh and Stal merged into one team]. Official FC Stal Site. Retrieved 15 July 2015.  ↑ (Russian)UA-Football (10 June 2015). "Тарута: Металлург Д прекращает свое существование" [Taruta: Metalurh D is ceasing its existence]. Matchday.ua. Retrieved 13 September 2015.  ↑ (Russian) Металлург Д объявляет о банкротстве ↑ (Russian) Говерла остается в УПЛ; идет борьба между Ильичевцем и Сталью ↑ (Russian) Кочетов: "Можем говорить, что Сталь является участником УПЛ" ↑ (Ukrainian) Illichivets came out with the official announcement. UA-Football. 14 July 2015 ↑ (Ukrainian) Stal Dniprodzerzhynsk will participate in the 2015-16 Ukrainian Premier League. Football Federation of Ukraine. 16 July 2015 ↑ (Ukrainian) FFU announced the results of voting on the UPL composition. Stal will play in the elite. UA-Football. 16 July 2015 1 2 3 (Ukrainian) "Прем'єр-ліги відмінила найближчі матчі запорізькоо Металурга" [Premier League cancelled the next upcoming games with participation of Metalurh Zaporizhya]]. Ukrainian Premier League. UA-Football. 2 March 2016. Archived from the original on March 2, 2016.  ↑ (Russian) "ДЮСШ запорожского Металлурга перешла под опеку города" [Sports school of Metalurh Zaporizhya was transferred under the city's supervision]. Sport Arena. UA-Football. 13 March 2016. Archived from the original on March 13, 2016.  ↑ (Russian) "Металлург Запорожье прошел государственную регистрацию" [Metalurh Zaporizhya passed the state registration]. UA-Football. 7 April 2016. 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