2007–08 in Ukrainian football

Football in Ukraine

Season	2007–08
Men's football
Premier League	Shakhtar Donetsk
League 1	Illichivets Mariupol
League 2	Knyazha Shchaslyve (Group A) Komunalnyk Luhansk (Group B)
Amateur League	FC Luzhany (2008) Bastion Illichivsk (2007)
Cup	Shakhtar Donetsk
Amateur Cup	Irpin Horenychi (2008) Yednist-2 Plysky (2007)
Super Cup	Dynamo Kyiv
Women's football
League High	Zhytlobud-1 Kharkiv (2008) Naftokhimik Kalush (2007)
Women's Cup	Zhytlobud-1 Kharkiv (2008) Zhytlobud-1 Kharkiv (2007)

The 2007–08 season was the 17th season of competitive association football in Ukraine since dissolution of the Soviet Union.

National teams

Ukraine national football team

Main article: Ukraine national football team

Results and fixtures

Ukraine women's national football team

Main article: Ukraine women's national football team

Results and fixtures

UEFA competitions

UEFA Champions League

Main article: 2007–08 UEFA Champions League

UEFA Cup

Main article: 2007–08 UEFA Cup

UEFA Women's Cup

Main article: 2007–08 UEFA Women's Cup

Men's club football

League		Promoted to league	Relegated from league
Premier League		Naftovyk-Ukrnafta Okhtyrka Zakarpattya Uzhhorod	Illichivets Mariupol Stal Alchevsk
League One		Dnister Ovidiopil Prykarpattia Ivano-Frankivsk FC Sevastopol Feniks-Illichovets Kalinine	Spartak Ivano-Frankivsk FC Krasyliv Borysfen Boryspil Spartak Sumy
League Two		Podillya Khmelnytskyi Arsenal Bila Tserkva Olimpik Kirovohrad Shakhtar Sverdlovsk Nyva-Svitanok Vinnytsia FC Korosten Komunalnyk Luhansk FC Poltava Tytan Donetsk	Inter Boyarka Lokomotyv Dvorichna

Note: For all scratched clubs, see section Clubs removed for more details

Premier League

Main article: 2007–08 Ukrainian Premier League

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Shakhtar Donetsk (C)	30	24	2	4	75	24	+51	74	Qualification to Champions League third qualifying round
2	Dynamo Kyiv	30	22	5	3	65	26	+39	71	Qualification to Champions League second qualifying round
3	Metalist Kharkiv[a]	30	19	6	5	51	27	+24	63	Qualification to UEFA Cup first round
4	Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk	30	18	5	7	40	27	+13	59	Qualification to UEFA Cup second qualifying round
5	Tavriya Simferopol	30	13	8	9	38	40	−2	47	Qualification to Intertoto Cup second round
6	Arsenal Kyiv	30	11	9	10	42	36	+6	42
7	Chornomorets Odesa	30	11	5	14	27	33	−6	38
8	Vorskla Poltava	30	9	9	12	28	30	−2	36
9	Metalurh Zaporizhzhia	30	9	9	12	24	32	−8	36
10	Karpaty Lviv	30	9	6	15	29	41	−12	33
11	Zorya Luhansk	30	9	4	17	24	43	−19	31
12	Metalurh Donetsk	30	6	13	11	34	39	−5	31
13	Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih	30	7	9	14	29	39	−10	30
14	FC Kharkiv	30	6	9	15	20	32	−12	27
15	Naftovyk-Ukrnafta Okhtyrka (R)	30	6	8	16	18	38	−20	26	Relegation to the Ukrainian First League
16	Zakarpattia Uzhhorod (R)	30	3	9	18	17	54	−37	18

Source: uafootball.net.ua
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated
Notes:

1. Metalist Kharkiv was stripped of their bronze award for this season by the Court of Arbitration for Sport in Lausanne in August 2013 for fixing of the match Karpaty Lviv – Metalist (of 19 April 2008).[1][2][3]

League 1

Main article: 2007–08 Ukrainian First League

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	Illichivets Mariupol (C, P)	38	26	7	5	65	26	+39	85	Promoted to Ukrainian Premier League
2	FC Lviv (P)	38	23	5	10	58	29	+29	74
3	Obolon Kyiv	38	22	6	10	67	42	+25	72
4	Desna Chernihiv	38	20	7	11	61	44	+17	67
5	Dynamo-2 Kyiv	38	19	6	13	64	52	+12	63
6	Ihroservice Simferopol	38	18	6	14	50	45	+5	60
7	Stal Alchevsk	38	15	13	10	52	44	+8	58
8	PFC Oleksandria	38	14	15	9	41	32	+9	57
9	Volyn Lutsk[a]	38	16	8	14	61	55	+6	53
10	MFK Mykolaiv (R)	38	13	13	12	33	27	+6	52	Relegated to Ukrainian Second League[b]
11	Krymteplitsia Molodizhne	38	13	11	14	49	43	+6	50
12	FC Dniester Ovidiopol	38	12	13	13	33	39	−6	49
13	Enerhetyk Burshtyn	38	13	9	16	39	44	−5	48
14	Helios Kharkiv	38	13	8	17	31	41	−10	47
15	PFC Sevastopol	38	12	7	19	38	55	−17	43
16	FC Feniks-Illichovets Kalinine	38	11	8	19	35	56	−21	41
17	Prykarpattia Ivano-Frankivsk	38	11	6	21	37	67	−30	39	Avoided relegation[c]
18	Dnipro Cherkasy[d] (R)	38	8	17	13	43	43	0	35	Relegated to Ukrainian Second League
19	CSCA Kyiv (R)	38	7	6	25	36	74	−38	27
20	Stal Dniprodzerzhynsk (R)	38	3	11	24	23	58	−35	20

Source: ^[citation needed]
(C) Champions; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated
Notes:

1. FC Volyn Lutsk was docked three tournament points in accordance with the decision of the Bureau of PFL of 15 April 2008.
2. MFK Mykolaiv informed the PFL season on 26 June 2008 that the City Administration of Mykolaiv will not be financing the team in the 2008/09 season. On 1 July 2008 the team was dissolved. On 17 July 2008 the club reapplies to the PFL and are readmitted into Druha Liha Group A for the 2008-09 season.
3. Prykarpattia Ivano-Frankivsk remains in the Persha Liha after MFK Mykolaiv dissolved and relegated.
4. FC Dnipro Cherkasy docked six tournament points in accordance with the decision of the Bureau of PFL of 19 June 2008 and 3 July 2008.

League 2

Main article: 2007–08 Ukrainian Second League

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	FC Knyazha Schaslyve (C, P)	30	24	5	1	70	13	+57	77	Promoted to First League
2	FC Nyva Ternopil	30	18	10	2	52	15	+37	64
3	FC Podillya-Khmelnytskyi	30	17	7	6	47	28	+19	58	[a]
4	FC Bukovyna Chernivtsi	30	17	6	7	43	25	+18	57
5	FC Obolon-2 Kyiv	30	15	6	9	50	36	+14	51
6	FC Yednist' Plysky	30	14	6	10	34	32	+2	48
7	FC Arsenal Bila Tserkva	30	13	7	10	28	31	−3	46	[a]
8	FC Korosten Korosten	30	11	11	8	26	22	+4	44
9	FC Nyva-Svitanok Vinnytsia	30	10	5	15	23	40	−17	35
10	FC Dynamo-3 Kyiv	30	9	5	16	30	43	−13	32	Withdrew[b]
11	FC Ros' Bila Tserkva	30	8	6	16	28	49	−21	30
12	FC Enerhiya Yuzhnoukrainsk	30	7	9	14	22	47	−25	30	Withdrew[c]
13	FC Nafkom Brovary	30	7	8	15	33	46	−13	29
14	FC Veres Rivne	30	7	8	15	25	44	−19	29
15	FC Karpaty-2 Lviv	30	7	3	20	33	53	−20	24
16	FC Naftovyk Dolyna	30	4	2	24	13	33	−20	14	Withdrew[d]

Source: ^[citation needed]
(C) Champions; (P) Promoted
Notes:

1. FC Podillya-Khmelnytskyi, FC Nyva-Svitanok Vinnytsia, FC Korosten and FC Arsenal Bila Tserkva enter the competition.
2. FC Dynamo-3 Kyiv withdrew out of courtesy before the start of the next season to allow MFK Mykolaiv to enter the competition.
3. FC Enerhiya Yuzhnoukrainsk withdrew from the PFL at the end of the season citing financial difficulties. However, the team indicated that they will return to the PFL in the 2009-10 season.[4] They did not hold to their promise.
4. FC Naftovyk Dolyna withdrew after the first half of the season. Technical victories were awarded to their opponents in the second half of the season.[5]

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	Komunalnyk Luhansk (C, P)	34	22	7	5	56	26	+30	73	Promoted to First League
2	Tytan Armyansk	34	22	5	7	74	39	+35	71
3	Arsenal Kharkiv	34	21	8	5	62	20	+42	71
4	Khimik Krasnoperekopsk	34	21	6	7	54	28	+26	69	Withdrew[a]
5	Shakhtar Sverdlovsk	34	20	6	8	46	27	+19	66	[b]
6	Olimpik Donetsk	34	19	6	9	66	41	+25	63
7	Shakhtar-3 Donetsk	34	15	8	11	57	50	+7	53
8	Kremin Kremenchuk	34	14	8	12	49	46	+3	50
9	Olkom Melitopol	34	14	7	13	38	34	+4	49
10	Illichivets-2 Mariupol	34	12	8	14	43	62	−19	44
11	FC Poltava	34	11	10	13	36	51	−15	43	[b]
12	Tytan Donetsk	34	11	7	16	44	52	−8	40
13	Yavir Krasnopillya	34	10	7	17	36	62	−26	37
14	Hirnyk Kryvyi Rih	34	9	10	15	43	51	−8	37
15	Hirnyk-Sport Komsomolsk	34	9	7	18	38	59	−21	34
16	Olimpik Kirovohrad	34	7	4	23	34	68	−34	25	[b]
17	Metalurh-2 Zaporizhzhia	34	6	7	21	33	66	−33	25
18	Hazovyk-KhGV Kharkiv	34	1	3	30	14	41	−27	6	Withdrew[c]

Source: Professional Football League of Ukraine, Second League Group B
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champions; (P) Promoted
Notes:

1. FC Khimik Krasnoperekopsk did not submit a license for the next season and withdrew from the PFL.
2. FC Olimpik Kirovohrad, FC Poltava, FC Shakhtar Sverdlovsk, FC Komunalnyk Luhansk and FC Titan Donetsk enter the competition.
3. FC Hazovyk-KhGV Kharkiv withdrew after the first half of the season. Technical victories were awarded to their opponents in the second half of the season.[6]

Cup competitions

Ukrainian Cup

Main articles: 2007–08 Ukrainian Cup and 2008 Ukrainian Cup Final

2008-05-07

19:00 LST

Shakhtar Donetsk	2–0	Dynamo Kyiv
Hladkyy 44' Hai 78'	(Report)

Metalist Stadium, Kharkiv

Attendance: 28000[7]

Referee: Viktor Shvetsov (FIFA)[8]

Super Cup

Main article: 2007 Ukrainian Super Cup

10 July 2007 (2007-07-10)

Dynamo Kyiv	2–2	Shakhtar Donetsk
Mykhalyk 26', 30'	Report	14' Gladkiy 55' Tkachenko
Penalties
Aliyev Ninković Dedechko Marković Morozyuk	4–2	Brandão Fernandinho Jádson Raț

Central Stadium "Chornomorets", Odesa

Attendance: 32,000

Referee: Pieter Vink

Women's club football

League		Promoted to league	Relegated from league
Higher League		Voskhod Stara Maiachka	Lehenda-ShVSM Chernihiv Ateks SDIuShOR-16 Kyiv

Note: For all scratched clubs, see section Clubs removed for more details

Higher League

Main article: 2008 Vyshcha Liha (women)

2008 Vyshcha Liha (women)

Clubs removed

Before the season

During or after the season

Notes

References

1. Lausanne announced a verdict on the game Karpaty - Metalist (Лозанна озвучила вердикт по матчу "Карпаты" - "Металлист"). ua-football.com. 2 August 2013.
2. Football - Match Fixing Archived 15 October 2013 at the Wayback Machine. Court of Arbitration of Sport. Lausanne 2 August 2013.
3. Lausanne court upholds UEFA decision to disqualify FC Metalist from European competitions, says club’s vice president, Interfax-Ukraine (28 August 2013)
   UEFA happy with CAS decision on Metalist complaint, Interfax-Ukraine (28 August 2013)
4. (in Ukrainian) PFL meeting minutes explaining Enerhiya's predicament.
5. (in Ukrainian)Report that includes the withdrawal of Naftovyk Dolyna
6. (in Ukrainian) Report that includes the withdrawal of Hazovyk-KhGV Kharkiv
7. "Official protocol (in Ukrainian)" (in Ukrainian). PFL Ukraine. 2008-05-07. Archived from the original on May 10, 2008. Retrieved 2008-05-08.
8. "Additional Information about the Match" (in Russian). FCDynamo.Kiev.com. 2008-05-07. Archived from the original on September 28, 2011. Retrieved 2008-05-07.