2007–08 in Ukrainian football

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

Football in Ukraine
Season2007–08
Men's football
Premier LeagueShakhtar Donetsk
League 1Illichivets Mariupol
League 2Knyazha Shchaslyve (Group A)
Komunalnyk Luhansk (Group B)
Amateur LeagueFC Luzhany (2008)
Bastion Illichivsk (2007)
CupShakhtar Donetsk
Amateur CupIrpin Horenychi (2008)
Yednist-2 Plysky (2007)
Super CupDynamo Kyiv
Women's football
League HighZhytlobud-1 Kharkiv (2008)
Naftokhimik Kalush (2007)
Women's CupZhytlobud-1 Kharkiv (2008)
Zhytlobud-1 Kharkiv (2007)

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
League One
League Two

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

Premier League
Main article: 2007–08 Ukrainian Premier League
Pos Team 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[lower-alpha 1] 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 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[lower-alpha 1] 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[lower-alpha 2]
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[lower-alpha 3]
18 Dnipro Cherkasy[lower-alpha 4] (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:
(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 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 [lower-alpha 1]
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 [lower-alpha 1]
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[lower-alpha 2]
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[lower-alpha 3]
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[lower-alpha 4]
Source:
(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 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[lower-alpha 1]
5 Shakhtar Sverdlovsk 34 20 6 8 46 27 +19 66 [lower-alpha 2]
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 [lower-alpha 2]
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 [lower-alpha 2]
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[lower-alpha 3]
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]

Ukrainian Cup
Main articles: 2007–08 Ukrainian Cup and 2008 Ukrainian Cup Final
Shakhtar Donetsk2–0Dynamo Kyiv
Hladkyy 44'
Hai 78'		 (Report)
Attendance: 28000[7]
Referee: Viktor Shvetsov (FIFA)[8]


Super Cup
Main article: 2007 Ukrainian Super Cup
Dynamo Kyiv2–2Shakhtar Donetsk
Mykhalyk 26', 30' Report 14' Gladkiy
55' Tkachenko
Penalties
 4–2
Attendance: 32,000
Referee: Pieter Vink

Women's club football
League Promoted to league Relegated from league
Higher League
  • Voskhod Stara Maiachka

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

Higher League

2008 Vyshcha Liha (women)

Clubs removed

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.
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