2009–10 Ukrainian Premier League

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19th season of top-tier football league in Vyshcha Liha

Football league season

Metalurh Zap. (Round 17)
Arsenal – Chornomorets (Round 17)

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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]

Teams

Promoted

• FC Zakarpattia Uzhhorod, champion of the 2008–09 Ukrainian First League
  – (returning after absence of a season)
• FC Obolon Kyiv, runner-up of the 2008–09 Ukrainian First League – (returning after absence of 4 seasons)

Location map

Zakarpattia

Zorya

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Locations of team home grounds in Ukrainian Premier League 2009–10

Managers and captains

Club	Coach	Captain	Replaced coach(es)
Arsenal Kyiv	Yuriy Bakalov (caretaker)	Vitaliy Reva	Vyacheslav Hrozny Oleksandr Zavarov Vasyl Yevseyev
Chornomorets Odesa	Andriy Bal	Vitaliy Rudenko	Ihor Nakonechny[3][4] Viktor Hryshko
Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk	Volodymyr Bezsonov	Andriy Rusol
Dynamo Kyiv	Valery Gazzayev	Artem Milevskyi
Illichivets Mariupol	Ilya Bliznyuk	Vadym Melnyk
Karpaty Lviv	Oleg Kononov	Andriy Tlumak
Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih	Yuriy Maksymov	Serhiy Danylovskyi	Oleh Taran
Metalist Kharkiv	Myron Markevych	Oleksandr Horyainov
Metalurh Donetsk	Nikolay Kostov	Vyacheslav Checher
Metalurh Zaporizhya	Roman Hryhorchuk	Dmytro Nevmyvaka	Vladimir Khodus Roman Hryhorchuk Oleh Lutkov
Obolon Kyiv	Serhiy Kovalets[5]	Andriy Konyushenko	Yuriy Maksymov[6]
Shakhtar Donetsk	Mircea Lucescu	Darijo Srna
Tavriya Simferopol	Serhiy Puchkov	Oleksandr Kovpak
Vorskla Poltava	Mykola Pavlov	Hennadiy Medvedyev
Zakarpattia Uzhhorod	Igor Gamula	Oleksandr Chizhevskiy
Zorya Luhansk	Anatoly Chantsev	Volodymyr Yezerskiy	Yuriy Koval Yuriy Dudnyk

Note:

• At the start of the season,
  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

Team	Outgoing head coach	Manner of departure	Date of vacancy	Table	Incoming head coach	Date of appointment	Table
Dynamo Kyiv	Yuri Syomin	own initiative	1 June 2009[9]	Pre-season	Valery Gazzayev	1 June 2009[10][11]	Pre-season
Chornomorets	Viktor Hryshko	own initiative	10 August	16th	Ihor Nakonechny	12 August	16th
Chornomorets	Ihor Nakonechny	temporary position	1 September	14th	Andriy Bal[12]	1 September	14th
Metalurh Zaporizhya	Oleh Lutkov		3 September	12th	Vladimir Khodus[13]	3 September	12th
Zorya	Yuriy Dudnyk	temporary position	23 September	12th	Yuriy Koval[14]	23 September	12th
Metalurh Zaporizhya	Vladimir Khodus	temporary position	22 October	14th	Roman Hryhorchuk[15]	22 October	14th
Metalurh Zaporizhya	Roman Hryhorchuk		7 November	9th	Vladimir Khodus[16]	8 November	9th
Metalurh Zaporizhya	Vladimir Khodus	temporary position	8 December	12th	Roman Hryhorchuk[17]	8 December	12th
Obolon	Yuriy Maksymov	own initiative	25 December	8th	Serhiy Kovalets[5]	14 January	8th
Zorya	Yuriy Koval	sacked	29 December	12th	Anatoly Chantsev[18]	29 December	12th
Kryvbas	Oleh Taran	Director in club	12 January	16th	Yuriy Maksymov[19]	12 January	16th
Arsenal	Oleksandr Zavarov	Sacked	28 January	9th	Vyacheslav Hrozny[20]	28 January	9th
Arsenal	Vyacheslav Hrozny[21]	Resigned	16 April	8th	Yuriy Bakalov[22]	16 April	8th
Arsenal	Yuriy Bakalov	caretaker	22 April	8th	Vasyl Yevseyev[23]	22 April	8th
Arsenal	Vasyl Yevseyev	sick	30 April	8th	Yuriy Bakalov[24]	30 April	8th

Stadiums

Rank	Stadium	Capacity	Highest Attendance		Club	Popular Opponent(s)
1	Donbass Arena	52,518	52,518	Round 29	Shakhtar Donetsk[25]	Dynamo Kyiv
2	OSK Metalist	41,411	40,000	Round 16	Metalist Kharkiv	Obolon Kyiv
3	Dnipro Stadium	31,003	31,003	Round 11	Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk	Dynamo Kyiv
4	Metalurh Kryvbas	29,783	5,000	Round 3	Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih	Dynamo Kyiv
5	Ukraina Stadium	28,051	27,047	Round 25	Karpaty Lviv	Shakhtar Donetsk
6	RSK Olimpiyskiy	25,831	13,500	Round 4	Shakhtar Donetsk[26]	Metalurh Donetsk
7	Vorskla Stadium	25,000	16,000	Round 3	Vorskla Poltava	Shakhtar Donetsk
8	Stadium Meteor	24,381	1,000	Round 13	Arsenal Kyiv[27]	Vorskla Poltava
9	Avanhard Zorya	22,320	22,189	Round 21	Zorya Luhansk	Shakhtar Donetsk
			12,300	Round 6	Shakhtar Donetsk	Zorya Luhansk
10	Lokomotiv Tavria	19,978	14,000	Round 8	Tavriya Simferopol	Metalist Kharkiv
11	Lobanovsky Dynamo	16,873	17,100	Round 22	Dynamo Kyiv	Metalist Kharkiv
			1,500	Round 21	Arsenal Kyiv[28][29]	Zakarpattya Uzhhorod
12	Illichivets Stadium	12,680	8,500	Round 2	Illichivets Mariupol	Shakhtar Donetsk
13	Avanhard Zakarpattya	12,000	9,800	Round 13	Zakarpattya Uzhhorod	Dynamo Kyiv
14	Slavutych-Arena	11,983	12,000	Round 28	Metalurh Zaporizhya	Shakhtar Donetsk
15	Kolos Arsenal	5,654	5,600	Round 7 Round 9	Arsenal Kyiv	Shakhtar Donetsk Dynamo Kyiv
16	Metalurh Donetsk	5,300	4,200	Round 21	Metalurh Donetsk	Dynamo Kyiv
17	Obolon Stadium	5,100	5,300	Round 21	Obolon Kyiv	Shakhtar Donetsk
18	Spartak Stadium	5,000	4,800	Round 12	Chornomorets Odesa	Shakhtar Donetsk
19	Bannikov Stadium	1,678	1,216	Round 29	Arsenal Kyiv[30][31]	Metalurh Donetsk

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]
• After the 26th Round, both Dynamo Kyiv and Shakhtar Donetsk qualified for 2010–11 UEFA Champions League.^[34]
• After the 27th Round, Metalist Kharkiv qualified for the 2010–11 UEFA Europa League.^[35]

• After the 28th Round, both Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk and Karpaty Lviv qualified for the 2010–11 UEFA Europa League.^[36]
• Shakhtar Donetsk captured the championship after a 1–0 win against rivals Dynamo Kyiv in the 29th Round, thus securing a place in the Champions League group stage.^[2] Dynamo Kyiv enters the Champions League third qualification round as runners up.^[2]
• 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.

Timeline of qualification

League table

Results