2007–08 in Ukrainian football

Football in UkraineSeason| 2007–08

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

## National teams

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### Ukraine national football team

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Main article: Ukraine national football team

#### Results and fixtures

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### Ukraine women's national football team

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Main article: Ukraine women's national football team

#### Results and fixtures

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## UEFA competitions

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### UEFA Champions League

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Main article: 2007–08 UEFA Champions League

### UEFA Cup

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Main article: 2007–08 UEFA Cup

### UEFA Women's Cup

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Main article: 2007–08 UEFA Women's Cup

## Men's club football

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League  | Promoted to league  | Relegated from league

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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

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Main article: 2007–08 Ukrainian Premier League

Pos | Team

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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

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Main article: 2007–08 Ukrainian First League

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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

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Main article: 2007–08 Ukrainian Second League

Pos | Team

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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. ^ a b 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

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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. ^ a b c 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

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#### Ukrainian Cup

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

7 May 2008

19:00 LST

Shakhtar Donetsk| 2–0| Dynamo Kyiv

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Hladkyy 44'
Hai 78' | (Report) |

Metalist Stadium, Kharkiv

Attendance: 28,000[7]

Referee: Viktor Shvetsov (FIFA)[8]

#### Super Cup

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Main article: 2007 Ukrainian Super Cup

10 July 2007 (2007-07-10)

Dynamo Kyiv| 2–2| Shakhtar Donetsk

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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

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League  | Promoted to league  | Relegated from league

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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

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Main article: 2008 Vyshcha Liha (women)

2008 Vyshcha Liha (women)

## Clubs removed

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### Before the season

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### During or after the season

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## Notes

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## References

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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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| Domestic leagues|

* Premier League
* First League
* Second League
* Amateur League
* 2007
* 2008

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Domestic cups|

* Ukrainian Cup
* Final
* Super Cup
* Amateur Cup
* 2007
* 2008

Club seasons

Premier League|

* Chornomorets Odesa
* Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk
* Dynamo Kyiv
* Hoverla Uzhhorod
* Illichivets Mariupol
* Karpaty Lviv
* Metalist Kharkiv
* Metalurh Donetsk
* Metalurh Zaporizhya
* Olimpik Donetsk
* Shakhtar Donetsk
* Volyn Lutsk
* Vorskla Poltava
* Zorya Luhansk

* Summer 2007 transfers
* Winter 2007–08 transfers

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2007–08 in European men's football (UEFA)

Domestic leagues|

* Albania
* Andorra
* Armenia '07 '08
* Austria
* Azerbaijan
* Belarus '07 '08
* Belgium
* Bosnia and Herzegovina
* Bulgaria
* Croatia
* Cyprus
* Czech Republic
* Denmark
* England
* Estonia '07 '08
* Faroe Islands '07 '08
* Finland '07 '08
* France
* Georgia
* Germany
* Greece
* Hungary
* Iceland '07 '08
* Israel
* Italy
* Kazakhstan '07 '08
* Latvia '07 '08
* Lithuania '07 '08
* Luxembourg
* Macedonia
* Malta
* Moldova
* Montenegro
* Netherlands
* Northern Ireland
* Norway '07 '08
* Poland
* Portugal
* Republic of Ireland '07 '08
* Romania
* Russia '07 '08
* San Marino
* Scotland
* Serbia
* Slovakia
* Slovenia
* Spain
* Sweden '07 '08
* Switzerland
* Turkey
* Ukraine
* Wales

Domestic cups|

* Albania
* Andorra
* Armenia
* Austria
* Azerbaijan
* Belarus
* Belgium
* Bosnia and Herzegovina
* Bulgaria
* Croatia
* Cyprus
* Czech Republic
* Denmark
* England
* Estonia
* Faroe Islands '07 '08
* Finland '07 '08
* France
* Georgia
* Germany
* Greece
* Hungary
* Iceland '07 '08
* Israel
* Italy
* Kazakhstan '07 '08
* Latvia '07 '08
* Liechtenstein
* Lithuania
* Luxembourg
* Macedonia
* Malta
* Moldova
* Montenegro
* Netherlands
* Northern Ireland
* Norway '07 '08
* Poland
* Portugal
* Republic of Ireland '07 '08
* Romania
* Russia
* San Marino
* Scotland
* Serbia
* Slovakia
* Slovenia
* Spain
* Sweden '07 '08
* Switzerland
* Turkey
* Ukraine
* Wales

League cups|

* England
* Finland '07 '08
* France
* Germany
* Hungary
* Iceland '07 '08
* Israel
* Northern Ireland
* Portugal
* Republic of Ireland '07 '08
* Scotland
* Wales

UEFA competitions|

* Champions League (Qualifying rounds, Group stage, Knockout stage, Final)
* UEFA Cup (Qualifying rounds, First round, Group stage, Knockout stage, Final)
* Intertoto Cup
* Super Cup

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