2009–10 Ukrainian Premier League


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.
On 5 May 2010, Shakhtar Donetsk regained the title after a 1–0 win against rivals Dynamo Kyiv.

Teams

Promoted

Managers and captains

Note:

Stadiums

Qualification to European competitions for 2010–11

Timeline of qualification

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League table

Results

Round by round

The following table is a historic representation of the team's position in the standings after the completion of each round.

Rescheduled games

Last updated: 9 May 2010
#ScorerGoals Team
1 Artem Milevskiy17 Dynamo Kyiv
2 Jajá16 Metalist Kharkiv
3 Yevhen Seleznyov13 Shakhtar/Dnipro
4 Luiz Adriano11 Shakhtar Donetsk
5 Andrey Varankow10Obolon Kyiv/Kryvbas
6 Henrikh Mkhitaryan9Metalurh Donetsk
6 Denys Oliynyk9Metalist Kharkiv
6 Andriy Vorobey9Arsenal Kyiv
6 Ionuț Mazilu9 Arsenal Kyiv
6 Jádson9 Shakhtar Donetsk

Season awards

By the competition's statute, the following awards was presented. The award presentation took place on 15 June 2010 at InterContinental in Kiev.
The laureates of the 2009–10 UPL season were:
Pride of flag is a club award given to the club who provided the most players for the national team and youth teams: U-21, U-19, U-17. In 2009, the award was given to Dynamo Kyiv, while the first runner-up was Shakhtar Donetsk and second – Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk. No data is available for the 2010 season.

Medal squads

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1. FC Shakhtar Donetsk

Goalkeepers: Andriy Pyatov, Rustam Khudzhamov.

Defenders: Darijo Srna, Yaroslav Rakitskiy, Răzvan Raț, Oleksandr Kucher, Mykola Ishchenko, Oleksandr Chyzhov, Vyacheslav Shevchuk, Dmytro Chygrynskiy, Volodymyr Yezerskiy.

Midfielders: Jádson, Fernandinho, Vasyl Kobin, Ilsinho, Willian, Tomáš Hübschman, Mariusz Lewandowski, Igor Duljaj, Douglas Costa, Oleksiy Gai, Kostyantyn Kravchenko, Oleksiy Polyanskiy, Alex Teixeira.

Forwards: Luiz Adriano, Oleksandr Hladkyy, Ruslan Fomin, Julius Aghahowa, Yevhen Seleznyov.
Manager: Mircea Lucescu.
Transferred out during the season: Dmytro Chygrynskiy, Volodymyr Yezerskiy, Oleksiy Polyanskiy, Yevhen Seleznyov.
2. FC Dynamo Kyiv

Goalkeepers: Oleksandr Shovkovsky, Stanislav Bohush, Denys Boyko.

Defenders: Leandro Almeida, Taras Mykhalyk, Betão, Yevhen Khacheridi, Andriy Nesmachny, Badr El Kaddouri, Oleksandr Romanchuk, Pape Diakhaté, Vitaliy Mandziuk.

Midfielders: Ognjen Vukojević, Roman Eremenko, Miloš Ninković, Tiberiu Ghioane, Gérson Magrão, Oleh Husiev, Atanda Yussuf, Denys Harmash, Corrêa, Serhiy Kravchenko, Oleksandr Aliyev, Vladyslav Kalitvintsev, Kyrylo Petrov.

Forwards: Artem Milevsky, Andriy Yarmolenko, Andriy Shevchenko, Roman Zozulya, Artem Kravets.
Manager: Valery Gazzayev.
Transferred out during the season: Oleksandr Aliyev, Serhiy Kravchenko, Pape Diakhaté, Oleksandr Romanchuk, Vitaliy Mandziuk, Corrêa.
3. FC Metalist Kharkiv

Goalkeepers: Oleksandr Horiainov, Ihor Bazhan.

Defenders: Papa Gueye, Milan Obradović, Vitalie Bordian, Jonathan Maidana, Serhiy Pshenychnykh, Fininho, Yevhen Selin Seweryn Gancarczyk.

Midfielders: Denys Oliynyk, Serhiy Valiayev, Edmar Halovsky, Oleh Shelayev, Valentyn Sliusar, Oleksandr Rykun, Andriy Berezovchuk, Alexei Eremenko, Marcin Burkhardt, Artem Putivtsev, Serhiy Barilko, Anton Postupalenko, Aleksandar Trišović.

Forwards: Jajá, Marko Dević, Volodymyr Lysenko, Venance Zeze, Oleksiy Antonov.
Manager: Myron Markevich.
Transferred out during the season: Seweryn Gancarczyk, Jonathan Maidana, Marcin Burkhardt, Alexei Eremenko, Venance Zeze, Aleksandar Trišović.

Note': Players in italic'' are those whose playing position is uncertain.