Ukrainian Premier League 2008–09

Infobox Football league season
competition = Ukrainian Premier League
season = 2008–09
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continentalcup1 = Champions League
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prevseason = 2007-08
nextseason = 2009-10The 2008–09 Ukrainian Premier League season is the eighteenth since its establishment. It began on July 16, 2008 with a scoreless draw between Tavriya and Dnipro. Due to cold climate, a winter break will be held from November 16, 2008 until early March 2009. The last round of games will be played in May 2009.

Shakhtar Donetsk are the defending champions, having won their 4th league title. A total of sixteen teams are participating in the league. Fourteen of them have contested in the 2007-08 season while the remaining two were promoted from the Persha Liha.

Map

Note: Fb team FC Kharkiv will play their home games in Sumy's Yuvileiny Stadium (see also Stadia section).

Team changes from last season

FC Naftovyk-Ukrnafta Okhtyrka and Zakarpattya Uzhhorod were demoted to Ukrainian First League after the 2007-08 season for finishing in 15th and 16th place respectively. They were replaced by First League champions FC Illichivets Mariupol and runners-up FC Lviv.

Qualification to European Competitions for the 2009-2010 season

* The Champions of the Ukrainian Premier League 2008-09 will enter directly to the Group stage of the European Champions League competition (medium green).
* The Runners up or second (2nd) placed team will enter the 2nd qualifying round for non Champions of the European Champions League competition (light green).
* The third placed (3rd) team will enter the 3rd qualifying round of the UEFA Europa League competition (medium blue).
* The fourth placed (4th) team will enter the 2nd qualifying round of the UEFA Europa League competition (light blue).

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Round by Round

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

Managers

External links

* [http://www.fpl.com.ua/ Ukrainian Football Premier League official page (Ukrainian)]
* [http://www.soccerway.com/national/ukraine/premier-league/ UPL on soccerway.com]

References