2005–06 Vyshcha Liha

The 2005–06 Vyshcha Liha season was the fifteenth since its establishment.

Vyshcha Liha
Season2005–06
ChampionsShakhtar Donetsk
3rd title
RelegatedVolyn Lutsk,
Zakarpattia Uzhhorod
Champions LeagueShakhtar Donetsk (3rd Qualifying Round)
Dynamo Kyiv (2nd Qualifying Round)
UEFA CupChornomorets Odesa (2nd Qualifying Round)
Metalurh Zaporizhya (2nd Qualifying Round)
Intertoto CupDnipro Dnipropetrovsk (2nd Round)
Matches played241
Goals scored554 (2.3 per match)
Top goalscorer(15) - Brandão
Emmanuel Okoduwa
Biggest home win(6:0) - Shakhtar-Illichivets
(7:1) Dynamo-Volyn
Biggest away win(0:6) - Metalist-Dnipro
Highest scoring(3:6) - Metalurh Z.-Kharkiv
Average attendance8,016

Summary

The season started on July 12, 2005 with six games of the first round. The last day of the competition was May 10, 2006. However, because the top two teams have finished with an equal number of points, it was decided to conduct a decisive game between them, which was named as the Golden Match. The game took place soon upon the conclusion of the regular season on May 14. The winner of the championship final became Shakhtar Donetsk that managed to defeat Dynamo Kyiv 2–1 and for the first time winning its second consecutive title and third over all. The top scorers competition was also tied between two foreigners Brandão from Brazil and Emmanuel Okoduwa from Nigeria. Both players won their individual award scoring 15 goals.

Both Shakhtar and Dynamo lost only once Shakhtar at home to Dynamo, while Dynamo lost its only game at home to Dnipro. Both Shakhtar and Dynamo also finished 30 points away from the closest trailing team in the standings. A good season had FC Illichivets Mariupol tying for the fourth together with FC Metalist Kharkiv and FC Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk. Also could be left unnoticed the big return of the Odesa sailors that finally earn their next set of medals for the first time since returning to premiers. Out of the newly promoted teams a good performance showed FC Stal Alchevsk that were just a point shy to stay among the top 10.

Both clubs from the Western Ukraine, FC Volyn Lutsk and FC Zakarpattia Uzhhorod, were forced into relegation due to their poor performance.

Teams

Notes: FC Arsenal Kharkiv was reinstated in the Ukrainian Second League.

Renamed

Location map

Managers

ClubCoachReplaced coach
FC Arsenal Kyiv Oleksandr Zavarov Oleksandr Baranov
Ihor Babinchuk
FC Chornomorets Odesa Semen Altman
FC Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk Oleh Protasov Yevhen Kucherevsky
Vadym Tyshchenko
FC Dynamo Kyiv Anatoliy Demyanenko Leonid Buryak
FC Volyn Lutsk Vitaliy Kvartsiany
FC Kharkiv Hennadiy Lytovchenko
FC Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih Oleksandr Kosevych
FC Metalist Kharkiv Myron Markevych
FC Metalurh Donetsk Stepan Matviiv Oleksandr Sevidov
FC Metalurh Zaporizhya Vyacheslav Hrozny Valeriy Yaremchenko
Anatoliy Chantsev
FC Illichivets Mariupol Ivan Balan
FC Shakhtar Donetsk Mircea Lucescu
SC Tavriya Simferopol Mykhailo Fomenko Oleh Fedorchuk
FC Vorskla Poltava Viktor Nosov
FC Stal Alchevsk Anatoliy Volobuyev
FC Zakarpattia Uzhhorod Petro Kushlyk Viktor Ryashko

League table

PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualification or relegation
1Shakhtar Donetsk (C)3023616414+5075Qualification to Champions League third qualifying round
2Dynamo Kyiv3023616820+4875Qualification to Champions League second qualifying round
3Chornomorets Odesa30136113631+545Qualification to UEFA Cup second qualifying round
4Illychivets Mariupol30127113034−443
5Metalist Kharkiv30127113542−743
6Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk30111093323+1043Qualification to Intertoto Cup second round
7Tavriya Simferopol30116132931−239
8Metalurh Zaporizhya30116133240−839Qualification to UEFA Cup second qualifying round
9Metalurh Donetsk30109113535039
10Vorskla Poltava30910112834−637
11Stal Alchevsk3099122639−1336
12Arsenal Kyiv3098133139−835
13FC Kharkiv3096152936−733
14Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih3096152735−833
15Volyn Lutsk (R)3096153145−1433Relegated to Ukrainian First League
16Zakarpattia Uzhhorod (R)3036211753−3615
Source: uafootball.net.ua
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated

Results

Home \ AwayARKCHODNIDYNILLKHAKRYMETMDOMZASHASTATAVVOLVORZAK
Arsenal Kyiv0–11–00–20–20–01–11–10–21–20–01–11–02–12–02–1
Chornomorets Odesa1–10–00–11–21–02–15–21–00–00–12–21–22–01–22–0
Dnipro1–01–20–30–12–01–00–01–03–02–20–11–30–00–04–0
Dynamo Kyiv3–14–10–21–11–03–12–23–11–12–24–02–07–10–04–1
Illichivets Mariupol3–50–10–01–22–11–00–21–01–01–23–00–11–13–22–0
FC Kharkiv3–10–10–10–33–01–11–01–01–02–30–10–03–22–01–0
Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih1–21–02–20–10–13–12–10–11–00–22–12–02–12–21–0
Metalist Kharkiv1–21–10–61–21–11–01–02–03–11–51–02–01–00–14–1
Metalurh Donetsk2–23–21–10–30–01–13–23–10–01–35–00–04–02–01–0
Metalurh Zaporizhzhya2–21–01–01–22–13–62–10–03–10–32–12–10–10–23–0
Shakhtar Donetsk1–02–02–00–16–03–01–02–02–03–11–11–12–00–03–0
Stal Alchevsk1–00–10–01–21–00–00–11–11–11–11–31–02–22–01–0
Tavriya Simferopol0–11–10–10–00–12–11–00–13–01–00–35–21–22–31–0
Volyn Lutsk2–10–32–11–30–02–03–03–01–20–10–10–10–02–13–1
Vorskla Poltava2–01–21–10–41–00–00–00–11–13–10–21–02–32–00–0
Zakarpattia Uzhhorod2–12–11–21–21–12–10–02–30–00–20–30–20–11–11–1
Source: uafootball.net.ua
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Final match

Shakhtar Donetsk2 – 1 (a.e.t.)Dynamo Kyiv
Marica 59'
Aghahowa 100'
ReportRodolfo 79'
Attendance: 29,734
Shakhtar Donetsk
Dynamo Kyiv
Shakhtar Donetsk:
GK35 Bohdan Shust
DF33 Srna
DF27 Dmytro Chyhrynskyi
DF3 Tomáš Hübschman  58'  91'
DF26 Răzvan Raț
MF36 Elano  21'  73'
MF4 Anatoliy Tymoshchuk (c)
MF18 Mariusz Lewandowski
MF7 Fernandinho
FW29 Ciprian Marica 59'  80'
FW25 Brandão  118'
Substitutes:
MF6 Igor Duljaj  73'  120'
DF8 Leonardo
DF13 Vyacheslav Shevchuk
DF14 Flavius Stoican  91'
GK16 Jan Laštůvka
FW17 Julius Aghahowa  80' 100'
FW20 Oleksiy Byelik
Manager:
Mircea Lucescu
Dynamo Kyiv:
GK1 Oleksandr Shovkovskyi (c)
DF3 Serhiy Fedorov
FW5 Serhii Rebrov  101'
FW9 Kléber  45'
MF14 Ruslan Rotan  12'
FW16 Maksim Shatskikh
MF20 Oleh Husyev
DF27 Vladyslav Vashchuk
MF30 Badr El Kaddouri  119'
DF32 Goran Gavrančić  55'
DF33 Andrey Yeshchenko  68'
Substitutes:
DF4 Rodolfo  55' 79'
MF8 Valyantsin Byalkevich  12'
MF15 Diogo Rincón
FW23 Māris Verpakovskis
FW25 Artem Milevskyi  68'  82'
DF26 Andriy Nesmachniy
GK55 Oleksandr Rybka
Manager:
Anatoliy Demyanenko

MATCH OFFICIALS

  • Assistant referees:
    • Martin Balko
    • Tomáš Mokoš
  • Fourth official: V. Grinjak

MATCH RULES

  • 90 minutes.
  • 30 minutes of extra-time if necessary.
  • Penalty shoot-out if scores still level.
  • Seven named substitutes
  • Maximum of 3 substitutions.

Top goal scorers

Brandão
Okoduwa
BrandãoShakhtar Donetsk15
Emmanuel OkoduwaArsenal Kyiv15
Oleksandr KosyrinMetalurh Donetsk13 (2)
Serhii RebrovDynamo Kyiv13 (2)
Vasyl SachkoVolyn Lutsk13 (2)
KléberDynamo Kyiv11
MatuzalémShakhtar Donetsk10 (1)
Ara HakobyanMetalurh Donetsk10 (3)
Diogo RincónDynamo Kyiv10 (4)
Serhiy ShyshchenkoMetalurh Zaporizhya9
Vasil GigiadzeKryvbas Kryvyi Rih9 (4)
 

See also

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