# 2008–09 in Ukrainian football

The 2008–09 season was the 18th season of competitive association football in Ukraine since dissolution of the Soviet Union.

## Men's club football

| League | League | Promoted to league | Relegated from league |
| Premier League | Premier League | FC Illichivets Mariupol FC Lviv | Naftovyk-Ukrnafta Okhtyrka Zakarpattia Uzhhorod |
| League One | League One | Knyazha Schaslyve Komunalnyk Luhansk | MFC Mykolaiv Dnipro Cherkasy CSKA Kyiv Stal Dniprodzerzhynsk |
| League Two | League Two | Bastion Illichivsk Desna-2 Chernihiv Dnipro-75 Dnipropetrovsk Knyazha-2 Schaslyve PFC Sevastopol-2 MFC Mykolaiv (readmitted) | Dynamo-3 Kyiv Enerhiya Yuzhnoukrainsk Naftovyk Dolyna Khimik Krasnoperekopsk Hazovyk-KhGV Kharkiv |
Note: For all scratched clubs, see section Clubs removed for more details

### Premier League

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | Dynamo Kyiv (C) | 30 | 26 | 1 | 3 | 71 | 19 | +52 | 79 | Qualification to Champions League group stage |
| 2 | Shakhtar Donetsk | 30 | 19 | 7 | 4 | 47 | 16 | +31 | 64 | Qualification to Champions League third qualifying round |
| 3 | Metalist Kharkiv | 30 | 17 | 8 | 5 | 44 | 25 | +19 | 59 | Qualification to Europa League third qualifying round |
| 4 | Metalurh Donetsk | 30 | 14 | 7 | 9 | 36 | 27 | +9 | 49 | Qualification to Europa League second qualifying round |
| 5 | Vorskla Poltava | 30 | 14 | 7 | 9 | 32 | 26 | +6 | 49 | Qualification to Europa League play-off round |
| 6 | Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk | 30 | 13 | 9 | 8 | 34 | 25 | +9 | 48 | |
| 7 | Metalurh Zaporizhzhia | 30 | 12 | 9 | 9 | 29 | 30 | −1 | 45 | |
| 8 | Tavriya Simferopol | 30 | 10 | 7 | 13 | 41 | 45 | −4 | 37 | |
| 9 | Karpaty Lviv | 30 | 8 | 10 | 12 | 33 | 39 | −6 | 34 | |
| 10 | Chornomorets Odesa | 30 | 12 | 2 | 16 | 34 | 42 | −8 | 32 | |
| 11 | Arsenal Kyiv | 30 | 8 | 8 | 14 | 26 | 33 | −7 | 32 | |
| 12 | Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih | 30 | 8 | 8 | 14 | 21 | 36 | −15 | 32 | |
| 13 | Zorya Luhansk | 30 | 8 | 7 | 15 | 29 | 45 | −16 | 31 | |
| 14 | Illichivets Mariupol | 30 | 7 | 5 | 18 | 31 | 54 | −23 | 26 | |
| 15 | FC Lviv (R) | 30 | 6 | 8 | 16 | 24 | 39 | −15 | 26 | Relegation to Ukrainian First League |
| 16 | FC Kharkiv (R) | 30 | 2 | 9 | 19 | 19 | 50 | −31 | 12 | Relegation to Ukrainian First League |
* ↑ Chornomorets were docked 6 points for failing to satisfy contractual obligations with the Bosnian player Đorđe Inđić.
* ↑ On 6 May 2009 FC Kharkiv were docked 3 points by the Disciplinary Committee of the FPL (application fees).

### League 1

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion or relegation |
| 1 | Zakarpattia Uzhhorod (C, P) | 32 | 21 | 6 | 5 | 55 | 28 | +27 | 69 | Promoted to Ukrainian Premier League |
| 2 | Obolon Kyiv (P) | 32 | 19 | 6 | 7 | 74 | 40 | +34 | 63 | Promoted to Ukrainian Premier League |
| 3 | PFC Oleksandria | 32 | 15 | 9 | 8 | 43 | 31 | +12 | 54 | |
| 4 | PFC Sevastopol | 32 | 15 | 6 | 11 | 43 | 41 | +2 | 51 | |
| 5 | Volyn Lutsk | 32 | 15 | 5 | 12 | 48 | 46 | +2 | 50 | |
| 6 | Krymteplytsia Molodizhne | 32 | 14 | 7 | 11 | 40 | 39 | +1 | 49 | |
| 7 | Desna Chernihiv | 32 | 13 | 8 | 11 | 31 | 33 | −2 | 47 | |
| 8 | Dynamo-2 Kyiv | 32 | 11 | 14 | 7 | 43 | 42 | +1 | 47 | |
| 9 | Dniester Ovidiopol | 32 | 11 | 10 | 11 | 39 | 40 | −1 | 43 | |
| 10 | Stal Alchevsk | 32 | 11 | 10 | 11 | 33 | 39 | −6 | 43 | Fair Play Award |
| 11 | Ihroservice Simferopol (D) | 32 | 12 | 6 | 14 | 42 | 47 | −5 | 42 | Withdrew (expelled) from PFL |
| 12 | Naftovyk-Ukrnafta Okhtyrka | 32 | 11 | 11 | 10 | 41 | 42 | −1 | 41 | |
| 13 | Feniks-Illichovets Kalinine | 32 | 9 | 11 | 12 | 33 | 38 | −5 | 38 | |
| 14 | Enerhetyk Burshtyn | 32 | 8 | 7 | 17 | 29 | 43 | −14 | 31 | |
| 15 | Helios Kharkiv | 32 | 8 | 6 | 18 | 28 | 44 | −16 | 30 | |
| 16 | Prykarpattya Ivano-Frankivsk | 32 | 7 | 7 | 18 | 26 | 54 | −28 | 28 | Avoided relegation |
| 17 | Knyazha Schaslyve (D) | 32 | 5 | 5 | 22 | 22 | 23 | −1 | 20 | Withdrew (expelled) from PFL |
| – | Komunalnyk Luhansk (D) | 0 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 12 | 31 | — | 0 | Withdrew (expelled) from PFL |
* ↑ After the season completed, Ihroservice Simferopol withdrew due to licensing issues for the next season
* ↑ Naftovyk-Ukrnafta Okhtyrka deducted 3 points by the Ukrainian Football Federation (January 22, 2009)
* ↑ Due to the licensing issues of Ihroservice Simferopol, Prykarpattya Ivano-Frankivsk who finished in 16th place were not relegated by the PFL.
* ↑ Knyazha Schaslyve withdrew after the winter break; Komunalnyk Luhansk was withdrawn from the league and its results were annulled

### League 2

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion or relegation |
| 1 | FC Nyva Ternopil (C, P) | 32 | 21 | 8 | 3 | 50 | 26 | +24 | 71 | Promoted to First League |
| 2 | FC Arsenal Bila Tserkva (P) | 32 | 21 | 4 | 7 | 51 | 31 | +20 | 67 | Playoff game winner Promoted to First League |
| 3 | PFC Nyva Vinnytsia | 32 | 18 | 7 | 7 | 42 | 30 | +12 | 61 | Name change |
| 4 | FC CSCA Kyiv | 32 | 18 | 3 | 11 | 40 | 23 | +17 | 57 | |
| 5 | FC Nafkom Brovary | 32 | 16 | 4 | 12 | 45 | 33 | +12 | 52 | Withdrew |
| 6 | FC Bastion Illichivsk | 32 | 16 | 4 | 12 | 36 | 40 | −4 | 52 | |
| 7 | FC Dnipro Cherkasy | 32 | 17 | 5 | 10 | 37 | 20 | +17 | 50 | Expelled |
| 8 | FC Dynamo Khmelnytskyi | 32 | 14 | 5 | 13 | 32 | 38 | −6 | 47 | Name change |
| 9 | FC Bukovyna Chernivtsi | 32 | 14 | 2 | 16 | 29 | 39 | −10 | 44 | |
| 10 | FC Ros Bila Tserkva | 32 | 12 | 8 | 12 | 38 | 38 | 0 | 44 | |
| 11 | MFK Mykolaiv | 32 | 11 | 10 | 11 | 28 | 27 | +1 | 43 | |
| 12 | FC Yednist' Plysky | 32 | 12 | 4 | 16 | 31 | 41 | −10 | 40 | |
| 13 | FC Veres Rivne | 32 | 11 | 6 | 15 | 24 | 32 | −8 | 39 | |
| 14 | FC Karpaty-2 Lviv | 32 | 9 | 7 | 16 | 28 | 45 | −17 | 34 | |
| 15 | FC Korosten | 32 | 8 | 2 | 22 | 24 | 42 | −18 | 23 | Expelled |
| 16 | FC Obolon-2 Kyiv | 32 | 5 | 4 | 23 | 20 | 30 | −10 | 19 | Withdrew |
| 17 | FC Knjazha-2 Schaslyve | 32 | 4 | 2 | 26 | 15 | 35 | −20 | 14 | Withdrew |
* ↑ Nyva Vinnytsia renamed themselves from Nyva-Svitanok prior to the start of the season
* ↑ FC Dnipro Cherkasy deducted 6 points by the Ukrainian Football Federation. Three points on November 2, 2008 and three points on March 26, 2009. The club failed to arrive for their 29th and 30th Round games and subsequently were expelled from the competition by the PFL.
* ↑ FC Podillya-Khmelnytskyi renamed themselves to Dynamo Khmelnytskyi on March 2, 2009.
* ↑ MFK Mykolaiv were readmitted into the PFL after dissolving at the end of the Persha Liha 2007–08 season at the expense of FC Dynamo-3 Kyiv who withdrew from the competition
* ↑ FC Korosten deducted 3 points by the Ukrainian Football Federation on March 26, 2009. After not arriving for their 22nd-round game against Veres Rivne, the PFL expelled FC Korosten from the professional leagues.
| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion or relegation |
| 1 | Zirka Kirovohrad (C, P) | 34 | 23 | 3 | 8 | 58 | 26 | +32 | 72 | Promoted to First League – Name Change |
| 2 | FC Poltava | 34 | 21 | 9 | 4 | 52 | 23 | +29 | 72 | Playoff game |
| 3 | Stal Dniprodzerzhynsk | 34 | 21 | 7 | 6 | 62 | 29 | +33 | 70 | |
| 4 | Tytan Armyansk | 34 | 19 | 7 | 8 | 55 | 31 | +24 | 64 | |
| 5 | Shakhtar-3 Donetsk | 34 | 17 | 7 | 10 | 66 | 44 | +22 | 58 | |
| 6 | Olimpik Donetsk | 34 | 16 | 9 | 9 | 55 | 32 | +23 | 57 | |
| 7 | Olkom Melitopol | 34 | 14 | 8 | 12 | 40 | 43 | −3 | 50 | |
| 8 | Shakhtar Sverdlovsk | 34 | 12 | 13 | 9 | 31 | 22 | +9 | 46 | |
| 9 | Tytan Donetsk | 34 | 12 | 11 | 11 | 37 | 33 | +4 | 44 | Withdrew |
| 10 | Illichivets-2 Mariupol | 34 | 12 | 8 | 14 | 40 | 50 | −10 | 44 | |
| 11 | Hirnyk Kryvyi Rih | 34 | 15 | 5 | 14 | 46 | 56 | −10 | 41 | |
| 12 | Arsenal Kharkiv | 34 | 11 | 10 | 13 | 36 | 47 | −11 | 40 | Withdrew |
| 13 | Hirnyk-Sport Komsomolsk | 34 | 9 | 8 | 17 | 28 | 45 | −17 | 35 | |
| 14 | Kremin Kremenchuk | 34 | 10 | 7 | 17 | 43 | 52 | −9 | 34 | |
| 15 | Metalurh-2 Zaporizhzhia | 34 | 9 | 4 | 21 | 35 | 68 | −33 | 31 | |
| 16 | Dnipro-75 Dnipropetrovsk | 34 | 8 | 6 | 20 | 28 | 56 | −28 | 24 | |
| 17 | FC Sumy | 34 | 6 | 10 | 18 | 27 | 60 | −33 | 22 | Name change |
| 18 | PFC Sevastopol-2 | 34 | 2 | 4 | 28 | 17 | 39 | −22 | 10 | Withdrew |
* ↑ Prior to the start of the season FC Olimpik Kirovohrad changed back its name to Zirka, and Zirka that participated in amateur competitions became Olimpik.
* 1 2 3 FC Tytan Donetsk, FC Shakhtar Sverdlovsk, and FC Hirnyk Kryvyi Rih deducted three points on June 18, 2009.
* 1 2 3 4 FC Arsenal Kharkiv, FC Hirnyk Kryvyi Rih, FC Dnipro-75 Dnipropetrovsk, and FC Sumy were deducted three points for non-paying the participation fees; FC Hirnyk Kryvyi Rih, FC Dnipro-75 Dnipropetrovsk, and FC Sumy were deducted additional three points for non-paying the participation fees for the second half of the season. The decision was officially declared by the Disciplinary Committee of PFL on May 28, 2009
* ↑ FC Kremin Kremenchuk deducted 3 points by the Ukrainian Football Federation March 26, 2008
* ↑ FC Yavir Krasnopillya changed their name to FC Sumy on September 11, 2008

### Playoff game

Due to FC Ihroservice Simferopol failing to pay their license dues for the 2009–10 Ukrainian First League season the PFL allowed an extra team to be promoted. The PFL determined that a playoff game between the 2nd placed teams Druha Liha – Arsenal Bila Tserkva and FC Poltava.

#### Playoff game to determine promotion
### Cup competitions
#### Super Cup
## Women's club football

| League | League | Promoted to league | Relegated from league |
| Higher League | 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

2009 Vyshcha Liha (women)