# 2005–06 Ukrainian First League

The 2005–06 Ukrainian First League was the fifteenth since its establishment. There were 20 teams competing. Two teams were relegated from the 2004–05 Vyshcha Liha. Four teams were promoted from the 2004–05 Ukrainian Second League.

## Teams

In 2005-06 season, the Ukrainian First League consisted of the following teams:

### Promoted teams

These four teams were promoted from Druha Liha at the start of the season:

#### Group A

* FC Enerhetyk Burshtyn – runner up (debut, promoted ahead of the winner FC Rava Rava-Ruska)
* FC Bershad – 5th place (debut, last minute swap for the withdrawn FC Nyva Vinnytsia)

#### Group B

* FC Krymteplytsia Molodizhne – winners (debut)

#### Group C

* FC Helios Kharkiv – winners (debut)

### Relegated teams

Two teams were relegated from the Vyshcha Liha season:
* FC Obolon Kyiv – 15th placed (returning after three seasons)
* FC Borysfen Boryspil – 16th placed (returning after two seasons)

### Withdrawn teams

* FC Nyva Vinnytsia announced that it withdraws from the league just before the season's start.

### Location
## Managers

| Club | Coach | Replaced coach |
| FC Bershad | Serhiy Shevchenko | Anatoliy Murakhovskyi Vitaliy Sklyarenko |
| Borysfen Boryspil | Oleksandr Prykhodko | Stepan Matviyiv Pavlo Irichuk |
| CSKA Kyiv | Yuriy Maksymov | Vasyl Yevseyev |
| Dynamo-2 Kyiv | Volodymyr Onyshchenko | |
| Dynamo-Ihroservice Simferopol | Oleh Lutkov | Serhiy Lezhentsev |
| Enerhetyk Burshtyn | Mykola Prystai | Mykhaylo Savka |
| Hazovyk-Skala Stryi | Bohdan Bandura | |
| Helios Kharkiv | Kostiantyn Pakhomov | Volodymyr Shekhovtsov Rostyslav Lysenko |
| Karpaty Lviv | Yuriy Dyachuk-Stavytskyi | |
| Krymteplitsia Molodizhne | Oleh Fedorchuk | Oleh Lutkov Anvar Suleimanov |
| Naftovyk-Ukrnafta Okhtyrka | Serhiy Shevchenko | |
| Obolon Kyiv | Petro Slobodyan | Bohdan Blavatskyi |
| Podillya Khmelnytskyi | Serhiy Kucherenko | |
| Shakhtar-2 Donetsk | Mykola Fedorenko | |
| Spartak Ivano-Frankivsk | Ihor Yurchenko | Mykola Prystai |
| Spartak Sumy | Serhiy Strashnenko | Volodymyr Parkhomenko Valeriy Dushkov Valeriy Bermudes Viktor Ivanenko |
| Stal Dniprodzerzhynsk | Viktor Maslov | |
| Zorya Luhansk | Yuriy Koval | |

## Final table

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion or relegation |
| 1 | Zorya Luhansk (C, P) | 34 | 27 | 6 | 1 | 74 | 13 | +61 | 87 | Promoted to Vyshcha Liha |
| 2 | Karpaty Lviv (P) | 34 | 25 | 5 | 4 | 53 | 14 | +39 | 80 | Promoted to Vyshcha Liha |
| 3 | Obolon Kyiv | 34 | 22 | 6 | 6 | 51 | 19 | +32 | 72 | |
| 4 | Naftovyk-Ukrnafta Okhtyrka | 34 | 17 | 7 | 10 | 50 | 35 | +15 | 58 | |
| 5 | Dynamo-2 Kyiv | 34 | 15 | 7 | 12 | 51 | 36 | +15 | 52 | |
| 6 | Hazovyk-Skala Stryi | 34 | 14 | 10 | 10 | 35 | 33 | +2 | 52 | |
| 7 | Podillya Khmelnytskyi | 34 | 14 | 7 | 13 | 39 | 37 | +2 | 49 | |
| 8 | Stal Dniprodzerzhynsk | 34 | 13 | 9 | 12 | 34 | 29 | +5 | 48 | |
| 9 | Krymteplitsia Molodizhne | 34 | 12 | 11 | 11 | 35 | 34 | +1 | 47 | |
| 10 | Spartak Ivano-Frankivsk | 34 | 10 | 15 | 9 | 33 | 31 | +2 | 45 | |
| 11 | Shakhtar-2 Donetsk (D) | 34 | 12 | 8 | 14 | 37 | 42 | −5 | 44 | Withdrew |
| 12 | Helios Kharkiv | 34 | 12 | 8 | 14 | 26 | 35 | −9 | 44 | |
| 13 | Dynamo-Ihroservis Simferopol | 34 | 10 | 8 | 16 | 40 | 51 | −11 | 38 | |
| 14 | Enerhetyk Burshtyn | 34 | 8 | 12 | 14 | 31 | 44 | −13 | 36 | |
| 15 | CSKA Kyiv | 34 | 8 | 8 | 18 | 25 | 52 | −27 | 32 | |
| 16 | Borysfen Boryspil | 34 | 3 | 14 | 17 | 23 | 46 | −23 | 23 | |
| 17 | Spartak Sumy | 34 | 5 | 5 | 24 | 28 | 68 | −40 | 20 | Avoided relegation |
| 18 | FC Bershad (D) | 34 | 3 | 4 | 27 | 14 | 60 | −46 | 4 | Withdrew |
* FC Nyva Vinnytsia (5th Persha Liha 2004-05) merged its operations with FC Bershad' (5th Druha Liha Hrupa A 2004-05) and moved to Bershad' and renamed the club prior to the start of the season. Three points deducted from FC Bershad for failure to comply with Federation directives (12/16/2005) and another 6 points (9 total) deducted for continual nonconformance of League directives (2/24/2006) Informed the UFF that the team is dissolved and will not play any more matches. (May 19, 2006)
* The game between Karpaty and Spartak Sumy (2:1) on March 18, 2006, was annulled by the PFL Bureau (decision of April 26) and both teams were awarded a defeat.
* Persha Liha 2005-06 Winners
* FC Zorya Luhansk First title

## Top scorers

Statistics are taken from here.
| Scorer | Goals (pen.) | Team |
| Bohdan Yesyp | 19 | Naftovyk-Ukrnafta Okhtyrka |
| Mykola Bahlay | 15 (2) | Hazovyk-Skala |
| Vadym Kyrylov | 14 | Zoria Luhansk |
| Pavlo Onysko | 14 (1) | Krymteplytsia Molodizhne |
| Maksym Feshchuk | 12 | Karpaty Lviv |
| Valeriy Ivashchenko | 12 | Obolon Kyiv |
| Kostyantyn Vizyonok | 12 (2) | Zoria Luhansk |
| Yevhen Seleznyov | 11 | Shakhtar-2 Donetsk |
| Serhiy Kucherenko | 11 (3) | Podillya Khmelnytskyi |
| Bohdan Smishko | 10 | Zoria Luhansk |