# 2008–09 FC Dynamo Kyiv season

Following are the results of the 2008–09 FC Dynamo Kyiv season. FC Dynamo Kyiv (Ukrainian: ФК "Динамо" Київ) is a professional football club based in the Ukrainian capital city of Kyiv. Founded in 1927, the club currently participates in the Ukrainian Premier League and has spent its entire history in the top league of Soviet and later Ukrainian football. Dynamo Kyiv has won thirteen league titles, nine Ukrainian Cups, one UEFA Super Cup and two UEFA Cup Winners' Cups, and played three times in the semi-final of the UEFA Champions League.

## Squad
### First-team squad

Updated 7 September 2008
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 1 | GK | UKR | Oleksandr Shovkovskyi (Captain) |
| 2 | DF | UKR | Oleh Dopilka |
| 3 | DF | BRA | Betão |
| 4 | MF | ROU | Tiberiu Ghioane |
| 5 | MF | CRO | Ognjen Vukojević |
| 6 | DF | CRO | Goran Sablić |
| 7 | MF | BRA | Corrêa |
| 8 | FW | UKR | Oleksandr Aliyev |
| 9 | MF | UKR | Mykola Morozyuk |
| 10 | FW | GUI | Ismaël Bangoura |
| 99 | FW | LVA | Māris Verpakovskis |
| 11 | DF | FIN | Roman Eremenko |
| 12 | FW | NGA | Frank Temile |
| 15 | DF | SEN | Pape Diakhaté |
| 16 | FW | UZB | Maksim Shatskikh |
| 17 | DF | UKR | Taras Mykhalyk |
| 18 | GK | UKR | Vitaliy Reva |
| 19 | MF | UKR | Denys Harmash |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 20 | MF | UKR | Oleh Husyev |
| 21 | GK | UKR | Taras Lutsenko |
| 22 | FW | UKR | Artem Kravets |
| 23 | DF | UKR | Oleksandr Romanchuk |
| 25 | FW | UKR | Artem Milevskyi |
| 26 | DF | UKR | Andriy Nesmachniy |
| 30 | DF | MAR | Badr El Kaddouri |
| 31 | GK | UKR | Stanyslav Bohush |
| 32 | DF | GEO | Malkhaz Asatiani |
| 33 | FW | NGA | Emmanuel Okoduwa |
| 36 | MF | SRB | Miloš Ninković |
| 37 | MF | NGA | Ayila Yussuf |
| 49 | FW | UKR | Roman Zozulya |
| 50 | MF | ROU | Florin Cernat |
| 55 | GK | UKR | Oleksandr Rybka |
| 70 | FW | UKR | Andriy Yarmolenko |

### UEFA Champions League Squad
## Transfers
### In

| # | Pos | Player | From | Fee | Date |
| 5 | MF | Vukojević | Dinamo Zagreb | | |
| 45 | FW | Cannerson | loan from AS Roma | | |
| 33 | FW | Okoduwa | Germinal Beerschot | | |
| 12 | FW | Temile | Valletta | | |
| 3 | DF | Betão | Santos | | |
| 31 | GK | Bohush | Metalurh Z | | |
| 11 | MF | Eremenko | Udinese | one-year loan | 15-08-2008 |
| 32 | DF | Malkhaz Asatiani | Lokomotiv | | |

### Loaned out
## Statistics
### Top scorers

Includes all competitive matches
| Position | Number | Name | Goals |
| 1 | 10 | Ismael Bangoura | 15 |
| 2 | 25 | Artem Milevskyi | 14 |
| 3 | 8 | Oleksandr Aliyev | 9 |
| 4 | 4 | Tiberiu Ghioane | 4 |
| 5 | 70 | Andriy Yarmolenko | 3 |
| 6 | 22 | Artem Kravets | 2 |
| = | 17 | Taras Mikhalik | 2 |
| = | 36 | Miloš Ninković | 2 |

## Club
### Coaching staff

| Position | Staff |
| Head coach | Yuri Semin |
| Assistant coach | Oleh Luzhnyi |
| Assistant coach | Sergei Ovchinnikov |
| Assistant coach | Valeriy Zuyev |
| Goalkeeping coach | Serhiy Krakovskiy |
| First team fitness coach | Vincenzo Pinkolini |
| Dynamo-2 head coach | Yuriy Kalitvynstev |
| Dynamo-2 head coach | Gennadiy Litovchenko |
| Reserve and Youth team coach | Volodymyr Muntyan |
| Club doctor | Victor Berkovskyi |
| Club doctor | Volodymyr Maliuta |
| Club doctor | Andriy Shmorhun |
Last updated: 8 Nov Source: FC Dynamo Kyiv

## Ukrainian Premier League
### League table

| 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 |