# 2008–09 FC Metalist Kharkiv season

The 2008–09 season was FC Metalist Kharkiv's 64th season in existence and the club's 5th consecutive season in the top flight of Ukrainian football. In addition to the domestic league, Metalist Kharkiv participated in that season's editions of the Ukrainian Cup and the UEFA Cup. The season covers the period from 1 July 2008 to 30 June 2009.

## Players
### First team squad

    Squad at end of season
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 |
| 2 | DF | UKR | Andriy Konyushenko |
| 3 | DF | UKR | Yevhen Selin |
| 6 | DF | POL | Seweryn Gancarczyk |
| 7 | MF | UKR | Serhiy Valyayev |
| 8 | MF | BRA | Edmar |
| 9 | MF | UKR | Valentyn Slyusar |
| 11 | FW | UKR | Denys Oliynyk |
| 18 | DF | UKR | Andriy Berezovchuk |
| 19 | MF | UKR | Serhiy Barilko |
| 20 | MF | UKR | Anton Postupalenko |
| 21 | DF | UKR | Dmytro Semochko |
| 22 | DF | SRB | Milan Obradović |
| 23 | GK | UKR | Ihor Bazhan |
| 25 | MF | UKR | Oleksandr Rykun |
| 26 | FW | CIV | Venance Zézé |
| 27 | DF | ARG | Jonatan Maidana |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 28 | MF | UKR | Roman Butenko |
| 29 | GK | UKR | Oleksandr Horyainov |
| 30 | DF | SEN | Papa Gueye |
| 32 | MF | ARG | Walter Acevedo |
| 33 | FW | UKR | Marko Dević |
| 37 | DF | MDA | Vitalie Bordian |
| 50 | FW | BRA | Jajá |
| — | GK | UKR | Denys Sydorenko |
| — | GK | UKR | Dmytro Zhdankov |
| — | DF | UKR | Oleksiy Kurilov |
| — | DF | UKR | Oleksandr Lytvyak |
| — | DF | UKR | Oleksandr Stetsenko |
| — | DF | UKR | Maksym Yakhno |
| — | MF | UKR | Yevheniy Lozovyi |
| — | MF | UKR | Ivan Voytenko |

### Left club during season

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 |
| 5 | DF | UKR | Oleksandr Babych (to Chornomorets Odesa) |
| — | MF | CIV | Abdoulaye Djiré (released) |
| 10 | MF | SRB | Aleksandar Trišović (loan to Chornomorets Odesa) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| — | FW | UKR | Ruslan Fomin (loan return to Shakhtar Donetsk) |
| — | FW | GEO | Lasha Jakobia (loan to Arsenal Kyiv) |
| — | FW | UKR | Andriy Koval (to Helios Kharkiv) |

## Competitions
### 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 |

#### Results
### Ukrainian Cup
### UEFA Cup
#### Group stage

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | MET | GAL | OLY | HER | BEN |
| 1 | Metalist Kharkiv | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | +3 | 10 | Advance to knockout stage | — | — | 1–0 | 0–0 | — |
| 2 | Galatasaray | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 1 | +3 | 9 | Advance to knockout stage | 0–1 | — | 1–0 | — | — |
| 3 | Olympiacos | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 3 | +6 | 6 | Advance to knockout stage | — | — | — | 4–0 | 5–1 |
| 4 | Hertha BSC | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 6 | −5 | 2 | | — | 0–1 | — | — | 1–1 |
| 5 | Benfica | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 9 | −7 | 1 | | 0–1 | 0–2 | — | — | — |