2016–17 Ukrainian Premier League

The 2016–17 Ukrainian Premier League season is the 26th top level football club competitions since the fall of the Soviet Union and the ninth since the establishment of the Ukrainian Premier League. The league is scheduled to play its first 18 rounds before the winter break (10 December 2016 – 25 February 2017) finishing its first stage of tournament in March. The second stage is scheduled to start on 1 April 2017 and finish on 31 May 2017.

Ukrainian Premier League
Title sponsor logo[1]
Season2016–17
Champions LeagueShakhtar Donetsk
Dynamo Kyiv
Europa LeagueZorya Luhansk
Matches played186
Goals scored437 (2.35 per match)
Top goalscorer15 – Andriy Yarmolenko (Dynamo)
Biggest home win6 – Oleksandriya 6–0 Volyn (Round 19)
Dynamo 6–0 Oleksandriya (Round 28)
Biggest away win4 – Olimpik 0–4 Dynamo (Round 9)
Olimpik 0–4 Shakhtar (Round 25)
Highest scoring7 – Dynamo 3–4 Shakhtar (Round 18)
Longest winning run10 – Shakhtar (Round 12–21)
Longest unbeaten run23 – Shakhtar (Round 1–23)
Longest winless run12 – Karpaty (Round 2–13)
Volyn (Round 13–24)
Longest losing run7 – Volyn (Round 18–24)
Highest attendance51,732 – Dynamo–Shakhtar (Round 26)
Lowest attendance0 – three games[lower-alpha 1]
All statistics correct as of 24 April 2017.

The league's title sponsor for 2016–17 season as for the previous season is a bookmaker company Parimatch, the title of which is displayed on the season shield.

With the continuation of the military conflict in the eastern oblasts (regions) of Ukraine since 2014 and the Russian occupation of Crimea (see the map), the league was forced to change its format again and will now be contested by 12 teams after being cut from 14 in the 2015–16 season.

Dynamo Kyiv were the defending champions. On 6 May 2017 in Kharkiv, Shakhtar Donetsk secured its 10th championship title with a win over Zorya Luhansk and four more rounds to play in the season.[3] The 10th title that Shakhtar earned this season would allow the club to place a star on the club's crest to indicate this feat.[3]

Changes and announcements

On 29 February 2016, the Ukrainian Premier League administration announced that there will be changes to the competition format for the 2016–17 season.[4] It was confirmed that the championship would be played in two different phases, the first phase will be using a standard double round-robin tournament system and the second phase will be broken into two groups one from 1st to 6th place which will play for the championship and the European spots and the second group made up of teams from 7th place to 12th which will play to avoid relegation. The bottom two teams will be relegated and would be replaced by the champion and the runner-up of the 2016–17 Ukrainian First League. The points gained in the first stage are passed on to the second stage.

The new format was to be presented by the FFU Executive Committee.[5] On 29 April 2016, the FFU Executive Committee approved the changes to the new UPL format for 2016–17 season.[6] The fixtures were announced on 7 June 2016.[7] The competition commenced on 21 July when Shakhtar Donetsk hosted Zirka Kropyvnytskyi in Lviv.[8] The first eighteen rounds will be played before winter break which will begin after 10 December 2016. The competition is to resume 25 February 2017. The first phase will end on 18 March 2017 after which the league will split according to the first phase final standings with the second phase starting on 1 April 2017. The season will be concluded on 31 May 2017.

On 7 March 2017, the official website of Dynamo announced that the draw for the second stage of 2016–17 Ukrainian Premier League on 10 March 2017 at the VIP-lounge of Olympiyskyi NSC at 12:00 LST.[9] On 10 March 2017 at Olimpiyskyi NSC took place a draw for the second stage of the tournament.[10]

Teams

Renamed teams

As part of ongoing decommunization in Ukraine, several populated places in Ukraine changed their names, therefore the league adopted the same changes and applied them to the respective clubs in parenthesis.

Location map
Kyiv
Kyiv teams :
Dynamo
Olimpik
Donetsk
Donetsk teams :
Shakhtar
Olimpik
Lviv
Lviv teams :
Karpaty
Shakhtar
Dnipro
Dnipro teams :
Dnipro
Stal
Home venues of teams in the 2016–17 Ukrainian Premier League.
Teams in italics are from a conflict zone of the War in Donbass and are playing their home games in different cities.
Stal Kamianske plays its home games also in Dnipro.
Kyiv city home venues of teams in the League
Lviv city home venues of teams in the League

Stadiums

The following stadiums are regarded as home grounds:

Rank Stadium Club Capacity[14] Notes
1 NSC Olimpiyskiy Dynamo Kyiv 70,050
2 OSC Metalist Shakhtar Donetsk 40,003 Used as home ground in round 7 and second half of season
3 Arena Lviv Karpaty Lviv 34,915
Shakhtar Donetsk Used as home ground during first half of season
Olimpik Donetsk Used as home ground in round 19[15][16]
4 Chornomorets Stadium Chornomorets Odesa 34,164
5 Dnipro-Arena Dnipro 31,003
6 Yuvileiny Stadium Olimpik Donetsk 25,830 Used as home ground during first half of season
7 Vorskla Stadium Vorskla Poltava 24,795
Olimpik Donetsk Used as home ground in round 21[17][18][19]
8 Meteor Stadium Stal Kamianske 24,381 Used as home ground during season[20]
9 Lobanovsky Dynamo Stadium Olimpik Donetsk 16,873 Used as home ground in the second half
10 Zirka Stadium Zirka Kropyvnytskyi 13,667
Olimpik Donetsk Used as home ground in round 3
11 Avanhard Stadium Volyn Lutsk 12,080
12 Slavutych-Arena Zorya Luhansk 11,883 Used as home ground during season
Zirka Kropyvnytskyi Used as home ground in round 17
13 Tsentralnyi Stadion Olimpik Donetsk 10,321 Used as home ground in round 17
14 CSC Nika Stadium FC Oleksandriya 7,000

Personnel and sponsorship
Team President Head coach Captain Kit manufacturer Shirt sponsor
Chornomorets Odesa Leonid Klimov Oleksandr Babych Serhiy Lyulka Legea 2+2
Dnipro Ihor Kolomoyskyi Dmytro Mykhaylenko (caretaker) Ruslan Rotan Nike Biola
Dynamo Kyiv Ihor Surkis Serhiy Rebrov Andriy Yarmolenko adidas — (Ostchem on the backside)
Karpaty Lviv Petro Dyminskyi Oleg Dulub Ihor Khudobyak Joma Pari-Match
FC Oleksandriya Serhiy Kuzmenko Volodymyr Sharan Andriy Zaporozhan Nike UkrAhroKom
Olimpik Donetsk Vladyslav Helzin Roman Sanzhar Dmytro Hryshko Joma Altkom
Shakhtar Donetsk Rinat Akhmetov Paulo Fonseca Darijo Srna Nike SCM
Stal Kamianske Vardan Israelian Leonid Kuchuk Maksym Kalenchuk Joma ISD
Volyn Lutsk Vitaliy Kvartsyanyi Vitaliy Kvartsyanyi Anatoliy Didenko Joma —
Vorskla Poltava Roman Cherniak Vasyl Sachko Volodymyr Chesnakov adidas Ferrexpo
Zirka Kropyvnytskyi Maksym Berezkin Roman Monaryov Federico Pereyra Joma —
Zorya Luhansk Yevhen Heller Yuriy Vernydub Mykyta Kamenyuka Nike —

Managerial changes
Team Outgoing manager Manner of departure Date of vacancy Table Incoming manager Date of appointment
Shakhtar Donetsk Mircea Lucescu Resigned 21 May 2016[21][22] Pre-season Paulo Fonseca 1 June 2016[23]
Karpaty Lviv Volodymyr Bezubyak[lower-alpha 2] End of contract 8 May 2016[25] Valeriy Yaremchenko 6 June 2016[26][lower-alpha 3]
Karpaty Lviv Valeriy Yaremchenko Resigned 17 June 2016[28] Anatoliy Chantsev (caretaker) 17 June 2016[28]
Dnipro Myron Markevych Resigned 30 June 2016[29] Dmytro Mykhaylenko (caretaker) 30 June 2016[30]
Karpaty Lviv Anatoliy Chantsev (caretaker) Resigned (state of health) 5 July 2016[31] Serhiy Zaytsev (caretaker) 5 July 2016[31]
Stal Kamianske Erik van der Meer Resigned (family circumstances) 10 August 2016[32] 7th Joop Gall (caretaker)
Joop Gall		 10 August 2016
permanent since 28 August 2016[33]
Zirka Kropyvnytskyi Serhiy Lavrynenko Mutual consent 19 August 2016 11th Dario Drudi (caretaker) 19 August 2016
Karpaty Lviv Serhiy Zaytsev (caretaker) End as caretaker 7 October 2016[34] 12th Oleg Dulub 7 October 2016[34]
Zirka Kropyvnytskyi Dario Drudi (caretaker) Mutual consent 15 November 2016[35] 9th Viktor Dohadailo (caretaker, until end of 2016)
Roman Monaryov (caretaker)[lower-alpha 4]		 15 November 2016[35]
Stal Kamianske Joop Gall Mutual consent 11 January 2017[37] 9th
(winter break)		 Leonid Kuchuk[38] 15 January 2017
Chornomorets Odesa Oleksandr Babych (caretaker) Received "PRO" license 25 February 2017[39] 7th
(winter break)		 Oleksandr Babych 25 February 2017
Zirka Kropyvnytskyi Roman Monaryov (caretaker) Signed permanent contract 11 May 2017[40] 9th Roman Monaryov 11 May 2017[40]

Notes:

  1. FC Volyn Lutsk was penalized by the Football Federation of Ukraine for its fans and two of its home games were played behind the "closed doors" (without stadium spectators).[2] FC Dnipro was penalized by the Football Federation of Ukraine for its fans and home game against Chornomorets was played behind the "closed doors" (without stadium spectators).
  2. Volodymyr Bezubyak was a senior coach of Karpaty Lviv instead of a regular position of a head coach. The president Dyminsky came out with a new "know-how" and appointed Luzhny as a manager of all teams including the club's academy, while Bezubyak continued to coach the first team.[24]
  3. The Karpaty's official head coach Oleh Luzhny was not confirmed on the position of head coach of Karpaty Lviv for the upcoming season.[27] He was fired for not achieving the club's goal, but to the press he denied that he was managing anything.[24]
  4. Both Viktor Dohadailo and Roman Monaryov were announced as replacements for the resigned Argentinian specialist.[35] The Premier League posts Dohadailo as the only head coach of the senior team after the coach substitution.[36] Roman Monaryov became the only head coach since the start of 2017.

First stage

First stage table
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Shakhtar Donetsk 22 19 3 0 47 14 +33 60 Qualification for the Championship round
2 Dynamo Kyiv 22 14 4 4 43 23 +20 46
3 Zorya Luhansk 22 12 4 6 34 21 +13 40
4 Olimpik Donetsk 22 9 7 6 28 30 −2 34
5 FC Oleksandriya 22 9 6 7 37 28 +9 33
6 Chornomorets Odesa 22 7 6 9 17 23 −6 27
7 Vorskla Poltava 22 6 6 10 24 28 −4 24 Qualification for the Relegation round
8 Stal Kamianske 22 6 6 10 20 25 −5 24
9 Zirka Kropyvnytskyi 22 6 5 11 20 33 −13 23
10 Karpaty Lviv[lower-alpha 1] 22 4 7 11 21 30 −9 13
11 FC Dnipro[lower-alpha 2] 22 4 10 8 21 30 −9 10
12 Volyn Lutsk 22 2 4 16 13 40 −27 10
Source: UEFA, Ukrainian Premier League, Soccerway
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored; 4) Head-to-head points; 5) Head-to-head goal difference; 6) Head-to-head goals scored; 7) Draw.[44]
Notes:
  1. Karpaty Lviv was deducted six points according to a decision by FIFA Disciplinary Committee on 4 March 2016.[41]
  2. FC Dnipro was deducted a total of 12 points (six points by the FIFA Disciplinary Committee for failing to clear their debts with former coach Juande Ramos and his assistants,[42] and six points by the Ukrainian Premier League for failing to comply with the decision of FIFA Disciplinary Committee to pay debts to former player Danilo Sousa Campos[43]).

First stage results
Home \ Away CHO DNI DYK KAR OLK OLD STK SHA VOL VOR ZIR ZOR
Chornomorets Odesa 0–0 1–1 1–0 1–0 3–0 0–1 1–4 0–0 1–2 2–1 0–0
Dnipro 1–1 1–2 1–1 1–4 1–1 1–1 0–2 5–0 1–1 0–1 2–0
Dynamo Kyiv 2–1 1–0 4–1 5–1 1–0 2–1 3–4 2–1 0–2 2–0 0–1
Karpaty Lviv 0–0 1–1 0–2 1–0 0–2 0–1 2–3 2–1 1–0 2–3 2–2
FC Oleksandriya 2–1 0–0 1–1 3–2 1–1 2–0 1–2 6–0 3–2 4–0 0–1
Olimpik Donetsk 1–0 3–0 0–4 0–0[lower-alpha 1] 0–2 0–0 1–1 2–1 3–2 4–2[lower-alpha 2] 0–2
Stal Kamianske 1–2 1–1 1–2 0–3 4–1 2–3 0–1 1–0 0–1 3–0 0–2
Shakhtar Donetsk 2–0 4–0 1–1 2–1 1–0 1–1 2–0 3–0 2–1 4–1 1–0
Volyn Lutsk 0–1 3–0 1–4 1–1 1–1 2–2 0–1 0–1 0–1 1–0 0–1
Vorskla Poltava 1–0 1–2 2–2 1–1 2–2 1–2 0–0 0–1 2–1 0–0 1–2
Zirka Kropyvnytskyi 0–1 1–1 2–0 1–0 1–1 1–2 0–0 0–3 2–0 2–0 1–1
Zorya Luhansk 4–0 2–3 1–2 2–1 1–2 3–0 2–2 1–2 2–0 2–1 2–1
Source: Ukrainian Premier League (in Ukrainian)
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
Notes:
  1. Round 17 match not played due to frozen pitch at Yuvileny Stadium[45] The game was postponed until spring of 2017, but no specific date was announced. On 8 March 2017 there surfaced an information that the game was scheduled to take place on 14 March 2017, yet no such information was posted at the website of Premier League.[46] On 14 March 2017 the Ukrainian Premier League announced that the game would take place on 26 March in Cherkasy at the Central Stadium.[47]
  2. Olympic Donetsk played their home match at Zirka Stadium[48]

First stage positions by round

The following table represents the teams position after each round in the competition played chronologically.

Team ╲ Round12345678910111213141516171819202122
Shakhtar Donetsk3111111111111111111111
Dynamo Kyiv2222222332233222222222
Zorya Luhansk4433333223322333333333
Olimpik Donetsk8867986466665444455554
FC Oleksandriya106810557755444555544445
Chornomorets Odesa611119665544556666676666
Vorskla Poltava5555444677777777767777
Stal Kamianske99768991010101098888999998
Zirka Kropyvnytskyi77911111111999889999888889
Karpaty Lviv12121212121212121212121212121212121212121010
Dnipro134477888891011111111101111111211
Volyn Lutsk1110108101010111111111110101010111010101112
Source:

Championship round

Championship round table
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Shakhtar Donetsk (C) 32 25 5 2 66 24 +42 80 Qualification to Champions League group stage
2 Dynamo Kyiv 32 21 4 7 69 33 +36 67 Qualification to Champions League third qualifying round
3 Zorya Luhansk 32 16 6 10 45 31 +14 54 Qualification to Europa League group stage[lower-alpha 1]
4 Olimpik Donetsk 32 11 11 10 33 44 −11 44 Qualification to Europa League third qualifying round[lower-alpha 1]
5 FC Oleksandriya 32 10 10 12 41 43 −2 40
6 Chornomorets Odesa 32 10 8 14 25 37 −12 38
Source: UEFA, Ukrainian Premier League, Soccerway
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored; 4) Head-to-head points; 5) Head-to-head goal difference; 6) Head-to-head goals scored; 7) Draw.[49]
(C) Champion.
Notes:
  1. Since winners of 2016–17 Ukrainian Cup, Shakhtar Donetsk, qualified for European competition based on their league position, the spot awarded to the cup winner (Europa League group stage) was passed to the third-placed team and the spot for the third-placed team (Europa League third qualifying round) was passed to the fifth-placed team.

Championship round results
Home \ Away CHO DYK OLK OLD SHA ZOR
Chornomorets Odesa 1–4 1–0 0–0 0–3 0–1
Dynamo Kyiv 2–1 6–0 4–0 0–1 1–2
FC Oleksandriya 1–1 1–4 1–0 1–1 0–0
Olimpik Donetsk 1–0 2–1 0–0 0–4 1–1
Shakhtar Donetsk 1–2 2–3 1–0 1–1 3–2
Zorya Luhansk 1–2 0–1 1–0 2–0 1–2
Source: Ukrainian Premier League (in Ukrainian)
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Championship round positions by round
Team ╲ Round23242526272829303132
Shakhtar Donetsk1111111111
Dynamo Kyiv2222222222
Zorya Luhansk3333333333
Olimpik Donetsk4446644444
FC Oleksandriya5554455555
Chornomorets Odesa6665566666
Source:

Relegation round

Relegation round table
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
7 Vorskla Poltava[lower-alpha 1] 32 11 9 12 32 32 0 42
8 Stal Kamianske 32 11 8 13 27 31 −4 41
9 Zirka Kropyvnytskyi 32 9 7 16 29 43 −14 34
10 Karpaty Lviv[lower-alpha 2] 32 9 9 14 35 41 −6 30
11 FC Dnipro[lower-alpha 3] (R) 32 8 13 11 31 40 −9 13 Relegation to the Ukrainian Second League
12 Volyn Lutsk[lower-alpha 4] (R) 32 4 4 24 17 51 −34 10 Relegation to the Ukrainian First League
Source: UEFA, Ukrainian Premier League, Soccerway
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored; 4) Head-to-head points; 5) Head-to-head goal difference; 6) Head-to-head goals scored; 7) Draw.[58]
(R) Relegated.
Notes:
  1. Vorskla Poltava was awarded the UPL Prestige Trophy for winning the consolation tournament.[50]
  2. Karpaty Lviv was deducted six points according to a decision by FIFA Disciplinary Committee on 4 March 2016.[51]
  3. FC Dnipro was deducted a total of 24 points (six points by the FIFA Disciplinary Committee for failing to clear their debts with former coach Juande Ramos and his assistants,[52] six points by the Ukrainian Premier League for failing to comply with the decision of FIFA Disciplinary Committee to pay debts to former player Danilo Sousa Campos,[53] three more points by the FFU Control and Disciplinary Committee for failing execute one of the decisions of the committee[54], and 9 more points on 9 June 2017, after the end of the tournament.[55]). On the decision of FIFA, FFU enforced relegation of FC Dnipro straight to the Second League, skipping the First League. In a near future FFU will adopt a decision which team will be replacing Dnipro in the First League.[56]
  4. Volyn Lutsk was deducted six points on the request of Football Federation of Ukraine which received a letter from the FIFA Disciplinary Committee on 11 May 2017 urging to implement its decision of 15 March 2017, due to debts with former player Saša Stević.[57]

Relegation round results
Home \ Away DNI KAR STK VOL VOR ZIR
Dnipro 2–3 0–0 0–3[lower-alpha 1] 2–0 1–0
Karpaty Lviv 2–2 2–0 1–0 0–1 2–1
Stal Kamianske 0–1 3–2 2–0 0–0 1–0
Volyn Lutsk 0–1 0–1 0–1 0–1 1–0
Vorskla Poltava 1–0 0–0 2–0 2–0 1–1
Zirka Kropyvnytskyi 1–1 3–2 0–1 2–0 1–0
Source: Ukrainian Premier League (in Ukrainian)
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
Notes:
  1. On 31 May 2017, the game Dnipro vs Volyn was interrupted on the 50th minute with a score of 1–0, due to security reasons.[59] The final decision of the game result was adapted by the FFU Control-Disciplinary Committee on 27 June 2017. Dnipro were awarded a technical loss 0–3.[60]

Relegation round positions by round
Team ╲ Round23242526272829303132
Vorskla Poltava7778778777
Stal Kamianske8887887888
Zirka Kropyvnytskyi9999999999
Karpaty Lviv10101010101010101010
Dnipro11111211111111111111
Volyn Lutsk12121112121212121212
Source:

Season statistics

Top goalscorers
Yarmolenko in 2016

The season top goalscorers were:[61][62]

Rank Player Club Goals
(Pen.)
1 Andriy Yarmolenko Dynamo Kyiv 15 (5)
2 Facundo Ferreyra Shakhtar Donetsk 13 (1)
3 Gustavo Blanco Leschuk Karpaty / Shakhtar 11
4 Júnior Moraes[lower-alpha 1] Dynamo Kyiv 10 (2)
5 Artem Besyedin Dynamo Kyiv 9
Denys Harmash Dynamo Kyiv 9
7 Dmytro Khlyobas Vorskla Poltava 8
8 Viktor Kovalenko Shakhtar Donetsk 7
Anton Postupalenko Olimpik Donetsk 7
Kwame Karikari Stal Kamianske 7 (1)
Dmytro Korkishko Chornomorets Odesa 7 (1)

Hat-tricks (pokers)
PlayerForAgainstResultDate
Júnior Moraes Dynamo Kyiv Oleksandriya
5–1
 23 July 2016[64]
Andriy Bohdanov Olimpik Donetsk Dnipro
3–0
 11 September 2016[65]
Júnior Moraes Dynamo Kyiv Volyn Lutsk
4–1
 26 November 2016[66]
Stanislav Kulish(4) Oleksandriya Volyn Lutsk
6–0
 25 February 2017[67]
Kwame Karikari Stal Kamianske Oleksandriya
4–1
 18 March 2017[68]

(number) Player scored (number) goals if more than 3

  Away win
  Home win
  Draw

Awards

Monthly awards

On 16 November 2016, the Premier League administration announced start of voting for the Best player of the month.[69]

Month Player of the Month
Player Club Reference
October 2016 Roman Yaremchuk FC Oleksandriya [70]
November 2016 Marlos Shakhtar Donetsk [71]
March 2017 Ihor Khudobyak Karpaty Lviv [72]
April 2017 Oleksandr Hladkyy Karpaty Lviv [73]
May 2017 Marlos Shakhtar Donetsk [74]

Round awards

On 17 November 2016, the Premier League administration along with Pari-Match introduced another award, "Best player of the round".[75][76] On 1 March 2017, the All-Ukrainian association of Football Coaches introduced award "Best coach of the round".[77]

Round Player Coach
Player Club Reference Coach Club Reference
Round 15 Valeriy Luchkevych FC Dnipro [78]
Round 16 Viktor Kovalenko Shakhtar Donetsk [79]
Round 17 Vladyslav Kocherhin FC Dnipro [80]
Round 18 Fred Shakhtar Donetsk [81]
Round 19 Stanislav Kulish FC Oleksandriya [82] Serhiy Rebrov Dynamo Kyiv [77][83]
Round 20 Ihor Khudobyak Karpaty Lviv [84] Yuriy Vernydub Zorya Luhansk [85]
Round 21 Aderinsola Habib Eseola Zirka Kropyvnytskyi [86] Roman Monaryov Zirka Kropyvnytskyi [87][88]
Round 22 Kwame Karikari Stal Kamianske [89] Leonid Kuchuk Stal Kamianske [90][91]
Round 23 Andriy Yarmolenko Dynamo Kyiv [92] Oleg Dulub Karpaty Lviv [93]
Round 24 Jorge Elias Chornomorets Odesa [94] Oleksandr Babych Chornomorets Odesa [95]
Round 25 Denys Harmash Dynamo Kyiv [96] Serhiy Rebrov Dynamo Kyiv [97]
Round 26 Dmytro Korkishko Chornomorets Odesa [98] Paulo Fonseca Shakhtar Donetsk [99]
Round 27 Andriy Yarmolenko Dynamo Kyiv [100] Vasyl Sachko Vorskla Poltava [101]
Round 28 Denys Harmash Dynamo Kyiv [102] Leonid Kuchuk Stal Kamianske [103]
Round 29 Gustavo Blanco Leschuk Shakhtar Donetsk [104] Roman Sanzhar Olimpik Donetsk [105]
Round 30 Emmanuel Bonaventure Dennis Zorya Luhansk [106] Dmytro Mykhaylenko FC Dnipro [107]
Round 31 Andriy Yarmolenko Dynamo Kyiv [108] Yuriy Vernydub Zorya Luhansk [109]
Round 32 Ivan Petryak Zorya Luhansk [110] Volodymyr Sharan FC Oleksandriya [111]

Season awards

The laureates of the 2016–17 UPL season were:[112]

Scandals

FIFA sanctions

Number of sanctions were implemented by FIFA against some Ukrainian clubs due to their refuse to follow their contractual agreements with players and coaching staff.

In summer of 2016 FIFA imposed sanctions against FC Volyn Lutsk due to the "Ramon Lopes case" denying Volyn the right to register new players other than out of own academy (sport school). The sanctions were in place until 1 March 2017. On 24 February 2017 it became known that sanctions were extended to the end of season.[113]

Separate and much bigger sanctions were implemented against FC Dnipro for number of instances among which are cases with Danilo Sousa Campos, Juande Ramos and others (see above). Before the winter break the club had 12 tournament points deducted, while more sanctions are anticipated to be introduced.[114][115]

The FIFA sanctions were also implemented against FC Karpaty Lviv due to the "Semir Štilić case" (see above).

Other scandals

Previous agreement between Chornomorets and Zorya provided the Luhansk club with the Chornomorets home venue in Odessa for the 2016–17 UEFA Europa League. However the Odessa club failed to payback revenue to Zorya from tickets that were sold for the games. Zorya Luhansk took this case to court, while Chornomorets Odesa has paid portion of the debt already.[116]

gollark: I think it *is* a fundamental issue. If you force people to learn things they don't care about and don't want to do, they'll do the bare minimum.
gollark: They also have this graph of % in work/study, which is oddly different to the earnings one.
gollark: Possibly. As far as I know medicine courses also are pretty small in size and significantly more government-regulated/managed than other ones.
gollark: Well, sure, the maximum is higher, median is about the same.
gollark: Also, economics isn't MUCH higher, these are box plots.

See also

Attendances

These are the home average attendances of all the top division teams (11 home matches of the first round).

Pos Team Total High Low Average Change
1 Dynamo Kyiv 10,032 n/a†
2 Shakhtar Donetsk 7,351 n/a†
3 Chornomorets Odesa 5,753 n/a†
4 Dnipro 4,456 n/a†
5 Zirka Kropyvnytskyi 3,910 n/a†
6 Olimpik Donetsk 3,798 n/a†
7 Karpaty Lviv 3,456 n/a†
8 Vorskla Poltava 2,933 n/a†
9 FC Oleksandriya 2,281 n/a†
10 Volyn Lutsk 2,250 n/a†
11 Zorya Luhansk 2,210 n/a†
12 Stal Kamianske 937 n/a†
League total 0 0 0 0 n/a†

Source: World Football

Number of teams by region

Notes
  1. On 28 February 2017 it was officially announced that Moraes was loaned out to the Chinese Tianjin Quanjian F.C..[63]

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