2015–16 Ukrainian Premier League

The 2015–16 Ukrainian Premier League season is the 25th top-level football competitions since the fall of the Soviet Union and the eighth since the establishment of the Ukrainian Premier League. Because of sponsorship the league changed its title for 2015–16 season to League Parimatch. The competition commenced on 17 July when Metalurh Zaporizhzhia hosted Zorya Luhansk in Zaporizhzhia.[1] The first sixteen rounds were played before the winter break which began 6 December 2015; the competition resumed on 5 March 2016. The season concluded on 15 May 2016. Dynamo Kyiv are the defending champions. With the continuation of the Ukrainian crisis in the oblasts of Donetsk and Luhansk, the league remained at 14 teams after being cut from 16 in the 2013–14 season.[1][2]

Ukrainian Premier League
Season2015–16
ChampionsDynamo Kyiv
15th title
Champions LeagueDynamo Kyiv
Shakhtar Donetsk
Europa LeagueZorya Luhansk
Vorskla Poltava
FC Oleksandriya
Matches played136
Goals scored365 (2.68 per match)
Top goalscorer22 – Alex Teixeira (Shakhtar)
Biggest home win8 – Volyn 9–1 Metalurh (Round 15)
Biggest away win6 – Metalurh 0–6 Zorya (Round 1),
Stal 0–6 Dnipro (Round 11),
Zorya 1–7 Shakhtar (Round 12),
Metalurh 0–6 Dynamo (Round 16)
Highest scoring10 – Volyn 9–1 Metalurh (Round 15)
Longest winning run12 – Shakhtar (Round 6–17)
Longest unbeaten run10 – Dynamo (Round 1–10)
Longest winless run16 – Metalurh (Round 1–16)
Longest losing run8 – Metalurh (Round 9–16)
Highest attendance32,794 – DynamoShakhtar (Round 11)
Lowest attendance300 – OlimpikVolyn (Round 19)
All statistics correct as of 20 March 2016.

Format

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It was confirmed that the championship would be played using a standard double round-robin tournament system. The last team would be relegated and would be replaced by the champion of the 2015–16 Ukrainian First League.[3] In the event of a decision being made to expand the league to 16 teams next season, the last team will play a play-off game with a team that takes the third place of the 2015–16 Ukrainian First League, while the champion and runner-up would be promoted.[3]

Teams

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Promotions

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Metalurh Donetsk / Stal Dniprodzerzhynsk case

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After the previous season the president of FC Stal Dniprodzerzhynsk announced that the club will be merged with FC Metalurh Donetsk and replace them in the Premier League for the 2015–16 season[4] due to the fact that both clubs are owned by the Industrial Union of Donbas (ISD).[5] On 11 July 2015, the owners of FC Metalurh Donetsk have sent a letter to the Football Federation of Ukraine announcing their withdrawal from the competitions.[6] Right before the start of competitions it was uncertain which club will replace Metalurh either FC Stal Dniprodzerzhynsk or FC Illichivets Mariupol.[7][8] On 14 July 2015, the administration of Illichivets released a letter explaining its reason why the club should remain in the league.[9] Due to the fact that the Premier League members did not manage to gather a quorum, on 16 July 2015, the Football Federation of Ukraine Executive Committee voted on to include Stal to the Premier League (29 for, 7 against and 1 abstain).[10][11]

Metalurh Zaporizhzhia case

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On 7 October 2015, FC Metalurh Zaporizhzhia petitioned to the Premier League to withdraw the club from the competition's participation due to the lack of financing.[12] On 24 November 2015, Metalurh Zaporizhzhia informed the Premier League about decision of a deliberate assembly of the Metalurh Zaporizhzhia members in regards to liquidation of the club. On 2 March 2016, the Premier League cancelled the 17th-round game for Metalurh Zaporizhzhia due to the fact that there are only four players were registered for the second half and only five more are allowed to be registered outside of a transfer window. Also the club failed to inform the league and the visiting team about place and time of the upcoming game.[12]

On 13 March 2016, it was announced that the club's academy the Sports School Metalurh, was handed over to the city authorities after the liquidation of the club.[13]

On 7 April 2016, another Zaporizhzhia city club "Rosso Nero" successfully changed its name to Metalurh Zaporizhzhia[14] and will participate in the 2016 Ukrainian Football Amateur League.[15]

Stal Dniprodzerzhynsk scandal

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On 19 November 2015,[16][17] there was appointed a new president of the club Vardan Israelian as the previous president Maksym Zavhorodniy changed his place of work.[18] In a protest of appointing Vardan Israelian, the club's vice-president Mykola Kolyuchy resigned[19] and replaced with Bohdan Napolov.[20] On 24 December 2015, took place a meeting of members of FC Stal Dniprodzerzhynsk which decided discontinue contract with its U-19 team due to "a lack of patriotism" as well as liquidate contracts with number of players from the U-21 who were involved in corruption along with the team's head coach Serhiy Shyshchenko.[21] Israelian informed that during his talk with Mazyar, the latter said that he will not work without Kolyuchy in the club.[22]

Location map

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Kyiv
 
Kyiv teams :
Dynamo
Olimpik
 
Donetsk
 
Donetsk teams :
Shakhtar
Olimpik
 
Lviv
 
Lviv teams :
Karpaty
Shakhtar
 
Dnipro
 
Dnipro teams :
Dnipro
Stal
 
Zaporizhzhia
 
Zaporizhzhia teams :
Metalurh
Zorya
Home venues of teams in the 2015–16 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 plays its games also in Dnipropetrovsk rather than at home.
Kyiv city home venues of teams in the League
Lviv city home venues of teams in the League

Stadiums

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The following stadiums are regarded as home grounds:

Rank Stadium Club Capacity Highest
Attendance
Notes
1 NSC Olimpiyskiy Dynamo Kyiv 70,050 32,794 Round 11 (Shakhtar)
2 OSC Metalist Metalist Kharkiv 40,003 16,855 Round 7 (Shakhtar)
3 Arena Lviv Shakhtar Donetsk 34,915 6,497 Round 24 (Dynamo) Used as home ground during season
Karpaty Lviv 14,656 Round 18 (Dynamo) Used as home ground in round 18
4 Chornomorets Stadium Chornomorets Odesa 34,164 22,222 Round 3 (Dynamo)
Shakhtar Donetsk 13,213 Round 5 (Dnipro) Used as home ground in rounds 5 and 16
5 Dnipro-Arena Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk 31,003 22,060 Round 4 (Dynamo)
6 Ukraina Stadium Karpaty Lviv 28,051 7,328 Round 7 (Zorya)
7 Vorskla Stadium Vorskla Poltava 24,795 16,000 Round 10 (Dynamo)
8 Meteor Stadium Stal Dniprodzerzhynsk 24,381 5,500 Round 11 (Dnipro) Used as home ground during season[23]
9 Dynamo Stadium Olimpik Donetsk 16,873 2,500 Round 14 (Dynamo) Used as home ground in Round 14
Metalurh Zaporizhzhia 4,800 Round 16 (Dynamo) Used as home ground in Round 16
10 Avanhard Stadium Volyn Lutsk 12,080 10,280 Round 8 (Dynamo)
11 Slavutych-Arena Metalurh Zaporizhzhia 12,000 6,960 Round 10 (Olimpik)
Zorya Luhansk 6,800 Round 6 (Dynamo) Used as home ground during season
Shakhtar Donetsk 6,751 Round 14 (Zorya) Used as home ground in Round 14 & 26
12 Avanhard Stadium Hoverla Uzhhorod 12,000 3,600 Round 15 (Shakhtar)
13 CSC Nika Stadium Oleksandriya 7,000 6,500 Round 13 (Shakhtar)
14 Bannikov Stadium Olimpik Donetsk 1,678 1,050 Round 9 (Shakhtar) Used as home ground during season
Shakhtar Donetsk 1,354 Round 8 (Stal) Used as home ground in Round 8

Note:

Round when attendance is noted as highest is the chronological number of the round, not the published round by the Ukrainian Premier League since some rounds were rescheduled for a later date.

Personnel and sponsorship

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Team Home city Head coach Captain Kit manufacturer Shirt sponsor
Chornomorets Odesa Odesa   Oleksandr Babych (interim)   Artem Filimonov Nike 2+2[24]
Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk Dnipropetrovsk   Myron Markevych   Ruslan Rotan Nike Біола
Dynamo Kyiv Kyiv   Serhii Rebrov   Oleksandr Shovkovskyi adidas
Hoverla Uzhhorod Uzhhorod   Vyacheslav Hroznyi   Dmytro Babenko adidas
Karpaty Lviv Lviv   Oleh Luzhnyi[25]   Ihor Plastun Joma Pari-Match[26]
Metalist Kharkiv Kharkiv   Oleksandr Pryzetko (interim)   Volodymyr Pryyomov adidas VETEK
Metalurh Zaporizhzhia Zaporizhzhia   Anatoliy Chantsev   Vitaliy Lysytskyi Nike
FC Oleksandriya Oleksandriya   Volodymyr Sharan   Andriy Zaporozhan Nike УкрАгроКом
Olimpik Donetsk Donetsk   Roman Sanzhar   Dmytro Hryshko Puma Altkom
Shakhtar Donetsk Donetsk   Mircea Lucescu   Darijo Srna Nike SCM
Stal Dniprodzerzhynsk Dniprodzerzhynsk   Erik van der Meer   Maksym Kalenchuk Nike[27] ISD
Volyn Lutsk Lutsk   Vitaliy Kvartsyanyi   Serhiy Kravchenko adidas
Vorskla Poltava Poltava   Vasyl Sachko   Armend Dallku adidas Ferrexpo
Zorya Luhansk Luhansk   Yuriy Vernydub   Mykyta Kamenyuka Nike

Managerial changes

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Team Outgoing manager Manner of departure Date of vacancy Table Incoming manager Date of appointment
Metalist Kharkiv   Ihor Rakhayev Mutual consent[28] 4 June Pre-season   Oleksandr Sevidov[29] 4 June
Karpaty Lviv   Igor Jovićević (interim) Change of contract[30] 1 September 6th   Igor Jovićević[30] 1 September
Stal Dniprodzerzhynsk   Volodymyr Mazyar existing contract until 2017 undefined[31] 9th   Erik van der Meer[32] 16 January
Karpaty Lviv   Igor Jovićević End of contract[33] 12 January 8th   Oleh Luzhnyi[34] &   Volodymyr Bezubyak[35] 22 January
Metalist Kharkiv   Oleksandr Sevidov Resigned[36][37] 18 April 10th   Oleksandr Pryzetko (interim)[36][38] 18 April

Qualification for 2016–17 European competitions

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Qualified teams

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  • After the 19th round and announcement made by the Adjudicatory Chamber of the UEFA Club Financial Control Body (CFCB) in regards to Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk (see the standings table), both Dynamo Kyiv and Shakhtar Donetsk qualified for European football for the 2016–17 season.[40]
  • After the quarter-finals second leg of the Ukrainian Cup, Zorya Luhansk qualified for European football for the 2016–17 season.
  • After the 21st round, Dynamo Kyiv qualified for the 2016–17 UEFA Champions League as they secured a top 2 finish in the league.
  • After the 22nd round, Shakhtar Donetsk qualified for the 2016–17 UEFA Champions League as they secured a top 2 finish in the league. At the same time, Zorya Luhansk qualified for the 2016-17 UEFA Europa League (third qualifying round) as they secured a top six finish in the league (see below for further information). Zorya Luhansk could still qualify for group stage instead, depending on cup winners.
  • After the 23rd round, Dynamo Kyiv qualified for the 2016–17 UEFA Champions League (group stage) by winning the league three rounds ahead of finish. One of the last three games is against the expelled Metalurh Zaporizhzhia for which they guaranteed another three point. At the same time, Shakhtar Donetsk qualified for the 2016-17 UEFA Champions League (third qualifying round) as they secured the second place.
  • After the 24th round, Vorskla Poltava qualified for the 2016–17 UEFA Europa League yet it still could qualify for group stage.
  • After the 25th round, FC Oleksandriya qualified for the 2016–17 UEFA Europa League yet it still could qualify for group stage.
  • After the 26th round, Zorya Luhansk qualified for the 2016–17 UEFA Europa League Group Stage by securing the third best league position eligible for the European competition and making the outcome of the 2016 Ukrainian Cup Final irrelevant for the European qualification. At the same time, Vorskla Poltava and FC Oleksandriya will start at the 2016-17 UEFA Europe League third qualification round.
FC OleksandriyaVorskla PoltavaZorya LuhanskShakhtar DonetskDynamo Kyiv

League table

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Dynamo Kyiv (C) 26 23 1 2 54 11 +43 70 Qualification to Champions League group stage
2 Shakhtar Donetsk 26 20 3 3 76 25 +51 63 Qualification to Champions League third qualifying round[a]
3 Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk[b] 26 16 5 5 50 22 +28 53
4 Zorya Luhansk 26 14 6 6 51 26 +25 48 Qualification to Europa League group stage
5 Vorskla Poltava 26 11 9 6 32 26 +6 42 Qualification to Europa League third qualifying round
6 FC Oleksandriya 26 10 8 8 30 29 +1 38
7 Karpaty Lviv 26 8 6 12 26 37 −11 30
8 Stal Dniprodzerzhynsk 26 7 8 11 22 31 −9 29
9 Olimpik Donetsk 26 6 7 13 22 35 −13 25
10 Metalist Kharkiv 26 5 9 12 19 46 −27 24 Failed to receive attestation for the next season[c]
11 Chornomorets Odesa 26 4 10 12 20 39 −19 22
12 Volyn Lutsk[d] 26 10 8 8 36 36 0 20
13 Hoverla Uzhhorod[e] 26 3 7 16 13 45 −32 7 Failed to receive attestation for the next season[c]
14 Metalurh Zaporizhya (D) 26 0 3 23 7 50 −43 3 Expelled from competition during the season[f]
Source: uafootball.net.ua
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) Fairplay ranking; 8) Draw.[52]
(C) Champions; (D) Disqualified
Notes:
  1. ^ Shakhtar Donetsk qualified for the Europa League group stage by winning the 2015–16 Ukrainian Cup. However, since they already qualified for European competition based on their league position, the spot awarded to the cup winners was passed down the league.
  2. ^ On 31 March 2016, the Adjudicatory Chamber of the UEFA Club Financial Control Body (CFCB) announced that Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk will be excluded from participating in the next UEFA club competition for which they would otherwise qualify in the next three (3) seasons (i.e. the 2016–17, 2017–18 and 2018–19 seasons).[41]
  3. ^ a b On 22 April 2016, the FFU Committee announced that Metalist Kharkiv and Hoverla Uzhhorod would not be allowed to participate in the professional competitions because of their debts to their players as well as Volyn Lutsk due to the fact that they had not even applied for a license for the following season.[42][43] On 16 May 2016 the FFU Appeal Committee adopted decision to leave in force the decision of the FFU Football Clubs Attestation Committee of 22 April 2016 and refuse in issuing attestation for the next season for Hoverla Uzhhorod and Metalist Kharkiv by declining their appeals.[44]
  4. ^ Volyn Lutsk were deducted a total of eighteen points. Twelve points were deducted initially by FIFA for non-payment of wages owed to former players (Issa Ndoye and Dušan Savić).[45] An additional six points were deducted by the Football Federation of Ukraine due to the club not complying with FIFA directives.[46] On 30 May 2016 some Ukrainian media announced that Volyn was issued the attestation for the next season without financial guarantees.[47][48] Later same day a FFU representative confirmed that Volyn managed to provide financial guarantees and made all required pre pays on time.[49]
  5. ^ Hoverla Uzhhorod had nine points deducted due to not complying with decisions of the FFU Control and Disciplinary Committee (CDC).[50]
  6. ^ On 7 October 2015 FC Metalurh Zaporizhia petitioned to the Premier Liha to withdraw the club from the competition's participation due to the lack of financing.[12] On 24 November 2015 Metalurh Zaporizhia informed the Premier Liha about decision of a deliberate assembly of the Metalurh Zaporizhia members in regards to liquidation of the club. Metalurh Zaporizhia were expelled from the competition after the winter break. Technical victories will be awarded to their opponents for the rest of season.[51] In late April, it was announced that the team had not received a license for next season.[42][43] On 2 March 2016 the Premier Liha cancelled the 17th round game for Metalurh Zaporizhia due to the fact that there are only four players were registered for the second half and only five more are allowed to be registered outside of a transfer window. Also the club failed to inform the league and the visiting team about place and time of the upcoming game.[12]

Results

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Home \ Away CHO DNI DYK HOV[a] KAR MET MZA[b] OLK OLD STD SHA VOL VOR ZOR
Chornomorets Odesa 0–0 0–2 1–0 0–0 0–1 5–2 1–2 0–2 1–1 1–1 1–2 0–0 0–2
Dnipro 4–2 1–2 2–0 2–0 5–0 +:- 2–0 1–1 2–0 4–1 0–1 0–2 0–3
Dynamo Kyiv 2–1 2–0 2–0 3–0 2–0 +:- 3–0 2–0 2–0 0–3 3–0 1–0 1–0
Hoverla Uzhhorod[a] 1–1 1–1 0–2 0–2 1–0 1–1 1–2 0–2 0–0 1–6 1–4 1–1 0–4
Karpaty Lviv 4–0 0–1 1–2 3–0 1–1 1–0 2–2 4–1 1–0 1–2 0–2 1–3 1–1
Metalist Kharkiv 2–2 1–2 1–4 2–2 2–0 +:- 1–1 1–0 1–1 0–5 3–0 0–3 0–1
Metalurh Zaporizhzhia[b] -:+ 1–4 0–6 -:+ -:+ 0–0 0–2 0–3 -:+ -:+ 0–2 1–1 0–6
FC Oleksandriya 0–0 0–4 0–2 2–0 4–1 2–0 1–0 0–0 0–1 2–3 3–1 1–1 2–0
Olimpik Donetsk 2–2 1–1 0–3 0–1 0–1 3–0 +:- 1–0 0–2 2–3 1–1 1–1 1–1
Stal Dniprodzerzhynsk 0–1 0–6 1–2 1–0 1–1 0–0 3–0 2–2 1–0 3–3 1–2 1–2 2–0
Shakhtar Donetsk 2–0 0–2 3–0 2–0 3–0 8–1 2–0 2–0 3–0 2–0 4–0 3–1 2–3
Volyn Lutsk 1–1 2–3 0–2 0–0 0–0 2–2 9–1 0–0 1–0 1–0 1–4 2–1 0–3
Vorskla Poltava 2–0 1–1 0–4 2–1 3–0 1–0 +:- 0–1 2–1 0–0 2–2 1–1 0–2
Zorya Luhansk 4–0 1–2 0–0 2–1 4–1 0–0 4–1 1–1 4–0 2–1 1–7 1–1 1–2
Source: uafootball.net.ua
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Notes:

  1. ^ On 15 April 2016 the FFU Control and Disciplinary Committee (KDK) adopted decision to award FC Hoverla Uzhhorod technical losses in last two games (at home against Olimpik and away against Chornomorets) where the club fielded a player (Vitālijs Jagodinskis) and allowed a banned coach (Oleksiy Velychko) who were supposed to serve their suspension.[53][54][55] The club was also fined a total of ₴60,000 (~$2,000).[53]
  2. ^ Premier League administration cancelled Round 17 and 18 matches due to Metalurh Zaporizhzhia not having enough players registered to compete.[12] Metalurh Zaporizhzhia was expelled from the competition and all their remaining games are technical losses (-:+), while their opponents receive a technical victory (+:-).[51]

Positions by round

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The following table represents the teams position after each round in the competition played chronologically. Originally scheduled Round 12 has been scheduled to be played after Round 16.[56]

Team ╲ Round1234567891011121314151617181920212223242526
Dynamo Kyiv42211111112222222111111111
Shakhtar Donetsk31123222221111111222222222
Dnipro74475434333333444444433333
Zorya Luhansk13642353544444333333344444
Vorskla Poltava1081099765665565565555555555
FC Oleksandriya137810111111910118898876666666666
Karpaty Lviv126334677877777787777787787
Stal Dniprodzerzhynsk11139689911789910101098888878878
Olimpik Donetsk611121212121212121210108991010999999999
Metalist Kharkiv255578101011912121212111111101112101010101010
Chornomorets Odesa510131314131313131313131313131212131313121312111111
Volyn Lutsk912786546456656659121211131211121212
Hoverla Uzhhorod89111110108891011111111121313111010111113131313
Metalurh Zaporizhzhia1414141413141414141414141414141414141414141414141414
Source: [citation needed]

Season statistics

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Teixeira in 2015

Top goalscorers

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As of 21 May 2016[57]
Rank Player Club Goals
(Pen.)
1   Alex Teixeira(6) Shakhtar Donetsk 22 (5)
2   Pylyp Budkivskyi Zorya Luhansk 14
3   Andriy Yarmolenko Dynamo Kyiv 13 (1)
4   Eduardo da Silva Shakhtar Donetsk 12
5   Yevhen Seleznyov(7) Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk 10 (2)
  Oleh Husyev Dynamo Kyiv 10 (4)
7   Oleksandr Karavayev Zorya Luhansk 8
  Marlos(8) Shakhtar Donetsk 8 (2)
  Anton Shynder Vorskla Poltava 8 (2)
10   Júnior Moraes Dynamo Kyiv 7
  Dmytro Khlyobas Vorskla Poltava 7
  Vitaliy Ponomar FC Oleksandriya 7
  Matheus Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk 7 (1)
  Volodymyr Pryyomov Metalist Kharkiv 7 (1)

Notes:

  • ^(6) On 4 February 2016 it was announced that Alex Teixeira was sold to a Chinese club Jiangsu Suning F.C. for €50 million.[58]
  • ^(7) On 25 February 2016 Yevhen Seleznyov was sold to FC Kuban Krasnodar. On 14 May 2016 Seleznyov signed with FC Shakhtar Donetsk.
  • ^(8) On 29 September 2017 it was announced that Marlos officially received Ukrainian citizenship. Until his time he was a Brazilian nationality.[59]

Hat-tricks

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Player For Against Result Date
  Yevhen Seleznyov4
Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk
Stal Dniprodzerzhynsk
6–0
17 October 2015[60]
  Vyacheslav Sharpar
Volyn Lutsk
Metalurh Zaporizhzhia
9–1
29 November 2015[61]
  Taison
Shakhtar Donetsk
Metalist Kharkiv
8–1
1 April 2016[62]
  Andriy Totovytskyi
Zorya Luhansk
Shakhtar Donetsk
3–2
15 May 2016[63]

4 Player scored four goals

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Awards

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The laureates of the 2015–16 UPL season were:[64]

See also

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References

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  2. ^ Ukraine trying to revive Crimean champion football club, USA Today (19 June 2015)
  3. ^ a b (in Ukrainian) 2015-16 Ukrainian Premier League regulations Archived 2016-07-17 at the Wayback Machine. Football Federation of Ukraine.
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  7. ^ (in Russian) Говерла остается в УПЛ; идет борьба между Ильичевцем и Сталью
  8. ^ (in Russian) Кочетов: "Можем говорить, что Сталь является участником УПЛ"
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  10. ^ (in Ukrainian) Stal Dniprodzerzhynsk will participate in the 2015-16 Ukrainian Premier League. Football Federation of Ukraine. 16 July 2015
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