Ukrainian Premier League 2005-06
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The 2005–06 Ukrainian Premier League season was the fifteenth since its establishment.

The season started on July 12, 2005 with six games of the first round. The last day of the competition was May 10, 2006. However, because the top two teams have finished with equal amount of points, it was decided to conduct a decisive game between them, which was named as the Golden Match. The game took place soon upon the conclusion of the regular season on May 14. The winner of the championship final became Shakhtar Donetsk that managed to defeat Dynamo Kyiv 2:1 and for the first time winning its second consecutive title and third over all. The top scorers competition was also tied between two foreigners Brandão
Evaeverson Lemos da Silva
Evaeverson Lemos da Silva or simply Brandão is a Brazilian footballer who currently plays for Grêmio, on loan from the French club Marseille.- Career :...

 from Brazil
Brazil
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 and Emmanuel Okoduwa
Emmanuel Okoduwa
Emmanuel Osei Okoduwa is a Nigerian footballer currently playing for Cypriot club AEK Larnaca.The former First Bank forward had previously been a big hit at Arsenal Kyiv, where he scored 32 goals in 100 top division matches between 2002 and 2006. He has also had a spell at K.F.C...

 from Nigeria
Nigeria
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. Both players won their individual award scoring 15 goals.

Both Shakhtar and Dynamo lost only once Shakhtar at home to Dynamo, while Dynamo lost its only game at home to Dnipro. Both Shakhtar and Dynamo also finished 30 points away from the closest trailing team in the standings. A good season had FC Illichivets Mariupol tying for the fourth together with FC Metalist Kharkiv
FC Metalist Kharkiv
FC Metalist Kharkiv is a Ukrainian professional football club based in Kharkiv. It competes in the Ukrainian Premier League, the highest football level in the country. Founded in 1925, the team worked its way up the rungs of the Soviet football system, eventually being promoted to the Soviet Top...

 and FC Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk
FC Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk
Football Club Dnipro is a Ukrainian professional football club from the city of Dnipropetrovsk.-BRIT:The club's franchise traces its history all the way back when the first team that was formed in 1918 by the Petrovsky factory and was called as BRIT . The team participated in the regional competition...

. Also could be left unnoticed the big return of the Odessa sailors
FC Chornomorets Odessa
FC Chornomorets Odesa is a Ukrainian professional football club from the city of Odessa. The club's home ground is the 34,164 Chornomorets Stadium opened in 1935 and rebuilt in 2011. During the reconstruction , the team played in the 4,610 Spartak Stadium...

 that finally earn their next set of medals for the first time since returning to premiers. Out of the newly promoted teams a good performance showed FC Stal Alchevsk
FC Stal Alchevsk
FC Stal Alchevsk is a Ukrainian professional football team of the Ukrainian First League that is based in Alchevsk. "Stal" is the Russian for "steel". The name was chosen as the pride for the heavily industrialized region of the country....

 that were just a point shy to stay among the top 10.

Both clubs from the Western Ukraine
Ukraine
Ukraine is a country in Eastern Europe. It has an area of 603,628 km², making it the second largest contiguous country on the European continent, after Russia...

, FC Volyn Lutsk
FC Volyn Lutsk
FC Volyn Lutsk is a professional Ukrainian football team in the Ukrainian Premier League.-History:The Lutsk club was formed in 1960 initially as Avanhard, after the Soviet sports society, but before the start of competitions the name was changed to Volyn. Right from its establishment the club...

 and FC Zakarpattia Uzhhorod, were forced into relegation due to their poor performance.

Promoted teams

These two teams were promoted from Persha Liha
Ukrainian First League
The Persha Liha or Ukrainian First League is a football league in Ukraine and the second tier of national football competitions. Members of the league also participate in the Ukrainian Cup...

 at the start of the season:
  • FC Stal Alchevsk
    FC Stal Alchevsk
    FC Stal Alchevsk is a Ukrainian professional football team of the Ukrainian First League that is based in Alchevsk. "Stal" is the Russian for "steel". The name was chosen as the pride for the heavily industrialized region of the country....

     : champion of Persha Liha
  • FC Kharkiv
    FC Kharkiv
    FC Kharkiv was a professional football club based in Kharkiv, Ukraine.After 2009–10 Ukrainian First League season the club was relegated to the Ukrainian Second League...

     : runner-up of Persha Liha as FC Arsenal Kharkiv
    FC Arsenal Kharkiv
    FC Arsenal Kharkiv is a football club based in Kharkiv, Ukraine. Arsenal Kharkiv currently plays in the regional competitions of Kharkiv Oblast...


Replaced teams

The following two teams were relegated last season:
  • FC Obolon Kyiv
    FC Obolon Kyiv
    FC Obolon Kyiv is a Ukrainian professional football club based in Kiev . It plays home matches at Obolon Arena. Its home colors are green shirts and white shorts; while its away uniforms are white shirts and green shorts. They also have an all yellow kit as backup...

     - 15th place
  • FC Borysfen Boryspil
    FC Borysfen Boryspil
    FC Borysfen Boryspil was a Ukrainian football club from Boryspil, Ukraine. It was founded in February 1993.In 1993 the club was merged with FC Nyva Myronivka under name Nyva-Borysfen. In 1994, after the winter break, the club was renamed into FC Boryspil while another team from village Karapyshi,...

     - 16 place

Final table of Ukrainian Premier League
Ukrainian Premier League
The Ukrainian Premier League is the highest division of Ukrainian annual football championship. As the Supreme League it was founded in 1991 after the fold of the Soviet Union's Vysshaya Liga. In 2008 it was reformed into a more autonomous entity of the Football Federation of Ukraine and changed...

 season 2005-06

Golden Match:

Shakhtar Donetsk - Dynamo Kyiv 2:1 (0:0, 1:1)

Ciprian Marica
Ciprian Marica
Ciprian Andrei Marica is a Romanian footballer currently playing for Bundesliga club Schalke 04 and the Romanian national team.-Dinamo Bucharest:...

 '59, Julius Aghahowa '100 - Rodolfo
Rodolfo
Rodolfo is a given name, may refer to:*Rodolfo Raphael Macalintal Brother of Miggy*Rodolfo Vieira , Portuguese violinist*Rodolfo , Hungarian illusionist*Rodolfo Dantas Bispo , Brazilian footballer...

 '79

Metalurh Stadium
Metalurh Stadium
Stadion Metalurh is a multi-purpose stadium in Kryvyi Rih, Ukraine. It is currently used mostly for football matches, and is the home of FC Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih. The stadium holds 29,734 people....

, Kryvyi Rih
Kryvyi Rih
Kryvyi Rih or Krivoy Rog is a city in central Ukraine. It is situated in Dnipropetrovsk Oblast, to the southwest of the oblast's administrative center, Dnipropetrovsk, at the confluence of the Inhulets and Saksahan rivers...

, Att: 29,734

Final match


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style="font-size: 90%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"> Shakhtar Donetsk:
GK 35   Shust
Bohdan Shust
Bohdan Shust is a professional Ukrainian football player for Illichivets on loan from FC Shakhtar Donetsk.- Career :Shust started his professional career in Karpaty Lviv in 2004. By the end of his time there, he had played 19 games for the club....

DF 33   Srna
Darijo Srna
Darijo Srna is a Croatian footballer who plays for Shakhtar Donetsk as a captain and is also the captain of the Croatian national team.-Club career:Srna's talent was seen by many scouts in Croatia while he was young...

DF 27   Chyhrynsky 
DF 3   Hübschman
Tomáš Hübschman
Tomáš Hübschman is a Czech football player who plays for Shakhtar Donetsk.-Sparta Prague:Before joining Shakhtar in the summer of 2004, Hübschman played for AC Sparta Prague having started playing for the club's youth at the age of 5 and signing his first professional contract in 1998...

 
DF 26   Rat 
MF 36   Elano 
MF 4   Tymoshchuk (c)
MF 18   Lewandowski
Mariusz Lewandowski
Mariusz Lewandowski is a Polish footballer who currently plays as a midfielder for PFC Sevastopol and the Polish national football team. He also plays in defensive midfield where his stamina, strength and aerial ability come to good use.- Career :...

 
MF 7   Fernandihno 
FW 29   Marica
Ciprian Marica
Ciprian Andrei Marica is a Romanian footballer currently playing for Bundesliga club Schalke 04 and the Romanian national team.-Dinamo Bucharest:...

 
FW 25   Brandao 
Substitutes:
MF 6 Duljaj
Igor Duljaj
Igor Duljaj is a Serbian professional footballer. He currently plays as a defensive midfielder for PFC Sevastopol in the Ukrainian Premier League.-Club career:...

 
DF 8   Leonardo
Leonardo José Aparecido Moura
Leonardo José Aparecido Moura or simply Leonardo is a Brazilian footballer who currently plays for Atlético Goianiense on loan from Shakhtar Donetsk.-Career:Leonardo signed for Shakhtar Donetsk in July 2005...

 
DF 13   Shevchuk
Vyacheslav Shevchuk
Vyacheslav Anatoliyovich Shevchuk is a professional Ukrainian football player for Shakhtar Donetsk...

 
DF 14   Stoican 
GK 16   Laštůvka
Jan Laštuvka
Jan Laštůvka is a Czech football goalkeeper who currently plays for FC Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk.- Career :Laštůvka started his career at Czech side FC Karviná and moved in summer 2000 to FC Baník Ostrava for four years. In 2003 he won the Talent of the Year award at the Czech Footballer of the Year...

 
FW 17   Aghahowa 
FW 20   Bielik 
Manager:
  Mircea Lucescu
Mircea Lucescu
Mircea Lucescu is a Romanian former football player and current coach, and one of the most successful Romanian football managers. He is also the father of Rapid Bucharest coach, Răzvan Lucescu...

style="font-size: 90%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align=center> Dynamo Kyiv: | GK 1   Shovkovsky
Oleksandr Shovkovsky
Oleksandr Volodymyrovych Shovkovskiy is a Ukrainian footballer who plays as a goalkeeper. He has played for Dynamo Kyiv in the Vyscha Liha the top level of Ukrainian football, since 1993.-Club career:...

 (c) DF 3   Fedorov
Serhiy Fedorov
Serhiy Fedorov was a Ukrainian football player who played for FC Chornomorets Odessa. He started off as a central defender, but mostly plays as a right back, or a right-sided midfielder. Now he become managering career....

  MF 5   Rebrov
Serhiy Rebrov
Serhiy Stanislavovych Rebrov is a retired Ukrainian football forward turned midfielder, currently assistant coach at Dynamo Kyiv reserves team. Rebrov gained international fame as an attacking partner of Andriy Shevchenko at Dynamo Kyiv throughout the 1990s and remains top all-time scorer of the...

  MF 9   Kleber
Kléber
Kléber may refer to:* Jean Baptiste Kléber , a French general* Kléber de Carvalho Corrêa , a Brazilian football player* Kléber de Souza Freitas , a Brazilian football player...

  MF 14   Rotan
Ruslan Rotan
Ruslan Petrovych Rotan is a Ukrainian footballer. He plays in midfield for FC Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk and is an international for the Ukrainian national football team.-Career:...

  FW 16   Shatskikh
Maksim Shatskikh
Maksim Aleksandrovich Shatskikh , is an Uzbek professional footballer who plays for Arsenal Kyiv in the Ukrainian Premier League....

DF 20   Husiev DF 27   Vashchuk MF 30   El Kaddouri
Badr El Kaddouri
Badr El Kaddouri is a Moroccan footballer, who plays for Scottish Premier League side Celtic on loan from Ukrainian Premier League side Dynamo Kyiv, and is currently also a Moroccan international...

  FW 32 Gavrancic
Goran Gavrancic
Goran Gavrančić is a former Serbian football defender.-Club career:His career began at Čukarički Stankom, having played for Crvena zvezda as a youth. His performances at Čukarički caught the eye of Dynamo Kyiv manager Valeriy Lobanovskyi and the Ukrainian club purchased him in January 2001...

  DF 33   Yeshchenko  Substitutes: DF 4   Rodolfo
Rodolfo
Rodolfo is a given name, may refer to:*Rodolfo Raphael Macalintal Brother of Miggy*Rodolfo Vieira , Portuguese violinist*Rodolfo , Hungarian illusionist*Rodolfo Dantas Bispo , Brazilian footballer...

  FW 8   Bialkevich
Valentin Belkevich
Valyantsin Byalkevich is a Belarusian football player. He is most notable for being a member of the Ukrainian club Dynamo Kyiv from 1996 to 2008 and their all time leader in assists...

  DF 15   Rincon
Diogo Rincon
Diogo Augusto Pacheco da Fontoura, nickname Diogo Rincón or just Rincón is a professional Brazilian football player, who is a free agent.- Career :...

FW 23   Verpakovskis
Maris Verpakovskis
Māris Verpakovskis , is a Latvian football forward, currently playing for the Azerbaijan Premier League club FK Baku in Azerbaijan and the Latvia national football team.-Latvia:...

DF 25   Milevsky  FW 26   Nesmachny GK 55   Rybka
Oleksandr Rybka
Oleksandr Rybka is a Ukrainian professional football goalkeeper for FC Shakhtar Donetsk. He was also goalkeeper for the Ukrainian national under-21 football team along with Bohdan Shust. In the 2007–2008 season, due to injury, he made four appearances for FC Dynamo Kyiv conceding 3 goals. He then...

Manager:   Anatoly Demyanenko
Anatoly Demyanenko
Anatoliy Vasilyovich Demyanenko, sometimes referred to as Anatoli Demianenko is a Ukrainian football coach and former football defender.-Player:...


MATCH OFFICIALS
  • Assistant referees:

} Balko Martin
} Mokos Tomas
  • Fourth official:  V.Grinjak

MATCH RULES
  • 90 minutes.
  • 30 minutes of extra-time if necessary.
  • Penalty shoot-out if scores still level.
  • Seven named substitutes
  • Maximum of 3 substitutions.

Top goal scorers

  Brandão
Evaeverson Lemos da Silva
Evaeverson Lemos da Silva or simply Brandão is a Brazilian footballer who currently plays for Grêmio, on loan from the French club Marseille.- Career :...

Shakhtar Donetsk
FC Shakhtar Donetsk
FC Shakhtar Donetsk is a Ukrainian professional football club from the city of Donetsk. Shakhtar has appeared in several European competitions and currently is often a participant of the UEFA Champions League. The club became the first Ukrainian club to win the UEFA Cup in 2009, the last year...

15
  Emmanuel Okoduwa
Emmanuel Okoduwa
Emmanuel Osei Okoduwa is a Nigerian footballer currently playing for Cypriot club AEK Larnaca.The former First Bank forward had previously been a big hit at Arsenal Kyiv, where he scored 32 goals in 100 top division matches between 2002 and 2006. He has also had a spell at K.F.C...

Arsenal Kyiv
FC Arsenal Kyiv
FC Arsenal Kyiv is a professional football club from the Ukrainian capital of Kiev.-History:In the 1950s, a different club under the same name Arsenal Kyiv won the 1958 Ukrainian SSR Championship. However in 1963 the club was renamed to "Temp Kyiv". In 1964 the club was replaced by FC Dynamo-2 Kyiv...

15
  Oleksandr Kosyrin
Oleksandr Kosyrin
Oleksandr Mykhaylovych Kosyrin is a professional footballer currently playing for FC Dniester Ovidiopol. He is also a member of the Ukrainian national football team.-Club career:...

Metalurh Donetsk
FC Metalurh Donetsk
FC Metalurh Donetsk is a Ukrainian professional football club from the city of Donetsk. The club currently plays in the Ukrainian Premier League.- Pre-history :...

13 (2)
  Serhiy Rebrov
Serhiy Rebrov
Serhiy Stanislavovych Rebrov is a retired Ukrainian football forward turned midfielder, currently assistant coach at Dynamo Kyiv reserves team. Rebrov gained international fame as an attacking partner of Andriy Shevchenko at Dynamo Kyiv throughout the 1990s and remains top all-time scorer of the...

Dynamo Kyiv
FC Dynamo Kyiv
FC Dynamo Kyiv 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...

13 (2)
  Vasyl Sachko
Vasyl Sachko
Vasyl Sachko is a professional Ukrainian football striker, currently playing for Vorskla Poltava in the Ukrainian Premier League. While playing in FC Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih, Sachko carried the captain's badge 22 times...

Volyn Lutsk
FC Volyn Lutsk
FC Volyn Lutsk is a professional Ukrainian football team in the Ukrainian Premier League.-History:The Lutsk club was formed in 1960 initially as Avanhard, after the Soviet sports society, but before the start of competitions the name was changed to Volyn. Right from its establishment the club...

13 (2)
  Kléber Dynamo Kyiv
FC Dynamo Kyiv
FC Dynamo Kyiv 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...

11
  Matuzalem
Francelino Matuzalem
Francelino Matuzalém da Silva, commonly known as just Matuzalém , is a Brazilian footballer who currently plays in the Italian Serie A for Lazio. He is a midfielder known for his passing and technique...

Shakhtar Donetsk
FC Shakhtar Donetsk
FC Shakhtar Donetsk is a Ukrainian professional football club from the city of Donetsk. Shakhtar has appeared in several European competitions and currently is often a participant of the UEFA Champions League. The club became the first Ukrainian club to win the UEFA Cup in 2009, the last year...

10 (1)
  Ara Hakobyan Metalurh Donetsk
FC Metalurh Donetsk
FC Metalurh Donetsk is a Ukrainian professional football club from the city of Donetsk. The club currently plays in the Ukrainian Premier League.- Pre-history :...

10 (3)
  Diogo Rincón
Diogo Rincon
Diogo Augusto Pacheco da Fontoura, nickname Diogo Rincón or just Rincón is a professional Brazilian football player, who is a free agent.- Career :...

Dynamo Kyiv
FC Dynamo Kyiv
FC Dynamo Kyiv 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...

10 (4)
  Serhiy Shyschenko
Serhiy Shyschenko
Serhiy Yuriyovych Shyshchenko is a professional footballer. Shyshchenko played for teams like FC Metalurh Donetsk, FC Metalurh Zaporizhzhya, FC Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih, FC Olympique Kharkiv, FC Metalist Kharkiv, FC Shakhtar Donetsk, and FC Nyva Ternopil...

Metalurh Zaporizhya
FC Metalurh Zaporizhzhya
FC Metalurh Zaporizhya is a Ukrainian professional football club from the city of Zaporizhia. The club has always been in the top league, since the first season in 1992 until the season 2010/11 when it took the last position and was relegated to the Ukrainian First League.- Early years :The...

9
  Vasil Gigiadze
Vasil Gigiadze
Vasil Gigiadze is a Georgian footballer who currently plays for Tavriya Simferopol in Ukraine.-References:...

Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih
FC Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih
FC Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih is a Ukrainian professional football club from the city of Kryvyi Rih. The club currently plays in Ukrainian Premier League and is based in the Metalurh Stadium, which seats 29,734....

9 (4)
 

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