2004–05 Ukrainian First League

Ukrainian First League
Season2004–05
ChampionsStal Alchevsk
PromotedStal Alchevsk
Arsenal Kharkiv
RelegatedNafkom Brovary
MFK Mykolaiv
Polissya Zhytomir
Top goalscorer16 - Oleksandr Aliyev (Dynamo-2)
Roman Pakholiuk (Nyva)

The 2004–05 Ukrainian First League was the 14th since its establishment. Eighteen teams competed in the competition.

The competition began on July 17, 2004 with six matches. The competition had a winter break and resumed March 19, 2005.

Teams

Two clubs promoted from the 2003-04 Ukrainian Second League.

Group A
Group B
Group C

Relegated teams

One club was relegated from the 2003-04 Ukrainian Top League:

Renamed teams

Location

In 2004-05 season, the Ukrainian First League consists of the following teams:

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Locations of teams in First League

Final table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion or relegation
1 Stal Alchevsk (C, P) 34 22 11 1 60 24 +36 77 Promoted to Vyshcha Liha
2 Arsenal Kharkiv (P) 34 23 4 7 47 24 +23 73
3 Zorya Luhansk 34 19 9 6 54 21 +33 66
4 Dynamo-2 Kyiv 34 16 6 12 48 33 +15 54
5 Nyva Vinnytsia (D) 34 15 8 11 49 38 +11 53 Withdrew after the season
6 Karpaty Lviv 34 15 7 12 39 35 +4 52
7 CSKA Kyiv 34 15 6 13 28 38 −10 51
8 Spartak Ivano-Frankivsk 34 15 5 14 34 33 +1 50
9 Stal Dniprodzerzhynsk 34 14 7 13 42 47 −5 49
10 Naftovyk-Ukrnafta Okhtyrka 34 13 10 11 37 26 +11 49
11 Shakhtar-2 Donetsk 34 13 5 16 45 53 −8 44
12 Hazovyk-Skala Stryi 34 12 7 15 34 39 −5 43
13 Podillya Khmelnytskyi 34 12 7 15 45 54 −9 43
14 Dynamo-Ihroservice Simferopol 34 12 5 17 38 57 −19 41
15 Spartak-Horobyna Sumy 34 9 12 13 34 41 −7 39
16 Nafkom Brovary (R) 34 9 10 15 26 38 −12 37 Relegated to Second League
17 Mykolaiv (R) 34 8 7 19 15 40 −25 31
18 Polissya Zhytomyr (D) 34 0 2 32 5 39 −34 2 Dissolved
Source: www.uafootball.net.ua
(C) Champions; (D) Disqualified; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated
  • FC Polissya Zhytomyr became insolvent during the mid-season winter break and the UFF awarded technical victories against them in the second half of the season.
  • FC Nyva Vinnytsia withdrew before the start of the next season yielding its place to its farm club FC Bershad which was playing in the lower tier.
Persha Liha 2004-05 Winners
FC Stal Alchevsk
First title

Top scorers

Statistics are taken from here.[1]

Scorer Goals (pen.) Team
Ukraine Roman Pakholiuk
17 (2)
 Nyva Vinnytsia
Ukraine Oleksandr Aliyev
16 (3)
 Dynamo-2 Kyiv
Ukraine Petro Kondratiuk
13 (2)
 Nyva Vinnytsia
Ukraine Maksym Feschuk
12 (1)
 Karpaty Lviv
Ukraine Vladyslav Holopyorov
12 (4)
 Shakhtar-2 Donetsk
Ukraine Oleksiy Yakymenko
12 (6)
 Zoria Luhansk
Ukraine Serhiy Sernetskyi
11 (3)
 Stal Alchevsk
Armenia Ara Hakobyan
11 (4)
 Stal D. / Stal A.
Ukraine Oleksiy Hryshchenko
11 (6)
 Dynamo-Ihroservis Simferopol
Ukraine Andriy Danayev
10
 Stal Alchevsk

References

  1. ^ Statistics (in Russian)