Soccer Betting - Ukrainian Premier League

History - Facts - Teams - Winners

Important facts

• The first season of the League in 1992 was exceptional as it lasted for only half a year, due to the last Soviet League season ended in autumn of 1991 as well as the Football Federation of Ukraine decided to modify the calendar from “spring-fall” to “fall-spring” football seasons.

• In the 1992 season there were 20 clubs which were divided into two even groups. In both groups each club played each other twice, and the championship was decided by a play-off match between the group winners.

• During the 2005-06 season the golden match rule was introduced. According to this new regulation, if the first two teams achieve the same number of points then the championship is to be decided by a supplementary “golden” match between the two teams.

• Football clubs play each other twice to make up the 30 match season. The season starts in mid-July and ends in mid-June. After 15 rounds there is a winter break that lasts for three months (December to early March). This is due to climatic conditions and matches most European leagues in terms of beginning and end of the season.

UEFA Club Ranking for 2009/2010 Euro Season

Current Ranking	Movement	Last Season Ranking	League	Coefficient
15	▲	-16	Shakhtar Donetsk	69.710
40	▲	-41	Dynamo Kyiv	41.710
73	▲	-87	Metalist Kharkiv	25.210
112	▼	-87	Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk	14.710
134	▲	-147	Metalurh Donetsk	11.210
157	▲	(New)	Vorskla Poltava	9.210
159	▼	-152	Metalurh Zaporizhzhya	8.630

 

 

UEFA Country Ranking for 2009/2010 Euro Season

 

Current Ranking	Movement	Last Season Ranking	League	Coefficient
4	▬	-4	Germany German League	50.707
5	▬	-5	France French League	42.906
6	▬	-6	Russia Russian League	39.625
7	▬	-7	Ukraine Ukrainian League	37.55
8	▲	-9	Romania Romanian League	37.158
9	▼	-8	Netherlands Dutch League	30.713
10	▬	-10	Portugal Portuguese League	30.629