2015 Ukrainian Football Amateur League

Ukrainian Football Amateur League

Season	2015
Dates	29 April 2015 – 27 September 2015
Champions	Balkany Zorya (1st title) Rukh Vynnyky (losing finalist)
Promoted	3 – Kolos K, Inhulets, Myr
Relegated	5 teams (withdrawn)
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The 2015 Ukrainian Football Amateur League season was played from 29 April 2015 to 27 September 2015. ^[1]

Teams

• Debut: FC Opir Lviv, FC Mal Korosten, FC Kolos Zachepylivka, FC Zhemchuzhyna Odesa, FC Tavriya-Skif Rozdol
• Newly admitted former professional clubs: FC Avanhard Kakhovka

Withdrawn

List of clubs that took part in last year competition, but chose not to participate in 2015 season.

• FC Mayak Sarny
• FC Podillya Khmelnytskyi
• FC Lehion Zhytomyr
• FC Retro Vatutine
• FC Zoria Bilozirya
• FC Torpedo Mykolaiv
• FC Varvarivka Mykolaiv
• FC Elektrovazhmash Kharkiv
• FC Olimpik Kirovohrad
• FC Burevisnyk Petrove
• USC-Rubin Donetsk

Locations

Vinnytsia

ODEK

Rukh

Opir

Kolos K.

Mal

Yednist

Avanhard Kr.

Myr

Balkany

Avanhard Kkh.

Zhemchuzhyna

VPK-Ahro

Inhulets

Tavriya-Skif

Kolos Z.

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Location of participating teams of the 2015 Ukrainian amateur championship

First stage

Group 1

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Rukh Vynnyky (Q)	6	4	1	1	10	6	+4	13	Second Stage
3	Vinnytsia (Q)	6	2	2	2	9	7	+2	8
2	ODEK Orzhiv (Q)	6	2	2	2	7	6	+1	8
4	Opir Lviv	6	1	1	4	7	14	−7	4

Source: ^{[ citation needed ]}
(Q) Qualified for the phase indicated

Top goalscorers

Rank	Player	Club	Goals (Pen.)
1	Oleh Kalutskyi	Opir Lviv	4 (2)
2	Roman Ivanov	Rukh Vynnyky	3
	Viktor Karashchenko	ODEK Orzhiv	3
	Oleh Sheptytskyi	Rukh Vynnyky	3

Group 2

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Kolos Kovalivka (Q)	6	6	0	0	26	3	+23	18	Second Stage
2	Yednist Plysky (Q)	6	3	0	3	12	7	+5	9
3	Avanhard Koryukivka (Q)	6	2	1	3	9	12	−3	4
4	Mal Korosten	6	0	1	5	2	27	−25	1

Source: ^{[ citation needed ]}
(Q) Qualified for the phase indicated

Top goalscorers

Rank	Player	Club	Goals (Pen.)
1	Oleksandr Bondarenko	Kolos Kovalivka	8
2	Yevhen Shupik	Yednist Plysky	5 (1)
3	Oleksandr Shkolnyi	Yednist Plysky	4

Group 3

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Inhulets Petrove (Q)	6	4	0	2	9	4	+5	12	Second Stage
2	Kolos Zachepylivka (Q)	6	3	1	2	11	6	+5	10
3	Tavria-Skif Rozdol (Q)	6	2	2	2	5	7	−2	8
4	VPK-Ahro Shevchenkivka	6	1	1	4	5	13	−8	4

Source: ^{[ citation needed ]}
(Q) Qualified for the phase indicated

Top goalscorers

Rank	Player	Club	Goals (Pen.)
1	Oleksandr Mishurenko	VPK-Ahro Shevchenkivka	4 (2)
	Anton Sharko	Kolos Zachepylivka	4 (2)
3	Mykola Koliada	Inhulets Petrove	3

Group 4

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Balkany Zoria (Q)	6	4	2	0	11	6	+5	14	Second Stage
2	Zhemchuzhyna Odesa (Q)	6	2	3	1	5	4	+1	9
3	Myr Hornostayivka (Q)	6	1	3	2	6	6	0	6	Second League
4	Avanhard Kakhovka (Q)	6	0	2	4	5	11	−6	1	Second Stage

Source: ^{[ citation needed ]}
(Q) Qualified for the phase indicated

Top goalscorers

Rank	Player	Club	Goals (Pen.)
1	Vadym Hostiev	Zhemchuzhyna Odesa	2
	Oleksandr Mukovozov	Myr Hornostayivka	2
	Anatoliy Oprya	Balkany Zorya	2
	Serhiy Ursulenko	Balkany Zorya	2
	Vadym Zlatov	Balkany Zorya	2

Second stage

Group A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Rukh Vynnyky	10	8	2	0	15	4	+11	26	Finals
2	Kolos Kovalivka (Q)	10	5	1	4	17	5	+12	16	Second League
3	Vinnytsia	10	4	3	3	13	12	+1	15	Finals
4	Yednist Plysky	10	3	2	5	15	17	−2	11
5	ODEK Orzhiv	10	2	4	4	10	17	−7	10
6	Avanhard Koryukivka	10	1	2	7	9	24	−15	5

Source: ^{[ citation needed ]}
(Q) Qualified for the phase indicated

Top goalscorers

Rank	Player	Club	Goals (Pen.)
1	Oleksandr Bondarenko	Kolos Kovalivka	3
	Yaroslav Braslavskyi	FC Vinnytsia	3
	Viktor Hazytskyi	ODEK Orzhiv	3 (1)

Group B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Balkany Zoria	10	7	2	1	14	10	+4	23	Finals
2	Inhulets Petrove (Q)	10	6	0	4	16	8	+8	18	Second League
3	Kolos Zachepylivka	10	5	3	2	13	5	+8	18	Finals
4	Zhemchuzhyna Odesa	10	4	3	3	12	10	+2	15
5	Tavria-Skif Rozdol	10	3	1	6	15	15	0	10
6	Avanhard Kakhovka	10	0	1	9	5	27	−22	1

Source: ^{[ citation needed ]}
(Q) Qualified for the phase indicated

Top goalscorers

Rank	Player	Club	Goals (Pen.)
1	Vitaliy Prokopchenko	Tavria-Skif Rozdol	7 (1)
2	Taras Lazarovych	Zhemchuzhyna Odesa	6
3	Oleksandr Mishurenko	Inhulets Petrove	4

Notes:

• On June 19 FC Myr Hornostayivka withdrew from the league after playing one game at the second stage. The Association of Amateur Football of Ukraine (AAFU) expressed its concern over such unconsidered step. ^[2] The club was replaced with FC Avanhard Kakhovka. ^[3]
• Inhulets Petrove will continue participate in the finals with its second team Inhulets-2 Petrove.

Finals

The finals were decided to take place in the Odesa Oblast in September 13-19 with group stage matches in September 13-17 and the final on September 19. ^[4] Teams of Group A played in the city of Odesa (Ivan Stadium and Chornomorets Training Base), while teams of Group B played in Sarata Raion, the village of Zorya (Tropanets Stadium) and the town of Sarata (Sport Complex). Later the final game was postponed and took place in Kyiv instead of Zorya village.

Group A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		RVY	KOZ	ZOD	VNN
1	Rukh Vynnyky	3	3	0	0	8	1	+7	9	Finals		—	5–1	1–0	2–0
2	Kolos Zachepylivka	3	2	0	1	11	5	+6	6				—	3–0	7–0
3	Zhemchuzhyna Odesa (H)	3	0	1	2	2	6	−4	1					—	2–2
4	Vinnytsia	3	0	1	2	2	11	−9	1						—

Source: ^{[ citation needed ]}
(H) Hosts

Top goalscorers

Rank	Player	Club	Goals (Pen.)
1	Dmytro Viter	Kolos Zachepylivka	4
2	Serhiy Zhyhalov	Kolos Zachepylivka	3 (1)

Group B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		BZO	ODK	YEP	I2P
1	Balkany Zoria (H)	3	2	0	1	9	3	+6	6	Finals		—	1–2	4–0	4–1
2	ODEK Orzhiv	3	1	1	1	2	1	+1	4				—	0–0	0–3
3	Yednist Plysky	3	1	1	1	2	4	−2	4					—	2–0
4	Inhulets-2 Petrove	3	1	0	2	1	6	−5	3						—

Source: ^{[ citation needed ]}
(H) Hosts

Top goalscorers

Rank	Player	Club	Goals (Pen.)
1	Oleksandr Raichev	Balkany Zorya	3
2	Kostiantyn Parkhomenko	Balkany Zorya	2
	Vadym Zlatov	Balkany Zorya	2

Notes:

• Game ODEK – Inhulets-2 finished 1:0, however later the result was annulled and Inhulets received a technical victory as ODEK fielded a player who was not supposed to play due to the number of yellow cards he received. ^[5]

Final game

Rukh Vynnyky v Balkany Zoria

27 September 2015	Rukh Vynnyky	1–2	Balkany Zoria	Bannikov Stadium, Kyiv
15:00	Shatskikh 39'	Report	Zlatov16' (pen.) Parkhomenko 55'	Referee: O. Derevinsky (Kyiv)

Promotion

On 11 November 2015 for licensing to play in the 2016–17 Ukrainian Second League applied 14 clubs including FC Balkany Zorya, FC Vinnytsia, FC Nyva Vinnytsia, FC Nika Ivano-Frankivsk, FC Ivano-Frankivsk, FC Kobra Sumy, FC Elektron Romny, FC Lviv, FC Rukh Vynnyky, FC Ahro Pidvolochysk, FC Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih, FC Polissya Zhytomyr, FC Rosso Nero Zaporizhia, FC Podillya Khmelnytskyi. ^[6]

See also

• 2015 Ukrainian Amateur Cup

References

1. Start of the Amateur championship of Ukraine is planned on April 22. AAFU website. 11 March 2015
2. In composition of the Group B took place changes. AAFU website. 24 June 2015
3. The second part of the 2015 Amateur championship of Ukraine is starting. UA-Football. 10 June 2015
4. Composition of groups and calendar of the finals. UA-Football. 7 September 2015
5. Announcement of the third gameday. UA-Football. 17 September 2015
6. ФСК«Львів» та ФК «Рух» планують виступати у другій лізі України. zaxid.net. 11 November 2015