Ukrainian First League

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The Persha Liha (Ukrainian: Перша Ліга) or Ukrainian First League is a football league in Ukraine. The league is lower than the Vyscha Liha (also known as the Ukrainian Premier League). The top two teams from the Persha Liha are promoted to the Ukrainian Premier League, while the two lowest teams from the Ukrainian Premier League are demoted to the Persha Liha. The Persha Liha is the second level of the football league in Ukraine.

On November 22, 2005, the Ukrainian Football Federation in conjunction with the Professional Football League announced an expansion of the lower leagues. It was planned to increase the total number of teams in the league to twenty. Therefore, instead of sending three teams down to the Druha Liha only two teams were sent down. Also, instead of bringing up the top teams from each Druha Liha, the top three teams and the best second place team were promoted instead.

[edit] Ukrainian First League 2006-07 Teams

In 2006-07 season, the Ukrainian First League consists of the following teams:

Borysfen Boryspil CSKA Kyiv FC Desna Chernihiv Dnipro Cherkasy FC Dynamo-Ihroservis Simferopol Dynamo-2 Kyiv FC Enerhetyk Burshtyn FC Helios Kharkiv FC Lviv FC Krymteplitsia Molodizhne

Obolon Kyiv MFK Oleksandriia MFK Mykolaiv FC Podillya Khmelnytskyi FC Naftovyk-Ukrnafta Okhtyrka Spartak Ivano-Frankivsk FC Spartak Sumy Stal Dniprodzerzhynsk Volyn Lutsk Zakarpattia Uzhgorod

[edit] Top 3 Finishers

Promoted teams are in bold.

Season	Champion	Runner-Up	3rd Position
1992	Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih	Metalurh Nikopol	Veres Rivne
1992-93	Nyva Vinnytsia	Temp Shepetivka	Naftovyk Okhtyrka
1993-94	Prykarpattya Ivano-Frankivsk	Evis Mykolaiv	Poligraftechnica Oleksandriia
1994-95	Zirka-NIBAS Kirovohrad	CSKA-Borysfen Boryspil	Metalurh Nikopol
1995-96	Vorskla Poltava	Bukovyna Chernivtsi	Stal Alchevsk
1996-97	Metalurh Donetsk	Dynamo-2 Kyiv	Metalurh Mariupol
1997-98	SC Mykolaiv	Dynamo-2 Kyiv	Metalist Kharkiv
1998-99	Dynamo-2 Kyiv	Chornomorets Odessa	Torpedo Zaporizhzhya
1999-00	Dynamo-2 Kyiv	Stal Alchevsk	FC Cherkasy
2000-01	Dynamo-2 Kyiv	Zakarpattia Uzhgorod	Poligraftechnica Oleksandriia
2001-02	SC Volyn-1 Lutsk	Chornomorets Odessa	Obolon Kyiv
2002-03	Zirka Kirovohrad	Borysfen Boryspil	Dynamo-2 Kyiv
2003-04	Zakarpattia Uzhgorod	Metalist Kharkiv	Naftovyk Okhtyrka
2004-05	Stal Alchevsk	Arsenal Kharkiv	Zorya Luhansk
2005-06	Zorya Luhansk	Karpaty Lviv	Obolon Kyiv

[edit] External links

• (Ukrainian) Persha Liha at Official Site of the Professional Football league of Ukraine

	Ukrainian First League 2006-07 clubs v • d • e
	Borysfen Boryspil | CSKA Kyiv | Desna Chernihiv | Dnipro Cherkasy | Dynamo-Ihroservice Simferopol | Dynamo-2 Kyiv | Enerhetyk Burshtyn | Helios Kharkiv | FC Lviv | Krymteplitsia Molodizhne | Obolon Kyiv | MFK Oleksandriia | MFK Mykolaiv | Podillya Khmelnytskyi | Naftovyk-Ukrnafta Okhtyrka | Spartak Ivano-Frankivsk | Spartak Sumy | Stal Dniprodzerzhynsk | Volyn Lutsk | Zakarpattia Uzhgorod
Ukrainian First League seasons v • d • e
1992 | 1992-93 | 1993-94 | 1994-95 | 1995-96 | 1996-97 | 1997-98 | 1998-99 | 1999-00 2000-01 | 2001-02 | 2002-03 | 2003-04 | 2004-05 | 2005-06 | 2006-07
Football in Ukraine v • d • e
Leagues: Vyscha Liha (Premier League) | Persha Liha (First League) | Druha Liha (Second League)
Other competitions: Ukrainian Cup | Ukrainian Super Cup | Valeri Lobanovsky Memorial Tournament
Miscellaneous: Football Federation of Ukraine | National team | Under-21 National team | Clubs | Footballers | Stadiums