2016 Ukrainian Football Amateur League

Ukrainian Football Amateur League
Season	2016
Dates	16 April 2016 – 8 July 2016
Champions	Balkany Zorya (2nd title)Ahrobiznes Volochysk (losing finalist)
Promoted	8 – Balkany, Nyva-V, Podillya, Zhemchuzhyna, Teplovyk, Sudnobudivnyk, Inhulets-2, Metalurh
Relegated	5 teams (withdrawn)
	← 2015 2016–17 →

The 2016 Ukrainian Football Amateur League season is the 20th since it replaced the competition of physical culture clubs. It started on April 16, 2016.^[1]

There are 24 teams competing during the season which will consist of two phases, the first phase will be a group stage with six groups of four teams and the second phase will be a final playoff stage. All group winners and two best second placed teams will advance to playoffs which will start from quarterfinals.

The last season winner Balkany Zorya will be the defending champions.

Teams[]

Debut: FC Lutsk, FC Malynsk, FC Hirnyk Sosnivka, FC Voloka, MFC Zhytomyr, SC Chaika Petropavlivska-Borshchahivka, FC Vradiyivka, FC Sudnobudivnyk Mykolaiv, FC Inhulets-2 Petrove
Newly admitted former professional clubs: FC Nyva Ternopil, FC Podillya Khmelnytskyi, FC Nyva-V Vinnytsia, FC Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih, FC Metalurh Zaporizhia
Returning clubs: FC Teplovyk Ivano-Frankivsk, FC Ahrobiznes Volochysk, FC Kolos Khlibodarivka

Withdrawn[]

List of clubs that took part in last year competition, but chose not to participate in 2016 season.

FC Rukh Vynnyky
FC VPK-Ahro Shevchenkivka

Locations[]

Zhytomyr

Nyva-V

Teplovyk

Chaika

Sudnobudivnyk

Tavriya-Skif

Metalurh

Location of participating teams of the 2016 Ukrainian amateur championship

First stage[]

As of 6 June 2016

Group 1[]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	(Q)	6	4	1	1	13	8	+5	13	Qualification to play-offs
2	Hirnyk Sosnivka	6	3	2	1	12	4	+8	11
3	MFC Zhytomyr	6	3	1	2	6	5	+1	10
4		6	0	0	6	4	18	−14	0

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

Top goalscorers[]

Rank	Player	Club	Goals (Pen.)
1		MFC Zhytomyr	4
2			3
2	Mykola Bui	Hirnyk Sosnivka	3

Group 2[]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	ODEK Orzhiv (Q)	6	5	1	0	18	1	+17	16	Qualification to play-offs
2	Nyva-V Vinnytsia (P)	6	2	2	2	5	5	0	8	Admission to Second League
3		6	2	0	4	4	10	−6	6
4	Podillya Khmelnytskyi (P)	6	1	1	4	4	15	−11	4	Admission to Second League

Source:^{[citation needed]}
(P) Promoted; (Q) Qualified to the phase indicated

Notes:

Game ODEK-Voloka failed to take place, ODEK was awarded technical victory (3:0).

Top goalscorers[]

Rank	Player	Club	Goals (Pen.)
1		ODEK Orzhiv	4
1	Vitaliy Hrusha	ODEK Orzhiv	4
3		Podillya Khmelnytskyi	3

Group 3[]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Ahrobiznes Volochysk (Q)	6	3	2	1	10	3	+7	11	Qualification to play-offs
2	Nyva Ternopil	6	1	4	1	4	3	+1	7
3	FC Vinnytsia	6	1	3	2	4	7	−3	6
4	Teplovyk Ivano-Frankivsk (P)	6	1	3	2	7	12	−5	6	Admission to Second League

Source:^{[citation needed]}
(P) Promoted; (Q) Qualified to the phase indicated

Top goalscorers[]

Rank	Player	Club	Goals (Pen.)
1	Andriy Donets	Ahrobiznes Volochysk	5
2	Bohdan Orynchak	Teplovyk Ivano-Frankivsk	3

Group 4[]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Yednist Plysky (Q)	6	4	1	1	14	6	+8	13	Qualification to play-offs
2	Zhemchuzhyna Odesa (Q)	6	4	1	1	12	8	+4	13	Qualification to play-offs
3	Chaika Kyiv-Sviatoshyn Raion	6	1	2	3	5	10	−5	5
4	Sudnobudivnyk Mykolaiv (P)	6	0	2	4	3	10	−7	2	Admission to Second League

Source:^{[citation needed]}
(P) Promoted; (Q) Qualified to the phase indicated

Top goalscorers[]

Rank	Player	Club	Goals (Pen.)
1		Yednist Plysky	6
2	Ruslan Palamar	Zhemchuzhyna Odesa	4

Group 5[]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Tavriya-Skif Rozdol (Q)	6	5	0	1	10	3	+7	15	Qualification to play-offs
2	(Q)	6	4	1	1	11	5	+6	13	Qualification to play-offs
3	Inhulets-2 Petrove (P)	6	1	1	4	4	11	−7	4	Admission to the Second League
4	Avanhard Kakhovka	6	1	0	5	4	10	−6	3

Source:^{[citation needed]}
(P) Promoted; (Q) Qualified to the phase indicated

Notes:

Game Avanhard-Inhulets-2 failed to take place, Avanhard was awarded technical victory (3:0).

Top goalscorers[]

Rank	Player	Club	Goals (Pen.)
1	Oleh Kramarenko		3
1	Ihor Dudnyk	Tavria-Skif Rozdol	3

Group 6[]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Balkany Zorya (C, Q)	6	5	0	1	19	6	+13	15	Champion Qualification to play-offs
2		6	3	1	2	14	9	+5	10
3	Metalurh Zaporizhia (P)	6	2	2	2	5	6	−1	8	Admission to the Second League
4	Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih	6	0	1	5	2	19	−17	1

Source:^{[citation needed]}
(C) Champion; (P) Promoted; (Q) Qualified to the phase indicated

Top goalscorers[]

Rank	Club	Goals (Pen.)
1	Balkany Zorya	4
1	Balkany Zorya	4
3		3

Playoffs[]

Advanced teams: Balkany Zorya (21 May), Yednist Plysky (28 May), Tavria-Skif Rozdol (28 May), FC Malynsk (29 May), ODEK Orzhiv (29 May), Ahrobiznes Volochysk (29 May), Zhemchuzhyna Odessa (29 May), FC Vradiyivka (29 May)

Quarterfinals[]

The stage draw took place on 6 June 2016 in the FFU House of Football. Games were played on 11/12 and 15/18 June 2016.^[2]

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
	2–4	Ahrobiznes Volochysk	1–4	1–0
ODEK Orzhiv	3–2	Yednist Plysky	1–0	2–2
Zhemchuzhyna Odesa	1–1		1–1	0–0
Tavria-Skif Rozdol	1–4	Balkany Zorya	0–0	1–4

11 June 2016	Tavria-Skif Rozdol	0–0	Balkany Zorya	showTavria-Skif Stadium,
17:00 LST		[ Report]		Attendance: 400

11 June 2016	Zhemchuzhyna Odesa	1–1		showSpartak Stadium, Odesa
18:00 LST	Palamar 35'	[ Report]	Zyma 69'	Attendance: 300

12 June 2016		1–4	Ahrobiznes Volochysk	showLion Stadium, Malynsk
17:00 LST	Bryksa 58'	[ Report]	Plis 15' Temnyuk 57', 90+4' Donets 80'	Attendance: 400

12 June 2016	ODEK Orzhiv	1–0	Yednist Plysky	showODEK Stadium, Orzhiv
17:00 LST	Naumets 12'	[ Report]		Attendance: 600

15 June 2016		0–0	Zhemchuzhyna Odesa	showVradiyivka Stadium, Vradiyivka
17:30 LST		[ Report]		Attendance: 300

18 June 2016	Yednist Plysky	2–2	ODEK Orzhiv	showYednist Stadium, Plysky
17:00 LST	Petruk 14' Postolatiev 45'	[ Report]	Hrusha 72' Karashchenko 80'	Attendance: 300

18 June 2016	Balkany Zorya	4–1	Tavria-Skif Rozdol	showTropanets Stadium, Zorya
17:00 LST	Ursulenko 4' V.Kyrylov 32' Salamakha 37' Oprya 62'	[ Report]	Porublyov 15' Skorokhodov 54'	Attendance: 1,000

18 June 2016	Ahrobiznes Volochysk	0–1		showYunist Stadium, Volochysk
18:00 LST		[ Report]	Onishchuk 78'	Attendance: 400

Notes

Semifinals[]

Games were played on 25/26 June and 2/3 July 2016.^[3] The draw took place on 20 June 2016 in the House of Football.^[4]

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
ODEK Orzhiv	0–3	Ahrobiznes Volochysk	0–1	0–2
Balkany Zorya	3–1		1–1	2–0

26 June 2016	ODEK Orzhiv	0–1	Ahrobiznes Volochysk	showODEK Stadium, Orzhiv
18:00 LST		[ Report]	Temnyuk 25'	Attendance: 500

26 June 2016	Balkany Zorya	1–1		showTropanets Stadium, Zorya
18:30 LST	Platunov 85' (pen.)	[ Report]	Kramarenko 45'	Attendance: 450

2 July 2016	Ahrobiznes Volochysk	2–0	ODEK Orzhiv	showYunist Stadium, Volochysk
18:30 LST	Atlasyuk 6' Temnyuk 81'	[ Report]		Attendance: 1,000

2 July 2016		0–2	Balkany Zorya	showVradiyivka Stadium, Vradiyivka
18:00 LST		[ Report]	V.Zlatov 7' V.Kyrylov 69'	Attendance: 400

Championship Final[]

8 July 2016	Balkany Zorya	1–0 (a.e.t.)	Ahrobiznes Volochysk	Umanfermash Sports Complex,^[5] Uman
18:00 LST	104'	Report		Attendance: 3,000 Referee: V.Dorosh (Kiev)

Top goalscorers[]

Rank	Player	Club	Goals (Pen.)
1	Temnyuk	FC Ahrobiznes Volochysk	4
2	V.Kyrylov	FC Balkany Zorya	2

Promotion[]

On 2 June 2016, FFU issued professional licenses to most of clubs of the Professional Football League of Ukraine, while some clubs were given additional time to apply. Among the clubs that received licenses were five former amateur clubs. Following amateur teams were awarded professional licenses for the 2016–17 Ukrainian Second League: FC Balkany Zorya, FC Nyva-V Vinnytsia, FC Podillya Khmelnytskyi, FC Rukh Vynnyky, and FC Zhemchuzhyna Odesa.^[6] On 17 June 2016, the Professional Football League of Ukraine (PFL) announced that FC Metalurh Zaporizhia also was allowed to compete at the Second League. After the PFL Conference on 24 June 2016, the Second League might be also able to accept FC Illichivets-2 Mariupol and FC Inhulets-2 Petrove. On 15 June 2016, three more clubs were given extension by the FFU Executive Committee to apply for professional licenses, among which are FC Sudnobudivnyk Mykolaiv, FC Teplovyk Ivano-Frankivsk, and .^[7]

References[]

^ Start of the Amateur championship of Ukraine is planned on April 16. AAFU website. 9 April 2016
^ Quarterfinal draw of the Ukrainian championship of amateurs. UA-Football. 6 June 2016
^ Demyanchuk, O. Amateur championship. Semifinalists are determined (Аматорский чемпионат. Определились полуфиналисты). UA-Football. 18 June 2016
^ There took place a draw of semifinals games of the 2016 Ukrainian championship playoff among amateur teams (Відбулося жеребкування матчів 1/2 фіналу плей-офф чемпіонату України серед аматорських команд 2016 року). AAFU website. 20 June 2016
^ Uman will host the final of Ukrainian championship among amateurs. UA-Football. 4 July 2016
^ Mykolaiv, Sumy, Poltava, Inhulets, Bukovyna, and Krystal yet to receive licenses. UA-Football. 2 June 2016
^ There are determined newbie and candidates for the Second League. Professional Football League of Ukraine. 17 June 2016

External links[]

AAFU
Calendar of competitions. AAFU website. 17 April 2016
2016 season regulations. AAFU website. 17 April 2016
AAFU discussed possibility of transitioning to a new format. Football Federation of Ukraine. 25 February 2016.
Order of conducting the All-Ukrainian competitions among amateur teams soon might change. AAFU website. 24 February 2016

[1] Start of the Amateur championship of Ukraine is planned on April 16. AAFU website. 9 April 2016

[draw-2] Quarterfinal draw of the Ukrainian championship of amateurs. UA-Football. 6 June 2016

[3] Demyanchuk, O. Amateur championship. Semifinalists are determined (Аматорский чемпионат. Определились полуфиналисты). UA-Football. 18 June 2016

[4] There took place a draw of semifinals games of the 2016 Ukrainian championship playoff among amateur teams (Відбулося жеребкування матчів 1/2 фіналу плей-офф чемпіонату України серед аматорських команд 2016 року). AAFU website. 20 June 2016

[5] Uman will host the final of Ukrainian championship among amateurs. UA-Football. 4 July 2016

[6] Mykolaiv, Sumy, Poltava, Inhulets, Bukovyna, and Krystal yet to receive licenses. UA-Football. 2 June 2016

[7] There are determined newbie and candidates for the Second League. Professional Football League of Ukraine. 17 June 2016

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