2004–05 Ukrainian First League
| Season | 2004–05 |
|---|---|
| Champions | Stal Alchevsk (1st title) |
| Promoted | Stal Alchevsk Arsenal Kharkiv |
| Relegated | Nafkom Brovary MFK Mykolaiv Polissya Zhytomir |
| Top goalscorer | 16 - Oleksandr Aliyev (Dynamo-2) Roman Pakholiuk (Nyva) |
← 2003–04 2005–06 → | |
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
Promoted teams
Two clubs promoted from the 2003-04 Ukrainian Second League.
- Group A
- FC Hazovyk-Skala Stryi – champion (debut)
- Group B
- FC Dynamo-Ihroservis Simferopol – champion (debut)
- Group C
- FC Stal Dniprodzerzhynsk – champion (debut)
Relegated teams
One club was relegated from the 2003-04 Ukrainian Top League:
- FC Karpaty Lviv – 15th place (debut)
Renamed teams
- Before the start of season, FC Krasyliv-Obolon Krasyliv merged with lower league FC Podillya Khmelnytskyi and changed its name to FC Podillya Khmelnytskyi, while the lower league clubs was dissolved.
- Before the start of season, FC Nafkom-Akademia Irpin was relocated and changed its name to FC Nafkom Brovary.
- Before the start of season, FC Naftovyk Okhtyrka changed its name to FC Naftovyk-Ukrnafta Okhtyrka.
- At the end of season, FC Spartak-Horobyna Sumy changed its name to FC Spartak Sumy.
Location
In 2004-05 season, the Ukrainian First League consists of the following teams:
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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 |
- 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 |
|---|---|---|
 Roman Pakholiuk
|
17 (2)
|
Nyva Vinnytsia |
| Oleksandr Aliyev
|
16 (3)
|
Dynamo-2 Kyiv |
| Petro Kondratiuk
|
13 (2)
|
Nyva Vinnytsia |
| Maksym Feschuk
|
12 (1)
|
Karpaty Lviv |
| Vladyslav Holopyorov
|
12 (4)
|
Shakhtar-2 Donetsk |
| Oleksiy Yakymenko
|
12 (6)
|
Zoria Luhansk |
| Serhiy Sernetskyi
|
11 (3)
|
Stal Alchevsk |
 Ara Hakobyan
|
11 (4)
|
Stal D. / Stal A. |
| Oleksiy Hryshchenko
|
11 (6)
|
Dynamo-Ihroservis Simferopol |
| Andriy Danayev
|
10
|
Stal Alchevsk |
References
- ^ Statistics (in Russian)