2016 Ukrainian Football Amateur League

The 2016 Ukrainian Football Amateur League season was the 20th since it replaced the competition of physical culture clubs. It started on 16 April 2016.

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Relegated	5 teams (withdrawn)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 →

There were 24 teams competing during the season which consisted of two phases, the first phase was a group stage with six groups of four teams and the second phase was a final playoff stage. All group winners and two best second placed teams advanced to playoffs which started from quarterfinals.

The last season winner Balkany Zorya were the defending champions.

Teams

• Newly admitted former professional clubs: Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih (1957 as Dzerzhynsky Mine Administration), Metalurh Zaporizhia (1952)
  • These clubs last played at an amateur level when the Football Championship of the Ukrainian SSR was held among manufacturing teams before 1959. In 2017, MFC Zhytomyr adopted the heritage of Polissya Zhytomyr, which also last played at an amateur level in 1958 as Avanhard.

Returning/reformed clubs

• Nyva Ternopil (returning, last played season in 1982 as Nyva Berezhany)
• Teplovyk Ivano-Frankivsk (returning, last played season in 2003)
• Nyva-V Vinnytsia (returning, last played season in 2006 as Nyva-Svitanok)
• Kolos Khlibodarivka (returning, last played season in 2013)
• Podillya Khmelnytskyi (returning, last played season in 2014)

Debut

List of teams that are debuting this season in the league.

• Ahrobiznes Volochysk
• FC Lutsk
• FC Vradiyivka

• Chaika Petropavlivska-Borshchahivka
• FC Malynsk
• MFC Zhytomyr

• Hirnyk Sosnivka
• Sudnobudivnyk Mykolaiv

• Inhulets-2 Petrove
• FC Voloka

Withdrawn

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

• Kolos Zachepylivka
• VPK-Ahro Shevchenkivka

• Mal Korosten

• Opir Lviv

• Rukh Vynnyky

Locations

Vinnytsia

Zhytomyr

Hirnyk

Lutsk

Malynsk

Podillya

Nyva-V

ODEK

Voloka

Teplovyk

Nyva Trp

Ahrobiznes

Chaika

Yednist

Sudnobudivnyk

Zhemchuzhyna

Inhulets-2

Avanhard

Vradiyivka

Tavriya-Skif

Kryvbas

Balkany

Kolos

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	FC Malynsk (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	FC Lutsk	6	0	0	6	4	18	−14	0

Source:
(Q) Qualified for the phase indicated

Top goalscorers

Rank	Player	Club	Goals (Pen.)
1	Roman Husak	MFC Zhytomyr	4
2	Vitaliy Bryksa	FC Malynsk	3
	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	FC Voloka	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:
(P) Promoted; (Q) Qualified for 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	Viktor Hazytskyi	ODEK Orzhiv	4
	Vitaliy Hrusha	ODEK Orzhiv	4
3	Yan Morhovskyi	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:
(P) Promoted; (Q) Qualified for 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
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:
(P) Promoted; (Q) Qualified for the phase indicated

Top goalscorers

Rank	Player	Club	Goals (Pen.)
1	Oleksandr Petruk	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	FC Vradiyivka (Q)	6	4	1	1	11	5	+6	13
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:
(P) Promoted; (Q) Qualified for 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	FC Vradiyivka	3
	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	Kolos Khlibodarivka	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:
(C) Champions; (P) Promoted; (Q) Qualified for the phase indicated

Top goalscorers

Rank	Player	Club	Goals (Pen.)
1	Serhiy Platunov	Balkany Zorya	4
	Mykola Zlatov	Balkany Zorya	4
3	Kyrylo Kyryk	Kolos Khlibodarivka	3

Playoffs

Teams qualified

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 Odesa (29 May), FC Vradiyivka (29 May)

Bracket

	Quarter-finals						Semi-finals						Final
	FC Malynsk	1	1	2
	Ahrobiznes Volochysk	4	0	4
							ODEK Orzhiv	0	0	0
							Ahrobiznes Volochysk	1	2	3
	ODEK Orzhiv	1	2	3
													8 July – Uman
	Yednist Plysky	0	2	2
													Balkany Zorya (a.e.t.)	1
													Ahrobiznes Volochysk	0
	Zhemchuzhyna Odesa	1	0	1
	FC Vradiyivka (a)	1	0	1
							Balkany Zorya	1	2	3
							FC Vradiyivka	1	0	1
	Tavria-Skif Rozdol	0	1	1
	Balkany Zorya	0	4	4

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.

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
FC Malynsk	2–4	Ahrobiznes Volochysk	1–4	1–0
ODEK Orzhiv	3–2	Yednist Plysky	1–0	2–2
Zhemchuzhyna Odesa	1–1 (a)	FC Vradiyivka	1–1	0–0
Tavria-Skif Rozdol	1–4	Balkany Zorya	0–0	1–4

Tavria-Skif Rozdol v Balkany Zorya

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

Zhemchuzhyna Odesa v Vradiivka

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

FC Malynsk v Ahrobiznes Volochysk

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

ODEK Orzhiv v Yednist Plysky

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

Vradiivka v Zhemchuzhyna Odesa

15 June 2016	Vradiivka	0–0	Zhemchuzhyna Odesa	Vradiivka, Mykolaiv Oblast
17:30 LST		[ Report]		Stadium: Vradiivka Attendance: 300

Yednist Plysky v ODEK Orzhiv

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

Balkany Zorya v Tavria-Skif Rozdol

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

Ahrobiznes Volochysk v FC Malynsk

18 June 2016	Ahrobiznes Volochysk	0–1	FC Malynsk	Volochysk, Khmelnytskyi Oblast
18:00 LST		[ Report]	Onishchuk 78'	Stadium: Yunist Attendance: 400

Notes

Semifinals

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

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
ODEK Orzhiv	0–3	Ahrobiznes Volochysk	0–1	0–2
Balkany Zorya	3–1	FC Vradiyivka	1–1	2–0

ODEK Orzhiv v Ahrobiznes Volochysk

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

Balkany Zorya v FC Vradiyivka

26 June 2016	Balkany Zorya	1–1	FC Vradiyivka	Zorya, Odesa Oblast
18:30 LST	Platunov 85' (pen.)	[ Report]	Kramarenko 45'	Stadium: imeni Tropantsia Attendance: 450

Ahrobiznes Volochysk v ODEK Orzhiv

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

FC Vradiyivka v Balkany Zorya

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

Championship final

Balkany Zorya v Ahrobiznes Volochysk

8 July 2016	Balkany Zorya	1–0 (a.e.t.)	Ahrobiznes Volochysk	Uman, Cherkasy Oblast
18:00 LST	Raichev 104'	Report		Stadium: Tsentralnyi Stadion Attendance: 3,000 Referee: V.Dorosh (Kyiv)

Top goalscorers

Rank	Player	Club	Goals (Pen.)
1	Mykola 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. 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 FC Lutsk.

Number of teams by region

Number	Region	Team(s)
2	Kherson Oblast	Avanhard Kakhovka, Kolos Khlibodarivka
	Khmelnytskyi Oblast	Ahrobiznes Volochysk, Podillia Khmelnytskyi
	Mykolaiv Oblast	Sudnobudivnyk Mykolaiv, FC Vradiivka
	Odesa Oblast	Balkany Zorya, Zhemchuzhyna Odesa
	Rivne Oblast	FC Malynsk, ODEK Orzhiv
	Vinnytsia Oblast	Nyva-V Vinnytsia, FC Vinnytsia
	Zaporizhia Oblast	Metalurh Zaporizhia, Tavria-Skif Rozdol
1	Chernihiv Oblast	Yednist Plysky
	Chernivtsi Oblast	FC Voloka
	Dnipropetrovsk Oblast	Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih
	Ivano-Frankivsk Oblast	Teplovyk Ivano-Frankivsk
	Kirovohrad Oblast	Inhulets-2 Petrove
	Kyiv Oblast	Chaika Petropavlivska Borshchahivka
	Lviv Oblast	Hirnyk Sosnivka
	Ternopil Oblast	Nyva Ternopil
	Volyn Oblast	FC Lutsk
	Zhytomyr Oblast	MFC Zhytomyr

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