2016–17 Ukrainian Football Amateur League

The 2016–17 Ukrainian Football Amateur League season was the 21st since it replaced the competition of physical culture clubs. The competition started on 13 August 2016.^[1]

Ukrainian Football Amateur League

Season	2016–17
Dates	13 August 2016 – 19 June 2017
Champions	Ahrobiznes Volochysk (1st title) Metalist 1925 Kharkiv (losing finalist)
Promoted	6 – Ahrobiznes, Metalist 1925, Nyva Trp, Polissya, Lviv, Tavriya S.
Relegated	7 teams (withdrawn)
← 2016 2017–18 →

There were two groups with 12 teams in Group A and 12 teams in Group B. The last season winner FC Balkany Zorya has participated in professional Second League.

On 29 August 2016, SC Tavriya Simferopol was admitted to the competition.^[2]

Teams

• Debut: FC Oskar Pidhiria, FC Nyva Terebovlya, FC Avanhard Koryukivka, FC Viktoriya Mykolayivka, FC Kvadro Pervomaiskyi, FC Inhulets-3 Petrove, FC Metalist 1925 Kharkiv
• Newly admitted former professional clubs: FC Lviv, FC Kovel-Volyn, FC Chortkiv-Peduniversytet, SC Tavriya Simferopol
• Returning clubs: MFC Pervomaisk

Withdraw teams

List of clubs that took part in last year competition, but chose not to participate in the 2016–17 season.

• FC Voloka
• FC Vinnytsia
• FC Avanhard Kakhovka
• FC Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih
• FC Kolos Khlibodarivka

Location map

 

 

Malynsk

 

ODEK

 

Yednist

 

Zhytomyr

 

Tavriya-Skif

 

Kovel-Volyn

 

Lviv

 

Nyva Tb

 

Oskar

 

Viktoriya

 

Tavriya

 

Beryslav

 

Ahrobiznes

 

Hirnyk

 

Lutsk

 

Nyva Tp

 

Chaika

 

Chortkiv-Peduniversytet

 

Avanhard

 

Vradiyivka

 

Inhulets-3

 

Kvadro

 

Metalist 1925

 

Solli Plyus

 

Pervomaisk

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Home venues of teams in the 2016–17 Ukrainian Amateur League.
Due to the Annexation of Crimea by the Russian Federation SC Tavriya Simferopol plays its games in Beryslav.

Group 1

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Comments
1	Ahrobiznes Volochysk (C, P)	20	14	6	0	36	5	+31	48	Championship final^[a] Admission to Ukrainian Second League
2	Chaika Kyiv-Sviatoshyn Raion	20	12	3	5	28	16	+12	39
3	Oskar Pidhiria	20	11	5	4	32	18	+14	38
4	ODEK Orzhiv	20	12	1	7	34	18	+16	37
5	Rochyn Sosnivka^[b]	20	10	7	3	24	10	+14	37
6	Nyva Terebovlia	20	8	2	10	20	26	−6	26
7	Nyva Ternopil (P)	20	5	6	9	15	24	−9	21	Admission to Ukrainian Second League
8	Kovel-Volyn Kovel	20	5	4	11	25	35	−10	19
9	FC Malynsk	20	5	3	12	23	36	−13	18
10	FC Lviv (P)	20	3	4	13	19	31	−12	13	Admission to Ukrainian Second League
11	Chortkiv-Peduniversytet	20	3	3	14	17	54	−37	12
12	FC Lutsk (D)	2	0	0	2	2	4	−2	0	Withdrawn at the start, results annulled^[c]

Updated to match(es) played on unknown. Source: ^{[citation needed]}
(C) Champions; (D) Disqualified; (P) Promoted
Notes:

1. Article 6, paragraph 3 of the season's regulations^[3]
2. In the beginning of 2017 FC Hirnyk Sosnivka changed its name to FC Rochyn Sosnivka.
3. On 31 August 2016, FC Lutsk withdrew from competitions after playing only two games.^[4] FC Lutsk lost both games with the same result 1:2 to FC Lviv and FC Kovel-Volyn Kovel. All results were annulled.

Top goalscorers

The top goalscorers are:^[5]

Rank	Player	Club	Games	Goals (Pen.)
1	Mykola Temnyuk	Ahrobiznes Volochysk	17	15
2	Vitaliy Bryksa	FC Malynsk	15	8
3	Oleksandr Apanchuk	ODEK Orzhiv	19	7 (2)
4	Ostap Mishchuk	FC Lviv	15	6
	Pavlo Dmytriv	Oskar Pidhiria	15	6

Group 2

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Comments
1	Metalist 1925 Kharkiv (C, P)	20	13	4	3	46	18	+28	43	Championship final Admission to Ukrainian Second League
2	Tavria-Skif Rozdol	20	13	4	3	41	17	+24	43
3	Yednist Plysky	20	9	6	5	22	22	0	33
4	Viktoriya Mykolayivka	20	8	6	6	21	23	−2	30
5	Solli Plyus Kharkiv	20	9	2	9	30	13	+17	29	Withdrawn during the season^[a]
6	Polissya Zhytomyr^[b] (P)	20	7	5	8	13	18	−5	26	Admission to Ukrainian Second League
7	Kvadro Pervomaisky	20	7	3	10	25	30	−5	24	Removed at the end of the season^[c]
8	FC Vradiyivka	20	6	6	8	17	20	−3	24
9	Tavriya Simferopol (P)	20	6	6	8	31	37	−6	24	Admission to Ukrainian Second League
10	MFC Pervomaisk	20	3	6	11	19	45	−26	15
11	Avanhard Koryukivka	20	4	2	14	18	40	−22	14
12	Inhulets-3 Petrove^[d] (D)	4	0	1	3	6	12	−6	1	Withdrawn at the start; results annulled^[e]

Updated to match(es) played on unknown. Source: ^{[citation needed]}
(C) Champions; (D) Disqualified; (P) Promoted
Notes:

1. On 11 May 2017, it was announced that FC Solli-Plyus Kharkiv withdrew from competition and the next six remaining games will be counted as a technical loss.^[6]
2. In March 2017 MFC Zhytomyr renamed to FC Polissya Zhytomyr.^[7]
3. On 7 June 2017, FC Kvadro Pervomaiskyi was removed from the competition after it did not arrive for its second game of Round 20 against Tavriya-Skif.^[8]
4. The regional team of Kirovohrad Oblast that composed predominantly out of FC Inhulets-3 Petrove recently won the first edition of FFU Regions' Cup and therefore will represent Ukraine at the UEFA Regions' Cup later in 2016. Some of Inhulets-3 games were postponed due to that.
5. On 20 October 2016, it was announced that FC Inhulets-3 Petrove withdrew from competition and all its record was annulled.^[9][10]

Top goalscorers

The top goalscorers are:^[11]

Rank	Player	Club	Games	Goals (Pen.)
1	Denys Skotarenko	Kvadro / Metalist 1925	18	14
2	Serhiy Zhyhalov	Tavria-Skif Rozdol	15	9
3	Serhiy Davydov	Metalist 1925	20	8
4	Yevhen Sokolan	Tavriya Simferopol	16	7
5	Oleh Synytsia	Metalist 1925	19	7 (3)

Championship final

Winners of groups have qualified for the championship final. According to the regulations, in case if the winner refuse to participate or was excluded, it will be replaced with a team that placed the next in the final standings tournament table.^[3][12]

19 June 2017

18:30 UTC+3

Metalist 1925 Kharkiv	0–4	Ahrobiznes Volochysk
	Report	Temnyuk   21', 41', 71' Hrusha   57'

NSC Olimpiyskiy, Kyiv

Referee: Mykola Kryvonosov (Kyiv)

• The match was interrupted in the 84th minute after Kharkiv fans invaded the pitch and the referees and players walked off.^[13]

Promotions to the Second League

Conditions to participate in the 2017–18 Ukrainian Second League:^[3]

• No less than one season spent in football competitions of a regional football federation;
• Participated the 2016–17 Ukrainian football championship among amateurs for the whole season and placed in the final standings table no lower than the eight;
• Club received required attestation.

On 18 November 2016, a representative of the FFU Executive Committee confirmed receiving applications from SC Tavriya Simferopol,^[14] FC Metalist 1925 Kharkiv,^[15] FC Hirnyk Sosnivka, FC Nyva Ternopil, FC Ahrobiznes Volochysk, FC Lviv, and MFC Zhytomyr.^[16]

On 21 June 2017, six teams have been promoted to the 2017–18 Ukrainian Second League,^[17] including all abovementioned besides renamed FC Rochyn Sosnivka which have decided to play again in the Amateur League in the next season.^[18]

See also

• 2016–17 Ukrainian Amateur Cup

References

1. . AAFU website. 10 August 2016
2. . AAFU. 29 August 2016
3. . AAFU website.
4. . AAFU. 31 August 2016
5. "Перший етап, гр. 1. Чемпіонат ААФУ".
6. Solli-Plyus withdrew from the amateur championship of Ukraine (Солли Плюс снялся с аматорского чемпионата Украины). UA-Football. 11 May 2017
7. . FC Polissya Zhytomyr. 28 February 2017
8. . FC Polissya Zhytomyr website. 8 June 2017
9. . UA-Football. 21 October 2016
10. . AAFU website. 21 October 2016
11. "Перший етап, гр. 2. Чемпіонат ААФУ".
12. "Фінальний матч".
13. "Агробизнес — чемпион Украины среди аматоров".
14. Tavriya submitted an application for attestation in FFU. UA-Football. 17 November 2016
15. Metalist 1925 submitted an application for attestation in FFU. UA-Football. 16 November 2016
16. Seven amateur teams submitted documents for attestation into the Second League. UA-Football. 18 November 2016
17. "Днепр-1, Агробизнес, Львов, Нива Т, Полесье приняты в состав ПФЛ, Металлист 1925 допущен условно". 21 June 2017.
18. "Металіст, Таврія і навіть Дніпро – чим збирається смалити Друга ліга у сезоні-2017/18". 13 June 2017.

External links

• AAFU
• . AAFU website.