Sport Arena names the best in the First League of the 2023/24 season round after round in individual categories and provides exclusive statistics. To your attention – the best player, joker, young player, coach and hero of the tour
Game program of the 5th round (report with video here)
| Group A | Group B |
| Friday, August 25 | Sunday, August 27 |
| Metallist ‒ Karpaty – 0:3 | Metallurg – FC Chernihiv ‒ 4:2 |
| Saturday, August 26 | Left bank ‒ Dinaz ‒ 3:0 |
| Niva (Buzovaya) – Bukovyna – 1:0 | Monday, August 28 |
| Monday, August 28 | FSK Mariupol ‒ Ingulets ‒ 1:1 |
| Prykarpattya – FC Khust – 7:0 | Victoria – Gornyak-Sport – 1:0 |
| Epicenter – Niva (Ternopil) – 2:3 | Flint – SK Poltava – 0:6 |
| Agribusiness – Podolia – 0:0 |
Already traditional:
- read soon on our website the symbolic team of the next round
interview with the hero of the tour, which the Sport Arena determines together with the PFL
And now – our individual nominations
Despite the rather respectable average age of the team and its leaders, Victoria successfully withstands tests on two fronts – one of the two representatives of the PFL made it to the 1/8 finals of the Ukrainian Cup and remains unbeaten even against matches with the most status rivals at her level. Separately, we note that Victoria won five matches in a row in this most energy-intensive marathon with a minimum score.
Analysis from the All-Ukrainian Association of Football Coaches – here.
Artur Ryabov from Karpatov and Nikolay Buzhin from Poltava entered the game very well – however, they completed what their predecessors had done, developed the achievements of the first half. But Galadey from Ternopil appeared on the field with a score of 2:2, shortly after Epicenter equalized the score, and six minutes later he closed Khrustavka’s serve and brought Niva a super strong-willed victory in Kamyanets-Podilskyi.
- Sport Arena stats: 5 league matches, 1 goal.
It is a very difficult job to compete for a place at the base in a team where there are Kartushov, Kozhanov, Sakov and a few other players who can be placed on the left flank of midfield without any problems. 20-year-old Kostenko from SK Poltava by no means looked like the first choice for this position, but during the season he earned the attention of the coaching staff and has been receiving playing time for several matches in a row. In the match with Metalist, Jan co-authored an early goal in the second minute, providing an assist to Chachua.
- Sport Arena stats: 4 league matches, 1 assist.
An elegant free kick from the Poltava player Shmigelsky in Kremenchuk, both goals from the left-banker Voitsekhovsky in Kiev, a “fish” from the Zaporozhian Sad in Uman, another cool shot from the Carpathian Ryabov in Lviv – albeit with an obvious mistake by the goalkeeper Metalist. We had something to choose in the reporting round, but what can we do against the filigree execution of the standard? Quoting the report: “In the 21st minute, Shmigelsky earned a free kick at the penalty line, hitting the defender’s hand – almost a penalty. And he himself realized the standard, breaking through with force into the upper corner of the goalkeeper.
The goal can be seen on the video at 1:07
Read later on our website an interview with the player who scored a hat-trick and earned a suspension for an opponent.
- Sport Arena stats: 5 league matches, 4 goals.
Niva (Ternopil) won the match in Kamyanets-Podilsky, in which Epicenter took the lead twice. Photo facebook.com/fcdunaivtsiepicentr
Victoria (Nikolaevka, Sumy region) won the fifth match in a row in the championship and the Cup of Ukraine. All – with a score of 1:0!
A few more interesting things:
- 7:0 victory over FC Khust turned out to be the biggest for Prykarpattya for all the time of performances in the First League
- Flint suffered the biggest defeat, and SK Poltava got the biggest victory in the First League. The match in Kremenchug ended with the score 0:6
- after a draw in Borispol in the match between FSK Mariupol and Ingulets (1:1), there are no more teams left in the First League that do not lose points
More interesting things – in the digital selection of the PFL, whose information partner is Sport Arena.
- Tournament table after the 5th round
- Group A
| M | Team | AND | IN | H | P | Mz | MP | +/- | ABOUT | |
| 1 | ↑1 | Carpathians (Lviv) | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 2 | +6 | 13 |
| 2 | ↓1 | Niva (Buzovaya) | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 3 | +5 | 13 |
| 3 | ↑2 | Niva (Ternopil) | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 5 | +1 | 9 |
| 4 | ‒ | Agribusiness (Volochisk) | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 4 | +2 | 8 |
| 5 | ↓2 | Epicenter (Kamenets-Podolsk) | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 4 | +1 | 8 |
| 6 | ↑2 | Bukovina (Chernivtsi) | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 4 | -2 | 4 |
| 7 | ↑1 | Podolia (Khmelnitsky) | 5 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 4 | -2 | 4 |
| 8 | ↓1 | Metalist (Kharkiv) | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 8 | -5 | 4 |
| 9 | ‒ | Prykarpattya (Ivano-Frankivsk) | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 4 | +4 | 4 |
| 10 | ‒ | FC Khust | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 10 | -10 | 1 |
- Group B
| M | Team | AND | IN | H | P | Mz | MP | +/- | ABOUT | |
| 1 | ‒ | Ingulets (Petrovo) | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 13 | 2 | +11 | 13 |
| 2 | ‒ | Victoria (Nikolaevka) | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 1 | +3 | eleven |
| 3 | ‒ | Left bank (Kyiv) | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 15 | 6 | +9 | 9 |
| 4 | ↑1 | Metallurg (Zaporozhye) | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 5 | +2 | 8 |
| 5 | ↑2 | SK Poltava | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | eleven | 9 | +2 | 7 |
| 6 | ↓2 | Gornyak-Sport (Gorishni Plavni) | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 7 | -5 | 6 |
| 7 | ↓1 | Flint (Kremenchug) | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 9 | -7 | 4 |
| 8 | ↓1 | FK Chernihiv | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 13 | -7 | 3 |
| 9 | ↑1 | FSK Mariupol | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 3 | -1 | 3 |
| 10 | ↓1 | Dinaz (Vyshgorod) | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 4 | eleven | -7 | 3 |
- scorers
| Player | Team | Group | goals | Pen. |
| Voitsekhovsky Vladislav | Left bank (Kyiv) | B | 4 | |
| Kozak Alexander | Ingulets (Petrovo) | B | 4 | |
| Sitalo Artem | Ingulets (Petrovo) | B | 4 | |
| Homa Andrey | Prykarpattya (Ivano-Frankivsk) | A | 4 | |
| Shcherbak Dmitry | SK Poltava | B | 3 | |
| Igor Neves Alves | Carpathians (Lviv) | A | 3 | (1) |
| Palamar Ruslan | Niva (Buzovaya) | A | 3 | (1) |
| Shmigelsky Bogdan | SK Poltava | B | 3 | (1) |
| Shevchenko Vyacheslav | Dinaz (Vyshgorod) | B | 3 | (2) |
- assistants
| Player | Team | Group | Passes |
| Zaporozhets Eugene | Ingulets (Petrovo) | B | 5 |
| Belotserkovets Vladimir | Metallurg (Zaporozhye) | B | 2 |
| + 10 more players with two assists each | |||
- Goal+pass
| Player | Team | Group | Goal + Pass | goals | Pasi |
| Voitsekhovsky Vladislav | Left bank (Kyiv) | B | 6 | 4 | 2 |
| Kozak Alexander | Ingulets (Petrovo) | B | 5 | 4 | 1 |
| Sitalo Artem | Ingulets (Petrovo) | B | 5 | 4 | 1 |
| Shmigelsky Bogdan | SK Poltava | B | 5 | 3 | 2 |
| Shcherbak Dmitry | SK Poltava | B | 5 | 3 | 2 |
| Zaporozhets Eugene | Ingulets (Petrovo) | B | 5 | 0 | 5 |
| Homa Andrey | Prykarpattya (Ivano-Frankivsk) | A | 4 | 4 | 0 |
| Igor Neves Alves | Carpathians (Lviv) | A | 4 | 3 | 1 |
| Buzhin Nikolay | SK Poltava | B | 4 | 2 | 2 |
| Shinkarenko Dmitry | Prykarpattya (Ivano-Frankivsk) | A | 4 | 2 | 2 |
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All calculations – Artur Valerko, SportArena.com. The material is written by the author in Ukrainian.
Source: Sportarena
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