Pervak, Tsyutsyura, Zhovtenko, Dvorovenko, Bodnya: Sport Arena, round by round, names the best in the First League of the 2023/24 season in individual categories and provides exclusive statistics. For your attention – individual nominations, main figures and much more.
Game program of the 9th round (video report here)
| Group “Champion” | Elimination Group |
| Saturday, May 18 | Sunday, May 19 |
| Prykarpattya ‒ Victoria – 1:0 | Dinaz ‒ Metalist ‒ 0:0 |
| Epicenter – Ingulets ‒ 1:3 | FC Chernihiv ‒ Nyva (Ternopil) – 3:3 |
| Agribusiness – SK Poltava – 3:1 | Kremin – FC Khust – 1:0 |
| Kudrovka-Niva – FSK Mariupol ‒ 1:1 | Gornyak-Sport – Bukovyna – 2:3 |
| Carpathians – Left Bank ‒ 3:3 | Metallurg – Podolia – 1:0 |
Already traditional:
- Read soon on our website the symbolic team of the next round
- interview with the hero of the tour, whom Sport Arena determines together with the PFL
And now – our individual nominations:
Intending to secure bronze medals for themselves, the Kiev team arrived in Lviv with a less than optimal lineup – the central midfielder Spivakova was disqualified, his colleague Akimov, who covered the center of defense at a high level, was injured. A number of leading, style-shaping players are far from in good shape. Having conceded three goals from Karpaty before 34 minutes, Left Bank managed to regroup, simplify and come back. Playing well under pressure, using set-pieces and performing well in tackles and interceptions across the entire width of the field, the Kiev team were able to do the incredible – they pulled back three goals. This incredibly aggravated the championship fight on the eve of the final round.
- Analysis from the All-Ukrainian Association of Football Coaches – Here.
Young Bespalko, of course, deserved his chance in the starting lineup, and the coaching staff of Prykarpattya is right dozens of times in allowing young people to play. However, it was with the appearance of Tsyutsyura as a substitute for the second half that the hosts were able to translate their plans into concrete sharpness. The winning goal just before the end, when Vasily was the first to find his bearings after a flank pass, was not accidental – moreover, he escalated the game at least three times with a specific threat.
- Sport Arena statistics: 22 league matches, 4 goals, 6 assists.
The 19-year-old winter newcomer got the opportunity to play for FSK Mariupol for the first time in official matches – and immediately in the starting lineup in the away match against Kudrovka-Niva. Zhovtenko not only played hard in a difficult match in Bucha, playing in a central defense trio with the experienced Terekhov and Fateev, but also opened the scoring in the 75th minute after a good connection to a set piece. The Azov team failed to reach the UPL playoffs, but their debut in the Champions group turned out to be decent.
- Sport Arena statistics: 1 league match, 1 goal.
It was an amazingly entertaining tour with beautiful set-pieces and well-played goals, but when the clean sheet comes into play, we watch closely on the replay. We quote the report: “It’s a pity that as soon as the teams scattered, around the 18th minute another siren sounded. When the game resumed, Bukovina took the lead after a crazy corner from Dvorovenko. Serving from the right flag, he twisted so that the ball went straight under the crossbar – 0:1. Vladislav’s debut goal for the new team, he previously assisted four times this season for Buzov Niva.”
Here we have the champion of Bukovina, Vlad Dvorovenko, with a direct blow from the apex goal near Horishnikh Plavnyakh. #pershaliga pic.twitter.com/vZqRcQE4F4
— Artur Valerko :: Artur Valerko (@ArchieValerko) May 19, 2024
Read later on our website an interview with the player who scored himself and provided an assist for Novotryasov in the victorious match in Horishni Plavny, which returned the Chernivtsi team to first place in the “Knockout” group.
- Sport Arena statistics: 22 league matches, 2 goals, 1 assist.
Head coach of Podolia Vitaly Kostyshin took the red card from referee Alexander Titov (Donetsk) and showed it to him. However, at the Slavutich Arena, only one of them should be sent off, and it was not the judge 🙂
To Kostyshin’s credit, after the match he apologized to Titov
The Left Bank officially secured bronze medals in its debut season in the First League / facebook.com/fclbkyiv
Kremin, Gornyak-Sport and Chernigov were downgraded – if nothing changes in terms of force majeure, they will spend the 2024/25 season in the Second League.
A few more interesting things:
Bukovyna played the 480th match in the First League: +171=105-204 (goals 536-587), the 420th match of Podolia in the First League: +142=119-159 (goals 460-502)
The 100th match in the First League was played by Arsen Slotyuk (Left Bank), the first by Bogdan Vasetsky (Poltava), Alexander Zhovtenko (Mariupol).
The 25th goal in the First League is scored by Artem Sitalo (Ingulets, 1st goal in the game), 10th by Vladimir Odaryuk (Poltava), Pavel Fedosov (Chernigov, 1st goal in the game), 5th by Stanislav- Nuri Malysh (Ingulets), 1st – Alexander Zhovtenko (Mariupol, in the 1st game), Daniil Sidorenko (Kremin, in the 37th)
More interesting things in the PFL digital selection, whose media partner is Sport Arena.
- Tournament table
- Group “Vibating”
- Bombers
| Player | Team | Goals | (Mon.) |
| Khoma Andrey | Prykarpattya (Ivano-Frankivsk) | 14 | |
| Shcherbak Dmitry | SK Poltava | 14 | (4) |
| Palagnyuk Vasily | Bukovina (Chernivtsi) | 14 | (5) |
| Igor Neves Alves | Carpathians (Lviv) | 12 | (2) |
| Spivakov Andrey | Left Bank (Kyiv) | 12 | (5) |
| Kravchuk Daniid | Epicenter (Kamenets-Podolsky) | eleven | |
| Sitalo Artem | Ingulets (Petrovo) | eleven | |
| Ryazantsev Evgeniy | Metallist (Kharkov) | 10 | |
| Koltsov Vitaly | Ingulets (Petrovo) | 10 | (6) |
| Kozak Alexander | Ingulets (Petrovo) | 9 | |
| Sukhoruchko Daniil | Left Bank (Kyiv) | 9 | |
| Fedosov Pavel | FC Chernigov | 9 | (1) |
| Garden Valery | Ingulets (Petrovo) | 8 | (3) |
| Bogunov Yaroslav | Ingulets (Petrovo) | 7 | (1) |
| Palamar Ruslan | Dinaz (Vyshgorod) | 7 | (4) |
- Assistants
| Player | Team | Passes |
| Shmigelsky Bogdan | SK Poltava | 10 |
| Zaporozhets Evgeniy | ***Ingulets (Petrovo)*** | 8 |
| Podlepenets Evgeniy | Carpathians (Lviv) | 8 |
| Kogut Ivan | Left Bank (Kyiv) | 7 |
| Prikhodko Nazar | FC Khust | 7 |
| Astakhov Ernest | Left Bank (Kyiv) | 6 |
| Kostenko Yan | Carpathians (Lviv) | 6 |
| Tsyutsyura Vasily | Prykarpattya (Ivano-Frankivsk) | 6 |
| Doroshenko Arsentiy | Niva (Ternopil) | 5 |
| Lyashenko Andrey | Epicenter (Kamenets-Podolsky) | 5 |
| Mironenko Dmitry | FC Chernigov | 5 |
| Orobets Ivan | Podolia (Khmelnitsky) | 5 |
| Garden Valery | Ingulets (Petrovo) | 5 |
| Ulyanov Dmitry | Victoria (Nikolaevka) | 5 |
| Shcherbak Dmitry | SK Poltava | 5 |
- Goal+ass
| Player | Team | Goal+Pass | Goals | Passes |
| Shcherbak Dmitry | SK Poltava | 19 | 14 | 5 |
| Palagnyuk Vasily | Bukovina (Chernivtsi) | 15 | 14 | 1 |
| Khoma Andrey | Prykarpattya (Ivano-Frankivsk) | 15 | 14 | 1 |
| Sitalo Artem | Ingulets (Petrovo) | 15 | eleven | 4 |
| Igor Neves Alves | Carpathians (Lviv) | 14 | 12 | 2 |
| Kravchuk Daniil | Epicenter (Kamenets-Podolsky) | 14 | eleven | 3 |
| Shmigelsky Bogdan | SK Poltava | 14 | 4 | 10 |
| Spivakov Andrey | Left Bank (Kiev) | 13 | 12 | 1 |
| Garden Valery | Ingulets (Petrovo) | 13 | 8 | 5 |
| Podlepenets Evgeniy | Carpathians (Lviv) | 13 | 5 | 8 |
| Ryazantsev Evgeniy | Metallist (Kharkov) | 12 | 10 | 2 |
| Kozak Alexander | Ingulets (Petrovo) | 12 | 9 | 3 |
| Fedosov Pavel | FC Chernigov | 12 | 9 | 3 |
| Kostenko Yan | Carpathians (Lviv) | 12 | 6 | 6 |
| Prikhodko Nazar | FC Khust | 12 | 5 | 7 |
| Koltsov Vitaly | Ingulets (Petrovo) | eleven | 10 | 1 |
| Sukhoruchko Daniil | Left Bank (Kyiv) | 10 | 9 | 1 |
| Voitsekhovsky Vladislav | Left Bank (Kyiv) | 10 | 6 | 4 |
| Sten Sergey | Epicenter (Kamenets-Podolsky) | 10 | 6 | 4 |
| Tsyutsyura Vasily | Prykarpattya (Ivano-Frankivsk) | 10 | 4 | 6 |
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All calculations by Arthur Valerko, SportArena.com. The material was written by the author in Ukrainian.
Source: Sportarena
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