Sport Arena, round by round, names the best in the First League of the 2023/24 season in individual categories. For your attention – the best player, joker, coach and hero of the tour, as well as the best goal, main numbers and much more
Game program of the 15th round (video report here)
| Group A | Group B |
| Friday, November 3 | Friday, November 3 |
| Agribusiness – Nyva (Ternopil) – 2:1 | Kremin – FC Chernigov ‒ 2:1 |
| Saturday, November 4 | Saturday, November 4 |
| Metalist ‒ Bukovina – 2:3 | Gornyak-Sport – Dinaz ‒ 2:0 |
| Podillya – FC Khust – 4:1 | Sunday, November 5 |
| Sunday, November 5 | Metallurg – Ingulets ‒ 0:0 |
| Epicenter – Carpathians – 3:2 | FSK Mariupol ‒ Left Bank ‒ 0:2 |
| Niva (Buzovaya) – Prykarpattya ‒ 0:1 | Victoria – SK Poltava – 0:0 |
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:
There could be no underestimation of Epicenter on the part of the leader: last season, Nagornyak’s team beat Karpaty Tlumak twice, and these were the points that the Lviv team did not have enough to gain promotion. And in the first round, Markevich’s team only in the end, thanks to the goals of two debutants, took a difficult three points with this opponent. On their own field, Epicenter played brave football: they did not submit to the blows of fate when they lost their early advantage, went forward with great strength and at the end of the match outplayed the opponent, who has everything to control the course of events and dominate on the field. Karpaty remained the last undefeated participant in this season of the First League. Moreover, there are no more undefeated teams in any of the three professional leagues.
- Analysis from the All-Ukrainian Association of Football Coaches – Here.
Defender Barilyak replaced striker Kuzmin in the 88th minute, immediately after his former teammates from Ternopil Niva equalized the score. And it was Ruslan who, with his first and only blow in the match, returned the advantage to the Volochish residents. Agribusiness won the match and retained second place in the western group. What especially emphasizes Chizhevsky’s instinct for substitutions, the assist for Barilyak was made by another defender – Len, whom the head coach of Agribusiness also sent on as a substitute. There is nothing more important to the players on the bench than a winning goal in stoppage time in the second half.
- Sport Arena statistics: 10 league matches, 1 goal.
19-year-old midfielder Podrezan came on as a substitute in four of the five championship matches, but is gradually getting ready to play as part of Gornyak-Sport. It was Alexander who, a minute after coming on as a substitute, pushed the ball into Dinaz’s goal, securing the hosts’ minimal advantage.
- Sport Arena statistics: 5 matches in the championship, 1 goal.
A beautiful free-kick from Khmelnytskyi Zadoi, a juicy long-range strike from Chernigov’s Mentey, which the referee counted as an own goal by goalkeeper Kremnya – these are very real contenders for our nomination. However, what can you do if “Kharkov Quaresma” gets down to business? We quote the report: “Bagachansky passed it to Ryazantsev, who hit the top corner from outside the penalty area – 1:1. Great goal.”
The goal can be seen on video at 3:04
Read later on our website an interview with the player who scored the winning double in the match with his team’s closest pursuer, FSK Mariupol.
- Sport Arena statistics: 15 league matches, 8 goals, 1 assist.
Dinaz forward Vyacheslav Shevchenko came on as a substitute during the break, and in the 61st minute received the first yellow card from referee Vasily Fayda, and five minutes later the second yellow and red. The football player’s response was quick – a headbutt to the referee. “I only regret one thing – that I didn’t hit him harder so that he would remember well that you can’t judge like that,” Shevchenko said in an interview with the Ukrainian Football website. Video pfl.ua
Christian Svystun (Agribusiness) just scored against Ternopil Niva, although the visiting goalkeeper Mekhaniv did not try to help. Photo fcab.com.ua
https://twitter.com/ArchieValerko/status/1721180465694900358.
A few more interesting things:
- Karpaty scored a total of 150th goal (2nd goal in the game) and conceded the 50th away goal (1st goal) in the First League
- Gornyak-Sport’s 50th home victory in the First League
- FSK Mariupol concedes the 50th goal (1st goal in the game) in the First League
- The most fruitful round of the current championship for strong-willed victories – three at once
- The 50th match in the First League was played by Vladimir Rudyuk (Prykarpattya)
- The 15th goal in the First League is scored by Evgeniy Zadoya (Podolia), the 5th by Daniil Kravchuk (Epicenter, 2nd goal in the game), the 1st by Ruslan Barilyak (Agribusiness, in the 10th game), Andrey Kireev (Kremen, in the 16th), Alexander Podrezan (Gornyak-Sport, in the 17th), Evgeniy Isaenko (Metalist, in the 8th), Daniil Bozhenar (Podolia, in the 26th), Vladislav Ivanov (Khust, in the 15th) – j)
More interesting things can be found in the digital selection of the PFL, whose information partner is Sport Arena.
- Tournament table after the 15th round
- Group A
| M | Team | AND | IN | N | P | Mz | MP | +/- | ABOUT | |
| 1 | ‒ | Carpathians (Lviv) | 15 | eleven | 3 | 1 | 27 | 10 | +17 | 36 |
| 2 | ‒ | Agribusiness (Volochisk) | 15 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 17 | 10 | +7 | 26 |
| 3 | ↑1 | Epicenter (Kamenets-Podolsky) | 15 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 22 | 20 | +2 | 24 |
| 4 | ↓1 | Niva (Buzovaya) | 15 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 19 | 16 | +3 | 23 |
| 5 | ↑2 | Prykarpattya (Ivano-Frankivsk) | 15 | 5 | 7 | 3 | 23 | 15 | +8 | 22 |
| 6 | ↓1 | Bukovina (Chernivtsi) | 15 | 6 | 3 | 6 | 16 | 16 | 0 | 21 |
| 7 | ↑1 | Podolia (Khmelnitsky) | 15 | 3 | 7 | 5 | 16 | 16 | 0 | 16 |
| 8 | ↓2 | Niva (Ternopil) | 15 | 4 | 4 | 7 | eleven | 15 | -4 | 16 |
| 9 | ‒ | FC Khust | 15 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 13 | thirty | -17 | eleven |
| 10 | ‒ | Metallist (Kharkov) | 15 | 1 | 4 | 10 | 8 | 24 | -16 | 7 |
- Group B
| M | Team | AND | IN | N | P | Mz | MP | +/- | ABOUT | |
| 1 | ‒ | Ingulets (Petrovo) | 15 | eleven | 2 | 2 | 34 | eleven | +23 | 35 |
| 2 | ‒ | Victoria (Nikolaevka) | 15 | 7 | 6 | 2 | 16 | 12 | +4 | 27 |
| 3 | ‒ | Left Bank (Kyiv) | 15 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 33 | eleven | +22 | 27 |
| 4 | ↑1 | Metallurg (Zaporozhye) | 15 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 23 | 16 | +7 | 24 |
| 5 | ↓1 | FSK Mariupol | 15 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 19 | 13 | +6 | 24 |
| 6 | ‒ | SK Poltava | 15 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 27 | 23 | +4 | 22 |
| 7 | ‒ | Gornyak-Sport (Horishni Plavni) | 15 | 5 | 1 | 9 | 14 | 25 | -eleven | 16 |
| 8 | ‒ | Kremen (Kremenchuk) | 15 | 4 | 2 | 9 | 13 | 33 | -20 | 14 |
| 9 | ‒ | Dinaz (Vyshgorod) | 15 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 12 | 24 | -12 | 10 |
| 10 | ‒ | FC Chernigov | 15 | 3 | 0 | 12 | 16 | 39 | -23 | 9 |
- Bombers
| Gravets | Team | Group | Goli | Pen. |
| Khoma Andrey | Prykarpattya (Ivano-Frankivsk) | A | eleven | |
| Palagnyuk Vasily | Bukovina (Chernivtsi) | A | 8 | (3) |
| Koltsov Vitaly | Ingulets (Petrovo) | B | 8 | (5) |
| Spivakov Andrey | Left Bank (Kyiv) | B | 8 | (5) |
| Sukhoruchko Daniil | Left Bank (Kyiv) | B | 7 | |
| Kozak Alexander | Ingulets (Petrovo) | B | 6 | |
| Igor Neves Alves | Carpathians (Lviv) | A | 6 | (1) |
| Shcherbak Dmitry | SK Poltava | B | 6 | (1) |
| Palamar Ruslan | Niva (Buzovaya) | A | 6 | (3) |
| Garden Valery | Metallurg (Zaporozhye) | B | 6 | (3) |
- Assistants
| Player | Team | Group | Passes |
| Zaporozhets Evgeniy | Ingulets (Petrovo) | B | 8 |
| Shmigelsky Bogdan | SK Poltava | B | 8 |
| Kogut Ivan | Left Bank (Kyiv) | B | 6 |
| Belotserkovets Vladimir | Metallurg (Zaporozhye) | B | 4 |
| Mount Bogdan | Gornyak-Sport (Horishni Plavni) | B | 4 |
| Dvorovenko Vladislav | Niva (Buzova) | A | 4 |
| Kostenko Yan | Carpathians (Lviv) | A | 4 |
| Savitsky Andrey | Kremen (Kremenchuk) | B | 4 |
| Ulyanov Dmitry | Victoria (Nikolaevka) | B | 4 |
| Tsyutsyura Vasily | Prykarpattya (Ivano-Frankivsk) | A | 4 |
- Goal+ass
| Player | Team | Group | Goal+Pass | Goals | Passes |
| Khoma Andrey | Prykarpattya (Ivano-Frankivsk) | A | 12 | eleven | 1 |
| Shmigelsky Bogdan | SK Poltava | B | 12 | 4 | 8 |
| Palagnyuk Vasily | Bukovina (Chernivtsi) | A | 9 | 8 | 1 |
| Spivakov Andrey | Left Bank (Kyiv) | B | 9 | 8 | 1 |
| Koltsov Vitaly | Ingulets (Petrovo) | B | 8 | 8 | 0 |
| Sukhoruchko Daniil | Left Bank (Kyiv) | B | 8 | 7 | 1 |
| Garden Valery | Metallurg (Zaporozhye) | B | 8 | 6 | 2 |
| Shcherbak Dmitry | SK Poltava | B | 8 | 6 | 2 |
| Sitalo Artem | Ingulets (Petrovo) | B | 8 | 5 | 3 |
| Shinkarenko Dmitry | Prykarpattya (Ivano-Frankivsk) | A | 8 | 5 | 3 |
| Kostenko Yan | Carpathians (Lviv) | A | 8 | 4 | 4 |
| Zaporozhets Evgeniy | Ingulets (Petrovo) | B | 8 | 0 | 8 |
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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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