2015–16 Ukrainian First League


The 2015–16 Ukrainian First League was the 25th since its establishment. The competition commenced on 26 July 2015 with eight matches. The competition had a winter break which began after Round 18 on November 22. The competition resumed on 26 March 2016 and completed on 1 June 2016.

Teams

The number of teams for the competition was confirmed on 19 June 2015.

Promoted teams

Two teams were promoted from the 2014–15 Ukrainian Second League.
One team was promoted from the 2014–15 Ukrainian Premier League.
The following displays the location of teams.

Stadiums

The following stadiums are considered home grounds for the teams in the competition.
RankStadiumCapacityClubNotes
1Metalurh Stadium, Kryvyi Rih29,783Hirnyk Kryvyi Rih
2Yuvileiny Stadium, Sumy25,800FC Sumy
3Lobanovskyi Dynamo Stadium, Kyiv16,873Dynamo-2 KyivUsed as home ground in Round 14 and 17
4Central City Stadium, Mykolaiv16,700MFC Mykolaiv
5Zirka Stadium, Kirovohrad13,667Zirka Kirovohrad
6Labor Reserve, Bila Tserkva13,500Desna ChernihivUsed as home ground
7City Stadium, Ternopil12,750Nyva Ternopil
7City Stadium, Ternopil12,750FC Ternopil
8Illichivets Stadium, Mariupol12,680Illichivets Mariupol
9Yuri Gagarin Stadium, Chernihiv12,060Desna Chernihiv
10Central Stadion, Cherkasy10,321Cherkaskyi Dnipro
11Naftovyk Stadium, Okhtyrka5,256Naftovyk-Ukrnafta Okhtyrka
12Obolon Arena, Kiev5,100Obolon-Brovar Kyiv
13Sonyachny Stadium, Kharkiv4,924Helios Kharkiv
14Avanhard Stadium, Kramatorsk2,500Avanhard Kramatorsk
15Lokomotov Stadium, Poltava2,500FC Poltava
16Yunist Stadium, Komsomolsk2,500Hirnyk-Sport Komsomolsk
17Dynamo Training Center, Kyiv1,200Dynamo-2 Kyiv

Managers

Managerial changes

League table

Results

Position by round

Top goalscorers

RankScorerGoals
Team
1 Artem Favorov16 Obolon-Brovar Kyiv
2 Yevhen Chepurnenko11 Desna Chernihiv
3 Artem Sitalo10 Hirnyk Kryvyi Rih
3 Serhiy Vakulenko10 Illichivets Mariupol
5 Volodymyr Bayenko8Hirnyk Kryvyi Rih
5 Denys Skepskyi8 Cherkaskyi Dnipro
7 Borys Baranets7Zirka Kirovohrad
7 Oleksandr Batalskyi7Cherkaskyi Dnipro

RankScorerGoals
Team
7 Oleksiy Chychykov7Zirka Kirovohrad
7 Ruslan Ivashko7Hirnyk-Sport Komsomolsk
7 Roman Loktionov7Zirka Kirovohrad
7 Vasyl Prodan7Obolon-Brovar Kyiv
7 Artur Zahorulko7Illichivets Mariupol
7 Denys Favorov7 FC Poltava/Desna Chernihiv
7 Ihor Sikorskyi7 MFC Mykolaiv