New coach - new passion?
Maybe this is what the club needed? A new coach? Yosef Szabo, an old hand, who's already been a Dynamo head coach in three spells was asked to step in place of Demyanenko who resigned a day after that embarassing loss to AS Roma. Since then, Dynamo dismantled the mid-table Tavriya and won a Cup encounter against a weakened Dnipro side. All the while, Shakhtar defeated their closest challenger, Dnipro 4-1 after falling behind 1-0 at half time. It seems, Shakhtar are almost uncatchable. When threatened, it seems enough for them to just reach another gear and they win. Who's going to stop them?
July 10, USC vs. Shakhtar Donetsk (in Odessa) 2-2, pk 4-2
July 14, UPL 1 @ Shakhtar Donetsk 1-1
July 21, UPL 2 vs. Arsenal Kyiv 2-2
Aug 1, UPL 3 @ Chornomorets Odesa 0-0
Aug 4, UPL 4 vs. Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk 1-3
Aug 11, UPL 5 @ Metalurh Zaporizhzhya 1-0
Aug 14/15, CL Q3L1 @ FK Sarajevo (BiH) 1-0
Aug 18, UPL 6 vs. Karpaty Lviv 7-3
Aug 25, UPL 7 @ Kryvbas Kryvyi Rig 1-0
Aug 28/29, CL Q3L2 vs. FK Sarajevo (BiH) 3-0
Sept 1, UPL 8 vs. FK Kharkiv 2-0
Sept 15, UPL 9 @ Metalurh Donetsk 2-1
Sept 18, CL 1 @ AS Roma (ITA) 0-2
Sept 22, UPL 10 @ Tavriya Symferopil 4-1
Sept 26, UkCup 2 @ Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk 2-0
Sept 29, UPL 11 vs. Naftovyk Okhtyrka
Oct 3, CL 2 vs. Sporting CP Setubal (POR)
Oct 6, UPL 12 @ Zorya Luhansk
Oct 20, UPL 13 vs. Zakarpattia Uzhhorod
Oct 23, CL 3 vs. Manchester United FC (ENG)
Oct 27, UPL 14 @ Vorskla Poltava
Oct 31, UkCup 3 TBA
Nov 3, UPL 15 vs. Metalist Kharkiv
Nov 7, CL 4 @ Manchester United FC (ENG)
Nov 10, UPL 16 vs. Shakhtar Donetsk
Nov 24, UPL 17 @ Arsenal Kyiv
Nov 28, CL 5 vs. AS Roma (ITA)
Dec 1, UPL 18 vs. Chernomorets Odesa
Dec 8/9, UkCup QFL1 TBA
Dec 11, CL 6 @ Sporting CP Setubal (POR)
Dec 15/16, UkCup QFL2 TBA
Winter Break
Mar 1, UPL 19 @ Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk
Mar 8, UPL 20 vs. Metalurh Zaporizhzhya
Mar 15, UPL 21 @ Karpaty Lviv
Mar 19, UkCup SF2L TBA
Mar 22, UPL 22 vs. Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih
Mar 29, UPL 23 @ FK Kharkiv
Apr 5, UPL 24 vs. Metalurh Donetsk
Apr 12, UPL 25 @ Tavriya Symferopil
Apr 16, UkCup SF2L TBA
Apr 19, UPL 26 @ Naftovyk Okhtyrka
Apr 26, UPL 27 vs. Zorya Luhansk
May 3, UPL 28 @ Zakarpattya Uzhhorod
May 7, UkCup Final TBA
May 11, UPL 29 vs. Vorksla Poltava
May 18, UPL 30 @ Metalist Kharkiv
Current Standings
#
PR
Team
GP
W
D
L
GF
GA
PT
1
1
Shakhtar Donetsk
10
9
1
0
25
6
28
2
2
Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk
10
7
1
2
19
9
22
3
3
Dynamo Kyiv
10
6
3
1
21
11
21
4
5
Metalist Kharkiv
10
5
2
3
15
12
17
5
4
Metalurh Zaporizhzhya
10
4
3
3
9
8
15
6
9
Chornomorets Odesa
10
4
2
4
6
8
14
7
6
Tavriya Simferopil
10
4
2
4
12
17
14
8
11
Zorya Luhansk
10
4
1
5
11
15
13
9
8
Karpaty Lviv
10
3
3
4
11
12
12
10
7
FK Kharkiv
10
3
3
4
7
9
12
11
10
Vorskla-Naftohaz Poltava
10
2
6
2
8
8
12
12
12
Metalurh Donetsk
10
2
5
3
14
14
11
13
15
Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih
10
3
1
6
11
17
10
14
13
Zakarpattya Uzhgorod
10
2
3
5
6
15
9
15
14
Arsenal Kyiv
10
2
2
6
18
18
8
16
16
Naftovyk Okhtyrka
10
0
2
8
4
18
2
July 10, USC vs. Shakhtar Donetsk (in Odessa) 2-2, pk 4-2
July 14, UPL 1 @ Shakhtar Donetsk 1-1
July 21, UPL 2 vs. Arsenal Kyiv 2-2
Aug 1, UPL 3 @ Chornomorets Odesa 0-0
Aug 4, UPL 4 vs. Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk 1-3
Aug 11, UPL 5 @ Metalurh Zaporizhzhya 1-0
Aug 14/15, CL Q3L1 @ FK Sarajevo (BiH) 1-0
Aug 18, UPL 6 vs. Karpaty Lviv 7-3
Aug 25, UPL 7 @ Kryvbas Kryvyi Rig 1-0
Aug 28/29, CL Q3L2 vs. FK Sarajevo (BiH) 3-0
Sept 1, UPL 8 vs. FK Kharkiv 2-0
Sept 15, UPL 9 @ Metalurh Donetsk 2-1
Sept 18, CL 1 @ AS Roma (ITA) 0-2
Sept 22, UPL 10 @ Tavriya Symferopil 4-1
Sept 26, UkCup 2 @ Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk 2-0
Sept 29, UPL 11 vs. Naftovyk Okhtyrka
Oct 3, CL 2 vs. Sporting CP Setubal (POR)
Oct 6, UPL 12 @ Zorya Luhansk
Oct 20, UPL 13 vs. Zakarpattia Uzhhorod
Oct 23, CL 3 vs. Manchester United FC (ENG)
Oct 27, UPL 14 @ Vorskla Poltava
Oct 31, UkCup 3 TBA
Nov 3, UPL 15 vs. Metalist Kharkiv
Nov 7, CL 4 @ Manchester United FC (ENG)
Nov 10, UPL 16 vs. Shakhtar Donetsk
Nov 24, UPL 17 @ Arsenal Kyiv
Nov 28, CL 5 vs. AS Roma (ITA)
Dec 1, UPL 18 vs. Chernomorets Odesa
Dec 8/9, UkCup QFL1 TBA
Dec 11, CL 6 @ Sporting CP Setubal (POR)
Dec 15/16, UkCup QFL2 TBA
Winter Break
Mar 1, UPL 19 @ Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk
Mar 8, UPL 20 vs. Metalurh Zaporizhzhya
Mar 15, UPL 21 @ Karpaty Lviv
Mar 19, UkCup SF2L TBA
Mar 22, UPL 22 vs. Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih
Mar 29, UPL 23 @ FK Kharkiv
Apr 5, UPL 24 vs. Metalurh Donetsk
Apr 12, UPL 25 @ Tavriya Symferopil
Apr 16, UkCup SF2L TBA
Apr 19, UPL 26 @ Naftovyk Okhtyrka
Apr 26, UPL 27 vs. Zorya Luhansk
May 3, UPL 28 @ Zakarpattya Uzhhorod
May 7, UkCup Final TBA
May 11, UPL 29 vs. Vorksla Poltava
May 18, UPL 30 @ Metalist Kharkiv
Current Standings
#
PR
Team
GP
W
D
L
GF
GA
PT
1
1
Shakhtar Donetsk
10
9
1
0
25
6
28
2
2
Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk
10
7
1
2
19
9
22
3
3
Dynamo Kyiv
10
6
3
1
21
11
21
4
5
Metalist Kharkiv
10
5
2
3
15
12
17
5
4
Metalurh Zaporizhzhya
10
4
3
3
9
8
15
6
9
Chornomorets Odesa
10
4
2
4
6
8
14
7
6
Tavriya Simferopil
10
4
2
4
12
17
14
8
11
Zorya Luhansk
10
4
1
5
11
15
13
9
8
Karpaty Lviv
10
3
3
4
11
12
12
10
7
FK Kharkiv
10
3
3
4
7
9
12
11
10
Vorskla-Naftohaz Poltava
10
2
6
2
8
8
12
12
12
Metalurh Donetsk
10
2
5
3
14
14
11
13
15
Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih
10
3
1
6
11
17
10
14
13
Zakarpattya Uzhgorod
10
2
3
5
6
15
9
15
14
Arsenal Kyiv
10
2
2
6
18
18
8
16
16
Naftovyk Okhtyrka
10
0
2
8
4
18
2