Zorya’s technical defeat in the match against Minai in the Ukrainian Premier League’s 30th round will have an impact on three teams in the final position of the championship. The head of Zorya, Igor Guz, confirmed that Dmitry Mishnev appeared in the match report on the UPL website as a substitute, despite not being in the application for the game. Zorya now awaits the decision of the football authorities, who may count this as a forfeit. If the control and disciplinary committee of the Football Association of Ukraine decides to punish Zorya for this offense by deducting a point, it will affect the position of three teams in the league.
Zorya’s technical defeat in the match of the 30th round of the Ukrainian Premier League with Minai (3:0) will immediately affect the three teams in the final position of the championship.
In the match between Zorya and Minai, a curious situation occurred – Dmitry Mishnev entered as a substitute, although he was not in the application for this fight. Soon after, he appeared in the match report on the UPL website.
The head of Zorya, Igor Guz, has already confirmed that Mishnev was indeed absent from the application for this fight and explained the current situation with the human factor. Now the Lugansk club will have to wait for the decision of the football authorities, who can count him forfeit.
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If the control and disciplinary committee of the Football Association of Ukraine decides to punish Zorya for this offense by deducting a point, then this will affect the position as follows:
- Zorya will have 64 points instead of 67, but still remains in third place.
- Minai instead of 33 points will get 36 points, which means that the Uzhgorod team will rise to eighth place from tenth.
- Chernomorets will fall to 10th place (35 points), and Kolos, respectively, to ninth (36 points like Minai, but lost in a head-to-head meeting with Uzhgorod).
Premier League standings
| # | The team | me | INSIDE | N | P | M | ABOUT | Latest 5 games |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Shakhtar D | 30 | 22 | 6 | 2 | 69:21 | 72 | |
| 2. | Dnepr-1 | 30 | 21 | 4 | 5 | 61:27 | 67 | |
| 3. | Dawn | 30 | 21 | 4 | 5 | 64:31 | 67 | |
| 4. | Dinamo K | 30 | 18 | 6 | 6 | 51:25 | 60 | |
| 5. | Vorskla | 30 | 13 | 6 | 11 | 38:37 | 45 | |
| 6. | Alexandria | 30 | 10 | 14 | 6 | 42:39 | 44 | |
| 7. | Krivbass | 30 | 12 | 5 | 13 | 26:30 | 41 | |
| 8. | Ears | 30 | 10 | 6 | 14 | 23:36 | 36 | |
| 9. | Chernomorets O | 30 | 9 | 8 | 13 | 35:40 | 35 | |
| 10. | pass by | 30 | 8 | 9 | 13 | 22:33 | 33 | |
| 11. | Movement | 30 | 7 | 11 | 12 | 31:37 | 32 | |
| 12. | Metal worker 1925 | 30 | 6 | 14 | 10 | 23:42 | 32 | |
| 13. | Heather | 30 | 8 | 7 | 15 | 35:45 | 31 | |
| 14. | Ingulec | 30 | 8 | 7 | 15 | 22:34 | 31 | |
| 15. | metal worker | 30 | 5 | 7 | 18 | 27:58 | 22 | |
| 16. | Lviv | 30 | 3 | 4 | 23 | 18:52 | 13 |
