2016–17 Ukrainian First League

The 2016–17 Ukrainian First League was the 26th since its establishment. The fixtures were announced on 16 July 2016,[1] and the competition commenced on 24 July 2016. The spring session started on 12 March 2017 with the competition ending on 2 June 2017.[2][3]

Ukrainian First League
Season2016–17
ChampionsIllichivets Mariupol
PromotedIllichivets Mariupol
Desna Chernihiv
Veres Rivne
RelegatedBukovyna Chernivtsi
Skala Stryi
FC Ternopil
Matches played305
Goals scored691 (2.27 per match)
Top goalscorer24 goals – Ruslan Stepanyuk (Veres)
Biggest home win6 – Mykolaiv 7–1 FC Ternopil (Round 32)
Biggest away win5 – Hirnyk-Sport 1–6 Veres (Round 8)
Highest scoring9 – Arsenal Kyiv 5–4 Skala (Round 32)
Longest winning run8 – Illichivets (Round 1–8)
Longest unbeaten run12 – Illichivets (Round 1–12)
Longest winless run19 – Skala (Round 14–32)
Longest losing run12 – Skala (Round 21–32)
Highest attendance5,200 – VeresDesna (Round 23)
Lowest attendance0[a]VeresHirnyk-Sport (Round 25)
All statistics correct as of 3 June 2017.

Teams

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Originally, as per competition regulations the top three teams were promoted from the 2015–16 Ukrainian Second League.[4] However, prior to the season commencing at the Conference of the PFL in preparation for the season the committee decided to expand the competition to eighteen teams and include the fourth, fifth and sixth placed teams.[5] Six teams promotion beat the previous record of five teams that was set back in 2002 (14 years ago).

Relegated teams

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No teams were relegated from the Ukrainian Premier League

Withdrawn teams

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Two teams were withdrawn before the season:

Location map

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The following displays the location of teams.

Stadiums

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The following stadiums are considered home grounds for the teams in the competition.

Rank Stadium Capacity Club Notes
1 Yuvileiny Stadium, Sumy 25,800 PFC Sumy
2 Vorskla Stadium, Poltava 24,795 FC Poltava Used in Round 28[b]
3 Central City Stadium, Mykolaiv 16,700 MFC Mykolaiv
4 City Stadium, Ternopil 12,750 FC Ternopil
5 Illichivets Stadium, Mariupol 12,680 Illichivets Mariupol
6 Chernihiv Stadium, Chernihiv[c] 12,060 Desna Chernihiv
7 Bukovyna Stadium, Chernivtsi 12,000 Bukovyna Chernivtsi
8 Central Stadion, Cherkasy 10,321 Cherkaskyi Dnipro
9 Sokil Stadium, Stryi 6,000 Skala Stryi
10 Kolos Stadium, Boryspil 5,654 Arsenal Kyiv
11 Naftovyk Stadium, Okhtyrka 5,256 Naftovyk-Ukrnafta Okhtyrka
12 Obolon Arena, Kyiv 5,100 Obolon-Brovar Kyiv
Desna Chernihiv Used in Round 2,[10] 11[11] and Spring session.[12]
13 Sonyachny Stadium, Kharkiv 4,924[13] Helios Kharkiv
Desna Chernihiv Used in Round 4, 6 and 8[14]
14 Avanhard Stadium, Rivne 4,500 Veres Rivne
15 Avanhard Stadium, Kramatorsk 4,000 Avanhard Kramatorsk
16 Kolos Stadium, Berezne 3,800 [15] Veres Rivne Used in Round 19
17 Izotop Stadium, Varash 3,000 [16] Veres Rivne Used in the Spring session[d]
18 Lokomotyv Stadium, Poltava 2,500 FC Poltava
Yunist Stadium, Horishni Plavni 2,500 Hirnyk-Sport Horishni Plavni
20 Kolos Stadium, Kovalivka 1,850 Kolos Kovalivka
21 Inhulets Stadium, Petrove 1,720 Inhulets Petrove
22 Knyazha Arena, Shchaslyve 1,000 Arsenal Kyiv
23 Ltava Stadium, Poltava 640 FC Poltava Used in Round 30
24 FC Viktorya Stadium, Mykolayivka, Bilopillia Raion, Sumy Oblast 500[19] FC Sumy Used in Round 6[14]
Poltava Training Base Stadium, Kopyly, Poltava Raion, Poltava Oblast 500[20] FC Sumy Used in Round 20[21]

Notes:

  1. ^ Match played without spectators due to sanctions (see results section)
  2. ^ FC Poltava moved their home match in Round 28 to Vorskla Stadium due to the reseeding of the pitch at Lokomotyv Stadium.[8]
  3. ^ Due to reconstruction of the pitch at Chernihiv Stadium before the start of the season, Desna Chernihiv moved their home fixtures to different arenas.[9]
  4. ^ Due to the pitch at Avanhard Stadium not being ready after the winter break,[3] Veres Rivne moved their rescheduled Round 15 match[17] and Round 21 home fixtures to Izotop Stadium.[18]

Managers

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Club Head coach[22] Replaced coach
Arsenal Kyiv   Serhiy Litovchenko
Avanhard Kramatorsk   Oleksandr Kosevych   Yakiv Kripak
Bukovyna Chernivtsi   Oleh Ratiy   Serhiy Shyshchenko
Cherkaskyi Dnipro   Vadym Yevtushenko   Ihor Stolovytskyi
  Oleksandr Kyrylyuk
  Vitaliy Kobzar (caretaker)
Desna Chernihiv   Oleksandr Ryabokon
Helios Kharkiv   Serhiy Syzykhin
Hirnyk-Sport Horishni Plavni   Serhiy Puchkov   Ihor Zhabchenko
Illichivets Mariupol   Oleksandr Sevidov
Inhulets Petrove   Serhiy Lavrynenko   Eduard Khavrov
Kolos Kovalivka   Ruslan Kostyshyn
MFC Mykolaiv   Ruslan Zabranskyi
Naftovyk-Ukrnafta Okhtyrka   Volodymyr Knysh
Obolon-Brovar Kyiv   Oleh Mazurenko   Sergei Soldatov
FC Poltava   Volodymyr Prokopynenko   Anatoliy Bezsmertnyi
  Andrei Zavyalov (caretaker)
  Yuriy Yaroshenko
Skala Stryi   Roman Hnativ   Vasyl Malyk
PFC Sumy   Anatoliy Bezsmertnyi   Yuriy Yaroshenko
  Pavlo Kikot (caretaker)
  Volodymyr Lyutyi
FC Ternopil   Petr Badlo   Ivan Marushchak
  Vasyl Matviykiv (caretaker)
Veres Rivne   Yuriy Virt (caretaker)   Volodymyr Mazyar

Managerial changes

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Team Outgoing head coach Manner of departure Date of vacancy Table Incoming head coach Date of appointment
Bukovyna Chernivtsi   Viktor Mhlynets Resigns 29 May 2016[23] Pre-season   Serhiy Shyshchenko 29 June 2016[24]
FC Ternopil   Vasyl Ivehesh Work with the youth teams 30 June 2016   Ivan Marushchak 1 July 2016[25]
Inhulets Petrove   Eduard Khavrov Sacked[a] 21 August 2016[27] 16th   Serhiy Lavrynenko 31 August 2016[28]
FC Poltava   Anatoliy Bezsmertnyi Sacked 5 September 2016[29] 13th   Andrei Zavyalov (caretaker) 5 September 2016[29]
Avanhard Kramatorsk   Yakiv Kripak Resigned 9 September 2016[30] 15th   Oleksandr Kosevych 9 September 2016[30]
PFC Sumy   Yuriy Yaroshenko Sacked 16 September 2016[31] 14th   Pavlo Kikot 16 September 2016[31]
FC Ternopil   Ivan Marushchak Sacked 16 September 2016[32] 18th   Vasyl Matviykiv (caretaker)[b] 16 September 2016[32]
FC Poltava   Andrei Zavyalov (caretaker) End of interim spell 21 September 2016 11th   Yuriy Yaroshenko 21 September 2016[35]
Cherkaskyi Dnipro   Ihor Stolovytskyi Sacked 23 September 2016[36] 6th   Oleksandr Kyrylyuk 23 September 2016[36]
Obolon-Brovar Kyiv   Sergei Soldatov Resigned 24 October 2016[37] 10th   Oleh Mazurenko 24 October 2016[38]
Cherkaskyi Dnipro   Oleksandr Kyrylyuk Sacked 10 November 2016[39] 7th   Vitaliy Kobzar (caretaker) 10 November 2016[39]
  Vitaliy Kobzar (caretaker) End of interim duty 26 November 2016[40] 7th   Vadym Yevtushenko 26 November 2016
Hirnyk-Sport Horishni Plavni   Ihor Zhabchenko End of contract 20 December 2016[41] 15th   Serhiy Puchkov 21 December 2016[42]
Bukovyna Chernivtsi   Serhiy Shyshchenko Resigns 28 December 2016[43] 14th   Oleh Ratiy 5 February 2017[44][45]
FC Skala Stryi   Vasyl Malyk Contract terminated 27 January 2017 17th   Roman Hnativ 27 January 2017[46]
PFC Sumy   Pavlo Kikot end of interim duty 25 January 2017 16th   Volodymyr Lyutyi 25 January 2017[47]
  Volodymyr Lyutyi Resigns[c] 4 March 2017[48] 16th   Anatoliy Bezsmertnyi 4 March 2017
Veres Rivne   Volodymyr Mazyar Family circumstances
breach of contract (fired)
25 April 2017[49]
16 June 2017[50]
3rd   Yuriy Virt (caretaker) 25 April 2017[49]
FC Ternopil   Vasyl Matviykiv (caretaker) Interim 1 May 2017 18th   Petr Badlo 1 May 2017[51]
FC Poltava   Yuriy Yaroshenko Sacked 5 May 2017[52] 11th   Volodymyr Prokopynenko 5 May 2017[53]

Notes:

  1. ^ Eduard Khavrov continued to perform managerial duties and the club announced that he will be in that position until a replacement was found.[26]
  2. ^ On 12 January 2017 Mykola Krut, a curator of FC Ternopil, announced that an agreement was reached with Roman Maksymyuk for the position of head coach for the senior team and Maksymyuk has submitted documents to be selected.[33] However, less than a week later on 18 January 2017 it was announced that the club and Maksymyuk did not reach agreement in regards to the coaching approach and the senior team of the club will continue to be coached by Matviykiv.[34]
  3. ^ During the winter break PFC Sumy seeking extra funding signed a contract with a Chinese investor and was hired as a head coach Volodymyr Lyutyi. However, the investment never eventuated as the investor failed to complete the transaction. The club was on a verge of bankruptcy and the coaching staff was released. Financial support for the club was provided by an amateur club Ahrobiznes-TSK Romny, and the president hired Anatoliy Bezsmertnyi for Sumy.[48]

League table

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion, qualification or relegation
1 Illichivets Mariupol (C, P) 34 25 6 3 61 21 +40 81 Promotion to Ukrainian Premier League
2 Desna Chernihiv[a] 34 22 8 4 55 23 +32 74
3 Veres Rivne (P) 34 20 7 7 62 32 +30 67 Promotion to Ukrainian Premier League
4 Helios Kharkiv 34 16 10 8 31 22 +9 58
5 Kolos Kovalivka 34 16 9 9 52 38 +14 57
6 Naftovyk-Ukrnafta Okhtyrka 34 15 9 10 47 29 +18 54
7 Avanhard Kramatorsk 34 14 10 10 32 28 +4 52
8 Cherkaskyi Dnipro 34 12 12 10 30 29 +1 48
9 Obolon-Brovar Kyiv 34 12 9 13 37 37 0 45
10 Arsenal Kyiv 34 12 9 13 38 39 −1 45
11 Hirnyk-Sport Horishni Plavni 34 12 7 15 47 54 −7 43
12 FC Poltava[b] 34 13 4 17 33 43 −10 40
13 Inhulets Petrove 34 10 8 16 33 45 −12 38
14 MFC Mykolaiv 34 11 4 19 35 44 −9 37
15 PFC Sumy (O) 34 8 12 14 34 44 −10 36 Qualification to relegation play-offs
16 Bukovyna Chernivtsi (R) 34 8 9 17 27 40 −13 33 Relegation to Ukrainian Second League
17 Skala Stryi (R) 34 5 5 24 25 58 −33 20
18 FC Ternopil (R) 34 3 6 25 17 70 −53 15
Source: PFL.ua
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored; 4) Head-to-head points; 5) Head-to-head goal difference; 6) Head-to-head away goals scored; 7) Draw or "golden match" (if tied for first).[56]
(C) Champions; (O) Play-off winners; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated
Notes:
  1. ^ The Ukrainian Premier League did not grant Desna Chernihiv a licence to participate in the league, indicating that the club is not able to guarantee for an adequate financing of their infrastructure.[54]
  2. ^ On 12 January 2017, FC Poltava were deducted a total of 3 points in accordance with the FFU Control and Disciplinary Committee.[55]

Results

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Home \ Away ARK AVK BUC CHD DES HEL HIS ILL IHP KOK MYK NAF OBK POL SKS SUM TNP VER
Arsenal Kyiv 0–3 0–1 0–0 1–2 1–0 2–0 0–3 3–0 3–3 1–0 2–1 2–1 0–1 5–4 1–1 4–0 0–0
Avanhard Kramatorsk 0–2 1–1 0–1 0–2 1–1 0–1 2–1 1–1 0–1 2–0 1–0 3–1 1–0 2–0 0–2 2–0 1–0
Bukovyna Chernivtsi 0–2 0–0 0–0 0–1 1–1 2–0 0–2 0–1 2–3 2–0 2–2 0–0 0–2 1–0 1–0 4–0[a] 0–1
Cherkaskyi Dnipro 1–0 1–0 2–0 1–0 1–0 2–2 1–2 0–2 0–0 0–0 1–0 1–0 0–1 2–1 0–2 3–0 3–0
Desna Chernihiv 5–1 2–0 0–0 1–1 1–1 2–0 3–1 1–0 0–4 3–1 1–0 2–2 0–1 3–0 0–0 2–0 0–0
Helios Kharkiv 1–0 0–0 1–0 2–1 0–1 0–1 0–2 1–0 0–0 2–0 1–0 0–0 1–0 1–0 1–0 4–1 2–1
Hirnyk-Sport Horishni Plavni 1–0 1–1 0–0 5–2 2–5 0–2 1–3 3–1 0–0 3–1 0–1 0–2 4–0 3–0 1–0 2–0 1–6
Illichivets Mariupol 0–0 0–0 1–0 2–0 1–1 2–0 3–1 1–0 3–1 2–0 1–0 3–0 3–1 2–1 5–1 3–0[b] 1–1
Inhulets Petrove 2–1 2–3 1–1 1–1 1–2 0–0 2–0 1–1 0–0 1–0 1–3 0–1 1–0 1–0 1–3 3–0 1–2
Kolos Kovalivka 1–1 2–2 3–1 2–1 0–1 1–3 1–3 0–1 2–2 5–3 1–0 2–0 1–0 0–1 0–0 4–1 2–1
MFC Mykolaiv 2–1 1–0 3–1 0–0 0–2 0–0 0–1 1–2 1–0 1–0 0–3[c] 0–0 0–1 2–0 4–0 7–1 1–2
Naftovyk-Ukrnafta Okhtyrka 0–0 1–1 2–0 1–1 2–0 1–1 3–2 1–1 3–1 2–1 1–0 1–2 3–1 1–2 4–0 2–1 2–0
Obolon-Brovar Kyiv 0–1 1–2 1–0 0–1 1–2 3–0 2–1 1–2 4–1 2–1 2–0 0–3 0–1 1–0 3–2 2–0 0–0
FC Poltava 0–1 0–1 2–1 3–1 0–1 1–2 2–2 0–2 2–1 0–2 0–2 1–1 1–1 2–1 0–2 3–1 0–1
Skala Stryi 1–1 0–1 0–3 0–0 2–5 0–1 3–2 0–1 0–1 1–2 0–0 0–0 2–2 3–1 0–4 1–0 0–3
PFC Sumy 1–1 0–0 2–0 1–0 0–0 0–0 1–1 0–2 1–1 1–2 1–2 1–2 1–1 1–3 2–1 1–1 0–2
FC Ternopil 2–1 0–1 0–2 1–1 0–2 0–1 1–1 0–1 0–2 0–2 2–1 0–0 0–0 0–1 1–0 2–2 0–1
Veres Rivne 2–0 3–0 5–1 0–0 0–2 2–1 4–2[d] 3–1 4–0 2–3 3–1 2–0[e] 1–1 2–2 1–1 2–1 4–2
Updated to match(es) played on 2 June 2017. Source: (in Ukrainian)
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
Notes:
  1. ^ Round 19 match postponed due to heavy snowfalls that made the pitch unplayable.[57] Match played after Round 25.
  2. ^ FC Ternopil informed the Professional Football League of Ukraine and administration of Illichivets that the club would not play their Round 14 match due to a flu epidemic affecting the team with only seven players available for selection.[58] (13 October 2016)
    Control-Disciplinary Committee of the FFU awards a 3–0 technical victory to Illichivets .[59] (1 November 2016)
  3. ^ Round 10 match between Mykolaiv and Naftovyk-Ukrnafta was postponed on mutual agreement to October 13 as Mykolaiv's Central City Stadium was unavailable.[60] Match played after Round 13.
  4. ^ Veres played their Round 25 match without spectators due to sanctions imposed by the Control-Disciplinary Committee of the FFU for fan violence during the Round 21 against Kolos.[61]
  5. ^ Round 15 fixture between Veres and Naftovyk-Ukrnafta was postponed until March 12 by mutual agreement.[62] (12 October 2016) The match was played at Izotop Stadium in Varash.[3]

Position by round

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Team ╲ Round12345678910111213141516171819202122232425262728293031323334
Illichivets Mariupol4221111111111111111111111111111111
Desna Chernihiv2355554555333332223333222233222222
Veres Rivne6412233222222223332222333322333333
Helios Kharkiv1133322433444544444455665555455554
Kolos Kovalivka121486445344555667656544444444544445
Naftovyk-Ukrnafta Okhtyrka791512898677666455565666556666666676
Avanhard Kramatorsk91014141713131515141412151111108810999888977877767
Cherkaskyi Dnipro11744776766778776777778999789799888
Obolon-Brovar Kyiv566766910121091010810111110810101011101010111011881099
Arsenal Kyiv10111113151111119810117999109988777781089101091010
Hirnyk-Sport Horishni Plavni14171316131717171717161717171617171717151513121214131212121211111111
FC Poltava357891212121311118910889111111111110111111911101112121212
Inhulets Petrove13161715161616161616151616161716151314131415151413141414131313131313
MFC Mykolaiv171516171410109898911141412131412121212141515151515151515141414
PFC Sumy81399101415131415171413121313141515161616161616161616161616161615
Bukovyna Chernivtsi1681211128781012121312131214121213141314131312121313141414151516
Skala Stryi15121010111514141113131514151515161616171717171717171717171717171717
FC Ternopil18181818181818181818181818181818181818181818181818181818181818181818
Updated to match(es) played on 2 June 2017. Source: pfl.ua

Relegation play-off

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The draw for relegation play-off scheduling was held on 3 June 2017.[63]


Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
PFC Sumy 3–1 FC Balkany Zorya 2–0 1–1

First leg

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PFC Sumy2–0FC Balkany Zorya
Oliynyk   36'
Yarovenko   60' (pen.)
Report

Second leg

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FC Balkany Zorya1–1PFC Sumy
Raichev   40' Report Bohachov   84' (pen.)
Boris Tropaneț Stadium, Zorya, Sarata Raion, Odesa Oblast
Referee: Mykola Kryvonosov (Kyiv)

PFC Sumy wins 3–1 on aggregate and remains in First League. FC Balkany Zorya loses but later was promoted to the 2017–18 Ukrainian First League, due to sanctions against FC Dnipro.

Top goalscorers

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The season top goalscorers were:[64]

Rank Scorer Team Goals
(Pen.)
1   Ruslan Stepanyuk Veres Rivne 24 (5)
2   Ruslan Kisil Illichivets Mariupol 17 (1)
3   Oleksandr Bondarenko Kolos Kovalivka 13
4   Illya Kovalenko[a] Obolon-Brovar Kyiv / Desna 12 (2)
  Viktor Berko MFC Mykolaiv 12 (4)
6   Oleksandr Filippov Desna Chernihiv 11 (1)
7   Levan Arveladze[b] Naftovyk-Ukrnafta / Desna 10 (5)
  Oleksandr Pozdeyev Kolos Kovalivka 10 (8)
9   Ruslan Fomin Illichivets Mariupol 9
  Aderinsola Habib Eseola[c] Arsenal Kyiv 9 (1)

Notes:

  1. ^ Illya Kovalenko signed with FC Desna Chernihiv during winter break.[65]
  2. ^ Levan Arveladze signed with FC Desna Chernihiv during winter break.[66]
  3. ^ Aderinsola Habib Eseola signed with FC Zirka Kropyvnytskyi during winter break.[67]

Awards

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Round awards

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Round Player Coach
Player Club Reference Coach Club Reference
Round 21   Oleksandr Yarovenko PFC Sumy [68]   Oleksandr Ryabokon Desna Chernihiv [69]
Round 22   Vyacheslav Ryabov Kolos Kovalivka [70]   Serhiy Puchkov Hirnyk-Sport Horishni Plavni [71]
Round 23   Denys Kozhanov Illichivets Mariupol [72]   Oleksandr Ryabokon (2) Desna Chernihiv [73]
Round 24   Ruslan Stepanyuk Veres Rivne [74]   Ruslan Kostyshyn Kolos Kovalivka [75]
Round 25   Vasyl Prodan Obolon-Brovar Kyiv [76]   Oleksandr Ryabokon (3) Desna Chernihiv [77]
Round 26   Viktor Berko MFC Mykolaiv [78]   Vadym Yevtushenko Cherkaskyi Dnipro [79]
Round 27   Oleksiy Moyseyenko Hirnyk-Sport Horishni Plavni [80]   Oleksandr Sevidov Illichivets Mariupol [81]
Round 28   Levan Arveladze Desna Chernihiv [82]   Volodymyr Knysh Naftovyk-Ukrnafta Okhtyrka [83]
Round 29   Serhiy Kravchenko Helios Kharkiv [84]   Oleksandr Ryabokon (4) Desna Chernihiv [85]
Round 30   Andriy Shevchuk Hirnyk-Sport Horishni Plavni [86]   Oleksandr Kosevych Avanhard Kramatorsk [87]
Round 31   Oleksandr Bondarenko Kolos Kovalivka [88]   Ruslan Kostyshyn (2) Kolos Kovalivka [89]
Round 32   Denys Kozhanov Illichivets Mariupol [90]   Volodymyr Knysh (2) Naftovyk-Ukrnafta Okhtyrka [91]
Round 33   Ihor Poruchynskyi Skala Stryi [92]   Anatoliy Bezsmertnyi PFC Sumy [93]
Round 34   Artem Starhorodskyi Arsenal-Kyiv [94]   Serhiy Syzykhin Helios Kharkiv [95]

Season awards

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The laureates of the 2016–17 season were:[96]

See also

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References

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