FC Dynamo Kyiv won their thirteenth Ukrainian Premier League title on Sunday night after Oleksandr Aliyev's stoppage-time free-kick earned a 3-2 victory against SC Tavriya Simferopol.
The club from the capital of Ukraine has an unassailable twelve-point lead over European conquerors FC Shakhtar Donetsk with four matches remaining. Nonetheless, they were made to work hard for their victory by a spirited display from the visitors.
Coming into the game on the back of Thursday's disappointing UEFA Cup semi-final defeat by the Miners, Dynamo started the match looking as if they had no motivation. Former Dynamo player Lucky Idahor put the Simferopol side into a third-minute lead and while midfielder Tiberiu Ghioane levelled for Dynamo in the second half, Tavriya’s defender Anton Monakhov restored their advantage just two minutes later. However, Andriy Nesmachnyy equalised with a quarter of an hour to go and Ukrainian international Aliyev then earned Dynamo their 23rd win in 27 league matches.
The list of players who made a contribution to Dynamo’s championship success is as follows:
Aliyev
Asatiani
Bangoura
Betão
Bogush
Vukojević
Guilherme
Ghioane
Husyev
Diakhaté
Dopilka
Eremenko
Zozulya
Corrêa
Kravets
Kravchenko
Mandzyuk
Milevskyy
Mykhalyk
Morozyuk
Nesmachnyy
Ninković
Romanchuk
Sablić
Cernat
Shatskikh
Shovkovskyy
El Kaddouri
Yussuf
Yarmolenko
President Ihor Surkis
Head coach Yuriy Semin
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