Dynamo delight in title triumph
Saturday, June 19, 2004
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Goals from Florin Cernat and Andriy Husin helped FC Dynamo Kyiv to their eleventh Ukrainian title.
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FC Dynamo Kyiv clinched their eleventh Ukrainian Premier League title its 13-year history with a 2-0 win at FC Volyn Lutsk on the final day of the season.
Goals in each half
Romanian international Florin Cernat opened the scoring with a low 18-metre shot on the half-hour before Ukraine midfield player Andriy Husin sealed victory with a close-range header 20 minutes from time.
Shakhtar second
The win gave Dynamo 73 points from 30 matches, three more than FC Shakhtar Donetsk, who had to settle for the runners-up spot for a second year in a row despite defeating FC Metalurh Zaporizhya 5-0.
Champions League chance
Dynamo and Shakhtar will now represent Ukraine in the UEFA Champions League qualifiers, while FC Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk, who finished a distant third with 57 points, and fourth-placed FC Metalurh Donetsk enter the UEFA Cup. Ukraine will have another club in the UEFA Cup thanks to the country's record in UEFA's fair play competition.
Two relegated
FC Karpaty Lviv and FC Zirka Kirovograd, who finished bottom of the premier division table, are relegated and will be replaced by FC Metalist Kharkiv and FC Zakarpattya Uzhgorod next season.
