Claudio Valigi after winning the championship that season, he was sold to Perugia Calcio and never played on the top level in Italy again, not fulfilling the lofty expectations. In the season 2010-11 he was the manager of Sambonifacese in the Lega Pro Seconda Divisione. On October 4, 2011 he becomes the new coach of Mantova in the Lega Pro Seconda Divisione, in place of the sacked Archimede Graziani. On 28 February 2012 he was sacked. In summer 2012 he was named new coach of Lupa Frascati just promoted in Serie D, but on 17 December 2012 he was sacked. Claudio Valigi
Ukrainian First League Dynamo Kyiv withdrew its second team from professional competitions, while FC Hoverla was refused in attestation. Previously in 2008 FC Zirka that went through reorganization was re-established based on a local youth football club FC Olimpik Kropyvnytskyi and in 2016 won its third championship in the league. "Promoted teams are in bold." Post-season play-offs are not common feature of the First League competition. Over the years there were several instances when clubs contested promotion or relegation berths. The first post-season feature consisted of a relegation mini tournament that took place in July 1998 in Kiev and Boryspil. It involved three