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Ukrainian Premier League
Офіційна емблема Прем'єр-Ліги.png
Founded from 1991 to 2008 (Vyshcha Liha)
since 2008 (Premier League)
Country Ukraine
Confederation UEFA
Number of teams 12
Level on pyramid 1

Relegation to
Ukrainian First League
Domestic cup(s)
Ukrainian Cup
Ukrainian Super Cup
International cup(s)
UEFA Champions League
UEFA Europa League
Current champions
Shakhtar Donetsk (11th title)
(2017–18)
Most championships
Dynamo Kyiv (15 titles)
Website Official website

2018–19 Ukrainian Premier League

The Ukrainian Premier League (Ukrainian: "Прем'єр-ліга") or UPL is the highest division of Ukrainian annual football championship. As the Vyshcha Liha (Top League) it was formed in 1991 as part of the 1992[1] Ukrainian football championship upon discontinuation of the 1991 Soviet football championship and included the Ukraine-based clubs that competed previously in the Soviet competitions. In 1996 along with the other professional football leagues of Ukraine, the Top League became a member of the Professional Football League of Ukraine.[1][2]


In 2008[3][4] it was withdrawn from Professional Football League of Ukraine and reformed into a self governed entity of the Football Federation of Ukraine, officially changing its name to the current one. Its rank was 8th highest in Europe as rated by UEFA as of 2017.


Among Ukrainian fans the most popular Ukrainian clubs are Dynamo Kyiv and Shakhtar Donetsk.[5] Other popular clubs include FC Dnipro, Karpaty Lviv and Chornomorets Odesa.[5]




Contents






  • 1 General overview and format


    • 1.1 Emblem


    • 1.2 Season's format and regulations


    • 1.3 Competition calendar




  • 2 History


    • 2.1 Vyshcha Liha and Professional Football League (1992–1999)


    • 2.2 Dynamo–Shakhtar rivalry and Premier League (2000–2010)


    • 2.3 New challenges of the Premier League (2011–present)




  • 3 Officials


    • 3.1 Presidents


    • 3.2 Directors




  • 4 Clubs


    • 4.1 Current clubs




  • 5 Broadcasting


    • 5.1 International broadcasters




  • 6 UEFA ranking and European competitions


    • 6.1 Club seeding


    • 6.2 Country ranking




  • 7 International relations


  • 8 Results by season


    • 8.1 Top League (Vyshcha Liha)


    • 8.2 Premier League


    • 8.3 Performance by club


    • 8.4 Honored teams




  • 9 Premier League players


  • 10 Premier League managers


  • 11 Premier League referees


  • 12 All-time participants


    • 12.1 Vyshcha Liha era (1992–2008)


    • 12.2 Premier League era (2008–present)




  • 13 All-time table


  • 14 Post-season play-offs


    • 14.1 Golden matches


    • 14.2 Third place matches


    • 14.3 Relegation play-offs




  • 15 Rivalries and city derbies


    • 15.1 Klasychne derby


    • 15.2 Other championship contenders


    • 15.3 Other rivalries




  • 16 Stadiums


    • 16.1 UEFA Elite Stadiums


    • 16.2 Other major stadiums




  • 17 See also


  • 18 Notes


  • 19 References


  • 20 External links





General overview and format


The 2017–18 season is the league's tenth after the restructuring of professional club football in 2008 and the 27th season since establishing of professional club's competition independent from the Soviet Union. As of 2017, Shakhtar Donetsk is the reigning Ukrainian Premier League champion. To summarise, Tavriya Simferopol won the first championship, while all the subsequent titles have gone to either Dynamo Kyiv or Shakhtar Donetsk. Only 3 teams, Dynamo Kyiv, Shakhtar Donetsk and Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk have participated in all previous 26 Ukrainian Top League competitions. The central feature of the league is a game between Dynamo and Shakhtar which is developed into the Klasychne (Classic).


On 15 April 2008 the new Premier-Liha (Premier League) was formed. The new sports organization consists of 12 football club organizations that take control of the league's operations under the statues of Football Federation of Ukraine, UEFA, and FIFA. With the new reorganization the format of the League was preserved, while the changes that were made were exclusively administrative. Competitions continued to be conducted in a double round robin format among 16 clubs. There were couple seasons when the 14-clubs league's composition was experimented. Since the 2014 Russian aggression, the league was reduced to 12 members, while its format also has changed. The season is still being played in a double round robin in the first half of a season, after which the league splits in half into two groups of six (6) teams. Both the top six and the bottom six play another a double round robin tournament with the clubs of own group.


The teams that reach the top ranks of the competition table at the end of each season as always gain the chance to represent Ukraine internationally in several prestigious tournaments (continental club tournaments). Also at the end of the season, the bottom clubs (usually two) are relegated to the First League (part of the lower Professional Football League) and replaced by the top clubs from that league. All the participants of the Premier League enter the National Cup competition and enter it at the round of 32 (1/16th of the final) or Round of 16 stage. Also the winner of the League at the beginning of every next season plays against the winner of the National Cup for the Ukrainian Super Cup (under administration of the Premier League).



Emblem


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Old emblem




New emblem




Season's emblem in 2016
with Pari-Match as sponsor




The old emblem depicts a football that is wrapped around by the blue-yellow stripe (the national colors of Ukraine) on the blue background. Across the top and around the ball there are 16 stars that represent the league's participants (although in 2014 the league was shortened up to 14 teams the emblem was not changed). On the bottom the script says "Premier-League - Union of Professional Football Clubs of Ukraine".


As the old emblem, the new emblem also contains 16 stars. For the 2016-17 season there was added the sponsor's name.



Season's format and regulations


Season regulations is one of the two most important documents (other being the competition calendar) that are adopted by the Premier League prior to each season.


Premier League directly organizes and conducts competitions among member clubs. Competitions are conducted on principle of "Fair play" and according to competitions calendar which is approved by the Premier League General Assembly and the FFU Executive Committee 30 days before start of competitions. Until 2019[citation needed] all advertisement, commercial rights and rights on TV and radio broadcasting of games of championship and cup belong to the club that hosts them (the Super Cup of Ukraine and the "Gold game"). All advertisement, commercial rights and rights on TV and radio broadcasting of the game of Super Cup and the "Gold game". Before 2014 Premier League was also administering some rounds of the Ukrainian Cup (Round of 8, Quarterfinals, and Semifinals). The earlier rounds were administered by the Professional League and the final by the Federation. Since 2014 the organization of Ukrainian Cup competitions in full belongs exclusively to the Federation.


There are currently 12 club members of the league. All participants get approved by the Premier League General Assembly. Each club fields each team for senior competitions, and competitions for under 21 and under 19 teams (three teams). A club is required to have a stadium (registered with FFU) and an education and training facility (or center). A club is also obligated to finance its own youth sports institution and a complex scientific-methodical group as well as to own and finance a number of youth teams. A Premier League club needs to ensure participation of at least four youth teams (ages groups between 14 and 17) in the Youth Football League of Ukraine. A club cannot field more than one team for a certain competition.


All club's staff members (coaches, physicians, massage specialists) have to be contracted and be UEFA licensed. All coaches should have A-diploma, while head coaches - PRO-diploma. Football players are listed in "A" and "B" rosters. "A" roster contains no more than 25 players, while "B" roster has unlimited number of players no older than 21 who have professional contracts or agreements for sports training. The 25-players "A" roster includes the number of slots allotted for players developed by the club.


During breaks in competitions in summer and winter there are two periods for registering players.


Beside the main championship among senior teams, the Premier League also organizes youth championship which was adopted from the previous Vyshcha Liha championship of doubles (reserves). Since 2012 there was added another competition for junior teams, so the original youth championship was renamed into the Championship of U-21 teams and the new competition was named as the Championship of U-19 teams. Unlike the Championship of U-21 teams, in the Championship of U-19 teams beside all of the Premier League clubs' junior teams, there also compete teams of some lower leagues' clubs.


The league's championship among senior teams is conducted by manner of the round robin system in two cycles "fall-spring" with one game at home and another at opponent's field with each participant. A competition calendar is formed after a draw that is conducted based on the Premier League club rankings. The calendar of the second cycle repeats the first, while hosting teams are switched. There should be no less than two calendar days between official games of a club. All games take place between 12:00 and 22:00 local time. Any game postponement is allowed only in emergencies and on decision of the Premier League Administration (Dyrektsiya). Game forfeitures are controlled by technical win/loss nominations and fines, followed by additional sanctions of the FFU Control-Disciplinary Committee, and possible elimination from the league.



Competition calendar


Clubs play each other twice (once at home and once away) in the 26-match season. The league begins in mid-July and ends in mid-June. After 13 rounds of fixtures, there is a winter break that lasts for three months (from early December to early March). Thus, the winter break is significantly longer than the interval between seasons. This schedule accounts for climatic conditions and matches that of most European leagues in terms of the beginning and the end of the season.


The first season of the League in 1992 was an exception, as it lasted only half a year. This was because the last Soviet league season ended in the autumn of 1991, and the Football Federation of Ukraine decided to shift the calendar from “spring-fall” to “fall-spring” football seasons. In the inaugural season, 20 clubs were divided into two 10-team groups. In both groups, each club played each other twice, and the championship was decided by a play-off match between the group winners, in which Tavriya Simferopol surprised the pre-season favorite Dynamo Kyiv.


After the first season, in each of the following seasons each team played each other team in the League twice. The number of participating teams fluctuated between 14 and 18, stabilizing since 2002–03 season at 16.


As of the 2005–06 season, the golden match rule was introduced. According to the rule, if the first two teams obtain the same number of points, the championship is to be decided by an additional "golden" match between the two teams. In fact, in that season Dynamo Kyiv and Shakhtar Donetsk had earned the same number of points and Shakhtar won the championship by winning the golden match (2–1 after extra time).



History




Vyshcha Liha and Professional Football League (1992–1999)


Since the fall of the Soviet Union, the inaugural independent championship took place hastily at the start of spring 1992 after the creation of the Ukrainian Higher League (Ukrainian: Вища Ліга, Vyshcha Liha). The League was created out of the six teams that took part in the Soviet Top League, two teams from the Soviet First League, and nine out of the eleven Ukrainian teams from the Soviet Second League. The other two of that eleven were placed in the Ukrainian First League as they were to be relegated anyway. The two best teams of the Soviet Second League B of the Ukrainian Zone were also placed in the Higher League along with the winner of the 1991 Ukrainian Cup which finished ninth in the same group (Soviet Second League B).


The 20 participants were split into two groups with the winners playing for the championship title and the runners-up playing for third place. Three teams from each group were to be relegated. As expected, the five favorites, Dynamo Kyiv, Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk, Shakhtar Donetsk, Chornomorets Odesa, and Metalist Kharkiv finished at the top of each group. In the championship play-off game in Lviv, a sensation took place as Tavriya Simferopol beat Dynamo Kyiv 1–0. The Crimeans earned the first Ukrainian title (thus far their only one), losing only once to Temp Shepetivka.


After being stunned in the first championship by the tragedy in Lviv, Dynamo Kyiv were anxious to earn their first title at the second opportunity. In the second Ukrainian championship, which had a regular League format of 16 teams, the main rivals of the Kyivians were Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk, who were top after the first half of the season. By the end of the season both teams were neck and neck and at the end they finished with the same number of points. The championship title was awarded to Dynamo Kyiv as they had a better goal difference. Neither the Golden match, nor the fact that Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk had a better head-to-head record was considered.


The next seven years were known as the total domination of Dynamo Kyiv. During this period 'the main Soviet protagonists' had changed as some of the best teams were facing a crisis. After the 1993–94 season Metalist Kharkiv were surprisingly relegated to the First League. In the 1995–96 season Shakhtar Donetsk had the worst year in the club's history, coming tenth. Chornomorets Odesa were relegated twice during that first decade after which manager Leonid Buryak was sacked. A few newly created teams have since emerged such as Arsenal Kyiv and Metalurh Donetsk, as well as Vorskla Poltava, who surprisingly came third in the club's first season at the Top Level in the 1997.



Dynamo–Shakhtar rivalry and Premier League (2000–2010)



The next decade was marked by fierce competition between Dynamo Kyiv and Shakhtar Donetsk. Since 2000, Shakhtar Donetsk has proved to be the real challengers to Kiev's dominance. In 2000 Shakhtar earned their first qualification to the Champions League earning a place in the Group stage. Nonetheless, Dynamo Kyiv is still considered to be the benchmark of excellence in the country and the primary feeder to the Ukrainian national football team. 2002 became the real cornerstone in the miners history when they earned their first national title under the management of the newly appointed Italian specialist, Nevio Scala, who managed to secure the Ukrainian Cup title as well. Since that time the issue of foreign players has become particularly acute and brought a series of court cases. The FFU and PFL worked together to solve that issue, coming up with a plan to force the transitional limitation of foreign players over time.


The clubs such as Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk and Chornomorets Odesa, who were recent contenders for the title, had to put up a fierce fight against the newly established contenders Metalurh Donetsk and Metalist Kharkiv to qualify for the European competitions. Metalist Kharkiv shone brightly in the late 2000s (decade) by consistently finishing right behind Dynamo Kyiv and Shakhtar Donetsk in third place. Their most remarkable feat was their participation in the 2009 European season when they had to face Dynamo Kyiv to earn a place in the quarter-finals of the 2008–09 UEFA Cup, but lost on the away goals rule. That same 2008–09 UEFA Cup competition was won for the first time by Shakhtar Donetsk, the first club of independent Ukraine to win the title. It was also the last UEFA cup title before it changed its name to the Europa league. In the 2008–09 season the league earned the highest UEFA league coefficient in Europe for that season.




Areal duel between players of Shakhtar and Metalist in September of 2009 including Fernandinho and Marko Devic


On 15 November 2007 clubs' presidents of the Vyshcha Liha adopted a decision to create the Premier League (Premier Liha).[6] At the same meeting session there was created a supervisory board that consisted of Ravil Safiullin (Professional Football League), Vitaliy Danilov (FC Kharkiv), Petro Dyminskyi (FC Karpaty), and Vadym Rabinovych (FC Arsenal).[6] During the next three months that body curated a process on creation of the Premier League's regulation and statute as well as a procedure of launching the championship starting from the 2008-09 season.[6] On 15 April 2008 at one of the meetings among the presidents of clubs there was signed a protocol about establishing the Association of Professional Football Clubs of Ukraine "Premier-Liha"[6] as an autonomous entity, parting away from the PFL. The Premier League has been split since the moment it was created in regards to its president. The dispute went as far as even canceling the 13th round of 2009–10 season and moving it to the spring half, while having the 14th round still playing in the fall. The representatives of five clubs: Arsenal Kyiv, Dynamo Kyiv, Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk, Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih, and Metalist Kharkiv have been boycotting most of the League meetings, not complying with its financial obligations and giving the broadcasting rights to TV-channels other than the League official supplier. They justified their actions due to what they deem to be the illegal election of the Premier League president. The representatives of the above-mentioned clubs did not recognize the election in 2008 of Vitaliy Danilov as the president and believed that the elections should have been won by Vadim Rabinovich.


To resolve this conflict Vitaliy Danilov instigated the re-election of the Premier League president in September 2009, and on 1 December 2009 won the election again with 11 clubs voting for his candidature, 3 were against, 1 abstained, and 1 was absent. This time most club presidents of the Premier League of Ukraine acknowledged Vitaliy Danilov legality. In the subsequent elections on 9 December 2011 Vitaliy Danilov was challenged by Andriy Kurhanskyi (through the proposal of Karpaty Lviv). The other available candidates, Miletiy Balchos (president of the Professional Football League of Ukraine) and Yuriy Kindzerskyi, were not picked by any members of the Premier League. Vitaliy Danilov managed to retain his seat with nine votes for him.



New challenges of the Premier League (2011–present)


Starting from 2010 and until 2015, FC Shakhtar led by Romanian coach Mircea Lucescu obtained five national league titles in a row and making Lucescu the most successful coach in the league. In the 2013-14 season FC Dynamo for the first time since Ukrainian independence placed fourth in league's season ranking and led to dismissal of former national team coach and the legend of Soviet football Oleh Blokhin as the club's manager.




The 2017 Liha Pari-Match champions FC Shakhtar Donetsk with a pennant (Hrayemo Chesno, We Play Fair)


Because of the Russian aggression against Ukraine and cleaning of the league from the financially unreliable clubs (Metalist, Hoverla, Dnipro), the number of teams participating in the league was cut from 16 in the 2013–14 season to 14 in the following seasons.[7] With the continuation of the military conflict in the eastern oblasts (regions) of Ukraine since 2014, the league was forced to change its format again and will now be contested by 12 teams after being cut from 14 in the 2015–16 season.



Officials



Presidents




  • Vitaliy Danilov (president of FC Kharkiv), 27 May 2008 – 1 July 2009 (temporary acting president)


  • Vitaliy Danilov (president of FC Kharkiv), 1 July 2009 – 9 December 2011[8]


  • Vitaliy Danilov, 9 December 2011 – 29 February 2016[9]


  • Volodymyr Heninson, 29 February 2016 – 6 April 2018[10]


  • Thomas Grimm, 6 April 2018 – present



Directors



  • General director: Olexandr Efremov

  • Executive director: Maksym Bondarev

  • Sport director: Petro Ivanov

  • Development director: Vadym Halahan



Clubs



Current clubs


The following teams are competing in the 2018–19 season. Note, in parenthesis shown the actual home cities and stadiums.
























































































































Team
Home city
Stadium
Capacity
Position in
2017–18
First season
in PL
Seasons
in PL

Arsenal Kyiv

Kyiv

Lobanovskyi Dynamo Stadium
16,873

FL:1st
1995-96
19

Chornomorets Odesa

Odesa

Chornomorets Stadium
34,164
11th
1992
24

Desna Chernihiv

Chernihiv

Chernihiv Stadium
12,060

FL:3rd
2018-19
0

Dynamo Kyiv

Kyiv

Olimpiyskiy National Sports Complex
70,050
2nd
1992
28

Karpaty Lviv

Lviv

Ukraina Stadium
28,051
8th
1992
26

Lviv

Lviv

Arena Lviv
34,915

SL:5th
2008-09
1

Mariupol

Mariupol

Volodymyr Boiko Stadium
12,680
5th
1997-98
19

Oleksandriya

Oleksandria

CSC Nika Stadium
7,000
7th
2001-02
6

Olimpik Donetsk

Donetsk (Kyiv)

Lobanovskyi Dynamo Stadium
16,873
10th
2014-15
5

Shakhtar Donetsk

Donetsk (Kharkiv)

Metalist Stadium
40,003
1st
1992
28

Vorskla Poltava

Poltava

Oleksiy Butovsky Vorskla Stadium
24,795
3rd
1996-97
23

Zorya Luhansk

Luhansk (Zaporizhia)

Slavutych-Arena
12,000
4th
1992
18


Broadcasting


Free-to-air live matches from the Ukrainian Premier League will be broadcast on Saturdays and Sundays on satellite channel 2+2 (Sirius 5E).
This is a list of television broadcasters which provide coverage of the Ukrainian Premier League, which is Ukrainian football's top level of competition.



International broadcasters


The main international broadcaster of the league in west Europe and some countries of Africa is the French Ma Chaîne Sport providing coverage for such countries like France, and satellite communities in Andorra, Switzerland, Belgium, Luxembourg, Monaco, Algeria, Morocco, Tunisia. Another broadcaster Sport Klub provides coverage in all countries of former Yugoslavia including Bosnia/Herzegovina, Croatia, Macedonia, Serbia, and Slovenia. National broadcasters of some other counties include 12 TV (Armenia), CBC Sport (Azerbaijan), Polsat Futbol (Poland), Futbol (Russia), and Dolce Sport (Romania).



UEFA ranking and European competitions



Ukrainian clubs being part of the Soviet Union competed in European competitions since 1960s when the Soviet clubs started to participate in continental competitions. In fact the very first Soviet club that took part in European competitions was Ukrainian club, FC Dynamo Kyiv, that took in the 1965–66 European Cup Winners' Cup. Before the fall of the Soviet Union, the following Ukrainian clubs participated in European competitions: FC Dynamo Kyiv (1965), FC Karpaty Lviv (1970), FC Zorya Luhansk (1973), FC Chornomorets Odessa (1975), FC Shakhtar Donetsk (1977), FC Dnipro (1984), and FC Metalist Kharkiv (1988).


At least four clubs participated in top continental competitions the European Cup and the UEFA Champions League among which are FC Dynamo Kyiv, FC Dnipro, FC Shakhtar Donetsk, and FC Metalist Kharkiv.


Two teams (Dynamo and Shakhtar) were able to obtain trophies of European competitions including two Cup Winners' Cup, one UEFA Supercup, and one UEFA Cup. One more team (Dnipro) came just short to join their company losing in the 2015 UEFA Europa League Final.



Club seeding


UEFA Club Ranking

















































































Current
ranking
Movement
Last season
ranking
Teams
Coefficient
14
Substituted in (18)

Shakhtar Donetsk
81.000
22
Substituted in (25)

Dynamo Kyiv
62.000
43
Substituted off (38)

Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk
34.000
135
Substituted off (109)

Chornomorets Odesa
9.000
135
Substituted in (136)

Zorya Luhansk
9.000
142
Substituted in (165)

Oleksandriya
2.500
142
Substituted in (154)

Vorskla Poltava
2.000
142
Substituted off (98)

Metalist Kharkiv
2.000
142
Substituted in (154)

Metalurh Donetsk
1.000
142
Substituted in
(new)

Olimpik Donetsk
1.000


Note: Since 1999 the country index (coefficient) indicates the lowest possible value any team of that country will get in the ranking. Currently it's 6.866 for Ukraine. Teams ranked below their country's ranking are positioned by the ranking of their country rather its own. Teams in bold will be participating in the 2017–18 European football season.[11]Last Updated: 21 May 2018




Country ranking


UEFA Country Ranking














































Current
ranking
Movement
Last season
ranking
League
Coefficient
6
Steady
(6)

Russia Russian Premier League
53.382
7
Steady
(7)

Portugal Primeira Liga
47.248
8
Steady
(8)

Ukraine Ukrainian Premier League
41.133
9
Steady
(9)

Belgium Belgian Pro League
38.500
10
Steady
(10)

Turkey Süper Lig
35.800


Last Updated: 21 May 2018.[12]




International relations


In 2009 The Ukrainian Premier League joined the European Professional Football Leagues.[13] Also in 2009 the league signed a partnership with IMG of which during the first month of cooperation sold broadcasting rights for the Ukrainian Cup to Poland and Armenia. On its own initiative the Ukrainian Premier League sold broadcasting rights to Romania and Russia as well.



Results by season




Top League (Vyshcha Liha)



  • Professional Football League of Ukraine was the governing body of the Top League (Vyshcha Liha) since 1996 till 2008.


















































































































































Season
Champion
Runner-up
Third place
Top goalscorer

Rank

1992

Tavriya Simferopol

Dynamo Kyiv

Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk

Ukraine Yuriy Hudymenko (Tavriya Simferopol, 12 goals)
N/A[14]

1992–93

Dynamo Kyiv

Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk

Chornomorets Odesa

Ukraine Serhiy Husyev (Chornomorets Odesa, 17 goals)
28/39

1993–94

Dynamo Kyiv

Shakhtar Donetsk

Chornomorets Odesa

Ukraine Tymerlan Huseinov (Chornomorets Odesa, 18 goals)
24/44

1994–95

Dynamo Kyiv

Chornomorets Odesa

Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk

Tajikistan Arsen Avakov (Torpedo Zaporizhya, 21 goals)
24/47

1995–96

Dynamo Kyiv

Chornomorets Odesa

Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk

Ukraine Tymerlan Huseinov (Chornomorets Odesa, 20 goals)
19/48

1996–97

Dynamo Kyiv

Shakhtar Donetsk

Vorskla Poltava

Ukraine Oleh Matveyev (Shakhtar Donetsk, 21 goals)
22/48

1997–98

Dynamo Kyiv

Shakhtar Donetsk

Karpaty Lviv

Ukraine Serhiy Rebrov (Dynamo Kyiv, 22 goals)
17/49

1998–99

Dynamo Kyiv

Shakhtar Donetsk

Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih

Ukraine Andriy Shevchenko (Dynamo Kyiv, 18 goals)
15/50

1999–00

Dynamo Kyiv

Shakhtar Donetsk

Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih

Uzbekistan Maksim Shatskikh (Dynamo Kyiv, 20 goals)
12/50

2000–01

Dynamo Kyiv

Shakhtar Donetsk

Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk

Ukraine Andriy Vorobey (Shakhtar Donetsk, 21 goals)
13/51

2001–02

Shakhtar Donetsk

Dynamo Kyiv

Metalurh Donetsk

Ukraine Serhiy Shyshchenko (Metalurh Donetsk, 12 goals)
13/51

2002–03

Dynamo Kyiv

Shakhtar Donetsk

Metalurh Donetsk

Uzbekistan Maksim Shatskikh (Dynamo Kyiv, 22 goals)
14/52

2003–04

Dynamo Kyiv

Shakhtar Donetsk

Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk

Georgia (country) Giorgi Demetradze (Metalurh Donetsk, 18 goals)
14/52

2004–05

Shakhtar Donetsk

Dynamo Kyiv

Metalurh Donetsk

Ukraine Oleksandr Kosyrin (Chornomorets Odesa, 14 goals)
15/52

2005–06

Shakhtar Donetsk

Dynamo Kyiv

Chornomorets Odesa

Brazil Brandão (Shakhtar Donetsk, 15 goals)
Nigeria Emmanuel Okoduwa (Arsenal Kyiv, 15 goals)
13/52

2006–07

Dynamo Kyiv

Shakhtar Donetsk

Metalist Kharkiv

Ukraine Oleksandr Hladkyi (FC Kharkiv, 13 goals)
11/52

2007–08

Shakhtar Donetsk

Dynamo Kyiv

Bronze stripped *

Serbia Marko Dević* (Metalist Kharkiv, 19 goals)
12/53


Premier League



























































































Season
Champion
Runner-up
Third place
Top goalscorer

Rank

2008–09

Dynamo Kyiv

Shakhtar Donetsk

Metalist Kharkiv

Ukraine Oleksandr Kovpak (Tavriya Simferopol, 17 goals)
7/53

2009–10

Shakhtar Donetsk

Dynamo Kyiv

Metalist Kharkiv

Ukraine Artem Milevsky (Dynamo Kyiv, 17 goals)
7/53

2010–11

Shakhtar Donetsk

Dynamo Kyiv

Metalist Kharkiv

Ukraine Yevhen Seleznyov (Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk, 17 goals)
8/53

2011–12

Shakhtar Donetsk

Dynamo Kyiv

Metalist Kharkiv

Ukraine Yevhen Seleznyov (Shakhtar Donetsk, 14 goals)
Brazil Maicon (Volyn Lutsk, 14 goals)
9/53

2012–13

Shakhtar Donetsk

Metalist Kharkiv

Dynamo Kyiv

Armenia Henrikh Mkhitaryan (Shakhtar Donetsk, 25 goals)
7/53

2013–14

Shakhtar Donetsk

Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk

Metalist Kharkiv

Brazil Luiz Adriano (Shakhtar Donetsk, 20 goals)
9/53

2014–15

Dynamo Kyiv

Shakhtar Donetsk

Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk

Brazil Alex Teixeira (Shakhtar Donetsk, 17 goals)
Romania Eric Bicfalvi (Volyn Lutsk, 17 goals)
8/54

2015–16

Dynamo Kyiv

Shakhtar Donetsk

Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk

Brazil Alex Teixeira (Shakhtar Donetsk, 22 goals)

8/54

2016–17

Shakhtar Donetsk

Dynamo Kyiv

Zorya Luhansk

Ukraine Andriy Yarmolenko (Dynamo Kyiv, 15 goals)
8/55

2017–18

Shakhtar Donetsk

Dynamo Kyiv

Vorskla Poltava

Argentina Facundo Ferreyra (Shakhtar Donetsk, 21 goal)
8/55

Notes:




  • Rank column shows the ranking of the league amongst members of UEFA.

  • In bold are the league winners that also won the Ukrainian Cup (season double).

  • In italics are the league runners-up or third-placed teams that also won the Ukrainian Cup in the same season.


  • Metalist Kharkiv had been stripped of their bronze award for 2007–08 season after the Court of Arbitration for Sport in Lausanne ruled against the game Karpaty – Metalist (April 19, 2008).[15][16]

  • A citizen of Serbia, Marko Devich was granted the Ukrainian citizenship after the 2007–08 season.



Performance by club






























































































Club
Winners
Runners-up
Third place
Winning years

Dynamo Kyiv
15
10
1

1992–93, 1993–94, 1994–95, 1995–96, 1996–97, 1997–98, 1998–99, 1999–2000, 2000–01, 2002–03, 2003–04, 2006–07, 2008–09, 2014–15, 2015–16

Shakhtar Donetsk
11
12


2001–02, 2004–05, 2005–06, 2007–08, 2009–10, 2010–11, 2011–12, 2012–13, 2013–14, 2016–17, 2017–18

Tavriya Simferopol
1



1992

Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk

2
7


Chornomorets Odesa

2
3


Metalist Kharkiv

1
6


Metalurh Donetsk


3


Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih


2


Vorskla Poltava


2


Karpaty Lviv


1


Zorya Luhansk


1

Total 27 27 26

Notes


  • Italics identifies either defunct or teams that lost professional status.

  • Dissolved due to the 2014 Russian annexation of Crimea, in 2015 SC Tavriya Simferopol was reestablished in Beryslav, Kherson Oblast (neighboring region).



Honored teams


A representative star is placed above the team's badge to indicate 10 league titles.[17]Dynamo Kyiv became the first Ukrainian team to achieve the prestigious honor of winning the Soviet Top League for the 10th time in 1981. Dynamo Kyiv after having entered the Ukrainian championship has become the same dominant leader as during the Soviet times by earning its 20th national title at the top level in 1999. The two stars, however, were only added to the club's logo in 2007.[18] Earning its 10th national title in 2017, Shakhtar Donetsk has not yet adopted a star on its crest.


Currently (as of 2018) the following clubs earned the star element to be added to their crest.




  • Crystal Clear action bookmark.pngCrystal Clear action bookmark.png Dynamo Kyiv (13, Soviet Union; 15, Ukraine).


  • Crystal Clear action bookmark.png Shakhtar Donetsk (11, Ukraine)


  • Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk (2, Soviet Union)


  • Zorya Luhansk (1, Soviet Union)


  • Tavriya Simferopol (1, Ukraine)



Premier League players































































All-time Premier League appearance leaders

Rank

Player

Games
1

Ukraine Oleksandr Shovkovskiy
426
2

Ukraine Oleh Shelayev
412
3

Ukraine Vyacheslav Checher
407
4

Ukraine Oleksandr Chizhevskiy
400
5

Ukraine Oleksandr Horyainov
391
6

Ukraine Ruslan Rotan
375
7

Ukraine Serhiy Nazarenko
373
8

Ukraine Serhiy Shyshchenko
363
9

Ukraine Ruslan Kostyshyn
359
10

Ukraine Serhiy Zakarlyuka
356

Players in bold are still playing in Premier League
Data as of 14 October 2018[19]












































































All-time Premier League scorers

Rank

Player

Goals

Games
1

Ukraine Serhiy Rebrov
123
261

Uzbekistan Maksim Shatskikh
123[a]
341
3

Ukraine Yevhen Seleznyov
111
230
4

Ukraine Andriy Vorobey
105
315
5

Ukraine Andriy Yarmolenko
99
228
6

Ukraine Oleksandr Haydash
95[b]
258
7

Ukraine Serbia Marko Dević
90
219

Ukraine Serhiy Mizin
90
342
9

Ukraine Tymerlan Huseynov
85
215
10

Ukraine Oleksandr Kosyrin
84
240

Ukraine Oleksandr Hladkyy
84
300

Players in bold are still playing in Premier League
Data as of 14 October 2018[21]


Ex-Dynamo Kyiv strikers Maksim Shatskikh and Serhiy Rebrov hold the record for most Ukrainian Premier League goals with 123, with Shatskikh winning the top single season scorer title twice in 1999–2000 and 2002–03, Rebrov once in 1997-98.
Since the first Ukrainian Premier League season in 1992, 22 different players have won or shared the top scorer's title.
Only four players have won the title more than once, Tymerlan Huseynov, Maksim Shatskikh, Yevhen Seleznyov and Alex Teixeira.
Henrikh Mkhitaryan holds the record for most goals in a season (25), Serhiy Rebrov and Maksim Shatskikh are the only two players to score at least 20 goals twice. The most prolific all-time scorers are Ivan Hetsko and Viktor Leonenko, respectively attaining 0.59 and 0.56 goals per game.




Premier League managers































































All-time League games

Rank

Coach

Games
1

Ukraine Myron Markevych
620
2

Ukraine Mykola Pavlov
546
3

Romania Mircea Lucescu
355
4

Ukraine Vitaliy Kvartsyanyi
340
5

Ukraine Valeriy Yaremchenko
297
6

Ukraine Mykhailo Fomenko
294
7

Ukraine Oleh Taran
273
8

Ukraine Semen Altman
249
9

Ukraine Vyacheslav Hrozny
214
10

Ukraine Oleksandr Ishchenko
204

Coaches in bold are still active in the League
Data as of 31 May 2017[22]











































































































Winning managers
Rank
Name
Club(s)

Gold medal icon.svg

Silver medal icon.svg

Bronze medal icon.svg
1

Romania Mircea Lucescu

Shakhtar
8
4

2

Ukraine Valery Lobanovsky

Dynamo
5
1

3

Ukraine Yozhef Sabo

Dynamo
2
1


Ukraine Serhiy Rebrov

Dynamo
2
1

5

Ukraine Oleksiy Mykhailychenko

Dynamo
2



Portugal Paulo Fonseca

Shakhtar
2


7

Russia Yuri Semin

Dynamo
1
3

8

Ukraine Mykola Pavlov

Dynamo(1)
Dnipro
1
1
1
9

Ukraine Anatoliy Demyanenko

Dynamo
1
1

10

Ukraine Anatoliy Zayaev

Tavria
1



Ukraine Mykhailo Fomenko

Dynamo
1



Italy Nevio Scala

Shakhtar
1



Data as of 13 May 2018

The league's record holder for winnings is Mircea Lucescu.


The league's record holder for games that the coach led a team in the league is Myron Markevych. Among other coaches who stayed in the league the longest, there are Volodymyr Bezsonov (197), Anatoliy Zayaev (191), Yuriy Vernydub (187), Ihor Nadein (184), and Leonid Buryak (180).


– Managers that have retired out of sport. In bold are managers that are still active in the current season.


































































































Current managers
Nat.
Name
Club
Appointed
Time as manager
Ukraine Yuriy Vernydub Zorya Luhansk 27 November 2011
7003254500000000000♠6 years, 353 days
Ukraine Oleksandr Ryabokon Desna Chernihiv 16 March 2012
7003243500000000000♠6 years, 244 days
Ukraine Volodymyr Sharan Oleksandriya 8 June 2013
7003198600000000000♠5 years, 160 days
Ukraine Vasyl Sachko Vorskla Poltava 10 June 2014
7003161900000000000♠4 years, 158 days
Portugal Paulo Fonseca Shakhtar Donetsk 1 June 2016
7002897000000000000♠2 years, 167 days
Belarus Alyaksandr Khatskevich Dynamo Kyiv 2 June 2017
7002531000000000000♠1 year, 166 days
Ukraine Oleksandr Babych Mariupol 22 September 2017
7002419000000000000♠1 year, 54 days
Bulgaria Angel Chervenkov Chornomorets Odesa 13 June 2018
7002155000000000000♠155 days
Portugal José Morais Karpaty Lviv 16 August 2018
7001910000000000000♠91 days
Ukraine Yuriy Bakalov FC Lviv 16 August 2018
7001910000000000000♠91 days
Ukraine Vyacheslav Hroznyi Arsenal Kyiv 1 October 2018
7001450000000000000♠45 days
Ukraine Vyacheslav Shevchuk Olimpik Donetsk 3 October 2018
7001430000000000000♠43 days


Premier League referees














































































All-time League games

Rank

Coach

City

Games
1

Serhiy Shebek
Kiev
226
2

Vitaliy Hodulian
Odessa
202
3

Vasyl Melnychuk
Simferopol
190
4

Ihor Ishchenko
Khmelnytskyi / Kiev
186
5

Ihor Yarmenchuk
Kiev
168
6

Andriy Shandor
Lviv
149
7

Valeriy Onufer
Uzhhorod
141
8

Serhiy Tatulian
Kiev
137
9

Serhiy Dzyuba
Kiev
136
10

Anatoliy Zhosan
Kherson
134

Ihor Khiblin
Khmelnytskyi

Referees in bold are still active in the League
Data as of 19 May 2014[23]



All-time participants


The table lists the place each team took in each of the seasons.



Vyshcha Liha era (1992–2008)































































































































































































































































































































































































































































































































































































































































































































1992 92/93 93/94 94/95 95/96 96/97 97/98 98/99 99/00 00/01 01/02 02/03 03/04 04/05 05/06 06/07 07/08

Teams

20

16

18

18

18

16

16

16

16

14

14

16

16

16

16

16

16

Arsenal Kyiv[c]
 
 
 
 
4
11
10
7
10
6
12
5
9
9
12
14
6

Borysfen Boryspil
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
7
16
 
 
 

Bukovyna Chernivtsi
10
12
17
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Chornomorets Odesa
5
3
3
2
2
7
15
 
15
 
 
8
5
6
3
6
7

Dnipro
3
2
4
3
3
4
4
12
11
3
6
4
3
4
6
4
4

Dynamo Kyiv
2

1

1

1

1

1

1

1

1

1
2

1

1
2
2

1
2

Hoverla Uzhhorod
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
14
 
 
12
16
 
16

Karpaty Lviv
13
6
5
8
8
5
3
4
9
10
8
7
15
 
 
8
10

Kharkiv
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
13
12
14

Kremin Kremenchuk
14
9
15
10
9
15
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih
 
8
6
6
14
12
8
3
3
11
9
12
10
13
14
10
13

Mariupol
 
 
 
 
 
 
14
5
8
4
10
10
8
5
4
15
 

Metalist Kharkiv
6
5
18
 
 
 
 
6
5
9
5
16
 
11
5
3
(3)*

Metalurh Donetsk
 
 
 
 
 
 
7
14
7
5
3
3
4
3
9
9
12

Metalurh Zaporizhya
11
7
16
9
5
8
9
8
6
8
4
15
11
10
8
7
9

Mykolaiv
18
 
 
13
16
 
 
16
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Naftovyk-Ukrnafta Okhtyrka
16
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
15

Nyva Ternopil
7
14
7
12
13
9
6
13
12
14
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Nyva Vinnytsia
15
 
10
14
15
16
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Obolon Kyiv
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
14
6
15
 
 
 

Odesa
20
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Oleksandriya
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
13
13
 
 
 
 
 

Prykarpattya Ivano-Frankivsk
17
 
 
11
11
13
13
15
14
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Shakhtar Donetsk
4
4
2
4
10
2
2
2
2
2

1
2
2

1

1
2

1

Stal Alchevsk
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
13
 
 
 
 
11
16
 

Tavriya Simferopol

1
10
8
5
12
6
12
9
13
7
7
9
12
7
7
5
5

Temp Shepetivka
19
 
9
17
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Torpedo Zaporizhya
8
13
13
7
7
14
16
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Veres Rivne
 
16
11
18
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Volyn Lutsk
9
11
12
15
17
 
 
 
 
 
 
6
13
8
15
 
 

Vorskla Poltava
 
 
 
 
 
3
5
10
4
12
11
11
14
14
10
13
8

Zirka Kropyvnytskyi
 
 
 
 
6
10
11
11
16
 
 
 
16
 
 
 
 

Zorya Luhansk
12
15
14
16
18
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
11
11


Premier League era (2008–present)











































































































































































































































































































































































































08/09 09/10 10/11 11/12 12/13 13/14 14/15 15/16 16/17 17/18 18/19

Teams

16

16

16

16

16

16

14

14

12

12

12

Arsenal Kyiv
11
7
9
5
8
16
 
 
 
 


Chornomorets Odesa
10
15
 
9
6
5
11
11
6
11


Desna Chernihiv
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 


Dnipro
6
4
4
4
4
2
3
3
11
 
 

Dynamo Kyiv

1
2
2
2
3
4

1

1
2
2


Hoverla Uzhhorod
 
16
 
 
15
12
12
13
 
 
 

Karpaty Lviv
9
5
5
14
14
11
13
7
10
8


Kharkiv
16
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih
12
14
13
10
7
 
 
 
 
 
 

Lviv
15
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 


Mariupol
14
12
14
11
9
10
14
 
 
5


Metalist Kharkiv
3
3
3
3
2
3
6
10
 
 
 

Metalurh Donetsk
4
8
8
7
5
6
10
 
 
 
 

Metalurh Zaporizhya
7
9
16
 
16
14
7
14
 
 
 

Obolon Kyiv
 
11
10
15
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Oleksandriya
 
 
 
16
 
 
 
6
5
7


Olimpik Donetsk
 
 
 
 
 
8
9
5
4
9


Sevastopol
 
 
15
 
 
9
 
 
 
 
 

Shakhtar Donetsk
2

1

1

1

1

1
2
2

1

1


Stal Kamianske
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
8
8
12
 

Tavriya Simferopol
8
6
7
6
11
15
 
 
 
 
 

Veres Rivne
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
6
 

Volyn Lutsk
 
 
11
12
13
13
9
12
12
 
 

Vorskla Poltava
5
10
6
8
12
8
5
5
7
3


Zirka Kropyvnytskyi
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
9
10
 

Zorya Luhansk
13
13
12
13
10
7
4
4
3
4


Teams marking:









Competing in UPL (1st tier)
Competing in PFL (2nd tier)
Competing in PFL (3nd tier)
Competing in AAFU (4nd tier)
Competing in regional championships (below 4rd tier)
Defunct clubs


All-time table


All figures are correct through the 2017–18 season.[24][25][26] Promotion/relegation playoff games are not included.



  clubs that lost professional status or were dissolved



























































































































































































































































































































































































































































































































































Rank
Team
Seasons
P
W
D
L
GF
GA
Pts
Achievement
Other names used
1

Dynamo Kyiv
27
798
588
134
76
1724
519
1898
champions (15)

2

Shakhtar Donetsk
27
798
551
138
109
1674
598
1791
champions (11)

3

FC Dnipro
26
765
379
199
187
1127
718
1336
runners-up (2)

4

Chornomorets Odesa
23
683
258
171
254
762
786
945
runners-up (2)

5

Karpaty Lviv
25
735
245
209
281
809
898
944
3rd (1)

6

Metalist Kharkiv[d]
20
573
254
144
175
755
664
906
runners-up (1)

7

Tavriya Simferopol[e]
23
681
237
170
274
795
873
881
champions (1)

8

Vorskla Poltava
22
646
219
177
250
700
753
834
3rd (2)
Vorskla-Naftogaz
9

Metalurh Zaporizhya[f]
24
702
206
173
323
699
949
791
5th (2)[g]

10

Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih[h]
21
634
201
173
260
633
786
776
3rd (2)

11

Metalurh Donetsk[i]
18
526
203
142
181
655
623
751
3rd (3)

12

Arsenal Kyiv[j]
18
536
184
151
201
628
619
703
4th (1)[k]
CSKA, CSKA-Borysfen
13

FC Mariupol
18
528
164
127
237
589
752
619
4th (2)
Illichivets, Metalurh
14

Zorya Luhansk
17
504
161
110
233
535
746
593
3rd (1)
Zorya-MALS
15

Volyn Lutsk
16
472
140
102
230
473
710
519
6th (1)

16

Nyva Ternopil[l]
10
296
93
62
141
319
388
341
7th (3)

17

Zirka Kropyvnytskyi[m]
8
248
62
58
128
209
368
244
6th (1)
Zirka-NIBAS
18

Torpedo Zaporizhya[n]
7
210
64
42
104
214
315
234
7th (2)

19

Prykarpattya Ivano-Frankivsk[o]
7
206
55
52
99
215
315
217
10th (1)

20

Kremin Kremenchuk[p]
6
180
54
40
86
182
269
202
9th (2)

21

FC Oleksandriya[q]
6
176
46
58
72
174
239
196
5th (1)
Polihraftekhnika, PFC Oleksandriya
22

Hoverla Uzhhorod[r]
9
256
41
64
151
186
421
187
12th (3)
Zakarpattia
23

Obolon Kyiv[s]
6
180
44
44
92
153
253
176
6th (1)

24

Nyva Vinnytsia[t]
5
150
42
32
76
140
213
158
10th (1)

25

Veres Rivne[u]
4
130
34
39
57
117
171
141
6th (1)

26

Olimpik Donetsk
4
116
33
32
51
108
181
131
4th (1)

27

FC Kharkiv[v]
4
120
25
33
62
94
156
108
12th (1)

28

SC Mykolaiv
4
116
26
23
67
100
208
101
13th (1)
Evis
29

Stal Kamianske
3
90
24
24
42
72
106
96
8th (2)

30

Temp Shepetivka[w]
3
86
24
16
46
79
113
88
9th (1)

31

Bukovyna Chernivtsi
3
82
23
18
41
69
99
87
11th (1)

32

Stal Alchevsk[x]
3
86
17
21
48
67
126
72
11th (1)

33

FC Sevastopol[y]
2
58
17
11
30
58
91
62
9th (1)
PFC Sevastopol
32

Borysfen Boryspil
2
60
14
19
27
40
60
61
7th (1)

34

Naftovyk-Ukrnafta Okhtyrka
2
48
11
11
26
30
66
44
15th (1)
Naftovyk
36

FC Lviv
1
30
6
8
16
24
39
26
15th

37

SC Odesa[z]
1
18
3
1
14
15
32
10
10th
SKA Odesa
38

Desna Chernihiv
recently promoted


Post-season play-offs



Golden matches




  • 1992 – Ukraina Stadium (Lviv), 21 June 1992


  • 2006 – Metalurh Stadium (Kryvyi Rih), 14 May 2006



Third place matches



  • 1992 – Metalurh Central Stadium (Zaporizhia), 20 June 1992


Relegation play-offs




  • 1999 – Dynamo Stadium (Kiev), 4 July 1999


  • 2002 – CSK ZSU Stadium (Kiev), 16 June 2002


  • 2018 – two play-off pairs (four teams), 23 and 27 May 2018



Rivalries and city derbies



Klasychne derby



The central feature of the league is a rivalry between Shakhtar Donetsk and Dynamo Kyiv which has adopted its name as Klasychne derby. The rivalry started ever since the end of 1990s when both teams started consistently to place the top two places from season to season. The rivalry became really established when Shakhtar obtained its first national title in 2002.



Other championship contenders


The surprising win of the first season by SC Tavriya Simferopol has never turned the club into a real contender for another title and the club was not always successful to secure a place among the top five. In the beginning of 1990s, FC Chornomorets Odessa and the two-time Soviet champions FC Dnipro were also among the main contenders. The 1972 Soviet champions FC Zorya Luhansk until 2013 really struggled to stay in the top league. Among other contenders there were FC Metalist Kharkiv that were the league's runners-up in 2012–13 and FC Metalurh Donetsk that showed some consistent form in the early 2000s.



Other rivalries


There are few smaller regional rivalries such between Karpaty and Volyn, Metalist and Dnipro, Zorya and Shakhtar.


Among city derbies, there were no running city derbies in the league for the 2017–18 season. Among the most notable previously there were Zaporizhia derby between Metalurh and Torpedo, Kyiv derby between Dynamo and Arsenal (CSKA), Donetsk derby between Shakhtar and Metalurh. Other derbies existed in Lviv, Odesa, Kharkiv, West Ukrainian football derby and others.



Stadiums



Ukraine has several big stadiums with capacity of 30,000+ spectators and at least two stadiums with capacity of over 50,000 which also are considered to be by UEFA the elite stadiums. Since the 2014 Russian invasion and partial occupation of Ukraine, the access to some stadiums was restricted. Many stadiums in Ukraine and their surrounding infrastructure were renovated in preparation to the Euro 2012.



UEFA Elite Stadiums



























# Stadium Capacity City Club Opened
1 Olimpiysky National Sports Complex 70,050 Kiev
Ukraine, Dynamo Kyiv
1923, 2011
2 Donbass Arena 52,518 Donetsk Shakhtar Donetsk 2009


Other major stadiums


Among 30,000+ football stadiums or multi-use stadiums adopted for football are Arena Lviv, Chornomorets Stadium, Dnipro Arena, Metalist Stadium and others.



See also




  • Ukrainian First League

  • Ukrainian Second League

  • Ukrainian derby

  • Football records in Ukraine

  • List of foreign Ukrainian Premier League players



Notes





  1. ^ On 22 July 2017 Ukrainian Premier League announced that Maksim Shatskikh might have scored 123 goals instead of 124 due to one of the autogoals (own goals) being counted towards his tally.[20]


  2. ^ Haidash who is recorded with 95 goals in reality did score 96, but the game in which he scored was cancelled along with his record.[20]


  3. ^ Arsenal Kyiv was renamed from CSKA Kyiv in 2001, the original CSKA Kyiv was recreated in the First League in place of CSCA-2 Kyiv.


  4. ^ the status of the club is disputed due the fact that current the Second League's FC Metalist 1925 Kharkiv which features many footballers and coaching staff members of the original Metalist is de jure a different club, while the original Soviet club was denied license for failing to pay salary to its footballers and competes in regional competitions of Kharkiv Oblast


  5. ^ the original Soviet club was forced to be dissolved due to the Russian aggression against Ukraine and in its place was created Russian FC TSK–Tavriya in Simferopol and later SC Tavriya in Beryslav


  6. ^ the original Soviet club was dissolved due to bankruptcy and was later revived based on amateur FC Rosso Nero


  7. ^ In 2001-02 Metalurh Zaporizhia placed fifth in the competition according to the season's regulations, however the FFU Executive Committee after reviewing granted the club the fourth place to allow Metalurh to participate in continental competitions.


  8. ^ the original Soviet club was dissolved due to bankruptcy and later was revived competing in regional competitions of Dnipropetrovsk Oblast


  9. ^ the club was merged with FC Stal Dniprodzerzhynsk


  10. ^ the original club was dissolved due to bankruptcy and later revived based on its academy as FC Arsenal–Kyiv


  11. ^ Arsenal Kyiv's record includes the record of its predecessor CSKA Kyiv (when the club was sponsored by the Ministry of Defence). It does not include the 14 games that it played in 2013-14 and later annulled.


  12. ^ as the original professional Soviet club, Nyva was relegated to lower leagues then withdrew from professional competitions and later reformed in regional competitions of Ternopil Oblast


  13. ^ the original Soviet club due to bankruptcy was reformed in amateur competitions, but after unsuccessful season, in 2008 passed its name to a local football school Olimpik


  14. ^ the original Soviet club was dissolved due to bankruptcy


  15. ^ the original Soviet club FC Prykarpattia relegated to lower leagues and was dissolved due to bankruptcy, later attempts to revive it so far were not successful


  16. ^ the original Soviet club was dissolved due to bankruptcy and later was revived as municipal club


  17. ^ the original factory team Polihraftekhnika was dissolved and reformed as a city team which later was reformed based on the merger with lower league team FC UkrAhroKom


  18. ^ the original Soviet club was denied license for failing to pay salary to its footballers and later was dissolved


  19. ^ the original club that was established based on the Kyiv sports school was reformed FC Obolon-Brovar as part of the Obolon factory team and restarted from lower leagues


  20. ^ the original Soviet club was dissolved due to bankruptcy and later attempts revived so far are not very successful


  21. ^ the original Soviet club was relegated and after spending long time in lower leagues later was dissolved; in 2016 it was revived as a special project "people's team"


  22. ^ an unsuccessful spin-off of FC Arsenal Kharkiv


  23. ^ the original Soviet club was dissolved due to bankruptcy


  24. ^ the original Soviet club was dissolved due to the Russian aggression against Ukraine


  25. ^ the club was dissolved due to the Russian aggression against Ukraine and its place was created Russian club SKChF which later changed its name to FC Sevastopol


  26. ^ the original Soviet club was merged with FC Chornomorets




References





  1. ^ ab Hunchenko, O., Kazakov, V., Kulikovska, O. Historic and geographic characteristics of football development in Ukraine (ІСТОРИКО-ГЕОГРАФІЧНІ ОСОБЛИВОСТІ РОЗВИТКУ ФУТБОЛУ В УКРАЇНІ)


  2. ^ Historic profile. Professional Football League of Ukraine


  3. ^ There was adopted a decision on creation of the football Premier League of Ukraine (Прийнято рішення про створення футбольної Прем'єр-ліги України). Electronic Library of Ukraine.


  4. ^ In Ukraine was created Premier League (В Україні створено Прем’єр-лігу). Champion (Ukrayinska Pravda). 27 May 2008


  5. ^ ab Poll: 40% of Ukrainians consider themselves football supporters, most against idea of CIS league, Interfax-Ukraine (27 August 2013)


  6. ^ abcd At first there was a decision... (Спочатку було рішення…). Ukrainian Premier League. 16 November 2017


  7. ^ Ukraine trying to revive Crimean champion football club, USA Today (19 June 2015)


  8. ^ Danilov re-elected as president of Ukrainian football premier league


  9. ^ Vitaliy Danilov is re-elected as the president of PL


  10. ^ Официально. Владимир Генинсон — новый президент УПЛ


  11. ^ UEFA Team Ranking 2017 (24 November 2016)


  12. ^ UEFA Country Ranking 2018


  13. ^ Profile of the Ukrainian Premier League at EPFL website


  14. ^ part of Soviet Union


  15. ^ Lausanne announced a verdict on the game Karpaty - Metalist (Лозанна озвучила вердикт по матчу "Карпаты" - "Металлист"). ua-football.com. August 2, 2013.


  16. ^ Football - Match Fixing Archived 15 October 2013 at the Wayback Machine.. Court of Arbitration of Sport. Lausanne August 2, 2013.


  17. ^ Will Dynamo have two stars? Television Service of News (TSN). 12 June 2007


  18. ^ FC Dynamo Kyiv has a new emblem. Interfax Ukraine. 4 July 2011


  19. ^ All players


  20. ^ ab ...And on the horizon – Yarmolenko (…А на горизонті — Ярмоленко). Ukrainian Premier League. 22 July 2017


  21. ^ Allplayers.in.ua


  22. ^ All coaches


  23. ^ All referees


  24. ^ Grand tournament table of the Ukrainian Championship (1992-2015) Archived 8 March 2016 at the Wayback Machine.. ukr-football.org


  25. ^ Summarized table of championships. Ukrainskiy Futbol ot Dmitriya Troshchiya (Ukrainian Football from Dmitriy Troshchiy).


  26. ^ Summarized table of all years. Wildstat.




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