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Ukrainian First League#Post-season play-offs

{{short description|Association football league in Ukraine}}

{{Infobox football league

| logo = Ukrainian First League logo.png

| country = {{UKR}}

| founded = {{start date and age|1992}}

| teams = 16 (for 2025–26)

| promotion = Ukrainian Premier League

| relegation = Ukrainian Second League

| levels = 2

| domest_cup = Ukrainian Cup

| confed_cup =

|most_champs = 3 – Dynamo-2 Kyiv, Hoverla Uzhhorod, Zirka Kropyvnytskyi

|top_goalscorer = 116 – Vadym Plotnikov and Serhiy Chuichenko (2018)Samotkan, Yu. [https://www.footboom.com/ukrainian/first/1516186182-pervaya-liga-spokojstviye-chujchenko-dorisovki-plotnikova-i-perspektivy-akimenko.html First League: patience of Chuichenko, "corrections" of Plotnikov, and perspectives of Akymenko (Первая лига: спокойствие Чуйченко, "дорисовки" Плотникова и перспективы Акименко)]. Footboom. 19 January 2018

|most_caps = 429 – Andriy Tsvik (2014)

|tv =

|sponsor = FavBet (2014–15)

| champions = Epitsentr Kamianets-Podilskyi

| season = 2024–25

| current = 2024–25 Ukrainian First League

| website = {{URL|http://pfl.ua/}}

}}

The Persha Liha ({{langx|uk|Перша ліга}} {{IPA|uk|ˈpɛrʃɐ ˈl⁽ʲ⁾iɦɐ|}}) or Ukrainian First League is a level of national football competitions (second tier) in Ukraine governed by the Professional Football League at the discretion of the Ukrainian Association of Football. Members of the league also participate in the Ukrainian Cup. The league is the intermediate level of competitions within the three-tiered "competition pyramid".

History

The league was set up by the newly reorganized Football Federation of Ukraine (a successor of the Football Federation of the Ukrainian SSR) with the falling apart Soviet Union as a second tier, lower than Ukrainian Higher League (Vyshcha Liha) and higher that Ukrainian Transitional League (Perekhidna Liha).

The very first round of games that took place for this league was on 14 March 1992. The league itself was organised just a few months before that and consisted mostly of all the Ukrainian clubs that previously competed in the one of groups of the Soviet Lower Second League (4th tier, see Ukrainian Soviet competitions). To the league were also added some Soviet Top League reserve squads of the Soviet Top League reserve squads competition and the three best performers of the Ukrainian football championship among amateurs, KFK (Fitness clubs).

The Persha Liha (First League) is lower than the Vyshcha Liha (Higher League) (currently known as the Ukrainian Premier League) and is the second division of the Ukrainian professional football league system.

The First League was incorporated into the PFL organisation that combined all the football leagues of non-amateur clubs (Top, First, and Second). On 26 May 1996 the Constituent Conference of non-amateur clubs took place which created the professional league, and confirmed its statute as well as its administration. Most of the clubs that had previously participated in the Ukrainian football league competitions were reorganized as professional, a process that actually started in the late 1980s. On 17 July the professional league signed an agreement with several other national football organizations to organize competitions among the professional clubs (its members). According to the newspaper Halychyna (Ivano-Frankivsk) the annual budget of league's clubs varied between ₴6 million to ₴30 million in 2010.[http://ifff.com.ua/pfl/580-anatolij-revuckij-ostanni-pivtora-misyacya-varti-kilkox-rokiv.html Last one and half months worth several years]{{Dead link|date=February 2024 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }} {{in lang|uk}}[http://www.galychyna.if.ua/index.php?id=single&no_cache=1&tx_ttnews[calendarYear]=2010&tx_ttnews[calendarMonth]=8&tx_ttnews[startingPoint]=15&tx_ttnews[recursion]=250&tx_ttnews[tt_news]=11829&tx_ttnews[pointer]=0&tx_ttnews[mode]=1&tx_ttnews[backPid]=24 Original source on August 19, 2010 by Bohdan Biletsky] {{in lang|uk}}

The League officially became the top league of the Professional Football League (PFL) from 15 April 2008 when the Ukrainian Premier League reorganized itself into a self-governed entity. Usually the top two teams from the First League are promoted to the Premier League, while the two lowest teams from the Premier League are demoted to the First League. Because each club is only allowed to be represented with a single squad per each league, the second squad's promotion often is voided, thus, allowing the promotion of the third placed club during a season. One of the most successful second squads is of Dynamo Kyiv (FC Dynamo-2 Kyiv).

Current composition

The following teams are competing in the 2025–26 season. Two teams were spared from relegation from the previous season due to other teams' withdrawal. In addition to each team's name, its home city and stadium are shown.

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{{legend|azure|former Premier (Vyshcha) Liha clubs}}

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{{legend|pink|recently relegated from Premier (Vyshcha) Liha}}

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{{legend|lightgreen|recently promoted from Second (Druha) Liha}}

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class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align: left;"

! Team

! Home city

! Stadium

! Capacity

! Position in
2023–24

! First season
in 1L

! Seasons
in 1L

Ahrobiznes

| Volochysk, Khmelnytskyi Oblast

| Yunist

| align="center" |2,700

| align="center" | 5th

| align="center" | 2018–19

| align="center" | 6

bgcolor=azure

|Bukovyna

| Chernivtsi

| Bukovyna

| align="center" |12,076

| align="center" | 7th

| align="center" | 1994–95

| align="center" | 15

Chernihiv

| Chernihiv

| Chernihiv Arena

| align="center" |500

| align="center" bgcolor=lightgreen| 2L

| align="center" | 2022–23

| align="center" | 2

bgcolor=azure

| Chornomorets

| Odesa

| Chornomorets

| align="center" |34,164

| align="center" bgcolor=pink| PL

| align="center" | 1998–99

| align="center" | 6

Feniks-Mariupol

| Lviv

| SKIF

| align="center" |3,742

| align="center" | 13th

| align="center" | 2022–23

| align="center" | 3

bgcolor=azure

|Inhulets

| Petrove, Kirovohrad Oblast

| Inhulets

| align="center" |1,720

| align="center" bgcolor=pink| PL

| align="center" | 2016–17

| align="center" | 5

bgcolor=azure

|Livyi Bereh

| Kyiv

| Arena Livyi Bereh (Hnidyn)

| align="center" |4,700

| align="center" bgcolor=pink| PL

| align="center" | 2023–24

| align="center" | 1

bgcolor=azure

|Metalist

| Kharkiv

| Avanhard (Uzhhorod)

| align="center" |10,383

| align="center" | 6th

| align="center" | 1994–95

| align="center" | 8

bgcolor=azure

|Mynai

| Mynai, Zakarpattia Oblast

| Mynai Arena

| align="center" |1,312

| align="center" | 12th

| align="center" | 2019–20

| align="center" | 2

bgcolor=azure

|Nyva Ternopil

| Ternopil

| Misky imeni Shukhevycha

| align="center" |15,150

| align="center" | 11th

| align="center" | 2001–02

| align="center" | 10

Podillya

| Khmelnytskyi

| Podillya

| align="center" |6,800

| align="center" | 15th

| align="center" | 1992

| align="center" | 10

Probiy

| Horodenka, Ivano-Frankivsk

| Probiy Arena

| align="center" |2,286

| align="center" bgcolor=lightgreen| 2L

| align="center" | 2025–26

| align="center" | debut

Prykarpattia

| Ivano-Frankivsk

| Rukh

| align="center" |6,500

| align="center" | 10th

| align="center" | 2018–19

| align="center" | 7

UCSA

| Tarasivka, Kyiv Oblast

| imeni Bannikova (Kyiv)

| align="center" |1,678

| align="center" | 8th

| align="center" | 2024–25

| align="center" | 1

Viktoriya

| Sumy

| Kolos (Boryspil)

| align="center" |5,400

| align="center" | 9th

| align="center" | 2023–24

| align="center" | 2

bgcolor=azure

| Vorskla

| Poltava

| Vorskla

| align="center" |24,795

| align="center" bgcolor=pink| PL

| align="center" | 1992

| align="center" | 5

= Location map =

The following displays the location of teams.

{{Location map+|Ukraine|width=850|float=left|caption=Home venues of teams in the 2025–26 Ukrainian First League.

|places=

{{Location map~|Ukraine|marksize=6|lat=49.533333 |long=26.166667 |label={{small|Ahrobiznes}}|position=top}}

{{Location map~|Ukraine|marksize=6|lat=48.3 |long=25.933333 |label_size=88|label={{small|Bukovyna}}|position=top}}

{{Location map~|Ukraine|marksize=6|lat=51.493889 |long=31.294722 |label={{small|Chernihiv}} |position=bottom}}

{{Location map~|Ukraine|marksize=6|lat=46.480556 |long=30.755556 |label={{nowrap|{{small|Chornomorets}}}} |position=right}}

{{Location map~|Ukraine|marksize=6|lat=49.834823 |long=24.060718 |label={{small|Fen-Mar}} |position=right }}

{{Location map~|Ukraine|marksize=6|lat=48.515833 |long=32.266667 |label={{small|Inhulets}} |position=left}}

{{Location map~|Ukraine|marksize=6|lat=50.324433 |long=30.649908 |label={{small|Livyi Bereh}} |position=right}}

{{Location map~|Ukraine|marksize=6|lat=48.623611 |long=22.276389 |label={{small|Metalist}}|position=top}}

{{Location map~|Ukraine|marksize=6|lat=48.591944 |long=22.277778 |label={{small|Mynai}} |position=bottom}}

{{Location map~|Ukraine|marksize=6|lat=49.519444 |long=25.644167 |label={{small|Nyva}}|position=left}}

{{Location map~|Ukraine|marksize=6|lat=49.420556 |long=26.995556 |label={{small|Podillia}}|position=right}}

{{Location map~|Ukraine|marksize=6|lat=48.6675 |long=25.500278 |label_size=88 |label={{small|Probiy}} |position=right }}

{{Location map~|Ukraine|marksize=6|lat=48.916667 |long=24.716667 |label={{small|Prykarpattia}} |position=bottom}}

{{Location map~|Ukraine|marksize=6|lat=50.339278 |long=30.308056 |label_size=88|label={{small|UCSA}}|position=left }}

{{Location map~|Ukraine|marksize=6|lat=50.902222 |long=34.799722 |label={{small|Viktoriya}} |position=left }}

{{Location map~|Ukraine|marksize=6|lat=49.589444 |long=34.551389 |label={{small|Vorskla}} |position=right}}

}}

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Format of competition

File:Приз срібному призеру 1 ліги 2006.jpg

=General description=

The league conducts its competition in a regular double round-robin format where each team plays with every other one twice. The league conducts its competitions from fall to spring, however due to climate conditions in Ukraine, a mid-season winter break is usually longer than the summer break between competition seasons. Since 1995 the league also follows the same system of points calculation that is adopted throughout the whole European continent, 3 points for win, one for draw, and none for loss.

=Number of participants=

During its history the number of members in the league has fluctuated. In its first years before 1999 the league consisted of 20 or more participants. Later there was an idea to decrease the number of members in all leagues in order to improve the quality of competition. Until 2013 the number of participants was reduced to 18 except for couple of seasons in 2006–2008. Recently since 2013 the number was reduced further to 16 where it remains since.

=Relegation and promotion=

Traditionally two better teams out of First League are being swapped for two worse teams out of Premier (Higher) League. On more rare occasions a third team gets a chance of promotion, but there were also seasons when only one team would get promoted. Only twice three teams were promoted to the top division, both times happening due to the top tier expansion. The league's winner and usually the second placed runner-up get accepted to the Premier League. However, due to the rule that a second team of the club cannot be promoted when its senior team plays in a higher tier, on few occasions when a second club team finished in top two places the third-placed team was admitted to the top division. In 2013 there was set a precedent when a club on its own will has refused to be promoted. In 2017 there was created another precedent when a club that earned promotion was denied it based on administrative decision.

With relegation, the league's policy is a bit different, although originally it also was two for two. In 1996 the Second League (lower tier) was converted into a de facto regional league with two (three) regional groups. The league has also decreased its number of participants from originally 22-24 to only 16-18. There were also number of withdrawals which triggered sometime additional number in rotation.

The relegation or promotion play-offs were previously usually organized under unforeseen circumstances such as a team's withdrawal from the league and often were not scheduled until after the season had concluded. Since 2011 relegation play-offs have become a well established tradition.

Since the turn of the millennium the frequency of withdrawals in the First League has increased among the competing clubs. In order to fight this, the league has been applying a stricter approach to every club's financial situation to avoid withdrawals during a season.

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!League

!{{tooltip|P/R|Promotion/Relegation}}

align=CENTER

|align=LEFT rowspan=2|Premier League

|{{tooltip|P|Number of teams promoted to}}

|2

|2

|2

|2

|1

|2

|2

|2

|1

|2

|3

|2

|2

|2

|2

|2

|2

|2

align=CENTER

|{{tooltip|R|Number of teams relegated from}}

|6

| 

|2

|2

|3

|2

|2

|1

|3

|2

|1

|1

|1

|2

|2

|2

|2

|2

align=CENTER

|align=LEFT rowspan=2|Second League

|{{tooltip|P|Number of teams promoted from}}

| 

|2

|4

|2

|3

|2

|2

|3

|3

|3

|5

|2

|3

|4

|4

|4

|2

|3

align=CENTER

|{{tooltip|R|Number of teams relegated to}}

|10

|2

|2

|2

|3x

|4

|4*

|5*

|5*

|3

|3

|1x

|2

|4*

|2x

|4x

|4

|3x

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! colspan=2|Season !!rowspan=2|10/11!!rowspan=2|11/12!!rowspan=2|12/13!!rowspan=2|13/14!!rowspan=2|14/15!!rowspan=2|15/16!!rowspan=2|16/17!!rowspan=2|17/18!!rowspan=2|18/19!!rowspan=2|19/20!!rowspan=2|20/21!!rowspan=2|21/22!!rowspan=2|22/23!!rowspan=2|23/24!!rowspan=2|24/25!!rowspan=2|25/26!!rowspan=2|26/27!!rowspan=2|27/28!!rowspan=2|28/29!!rowspan=2|29/30

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!League

!{{tooltip|P/R|Promotion/Relegation}}

align=CENTER

|align=LEFT rowspan=2|Premier League

|{{tooltip|P|Number of teams promoted to}}

|2

|2

|2

|1

|1

|2

|1

|2

|2

|2

|3

| 

| 

| 

| 

| 

| 

| 

| 

| 

align=CENTER

|{{tooltip|R|Number of teams relegated from}}

|2

|2

|2

| 

| 

|1

| 

|1

|2

|1

| 

| 

| 

| 

| 

| 

| 

| 

| 

| 

align=CENTER

|align=LEFT rowspan=2|Second League

|{{tooltip|P|Number of teams promoted from}}

|3

|2

|3

|3

|4

|3*

|6

|4

|4

|4

|6

| 

| 

| 

| 

| 

| 

| 

| 

| 

align=CENTER

|{{tooltip|R|Number of teams relegated to}}

|3*

|2*

|3x

|4*

|3*

|2*

|3x

|3

|5*

|3x

|3

| 

| 

| 

| 

| 

| 

| 

| 

| 

=League's popularity=

Since the 2009–10 season the First League has started to broadcast selected matches over the internet in order to increase its popularity.

The most successful clubs in the league are FC Dynamo-2 Kyiv, FC Hoverla Uzhhorod, and FC Zirka Kropyvnytskyi. All of those teams were either disbanded or went through some sort of reorganizations. In 2016 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.

Past winners and runners

Promoted teams are indicated in bold.

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SeasonGroupWinnerRunner-upThird placeNo. of teams
colspan=5 style="border:1px black;"|
align=center rowspan=2|1992

|align=center|A

|align=center bgcolor=gold|Veres Rivne

|align=center bgcolor=silver|Pryladyst Mukacheve

|align=center bgcolor=tan|Polihraftekhnika Oleksandria

|align=center rowspan=2|2 groups
14 each

align=center|B

|align=center bgcolor=gold|Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih

|align=center bgcolor=silver|Metalurh Nikopol

|align=center bgcolor=tan|Artania Ochakiv

colspan=5 style="border:1px black;"|
align=center colspan=2|1992–93

|align=center bgcolor=gold|Nyva Vinnytsia

|align=center bgcolor=silver|Temp Shepetivka

|align=center bgcolor=tan|Naftovyk Okhtyrka

|align=center bgcolor= |22

colspan=5 style="border:1px black;"|
align=center colspan=2|1993–94

|align=center bgcolor=gold|Prykarpattya Ivano-Frankivsk

|align=center bgcolor=silver|Evis Mykolaiv

|align=center bgcolor=tan|Polihraftekhnika Oleksandria

|align=center bgcolor= |20

colspan=5 style="border:1px black;"|
align=center colspan=2|1994–95

|align=center bgcolor=gold|Zirka-NIBAS Kirovohrad

|align=center bgcolor=silver|CSKA-Borysfen Boryspil

|align=center bgcolor=tan|Metalurh Nikopol

|align=center bgcolor= |22

colspan=5 style="border:1px black;"|
align=center colspan=2|1995–96{{refn|group=note|In 1995–96, the second team that was promoted was CSKA Kyiv. CSKA Kyiv was promoted from the 1995–96 Ukrainian Second League (third tier) by forcing Borysfen Boryspil to restart from the third tier.}}

|align=center bgcolor=gold|Vorskla Poltava

|align=center bgcolor=silver|Bukovyna Chernivtsi

|align=center bgcolor=tan|Stal Alchevsk

|align=center bgcolor= |22

colspan=5 style="border:1px black;"|
align=center colspan=2|1996–97

|align=center bgcolor=gold|Metalurh Donetsk

|align=center bgcolor=silver|Dynamo-2 Kyiv

|align=center bgcolor=tan|Metalurh Mariupol

|align=center bgcolor= |24

colspan=5 style="border:1px black;"|
align=center colspan=2|1997–98

|align=center bgcolor=gold|SC Mykolaiv

|align=center bgcolor=silver|Dynamo-2 Kyiv

|align=center bgcolor=tan|Metalist Kharkiv

|align=center bgcolor= |22

colspan=5 style="border:1px black;"|
align=center colspan=2|1998–99

|align=center bgcolor=gold|Dynamo-2 Kyiv

|align=center bgcolor=silver|Chornomorets Odesa

|align=center bgcolor=tan|Torpedo Zaporizhia

|align=center bgcolor= |20

colspan=5 style="border:1px black;"|
align=center colspan=2|1999–00

|align=center bgcolor=gold|Dynamo-2 Kyiv

|align=center bgcolor=silver|Stal Alchevsk

|align=center bgcolor=tan|FC Cherkasy

|align=center bgcolor= |18

colspan=5 style="border:1px black;"|
align=center colspan=2|2000–01

|align=center bgcolor=gold|Dynamo-2 Kyiv

|align=center bgcolor=silver|Zakarpattia Uzhhorod

|align=center bgcolor=tan|Polihraftekhnika Oleksandria

|align=center bgcolor= |18

colspan=5 style="border:1px black;"|
align=center colspan=2|2001–02{{refn|group=note|During the winter break of the 2001–02 Vyshcha Liha (top tier), out of nowhere to the league was admitted Arsenal Kyiv in place of CSKA Kyiv that was in heavy debts. In its turn CSKA Kyiv was "transferred" to Persha Liha (2nd tier) in place of its reserve team, CSKA-2.}}

|align=center bgcolor=gold|SC Volyn-1 Lutsk

|align=center bgcolor=silver|Chornomorets Odesa

|align=center bgcolor=tan|Obolon Kyiv

|align=center bgcolor= |18

colspan=5 style="border:1px black;"|
align=center colspan=2|2002–03

|align=center bgcolor=gold|Zirka Kirovohrad

|align=center bgcolor=silver|Borysfen Boryspil

|align=center bgcolor=tan|Dynamo-2 Kyiv

|align=center bgcolor= |18

colspan=5 style="border:1px black;"|
align=center colspan=2|2003–04

|align=center bgcolor=gold|Zakarpattia Uzhhorod

|align=center bgcolor=silver|Metalist Kharkiv

|align=center bgcolor=tan|Naftovyk Okhtyrka

|align=center bgcolor= |18

colspan=5 style="border:1px black;"|
align=center colspan=2|2004–05{{refn|group=note|In 2004–05, instead of Arsenal Kharkiv, to the Vyshcha Liha was promoted a newly formed club FC Kharkiv. Initially, it was intended that FC Kharkiv would be a "successor" of Arsenal, but Arsenal restarted in the third tier.}}

|align=center bgcolor=gold|Stal Alchevsk

|align=center bgcolor=silver|Arsenal Kharkiv

|align=center bgcolor=tan|Zorya Luhansk

|align=center bgcolor= |18

colspan=5 style="border:1px black;"|
align=center colspan=2|2005–06

|align=center bgcolor=gold|Zorya Luhansk

|align=center bgcolor=silver|Karpaty Lviv

|align=center bgcolor=tan|Obolon Kyiv

|align=center bgcolor= |18

colspan=5 style="border:1px black;"|
align=center colspan=2|2006–07

|align=center bgcolor=gold|Naftovyk-Ukrnafta Okhtyrka

|align=center bgcolor=silver|Zakarpattia Uzhhorod

|align=center bgcolor=tan|Obolon Kyiv

|align=center bgcolor= |20

colspan=5 style="border:1px black;"|
align=center colspan=2|2007–08

|align=center bgcolor=gold|Illichivets Mariupol

|align=center bgcolor=silver|FC Lviv

|align=center bgcolor=tan|Obolon Kyiv

|align=center bgcolor= |20

colspan=5 style="border:1px black;"|
align=center colspan=2|2008–09

|align=center bgcolor=gold|Zakarpattia Uzhhorod

|align=center bgcolor=silver|Obolon Kyiv

|align=center bgcolor=tan|PFC Oleksandria

|align=center bgcolor= |18

colspan=5 style="border:1px black;"|
align=center colspan=2|2009–10

|align=center bgcolor=gold|PFC Sevastopol

|align=center bgcolor=silver|Volyn Lutsk

|align=center bgcolor=tan|Stal Alchevsk

|align=center bgcolor= |18

colspan=5 style="border:1px black;"|
align=center colspan=2|2010–11

|align=center bgcolor=gold|PFC Oleksandria

|align=center bgcolor=silver|Chornomorets Odesa

|align=center bgcolor=tan|Stal Alchevsk

|align=center bgcolor= |18

colspan=5 style="border:1px black;"|
align=center colspan=2|2011–12

|align=center bgcolor=gold|Hoverla-Zakarpattia Uzhhorod

|align=center bgcolor=silver|Metalurh Zaporizhya

|align=center bgcolor=tan|FC Sevastopol

|align=center bgcolor= |18

colspan=5 style="border:1px black;"|
align=center colspan=2|2012–13

|align=center bgcolor=gold|FC Sevastopol

|align=center bgcolor=silver|Stal Alchevsk{{cite web|url=http://www.interfax.co.uk/ukraine-news/fc-stal-refuses-to-participate-in-ukrainian-premier-league/ |title=FC Stal refuses to participate in Ukrainian Premier League|work= Interfax-Ukraine |date=13 June 2013|access-date=13 June 2013}}

|align=center bgcolor=tan|PFC Oleksandria

|align=center bgcolor= |18

colspan=5 style="border:1px black;"|
align=center colspan=2|2013–14

|align=center bgcolor=gold|FC Olimpik Donetsk

|align=center bgcolor=silver|PFC Oleksandria{{cite web|url=http://ukr.lb.ua/news/2014/06/02/268552_upl_14_komand_aleksandrii.html |title=In Ukrainian Premier League will be 14 teams: Oleksandriya do not need the elite division|work= LB |date=2 June 2014|access-date=3 June 2014}}

|align=center bgcolor=tan|Stal Alchevsk

|align=center bgcolor= |16

colspan=5 style="border:1px black;"|
align=center colspan=2|2014–15{{refn|group=note|According to the season's regulations, only one club was expected to be promoted. However, due to the ongoing Russo-Ukrainian War, the Ukrainian company ISD from Eastern Ukraine that owned Metalurh Donetsk and Stal Dniprodzerzhynsk decided to merge both clubs; thus, Stal replaced Metalurh, while Metalurh was dissolved.}}

|align=center bgcolor=gold|FC Oleksandriya

|align=center bgcolor=silver|Stal Dniprodzerzhynsk

|align=center bgcolor=tan|Hirnyk-Sport Komsomolsk

|align=center bgcolor= |16

colspan=5 style="border:1px black;"|
align=center colspan=2|2015–16

|align=center bgcolor=gold|Zirka Kirovohrad

|align=center bgcolor=silver|Cherkaskyi Dnipro

|align=center bgcolor=tan|Obolon-Brovar Kyiv

|align=center bgcolor= |16

colspan=5 style="border:1px black;"|
align=center colspan=2|2016–17{{refn|group=note|Desna Chernihiv was denied promotion on the pretense that its stadium was not suitable for the Ukrainian Premier League. The promotion was passed down to the next club, Veres Rivne. Veres, at the same time, also did not have a suitable stadium and for the whole season in the Ukrainian Premier League played outside of its home city.}}

|align=center bgcolor=gold|Illichivets Mariupol

|align=center bgcolor=silver|Desna Chernihiv

|align=center bgcolor=tan|Veres Rivne

|align=center bgcolor= |18

colspan=5 style="border:1px black;"|
align=center colspan=2|2017–18{{refn|group=note|In 2017–18, FC Lviv was admitted to the Premier League from the 2017–18 Ukrainian Second League replacing the recently promoted the "people's club" Veres Rivne. Veres restarted from the third tier next season.}}

|align=center bgcolor=gold|Arsenal Kyiv

|align=center bgcolor=silver|FC Poltava{{cite web|url=https://football24.ua/prezident_fk_poltava_sobolyev_poyasniv_chomu_priynyav_rishennya_rozpustiti_komandu_n471182/ |title=Президент ФК Полтава Соболєв пояснив, чому прийняв рішення розпустити команду [The FC Poltava president Sobolev explained why he adopted decision to dissolve the team] |work= football24.ua |date=22 June 2018|access-date=5 June 2021}}

|align=center bgcolor=tan|Desna Chernihiv

|align=center bgcolor= |18

colspan=5 style="border:1px black;"|
align=center colspan=2|2018–19

|align=center bgcolor=gold|SC Dnipro-1

|align=center bgcolor=silver|Kolos Kovalivka

|align=center bgcolor=tan|Volyn Lutsk

|align=center bgcolor= |16

colspan=5 style="border:1px black;"|
align=center colspan=2|2019–20

|align=center bgcolor=gold|FC Mynai

|align=center bgcolor=silver|Rukh Lviv

|align=center bgcolor=tan|Inhulets Petrove

|align=center bgcolor= |16

colspan=5 style="border:1px black;"|
align=center colspan=2|2020–21

|align=center bgcolor=gold|Veres Rivne

|align=center bgcolor=silver|Chornomorets Odesa

|align=center bgcolor=tan|Metalist 1925 Kharkiv

|align=center bgcolor= |16

colspan=5 style="border:1px black;"|
align=center bgcolor=grey colspan=2|2021–22 Ukrainian First League{{refn|group=note|Although the season was not finished and no winner was declared, nonetheless the top two teams were promoted.}}

|align=center bgcolor=grey|FC Metalist Kharkiv

|align=center bgcolor=grey|FC Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih (2020)

|align=center bgcolor=grey|FC Alyans Lypova Dolyna

|align=center bgcolor= |16

colspan=5 style="border:1px black;"|
align=center colspan=2|2022–23

|align=center bgcolor=gold|Polissia Zhytomyr

|align=center bgcolor=silver|Obolon Kyiv

|align=center bgcolor=tan|LNZ Cherkasy

|align=center bgcolor= |2 groups
8 each

colspan=5 style="border:1px black;"|
align=center colspan=2|2023–24

|align=center bgcolor=gold|Inhulets Petrove

|align=center bgcolor=silver|Karpaty Lviv

|align=center bgcolor=tan|Livyi Bereh Kyiv

|align=center bgcolor= |2 groups
10 each

colspan=5 style="border:1px black;"|
align=center colspan=2|2024–25{{refn|group=note|For teams were promoted, the fourth one was FC Kudrivka (4th place).}}

|align=center bgcolor=gold|Epitsentr Kamianets-Podilskyi

|align=center bgcolor=silver|SC Poltava

|align=center bgcolor=tan|Metalist 1925 Kharkiv

|align=center bgcolor= |2 groups
9 each

colspan=5 style="border:1px black;"|
align=center colspan=2|2025–26

|align=center bgcolor=gold|

|align=center bgcolor=silver|

|align=center bgcolor=tan|

|align=center bgcolor= |16

colspan=5 style="border:1px black;"|

Post-season play-offs

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 Kyiv and Boryspil. It involved three group winners of the Second League and Bukovyna that placed 18th place in the First League. The tournament identified clubs which would qualify for the 1998–99 Ukrainian First League. The next year the league featured its first promotion play-off.

=Promotion play-offs=

see Ukrainian Premier League#Relegation play-offs

=Relegation play-offs=

class="wikitable" width=85% align=center style="border:2px black; font-size:90%;"
SeasonFirst League teamScoreSecond League teamPlace
colspan=5 style="border:1px black;"|
align=center| 1997–98

|align=center colspan=4| Four-team single round-robin tournament

colspan=5 style="border:1px black;"|
align=center|2010–11

|align=center|Enerhetyk Burshtyn

|align=center|2–0

|align=center|PFC Sumy

|align=center|in Uman

colspan=5 style="border:1px black;"|
align=center|2011–12

|align=center|MFC Mykolaiv

|align=center|4–3

|align=center|Avanhard Kramatorsk

|align=center|in Khmelnytskyi

colspan=5 style="border:1px black;"|
rowspan=3 align=center|2012–13

|align=center|FC Odesa

|align=center|0–2, 1–4

|align=center|Nyva Ternopil

|rowspan=3 align=center|home/away

colspan=3 style="border:1px black;"|
align=center|Dynamo-2 Kyiv

|align=center|1–1, 1–0

|align=center|Shakhtar Sverdlovsk

colspan=5 style="border:1px black;"|
align=center|2014–15

|align=center|MFC Mykolaiv

|align=center|0–0, 1–0

|align=center|Kremin Kremenchuk

|align=center|home/away

colspan=5 style="border:1px black;"|
align=center|2015–16

|align=center|FC Ternopil

|align=center|cancelled

|align=center|Bukovyna Chernivtsi

|align=center|home/away

colspan=5 style="border:1px black;"|
align=center|2016–17

|align=center|PFC Sumy

|align=center|2–0, 1–1

|align=center|Balkany Zoria

|align=center|home/away

colspan=5 style="border:1px black;"|
rowspan=3 align=center|2018–19

|align=center|PFC Sumy

|align=center|0–4, 1–3

|align=center|FC Cherkashchyna-Akademiya

|rowspan=3 align=center|home/away

colspan=3 style="border:1px black;"|
align=center|Ahrobiznes Volochysk

|align=center|0–1, 4–0

|align=center|Metalurh Zaporizhia

colspan=5 style="border:1px black;"|
rowspan=3 align=center|2019–20

|align=center|Metalurh Zaporizhia

|align=center|0–2, 0–1

|align=center|Alians Lypova Dolyna

|rowspan=3 align=center|home/away

colspan=3 style="border:1px black;"|
align=center|Cherkashchyna Cherkasy

|align=center|1–1, 0–2

|align=center|Veres Rivne

colspan=5 style="border:1px black;"|
align=center colspan=5|In 2021–2022 play-offs were not held due to the expansion of the Ukrainian Premier League and later the Russian invasion of Ukraine
colspan=5 style="border:1px black;"|
align=center|2022–23

|align=center|FSC Mariupol

|align=center|0–1, 1–1

|align=center|FC Khust

|align=center|home/away

colspan=5 style="border:1px black;"|
rowspan=3 align=center|2023–24

|align=center|FC Khust

|align=center|1–1, 0–1

|align=center|PFC Zviahel

|rowspan=3 align=center|home/away

colspan=3 style="border:1px black;"|
align=center|Metalurh Zaporizhia

|align=center|0–4, 1–3

|align=center|UCSA Tarasivka

colspan=5 style="border:1px black;"|
rowspan=3 align=center|2024–25

|align=center|Metalurh Zaporizhia

|align=center|0–2, 0–3

|align=center|FC Chernihiv

|rowspan=3 align=center|home/away

colspan=3 style="border:1px black;"|
align=center|Podillya Khmelnytskyi

|align=center|1–0, 2–0

|align=center|Kolos-2 Kovalivka

colspan=5 style="border:1px black;"|

Statistics

=Performance by club=

class="wikitable sortable" border="1"
Team

!width=80|Winners

! class="unsortable"|Winning years

!width=80|Runners-up

!width=80|Runners years

!width=80|Promotions

Hoverla-Zakarpattia Uzhhorod

|align=center|3

|2003–04, 2008–09, 2011–12

|align=center|2

|2000–01, 2006–07

|align=center|5

Dynamo-2 Kyiv

|align=center|3

|1998–99, 1999–00, 2000–01

|align=center|2

|1996–97, 1997–98

|align=center|0

Zirka Kirovohrad ‡

|align=center|3

|1994–95, 2002–03, 2015–16

|align=center|0

|

|align=center|3

FC Oleksandriya

|align=center|2

|2010–11, 2014–15

|align=center|1

|2013–14

|align=center|3

Illichivets Mariupol

|align=center|2

|2007–08, 2016–17

|align=center|0

|

|align=center|3

Veres Rivne ‡

|align=center|2

|1992 (group winner), 2020–21

|align=center|0

|

|align=center|3

FC Sevastopol

|align=center|2

|2009–10, 2012–13

|align=center|0

|

|align=center|2

Stal Alchevsk

|align=center|1

|2004–05

|align=center|2

|1999–00, 2012–13

|align=center|2

MFC Mykolaiv

|align=center|1

|1997–98

|align=center|1

|1993–94

|align=center|2

Volyn Lutsk

|align=center|1

|2001–02

|align=center|1

|2009–10

|align=center|2

Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih ‡

|align=center|1

|1992 (group winner)

|align=center|1

|(2021–22)

|align=center|2

Arsenal Kyiv ‡

|align=center|1

|2017–18

|align=center|0

|

|align=center|2

Inhulets Petrove

|align=center|1

|2023–24

|align=center|0

|

|align=center|2

Nyva Vinnytsia ‡

|align=center|1

|1992–93

|align=center|0

|

|align=center|1

Prykarpattia Ivano-Frankivsk

|align=center|1

|1993–94

|align=center|0

|

|align=center|1

Vorskla Poltava

|align=center|1

|1995–96

|align=center|0

|

|align=center|1

Metalurh Donetsk

|align=center|1

|1996–97

|align=center|0

|

|align=center|1

Zorya Luhansk

|align=center|1

|2005–06

|align=center|0

|

|align=center|1

Naftovyk-Ukrnafta Okhtyrka

|align=center|1

|2006–07

|align=center|0

|

|align=center|1

Olimpik Donetsk

|align=center|1

|2013–14

|align=center|0

|

|align=center|1

SC Dnipro-1

|align=center|1

|2018–19

|align=center|0

|

|align=center|1

FC Mynai

|align=center|1

|2019–20

|align=center|0

|

|align=center|1

Polissya Zhytomyr

|align=center|1

|2022–23

|align=center|0

|

|align=center|1

Epitsentr Kamianets-Podilskyi

|align=center|1

|2024–25

|align=center|0

|

|align=center|1

Metalist Kharkiv ‡

|align=center|1

|(2021–22)

|align=center|1

|2003–04

|align=center|3

Chornomorets Odesa

|align=center|0

|

|align=center|4

|1998–99, 2001–02, 2010–11, 2020–21

|align=center|4

Borysfen Boryspil

|align=center|0

|

|align=center|2

|1994–95, 2002–03

|align=center|2

Karpaty Lviv ‡

|align=center|0

|

|align=center|2

|2005–06, 2023–24

|align=center|2

FC Lviv ‡

|align=center|0

|

|align=center|1

|2007–08

|align=center|2

Obolon Kyiv

|align=center|0

|

|align=center|1

|2008–09

|align=center|2

Temp Shepetivka

|align=center|0

|

|align=center|1

|1992–93

|align=center|1

Metalurh Zaporizhia

|align=center|0

|

|align=center|1

|2011–12

|align=center|1

Stal Dniprodzerzhynsk

|align=center|0

|

|align=center|1

|2014–15

|align=center|1

Desna Chernihiv

|align=center|0

|

|align=center|1

|2016–17

|align=center|1

Kolos Kovalivka

|align=center|0

|

|align=center|1

|2018–19

|align=center|1

Rukh Lviv

|align=center|0

|

|align=center|1

|2019–20

|align=center|1

Obolon Kyiv

|align=center|0

|

|align=center|1

|2022–23

|align=center|1

SC Poltava

|align=center|0

|

|align=center|1

|2024–25

|align=center|1

Pryladyst Mukacheve

|align=center|0

|

|align=center|1

|1992 (group winner)

|align=center|0

Metalurh Nikopol

|align=center|0

|

|align=center|1

|1992 (group winner)

|align=center|0

Bukovyna Chernivtsi

|align=center|0

|

|align=center|1

|1995–96

|align=center|0

Arsenal Kharkiv

|align=center|0

|

|align=center|1

|2004–05

|align=center|0

Cherkaskyi Dnipro

|align=center|0

|

|align=center|1

|2015–16

|align=center|0

FC Poltava

|align=center|0

|

|align=center|1

|2017–18

|align=center|0

Metalist 1925 Kharkiv

|align=center|0

|

|align=center|0

|

|align=center|2

CSKA Kyiv

|align=center|0

|

|align=center|0

|

|align=center|1

FC Kharkiv

|align=center|0

|

|align=center|0

|

|align=center|1

LNZ Cherkasy

|align=center|0

|

|align=center|0

|

|align=center|1

Livyi Bereh Kyiv

|align=center|0

|

|align=center|0

|

|align=center|1

FC Kudrivka

|align=center|0

|

|align=center|0

|

|align=center|1

Notes:

  • ‡ – indicates a phoenix club of the original

=League winners by region=

class="wikitable"

!Number

!Region

!Winners

align=center|6Kirovohrad OblastZirka Kropyvnytskyi (3), FC Oleksandriya (2), Inhulets Petrove
align=center|4Donetsk OblastIllichivets Mariupol (2), Metalurh Donetsk, Olimpik Donetsk
align=center|4KyivDynamo-2 Kyiv (3), Arsenal Kyiv
align=center|4Zakarpattia OblastHoverla Uzhhorod (3), FC Mynai (1)
align=center|2SevastopolFC Sevastopol (2)
align=center|2Luhansk OblastStal Alchevsk, Zorya Luhansk
align=center|2Dnipropetrovsk OblastKryvbas Kryvyi Rih, SC Dnipro-1
align=center|2Rivne OblastVeres Rivne (2)
align=center|1Ivano-Frankivsk OblastPrykarpattia Ivano-Frankivsk
align=center|1Mykolaiv OblastMykolaiv
align=center|1Poltava OblastVorskla Poltava
align=center|1Sumy OblastNaftovyk-Ukrnafta Okhtyrka
align=center|1Vinnytsia OblastNyva Vinnytsia
align=center|1Volyn OblastVolyn Lutsk
align=center|1Zhytomyr OblastPolissya Zhytomyr
align=center|1Khmelnytskyi OblastEpitsentr Kamianets-Podilskyi
align=center|0Kharkiv OblastMetalist Kharkiv (war season)

=All-time table=

Top-20. All figures are correct through the 2022–23 season.http://wildstat.ru/p/2104/cht/213/stat/summary Чемпионат Украины, первая лига (Суммарная таблица за все годы) Club status is current of the 2023–24 season:

class="wikitable" style="text-align:left; font-size:95%;"
style="width:10px; background:#ace1af;"|2023–24 Ukrainian Premier League
style="width:10px; background:#C1DDFD;"|2023–24 Ukrainian First League
style="width:10px; background:khaki;"|2023–24 Ukrainian Second League
style="width:10px; background:lightyellow;"|2023–24 Ukrainian Football Amateur League
style="width:10px; background:lightgrey;"|2023 Regional competitions
style="width:10px; background:pink;"|Club is defunct

border=1 bordercolor="#CCCCCC" class=wikitable style="font-size:90%;"
align=LEFT valign=CENTER

!PL!!Team!!Seasons!!GP!!W!!D!!L!!GS!!GA!!Pts!!Achievement!!{{Abbr|Prom|Promotions}}!!First!!Last

align=CENTER bgcolor=pink

| 1

| align=LEFT| Dynamo-2 Kyiv

| 25

| 888

| 403

| 219

| 266

| 1312

| 882

! 1428

| bgcolor=gold|{{sort|1|Winner}}

| bgcolor=white|–

| bgcolor=white|1992

| bgcolor=white|2015–16

align=CENTER valign=BOTTOM bgcolor=lightyellow

| 2

| align=LEFT| Naftovyk-Ukrnafta Okhtyrka

| 24

| 856

| 378

| 201

| 277

| 1131

| 891

! 1335

| bgcolor=gold|{{sort|1|Winner}}

| bgcolor=white|1

| bgcolor=white|1992–93

| bgcolor=white|2017–18

align=CENTER bgcolor=pink

| 3

| align=LEFT| Stal Alchevsk

| 21

| 752

| 361

| 155

| 236

| 1082

| 786

! 1238

| bgcolor=gold|{{sort|1|Winner}}

| bgcolor=white|2

| bgcolor=white|1992

| bgcolor=white|2014–15

align=CENTER valign=BOTTOM

| 4

| align=LEFT| Mykolaiv

| 22

| 763

| 309

| 174

| 280

| 944

| 858

! 1101

| bgcolor=gold|{{sort|1|Winner}}

| bgcolor=white|2

| bgcolor=white|1992–93

| bgcolor=white|2020–21

align=CENTER bgcolor=#ace1af

| 5

| align=LEFT bgcolor= | Oleksandriya

| 18

| 652

| 312

| 164

| 176

| 903

| 595

! 1100

| bgcolor=gold|{{sort|1|Winner}}

| bgcolor=white|3

| bgcolor=white|1992

| bgcolor=white|2014–15

align=CENTER valign=BOTTOM bgcolor=pink

| 6

| align=LEFT| Hoverla Uzhhorod

| 15

| 550

| 246

| 107

| 197

| 678

| 666

! 845

| bgcolor=gold|{{sort|1|Winner}}

| bgcolor=white|5

| bgcolor=white|1992

| bgcolor=white|2011–12

align=CENTER valign=BOTTOM bgcolor=pink

| 7

| align=LEFT| Volyn Lutsk

| 15

| 509

| 242

| 91

| 176

| 712

| 575

! 817

| bgcolor=gold|{{sort|1|Winner}}

| bgcolor=white|2

| bgcolor=white|1996–97

| bgcolor=white|2021–22

align=CENTER valign=BOTTOM bgcolor=#ace1af

| 8

| align=LEFT| Obolon Kyiv

| 15

| 469

| 213

| 102

| 154

| 608

| 469

! 741

| bgcolor=silver|{{sort|2|Runner-up}}

| bgcolor=white|3

| bgcolor=white|1999–00

| bgcolor=white|2022–23

align=CENTER valign=BOTTOM bgcolor=

| 9

| align=LEFT bgcolor= | Desna Chernihiv

| 14

| 484

| 189

| 112

| 183

| 581

| 536

! 679

| bgcolor=silver|{{sort|2|Runner-up}}

| bgcolor=white|1

| bgcolor=white|1992

| bgcolor=white|2017–18

align=CENTER valign=BOTTOM bgcolor=#ace1af

| 10

| align=LEFT| Polissya Zhytomyr

| 15

| 513

| 187

| 107

| 219

| 562

| 645

! 668

| bgcolor=gold|{{sort|1|Winner}}

| bgcolor=white|1

| bgcolor=white|1992

| bgcolor=white|2022–23

align=CENTER valign=BOTTOM bgcolor=pink

| 11

| align=LEFT| Elektrometalurh-NZF Nikopol

| 11

| 418

| 183

| 71

| 164

| 498

| 506

! 620

| bgcolor=silver|{{sort|2|Runner-up}}

| bgcolor=white|–

| bgcolor=white|1992

| bgcolor=white|2001–02

align=CENTER valign=BOTTOM bgcolor=#C1DDFD

| 12

| align=LEFT bgcolor= | Bukovyna Chernivtsi

| 12

| 464

| 167

| 101

| 196

| 506

| 566

! 602

| bgcolor=silver|{{sort|2|Runner-up}}

| bgcolor=white|–

| bgcolor=white|1994–95

| bgcolor=white|2022–23

align=CENTER valign=BOTTOM bgcolor=pink

| 13

| align=LEFT| Helios Kharkiv (Kobra)

| 13

| 437

| 162

| 116

| 159

| 449

| 471

! 602

| bgcolor=white|4th

| bgcolor=white|–

| bgcolor=white|2005–06

| bgcolor=white|2017–18

align=CENTER valign=BOTTOM bgcolor=lightyellow

| 14

| align=LEFT| Zirka Kropyvnytskyi

| 12

| 398

| 167

| 94

| 137

| 486

| 412

! 595

| bgcolor=gold|{{sort|1|Winner}}

| bgcolor=white|3

| bgcolor=white|1994–95

| bgcolor=white|2018–19

align=CENTER valign=BOTTOM bgcolor=khaki

| 15

| align=LEFT bgcolor= | Nyva Vinnytsia

| 11

| 394

| 157

| 98

| 139

| 441

| 405

! 569

| bgcolor=gold|{{sort|1|Winner}}

| bgcolor=white|1

| bgcolor=white|1992–93

| bgcolor=white|2011–12

align=CENTER valign=BOTTOM bgcolor=pink

| 16

| align=LEFT| CSKA Kyiv

| 13

| 464

| 153

| 88

| 223

| 433

| 586

! 547

| bgcolor=white|5th

| bgcolor=white|–

| bgcolor=white|1992

| bgcolor=white|2007–08

align=CENTER valign=BOTTOM bgcolor=pink

| 17

| align=LEFT| Dnipro Cherkasy

| 11

| 416

| 148

| 86

| 182

| 459

| 540

! 530

| bgcolor=silver|{{sort|2|Runner-up}}

| bgcolor=white|–

| bgcolor=white|1992

| bgcolor=white|2007–08

align=CENTER valign=BOTTOM bgcolor=pink

| 18

| align=LEFT| Spartak Sumy

| 11

| 372

| 129

| 77

| 166

| 400

| 475

! 464

| bgcolor=white|9th

| bgcolor=white|–

| bgcolor=white|1995–96

| bgcolor=white|2006–07

align=CENTER valign=BOTTOM bgcolor=pink

| 19

| align=LEFT| Spartak Ivano-Frankivsk

| 9

| 320

| 128

| 76

| 116

| 369

| 348

! 460

| bgcolor=gold|{{sort|1|Winner}}

| bgcolor=white|1

| bgcolor=white|1992–93

| bgcolor=white|2006–07

align=CENTER valign=BOTTOM bgcolor=pink

| 20

| align=LEFT| Krymteplytsia Molodizhne

| 8

| 276

| 121

| 68

| 87

| 353

| 294

! 431

| bgcolor=white|4th

| bgcolor=white|–

| bgcolor=white|2005–06

| bgcolor=white|2012–13

People

=Players=

Among notable players of the league are its top scorers. The title of the league's top scorer earned on multiple occasions the following players, Serhiy Chuichenko (4 times, Polihraftekhnika Oleksandriya), Oleh Hrytsai (2 times, FC Cherkasy), Oleksandr Aliyev (2 times, Dynamo-2 Kyiv), Matviy Bobal (2 times, Ihroservis Simferopol), Oleksandr Akymenko (2 times, Stal A. / Inhulets), Stanislav Kulish (2 times, Stal D. / Dnipro-1). Once among top scorers became a foreign player during the 2021–22 war season, Matheus Peixoto (Brazil, playing for Metalist Kharkiv).

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|+All-time First League appearance leaders

align="center"|Player

|align="center"|Games

|align="center"|Years

style="text-align:left;"|{{flagicon|UKR}} Andriy Tsvik

|align="center"|429

|align="center"|1992–2005

style="text-align:left;"|{{flagicon|UKR}} Bohdan Yesyp

|align="center"|400

|align="center"|1996–2014

style="text-align:left;"|{{flagicon|UKR}} Volodymyr Melnychenko

| align="center"| 384[https://www.sports.ru/tribuna/blogs/viktor2009/1371381.html Мельниченко: Богдан Есып – мой лучший партнёр на поле!]. sports.ru.

|align="center"|1994–2007

style="text-align:left;"|{{flagicon|UKR}} Vadym Oliynyk

| align="center"| 383

|align="center"|1992–2002

style="text-align:left;"|{{flagicon|UKR}} Yevhen Manko

| align="center"| 380

|align="center"|1993–2005

style="text-align:left;"|{{flagicon|UKR}} Oleksandr Aharin

| align="center"| 373

|align="center"|1994–2010

style="text-align:left;"|{{flagicon|UKR}} Oleksandr Kohutych

| align="center"| 352

|align="center"|1992–2004

style="text-align:left;"|{{flagicon|UKR}} Serhiy Polushyn

| align="center"| 343

|align="center"|1992–2005

style="text-align:left;"|{{flagicon|UKR}} Oleksiy Tarhonskyi

| align="center"| 336

|align="center"|1992–2003

style="text-align:left;"|{{flagicon|UKR}} Vitaliy Vizaver

| align="center"| 325

|align="center"|1997–2014

colspan="4"|Players in bold are still playing in First League
Data as of 4 December 2023[https://web.archive.org/web/20231204170759/http://pfl.ua/news/447 In all matches of the Persha Liha first stage played 450 players and only eight (8) who played without being substituted (У всіх матчах першої частини Першої ліги зіграло 450 гравців і лише вісім – без замін)]. Professional Football League of Ukraine. pfl.ua. 4 December 2023

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|+All-time First League scorers

align="center"|Player

|align="center"|Goals

|align="center"|Games

|align="center"|Years

style="text-align:left;"|{{flagicon|UKR}} Vadym Plotnikov

|align="center"|116

|align="center"|306

|align="center"|1992–2000

style="text-align:left;"|{{flagicon|UKR}}/{{flagicon|TKM}} Serhiy Chuichenko

|align="center"|116

|align="center"|177

|align="center"|1993–2001

style="text-align:left;"|{{flagicon|UKR}} Oleksandr Akymenko

|align="center"|106

|align="center"|283

|align="center"|2007–2021

style="text-align:left;"|{{flagicon|UKR}} Bohdan Yesyp

|align="center"|101

|align="center"|400

|align="center"|1996–2013

style="text-align:left;"|{{flagicon|UKR}} Pavlo Onysko

|align="center"|91

|align="center"|206

|align="center"|2001–2012

style="text-align:left;"|{{flagicon|UKR}} Pavlo Parshyn

|align="center"|85

|align="center"|305

|align="center"|1992–2005

style="text-align:left;"|{{flagicon|UKR}} Matviy Bobal

|align="center"|79

|align="center"|202

|align="center"|2000–2012

style="text-align:left;"|{{flagicon|UKR}} Oleksandr Batalskyi

|align="center"|75

|align="center"|278

|align="center"|2009–

style="text-align:left;"|{{flagicon|UKR}} Oleksandr Kosyrin

|align="center"|74

|align="center"|166

|align="center"|1996–2012

style="text-align:left;"|{{flagicon|UKR}} Viktor Arefyev

|align="center"|71

|align="center"|275

|align="center"|1993–2006

colspan="5"|Players in bold are still playing in First League
Data accurate as of 3 December 2023Viktor Khakhlyuk. [https://sport.ua/news/146362-pervaya-liga-ukrainy-bombardiry-i-gvardeytsy The Ukrainian First League: scorers and "old-timers" (Первая лига Украины: бомбардиры и гвардейцы)]. Sport.ua. 20 January 2012Yuriy Samotkan. [https://www.footboom.com/ukrainian/first/1516186182-pervaya-liga-spokojstviye-chujchenko-dorisovki-plotnikova-i-perspektivy-akimenko.html The First League: composure of Chuichenko, "corrections" for Plotnikov, and perspectives for Akymenko (Первая лига: спокойствие Чуйченко, "дорисовки" Плотникова и перспективы Акименко)]. Footboom.com. 19 January 2018[http://old.footballfacts.ru/turnircats/724685-chempionat-ukrainy#tab91_724685r List of top scorers (unofficial compilation)]. footballfacts.ru.[https://sportarena.com/uk/footboll/ukraina-pervaya-liga/batalskij-za-krok-vid-istoriyi-forvard-oboloni/ Батальський – за крок від історії. Форвард Оболоні максимально наблизився до топ-10 бомбардирів Першої ліги]. Sport Arena. 15 September 2022[https://web.archive.org/web/20231204174617/http://pfl.ua/news/446 Oleksandr Batalskyi reached the eighth place among the best goalscorers in history of the First League (Олександр Батальський вийшов на восьме місце серед найкращих бомбардирів в історії Першої ліги)]. pfl.ua (archived). 3 December 2023[https://web.archive.org/web/20180216002035/http://football.ua/ukraine1league/200769-pervaja-lyga-samye-rezultatyvnye-za-vse-vremena.html Первая лига: самые результативные за все времена]. football.ua (archived). 19 April 2013

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=Managers=

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|+All-time top-10 managers with league games

align="center"|Rank

|align="center"|Coach

|align="center"|Games

|align="center"|First

|align="center"|Last

1

|style="text-align:left;"|{{flagicon|Ukraine}} Anatoliy Volobuyev

|align="center"|571

|align="center"|1992

|align="center"|2013

2

|style="text-align:left;"|{{flagicon|Ukraine}} Volodymyr Onyshchenko

|align="center"|448

|align="center"|1992

|align="center"|2007

3

|style="text-align:left;"|{{flagicon|Ukraine}} Yuriy Koval

|align="center"|436

|align="center"|1992

|align="center"|2010

4

|style="text-align:left;"|{{flagicon|Ukraine}} Oleksandr Ryabokon

|align="center"|391

|align="center"|2001

|align="center"|2018

5

|style="text-align:left;"|{{flagicon|Ukraine}} Serhiy Shevchenko

|align="center"|269

|align="center"|2002

|align="center"|2010

6

|style="text-align:left;"|{{flagicon|Ukraine}} Andriy Parkhomenko

|align="center"|238

|align="center"|2009

|align="center"|2020

7

|style="text-align:left;"|{{flagicon|Ukraine}} Mykola Fedorenko

|align="center"|228

|align="center"|2001

|align="center"|2014

8

|style="text-align:left;"|{{flagicon|Ukraine}} Ihor Zhabchenko

|align="center"|228

|align="center"|2010

|align="center"|2023

9

|style="text-align:left;"|{{flagicon|Ukraine}} Mykola Prystai

|align="center"|227

|align="center"|2001

|align="center"|2011

10

|style="text-align:left;"|{{flagicon|Ukraine}} Stepan Yurchyshyn

|align="center"|223

|align="center"|1996

|align="center"|2008

|colspan="5"|Coaches in bold are still active in the League
Data as of 23 December 2023{{Cite web |url=https://pfl.ua/news/470 |title=Ігор Жабченко наздогнав Миколу Федоренка |website=pfl.ua |access-date=25 December 2023 |archive-date=25 December 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231225201908/https://pfl.ua/news/470 |url-status=live}}

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{{Col-2}}

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|+Winning managers

!Season

!Nationality

!Winning manager

!Club

!class="unsortable"|Ref

align=center rowspan=2|1992

|align=center|{{sort|UKR|{{flag|UKR}}}}

{{sortname|Viktor|Nosov|Viktor Nosov (footballer)}}

|Veres Rivne

|align=center|Vladimir Poyasniuk. [https://www.ua-football.com/ukrainian/first/1244057978-carpe-diem-pervaya-liga.html Carpe diem. Persha Liha: top scorers, triumphators, runners-up, and loosers… (Carpe diem. Первая лига: Бомбардиры, триумфаторы, призёры и проигравшие…)]. UA-Football. 3 June 2009

align=center|{{sort|UKR|{{flag|UKR}}}}{{sortname|Volodymyr|Stryzhevskyi|Volodymyr Stryzhevskyi}}

|Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih

|align=center|

align=center|1992–93

|align=center|{{sort|UKR|{{flag|UKR}}}}

{{sortname|Yukhym|Shkolnykov|Yukhym Shkolnykov}}

|Nyva Vinnytsia

|align=center|

align=center|1993–94

|align=center|{{sort|UKR|{{flag|UKR}}}}

{{sortname|Ihor|Yurchenko|Ihor Yurchenko}}

|Prykarpattia

|align=center|

align=center|1994–95

|align=center|{{sort|UKR|{{flag|UKR}}}}

{{sortname|Oleksandr|Ishchenko|Oleksandr Ishchenko}}

|Zirka-NIBAS Kirovohrad

|align=center|

align=center|1995–96

|align=center|{{sort|UKR|{{flag|UKR}}}}

{{sortname|Viktor|Pozhechevskyi|Viktor Pozhechevskyi}}

|Vorskla Poltava

|align=center|

align=center|1996–97

|align=center|{{sort|UKR|{{flag|UKR}}}}

{{sortname|Yevhen|Korol|Yevhen Korol}}

|Metalurh Donetsk

|align=center|

align=center|1997–98

|align=center|{{sort|UKR|{{flag|UKR}}}}

{{sortname|Anatoliy|Zayaev|Anatoliy Zayaev}}

|SC Mykolaiv

|align=center|

align=center|1998–99

|align=center rowspan=2|{{sort|UKR|{{flag|UKR}}}}

rowspan=2|{{sortname|Valeriy|Zuyev|Valeriy Zuyev}} (2)

|rowspan=3|Dynamo-2 Kyiv

|align=center|

align=center|1999–00

|align=center|

align=center|2000–01

|align=center|{{sort|UKR|{{flag|UKR}}}}

{{sortname|Volodymyr|Onyshchenko|Volodymyr Onyshchenko}}

|align=center|

align=center|2001–02

|align=center|{{sort|UKR|{{flag|UKR}}}}

{{sortname|Vitaliy|Kvartsyanyi|Vitaliy Kvartsyanyi}}

|Volyn-1 Lutsk

|align=center|

align=center|2002–03

|align=center|{{sort|UKR|{{flag|UKR}}}}

{{sortname|Yuriy|Koval|Yuriy Koval}}

|Zirka Kirovohrad

|align=center|

align=center|2003–04

|align=center|{{sort|UKR|{{flag|UKR}}}}

{{sortname|Viktor|Ryashko|Viktor Ryashko (football manager)}}

|Zakarpattia Uzhhorod

|align=center|

align=center|2004–05

|align=center|{{sort|UKR|{{flag|UKR}}}}

{{sortname|Anatoliy|Volobuyev|Anatoliy Volobuyev}}

|Stal Alchevsk

|align=center|

align=center|2005–06

|align=center|{{sort|UKR|{{flag|UKR}}}}

{{sortname|Yuriy|Koval|Yuriy Koval}} (2)

|Zorya Luhansk

|align=center|

align=center|2006–07

|align=center|{{sort|UKR|{{flag|UKR}}}}

{{sortname|Serhiy|Shevchenko|Serhiy Vasylyovych Shevchenko}}

|{{small|Naftovyk-Ukrnafta Okhtyrka}}

|align=center|

align=center|2007–08

|align=center|{{sort|UKR|{{flag|UKR}}}}

{{sortname|Oleksandr|Ishchenko|Oleksandr Ishchenko}} (2)

|Illichivets Mariupol

|align=center|

{{Col-2}}

class="sortable wikitable"

|+Winning managers (cont.)

!Season

!Nationality

!Winning manager

!Club

!class="unsortable"|Ref

align=center|2008–09

|align=center|{{sort|UKR|{{flag|UKR}}}}

{{sortname|Mykhailo|Ivanytsia|Mykhailo Ivanytsia}}

|Zakarpattia Uzhhorod

|align=center|

align=center|2009–10

|align=center|{{sort|UKR|{{flag|UKR}}}}

{{sortname|Oleh|Leschynskyi|Oleh Leschynskyi}}

|PFC Sevastopol

|align=center|

align=center|2010–11

|align=center|{{sort|UKR|{{flag|UKR}}}}

{{sortname|Volodymyr|Sharan|Volodymyr Sharan}}

|PFC Oleksandriya

|align=center|

align=center|2011–12

|align=center|{{sort|UKR|{{flag|UKR}}}}

{{sortname|Oleksandr|Sevidov|Oleksandr Sevidov}}

|{{small|Hoverla-Zakarpattia Uzhhorod}}

|align=center|

align=center|2012–13

|align=center|{{sort|RUS|{{flag|RUS}}}}

{{sortname|Oleg|Kononov|Oleg Kononov}}

|PFC Sevastopol

|align=center|

align=center|2013–14

|align=center|{{sort|UKR|{{flag|UKR}}}}

{{sortname|Roman|Sanzhar|Roman Sanzhar}}

|Olimpik Donetsk

|align=center|

align=center|2014–15

|align=center|{{sort|UKR|{{flag|UKR}}}}

{{sortname|Volodymyr|Sharan|Volodymyr Sharan}} (2)

|FC Oleksandriya

|align=center|

align=center|2015–16

|align=center|{{sort|UKR|{{flag|UKR}}}}

{{sortname|Serhiy|Lavrynenko|Serhiy Lavrynenko}}

|Zirka Kirovohrad

|align=center|

align=center|2016–17

|align=center|{{sort|UKR|{{flag|UKR}}}}

{{sortname|Oleksandr|Sevidov|Oleksandr Sevidov}} (2)

|Illichivets Mariupol

|align=center|

align=center|2017–18

|align=center|{{sort|UKR|{{flag|UKR}}}}

{{sortname|Serhiy|Litovchenko|Serhiy Litovchenko (footballer, born 1979)}}

|Arsenal Kyiv

|align=center|

align=center|2018–19

|align=center|{{sort|UKR|{{flag|UKR}}}}

{{sortname|Dmytro|Mykhaylenko|Dmytro Mykhaylenko}}

|SC Dnipro-1

|align=center|

align=center|2019–20

|align=center|{{sort|UKR|{{flag|UKR}}}}

{{sortname|Vasyl|Kobin|Vasyl Kobin}}

|FC Mynai

|align=center|

align=center|2020–21

|align=center|{{sort|UKR|{{flag|UKR}}}}

{{sortname|Yuriy|Virt|Yuriy Virt}}

|Veres Rivne

|align=center|

align=center|2021–22

|align=center|{{sort|UKR|{{flag|UKR}}}}

{{sortname|Oleksandr|Kucher|Oleksandr Kucher}}

|Metalist Kharkiv

|align=center|

align=center|2022–23

|align=center|{{sort|UKR|{{flag|UKR}}}}

{{sortname|Yuriy|Kalitvintsev|Yuriy Kalitvintsev}}

|Polissia Zhytomyr

|align=center|

align=center|2023–24

|align=center|{{sort|UKR|{{flag|UKR}}}}

{{sortname|Vladyslav|Lupashko|Vladyslav Lupashko}}

|Inhulets Petrove

|align=center|

align=center|2024–25

|align=center|{{sort|UKR|{{flag|UKR}}}}

{{sortname|Serhiy|Nahornyak|Serhiy Nahornyak}}

|{{small|Epitsentr Kamianets-Podilskyi}}

|align=center|

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No manager has won the league more than two times. With 2 league titles there are Valeriy Zuyev (both Dynamo-2 Kyiv), Oleksandr Ishchenko (Zirka and Illichivets), Yuriy Koval (Zirka and Zorya), Oleksandr Sevidov (Hoverla and Illichivets), Volodymyr Sharan (both Oleksandriya).

class="sortable wikitable"

|+Best managers

!Season

!Nationality

!Winning manager

!Club

!class="unsortable"|Ref

align=center|2017

|align=center|{{sort|UKR|{{flag|UKR}}}}

{{sortname|Oleksandr|Ryabokon|Oleksandr Ryabokon}}

|Desna Chernihiv

|align=center|[https://web.archive.org/web/20220106064536/http://pfl.ua/news/details/13095 Кучер і Вірт - найкращі тренери змагань ПФЛ 2021 року]. pfl.ua

align=center|2018

|align=center|{{sort|UKR|{{flag|UKR}}}}

{{sortname|Ruslan|Kostyshyn|Ruslan Kostyshyn}}

|Kolos Kovalivka

|align=center|

align=center|2019

|align=center|{{sort|UKR|{{flag|UKR}}}}

{{sortname|Serhiy|Kovalets|Serhiy Kovalets}}

|Obolon Kyiv

|align=center|

align=center|2020

|align=center|{{sort|UKR|{{flag|UKR}}}}

{{sortname|Oleksandr|Chyzhevskyi|Oleksandr Chyzhevskyi}}

|Ahrobiznes Volochysk

|align=center|

align=center|2021

|align=center|{{sort|UKR|{{flag|UKR}}}}

{{sortname|Yuriy|Virt|Yuriy Virt}}

|Veres Rivne

|align=center|

Stadiums

{{more|List of football stadiums in Ukraine}}

Considered to be as second tier competitions, the league has number of big stadiums with capacity of 20,000+, among which the most notable are Metalist Stadium in Kharkiv, Dnipro-Arena in Dnipro, Ukraina Stadium in Lviv, Yuvileiny Stadium in Sumy and Shakhtar Stadium in Donetsk. Just before the Euro 2012, the First League clubs also played at the RSC Olimpiyskiy also located in Donetsk. Among smaller stadiums (10,000 – 20,000) are Central Stadium in Mykolaiv, Dynamo Stadium in Kyiv, Avanhard Stadium in Lutsk, Chernihiv Stadium in Chernihiv and Central Stadium in Cherkasy.

=Attendance=

Most attended games in the league (1992-2017) recorded at Yuvileiny Stadium (Sumy).Valerko, A. [https://sportarena.com/football/ukraina-pervaya-liga/yakij-match-najvidviduvanishij-v-istoriyi-pershoyi/ Which game is the most attended in history of the Persha Liha? (Який матч – найвідвідуваніший в історії Першої ліги?)]. Sport Arena. 30 September 2016 (first ed.)

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!#

!Season

!Attendance

!Home team

!Score

!Visiting team

!Stadium

!Ref

1

|2002–03

|bgcolor=#F0F0F0|29,300

|Spartak Sumy

|1:0

|Naftovyk Okhtyrka

|Yuvileiny Stadium

|

2

|1997–98

|bgcolor=#F0F0F0|27,000

|Mykolaiv

|1:0

|Dynamo-2 Kyiv

|Tsentralnyi Stadion

|

3

|2002–03

|bgcolor=#F0F0F0|25,200

|Spartak Sumy

|2:1

|Shakhtar-2 Donetsk

|Yuvileiny Stadium

|

4

|2002–03

|bgcolor=#F0F0F0|23,000

|Spartak Sumy

|1:0

|Zirka Kropyvnytskyi

|Yuvileiny Stadium

|

5

|2018–19

|bgcolor=#F0F0F0|22,362

|Metalist 1925 Kharkiv

|1:2

|Dnipro-1

|OSC Metalist

|{{cite web| url = https://sportarena.com/football/ukraina-pervaya-liga/match-metallist-1925-sk-dnepr-1-ustanovil-novyj/| title = Матч Металлист 1925 - СК Днепр-1 установил новый рекорд сезона по посещаемости в Первой лиге - Первая лига Украины| date = 23 March 2019}}

6

|2005–06

|bgcolor=#F0F0F0|21,000

|Zorya Luhansk

|1:0

|Karpaty Lviv

|Avanhard Stadium

|

The most attended seasons were in the beginning of the 1990s and the beginning of the 2000s.

Notes

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References

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External links

  • [http://pfl.ua/ Official website] of the Professional Football League of Ukraine
  • [https://sportarena.com/football/upl/upl-i-pervaya-liga-budut-obedineny-v-odnu-organizatsiyu/ УПЛ и Первая лига будут объединены в одну организацию]. sportarena.com. 20 June 2017

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