2025–26 Ukrainian First League

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The 2025–26 Ukrainian First League is the 35th football season of the Ukrainian second-tier competition, PFL Persha Liha (PFL First League or Ukrainian First League), since its establishment. The league competition consisted of 16 teams. The competition is being conducted during the ongoing war with Russia since late February 2022.

Season2025–26
Dates2 August 2025 – 2 June 2026
(winter break: 30 November 2025 – 20 March 2026)
ChampionsBukovyna Chernivtsi
PromotedBukovyna Chernivtsi
Chornomorets Odesa
Livyi Bereh Kyiv (play-offs win)
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Ukrainian First League
Season2025–26
Dates2 August 2025 – 2 June 2026
(winter break: 30 November 2025 – 20 March 2026)
ChampionsBukovyna Chernivtsi
PromotedBukovyna Chernivtsi
Chornomorets Odesa
Livyi Bereh Kyiv (play-offs win)
RelegatedPodillya Khmelnytskyi
Metalurh Zaporizhia
Vorskla Poltava (withdrew)
Matches215
Goals492 (2.29 per match)
Top goalscorerVitaliy Dakhnovskyi
(18 goals)
Biggest home winBukovyna 6–0 Vorskla
(9 May 2026)
Biggest away winMetalurh 0–5 Livyi Bereh
(1 November 2025)
Metalurh 1–6 Ahrobiznes
(19 April 2026)
Highest scoringProbiy 3–4 Bukovyna
(15 August 2025)
Metalurh 1–6 Ahrobiznes
(19 April 2026)
Longest winning run13 matches
Bukovyna
Longest unbeaten run28 matches
Bukovyna
Longest winless run15 matches
Metalurh
Longest losing run7 matches
Metalurh
Highest attendance5,594
Bukovyna 1–3 Chornomorets
(23 May 2026)
Lowest attendance0 (31 matches)
Total attendance109,016
Average attendance592
All statistics correct as of 26 May 2026
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Format

It was planned to have 16 teams for this season.[1] The format of the competition changed compared with the previous season. Instead of two groups in the fall and the spring, it was decided that clubs would compete in a straightforward double round robin format.[2]

Teams

This season, the Ukrainian First League consisted of 16 teams.

Newcoming teams

One team received direct promotion, and another won a playoff matchup at the end of the 2024–25 Ukrainian Second League.

Relegated teams

Four teams were relegated at the end of the 2024–25 Ukrainian Premier League.

Outgoing teams

Four teams were promoted to the 2025–26 Ukrainian Premier League.

  • Metalist 1925 Kharkiv – promoted after a season in the second tier.
  • Epitsentr Kamianets-Podilskyi – promoted for the first time after three seasons in the second tier.
  • Poltava – promoted for the first time after three seasons in the second tier.
  • Kudrivka – promoted for the first time after a season in the second tier.

Relegated teams

Three teams were relegated to the 2025–26 Ukrainian Second League, but one withdrew right after it, and another Metalurh Zaporizhzhia was reinstated after the withdrawal of Mynai.

Other administrative issues

Withdrawn teams

  • Mynai withdrew less than two weeks before the start of the season in the First League. It was replaced by relegated Metalurh Zaporizhzhia, which was preparing to start in the Second League. The club withdrew after a season (2 total) in the second tier.
  • One more club withdrew right after the previous season, after it was relegated, which is Kremin Kremenchuk.

Renamed teams

Location map

The following displays the location of teams.

Home venues of teams in the 2025–26 Ukrainian First League.

Stadiums

See also: List of football stadiums in Ukraine

The following stadiums were used as home grounds for the teams in the competition.

More information Rank, Stadium ...
Rank Stadium Location Capacity Club Notes
1 Chornomorets Odesa 34,164 Chornomorets Odesa
2 Vorskla imeni Butovskoho Poltava 23,842 Vorskla Poltava
3 Miskyi imeni ShukhevychaTernopil 15,150 Nyva Ternopil
4 BukovynaChernivtsi 12,000 Bukovyna Chernivtsi
Metalurh Zaporizhzhia used as home ground in 1 match
5 Slavutych-ArenaZaporizhzhia 11,883 Metalurh Zaporizhzhia
6 AvanhardUzhhorod 10,383 Metalist Kharkiv used as home ground during the season[a]
7 PodilliaKhmelnytskyi 6,800 Podillia Khmelnytskyi
8 RukhIvano-Frankivsk 6,500 Prykarpattia-Blaho
9 KolosBoryspil, Kyiv Oblast 5,654 Viktoriya Sumy used as home ground in 2 matches
10 Arena Livyi Bereh Zolocha hromada, Kyiv Oblast 4,700 Livyi Bereh Kyiv
Vorskla Poltava used as home ground in 1 match
11 Inhulets Arena[4] Petrove, Kirovohrad Oblast 4,600[5] Inhulets Petrove
12 SkifLviv 3,742 Feniks-Mariupol used as home ground during the season[a]
13 YunistVolochysk, Khmelnytskyi Oblast 2,700 Ahrobiznes Volochysk
14 imeni Tonkocheyeva Kamianets-Podilskyi, Khmelnytskyi Oblast 2,587 Ahrobiznes Volochysk used as home ground in 1 match
15 Probiy Arena Horodenka, Ivano-Frankivsk Oblast 2,500 Probiy Horodenka
16 imeni KutsaTrostianets, Sumy Oblast 1,124 Viktoriya Sumy used as home ground during the season[a]
17 Yuvileinyi Bucha, Kyiv Oblast 1,028 UCSA Tarasivka used as home ground during the season[a]
18 Molodizhnyi Poltava 680 Vorskla Poltava
19 Chernihiv ArenaChernihiv 500 Chernihiv
20 FC LNZ training baseHeronymivka, Cherkasy Oblast 300 Viktoriya Sumy used as home ground in 2 matches
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Personnel and sponsorship

More information Team, President ...
Team President Head coach Captain Kit manufacturer Shirt sponsor
Ahrobiznes Volochysk Oleh Sobutskyi Oleksandr Chyzhevskyi Roman Tolochko Nike Агробізнес
Bukovyna Chernivtsi Andriy Safronyak Serhiy Shyshchenko Bohdan Boychuk Nike Dmart
Chernihiv Yuriy Synytsya Valeriy Chornyi Maksym Tatarenko Jako BETON
Chornomorets Odesa Oleksandr Hranovskyi Roman Hryhorchuk Oleksandr Sklyar Kelme Vbet [fr]
Feniks-Mariupol Yuriy Pavlyshyn Volodymyr Zhuravchak
Maksym Feshchuk		 Andriy Bohdanov Kelme GLOBUS
Inhulets Petrove Oleksandr Povoroznyuk Vasyl Kobin Stanislav-Nuri Malysh Joma[a] П'ятихатська
Livyi Bereh Kyiv Mykola Lavrenko Oleksandr Ryabokon Ruslan Dedukh Nike Метало Гальва України
Metalist Kharkiv Yevhen Krasnikov Andriy Anishchenko Vladyslav Rybak Joma betking[6]
Metalurh Zaporizhzhia Maksym Lupashko Serhiy Kovalets Andriy Bliznichenko Kelme Weltum
Nyva Ternopil Oleksandr Stadnyk Yaroslav Matviyiv (caretaker) Maryan Mysyk Kelme Fantazia Group
Podillya Khmelnytskyi Yevhen Beiderman Oleksandr Volovyk Vadym Shavrin Kelme Kolvi
Probiy Horodenka Vitaliy Shevaha Volodymyr Kovalyuk Roman Borysevych Joma VD
Prykarpattia-Blaho Serhiy Ptashnyk Vasyl Yatsurak Vasyl Tsyutsyura Joma blago
UCSA Tarasivka Serhiy Lesnyk Brazil Anderson Ribeiro Serhiy Petko Kelme —
Viktoriya Sumy Serhiy Bondarenko Volodymyr Romanenko (caretaker) Dmytro Ulyanov Puma —
Vorskla Poltava Maksym Harus[b] Valeriy Kutsenko (caretaker) Dmytro Prikhna Nike Ferrexpo
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Notes:

  1. [a]
    Given the fact that the company continues to cooperate with Russian clubs, the logo of Joma on the game uniform is disguised by the logo of another sponsor of the club
  2. [b]
    as a general director[7]

Managerial changes

More information Team, Outgoing head coach ...
Team Outgoing head coach Manner of departure Date of vacancy Table Incoming head coach Date of appointment
Vorskla Poltava Yuriy Maksymov Mutual consent 9 June 2025[8] Pre-season Serbia Željko Ljubenović 24 June 2025[9]
Livyi Bereh Kyiv Vitaliy Pervak Mutual consent 10 June 2025[10] Andriy Havryushov 10 June 2025[11][12]
Bukovyna Chernivtsi Hryhoriy Churilov (caretaker) End of caretaker spell 20 June 2025 Serhiy Shyshchenko 20 June 2025[13]
Mynai Yevhen Kalynychenko Mutual consent 20 June 2025 Team withdrew[14]
UCSA Tarasivka Ivan Ostapov (caretaker) End of caretaker spell 5 July 2025 Brazil Anderson Ribeiro 5 July 2025[15]
Vorskla Poltava Serbia Željko Ljubenović Mutual consent 10 July 2025[16] Oleksandr Babych 15 July 2025[17]
Metalurh Zaporizhzhia Coaching crew[a] Change of role 1 August 2025 Ruslan Halihuzov (caretaker) 1 August 2025
Feniks-Mariupol Maksym Feshchuk Sharing the role 11 September 2025[18] 8th Volodymyr Zhuravchak and Maksym Feshchuk 11 September 2025
Livyi Bereh Kyiv Andriy Havryushov Resigned 23 September 2025[19] 7th Vyacheslav Nivinskyi (caretaker) 23 September 2025[20]
Vyacheslav Nivinskyi (caretaker) End of interim 7 October 2025 6th Oleksandr Ryabokon 7 October 2025[21]
Vorskla Poltava Oleksandr Babych Sacked 10 October 2025[22] 7th Valeriy Kutsenko (caretaker) 10 October 2025
Podillya Khmelnytskyi Serhiy Kovalets Sacked 21 October 2025[23] 15th Oleksandr Volovyk (caretaker) 21 October 2025[24]
Nyva Ternopil Yuriy Virt Mutual consent 16 December 2025[25][26] 8th Belarus Oleg Dulub 20 January 2026
Chornomorets Odesa Oleksandr Kucher Mutual agreement 13 January 2026[27] 3rd Roman Hryhorchuk 14 January 2026[28]
Metalurh Zaporizhzhia Ruslan Halihuzov (caretaker) End of caretaker spell 15 January 2026 16th Serhiy Kovalets 15 January 2026[29]
Podillya Khmelnytskyi Oleksandr Volovyk (caretaker) Permanent basis 24 February 2026 15th Oleksandr Volovyk 24 February 2026[30]
Prykarpattya-Blaho Oleh Rypan Change of role 9 April 2026 8th Vasyl Yatsurak 9 April 2026[31]
Nyva Ternopil Belarus Oleg Dulub Mutual consent 11 May 2026[32][33] 11th Yaroslav Matviyiv (caretaker) 17 May 2026
Viktoriya Sumy Anatoliy Bezsmertnyi Signed with Dynamo Kyiv 28 May 2026[34] 8th Volodymyr Romanenko (caretaker) 29 May 2026
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Notes:

  1. [a]
    Yuriy Slabyshev, Serhiy Rudyka, and Ruslan Halihuzov (caretakers)

League table

More information Pos, Team ...
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion, qualification or relegation
1 Bukovyna Chernivtsi (P, C) 30 26 3 1 74 21 +53 81 Promotion to Ukrainian Premier League
2 Chornomorets Odesa (P) 30 19 8 3 44 20 +24 65
3 Livyi Bereh Kyiv (O, P) 30 19 6 5 50 21 +29 63 Qualification to promotion play-offs
4 Ahrobiznes Volochysk 30 16 5 9 36 28 +8 53
5 Inhulets Petrove 30 12 10 8 41 32 +9 46
6 Prykarpattia-Blaho 30 9 10 11 33 33 0 37
7 Metalist Kharkiv 30 10 7 13 31 35 −4 37
8 Probiy Horodenka 30 10 6 14 29 37 −8 36[a]
9 Feniks-Mariupol 30 9 9 12 31 32 −1 36[a]
10 Viktoriya Sumy 30 10 6 14 37 38 −1 36[a]
11 UCSA Tarasivka 30 10 6 14 30 40 −10 36[a]
12 Nyva Ternopil 30 8 10 12 24 34 −10 34
13 Chernihiv 30 8 7 15 30 36 −6 31
14 Vorskla Poltava (W) 30 7 9 14 23 36 −13 30 Denied license[35]
15 Podillya Khmelnytskyi (R) 30 4 9 17 20 45 −25 21 Relegation to Ukrainian Second League
16 Metalurh Zaporizhzhia (R) 30 4 7 19 16 61 −45 19
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Source: PFL.ua
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head points; 3) Head-to-head goal difference; 4) Head-to-head goals scored; 5) Goal difference in all games; 6) Goals scored in all games (Note: calculation by criteria indicated in rules 2, 3, 4 is conducted with consideration of all teams that have an equal number of tournament points at the moment of calculation and not only among those which after preliminary criteria have appeared more successful).[36]
(C) Champions; (O) Relegation play-offs winner; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated; (W) Denied license for the next season
Notes:
  1. [a]
    Ranked on head-to-head points Head-to-head goal difference Head-to-head goals scored: Probiy Horodenka 12 +3 5, Feniks-Mariupol 10 +3 5, Viktoriya Sumy 4 -3 6, UCSA Tarasivka 4 -3 2

Match results

More information Home \ Away, AHR ...
Home \ Away AHR BUK CHE CHO FMA INH LBK MET MTZ NVT POD PRO PRY UCS VKT VOR
Ahrobiznes 0–3 1–0 1–2 1–0 1–0 2–0 1–0 3–0 0–0 2–1 0–3 3–1 1–0 1–0 2–0
Bukovyna 0–0 4–1 1–3 2–1 1–1 2–1 2–0 3–0 1–0 2–0 3–1 3–1 4–1 2–0 6–0
Chernihiv 0–2 0–1 2–2 1–4 1–2 4–0[a] 1–2[b] 1–1[c] 1–0 1–1 3–0[d] 1–0 2–0 1–2 1–2
Chornomorets 1–0 1–2 1–0 2–0 2–0 0–0 1–0 3–0 3–0[e] 4–1 1–0 3–0 1–0 0–0 0–0
Feniks-Mariupol 4–0 2–3 1–0 1–1 1–1 1–0 0–1 2–1 0–2 0–1 0–0 0–2 1–1 2–0 2–0
Inhulets 3–2 0–0 1–1 2–3 2–0 1–3 3–0 0–0 2–2 0–3 3–1 0–0 0–2 4–2 3–0
Livyi Bereh 4–1 1–3 1–1 1–1 3–1 1–0 3–0 4–0 0–0 1–0 3–1 2–1 3–1 3–0 2–0
Metalist 0–1 1–2 2–1 1–1 1–1 1–2 0–1 1–0 1–2 3–0 1–1 2–2 2–0 2–1 1–1
Metalurh 1–6 0–4 0–0[f] 0–1 1–1 0–0 0–5 1–3[g] 2–2[h] 1–1 0–1 0–3 0–3 0–3[i] 2–0
Nyva 0–0 1–2 2–0 0–1 0–3 0–1 0–0 2–0 1–0 0–1 0–0 1–1 1–4 2–1 1–1
Podillya 0–1 0–2 0–0 0–2 0–0 1–5 0–2 0–2 3–0 1–2 1–1 0–3[j] 1–2 1–2 1–1
Probiy 1–0 3–4 1–0 0–2 0–0 0–1 0–2 1–2 3–1 1–2 3–0 0–3 1–0 3–2 0–2
Prykarpattia-Blaho 1–1 1–2 0–3 1–1 3–0 0–2 0–0 0–0 0–1 1–1 1–1 1–0 1–2 1–1 1–0
UCSA 2–1 0–5 0–2 0–1 0–0 0–0 0–1 2–1 1–3 3–0 1–0 0–0 3–1 1–1 1–1
Viktoriya 1–2 1–3 3–0 4–0 1–2 2–2 1–2 1–0 3–0 1–0 0–0 0–1 0–2 2–0 1–0
Vorskla 0–0 0–2 0–1 3–0 2–1 2–0 0–1[k] 1–1 0–1 2–0 1–1 0–2 0–1 3–0 1–1
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Source: Calendar (in Ukrainian)
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
Notes:
  1. [a]
    The round 5 match Chernihiv v Livyi Bereh that was scheduled to take place on September 6, 2025, did not even start due to an extended air raid alert over the north-eastern portions of Ukraine and had to be postponed.[37] On 24 October 2025, the General Director of FC Chernihiv informed in an interview that the replay of the match was scheduled to take place on November 12, 2025.[38]
  2. [b]
    The round 7 match Chernihiv v Metalist that was scheduled to take place on September 21, 2025, did not even start due to an extended air raid alert and had to be postponed.[39][40][41][42] On 24 October 2025, the General Director of FC Chernihiv informed in an interview that his club is seeking to convince the federation administration that Metalist deserved to receive a technical loss.[38] On May 6, 2026, information appeared that Chernihiv filed a case against Metalist, UAF, and PFL in Lausanne, the Court of Arbitration for Sport.[43] On May 9, it became known that FC Chernihiv lost the case in CAS so that the match can be played.[44] The game has finally taken place on 26 May 2026, although with some delay due to another air raid from the Russian Federation.[45]
  3. [c]
    The round 13 match Chernihiv v Metalurh that was scheduled to take place on October 24, 2025, did not even start due to an extended air raid alert and had to be postponed.[38] On 5 November 2025, it was announced that the game was scheduled to take place on December 4, 2025.[46] The game between Chernihiv and Metalurh could not start on December 4 due to air raid sirens and was postponed again, on 15 December.[47][48]
  4. [d]
    The round 16 match Chernihiv v Probiy that was scheduled to take place on November 16, 2025, did not even start due to an extended air raid alert and had to be postponed. Just as the situation with Metalist, Probiy also did not wait for more than an hour before departing back home.[49] It was rescheduled for 9 December.[50]
  5. [e]
    The round 1 match Chornomorets vs Nyva that took place on August 2, 2025, ended in a 2–1 victory for the Odesa club, but on the UAF CDC decision on August 7, 2025, it was changed to 3–0 because of an ineligible player in the referee report.[51] Nyva Ternopil was fined for 25,000 hryvnia.
  6. [f]
    The round 28 match between Metalurh and Chernihiv was scheduled for May 15, 2026, but was postponed by a day due to a Russian air raid.[52] The game finally took place on 29 May 2026, although with some delay due to another air raid from the Russian Federation.[53]
  7. [g]
    The round 1 match Metalurh v Metalist was scheduled to take place on August 3, 2025, but at the request of Metalist, it has been postponed by the Professional Football League as the club delegated four of its players to the Ukraine national under-19 team.[54] The match was rescheduled for September 25, 2025.
  8. [h]
    The round 17 match Metalurh v Nyva was scheduled to take place on November 22, 2025, but was stopped and postponed during a play due to an extended air raid sirens. The match was played out from the 76th minute on December 7, 2025, and Nyva Ternopil managed to score, saving themselves from a loss.[55]
  9. [i]
    The round 26 match between Metalurh and Viktoriya was scheduled for May 3, 2026, but was postponed by a day due to a Russian air raid.
  10. [j]
    Administrative score. The round 8 match Podillya v Prykarpattia-Blaho that took place on September 28, 2025, and ended in a 2–1 victory for Podillya, was reviewed by the UAF Control and Disciplinary Commission. On 2 October 2025, the result of the match was scratched and replaced with a technical loss to Podillya (0:3) and a technical victory for Prykarpattia-Blaho (3:0), as Podillya submitted a footballer's name to the referee report, who was disqualified.[56]
  11. [k]
    The round 26 match between Vorskla and Livyi Bereh was scheduled for May 2, 2026, but was postponed by a day due to a Russian air raid.

Match results by week

More information Team ╲ Round, Ahrobiznes ...
Team ╲ Round123456789101112131415161718192021222324252627282930
AhrobiznesWDWDWDWLWLWLWWWLLWDWWLLWWLLWDW
BukovynaDDWWWWWWWWWWWWWDWWWWWWWWWWWWLW
ChernihivLLWLLLLDWWLDLDLWWDLWLLWDLWDDLL
ChornomoretsWWDWWWWWWDDWDLDWWLWDWWWWLWDDWW
FeniksLLDWLWDLLLLLDLWWLDWDLWLDDWWDDW
InhuletsDWDWWDLDWWWWWDLDWWLLLLDDLWDDWL
Livyi BerehLWWWLLWDWWWDWWDWWWDLWLWDWWWDWW
MetalistLLDLDWWLLWLWDLDWLLWWDWLLDLWDWL
MetalurhLDWLLDLDLLLLLLLDLDWWLLDLLLWDLL
NyvaLWDDWWDWDLWWLLLLDLDDLDLDLWLWDL
PodillyaLLDLLDDLDLLLWWDLLWWLLLDDLLLLDD
ProbiyWLLDLDLDLWLWDWLLLLLDWWWLWLWDWL
PrykarpattiaWWLLLDDWWLDWLLWDWLDLDDDWLLLDDW
UCSAWLDLWDLDLWLLLWWWDDLLWWLDWLLLLW
ViktoriyaLWLLWLDDWDWLLLLDWLLLWWWDWWDLLL
VorsklaWWDLLDWDLLLLDWDLDWLWLLLLWLLDDD
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Source: pfl.ua
W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Statistics

Goalscorers

As of 2 June 2026[57][58]

More information Rank, Scorer ...
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  • Own goal(s):
  • Dmytro Sabiyev (UCSA Tarasivka vs Chornomorets)
  • Serhiy Kyslenko (Inhulets Petrove vs Chornomorets)
  • Mykhaylo Rudavskyi (Metalurh Zaporizhia vs Metalist)
  • Milan Mykhalchuk (Nyva Ternopil vs Metalist)
  • Roman Bilyi (Feniks-Mariupol vs Ahrobiznes)
  • Nazar Lys (Podillya Khmelnytskyi vs Metalist)
  • Nazar Balaba (UCSA Tarasivka vs Bukovyna)
  • Yehor Popravka (UCSA Tarasivka vs Metalist)
  • Denys Doroshenko (Metalurh Zaporizhia vs Livyi Bereh)
  • Bohdan Porokh (Metalist Kharkiv vs Chornomorets)
  • Vladyslav Klymenko (Metalurh Zaporizhia vs Nyva)
  • Vitaliy Horin (Feniks-Mariupol vs Prykarpattia-Blaho)
  • Stanislav Sharay (Viktoriya Sumy vs Livyi Bereh)
  • Andriy Demydenko (Nyva Ternopil vs Inhulets)
  • Brazil Sidnney (Livyi Bereh Kyiv vs Bukovyna)
  • Yevhen Yanovich (Inhulets Petrove vs Feniks-Mariupol)
  • Oleksiy Zhdanovych (UCSA Tarasivka vs Bukovyna)
  • Nigeria Prince Chisom Chibueze (Vorskla Poltava vs Podillya)
  • Maksym Vorona (Metalurh Zaporizhia vs Bukovyna)

Hat-tricks

As of 9 May 2026

More information Player, For ...
Player For Against Result Date
Ukraine Vyacheslav Koydan Chernihiv Prykarpattia-Blaho 0–3 (A) 17 August 2025
Ukraine Bohdan Boychuk Bukovyna Chernihiv 4–1 (H) 12 September 2025
Ukraine Oleksiy Khoblenko Chornomorets Odesa Metalurh Zaporizhzhia 3–0 (H) 13 September 2025
Ukraine Vitaliy Farasyeyenko Inhulets Petrove Viktoriya Sumy 4–2 (H) 19 October 2025
Ukraine Nazariy Nych Ahrobiznes Volochysk Metalurh Zaporizhia 6–1 (A) 19 April 2026
Ukraine Vitaliy Dakhnovskyi Bukovyna Chernivtsi Vorskla Poltava 6–0 (H) 9 May 2026
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Clean sheets

As of 2 June 2026[60]

More information Rank, Player ...
Rank Player Club Clean
sheets
1 Nigeria Chijioke Aniagboso Chornomorets Odesa 17
2 Roman Zhmurko Livyi Bereh Kyiv 15
3 Andriy Bobynets Prykarpattia-Blaho 12
4 Anton Zhylkin Inhulets Petrove 11
5 2 player(s) 10
7 2 player(s) 9
9 1 player(s) 8
10 2 player(s) 7
12 3 player(s) 6
15 3 player(s) 5
18 3 player(s) 4
21 3 player(s) 3
24 6 player(s) 1
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Awards

Monthly awards

More information Month, Player of the Month ...
Month Player of the Month Awarded by Ref.
Player Club
August 2025 Brazil Sidnney Livyi Bereh Kyiv Ukrfootball.ua [61]
Yaroslav Rakitskyi Chornomorets Odesa PFL press service [62]
September 2025 Oleksiy Khoblenko Chornomorets Odesa PFL press service [63]
October 2025 Maksym Voytikhovskyi Ahrobiznes Volochysk PFL press service [64]
November 2025 Yevhen Pidlepenets Bukovyna Chernivtsi PFL press service [65]
April 2026 Vitaliy Dakhnovskyi Bukovyna Chernivtsi PFL press service [66]
May 2026
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Round awards

More information Round, Player ...
Round Player Coach
Player Club Reference Coach Club Reference
Round 1 Ukraine Maksym Voytikhovskyi Ahrobiznes Volochysk [67] Ukraine Oleksandr Chyzhevskyi Ahrobiznes Volochysk [67]
Round 2 Ukraine Yaroslav Rakitskyi Chornomorets Odesa [68] Ukraine Oleh Rypan Prykarpattia Ivano-Frankivsk [68]
Round 3 Ukraine Vyacheslav Koydan FC Chernihiv [69] Ukraine Valeriy Chornyi FC Chernihiv [69]
Round 4 Ukraine Vitaliy Farasyeyenko Inhulets Petrove [70] Ukraine Vasyl Kobin Inhulets Petrove [70]
Round 5 Ukraine Maryan Mysyk Nyva Ternopil [71] Ukraine Vasyl Kobin (2) Inhulets Petrove [71]
Round 6 Ukraine Bohdan Boychuk Bukovyna Chernivtsi [72] Ukraine Oleksandr Kucher Chornomorets Odesa [72]
Round 7 Ukraine Oleksiy Khoblenko Chornomorets Odesa [73] Ukraine Serhiy Shyshchenko Bukovyna Chernivtsi [73]
Round 8 Ukraine Vitaliy Dakhnovskyi Bukovyna Chernivtsi [74] Ukraine Serhiy Kovalets Podillya Khmelnytskyi [74]
Round 9 Ukraine Maksym Voytikhovskyi (2) Ahrobiznes Volochysk [75] Ukraine Oleksandr Kucher (2) Chornomorets Odesa [75]
Round 10 Ukraine Maksym Tatarenko FC Chernihiv [76] Ukraine Valeriy Chornyi (2) FC Chernihiv [76]
Round 11 Ukraine Maksym Yevpak Viktoriya Sumy [77] Ukraine Serhiy Shyshchenko (2) Bukovyna Chernivtsi [77]
Round 12 Ukraine Vitaliy Farasyeyenko (2) Inhulets Petrove [78] Ukraine Volodymyr Kovalyuk Probiy Horodenka [78]
Round 13 Ukraine Roman Kuzmyn Ahrobiznes Volochysk [79] Ukraine Oleksandr Chyzhevskyi (2) Ahrobiznes Volochysk [79]
Round 14 Brazil Diego Henrique Livyi Bereh Kyiv [80] Ukraine Serhiy Shyshchenko (3) Bukovyna Chernivtsi [80]
Round 15 Paraguay Pablo Castro UCSA Tarasivka [81] Ukraine Oleksandr Ryabokon Livyi Bereh Kyiv [81]
Round 16 Ukraine Artur Remenyak Feniks-Mariupol [82] Brazil Anderson Ribeiro UCSA Tarasivka [82]
Round 17 Ukraine Stanislav-Nuri Malysh Inhulets Petrove [83] Ukraine Anatoliy Bezsmertnyi Viktoriya Sumy [83]
Round 18 Ukraine Yevhen Pidlepenets Bukovyna Chernivtsi [84] Ukraine Valeriy Kutsenko Vorskla Poltava [84]
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Round 19 Ukraine Oleksandr Tsvirenko Metalist Kharkiv [85] Ukraine Oleksandr Volovyk Podillya Khmelnytskyi [85]
Round 20 Ukraine Andriy Novikov FC Chernihiv [86] Ukraine Valeriy Chornyi (3) FC Chernihiv [86]
Round 21 Ukraine Andriy Fesenko Probiy Horodenka [87] Ukraine Volodymyr Kovalyuk (2) Probiy Horodenka [87]
Round 22 Ukraine Serhiy Kyslenko Feniks-Mariupol [88] Ukraine Andriy Anishchenko Metalist Kharkiv [88]
Round 23 Ukraine Vikentiy Voloshyn Livyi Bereh Kyiv [89] Ukraine Oleksandr Ryabokon (2) Livyi Bereh Kyiv [89]
Round 24 Ukraine Nazariy Nych Ahrobiznes Volochysk [90] Ukraine Serhiy Shyshchenko (4) Bukovyna Chernivtsi [90]
Round 25 Ukraine Artem Shpyryonok Viktoriya Sumy [91] Ukraine Anatoliy Bezsmertnyi (2) Viktoriya Sumy [91]
Round 26 Ukraine Vladyslav Herych Chornomorets Odesa [92] Ukraine Maksym Feshchuk Feniks-Mariupol [92]
Round 27 Ukraine Vitaliy Dakhnovskyi (2) Bukovyna Chernivtsi [93] Ukraine Serhiy Kovalets (2) Metalurh Zaporizhzhya [93]
Round 28 Ukraine Ivan Tyshchenko Bukovyna Chernivtsi [94] Ukraine Yaroslav Matviyiv Nyva Ternopil [94]
Round 29 Brazil Wendell Livyi Bereh Kyiv [95] Ukraine Roman Hryhorchuk Chornomorets Odesa [95]
Round 30 Ukraine Vitaliy Hrusha Bukovyna Chernivtsi [96] Ukraine Vasyl Yatsurak Prykarpattya-Blaho [96]
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Post-season play-offs

Relegation play-offs

The relegation–promotion play-off games were expected to be scheduled to take place between the 13th- and 14th-placed teams with the third- and fourth-placed teams of the Second League. The draw was held on May 14, 2026.[97] Following the withdrawal of Rukh Lviv in the Premier League, relegation play-offs were reduced,[98] but later were canceled as Vorskla Poltava failed to receive the Professional Football League license for the next season.[99][100][101] The third and fourth-placed teams of the Second League had received direct promotion to the First League.[35]

Promotion play-offs

Teams that placed 13th and 14th in the 2025–26 Ukrainian Premier League play a two-leg play-off with the third and fourth teams of the 2025–26 Ukrainian First League.

The withdrawn 14th-placed Rukh Lviv[a] was replaced with the 15th-placed FC Oleksandriya.

This round includes 2 clubs from the Premier League: FC Oleksandriya and Kudrivka; 2 clubs from the First League: Livyi Bereh Kyiv and Ahrobiznes Volochysk.

More information Premier League teams, Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score ...
Premier League teams Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score First League teams 1st leg 2nd leg
FC Oleksandriya 1–2 Livyi Bereh Kyiv 1–1 0–1
Kudrivka 2–2 (3–2 p) Ahrobiznes Volochysk 0–0 2–2
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First Semi-final

More information FC Oleksandriya, 1–1 ...
FC Oleksandriya1–1Livyi Bereh Kyiv
Yade 21' Report Voloshyn 51'
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Attendance: 1170
Referee: Oleksiy Derevinskyi (Khmelnytskyi)
More information Livyi Bereh Kyiv, 1–0 ...
Livyi Bereh Kyiv1–0FC Oleksandriya
Banada 45' Report
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Attendance: 1285
Referee: Dmytro Panchyshyn (Kharkiv)

Livyi Bereh Kyiv won 2–1 on aggregate and promotion to Premier League.

Second Semi-final

More information Kudrivka, 0–0 ...
Kudrivka0–0Ahrobiznes Volochysk
Report
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Attendance: 75
Referee: Vitaliy Romanov (Dnipro)
More information Ahrobiznes Volochysk, 2–2 ...
Ahrobiznes Volochysk2–2Kudrivka
B. Kozak 70'
Tolochko 90+1' (p)		 Report Machelyuk 39'
Lyehostayev 81'
Penalties
 2–3
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Attendance: 2500
Referee: Oleksandr Shandor (Lviv)

2–2 on aggregate; Kudrivka won 3–2 on penalties

Number of teams by region

More information Number, Region ...
Number Region Team(s)
2 Ivano-Frankivsk OblastProbiy Horodenka and Prykarpattia Ivano-Frankivsk
Khmelnytskyi OblastAhrobiznes Volochysk and Podillya Khmelnytskyi
1 Chernihiv OblastChernihiv
Chernivtsi OblastBukovyna Chernivtsi
Kharkiv OblastMetalist Kharkiv
Kirovohrad OblastInhulets Petrove
KyivLivyi Bereh Kyiv
Kyiv OblastUCSA Tarasivka
Lviv OblastFeniks-Mariupol Lviv
Odesa OblastChornomorets Odesa
Poltava OblastVorskla Poltava
Sumy OblastViktoriya Sumy
Ternopil OblastNyva Ternopil
Zaporizhia OblastMetalurh Zaporizhzhia
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See also

Notes

  1. [a]
    The participation of FC Rukh in the relegation playoffs is to be confirmed, since the owner announced that the club may not participate in that stage.[102]

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