2026–27 Ukrainian Premier League

36th season of top-tier football league in Ukrainian football From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

The 2026–27 Ukrainian Premier League season will be the 36th top-level football club competition in Ukraine since the fall of the Soviet Union and the 18th since the establishment of the Ukrainian Premier League (UPL).

Season2026–27
Dates31 July 2026 – 4 June 2027
Winter break: December 2026 – February 2027
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Ukrainian Premier League
Official logo[1]
Season2026–27
Dates31 July 2026 – 4 June 2027
Winter break: December 2026 – February 2027
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Shakhtar Donetsk will be the defending champions.

Before the start of the season at the end of May 2026, Puma presented its new 2026–27 match ball, the Stellar Nitro Ultimate, designed specifically for the Ukrainian Premier League.[2] Similar presentations of this product were made for other competitions, including the English Premier League.[3][4] The Stellar Nitro Ultimate will be replacing the Puma Orbita that was used in the previous two seasons.[5]

Teams

This season, the Ukrainian Premier League will remain at 16 teams, including last season's UPL top 12 teams, last season's First League top 2 teams, and the 2 winners of the inter-tier (promotion/relegation) play-offs.

Relegated and withdrawn teams

  • SC Poltava – relegated after a season in the top flight
  • Rukh Lviv – withdrew after six seasons in the top flight
  • Oleksandriya – relegated after eleven seasons in the top flight, lose in relegation play-offs

Renamed teams

On 15 June 2026, FC Metalist 1925 Kharkiv officially changed their name to FC Kharkiv.[8]

Location map

Home venues of teams in the 2026–27 Ukrainian Premier League.
Several teams (Kharkiv, Shakhtar and Zorya) are playing their home games away from their cities due to ongoing hostilities.

Stadiums

Further information: List of football stadiums in Ukraine

The minimum threshold for the stadium's capacity in the UPL is 4,500 (Article 10, paragraph 8.3).[9]

The following stadiums in 2025–26 Ukrainian Premier League are regarded as home grounds:

More information Rank, Stadium ...
Rank Stadium Place Club Capacity Notes
1 Arena Lviv Lviv Shakhtar Donetsk 34,725 used as home ground during the season
2 Stadion Chornomorets Odesa Chornomorets Odesa 34,164
3 Stadion Ukraina Lviv Karpaty Lviv 28,051
Bukovyna Chernivtsi used as home ground during the season[10]
4 Stadion Dynamo imeni Lobanovskoho Kyiv Dynamo Kyiv 16,873
Zorya Luhansk used as home ground during the season
5 Cherkasy Arena Cherkasy LNZ Cherkasy 10,321
6 Stadion Avanhard Rivne Veres Rivne 7,122
7 Tsentralnyi Stadion Zhytomyr Polissya Zhytomyr 5,928
8 Obolon Arena Kyiv Obolon Kyiv 5,103
FC Kudrivka used as home ground during the season
9 Stadion Kolos Kovalivka Kolos Kovalivka 5,050
10 Arena Livyi Bereh Zolocha community Livyi Bereh Kyiv 4,700
FC Kharkiv used as home ground during the season[11]
11 Stadion Hirnyk Kryvyi Rih Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih 3,219
12 Stadion imeni Tonkocheyeva Kamianets-Podilskyi Epitsentr Kamianets-Podilskyi 2,587
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Unlike clubs like FC Kharkiv, Shakhtar and Zorya, which are forced to play away from their home stadiums due to proximity to the open combat area, Epitsentr, Kudrivka and Bukovyna do not have qualified stadiums.[12][13][14]

Personnel and sponsorship

More information Team, President ...
Team President Head coach Captain Kit manufacturer Shirt sponsor
Bukovyna Chernivtsi Andriy Safronyak Ukraine Serhiy Shyshchenko Ukraine Bohdan Boychuk Nike Dmart
Chornomorets Odesa Oleksandr Hranovskyi Ukraine Roman Hryhorchuk TBA Kelme Vbet [fr]
Dynamo Kyiv Ihor Surkis Ukraine Ihor Kostyuk Ukraine Vitaliy Buyalskyi New Balance GG.BET
Epitsentr Kamianets-Podilskyi Ivan Chernonoh Ukraine Serhiy Nahornyak TBA Bavovna Епіцентр
Karpaty Lviv Volodymyr Matkivskyi Spain Fran Fernández Moldova Vladyslav Babohlo Nike Lvivske
Kolos Kovalivka Andriy Zasukha Ukraine Ruslan Kostyshyn TBA Nike Svitanok
Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih Kostyantyn Karamanits Netherlands Patrick van Leeuwen TBA SKIDAN Rudomain
FC Kudrivka Roman Solodarenko Ukraine Oleksandr Protchenko Ukraine Anton Yashkov Kelme betking
FC Livyi Bereh Kyiv Mykola Lavrenko Ukraine Oleksandr Ryabokon TBA Nike Метало Гальва Україна
LNZ Cherkasy Viktor Kravchenko Ukraine Vitaliy Ponomaryov Ukraine Nazariy Muravskyi Macron teviita
FC Kharkiv Bohdan Boyko Croatia Mladen Bartulović Ukraine Ivan Kalyuzhnyi Adidas Whitebit
Obolon Kyiv Oleksandr Slobodian Ukraine Oleksandr Antonenko (interim) Ukraine Oleh Slobodyan Jako Obolon
Polissya Zhytomyr Hennadiy Butkevych Ukraine Ruslan Rotan Ukraine Ruslan Babenko Nike BGV Group
Shakhtar Donetsk Rinat Akhmetov Turkey Arda Turan Ukraine Mykola Matviyenko Puma SCM, BETON
Veres Rivne Ivan Nadieyin Ukraine Oleh Shandruk Ukraine Ihor Kharatin Buntar betking
Zorya Luhansk Yevhen Heller Ukraine Viktor Skrypnyk Ukraine Pylyp Budkivskyi Puma Without sponsor
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Managerial changes

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Team Outgoing manager Manner of departure Date of vacancy Table Incoming manager Date of appointment
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    League table

    More information Pos, Team ...
    Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
    1 Bukovyna Chernivtsi 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Qualification for the Champions League second qualifying round
    2 Chornomorets Odesa 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Qualification for the Conference League second qualifying round
    3 Dynamo Kyiv 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
    4 Epitsentr Kamianets-Podilskyi 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
    5 Karpaty Lviv 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
    6 Kolos Kovalivka 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
    7 Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
    8 Kudrivka 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
    9 Livyi Bereh Kyiv 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
    10 LNZ Cherkasy 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
    11 Kharkiv 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
    12 Obolon Kyiv 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
    13 Polissya Zhytomyr 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Qualification for the Relegation play-off
    14 Shakhtar Donetsk 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
    15 Veres Rivne 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Relegation to Ukrainian First League
    16 Zorya Luhansk 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
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    First match(es) will be played: 31 July 2026. Source: upl.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; 6) Goals scored; 7) Draw or "Golden match" if two teams tied for title (Article 22, paragraph 3).[15]

    Results

    Teams play each other twice on a home and away basis.

    More information Home \ Away, BUK ...
    Home \ Away BUK CHO DYN EPC KAR KOL KRY KUD LBK LNZ M25 OBL PZH SHA VER ZOR
    Bukovyna 3/8
    Chornomorets 2/8
    Dynamo 2/8 a
    Epitsentr 2/8
    Karpaty
    Kolos
    Kryvbas 1/8
    Kudrivka 3/8
    Livyi Bereh
    LNZ
    Kharkiv 1/8
    Obolon
    Polissya
    Shakhtar a
    Veres
    Zorya 31/7
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    First match(es) will be played: 31 July 2026. Source: UPL calendar
    Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
    For upcoming matches, an "a" indicates there is an article about the rivalry between the two participants.

    Matches affected by air raid alerts

    Match results by week

    More information Team ╲ Round, Bukovyna ...
    Team ╲ Round123456789101112131415161718192021222324252627282930
    Bukovyna
    Chornomorets
    Dynamo
    Epitsentr
    Karpaty
    Kolos
    Kryvbas
    Kudrivka
    Kharkiv
    Livyi Bereh
    LNZ
    Obolon
    Polissya
    Shakhtar
    Veres
    Zorya
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    First match(es) will be played on 31 July 2026. Source: pfl.ua
    W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

    Position by round

    More information Team ╲ Round, Shakhtar ...
    Team ╲ Round123456789101112131415161718192021222324252627282930
    Shakhtar
    LNZ
    Polissya
    Dynamo
    Kharkiv
    Kolos
    Kryvbas
    Zorya
    Karpaty
    Epitsentr
    Veres
    Obolon
    Kudrivka
    Bukovyna
    Chornomorets
    Livyi Bereh
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    League leaders/Champions of 2026–27 Ukrainian Premier League/Qualification for the Champions League 2QR
    Qualification for Conference League 2QR
    Qualification for the Relegation play-offs
    Relegation to Ukrainian First League
    First match(es) will be played on 31 July 2026. Source:

    Season statistics

    Top goalscorers

    More information Rank, Scorer ...
    Rank Scorer Team Goals
    Pen.
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    Clean sheets

    More information Rank, Player ...
    Rank Player Club Clean
    sheets
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    Awards

    Monthly awards

    More information Month, Player of the Month ...
    Month Player of the Month Coach of the Month Ref.
    Player Club Coach Club
    August 2026
    September 2026
    October 2026
    November 2026
    December 2026
    February 2027
    March 2027
    April 2027
    May 2027
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    Round awards

    The list includes winners of the Round by the Ukrainian Premier League as well as the Ukrainian internet publisher "SportArena".

    More information Round, Player ...
    Round Player Coach
    Player Club Reference Coach Club Reference
    Round 1
    Round 2
    Round 3
    Round 4
    Round 5
    Round 6
    Round 7
    Round 8
    Round 9
    Round 10
    Round 11
    Round 12
    Round 13
    Round 14
    Round 15
    Round 16
    winter break
    Round 17
    Round 18
    Round 19
    Round 20
    Round 21
    Round 22
    Round 23
    Round 24
    Round 25
    Round 26
    Round 27
    Round 28
    Round 29
    Round 30
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    Relegation play-offs

    More information Premier League teams, Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score ...
    Premier League teams Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score First League teams 1st leg 2nd leg
    x–x
    x–x
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    First Semi-final

    More information v ...
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    Second Semi-final

    More information v ...
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    More information v ...
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    See also

    Notes

    References

    External links

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