2023–24 Ukrainian Football Amateur League

The 2023–24 Ukrainian football championship among amateur teams was the 28th season since it replaced the football championship of physical culture teams. The league competition is organized by the Association of Amateur Football of Ukraine (AAFU).

Ukrainian Amateur Football Championship
Season2023–24
Dates
  • Group stage: 12 August 2023 – 26 May 2024
  • Winter break: 20 November 2023 – 15 March 2024
  • Play-offs: 8 – 28 June 2024
Final stage winnerAhrotekh Tyshkivka (1st title)
Probiy Horodenka (losing finalist)
Promoted4Kulykiv-Bilka, Vilkhivtsi, Revera 1908, Probiy

On 5 September 2022, the AAFU published information about the upcoming season with a tentative composition.[1] Since the Russo-Ukrainian War grew in its intensity in 2022, many clubs were not able to field their teams for the competition.

Teams

Returning/reformed clubs

Debut

List of teams that are debuting this season in the league:

Withdrawn teams

List of clubs that took part in last year competition, but chose not to participate in 2023–24 season:

Merged/reorganized teams

  • FC Kulykiv fields as a joined team Kulykiv-Yunist from own club and FC Yunist Nyzhnia Bilka that has competed before (lately in the 2021–22 season).

Name change

  • On 10 November 2023 Feniks officially changed its name to Halychyna-Feniks.
  • On 24 January 2024 FA Prykarpattia officially changed its name to Rewera 1908-FAPF.
  • On 4 March 2024 FC Kulykiv officially changed its name to FC Kulykiv-Bilka.

Location map

The following displays the location of teams.

Kylykiv
Ahron
Feniks
Kolos
Maramuresh
Podoliany
Probiy
FAPF
Sokil
Vikhivtsi
Vivad
Atlet
Shturm
Ahrotekh
Penuel
Tytan
Location of teams in the 2023-24 Ukrainian Amateur League

Stadiums

Group A
Team Pop. place Stadium Position in
2022–23
Kolos Polonne Kolos
Polon
Am1, 1st
Ahron Velyki Hayi (Village Stadium) Am1, 2nd
Kulykiv Kulykiv Arena Kulykiv Am1, 5th
Vilkhivtsi Vilkhivtsi Vikhivtsi Arena-Park Reg
Maramuresh Nyzhnia Apsha Viktoriya Reg
Probiy Horodenka Kolos Reg
FAPF Ivano-Frankivsk Akademii NFC Urahan Reg
Vivad Romaniv Tsentralnyi Reg
Sokil Mykhailivka-Rubezhivka Shkilnyi Reg
Feniks Pidmonastyr Arena Feniks Reg
Podoliany Ternopil Futbolne pole No.1
imeni Shukhevycha
Reg
Group B
Team Pop. place Stadium Position in
2022–23
Naftovyk Okhtyrka Naftovyk Am2, 2nd
Shturm Ivankiv Metalurh, Kalynivka
Dynamo Training Center, Koncha-Zaspa
Am2, 3rd
Olimpiya Savyntsi Start, Myrhorod Am2, 4th
Atlet Kyiv Atlet Am2, 6th
Zirka Kropyvnytskyi Zirka imeni Berezkina Am3, 8th
Tytan Odesa Ivan Reg
Ahrotekh Tyshkivka Lyceum Stadium Reg
Avanhard Lozova DYuSSh Stadium, Yuryivka Reg
Penuel Kryvyi Rih Svitlo Reg

Notes:

Group stage

Group 1

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion, qualification or relegation
1 Kulykiv-Bilka (C) 20 19 1 0 55 12 +43 58 Qualification to play-offs
Admission to Ukrainian Second League
2 Podoliany Ternopil 20 12 3 5 47 23 +24 39 Qualification to play-offs
3 Ahron Velyki Hayi 20 9 5 6 29 21 +8 32
4 Kolos Polonne 20 9 3 8 28 29 1 30
5 Probiy Horodenka 20 7 8 5 27 21 +6 29 Qualification to play-offs
Admission to Ukrainian Second League
6 Vivad Romaniv 20 7 7 6 25 21 +4 28
7 Maramuresh Nyzhnia Apsha 20 6 6 8 20 27 7 24[lower-alpha 1]
8 Vilkhivtsi 20 7 3 10 30 31 1 24[lower-alpha 1] Admission to Ukrainian Second League
9 Feniks Pidmonastyr 20 5 1 14 23 46 23 16[lower-alpha 2]
10 Sokil Mykhailivka-Rubezhivka 20 4 4 12 18 44 26 16[lower-alpha 2]
11 FAPF Ivano-Frankivsk 20 3 3 14 26 53 27 12 Admission to Ukrainian Second League
Source: http://www.aafu.org.ua/
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head points; 3) Head-to-head wins; 4) Head-to-head goal difference; 5) Head-to-head goals scored; 6) Wins; 7) Goal difference; 8) Goals scored; 9) Draw of lots.[2]
(C) Champions
Notes:
  1. Head-to-head results: Maramuresh – Vilkhivtsi 1:1, Vilkhivtsi – Maramuresh 0:1
  2. Head-to-head results: Feniks – Sokil 4:0, Sokil – Halychyna-Feniks 1:0
Notes

Group 2

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion, qualification or relegation
1 Olimpiya Savyntsi (C) 16 11 2 3 33 13 +20 35 Qualification to final stage
2 Ahrotekh Tyshkivka 16 9 3 4 40 16 +24 30
3 Tytan Odesa[lower-alpha 1] 16 10 0 6 30 24 +6 30
4 Naftovyk Okhtyrka 16 8 4 4 19 14 +5 28
5 Atlet Kyiv 16 6 4 6 26 23 +3 22[lower-alpha 2]
6 Zirka Kropyvnytskyi 16 7 1 8 25 34 9 22[lower-alpha 2]
7 Shturm Ivankiv 16 6 3 7 26 22 +4 21
8 Avanhard Lozova 16 3 3 10 20 35 15 12
9 Penuel Kryvyi Rih 16 2 0 14 7 45 38 6
Source: http://www.aafu.org.ua/
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head points; 3) Head-to-head wins; 4) Head-to-head goal difference; 5) Head-to-head goals scored; 6) Wins; 7) Goal difference; 8) Goals scored; 9) Draw of lots.[2]
(C) Champions
Notes:
  1. On April 3, 2024, Tytan Odesa was fined 5,000 hryvnia for failing to appear for the match against Naftovyk Okhtyrka on March 30, which has been postponed on their request earlier and originally scheduled to take place on October 22, 2023.[3]
  2. Head-to-head results: Zirka – Atlet 2:5, Atlet – Zirka 3:1
Notes

Final stage

To the stage qualify eight teams, selection of which is determined exclusively by the AAFU Commission in conducting competitions.[2]

Teams qualified

In parentheses are indicated number of times the club qualified for this phase.

  • Group 1: Kulykiv-Bilka (2), Podoliany Ternopil, Ahron Velyki Hayi (2), Kolos Polonne (2), Probiy Horodenka
  • Group 2: Olimpiya Savyntsi (3), Ahrotekh Tyshkivka, Tytan Odesa

Quarterfinals

Games are scheduled for 1 and 8 June 2024.[4]

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Ahron Velyki Hayi 4 – 5 Ahrotekh Tyshkivka 2–1 2–4
Kolos Polonne 0–5 Olimpiya Savyntsi 0–2 (0–3)
Tytan Odesa 1–6 Podoliany Ternopil 1–3 (0–3)
Probiy Horodenka 1 – 1 (a) FC Kulykiv-Bilka 0–0 1–1
1 June 2024 Ahron Velyki Hayi 21 Ahrotekh Tyshkivka Velyki Hayi
13:00
  • Lutsyk 6'
  • Hromyak 90+1'
Report Stadium: sela Velyki Hayi
Referee: Taras Kozak (Lviv Oblast)
1 June 2024 Kolos Polonne 02 Olimpiya Savyntsi Polonne
13:00 Report
  • Rudenko 75', 83'
Stadium: Polon
Referee: Ihor Sadkovskyi (Ternopil Oblast)
1 June 2024 Tytan Odesa 13 Podoliany Ternopil Chornomorsk
13:00
  • Spivachenko 49'
Report
  • Malskyi 43'
  • Protsiv 63'
  • Zhumiha 90+2'
Stadium: Shkilnyi
Referee: Artem Hordynskyi (Vinnytsia)
2 June 2024 Probiy Horodenka 00 FC Kulykiv-Bilka Horodenka
15:00 Report
Stadium: Probiy Arena
Referee: Mykola Baidyuk (Chernivtsi)
8 June 2023 Ahrotekh Tyshkivka 42 Ahron Velyki Hayi Tyshkivka
  • Sokolan 48', 80'
  • Pastukhov 65', 90+11'
Report
Stadium: Litseyu
Referee: Andriy Voyevoda (Dnipro)
8 June 2023 Olimpiya Savyntsi DNP Kolos Polonne Myrhorod
Report Stadium: Start
9 June 2023 Podoliany Ternopil DNP Tytan Odesa Ternopil
Report Stadium: imeni Shukhevycha
9 June 2023 FC Kulykiv-Bilka 11 Probiy Horodenka Kulykiv
  • Hladkyi 74'
Report Stadium: Kulykiv Arena
Attendance: 250
Referee: Andriy Shevchuk (Volyn Oblast)

Semifinals

Games are scheduled for 15 and 22 June 2024.[4]

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Ahrotekh Tyshkivka 6 – 1 Olimpiya Savyntsi 3–1 3–0
Probiy Horodenka 3 – 1 Podoliany Ternopil 0–0 3–1
15 June 2024 Ahrotekh Tyshkivka 31 Olimpiya Savyntsi Tyshkivka
13:00
  • Skorov 42'
  • Sokolan 61'
  • Kulibaba 89'
Report
  • Karetnyk 90+2'
  • Kovtun  90+4'
Stadium: litseyu
Attendance: 200
Referee: Vladyslav Hrytsai (Kyiv Oblast)
16 June 2024 Probiy Horodenka 00 Podoliany Ternopil Horodenka
15:00 [ Report] Stadium: Probiy Arena
22 June 2024 Olimpiya Savyntsi 03 Ahrotekh Tyshkivka Myrhorod
13:00 Report
Stadium: Start
Referee: Veronika Vasylchenko (Slovyansk)
22 June 2024 Podoliany Ternopil 13 Probiy Horodenka Ternopil
13:00
  • Malskyi 79' (pen.)
  • Zhumiha  71'
Report
Stadium: Miskyi imeni Shukhevycha
Attendance: 270
Referee: Mykola Baidyuk (Chernivtsi)

Final

28 June 2024 Probiy Horodenka02 Ahrotekh Tyshkivka Kyiv
13:00 Report
  • Surzhenko 45+2'
  • Ponomarenko 82'
Stadium: imeni Bannikova
Referee: Maksym Skrypnyk (Kyiv Oblast)

Promotions to the Second League

The amateur teams are allowed to participate in the Ukrainian championship among teams of the 2024–25 Ukrainian Second League under such conditions:[5]

  • Team participated in the Ukrainian championship among amateur teams throughout the 2023–24 season and was a participant of the championship play-off stage.
  • The club received a license in accordance to the Regulation on licensing of football clubs of the Ukrainian Second League.
  • The club and its results of participation in the AAFU competitions meet the requirements that are defined in regulations of the All-Ukrainian competitions in football among clubs' teams of the 2023–24 Professional Football League of Ukraine.

According to the PFL information partner "Sport Arena", on 9 November 2023 at least seven clubs were interested to join professional competitions next season: Kulykiv-Yunist (Nyzhnia Bilka), Feniks (Pidmonastyr), Penuel (Kryvyi Rih), Probiy (Horodenka), Podoliany (Ternopil), Tytan (Odesa), FAPF (Ivano-Frankivsk).[6] Later in spring of next year there were interested the following clubs: Kulykiv-Yunist (Nyzhnia Bilka), Feniks (Pidmonastyr), Probiy (Horodenka), Podoliany (Ternopil), Maramuresh (Nyzhnia Apsha), FAPF (Ivano-Frankivsk), Vilkhivtsi.[7]

Number of teams by region

Number Region Team(s)
2  Ivano-Frankivsk OblastRewera 1908-FAPF, Probiy Horodenka
 Kirovohrad OblastAhrotekh Tyshkivka, Zirka Kropyvnytskyi
 Kyiv OblastShturm Ivankiv, Sokil Mykhailivka-Rubezhivka
 Lviv OblastKulykiv-Bilka, Halychyna-Feniks Pidmonastyr
 Ternopil OblastAhron Velyki Hayi, Podoliany Ternopil
 Zakarpattia OblastMaramuresh Nyzhnia Apsha, SC Vilkhivtsi
1  Dnipropetrovsk OblastPenuel Kryvyi Rih
 Kharkiv OblastAvanhard Lozova
 Khmelnytskyi OblastKolos Polonne
 KyivAtlet
 Odesa OblastTytan Odesa
 Poltava OblastOlimpiya Savyntsi
 Sumy OblastNaftovyk Okhtyrka
 Zhytomyr OblastVivad Romaniv

See also

References

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