2024–25 Ukrainian First League

The 2024–25 Ukrainian First League is the 34th football league since its establishment. The league competition consisted of 18 teams. The competition is conducting during the ongoing war with the Russia since late February 2022.

Ukrainian First League
Season2024–25
Dates25 July 2024 – May 2025
June 2025 (play-offs)
Matches played0
Goals scored0
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    Format

    The PFL has decided to keep the split group format of double round-robin tournaments with 9 teams in group, total 18 teams. The number of teams has been reduced to 18 compared to the 20 last season. Similar to the last season the top teams will qualify for the promotion tournament, four from each, while less fortunate teams, five from each, will qualify for the relegation tournament.[1] Due to odd number of teams in both groups of the first stage, the second stage groups, promotion and relegation, will not have even number of teams. In total the first stage will have 18 rounds with 72 matches in each group, 16 for each team.[1]

    The second stage will have another two groups one for promotion to the top tier, another for relegation to the tier below. The promotion group tournament will consist of 8 teams, top 4 teams from each group (A and B) of the first stage.[1] The teams' record from the previous stage will be grandfathered in full.[1] Each team in the promotion group will play 8 matches with the best four teams of the other group of the first stage (home and away).[1] In total there will be 32 matches.[1] The top two teams of the promotion group will get promotion rights to the Ukrainian Premier League, while the next two teams (3rd and 4th places) would receive a chance to get promotion rights through play-off match-up with the top tier teams.[1]

    The teams that would place 5th through 9th in each group (A and B) in the first stage will form the relegation group.[1] The teams' record from the previous stage will be grandfathered in full as well.[1] Each 10 teams of the relegation group will play 10 matches with the 5 teams of the other group of the first stage (home and away).[1] In total there will be 50 matches.[1] The bottom three teams (places 8-10) will gain direct relegation to the tier below (Druha Liha/Ukrainian Second League), while teams that would place 6th and 7th will meet with runners-up of the Druha Liha in play-off match-ups to contest their place in the league.[1]

    Teams

    This season, Ukrainian First League consisted of 18 teams.

    Two teams were promoted at the end of the 2023–24 Ukrainian Second League.

    Relegated teams

    Two teams were relegated at the end of the 2023–24 Ukrainian Premier League.

    Temporary relocation

    Due to the Russian military aggression, three clubs in the league were forced to relocate.

    Administrative admissions
    • FC Kudrivka which has its teams in both Chernihiv and Kyiv regions (representing Irpin) merged and took over Nyva Buzova (Irpin city area). The club withdrew its original team from the lower tier for this season.
    • Due to withdrawal of the Ukrainian Second League (tier 3) champion Druzhba Myrivka, FC Khust, which was defeated in play-off match-up against PFC Zviahel, was allowed to remain in the Persha Liha (tier 2) competitions.
    • On 21 June 2024, it was announced that Podoliany Ternopil (2023–24 AAFU debutants) are merging with FC Khust as FC Khust-Podoliany.[2][3]

    Location map

    The following displays the location of teams.

    Home venues of teams in the 2024–25 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. The minimum capacity for stadiums of the First League clubs is set at 1,500 spectators.[4]

    Rank Stadium Location Capacity Club Notes
    1 YuvileinyiSumy 25,830 Viktoriya Sumy [5]
    2 Miskyi imeni ShukhevychaTernopil 15,150 Nyva Ternopil
    3 BukovynaChernivtsi 12,000 Bukovyna Chernivtsi
    4 AvanhardUzhhorod 10,383 Metalist Kharkiv used as home ground during the season
    5 PodilliaKhmelnytskyi 6,800 Podillia Khmelnytskyi
    6 RukhIvano-Frankivsk 6,200 Prykarpattia Ivano-Frankivsk
    7 KolosBoryspil 5,400 FSC Mariupol used as home ground during the season
    8 KarpatyKhust 5,200 FC Khust
    9 Arena Livyi BerehZolochivska hromada 4,700 Livyi Bereh Kyiv
    Metalist 1925 Kharkiv used as home ground during the season
    10 AvanhardZviahel 3,000 PFC Zviahel
    11 YunistVolochysk 2,700 Ahrobiznes Volochysk
    12 imeni TonkocheyevaKamianets-Podilskyi 2,500 Epitsentr Kamianets-Podilskyi [6]
    13 imeni Bannikova Kyiv 1,678 UCSA Tarasivka
    14 Mynai Arena Mynai 1,312 FC Mynai
    15 YuvileinyiBucha 1,028 Kudrivka-Nyva Buzova
    16 MolodizhnyiPoltava 680 SC Poltava
    17 DinazDemydiv 550 Dinaz Vyshhorod

    Personnel and sponsorship
    Team President Head coach Captain Kit manufacturer Shirt sponsor
    Ahrobiznes Volochysk Oleh Sobutskyi Oleksandr Chyzhevskyi Andrey Popovich Nike Ahrobiznes
    Bukovyna Chernivtsi Andriy Safronyak Valeriy Kryventsov Maksym Lopyryonok Nike Тайстра
    Dinaz Vyshhorod Yaroslav Moskalenko Oleksandr Holovko Andriy Voloshyn Nike Цар Хліб[7]
    Epitsentr Kamianets-Podilskyi Ivan Chernonoh Serhiy Nahornyak Andriy Bezhenar Macron Епіцентр
    Khust Mykhaylo Madyarchyk Volodymyr Tsytkin Bohdan Pavlych Joma —
    Kudrivka-Nyva Buzova Roman Solodarenko Roman Loktionov Yevhen Misiura Nike —
    Livyi Bereh Kyiv Mykola Lavrenko Vitaliy Pervak[8][9] Andriy Spivakov Nike —
    Mariupol Oleksandr Yaroshenko Oleh Krasnopyorov Ivan Mochevinskyi Joma KOD Zdorovia
    Metalist Kharkiv Oleksandr Yaroslavskyi Andriy Anishchenko Gabriel Gomes Joma DCH
    Metalist 1925 Kharkiv Yaroslav Vdovenko Viktor Skrypnyk Artem Habelok Puma AES group
    Mynai Valeriy Peresolyak Željko Ljubenović Oleksandr Bandura Kelme FavBet
    Nyva Ternopil Oleksandr Stadnyk Yevhen Kalynychenko Roman Volokhatyi Jako —
    Podillya Khmelnytskyi Yevhen Beiderman Vitaliy Kostyshyn Oleksandr Tsybulnyk Kelme —
    Poltava Serhiy Ivashchenko Volodymyr Sysenko Dmytro Shcherbak Joma КВП
    Prykarpattia Ivano-Frankivsk Vasyl Olshanetskyi Oleh Rypan Vasyl Tsyutsyura Joma Morshynska
    UCSA Tarasivka Serhiy Lesnyk Mykola Tsymbal
    Viktoriya Sumy Serhiy Bondarenko Anatoliy Bezsmertnyi Andriy Nelin Puma —
    PFC Zviahel Stepan Nusbaum Serhiy Shyshchenko

    Notes:

      Managerial changes
      Team Outgoing head coach Manner of departure Date of vacancy Table Incoming head coach Date of appointment
      Nyva Ternopil Oleksandr Stakhiv Mutual agreement 10 June 2024[10] Pre-season Yevhen Kalynychenko 19 June 2024[11]

      Group A league table

      Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion, qualification or relegation
      1 Ahrobiznes Volochysk 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Qualified to the Promotion group
      2 Bukovyna Chernivtsi 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      3 Epitsentr Kamianets-Podilskyi 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      4 Khust 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      5 Metalist Kharkiv 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Qualified to the Relegation group
      6 Mynai 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      7 Nyva Ternopil 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      8 Podillia Khmelnytskyi 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      9 Prykarpattia Ivano-Frankivsk 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      First match(es) will be played: 25 July 2024. 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).[4]

      Group A results
      Home \ Away AHR BUK EPC XST MET MIN NYV POD PRY
      Ahrobiznes Volochysk
      Bukovyna Chernivtsi
      Epitsentr Kamianets-Podilskyi
      FC Khust
      Metalist Kharkiv
      FC Mynai
      Nyva Ternopil
      Podillya Khmelnytskyi
      Prykarpattia Ivano-Frankivsk
      First match(es) will be played: 25 July 2024. Source: Calendar (in Ukrainian)
      Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

      Group A results by week
      First match(es) will be played on 25 July 2024. Source: pfl.ua
      W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

      Group A goalscorers

      As of 24 November 2023[12]

      Group A clean sheets

      As of 24 November 2023[13]

      Rank Player Club Clean
      sheets

      Group B league table

      Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion, qualification or relegation
      1 Dinaz Vyshhorod 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Qualified to the Promotion group
      2 Livyi Bereh Kyiv 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      3 Mariupol 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      4 Metalist 1925 Kharkiv 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      5 Kudrivka-Nyva Buzova 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Qualified to the Relegation group
      6 Poltava 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      7 UCSA Tarasivka 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      8 Viktoriya Sumy 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      9 Zviahel 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      First match(es) will be played: 25 July 2024. 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).[4]

      Group B results
      Home \ Away DIN LBK MAR M25 KDR POL UCS VKT ZVH
      Dinaz Vyshhorod
      Livyi Bereh Kyiv
      FSC Mariupol
      Metalist 1925 Kharkiv
      FC Kudrivka
      SC Poltava
      UCSA Tarasivka
      Viktoriya Sumy
      PFC Zviahel
      First match(es) will be played: 25 July 2024. Source: Calendar (in Ukrainian)
      Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

      Group B Results by week
      First match(es) will be played on 25 July 2024. Source: pfl.ua
      W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

      Group B goalscorers

      As of 24 November 2023[12]

      Group B clean sheets

      As of 24 November 2023[13]

      Rank Player Club Clean
      sheets

      Awards

      Monthly awards
      Month Player of the Month Ref.
      Player Club
      August 2024
      September 2024
      October 2024
      March 2025
      April 2025

      Round awards
      Fall half
      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
      Round 17
      Round 18
      winter break
      Round 19
      Round 20
      Round 21
      Round 22
      Round 23
      Round 24
      Round 25
      Round 26
      Round 27
      Round 28
      Round 29
      Round 30
      Round 31
      Round 32
      Round 33
      Round 34

      Relegation play-offs

      The relegation–promotion play-off games are scheduled to take place between the 6th and 7th placed teams in the Relegation group of the First League with the second and third placed teams of the Second League.

      Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
      x – x
      x – x

      Number of teams by region
      Number Region Team(s)
      3  Khmelnytskyi OblastAhrobiznes, Epitsentr, and Podillia
       Kyiv OblastDinaz, Kudrivka-Nyva and UCSA
      2  Kharkiv OblastMetalist and Metalist 1925
       Zakarpattia OblastKhust and Mynai
      1  Chernivtsi OblastBukovyna
       Donetsk OblastMariupol
       Ivano-Frankivsk OblastPrykarpattia
       KyivLivyi Bereh
       Poltava OblastPoltava
       Sumy OblastViktoriya
       Ternopil OblastNyva
       Zhytomyr OblastZviahel

      See also

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