Ukrainian First League

Ukrainian First League

Founded	1991; 33 years ago (1991)
Country	Ukraine
Number of teams	20 (for 2023–24)
Level on pyramid	2
Promotion to	Ukrainian Premier League
Relegation to	Ukrainian Second League
Domestic cup(s)	Ukrainian Cup
Current champions	Polissya Zhytomyr (2022–23)
Most championships	3 – Dynamo-2 Kyiv, Hoverla Uzhhorod, Zirka Kropyvnytskyi
Top goalscorer	116 – Vadym Plotnikov and Serhiy Chuichenko (2018)[1]
Sponsor(s)	FavBet (2014–15)
Website	pfl.ua
Current: 2023–24 Ukrainian First League

The Persha Liha (Ukrainian: Перша ліга) 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.^[2][3]

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 2023–24 season. Two teams were spared from relegation from previous season due to other teams' withdrawal. In addition to the each team's name, its home city and stadium is shown.

Team	Home city	Stadium	Capacity	Position in 2022–23	First season in 1L	Seasons in 1L
Ahrobiznes	Volochysk	Yunist Stadium	2,700	missed	2018/19	4
Bukovyna	Chernivtsi	Bukovyna Stadium	12,076	11th	1994/95	13
Chernihiv	Chernihiv	Chernihiv Arena	500	13th	2022/23	1
Dinaz	Demydiv	Dinaz Stadium	500	12th	2022/23	1
Epitsentr	Kamianets-Podilskyi	imeni Tonkocheyeva Stadium	2,587	6th	2022/23	1
Hirnyk-Sport	Horishni Plavni	Yunist Stadium	2,500	16th	2014/15	9
Inhulets	Petrove	Inhulets Stadium	2,500	PL: 14th	2016/17	4
Karpaty	Lviv	Ukraina Stadium	28,051	5th	2004/05	3
Khust	Khust	Karpaty Stadium	5,200	2L: 2nd	2023/24	debut
Kremin	Kremenchuk	Kremin Stadium	1,500	8th	1997/98	7
Livyi Bereh	Hnidyn	Livyi Bereh Stadium	5,000	missed	2023/24	debut
Mariupol	Mariupol	Zakhidnyi Stadium	3,206	15th	2022/23	1
Metalist	Kharkiv	Metalist Stadium	41,307	PL: 15th	1994/95	6
Metalurh	Zaporizhia	Slavutych Arena	11,883	4th	2019/20	2
Nyva B.	Bucha	Yuvileinyi Stadium	1,028	2L: 1st	2023/24	debut
Nyva T.	Ternopil	Ternopilsky Misky Stadion	15,150	7th	2001/02	8
Podillya	Khmelnytskyi	Sport Complex Podillya	6,800	missed	1992	8
Poltava	Poltava	Molodizhnyi Stadium	680	14th	2022/23	1
Prykarpattia	Ivano-Frankivsk	Rukh Stadium	6,500	9th	2018/19	5
Viktoriya	Sumy	Yuvileiny Stadium	25,830	missed/merger	2023/24	debut

Location map

The following displays the location of teams. Group A teams marked in red. Group B teams marked in green.

Format of competition

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.

Season		92/93	93/94	94/95	95/96	96/97	97/98	98/99	99/00	00/01	01/02	02/03	03/04	04/05	05/06	06/07	07/08	08/09	09/10
League	P/R
Premier League	P	2	2	2	2	1	2	2	2	1	2	3	2	2	2	2	2	2	2
	R	6		2	2	3	2	2	1	3	2	1	1	1	2	2	2	2	2
Second League	P		2	4	2	3	2	2	3	3	3	5	2	3	4	4	4	2	3
	R	10	2	2	2	3x	4	4*	5*	5*	3	3	1x	2	4*	2x	4x	4	3x

Season		10/11	11/12	12/13	13/14	14/15	15/16	16/17	17/18	18/19	19/20	20/21	21/22	22/23	23/24	24/25	25/26	26/27	27/28	28/29	29/30
League	P/R
Premier League	P	2	2	2	1	1	2	1	2	2	2	3
	R	2	2	2			1		1	2	1
Second League	P	3	2	3	3	4	3*	6	4	4	4	6
	R	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.

Season	Group	Winner	Runner-up	Third place
1992	A	Veres Rivne	Pryladyst Mukacheve	Polihraftekhnika Oleksandria
	B	Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih	Metalurh Nikopol	Artania Ochakiv
1992–93		Nyva Vinnytsia	Temp Shepetivka	Naftovyk Okhtyrka
1993–94		Prykarpattya Ivano-Frankivsk	Evis Mykolaiv	Polihraftekhnika Oleksandria
1994–95		Zirka-NIBAS Kirovohrad	CSKA-Borysfen Boryspil	Metalurh Nikopol
1995–96		Vorskla Poltava	Bukovyna Chernivtsi	Stal Alchevsk
1996–97		Metalurh Donetsk	Dynamo-2 Kyiv	Metalurh Mariupol
1997–98		SC Mykolaiv	Dynamo-2 Kyiv	Metalist Kharkiv
1998–99		Dynamo-2 Kyiv	Chornomorets Odesa	Torpedo Zaporizhia
1999–00		Dynamo-2 Kyiv	Stal Alchevsk	FC Cherkasy
2000–01		Dynamo-2 Kyiv	Zakarpattia Uzhhorod	Polihraftekhnika Oleksandria
2001–02		SC Volyn-1 Lutsk	Chornomorets Odesa	Obolon Kyiv
2002–03		Zirka Kirovohrad	Borysfen Boryspil	Dynamo-2 Kyiv
2003–04		Zakarpattia Uzhhorod	Metalist Kharkiv	Naftovyk Okhtyrka
2004–05		Stal Alchevsk	Arsenal Kharkiv	Zorya Luhansk
2005–06		Zorya Luhansk	Karpaty Lviv	Obolon Kyiv
2006–07		Naftovyk-Ukrnafta Okhtyrka	Zakarpattia Uzhhorod	Obolon Kyiv
2007–08		Illichivets Mariupol	FC Lviv	Obolon Kyiv
2008–09		Zakarpattia Uzhhorod	Obolon Kyiv	PFC Oleksandria
2009–10		PFC Sevastopol	Volyn Lutsk	Stal Alchevsk
2010–11		PFC Oleksandria	Chornomorets Odesa	Stal Alchevsk
2011–12		Hoverla-Zakarpattia Uzhhorod	Metalurh Zaporizhya	FC Sevastopol
2012–13		FC Sevastopol	Stal Alchevsk[4]	PFC Oleksandria[5]
2013–14		FC Olimpik Donetsk	PFC Oleksandria[5]	Stal Alchevsk
2014–15		FC Oleksandriya	Stal Dniprodzerzhynsk	Hirnyk-Sport Komsomolsk
2015–16		Zirka Kirovohrad	Cherkaskyi Dnipro	Obolon-Brovar Kyiv
2016–17		Illichivets Mariupol	Desna Chernihiv	Veres Rivne
2017–18		Arsenal Kyiv	FC Poltava[6]	Desna Chernihiv
2018–19		SC Dnipro-1	Kolos Kovalivka	Volyn Lutsk
2019–20		FC Mynai	Rukh Lviv	Inhulets Petrove
2020–21		Veres Rivne	Chornomorets Odesa	Metalist 1925 Kharkiv
2021–22		Metalist Kharkiv	Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih	Alians Lypova Dolyna
2022–23		Polissia Zhytomyr	Obolon Kyiv	LNZ Cherkasy

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 tournament

• 1997–98: single round-robin tournament (FC Podillya Khmelnytskyi, FC Bukovyna Chernivtsi, FC Shakhtar-2 Donetsk, FC Krystal Kherson)

Relegation play-offs

Season	First League team	Score	Second League team	Place
2010–11	Enerhetyk Burshtyn	2–0	PFC Sumy	in Uman
2011–12	MFC Mykolaiv	4–3	Avanhard Kramatorsk	in Khmelnytskyi
2012–13	FC Odesa	0–2, 1–4	Nyva Ternopil	home/away
	Dynamo-2 Kyiv	1–1, 1–0	Shakhtar Sverdlovsk
2014–15	MFC Mykolaiv	0–0, 1–0	Kremin Kremenchuk	home/away
2015–16	FC Ternopil	cancelled	Bukovyna Chernivtsi	home/away
2016–17	PFC Sumy	2–0, 1–1	Balkany Zoria	home/away
2018–19	PFC Sumy	0–4, 1–3	FC Cherkashchyna-Akademiya	home/away
	Ahrobiznes Volochysk	0–1, 4–0	Metalurh Zaporizhia
2019–20	Metalurh Zaporizhia	0–2, 0–1	Alians Lypova Dolyna	home/away
	Cherkashchyna Cherkasy	1–1, 0–2	Veres Rivne
In 2021–2022 play-offs were not held due to the expansion of the Ukrainian Premier League and later the Russian invasion of Ukraine
2022–23	FSC Mariupol	0–1, 1–1	FC Khust	home/away

Statistics

Performance by club

Club	Winner	Runners-up	Third place	Seasons won
Dynamo-2 Kyiv	3	2	1	1998–99, 1999–00, 2000–01
Hoverla-Zakarpattia Uzhhorod	3	2	0	2003–04, 2008–09, 2011–12
Zirka Kirovohrad ‡	3	0	0	1994–95, 2002–03, 2015–16
FC Oleksandriya	2	1	5	2010–11, 2014–15
FC Sevastopol	2	0	1	2009–10, 2012–13
Illichivets Mariupol	2	0	1	2007–08, 2016–17
Veres Rivne ‡	2	0	1	1992 (group winner), 2020–21
Stal Alchevsk	1	2	4	2004–05
Volyn Lutsk	1	1	1	2001–02
Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih ‡	1	1	0	1992 (group winner)
MFC Mykolaiv	1	1	0	1997–98
Arsenal Kyiv ‡	1	1	0	2017–18
Naftovyk-Ukrnafta Okhtyrka	1	0	2	2006–07
Zorya Luhansk	1	0	1	2005–06
Nyva Vinnytsia ‡	1	0	0	1992–93
Prykarpattia Ivano-Frankivsk	1	0	0	1993–94
Vorskla Poltava	1	0	0	1995–96
Metalurh Donetsk	1	0	0	1996–97
Olimpik Donetsk	1	0	0	2013–14
SC Dnipro-1	1	0	0	2018–19
FC Mynai	1	0	0	2019–20
Polissia Zhytomyr	1	0	0	2022–23
Metalist Kharkiv ‡	(1)	1	1	(2021–22)

Notes:

• ‡ – indicates a phoenix club of the original

League winners by region

Number	Region	Winners
5	Kirovohrad Oblast	Zirka Kropyvnytskyi (3), FC Oleksandriya (2)
4	Donetsk Oblast	Illichivets Mariupol (2), Metalurh Donetsk, Olimpik Donetsk
4	Kyiv	Dynamo-2 Kyiv (3), Arsenal Kyiv
4	Zakarpattia Oblast	Hoverla Uzhhorod (3), FC Mynai (1)
2	Sevastopol	FC Sevastopol (2)
2	Luhansk Oblast	Stal Alchevsk, Zorya Luhansk
2	Dnipropetrovsk Oblast	Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih, SC Dnipro-1
2	Rivne Oblast	Veres Rivne (2)
1	Ivano-Frankivsk Oblast	Prykarpattia Ivano-Frankivsk
1	Mykolaiv Oblast	Mykolaiv
1	Poltava Oblast	Vorskla Poltava
1	Sumy Oblast	Naftovyk-Ukrnafta Okhtyrka
1	Vinnytsia Oblast	Nyva Vinnytsia
1	Volyn Oblast	Volyn Lutsk
1	Zhytomyr Oblast	Polissya Zhytomyr
0	Kharkiv Oblast	Metalist Kharkiv (war season)

All-time table

Top-20. All figures are correct through the 2022–23 season.^[7] Club status is current of the 2023–24 season:

	2023–24 Ukrainian Premier League
	2023–24 Ukrainian First League
	2023–24 Ukrainian Second League
	2023–24 Ukrainian Football Amateur League
	2023 Regional competitions
	Club is defunct

PL	Team	Seasons	GP	W	D	L	GS	GA	Pts	Achievement	Prom	First	Last
1	Dynamo-2 Kyiv	25	888	403	219	266	1312	882	1428	Winner	–	1992	2015–16
2	Naftovyk-Ukrnafta Okhtyrka	24	856	378	201	277	1131	891	1335	Winner	1	1992–93	2017–18
3	Stal Alchevsk	21	752	361	155	236	1082	786	1238	Winner	2	1992	2014–15
4	Mykolaiv	22	763	309	174	280	944	858	1101	Winner	2	1992–93	2020–21
5	Oleksandriya	18	652	312	164	176	903	595	1100	Winner	3	1992	2014–15
6	Hoverla Uzhhorod	15	550	246	107	197	678	666	845	Winner	5	1992	2011–12
7	Volyn Lutsk	15	509	242	91	176	712	575	817	Winner	2	1996–97	2021–22
8	Obolon Kyiv	15	469	213	102	154	608	469	741	Runner-up	3	1999–00	2022–23
9	Desna Chernihiv	14	484	189	112	183	581	536	679	Runner-up	1	1992	2017–18
10	Polissya Zhytomyr	15	513	187	107	219	562	645	668	Winner	1	1992	2022–23
11	Elektrometalurh-NZF Nikopol	11	418	183	71	164	498	506	620	Runner-up	–	1992	2001–02
12	Bukovyna Chernivtsi	12	464	167	101	196	506	566	602	Runner-up	–	1994–95	2022–23
13	Helios Kharkiv (Kobra)	13	437	162	116	159	449	471	602	4th	–	2005–06	2017–18
14	Zirka Kropyvnytskyi	12	398	167	94	137	486	412	595	Winner	3	1994–95	2018–19
15	Nyva Vinnytsia	11	394	157	98	139	441	405	569	Winner	1	1992–93	2011–12
16	CSKA Kyiv	13	464	153	88	223	433	586	547	5th	–	1992	2007–08
17	Dnipro Cherkasy	11	416	148	86	182	459	540	530	Runner-up	–	1992	2007–08
18	Spartak Sumy	11	372	129	77	166	400	475	464	9th	–	1995–96	2006–07
19	Spartak Ivano-Frankivsk	9	320	128	76	116	369	348	460	Winner	1	1992–93	2006–07
20	Krymteplytsia Molodizhne	8	276	121	68	87	353	294	431	4th	–	2005–06	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).

All-time First League appearance leaders

Player	Games	Years
Andriy Tsvik	429	1992–2005
Bohdan Yesyp	400	1996–2014
Volodymyr Melnychenko	384[8]	1994–2007
Vadym Oliynyk	383	1992–2002
Yevhen Manko	380	1993–2005
Oleksandr Aharin	373	1994–2010
Oleksandr Kohutych	352	1992–2004
Serhiy Polushyn	343	1992–2005
Oleksiy Tarhonskyi	336	1992–2003
Vitaliy Vizaver	325	1997–2014
Players in bold are still playing in First League Data as of 4 December 2023[9]

All-time First League scorers

Player	Goals	Games	Years
Vadym Plotnikov	116	306	1992–2000
/ Serhiy Chuichenko	116	177	1993–2001
Oleksandr Akymenko	106	283	2007–2021
Bohdan Yesyp	101	400	1996–2013
Pavlo Onysko	91	206	2001–2012
Pavlo Parshyn	85	305	1992–2005
Matviy Bobal	79	202	2000–2012
Oleksandr Batalskyi	75	278[9]	2009–
Oleksandr Kosyrin	74	166	1996–2012
Viktor Arefyev	71	275	1993–2006
Players in bold are still playing in First League Data accurate as of 3 December 2023[10][11][12][13][14][15]

Managers

All-time top-10 managers with league games

Rank	Coach	Games	First	Last
1	Anatoliy Volobuyev	571	1992	2013
2	Volodymyr Onyshchenko	448	1992	2007
3	Yuriy Koval	436	1992	2010
4	Oleksandr Ryabokon	391	2001	2018
5	Serhiy Shevchenko	269	2002	2010
6	Andriy Parkhomenko	238	2009	2020
7	Mykola Fedorenko	228	2001	2014
8	Ihor Zhabchenko	228	2010
9	Mykola Prystai	227	2001	2011
10	Stepan Yurchyshyn	223	1996	2008
Coaches in bold are still active in the League Data as of 23 December 2023[16]

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).

Best managers

Season	Nationality	Winning manager	Club	Ref
2017	UKR	Oleksandr Ryabokon	Desna Chernihiv	[18]
2018	UKR	Ruslan Kostyshyn	Kolos Kovalivka	[18]
2019	UKR	Serhiy Kovalets	Obolon Kyiv	[18]
2020	UKR	Oleksandr Chyzhevskyi	Ahrobiznes Volochysk	[18]
2021	UKR	Yuriy Virt	Veres Rivne	[18]

Stadiums

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).^[19]

#	Season	Attendance	Home team	Score	Visiting team	Stadium	Ref
1	2002–03	29,300	Spartak Sumy	1:0	Naftovyk Okhtyrka	Yuvileiny Stadium	[19]
2	1997–98	27,000	Mykolaiv	1:0	Dynamo-2 Kyiv	Tsentralnyi Stadion	[19]
3	2002–03	25,200	Spartak Sumy	2:1	Shakhtar-2 Donetsk	Yuvileiny Stadium	[19]
4	2002–03	23,000	Spartak Sumy	1:0	Zirka Kropyvnytskyi	Yuvileiny Stadium	[19]
5	2018–19	22,362	Metalist 1925 Kharkiv	1:2	Dnipro-1	OSC Metalist	[20]
6	2005–06	21,000	Zorya Luhansk	1:0	Karpaty Lviv	Avanhard Stadium	[19]

The most attended seasons were in the beginning of the 1990s and the beginning of the 2000s.^[19]

References

External links

• Official website of the Professional Football League of Ukraine
• УПЛ и Первая лига будут объединены в одну организацию. sportarena.com. 20 June 2017