2023–24 Ukrainian First League

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Ukrainian First League
Season2023–24
Dates27 July – 25 November 2023 (first stage)
23 March – 25 May 2024 (second stage)
June 2024 (play-offs)
Matches played218
Goals scored536 (2.46 per match)
Top goalscorerAndriy Khoma (Prykarpattia)
Dmytro Shcherbak (Poltava)
(12 goals)
Biggest home winPrykarpattia 7–0 Khust
(28 August 2023)
Biggest away winKremin 0–6 Poltava
(28 August 2023)
Highest scoringPrykarpattia 7–0 Khust
(28 August 2023)
Inhulets 6–1 Chernihiv
(8 October 2023)
Longest winning runInhulets Petrove
Karpaty Lviv
Livyi Bereh Kyiv
(7 matches)
Longest unbeaten runKarpaty Lviv
(14 matches)
Longest winless runMetalist Kharkiv
Dinaz Vyshhorod
(11 matches)
Longest losing runKhust
(9 matches)
Total attendance0
Average attendance0
All statistics correct as of 13 April 2024
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The 2023–24 Ukrainian First League is the 33rd football league since its establishment. The league competition consisted of 20 teams. The competition is conducting during the ongoing war with the Russia since late February 2022. It was decided to conduct competitions in two groups.[1]

The competitions were officially approved by the Ukrainian Association of Football Executive Committee only two days before the start of the season.[2] Matches of the First League were the first games of the 2023–24 season.

Format[edit]

Due to the Russo-Ukrainian War, the league competitions changed its usual format. The Professional Football League of Ukraine (PFL) Conference adopted changes to the 2022–23 season after some 24 PFL teams were forced to suspend their activities or dissolve. It was decided to keep the number of participants at 20,[3] but split them in two groups of 10.

The competitions are scheduled to consist of two stages. At the first stage two groups of 10 would conduct a usual double round-robin tournament. At the second stage, the top five from each group form the promotion group, while the bottom five from each group – the relegation group. Points earned at the first stage will be kept for the second, while teams would only be playing with participants of the group. So, in total each team is expected to play 28 games. The top two teams of the promotion group receive direct promotion to the Ukrainian Premier League (UPL), while the 3rd and the 4th would play promotion relegation play-off with the 14th and the 13th teams of UPL, respectively.[4] In case if Desna and Mariupol would decide to return, play-off games will be canceled and the UPL will be expanded.

Later it was clarified that for the second stage teams will be keeping all their points, unlike in the previous season when clubs only kept points with their opponents that joined them for the second stage from the first stage.[5]

Teams[edit]

This season, Ukrainian First League consisted of 20 teams.

[edit]

Two teams were promoted at the end of the 2022–23 Ukrainian Second League.

Two more teams were allowed to return as members of the 2021–22 Ukrainian First League.

Two more were promoted from the 2021–22 Ukrainian Second League.

Relegated teams[edit]

Two teams were relegated at the end of the 2022–23 Ukrainian Premier League.

Relocated teams[edit]

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

Withdrawn teams[edit]

The 31st PFL Conference stripped five clubs of their membership in the Professional Football League due to no reply and non-payment of dues. The conference approved to reserve membership for some other clubs without their actual active participation in competitions this season.[10]

Teams with "conservated membership"[edit]

FC Lviv (relegated),[11][12][13][14] Skoruk Tomakivka,[15][16] FC Uzhhorod, FC Kramatorsk, VPK-Ahro Shevchenkivka

Teams with "conservated membership" removed[edit]

Olimpik Donetsk, Volyn Lutsk

Reorganization[edit]

  • Nyva Buzova changed its owner. On 14 December 2023 it was announced that original owner abandoned the club, and it was passed on to another club FC Kudrivka (Second League) which plans to relocate to Kyiv suburb of Irpin next season.[17] The announcement appeared a day before the second stage draw. Earlier on 1 December 2023 Ihor Zhabchenko has confirmed the club's intent to withdraw from competitions.[18] On 5 January 2024 it was announced that the head coach of the second tier Kudrivka Roman Loktionov became the head coach of Nyva Buzova.[19] Following the merger, Nyva Buzova changed its name to Kudrivka-Nyva.[20]

Location map[edit]

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

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Home venues of teams in the 2023–24 Ukrainian First League.

Stadiums[edit]

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.[21]

Rank Stadium Location Capacity Club Notes
1 Ukraina Stadium Lviv 27,925 Karpaty Lviv
2 Yuvileiny Stadium Sumy 25,830 Viktoriya Sumy [22]
3 Ternopil City Stadium Ternopil 15,150 Nyva Ternopil
4 Bukovyna Stadium Chernivtsi 12,000 Bukovyna Chernivtsi
5 Avanhard Stadium Uzhhorod 10,383 Metalist Kharkiv used as home ground during the season
6 Central Stadium Uman 7,552 Metalurh Zaporizhzhia used as home ground during the season[23]
7 Sport Complex Podillia Khmelnytskyi 6,800 Podillia Khmelnytskyi
8 MCS Rukh Ivano-Frankivsk 6,200 Prykarpattia Ivano-Frankivsk
9 Kolos Stadium Boryspil 5,400 FSC Mariupol used as home ground during the season
10 Karpaty Stadium Khust 5,200 FC Khust
11 Livyi Bereh Stadium Zolochivska hromada 4,700 Livyi Bereh Kyiv
12 Yunist Stadium Chernihiv 3,000 FC Chernihiv [24][25][26][27]
13 Yunist Stadium Volochysk 2,700 Ahrobiznes Volochysk
14 Yunist Stadium Horishni Plavni 2,500 Hirnyk-Sport Horishni Plavni
15 Tonkocheyev Stadium Kamianets-Podilskyi 2,500 Epitsentr Kamianets-Podilskyi [28]
16 Inhulets Stadium Petrove 1,869 Inhulets Petrove
17 Kremin Stadium Kremenchuk 1,566 Kremin Kremenchuk
18 Yuvileinyi Stadium Bucha 1,200[29] Nyva Buzova
19 Molodizhnyi Stadium Poltava 680 SC Poltava
20 Dinaz Stadium Demydiv 550 Dinaz Vyshhorod

Personnel and sponsorship[edit]

Team President Head coach Captain Kit manufacturer Shirt sponsor
Ahrobiznes Volochysk Oleh Sobutskyi Oleksandr Chyzhevskyi Azerbaijan Andrey Popovich Nike Ahrobiznes
Bukovyna Chernivtsi Andriy Safronyak Andriy Melnychuk Maksym Lopyryonok Nike Тайстра
Chernihiv Yuriy Synytsya Valeriy Chornyi Vitaliy Mentey Jako –
Dinaz Vyshhorod Yaroslav Moskalenko Oleksandr Holovko Andriy Voloshyn Nike Цар Хліб[30]
Epitsentr Kamianets-Podilskyi Ivan Chernonoh Serhiy Nahornyak Andriy Bezhenar Macron Епіцентр
Hirnyk-Sport Horishni Plavni Petro Kaplun Valeriy Kutsenko Yevheniy Moroz Jako Ferrexpo
Inhulets Petrove Oleksandr Povoroznyuk Vladyslav Lupashko Oleksandr Kozak[a] Macron etg.ua
Karpaty Lviv Stepan Yurchyshyn Myron Markevych Ambrosiy Chachua Nike Львівське
Khust Mykhaylo Madyarchyk Volodymyr Tsytkin Bohdan Pavlych Joma —
Kremin Kremenchuk Serhiy Kovnir Ihor Klymovskyi Orest Panchyshyn SWIFT TERMINAL-MK
Livyi Bereh Kyiv Mykola Lavrenko Vitaliy Pervak[31][32] Andriy Spivakov Nike —
Mariupol Oleksandr Yaroshenko Oleh Krasnopyorov Ivan Mochevinskyi Joma KOD Zdorovia
Metalist Kharkiv Oleksandr Yaroslavskyi Andriy Anishchenko Brazil Gabriel Gomes Joma DCH
Metalurh Zaporizhzhia Maksym Lupashko Anton Hai (caretaker) Volodymyr Blyznyuk[b] Legea Weltum
Nyva Buzova Roman Solodarenko
(Oktay Efendiyev) 		Roman Loktionov Yevhen Misiura Nike —
Nyva Ternopil Oleksandr Stadnyk Oleksandr Stakhiv 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
Viktoriya Sumy Serhiy Bondarenko Anatoliy Bezsmertnyi Andriy Nelin Puma —

Notes:

  1. ^ FC Inhulets Petrove does not have an established team captain and a footballer with such designation changes from one match to another.
  2. ^ Since the second half of the season FC Metalurh Zaporizhzhia does not have an established team captain and a footballer with such designation changes from one match to another.

Managerial changes[edit]

Team Outgoing head coach Manner of departure Date of vacancy Table Incoming head coach Date of appointment
Hirnyk-Sport Horishni Plavni Ukraine Serhiy Diryavka Fired 30 May 2023[33] Pre-season Ukraine Valeriy Kutsenko 19 June 2023[34]
Nyva Buzova Ukraine Serhiy Karpenko Resigned 1 June 2023[35] Ukraine Ihor Zhabchenko 5 June 2023[36]
Metalist Kharkiv Serbia Perica Ognjenović (interim) Resigned 8 June 2023[37] Ukraine Andriy Anishchenko 24 June 2023[38]
Inhulets Petrove Ukraine Vladyslav Lupashko (interim) Change of role 15 June 2023[39] Ukraine Vladyslav Lupashko 15 June 2023
Nyva Ternopil Ukraine Serhiy Atlasyuk (interim) Sacked 21 June 2023[40][41] Ukraine Vasyl Malyk 21 June 2023
Viktoriya Sumy Ukraine Volodymyr Romanenko (interim) Ukraine Anatoliy Bezsmertnyi 28 June 2023[42]
Nyva Ternopil Ukraine Vasyl Malyk Sacked 19 September 2023[43][44] 4th
(Group A) 		Ukraine Oleksandr Stakhiv (caretaker) 20 September 2023[45]
Kremin Kremenchuk Ukraine Roman Loktionov Resigned 24 September 2023[46][47] 8th
(Group B) 		Ukraine Ihor Klymovskyi 27 September 2023[48]
Nyva Buzova Ukraine Ihor Zhabchenko Administrative changes 3 December 2023[49] 4th
(Group A) 		Ukraine Roman Loktionov 5 January 2024[19]
Nyva Ternopil Ukraine Oleksandr Stakhiv (caretaker) Change of role 4 December 2023 8th
(Group A) 		Ukraine Oleksandr Stakhiv 4 December 2023[50][51]
Metalurh Zaporizhzhia Ukraine Volodymyr Mykytin Left the club 21 March 2024[52] 11th Ukraine Anton Hai (caretaker) 15 March 2024[53]

Group A league table[edit]

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion, qualification or relegation
1 Karpaty Lviv 18 14 3 1 34 10 +24 45 Qualified to the Promotion group
2 Epitsentr Kamianets-Podilskyi 18 8 7 3 27 21 +6 31
3 Ahrobiznes Volochysk 18 8 5 5 20 15 +5 29
4 Nyva Buzova 18 7 6 5 21 19 +2 27
5 Prykarpattia Ivano-Frankivsk 18 6 8 4 27 18 +9 26
6 Bukovyna Chernivtsi 18 6 3 9 16 23 −7 21 Qualified to the Relegation group
7 Podillia Khmelnytskyi 18 4 8 6 18 17 +1 20[a]
8 Nyva Ternopil 18 5 5 8 15 19 −4 20[a]
9 Metalist Kharkiv 18 3 5 10 13 27 −14 14
10 Khust 18 3 2 13 15 37 −22 11
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).[21]
Notes:
  1. ^ a b Head-to-head points: Podillia 4, Nyva T. 1

Results[edit]

Home \ Away AHR BUK EPC KAR KHU MET NBU NYV POD PRY
Ahrobiznes Volochysk 3–0 1–1 0–1 3–0 3–1 1–0 2–1 0–0 1–1
Bukovyna Chernivtsi 1–0 0–2 0–1 0–0 1–0 3–3 0–1 0–2 1–0
Epitsentr Kamianets-Podilskyi 1–1 2–1 3–2 3–1 2–2 0–2 2–3 2–2 1–1
Karpaty Lviv 3–0 2–1 2–0 1–0 3–0 1–1 3–0 2–1 3–3
FC Khust 0–1 1–2 0–1 0–3 1–2 0–1 2–0 2–1 1–2
Metalist Kharkiv 1–2 2–3 0–1 0–3 0–3 1–1 0–0 1–1 0–1[a]
Nyva Buzova 2–1 1–0 0–2 0–1 2–2 0–0 2–1 2–1 0–1
Nyva Ternopil 0–0 0–1 1–2 1–1 4–1 0–1 2–0 0–0 1–0
Podillya Khmelnytskyi 0–1 1–1 0–0 0–1 4–1 1–0 0–2 2–0 1–1
Prykarpattia Ivano-Frankivsk 2–0 2–1 2–2 0–1 7–0 1–2 2–2 0–0 1–1
Source: Calendar (in Ukrainian)
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
Notes:
  1. ^ Scheduled on 9 September 2023, the match has been moved to 7 October 2023 due to Metalist released its players to play for junior national teams.[54] The match was played on 11 October 2023.

Group A results by week[edit]

Team ╲ Round123456789101112131415161718
Ahrobiznes VolochyskLWDWDDLLDWWDWWWLWL
Bukovyna ChernivtsiLLDWLWLWDWLWLDWLLL
Epitsentr Kamianets-PodilskyiWWDDLLWDLDWDDWWWDW
Karpaty LvivWWWDWWWWDWWDWWLWWW
KhustLLDLLWDWWLLLLLLLLL
Metalist KharkivLLDWLLDLDLLLDLLWDW
Nyva BuzovaWWWDWDDDWLWLLDLWDL
Nyva TernopilWWLLWDLLDLDWDLLDWL
Podillia KhmelnytskyiDLDDDLWLDDLWDLWDLW
Prykarpattia Ivano-FrankivskDLLLWDDDDDWDWWWLDW
Source: pfl.ua
W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Group A goalscorers[edit]

As of 24 November 2023[55]

Group A clean sheets[edit]

As of 24 November 2023[56]

Rank Player Club Clean
sheets
1 Ukraine Andriy Kozhukhar Karpaty Lviv 12
2 Ukraine Maksym Mekhaniv Nyva Ternopil 7
Azerbaijan Andrey Popovich Ahrobiznes Volochysk 7
4 1 player 5
5 2 players 4
7 2 players 3
9 5 players 2
14 3 players 1

Group B league table[edit]

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion, qualification or relegation
1 Inhulets Petrove 18 13 3 2 41 13 +28 42 Qualified to the Promotion group
2 Livyi Bereh Kyiv 18 11 3 4 40 11 +29 36
3 Mariupol 18 8 7 3 22 14 +8 31
4 Viktoriya Sumy 18 8 6 4 19 18 +1 30
5 Poltava 18 8 5 5 35 27 +8 29
6 Metalurh Zaporizhzhia 18 6 7 5 23 18 +5 25 Qualified to the Relegation group
7 Hirnyk-Sport Horishni Plavni 18 5 2 11 16 32 −16 17
8 Kremin Kremenchuk 18 4 2 12 14 40 −26 14
9 Chernihiv-ShVSM 18 4 1 13 20 44 −24 13[a]
10 Dinaz Vyshhorod 18 3 4 11 15 28 −13 13[a]
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).[21]
Notes:
  1. ^ a b Head-to-head points: Chernihiv 6, Dinaz 0

Results[edit]

Home \ Away CHE DIN HIS INH KRE LBK MAR MET POL VIK
Chernihiv-ShVSM 3–2 1–0 0–2 2–3 0–3 0–1[a] 1–3 2–2 0–3
Dinaz Vyshhorod 1–2 3–1 0–2 2–1 0–0[b] 1–2 1–0 1–1 0–1
Hirnyk-Sport 0–2 2–0 1–2 0–1 0–1 1–0 1–0 1–3 2–2
Inhulets Petrove 6–1 3–0 1–1 5–1 2–1 0–1 3–2 5–0 3–0
Kremin Kremenchuk 2–1 0–0 4–1 0–2 0–1 0–3 1–2 0–6 0–1
Livyi Bereh 5–1 3–0 5–0 3–0 6–0 1–1 1–0 1–3 5–0
Mariupol 3–1 2–1 2–3 1–1 1–0 0–2 2–2 1–1 0–0
Metalurh Zaporizhia 4–2 1–1 0–1 0–0 0–0 1–1 0–0 3–1 2–0
Poltava 2–0 2–1 4–1 1–3 4–1 2–1 0–2 1–2 2–2
Viktoriya Sumy 2–1 2–1 1–0 0–1 3–0 1–0 0–0 1–1 0–0
Source: Calendar (in Ukrainian)
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
Notes:
  1. ^ The match Chernihiv–Mariupol was postponed due to the Russian attack with ballistic missile on the Chernihiv city center on August 19, 2023. The match was played on September 13, 2023.
  2. ^ The round 14 match between Dinaz and Livyi Bereh on October 29 was interrupted at 59 minute of play due to an air alarm with score 0:0. The PFL administration rescheduled the match for the next day October 30.[57]

Group B results by week[edit]

Team ╲ Round123456789101112131415161718
Chernihiv-ShVSMWLLLLLLWLWLLLLLLWD
Dinaz VyshhorodLWLLLWLDDLDLLDLLLW
Hirnyk-Sport Horishni PlavniLWWLLLLLLLWWLDWLLD
Inhulets PetroveWWWWDWWWWWWWLLDWWD
Kremin KremenchukDLLWLWLLLLDLWLWLLL
Livyi Bereh KyivWLWLWDDWLWLWWDWWWW
MariupolDLDDDWWDWDLWWWLWDW
Metalurh ZaporizhzhiaDDLWWLDDDWWLWWDLDL
PoltavaLWDLWDWDWLWLLWDWWD
Viktoriya SumyDDWWWDWLWDLWWDDWLL
Source: pfl.ua
W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Group B goalscorers[edit]

As of 25 November 2023[55]

Group B clean sheets[edit]

As of 25 November 2023[56]

Rank Player Club Clean
sheets
1 Ukraine Vitaliy Chebotaryov Livyi Bereh Kyiv 8
Ukraine Illya Karavashchenko FSC Mariupol 8
Ukraine Oleksiy Palamarchuk Inhulets Petrove 8
4 1 player(s) 6
5 1 player(s) 4
6 5 player(s) 3
11 2 players 2
13 2 players 1

Promotion group league table[edit]

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion, qualification or relegation
1 Karpaty Lviv (P) 25 19 4 2 43 14 +29 61 Promotion to Ukrainian Premier League
2 Inhulets Petrove (X) 25 18 4 3 52 15 +37 58
3 Livyi Bereh Kyiv (X) 25 15 4 6 53 16 +37 49 Qualification to promotion play-offs
4 Epitsentr Kamianets-Podilskyi 25 11 10 4 36 27 +9 43
5 Prykarpattia Ivano-Frankivsk 25 9 9 7 33 26 +7 36[a]
6 Kudrivka-Nyva 25 9 9 7 28 30 −2 36[a]
7 Mariupol 25 8 11 6 26 22 +4 35
8 Viktoriya Sumy 25 9 8 8 21 25 −4 35
9 Poltava 25 9 7 9 43 39 +4 34[b]
10 Ahrobiznes Volochysk 25 9 7 9 23 24 −1 34[b]
Updated to match(es) played on 4 May 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).[21]
(P) Promoted; (X) Assured of at least a play-off place, but may yet be promoted directly.
Notes:
  1. ^ a b Head-to-head points: Prykarpattia 4, Nyva 1
  2. ^ a b Head-to-head points: Poltava 3, Ahrobiznes 0

Promotion group results[edit]

Home \ Away AHR EPC INH KAR LBK MAR NVB POL PRY VKT
Ahrobiznes Volochysk 1–1 1–0 0–1 0–2 1–1 1–0 1–1 0–0
Epitsentr Kamianets-Podilskyi 1–1 3–2 1–1 1–1 0–2 3–2 1–1 3–1
Inhulets Petrove 1–0 2–1 0–1 0–0 5–0 4–0 3–0
Karpaty Lviv 3–0 2–0 1–2 3–1 1–1 2–1 3–3 1–0
Livyi Bereh Kyiv 3–0 3–0 0–1 1–1 1–2 1–3 5–0
Mariupol 0–1 1–1 0–2 0–0 1–1 1–1 0–0
Kudrivka-Nyva 2–1 0–2 0–3 0–1 1–5 2–2 0–1 2–0
Poltava 2–1 0–0 1–3 0–1 2–1 0–2 2–2
Prykarpattia Ivano-Frankivsk 2–0 2–2 0–1 0–1 0–1 1–0 2–2 3–1
Viktoriya Sumy 1–0 0–1 0–0 1–0 0–0 0–0 0–1
Updated to match(es) played on 4 May 2024. Source: Calendar (in Ukrainian)
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Promotion group results by week[edit]

Updated to match(es) played on 4 May 2024. Source: pfl.ua
W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Promotion group goalscorers[edit]

As of 4 May 2024[55]

Promotion group clean sheets[edit]

As of 4 May 2024[56]

Rank Player Club Clean
sheets
1 Ukraine Andriy Kozhukhar Karpaty Lviv 16
2 Ukraine Oleksiy Palamarchuk Inhulets Petrove 13
3 Ukraine Maksym Mekhaniv Nyva T. / Livyi Bereh 10
4 Ukraine Illya Karavashchenko FSC Mariupol 9
Ukraine Andriy Popovych Ahrobiznes Volochysk 9
6 2 players 8
8 1 player 6
9 4 player 4
13 2 players 3
15 1 players 2
16 3 player 1

Relegation group league table[edit]

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion, qualification or relegation
11 Bukovyna Chernivtsi 25 10 5 10 33 26 +7 35
12 Podillia Khmelnytskyi 25 7 12 6 31 25 +6 33
13 Nyva Ternopil 25 8 7 10 21 25 −4 31
14 Metalist Kharkiv 25 7 7 11 25 31 −6 28
15 Dinaz Vyshhorod 25 7 5 13 24 34 −10 26[a]
16 Khust 24 8 2 14 28 41 −13 26[a] Qualification to relegation play-off
17 Metalurh Zaporizhzhia 24 6 7 11 26 39 −13 25
18 Hirnyk-Sport Horishni Plavni 25 5 5 15 20 43 −23 20 Relegation to Ukrainian Second League
19 Kremin Kremenchuk 25 4 6 15 17 47 −30 18[b]
20 Chernihiv-ShVSM 25 5 3 17 26 60 −34 18[b]
Updated to match(es) played on 4 May 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).[21]
Notes:
  1. ^ a b Head-to-head points: Dinaz 3, Khust 0
  2. ^ a b Head-to-head points: Kremin 6, Chernihiv 0

Relegation group results[edit]

Home \ Away BUK CHE DIN HIR XST KRE MET MTZ NYV POD
Bukovyna Chernivtsi 4–0 0–1 1–1 0–0 1–0 0–1 0–2
Chernihiv-ShVSM 1–5 3–2 1–0 0–2 2–3 2–1 1–3 2–2
Dinaz Vyshhorod 0–2 1–2 3–1 1–0 2–1 1–0 2–0 1–1
Hirnyk-Sport Horishni Plavni 0–2 2–0 0–2 0–1 0–0 1–0 0–1 1–1
Khust 1–2 4–2 1–0 1–2 –[a] 2–0 2–1
Kremin Kremenchuk 0–0 2–1 0–0 4–1 0–0 1–2 0–0 1–1
Metalist Kharkiv 2–3 2–0 0–3 2–1 4–1 0–0 1–1
Metalurh Zaporizhzhia 0–5 4–2 1–1 0–1 1–4 0–0 0–3 0–2
Nyva Ternopil 0–1 0–0 1–4 2–0 4–1 0–1 0–0
Podillia Khmelnytskyi 1–1 2–1 4–1 1–0 3–1 2–0
Updated to match(es) played on 4 May 2024. Source: Calendar (in Ukrainian)
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
Notes:
  1. ^ On April 25, 2024 it became known that Metalurh Zaporizhia won't be able to appear for the away game against Khust due to many players either injured or sick. The club has informed the Ukrainian PFL about its situation.[58]

Relegation group results by week[edit]

Updated to match(es) played on 4 May 2024. Source: pfl.ua
W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Relegation group goalscorers[edit]

As of 4 May 2024[55]

Relegation group clean sheets[edit]

As of 4 May 2024[56]

Rank Player Club Clean
sheets
1 Ukraine Ivan Ponomarenko Bukovyna Chernivtsi 8
2 2 player 6
4 2 players 5
6 1 players 4
7 2 players 3
9 3 players 2
12 7 players 1

Awards[edit]

Monthly awards[edit]

Month Player of the Month Ref.
Player Club
August 2023 Ukraine Vladyslav Voytsekhovskyi Livyi Bereh Kyiv [59]
September 2023 Ukraine Nazar Prykhodko Khust [60]
October 2023 Ukraine Ambrosiy Chachua Karpaty Lviv [61]

Round awards[edit]

Fall half
Round Player Coach
Player Club Reference Coach Club Reference
Round 1 Ukraine Oleksandr Kozak Inhulets Petrove [62] Ukraine Vladyslav Lupashko Inhulets Petrove [62]
Round 2 Ukraine Vyacheslav Shevchenko Dinaz Vyshhorod [63] Ukraine Volodymyr Sysenko SC Poltava [63]
Round 3 Ukraine Ruslan Dedukh Livyi Bereh Kyiv [64] Ukraine Vitaliy Pervak Livyi Bereh Kyiv [64]
Round 4 Ukraine Mykhaylo Shershen Inhulets Petrove [65] Ukraine Andriy Anishchenko Metalist Kharkiv [65]
Round 5 Ukraine Andriy Khoma Prykarpattia Ivano-Frankivsk [66] Ukraine Anatoliy Bezsmertnyi Viktoriya Sumy [66]
Round 6 Ukraine Dmytro Yeremenko Dinaz Vyshhorod [67] Ukraine Volodymyr Tsytkin FC Khust [67]
Round 7 Ukraine Oleksandr Tsybulnyk Podillia Khmelnytskyi [68] Ukraine Vitaliy Kostyshyn Podillia Khmelnytskyi [68]
Round 8 Ukraine Nazar Prykhodko FC Khust [69] Ukraine Vladyslav Lupashko (2) Inhulets Petrove [69]
Round 9 Ukraine Mykyta Teplyakov FSC Mariupol [70] Ukraine Oleh Krasnopyorov FSC Mariupol [70]
Round 10 Brazil Igor Neves Karpaty Lviv [71] Ukraine Myron Markevych Karpaty Lviv [71]
Round 11 Ukraine Serhiy Sten Epitsentr Kamianets-Podilskyi [72] Ukraine Volodymyr Mykytin Metalurh Zaporizhia [72]
Round 12 Ukraine Danyil Sukhoruchko Livyi Bereh Kyiv [73] Ukraine Oleh Krasnopyorov (2) FSC Mariupol [73]
Round 13 Ukraine Simon Galoyan Kremin Kremenchuk [74] Ukraine Vitaliy Pervak (2) Livyi Bereh Kyiv [74]
Round 14 Ukraine Vasyl Palahnyuk Bukovyna Chernivtsi [75] Ukraine Oleh Krasnopyorov (3) FSC Mariupol [75]
Round 15 Ukraine Andriy Spivakov Livyi Bereh Kyiv [76] Ukraine Serhiy Nahornyak Epitsentr Kamianets-Podilskyi [76]
Round 16 Ukraine Yevheniy Ryazantsev Metalist Kharkiv [77] Ukraine Vitaliy Pervak (3) Livyi Bereh Kyiv [77]
Round 17 Ukraine Pavlo Fedosov FC Chernihiv [78] Ukraine Valeriy Chornyi FC Chernihiv [78]
Round 18 Ukraine Maksym Hirnyi Epitsentr Kamianets-Podilskyi [79] Ukraine Vitaliy Pervak (4) Livyi Bereh Kyiv [79]
winter break
Spring half
Round Player Coach
Player Club Reference Coach Club Reference
winter break
Round 1 Ukraine Pavlo Polehenko Karpaty Lviv [80] Ukraine Vitaliy Pervak (5) Livyi Bereh Kyiv [80]
Round 2 Ukraine Andriy Andreychuk Bukovyna Chernivtsi [81] Ukraine Oleksandr Holovko Dinaz Vyshhorod [81]
Round 3 Ukraine Yevhen Pidlepenets Karpaty Lviv [82] Ukraine Oleksandr Chyzhevskyi Ahrobiznes Volochysk [82]
Round 4 Ukraine Bohdan Shmyhelskyi SC Poltava [83] Ukraine Myron Markevych (2) Karpaty Lviv [83]
Round 5 Ukraine Vasyl Palahnyuk (2) Bukovyna Chernivtsi [84] Ukraine Vladyslav Lupashko (3) Inhulets Petrove [84]
Round 6 Ukraine Andriy Kozhukhar Karpaty Lviv [85] Ukraine Roman Loktionov Kudrivka-Nyva [85]
Round 7
Round 8
Round 9
Round 10

Relegation play-offs[edit]

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
TBD v TBD
TBD v TBD

First leg

TBDvTBD
[ Report]

Second leg

TBDvTBD
[ Report]

Number of teams by region[edit]

Number Region Team(s)
3  Khmelnytskyi Oblast Epitsentr, Podillia, and Ahrobiznes
 Poltava Oblast Hirnyk-Sport, Kremin and Poltava
2  Kyiv Oblast Dinaz and Nyva
1  Chernihiv Oblast Chernihiv
 Chernivtsi Oblast Bukovyna
 Donetsk Oblast Mariupol
 Ivano-Frankivsk Oblast Prykarpattia
 Kharkiv Oblast Metalist
 Kirovohrad Oblast Inhulets
 Kyiv Livyi Bereh
 Lviv Oblast Karpaty
 Sumy Oblast Viktoriya
 Ternopil Oblast Nyva
 Zakarpattia Oblast Khust
 Zaporizhzhia Oblast Metalurh

See also[edit]

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External links[edit]

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