2022–23 in Ukrainian football

The 2022–23 season is the 32nd season of competitive association football in Ukraine since dissolution of the Soviet Union.

Football in Ukraine
Season2022–23
Men's football
Premier LeagueShakhtar Donetsk
First LeaguePolissia Zhytomyr
Second LeagueNyva Buzova
AAFUDruzhba Myrivka
Amateur CupDruzhba Myrivka
UAF Regions' CupIvano-Frankivsk Oblast
Women's football
Vyshcha LihaVorskla Poltava
Persha LihaLider Kobeliaky
← 2021–22 Ukraine 2023–24 →

Following the Russian invasion of Ukraine and declaration of martial law in the country, the last season was interrupted and it was not certain whether or not next season would take place. Soon after the Russian forces were repelled from the northern Ukraine and Kyiv area, it was announced that the Ukrainian Association of Football (UAF) encourages for clubs to restart the season. The UAF approved round-robin tournaments in all national league competitions under strict safety precautions, yet it was decided not to carry out competitions of single eliminations.

Usually starting with the season opening match of the Ukrainian Super Cup, the 2022–23 season started on the Ukrainian Flag Day 23 August 2022 with Round 1 games of the Ukrainian Premier League.

Not all competitions resumed. There were cancelled most competitions among youth and children, the main knockout competitions Ukrainian Cup and Ukrainian Super Cup, competitions in some regions (oblasts) were scratched, while selected clubs played in neighboring regions competitions.

National teams edit

Ukraine national football team edit

Friendlies edit

Ukraine women's national football team edit

UEFA competitions edit

UEFA Champions League edit

Qualifying phase and play-off round edit

Second qualifying round edit
Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Dynamo Kyiv   2–1   Fenerbahçe 0–0 2–1 (a.e.t.)
Third qualifying round edit
Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Dynamo Kyiv   3–1   Sturm Graz 1–0 2–1 (a.e.t.)
Play-off round edit
Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Dynamo Kyiv   0–5   Benfica 0–2 0–3

Group stage edit

Group B edit
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification RMA RBL SHA CEL
1   Real Madrid 6 4 1 1 15 6 +9 13 Advance to knockout phase 2–0 2–1 5–1
2   RB Leipzig 6 4 0 2 13 9 +4 12 3–2 1–4 3–1
3   Shakhtar Donetsk 6 1 3 2 8 10 −2 6 Transfer to Europa League 1–1 0–4 1–1
4   Celtic 6 0 2 4 4 15 −11 2 0–3 0–2 1–1
Source: UEFA

UEFA Europa League edit

Qualifying phase and play-off round edit

Play-off round edit
Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Dnipro-1   1–5   AEK Larnaca 1–2 0–3

Group stage edit

Group B edit
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification FEN REN AEK DKV
1   Fenerbahçe 6 4 2 0 13 7 +6 14 Advance to round of 16 3–3 2–0 2–1
2   Rennes 6 3 3 0 11 8 +3 12 Advance to knockout round play-offs 2–2 1–1 2–1
3   AEK Larnaca 6 1 2 3 7 10 −3 5 Transfer to Europa Conference League 1–2 1–2 3–3
4   Dynamo Kyiv 6 0 1 5 5 11 −6 1 0–2 0–1 0–1
Source: UEFA

Knockout phase edit

Round of 32 edit
Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Shakhtar Donetsk   3–3 (5–4 p)   Rennes 2–1 1–2 (a.e.t.)
Round of 16 edit
Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Shakhtar Donetsk   2–8   Feyenoord 1–1 1–7

UEFA Europe Conference League edit

Qualifying phase and play-off round edit

Second qualifying round edit
Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Vorskla Poltava   3–4   AIK 3–2 0–2 (a.e.t.)
Third qualifying round edit
Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Zorya Luhansk   1–3   Universitatea Craiova 1–0 0–3

Group stage edit

Group E edit
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification AZ DNI APL VAD
1   AZ 6 5 0 1 12 6 +6 15 Advance to round of 16 2–1 3–2 4–1
2   Dnipro-1 6 3 1 2 9 7 +2 10 Advance to knockout round play-offs 0–1 1–0 2–2
3   Apollon Limassol 6 2 1 3 5 7 −2 7 1–0 1–3 1–0
4   Vaduz 6 0 2 4 5 11 −6 2 1–2 1–2 0–0
Source: UEFA

Knockout phase edit

Knockout round play-offs edit
Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
AEK Larnaca   1–0   Dnipro-1 1–0 0–0

UEFA Women's Champions League edit

Qualifying round edit

Round 1 edit
Semi-finals edit
Team 1  Score  Team 2
Vorskla Poltava   5–0   Lanchkhuti
Final edit
Team 1  Score  Team 2
Vorskla Poltava   2–0   BIIK Kazygurt
Round 2 edit
Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Vorskla Poltava   2–3   Vllaznia Shkodër 1–1 1–2

Men's club football edit

Due to emergency situation in the country in general, the PFL of Ukraine made some changes to its competitions and league pyramid changing the second tier to multi-group competition and the third tier to single group competition. This is the first time the second-tier competition organized in multi group format since the very first championship of 1992.

League Promoted to league Omitted from league
Premier League
PFL League 1 Groups
A
B
PFL League 2 Groups
A
B

Note: For all scratched clubs, see section Clubs removed for more details

Premier League edit

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Shakhtar Donetsk (C) 30 22 6 2 69 21 +48 72 Qualification for the Champions League group stage
2 Dnipro-1 30 21 4 5 61 27 +34 67 Qualification for the Champions League second qualifying round
3 Zorya Luhansk 30 20 4 6 61 34 +27 64 Qualification for the Europa League play-off round
4 Dynamo Kyiv 30 18 6 6 51 25 +26 60 Qualification for the Europa Conference League third qualifying round
5 Vorskla Poltava 30 13 6 11 38 37 +1 45 Qualification for the Europa Conference League second qualifying round
6 Oleksandriya 30 10 14 6 42 39 +3 44
7 Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih 30 12 5 13 26 30 −4 41
8 Mynai 30 9 9 12 25 30 −5 36[a]
9 Kolos Kovalivka 30 10 6 14 23 36 −13 36[a]
10 Chornomorets Odesa 30 9 8 13 35 40 −5 35
11 Rukh Lviv 30 7 11 12 31 37 −6 32[b]
12 Metalist 1925 Kharkiv 30 6 14 10 23 42 −19 32[b]
13 Veres Rivne (O) 30 8 7 15 35 45 −10 31[c] Qualification for the Relegation play-offs
14 Inhulets Petrove (R) 30 8 7 15 22 34 −12 31[c]
15 Metalist Kharkiv (R) 30 5 7 18 27 58 −31 22 Relegation to Ukrainian First League
16 Lviv (R) 30 3 4 23 18 52 −34 13 Suspended its operations for the next season
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).[1]
(C) Champions; (O) Play-off winners; (R) Relegated
Notes:
  1. ^ a b Head-to-head points: Mynai 4, Kolos 1.
  2. ^ a b Tied on head-to-head points, head-to-head goal difference, head-to-head goals scored.
  3. ^ a b Tied on head-to-head points, head-to-head goal difference, head-to-head goals scored.

PFL League 1 (First League) edit

Group A edit

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion, qualification or relegation
1 Polissya Zhytomyr 14 13 1 0 34 6 +28 40 Qualified to the Promotion group
2 Karpaty Lviv 14 9 1 4 22 13 +9 28
3 Epitsentr Kamianets-Podilskyi 14 8 3 3 17 11 +6 27
4 Nyva Ternopil 14 5 5 4 15 8 +7 20
5 Prykarpattia Ivano-Frankivsk 14 4 3 7 11 22 −11 15 Qualified to the Relegation group
6 Dinaz Vyshhorod 14 2 4 8 14 28 −14 10
7 Bukovyna Chernivtsi 14 2 3 9 9 21 −12 9
8 Mariupol 14 1 4 9 12 25 −13 7
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).[2]

Group B edit

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion, qualification or relegation
1 LNZ Cherkasy 14 9 3 2 22 6 +16 30 Qualified to the Promotion group
2 Obolon Kyiv 14 9 2 3 20 9 +11 29
3 Kremin Kremenchuk 14 6 3 5 28 24 +4 21
4 Metalurh Zaporizhzhia 14 5 5 4 17 16 +1 20
5 Chernihiv 14 4 4 6 13 17 −4 16 Qualified to the Relegation group
6 Poltava 14 4 3 7 15 19 −4 15
7 Skoruk Tomakivka 14 3 5 6 15 22 −7 14
8 Hirnyk-Sport Horishni Plavni 14 1 5 8 8 25 −17 8
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).[2]

Promotion group edit

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion, qualification or relegation
1 Polissya Zhytomyr (P) 14 10 2 2 25 9 +16 32 Promotion to Ukrainian Premier League
2 Obolon Kyiv (P) 14 8 5 1 19 8 +11 29
3 LNZ Cherkasy (O, P) 14 6 4 4 19 12 +7 22 Qualification to promotion play-offs
4 Metalurh Zaporizhzhia 14 6 3 5 18 16 +2 21
5 Karpaty Lviv 14 5 3 6 12 16 −4 18
6 Epitsentr Kamianets-Podilskyi 14 4 3 7 12 17 −5 15
7 Nyva Ternopil 14 0 8 6 10 17 −7 8
8 Kremin Kremenchuk 14 1 4 9 11 31 −20 7
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).[2]
(O) Play-off winners; (P) Promoted

Relegation group edit

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion, qualification or relegation
9 Prykarpattia Ivano-Frankivsk 14 6 6 2 21 11 +10 24
10 Skoruk Tomakivka[a] 14 5 8 1 18 9 +9 23 Suspended its operations for the next season.
11 Bukovyna Chernivtsi 14 5 6 3 18 14 +4 21[b]
12 Dinaz Vyshhorod 14 5 6 3 16 17 −1 21[b]
13 Chernihiv 14 5 4 5 15 16 −1 19
14 Poltava 14 4 4 6 16 22 −6 16
15 Mariupol 14 3 3 8 18 23 −5 12 Qualification to relegation play-off
16 Hirnyk-Sport Horishni Plavni 14 2 5 7 12 22 −10 11 Relegation to Ukrainian Second League canceled
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).[2]
Notes:
  1. ^ Skoruk will not participate the next season due to the destruction of the Kakhovka Dam by the Russian occupation forces and depletion of water for agrarian and economical needs in Nikopol Raion.[3]
  2. ^ a b Head-to-head goal difference: Bukovyna +4, Dinaz -1

Relegation play-offs edit

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Khust 2–1 Mariupol 1–1 1–0

First leg

Khust1–1Mariupol
Prykhodko   70'
Lutsiv   48'
Report Litovchenko   5'
Mykhaylenko   80'
Chushenko     32'
Karpaty Stadium, Khust
Attendance: 0

Second leg

Mariupol0–1Khust
Report Merdyeyev   53'
Attendance: 0
Referee: Serhiy Zadyran (Kyiv Oblast)

Khust won 2–1 on aggregate and was promoted to the 2023–24 Ukrainian First League. Mariupol was relegated to the 2023–24 Ukrainian Second League. Mariupol's relegation was reversed following withdrawals of Lviv and Skoruk Tomakivka.

PFL League 2 (Second League) edit

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion, qualification or relegation
1 Nyva Buzova (C, P) 18 13 3 2 36 8 +28 42 Promotion to Ukrainian First League
2 Khust (O, P) 18 10 5 3 32 15 +17 35[a] Qualification to promotional play-off
3 Chaika Petropavlivska Borshchahivka 18 10 5 3 33 20 +13 35[a]
4 Nyva Vinnytsia 18 10 5 3 29 16 +13 35[a]
5 Zviahel 18 9 5 4 30 17 +13 32
6 Real Pharma Odesa 18 9 3 6 27 23 +4 30
7 Vast Mykolaiv 18 5 2 11 21 28 −7 17
8 Metalurh-2 Zaporizhzhia 18 4 3 11 23 37 −14 15
9 Kremin-2 Kremenchuk 18 2 2 14 7 44 −37 8
10 Rubikon Kyiv[b] 18 1 1 16 6 36 −30 4 Withdrew after Round 10
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 equal number of tournament points at the moment of calculation and not only among those which after preliminary criteria have appeared more successful).
(C) Champions; (O) Play-off winners; (P) Promoted
Notes:
  1. ^ a b c Head-to-head points: Khust 6, Chaika 5, Nyva V 3
  2. ^ Rubikon Kyiv withdrew after the Round 10. It was awarded technical losses for the rest of its matches.[4][5][6]

Women's club football edit

Promoted Omitted
Dynamo Kyiv
Shakhtar Donetsk
Dnipro-1
Veres Rivne
Zhytlobud-1 Kharkiv
Voskhod Stara Mayachka
Karpaty Lviv

Note: For the scratched clubs, see section Clubs removed for more details

Vyshcha Liha edit

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Vorskla Poltava (C) 22 22 0 0 147 4 +143 66 Qualification for the Champions League qualifying second round
2 Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih 22 19 0 3 120 10 +110 57 Qualification for the Champions League qualifying first round
3 Kolos Kovalivka 22 16 1 5 54 12 +42 49
4 Shakhtar Donetsk 22 16 0 6 74 27 +47 48
5 Ladomyr Volodymyr 22 12 0 10 83 49 +34 36
6 Dnipro-1 22 9 2 11 47 49 −2 29
7 Dynamo Kyiv 22 9 2 11 35 41 −6 29
8 Veres Rivne 22 6 2 14 33 71 −38 20
9 Mariupol 22 6 1 15 23 78 −55 19
10 EMS Podillia Vinnytsia 22 5 3 14 22 61 −39 18
11 Pantery Uman 22 5 2 15 20 75 −55 17
12 Ateks Kyiv (R) 22 0 1 21 8 189 −181 1 Relegation to the Persha Liha
Source: womensfootball.com.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]
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated

Managerial changes edit

This is a list of managerial changes among Ukrainian professional football clubs:

Team Outgoing manager Manner of departure Date of vacancy Table Incoming manager Date of appointment Table
Vorskla Poltava   Yuriy Maksymov Dismissed 2 June 2022[8] Pre-season   Viktor Skrypnyk 1 July 2022[9] Pre-season
Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih   Oleksandr Babych Mutual agreement 6 June 2022[10]   Yuriy Vernydub 21 June 2022[11]
Zorya Luhansk   Viktor Skrypnyk Moved to Vorskla Poltava 28 June 2022[9][12]   Patrick van Leeuwen 28 June 2022[13][14]
SC Dnipro-1   Igor Jovićević End of contract 30 June 2022   Oleksandr Kucher 29 July 2022[15]
Shakhtar Donetsk   Roberto De Zerbi Mutual agreement 11 July 2022[16]   Igor Jovićević 14 July 2022[17]
Metalist Kharkiv   Oleksandr Kucher Moved to SC Dnipro-1 13 July 2022[18]   Oleh Ratiy (caretaker) 13 July 2022[19][20]
Bukovyna Chernivtsi   Yuriy Kyslytsia (acting) End of interim 31 July 2022[21]   Andriy Melnychuk 31 July 2022[21]
Kryvbas (women)   Alina Stetsenko 1 August 2022   Volodymyr Yefimako 22 August 2022[22]
Epitsentr Kamianets-Podilskyi   Oleh Naduda Change of role 2 September 2022[23] 3rd   Serhiy Nahornyak 2 September 2022[23] 3rd
LNZ Cherkasy   Yuriy Bakalov Dismissed 6 September 2022[24] 5th   Oleksandr Kovpak (acting) 6 September 2022[24] 5th
Veres (women)   Mykola Sidorchuk Joined Armed Forces Pre-season   Olena Ruda 8 September 2022[25] Pre-season
Nyva Ternopil   Andriy Kuptsov Resigned 14 September 2022[26] 6th   Serhiy Zadorozhnyi (acting) 14 September 2022[26] 6th

Clubs removed edit

Notes edit

References edit

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  6. ^ Рубікон виключений зі складу ПФЛ. football.ua. 24 May 2023
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  17. ^ "Igor Jovicevic". FC Shakhtar Donetsk. 14 July 2022. Retrieved 14 July 2022.
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  21. ^ a b Андрей Мельничук официально возглавил Буковину. Sport Arena. 31 July 2022
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  23. ^ a b Нагорняк став головним тренером Епіцентру. Sport Arena. 2 September 2022
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  26. ^ a b Спортивний директор тернопільської Ниви Задорожний тимчасово виконуватиме обов’язки головного тренера. Sport Arena. 14 September 2022