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.
Season | 2024–25 |
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Dates | 7 August 2024 – 23 November 2024 (first stage) April 2025 – May 2025 (second stage) June 2025 (play-offs) |
Matches played | 37 |
Goals scored | 85 (2.3 per match) |
Biggest home win | 3–0 (Poltava – Dinaz, Round 3) 5–2 (Epitsentr – Khust, Round 3) |
Biggest away win | 1–4 (Dinaz – Mariupol, Round 4) |
Highest scoring | 5–2 (Epitsentr – Khust, Round 3) |
Highest attendance | 1,910 (Bukovyna – Ahrobiznes, Round 4) |
Lowest attendance | 0 (16 matches) |
Total attendance | 11,840 |
Average attendance | 564 |
← 2023–24 2025–26 →
All statistics correct as of 7 September 2024
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Format
editThe 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
editThis season, Ukrainian First League consisted of 18 teams.
Promoted teams
editTwo teams were promoted at the end of the 2023–24 Ukrainian Second League.
- UCSA Tarasivka – playoff winner (debut)
- FC Kudrivka – placed 7th (debut, replacing "Kudrivka-Nyva")
Relegated teams
editTwo teams were relegated at the end of the 2023–24 Ukrainian Premier League.
- Metalist 1925 Kharkiv – 16th placed (returning after three seasons)
- FC Mynai – 15th placed (returning after four seasons)
Administrative issues
editTemporary relocation
editDue to the Russian military aggression, three clubs in the league were forced to relocate.
- FC Metalist Kharkiv moved to Uzhhorod
- FSC Mariupol moved to Boryspil
- FC Metalist 1925 Kharkiv moved to Zolocha community (Kyiv suburb)
Administrative admissions
edit- 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]
Withdrawn
edit- PFC Zviahel – promoted as a playoff winner to debut, but withdrawn before the season started
- Kudrivka-Nyva – partially merged during the last season's winter break, the club completed merger
- Druzhba Myrivka – winner of the 2023–24 Ukrainian Second League withdrawn from competitions
- FC Khust – after playing only three matches, the club announced that it withdraws from the league. On the moment of its announcement, it lost all its 3 matches and was placing the last 9th position.[4]
Location map
editThe following displays the location of teams.
Stadiums
editThe 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.[5]
Personnel and sponsorship
editNotes:
- ^ 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
editTeam | Outgoing head coach | Manner of departure | Date of vacancy | Table | Incoming head coach | Date of appointment |
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Nyva Ternopil | Oleksandr Stakhiv | Mutual agreement | 10 June 2024[9] | Pre-season | Yevhen Kalynychenko | 19 June 2024[10] |
Metalurh Zaporizhia | Anton Hai (caretaker) | End of interim | 23 June 2024 | Volodymyr Shapovalov | 23 June 2024[11] | |
Dinaz Vyshhorod | Oleksandr Holovko | Change of role | 16 July 2024 | Oleksandr Ryabokon | 16 July 2024[12] | |
UCSA Tarasivka | Mykola Tsymbal | Sacked | 23 July 2024[13] | Dmytro Chyrykal | 23 July 2024[14] | |
Metalist 1925 Kharkiv | Viktor Skrypnyk | Resigned | 26 July 2024 | Serhiy Karpenko (interim) | 28 July 2024[15] | |
Serhiy Karpenko (interim) | End of interim spell | 20 August 2024 | 7th (group B) | Patrick van Leeuwen | 20 August 2024[16] | |
Kudrivka | Roman Loktionov | Sacked | 4 September 2024[17][18] | 4th (group B) | Vasyl Baranov (interim) | 4 September 2024 |
Group A league table
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Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion, qualification or relegation |
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1 | Ahrobiznes Volochysk | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 2 | +4 | 12 | Qualified to the Promotion group |
2 | Epitsentr Kamianets-Podilskyi | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | +3 | 7[a] | |
3 | Bukovyna Chernivtsi | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | −1 | 7[a] | |
4 | Nyva Ternopil | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 4[b] | |
5 | Mynai | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 6 | −1 | 4[b] | Qualified to the Relegation group |
6 | Metalist Kharkiv | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 4 | −1 | 3 | |
7 | Podillia Khmelnytskyi | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 4 | −1 | 3 | |
8 | Prykarpattia Ivano-Frankivsk | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 8 | −3 | 2 | |
- | Khust | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Withdrawn and record annulled[4] |
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).[5]
Notes:
Group A results
editGroup A results by week
editGroup A goalscorers
editAs of 7 September 2024[update][19]
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Group A clean sheets
editAs of 6 September 2024[update][20]
Rank | Player | Club | Clean sheets |
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1 | Oleh Bilyk | Epitsentr Kamianets-Podilskyi | 3 |
2 | Danylo Kanevtsev | Bukovyna Chernivtsi | 2 |
Dmytro Nepohodov | Podillia Khmelnytskyi | ||
Roman Pidkivka | Ahrobiznes Volochysk | ||
5 | 3 player(s) | 1 |
Group B league table
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Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion, qualification or relegation |
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1 | Poltava | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 1 | +6 | 11 | Qualified to the Promotion group |
2 | UCSA Tarasivka | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 5 | +5 | 10 | |
3 | Viktoriya Sumy | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 2 | +7 | 9 | |
4 | Kudrivka | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 4 | +1 | 8 | |
5 | Mariupol | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 9 | −1 | 7 | Qualified to the Relegation group |
6 | Metalurh Zaporizhia | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 7 | −4 | 5 | |
7 | Metalist 1925 Kharkiv | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 4 | −1 | 3 | |
8 | Dinaz Vyshhorod | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 9 | −6 | 2 | |
9 | Kremin Kremenchuk | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 9 | −7 | 1 |
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).[5]
Group B results
editGroup B Results by week
editGroup B goalscorers
editAs of 11 September 2024[update][19]
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Group B clean sheets
editAs of 11 September 2024[update][20]
Rank | Player | Club | Clean sheets |
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1 | Valeriy Voskonyan | SC Poltava | 4 |
2 | Nikita Fedotov | UCSA Tarasivka | 3 |
3 | Oleksandr Lytvynenko | Viktoriya Sumy | 2 |
Anton Osadchuk | Metalurh Zaporizhia | ||
Anton Yashkov | FC Kudrivka | ||
6 | 2 player(s) | 1 |
Awards
editMonthly awards
editMonth | Player of the Month | Ref. | |
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Player | Club | ||
August 2024 | |||
September 2024 | |||
October 2024 | |||
March 2025 | |||
April 2025 |
Round awards
edit- Fall half
Round | Player | Coach | ||||
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Player | Club | Reference | Coach | Club | Reference | |
Round 1 | Andriy Bezhenar | Epitsentr Kamianets-Podilskyi | [24] | Oleh Krasnopyorov | FSC Mariupol | [24] |
Round 2 | Dmytro Shcherbak | SC Poltava | [25] | Oleksandr Chyzhevskyi | Ahrobiznes Volochysk | [25] |
Round 3 | Danylo Kravchuk | Epitsentr Kamianets-Podilskyi | [26] | Dmytro Chyrykal | UCSA Tarasivka | [26] |
Round 4 | Ruslan Palamar | Viktoriya Sumy | [27] | Oleh Krasnopyorov | FSC Mariupol | [27] |
Round 5 | Dmytro Haladey | Nyva Ternopil | [28] | Yevhen Kalynychenko | Nyva Ternopil | [28] |
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
editThe 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. | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
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x – x | ||||
x – x |
Number of teams by region
editSee also
editReferences
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- ^ ""Подоляни" об'єднуються з "Хустом" і гратимуть у першій професійній лізі" (in Ukrainian). sports.te.ua. 21 June 2024. Retrieved 21 June 2024.
- ^ "ФК «Хуст» змінює «прописку»" (in Ukrainian). zaf.org.ua. 23 June 2024. Archived from the original on 29 June 2024. Retrieved 29 June 2024.
- ^ a b "Найжахливіший теракт! Визначено долю двох матчів Першої ліги: всі деталі від Адміністрації ПФЛ" (in Ukrainian). pfl.ua. 4 September 2024. Archived from the original on 5 September 2024. Retrieved 4 September 2024.
- ^ a b c "РЕГЛАМЕНТ Всеукраїнських змагань з футболу серед команд клубів Професіональної футбольної ліги сезону 2020/21" (PDF) (in Ukrainian). 28 August 2020. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2020-09-07. Retrieved 6 September 2020.
- ^ "Новачок Першої ліги повертає на футбольну мапу України історичний стадіон" [The newcomer of the First League is returning the historic stadium to the football map of Ukraine]. football24.ua (in Ukrainian). 12 July 2023. Retrieved 24 July 2023.
- ^ Эпицентр в Первой лиге будет играть в Каменце-Подольском. UA-Football. 29 July 2022
- ^ Сергій Старенький: Діназ робитиме акцент на молоді. ukr-futbol.com. 29 June 2023
- ^ "Дякуємо за співпрацю Олександру Стахіву!" (in Ukrainian). fcnyva.com. 10 June 2024. Archived from the original on 19 June 2024. Retrieved 21 June 2024.
- ^ "Євген Калиниченко - головний тренер футбольного клубу «Нива» Тернопіль!" (in Ukrainian). fcnyva.com. 11 June 2024. Archived from the original on 19 June 2024. Retrieved 21 June 2024.
- ^ "Металург очолить новий головний тренер: він раніше грав за запоріжців" [Metalurh will be managed by a new head coach: earlier he played for the Zaporizhians]. ukrfootball.ua (in Ukrainian). 23 June 2024. Archived from the original on 30 June 2024. Retrieved 30 June 2024.
- ^ "Повернення Десни все ближче? Рябоконь став до роботи в клубі Першої ліги та зацікавлений у двох експідопічних" [Is the return of Desna coming close? Ryabokon was employed by the First League club and is interested in two of his former proteges]. ukrfootball.ua (in Ukrainian). 16 July 2024. Archived from the original on 4 August 2024. Retrieved 4 August 2024.
- ^ "ЮКСА попрощалася з Цимбалом, тренер жорстко відреагував: «До згоди ми ще не дійшли»" (in Ukrainian). ukrfootball.ua. 23 July 2024. Archived from the original on 4 August 2024. Retrieved 4 August 2024.
- ^ "ЮКСА презентувала нового головного тренера: хто замінив Цимбала на посаді наставника команди" (in Ukrainian). ukrfootball.ua. 23 July 2024. Archived from the original on 5 August 2024. Retrieved 4 August 2024.
- ^ "Сергій Карпенко - виконувач обов'язків головного тренера "Металіста 1925"" (in Ukrainian). metalist1925.com. 28 July 2024. Archived from the original on 5 August 2024. Retrieved 4 August 2024.
- ^ "Патрік ван Леувен - головний тренер "Металіста 1925"" (in Ukrainian). metalist1925.com. 4 September 2024. Archived from the original on 5 September 2024. Retrieved 4 September 2024.
- ^ "Кудрівка звільнила головного тренера" (in Ukrainian). www.ua-football.com. 4 September 2024. Retrieved 4 September 2024.
- ^ "Кудрівка розпрощалася з Локтіоновим та його помічником Назаренком, в. о. головного тренера призначено Баранова" (in Ukrainian). www.ua-football.com. 4 September 2024. Archived from the original on 4 September 2024. Retrieved 4 September 2024.
- ^ a b "Професіональна футбольна ліга України".
- ^ a b "Most Clean Sheets". www.footystats.org/. Retrieved 2 September 2022.
- ^ Матч першого туру ПФЛ між Вікторією та Диназом перенесено на невизначений термін. sportarena.com. 7 August 2024
- ^ Визначено долю матчу Вікторія - Діназ: рішення адміністрації ПФЛ. pfl.ua. 16 August 2024
- ^ Матч Першої ліги Вікторія – Кремінь перенесено через безпекову ситуацію у Сумській області. sportarena.com. 26 August 2024
- ^ a b "Блискучий дебют Білика та Станковича, найкращий парагваєць ПФЛ: уся збірна 1-го туру першого етапу Першої ліги". 11 August 2024.
- ^ a b "Арі Моура, Щербак, Ременяк і Різник: уся збірна 2-го туру першого етапу Першої ліги". 19 August 2024.
- ^ a b "Кравчук, Демченко, Кілєвий і екс-воротар збірної Казахстану: вся збірна 3-го туру першого етапу Першої ліги". 27 August 2024.
- ^ a b "Краснопьоров, Гончарук, Паламар і вся збірна 4-го туру першого етапу Першої ліги". 2 September 2024.
- ^ a b "Галадей, Перебора, Кравчук, нев'янучий Шаврін і епічний персонаж із Діназа: вся збірна 5-го туру першого етапу Першої ліги". 9 September 2024.
External links
edit- The season's regulations. pfl.ua.
- The season's playing calendar. pfl.ua.