List of Ukrainian football champions

Ukrainian football championship
Founded	1921 (as the Football champion of the UkrSSR)
Country	Ukraine
Confederation	UEFA
Level on pyramid	Ukrainian football league system
Current champions	FC Shakhtar Donetsk ; (2019–20)
Most championships	FC Dynamo Kyiv (28 titles)

The Ukrainian football champions (Ukrainian: Чемпіон України з футболу) are currently identified at the annual football competition of the Ukrainian Premier League which is a top league football competition in the country since 2008.

The history of the title could be traced to 1921 in varying forms of competition as full-pledged nationwide competitions within the Ukrainian SSR (before it officially joined the Soviet Union).

While Shakhtar Donetsk are the current champions, Dynamo Kyiv has won a record 28 championship titles including 13 Soviet Union titles.

Historical outlook

The first national (or rather republican) Ukrainian football championship took place in 1921, just before the official establishment of the Soviet Union. The competition was known as the football championship of cities. It has developed out of a similar tournament that previously took place in the Russian Empire (1912). The detailed information about football competitions in 1920s and early 1930s is scarce. Remarkable is the fact that the dominant team (or teams) of that period was from Kharkiv which until 1934 was the capital of the Soviet pseudo state,^[a] Ukrainian SSR. During that time main cities of Ukraine were conducting own annual competitions among which were Kiev, Kharkiv, Odessa, at the same time in the east Ukraine existed a separate regional competition of Donets basin (Donbas). Winners of those regional competitions qualified for the football championship of cities, hence the name of the tournament.

Football in the West Ukraine has developed as part of the Central European football competitions that later sprang out of the dissolution of Austria-Hungary. Interrupted by the World War I, later it was completely abolished after the Polish occupation of Ukraine at the end of Polish-Ukrainian War. After Polish occupation Ukrainian clubs of West Ukraine that at first were conducting own competitions eventually joined the Polish Football Association among which are Ukraina Lwow, USC Skala Stryi and several others.

In 1936 there was established the Soviet professional football competitions, while the Ukrainian football competitions were integrated within the Soviet competition as republican and declassed to lower tiers. At the same time about three to six of the best clubs from the Soviet Ukraine competed in the Soviet Top League with Dynamo Kyiv competing in it consistently since its establishment. At same time until 1950s the Ukrainian Cup (Cup of the Ukrainian SSR) involved participation of all Ukrainian clubs regardless in which league they competed.

In 1959 a big reform occurred in the Soviet football and champion of Ukrainian football competitions was identified at the Class B football competitions for Ukraine which at first was the second and later the third tier. The Ukrainian football champions of the Soviet Union were not only unknown outside of the Soviet Union, but were also barely recognized within the Union. Nonetheless, over the span of years the Ukrainian club football was very competitive. FC Dynamo Kyiv won the record number of the Soviet top league titles and was the best Soviet club at the European club competitions. In 1991 Soviet Top League there was equal number of Ukrainian and Russian clubs in the league.

Finally after securing its independence in 1992, Ukraine conducts own national league competitions which are recognized worldwide.

List of winners before club competitions

Season	Champion	Runner-up	Third place

1921	Kharkiv	Odessa	?

1922	Kharkiv	Odessa	?

1923	Kharkiv	Yuzivka	?

1924	Kharkiv	Odessa	Donbas

1927	Kharkiv	Mykolaiv	Odessa

1928	Kharkiv	Horlivka	Mykolaiv

1931	Kyiv	Kharkiv	?

1932	Kharkiv	Donbas	Dnipropetrovsk

1934	Kharkiv	Kyiv

1935	Dnipropetrovsk	Kyiv	Kharkiv

Football competitions among Soviet clubs and Soviet sports societies

Best Ukrainian clubs in all-Union competitions

List of the best Ukrainian clubs in the top Soviet competitions^[1]

† — Soviet tier 1
‡ — Soviet tier 2
(no sign) — Soviet tier 3

Season	Best	2nd Best	3rd Best

1936 (spring)	Dinamo Kiev†	Dinamo Dnepropetrovsk‡	Dinamo Kharkov‡

1936 (fall)	Dinamo Kiev†	SiM Kharkov‡	Spartak Kharkov

1937	Dinamo Kiev†	Dinamo Odessa‡	Lokomotiv K.‡ / Stakhanovets‡

1938	Dinamo Kiev†	Dinamo Odessa†	Stakhanovets Stalino†

1939	Dinamo Kiev†	Stakhanovets Stalino†	Dinamo Odessa†

1940	Dinamo Kiev†	Stakhanovets Stalino†	Dinamo Kharkov‡

1941-45	no competitions World War II

1945	Dinamo Kiev†	Stakhanovets Stalino‡	Pishchevik Odessa‡

1946	Dinamo Kiev†	Lokomotiv Kharkov‡	Pishchevik Odessa‡

1947	Dinamo Kiev†	Lokomotiv Kharkov‡	Shakhter Stalino‡

1948	Dinamo Kiev†	Lokomotiv Kharkov‡	Stal Dnepropetrovsk‡

1949	Dinamo Kiev†	Lokomotiv Kharkov†	Shakhter Stalino†

1950	Shakhter Stalino†	Dinamo Kiev†	Lokomotiv Kharkov†

1951	Shakhter Stalino†	Dinamo Kiev†	Lokomotiv Kharkov‡

1952	Dinamo Kiev†	Shakhter Stalino†	Lokomotiv Kharkov‡

1953	Dinamo Kiev†	Lokomotiv Kharkov†	Shakhter Stalino‡

1954	Dinamo Kiev†	Lokomotiv Kharkov†	Shakhter Stalino‡

1955	Dinamo Kiev†	Shakhter Stalino†	ODO Kiev‡

1956	Dinamo Kiev†	Shakhter Stalino†	Metallurg Zaporozhye‡

1957	Dinamo Kiev†	Shakhter Stalino†	Spartak Stanislav‡

1958	Dinamo Kiev†	Shakhter Stalino†	SKVO Odessa‡ SKCF Sevastopol‡ SKVO Lvov‡

1959	Dinamo Kiev†	Shakhter Stalino†	Lokomotiv Vinnitsa‡

1960	Dinamo Kiev†	Avangard Kharkov†	Shakhter Stalino†

1961	Dinamo Kiev†	Avangard Kharkov†	Shakhter Stalino†

1962	Dinamo Kiev†	Shakhter Donetsk†	Avangard Kharkov†

1963	Dinamo Kiev†	Shakhter Donetsk†	Avangard Kharkov†

1964	Shakhter Donetsk†	Dinamo Kiev†	SKA Odessa‡

1965	Dinamo Kiev†	Shakhter Donetsk†	Chernomorets Odessa†

1966	Dinamo Kiev†	Shakhter Donetsk†	Chernomorets Odessa†

1967	Dinamo Kiev†	Shakhter Donetsk†	Zaria Lugansk†

1968	Dinamo Kiev†	Chernomorets Odessa†	Zaria Lugansk†

1969	Dinamo Kiev†	Chernomorets Odessa†	Shakhter Donetsk†

1970	Zaria Lugansk†	Dinamo Kiev†	Shakhter Donetsk†

1971	Dinamo Kiev†	Zaria Lugansk†	Karpaty Lvov†

1972	Zaria Lugansk†	Dinamo Kiev†	Dnepr Dnepropetrovsk†

1973	Dinamo Kiev†	Shakhter Donetsk†	Zaria Lugansk†

1974	Dinamo Kiev†	Chernomorets Odessa†	Dnepr Dnepropetrovsk†

1975	Dinamo Kiev†	Shakhter Donetsk†	Karpaty Lvov†

1976 (spring)	Karpaty Lvov†	Shakhter Donetsk†	Dinamo Kiev†

1976 (fall)	Dinamo Kiev†	Karpaty Lvov†	Chernomorets Odessa†

1977	Dinamo Kiev†	Shakhter Donetsk†	Chernomorets Odessa†

1978	Dinamo Kiev†	Shakhter Donetsk†	Chernomorets Odessa†

1979	Shakhter Donetsk†	Dinamo Kiev†	Chernomorets Odessa†

1980	Dinamo Kiev†	Shakhter Donetsk†	Chernomorets Odessa†

1981	Dinamo Kiev†	Shakhter Donetsk†	Dnepr Dnepropetrovsk†

1982	Dinamo Kiev†	Dnepr Dnepropetrovsk†	Chernomorets Odessa†

1983	Dnepr Dnepropetrovsk†	Dinamo Kiev†	Chernomorets Odessa†

1984	Dnepr Dnepropetrovsk†	Chernomorets Odessa†	Dinamo Kiev†

1985	Dinamo Kiev†	Dnepr Dnepropetrovsk†	Metallist Kharkov†

1986	Dinamo Kiev†	Shakhter Donetsk†	Dnepr Dnepropetrovsk†

1987	Dnepr Dnepropetrovsk†	Dinamo Kiev†	Shakhter Donetsk†

1988	Dnepr Dnepropetrovsk†	Dinamo Kiev†	Shakhter Donetsk†

1989	Dnepr Dnepropetrovsk†	Dinamo Kiev†	Chernomorets Odessa†

1990	Dinamo Kiev†	Dnepr Dnepropetrovsk†	Shakhter Donetsk†

1991	Chernomorets Odessa†	Dinamo Kiev†	Dnepr Dnepropetrovsk†

List of winners of Ukrainian republican football competitions

Season	Group	Champion	Runner-up	Third place

1936		Ordzhonikidze Factory Kramatorsk	Stal Dnipropetrovsk	UDKA Kiev

1937		Spartak Dnipropetrovsk	Zenit Staline	Stalinets Kharkiv

1938		Dzerzhynets Voroshylovhrad	Stal Dniprodzerzhynsk	Dynamo Mykolaiv

1939		Lokomotyv Zaporizhia	Kharchovyk Odesa	Lokomotyv Kharkiv

1940		Lokomotyv Zaporizhia	Stakhanovets Ordzhonikidze	Avanhard Kramatorsk

1941-45	no competitions World War II

1946		Spartak Uzhhorod	DO Kiev	Dzerzhynets Kharkiv

1947		Bilshovyk Mukacheve	Avanhard Kramatorsk	Lokomotyv Kyiv

1948	1	Torpedo Odesa	Dynamo Uzhhorod	Dynamo Vinnytsia
	2	Stal Kostiantynivka	Military Unit 25750 (Kyiv)	Stal Dniprodzerzhynsk
	Play-off	Torpedo Odesa	Stal Kostiantynivka	Dynamo Uzhhorod

1949	1	Metalurh Dniprodzerzhynsk	Metalurh Kostiantynivka	Traktor Kirovohrad
	2	DO Kiev	Spartak Stanislav	Lokomotyv Ternopil
	Play-off	DO Kiev	Metalurh Dniprodzerzhynsk

1950		Spartak Uzhhorod	Trudovi Rezervy Voroshylovhrad	DO Kiev

1951		DO Kiev	ODO Lvov	Mashynobudivnyk Kyiv

1952		Metalurh Zaporizhia	Chervonyi Prapor Mykolaiv	Iskra Mukacheve

1953		Spartak Uzhhorod	Spartak Kherson	Torpedo Taganrog

1954		Mashynobudivnyk Kyiv	Spartak Stanislav	Budivelnyk Mykolaiv

1955		Spartak Stanislav	Spartak Kherson	Torpedo Kirovohrad

1956		Shakhtar Stakhanov	Mashynobudivnyk Kyiv	ODO Odessa

1957		SKVO Odessa	Lokomotyv Artemivsk	Mashynobudivnyk Kyiv

1958		Arsenal Kyiv	Metalurh Nikopol	Naftovyk Drohobych

1959		Avanhard Zhovti Vody	Torpedo Kharkiv	SKVO Odessa

1960	1	Sudnobudivnyk Mykolaiv	Lokomotyv Vinnytsia	Arsenal Kyiv
1960	2	Metalurh Zaporizhia	SKA Odessa	Trudovi Rezervy Luhansk

1961	1	Chornomorets Odesa	Lokomotyv Vinnytsia	Zirka Kirovohrad
1961	2	SKA Odessa	Trudovi Rezervy Luhansk	Avanhard Zhovti Vody

1962	1	Chornomorets Odesa	Polissya Zhytomyr	Lokomotyv Donetsk
	2	SKA Odessa	Metalurh Zaporizhia	SKA Kiev
	3	Trudovi Rezervy Luhansk	Avanhard Simferopol	Lokomotyv Vinnytsia

1963	1	Lokomotyv Vinnytsia	SKA Lvov	Zirka Kirovohrad
1963	2	SKA Odessa	Azovstal Zhdanov	Torpedo Kharkiv

1964	1	Polissya Zhytomyr	SKA Lvov	Verkhovyna Uzhhorod
	2	SKA Kiev	Lokomotyv Vinnytsia	Zirka Kirovohrad
	3	Tavriya Simferopol	Shakhtar Kadievka	Hirnyk Kryvyi Rih

1965	1	SKA Kiev	Avanhard Zhovti Vody	Kolos Poltava
	2	SKA Lvov	Avanhard Ternopil	Zirka Kirovohrad
	3	Tavriya Simferopol	Shakhtar Kadievka	Kommunarets Kommunarsk

1966	1	Dynamo Khmelnytskyi	Desna Chernihiv	SKCF Sevastopol
1966	2	Avanhard Zhovti Vody	Lokomotyv Kherson	Dnipro Kremenchuk

1967	1	Avtomobilist Zhytomyr	Dnipro Cherkasy	Dnipro Kremenchuk
1967	2	Khimik Severodonetsk	Torpedo Kharkiv	Shakhtar Kadievka

1968	1	Avanhard Ternopil	Bukovyna Chernivtsi	Dynamo Khmelnytskyi
1968	2	Lokomotyv Donetsk	Spartak Sumy	Desna Chernihiv

1969	1	Spartak Ivano-Frankivsk	Prometey Dniprodzerzhynsk	Karpaty Mukacheve
1969	2	Spartak Sumy	Shakhtar Horlivka	Shakhtar Sverdlovsk

1970	2nd A	Metalurh Zaporizhia	Tavriya Simferopol	Avtomobilist Zhytomyr
1970	B	Khimik Severodonetsk	Lokomotyv Vinnytsia	Lokomotyv Donetsk

1971		Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih	Sudnobudivnyk Mykolaiv	Avtomobilist Zhytomyr

1972		Spartak Ivano-Frankivsk	Hoverla Uzhhorod	Tavriya Simferopol

1973		Tavriya Simferopol	Avtomobilist Zhytomyr	Sudnobudivnyk Mykolaiv

1974		Sudnobudivnyk Mykolaiv	Metalist Kharkiv	Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih

1975		Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih	Avtomobilist Zhytomyr	SC Lutsk

1976		Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih	Metalist Kharkiv	SKA Odessa

1977		SKA Odessa	SKA Kiev	Kolos Nikopol

1978		Metalist Kharkiv	Kolos Nikopol	SKA Kiev

1979		Kolos Nikopol	SKA Kiev	SKA Lviv

1980		SKA Kiev	Bukovyna Chernivtsi	SKA Lvov

1981		Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih	Nyva Vinnytsia	Avanhard Rivne

1982		Bukovyna Chernivtsi	Desna Chernihiv	Kolos Pavlohrad

1983		SKA Kiev	Kolos Pavlohrad	Nyva Vinnytsia

1984		Nyva Vinnytsia	Kolos Pavlohrad	Sudnobudivnyk Mykolaiv

1985		Tavriya Simferopol	Nyva Vinnytsia	Sudnobudivnyk Mykolaiv

1986		Zoria Voroshylovhrad	Tavriya Simferopol	SKA Kiev

1987		Tavriya Simferopol	Nyva Ternopil	Prykarpattia Ivano-Frankivsk

1988		Bukovyna Chernivtsi	Vorskla Poltava	SKA Kiev

1989^[2]^[3]		Volyn Lutsk	Bukovyna Chernivtsi	Nyva Ternopil

1990		Torpedo Zaporizhia	Sudnobudivnyk Mykolaiv	Avanhard Rivne

1991		Naftovyk Okhtyrka	Prykarpattia Ivano-Frankivsk	Kolos Nikopol

List of winners since the post-Soviet independence

Vyshcha Liha

Season	Champion	Runner-up	Third place	Top goalscorer	Rank
1992	Tavriya Simferopol	Dynamo Kyiv	Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk	Yuri Hudymenko (Tavriya Simferopol, 12 goals)	N/A^[4]
1992–93	Dynamo Kyiv	Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk	Chornomorets Odessa	Serhiy Husyev (Chornomorets Odessa, 17 goals)	28/39
1993–94	Dynamo Kyiv	Shakhtar Donetsk	Chornomorets Odessa	Timerlan Huseinov (Chornomorets Odessa, 18 goals)	24/44
1994–95	Dynamo Kyiv	Chornomorets Odessa	Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk	Arsen Avakov (Torpedo Zaporizhzhya, 21 goals)	24/47
1995–96	Dynamo Kyiv	Chornomorets Odessa	Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk	Timerlan Huseinov (Chornomorets Odessa, 20 goals)	19/48
1996–97	Dynamo Kyiv	Shakhtar Donetsk	Vorskla Poltava	Oleh Matveyev (Shakhtar Donetsk, 21 goals)	22/48
1997–98	Dynamo Kyiv	Shakhtar Donetsk	Karpaty Lviv	Serhiy Rebrov (Dynamo Kyiv, 22 goals)	17/49
1998–99	Dynamo Kyiv	Shakhtar Donetsk	Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih	Andriy Shevchenko (Dynamo Kyiv, 18 goals)	15/50
1999–00	Dynamo Kyiv	Shakhtar Donetsk	Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih	Maksim Shatskikh (Dynamo Kyiv, 20 goals)	12/50
2000–01	Dynamo Kyiv	Shakhtar Donetsk	Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk	Andriy Vorobei (Shakhtar Donetsk, 21 goals)	13/51
2001–02	Shakhtar Donetsk	Dynamo Kyiv	Metalurh Donetsk	Serhiy Shyschenko (Metalurh Donetsk, 12 goals)	13/51
2002–03	Dynamo Kyiv	Shakhtar Donetsk	Metalurh Donetsk	Maksim Shatskikh (Dynamo Kyiv, 22 goals)	14/52
2003–04	Dynamo Kyiv	Shakhtar Donetsk	Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk	Georgi Demetradze (Metalurh Donetsk, 18 goals)	14/52
2004–05	Shakhtar Donetsk	Dynamo Kyiv	Metalurh Donetsk	Oleksandr Kosyrin (Chornomorets Odessa, 14 goals)	15/52
2005–06	Shakhtar Donetsk	Dynamo Kyiv	Chornomorets Odessa	Brandão (Shakhtar Donetsk, 15 goals) Emmanuel Okoduwa (Arsenal Kyiv, 15 goals)	13/52
2006–07	Dynamo Kyiv	Shakhtar Donetsk	Metalist Kharkiv	Oleksandr Hladky (FC Kharkiv, 13 goals)	11/52
2007–08	Shakhtar Donetsk	Dynamo Kyiv	~~Metalist Kharkiv~~ (bronze stripped)	Marko Dević (Metalist Kharkiv, 19 goals)	12/53

Premier League

Season	Champion	Runner-up	Third place	Top goalscorer	Rank
2008–09	Dynamo Kyiv	Shakhtar Donetsk	Metalist Kharkiv	Oleksandr Kovpak (Tavriya Simferopol, 17 goals)	7/53
2009–10	Shakhtar Donetsk	Dynamo Kyiv	Metalist Kharkiv	Artem Milevsky (Dynamo Kyiv, 17 goals)	7/53
2010–11	Shakhtar Donetsk	Dynamo Kyiv	Metalist Kharkiv	Yevhen Seleznyov (Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk, 17 goals)	8/53
2011–12	Shakhtar Donetsk	Dynamo Kyiv	Metalist Kharkiv	Yevhen Seleznyov (Shakhtar Donetsk, 14 goals) Maicon (Volyn Lutsk, 14 goals)	9/53
2012–13	Shakhtar Donetsk	Metalist Kharkiv	Dynamo Kyiv	Henrikh Mkhitaryan (Shakhtar Donetsk, 25 goals)	7/53
2013–14	Shakhtar Donetsk	Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk	Metalist Kharkiv	Luiz Adriano (Shakhtar Donetsk, 20 goals)	9/53
2014–15	Dynamo Kyiv	Shakhtar Donetsk	Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk	Alex Teixeira (Shakhtar Donetsk, 17 goals) Eric Bicfalvi (Volyn Lutsk, 17 goals)	8/54
2015–16	Dynamo Kyiv	Shakhtar Donetsk	Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk	Alex Teixeira (Shakhtar Donetsk, 22 goals)	8/54
2016–17	Shakhtar Donetsk	Dynamo Kyiv	Zorya Luhansk	Andriy Yarmolenko (Dynamo Kyiv, 15 goals)	8/55
2017–18	Shakhtar Donetsk	Dynamo Kyiv	Vorskla Poltava	Facundo Ferreyra (Shakhtar Donetsk, 21 goal)	8/55
2018–19	Shakhtar Donetsk	Dynamo Kyiv	Oleksandriya	Júnior Moraes (Shakhtar Donetsk, 19 goals)	9/55
2019–20	Shakhtar Donetsk	Dynamo Kyiv	Zorya Luhansk		10/55

Note: the Rank column shows the ranking of the league amongst members of UEFA.

Performance by club

Performance by club since 1992.

Club	Winners	Runners-up	Third place	Winning years
Dynamo Kyiv	15	12	1	1992–93, 1993–94, 1994–95, 1995–96, 1996–97, 1997–98, 1998–99, 1999–2000, 2000–01, 2002–03, 2003–04, 2006–07, 2008–09, 2014–15, 2015–16
Shakhtar Donetsk	13	12	–	2001–02, 2004–05, 2005–06, 2007–08, 2009–10, 2010–11, 2011–12, 2012–13, 2013–14, 2016–17, 2017–18, 2018–19, 2019–20
Tavriya Simferopol	1	–	–	1992
Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk	–	2	7
Chornomorets Odesa	–	2	3
Metalist Kharkiv	–	1	6
Metalurh Donetsk	–	–	3
Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih	–	–	2
Vorskla Poltava	–	–	2
Zorya Luhansk	–	–	2
Karpaty Lviv	–	–	1
Oleksandriya	–	–	1
Total	29	29	28

Note: Defunct teams marked in Italics.

Ukrainian clubs in the Soviet competitions

Ukrainian medalists of the Soviet Top League

Club	Winners	Runners-up	Third place	Winning years
Dynamo Kyiv	13	11	3	1961, 1966, 1967, 1968, 1971, 1974, 1975, 1977, 1980, 1981, 1985, 1986, 1990
Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk	2	2	2	1983, 1988
Zorya Voroshilovgrad	1	–	–	1972
Shakhtar Donetsk	–	2	2
Chornomorets Odesa	—	—	1

All-time table of Ukrainian clubs in the Soviet Top League

List of records of Ukrainian clubs in Soviet Top League.

Rank	Team	Seasons	First year	Last year	P	W	D	L	GF	GA	Pts	1st	2nd	3rd	Other names used
1	FC Dynamo Kyiv	54	1936	1991	1483	681	456	346	2306	1566	1810	13	11	3
2	FC Shakhtar Donetsk	44	1938	1991	1288	434	379	475	1522	1641	1241	–	2	2	Stakhanovets Stalino
3	FC Chornomorets Odesa	24	1965	1991	738	244	217	277	777	884	699	–	–	1
4	FC Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk	19	1972	1991	554	227	154	173	729	634	604	2	2	2
5	FC Metalist Kharkiv	14	1960	1991	438	133	124	181	413	530	390	–	–	–	Avanhard Kharkiv
6	FC Zorya Luhansk	14	1967	1979	412	125	135	152	416	469	377	1	–	–	Zorya Voroshylovhrad
7	FC Karpaty Lviv	9	1971	1980	244	68	85	91	250	301	218	–	–	–
8	FC Lokomotyv Kharkiv	4	1949	1954	34	23	57	47	112	176	91	–	–	–
9	FC Dynamo Odesa	2	1938	1939	51	16	13	22	64	102	45	–	–	–
10	SKA Odessa	2	1965	1966	68	4	19	45	38	121	27	–	–	–
11	FC Metalurh Zaporizhya	1	1991		30	9	7	14	27	38	25	–	–	–
12	FC Tavriya Simferopol	1	1981		34	8	7	19	27	54	23	–	–	–
13	FC Silmash Kharkiv	1	1938		25	8	6	11	34	45	22	–	–	–
14	FC Lokomotyv Kyiv	1	1938		25	8	5	12	43	64	21	–	–	–
15	FC Spartak Kharkiv	1	1938		25	5	7	13	43	63	17	–	–	–

Ukrainian medalists of the Soviet First League

Club	Winners	Runners-up	Third place	Winning years
Chornomorets Odesa	3	1	3	1961, 1973, 1987
Karpaty Lviv	2	1	–	1970, 1979
Lokomotyv Kharkiv	2	–	1	1948, 1952
Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk	1	2	1	1971
Shakhtar Donetsk	1	1	1	1954
Tavriya Simferopol	1	–	2	1980
Metalist Kharkiv	1	–	2	1981
Metalurh Zaporizhia	1	–	2	1960
Lokomotyv Vinnytsia	1	–	1	1959
Trudovi Rezervy Luhansk	1	–	–	1962*
Zorya Luhansk	1	–	–	1966

All-time table of Ukrainian clubs in the Soviet First League

List of records of Ukrainian clubs in Soviet First League.^[5]

Rank	Team	Seasons	First year	Last year	P	W	D	L	GF	GA	Pts	1st	2nd	3rd	Other names used
1	FC Metalurh Zaporizhia	40	1947	1990	1471	564	406	501	1918	1690	1534	1	–	2
2	FC Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk	26	1939	1980	873	378	223	272	1226	1055	979	1	2	1	Stal Dnipropetrovsk
3	SC Tavriya Simferopol	23	1958	1991	890	343	240	307	1162	1043	926	1	–	2
4	SKA Karpaty Lviv	23	1949	1989	813	344	202	267	1058	918	890	–	–	2	SKA Lvov, ODO Lvov, SC Lutsk
5	FC Chornomorets Odesa	22	1940	1973	703	343	164	196	1132	771	850	3	1	3	Pishchevik Odesa
6	FC Metalist Kharkiv	21	1947	1981	772	316	211	245	913	784	843	1	–	2	Avanhard Kharkiv
7	FC Zorya Voroshylovhrad	18	1939	1987	710	283	190	237	947	844	756	2	–	–
8	SKA Kiev	19	1947	1982	599	244	155	200	839	681	643	–	–	–	DO Kiev, SC Chernigov
9	SKA Odessa	14	1958	1982	547	227	152	168	699	551	606	–	–	–	ODO Odessa
10	FC Prykarpattia Ivano-Frankivsk	16	1956	1981	596	206	139	251	694	840	551	–	–	–	Spartak Ivano-Frankivsk
11	FC Karpaty Lviv	12	1963	1981	451	206	121	124	629	422	533	–	–	–
12	FC Sudnobudivnyk Mykolaiv	15	1939	1968	495	175	152	168	598	612	502	–	–	–
13	FC Kolos Nikopol	9	1962	1987	424	170	97	157	560	527	437	–	–	–
14	FC Nyva Vinnytsia	9	1958	1968	358	145	116	97	461	350	406	–	–	–	Lokomotyv Vinnytsia
15	FC Zakarpattia Uzhhorod	13	1947	1962	384	133	114	137	498	460	380	–	–	–	Hoverla Uzhhorod
16	FC Zirka Kirovohrad	8	1958	1968	312	127	88	97	418	330	342	–	–	–
17	FC Krystal Kherson	9	1947	1968	316	100	91	125	389	439	291	–	–	–	Lokomotyv Kherson
18	SKChF Sevastopol	9	1954	1968	300	97	78	125	373	402	272	–	–	–
19	FC Kolos Poltava	7	1957	1968	280	91	83	106	308	335	265	–	–	–
20	FC Polissya Zhytomyr	5	1959	1968	210	93	53	64	284	202	239	–	–	–
21	FC Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih	8	1959	1977	297	77	79	141	326	453	233	–	–	–
22	FC Lokomotyv Kharkiv	7	1945	1955	178	93	45	40	334	176	231	–	–	–
23	FC Shakhtar Stakhanov	8	1948	1962	286	79	73	134	286	410	231	–	–	–
24	FC Shakhtar Donetsk	7	1959	1968	163	94	41	28	324	134	229	–	–	–
25	FC Bukovyna Chernivtsi	6	1949	1991	218	81	57	80	266	279	219	–	–	–
26	FC Novator Zhdanov	5	1960	1969	193	61	65	67	193	218	187	–	–	–
27	FC Avanhard Zhovti Vody	5	1960	1968	189	58	68	63	181	193	184	–	–	–
28	FC Lokomotyv Donetsk	5	1958	1962	162	69	43	50	254	227	181	–	–	–
29	FC Khimik Severodonetsk	5	1960	1969	193	60	52	81	193	246	172	–	–	–
30	SC Prometei Dniprodzerzhynsk	6	1957	1962	198	49	56	93	192	295	154	–	–	–
31	FC Avanhard Rivne	5	1958	1962	158	56	40	62	246	262	152	–	–	–
32	FC Dnipro Cherkasy	5	1958	1962	158	49	54	55	160	186	152	–	–	–
33	FC Avanhard Ternopil	5	1959	1969	170	51	49	70	177	233	151	–	–	–	Budivelnyk Ternopil
34	FC Arsenal Kyiv	4	1959	1962	128	49	41	38	191	141	139	–	–	–
35	FC Avanhard Kramatorsk	5	1948	1962	154	49	37	68	191	250	135	–	–	–
36	FC Desna Chernihiv	4	1960	1969	142	40	48	54	156	212	128	–	–	–
37	FC Shakhtar Horlivka	4	1959	1962	132	40	38	54	156	202	118	–	–	–
38	FC Podillya Khmelnytskyi	4	1960	1969	142	37	43	62	144	203	117	–	–	–	Dynamo Khmelnytskyi
39	FC Torpedo Kharkiv	4	1949	1962	140	37	42	61	157	230	116	–	–	–
40	FC Spartak Lviv	3	1947	1949	78	41	15	22	153	112	97	–	–	–
41	FC Frunzenets Sumy	3	1960	1962	106	23	41	42	113	154	87	–	–	–
42	FC Bilshovyk Mukacheve	2	1948	1949	51	31	7	13	108	60	69	–	–	–
43	FC Naftovyk Drohobych	3	1960	1962	100	22	24	54	98	182	68	–	–	–
44	FC Volyn Lutsk	3	1960	1962	100	20	25	55	97	163	65	–	–	–
45	FC Dynamo Kharkiv	3	1936	1940	55	23	13	19	90	77	59	–	–	–
46	FC Lokomotyv Kyiv	2	1939	1940	48	22	6	20	73	67	50	–	–	–
47	FC Dynamo Voroshylovhrad	3	1947	1949	72	14	19	39	97	160	47	–	–	–
48	FC Silmash Kharkiv	3	1936	1940	55	16	10	29	85	102	42	–	–	–
49	FC Dnipro Kremenchuk	1	1968		45	9	15	21	28	50	33	–	–	–
50	FC Shakhtar Oleksandriya	1	1962		34	10	10	14	34	45	30	–	–	–
51	FC Spartak Kyiv	1	1949		34	11	8	15	43	57	30	–	–	–
52	FC Spartak Kharkiv	1	1939		22	8	1	13	35	45	17	–	–	–
53	FC Dynamo Dnipropetrovsk	1	1936		7	2	1	4	7	14	5	–	–	–

Separate notes about Soviet clubs

FC Chornomorets Odesa, historically traces its lineage based on performance of Chornomorets only as a team of Black Sea Shipping Company with 1959 being the date of the club's establishment.
- Since the club was acquired by Leonid Klimov, the club has also assumed history of other sports societies such as the city's trade union Kharchovyk (Pischevik), and later both FC Dynamo Odessa and Metalurh Odesa.
FC Zorya Luhansk, always keeps the history of football club of Luhanskteplovoz, while existence of sports association of students Trudovi Rezervy also was mentioned
FC Metalist Kharkiv, always keeps the history of football club of Malyshev Factory, while existence of the Southern Railways Lokomotyv also was mentioned, yet FC Dynamo Kharkiv not at all
FC Dnipro, keeps history of the Yuzhmash's football club Dnepr, part of the Soviet Zenit sports society and successor of Metalurh sports society of the local Petrovsky factory that existed since 1925 as Stal. Since dissolution of the Soviet Union, historical claims were laid for club that existed since 1918.

Notes

^ Ukrainian SSR was not recognized until 1945.

References and notes

^ Teams out of Ukraine in championships of the Russian Empire and the Soviet Union (Команди з України у чемпіонатах Російської імперії та СРСР). www.kopanyi-myach.info.
^ Two other teams were participating in another group: FC Karpaty Lviv and FC Desna Chernihiv. Karpaty placed third in that group.
^ The first nine (9) teams from each group were to form the three (3) buffer groups as a medium between the First League and the Second League.
^ part of Soviet Union
^ http://wildstat.ru/p/2092/cht/23/stat/summary

External links

(in English and Ukrainian) Football Federation of Ukraine
(in English, Ukrainian, and Russian) Official national league website

[1] Ukrainian SSR was not recognized until 1945.

[2] Teams out of Ukraine in championships of the Russian Empire and the Soviet Union (Команди з України у чемпіонатах Російської імперії та СРСР). www.kopanyi-myach.info.

[3] Two other teams were participating in another group: FC Karpaty Lviv and FC Desna Chernihiv. Karpaty placed third in that group.

[4] The first nine (9) teams from each group were to form the three (3) buffer groups as a medium between the First League and the Second League.

[5] rt of Soviet Union

[6] ttp://wildstat.ru/p/2092/cht/23/stat/summary

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