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Ukrainian First League
Founded1992; 32 years ago (1992)
Country Ukraine
Number of clubs20 (for 2023–24)
Level on pyramid2
Promotion toUkrainian Premier League
Relegation toUkrainian Second League
Domestic cup(s)Ukrainian Cup
Current championsInhulets Petrove
(2023–24)
Most championships3 – Dynamo-2 Kyiv, Hoverla Uzhhorod, Zirka Kropyvnytskyi
Top goalscorer116 – Vadym Plotnikov and Serhiy Chuichenko (2018)[1]
Sponsor(s)FavBet (2014–15)
Websitepfl.ua
Current: 2024–25 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

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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

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The following teams are competing in the 2024–25 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
2023–24 		First season
in 1L 		Seasons
in 1L
Ahrobiznes Volochysk Yunist 2,700 8th 2018/19 5
Bukovyna Chernivtsi Bukovyna 12,076 11th 1994/95 14
Dinaz Demydiv Dinaz 500 15th 2022/23 2
Epitsentr Kamianets-Podilskyi imeni Tonkocheyeva 2,587 4th 2022/23 2
Khust Khust Karpaty 5,200 16th 2023/24 1
Kremin Kremenchuk Kremin-Arena 1,500 18th 1968/1997–98 9 (1)
Mariupol Mariupol Kolos (Boryspil) 5,400 9th 2022/23 2
Metalist Kharkiv Avanhard (Uzhhorod) 10,383 14th 1994/95 7
Metalist 1925 Kharkiv Livyi Bereh Arena 4,700 PL: 16th 2018/19 3
Metalurh Zaporizhia Slavutych Arena 12,000 17 2018/19 3
Mynai Mynai Mynai Arena 1,312 PL: 15th 2019/20 1
Kudrivka-Nyva Buzova Yuvileinyi (Bucha) 1,028 6th 2023/24 1
Nyva Ternopil Ternopil Misky imeni Shukhevycha 15,150 13th 2001/02 9
Podillya Khmelnytskyi Podillya 6,800 12th 1992 9
Poltava Poltava Molodizhnyi 680 10th 2022/23 2
Prykarpattia Ivano-Frankivsk Rukh 6,500 5th 2018/19 6
UCSA Tarasivka imeni Bannikova (Kyiv) 1,678 2L: 2nd 2024/25 debut
Viktoriya Sumy Yuvileiny 25,830 7th 2023/24 1

Location map

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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 2024–25 Ukrainian First League.
 — Group A            — Group B

Format of competition

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A runner-up trophy of the Ukrainian First League

General description

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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

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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

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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

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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

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Promoted teams are indicated in bold.

Season Group Winner Runner-up Third place No. of teams
1992 A Veres Rivne Pryladyst Mukacheve Polihraftekhnika Oleksandria 14
B Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih Metalurh Nikopol Artania Ochakiv 14
1992–93 Nyva Vinnytsia Temp Shepetivka Naftovyk Okhtyrka 22 Decrease
1993–94 Prykarpattya Ivano-Frankivsk Evis Mykolaiv Polihraftekhnika Oleksandria 20 Decrease
1994–95 Zirka-NIBAS Kirovohrad CSKA-Borysfen Boryspil Metalurh Nikopol 22 Increase
1995–96 Vorskla Poltava Bukovyna Chernivtsi Stal Alchevsk 22
1996–97 Metalurh Donetsk Dynamo-2 Kyiv Metalurh Mariupol 24 Increase
1997–98 SC Mykolaiv Dynamo-2 Kyiv Metalist Kharkiv 22 Decrease
1998–99 Dynamo-2 Kyiv Chornomorets Odesa Torpedo Zaporizhia 20 Decrease
1999–00 Dynamo-2 Kyiv Stal Alchevsk FC Cherkasy 18 Decrease
2000–01 Dynamo-2 Kyiv Zakarpattia Uzhhorod Polihraftekhnika Oleksandria 18
2001–02 SC Volyn-1 Lutsk Chornomorets Odesa Obolon Kyiv 18
2002–03 Zirka Kirovohrad Borysfen Boryspil Dynamo-2 Kyiv 18
2003–04 Zakarpattia Uzhhorod Metalist Kharkiv Naftovyk Okhtyrka 18
2004–05 Stal Alchevsk Arsenal Kharkiv Zorya Luhansk 18
2005–06 Zorya Luhansk Karpaty Lviv Obolon Kyiv 18
2006–07 Naftovyk-Ukrnafta Okhtyrka Zakarpattia Uzhhorod Obolon Kyiv 20 Increase
2007–08 Illichivets Mariupol FC Lviv Obolon Kyiv 20
2008–09 Zakarpattia Uzhhorod Obolon Kyiv PFC Oleksandria 18 Decrease
2009–10 PFC Sevastopol Volyn Lutsk Stal Alchevsk 18
2010–11 PFC Oleksandria Chornomorets Odesa Stal Alchevsk 18
2011–12 Hoverla-Zakarpattia Uzhhorod Metalurh Zaporizhya FC Sevastopol 18
2012–13 FC Sevastopol Stal Alchevsk[4] PFC Oleksandria[5] 18
2013–14 FC Olimpik Donetsk PFC Oleksandria[5] Stal Alchevsk 16 Decrease
2014–15 FC Oleksandriya Stal Dniprodzerzhynsk Hirnyk-Sport Komsomolsk 16
2015–16 Zirka Kirovohrad Cherkaskyi Dnipro Obolon-Brovar Kyiv 16
2016–17 Illichivets Mariupol Desna Chernihiv Veres Rivne 18 Increase
2017–18 Arsenal Kyiv FC Poltava[6] Desna Chernihiv 18
2018–19 SC Dnipro-1 Kolos Kovalivka Volyn Lutsk 16 Decrease
2019–20 FC Mynai Rukh Lviv Inhulets Petrove 16
2020–21 Veres Rivne Chornomorets Odesa Metalist 1925 Kharkiv 16
2021–22 Metalist Kharkiv Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih Alians Lypova Dolyna 16
2022–23 Polissia Zhytomyr Obolon Kyiv LNZ Cherkasy 2 w/8
2023–24 Inhulets Petrove Karpaty Lviv Livyi Bereh Kyiv 2 w/10 Increase
2024–25 2 w/9 Decrease

Post-season play-offs

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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

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see Ukrainian Premier League#Relegation play-offs

Relegation tournament

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Relegation play-offs

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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
2023–24 FC Khust 1–1, 0–1 PFC Zviahel home/away
Metalurh Zaporizhia 0–4, 1–3 UCSA Tarasivka

Statistics

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Performance by club

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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
Inhulets Petrove 1 0 1 2023–24
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 that the club does not have professional status.
  indicates that the club currently plays in the league.
  • ‡ – indicates a phoenix club of the original

League winners by region

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Number Region Winners
6 Kirovohrad Oblast Zirka Kropyvnytskyi (3), FC Oleksandriya (2), Inhulets Petrove
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

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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

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Players

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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
Ukraine Andriy Tsvik 429 1992–2005
Ukraine Bohdan Yesyp 400 1996–2014
Ukraine Volodymyr Melnychenko 384[8] 1994–2007
Ukraine Vadym Oliynyk 383 1992–2002
Ukraine Yevhen Manko 380 1993–2005
Ukraine Oleksandr Aharin 373 1994–2010
Ukraine Oleksandr Kohutych 352 1992–2004
Ukraine Serhiy Polushyn 343 1992–2005
Ukraine Oleksiy Tarhonskyi 336 1992–2003
Ukraine 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
Ukraine Vadym Plotnikov 116 306 1992–2000
Ukraine/Turkmenistan Serhiy Chuichenko 116 177 1993–2001
Ukraine Oleksandr Akymenko 106 283 2007–2021
Ukraine Bohdan Yesyp 101 400 1996–2013
Ukraine Pavlo Onysko 91 206 2001–2012
Ukraine Pavlo Parshyn 85 305 1992–2005
Ukraine Matviy Bobal 79 202 2000–2012
Ukraine Oleksandr Batalskyi 75 278[9] 2009–
Ukraine Oleksandr Kosyrin 74 166 1996–2012
Ukraine 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

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All-time top-10 managers with league games
Rank Coach Games First Last
1 Ukraine Anatoliy Volobuyev 571 1992 2013
2 Ukraine Volodymyr Onyshchenko 448 1992 2007
3 Ukraine Yuriy Koval 436 1992 2010
4 Ukraine Oleksandr Ryabokon 391 2001 2018
5 Ukraine Serhiy Shevchenko 269 2002 2010
6 Ukraine Andriy Parkhomenko 238 2009 2020
7 Ukraine Mykola Fedorenko 228 2001 2014
8 Ukraine Ihor Zhabchenko 228 2010 2023
9 Ukraine Mykola Prystai 227 2001 2011
10 Ukraine 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

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Further information: List of football stadiums in Ukraine

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

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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]


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