2024–25 Ukrainian First League
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 | 6 |
Goals scored | 9 (1.5 per match) |
Highest scoring | 2–1 (Ahrobiznes – Metalist, Round 1) |
Highest attendance | 600 (Podillia – Khust, Round 1) |
Lowest attendance | 0 (Kudrivka – UCSA, Round 1) |
Total attendance | 1680 |
Average attendance | 336 |
← 2023–24 2025–26 → All statistics correct as of 8 August 2024 |
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.
Format
The 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
This season, Ukrainian First League consisted of 18 teams.
Promoted teams
Two 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
Two 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
Temporary relocation
Due 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
- 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
- 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
Location map
The following displays the location of teams.
Stadiums
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.[4]
Personnel and sponsorship
Team | President | Head coach | Captain | Kit manufacturer | Shirt sponsor |
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Ahrobiznes Volochysk | Oleh Sobutskyi | Oleksandr Chyzhevskyi | ![]() | Nike | Ahrobiznes |
Bukovyna Chernivtsi | Andriy Safronyak | Valeriy Kryventsov | Maksym Lopyryonok | Nike | Тайстра |
Dinaz Vyshhorod | Yaroslav Moskalenko | Oleksandr Ryabokon | Andriy Voloshyn | Nike | Цар Хліб[7] |
Epitsentr Kamianets-Podilskyi | Ivan Chernonoh | Serhiy Nahornyak | Andriy Bezhenar | Macron | Епіцентр |
Khust | Mykhaylo Madyarchyk | Volodymyr Tsytkin | Bohdan Pavlych | Joma | — |
Kremin Kremenchuk | Serhii Kovnir | Ihor Klymovskyi | Oleksandr Dykhtiaruk | SWIFT | TERMINAL-MK |
Kudrivka | Roman Solodarenko | Roman Loktionov | Yevhen Misiura | Nike | — |
Mariupol | Oleksandr Yaroshenko | Oleh Krasnopyorov | Ivan Mochevinskyi | Joma | KOD Zdorovia |
Metalist Kharkiv | Oleksandr Yaroslavskyi | Andriy Anishchenko | ![]() | Joma | DCH |
Metalist 1925 Kharkiv | Yaroslav Vdovenko | Serhiy Karpenko (interim) | Artem Habelok | Puma | AES group |
Metalurh Zaporizhia | Maksym Lupashko | Volodymyr Shapovalov | Volodymyr Blyznyuk[a] | Legea | Weltum |
Mynai | Valeriy Peresolyak | ![]() | Oleksandr Bandura | Kelme | FavBet |
Nyva Ternopil | Oleksandr Stadnyk | Yevhen Kalynychenko | 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 |
UCSA Tarasivka | Serhiy Lesnyk | Dmytro Chyrykal | |||
Viktoriya Sumy | Serhiy Bondarenko | Anatoliy Bezsmertnyi | Andriy Nelin | Puma | — |
Notes:
- ^ 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
Team | 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[8] | Pre-season | Yevhen Kalynychenko | 19 June 2024[9] |
Metalurh Zaporizhia | Anton Hai (caretaker) | End of interim | 23 June 2024 | Volodymyr Shapovalov | 23 June 2024[10] | |
Dinaz Vyshhorod | Oleksandr Holovko | Change of role | 16 July 2024 | Oleksandr Ryabokon | 16 July 2024[11] | |
UCSA Tarasivka | Mykola Tsymbal | Sacked | 23 July 2024[12] | Dmytro Chyrykal | 23 July 2024[13] | |
Metalist 1925 Kharkiv | Viktor Skrypnyk | Resigned | 26 July 2024 | Serhiy Karpenko (interim) | 28 July 2024[14] |
Group A league table
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion, qualification or relegation |
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1 | Ahrobiznes Volochysk | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | +1 | 3 | Qualified to the Promotion group |
2 | Epitsentr Kamianets-Podilskyi | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | +1 | 3 | |
3 | Podillia Khmelnytskyi | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | +1 | 3 | |
4 | Bukovyna Chernivtsi | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
5 | Prykarpattia Ivano-Frankivsk | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | Qualified to the Relegation group |
6 | Mynai | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
7 | Metalist Kharkiv | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | −1 | 0 | |
8 | Khust | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 0 | |
9 | Nyva Ternopil | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 0 |
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).[4]
Group A results
Home \ Away | AHR | BUK | EPC | XST | MET | MIN | NYV | POD | PRY |
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Ahrobiznes Volochysk | 2–1 | ||||||||
Bukovyna Chernivtsi | |||||||||
Epitsentr Kamianets-Podilskyi | |||||||||
FC Khust | |||||||||
Metalist Kharkiv | |||||||||
FC Mynai | |||||||||
Nyva Ternopil | 0–1 | ||||||||
Podillya Khmelnytskyi | 1–0 | ||||||||
Prykarpattia Ivano-Frankivsk | 1–1 |
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
Group A results by week
W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss
Group A goalscorers
As of 8 August 2024[update][15]
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Group A clean sheets
As of 8 August 2024[update][16]
Rank | Player | Club | Clean sheets |
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1 | ![]() | Epitsentr Kamianets-Podilskyi | 1 |
![]() | Podillia Khmelnytskyi | 1 |
Group B league table
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion, qualification or relegation |
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1 | Mariupol | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | +1 | 3 | Qualified to the Promotion group |
2 | Metalurh Zaporizhia | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | +1 | 3 | |
3 | UCSA Tarasivka | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | +1 | 3 | |
4 | Dinaz Vyshhorod | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
5 | Poltava | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Qualified to the Relegation group |
6 | Viktoriya Sumy | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
7 | Kremin Kremenchuk | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 0 | |
8 | Kudrivka | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 0 | |
9 | Metalist 1925 Kharkiv | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 0 |
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).[4]
Group B results
Home \ Away | DIN | KRE | KDR | MAR | M25 | MET | POL | UCS | VKT |
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Dinaz Vyshhorod | |||||||||
Kremin Kremenchuk | |||||||||
FC Kudrivka | 0–1 | ||||||||
FSC Mariupol | 1–0 | ||||||||
Metalist 1925 Kharkiv | |||||||||
Metalurh Zaporizhia | 1–0 | ||||||||
SC Poltava | |||||||||
UCSA Tarasivka | |||||||||
Viktoriya Sumy | –[a] |
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
Notes:
- ^ The game scheduled to be played on 7 August 2024 was postponed to later due to air raid siren.[17]
Group B Results by week
Team ╲ Round | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 |
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Dinaz Vyshhorod | ||||||||||||||||
Kremin Kremenchuk | L | |||||||||||||||
Kudrivka | L | |||||||||||||||
Mariupol | W | |||||||||||||||
Metalist 1925 Kharkiv | L | |||||||||||||||
Metalurh Zaporizhia | W | |||||||||||||||
Poltava | ||||||||||||||||
UCSA Tarasivka | W | |||||||||||||||
Viktoriya Sumy |
W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss
Group B goalscorers
As of 9 August 2024[update][15]
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Group B clean sheets
As of 9 August 2024[update][16]
Rank | Player | Club | Clean sheets |
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1 | Nikita Fedotov | UCSA Tarasivka | 1 |
Pavlo Kravtsov | FSC Mariupol | 1 | |
Anton Osadchuk | Metalurh Zaporizhia | 1 |
Awards
Monthly awards
Month | Player of the Month | Ref. | |
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Player | Club | ||
August 2024 | |||
September 2024 | |||
October 2024 | |||
March 2025 | |||
April 2025 |
Round awards
- Fall half
Round | Player | Coach | ||||
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Player | Club | Reference | Coach | Club | Reference | |
Round 1 | ![]() | Epitsentr Kamianets-Podilskyi | [18] | ![]() | FSC Mariupol | [18] |
Round 2 | ||||||
Round 3 | ||||||
Round 4 | ||||||
Round 5 | ||||||
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
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 |
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x – x | ||||
x – x |
Number of teams by region
Number | Region | Team(s) |
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3 | ![]() | Ahrobiznes, Epitsentr, and Podillia |
![]() | Dinaz, Kudrivka and UCSA | |
2 | ![]() | Metalist and Metalist 1925 |
![]() | Kremin and Poltava | |
![]() | Khust and Mynai | |
1 | ![]() | Bukovyna |
![]() | Mariupol | |
![]() | Prykarpattia | |
![]() | Viktoriya | |
![]() | Nyva | |
![]() | Metalurh |
See also
- 2024–25 Ukrainian Premier League
- 2024–25 Ukrainian Second League
- 2024–25 Ukrainian Football Amateur League
References
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- ^ "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.
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External links
- The season's regulations. pfl.ua.
- The season's playing calendar. pfl.ua.
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