2023–24 in Ukrainian football

Football in Ukraine
Season	2023–24
Men's football
Premier League	Shakhtar Donetsk
First League	Inhulets Petrove
Second League	Druzhba Myrivka
AAFU	Ahrotekh Tyshkivka
Cup	Shakhtar Donetsk
Amateur Cup	FC Mykolaiv
Super Cup	not held
Women's football
Vyshcha Liha	Vorskla Poltava
Persha Liha	Sisters Odesa
Women's Cup	Vorskla Poltava

The 2023–24 season is the 33rd season of competitive association football in Ukraine since dissolution of the Soviet Union.

With the continuation of the Russo-Ukrainian War, the Ukrainian Association of Football (UAF) decided to go forward with continuation of another season. The UAF approved round-robin tournaments in all national league competitions under strict safety precautions.

National teams

Ukraine national football team

UEFA Euro 2024 qualifying

Group C

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	England	8	6	2	0	22	4	+18	20	Qualify for final tournament	—	3–1	2–0	7–0	2–0
2	Italy	8	4	2	2	16	9	+7	14^[a]	Qualify for final tournament	1–2	—	2–1	5–2	4–0
3	Ukraine	8	4	2	2	11	8	+3	14^[a]	Advance to play-offs via Nations League	1–1	0–0	—	2–0	1–0
4	North Macedonia	8	2	2	4	10	20	−10	8		1–1	1–1	2–3	—	2–1
5	Malta	8	0	0	8	2	20	−18	0		0–4	0–2	1–3	0–2	—

Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Qualification tiebreakers
Notes:

^ ^a ^b Head-to-head points: Italy 4, Ukraine 1.

Play-off

Semi-finals		Final

21 March 2024 – Zenica

Bosnia and Herzegovina	1
		26 March 2024 – Wrocław
Ukraine	2
		Ukraine	2
21 March 2024 – Budapest
		Iceland	1
Israel	1

Iceland	4

9 September UEFA Euro 2024 qualifying	Ukraine	1–1	England	Wrocław, Poland
18:00 (19:00 UTC+3)	Zinchenko 26'	Report	Walker 41'	Stadium: Stadion Wrocław Referee: Georgi Kabakov (Bulgaria)

12 September UEFA Euro 2024 qualifying	Italy	2–1	Ukraine	Milan, Italy
20:45	Frattesi 12', 29'	Report	Yarmolenko 41'	Stadium: San Siro Attendance: 58,386 Referee: Alejandro Hernández (Spain)

14 October UEFA Euro 2024 qualifying	Ukraine	2–0	North Macedonia	Prague, Czech Republic
15:00 (16:00 UTC+3)	Sudakov 30' Karavayev 90+5'	Report		Stadium: Stadion Letná Attendance: 12,939 Referee: Slavko Vinčić (Slovenia)

17 October UEFA Euro 2024 qualifying	Malta	1–3	Ukraine	Ta' Qali, Malta
20:45	Mbong 12'	Report	Camenzuli 38' (o.g.) Dovbyk 43' (pen.) Mudryk 85'	Stadium: National Stadium Attendance: 3,547 Referee: Morten Krogh (Denmark)

20 November UEFA Euro 2024 qualifying	Ukraine	0–0	Italy	Leverkusen, Germany
20:45 (21:45 UTC+2)		Report		Stadium: BayArena Attendance: 26,403 Referee: Jesús Gil Manzano (Spain)

21 March UEFA Euro 2024 qualifying play-offs	Bosnia and Herzegovina	1–2	Ukraine	Zenica, Bosnia and Herzegovina
20:45	Matviyenko 56' (o.g.)	Report	Yaremchuk 85' Dovbyk 88'	Stadium: Bilino Polje Attendance: 10,992 Referee: Felix Zwayer (Germany)

26 March UEFA Euro 2024 qualifying play-offs	Ukraine	2–1	Iceland	Wrocław, Poland
20:45	Tsyhankov 54' Mudryk 84'	Report	A. Guðmundsson 30'	Stadium: Stadion Wrocław Attendance: 29,310 Referee: Clément Turpin (France)

UEFA Euro 2024

Group E

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification	ROU	BEL	SVK	UKR
1	Romania	3	1	1	1	4	3	+1	4	Advance to knockout stage	—
2	Belgium	3	1	1	1	2	1	+1	4			—
3	Slovakia	3	1	1	1	3	3	0	4				—
4	Ukraine	3	1	1	1	2	4	−2	4					—

Source: UEFA

17 June UEFA Euro 2024	Romania	v	Ukraine	Munich, Germany
15:00		Report		Stadium: Allianz Arena

21 June UEFA Euro 2024	Slovakia	v	Ukraine	Düsseldorf, Germany
15:00		Report		Stadium: Merkur Spiel-Arena

26 June UEFA Euro 2024	Ukraine	v	Belgium	Stuttgart, Germany
18:00		Report		Stadium: MHPArena

Friendlies

Results and fixtures

16 November Unofficial friendly	Lechia Gdańsk	0–2	Ukraine	Gdańsk, Poland
16:00 CEST (UTC+2)			Pikhalyonok 24' Nazaryna 58'	Stadium: Polsat Plus Arena Gdańsk

3 June Friendly	Germany	v	Ukraine	Nuremberg, Germany
				Stadium: Max-Morlock-Stadion

7 June Friendly	Poland	v	Ukraine	Warsaw, Poland
				Stadium: Stadion Narodowy

11 June Friendly	Moldova	v	Ukraine	Chișinău, Moldova
				Stadium: Zimbru Stadium

Ukraine Olympic football team

2024 Summer Olympics

Group B

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Morocco	3	2	1	6	3	+3	6^[a]	Advance to knockout stage
2	Argentina	3	2	1	6	3	+3	6^[a]	Advance to knockout stage
3	Ukraine	3	1	2	3	5	−2	3
4	Iraq	3	1	2	3	7	−4	3

Source: FIFA
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
Notes:

^ ^a ^b Head-to-head result: Argentina 1–2 Morocco.

24 July 2024

19:00

Iraq	2–1	Ukraine
Aymen Hussein 57' (pen.) Ali Jasim 75'	Report	Rubchynskyi 53'

Stade de Lyon, Décines-Charpieu

Attendance: 10,637^[1]

Referee: Mahmood Ali Ismail (Sudan)

27 July 2024

17:00

Ukraine	2–1	Morocco
Kryskiv 22' Krasnopir 90+8'	Report	Rahimi 64' (pen.)

Stade Geoffroy-Guichard, Saint-Étienne

Attendance: 28,655^[2]

Referee: Saíd Martínez (Honduras)

30 July 2024

17:00

Ukraine	0–2	Argentina
	Report	Almada 47' Echeverri 90+1'

Stade de Lyon, Décines-Charpieu

Attendance: 10,017^[3]

Referee: Dahane Beida (Mauritania)

Friendlies

Results and fixtures

25 March 2024 Friendly	Japan	2–0	Ukraine	Kitakyushu, Fukuoka prefecture, Japan
19:15 UTC+9	Sato 48' Tanaka 76'	Report		Stadium: Mikuni World Stadium Kitakyushu Referee: Lewis Smith (England)

Ukraine women's national football team

UEFA Women's Nations League

Group B3

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion, qualification or relegation
1	Poland (P)	6	5	1	0	11	4	+7	16	Promotion to League A	—	2–1	2–1	2–0
2	Serbia	6	3	1	2	10	5	+5	10	Qualification for promotion play-offs	1–1	—	0–1	4–0
3	Ukraine (O)	6	2	0	4	5	7	−2	6	Qualification for relegation play-offs	0–1	1–2	—	1–0
4	Greece (R)	6	1	0	5	3	13	−10	3	Relegation to League C	1–3	0–2	2–1	—

Source: UEFA
(O) Play-off winners; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated

Promotion matches

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Bulgaria	0–7	Ukraine	0–4	0–3

Results and fixtures

22 September 2023–24 UEFA Women's Nations League Group B3	Ukraine	1–2	Serbia	Starogard Gdański (Poland)^[4]
15:00	Ovdiychuk 20'	Report	Čanković 64' Damjanović 79'	Stadium: Stadion Miejski im. Kazimierza Deyny Attendance: 173 Referee: Catarina Campos (Portugal)

26 September 2023–24 UEFA Women's Nations League Group B3	Poland	2–1	Ukraine	Gdynia
18:00	Pajor 22', 67'	Report	Shmatko 80'	Stadium: Stadion Miejski w Gdyni Referee: Elvira Nurmustafina (Kazakhstan)

27 October 2023–24 UEFA Women's Nations League Group B3	Greece	2–1	Ukraine	Heraklion
10:00	Markou 36' Spyridonidou 72'	Report	Kalinina 3'	Stadium: Theodoros Vardinogiannis Stadium Referee: Jana Van Laere (Belgium)

31 October 2023–24 UEFA Women's Nations League Group B3	Ukraine	1–0	Greece	Heraklion, Greece
17:00	Apanashchenko 32'	Report		Stadium: Theodoros Vardinogiannis Stadium Referee: Veronika Kovarova (Czech Republic)

1 December 2023 (2023-12-01) 2023–24 UEFA Women's Nations League Group B3	Ukraine	0–1	Poland	Stalowa Wola, Poland
		Report	Achcińska 10'	Stadium: Stal Stalowa Wola Stadium Referee: Ana Maria Terteleac (Romania)

5 December 2023 (2023-12-05) 2023–24 UEFA Women's Nations League Group B3	Serbia	0–1	Ukraine	Stara Pazova, Serbia
		Report	Hiryn 55'	Stadium: Sports Center of FA of Serbia - Pitch 1 Referee: Katalin Sipos (Hungary)

23 February 2024 (2024-02-23) 2023–24 UEFA Women's Nations League prom. play-offs	Bulgaria	0–4	Ukraine	Kardzhali
15:00 (16:00 EET)		Report	Kravchuk 6' Andrukhiv 24' Hlushchenko 82' Kotyk 90'	Stadium: Arena Arda Attendance: 459 Referee: Minka Vekkeli (Finland)

27 February 2024 (2024-02-27) 2023–24 UEFA Women's Nations League prom. play-offs	Ukraine	3–0	Bulgaria	Antalya (Turkey)^{[note 1]}
14:00 (16:00 TRT)	Ovdiychuk 15' Hlushchenko 18' Shmatko 81'	Report		Stadium: Mardan Sports Complex Attendance: 100 Referee: Zuzana Valentová (Slovakia)
Note: Ukraine won 7–0 on aggregate, and therefore both teams remained in their respective leagues.

UEFA Women's Euro 2025 qualifying

UEFA Women's Euro 2025 qualifying League B

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Wales (P)	6	4	2	0	18	3	+15	14	Advance to play-offs and promotion to League A	—	1–1	4–0	2–0
2	Ukraine	6	3	2	1	11	4	+7	11	Advance to play-offs	2–2	—	2–0	2–0
3	Croatia	6	3	0	3	4	9	−5	9	Advance to play-offs	0–3	1–0	—	2–0
4	Kosovo (R)	6	0	0	6	0	17	−17	0	Relegation to League C	0–6	0–4	0–1	—

Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers
(P) Promoted; (R) Relegated

UEFA Women's Euro 2025 qualifying fixtures and results

5 April 2024 (2024-04-05) UEFA Women's Euro 2025 qualifying	Ukraine	2–0	Kosovo	Antalya (Turkey)^{[note 2]}
17:00 (18:00 UTC+3)	Petryk 28' (pen.) Khimich 34'	Report		Stadium: Mardan Sports Complex Attendance: 45 Referee: Karoline Wacker (Germany)

9 April 2024 (2024-04-09) UEFA Women's Euro 2025 qualifying	Croatia	1–0	Ukraine	Zaprešić
16:00	Lojna 18'	Report		Stadium: Ivan Laljak-Ivić Stadium Attendance: 517 Referee: Zulema González (Spain)

31 May 2024 (2024-05-31) UEFA Women's Euro 2025 qualifying	Wales	v	Ukraine
		Report

4 June 2024 (2024-06-04) UEFA Women's Euro 2025 qualifying	Ukraine	v	Wales	^{[note 2]}
		Report

Friendlies

Results and fixtures

7 July 2023 Friendly	Portugal	2–0	Ukraine	Estádio do Bessa
	Silva 19', 45+2'	Report		Stadium: Porto Attendance: 20,123

UEFA competitions

UEFA Champions League

Qualifying phase and play-off round

Second qualifying round

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Dnipro-1	3–5	Panathinaikos	1–3	2–2

Due to the Russo-Ukrainian War, Dnipro-1 played its home match in Košice, Slovakia.

Group stage

Group H

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification	BAR	POR	SHK	ANT
1	Barcelona	6	4	2	12	6	+6	12^[a]	Advance to knockout phase	—	2–1	2–1	5–0
2	Porto	6	4	2	15	8	+7	12^[a]	Advance to knockout phase	0–1	—	5–3	2–0
3	Shakhtar Donetsk	6	3	3	10	12	−2	9	Transfer to Europa League	1–0	1–3	—	1–0
4	Antwerp	6	1	5	6	17	−11	3		3–2	1–4	2–3	—

Source: UEFA
Notes:

^ ^a ^b Head-to-head points: Barcelona 6, Porto 0.

Due to the Russo-Ukrainian War, Shakhtar Donetsk played its home matches in Warsaw, Poland.

UEFA Europa League

Qualifying phase and play-off round

Third qualifying round

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Slavia Prague	4–1	Dnipro-1	3–0	1–1

Due to the Russo-Ukrainian War, Dnipro-1 played its home match in Košice, Slovakia.

Play-off round

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Slavia Prague	3 – 2	Zorya Luhansk	2–0	1–2

Due to the Russo-Ukrainian War, Dnipro-1 played its home match in Lublin, Poland.

Knockout phase

Knockout round play-offs

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Shakhtar Donetsk	3–5	Marseille	2–2	1–3

UEFA Europe Conference League

Qualifying phase and play-off round

Second qualifying round

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Vorskla Poltava	2–3	Dila Gori	2–1	1–3

Due to the Russo-Ukrainian War, Vorskla Poltava played its home match in Tychy, Poland.

Third qualifying round

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Aris	2–2 (5–6 p)	Dynamo Kyiv	1–0	1–2 (a.e.t.)

Due to the Russo-Ukrainian War, Dynamo Kyiv played its home match in Bucharest, Romania.

Play-off round

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Spartak Trnava	3–2	Dnipro-1	1–1	2–1 (a.e.t.)
Dynamo Kyiv	2–4	Beşiktaş	2–3	0–1

Due to the Russo-Ukrainian War, Dnipro-1 played its home match in Košice, Slovakia.
Due to the Russo-Ukrainian War, Dynamo Kyiv played its home match in Bucharest, Romania.

Group stage

Group B

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification	MTA	GNT	ZOR	BRE
1	Maccabi Tel Aviv	6	5	0	1	14	9	+5	15	Advance to round of 16	—	3–1	3–2	3–2
2	Gent	6	4	1	1	16	7	+9	13	Advance to knockout round play-offs	2–0	—	4–1	5–0
3	Zorya Luhansk	6	2	1	3	10	11	−1	7		1–3	1–1	—	4–0
4	Breiðablik	6	0	0	6	5	18	−13	0		1–2	2–3	0–1	—

Source: UEFA

UEFA Women's Champions League

Qualifying round

Round 1

Semi-finals

Team 1	Score	Team 2
Vorskla Poltava	4–3 (a.e.t.)	Flora
Paris FC	4–0	Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih

Final

Team 1	Score	Team 2
Vorskla Poltava	3–0	Osijek

Third place

Team 1	Score	Team 2
Linköping	3–0	Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih

Round 2

Champions Path
Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Roma	9–1	Vorskla Poltava	3–0	6–1

Men's club football

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.

League		Promoted to league	Relegated from league
Premier League		Polissia Zhytomyr Obolon Kyiv LNZ Cherkasy	Inhulets Petrove Metalist Kharkiv ~~FC Lviv~~ (-)
PFL League 1	Groups
	A	Podillya Khmelnytskyi (+) Ahrobiznes Volochysk (+) Nyva Buzova Khust	~~Skoruk Tomakivka~~ (-)
	B	Viktoriya Sumy (+) Livyi Bereh Kyiv (+)	~~Skoruk Tomakivka~~ (-)
PFL League 2		Trostianets (+) Druzhba Myrivka Skala 1911 Stryi Lokomotyv Kyiv Kudrivka UCSA Tarasivka Karpaty-2 Lviv Rukh-2 Lviv	~~Rubikon Kyiv~~

Note: For all scratched clubs, see section Clubs removed for more details. (+) marked those clubs that were reinstated after missing 2022–23 season due to war, (-) marked those clubs that were excused from competing in the 2023–24 season and keep their opportunity to be reinstated next season. Number of clubs that missed the past 2022–23 season were excused from competing in the 2023–24 season, see section Clubs removed for more details.

Premier League

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Shakhtar Donetsk (C)	30	22	5	3	63	24	+39	71	Qualification for the Champions League league stage^[a]
2	Dynamo Kyiv	30	22	3	5	72	28	+44	69	Qualification for the Champions League second qualifying round
3	Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih	30	17	6	7	51	30	+21	57	Qualification for the Europa League third qualifying round^[b]
4	Dnipro-1	30	14	10	6	40	27	+13	52	Withdrew^[c]
5	Polissya Zhytomyr	30	14	8	8	39	30	+9	50	Qualification for the Conference League second qualifying round^[b]
6	Rukh Lviv	30	12	13	5	44	31	+13	49
7	LNZ Cherkasy	30	11	8	11	31	34	−3	41
8	Oleksandriya	30	8	10	12	30	38	−8	34
9	Vorskla Poltava	30	9	6	15	30	46	−16	33
10	Zorya Luhansk	30	7	11	12	29	37	−8	32^[d]
11	Kolos Kovalivka	30	7	11	12	22	31	−9	32^[d]
12	Chornomorets Odesa	30	10	2	18	38	47	−9	32^[d]
13	Veres Rivne (O)	30	6	10	14	31	46	−15	28	Qualification for the Relegation play-off
14	Obolon Kyiv (O)	30	5	11	14	18	41	−23	26	Qualification for the Relegation play-off
15	Mynai (R)	30	5	10	15	27	50	−23	25	Qualification for the mini tournament
16	Metalist 1925 Kharkiv (R)	30	5	8	17	32	57	−25	23	Qualification for the mini tournament

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).^[7]
(C) Champions; (O) Play-off winners; (R) Relegated
Notes:

^ Since already qualified Real Madrid won the Champions League, Shakhtar Donetsk was promoted to the Champions League league phase as the champion with the highest coefficient in Champions League qualifying.
^ ^a ^b Since the 2023–24 Ukrainian Cup winners (Shakhtar Donetsk) finished in the top two, the Europa League spot was passed to the third-placed team, and the second Conference League second qualifying round spot was passed to the fifth-placed team.
^ SC Dnipro-1 that withdrew from all tournaments of the 2024–25 season due to financial hardship after finishing 4th in the league qualified for the Conference League second qualifying round, however it was awarded technical losses in both matches (0:3).
^ ^a ^b ^c Zorya Luhansk finished ahead of Kolos Kovalivka and Chornomorets Odesa on head-to-head points: Zorya Luhansk 7, Kolos Kovalivka 6, Chornomorets Odesa 4

Relegation play-offs

Mini tournament

PFL League 1 (First League)

Group A

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion, qualification or relegation
1	Karpaty Lviv	18	14	3	1	34	10	+24	45	Qualified to the Promotion group
2	Epitsentr Kamianets-Podilskyi	18	8	7	3	27	21	+6	31
3	Ahrobiznes Volochysk	18	8	5	5	20	15	+5	29
4	Nyva Buzova	18	7	6	5	21	19	+2	27
5	Prykarpattia Ivano-Frankivsk	18	6	8	4	27	18	+9	26
6	Bukovyna Chernivtsi	18	6	3	9	16	23	−7	21	Qualified to the Relegation group
7	Podillia Khmelnytskyi	18	4	8	6	18	17	+1	20^[a]
8	Nyva Ternopil	18	5	5	8	15	19	−4	20^[a]
9	Metalist Kharkiv	18	3	5	10	13	27	−14	14
10	Khust	18	3	2	13	15	37	−22	11

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).^[8]
Notes:

^ ^a ^b Head-to-head points: Podillia 4, Nyva T. 1

Group B

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion, qualification or relegation
1	Inhulets Petrove	18	13	3	2	41	13	+28	42	Qualified to the Promotion group
2	Livyi Bereh Kyiv	18	11	3	4	40	11	+29	36
3	Mariupol	18	8	7	3	22	14	+8	31
4	Viktoriya Sumy	18	8	6	4	19	18	+1	30
5	Poltava	18	8	5	5	35	27	+8	29
6	Metalurh Zaporizhzhia	18	6	7	5	23	18	+5	25	Qualified to the Relegation group
7	Hirnyk-Sport Horishni Plavni	18	5	2	11	16	32	−16	17
8	Kremin Kremenchuk	18	4	2	12	14	40	−26	14
9	Chernihiv-ShVSM	18	4	1	13	20	44	−24	13^[a]
10	Dinaz Vyshhorod	18	3	4	11	15	28	−13	13^[a]

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).^[8]
Notes:

^ ^a ^b Head-to-head points: Chernihiv 6, Dinaz 0

Promotion group

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion, qualification or relegation
1	Inhulets Petrove (C, P)	28	21	4	3	60	17	+43	67	Promotion to Ukrainian Premier League
2	Karpaty Lviv (P)	28	20	5	3	49	20	+29	65	Promotion to Ukrainian Premier League
3	Livyi Bereh Kyiv (O, P)	28	16	6	6	59	21	+38	54	Qualification to promotion play-offs Qualification to mini tournament
4	Epitsentr Kamianets-Podilskyi	28	11	11	6	39	33	+6	44
5	Prykarpattia Ivano-Frankivsk	28	10	10	8	35	30	+5	40^[a]
6	Kudrivka-Nyva	28	10	10	8	32	34	−2	40^[a]	merged with FC Kudrivka
7	Viktoriya Sumy	28	10	9	9	23	27	−4	39
8	Ahrobiznes Volochysk	28	10	8	10	27	29	−2	38
9	Mariupol	28	8	13	7	29	26	+3	37^[b]
10	Poltava	28	10	7	11	49	45	+4	37^[b]

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).^[8]
(C) Champions; (O) Play-off winners; (P) Promoted
Notes:

^ ^a ^b Head-to-head results: Nyva–Prykarpattia 0:1, Prykarpattia–Nyva 2:2
^ ^a ^b Head-to-head results: Mariupol–Poltava 1:1, Poltava–Mariupol 0:2

Relegation group

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion, qualification or relegation
11	Bukovyna Chernivtsi	28	12	5	11	38	29	+9	41
12	Podillia Khmelnytskyi	28	9	12	7	36	26	+10	39
13	Nyva Ternopil	28	9	9	10	29	29	0	36
14	Metalist Kharkiv	28	7	9	12	27	34	−7	30^[a]
15	Dinaz Vyshhorod	28	8	6	14	31	38	−7	30^[a]
16	Khust	28	9	2	17	34	53	−19	29	Qualification to relegation play-off (both later avoided relegation)
17	Metalurh Zaporizhzhia	28	7	7	14	27	48	−21	28
18	Kremin Kremenchuk	28	6	7	15	20	48	−28	25	Avoided relegation
19	Chernihiv-ShVSM (R)	28	6	5	17	34	66	−32	23^[b]	Relegation to Ukrainian Second League
20	Hirnyk-Sport Horishni Plavni (R)	28	6	5	17	24	49	−25	23^[b]	Relegation to Ukrainian Second League

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).^[8]
(R) Relegated
Notes:

^ ^a ^b Head-to-head points: Metalist 4, Dinaz 1
^ ^a ^b Head-to-head points: Chernihiv 6, Hirnyk-Sport 0

Relegation play-offs

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
FC Khust	1 – 2	PFC Zviahel	1–1	0–1
UCSA Tarasivka	7 – 1	Metalurh Zaporizhzhia	3–1	4–0

First leg

1 June 2024

12:00

FC Khust	1 – 1	PFC Zviahel
Stankovych 55'	Report	Fesenko 76'

Karpaty, Khust

Attendance: 0

Referee: Lyudmyla Telbukh

1 June 2024

13:30

UCSA Tarasivka	3 – 1	Metalurh Zaporizhzhia
Makhniev 27' (pen.) Goulart 83' Guerreiro 90+4'	Report	Humenyak 29'

Bannikov Stadium, Kyiv

Attendance: 150

Referee: Dmytro Osaulenko

Second leg

8 June 2024

13:00

PFC Zviahel	1 – 0	FC Khust
Tomandzoto 66'	Report	Byelimenko 65' 90+6'

Avanhard, Zviahel

Attendance: 1,200

Referee: Ihor Stashuk

Zviahel won 2–1 on aggregate and was promoted to the 2024–25 Ukrainian First League. Khust was relegated to the 2024–25 Ukrainian Second League. Due to withdrawal of Druzhba Myrivka, Khust was reinstated.

8 June 2024

12:00

Metalurh Zaporizhzhia	0 – 4	UCSA Tarasivka
Kostyuchenko 31' 52' Baranyuk 49' 88'	Report	Eseola 9' Guerreiro 62' Khovayko 86' Yevdokymov 90+3'

Slavutych-Arena, Zaporizhzhia

Attendance: 0

Referee: Andriy Zaitsev

UCSA Tarasivka won 7–1 on aggregate and was promoted to the 2024–25 Ukrainian First League. Metalurh Zaporizhzhia was relegated to the 2024–25 Ukrainian Second League. Due to withdrawal of Dnipro-1, Metalurh was reinstated.

PFL League 2 (Second League)

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion, qualification or relegation
1	Druzhba Myrivka (C)	26	19	5	2	50	13	+37	62^[a]	Promotion to Ukrainian First League Withdrawn after the season
2	UCSA Tarasivka (O, P)	26	19	5	2	62	13	+49	62^[a]	Qualification to promotional play-off
3	Zviahel (O)	26	19	4	3	63	17	+46	61	Promotion to Ukrainian First League Withdrawn after the season
4	Chaika Petropavlivska Borshchahivka	26	15	6	5	43	18	+25	51
5	Karpaty-2 Lviv	26	11	6	9	35	39	−4	39	Withdrawn after the season
6	Skala 1911 Stryi	26	12	2	12	32	33	−1	38
7	Kudrivka	26	10	7	9	33	40	−7	37	Promotion to Ukrainian First League through merger
8	Nyva Vinnytsia	26	9	9	8	36	35	+1	36
9	Rukh-2 Lviv	26	9	7	10	29	36	−7	34	Promotion restrictions
10	Lokomotyv Kyiv	26	7	7	12	34	43	−9	28
11	Trostianets	26	5	6	15	23	37	−14	21
12	Real Pharma Odesa	26	5	4	17	17	51	−34	19
13	Metalurh-2 Zaporizhzhia	26	5	1	20	17	44	−27	16	Withdrawn during winter break^[9]
14	Kremin-2 Kremenchuk	26	1	3	22	11	66	−55	6	Withdrawn after the season
-	Vast Mykolaiv	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	Withdrawn and record annulled^[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:

^ ^a ^b Head-to-head results: Druzhba – UCSA 2:1, UCSA – Druzhba 0:1

Cup competitions

Ukrainian Cup

15 May 2024

19:00

Vorskla Poltava (PL)	1–2	(PL) Shakhtar Donetsk
Kovtalyuk 85'	Report (ua) Report (en)	Sikan 40' Konoplya 55'

Avanhard, Rivne

Attendance: 3,500

Referee: Vitaliy Romanov (Dnipro)

Women's club football

Promoted	Relegated
Zhytlobud-1 Kharkiv (+)	Ateks Kyiv

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

Vyshcha Liha

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih	11	10	1	0	36	6	+30	31	Qualification for the Championship Group
2	Vorskla Poltava	11	9	1	1	63	3	+60	28
3	Kolos Kovalivka	11	8	1	2	31	8	+23	25
4	Zhytlobud-1 Kharkiv	11	6	2	3	21	16	+5	20
5	Shakhtar Donetsk	11	6	1	4	32	13	+19	19
6	Ladomyr Volodymyr	11	5	3	3	22	21	+1	18
7	Dnipro-1	11	4	1	6	18	24	−6	13	Qualification for the Relegation Group
8	Dynamo Kyiv	11	3	3	5	12	24	−12	12
9	EMS Podillia Vinnytsia	11	3	2	6	15	38	−23	11
10	Veres Rivne	11	2	0	9	17	38	−21	6
11	Pantery Uman	11	1	1	9	13	42	−29	4
12	Mariupol	11	0	2	9	5	52	−47	2

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.^[11]

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Vorskla Poltava (C)	21	17	3	1	94	5	+89	54	Qualification for Champions League second round
2	Kolos Kovalivka	21	13	4	4	41	18	+23	43	Qualification for Champions League first round
3	Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih	21	13	2	6	49	29	+20	41^[a]
4	Metalist 1925 Kharkiv	21	12	5	4	42	21	+21	41^[a]
5	Shakhtar Donetsk	21	8	2	11	38	28	+10	26
6	Ladomyr Volodymyr	21	6	3	12	30	55	−25	21

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.^[11]
(C) Champions
Notes:

^ ^a ^b Head-to-head results: Kryvbas – Zhytlobud-1 4:1, Kryvbas – Metalist 1925 2:2, Metalist 1925 – Kryvbas 3:1

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
7	Dnipro-1	21	11	3	7	44	32	+12	36	Withdrew after the season
8	Dynamo Kyiv	21	10	4	7	41	33	+8	34	Withdrew after the season
9	EMS-Podillia Vinnytsia	21	9	4	8	30	52	−22	31
10	Pantery Uman (O)	21	5	2	14	34	57	−23	17	Qualification to relegation play-offs^[13]
11	Veres Rivne (R)	21	2	3	16	21	61	−40	9	Qualification to relegation play-offs^[13]
12	Mariupol (R)	21	1	3	17	10	83	−73	6	Relegation to 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.^[11]
(O) Play-off winners; (R) Relegated

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
First leg – June 1, Second leg – June 6
Pantery Uman	7 – 0	FC Mynai	3–0	4–0
Veres Rivne	2 – 3	Obolon Kyiv	1–1	1–2 (a.e.t.)

1 June 2024

16:00

Pantery Uman	3–0	FC Mynai
Myrhorodska 4' Rybalkina 19' Santos 52'	Report

Tsentralnyi, Uman

Referee: Nataliya Mamchur

6 June 2024

13:00

FC Mynai	0–4	Pantery Uman
	Report	Santos 21' Tykhonova 31' Roshka 33' Bilokur 88' (pen.)

Mynai Arena, Mynai, Zakarpattia Oblast

Referee: Anastasia Romaniuk

1 June 2024

12:00

Veres Rivne	1–1	Obolon Kyiv
Lyakhovych 29'	Report	Vasylyuk 5'

Veres training base, Rivne

Referee: Anastasiya Romanyuk

6 June 2024

18:00

Obolon Kyiv	2–1 (a.e.t.)	Veres Rivne
Skiriak 56' Kvach 102'	Report	Zabytivska 37'

Obolon Arena, Kyiv

Referee: Veronika Vasylchenko

Managerial changes

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
				Pre-season

Clubs removed

Professional status kept

Not competing this season

First League

Second League

Permanently

Rubikon Kyiv was excluded from the Professional Football League of Ukraine (PFL) on decision of the Ukrainian Association of Football (UAF) Control and Disciplinary Commission (CDC) on 11 May 2023 and the PFL Central Council.^[14]

On 21 June 2023 the 31st PFL Conference excluded following clubs that did not compete last season but were keeping their membership.^[15]

Notes

^ Due to the Russian invasion of Ukraine, Ukraine were required to play their home matches at neutral venues until further notice.^[5]
^ ^a ^b Due to the Russian invasion of Ukraine, Ukraine are required to play their home matches at neutral venues until further notice.^[6]

References

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^ "Match report – Ukraine v Morocco" (PDF). Olympics.com. International Olympic Committee. 27 July 2024. Retrieved 3 August 2024.
^ "Match report – Ukraine v Argentina" (PDF). Olympics.com. International Olympic Committee. 30 July 2024. Retrieved 3 August 2024.
^ "Decisions from UEFA executive committee meeting 25 February 2022". UEFA. 25 February 2022. Retrieved 25 February 2022.
^ "Decisions from today's extraordinary UEFA Executive Committee meeting". UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. 25 February 2022. Retrieved 25 February 2022.
^ "Decisions from today's extraordinary UEFA Executive Committee meeting". UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. 25 February 2022. Retrieved 25 February 2022.
^ Defining of teams' places in competitions (Визначення місць команд у змаганнях). 2021–22 Ukrainian Premier League regulations.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d "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.
^ "ВАЖЛИВІ ЗМІНИ У КП "МФК «МЕТАЛУРГ"" [Important Changes in Metalurg IFC]. mfcmetalurg.com (in Ukrainian). 2024-01-05. Archived from the original on 2024-01-06.
^ "ОФІЦІЙНО. РІШЕННЯ КОНТРОЛЬНО-ДИСЦИПЛІНАРНОГО КОМІТЕТУ УАФ ЩОДО ФК "ВАСТ" (МИКОЛАЇВ)" [Official. The UAF Control and Disciplinary Committee decision in regard to FC Vast (Mykolaiv)]. uaf.ua (in Ukrainian). 2023-10-26. Archived from the original on 2023-10-26.
^ ^a ^b ^c "ВСЕУКРАЇНСЬКИХ ЗМАГАНЬ З ФУТБОЛУ СЕРЕД ЖІНОЧИХ КЛУБІВ СЕЗОНУ 2021-2022 РОКІВ" (PDF) (in Ukrainian). Retrieved 27 September 2021.
^ ^a ^b (Вища ліга 19/20: гарячий липень у жіночому футболі!). Womensfootball.com.ua. 5 July 2020
^ ^a ^b 29-й Чемпіонат України з футболу серед жінок. Вища ліга: матчі липня Archived 2020-02-25 at the Wayback Machine. womensfootball.ua. 17 July 2019.
^ До турнірної таблиці VBET UA Другої внесені зміни, Рубікон виключили зі складу ПФЛ. pfl.ua. 24 May 2023
^ ХХХІ чергова Конференція ПФЛ: підсумували сезон 2022/23, визначили орієнтири нового чемпіонату. pfl.ua. 21 June 2023

[table_hth_ITA0.3494209164518-1] Head-to-head points: Italy 4, Ukraine 1.

[table_hth_MAR0.97112607954588-2] Head-to-head result: Argentina 1–2 Morocco.

[table_hth_BAR0.43507888933415-11] Head-to-head points: Barcelona 6, Porto 0.

[table_note_res_CLLS0.84735744346276-12] Since already qualified Real Madrid won the Champions League, Shakhtar Donetsk was promoted to the Champions League league phase as the champion with the highest coefficient in Champions League qualifying.

[table_note_res_EL3Q0.84735744346276-13] Since the 2023–24 Ukrainian Cup winners (Shakhtar Donetsk) finished in the top two, the Europa League spot was passed to the third-placed team, and the second Conference League second qualifying round spot was passed to the fifth-placed team.

[table_note_res_WTH0.84735744346276-14] SC Dnipro-1 that withdrew from all tournaments of the 2024–25 season due to financial hardship after finishing 4th in the league qualified for the Conference League second qualifying round, however it was awarded technical losses in both matches (0:3).

[table_hth_ZOR0.84735744346276-15] Zorya Luhansk finished ahead of Kolos Kovalivka and Chornomorets Odesa on head-to-head points: Zorya Luhansk 7, Kolos Kovalivka 6, Chornomorets Odesa 4

[table_hth_POD0.052785138158493-17] Head-to-head points: Podillia 4, Nyva T. 1

[table_hth_CHE0.32905768618409-19] Head-to-head points: Chernihiv 6, Dinaz 0

[table_hth_PRY0.92135137455601-20] Head-to-head results: Nyva–Prykarpattia 0:1, Prykarpattia–Nyva 2:2

[table_hth_MAR0.92135137455601-21] Head-to-head results: Mariupol–Poltava 1:1, Poltava–Mariupol 0:2

[table_hth_MET0.17213313568948-22] Head-to-head points: Metalist 4, Dinaz 1

[table_hth_CHE0.17213313568948-23] Head-to-head points: Chernihiv 6, Hirnyk-Sport 0

[table_hth_DRU0.80927857421771-26] Head-to-head results: Druzhba – UCSA 2:1, UCSA – Druzhba 0:1

[table_hth_KRY0.65237605648692-28] Head-to-head results: Kryvbas – Zhytlobud-1 4:1, Kryvbas – Metalist 1925 2:2, Metalist 1925 – Kryvbas 3:1

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