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2024–25 Ukrainian Premier League

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Ukrainian Premier League VBET
Official logo[1]
Season2024–25
Dates3 August 2024 – 24 May 2025
14 December 2024 – 22 February 2025
(winter break)
Matches played98
Goals scored225 (2.3 per match)
Top goalscorerOleksandr Nazarenko (Polissya Zhytomyr)
Heorhiy Sudakov (Shakhtar Donetsk)
(7 goals)
Biggest home winRukh 5–0 Inhulets
(30 August 2024)
Biggest away winVorskla 0–5 Shakhtar
(4 August 2024)
Highest scoringOleksandriya 4–3 Shakhtar
(24 August 2024)
Shakhtar 5–2 Karpaty
(14 September 2024)
Dynamo 5–2 Inhulets
(3 November 2024)
Longest winning run5 matches
Dynamo
Longest unbeaten run11 matches
Dynamo
Oleksandriya
Longest winless run13 matches
Inhulets
Longest losing run4 matches
Obolon
Highest attendance6,300
Karpaty 1–3 Dynamo
(17 August 2024)
Lowest attendance0
9 matches
Total attendance110,330
Average attendance1,126
All statistics correct as of 9 November 2024.

The 2024–25 Ukrainian Premier League season, referred to as the Ukrainian Premier League VBET for sponsorship reasons, is the 34th top-level football club competition since the fall of the Soviet Union and the 17th since the establishment of the Ukrainian Premier League.

Teams

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This season the Ukrainian Premier League remained at 16 teams.

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Relegated teams

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Withdrawn teams

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Location map

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Home venues of teams in the 2024–25 Ukrainian Premier League.
Teams in italics are from areas bordering the Russian Federation and are playing their home games in different cities due to ongoing hostilities.

Stadiums

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Further information: List of football stadiums in Ukraine

The minimum threshold for the stadium's capacity in the UPL is 4,500 (Article 10, paragraph 8.3).[3]

The following stadiums are regarded as home grounds:

Rank Stadium Place Club Capacity Notes
1 Arena Lviv Lviv Rukh Lviv 34,725
Shakhtar Donetsk used as home ground in 4 matches
2 Chornomorets Stadium Odesa Chornomorets Odesa 34,164
3 Ukraina Stadium Lviv Karpaty Lviv 28,051
4 Butovsky Vorskla Stadium Poltava Vorskla Poltava 23,842
5 Lobanovskyi Dynamo Stadium Kyiv Dynamo Kyiv 16,873
Zorya Luhansk used as home ground during the season
6 Tsentralnyi Stadion Cherkasy LNZ Cherkasy 10,321
7 Avanhard Stadium Rivne Veres Rivne 7,122
8 CSC Nika Stadium Oleksandriya FC Oleksandriya 7,000
9 Tsentralnyi Stadion Zhytomyr Polissya Zhytomyr 5,928
10 Obolon Arena Kyiv Obolon Kyiv 5,103
11 Kolos Stadium Kovalivka Kolos Kovalivka 5,050
LNZ Cherkasy used as home ground in 1 match
12 Arena Livyi Bereh Zolochivska hromada Livyi Bereh Kyiv 4,700
Shakhtar Donetsk used as home ground during the season
13 Hirnyk Stadium Kryvyi Rih Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih 3,219
Inhulets Petrove used as reserve home ground during the season

Personnel and sponsorship

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Team President Head coach Captain Kit manufacturer Shirt sponsor
Chornomorets Odesa Leonid Klimov Ukraine Oleksandr Babych Ukraine Bohdan Butko Kelme Vbet
Dynamo Kyiv Ihor Surkis Ukraine Oleksandr Shovkovskyi Ukraine Vitaliy Buyalskyi New Balance A-Bank
Inhulets Petrove Oleksandr Povoroznyuk Ukraine Vasyl Kobin Ukraine Oleksandr Kozak Joma[a] П'ятихатська
Karpaty Lviv Volodymyr Matkivskyi Ukraine Vladyslav Lupashko Ukraine Denys Miroshnichenko Nike Львівське
Kolos Kovalivka Andriy Zasukha Ukraine Oleksandr Pozdeyev Ukraine Valeriy Bondarenko Nike Vbet
Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih Kostyantyn Karamanits Ukraine Yuriy Vernydub Ukraine Dmytro Khomchenovskyi SKIDAN Rudomain
Livyi Bereh Kyiv Mykola Lavrenko Ukraine Vitaliy Pervak Ukraine Ruslan Dedukh Nike ″Metalo Galva″
LNZ Cherkasy Viktor Kravchenko Spain Andrés Carrasco Ukraine Nazariy Muravskyi Macron Vbet
Obolon Kyiv Oleksandr Slobodian Ukraine Serhiy Shyshchenko Ukraine Nazariy Fedorivskyi Jako FavBet
Oleksandriya Serhiy Kuzmenko Ukraine Ruslan Rotan Ukraine Kyrylo Kovalets Nike AgroVista
Polissya Zhytomyr Hennadiy Butkevych Ukraine Imad Ashur Ukraine Ruslan Babenko Nike BGV Group
Rukh Lviv Hryhoriy Kozlovskyi Ukraine Vitaliy Ponomaryov Ukraine Marko Sapuha Macron Emily Resort
Shakhtar Donetsk Rinat Akhmetov Bosnia and Herzegovina[A] Marino Pušić Ukraine Taras Stepanenko Puma FavBet
Veres Rivne Ivan Nadieyin Ukraine Oleh Shandruk Ukraine Bohdan Kohut Kelme Vbet
Vorskla Poltava Kostyantyn Zhevago Ukraine Yuriy Maksymov Ukraine Ihor Perduta Nike Ferrexpo
Zorya Luhansk Yevhen Heller Croatia Mladen Bartulović (interim) Ukraine Roman Vantukh Puma —

Managerial changes

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Team Outgoing manager Manner of departure Date of vacancy Table Incoming manager Date of appointment
Inhulets Petrove Ukraine Vladyslav Lupashko Mutual agreement 5 June 2024 Pre-season Ukraine Vasyl Kobin 15 June 2024[5]
LNZ Cherkasy Belarus Oleg Dulub End of the contract 10 June 2024[6] Spain Andrés Carrasco 11 June 2024[7]
Chornomorets Odesa Ukraine Roman Hryhorchuk Mutual consent[8] 26 June 2024[8] Ukraine Stepan Matviyiv (caretaker) 26 June 2024
Ukraine Stepan Matviyiv (caretaker) End of the contract 30 June 2024 Ukraine Serhiy Politylo (caretaker) 1 July 2024[9][10]
Ukraine Anatoliy Didenko (caretaker)
Ukraine Anatoliy Didenko & Serhiy Politylo (caretakers) End of caretaker spell[B] 13 July 2024 Ukraine Oleksandr Babych 9 July 2024[11]
Karpaty Lviv Ukraine Myron Markevych Mutual consent[12] 17 July 2024 Ukraine Vladyslav Lupashko 19 July 2024
Zorya Luhansk Ukraine Yuriy Koval (caretaker) Return to previous position 26 August 2024 8th Croatia Mladen Bartulović (interim) 26 August 2024
Obolon Kyiv Ukraine Valeriy Ivashchenko Fired 4 September 2024[13] 16th Ukraine Oleksandr Antonenko (interim) 4 September 2024
Ukraine Oleksandr Antonenko (interim) End of interim 5 September 2024 Ukraine Serhiy Shyshchenko 5 September 2024
Vorskla Poltava Ukraine Serhiy Dolhanskyi (caretaker) Return to previous coaching role 23 October 2024 12th Ukraine Yuriy Maksymov 24 October 2024

Notes:

  1. ^ Given the fact that the company continues to cooperate with Russian clubs, the logo of Joma on the game uniform is disguised by the logo of another sponsor of the club

League table

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Oleksandriya 12 10 2 0 21 7 +14 32 Qualification for the Champions League second qualifying round
2 Dynamo Kyiv 11 9 2 0 27 8 +19 29 Qualification for the Conference League second qualifying round
3 Shakhtar Donetsk 11 7 2 2 28 11 +17 23
4 Polissya Zhytomyr 11 6 4 1 19 8 +11 22
5 Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih 12 5 4 3 13 11 +2 19
6 LNZ Cherkasy 13 5 3 5 15 18 −3 18[a]
7 Karpaty Lviv 13 5 3 5 15 17 −2 18[a]
8 Rukh Lviv 11 3 6 2 16 7 +9 15[b]
9 Zorya Luhansk 12 5 0 7 12 14 −2 15[b]
10 Kolos Kovalivka 13 2 7 4 8 10 −2 13
11 Vorskla Poltava 13 3 4 6 12 18 −6 13
12 Veres Rivne 12 2 6 4 12 16 −4 12
13 Chornomorets Odesa 13 3 3 7 8 14 −6 12 Qualification for the Relegation play-off
14 Livyi Bereh Kyiv 13 2 3 8 4 17 −13 9
15 Obolon Kyiv 13 2 3 8 6 26 −20 9 Relegation to Ukrainian First League
16 Inhulets Petrove 13 0 6 7 9 23 −14 6
Updated to match(es) played on 9 November 2024. 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).[14]
Notes:
  1. ^ a b Head-to-head points: LNZ 3, Karpaty 0
  2. ^ a b Head-to-head points: Rukh 3, Zorya 0

Results

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Teams play each other twice on a home and away basis.

Home \ Away CHO DYN INH KAR KOL KRY LIV LNZ OBL OLK PZH RUX SHA VER VOR ZOR
Chornomorets Odesa 1–0 0–1 1–0 1–0 1–4 1–1 0–1 0–1
Dynamo Kyiv 5–2 2–1 1–0 0–0 1–1 3–1
Inhulets Petrove
Karpaty Lviv 1–3 0–0 3–0 3–0 1–0 1–3 1–1
Kolos Kovalivka 0–0 1–1 0–0 1–1 0–1 0–1 1–0
Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih 1–0 1–1 3–1 0–1 1–1 1–1
Livyi Bereh Kyiv 1–0 0–3 0–0 0–1 0–1 0–3 0–2
LNZ Cherkasy 1–1 2–0 2–1 1–0 0–1 0–2 3–1
Obolon Kyiv 1–5 2–1 2–2 0–0 0–4 0–0 0–2
Oleksandriya 2–1 3–0 2–1 2–0 1–0 1–1 4–3 1–0
Polissia Zhytomyr 1–1 1–1 0–0 1–1 4–0 2–1 2–1
Rukh Lviv 1–1 5–0 0–1 0–0 3–0
Shakhtar Donetsk 2–1 a 5–2 5–1 4–0 0–1
Veres Rivne 1–2 2–2 0–0 0–2 1–3 1–1 2–2 2–1
Vorskla Poltava 0–1 2–0 0–0 0–5
Zorya Luhansk 0–2 2–1 0–1 1–2 1–2 2–0
Updated to match(es) played on 9 November 2024. Source: UPL calendar
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
For upcoming matches, an "a" indicates there is an article about the rivalry between the two participants.

Mini-Tournament play-offs

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After the withdrawal of Dnipro-1 from the Ukrainian Premier League the administration concured a playoff between the relegated teams from the 2024–25 Ukrainian Premier League season and the third and fourth placed teams from the 2023–24 Ukrainian First League Promotion group.


Team 1  Score  Team 2
Livyi Bereh Kyiv 1 – 1
5 – 4 (pen.) 		Metalist 1925 Kharkiv
Epitsentr Kamianets-Podilskyi 3 – 3
3 – 5 (pen.) 		FC Mynai


Semi-Finals

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Livyi Bereh Kyiv1 – 1Metalist 1925 Kharkiv
Report
Penalties
5 – 4

Livyi Bereh Kyiv advance to the Final of the Mini-Tournament play-offs

Epitsentr Kamianets-Podilskyi3 – 3FC Mynai
Report
Penalties
3 – 5

FC Mynai advance to the Final of the Mini-Tournament play-offs

Final

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Team 1  Score  Team 2
Livyi Bereh Kyiv 3 – 0 FC Mynai


Livyi Bereh Kyiv3 – 0FC Mynai
Report

Livyi Bereh Kyiv promoted to the Ukrainian Premier League

Relegation play-offs

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Teams that placed 13th and 14th in the 2024–25 Ukrainian Premier League play two-leg play-off with the third and fourth teams of the 2024–25 Ukrainian First League.

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
TBD x–x TBD
TBD x–x TBD

First Semi-final

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Second Semi-final

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Season statistics

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Awards

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Monthly awards

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Month Player of the Month Coach of the Month Ref.
Player Club Coach Club
August 2024 Ukraine Oleksandr Nazarenko Polissya Zhytomyr Ukraine Ruslan Rotan FC Oleksandriya [17]
September 2024 Ukraine Volodymyr Brazhko Dynamo Kyiv Ukraine Imad Ashur Polissya Zhytomyr [18]
October 2024 Ukraine Oleksandr Nazarenko Polissya Zhytomyr Ukraine Vladyslav Lupashko Karpaty Lviv [19]
November 2024
December 2024 / February 2025
March 2025
April 2025
May 2025

Round awards

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Round Player Coach
Player Club Reference Coach Club Reference
Round 1 Ukraine Mykola Matviyenko Shakhtar Donetsk [20] Bosnia and Herzegovina Marino Pušić Shakhtar Donetsk [20]
Round 2 Ukraine Mykola Shaparenko Dynamo Kyiv [21] Ukraine Imad Ashur Polissya Zhytomyr [21]
Round 3 Ukraine Oleksandr Pikhalyonok Dynamo Kyiv [22] Ukraine Ruslan Rotan FC Oleksandriya [23]
Round 4 Ukraine Oleksandr Filippov FC Oleksandriya [24] Ukraine Ruslan Rotan FC Oleksandriya [24]
Round 5 Ukraine Illya Kvasnytsia Rukh Lviv [25] Ukraine Vitaliy Pervak Livyi Bereh Kyiv [25]
Round 6 Ukraine Artem Bondarenko Shakhtar Donetsk [26] Bosnia and Herzegovina Marino Pušić Shakhtar Donetsk [26]
Round 7 Ukraine Mykyta Kravchenko FC Oleksandriya [27] Ukraine Oleksandr Pozdeyev Kolos Kovalivka [27]
Ukraine Heorhiy Sudakov Shakhtar Donetsk [28] Ukraine Vitaliy Ponomaryov Rukh Lviv [28]
Round 8 Ukraine Oleksiy Hutsulyak Polissya Zhytomyr [29] Ukraine Ruslan Rotan FC Oleksandriya [29]
Round 9 Ukraine Heorhiy Sudakov Shakhtar Donetsk [30] Ukraine Oleksandr Babych Chornomorets Odessa [30]
Round 10 Ukraine Illya Putrya LNZ Cherkasy [31] Ukraine Oleksandr Shovkovskyi Dynamo Kyiv [31]
Round 11 Croatia Hrvoje Ilić Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih [32] Ukraine Yuriy Vernydub Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih [32]
Round 12 Ukraine Mykola Shaparenko Dynamo Kyiv [33] Ukraine Ruslan Rotan FC Oleksandriya [33]
Round 13
Round 14
Round 15
Round 16
Round 17
winter break
Round 18
Round 19
Round 20
Round 21
Round 22
Round 23
Round 24
Round 25
Round 26
Round 27
Round 28
Round 29
Round 30

See also

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Notes

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  1. ^ Born on territory of Bosnian republic in Yugoslavia before its dissolution, Marino Pušić is of mixed ethnic background and carries a dual citizenship.[4]
  2. ^ Despite the appointment to the position of head coach, Oleksandr Babych has not yet taken up his duties, so the team was led by Anatoliy Didenko

References

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  1. ^ Official Logo. Ukrainian Premier League website.
  2. ^ "Дніпро-1 знімається, але просить Лігу зберегти за клубом професійний статус. Завтра відбудуться загальні збори УПЛ" [Dnipro-1 withdaws, but asks League to remain wit professional status. Tomorrow will be a Genernal Meeting of the PFL]. ua-football.com (in Ukrainian). 18 July 2024. Retrieved 20 July 2024.
  3. ^ Places of holding competitions (Місця проведення змагань). 2022–23 Ukrainian Premier League regulations.
  4. ^ Profile of Marino Pušić. www.worldfootball.net
  5. ^ "Официально: Василий Кобин возглавил Ингулец" (in Russian). www.ua-football.com. 15 June 2024. Retrieved 21 June 2024.
  6. ^ "ЛНЗ ЗАВЕРШИВ СПІВПРАЦЮ З ОЛЕГОМ ДУЛУБОМ ТА ОЛЕКСАНДРОМ ГРАНОВСЬКИМ" (in Ukrainian). fc-lnz.com. 10 June 2024. Archived from the original on 10 June 2024. Retrieved 20 June 2024.
  7. ^ "АНДРЕС КАРРАСКО – ГОЛОВНИЙ ТРЕНЕР ФК ЛНЗ" (in Ukrainian). fc-lnz.com. 11 June 2024. Archived from the original on 12 June 2024. Retrieved 20 June 2024.
  8. ^ a b "РОМАН ГРИГОРЧУК ЗАЛИШАЄ "ЧОРНОМОРЕЦЬ"" (in Ukrainian). chornomorets.football. 26 June 2024. Archived from the original on 4 July 2024. Retrieved 4 July 2024.
  9. ^ "Ще два тренери завершили роботу в Чорноморці" (in Ukrainian). sport.ua. 1 July 2024. Retrieved 1 July 2024.
  10. ^ "ТРЕНУВАЛЬНА ГРА: «ЧОРНОМОРЕЦЬ» - «НИВА» ВІННИЦЯ – 2:2" (in Ukrainian). chornomorets.football. 3 July 2024. Retrieved 3 July 2024.
  11. ^ "ОЛЕКСАНДР БАБИЧ – ГОЛОВНИЙ ТРЕНЕР «ЧОРНОМОРЦЯ»" (in Ukrainian). chornomorets.football. 9 July 2024. Retrieved 9 July 2024.
  12. ^ "Мирон Маркевич підтвердив, що залишив Карпати" (in Ukrainian). ua-football.com. 17 July 2024. Retrieved 17 July 2024.
  13. ^ "Валерій Іващенко покинув Оболонь" (in Ukrainian). fc.obolon.ua. 4 September 2024. Archived from the original on 4 September 2024. Retrieved 4 September 2024.
  14. ^ Defining of teams' places in competitions (Визначення місць команд у змаганнях). 2021–22 Ukrainian Premier League regulations.
  15. ^ Top scorers. Ukrainian Premier League.
  16. ^ "Most Clean Sheets". www.footystats.org/. Retrieved 12 August 2024.
  17. ^ "Олександр Назаренко та Руслан Ротань - найкращі гравець та тренер VBET УПЛ серпня!" (in Ukrainian).
  18. ^ "Найкращі гравець та тренер вересня VBET Української Прем'єр-Ліги — Бражко та Ашур!" (in Ukrainian).
  19. ^ "Найкращі гравець та тренер жовтня VBET Української Прем'єр-Ліги — Назаренко та Лупашко!" (in Ukrainian).
  20. ^ a b "Матвієнко, Цуріков, Яцик і всі інші герої початку сезону: уся збірна 1-го туру Прем'єр-Ліги". sportarena.com. 5 August 2024. Retrieved 13 August 2024.
  21. ^ a b "Шапаренко, Буяльський, Челядін, Герреро та найважчий вибір воротаря: уся збірна 2-го туру Прем'єр-Ліги". sportarena.com. 13 August 2024. Retrieved 13 August 2024.
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  24. ^ a b "Найкращий косовар нашого чемпіонату, «бразильські» фланги Полісся та Філіппов, який не потребує представлень. Уся збірна 4-го туру Прем'єр-Ліги". sportarena.com. 27 August 2024. Retrieved 28 August 2024.
  25. ^ a b "Квасниця, Приходько Холод і, звісно, Назаренко. Вся збірна 5-го туру Прем'єр-Ліги". sportarena.com. 2 September 2024. Retrieved 2 September 2024.
  26. ^ a b "Бондаренко, Назаренко, воротар Маккабі та вдала заміна Дібанго: вся збірна 6-го туру Прем'єр-Ліги". sportarena.com. 17 September 2024. Retrieved 17 September 2024.
  27. ^ a b "Судаков, Соса та рятівник Полісся : вся збірна 7-го туру Прем'єр-Ліги". sportarena.com. 24 September 2024. Retrieved 24 September 2024.
  28. ^ a b "Експерти визначили найкращого тренера, найкращого гравця та символічну збірну 7-го туру". UPL.UA. 25 September 2024. Retrieved 25 September 2024.
  29. ^ a b "Гуцуляк і Назаренко в вогні, герої Вереса в матчі з Шахтарем і диво-гол у новому столичному дербі: вся збірна 8-го туру Прем'єр-Ліги". sportarena.com. 1 October 2024. Retrieved 1 October 2024.
  30. ^ a b "Судаков, Паламарчук, Луан і вся збірна 9-го туру". sportarena.com. 7 October 2024. Retrieved 7 October 2024.
  31. ^ a b "Ванат, Соса, Бєляєв – а головне: Шапаренко чи Судаков? Уся збірна 10-го туру Прем'єр-Ліги". sportarena.com. 22 October 2024.
  32. ^ a b "Зять Суркіса, новий рекордсмен Зорі та автори шикарних голів: уся збірна 11-го туру Прем'єр-Ліги". sportarena.com. 28 October 2024.
  33. ^ a b "Шапаренко, Очеретько, Шабанов і вся збірна 12-го туру Прем'єр-Ліги". sportarena.com. 5 November 2024.
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