2025–26 Ukrainian First League
| Season | 2025–26 |
|---|---|
| Dates | 2 August 2025 – TBD |
| Matches played | 0 |
| Goals scored | 0 |
| Total attendance | 0 |
| Average attendance | −0 |
← 2024–25 2026–27 →
All statistics correct as of | |
The 2025–26 Ukrainian First League is the 35th football season of the Ukrainian second-tier competition, PFL Persha Liha (PFL First League or Ukrainian First League), since its establishment. The league competition consisted of 16 teams. The competition is being conducted during the ongoing war with the Russia since late February 2022.
Format
It was planned to have 16 teams for this season.[1] The format of the competition changed compared with the previous season. Instead of two groups in the fall and the spring, it was decided that clubs would compete in a straightforward double round robin format.[2]
Teams
This season, the Ukrainian First League consisted of 16 teams.
Newcoming teams
Promoted teams
One team received direct promotion, and another won a playoff matchup at the end of the 2024–25 Ukrainian Second League.
- Probiy Horodenka – placed 1st (debut)
- Chernihiv – 3th placed (returning after one season)
Relegated teams
Four teams were relegated at the end of the 2024–25 Ukrainian Premier League.
- Chornomorets Odesa – 16th placed (returning after four seasons)
- Inhulets Petrove – 15th placed (returning after a season)
- Livyi Bereh Kyiv – lost play-offs (returning after a season)
- Vorskla Poltava – lost play-offs (returning after 29 seasons)
Outgoing teams
Promoted teams
Four teams were promoted to the 2025–26 Ukrainian Premier League.
- Metalist 1925 Kharkiv – promoted after a season in the second tier.
- Epitsentr Kamianets-Podilskyi – promoted for the first time after three seasons in the second tier.
- Poltava – promoted for the first time after three seasons in the second tier.
- Kudrivka – promoted for the first time after a season in the second tier.
Relegated teams
Two teams withdrew, and two teams were relegated to the 2025–26 Ukrainian Second League.
- Khust – withdrew after two seasons in the second tier (during the previous season).
- Kremin Kremenchuk – relegated after six seasons in the second tier and later withdrew.
- Dinaz Vyshhorod – relegated after three seasons in the second tier.
- Metalurh Zaporizhzhia – lost play-offs and relegated after three seasons in the second tier.
Administrative issues
Location map
The following displays the location of teams.
Home venues of teams in the 2025–26 Ukrainian First League.
Stadiums
The following stadiums were used as home grounds for the teams in the competition.
Notes:
Personnel and sponsorship
Notes:
- ^ 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
Managerial changes
| Team | Outgoing head coach | Manner of departure | Date of vacancy | Table | Incoming head coach | Date of appointment |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vorskla Poltava | Yuriy Maksymov | Mutual consent | 9 June 2025[5] | Pre-season | Željko Ljubenović | 24 June 2025[6] |
| Livyi Bereh Kyiv | Vitaliy Pervak | Mutual consent | 10 June 2025[7] | Pre-season | Andriy Havryushov | 10 June 2025[8][9] |
| Bukovyna Chernivtsi | Hryhoriy Churilov (caretaker) | End of caretaker spell | 20 June 2025 | Pre-season | Serhiy Shyshchenko | 20 June 2025[10] |
| Mynai | Yevhen Kalynychenko | Mutual consent | 20 June 2025 | Pre-season | TBA | TBA |
| UCSA Tarasivka | Ivan Ostapov (caretaker) | End of caretaker spell | 5 July 2025 | Pre-season | Anderson Ribeiro | 5 July 2025[11] |
Notes:
League table
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion, qualification or relegation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ahrobiznes Volochysk | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Promotion to Ukrainian Premier League |
| 2 | Bukovyna Chernivtsi | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 3 | Chernihiv-ShVSM | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Qualification to promotion play-offs |
| 4 | Chornomorets Odesa | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 5 | Feniks-Mariupol | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 6 | Inhulets Petrove | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 7 | Livyi Bereh Kyiv | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 8 | Metalist Kharkiv | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 9 | Mynai | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 10 | Nyva Ternopil | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 11 | Podillya Khmelnytskyi | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 12 | Probiy Horodenka | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 13 | Prykarpattia Ivano-Frankivsk | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Qualification to relegation play-off |
| 14 | UCSA Tarasivka | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 15 | Viktoriya Sumy | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Relegation to Ukrainian Second League |
| 16 | Vorskla Poltava | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
First match(es) will be played: 2 August 2025. 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).[12]
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).[12]
Match results
Match outcomes by week
Promotion group goalscorers
As of 21 August 2025
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Promotion group clean sheets
As of 21 August 2025
| Rank | Player | Club | Clean sheets |
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Awards
Monthly awards
| Month | Player of the Month | Ref. | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Player | Club | ||
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Round awards
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Player | Club | Reference | Coach | Club | Reference | |
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| Round 18 | ||||||
| winter break | ||||||
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| Round 28 | ||||||
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| Round 30 | ||||||
Number of teams by region
See also
- 2025–26 Ukrainian Premier League
- 2025–26 Ukrainian Second League
- 2025–26 Ukrainian Football Amateur League
References
- ^ Перша ліга у наступному сезоні повернеться до традиційного формату. champion.com.ua. 25 March 2025
- ^ ХХХІІ Конференція ПФЛ: прийняли нових членів, формат змагань. pfl.ua. 17 June 2025
- ^ Що відбувається в Інгульці? Джерело розкрило всю правду про Кобіна, стадіон, гравців, завдання і гроші. ukrfootball.ua. 28 May 2025
- ^ Металіст втратив свого багаторічного титульного спонсора DCH. www.ua-football.com. 5 August 2024
- ^ "Максимов не працюватиме у Ворсклі наступного сезону" (in Ukrainian). vorskla.com.ua. 9 June 2025. Archived from the original on 9 June 2025. Retrieved 9 June 2025.
- ^ "Любенович офіційно став новим головним тренером Ворскли" (in Ukrainian). sportarena.com. 24 June 2025. Archived from the original on 28 June 2025. Retrieved 8 July 2025.
- ^ "Лівий Берег визначився з новим тренером та заявить команду до Другої ліги" (in Ukrainian). www.ua-football.com. 10 June 2025. Retrieved 10 June 2025.
- ^ "Офіційно: Лівий Берег відправив у відставку Первака та призначив нового головного тренера" (in Ukrainian). www.ua-football.com. 10 June 2025. Retrieved 10 June 2025.
- ^ "АНДРІЙ ГАВРЮШОВ – ГОЛОВНИЙ ТРЕНЕР ЛІВОГО БЕРЕГА" (in Ukrainian). fclb.com.ua. 10 June 2025. Retrieved 10 June 2025.
- ^ "Шищенко официально назначен главным тренером Буковины" (in Ukrainian). sportarena.com. 20 June 2025. Archived from the original on 8 July 2025. Retrieved 8 July 2025.
- ^ "Андерсон Рібейро офіційно став новим головним тренером ЮКСА" (in Ukrainian). sportarena.com. 5 July 2025. Archived from the original on 8 July 2025. Retrieved 8 July 2025.
- ^ "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.