The 2018–19 season was the 28th season of competitive association football in Ukraine since dissolution of the Soviet Union.
National teams Ukraine national football team
Results and fixtures
Ukraine U-21 national football team
Ukraine U-19 national football team
Ukraine women's national football team
Results and fixtures
Ukraine women's national student football team
UEFA competitions
UEFA Champions League
Qualifying phase and play-off round
Third qualifying round
Play-off round
Group stage
Group F
UEFA Europa League
Qualifying phase and play-off round
Second qualifying round
Third qualifying round
Play-off round
Group stage
Group E
Group K
Knockout phase
Round of 32
Round of 16
UEFA Youth League
UEFA Champions League Path
Group F
UEFA Women's Champions League
Men's club football LeaguePromoted to leagueRelegated from leaguePremier League Arsenal–Kyiv Desna Chernihiv FC Lviv Zirka Kropyvnytskyi Veres Rivne Stal KamianskeLeague One Ahrobiznes Volochysk Prykarpattia Ivano-Frankivsk SC Dnipro-1 Metalist 1925 Kharkiv Kremin Kremenchuk Cherkaskyi Dnipro Naftovyk-Ukrnafta Okhtyrka Zhemchuzhyna OdesaLeague TwoGroupsA FC Mynai FC Kalush Chaika Petropavlivska Borshchahivka Skala Stryi Arsenal-Kyivshchyna Bila Tserkva FC TernopilB Krystal Kherson Metalurh Zaporizhzhia Hirnyk Kryvyi Rih FC Dnipro Inhulets-2 Petrove Sudnobudivnyk Mykolaiv Metalurh Zaporizhzhia Note: For all scratched clubs, see section Clubs removed for more details
Premier League
League 1
League 2
Cup competitions Ukrainian Cup
Super Cup
Women's club football LeaguePromoted to leagueRelegated from leagueHigher League Voskhod Stara Maiachka Lehenda-ShVSM Chernihiv Ateks SDIuShOR-16 Kyiv Note: For all scratched clubs, see section Clubs removed for more details
Higher League
Managerial changes This is a list of managerial changes among Ukrainian professional football clubs (top two leagues):
TeamOutgoing managerManner of departureDate of vacancyTableIncoming managerDate of appointmentTable Volyn Lutsk Viktor Bohatyr Contract ended 31 May 2018Pre-season Andriy Tlumak 1 June 2018 Pre-season Obolon-Brovar Kyiv Volodymyr Pyatenko Resigned 31 May 2018 Serhiy Kovalets 13 June 2018 Zirka Kropyvnytskyi Roman Monaryov Resigned 6 June 2018 Andriy Horban (interim) 13 June 2018 FC Lviv Andriy Khanas (interim) Club reorganized unannounced Andriy Demchenko (interim) 8 June 2018 Chornomorets Odesa Kostyantyn Frolov Dismissed 13 June 2018 Angel Chervenkov 13 June 2018Arsenal Kyiv Serhiy Litovchenko"Laid off"22 June 2018 Fabrizio Ravanelli22 June 2018Valerko, A. Ravanelli was introduced as a new coach of Arsenal (Раванелли представлен новым тренером Арсенала). Sport Arena. 22 June 2018FC Lviv Andriy DemchenkoEnd of interim29 June 2018FC Lviv parted with coach Demchenko (ФК Львов расстался с тренером Демченко). Sport Arena. 29 June 2018 Gilmar3 July 2018 GilmarResigned14 August 20187th Yuriy Bakalov16 August 20187thKarpaty Lviv Oleh BoychyshynSacked16 August 20188th José Morais16 August 20188th Rukh Vynnyky Andriy Kikot Resigned 9 September 201815th Vitaliy Romanyuk (caretaker) 11 September 201815th Metalist 1925 Kharkiv Serhiy Valyayev Fired 11 September 20187th Oleksandr Horyainov (caretaker) 11 September 20187thArsenal Kyiv Fabrizio RavanelliResigned22 September 201812th Vladyslav Humenyuk22 September 201812th Vladyslav HumenyukEnd of interim1 October 2018 Vyacheslav Hroznyi1 October 2018Rukh Vynnyky Vitaliy Romanyuk (caretaker) End of caretaker spell 26 September 2018 14th Yuriy Virt 26 September 2018 14th Yuriy Virt Resigns 14 November 2018 13th Leonid Kuchuk 1 January 2019 13thOlimpik Donetsk Roman SanzharMutual consent3 October 20187th Vyacheslav Shevchuk3 October 20187th MFC Mykolaiv Ruslan Zabranskyi Mutual consent 23 November 2018 9th Serhiy Shyshchenko 6 December 2018 9thKarpaty Lviv José MoraisContract terminated28 November 201810th Oleh Boychyshyn (interim)28 November 201810th Metalist 1925 Kharkiv Oleksandr Horyainov (caretaker) End of caretaker spell 10 December 2018 2nd Oleksandr Horyainov 10 December 2018 2nd Hirnyk-Sport Horishni Plavni Serhiy Puchkov End of contract 1 January 2019 12th Volodymyr Mazyar 1 January 2019 12thPFC Sumy Serhiy Zolotnytskyi Resigned 4 January 2019 11th Oleksandr Oliynyk 3 February 2019 11th Oleksandr Oliynyk End of interim 19 March 2019 11th Oleh Lutkov 19 March 2019Lutkov became a new head coach of PFC Sumy (Лутков стал новым главным тренером ПФК Сумы). Sport Arena. 19 March 2019 11thArsenal Kyiv Vyacheslav HroznyiMutual agreement9 January 201912th Ihor Leonov16 January 201912thKarpaty Lviv Oleh BoychyshynEnd of interim13 January 201910th Fabri13 January 201910thVorskla Poltava Vasyl SachkoContract terminated27 March 20197th Vitaliy Kosovskyi (interim)28 March 20197thFC Lviv Yuriy BakalovMutual consent8 April 20196th Taras Hrebenyuk (interim)8 April 20196th Taras HrebenyukEnd of interim16 April 20195th Bohdan Blavatskyi16 April 20195th Ahrobiznes Volochysk Andriy Donets admin. punishment 9 April 2019 14th Andriy Donets 9 April 2019 14thOlimpik Donetsk Vyacheslav ShevchukMutual consent17 April 201910th Ihor Klymovskyi (interim)17 April 201910thKarpaty Lviv FabriResigned (heath concerns)27 May 201910th Oleksandr Chyzhevskyi (interim)27 May 201910th
Clubs removed Before the season Stal Kamianske, 12th place of the 2017–18 Ukrainian Premier League, was originally relegated, but later withdraw from the First League.Feniks and Skala won't play in the new season (Феникс и Скала не сыграют в новом сезоне). Sport.ua. 9 July 2018 The same day the PFL president confirmed that the league will consist of 16 teams.Samotkan, Yu. (9 July 2018). Serhiy Markov: "Sport principle is not compromised, in the First League are 16 teams" (Сергей Макаров: "Спортивный принцип не нарушаем - в первой лиге 16 команд"). Footboom. Originally, FC Stal Kamianske that were located in Kamianske played its games of the 2017–18 Ukrainian Premier League season in Kyiv. After relegation the club was admitted to the First League representing Bucha, Kyiv Oblast. Prior to the season commencing the club was renamed to FC Feniks Bucha. Naftovyk-Ukrnafta Okhtyrka, the Professional Football League allowed the club to keep its berth in the second tier even after its main sponsor announced that it will discontinue to fund the club. After the season completed, Ukrnafta (related to the Privat Group) who sponsored Naftovyk-Ukrnafta Okhtyrka decided to liquidate the club since it was a tax liability. Zhemchuzhyna Odesa withdrew after Round 31 during 2017–18 season. Technical losses were adjudged against the team in the last three matches. At time of withdrawal, Zhemchuzhyna's had played 31 matches, with a record of 7 wins, 6 draws and 18 losses, scoring 33 goals and having conceded 54 goals. Arsenal-Kyivshchyna Bila Tserkva failed attestation for the season and was removed from the leagueArsenal-Kyivshchyna and Sudnobudivnyk lost their professional status (Арсенал-Киевщина и Судостроитель потеряли профессиональный статус). Sport Arena. 27 June 2018 FC Ternopil after failing to arrive for their Round 6 away match against Polissya Zhytomyr, several days later informed the PFL that they are withdrawing from the competition. The club played four matches in the competition with a record of 4 losses scoring two goals and allowing nine goals scored against them. The PFL annulled their results as per league regulations and removed them from the official standings on the decision of the FFU Control and Disciplinary Committee of 7 September 2017. FC Metalurh Zaporizhzhia – prior to attestation, the club merged with FC Spartak-KPU Zaporizhzhia (a team of local university, KPU), but on 6 June 2018, the club failed attestation for the season and the club's administration decided to dissolve the team Inhulets-2 Petrove – the main club's administration of Inhulets Petrove decided to dissolve the second team Sudnobudivnyk Mykolaiv – failed attestation Skala Stryi – passed attestation, but dissolved its senior team protesting the FFU accusations in gambling.Valerko, A. All players of FC Skala are free agents. The club awaits the FFU decision (Все игроки ФК Скала – свободные агенты. Клуб ждет решения ФФУ). Sport Arena. 7 June 2018Skala withdrew from Druha Liha and will concentrate on youth football (Скала снялась со Второй лиги и сосредоточится на детско-юношеском футболе). Sport Arena. 19 June 2018Samotkan, Yu. (9 July 2018). Serhiy Markov: "Sport principle is not compromised, in the First League are 16 teams (Сергей Макаров: "Спортивный принцип не нарушаем - в первой лиге 16 команд"). Footboom. On 14 June 2018, there appeared information that the club will merge its academy with FC Volyn Lutsk.Konkevych, Yu. Volyn and Skala are uniting their children schools (Волынь и Скала объединят свои детские школы). Sport Arena. 14 June 2018
During or after the season Arsenal–Kyiv withdrew from professional competitions after being relegated from the Premier League.Arsenal-Kyiv will continue its existence, but without its professional team (Арсенал-Киев продолжит существование, но без профессиональной команды). UA-Football. 23 July 2019 PFC Sumy received new ownership during winter break in the face of Serhiy Vashchenko who earlier this season was supposed to become the owner of Kobra Kharkiv.Ex-president of Kobra became a president of PFC Sumy (Экс-президент Кобры стал президентом ПФК Сумы). Sport Arena. 2 February 2019Artur Malkin. President of scandalous Kobra Vashchenko had been placed in charge of Sumy (Президент скандальной "Кобры" Ващенко возглавил "Сумы"). Footboom. 3 February 2019Yevhen Kudlai. PFC Sumy has been placed in charge a conartist with experience (ПФК «Сумы» возглавил мошенник со стажем). Dankor.Sumy. 5 February 2019Oleh Mahlyovanyi. Serhiy Makarov: We do not like that Vashchenko was placed in charge of Sumy and who before that dissolved Kobra (Helios) (Сергей Макаров: «Нам не нравится, что руководителем «Сум» назначили Ващенко, который до этого развалил «Кобру»). Tribuna. 10 February 2019 The new head coach of the Sumy club who had been announced was also former head coach of Kobra, Oleksandr Oliynyk. At the same time according to the former club's director Anatoliy Boiko, on 1 December 2018 PFC Sumy did not have any players on contract. On 11 April 2019, the FFU Control and Disciplinary Committee adopted its decision to strip the club of professional status and exclude the club from any competitions that it is participating currently or in the future.The FFU CDC secretary: number of players and functionaries of Sumy will receive disqualifications from a year to lifetime (Секретарь КДК ФФУ: Ряд игроков и функционеров Сум получат дисквалификации от одного года до пожизненного). UA-Football. 11 April 2019 However the club has a right to file an appeal. Additional separate sanctions were to be also applied against the club's playing and administrative personnel. On 14 April 2019, the chairman of the FFU committee of ethics and fair play Francesco Baranka noted in regards to additional sanctions that PFC Sumy has earned some 10 million euros in match fixing.Baranka: PFC Sumy has earned some 10 million euros in match fixing. Sport Arena. 14 April 2019 More to it, Ukrainian coach Oleksandr Sevidov who held post of head coach consultant in PFC Sumy and previously managed FC Illichivets Mariupol received a lifetime disqualification.Sevidov is receiving a lifetime disqualification due to participation in match fixing. Sport Arena. 14 April 2019