The 2021–22 Ukrainian First League was the 31st since its establishment. The league competition consisted of 16 teams.Artur Malkin. The PFL Central Council: format, starting dates and raise of referee's compensations (Центральна рада ПФЛ: формат, дати старту і підвищення гонорарів арбітрам). Footboom. 1 June 2021 Earlier in 2021, it was discussed to expand the league to 20 teams with discontinuation of the UPL U-21 competitions,The PFL Central Council drafted the new format of the First League. Now word is after the UAF Executive Committee (Центральный совет ПФЛ определил новый формат Первой лиги. Слово за Исполкомом). UA-Football. 17 March 2021 but that initiative was not realized.
Right before the start of the second half, the competition was suspended due to the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine on 24 February 2022. Scheduled originally to end on 21 May 2022, it was eventually recognized as abandoned at the PFL Council meeting on 6 May 2022.
Teams This season, the Ukrainian First League consisted of 16 teams.
Promoted teams The following teams have been promoted from the 2020–21 Ukrainian Second League: Podillia Khmelnytskyi – first place in Group A (returning after 22 seasons, however FC Krasyliv that was playing as Podillya Khmelnytskyi last competed in the 2006–07 season) Uzhhorod – second place in Group A (debut) Metalist Kharkiv – first place in Group B (debut, a phoenix club based on the Second League superfinal champions Metal Kharkiv) Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih – second place in Group B (returning after 5 seasons, last competed in the 2015–16 as Hirnyk Kryvyi Rih)
Relegated teams The following team has been relegated from the 2020–21 Ukrainian Premier League: Olimpik Donetsk – placed 13th (returning after 7 seasons, last competed in the 2013–14)
Renamed teams FC Kramatorsk is a successor of FC Avanhard Kramatorsk which since May 30 was called Avanhard-SK Kramatorsk.З наступного сезону у Першій лізі "Авангард" (Краматорськ) буде виступати як комунальний футбольний клуб і змінить назву на ФК "Краматорськ"... Avanhard Kramatorsk became a municipal club and will be playing under a different name (Краматорський Авангард став муніципальним клубом і буде виступати під іншою назвою). UA-Football. 18 June 2021ПЕРША ЛІГА. 15 ТУР. «ПРИКАРПАТТЯ» - «АВАНГАРД» - 3:1. FC Prykarpattia Ivano-Frankivsk. 30 May 2021 FC Metalist Kharkiv is a successor of FC Metal Kharkiv.Statement from Oleksandr Yaroslavskyi (Заява Олександра Ярославського). FC Metalist Kharkiv. 16 June 2021
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. Rank Stadium Location Capacity Club Notes 1OSC Metalist Kharkiv 40,003 Metalist Kharkiv 2Yuvileiny Stadium Sumy 25,830 Alians Lypova Dolyna 3Meteor Stadium Dnipro 24,381 VPK-Ahro Shevchenkivka 4Ternopil City Stadium Ternopil 15,150 Nyva Ternopil 5Avanhard Stadium Lutsk 12,080 Volyn Lutsk 6Avanhard Stadium Uzhhorod 12,000 FC Uzhhorod 7Sport Complex Podillya Khmelnytskyi 6,800 Podillia Khmelnytskyi 8MCS Rukh Ivano-Frankivsk 6,500 Prykarpattia Ivano-Frankivsk 9Prapor Stadium Kramatorsk 6,000 FC Kramatorsk 10Central Stadium Zhytomyr 5,928 Polissia Zhytomyr 11Obolon Arena Kyiv 5,100 Obolon Kyiv 12Yunist Stadium Chernihiv 3,000 Olimpik Donetsk Matchday 12 13Yunist Stadium Volochysk 2,700 Ahrobiznes Volochysk 14Hirnyk Stadium Kryvyi Rih 2,500 Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih 15Yunist Stadium Horishni Plavni 2,500 Hirnyk-Sport Horishni Plavni 16Bannikov Stadium Kyiv 1,678 Olimpik Donetsk 17Kremin Stadium Kremenchuk 1,500 Kremin Kremenchuk
Personnel and sponsorship TeamPresidentHead coachKit manufacturerShirt sponsor Ahrobiznes Volochysk Oleh Sobutskyi Oleksandr Chyzhevskyi Nike Ahrobiznes Alians Lypova Dolyna Serhiy Demchenko Anatoliy Bezsmertnyi Puma Alians FC Kramatorsk Maksym Yefimov Oleksiy Horodov Lotto Sport Donbasenergo Hirnyk-Sport Horishni Plavni Petro Kaplun Ihor Zhabchenko Adidas Ferrexpo Kremin Kremenchuk Serhiy Kovnir Roman Loktionov Joma Alfateks Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih Kostiantyn Karamanits Oleksandr Babych Joma Rudomain Metalist Kharkiv Oleksandr Yaroslavskyi Oleksandr Kucher Joma DCH Olimpik Donetsk unannounced Serhiy Litovchenko Kelme YTO Nyva Ternopil Oleksandr Stadnyk Andriy Kuptsov Jako — Obolon Kyiv Oleksandr Slobodian Valeriy Ivashchenko Jako Favorite Sport Podillia Khmelnytskyi Yevhen Beiderman Vitaliy Kostyshyn Kelme — Polissia Zhytomyr Volodymyr Zahurskyi Yuriy Kalitvintsev Erreà BGV Group Prykarpattia Ivano-Frankivsk Vasyl Olshanetskyi Oleh Rypan Joma Adamson FC Uzhhorod Ivan Duran Bohdan Blavatskyi Macron — Volyn Lutsk Vitaliy Kvartsyanyi Albert Shakhov Joma — VPK-Ahro Shevchenkivka Volodymyr Korsun Oleksandr Poklonskyi Nike VPK-Ahro
Managerial changes TeamOutgoing head coachManner of departureDate of vacancyTableIncoming head coachDate of appointment Polissya Zhytomyr Serhiy Shyshchenko Sacked 13 June 2021(У ЖИТОМИРСЬКОМУ «ПОЛІССІ» НЕСПОДІВАНІ ЗМІНИ НА ТРЕНЕРСЬКОМУ МІСТКУ). www.sportzt.com. 13 June 2021Pre-season Yuriy Kalitvintsev 13 June 2021 VPK-Ahro Shevchenkivka Serhiy Solovyov Resigned 14 June 2021(Весь тренерський штаб ВПК-Агро пішов у відставку). sport.ua. 14 June 2021 Oleksandr Hrytsay 29 June 2021(Екс-тренер Зорі і Руху Грицай очолив ВПК-Агро). sportarena.com. 29 June 2021 FC Uzhhorod Volodymyr Vasyutyk Mutual consent 21 June 2021(ФК "Ужгород" припинив співпрацю з тренером Володимиром Васютиком). uzhgorod.net.ua. 21 June 2021 Mykhaylo Ivanytsia 7 July 2021. fcuzhhorod.com. 7 July 2021 Kremin Kremenchuk Serhiy Svystun End of interim 22 June 2021Ihor Stolovytskyi has been placed at the helm of Kremin Kremenchuk (Ігор Столовицький очолив кременчуцький «Кремінь»). cherkassy-sport.com. 22 June 2021 Ihor Stolovytskyi 22 June 2021 Volyn Lutsk Vasyl Sachko Resigned 26 June 2021Yulia Haletska. (З ФК «Волинь» йде головний тренер та декілька гравців, - ЗМІ). pershyj.com. 26 June 2021 Albert Shakhov 27 June 2021Iryna Sadovnyk. «Волинь» представила нового головного тренера. pershyj.com. 27 June 2021 Olimpik Donetsk Roman Sanzhar Change of ownership 13 July 2021(Санжар розірвав контракт із донецьким Олімпіком). sport.ua. 13 July 2021 Serhiy Litovchenko 19 July 2021Відомо, хто може замінити Санжара на посаді головного тренера Олімпіка. sport.ua. 19 July 2021 Prykarpattia Ivano-Frankivsk Oleh Rypan End of interim period 20 July 2021 Oleh Rypan 20 July 2021Прикарпаття підписало з Рипаном повноцінний контракт до кінця року. sportarena.com. 20 July 2021 FC Uzhhorod Mykhaylo Ivanytsia Resigned 23 August 2021. fcuzhhorod.com. 23 August 2021Главный тренер Ужгорода подал в отставку. UA-Football. 23 August 2021 16th Bohdan Blavatskyi 23 August 2021 Nyva Ternopil Ihor Klymovskyi Mutual consent 29 September 2021ФК "Нива" та Ігор Климовський припинили співпрацю. fcnyva.com. 29 September 2021 6th Andriy Kuptsov 8 October 2021Андрій Купцов — новий головний тренер "Ниви". fcnyva.com. 8 October 2021 Kremin Kremenchuk Ihor Stolovytskyi Mutual consent 26 October 2021Офіційно. Ігор Столовицький залишає «Кремінь». fckremen.com.ua. 26 October 2021 13th Roman Loktionov 28 October 2021Офіційно. «Кремінь» очолив Роман Локтіонов. fckremen.com.ua. 28 October 2021 VPK-Ahro Shevchenkivka Oleksandr Hrytsay Undisclosed 25 December 2021 14th Oleksandr Poklonskyi 25 December 2021Александр Поклонский — главный тренер «ВПК-Агро». fc-vpkagro.com.ua. 25 December 2021 Alians Lypova Dolyna Yuriy Yaroshenko Changed position 26 January 2022Анатолій Безсмертний – новий головний тренер ФК “Альянс”. https://fc-alliance.com.ua . 26 January 2022 3rd Anatoliy Bezsmertnyi 26 January 2022
League table
Results
Top goalscorers
RankScorerTeamGoals(Pen.)1 Matheus PeixotoMetalist Kharkiv14 (3)2 Oleksiy KhoblenkoKryvbas Kryvyi Rih113 Serhiy KyslenkoNyva Ternopil8 Roman BarchukPrykarpattia Ivano-Frankivsk8 (3) Serhiy ZahynaylovAlians Lypova Dolyna8 (3)6 Mykola AhapovAlians Lypova Dolyna6 Yevhen BanadaMetalist Kharkiv6 Denys HalataKremin Kremenchuk6 Bohdan KobzarVolyn Lutsk6 Artem ShchedryiKryvbas Kryvyi Rih6 Brayan RiascosMetalist Kharkiv6 (1) Roman DebelkoKryvbas Kryvyi Rih6 (2) Stanislav KulishVPK-Ahro Shevchenkivka6 (3) Farès BahlouliMetalist Kharkiv6 (4)
Hat-tricks Player For Against Result Date Reference Oleksiy Khoblenko4Kryvbas Kryvyi RihUzhhorod 5–0 (H)12 September 2021Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih game report at Official PFL Site 4 Player scored four goals
Awards Monthly awards MonthPlayer of the MonthPlayerClubAugust 2021 Oleksiy KhoblenkoKryvbas Kryvyi RihSeptember 2021no dataOctober 2021November 2021
Round awards
RoundPlayerCoachPlayerClubReferenceCoachClubReferenceRound 1 Artem ShchedryiKryvbas Kryvyi Rih Ihor KlymovskyiNyva TernopilRound 2 Ruslan ZubkovKramatorsk Hennadiy PrykhodkoKryvbas Kryvyi RihRound 3 Vitaliy HrushaAhrobiznes Volochysk Oleksandr ChyzhevskyiAhrobiznes VolochyskRound 4 Brayan RiascosMetalist Kharkiv Yuriy YaroshenkoAlians Lypova DolynaRound 5 Stanislav KulishVPK-Ahro Shevchenkivka Serhiy LitovchenkoOlimpik DonetskRound 6 Matheus PeixotoMetalist Kharkiv Yuriy KalitvintsevPolissia ZhytomyrRound 7 Roman BarchukPrykarpattia Ivano-Frankivsk Yuriy Yaroshenko (2)Alians Lypova DolynaRound 8 Oleksiy KhoblenkoKryvbas Kryvyi Rih Yuriy Yaroshenko (3)Alians Lypova DolynaRound 9 Maksym PryadunOlimpik Donetsk Vitaliy KostyshynPodillia KhmelnytskyiRound 10 Farès BahlouliMetalist Kharkiv Oleksandr KucherMetalist KharkivRound 11 Mykola AhapovAlians Lypova Dolyna Bohdan BlavatskyiUzhhorodRound 12 Néné GbambléOlimpik Donetsk Ihor ZhabchenkoHirnyk-Sport Horishni PlavniRound 13 Ruslan PalamarHirnyk-Sport Horishni Plavni Ihor Zhabchenko (2)Hirnyk-Sport Horishni PlavniRound 14 Serhiy KyslenkoNyva Ternopil Oleksandr Chyzhevskyi (2)Ahrobiznes VolochyskRound 15 Roman BarchukPrykarpattia Ivano-Frankivsk Oleh RypanPrykarpattia Ivano-FrankivskRound 16 Yevhen PidlepenetsMetalist Kharkiv Oleksandr Kucher (2)Metalist KharkivRound 17 Serhiy ZahynaylovAlyans Lypova Dolyna Ihor Zhabchenko (3)Hirnyk-Sport Horishni PlavniRound 18 Mykola HayduchykUzhhorod Albert ShakhovVolyn LutskRound 19 Serhiy Zahynaylov (2)Alyans Lypova Dolyna Valeriy IvashchenkoObolon KyivRound 20 Stanislav SharayAlyans Lypova Dolyna Vitaliy Kostyshyn (2)Podillia Khmelnytskyiwinter breakRound 21Round 22Round 23Round 24Round 25Round 26Round 27Round 28Round 29Round 30
Number of teams by region Number Region Team(s)2VPK-Ahro and KryvbasKramatorsk and OlimpikAhrobiznes and PodilliaHirnyk-Sport and Kremin1PrykarpattiaMetalistObolonAliansNyvaVolynUzhhorodPolissia
See also 2021–22 Ukrainian Premier League 2021–22 Ukrainian Second League 2021–22 Ukrainian Football Amateur League 2021–22 Ukrainian Cup List of Ukrainian football transfers summer 2021
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