The 2025–26 season is the 35th season of competitive association football in Ukraine since the dissolution of the Soviet Union.
With the continuation of the Russo-Ukrainian War, the Ukrainian Association of Football (UAF) decided to go forward with the 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
2026 FIFA World Cup
Group D
Path B
Ukraine women's national football team
2027 FIFA Women's World Cup
Group A3
UEFA competitions 2025–26 season (UEFA competitions) Men's teams in Europe Dynamo Kyiv (UCL)Shakhtar Donetsk (UEL)Polissya Zhytomyr (UECL)Oleksandriya (UECL) Women's teams in Europe Vorskla Poltava (UWCL)Metalist 1925 Kharkiv (UWCL)Kolos Kovalivka (UWEC)
UEFA Champions League
Qualifying phase and play-off round
Second qualifying round
Due to the Russo-Ukrainian War, Dynamo Kyiv played its home matches in Lublin, Poland.
Third qualifying round
Due to the Russo-Ukrainian War, Dynamo Kyiv played its home matches in Lublin, Poland.
UEFA Europa League
Qualifying phase and play-off round
First qualifying round
Due to the Russo-Ukrainian War, Shakhtar Donetsk played its home match in Ljubljana, Slovenia.
Second qualifying round
Due to the Russo-Ukrainian War, Shakhtar Donetsk played its home match in Kraków, Poland.
Third qualifying round
Due to the Russo-Ukrainian War, Shakhtar Donetsk played its home match in Kraków, Poland.
Play-off round
UEFA Europe Conference League
Qualifying phase and play-off round
Second qualifying round
Due to the Russo-Ukrainian War, Polissya Zhytomyr played its home match in Prešov (originally Košice), Slovakia, while Oleksandriya played its home match in Katowice, Poland.
Third qualifying round
Due to the Russo-Ukrainian War, Polissya Zhytomyr played its home match in Prešov, Slovakia.
Play-off round
Due to the Russo-Ukrainian War, Polissya Zhytomyr played its home match in Prešov, Slovakia, and Shakhtar Donetsk in Kraków, Poland.
League stage
Dynamo Kyiv
Shakhtar Donetsk
Knockout stage
Round of 16
Quarter-finals
Semi-finals
UEFA Women's Champions League
Qualifying rounds
Round 2
Champions Path Tournament 5
League Path Tournament 1
Round 3
The winners of the ties advanced to the group stage. The losers will be transferred to the 2025–26 UEFA Women's Europa Cup second qualifying round.
Due to the Russo-Ukrainian War, Vorskla Poltava played its home match in Leuven, Belgium.
UEFA Women's Europa Cup
Qualifying rounds
Round 1
Due to the Russo-Ukrainian War, Kolos Kovalivka played its home match in Shkodër, Albania.
Round 2
Men's club football LeaguePromoted to leagueRelegated from leaguePremier League Epitsentr Kamianets-Podilskyi Poltava Metalist 1925 Kharkiv Kudrivka Chornomorets Odesa Inhulets Petrove Vorskla Poltava Livyi Bereh KyivPFL League 1 Probiy Horodenka Chernihiv-ShVSM Dinaz Vyshhorod Khust Mynai Kremin KremenchukPFL League 2GroupsA Atlet Kyiv Lisne Bukovyna-2 Chernivtsi Revera 1908 Ivano-Frankivsk Rukh-2 Lviv Vorskla-2 Poltava Metalist 1925-2 KharkivB Rebel Kyiv Penuel Kryvyi Rih Chornomorets-2 Odesa Livyi Bereh-2 Kyiv Note: For all scratched clubs, see section Clubs removed for more details.
Premier League
Relegation play-offs
PFL League 1 (First League)
Relegation play-offs
PFL League 2 (Second League)
Group A
Group B
The league's play-offs
Cup competitions Ukrainian Cup
Women's club football Promoted Relegated none Obolon Kyiv
Note: For the scratched clubs, see section Clubs removed for more details
Vyshcha Liha
Managerial changes This is a list of managerial changes among Ukrainian professional football clubs:
TeamOutgoing managerManner of departureDate of vacancyTableIncoming managerDate of appointmentPre-season
Clubs removed Permanently lost professional status Balkany Zorya Karpaty Halych Zviahel Dnipro-1
Temporary inactive status Revera 1908 Ivano-Frankivsk Kremin Kremenchuk Druzhba Myrivka Kramatorsk Lyubomyr Stavyshche Mykolaiv Krystal Kherson Enerhiya Nova Kakhovka Tavriya Simferopol Kyiv Munkacs Mukacheve
Notes
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