The 2018–19 season was the 28th season of competitive association football in Ukraine since dissolution of the
Soviet Union
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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
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=Play-off round
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Group stage
=Group F
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UEFA Europa League
Qualifying phase and play-off round
= Second qualifying round
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= Third qualifying round
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=Play-off round
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Group stage
=Group E
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=Group K
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Knockout phase
=Round of 32
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=Round of 16
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UEFA Youth League
UEFA Champions League Path
=Group F
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UEFA Women's Champions League
Men's club football
''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
''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):
2017–18 Ukrainian Premier League
The 2017–18 Ukrainian Premier League season is the 27th top level football club competitions since the fall of the Soviet Union and the tenth since the establishment of the Ukrainian Premier League.
The tournament started on 16 July 2017 with ...
, was originally relegated, but later withdraw from the First League. The same day the PFL president confirmed that the league will consist of 16 teams. Originally, FC Stal Kamianske that were located in
Kamianske
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played its games of the
2017–18 Ukrainian Premier League
The 2017–18 Ukrainian Premier League season is the 27th top level football club competitions since the fall of the Soviet Union and the tenth since the establishment of the Ukrainian Premier League.
The tournament started on 16 July 2017 with ...
season in
Kyiv
Kyiv, also spelled Kiev, is the capital and most populous city of Ukraine. It is in north-central Ukraine along the Dnieper, Dnieper River. As of 1 January 2021, its population was 2,962,180, making Kyiv the List of European cities by populat ...
. After relegation the club was admitted to the First League representing
Bucha, Kyiv Oblast
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. 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
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In 2006, the company conducted some ...
(related to the
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FC Ternopil
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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.
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FC Metalurh Zaporizhzhia
MFC Metalurh Zaporizhzhia ( uk, Футбо́льний клуб «Металу́рг» Запорі́жжя ) is a Ukrainian professional football club based in Zaporizhzhia. Reestablished in 2017, it is a "phoenix club" of the original Soviet ...
– 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 Football Club Inhulets Petrove ( uk, "Інгулець" Петрове) is a professional Ukrainian football club from the town of Petrove, Kirovohrad Oblast that competes in the Ukrainian Premier League following the promotion from 2019–20 Ukra ...
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. On 14 June 2018, there appeared information that the club will merge its academy with
FC Volyn Lutsk
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Businesses, organisations, and schools
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During or after the season
* Arsenal–Kyiv withdrew from professional competitions after being relegated from the Premier League.
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PFC Sumy
FC Sumy was a Ukrainian football team based in the city of Sumy, which used to play in the Persha Liha. In April 2019 the Ukrainian Football Federation deprived the club of its professional status.Kobra Kharkiv. 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. 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
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noted in regards to additional sanctions that PFC Sumy has earned some 10 million
euros
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in
match fixing
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. More to it, Ukrainian coach
Oleksandr Sevidov
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who held post of head coach consultant in PFC Sumy and previously managed
FC Illichivets Mariupol
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received a lifetime disqualification.
* On 17 February 2019, president of
FC Zirka Kropyvnytskyi
FC Zirka Kropyvnytskyi ( uk, ФК "Зірка Кропивницький") is a Ukrainian amateur football club from Kropyvnytskyi, Kirovohrad Oblast, with its team currently playing in the Ukrainian Amateur League.
The club traces its history of ...
commented on his club's withdrawal from further participation in competitions of the
Ukrainian First League
The Persha Liha ( uk, Перша ліга) or Ukrainian First League is a professional football league in Ukraine and the second tier of national football competitions pyramid. Members of the league also participate in the Ukrainian Cup. It is th ...
. The president accused the newly formed NABU and law enforcement authorities in pressure against him. The president of the league expressed his surprise claiming that there seemed no real reason why the club had to withdraw. On 5 April 2019, the PFL council of leagues adopted its decision to remove FC Zirka Kropyvnytskyi from the League as it officially withdrew on 14 March 2019. On 22 April 2019, the club's vice-president announced that the club will restart from regional competitions with intention to return the club's pro-status in the future.
* Helios Kharkiv, the club reorganized under new management under a new name as FC Kobra Kharkiv.Helios is not simply will be renamed as Kobra. It is a merger. (Гелиос не просто будет переименован в Кобру. Это слияние) Sport Arena. 27 June 2018 The club merged with another amateur club called the Kobra Football Academy which was playing in the Kharkiv Oblast Football Championship. On 15 August 2018 the club informed the
Professional Football League of Ukraine
Professional Football League of Ukraine ( uk, Професіональна футбольна ліга України, translit=Profesionalna futbolna liha Ukrayiny; also known as PFL) is a sport organization and collective member of the Footb ...
about withdrawal from professional competitions, and were later officially expelled from the league.
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FC Myr Hornostayivka
FC Myr Hornostayivka was a professional Ukrainian football club from the village of Hornostayivka, Novotroyiske Raion (district), Kherson Oblast, just north of the Crimean peninsula.
History
The team is supported by the agricultural company "My ...