The 2016–17

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 ...

was the 26th since its establishment. The fixtures were announced on 16 July 2016, and the competition commenced on 24 July 2016. The spring session started on 12 March 2017 with the competition ending on 2 June 2017.

Teams

Promoted teams

Originally, as per competition regulations the top three teams were promoted from the 2015–16 Ukrainian Second League. However, prior to the season commencing at the Conference of the PFL in preparation for the season the committee decided to expand the competition to eighteen teams and include the fourth, fifth and sixth placed teams. Six teams promotion beat the previous record of five teams that was set back in 2002 (14 years ago). *

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– champion of the 2015–16 Ukrainian Second League ''(debut)'' * Veres Rivne – runner-up ''(returning for the first time since 1996–97 season, 19 seasons absence)'' * Inhulets Petrove – 3rd placed ''(debut)'' *

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– 4th placed ''(returning after one season)'' * Skala Stryi – 5th placed ''(debut, however a club from

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namely

FC Hazovyk-Skala Stryi FC Skala 1911 Stryi was a Ukrainian football team. The team is based in Stryi, Ukraine. History Over the years there were several clubs connected with Skala Stryi starting from 1911. Club of Austria-Hungary and Poland The first recorded match ...

competed in the 2005–06 season)'' *

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– 6th placed ''(debut, however a predecessor of Arsenal Kyiv, CSKA-Borysfen Kyiv, competed in the 1994–95 season)''

Relegated teams

No teams were relegated from the Ukrainian Premier League

Withdrawn teams

Two teams were withdrawn before the season: *

Dynamo-2 Kyiv FC Dynamo-2 Kyiv was the second football team of the Ukrainian football club Dynamo Kyiv based in Kyiv, Ukraine. The team was created in 1946, and the club ceased its operations after the 2015–16 season. History In 1965, there was create ...

The management of the senior club FC Dynamo Kyiv announced that the reserve club, ''

'' would be cease to exist prior to the start of the season.
* Hirnyk Kryvyi RihPrior to the start of the season club's administration announced that the club would withdraw from the PFL.

Location map

The following displays the location of teams.

Stadiums

The following stadiums are considered home grounds for the teams in the competition.

Managers

Managerial changes

League table

Results

Position by round

Relegation play-off

The draw for relegation play-off scheduling was held on 3 June 2017.

First leg

Second leg

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loses but later was promoted to the 2017–18 Ukrainian First League, due to sanctions against

FC Dnipro Football Club Dnipro ( uk, Футбо́льний Клуб «Дніпро́», ) was a Ukrainian football club based in Dnipro. The club was owned by the Privat Group that also owns BC Dnipro and Budivelnyk Kyiv. In 2018 FC Dnipro was forced ...

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Top goalscorers

The season top goalscorers were:

Awards

Round awards

Season awards

The laureates of the 2016–17 season were: * Best player:

Ruslan Stepanyuk Ruslan Yuriyovych Stepanyuk ( uk, Руслан Юрійович Степанюк; born 16 January 1992) is a Ukrainian professional footballer who plays as a striker for Vorskla Poltava. Career Early years Stepanyuk is the product of the reviv ...

( Veres Rivne) * Best coach:

Oleksandr Ryabokon Oleksandr Ryabokon ( ua, Олександр Дмитрович Рябоконь; born 21 February 1964) is a former Ukraine, Ukrainian Association football, football Defender (football), defender, and recently, until 2022, the head-coach of FC De ...

( Desna Chernihiv) * Best goalscorer:

( Veres Rivne)

References

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