The 2018–19

Ukrainian Premier League The Ukrainian Premier League ( ) or UPL is a professional association football league in Ukraine and the highest level of the Ukrainian football league system. Originally known as the Vyshcha Liha ( , ) it was formed in 1991 during the 1992 in ...

season was the 28th top-level football club competitions since the

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and the eleventh since the establishment of the

. The tournament started on 21 July 2018 and ended on 25 May 2019. The league took its winter intermission after Round 18 on 8 December 2018 and resumed its competition of the Championship with Round 19 on 16 February 2019. The first stage ended with Round 22 games on 17 March 2019. The draw for the second stage was announced for 5 March 2019. The 11-time winner

Shakhtar Donetsk Football Club Shakhtar Donetsk () is a Ukrainian professional Association football, football club that was based in the city of Donetsk until 2014 when, due to the War in Donbas (2014–2022), War in Donbas, the club was forced to move to Lvi ...

were the two-time defending champions.

Teams

Promoted teams

* Arsenal Kyiv – the champion of the 2017–18 Ukrainian First League ''(returning as a phoenix club of previous Arsenal Kyiv after five seasons absence)'' * Desna Chernihiv – 3rd place of the 2017–18 Ukrainian First League, play-off winners ''(debut)''

Shuffled teams

FC Lviv FC Lviv () is a Ukrainian professional football club from the city of Lviv. The history of the club is very controversial and was interrupted on numerous occasions. The first club under such name entered professional competitions back in 199 ...

– a team swap after merging with

NK Veres Rivne Narodnyy Klub Veres Rivne () is a Ukrainian professional football club based in Rivne. The club competes in the Ukrainian Premier League, the top tier of Ukrainian football, after winning the 2020–21 Ukrainian First League. Their home stadium ...

''(returning as a phoenix club of previous FC Lviv after nine seasons absence)'' On completion of the

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season, Veres Rivne, who had moved their operations to

Lviv Lviv ( or ; ; ; see #Names and symbols, below for other names) is the largest city in western Ukraine, as well as the List of cities in Ukraine, fifth-largest city in Ukraine, with a population of It serves as the administrative centre of ...

during the season announced the merging with FC Lviv who competed in the

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and retain their name. This is the first time of such "swap" that has occurred with a team from the

. Its certification the club passed on 5 June 2018. Along with that the FFU certification committee is consulting with the UEFA in regards of the "clubs swap". On 6 June 2018, it was announced that it is too early speculate composition of the league for the next season as the UEFA will make its final decision by allowing or not participation of FC Lviv. It is possible that some of already relegated clubs might be given a second chance if UEFA will insist on impossibility of the Lviv-Veres team swap. On 12 June 2018, Ukrainian Premier League updated its website removing any mentioning of

ever competing in the league and its record being awarded to FC Lviv. Few days later the league recovered the Veres' record. More to the story, in interview to "Tribuna" a head of the FFU Attestation Committee Viktor Bezsmernyi explained that it was Veres that received certificate for the 2018–19 Ukrainian Premier League and then the club changed its name. At same time the old-new president of Veres Khakhlyov demonstrated the club's certificate for the 2018–19 Ukrainian Second League.

Withdrawn teams

* On 21 June 2018, during the club's conference of

FC Poltava FC Poltava () was a Ukrainian association football, football club based in Poltava in 2007–2018. History The club was created by the newly elected mayor of the Poltava city Andriy Matkovsky (2006–2010) who was the club's Honorary President ...

, the club's leadership announced that it dissolved the club. On 22 June 2018, the UPL published an official announcement about situation with FC Poltava, and while shocked with the club's decision the league is confirming that the club is withdrawing and that the league will be seeking its replacement. Following withdrawal of FC Poltava, a crisis has seemed to ripen in the league as there is no other team can replace Poltava due to financing or infrastructure issues. Based on the voting conducted among the UPL members, on 26 June 2018, the league picked

FC Chornomorets Odesa FC Chornomorets Odesa ( ) is a Ukrainian professional Association football, football club based in Odesa, Ukraine. According to the club's website, it was formed in 1936 as ''Dynamo'', but until 2002 it carried a logo with 1958 and 1959

for the Poltava's replacement and submitted its selection for approval by the FFU Executive Committee. On 3 July 2018, Chornomorets was officially approved by FFU as 2018–19 Ukrainian Premier League participant.

Location map

The following displays the location of teams.

Stadiums

Three teams play their matches outside of home towns. The minimum threshold for the stadium's capacity in the UPL is 5,000 (Article 10, paragraph 7.2). The following stadiums are regarded as home grounds: ''Notes:''

Personnel and sponsorship

''Notes:''

Managerial changes

''Notes:''

First stage

First stage table

First stage results

Teams play each other twice on a home and away basis, before the league split into two groups – the top six and the bottom six. ''Notes:''

First stage positions by round

The following table represents the teams position after each round in the competition played chronologically.

Championship round

Championship round table

Championship round results

Championship round positions by round

Relegation round

Relegation round table

Relegation round results

Relegation round positions by round

Relegation play-offs

Teams that placed 10th and 11th in the 2018–19 Ukrainian Premier League play two-leg play-off with the second and third teams of the

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. The draw for play-offs took place on 24 May 2019 and the games will be played on 4 and 8 June 2019.

First leg

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Second leg

Kolos Kovalivka FC Kolos Kovalivka () is a professional Ukrainian football club from the village of Kovalivka, Kyiv Oblast which competes in the Ukrainian Premier League, having been promoted from the Ukrainian First League on the 8 June 2019 for the first time ...

won 2–0 on aggregate and were promoted to the

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Chornomorets Odesa FC Chornomorets Odesa ( ) is a Ukrainian professional football club based in Odesa, Ukraine. According to the club's website, it was formed in 1936 as ''Dynamo'', but until 2002 it carried a logo with 1958 and 1959 2019–20 Ukrainian First League The 2019–20 Ukrainian First League was the 29th since its establishment. The competition began on 27 July 2019 with eight matches of Round 1, and went into recess for a winter break which started after the completion of Round 19 on 24 November ...

'' ---- '' Karpaty Lviv won 3–0 on aggregate and retained their spot in the

Volyn Lutsk FC Volyn Lutsk ( ) was a Ukrainian association football, football club based in Lutsk. Since its establishment in 1960, the club became the only major (professional) football club within Volyn Oblast and uncontested leader of football in the reg ...

remained in the

2019–20 Ukrainian First League The 2019–20 Ukrainian First League was the 29th since its establishment. The competition began on 27 July 2019 with eight matches of Round 1, and went into recess for a winter break which started after the completion of Round 19 on 24 November ...

'' Due to fan violence at the game and attack on referee, the original score 1–3 was scratched and replaced with technical score 0–3 loss to Volyn and win for Karpaty. Additionally, the Lutsk department of police started criminal proceedings on the fact of intentional damage to property during the game by the Karpaty fans.

Season statistics

Top goalscorers

''Notes:''

Top assistants

Hat-tricks

^''(number)'' Player scored (number) goals if more than 3 ''Notes:'' * On 18 September 2018 Ukrainian Premier League introduced publishing of UPL statistics using the system of

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Awards

Monthly awards

Round awards

Source:

The 2018 Coach of the Year award

The best coaches were identified by the All-Ukrainian Football Coaches Association.

Season awards

The laureates of the 2018–19 UPL season were: * Best player: Viktor Tsyhankov (

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) * Best coach:

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(

) * Best goalkeeper: Andriy Pyatov (

) * Best arbiter: Anatoliy Abdula (

Kharkiv Kharkiv, also known as Kharkov, is the second-largest List of cities in Ukraine, city in Ukraine.

) * Best young player: Vitalii Mykolenko (

) * Best goalscorer: Júnior Moraes (

)

References

External links

Official website
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Teams

Promoted teams

Shuffled teams

Withdrawn teams

Location map

Stadiums

Personnel and sponsorship

Managerial changes

First stage

First stage table

First stage results

First stage positions by round

Championship round

Championship round table

Championship round results

Championship round positions by round

Relegation round

Relegation round table

Relegation round results

Relegation round positions by round

Relegation play-offs

First leg

Second leg

Season statistics

Top goalscorers

Top assistants

Hat-tricks

Awards

Monthly awards

Round awards

The 2018 Coach of the Year award

Season awards

See also

References

External links