| Season: | 2024–25 |
| Dates: | June 2025 |
| Biggest Home Win: | 4–2 (Mynai – Prykarpattia,) |
| Biggest Away Win: | 1–3 (2 matches) |
| Highest Scoring: | 4–2 (Mynai – Prykarpattia,) |
| Highest Attendance: | 1,800 (Bukovyna – Ahrobiznes,) |
| Lowest Attendance: | 0 (6 matches) |
| Updated: | 18 August 2024 |
The 2024–25 Ukrainian First League is the 34th football league since its establishment. The league competition consisted of 18 teams. The competition is conducting during the ongoing war with the Russia since late February 2022.
The PFL has decided to keep the split group format of double round-robin tournaments with 9 teams in group, total 18 teams. The number of teams has been reduced to 18 compared to the 20 last season. Similar to the last season the top teams will qualify for the promotion tournament, four from each, while less fortunate teams, five from each, will qualify for the relegation tournament.[1] Due to odd number of teams in both groups of the first stage, the second stage groups, promotion and relegation, will not have even number of teams. In total the first stage will have 18 rounds with 72 matches in each group, 16 for each team.[1]
The second stage will have another two groups one for promotion to the top tier, another for relegation to the tier below. The promotion group tournament will consist of 8 teams, top 4 teams from each group (A and B) of the first stage.[1] The teams' record from the previous stage will be grandfathered in full.[1] Each team in the promotion group will play 8 matches with the best four teams of the other group of the first stage (home and away).[1] In total there will be 32 matches.[1] The top two teams of the promotion group will get promotion rights to the Ukrainian Premier League, while the next two teams (3rd and 4th places) would receive a chance to get promotion rights through play-off match-up with the top tier teams.[1]
The teams that would place 5th through 9th in each group (A and B) in the first stage will form the relegation group.[1] The teams' record from the previous stage will be grandfathered in full as well.[1] Each 10 teams of the relegation group will play 10 matches with the 5 teams of the other group of the first stage (home and away).[1] In total there will be 50 matches.[1] The bottom three teams (places 8-10) will gain direct relegation to the tier below (Druha Liha/Ukrainian Second League), while teams that would place 6th and 7th will meet with runners-up of the Druha Liha in play-off match-ups to contest their place in the league.[1]
This season, Ukrainian First League consisted of 18 teams.
Two teams were promoted at the end of the 2023–24 Ukrainian Second League.
Two teams were relegated at the end of the 2023–24 Ukrainian Premier League.
Due to the Russian military aggression, three clubs in the league were forced to relocate.
The following displays the location of teams.
See also: List of football stadiums in Ukraine. 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.[4]
| Rank | Stadium | Location | Capacity | Club | Notes | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | align=left | Sumy | 25,830 | Viktoriya Sumy | [5] | |||||||||||
| 2 | align=left | Ternopil | 15,150 | Nyva Ternopil | ||||||||||||
| 3 | align=left | Chernivtsi | 12,000 | Bukovyna Chernivtsi | ||||||||||||
| 4 | align=left | Slavutych Arena | Zaporizhia | 12,000 | Metalurh Zaporizhia | |||||||||||
| 5 | align=left | Uzhhorod | 10,383 | Metalist Kharkiv | used as home ground during the season | - | 6 | align=left | Central | Uman | 7,552 | Metalurh Zaporizhzhia | used as home ground during the season[6] --> | |||
| 6 | align=left | Khmelnytskyi | 6,800 | Podillia Khmelnytskyi | ||||||||||||
| 7 | align=left | Ivano-Frankivsk | 6,200 | Prykarpattia Ivano-Frankivsk | ||||||||||||
| 8 | align=left | Boryspil | 5,400 | FSC Mariupol | used as home ground during the season | |||||||||||
| 9 | align=left | Khust | 5,200 | FC Khust | ||||||||||||
| align=center | 10 | align=left | Arena Livyi Bereh | Zolochivska hromada | align=center | 4,700 | Metalist 1925 Kharkiv | used as home ground during the season | ||||||||
| 11 | align=left | Yunist | Volochysk | 2,700 | Ahrobiznes Volochysk | |||||||||||
| align=center rowspan=2 | 12 | align=left | Kamianets-Podilskyi | align=center rowspan=2 | 2,500 | Epitsentr Kamianets-Podilskyi | [7] | - | align=center rowspan=1 | 12 | Druzhba | Kaharlyk | align=center rowspan=1 | 2,133 | Druzhba Myrivka | |
| align=left | Horishni Plavni | Kremin Kremenchuk | used as home ground during the season | |||||||||||||
| align=center rowspan=1 | 13 | imeni Bannikova | Kyiv | align=center rowspan=1 | 1,678 | UCSA Tarasivka | ||||||||||
| align=center rowspan=1 | 14 | Mynai Arena | Mynai | align=center rowspan=1 | 1,312 | FC Mynai | ||||||||||
| 15 | align=left | Yuvileinyi | Bucha | 1,028 | Kudrivka | |||||||||||
| 16 | align=left | Poltava | 680 | SC Poltava | ||||||||||||
| 17 | align=left | Demydiv | 550 | Dinaz Vyshhorod |
| Team | Outgoing head coach | Manner of departure | Date of vacancy | Table | Incoming head coach | Date of appointment |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nyva Ternopil | Oleksandr Stakhiv | Mutual agreement | 10 June 2024[9] | Pre-season | Yevhen Kalynychenko | 19 June 2024[10] |
| Metalurh Zaporizhia | Anton Hai (caretaker) | End of interim | 23 June 2024 | Volodymyr Shapovalov | 23 June 2024[11] | |
| Dinaz Vyshhorod | Oleksandr Holovko | Change of role | 16 July 2024 | Oleksandr Ryabokon | 16 July 2024[12] | |
| UCSA Tarasivka | Mykola Tsymbal | Sacked | 23 July 2024[13] | Dmytro Chyrykal | 23 July 2024[14] | |
| Metalist 1925 Kharkiv | Viktor Skrypnyk | Resigned | 26 July 2024 | Serhiy Karpenko (interim) | 28 July 2024[15] | |
| Metalist 1925 Kharkiv | Serhiy Karpenko (interim) | End of interim spell | 20 August 2024 | 7th (group B) | 20 August 2024 | |
| Rank | Scorer | Team | Goals (Pen.) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| align=center rowspan=2 | 1 | Artur Remenyak | FC Mynai | 2 (0) |
| Andriy Riznyk | Nyva Ternopil | 2 (0) | ||
| align=center rowspan=17 | 3 | Yehor Abramov | Metalist Kharkiv | 1 (0) |
| Andriy Andreychuk | Bukovyna Chernivtsi | 1 (0) | ||
| Roman Barchuk | Prykarpattia Ivano-Frankivsk | 1 (0) | ||
| Andriy Bezhenar | Epitsentr Kamianets-Podilskyi | 1 (0) | ||
| Dmytro Haladey | Nyva Ternopil | 1 (0) | ||
| Vitaliy Hemeha | Podillia Khmelnytskyi | 1 (0) | ||
| Andriy Hloba | Ahrobiznes Volochysk | 1 (0) | ||
| Ihor Huk | FC Khust | 1 (0) | ||
| Danylo Kaydalov | Metalist Kharkiv | 1 (0) | ||
| Ivan Matyushenko | FC Mynai | 1 (0) | ||
| Serhiy Shvets | Prykarpattia Ivano-Frankivsk | 1 (0) | ||
| Oleksandr Snizhko | Podillia Khmelnytskyi | 1 (0) | ||
| Ivan Stankovych | Ahrobiznes Volochysk | 1 (0) | ||
| Vasyl Tsyutsyura | Prykarpattia Ivano-Frankivsk | 1 (0) | ||
| Artem Umanets | FC Khust | 1 (0) | ||
| Taras Dmytruk | FC Mynai | 1 (1) | ||
| Maksym Voytikhovskyi | Ahrobiznes Volochysk | 1 (1) | ||
| Rank | Player | Club | Clean sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Oleh Bilyk | Epitsentr Kamianets-Podilskyi | 1 |
| Dmytro Nepohodov | Podillia Khmelnytskyi | 1 | |
| Roman Pidkivka | Ahrobiznes Volochysk | 1 | |
| Rank | Scorer | Team | Goals (Pen.) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| align=center rowspan=1 | 1 | Dmytro Shcherbak | SC Poltava | 2 (0) |
| align=center rowspan=20 | 2 | Ruslan Buryak | Metalurh Zaporizhia | 1 (0) |
| Pablo Castro | UCSA Tarasivka | 1 (0) | ||
| Denys Halenkov | SC Poltava | 1 (0) | ||
| Dmytro Irodovskyi | Metalurh Zaporizhia | 1 (0) | ||
| Oleksandr Lebedenko | Viktoriya Sumy | 1 (0) | ||
 Ari Moura | Metalist 1925 Kharkiv | 1 (0) | ||
| Artem Ryabyi | Viktoriya Sumy | 1 (0) | ||
| Mykyta Sytnykov | UCSA Tarasivka | 1 (0) | ||
| Maksym Yevpak | Viktoriya Sumy | 1 (0) | ||
| Zlat Zlatyev | Kremin Kremenchuk | 1 (0) | ||
| Rank | Player | Club | Clean sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nikita Fedotov | UCSA Tarasivka | 1 |
| Pavlo Kravtsov | FSC Mariupol | 1 | |
| Anton Osadchuk | Metalurh Zaporizhia | 1 | |
| Month | Player of the Month | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Player | Club | |||
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| Round | Player | Coach | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Player | Club | Reference | Coach | Club | Reference | |
| Round 1 | Andriy Bezhenar | Epitsentr Kamianets-Podilskyi | [20] | Oleh Krasnopyorov | FSC Mariupol | |
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| winter break | ||||||
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| Number | Region | Team(s) |
|---|---|---|
| 3 | Ahrobiznes, Epitsentr, and Podillia | |
| Dinaz, Kudrivka and UCSA | ||
| 2 | Metalist and Metalist 1925 | |
| Kremin and Poltava | ||
| Khust and Mynai | ||
| 1 | Bukovyna | |
| Mariupol | ||
| Prykarpattia | ||
| Viktoriya | ||
| Nyva | ||
| Metalurh |
