2024–25 Ukrainian Premier League Explained

Competition:Ukrainian Premier League VBET
Pixels:280px
Season:2024–25
Dates:
Continentalcup1:Champions League
Continentalcup2:Europa League
Continentalcup3:Conference League
Longest Wins:2 matches
4 teams
Longest Unbeaten:2 matches
8 teams
Longest Winless:3 matches
4 teams
Longest Losses:3 matches
Livyi Bereh
Biggest Home Win:
(11 August 2024)
Biggest Away Win:
(4 August 2024)
Highest Scoring:
(4 August 2024)
Matches:22
Total Goals:50
Highest Attendance:6,300

(17 August 2024)
Lowest Attendance:0
Prevseason:2023–24
Nextseason:2025–26
Updated:18 August 2024

The 2024–25 Ukrainian Premier League season, referred to as the Ukrainian Premier League VBET for sponsorship reasons, is the 34th top-level football club competition since the fall of the Soviet Union and the 17th since the establishment of the Ukrainian Premier League.

Teams

This season the Ukrainian Premier League remained at 16 teams.

Promoted teams

Relegated teams

WIthdrawn teams

Stadiums

The minimum threshold for the stadium's capacity in the UPL is 4,500 (Article 10, paragraph 8.3).[2]

The following stadiums are regarded as home grounds:

width=18Rankwidth=150Stadiumwidth=100Placewidth=130Clubwidth=70CapacityNotes
1align=left rowspan=1LvivRukh Lvivalign=center rowspan=134,915
2Chornomorets StadiumOdesaChornomorets Odesaalign=center rowspan=134,164
align=center rowspan=13align=left rowspan=1LvivKarpaty Lvivalign=center rowspan=127,925
align=center rowspan=14Butovsky Vorskla StadiumPoltavaVorskla Poltavaalign=center rowspan=124,795
align=center rowspan=25Lobanovskyi Dynamo StadiumKyivDynamo Kyivalign=center rowspan=216,873
Zorya Luhanskused as home ground during the season
align=center rowspan=16Avanhard StadiumUzhhorodInhulets Petrovealign=center rowspan=112,000
7align=left CherkasyLNZ Cherkasy10,321
8align=left OleksandriyaFC Oleksandriya7,000
align=center rowspan=19Tsentralnyi StadionZhytomyrPolissya Zhytomyralign=center rowspan=15,928
10align=left KyivObolon Kyiv5,100
align=center rowspan=111Kolos StadiumKovalivkaKolos Kovalivkaalign=center rowspan=15,050
align=center rowspan=212Livyi Bereh ArenaZolochivska hromadaLivyi Bereh Kyivalign=center rowspan=24,700
Shakhtar Donetskused as home ground during the season
13align=left RivneVeres Rivne4,650
align=center rowspan=114Hirnyk StadiumKryvyi RihKryvbas Kryvyi Rihalign=center rowspan=12,500

Personnel and sponsorship

TeamPresidentHead coachCaptainKit manufacturerShirt sponsor
Chornomorets OdesaLeonid Klimov Oleksandr Babych Bohdan ButkoKelmeVbet
Dynamo KyivIhor Surkis Oleksandr Shovkovskyi Vitaliy BuyalskyiNew BalanceA-Bank
Inhulets PetroveOleksandr Povoroznyuk Vasyl Kobin Oleksandr KozakMacronetg.ua
Karpaty LvivVolodymyr Matkivskyi Vladyslav Lupashko Denys MiroshnichenkoNikeЛьвівське
Kolos KovalivkaAndriy Zasukha Oleksandr Pozdeyev Valeriy BondarenkoNikeATTP
Kryvbas Kryvyi RihKostyantyn Karamanits Yuriy Vernydub Dmytro KhomchenovskyiSKIDANRudomain
Livyi Bereh KyivMykola Lavrenko Vitaliy Pervak Ruslan DedukhNike″Metalo Galva″
LNZ CherkasyViktor Kravchenko Andrés Carrasco Oleh TarasenkoMacronVbet
Obolon KyivOleksandr Slobodian Valeriy Ivashchenko Nazariy FedorivskyiJakoFavBet
OleksandriyaSerhiy Kuzmenko Ruslan Rotan Kyrylo KovaletsNikeAhroVista
Polissya ZhytomyrHennadiy Butkevych Imad Ashur Ruslan BabenkoNikeBGV Group
Rukh LvivHryhoriy Kozlovskyi Vitaliy Ponomaryov Marko SapuhaMacronEmily Resort
Shakhtar DonetskRinat Akhmetov Marino Pušić Taras StepanenkoPumaFavBet
Veres RivneIvan Nadieyin Oleh Shandruk Bohdan KohutKelmeVbet
Vorskla PoltavaKostyantyn Zhevago Serhiy Dolhanskyi (caretaker) Ihor PerdutaNikeFerrexpo
Zorya LuhanskYevhen Heller Yuriy Koval (caretaker) Roman VantukhPuma

Managerial changes

TeamOutgoing managerManner of departureDate of vacancyTableIncoming managerDate of appointment
Inhulets Petrove Vladyslav LupashkoMutual agreement5 June 2024Pre-season Vasyl Kobin15 June 2024[3]
LNZ Cherkasy Oleg DulubEnd of the contract10 June 2024[4] 11 June 2024[5]
Chornomorets Odesa Roman HryhorchukMutual consent26 June 2024[6] Stepan Matviyiv (caretaker)26 June 2024
Chornomorets Odesa Stepan Matviyiv (caretaker)End of the contract30 June 2024 Serhiy Politylo (caretaker)1 July 2024[7]
Chornomorets Odesa Stepan Matviyiv (caretaker)End of the contract30 June 2024 Anatoliy Didenko (caretaker)1 July 2024[8]
Chornomorets Odesa Anatoliy Didenko & Serhiy Politylo (caretakers)End of caretaker spell13 July 2024 Oleksandr Babych9 July 2024[9]
Karpaty Lviv Myron MarkevychMutual consent[10] 17 July 2024 Vladyslav Lupashko19 July 2024
Notes:

League table

Results

Teams play each other twice on a home and away basis.

Mini-Tournament play-offs

After the withdrawal of Dnipro-1 from the Ukrainian Premier League the administration concured a playoff between the relegated teams from the 2024–25 Ukrainian Premier League season and the third and fourth placed teams from the 2023–24 Ukrainian First League Promotion group.

Semi-Finals

Livyi Bereh Kyiv advance to the Final of the Mini-Tournament play-offs----FC Mynai advance to the Final of the Mini-Tournament play-offs

Final

Livyi Bereh Kyiv promoted to the Ukrainian Premier League
FC Mynai relegated to the Ukrainian First League

Season statistics

Top goalscorers

[11]

RankScorerTeamGoals
align=center rowspan="6"1 Juan Alvina BezerraOleksandriya2 (0)
Kyrylo KovaletsOleksandriya2 (0)
Illya KvasnytsyaRukh Lviv2 (0)
Mykola MatviyenkoShakhtar Donetsk2 (0)
Danylo SikanShakhtar Donetsk2 (0)
Andriy TsurikovKolos Kovalivka2 (0)

Clean sheets

[12]

RankPlayerClubClean
sheets
align=center rowspan=41 Pavlo IsenkoVorskla Poltavaalign=center rowspan=42
Oleksandr KemkinKarpaty Lviv
Andriy KlishchukKryvbas Kryvyi Rih
Dmytro RiznykShakhtar Donetsk

Awards

Monthly awards

MonthPlayer of the MonthCoach of the Month
PlayerClubCoachClub
August 2024
September 2024
October 2024
November 2024
December 2024 / February 2025
March 2025
April 2025
May 2025

Round awards

RoundPlayerCoach
PlayerClubReferenceCoachClubReference
Round 1 Mykola MatviyenkoShakhtar Donetsk[13] Marino PušićShakhtar Donetsk
Round 2 Mykola ShaparenkoDynamo Kyiv[14] Imad AshurPolissya Zhytomyr
Round 3
Round 4
Round 5
Round 6
Round 7
Round 8
Round 9
Round 10
Round 11
Round 12
Round 13
Round 14
Round 15
Round 16
Round 17
winter break
Round 18
Round 19
Round 20
Round 21
Round 22
Round 23
Round 24
Round 25
Round 26
Round 27
Round 28
Round 29
Round 30

See also

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Дніпро-1 знімається, але просить Лігу зберегти за клубом професійний статус. Завтра відбудуться загальні збори УПЛ (Dnipro-1 withdaws, but asks League to remain wit professional status. Tomorrow will be a Genernal Meeting of the PFL) . ua-football.com . 20 July 2024 . Ukrainian . 18 July 2024.
  2. https://upl.ua/uploads/2210/FaigcPbpJxfLKxommY_aKRN1lAaERzNf.pdf Places of holding competitions (Місця проведення змагань)
  3. Web site: Официально: Василий Кобин возглавил Ингулец . 15 June 2024 . www.ua-football.com . 21 June 2024 . ru .
  4. Web site: ЛНЗ ЗАВЕРШИВ СПІВПРАЦЮ З ОЛЕГОМ ДУЛУБОМ ТА ОЛЕКСАНДРОМ ГРАНОВСЬКИМ . 10 June 2024 . fc-lnz.com . https://web.archive.org/web/20240610231723/https://fc-lnz.com/23108-news/lnz-zavershyv-spivpratsiu-z-olehom-dulubom-ta-oleksandrom-hranovskym.html . 20 June 2024 . 10 June 2024 . uk .
  5. Web site: АНДРЕС КАРРАСКО – ГОЛОВНИЙ ТРЕНЕР ФК ЛНЗ . 11 June 2024 . fc-lnz.com . https://web.archive.org/web/20240612155618/https://fc-lnz.com/23111-news/andres-karrasko-holovnyi-trener-fk-lnz.html . 20 June 2024 . 12 June 2024 . uk .
  6. Web site: РОМАН ГРИГОРЧУК ЗАЛИШАЄ “ЧОРНОМОРЕЦЬ" . 26 June 2024 . chornomorets.football . https://web.archive.org/web/20240704163310/https://chornomorets.football/news/roman-grigorchuk-zalishaye-chornomorec . 4 July 2024 . 4 July 2024 . uk .
  7. Web site: Ще два тренери завершили роботу в Чорноморці. 1 July 2024. sport.ua. 1 July 2024. uk .
  8. Web site: ТРЕНУВАЛЬНА ГРА: «ЧОРНОМОРЕЦЬ» - «НИВА» ВІННИЦЯ – 2:2. 3 July 2024. chornomorets.football . 3 July 2024. uk .
  9. Web site: ОЛЕКСАНДР БАБИЧ – ГОЛОВНИЙ ТРЕНЕР «ЧОРНОМОРЦЯ». 9 July 2024. chornomorets.football . 9 July 2024. uk .
  10. Web site: Мирон Маркевич підтвердив, що залишив Карпати. 17 July 2024. ua-football.com. 17 July 2024. uk .
  11. https://upl.ua/ua/tournaments/championship?tab=attackers&id=424 Top scorers
  12. Web site: Most Clean Sheets . www.footystats.org/ . 12 August 2024.
  13. Web site: Матвієнко, Цуріков, Яцик і всі інші герої початку сезону: уся збірна 1-го туру Прем’єр-Ліги . sportarena.com . 5 August 2024 . 13 August 2024.
  14. Web site: Шапаренко, Буяльський, Челядін, Герреро та найважчий вибір воротаря: уся збірна 2-го туру Прем’єр-Ліги . sportarena.com . 13 August 2024 . 13 August 2024.