| Season: | 2009–10 |
| League Topscorer: | 19 - Serhiy Kucherenko (Krymteplitsia Molodizhne) |
| Highest Scoring: | Arsenal 2–7 Sevastopol (21 August 2009) |
| Matches: | 304 |
| Total Goals: | 802 |
| Longest Wins: | 11 – Volyn (Round 25–26, Round 19 ppd., Round 27–34) |
| Longest Unbeaten: | 11 – Helios (Round 5–15) |
| Longest Losses: | 8 – Kharkiv (Round 9, Round 1 ppd., 10–15) |
| Highest Attendance: | 8,400 Zirka – Oleksandria (29 May 2010) |
| Lowest Attendance: | 50 Dynamo-2 – Helios (3 April 2010) |
| Nextseason: | 2010–11 |
The 2009–10 Ukrainian First League was the nineteenth since its establishment. There were 18 teams competing. Two teams were relegated from the 2008–09 Ukrainian Premier League. Three teams were promoted from the 2008–09 Ukrainian Second League. Due to the 2009 flu pandemic which affected Ukraine in late October the PFL decide to break for winter earlier than they originally scheduled. The second half of the season began March 11, 2010.[1]
These three teams were promoted from Druha Liha at the start of the season:
Two teams were relegated from the Ukrainian Premier League 2008–09 season
The following displays the location of teams.
Prior to the beginning of the season FC Ihroservice Simferopol failed to pay their license dues for the season. To allow an extra team to be promoted, the PFL determined that a playoff game between the 2nd placed teams from Druha Liha –Arsenal Bila Tserkva and FC Poltava would determine the vacancy. This playoff game was played July 12, 2009.[2]
| Scorer | Goals (Pen.) | Team | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 19 (3) | |||
| 2 | 17 | |||
| 3 | 15 (5) | |||
| 4 |  Serhiy Hrybanov | 14 (3) | Desna Chernihiv | |
| 5 | 13 (3) | |||
| 6 | 12 (4) | PFC Sevastopol | ||
| 7 | Yevhen Pavlov | 11 | Volyn Lutsk | |
 Souleymane Diaby | 11 | Krymteplitsia Molodizhne | ||
| 11 (1) | ||||
| 10 | 10 |
| Team | Outgoing head coach | Manner of departure | Date of vacancy | Table | Incoming head coach | Date of appointment | Table | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Krymteplitsia | Mykhaylo Sachko | Contract expired | Pre-season | Gennady Morozov | Pre-season | |||
| Desna | Mykhaylo Dunets | Contract expired | Pre-season | Oleksandr Ryabokon | Pre-season | |||
| Naftovyk-Ukrnafta | Valeriy Horodov | Mutual consent | Serhiy Shevchenko | |||||
| FC Lviv | Yuri Benio | Mutual consent | 5 | Vyacheslav Mavrov (caretaker) | ||||
| FC Lviv | Vyacheslav Mavrov (caretaker) | Interim manager | 5 | |||||
| PFC Oleksandria | Yuriy Koval | Mutual consent | 10 | Serhiy Kovalets[12] | ||||
| Krymteplitsia | Gennady Morozov | Mutual consent | 12 | Oleksandr Sevidov[13] | ||||
| FC Stal Alchevsk | Vadym Plotnikov | Mutual consent | 4 | |||||
| FC Lviv | Ihor Yavorsky | Dismissed[14] | 2 |  Algimantas Liubinskas[15] | 2 | |||
| PFC Oleksandria | Serhiy Kovalets[16] | Leaves for Obolon | 6 | Volodymyr Sharan[17] | 6 | |||
| Nyva | Viktor Ryashko | Leaves for FC Lviv | 17 | Ihor Biskup (interim) | 17 | |||
| FC Kharkiv | Mykhaylo Stelmakh | Sacked | 18 | Rinat Morozov | 18 | |||
| FC Lviv | Algimantas Liubinskas | Mutual terms | 2 | Viktor Ryashko (caretaker) | 2 |
The following stadiums were used during the season.
| width=55 | Rank | width=220 | Stadium | width=72 | Capacity | width=160 | Club | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Zirka Stadium, Kirovohrad | 13,667 | Zirka Kirovohrad | |||||
| 2 | Labor Reserve, Bila Tserkva | 13,500 | Arsenal Bila Tserkva | With stadium under construction capacity is reduced to 5,000. | ||||
| 3 | Avanhard Stadium, Lutsk | 12,080 | Volyn Lutsk | |||||
| 4 | Yuriy Haharyn Stadium, Chernihiv | 12,060 | Desna Chernihiv | |||||
| 5 | City Stadium, Ternopil | 11,300 | Nyva Ternopil | |||||
| 6 | Stal Stadium, Alchevsk | 8,632 | Stal Alchevsk | |||||
| 7 | MCS Rukh, Ivano-Frankivsk | 6,500 | Prykarpattya Ivano-Frankivsk | |||||
| 8 | KSC Nika, Oleksandria | 5,692 | PFC Oleksandria | |||||
| 9 | Naftovyk Stadium, Okhtyrka | 5,256 | Naftovyk-Ukrnafta Okhtyrka | |||||
| 10 | Druzhba Stadium, Bakhchisaray, Crimea | 4,500 | PFC Sevastopol | Temporary home stadium used by Sevastopol in the first half of the season | ||||
| 11 | SK Sevastopol, Sevastopol, Crimea | 3,500 | PFC Sevastopol | Return to their home stadium after the winter break | ||||
| 12 | ST Sport Arena, Ahrarne, Crimea | 3,250 | Krymteplitsia Molodizhne | |||||
| 13 | Kniazha Arena, Dobromyl | 3,220 | ||||||
| 14 | Central Stadium, Makariv, Kyiv Oblast | 3,100[18] | Arsenal Bila Tserkva | Club forced to play away from home due to construction. | ||||
| 15 | Enerhetyk Stadium, Burshtyn | 3,000 | Enerhetyk Burshtyn | |||||
| 16 | Dynamo Stadium, Kharkiv | 2,500 | FC Kharkiv | |||||
| 17 | Sport Complex Obukhivsky Raion, Obukhiv, Kyiv Oblast[19] | 2,064 | Arsenal Bila Tserkva | Club forced to play away from home due to state of home ground pitch. | ||||
| 18 | Helios Arena, Kharkiv | 2,057 | Helios Kharkiv | |||||
| 19 | Dukov Dniester Stadium, Ovidiopol | 1,500 | Dniester Ovidiopol | |||||
| 20 | Arsenal-Spartak Stadium, Kharkiv | 1,500 | FC Kharkiv | Used as temporary home ground after the winter break because of weather conditions. | ||||
| 21 | Stadium Yunist, Kalinino, Crimea | 1,050 | Feniks-Illichovets Kalinine | |||||
| 22 | Dynamo Club Stadium, Chapayevka | 750 | Dynamo-2 Kyiv Desna Chernihiv Arsenal Bila Tserkva | Used as temporary home ground for Desna and Arsenal because of weather conditions. | ||||
| 23 | YFA Sport Club Metalist Stadium, Kharkiv | 400 | Helios Kharkiv | Used as temporary home ground after the winter break because of weather conditions. |
