2017–18 Ukrainian First League

The 2017–18 Ukrainian First League was the 27th since its establishment. The competition commenced on 14 July 2017 when Zhemchuzhyna Odesa hosted MFC Mykolaiv. After the completion of Round 22 on 18 November 2017, the competition entered a winter break and resumed the spring session on 18 March 2018 and complete the competition on 19 May 2018.

Ukrainian First League

Season	2017–18
Dates	14 July 2017 – 19 May 2018
Champions	Arsenal–Kyiv Kyiv
Promoted	Arsenal–Kyiv Kyiv Desna Chernihiv
Relegated	Kremin Kremenchuk Cherkaskyi Dnipro Naftovyk-Ukrnafta (withdrew) Zhemchuzhyna (withdrew) Poltava (withdrew)
Matches played	294
Goals scored	659 (2.24 per match)
Top goalscorer	25 – Oleksandr Akymenko (Inhulets)
Biggest home win	5 – Balkany 5–0 Volyn (Round 19) Desna 5–0 Helios (Round 34)
Biggest away win	7 – Mykolaiv 1–8 Desna (Round 15)
Highest scoring	9 – Mykolaiv 1–8 Desna (Round 15)
Longest winning run	7 – Arsenal (Round 8–14) , Desna (Round 28–34)
Longest unbeaten run	19 – Arsenal (Round 1–19)
Longest winless run	11 – Mykolaiv (Round 7–17)
Longest losing run	8 – Helios (Round 27–34)
Highest attendance	4,836 – Desna – Arsenal (Round 26)
Lowest attendance	0[1] – Desna – Avanhard (Round 24)
← 2016–17 2018–19 → All statistics correct as of 19 May 2018.

Teams

On 21 June 2017, it was announced that 16 or 18 teams would play in the competition.^[2][3] This decision was dependent on the possible withdrawal of FC Stal Kamianske from the Premier League.^[4] Due to sanctions, FC Dnipro was relegated directly to the Second League which raised a discussion of a promotion possibly of another club to the First League. In addition in the case of the withdrawal of Stal, Desna had an opportunity to be accepted to the Ukrainian Premier League with another ongoing inter-season case (see Desna vs Veres promotion) leaving the First League with 16 participants. On 26 June 2017, FC Stal Kamianske chose to stay in the Premier League, while at same time FC Balkany Zorya was confirmed as the 18th participant of the First League season.^[5]

Promoted teams

The following teams have been promoted from the 2016–17 Ukrainian Second League:

• Zhemchuzhyna Odesa – winners (debut)
• Rukh Vynnyky – runners-up (debut)
• Kremin Kremenchuk – third place (returning for the first time since 1998–99 season)
• Balkany Zorya – fourth place (debut)

Relegated teams

The following team has been relegated from the 2016–17 Ukrainian Premier League:

• Volyn Lutsk – 12th place (returning for the first time since 2009–10 season)

Location map

The following displays the location of teams.

Arsenal

Avanhard

Balkany

Cherkaskyi Dnipro

Desna

Helios

Hirnyk-Sport

Inhulets

Kolos

Kremin

Mykolaiv

Naftovyk-Ukrnafta

Obolon-Brovar

Poltava

Rukh

Sumy

Volyn

Zhemchuzhyna

Home venues of teams in the 2017–18 Ukrainian First League.

Stadiums

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

Rank	Stadium	Capacity	Club	Notes
1	Ukraina Stadium, Lviv	28,051	Rukh Vynnyky	Used in Round 24[6]
2	Yuvileiny Stadium, Sumy	25,800	PFC Sumy
3	Central City Stadium, Mykolaiv	16,700	MFC Mykolaiv
4	Avanhard Stadium, Lutsk	12,080	Volyn Lutsk
			PFC Sumy	Used in Round 25[7]
5	Chernihiv Stadium, Chernihiv	12,060	Desna Chernihiv
6	Central Stadion, Cherkasy	10,321	Cherkaskyi Dnipro
7	Sport Complex Illichivets, Mariupol	5,500	Avanhard Kramatorsk	Used in Round 25[7]
8	Naftovyk Stadium, Okhtyrka	5,256	Naftovyk-Ukrnafta Okhtyrka
9	Obolon Arena, Kyiv	5,100	Obolon-Brovar Kyiv
			Arsenal Kyiv	Used in Round 23[8]
			Desna Chernihiv	Used in Round 1[9] and 3
10	Spartak Stadium, Odesa	5,000	Zhemchuzhyna Odesa
11	Prapor Stadium, Kramatorsk	4,000	Avanhard Kramatorsk
12	Skif Stadium, Lviv	3,742	Rukh Vynnyky	Used in Round 12[10]
13	Lokomotyv Stadium, Poltava	2,500	FC Poltava
14	Yunist Stadium, Horishni Plavni	2,500	Hirnyk-Sport Horishni Plavni
15	Helios Arena, Kharkiv	2,057[11]	Helios Kharkiv
16	Boris Tropanets Stadium, Zorya, Sarata Raion	1,854	Balkany Zorya
17	Kolos Stadium, Kovalivka, Vasylkiv Raion	1,850	Kolos Kovalivka
18	Inhulets Stadium, Petrove	1,720	Inhulets Petrove
19	Bannikov Stadium, Kyiv	1,678	Arsenal Kyiv	Used in round of 25[12]
20	Oleh Babayev Kremin Arena, Kremenchuk	1,600	Kremin Kremenchuk
			Hirnyk-Sport Horishni Plavni	Used in Round 24[6]
21	Park Peremohy Stadium, Mykolaiv	~1,500	MFC Mykolaiv	Used in Round 24[6] and 25[7]
22	Arsenal-Arena[13] Shchaslyve[a]	1,000	Arsenal Kyiv
23	Dinaz Stadium, Lyutizh, Vyshhorod Raion	1,000[b]	Desna Chernihiv	Used in Round 24[6]
			Kolos Kovalivka	Used in Round 24[6]
24	Zorya Stadium,[15] Bilozirya	972[c]	Cherkaskyi Dnipro	Round 21 match moved[15]
25	Bohdan Markevych Stadium, Vynnyky	900	Rukh Vynnyky
26	Education Training Base "FC Poltava", Kopyly	500[d]	Naftovyk-Ukrnafta Okhtyrka	Used in Round 23[8] and 25[7]
			FC Poltava	Used in Round 24[6] and 26[18]
			Helios Kharkiv	Used in Round 24[6]
			PFC Sumy	Used in Round 23[19]
27	O.H.Povoroznyuk Stadium, Volodymyrivka, Petrove Raion	500	Inhulets Petrove	Used in Round 24[6] and 26[20]

Notes:

1. In Round 1 the official match summary listed the venue as Sports Complex "TsVSM".^[21]
2. The ground has seating allocation for 1,000 and the pitch is artificial.^[14]
3. The ground has seating allocation for 972 spectators^[16]
4. The ground has seating allocation for 500 and the pitch is artificial.^[17]

Managers

Club	Head coach[22]	Replaced coach
Arsenal Kyiv	Serhiy Litovchenko
Avanhard Kramatorsk	Oleksandr Kosevych
Balkany Zorya	Andriy Parkhomenko
Cherkaskyi Dnipro	Ihor Stolovytskyi	Oleksandr Kyrylyuk
Desna Chernihiv	Oleksandr Ryabokon
Helios Kharkiv	Anatoliy Seryohin (temporary) Vitaliy Komarnytsky (temporary)	Serhiy Syzykhin Ihor Rakhayev
Hirnyk-Sport Horishni Plavni	Serhiy Puchkov
Inhulets Petrove	Serhiy Lavrynenko
Kolos Kovalivka	Ruslan Kostyshyn[a]
Kremin Kremenchuk	Serhiy Yashchenko
MFC Mykolaiv	Ruslan Zabranskyi
Naftovyk-Ukrnafta Okhtyrka	Volodymyr Knysh
Obolon-Brovar Kyiv	Volodymyr Pyatenko	Oleh Mazurenko Valeriy Ivashchenko (caretaker)
FC Poltava	Anatoliy Bezsmertnyi
Rukh Vynnyky	Andriy Kikot	Ruslan Mostovyi Volodymyr Mazyar
PFC Sumy	Serhiy Zolotnytskyi	Illya Blyznyuk Bohdan Yesyp
Volyn Lutsk	Viktor Bohatyr	Yaroslav Komzyuk Albert Shakhov (caretaker)
Zhemchuzhyna Odesa	Dmytro Horbatenko	Denys Kolchin Leonid Haidarzhy (caretaker)

Notes:

1. After Round 27 Ruslan Kostyshyn announced his resignation from the club^[23] but continues to manage the team.^[24]

Managerial changes

Team	Outgoing head coach	Manner of departure	Date of vacancy	Table	Incoming head coach	Date of appointment
FC Cherkaskyi Dnipro	Vadym Yevtushenko	Terminated	8 June 2017[25]	Pre-season	Oleksandr Kyrylyuk	23 June 2017
PFC Sumy	Anatoliy Bezsmertnyi	Transfer to FC Poltava	22 June 2017[26]		Illya Blyznyuk	26 June 2017[27]
FC Poltava	Volodymyr Prokopynenko	Resigned	4 July 2017		Anatoliy Bezsmertnyi	4 July 2017[28]
FC Volyn Lutsk	Vitaliy Kvartsyanyi	Resigned	13 July 2017		Yaroslav Komzyuk	13 July 2017[29]
FC Rukh Vynnyky	Ruslan Mostovyi	Fired	11 August 2017[30]	16th	Volodymyr Mazyar	11 August 2017[31]
FC Zhemchuzhyna Odesa	Denys Kolchin	Resigned	21 August 2017[32]	12th	Leonid Haidarzhy (caretaker)	24 August 2017[33]
FC Volyn Lutsk	Yaroslav Komzyuk	Filed for resignation (vacation)	21 August 2017[34][35]	16th	Albert Shakhov (caretaker)	21 August 2017[36]
PFC Sumy	Illya Blyznyuk	Resigned	31 August 2017[37][38]	18th	Bohdan Yesyp	31 August 2017[39]
Obolon-Brovar Kyiv	Oleh Mazurenko	Resigns	16 September 2017[40]	10th	Valeriy Ivashchenko (caretaker)	19 September 2017[41]
Rukh Vynnyky	Volodymyr Mazyar	Mutual consent	12 November 2017[42][43]	11th	Andriy Kikot	13 November 2017[44]
FC Volyn Lutsk	Albert Shakhov (caretaker)	End of interim	30 November[45]	17th	Viktor Bohatyr	30 November 2017[45]
FC Cherkaskyi Dnipro	Oleksandr Kyrylyuk	Terminated	1 December 2017	18th	Ihor Stolovytskyi	1 December 2017[46]
Helios Kharkiv	Serhiy Syzykhin	Fired	4 December 2017[47]	6th	Ihor Rakhayev	27 December 2017[48]
PFC Sumy	Bohdan Yesyp	Resigned	10 January 2018[49]	16th	Serhiy Zolotnytskyi	28 February 2018[50]
Obolon-Brovar Kyiv	Valeriy Ivashchenko (caretaker)	End of interim	12 January 2018[51]	10th	Volodymyr Pyatenko	12 January 2018[51]
FC Zhemchuzhyna Odesa	Leonid Haidarzhy (caretaker)	Continue as sportive director	22 January 2018[52]	13th	Dmytro Horbatenko	22 January 2018[52]
Helios Kharkiv	Ihor Rakhayev	Fired	13 April 2018[53]	6th	Anatoliy Seryohin (temporary) Vitaliy Komarnytskyi (temporary)	18 April 2018[54]

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion, qualification or relegation
1	Arsenal Kyiv (C, P)	34	23	6	5	59	23	+36	75	Promotion to Ukrainian Premier League
2	FC Poltava (O, X)	34	23	3	8	56	26	+30	72	Qualification to promotion play-offs
3	Desna Chernihiv (O, P)	34	22	5	7	71	25	+46	71
4	Inhulets Petrove	34	21	6	7	46	20	+26	69
5	Kolos Kovalivka	34	19	4	11	39	30	+9	61
6	Avanhard Kramatorsk	34	15	7	12	44	42	+2	52
7	Rukh Vynnyky	34	14	9	11	36	30	+6	51
8	Hirnyk-Sport Horishni Plavni	34	16	2	16	30	40	−10	50
9	Helios Kharkiv[a]	34	14	4	16	35	43	−8	46
10	MFC Mykolaiv	34	12	8	14	39	50	−11	44
11	PFC Sumy	34	12	6	16	30	37	−7	42
12	Balkany Zorya	34	9	13	12	30	35	−5	40
13	Volyn Lutsk	34	11	3	20	31	44	−13	36
14	Obolon-Brovar Kyiv	34	9	8	17	24	37	−13	35
15	Naftovyk-Ukrnafta Okhtyrka[b] (R, X)	34	8	9	17	27	42	−15	33	Withdrew after the season
16	Kremin Kremenchuk (R)	34	9	5	20	25	54	−29	32	Relegation to Ukrainian Second League
17	Cherkaskyi Dnipro (R)	34	8	4	22	27	50	−23	28
18	Zhemchuzhyna Odesa[c] (X)	34	7	6	21	33	54	−21	27	Withdrew after Round 31

Updated to match(es) played on 19 May 2018. Source: PFL.ua
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored; 4) Head-to-head points; 5) Head-to-head goal difference; 6) Head-to-head goals scored; 7) Fair play; 8) Draw or "golden match" (if tied for first).^[59]
(C) Champions; (O) Play-off winners; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated; (X) Withdrew
Notes:

1. After the season completed, Helios Kharkiv was merged into FC Kobra Kharkiv.^[55][56] Kobra in its turn withdrew its professional squad from the league after playing only three games next season. And the president of actual Kobra admitted that he does not control the team that plays in the First League.
2. After the season completed, Ukrnafta (related to the Privat Group) who sponsored Naftovyk-Ukrnafta Okhtyrka decided to liquidate the club since it was a tax liability.^[57][56]
3. Zhemchuzhyna Odesa withdrew after Round 31. Technical losses were adjudged against the team in the last three matches.^[58] At time of withdrawal, Zhemchuzhyna's had played 31 matches, with a record of 7 wins, 6 draws and 18 losses, scoring 33 goals and having conceded 54 goals.

Results

Home \ Away	ARK	AVK	BAZ	CHD	DES	HEL	HIS	IHP	KOK	KRE	MYK	NAF	OBK	POL	RUV	SUM	VOL	ZEO
Arsenal Kyiv		2–0	1–0	1–0	1–0	3–1	0–1	3–1	2–1	2–0	3–0	2–1	1–1	3–1	0–0	3–1	2–0	2–0
Avanhard Kramatorsk	1–0		3–1	2–1	0–0	1–1	1–1[a]	0–3	0–1	1–0	2–1	2–1	0–1	2–0	2–1	1–0	2–1	6–2
Balkany Zorya	1–3	0–1		1–0	1–2	0–2	1–0	0–1	1–0	1–1	0–0	1–1	0–0	1–1	1–1	1–1	4–0	1–1
Cherkaskyi Dnipro	1–0	2–1	0–0		2–1	1–2	0–1	0–2	0–1	3–2	0–2	0–0	0–2	2–3	2–2	0–3[b]	2–1[c]	1–0
Desna Chernihiv	3–3	3–1[d]	2–0	3–0		5–0	1–2	0–0	2–3	4–1	3–0	4–1	0–0	1–2	3–0	3–0	1–0	3–1
Helios Kharkiv	0–1	3–1	2–1	1–3	0–0		1–1	0–2	1–2	0–1	3–1	2–0	1–0	0–2	0–0	0–4	2–0	3–0
Hirnyk-Sport Horishni Plavni	1–3	1–2	1–0	1–0	0–2	0–1		2–0	0–1	1–0	1–0	0–0	3–2	0–1	0–4	1–0	0–2	1–3
Inhulets Petrove	1–0	0–0	1–0	2–0	1–3	4–0	2–0		4–0	2–0	3–0	2–0[e]	0–0	1–2	1–0	2–1	1–0	1–0
Kolos Kovalivka	1–1	1–0	1–2	1–0	0–1	1–2	1–0	1–0		4–1	2–2	0–1	1–0	1–0	2–1	1–1	1–0	1–0
Kremin Kremenchuk	1–1	0–3	1–1	1–0	0–1	2–1	2–0	0–1	0–1		2–2	0–2	0–3	0–2	1–1	0–2	3–1	+:-
MFC Mykolaiv	2–3	2–2	0–1	3–0	1–8	1–0	1–0	1–2	1–0	2–0		2–1	1–0	2–1	1–1	0–0	1–1	4–1
Naftovyk-Ukrnafta Okhtyrka	0–0	1–2	1–1	2–1	1–3	0–1	2–1	1–1	2–1	1–2	1–0		0–0	1–2	0–2	0–1	1–0	1–0
Obolon-Brovar Kyiv	1–5	1–1	0–1	1–0	0–2	0–3	0–1	1–0	2–4	1–2	2–0	3–2		0–1	0–1	2–1	0–1	0–0
FC Poltava	0–1	3–0	4–0	2–1	2–1	1–0	4–0	2–0	1–1	2–0	2–0	2–2	2–1		1–0	1–2	1–0	3–0
Rukh Vynnyky	1–0	2–0	0–1	0–1	2–1	+:–[f]	2–3	1–1	1–0	1–0	3–3	2–0	1–0	1–0		0–1	1–0	2–2
PFC Sumy	0–1	2–1	1–1	3–2	0–2	1–1	0–1	0–1[a]	0–2	0–1	0–1	1–0	0–0	0–4	1–0		1–0	2–3
Volyn Lutsk	1–3	2–1	0–0	3–2	0–2	2–0	0–1	1–1	0–1	3–0	0–1	1–0	2–0	2–0	2–1	1–0		1–3
Zhemchuzhyna Odesa	0–3	2–2	2–4	0–0	0–1	0–1	1–2	1–2[g]	1–0	4–1	2–1	0–0	-:+	0–1	0–1	-:+	4–3

Updated to match(es) played on 19 May 2018. Source: (in Ukrainian)
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
Notes:

1. Round 23 matches postponed to a later date
2. Round 34 match (played on May 19) was abandoned after the 54th minute with a score of 2–2 after invasion of the pitch by Cherkaskyi Dnipro fans.^[60] According to decision of the FFU Control and Disciplinary Committee of 8 June 2018, for stopping the game due to intervention of fans, Cherkaskyi Dnipro is awarded with a technical loss, and the Sumy team received a technical victory.^[61]
3. Round 23 fixture was rescheduled and played after Round 24
4. Round 24 match was played without spectators as part of sanctions administered by the Control Disciplinary Committee of the Football Federation of Ukraine due to fan behavior during Desna's home match against Dynamo Kyiv in the Ukrainian Cup Quarterfinals.^[1]
5. Round 22 fixture was brought forward and played after Round 18 after Naftovyk-Ukrnafta agreed to move the fixture.^[62]
6. Helios Kharkiv informed the PFL that they would not play their scheduled Round 32 match (scheduled to be played on May 6) against Rukh due to insufficient number of available players.^[63] No official decision was ever published in relation to the game, yet in mid of May the tournament table reflected standing as Rukh received an extra victory and Helios received an extra loss.
7. Match was postponed until after Round 21 due to Zhemchuzhyna's home ground Spartak Stadium being used for a scheduled rugby fixture.^[62]

Position by round

Team ╲ Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31	32	33	34
Arsenal Kyiv	9	4	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	2	1	1
FC Poltava	8	3	3	1	2	5	4	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	3	2	1	1	2	2
Desna Chernihiv	5	12	4	3	7	6	6	4	6	6	4	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	6	6	5	5	4	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3
Inhulets Petrove	1	2	5	4	6	3	3	3	3	5	3	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	4	3	3	3	3	4	3	3	3	2	3	3	3	4	4
Kolos Kovalivka	16	13	8	7	5	4	7	7	5	4	6	6	7	7	7	6	6	6	6	5	4	4	4	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5
Avanhard Kramatorsk	18	18	16	17	11	9	10	9	10	7	7	7	6	6	6	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	8	7	8	7	7	8	8	8	6	7	6
Rukh Vynnyky	6	10	15	14	16	14	15	18	14	15	16	12	12	12	11	11	11	12	11	11	11	9	8	7	8	7	8	8	7	7	7	9	9	7
Hirnyk-Sport Horishni Plavni	14	8	11	13	14	16	13	15	12	13	11	9	8	8	8	9	8	8	9	10	8	8	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	10	7	6	8
Helios Kharkiv	2	1	1	5	3	2	2	5	4	3	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	5	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	8	8	9
MFC Mykolaiv	12	16	10	8	8	7	8	8	9	10	10	11	11	11	13	13	14	11	12	12	12	12	12	11	10	10	10	10	10	10	9	10	10	10
Balkany Zorya	17	15	17	10	9	10	9	10	8	9	9	8	9	9	9	8	9	9	8	9	10	11	11	10	12	11	12	11	11	11	11	11	11	11
PFC Sumy	7	6	9	12	13	13	14	17	18	16	17	17	18	18	18	18	16	16	16	13	15	16	16	14	13	13	11	12	12	12	12	12	12	12
Volyn Lutsk	15	14	18	18	18	15	16	13	16	12	12	13	13	13	12	14	15	15	17	15	16	17	17	16	16	16	14	14	15	14	14	14	13	13
Obolon-Brovar Kyiv	10	5	6	6	4	8	5	6	7	8	8	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	8	9	10	10	12	11	12	13	13	13	13	13	13	14	14
Naftovyk-Ukrnafta Okhtyrka	13	7	7	11	12	12	11	11	11	11	13	14	14	14	15	15	13	14	15	17	14	15	15	17	17	17	17	17	17	18	17	17	15	15
Kremin Kremenchuk	11	17	14	16	17	18	18	16	13	14	15	16	17	16	16	17	17	17	14	16	17	14	13	15	14	14	16	16	14	15	15	15	16	16
Cherkaskyi Dnipro	3	9	13	15	15	17	17	14	17	18	18	18	15	17	17	16	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	17	16	16	17	17
Zhemchuzhyna Odesa	4	11	12	9	10	11	12	12	15	17	14	15	16	15	14	12	12	13	13	14	13	13	14	13	15	15	15	15	16	16	18	18	18	18

Updated to match(es) played on 12 May 2018. Source: pfl.ua

Promotion play-offs

Apart from a break in 2014, the post-season play-offs in the First League have been actively conducted since 2011. However, the promotion play-offs were reintroduced for the first time since the 2001–02 season. Teams that placed 10th and 11th in the 2017–18 Ukrainian Premier League play two-leg play-offs with the second and third teams of the 2017–18 Ukrainian First League. On 11 May 2018, a draw for play-offs took place in the House of Football, Kyiv.^[64] The games were played on 23 May and 27 May 2018.^[65]

Main article: 2017–18 Ukrainian Premier League § Relegation play-offs

Top goalscorers

As of 19 May 2018

Rank	Scorer	Team	Goals (Pen.)
1	Oleksandr Akymenko	Inhulets Petrove	25 (11)
2	Maksym Dehtyarev	FC Poltava	15 (1)
3	Oleksandr Batalskyi	Arsenal Kyiv	14
	Denys Favorov	Desna Chernihiv	14 (3)
5	Oleksandr Filippov	Desna Chernihiv	11 (2)
6	Oleksandr Kovpak	FC Poltava	10
	Vitaliy Sobko	Avanhard Kramatorsk	10 (5)
8	Denys Bezborodko	Desna Chernihiv	9
	Artem Kozlov	Helios Kharkiv	9
	Ihor Sikorskyi	MFC Mykolaiv	9 (1)
	Serhiy Kravchenko	Helios Kharkiv	9 (3)

Notes:

Awards

Round awards

Round	Player			Coach
	Player	Club	Reference	Coach	Club	Reference
Round 1	Levan Koshadze	Cherkaskyi Dnipro	[66]	Ruslan Mostovyi	Rukh Vynnyky	[67]
Round 2	Oleksiy Moyseyenko	Hirnyk-Sport Horishni Plavni	[68]	Serhiy Puchkov	Hirnyk-Sport Horishni Plavni	[69]
Round 3	Denys Favorov	Desna Chernihiv	[70]	Serhiy Litovchenko	Arsenal-Kyiv	[71]
Round 4	Oleksandr Filippov	Desna Chernihiv	[72]	Serhiy Litovchenko (2)	Arsenal-Kyiv	[73]
Round 5	Yevhen Zadoya	Kolos Kovalivka	[74]	Oleh Mazurenko	Obolon-Brovar Kyiv	[75]
Round 6	Yehor Kartushov	Desna Chernihiv	[76]	Ruslan Zabranskyi	MFC Mykolaiv	[77]
Round 7	Yevhen Troyanovskyi	FC Poltava	[78]	Andriy Parkhomenko	Balkany Zorya	[79]
Round 8	Yevhen Chepurnenko	Desna Chernihiv	[80]	Oleksandr Kyrylyuk	Cherkaskyi Dnipro	[81]
Round 9	Artem Kozlov	Helios Kharkiv	[82]	Serhiy Syzykhin	Helios Kharkiv	[83]
Round 10	Yehor Demchenko	Avanhard Kramatorsk	[84]	Oleksandr Kosevych	Avanhard Kramatorsk	[85]
Round 11	Oleksandr Akymenko	Inhulets Petrove	[86]	Serhiy Lavrynenko	Inhulets Petrove	[87]
Round 12	Aderinsola Habib Eseola	Arsenal-Kyiv	[88]	Serhiy Syzykhin (2)	Helios Kharkiv	[89]
Round 13	Oleksandr Kovpak	FC Poltava	[90]	Anatoliy Bezsmertnyi	FC Poltava	[91]
Round 14	Hennadiy Hanyev	Inhulets Petrove	[92]	Serhiy Puchkov (2)	Hirnyk-Sport Horishni Plavni	[93]
Round 15	Denys Favorov	Desna Chernihiv	[94]	Oleksandr Ryabokon	Desna Chernihiv	[95]
Round 16	Kostiantyn Kovalenko	Obolon-Brovar Kyiv	[96]	Valeriy Ivashchenko	Obolon-Brovar Kyiv	[97]
Round 17	Vasyl Tsyutsyura	Naftovyk-Ukrnafta Okhtyrka	[98]	Volodymyr Knysh	Naftovyk-Ukrnafta Okhtyrka	[99]
Round 18	Oleksiy Maydanevych	Arsenal-Kyiv	[100]	Serhiy Litovchenko (3)	Arsenal-Kyiv	[101]
Round 19	Mykola Buy	Rukh Vynnyky	[102]	Anatoliy Bezsmertnyi (2)	FC Poltava	[103]
Round 20	Yuriy Bushman	PFC Sumy	[104]	Serhiy Lavrynenko (2)	Inhulets Petrove	[105]
Round 21	Anatoliy Didenko	Zhemchuzhyna Odesa	[106]	Serhiy Litovchenko (4)	Arsenal-Kyiv	[107]
Round 22	Viktor Khomchenko	Rukh Vynnyky	[108]	Oleksandr Kyrylyuk (2)	Cherkaskyi Dnipro	[109]
winter break
Round 23	Diego Ezequiel Aguirre	Arsenal-Kyiv	[110]	Serhiy Litovchenko (5)	Arsenal-Kyiv	[111]
Round 24	Mykhailo Shestakov	Zhemchuzhyna Odesa	[112]	Serhiy Zolotnytskyi	PFC Sumy	[113]
Round 25	unpublished			Volodymyr Pyatenko	Obolon-Brovar Kyiv	[114]
Round 26	Oleksandr Akymenko	Inhulets Petrove	[115]	Viktor Bohatyr	Volyn Lutsk	[116]
Round 27	unpublished			Serhiy Lavrynenko (3)	Inhulets Petrove	[117]
Round 28	Maksym Dehtyarev	FC Poltava	[118]	Oleksandr Kosevych (2)	Avanhard Kramatorsk	[119]
Round 29	Serhiy Herasymets	MFC Mykolaiv	[120]	Ruslan Zabranskyi (2)	MFC Mykolaiv	[121]
Round 30	Andriy Yakovlyev	Volyn Lutsk	[122]	Anatoliy Bezsmertnyi (3)	FC Poltava	[123]
Round 31	Oleksandr Kovpak	FC Poltava	[124]	Ihor Stolovytskyi	Cherkaskyi Dnipro	[125]
Round 32	Denys Bezborodko	Desna Chernihiv	[126]	Serhiy Puchkov (3)	Hirnyk-Sport Horishni Plavni	[127]
Round 33	Oleksandr Filippov	Desna Chernihiv	[128]	Oleksandr Ryabokon (2)	Desna Chernihiv	[129]
Round 34	Denys Bezborodko	Desna Chernihiv	[130]	Volodymyr Knysh (2)	Naftovyk-Ukrnafta Okhtyrka	[131]

The 2017 annual coaching laureates

The best coaches were identified by the All-Ukrainian Football Coaches Association.^[132]

1st place		2nd place		3rd place
Coach	Team	Coach	Team	Coach	Team
Oleksandr Ryabokon	Desna Chernihiv	Serhiy Lytovchenko	Arsenal-Kyiv	Serhiy Syzykhin	Helios Kharkiv

Season awards

The laureates of the 2017–18 season were:^[133]

• Best player: Denys Favorov (Desna Chernihiv)
• Best coach: Anatoliy Bezsmertnyi (FC Poltava)
• Top goalscorer: Oleksandr Akymenko (Inhulets Petrove)
• Fair Play award: Desna Chernihiv

See also

• 2017–18 Ukrainian First League Reserves
• 2017–18 Ukrainian Premier League
• 2017–18 Ukrainian Second League
• 2017–18 Ukrainian Cup