2018–19 Ukrainian First League

The 2018–19 Ukrainian First League was the 28th since its establishment. The competition began on 21 July 2018 with the match between Prykarpattia Ivano-Frankivsk and Balkany Zorya. The competition was in recess for a winter break which started after the completion of Round 18 on 18 November 2018. The competition resumed on 24 March 2019^[2] and ended on 25 May 2019.^[3]

Ukrainian First League

Season	2018–19
Champions	SC Dnipro-1
Promoted	SC Dnipro-1 Kolos Kovalivka
Relegated	Sumy (expelled) Zirka (withdrew) Kobra (expelled)
Matches played	182
Goals scored	481 (2.64 per match)
Top goalscorer	17 — Stanislav Kulish (Dnipro-1)
Biggest home win	7 – Dnipro-1 7–0 Sumy (Round 22)
Biggest away win	7 – Sumy 0–7 Volyn (Round 20)
Highest scoring	8 – Prykarpattia 7–1 Zirka (Round 8) Volyn 5–3 Hirnyk-Sport (Round 15)
Longest winning run	6 – Metalist 1925 (Round 13–18) Dnipro-1 (Round 15–20)
Longest unbeaten run	19 – Kolos (Round 2–15, 17–21)
Longest winless run	13 – Ahrobiznes (Round 1–6, 8–14)
Longest losing run	9 – Zirka (Round 8–16)
Highest attendance	22 362 – Metalist – Dnipro-1 (Round 19)
Lowest attendance	150 – Sumy – Rukh (Round 15)
Total attendance	334385[1]
Average attendance	1837
← 2017–18 2019–20 → All statistics correct as of 11 May 2019.

Format

The format of the league was approved at the PFL Conference on 27 June 2018.^[4] In some aspects it was similar to previous, but it was adopted in two versions in case if there will be decision to expand the Ukrainian Premier League back to 16 clubs for 2019–20 season.

As in the previous season the season winner will earn direct promotion to the top division, while two runners-up (2nd and 3rd places) will contest additional promotion berths through play-off games with weaker club of the UPL (10th and 11th places). At the same time in case of the UPL possible expansion the first four teams will earn promotion with the fifth team qualifying for play-off games with the UPL wooden spoon team. In regards to relegation it was decided that the last three teams will be relegated to the Second League, but in case of the UPL possible expansion only two teams will be relegated.

In mid-July 2018, due to withdrawal of FC Naftovyk-Ukrnafta Okhtyrka and FC Stal Kamianske (FC Feniks Bucha), the PFL adopted 16 teams league format.^[5]

On 15 November 2018, in interview to Sport Arena the president of the PFL Ukraine Serhiy Makarov stated that teams that will place 16th and 15th places will be replaced with both winners of Druha Liha groups winners, while 13th and 14th place will contest their relegation with Druha Liha groups runners-up.^[6] If there will be an expansion of the UPL to 16 teams, the exchange between Persha and Druha leagues changes as well. The first and second places in each groups of Druha Liha will be promoted, while third places will play-off the other two promotional berths with the 15th and the 16th places of Persha Liha.^[6] The president pointed that with withdrawal of Kobra (Helios) and with expansion of the UPL, one of the third placed clubs in Druha Liha will be promoted to Persha Liha without play-offs.^[6]

Teams

Promoted teams

The following teams have been promoted from the 2017–18 Ukrainian Second League:

• Ahrobiznes Volochysk – first place of the 2017–18 Ukrainian Second League Group A (debut)
• Prykarpattia Ivano-Frankivsk – second place of the 2017–18 Ukrainian Second League Group A (debut, another club named as Prykarpattia Ivano-Frankivsk competed in the 2010–11 season)
• SC Dnipro-1 – first place of the 2017–18 Ukrainian Second League Group B (debut)
• Metalist 1925 Kharkiv – second place of the 2017–18 Ukrainian Second League Group B (debut, however another club named as Metalist Kharkiv competed in the 2003–04 season)

Relegated teams

The following teams have been relegated from the 2017–18 Ukrainian Premier League:

• Zirka Kropyvnytskyi – 10th place of the 2017–18 Ukrainian Premier League, play-off defeat (returns after 2 seasons)
• Chornomorets Odesa, 11th place of the 2017–18 Ukrainian Premier League, was originally relegated after the relegation play-off defeat, however due to the withdrawal of newly promoted FC Poltava from the Ukrainian Premier League, the club remains in 2018–19 Ukrainian Premier League to replace FC Poltava.

Withdrawn teams

• Stal Kamianske, 12th place of the 2017–18 Ukrainian Premier League, was originally relegated, but later withdraw from the First League.^[7] The same day the PFL president confirmed that the league will consist of 16 teams.^[8] Originally, FC Stal Kamianske that were located in Kamianske played its games of the 2017–18 Ukrainian Premier League season in Kyiv. After relegation the club was admitted to the First League representing Bucha, Kyiv Oblast.^[9] Prior to the season commencing the club was renamed to FC Feniks Bucha.^[10]
• Naftovyk-Ukrnafta Okhtyrka, the Professional Football League allowed the club to keep its berth in the second tier even after its main sponsor announced that it will discontinue to fund the club.
• Helios Kharkiv, the club reorganized under new management under a new name as FC Kobra Kharkiv.^[11][12][13] The club merged with another amateur club called the Kobra Football Academy which was playing in the Kharkiv Oblast Football Championship.^[13] On 15 August 2018 the club informed the Professional Football League of Ukraine about withdrawal from professional competitions,^[14] and were later officially expelled from the league.^[15]
• Zirka Kropyvnytskyi, the club withdrew as its management and owners were involved in corruption scandal.

Location map

The following displays the location of teams.

Kharkiv

Kharkiv teams :
Metalist 1925
Kobra

Ahrobiznes

Avanhard

Balkany

Dnipro-1

Hirnyk-Sport

Inhulets

Kolos

Mykolaiv

Obolon-Brovar

Prykarpattia

Rukh

Sumy

Volyn

Zirka

Home venues of teams in the 2018–19 Ukrainian First League.

Stadiums

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

Rank	Stadium	Location	Capacity	Club	Notes
1	OSC Metalist	Kharkiv	40,003	Metalist 1925 Kharkiv
2	Dnipro-Arena	Dnipro	31,003	SC Dnipro-1
3	Ukraina Stadium	Lviv	28,051	Rukh Vynnyky	Used in Rounds 12, 14,[16] 17,[17] and 19[17]
4	Yuvileiny Stadium	Sumy	25,800	PFC Sumy
5	Central City Stadium	Mykolaiv	16,700	MFC Mykolaiv
6	MCS Rukh	Ivano-Frankivsk	15,000	Prykarpattia Ivano-Frankivsk
7	Zirka Stadium	Kropyvnytskyi	13,667	Zirka Kropyvnytskyi
8	Avanhard Stadium	Lutsk	12,080	Volyn Lutsk
9	Naftovyk Stadium	Okhtyrka	5,256	PFC Sumy	Used in Rounds 15,[18] 16, and 18
10	Obolon Arena	Kyiv	5,100	Obolon-Brovar Kyiv
11	Park Peremohy Stadium	Mykolaiv	5,000	MFC Mykolaiv	Used in Rounds 19[17] and 21[17]
12	Prapor Stadium	Kramatorsk	4,000	Avanhard Kramatorsk
13	Skif Stadium	Lviv	3,742	Rukh Vynnyky	Used in Round 21[17]
14	Yunist Stadium	Volochysk	2,700	Ahrobiznes Volochysk
15	Yunist Stadium	Horishni Plavni	2,500	Hirnyk-Sport Horishni Plavni
16	Bohdan Markevych Stadium	Vynnyky, Lviv	2,100[a]	Rukh Vynnyky
17	Boris Tropanets Stadium	Zorya, Sarata Raion	1,854	Balkany Zorya
18	Kolos Stadium	Kovalivka, Vasylkiv Raion	1,850	Kolos Kovalivka
19	Inhulets Stadium	Petrove	1,720	Inhulets Petrove

1. The attendance for the Round 1 game was 2,100 which is greater that the publicized capacity of 900.^[19]

Managers

Club	Head coach	Replaced coach
Ahrobiznes Volochysk	Andriy Donets
Avanhard Kramatorsk	Oleksandr Kosevych
Balkany Zorya	Andriy Parkhomenko
SC Dnipro-1	Dmytro Mykhaylenko
Hirnyk-Sport Horishni Plavni	Volodymyr Mazyar	Serhiy Puchkov
Inhulets Petrove	Serhiy Lavrynenko
Kolos Kovalivka	Ruslan Kostyshyn
Metalist 1925 Kharkiv	Oleksandr Horyainov	Serhiy Valyayev
MFC Mykolaiv	Serhiy Shyshchenko	Ruslan Zabranskyi
Obolon-Brovar Kyiv	Serhiy Kovalets
Prykarpattia Ivano-Frankivsk	Volodymyr Kovalyuk
Rukh Vynnyky	Leonid Kuchuk[a]	Andriy Kikot Vitaliy Romanyuk (caretaker) Yuriy Virt
PFC Sumy	Oleh Lutkov	Serhiy Zolotnytskyi Oleksandr Oliynyk (interim)
Volyn Lutsk	Andriy Tlumak
Zirka Kropyvnytskyi	Andriy Horban (interim)

Managerial changes

Team	Outgoing head coach	Manner of departure	Date of vacancy	Table	Incoming head coach	Date of appointment
Volyn Lutsk	Viktor Bohatyr	Contract ended	31 May 2018[20]	Pre-season	Andriy Tlumak	1 June 2018[20]
Obolon-Brovar Kyiv	Volodymyr Pyatenko	Resigned	31 May 2018[21]		Serhiy Kovalets	13 June 2018[22]
Zirka Kropyvnytskyi	Roman Monaryov	Resigned	6 June 2018[23]		Andriy Horban (interim)	13 June 2018[24]
Rukh Vynnyky	Andriy Kikot	Resigned	9 September 2018[25]	15th	Vitaliy Romanyuk (caretaker)	11 September 2018[26]
Metalist 1925 Kharkiv	Serhiy Valyayev	Fired	11 September 2018[27]	7th	Oleksandr Horyainov (caretaker)	11 September 2018
Rukh Vynnyky	Vitaliy Romanyuk (caretaker)	End of caretaker spell	26 September 2018[28]	14th	Yuriy Virt	26 September 2018[28]
	Yuriy Virt	Resigns	14 November 2018[29][30]	13th	Leonid Kuchuk[a]	1 January 2019[34]
MFC Mykolaiv	Ruslan Zabranskyi	Mutual consent	23 November 2018[35]	9th	Serhiy Shyshchenko	6 December 2018[36]
Metalist 1925 Kharkiv	Oleksandr Horyainov (caretaker)	End of caretaker spell	10 December 2018[37]	2nd	Oleksandr Horyainov	10 December 2018[37]
Hirnyk-Sport Horishni Plavni	Serhiy Puchkov	End of contract	1 January 2019[38]	12th	Volodymyr Mazyar	1 January 2019[38]
PFC Sumy	Serhiy Zolotnytskyi	Resigned	4 January 2019[39][40]	11th	Oleksandr Oliynyk (interim)	3 February 2019[41][42]
	Oleksandr Oliynyk (interim)	End of interim	19 March 2019	11th	Oleh Lutkov	19 March 2019[43]
Ahrobiznes Volochysk	Andriy Donets	admin. punishment[44]	9 April 2019	14th	Andriy Donets (acting)	9 April 2019[44]

1. After the resignation of Yuriy Virt, the club installed Vitaliy Romanyuk as caretaker^[31] since the club was scheduled to play a scheduled friendly match against Karpaty Lviv^[32] prior to the club going into vacation for the winter break and announcing that a permanent head coach would be announced at the start of the new year.^[33]

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion, qualification or relegation
1	SC Dnipro-1 (C, P)	28	21	4	3	72	21	+51	67	Promotion to Ukrainian Premier League
2	Kolos Kovalivka (O, P)	28	15	9	4	45	18	+27	54	Qualification to promotion play-offs
3	Volyn Lutsk[a]	28	17	7	4	55	30	+25	52
4	Metalist 1925 Kharkiv	28	15	6	7	35	20	+15	51
5	Avanhard Kramatorsk	28	14	6	8	44	26	+18	48
6	Obolon-Brovar Kyiv	28	13	8	7	35	28	+7	47
7	Inhulets Petrove	28	11	9	8	35	32	+3	42
8	Balkany Zorya	28	10	8	10	28	31	−3	38
9	MFC Mykolaiv	28	10	7	11	34	32	+2	37
10	Prykarpattia Ivano-Frankivsk	28	10	4	14	41	39	+2	34
11	Rukh Vynnyky	28	8	10	10	35	35	0	34
12	Hirnyk-Sport Horishni Plavni	28	5	12	11	24	43	−19	27
13	Ahrobiznes Volochysk (O)	28	3	10	15	17	36	−19	19	Qualification to relegation play-offs
14	PFC Sumy[b] (D, R)	28	3	7	18	21	91	−70	16
15	Zirka Kropyvnytskyi[c] (D)	28	1	1	26	10	49	−39	4	Withdrawn
–	Kobra Kharkiv[d] (D)	0	–	–	–	–	–	—	0	Results annulled

Updated to match(es) played on 2 June 2019. 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).^{[citation needed]}
(C) Champions; (D) Disqualified; (O) Play-off winners; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated
Notes:

1. Volyn Lutsk was deducted six points according to a decision by FIFA Disciplinary Committee for a debt to a Serbian club FK Rad related to the transfer of Ivan Rogac.^[45]
2. PFC Sumy received new ownership during winter break in the face of Serhiy Vashchenko who earlier this season was supposed to become the owner of Kobra Kharkiv.^{[46][42][47][48][49]} The new head coach was announced also former head coach of Kobra, Oleksandr Oliynyk.^[42][41] According to the former club's director Anatoliy Boiko, on 1 December 2018 PFC Sumy did not have any players on contract.^[42] On 11 April 2019, the FFU Control and Disciplinary Committee adopted its decision to strip the club of professional status and exclude the club from any competitions that it is participating currently or in the future.^[50] However the club has a right to file an appeal. Additional separate sanctions will be also applied against the club's playing and administrative personnel. On 14 April 2019, the chairman of the FFU committee of ethics and fair play Francesco Baranka noted that PFC Sumy has earned some 10 million euros in match fixing.^[51] More to it, Ukrainian coach Oleksandr Sevidov who held post of head coach consultant in PFC Sumy and previously managed FC Illichivets Mariupol received a lifetime disqualification.^[52]
3. On 17 February 2019, president of FC Zirka Kropyvnytskyi commented on his club's withdrawal from further participation in competitions of the Ukrainian First League.^[53][54] The president accused the newly formed NABU and law enforcement authorities in pressure against him. The president of the league expressed his surprise claiming that there seemed no real reason why the club had to withdraw.^[55] On 5 April 2019, the PFL council of leagues adopted its decision to remove FC Zirka Kropyvnytskyi from the League as it officially withdrew on 14 March 2019.^[56] On 22 April 2019, the club's vice-president announced that the club will restart from regional competitions with intention to return the club's pro-status in the future.^[57]
4. Kobra Kharkiv (former Helios) after failing to field a team for their Round 4 home match against Hirnyk-Sport Horishni Plavni informed the PFL that they are withdrawing from the competition. The club played three matches in the competition with a record of 3 losses scoring one goals and allowing eight goals scored against them. The PFL annulled their results as per league regulations and removed them from the official standings on the decision of the FFU Control and Disciplinary Committee of 23 August 2018.^[15] Note, last year the club competed as FC Helios Kharkiv and was supposed to be merged with another Kharkiv club which continued to compete at amateur level.

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
SC Dnipro-1	3	1	1	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
Kolos Kovalivka	1	4	7	4	4	3	6	2	2	2	2	2	2	3	4	4	4	3	3	2	2	2	3	2	2	3	3	2	2	2
Volyn Lutsk	5	2	2	1	1	2	2	3	3	3	3	3	3	2	2	2	3	5	6	5	5	5	5	5	3	2	2	3	3	3
Metalist 1925	4	8	5	3	5	9	5	7	6	8	5	4	4	4	3	3	2	2	2	3	4	3	4	3	4	4	4	4	4	4
Avanhard Kramatorsk	2	5	3	5	6	4	4	6	8	7	6	8	6	7	7	7	6	6	5	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	5
Obolon-Brovar Kyiv	8	10	12	9	7	5	3	4	4	5	7	6	7	5	6	5	5	4	4	4	3	4	2	4	5	5	5	5	5	6
Inhulets Petrove	12	13	13	10	8	7	7	5	5	6	4	5	5	6	5	6	7	7	7	7	8	7	8	8	7	7	7	7	7	7
Balkany Zorya	7	7	8	6	9	6	8	9	9	10	10	10	10	9	9	9	8	8	8	8	7	8	7	7	8	8	8	8	9	8
MFC Mykolaiv	9	6	4	7	3	8	9	8	7	4	8	7	8	8	8	8	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	10	10	8	9
Prykarpattia Ivano-Frankivsk	11	9	10	12	13	11	10	10	10	9	9	9	9	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	9	9	10	10
Rukh Vynnyky	13	11	9	11	12	13	15	15	15	14	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	12	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11
Hirnyk-Sport Horishni Plavni	10	16	11	13	11	12	11	12	12	12	12	11	11	11	11	11	12	12	13	13	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12
Ahrobiznes Volochysk	14	12	14	14	14	14	14	13	13	13	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	13
PFC Sumy	6	3	6	8	10	10	12	11	11	11	11	12	12	12	12	12	11	11	11	12	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	14
Zirka Kropyvnytskyi	15	14	15	15	15	15	13	14	14	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15
Kobra Kharkiv	16	15	16	16	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–

Updated to match(es) played on 25 May 2019. Source: pfl.ua

Results

Home \ Away	AHR	AVK	BAZ	DN1	HIS	IHP	KOK	MKH	MYK	OBK	PIF	RUV	SUM	VOL	ZIR
Ahrobiznes Volochysk		0–1	0–2	0–1	0–0	1–2	0–3	0–2	1–1	1–2	2–3	1–1	3–0[a]	0–2	5–0
Avanhard Kramatorsk	0–0		1–2	1–2	1–1	3–1	0–1	1–0	2–3	1–0	3–1	1–2	6–0	0–1	+:–[b]
Balkany Zorya	0–0	1–2		0–2	2–0	1–2	0–0	0–1	2–1[c]	1–1	3–2	2–1	1–1	2–2	3–0
Dnipro-1	4–0	1–0	3–0		6–0	3–3	3–1	0–2	4–0	1–3	2–1	3–0	7–0	5–0	4–0
Hirnyk-Sport Horishni Plavni	1–1	1–1	1–0	0–3		1–1	2–1	1–1	0–1	2–1	2–2	0–0	1–2	0–0	1–0
Inhulets Petrove	0–0	2–4	0–0	1–2	4–2		0–1	1–0	2–0	3–2	0–1	0–0	6–0	1–1	+:–[b]
Kolos Kovalivka	1–0	2–2	0–0	1–1	5–2	0–0		0–0	2–0	3–2	3–1	0–1	4–0	1–1	+:–[b]
Metalist 1925 Kharkiv	2–0	1–0	3–0	1–2	2–1	1–1	0–0		1–0	0–1	2–0	2–1	4–1	1–0	+:–[b]
MFC Mykolaiv	1–1	0–0	2–1	0–2	0–0	0–1	0–3	3–0		0–0	1–0	4–1	1–1	1–2	3–1
Obolon-Brovar Kyiv	1–0	0–1	1–1	1–1	1–0	1–1	1–1	1–0	2–1		3–2	0–0	0–2	2–4	1–0
Prykarpattia Ivano-Frankivsk	1–0	0–1	0–1	4–0	1–0	4–0	0–1	2–2	1–2	0–1		1–0	1–1	1–3	7–1
Rukh Vynnyky	4–0	3–3	1–0	1–3	0–0	0–1	0–2	1–1	1–1	0–3	2–2		10–1	1–3	+:–[b]
PFC Sumy	1–1	0–3	0–1	0–4	2–2	0–1	0–6	1–3	0–8	0–0	2–3	0–1		0–7[d]	3–1
Volyn Lutsk	0–0	0–1	4–2	1–1	5–3	2–1	2–1	2–0	1–0	2–4	1–0	1–1	3–0		3–1
Zirka Kropyvnytskyi[b]	+:–[b]	1–5	+:–[b]	0–2	+:–[b]	2–0	0–2	0–3	+:–[b]	+:–[b]	+:–[b]	0–2	3–3	0–2

Updated to match(es) played on 26 May 2019. Source: (in Ukrainian)
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
Notes:

1. Round 19 match Ahrobiznes versus Sumy did not take place as Sumy could not arrive due to having some administrative issues in regards to submitting documents on time.^{[58][59][60][61]} On 22 April 2019 the latest review of round games in the First League at the FFU website showed that on 11 April 2019 the FFU CDC adopted decision to award technical victory for Ahrobiznes (3:0) and technical lost for Sumy (0:3) for failing to appear.^[62][63]
2. Before start of the spring half of the season Round 19 Zirka confirmed that it withdrew from competitions.^[66]
3. Round 18 match postponed later after the winter break due to the condition of the pitch at Boris Tropanets Stadium.^[64] Scheduled to play on 9 May 2019, later the date was changed to 2 April 2019.^[65]
4. Game played in Lutsk

Post season play-offs

Promotion play-offs

Main article: 2018–19 Ukrainian Premier League § Relegation play-offs

Relegation play-offs

The drawing for relegation playoff took place on 20 May 2019.^[67]

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
FC Metalurh Zaporizhya	1–4	FC Ahrobiznes Volochysk	0–4	1–0
PFC Sumy	1–7	FC Cherkashchyna-Akademiya	0–4	1–3

First leg

29 May 2019

19:00 UTC+3

Metalurh Zaporizhia	0–4	Ahrobiznes Volochysk
	Report	Kurylo 9', 17' (pen.) Slotyuk 45' Chernenko 86'

Slavutych Arena, Zaporizhia

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29 May 2019

13:00 UTC+3

PFC Sumy	0–4	Cherkashchyna-Akademiya
	Report	Medved 58' Zelenevych 62' Tymofiyenko 70' Chorniy 73'

Yuvileiny Stadium, Sumy

Second leg

2 June 2019

18:00 UTC+3

Ahrobiznes Volochysk	0–1	Metalurh Zaporizhia
	Report	Krapyvnyi 50'

Yunist Stadium, Volochysk

Referee: Dmytro Kryvushkin (Kharkiv)

Ahrobiznes Volochysk won 4–1 on aggregate and has preserved its berth for the 2019–20 Ukrainian First League. Metalurh Zaporizhia has kept its berth for the 2019–20 Ukrainian Second League, but later gained promotion due to withdrawal of Arsenal-Kyiv from professional ranks.^[68]

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2 June 2019

15:00 UTC+3

Cherkashchyna-Akademiya	3–1	PFC Sumy
Koshadze 3' Storchous 26' Boyko 54'	Report	Popov 24'

Zoria Stadium, Bilozirya

Referee: Serhiy Boiko (Kyiv Oblast)

Cherkashchyna-Akademiya won 7–1 on aggregate and was promoted to the 2019–20 Ukrainian First League. PFC Sumy was relegated to the 2019–20 Ukrainian Second League. Later following the PFL Conference PFC Sumy were excluded from professional competitions.^[69]

Top goalscorers

As of 19 May 2019^[17]

Rank	Scorer	Team	Goals (Pen.)
1	Stanislav Kulish	SC Dnipro-1	17 (5)
2	Denys Kozhanov	Volyn Lutsk	16 (8)
3	Ihor Kirienko	Avanhard Kramatorsk	13 (1)
4	Bohdan Orynchak	Prykarpattia Ivano-Frankivsk	12
5	Ihor Kohut	SC Dnipro-1	11
	Oleksandr Akymenko	Inhulets Petrove	11 (1)
	Yehor Demchenko	Avanhard Kramatorsk	11 (2)
8	Oleh Synytsya	Metalist 1925 Kharkiv	10 (3)
	Yaroslav Konkolnyak	Prykarpattia Ivano-Frankivsk	10 (5)
10	Oleksiy Chychykov	SC Dnipro-1	9
	Oleksandr Bondarenko	Kolos Kovalivka	9 (1)

Notes:

Awards

Monthly awards

Month	Player of the Month
	Player	Club	Reference
August 2018	Oleksandr Akymenko	Inhulets Petrove	[70]
September 2018	Oleksandr Nazarenko	SC Dnipro-1	[71]
October 2018	Serhiy Romanov	Metalist 1925 Kharkiv	[72]
November 2018	Bohdan Orynchak	Prykarpattia Ivano-Frankivsk	[73]
March 2019	Orest Kuzyk	SC Dnipro-1	[74]
April 2019	Siavash Hagh Nazari	Volyn Lutsk	[75]
May 2019	Vitaliy Havrysh	Kolos Kovalivka	[76]

Round awards

Round	Player			Coach
	Player	Club	Reference	Coach	Club	Reference
Round 1	Dmytro Kozban	Volyn Lutsk	[77]	Oleksandr Kosevych	Avanhard Kramatorsk	[78]
Round 2	Denys Kozhanov	Volyn Lutsk	[79]	Dmytro Mykhaylenko	SC Dnipro-1	[80]
Round 3	Oleh Synytsya	Metalist 1925 Kharkiv	[81]	Andriy Tlumak	Volyn Lutsk	[82]
Round 4	Dmytro Pospyelov	Metalist 1925 Kharkiv	[83]	Serhiy Valyayev	Metalist 1925 Kharkiv	[84]
Round 5	Dmytro Kozban	Volyn Lutsk	[85]	Serhiy Kovalets	Obolon-Brovar Kyiv	[86]
Round 6	Oleksandr Akymenko	Inhulets Petrove	[87]	Dmytro Mykhaylenko (2)	SC Dnipro-1	[88]
Round 7	Oleksandr Derebchynskyi	Obolon-Brovar Kyiv	[89]	Serhiy Kovalets (2)	Obolon-Brovar Kyiv	[90]
Round 8	Oleksandr Bondarenko	Kolos Kovalivka	[91]	Serhiy Lavrynenko	Inhulets Petrove	[92]
Round 9	Denys Kozhanov	Volyn Lutsk	[93]	Serhiy Kovalets (3)	Obolon-Brovar Kyiv	[94]
Round 10	Andriy Kovalyov	MFC Mykolaiv	[95]	Oleksandr Kosevych (2)	Avanhard Kramatorsk	[96]
Round 11	Denys Kostyshyn	Kolos Kovalivka	[97]	Dmytro Mykhaylenko (3)	SC Dnipro-1	[98]
Round 12	Stanislav Kulish	SC Dnipro-1	[99]	Dmytro Mykhaylenko (4)	SC Dnipro-1	[100]
Round 13	Ihor Kirienko	Avanhard Kramatorsk	[101]	Dmytro Mykhaylenko (5)	SC Dnipro-1	[102]
Round 14	Serhiy Romanov	Metalist 1925 Kharkiv	[103]	Andriy Parkhomenko	Balkany Zorya	[104]
Round 15	Bohdan Semenets	Ahrobiznes Volochysk	[105]	Serhiy Lavrynenko (2)	Inhulets Petrove	[106]
Round 16	Ihor Kirienko	Avanhard Kramatorsk	[107]	Oleksandr Kosevych (3)	Avanhard Kramatorsk	[108]
Round 17	Bohdan Orynchak	Prykarpattia Ivano-Frankivsk	[109]	Volodymyr Kovalyuk	Prykarpattia Ivano-Frankivsk	[110]
Round 18	Ihor Zahalskyi	SC Dnipro-1	[111]	Ruslan Kostyshyn	Kolos Kovalivka	[112]
winter break
Round 19	Stanislav Kulish	SC Dnipro-1	[113]	Oleksandr Kosevych (4)	Avanhard Kramatorsk	[114]
Round 20	Mykola Zlatov	Balkany Zorya	[115]	Serhiy Kovalets (4)	Obolon-Brovar Kyiv	[116]
Round 21	Ihor Kirienko	Avanhard Kramatorsk	[117]	Ruslan Kostyshyn (2)	Kolos Kovalivka	[118]
Round 22	Denys Kozhanov	Volyn Lutsk	[119]	Andriy Tlumak (2)	Volyn Lutsk	[120]
Round 23	Yuriy Batyushyn	Hirnyk-Sport Horishni Plavni	[121]	Andriy Parkhomenko (2)	Balkany Zorya	[122]
Round 24	Oleh Synytsia	Metalist 1925 Kharkiv	[123]	Leonid Kuchuk	Rukh Vynnyky	[124]
Round 25	Bohdan Orynchak	Prykarpattia Ivano-Frankivsk	[125]	Andriy Tlumak (3)	Volyn Lutsk	[126]
Round 26	Vladyslav Voitsekhovskyi	MFC Mykolaiv	[127]	Serhiy Shyshchenko	MFC Mykolaiv	[128]
Round 27	Denys Kozhanov	Volyn Lutsk	[129]	Andriy Tlumak (4)	Volyn Lutsk	[130]
Round 28	Yuriy Klymchuk	Rukh Vynnyky	[131]	Volodymyr Kovalyuk (2)	Prykarpattia Ivano-Frankivsk	[132]
Round 29	Oleksandr Nazarenko	SC Dnipro-1	[133]	Oleksandr Kosevych (5)	Avanhard Kramatorsk	[134]
Round 30	Vitaliy Havrysh	Kolos Kovalivka	[135]	Ruslan Kostyshyn (3)	Kolos Kovalivka	[135]

See also

• 2018–19 Ukrainian Premier League
• 2018–19 Ukrainian Second League
• 2018–19 Ukrainian Cup