2018–19 Ukrainian Premier League

The 2018–19 Ukrainian Premier League season was the 28th top-level football club competitions since the fall of the Soviet Union and the eleventh since the establishment of the Ukrainian Premier League.

Ukrainian Premier League

Official logo[1]
Season	2018–19
Dates	21 July 2018 – 30 May 2019 (winter break 9 December 2018 – 16 February 2019)
Champions	Shakhtar Donetsk 12th title
Relegated	Arsenal–Kyiv Chornomorets Odesea
Champions League	Shakhtar Donetsk Dynamo Kyiv
Europa League	FC Oleksandriya FC Mariupol Zorya Luhansk
Matches played	192
Goals scored	474 (2.47 per match)
Top goalscorer	19 – Júnior Moraes (Shakhtar)
Biggest home win	5:0 – (Dynamo-Zorya, Shakhtar-Karpaty, Shakhtar-Lviv)
Biggest away win	0:5 – (Arsenal-Zorya, Chornomorets-Karpaty) 1:6 – (Karpaty-Shakhtar)
Highest scoring	2:5 – (Olimpik-Shakhtar) 1:6 – (Karpaty-Shakhtar)
Longest winning run	8 – (Dynamo)
Longest unbeaten run	29 – (Shakhtar)
Longest winless run	12 – (Olimpik)
Longest losing run	9 – (Chornomorets)
Highest attendance	46,475 – Dynamo–Shakhtar (Round 3)
Lowest attendance	0[2] – Dynamo–Vorskla (Round 1)
Total attendance	797,940
Average attendance	4156
← 2017–18 2019–20 → All statistics correct as of 15 May 2019.

The tournament started on 21 July 2018 and ended on 25 May 2019.^[3] The league took its winter intermission after Round 18 on 8 December 2018 and resumed its competition of the Championship with Round 19 on 16 February 2019. The first stage ended with Round 22 games on 17 March 2019. The draw for the second stage was announced for 5 March 2019.^[4]

The 11-time winner Shakhtar Donetsk were the two-time defending champions.

Teams

Promoted teams

• Arsenal Kyiv – the champion of the 2017–18 Ukrainian First League (returning as a phoenix club of previous Arsenal Kyiv after five seasons absence)
• Desna Chernihiv – 3rd place of the 2017–18 Ukrainian First League, play-off winners (debut)

Shuffled teams

• FC Lviv – a team swap after merging with NK Veres Rivne (returning as a phoenix club of previous FC Lviv after nine seasons absence)

On completion of the 2017–18 Ukrainian Premier League season, Veres Rivne, who had moved their operations to Lviv during the season announced the merging^[5] with FC Lviv who competed in the 2017–18 Ukrainian Second League and retain their name.^[6][7] This is the first time of such "swap" that has occurred with a team from the Ukrainian Premier League. Its certification the club passed on 5 June 2018.^[8] Along with that the FFU certification committee is consulting with the UEFA in regards of the "clubs swap".^[9] On 6 June 2018, it was announced that it is too early speculate composition of the league for the next season as the UEFA will make its final decision by allowing or not participation of FC Lviv. It is possible that some of already relegated clubs might be given a second chance if UEFA will insist on impossibility of the Lviv-Veres team swap.^[10][11] On 12 June 2018, Ukrainian Premier League updated its website removing any mentioning of NK Veres Rivne ever competing in the league and its record being awarded to FC Lviv.^[12] Few days later the league recovered the Veres' record. More to the story, in interview to "Tribuna" a head of the FFU Attestation Committee Viktor Bezsmernyi explained that it was Veres that received certificate for the 2018–19 Ukrainian Premier League and then the club changed its name.^[13] At same time the old-new president of Veres Khakhlyov demonstrated the club's certificate for the 2018–19 Ukrainian Second League.^[14]

Withdrawn teams

• On 21 June 2018, during the club's conference of FC Poltava, the club's leadership announced that it dissolved the club.^[15][16][17]

On 22 June 2018, the UPL published an official announcement about situation with FC Poltava, and while shocked with the club's decision the league is confirming that the club is withdrawing and that the league will be seeking its replacement.^[18][19] Following withdrawal of FC Poltava, a crisis has seemed to ripen in the league as there is no other team can replace Poltava due to financing or infrastructure issues.^[20] Based on the voting conducted among the UPL members, on 26 June 2018, the league picked FC Chornomorets Odesa for the Poltava's replacement and submitted its selection for approval by the FFU Executive Committee.^[21][22][23] On 3 July 2018, Chornomorets was officially approved by FFU as 2018–19 Ukrainian Premier League participant.^[24]

Location map

The following displays the location of teams.

Kyiv

Kyiv teams :
Arsenal
Dynamo
(Kyiv)

Lviv

Lviv teams :
Karpaty
FC Lviv

Donetsk

Donetsk teams :
Shakhtar
Olimpik

Chornomorets

Desna

Mariupol

Oleksandriya

Vorskla

Zorya

(Zaporizhzhia)

(Kharkiv)

Home venues of teams in the 2018–19 Ukrainian Premier League.
Teams in italics are from the conflict zone of the War in Donbas and are playing their home games in different cities.

Arsenal(Dynamo)

Dynamo

Kyiv city home venues of teams in the League

Lviv

Karpaty

Lviv city home venues of teams in the League

Stadiums

Three teams play their matches outside of home towns. The minimum threshold for the stadium's capacity in the UPL is 5,000 (Article 10, paragraph 7.2).^[25]

The following stadiums are regarded as home grounds:

Rank	Stadium	Place	Club	Capacity	Notes
1	NSC Olimpiyskiy	Kyiv	Dynamo Kyiv	70,050
2	OSC Metalist	Kharkiv	Shakhtar Donetsk	40,003	used as home ground during the season.
3	Arena Lviv	Lviv	FC Lviv	34,915
4	Chornomorets Stadium	Odesa	Chornomorets Odesa	34,164
5	Ukraina Stadium	Lviv	Karpaty Lviv FC Lviv	28,051	used in Round 5,[26] home ground since Round 19
6	Vorskla Stadium	Poltava	Vorskla Poltava	24,795
7	Lobanovsky Dynamo Stadium	Kyiv	Olimpik Donetsk Arsenal Kyiv[a]	16,873	used as home ground during the season.
8	Volodymyr Boiko Stadium	Mariupol	FC Mariupol	12,680
9	Chernihiv Stadium	Chernihiv	Desna Chernihiv	12,060
10	Slavutych-Arena	Zaporizhzhia	Zorya Luhansk	12,000	used as home ground during the season.
11	CSC Nika Stadium	Oleksandriya	FC Oleksandriya	7,000

Notes:

1. Originally registering Bannikov Stadium as its main stadium for the season, the club's president Piric informed that at least for next year Arsenal will play at Dynamo Stadium.^[27] Bannikov Stadium does not meet all the requirements of UPL.^[28]

Personnel and sponsorship

Team	President	Head coach	Captain	Kit manufacturer	Shirt sponsor
Arsenal Kyiv	Ivica Pirić	Ihor Leonov	Serhiy Vakulenko	Zeus	Favorite Sport, Vegeta
Chornomorets Odesa	Leonid Klimov	Angel Chervenkov	Serhiy Litovchenko	Legea	Gefest[a]
Desna Chernihiv	Volodymyr Levin	Oleksandr Ryabokon	Denys Favorov	Nike	Favorite Sport
Dynamo Kyiv	Ihor Surkis	Alyaksandr Khatskevich	Serhiy Sydorchuk	New Balance[30]	UEFA No to racism
Karpaty Lviv	Petro Dyminskyi	Oleksandr Chyzhevskyi (interim)	Artem Fedetskyi	Joma	Marathonbet, ZIK[b]
FC Lviv	Bohdan Kopytko[32]	Bohdan Blavatskyi	Oleksandr Bandura	Legea	Glusco[c]
FC Mariupol	Tariq Mehmood Chaudhry	Oleksandr Babych	Rustam Khudzhamov	Nike	Favorite Sport
FC Oleksandriya	Serhiy Kuzmenko	Volodymyr Sharan	Andriy Zaporozhan	Nike	UkrAhroKom
Olimpik Donetsk	Vladyslav Helzin	Ihor Klymovskyi (interim)	Dmytro Hryshko	Joma	Pari-Match
Shakhtar Donetsk	Rinat Akhmetov	Paulo Fonseca	Taison	Nike	SCM
Vorskla Poltava	Roman Cherniak	Vitaliy Kosovskyi (interim)	Volodymyr Chesnakov	adidas	Ferrexpo
Zorya Luhansk	Yevhen Heller	Yuriy Vernydub	Mykyta Kamenyuka	Nike	Favorite Sport

Notes:

1. The Gefest is a local construction company in Odesa.^[29]
2. The ZIK is a media holding of Petro Dyminskyi.^[31]
3. The Glusco is a regional company of Rosneft in Ukraine owned by Viktor Medvedchuk.^[33][34]

Managerial changes

Team	Outgoing manager	Manner of departure	Date of vacancy	Table	Incoming manager	Date of appointment	Table
FC Lviv	Andriy Khanas (interim)	Club reorganized (in place of NK Veres Rivne)	unannounced	Pre-season	Andriy Demchenko (interim)	8 June 2018[35][36]	Pre-season
Chornomorets Odesa	Kostyantyn Frolov	Dismissed (w/o details)	13 June 2018[37]		Angel Chervenkov	13 June 2018[37]
Arsenal Kyiv	Serhiy Litovchenko	"Laid off"[a]	22 June 2018[40]		Fabrizio Ravanelli	22 June 2018[40]
FC Lviv	Andriy Demchenko	End of interim	29 June 2018[41]		Gilmar	3 July 2018[42]
	Gilmar	Resigned[b]	14 August 2018[44]	7th	Yuriy Bakalov	16 August 2018[45][46][47]	7th
Karpaty Lviv	Oleh Boychyshyn	Sacked	16 August 2018[48]	8th	José Morais	16 August 2018[49]	8th
Arsenal Kyiv	Fabrizio Ravanelli	Resigned	22 September 2018[50]	12th	Vladyslav Humenyuk	22 September 2018[51]	12th
	Vladyslav Humenyuk	End of interim	1 October 2018[52]		Vyacheslav Hroznyi[c]	1 October 2018[52]
Olimpik Donetsk	Roman Sanzhar	Mutual consent	3 October 2018[56]	7th	Vyacheslav Shevchuk	3 October 2018[57]	7th
Karpaty Lviv	José Morais	Contract terminated[d]	28 November 2018[59]	10th	Oleh Boychyshyn (interim)	28 November 2018[59]	10th
Arsenal Kyiv	Vyacheslav Hroznyi	Mutual agreement	9 January 2019[60]	12th	Ihor Leonov	16 January 2019[61]	12th
Karpaty Lviv	Oleh Boychyshyn	End of interim	13 January 2019[62]	10th	Fabri	13 January 2019[62]	10th
Vorskla Poltava	Vasyl Sachko	Contract terminated	27 March 2019[63]	7th	Vitaliy Kosovskyi (interim)	28 March 2019[64]	7th
FC Lviv	Yuriy Bakalov	Mutual consent	8 April 2019[65][66]	6th	Taras Hrebenyuk (interim)	8 April 2019	6th
	Taras Hrebenyuk	End of interim	16 April 2019	5th	Bohdan Blavatskyi	16 April 2019[67]	5th
Olimpik Donetsk	Vyacheslav Shevchuk	Mutual consent	17 April 2019[68]	10th	Ihor Klymovskyi (interim)	17 April 2019[69]	10th
Karpaty Lviv	Fabri	Resigned (heath concerns)	27 May 2019[70]	10th	Oleksandr Chyzhevskyi (interim)	27 May 2019[70]	10th
For changes that took place after 30 May 2019 (last round game day), see 2019–20 Ukrainian Premier League

Notes:

1. On 20 August 2018 in interview to internet newsmedia Footboom Serhiy Litovchenko explained his dismissal from the club pointing out that he still was under contract and will sue the club.^[38] On 1 November 2018 the FFU chamber on settling of disagreements fined FC Arsenal-Kyiv and laid a transfer ban onto the club following the case Litovchenko vs FC Arsenal-Kyiv.^[39]
2. On 13 August 2018 the Football Federation of Ukraine informed the club that Gilmar does not have the UEFA PRO license and therefore cannot be the club's head coach (manager).^[43]
3. On 30 November 2018 in interview to Sport Express Hroznyi stated that he does not have a contract with Arsenal, but rather a gentlemen's agreement and expires on 30 November 2018.^[53] Soon thereafter FC Arsenal Kyiv made a press-release announcing that Hroznyi's contract is valid until 30 June 2019.^[54] Next day Hroznyi explained that the contract actually does exist, but there is the gentlemen's agreement as well and in case of poor financing he will leave club.^[55]
4. Same day he was appointed as a manager of Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors FC, South Korea (twitter at 19:27 of the Seoul's time).^[58]

First stage

First stage table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation[a]
1	Shakhtar Donetsk	22	18	3	1	52	9	+43	57	Qualification for the Championship round
2	Dynamo Kyiv	22	16	2	4	40	11	+29	50
3	FC Oleksandriya	22	12	5	5	31	19	+12	41
4	Zorya Luhansk	22	8	8	6	28	20	+8	32
5	FC Lviv	22	7	9	6	19	20	−1	30
6	FC Mariupol	22	8	6	8	24	33	−9	30
7	Vorskla Poltava	22	9	2	11	18	28	−10	29	Qualification for the Relegation round
8	Desna Chernihiv	22	8	4	10	23	24	−1	28
9	Karpaty Lviv	22	5	6	11	26	37	−11	21
10	Olimpik Donetsk	22	4	8	10	25	33	−8	20
11	Chornomorets Odesa	22	4	4	14	12	34	−22	16
12	Arsenal Kyiv	22	3	3	16	12	42	−30	12

Source: Ukrainian Premier League Soccerway
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head points; 3) Head-to-head goal difference; 4) Head-to-head higher number of goals scored; 5) Goal difference; 6) Higher number of goals scored; 7) Draw or "golden match" if tied for title (Article 22, paragraph 3).^[71]
Notes:

1. Teams play each other twice (22 matches), before the league split into two groups (the top six and the bottom six) for the last 10 matches.

First stage results

Teams play each other twice on a home and away basis, before the league split into two groups – the top six and the bottom six.

Home \ Away	ARS	CHO	DES	DYN	KAR	LVI	MAR	OLK	OLD	SHA	VOR	ZOR
Arsenal Kyiv	—	1–1	0–2	0–1	1–1	0–2	1–2	0–3	1–3	0–3	2–2	0–5
Chornomorets Odesa	2–1	—	1–0	1–1	0–5	0–1	0–1	0–3	2–1	0–1	0–1	0–3
Desna Chernihiv	1–0	2–0	—	1–2	2–2	0–1	2–0	0–2	0–1	0–2	0–2	0–2
Dynamo Kyiv	4–0	2–0	4–0	—	0–2	0–1	4–0	1–0	1–0	1–0	1–0	5–0
Karpaty Lviv	1–2	1–0	0–2	0–4	—	0–1	1–1	0–2	2–2	1–6	0–1	0–1
FC Lviv	1–0	0–1	1–3	0–1	1–1	—	2–2	2–2	1–1	0–2	0–2	0–0
FC Mariupol	1–0	0–0	1–4	0–2[a]	1–1	2–2	—	1–0	2–1	0–3	1–0	3–2
FC Oleksandriya	1–0	3–2	1–1	2–1	2–1	1–2	1–1	—	1–1	0–2	2–0	1–0
Olimpik Donetsk	0–1	1–0	1–1	1–2	1–2	1–1	1–3	2–3	—	2–5	1–0	1–1
Shakhtar Donetsk	3–0	3–0	1–0	2–1	5–0	0–0	2–0	2–0	2–2	—	4–1	1–1
Vorskla Poltava	0–2	2–1	0–0	0–1	0–4	1–0	2–1	0–1	2–1	0–2	—	2–1
Zorya Luhansk	3–0	1–1	0–2	1–1	2–1	0–0	2–1	0–0	0–0	0–1	3–0	—

Source: UPL calendar (in Ukrainian)
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
For upcoming matches, an "a" indicates there is an article about the rivalry between the two participants.

Notes:

1. The game Mariupol – Dynamo was postponed to 26 September 2018 due to scheduling.^[72][73]

First stage positions by round

The following table represents the teams position after each round in the competition played chronologically.

Team ╲ Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22
Shakhtar Donetsk	3	1	3	3	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
Dynamo Kyiv	6	3	2	2	1	3	3	3	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	3	3	2	2	2	2	2
FC Oleksandriya	2	2	1	1	3	2	2	2	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	2	2	3	3	3	3	3
Zorya Luhansk	5	8	6	4	5	5	4	4	5	5	5	7	8	6	5	7	4	4	4	4	4	4
FC Lviv	1	7	10	7	10	10	10	7	9	8	9	8	5	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	5
FC Mariupol	7	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	8	6	6	5	6	5	7	6	6	7	7	5	5	6
Vorskla Poltava	9	10	9	10	7	8	7	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	5	5	6	6	6	7
Desna Chernihiv	11	6	8	9	9	6	9	6	7	9	7	9	7	7	6	5	7	6	5	7	7	8
Karpaty Lviv	12	4	4	8	8	9	8	10	10	10	10	10	10	9	9	10	10	10	9	9	9	9
Olimpik Donetsk	8	9	7	6	6	7	6	9	6	7	8	6	9	10	10	9	9	9	10	10	10	10
Chornomorets Odesa	4	5	5	5	4	4	5	8	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11
Arsenal Kyiv	10	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Championship round

Championship round table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Shakhtar Donetsk (C)	32	26	5	1	73	11	+62	83	Qualification for the Champions League group stage
2	Dynamo Kyiv	32	22	6	4	54	18	+36	72	Qualification for the Champions League third qualifying round
3	FC Oleksandriya	32	14	7	11	39	34	+5	49	Qualification for the Europa League group stage[a]
4	FC Mariupol	32	12	7	13	36	47	−11	43[b]	Qualification for the Europa League third qualifying round[a]
5	Zorya Luhansk	32	11	10	11	39	34	+5	43[b]	Qualification for the Europa League second qualifying round[a]
6	FC Lviv	32	8	10	14	25	40	−15	34

Source: Ukrainian Premier League (in Ukrainian), UEFA, Soccerway
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head points; 3) Head-to-head goal difference; 4) Head-to-head higher number of goals scored; 5) Goal difference; 6) Higher number of goals scored; 7) Draw or "golden match" if tied for title (Article 22, paragraph 3).^[71]
(C) Champions
Notes:

1. Since the winners of the 2018–19 Ukrainian Cup, Shakhtar Donetsk, qualified for European competition based on league position, the spot awarded to the cup winners (Europa League group stage) was passed to the third-placed team, the spot awarded to the third-placed team (Europa League third qualifying round) was passed to the fourth-placed team, and the spot awarded to the fourth-placed team (Europa League second qualifying round) was passed to the fifth-placed team.
2. Head to Head: Mariupol – Zorya +3=0-1, advantage Mariupol.

Championship round results

Home \ Away	DYN	LVI	MAR	OLK	SHA	ZOR
Dynamo Kyiv	—	2–1	2–1	1–1	0–0	1–1
FC Lviv	0–1	—	2–3	1–2	0–3	0–0
FC Mariupol	0–1	2–0	—	1–1	0–1	3–1
FC Oleksandriya	0–2	0–1	2–1	—	0–1	0–2
Shakhtar Donetsk	1–1	5–0	4–0	2–1	—	3–0
Zorya Luhansk	2–3	2–1	0–1	3–1	0–1	—

Source: UPL calendar (in Ukrainian)
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
For upcoming matches, an "a" indicates there is an article about the rivalry between the two participants.

Championship round positions by round

Team ╲ Round	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31	32
Shakhtar Donetsk	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
Dynamo Kyiv	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2
FC Oleksandriya	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3
FC Mariupol	4	4	5	5	5	4	4	4	5	4
Zorya Luhansk	5	5	4	4	4	5	5	5	4	5
FC Lviv	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Relegation round

Relegation round table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
7	Vorskla Poltava	32	12	6	14	31	43	−12	42
8	Desna Chernihiv	32	12	5	15	35	41	−6	41
9	Olimpik Donetsk	32	7	13	12	41	48	−7	34
10	Karpaty Lviv (O)	32	8	9	15	44	53	−9	33	Qualification for the Relegation play-offs
11	Chornomorets Odesa (R)	32	8	7	17	31	49	−18	31
12	Arsenal Kyiv (R, X)	32	7	5	20	26	56	−30	26	Relegated and later withdrawn

Source: Ukrainian Premier League (in Ukrainian), UEFA, Soccerway
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head points; 3) Head-to-head goal difference; 4) Head-to-head higher number of goals scored; 5) Goal difference; 6) Higher number of goals scored; 7) Draw or "golden match" if tied for title (Article 22, paragraph 3).^[71]
(O) Play-off winners; (R) Relegated; (X) Withdrew

Relegation round results

Home \ Away	ARS	CHO	DES	KAR	OLD	VOR
Arsenal Kyiv	—	3–3	2–0	2–3	1–1	1–0
Chornomorets Odesa	1–3	—	3–0	3–1	1–1	1–2
Desna Chernihiv	1–0	2–4	—	2–1	2–1	0–1
Karpaty Lviv	1–2	0–0	2–0	—	3–3	4–0
Olimpik Donetsk	2–0	2–1	0–2	3–2	—	1–1
Vorskla Poltava	2–0	1–2	3–3	1–1	2–2	—

Source: UPL calendar (in Ukrainian)
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
For upcoming matches, an "a" indicates there is an article about the rivalry between the two participants.

Relegation round positions by round

Team ╲ Round	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31	32
Vorskla Poltava	8	8	8	8	8	8	7	7	7	7
Desna Chernihiv	7	7	7	7	7	7	8	8	8	8
Olimpik Donetsk	10	10	10	9	9	9	9	9	9	9
Karpaty Lviv	9	9	9	10	10	10	10	10	10	10
Chornomorets Odesa	11	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	11	11
Arsenal Kyiv	12	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	12	12

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

Relegation play-offs

Teams that placed 10th and 11th in the 2018–19 Ukrainian Premier League play two-leg play-off with the second and third teams of the 2018–19 Ukrainian First League. The draw for play-offs took place on 24 May 2019^[74] and the games will be played on 4 and 8 June 2019.^[75]

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Chornomorets Odesa	0 – 2	Kolos Kovalivka	0 – 0	0 – 2
Karpaty Lviv	3 – 1	Volyn Lutsk	0 – 0	3 – 1

First leg

4 June 2019

19:00 UTC+3

Chornomorets Odesa	0 – 0	Kolos Kovalivka
	Report

Chornomorets Stadium, Odesa

Attendance: 5,435

Referee: Anatoliy Abdula (Kharkiv)

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4 June 2019

19:00 UTC+3

Karpaty Lviv	0 – 0	Volyn Lutsk
	Report

Ukraina Stadium, Lviv

Attendance: 10,104

Referee: Denys Shurman (Vyshneve)

Second leg

8 June 2019

17:00 UTC+3

Kolos Kovalivka	2 – 0	Chornomorets Odesa
Havrysh 57', 63' (pen.)	Report

Kolos Stadium, Kovalivka

Attendance: 2,500

Referee: Vitaliy Romanov

Kolos Kovalivka won 2–0 on aggregate and were promoted to the 2019–20 Ukrainian Premier League. Chornomorets Odesa were relegated to the 2019–20 Ukrainian First League

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8 June 2019

19:00 UTC+3

Volyn Lutsk	0 – 3 1 – 3	Karpaty Lviv
Kozhanov 42'	Report	Klyots 37' Ponde 82' (pen.) Miroshnichenko 90+5'

Avanhard Stadium, Lutsk

Attendance: 5,200

Referee: Maksym Kozyryatskyi

Karpaty Lviv won 3–0 on aggregate and retained their spot in the 2019–20 Ukrainian Premier League. Volyn Lutsk remained in the 2019–20 Ukrainian First League

Due to fan violence at the game and attack on referee, the original score 1–3 was scratched and replaced with technical score 0–3 loss to Volyn and win for Karpaty. Additionally, the Lutsk department of police started criminal proceedings on the fact of intentional damage to property during the game by the Karpaty fans.^[76]

Season statistics

Top goalscorers As of 30 May 2019[update][77] Rank Scorer Team Goals (Pen.) 1 Júnior Moraes[a] Shakhtar Donetsk 19 (1) 2 Viktor Tsyhankov Dynamo Kyiv 18 (7) 3 Maryan Shved Karpaty Lviv 14 (3) 4 Yevhen Banada FC Oleksandriya 9 Bruno FC Lviv 9 Marlos Shakhtar Donetsk 9 (1) Serhiy Vakulenko Arsenal Kyiv 9 (5) 8 Maksym Dehtyarov Olimpik Donetsk 8 Oleksandr Zubkov FC Mariupol 8 (1) Oleksandr Karavayev Zorya Luhansk 8 (2) Serhiy Myakushko Karpaty Lviv 8 (3) Notes:

The UPL top scorer Júnior Moraes Top assistants As of 30 May 2019[update][80] Rank Assistant Team Assists 1 Taison Shakhtar Donetsk 12 2 Viktor Tsyhankov Dynamo Kyiv 11 3 Ismaily Shakhtar Donetsk 7 Júnior Moraes Shakhtar Donetsk 7 Alan Patrick Shakhtar Donetsk 7 6 Oleksandr Karavayev Zorya Luhansk 5 Serhiy Myakushko Karpaty Lviv 5

Hat-tricks

Player	For	Against	Result	Date
Júnior Moraes	Shakhtar Donetsk	Olimpik Donetsk	5–2	24 August 2018[81]
Viktor Tsyhankov	Dynamo Kyiv	Karpaty Lviv	4–0	8 December 2018[82]
Maryan Shved	Karpaty Lviv	Vorskla Poltava	4–0	24 February 2019[83]
Dentinho	Shakhtar Donetsk	Mariupol	4–0	26 May 2019[84]

^(number) Player scored (number) goals if more than 3

  Away win

  Home win

  Draw

Notes:

1. On 19 March 2019, Brazilian footballer Moraes received Ukrainian citizenship and was invited to the Ukraine national football team.^[78][79]

• On 18 September 2018 Ukrainian Premier League introduced publishing of UPL statistics using the system of InStat.^[85]

Awards

Monthly awards

Month	Player of the Month
	Player	Club	Ref.
July 2018	Benjamin Verbič	Dynamo Kyiv	[86]
August 2018	Benjamin Verbič	Dynamo Kyiv	[87]
September 2018	Maryan Shved	Karpaty Lviv	[88]
October 2018	Ismaily	Shakhtar Donetsk	[89]
November 2018	Maryan Shved	Karpaty Lviv	[90]
December 2018	Viktor Tsyhankov	Dynamo Kyiv	[91]
March 2019	Maryan Shved	Karpaty Lviv	[92]
April 2019	Viktor Tsyhankov	Dynamo Kyiv	[93]
May 2019	Serhiy Myakushko	Karpaty Lviv	[94]

Round awards

Source:^[95]

Round	Player			Coach
	Player	Club	Reference	Coach	Club	Reference
Round 1	Oleksandr Karavayev	Zorya Luhansk	[96]	Yuriy Vernydub	Zorya Luhansk	[97]
Round 2	Dmytro Khlyobas	Desna Chernihiv	[98]	Oleksandr Ryabokon	Desna Chernihiv	[99]
Round 3	Benjamin Verbič	Dynamo Kyiv	[100]	Alyaksandr Khatskevich	Dynamo Kyiv	[101]
Round 4	Marlos	Shakhtar Donetsk	[102]	Volodymyr Sharan	FC Oleksandriya	[103]
Round 5	Viktor Tsyhankov	Dynamo Kyiv	[104]	Vasyl Sachko	Vorskla Poltava	[105]
Round 6	Júnior Moraes	Shakhtar Donetsk	[106]	Oleksandr Ryabokon	Desna Chernihiv	[107]
Round 7	Maryan Shved	Karpaty Lviv	[108]	José Morais	Karpaty Lviv	[109]
Round 8	Valeriy Fedorchuk	FC Mariupol	[110]	Paulo Fonseca	Shakhtar Donetsk	[111]
Round 9	Viktor Tsyhankov	Dynamo Kyiv	[112]	Roman Sanzhar	Olimpik Donetsk	[113]
Round 10	Taison	Shakhtar Donetsk	[114]	Paulo Fonseca	Shakhtar Donetsk	[115]
Round 11	Serhiy Hryn	Arsenal Kyiv	[116]	Vyacheslav Hroznyi	Arsenal Kyiv	[117]
Round 12	Andriy Boryachuk	FC Mariupol	[118]	Volodymyr Sharan	FC Oleksandriya	[119]
Round 13	Denys Bezborodko	Desna Chernihiv	[120]	Yuriy Bakalov	FC Lviv	[121]
Round 14	Maryan Shved	Karpaty Lviv	[122]	Paulo Fonseca	Shakhtar Donetsk	[123]
Round 15	Mykola Shaparenko	Dynamo Kyiv	[124]	Alyaksandr Khatskevich	Dynamo Kyiv	[125]
Round 16	Andriy Tsurikov	FC Oleksandriya	[126]	Volodymyr Sharan	FC Oleksandriya	[127]
Round 17	Kyrylo Kovalets	FC Oleksandriya	[128]	Volodymyr Sharan	FC Oleksandriya	[129]
Round 18	Volodymyr Adamyuk	FC Lviv	[130]	Yuriy Bakalov	FC Lviv	[131]
winter break
Round 19	Maryan Shved	Karpaty Lviv	[132]	Alyaksandr Khatskevich	Dynamo Kyiv	[133]
Round 20	Oleksandr Karavayev	Zorya Luhansk	[134]	Yuriy Vernydub	Zorya Luhansk	[135]
Round 21	Viktor Kovalenko	Shakhtar Donetsk	[136]	Paulo Fonseca	Shakhtar Donetsk	[137]
Round 22	Viktor Tsyhankov	Dynamo Kyiv	[138]	Yuriy Bakalov	FC Lviv	[139]
Round 23	Viktor Tsyhankov	Dynamo Kyiv	[140]	Ihor Leonov	Arsenal Kyiv	[141]
Round 24	Viktor Tsyhankov	Dynamo Kyiv	[142]	Oleksandr Ryabokon	Desna Chernihiv	[143]
Round 25	Denys Boyko	Dynamo Kyiv	[144]	Volodymyr Sharan	FC Oleksandriya	[145]
Round 26	Artem Hromov	Zorya Luhansk	[146]	Yuriy Vernydub	Zorya Luhansk	[147]
Round 27	Árni Vilhjálmsson	Chornomorets Odesa	[148]	Ihor Leonov	Arsenal–Kyiv	[149]
Round 28	Oleksandr Zubkov	FC Mariupol	[150]	Paulo Fonseca	Shakhtar Donetsk	[151]
Round 29	Júnior Moraes	Shakhtar Donetsk	[152]	Paulo Fonseca	Shakhtar Donetsk	[153]
Round 30	Viktor Tsyhankov	Dynamo Kyiv	[154]	Angel Chervenkov	Chornomorets Odesa	[155]
Round 31	Dentinho	Shakhtar Donetsk	[156]	Yuriy Vernydub	Zorya Luhansk	[157]
Round 32	Viktor Tsyhankov	Dynamo Kyiv	[158]	Oleksandr Babych	FC Mariupol	[159]

The 2018 Coach of the Year award

The best coaches were identified by the All-Ukrainian Football Coaches Association.^[160]

Place	Coach	Team	Mark
1	Volodymyr Sharan	FC Oleksandriya	4.38
2	Paulo Fonseca	Shakhtar Donetsk	4.24
3	Alyaksandr Khatskevich	Dynamo Kyiv	4.16
4	Yuriy Bakalov	FC Lviv	4.06
5	Yuriy Vernydub	Zorya Luhansk	4.00

Season awards

The laureates of the 2018–19 UPL season were:^[161][162]

• Best player: Viktor Tsyhankov (Dynamo Kyiv)
• Best coach: Paulo Fonseca (Shakhtar Donetsk)
• Best goalkeeper: Andriy Pyatov (Shakhtar Donetsk)
• Best arbiter: Anatoliy Abdula (Kharkiv)
• Best young player: Vitalii Mykolenko (Dynamo Kyiv)
• Best goalscorer: Júnior Moraes (Shakhtar Donetsk)

See also

• 2018–19 Ukrainian First League
• 2018–19 Ukrainian Second League
• 2018–19 Ukrainian Cup
• List of Ukrainian football transfers summer 2018
• List of Ukrainian football transfers winter 2018–19