2023–24 Ukrainian Premier League

The 2023–24 Ukrainian Premier League season, referred to as the VBet Liha for sponsorship reasons, was the 33rd top-level football club competition since the fall of the Soviet Union and the 16th since the establishment of the Ukrainian Premier League. On 7 June 2023 the UPL published highlights of the next season regulation draft announcing that preliminary the next season is expected to start on 29 July. ^[2] Also, this season had the national cup competitions restored which started on 16 August. The season regulation draft is yet to be approved by the General Assembly of the UPL participants.^[3]

VBet Liha (UPL)

Official logo[1]
Season	2023–24
Dates	29 July 2023 – 25 May 2024 12 December 2023 – 23 February 2024 (winter break)
Champions	Shakhtar Donetsk
Relegated	FC Mynai Metalist 1925 Kharkiv SC Dnipro-1 (bankrupt)
Champions League	Shakhtar Donetsk Dynamo Kyiv
Europa League	Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih
Conference League	Dnipro-1 Polissya Zhytomyr
Matches played	240
Goals scored	594 (2.48 per match)
Top goalscorer	Vladyslav Vanat (Dynamo) (14 goals)
Biggest home win	Dynamo 5–0 Kolos (5 May 2024)
Biggest away win	Oleksandriya 1–5 Chornomorets (22 September 2023) Vorskla 1–5 Dynamo (31 March 2024)
Highest scoring	7 goals (4 matches)
Highest attendance	2800 Vorskla 1–5 Dynamo (31 March 2024) Veres 2–2 Oleksandriya (19 May 2024)
Total attendance	86 019
← 2022–23 2024–25 → All statistics correct as of 03 June 2024.

Teams

This season the Ukrainian Premier League remained at 16 teams. Two teams had their status suspended due to the Russian occupation and/or destruction of their sports infrastructure. If one or both of Desna and Mariupol decide to return to the league competitions next season, it has been determined that the league would be increased to 18 teams.^[4] On 9 June 2023 the president of FC Desna stated that the club would return to professional football the next season in 2024 and would start from the Second League due to issues with player transfers.^[5][6]

Promoted teams

• Polissia Zhytomyr – first-placed team of the 2022–23 Ukrainian First League (debut)
• Obolon Kyiv – second-placed team of the 2022–23 Ukrainian First League (returning, last competed in 2011–12, for the first time since its reorganization in 2013)
• LNZ Cherkasy – winner of promotion/relegation play-off (debut)

Relegated teams

• Inhulets Petrove – Relegated after three seasons in the top flight.
• Metalist Kharkiv – Relegated after one season in the top flight
• FC Lviv – Relegated after five seasons in the top flight.

Location map

Kyiv

Kyiv teams :
Dynamo
Obolon

Zolocha

Zolocha teams :
Zorya
Metalist 1925

Polissya

Kryvbas

Dnipro-1

Kolos

Oleksandriya

Lviv

Lviv teams :
Rukh
Shakhtar

Chornomorets

Veres

Vorskla

Mynai

LNZ

Home venues of teams in the 2023–24 Ukrainian Premier League.
Several teams were playing their home games in different cities due to the Russian invasion of Ukraine

Stadiums

Further information: List of football stadiums in Ukraine

The minimum threshold for the stadium's capacity in the UPL is 4,500 (Article 10, paragraph 7.3).^[7]

The following stadiums are regarded as home grounds:

Rank	Stadium	Place	Club	Capacity	Notes
1	Arena Lviv	Lviv	Rukh Lviv	34,915
			Shakhtar Donetsk		used as home ground during the season
2	Chornomorets Stadium	Odesa	Chornomorets Odesa	34,164
3	Dnipro-Arena	Dnipro	Dnipro-1	31,003
4	Ukraina Stadium	Lviv	Rukh Lviv	27,925	used as home ground in 1 match
			Zorya Luhansk		used as home ground in 1 match
5	Butovsky Vorskla Stadium	Poltava	Vorskla Poltava	24,795
6	Lobanovskyi Dynamo Stadium	Kyiv	Dynamo Kyiv	16,873
			Metalist 1925 Kharkiv		used as home ground in 1 match
			FC Mynai		used as home ground in 1 match
			Zorya Luhansk		used as home ground in 1 match
7	Avanhard Stadium	Uzhhorod	Dnipro-1	12,000	used as home ground in 3 matches
			Zorya Luhansk		used as home ground in 1 match
8	Tsentralnyi Stadion	Cherkasy	LNZ Cherkasy	10,321
9	CSC Nika Stadium	Oleksandriya	FC Oleksandriya	7,000
10	Tsentralnyi Stadion	Zhytomyr	Polissya Zhytomyr	5,928
			Zorya Luhansk		used as home ground in 1 match
11	Obolon Arena	Kyiv	Obolon Kyiv	5,100
12	Kolos Stadium	Kovalivka	Kolos Kovalivka	5,050
			LNZ Cherkasy		used as home ground in 2 matches
			Zorya Luhansk		used as home ground in 1 match
13	Arena Livyi Bereh	Zolochivska hromada	Metalist 1925 Kharkiv	4,700	used as home ground during the season
			Zorya Luhansk		used as home ground during the season
			Shakhtar Donetsk		used as home ground in 2 matches
			Chornomorets Odesa		used as home ground in 1 match
14	Avanhard Stadium	Rivne	Veres Rivne	4,650
15	Skif Stadium	Lviv	Zorya Luhansk	4,033	used as home ground in 1 match
16	Hirnyk Stadium	Kryvyi Rih	Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih	2,500
17	Mynai Arena	Mynai	FC Mynai	1,312

Personnel and sponsorship

Team	President	Head coach	Captain	Kit manufacturer	Shirt sponsor
Chornomorets Odesa	Leonid Klimov	Roman Hryhorchuk	Illya Putrya	Kelme	Vbet
Dnipro-1	Maksym Bereza	Yuriy Maksymov	Oleksandr Svatok	Nike	Windrose
Dynamo Kyiv	Ihor Surkis	Oleksandr Shovkovskyi	Vitaliy Buyalskyi	New Balance	A-Bank
Kolos Kovalivka	Andriy Zasukha	Oleksandr Pozdeyev	Vadym Milko	Nike	ATTP
Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih	Kostyantyn Karamanits	Yuriy Vernydub	Dmytro Khomchenovskyi	Joma	Rudomain
LNZ Cherkasy	Andriy Poltavets	Oleg Dulub	Oleh Tarasenko	Macron	Vbet
Metalist 1925 Kharkiv	Yaroslav Vdovenko	Viktor Skrypnyk	Artem Habelok	Puma	AES group
Mynai	Valeriy Peresolyak	Željko Ljubenović	Oleksandr Bandura	Kelme	FavBet
Obolon Kyiv	Oleksandr Slobodian	Valeriy Ivashchenko	Nazariy Fedorivskyi	Jako	FavBet
Oleksandriya	Serhiy Kuzmenko	Ruslan Rotan	Vladyslav Kalitvintsev	Nike	AhroVista
Polissya Zhytomyr	Volodymyr Zahurskyi	Serhiy Shyshchenko (caretaker)	Vladyslav Ohirya	Nike	BGV Group
Rukh Lviv	Hryhoriy Kozlovskyi	Vitaliy Ponomaryov	Marko Sapuha	Macron	Emily Resort
Shakhtar Donetsk	Rinat Akhmetov	[A] Marino Pušić	Taras Stepanenko	Puma	FavBet
Veres Rivne	Ivan Nadieyin	Oleh Shandruk	Bohdan Kohut	Kelme	Vbet
Vorskla Poltava	Kostyantyn Zhevago	Serhiy Dolhanskyi (caretaker)	Volodymyr Chesnakov	Nike	Ferrexpo
Zorya Luhansk	Yevhen Heller	Yuriy Koval (caretaker)	Vyacheslav Churko	Puma	—

Managerial changes

Team	Outgoing manager	Manner of departure	Date of vacancy	Table	Incoming manager	Date of appointment
Shakhtar Donetsk	Igor Jovićević	Fired	8 June 2023[a][10][11][12][13]	Pre-season	Patrick van Leeuwen	3 July 2023[14]
Veres Rivne	Yuriy Virt	Resigned	14 June 2023[15]		Serhiy Lavrynenko	16 June 2023[16]
Zorya Luhansk	Patrick van Leeuwen	Signed with Shakhtar	3 July 2023[14]		Nenad Lalatović	4 July 2023[17][18]
SC Dnipro-1	Oleksandr Kucher	Resigned	20 August 2023[19]	11th	Valeriy Horodov (interim)	21 August 2023[20][21]
LNZ Cherkasy	Oleksandr Kovpak	Fired	23 August 2023[22][23]	13th	Yuriy Dudnyk (caretaker)	25 August 2023[24]
	Yuriy Dudnyk (caretaker)	End of interim	30 August 2023[25]	15th	Oleg Dulub	30 August 2023[26]
Zorya Luhansk	Nenad Lalatović	Resigned	27 August 2023[27][28]	11th	Mladen Bartulović (caretaker)	27 August 2023[29][30]
	Mladen Bartulović (caretaker)	End of interim	9 September 2023	12th	Valeriy Kryventsov	9 September 2023[31][32]
SC Dnipro-1	Valeriy Horodov (interim)		14 September 2023	11th	Yuriy Maksymov	14 September 2023[33]
Shakhtar Donetsk	Patrick van Leeuwen	Fired	16 October 2023[34]	2nd	Darijo Srna (interim)	16 October 2023[35]
	Darijo Srna (interim)	Returned to previous position	24 October 2023	3rd	[A] Marino Pušić	24 October 2023[36][37]
Dynamo Kyiv	Mircea Lucescu	Resigned	3 November 2023[38]	7th	Oleksandr Shovkovskyi (caretaker)	4 November 2023[39]
Metalist 1925 Kharkiv	Edmar (caretaker)		5 November 2023[40][41]	9th	Oleh Holodyuk (caretaker)	5 November 2023[41][42]
Zorya Luhansk	Valeriy Kryventsov		11 November 2023	13th	Yuriy Koval (caretaker)	11 November 2023[43]
FC Mynai	Volodymyr Sharan	Mutual agreement	17 November 2023[44]	16th	Željko Ljubenović	18 November 2023[45]
Dynamo Kyiv	Oleksandr Shovkovskyi (caretaker)	Made a head coach	12 December 2023	5th	Oleksandr Shovkovskyi	12 December 2023[46]
Veres Rivne	Serhiy Lavrynenko	Sacked[47][48]	12 December 2023[49]	15th	Oleh Shandruk	12 December 2023[50]
Metalist 1925 Kharkiv	Oleh Holodyuk (caretaker)	Change of role	20 December 2023	12th	Viktor Skrypnyk	20 December 2023[51]
Vorskla Poltava	Viktor Skrypnyk	Mutual agreement	20 December 2023[52]	7th	Serhiy Dolhanskyi (caretaker)	4 January 2024[53]
Polissya Zhytomyr	Yuriy Kalitvintsev	Resigned	11 March 2024[54]	6th	Serhiy Shyshchenko (caretaker)	12 March 2024[55]
Kolos Kovalivka	Yaroslav Vyshnyak	Change of role	28 April 2024[56]	12th	Oleksandr Pozdeyev (caretaker)	28 April 2024
	Oleksandr Pozdeyev (caretaker)	End of interim	12 May 2024[57]	12th	Oleksandr Pozdeyev	12 May 2024

Notes:

1. Confirmed on 1 July 2023^[9]

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Shakhtar Donetsk (C)	30	22	5	3	63	24	+39	71	Qualification for the Champions League league stage[a]
2	Dynamo Kyiv	30	22	3	5	72	28	+44	69	Qualification for the Champions League second qualifying round
3	Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih	30	17	6	7	51	30	+21	57	Qualification for the Europa League third qualifying round[b]
4	Dnipro-1 (D)	30	14	10	6	40	27	+13	52	Withdrew after the season[c]
5	Polissya Zhytomyr	30	14	8	8	39	30	+9	50	Qualification for the Conference League second qualifying round[b]
6	Rukh Lviv	30	12	13	5	44	31	+13	49
7	LNZ Cherkasy	30	11	8	11	31	34	−3	41
8	Oleksandriya	30	8	10	12	30	38	−8	34
9	Vorskla Poltava	30	9	6	15	30	46	−16	33
10	Zorya Luhansk	30	7	11	12	29	37	−8	32[d]
11	Kolos Kovalivka	30	7	11	12	22	31	−9	32[d]
12	Chornomorets Odesa	30	10	2	18	38	47	−9	32[d]
13	Veres Rivne (O)	30	6	10	14	31	46	−15	28	Qualification for the Relegation play-off
14	Obolon Kyiv (O)	30	5	11	14	18	41	−23	26
15	Mynai (R)	30	5	10	15	27	50	−23	25	Qualification for the mini tournament
16	Metalist 1925 Kharkiv (R)	30	5	8	17	32	57	−25	23

Source: upl.ua
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head points; 3) Head-to-head goal difference; 4) Head-to-head goals scored; 5) Goal difference; 6) Goals scored; 7) Draw or "Golden match" if two teams tied for title (Article 22, paragraph 3).^[58]
(C) Champions; (D) Disqualified; (O) Play-off winners; (R) Relegated
Notes:

1. Since already qualified Real Madrid won the Champions League, Shakhtar Donetsk was promoted to the Champions League league phase as the champion with the highest coefficient in Champions League qualifying.
2. Since the 2023–24 Ukrainian Cup winners (Shakhtar Donetsk) finished in the top two, the Europa League spot was passed to the third-placed team, and the second Conference League second qualifying round spot was passed to the fifth-placed team.
3. SC Dnipro-1 that withdrew from all tournaments of the 2024–25 season due to financial hardship after finishing 4th in the league qualified for the Conference League second qualifying round, however it was awarded technical losses in both matches (0:3).
4. Zorya Luhansk finished ahead of Kolos Kovalivka and Chornomorets Odesa on head-to-head points: Zorya Luhansk 7, Kolos Kovalivka 6, Chornomorets Odesa 4

Results

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

Home \ Away	CHO	DN1	DYN	KOL	KRY	LNZ	M25	MYN	OBL	OLK	PZH	RUX	SHA	VER	VOR	ZOR
Chornomorets Odesa		0–2	3–2	1–0	1–2	1–3	3–0	3–0	2–0	3–2	1–0	2–3	1–4	0–1	0–1	0–0
Dnipro-1	5–2		1–2	1–1	1–0	0–0	1–0	1–1	1–2	1–0	2–1	0–1	1–1	2–0	1–2	2–2
Dynamo Kyiv	1–0	0–1		5–0	3–1	1–1	4–2	4–1	2–0	4–2	3–0	2–0	0–1	3–0	2–0	2–0
Kolos Kovalivka	2–0	0–2	1–1		0–3	1–3	1–1	2–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–1	0–2	2–0	0–0	0–1
Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih	1–0	3–0	0–2	1–0		2–0	3–0	3–0	1–0	2–1	0–1	1–3	3–3	2–1	1–1	2–2
LNZ Cherkasy	0–2	1–1	2–4	1–1	0–3		0–1	1–2	3–0	0–0	1–2	2–1	0–3	1–0	1–0	2–1
Metalist 1925 Kharkiv	2–1	1–1	2–4	0–0	1–3	1–1		1–0	1–1	0–3	3–3	1–4	1–2	1–2	3–2	2–1
Mynai	2–0	1–1	1–3	3–2	0–1	0–3	2–0		0–1	2–2	2–3	1–1	1–4	0–0	0–0	1–1
Obolon Kyiv	1–1	0–1	2–4	0–0	0–0	1–0	1–0	1–1		0–3	1–0	0–0	0–3	0–0	0–1	2–4
Oleksandriya	1–5	1–0	0–1	0–1	1–0	1–2	1–0	1–1	2–2		0–3	2–2	0–3[a]	1–0	1–0	0–0
Polissia Zhytomyr	1–4	1–1	3–2	1–0	1–1	0–1	2–1	2–1	2–0	1–2		0–1	2–0	1–1	1–0	1–1
Rukh Lviv	2–0	0–2	1–2	1–1	1–1	1–0	1–1	0–0	2–2	0–0	1–1		1–1	3–1	4–1	2–1
Shakhtar Donetsk	3–0	1–3	1–0	3–2	5–2	3–0	2–0	2–0	1–0	2–1	0–0	3–1		2–0	1–2	2–1
Veres Rivne	3–1	1–1	1–1	0–2	0–2	0–0	4–3	3–1	3–0	2–2	0–2	2–5	1–1		1–2	2–2
Vorskla Poltava	2–1	2–3	1–5	0–2	1–4	0–0	2–2	2–2	3–1	1–0	0–3	1–1	0–1	2–1		1–2
Zorya Luhansk	1–0	0–1	0–3	0–1	1–3	1–2	2–1	2–0	0–0	0–0	0–1	0–0	1–3	1–1	1–0

Source: UPL calendar
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 match that originally ended in 0:0 draw was changed to technical result due to an ineligible player for Oleksandriya.^[59]

Matches affected by air alerts

Round 1.
Veres vs Polissia. The match had been interrupted in the 89th minute for 30 minutes.^[60]
Oleksandriya vs Kryvbas. Kick off time was delayed for 30 minutes.^[61]
Round 2.
Oleksandriya vs Metalist 1925. Kick off time was delayed for 75 minutes.^[62]
Round 3.
Kryvbas vs LNZ. Kick off time was delayed for 45 minutes.^[63]
Round 4.
Kryvbas vs Shakhtar. Kick off time was delayed for 10 minutes.^[64]
Round 9.
Kryvbas vs Rukh. Kick off time was delayed for 30 minutes.^[65]
Round 10.
Dnipro-1 vs Veres. Kick off time was delayed for 15 minutes.^[66]
LNZ vs Oleksandriya. Kick off time was delayed for 75 minutes.^[67]
Round 12.
Kryvbas vs Dnipro-1. Kick off time was delayed for 80 minutes.^[68]
Round 13.
LNZ vs Kolos. Kick off time was delayed for 170 minutes.^[69]
Polissia vs Kryvbas. The match had been interrupted in the 4th minute for almost 2 hours.^[70][71]
Dnipro-1 vs Oleksandriya. Kick off time was delayed for 17 minutes. The match had been interrupted three times (in 57th, 69th, 90th minute).^[72][73]
Round 14.
Kolos vs Mynai. The match had been interrupted in the 43rd minute for 3 minutes.^[74]
Polissia vs Metalist 1925. Kick off time was delayed for 80 minutes.^[75]
Obolon vs Vorskla. Kick off time was delayed for 195 minutes.^[76]
Kryvbas vs Dynamo. Kick off time was delayed for 40 minutes.^[77]
Round 15.
Kolos vs Zorya. Kick off time was delayed for 35 minutes.^[78]
Round 16.
Kolos vs Obolon. Kick off time was delayed for 120 minutes.^[79]
Chornomorets vs LNZ. Kick off time was delayed for 30 minutes.^[80]
Mynai vs Dynamo. The match, which kicked off on 3 December 2023 at the Mynai Arena, has been interrupted in the 2nd minute, then resumed on 17 April 2024 at the Lobanovskyi Dynamo Stadium.^[81][82]
Round 18.
Dnipro-1 vs Mynai. Kick off time was delayed for 40 minutes. The match had been interrupted twice (in the 14th, 27th minute).^[83]
Zorya vs Vorskla. Kick off time was delayed for 55 minutes.^[84]
Oleksandriya vs Shakhtar. Kick off time was delayed for 105 minutes. The match had been interrupted in the 78th minute.^[85]
Round 20.
Veres vs Dynamo. Kick off time was delayed for 40 minutes.^[86]
Dnipro-1 vs Rukh. Beginning of the second half was delayed for 30 minutes. The match had been interrupted twice (in the 66th, 78th minute).^[87]
Kryvbas vs Obolon. The match had been interrupted in the 54th minute for 15 minutes.^[88]
Round 21.
Chornomorets vs Veres. Beginning of the second half was delayed for 55 minutes.^[89]
Round 22.
Zorya vs Metalist 1925. Beginning of the second half was delayed for 35 minutes. The match had been interrupted in the 83rd minute.^[90]
Vorskla vs Dynamo. The match had been interrupted in the 36th minute for 144 minutes.^[91]
Kolos vs Dnipro-1. Kick off time was delayed for 35 minutes.^[92]
Round 23.
Mynai vs Polissia. The match had been interrupted in the 21st minute for 55 minutes.^[93]
Kryvbas vs Vorskla. Kick off time was delayed for 30 minutes.^[94]
Dnipro-1 vs Zorya. The match had been interrupted twice (in the 75th, 86th minute).^[95]
Round 24.
Oleksandriya vs Dynamo. The match had been interrupted twice (in the 33rd, 60th minute).^[96]
LNZ vs Veres. Beginning of the second half was delayed for 45 minutes.^[97]
Round 25.
Chornomorets vs Kryvbas. Beginning of the second half was delayed for 18 minutes.^[98]
Vorskla vs Kolos. Kick off time was delayed for 20 minutes.^[99]
Round 26.
Dnipro-1 vs Dynamo. The match had been interrupted in the 13th minute for 40 minutes.^[100]
Kryvbas vs Metalist 1925. Kick off time was delayed for 30 minutes.^[101]
Round 27.
Obolon vs LNZ. Kick off time was delayed for 18 minutes.^[102]
Dnipro-1 vs Kryvbas. Kick off time was delayed for 40 minutes. Beginning of the second half was delayed for 30 minutes. The match had been interrupted in the 79th minute.^[103]
Round 28.
Vorskla vs Mynai. The match had been interrupted in the 64th minute for 40 minutes.^[104]
Kryvbas vs Polissia. The match, which kicked off on 12 May 2024 (kick off time was delayed for 80 minutes), has been interrupted in the 38th minute, then resumed on 13 May 2024 (kick off time for resumption was delayed for 60 minutes; the match had been also interrupted in the 81st minute).^[105]
Kolos vs LNZ. Kick off time was delayed for 45 minutes.^[106]
Round 29.
Vorskla vs Obolon. The match had been interrupted twice (in the 18th, 34th minute).^[107]
Dnipro-1 vs Shakhtar. The match had been interrupted four times (in the 19th, 24th, 75th minute; then kick off time for 75th minute resumption was delayed for 22 minutes).^[108]

Relegation play-offs

Teams that placed 13th and 14th in the 2023–24 Ukrainian Premier League play two-leg play-off with the third and fourth teams of the 2023–24 Ukrainian First League.

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Epitsentr Kamianets-Podilskyi	2–4	Veres Rivne	1–1	1–3
Obolon Kyiv	2–1	Livyi Bereh Kyiv	1–0	1–1

First leg

29 May 2024

15:30

Epitsentr Kamianets-Podilskyi	1–1	Veres Rivne
Moroz 28'	Report	Hayduchyk 80'

Arena Livyi Bereh, Zolochivska rural hromada

Attendance: 1,170

Referee: Viktor Kopiyevskyi

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29 May 2024

18:30^{[note 1]}

Obolon Kyiv	1–0	Livyi Bereh Kyiv
Moroz 53'	Report

Obolon Arena, Kyiv

Attendance: 1,200

Referee: Maksym Kozyriatskyi

Second leg

2 June 2024

17:00

Veres Rivne	3–1	Epitsentr Kamianets-Podilskyi
Hayduchyk 7', 45+4' Sharay 45+2'	Report	Sten 89'

Avanhard Stadium, Rivne

Attendance: 3,789

Referee: Oleksiy Derevinskyi

Veres Rivne won 4–2 on aggregate and remained for the 2024–25 Ukrainian Premier League. Epitsentr Kamianets-Podilskyi returned to the 2024–25 Ukrainian First League. Due to withdrawal of Dnipro-1, Epitsentr was selected for the mini tournament.

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2 June 2024

16:00

Livyi Bereh Kyiv	1–1	Obolon Kyiv
Sidnney 54'	Report	Krasnopir 65'

Arena Livyi Bereh, Zolochivska rural hromada

Attendance: 1,711

Referee: Mykola Balakin

Obolon Kyiv won 2–1 on aggregate and remained for the 2024–25 Ukrainian Premier League. Livyi Bereh Kyiv returned to the 2024–25 Ukrainian First League. Due to withdrawal of Dnipro-1, Livyi Bereh was selected for the mini tournament.

Mini tournament

On 22 July 2024 the UAF executive committee approved that the club which will replace SC Dnipro-1 should be the winner of the transitional tournament, organization of which was awarded to the UPL. The draw of the tournament was scheduled for the same date.^[110] The tournament was decided to include three games (two semifinals and a final) on 26 and 30 July 2024.^[111] The tournament was won by Livyi Bereh that gained promotion to the 2024–25 Ukrainian Premier League.

	Semi-finals 26 July 2024					Final 30 July 2024
	1L	Livyi Bereh Kyiv (p)	1 (5)
	PL	Metalist 1925 Kharkiv	1 (4)
						1L	Livyi Bereh Kyiv	3
						PL	FC Mynai	0
	1L	Epitsentr Kamianets-Podilskyi	3 (3)
	PL	FC Mynai (p)	3 (5)

Semi-finals

Team 1	Score	Team 2
Livyi Bereh Kyiv	1–1 (5–4 p)	Metalist 1925 Kharkiv
Epitsentr Kamianets-Podilskyi	3–3 (3–5 p)	FC Mynai

26 July 2024

15:30 UTC+3

Livyi Bereh Kyiv	1–1 (a.e.t.)	Metalist 1925 Kharkiv
Voytsekhovskyi 45+1'	Report	Kravets 90+5'
Penalties
Spivakov Kolesnyk Sidney Dedukh Sokolov	5–4	Boryachuk Panchenko Kravets Sydorov Moura

Livyi Bereh Arena, Zolocha community

Attendance: 1,280

Referee: Andriy Kovalenko, Poltava

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26 July 2024

18:00 UTC+3

Epitsentr Kamianets-Podilskyi	3–3 (a.e.t.)	FC Mynai
Myronyuk 12' Bendera 66' Kravchuk 77'	Report	Vakula 19' Prikhna 57' Remenyak 87'
Penalties
Zaporozhets Ravlyk Kravchuk Klymets	3–5	Demydenko Remenyak Dmytruk Korablin Kysil

Avanhard, Rivne

Attendance: 310

Referee: Oleksandr Omelchenko, Slovyansk

Final

Team 1	Score	Team 2
Livyi Bereh Kyiv	3–0	FC Mynai

30 July 2024

18:00 UTC+3

Livyi Bereh Kyiv	3–0	FC Mynai
Sukhoruchko 20' Synytsya 29' M.Kohut 65' Spivakov  89'  90+2'	Report

Avanhard, Rivne

Attendance: 300

Referee: Oleksandr Shandor, Lviv

Livyi Bereh Kyiv won the Mini tournament by beating in its final game Mynai, thus gaining promotion in place of SC Dnipro-1. Epitsentr Kamianets-Podilskyi remained in the Ukrainian First League, while Mynai and Metalist 1925 Kharkiv both were relegated to the Ukrainian First League.

Season statistics

Top goalscorers As of 25 May 2024[update][112] Rank Scorer Team Goals (Pen.) 1 Vladyslav Vanat Dynamo Kyiv 14 (2) 2 Danylo Sikan Shakhtar Donetsk 10 (0) Vitaliy Buyalskyi Dynamo Kyiv 10 (3) 4 Oleksandr Filippov Dnipro-1 9 (0) Eduardo Guerrero Zorya Luhansk 9 (0) Oleksiy Hutsulyak Dnipro-1 9 (0) Oleh Kozhushko Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih 8 (0) 8 Illya Kvasnytsya Rukh Lviv 8 (0) Andriy Shtohrin Chornomorets Odesa 8 (0) Andriy Yarmolenko Dynamo Kyiv 8 (2)

Clean sheets

As of 25 May 2024^{[update][113]}

Rank	Player	Club	Clean sheets
1	Dmytro Riznyk	Shakhtar Donetsk	13
2	Kiril Fesyun	Kolos Kovalivka	12
3	Heorhiy Bushchan	Dynamo Kyiv	11
4	Andriy Klishchuk	Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih	10
	Mykyta Shevchenko	Oleksandriya
6	Dmytro Ledviy	Rukh Lviv	9
	Yevhen Volynets	Dnipro-1
8	Denys Boyko	Polissya Zhytomyr	7
	Herman Penkov	LNZ Cherkasy
10	Pavlo Isenko	Vorskla Poltava	6
	Oleksandr Saputin	Zorya Luhansk

Awards

Monthly awards

Month	Player of the Month		Coach of the Month		Ref.
	Player	Club	Coach	Club
July—August 2023	Yvan Dibango	Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih	Roman Hryhorchuk	Chornomorets Odesa	[114]
September 2023	Maksym Zaderaka	Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih	Yuriy Vernydub	Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih	[115]
October 2023	Béni Makouana	Polissia Zhytomyr	Yuriy Kalitvintsev	Polissia Zhytomyr	[116]
November 2023	Volodymyr Brazhko	Dynamo Kyiv	Oleksandr Shovkovskyi	Dynamo Kyiv	[117]
December 2023 / February 2024	Vladyslav Vanat	Dynamo Kyiv	Oleksandr Shovkovskyi	Dynamo Kyiv	[118]
March 2024	Vladyslav Vanat	Dynamo Kyiv	Oleksandr Shovkovskyi	Dynamo Kyiv	[119]
April 2024	Danylo Sikan	Shakhtar Donetsk	Oleksandr Shovkovskyi	Dynamo Kyiv	[120]
May 2024	Luifer Hernández	Polissia Zhytomyr	Serhiy Shyshchenko	Polissia Zhytomyr	[121]

Round awards

Round	Player			Coach
	Player	Club	Reference	Coach	Club	Reference
Round 1	Vladyslav Vanat	Dynamo Kyiv	[122]	Mircea Lucescu	Dynamo Kyiv	[122]
Round 2	Yuriy Klymchuk	Rukh Lviv	[123]	Oleksandr Kovpak	LNZ Cherkasy	[123]
Round 3	Oleksandr Bandura	FC Mynai	[124]	Vitaliy Ponomaryov	Rukh Lviv	[124]
Round 4	Dmytro Kryskiv	Shakhtar Donetsk	[125]	Roman Hryhorchuk	Chornomorets Odesa	[125]
Round 5	Oleksandr Nazarenko	Polissia Zhytomyr	[126]	Yuriy Kalitvintsev	Polissia Zhytomyr	[126]
Round 6	Maksym Zaderaka	Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih	[127]	Yuriy Vernydub	Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih	[127]
Round 7	Vladyslav Vanat	Dynamo Kyiv	[128]	Yuriy Vernydub	Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih	[128]
Round 8	Volodymyr Brazhko	Dynamo Kyiv	[129]	Yuriy Vernydub	Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih	[129]
Round 9	Volodymyr Brazhko	Dynamo Kyiv	[130]	Mircea Lucescu	Dynamo Kyiv	[130]
Round 10	Vitaliy Buyalskyi	Dynamo Kyiv	[131]	Yuriy Kalitvintsev	Polissia Zhytomyr	[131]
Round 11	Oleksandr Pikhalyonok	SC Dnipro-1	[132]	Darijo Srna	Shakhtar Donetsk	[132]
Round 12	Béni Makouana	Polissya Zhytomyr	[133]	Yuriy Vernydub	Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih	[133]
Round 13	Oleksandr Zubkov	Shakhtar Donetsk	[134]	[A] Marino Pušić	Shakhtar Donetsk	[134]
Round 14	Vladyslav Vanat	Dynamo Kyiv	[135]	Yuriy Maksymov	SC Dnipro-1	[135]
Round 15	Denys Boyko	Polissya Zhytomyr	[136]	Oleksandr Shovkovskyi	Dynamo Kyiv	[136]
Round 16	Oleksandr Zubkov	Shakhtar Donetsk	[137]	[A] Marino Pušić	Shakhtar Donetsk	[137]
Round 17	Oleksandr Zubkov	Shakhtar Donetsk	[138]	Oleksandr Shovkovskyi	Dynamo Kyiv	[138]
winter break
Round 18	Vladyslav Vanat	Dynamo Kyiv	[139]	Oleksandr Shovkovskyi	Dynamo Kyiv	[139]
Round 19	Dmytro Kryskiv	Shakhtar Donetsk	[140]	[A] Marino Pušić	Shakhtar Donetsk	[140]
Round 20	Kevin	Shakhtar Donetsk	[141]	Ruslan Rotan	Oleksandriya	[141]
Round 21	Illya Kvasnytsya	Rukh Lviv	[142]	Oleh Shandruk	Veres Rivne	[142]
Round 22	Artur Avahimyan	Chornomorets Odesa	[143]	Oleksandr Shovkovskyi	Dynamo Kyiv	[143]
Round 23	Artem Bondarenko	Shakhtar Donetsk	[144]	[A] Marino Pušić	Shakhtar Donetsk	[144]
Round 24	Volodymyr Brazhko	Dynamo Kyiv	[145]	Oleksandr Shovkovskyi	Dynamo Kyiv	[145]
Round 25	Mykola Shaparenko	Dynamo Kyiv	[146]	Oleksandr Shovkovskyi	Dynamo Kyiv	[146]
Round 26	Vladyslav Vanat	Dynamo Kyiv	[147]	Oleksandr Shovkovskyi	Dynamo Kyiv	[147]
Round 27	Andriy Yarmolenko	Dynamo Kyiv	[148]	Oleh Shandruk	Veres Rivne	[148]
Round 28	Heorhiy Sudakov	Shakhtar Donetsk	[149]	Željko Ljubenović	FC Mynai	[149]
Round 29	Ari Moura	Metalist 1925 Kharkiv	[150]	Željko Ljubenović	FC Mynai	[150]
Round 30	Luifer Hernández	Polissya Zhytomyr	[151]	Serhiy Shyshchenko (caretaker)	Polissya Zhytomyr	[151]

See also

• 2023–24 Ukrainian Cup
• 2023–24 Ukrainian First League
• 2023–24 Ukrainian Second League
• 2023–24 Ukrainian Football Amateur League
• 2023–24 Ukrainian Women's League
• List of Ukrainian football transfers summer 2023
• List of Ukrainian football transfers winter 2023–24

Notes

1. Born on territory of Bosnian republic in Yugoslavia before its dissolution, Marino Pušić is of mixed ethnic background and carries a dual citizenship.^[8]

1. Kick off time was delayed for 30 minutes due to air alert.^[109]