2025–26 in Ukrainian football

2025–26 season (UEFA competitions)
	Men's teams in Europe
	Dynamo Kyiv (UCL); Shakhtar Donetsk (UEL); Polissya Zhytomyr (UECL); Oleksandriya (UECL)
	Women's teams in Europe
	Vorskla Poltava (UWCL); Metalist 1925 Kharkiv (UWCL); Kolos Kovalivka (UWEC)

Football in Ukraine
Season	2025–26
Men's football
Super Cup	not held

The 2025–26 season is the 35th season of competitive association football in Ukraine since the dissolution of the Soviet Union.

With the continuation of the Russo-Ukrainian War, the Ukrainian Association of Football (UAF) decided to go forward with the continuation of another season. The UAF approved round-robin tournaments in all national league competitions under strict safety precautions.

National teams

Ukraine national football team

2026 FIFA World Cup

Group D

Pos	Team v t e	Qualification
1	France (X)	Qualification for 2026 FIFA World Cup	—	13 Nov	9 Sep	10 Oct
2	Ukraine	Advance to play-offs	5 Sep	—	16 Nov	13 Oct
3	Iceland		13 Oct	10 Oct	—	5 Sep
4	Azerbaijan		16 Nov	9 Sep	13 Nov	—

First match(es) will be played: 5 September 2025. Source: FIFA, UEFA
(X) Assured of a play-off spot based on Nations League ranking; may still qualify directly

Ukraine women's national football team

2027 FIFA Women's World Cup

UEFA competitions

UEFA Champions League

Qualifying phase and play-off round

Second qualifying round

Second qualifying round
Team 1	Agg. Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Champions Path
Hamrun Spartans	0–6	Dynamo Kyiv	0–3	0–3

Due to the Russo-Ukrainian War, Dynamo Kyiv played its home matches in Lublin, Poland.

Third qualifying round

Third qualifying round
Team 1	Agg. Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Champions Path
Dynamo Kyiv	Match 5	Pafos	0–1	12 Aug

Due to the Russo-Ukrainian War, Dynamo Kyiv played its home matches in Lublin, Poland.

UEFA Europa League

Qualifying phase and play-off round

First qualifying round

First qualifying round
Team 1	Agg. Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Shakhtar Donetsk	6–0	Ilves	6–0	0–0

Due to the Russo-Ukrainian War, Shakhtar Donetsk played its home match in Ljubljana, Slovenia.

Second qualifying round

Second qualifying round
Team 1	Agg. Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Beşiktaş	2–6	Shakhtar Donetsk	2–4	0–2

Due to the Russo-Ukrainian War, Shakhtar Donetsk played its home match in Kraków, Poland.

Third qualifying round

Second qualifying round
Team 1	Agg. Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Panathinaikos	Match 7	Shakhtar Donetsk	0–0	14 Aug

Due to the Russo-Ukrainian War, Shakhtar Donetsk played its home match in Kraków, Poland.

UEFA Europe Conference League

Qualifying phase and play-off round

Second qualifying round

Second qualifying round
Team 1	Agg. Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Main Path
Polissya Zhytomyr	5–3	FC Santa Coloma	1–2	4–1
Oleksandriya	0–6	Partizan	0–2	0–4

Due to the Russo-Ukrainian War, Polissya Zhytomyr played its home match in Prešov (originally Košice), Slovakia, while Oleksandriya played its home match in Katowice, Poland.

Third qualifying round

Third qualifying round
Team 1	Agg. Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Main Path
Polissya Zhytomyr	Match 19	Paks	3–0	14 Aug

Due to the Russo-Ukrainian War, Polissya Zhytomyr played its home match in Prešov, Slovakia.

UEFA Women's Champions League

Qualifying rounds

Round 2

Champions Path

Tournament 5

Hosted by Gintra.

	Semi-finals				Final

	27 August

	Gintra
					30 August
	Farul Constanța

	27 August

	Vorskla Poltava

	Lanchkhuti
					Third place

					30 August

League Path

Tournament 1

Hosted by Hammarby.

	Semi-finals				Final

	27 August

	Hammarby
					30 August
	Metalist 1925 Kharkiv

	27 August

	Manchester United

	PSV Eindhoven
					Third place

					30 August

UEFA Women's Europa Cup

Qualifying rounds

Men's club football

League		Promoted to league	Relegated from league
Premier League		Epitsentr Kamianets-Podilskyi Poltava Metalist 1925 Kharkiv Kudrivka	Chornomorets Odesa Inhulets Petrove Vorskla Poltava Livyi Bereh Kyiv
PFL League 1		Probiy Horodenka Chernihiv-ShVSM	Dinaz Vyshhorod ~~Khust~~ ~~Mynai~~ ~~Kremin Kremenchuk~~
PFL League 2	Groups
	A	Atlet Kyiv Lisne Bukovyna-2 Chernivtsi	~~Revera 1908 Ivano-Frankivsk~~ ~~Rukh-2 Lviv~~ ~~Vorskla-2 Poltava~~ ~~Metalist 1925-2 Kharkiv~~
	B	Rebel Kyiv Penuel Kryvyi Rih Chornomorets-2 Odesa Livyi Bereh-2 Kyiv

Note: For all scratched clubs, see section Clubs removed for more details.

Premier League

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Dynamo Kyiv	2	2	0	0	6	1	+5	6	Qualification for the Champions League first qualifying round
2	Kolos Kovalivka	2	2	0	0	3	1	+2	6	Qualification for the Conference League second qualifying round
3	Zorya Luhansk	2	1	1	0	2	1	+1	4^[a]
4	LNZ Cherkasy	2	1	1	0	1	0	+1	4^[a]
5	Shakhtar Donetsk	2	1	1	0	4	3	+1	4^[a]
6	Obolon Kyiv	2	1	1	0	1	0	+1	4^[a]
7	Rukh Lviv	2	1	0	1	3	6	−3	3^[b]
8	Kudrivka	2	1	0	1	4	3	+1	3^[b]
9	Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih	2	1	0	1	3	2	+1	3^[b]
10	Polissya Zhytomyr	2	1	0	1	2	1	+1	3^[b]
11	Poltava	2	1	0	1	2	2	0	3^[b]
12	Karpaty Lviv	2	0	1	1	3	5	−2	1
13	Metalist 1925 Kharkiv	2	0	1	1	0	2	−2	1	Qualification for the Relegation play-off
14	Epitsentr Kamianets-Podilskyi	2	0	0	2	0	2	−2	0	Qualification for the Relegation play-off
15	Veres Rivne	2	0	0	2	0	2	−2	0	Relegation to Ukrainian First League
16	Oleksandriya	2	0	0	2	1	4	−3	0	Relegation to Ukrainian First League

Updated to match(es) played on 11 August 2025. 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).^[1]
Notes:

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d Ranked on head-to-head points: Zorya Luhansk 1, LNZ Cherkasy 1, Shakhtar Donetsk 0, Obolon Kyiv 0.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e Ranked on head-to-head points (goal difference): Rukh Lviv 3 (+1), Kudrivka 0 (0), Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih 0 (0), Polissya Zhytomyr 0 (0), SC Poltava 0 (-1).

Relegation play-offs

Teams that placed 13th and 14th in the 2025–26 Ukrainian Premier League play two-leg play-off with the third and fourth teams of the 2025–26 Ukrainian First League.

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
TBD	x–x	TBD
TBD	x–x	TBD

First Semi-final

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Second Semi-final

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PFL League 1 (First League)

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion, qualification or relegation
1	Vorskla Poltava	2	2	0	0	5	1	+4	6	Promotion to Ukrainian Premier League
2	Prykarpattia Ivano-Frankivsk	2	2	0	0	4	0	+4	6	Promotion to Ukrainian Premier League
3	Chornomorets Odesa	2	2	0	0	4	1	+3	6	Qualification to promotion play-offs
4	Ahrobiznes Volochysk	2	1	1	0	2	0	+2	4	Qualification to promotion play-offs
5	Inhulets Petrove	2	1	1	0	2	1	+1	4
6	Livyi Bereh Kyiv	2	1	0	1	3	3	0	3^[a]
7	Nyva Ternopil	2	1	0	1	2	2	0	3^[a]
8	Viktoriya Sumy	2	1	0	1	2	3	−1	3^[a]
9	UCSA Tarasivka	2	1	0	1	1	3	−2	3^[a]
10	Probiy Horodenka	2	1	0	1	2	3	−1	3^[a]
11	Bukovyna Chernivtsi	2	0	2	0	0	0	0	2
12	Metalist Kharkiv	1	0	0	1	1	2	−1	0
13	Metalurh Zaporizhia	1	0	0	1	0	1	−1	0	Qualification to relegation play-off
14	Chernihiv	2	0	0	2	1	3	−2	0	Qualification to relegation play-off
15	Feniks-Mariupol	2	0	0	2	1	4	−3	0	Relegation to Ukrainian Second League
16	Podillya Khmelnytskyi	2	0	0	2	0	3	−3	0	Relegation to Ukrainian Second League

Updated to match(es) played on 11 August 2025. Source: PFL.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 in all games; 6) Goals scored in all games (Note: calculation by criteria indicated in rules 2, 3, 4 is conducted with consideration of all teams that have an equal number of tournament points at the moment of calculation and not only among those which after preliminary criteria have appeared more successful).^[2]
Notes:

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e Ranked on head-to-head points (goal difference): Livyi Bereh 3 (+2), Nyva 0 (0), Viktoriya 0 (0), UCSA 0 (0), Probiy 0 (-2).

Relegation play-offs

The relegation–promotion play-off games are expected to be scheduled to take place between the 13th and 14th placed teams with the third and fourth placed teams of the Second League.

Second League teams	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	First League teams	1st leg	2nd leg
TBA	x – x	TBA
TBA	x – x	TBA

First Semi-final

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Second Semi-final

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PFL League 2 (Second League)

Group A

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion, qualification or relegation
1	Bukovyna-2 Chernivtsi	2	2	0	0	6	3	+3	6	Qualification to the league's title play-off
2	Sambir-Nyva-2 Ternopil	2	2	0	0	2	0	+2	6	Qualification to the third place play-off
3	Atlet Kyiv	3	2	0	1	3	4	−1	6
4	Lisne	3	1	2	0	6	3	+3	5
5	Polissya-2 Zhytomyr	3	1	2	0	8	6	+2	5
6	Kulykiv-Bilka	3	1	1	1	4	4	0	4
7	Skala 1911 Stryi	3	1	0	2	6	7	−1	3
8	Uzhhorod	3	0	2	1	2	4	−2	2
9	Vilkhivtsi	3	0	1	2	4	6	−2	1
10	Nyva Vinnytsia	3	0	1	2	3	5	−2	1
11	Real Pharma Odesa	2	0	1	1	1	3	−2	1

Updated to match(es) played on 11 August 2025. Source: PFL.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 in all games; 6) Goals scored in all games (Note: calculation by criteria indicated in rules 2, 3, 4 is conducted with consideration of all teams that have equal number of tournament points at the moment of calculation and not only among those which after preliminary criteria have appeared more successful).^[3]

Group B

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion, qualification or relegation
1	Rebel Kyiv	3	3	0	0	6	2	+4	9	Qualification to the league's title play-off
2	Oleksandriya-2	3	2	1	0	4	2	+2	7	Qualification to the third place play-off
3	Trostianets	3	2	0	1	7	2	+5	6
4	Kolos-2 Kovalivka	2	2	0	0	4	0	+4	6
5	Lokomotyv Kyiv	2	1	1	0	4	2	+2	4
6	Livyi Bereh-2 Kyiv	2	1	0	1	4	1	+3	3
7	Chaika Petropavlivska Borshchahivka	2	0	2	0	2	2	0	2
8	Chornomorets-2 Odesa	3	0	1	2	1	5	−4	1
9	Hirnyk-Sport Horishni Plavni	3	0	1	2	1	6	−5	1
10	Dinaz Vyshhorod	3	0	0	3	1	8	−7	0
11	Penuel Kryvyi Rih	2	0	0	2	2	6	−4	0

Updated to match(es) played on 11 August 2025. Source: PFL.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 in all games; 6) Goals scored in all games (Note: calculation by criteria indicated in rules 2, 3, 4 is conducted with consideration of all teams that have equal number of tournament points at the moment of calculation and not only among those which after preliminary criteria have appeared more successful).^[3]

The league's play-offs

Cup competitions

Ukrainian Cup

2026 Ukrainian Cup final

Women's club football

Promoted	Relegated
none	Obolon Kyiv

Note: For the scratched clubs, see section Clubs removed for more details

Vyshcha Liha

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Vorskla Poltava	1	1	0	0	9	0	+9	3	Qualification for the Championship Group
2	Metalist 1925 Kharkiv	1	1	0	0	8	1	+7	3
3	Seasters Odesa	1	1	0	0	3	1	+2	3
4	Shakhtar Donetsk	1	1	0	0	3	1	+2	3
5	Kolos Kovalivka	1	0	1	0	1	1	0	1
6	Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih	1	0	1	0	1	1	0	1	Qualification for the Relegation Group
7	Pantery Uman	1	0	0	1	1	3	−2	0
8	EMS Podillia Vinnytsia	1	0	0	1	1	3	−2	0
9	Polissia Zhytomyr	1	0	0	1	1	8	−7	0
10	Ladomyr Volodymyr	1	0	0	1	0	9	−9	0

Updated to match(es) played on 4 August 2025. Source: womensfootball.com.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.^[4]

Managerial changes

This is a list of managerial changes among Ukrainian professional football clubs:

Team	Outgoing manager	Manner of departure	Date of vacancy	Table	Incoming manager	Date of appointment
				Pre-season

Clubs removed

Permanently lost professional status

Temporary inactive status

Notes

References

^ Defining of teams' places in competitions (Визначення місць команд у змаганнях). 2021–22 Ukrainian Premier League regulations.
^ "РЕГЛАМЕНТ Всеукраїнських змагань з футболу серед команд клубів Професіональної футбольної ліги сезону 2020/21" (PDF) (in Ukrainian). 28 August 2020. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2020-09-07. Retrieved 6 September 2020.
^ ^a ^b Season's regulations. pfl.ua. 26 July 2025
^ "ВСЕУКРАЇНСЬКИХ ЗМАГАНЬ З ФУТБОЛУ СЕРЕД ЖІНОЧИХ КЛУБІВ СЕЗОНУ 2021-2022 РОКІВ" (PDF) (in Ukrainian). Retrieved 27 September 2021.

[table_hth_ZOR0.38433103933201-1] Ranked on head-to-head points: Zorya Luhansk 1, LNZ Cherkasy 1, Shakhtar Donetsk 0, Obolon Kyiv 0.

[table_hth_RUX0.38433103933201-2] Ranked on head-to-head points (goal difference): Rukh Lviv 3 (+1), Kudrivka 0 (0), Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih 0 (0), Polissya Zhytomyr 0 (0), SC Poltava 0 (-1).

[table_hth_LBK0.9446882847439-4] Ranked on head-to-head points (goal difference): Livyi Bereh 3 (+2), Nyva 0 (0), Viktoriya 0 (0), UCSA 0 (0), Probiy 0 (-2).

[3] Defining of teams' places in competitions (Визначення місць команд у змаганнях). 2021–22 Ukrainian Premier League regulations.

[rules2021a-5] "РЕГЛАМЕНТ Всеукраїнських змагань з футболу серед команд клубів Професіональної футбольної ліги сезону 2020/21" (PDF) (in Ukrainian). 28 August 2020. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2020-09-07. Retrieved 6 September 2020.

[regulations-6] Season's regulations. pfl.ua. 26 July 2025

[reglament-7] "ВСЕУКРАЇНСЬКИХ ЗМАГАНЬ З ФУТБОЛУ СЕРЕД ЖІНОЧИХ КЛУБІВ СЕЗОНУ 2021-2022 РОКІВ" (PDF) (in Ukrainian). Retrieved 27 September 2021.

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2025–26 season (UEFA competitions)
Men's teams in Europe
Dynamo Kyiv (UCL) Shakhtar Donetsk (UEL) Polissya Zhytomyr (UECL) Oleksandriya (UECL)
Women's teams in Europe
Vorskla Poltava (UWCL) Metalist 1925 Kharkiv (UWCL) Kolos Kovalivka (UWEC)

v t e Seasons in Ukrainian football
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Ukraine (since independence)	1992 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–2000 2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16 2016–17 2017–18 2018–19 2019–20 2020–21 2021–22 2022–23 2023–24 2024–25 2025–26

v t e 2025–26 in Ukrainian football
« 2024–25 2026–27 »
Domestic leagues	Premier League Under-19 First League Second League Amateur League Women League
Domestic cups	Ukrainian Cup Final Women's Cup Amateur Cup
Club seasons
Premier League	Dynamo Kyiv Epitsentr Kamianets-Podilskyi Karpaty Lviv Kolos Kovalivka Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih Kudrivka LNZ Cherkasy Metalist 1925 Kharkiv Obolon Kyiv Oleksandriya Polissya Zhytomyr Poltava Rukh Lviv Shakhtar Donetsk Veres Rivne Zorya Luhansk
First League	Ahrobiznes Volochysk Bukovyna Chernivtsi Chernihiv Chornomorets Odesa Feniks-Mariupol Inhulets Petrove Livyi Bereh Kyiv Metalist Kharkiv Mynai Nyva Ternopil Podillia Khmelnytskyi Probiy Horodenka Prykarpattia Ivano-Frankivsk UCSA Tarasivka Viktoriya Sumy Vorskla Poltava
Second League	Chaika Petropavlivska Borshchahivka Dinaz Vyshhorod Hirnyk-Sport Horishni Plavni Kremin Kremenchuk Kulykiv-Bilka Kolos-2 Kovalivka Lokomotyv Kyiv Metalist 1925-2 Kharkiv Metalurh Zaporizhya Nyva Vinnytsia Sambir-Nyva-2 Ternopil Oleksandriya-2 Polissya-2 Zhytomyr Real Pharma Odesa Revera 1908 Ivano-Frankivsk Skala 1911 Stryi Revera 1908 Ivano-Frankivsk Uzhhorod Vilkhivtsi Vorskla-2 Poltava
Summer 2025 transfers Winter 2025–26 transfers

v t e 2025–26 in European men's football (UEFA)
Domestic leagues	Albania Andorra Armenia Austria Azerbaijan Belarus '25 '26 Belgium Bosnia and Herzegovina Bulgaria Croatia Cyprus Czech Republic Denmark England Estonia '25 '26 Faroe Islands '25 '26 Finland '25 '26 France Georgia '25 '26 Germany Gibraltar Greece Hungary Iceland '25 '26 Israel Italy Kazakhstan '25 '26 Kosovo Latvia '25 '26 Lithuania '25 '26 Luxembourg Malta Moldova Montenegro Netherlands North Macedonia Northern Ireland Norway '25 '26 Poland Portugal Republic of Ireland '25 '26 Romania Russia San Marino Scotland Serbia Slovakia Slovenia Spain Sweden '25 '26 Switzerland Turkey Ukraine Wales
Domestic cups	Albania Andorra Armenia Austria Azerbaijan Belarus Belgium Bosnia and Herzegovina Bulgaria Croatia Cyprus Czech Republic Denmark England Estonia Faroe Islands '25 '26 Finland '25 '26 France Georgia '25 '26 Germany Gibraltar Greece Hungary Iceland '25 '26 Israel Italy Kazakhstan '25 '26 Kosovo Latvia '25 '26 Liechtenstein Lithuania '25 '26 Luxembourg Malta Moldova Montenegro Netherlands North Macedonia Northern Ireland Norway '25 '25–'26 Poland Portugal Republic of Ireland '25 '26 Romania Russia San Marino Scotland Serbia Slovakia Slovenia Spain Sweden Switzerland Turkey Ukraine Wales
League cups	England Finland Iceland Israel Kazakhstan '25 '26 Northern Ireland Portugal Scotland Wales
Supercups	Albania Andorra Armenia Azerbaijan Belarus Belgium Bulgaria Cyprus England Estonia '25 '26 Faroe Islands France Georgia Germany Iceland Israel Italy Kazakhstan '25 '26 Kosovo Latvia '25 '26 Lithuania '25 '26 Malta Netherlands Northern Ireland Poland Portugal Republic of Ireland '25 '26 Romania Russia San Marino Spain Turkey ~~Ukraine~~
UEFA competitions	Champions League qualifying league phase knockout phase final Europa League qualifying league phase knockout phase final Conference League qualifying 1st and 2nd rounds 3rd and play-off rounds league phase knockout phase final Super Cup Youth League UEFA Champions League Path Domestic Champions Path knockout phase Under-20 Intercontinental Cup
International competitions	2026 FIFA World Cup qualification 2026 Finalissima 2027 Euro Under-21 qualification 2026 Euro Under-19 qualification 2026 Euro Under-17 qualification