2023–24 Ukrainian First League
The 2023–24 Ukrainian First League is the 33rd football league since its establishment. The league competition consisted of 20 teams. The competition is conducting during the ongoing war with the Russia since late February 2022. It was decided to conduct competitions in two groups.[1]
Season | 2023–24 |
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Dates | 27 July – 25 November 2023 (first stage) 23 March – 25 May 2024 (second stage) June 2024 (play-offs) |
Matches played | 120 |
Goals scored | 293 (2.44 per match) |
Top goalscorer | Andriy Khoma (Prykarpattia) Vitaliy Koltsov (Inhulets) (8 goals) |
Biggest home win | Prykarpattia 7–0 Khust (28 August 2023) |
Biggest away win | Kremin 0–6 Poltava (28 August 2023) |
Highest scoring | Prykarpattia 7–0 Khust (28 August 2023) Inhulets 6–1 Chernihiv (8 October 2023) |
Longest winning run | Inhulets Petrove (7 matches) |
Longest unbeaten run | Inhulets Petrove Karpaty Lviv (12 matches) |
Longest winless run | Metalist Kharkiv (8 matches) |
Longest losing run | Hirnyk-Sport Horishni Plavni (7 matches) |
Total attendance | 0 |
Average attendance | 0 |
← 2022–23 2024–25 →
All statistics correct as of 16 October 2023
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The competitions were officially approved by the Ukrainian Association of Football Executive Committee only two days before the start of the season.[2] Matches of the First League were the first games of the 2023–24 season.
Format
Due to the Russo-Ukrainian War, the league competitions changed its usual format. The Professional Football League of Ukraine (PFL) Conference adopted changes to the 2022–23 season after some 24 PFL teams were forced to suspend their activities or dissolve. It was decided to keep the number of participants at 20,[3] but split them in two groups of 10.
The competitions are scheduled to consist of two stages. At the first stage two groups of 10 would conduct a usual double round-robin tournament. At the second stage, the top five from each group form the promotion group, while the bottom five from each group – the relegation group. Points earned at the first stage will be kept for the second, while teams would only be playing with participants of the group. So, in total each team is expected to play 28 games. The top two teams of the promotion group receive direct promotion to the Ukrainian Premier League (UPL), while the 3rd and the 4th would play promotion relegation play-off with the 14th and the 13th teams of UPL, respectively.[4] In case if Desna and Mariupol would decide to return, play-off games will be canceled and the UPL will be expanded.
Later it was clarified that for the second stage teams will be keeping all their points, unlike in the previous season when clubs only kept points with their opponents that joined them for the second stage from the first stage.[5]
Teams
This season, Ukrainian First League consisted of 20 teams.
Promoted and returning teams
Two teams were promoted at the end of the 2022–23 Ukrainian Second League.
- Nyva Buzova – first place (debut)
- FC Khust – playoff winner (debut)
Two more teams were allowed to return as members of the 2021–22 Ukrainian First League.
- Ahrobiznes Volochysk – (returning after a season)[6]
- Podillya Khmelnytskyi – (returning after a season)
Two more were promoted from the 2021–22 Ukrainian Second League.
- Viktoriya Sumy – merger (debut, in place of Alians Lypova Dolyna)[7][8]
- Livyi Bereh Kyiv – Group A second place (debut)[9]
Relegated teams
Two teams were relegated at the end of the 2022–23 Ukrainian Premier League.
- Metalist Kharkiv – 15th placed (returning after a season)
- Inhulets Petrove – playoff losing team (returning after two seasons)
Relocated teams
Due to the Russian military aggression, three clubs in the league were forced to relocate.
- FC Metalist Kharkiv moved to Uzhhorod
- FC Metalurh Zaporizhia moved to Uman
- FSC Mariupol moved to Boryspil
Withdrawn teams
The 31st PFL Conference stripped five clubs of their membership in the Professional Football League due to no reply and non-payment of dues. The conference approved to reserve membership for some other clubs without their actual active participation in competitions this season.[10]
Teams with "conservated membership"
FC Lviv (relegated),[11][12][13][14] Skoruk Tomakivka,[15][16] FC Uzhhorod, FC Kramatorsk, VPK-Ahro Shevchenkivka
Teams with "conservated membership" removed
Location map
The following displays the location of teams. Group A teams marked in red. Group B teams marked in green.
Stadiums
The following stadiums were used as home grounds for the teams in the competition. The minimum capacity for stadiums of the First League clubs is set at 1,500 spectators.[17]
Personnel and sponsorship
Managerial changes
Team | Outgoing head coach | Manner of departure | Date of vacancy | Table | Incoming head coach | Date of appointment |
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Hirnyk-Sport Horishni Plavni | Serhiy Diryavka | Fired | 30 May 2023[28] | Pre-season | Valeriy Kutsenko | 19 June 2023[29] |
Nyva Buzova | Serhiy Karpenko | Resigned | 1 June 2023[30] | Ihor Zhabchenko | 5 June 2023[31] | |
Metalist Kharkiv | Perica Ognjenović (interim) | Resigned | 8 June 2023[32] | Andriy Anishchenko | 24 June 2023[33] | |
Inhulets Petrove | Vladyslav Lupashko (interim) | Change of role | 15 June 2023[34] | Vladyslav Lupashko | 15 June 2023 | |
Nyva Ternopil | Serhiy Atlasyuk (interim) | Sacked | 21 June 2023[35][36] | Vasyl Malyk | 21 June 2023 | |
Viktoriya Sumy | Volodymyr Romanenko (interim) | Anatoliy Bezsmertnyi | 28 June 2023[37] | |||
Nyva Ternopil | Vasyl Malyk | Sacked | 19 September 2023[38][39] | 4th (Group A) |
Oleksandr Stakhiv (caretaker) | 20 September 2023[40] |
Kremin Kremenchuk | Roman Loktionov | Resigned | 24 September 2023[41][42] | 8th (Group B) |
Ihor Klymovskyi | 27 September 2023[43] |
Group A league table
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion, qualification or relegation |
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1 | Karpaty Lviv (Q) | 13 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 22 | 7 | +15 | 33 | Qualified to the Promotion group |
2 | Nyva Buzova | 13 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 16 | 12 | +4 | 22 | |
3 | Ahrobiznes Volochysk | 13 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 14 | 9 | +5 | 20 | |
4 | Epitsentr Kamianets-Podilskyi | 13 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 17 | 17 | 0 | 18 | |
5 | Bukovyna Chernivtsi | 13 | 5 | 2 | 6 | 10 | 11 | −1 | 17 | |
6 | Nyva Ternopil | 13 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 11 | −2 | 16[lower-alpha 1] | Qualified to the Relegation group |
7 | Prykarpattia Ivano-Frankivsk | 13 | 3 | 7 | 3 | 20 | 14 | +6 | 16[lower-alpha 1] | |
8 | Podillia Khmelnytskyi | 13 | 2 | 7 | 4 | 12 | 14 | −2 | 13 | |
9 | Khust | 13 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 11 | 24 | −13 | 11 | |
10 | Metalist Kharkiv | 13 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 6 | 18 | −12 | 7 |
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).[17]
(Q) Qualified for the phase indicated
Notes:
- Head-to-head points: Nyva T. 4, Prykarpattia 1
Results
Group A results by week
Group A goalscorers
As of 22 October 2023[45]
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Group A clean sheets
As of 22 October 2023[46]
Rank | Player | Club | Clean sheets |
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1 | Andriy Kozhukhar | Karpaty Lviv | 8 |
2 | Maksym Mekhaniv | Nyva Ternopil | 6 |
3 | Ivan Ponomarenko | Bukovyna Chernivtsi | 5 |
Andriy Popovych | Ahrobiznes Volochysk | 5 | |
5 | 1 players | 3 | |
6 | 7 players | 2 | |
13 | 3 players | 1 | |
Group B league table
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion, qualification or relegation |
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1 | Inhulets Petrove (Q) | 13 | 11 | 1 | 1 | 34 | 10 | +24 | 34 | Qualified to the Promotion group |
2 | Viktoriya Sumy | 14 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 16 | 12 | +4 | 26 | |
3 | Livyi Bereh Kyiv | 13 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 31 | 11 | +20 | 23 | |
4 | Mariupol | 13 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 18 | 11 | +7 | 21 | |
5 | Metalurh Zaporizhzhia | 13 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 20 | 15 | +5 | 20 | |
6 | Poltava | 13 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 23 | 22 | +1 | 18 | Qualified to the Relegation group |
7 | Hirnyk-Sport Horishni Plavni | 14 | 4 | 1 | 9 | 12 | 25 | −13 | 13 | |
8 | Kremin Kremenchuk | 13 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 10 | 28 | −18 | 11 | |
9 | Chernihiv | 13 | 3 | 0 | 10 | 14 | 34 | −20 | 9[lower-alpha 1] | |
10 | Dinaz Vyshhorod | 13 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 12 | 22 | −10 | 9[lower-alpha 1] |
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).[17]
(Q) Qualified for the phase indicated
Notes:
- Head-to-head points: Chernihiv 6, Dinaz 0
Results
Group B results by week
Group B goalscorers
As of 26 October 2023[47]
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Group B clean sheets
As of 22 October 2023[48]
Rank | Player | Club | Clean sheets |
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1 | Oleksiy Palamarchuk | Inhulets Petrove | 6 |
2 | Illya Karavashchenko | FSC Mariupol | 5 |
3 | Oleksandr Lytvynenko | Viktoriya Sumy | 4 |
4 | 4 player(s) | 3 | |
8 | 3 players | 2 | |
11 | 3 players | 1 | |
Promotion group league table
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion, qualification or relegation |
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1 | Inhulets Petrove | 13 | 11 | 1 | 1 | 34 | 10 | +24 | 34 | Promotion to Ukrainian Premier League |
2 | Karpaty Lviv | 13 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 22 | 7 | +15 | 33 | |
3 | TBA | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Qualification to promotion play-offs |
4 | TBA | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
5 | TBA | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
6 | TBA | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
7 | TBA | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
8 | TBA | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
9 | TBA | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
10 | TBA | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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).[17]
Promotion group results
Relegation group league table
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion, qualification or relegation |
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11 | TBA | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
12 | TBA | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
13 | TBA | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
14 | TBA | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
15 | TBA | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
16 | TBA | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Qualification to relegation play-off |
17 | TBA | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
18 | TBA | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Relegation to Ukrainian Second League |
19 | TBA | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
20 | TBA | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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).[17]
Relegation group results
Awards
Round awards
- Fall half
- Spring half
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Player | Club | Reference | Coach | Club | Reference | |
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Relegation play-offs
The relegation–promotion play-off games are scheduled to take place between the 6th and 7th placed teams in the Relegation group of the First League with the second and third placed teams of the Second League.
Team 1 | Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
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TBD | v | TBD | ||
TBD | v | TBD |
First leg
TBD | v | TBD |
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Second leg
TBD | v | TBD |
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[ Report] |
Number of teams by region
See also
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External links
- The season's regulations. pfl.ua.
- The season's playing calendar. pfl.ua.