2023–24 Ukrainian Premier League

The 2023–24 Ukrainian Premier League season, referred to as the VBet Liha for sponsorship reasons, is 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 June 7, 2023 the UPL published highlights of the next season regulation draft announcing that preliminary the next season is expected to start on July 29.[2] Also, this season is expected to have the national cup competitions restored which expected to start on August 16. The season regulation draft is yet to be approved by the General Assembly of the UPL participants.[3]

VBet Liha (UPL)
Official logo[1]
Season2023–24
Dates29 July 2023 – 19 May 2024
Matches played74
Goals scored172 (2.32 per match)
Top goalscorerVitaliy Buyalskyi (Dynamo)
(6 goals)
Biggest home winDynamo 4–1 Mynai
(30 July 2023)
Rukh 4–1 Vorskla
(6 August 2023)
Biggest away winOleksandriya 1–5 Chornomorets
(22 September 2023)
Highest scoringVeres 2–5 Rukh
(22 October 2023)
Total attendance0
Average attendance0
2024–25 →
All statistics correct as of 12 October 2023.

Teams

This season the Ukrainian Premier League is expected to keep 16 teams. Two teams had their status suspended due to the Russian occupation and/or destruction of their sports infrastructure. As a reminder in case if one or both Desna and Mariupol decide to return to the league competitions next season, it is predetermined that the league team pool would be increased to 18 teams.[4] On June 9, 2023 President of FC Desna stated that the club will return to professional football the next season in 2024 and will start from the Second League due to issues with player transfers.[5][6]

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
Home venues of teams in the 2023–24 Ukrainian Premier League.
Teams in italics are from a conflict zone of the war in Donbas and are playing their home games in different cities.

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 8.3).[7] With the ongoing Russian aggression clubs were forced to relocate to western parts of the country with the Ukrainian Association of Football listed its certified stadiums for the season competitions.[8] It was decided that the main regions in which permitted to conduct competitions are Kyiv city, Kyiv Oblast, Lviv Oblast and Zakarpattia Oblast.[4] A match could take place in other regions on permission of a regional military administration and agreement from the opposing club.

The following stadiums are regarded as home grounds:

Rank Stadium Place Club Capacity Notes
1 NSC Olimpiyskiy Kyiv Shakhtar Donetsk 70,050 used as home ground during the season
2 Arena LvivLviv Rukh Lviv 34,915
3 Ukraina StadiumLviv Rukh Lviv 27,925
4 Butovsky Vorskla Stadium Poltava Vorskla Poltava 24,795
5 Dynamo Stadium Kyiv Dynamo Kyiv 16,873
6 Avanhard Stadium Uzhhorod Dnipro-1 12,000 used as home ground during the season
7 Tsentralnyi StadionCherkasy LNZ Cherkasy 10,321
8 CSC Nika StadiumOleksandriya Oleksandriya 7,000
9 Tsentralnyi StadionZhytomyr Polissya Zhytomyr 5,928
10 Obolon ArenaKyiv Obolon Kyiv 5,100
11 Kolos Stadium Kovalivka Kolos Kovalivka 5,050
12 Livyi Bereh Stadium Zolochivska hromada Metalist 1925 Kharkiv 4,700
Zorya Luhansk used as home ground during the season[9]
13 Avanhard StadiumRivne Veres Rivne 4,650
14 Hirnyk Stadium Kryvyi Rih Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih 2,500
15 Mynai Arena Mynai FC Mynai 1,312

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

Notes:

  1. 20-го березня 2023-го року очолив «Рух» у статусі головного тренера (On March 20th, 2023, he was placed in charge of "Rukh" with the status of a head coach).[10]

Managerial changes
Team Outgoing manager Manner of departure Date of vacancy Table Incoming manager Date of appointment
Shakhtar Donetsk Croatia Igor Jovićević Fired 8 June 2023[lower-alpha 1][12][13][14][15] Pre-season Netherlands Patrick van Leeuwen 3 July 2023[16]
Veres Rivne Ukraine Yuriy Virt Resigned 14 June 2023[17] Ukraine Serhiy Lavrynenko 16 June 2023[18]
Zorya Luhansk Netherlands Patrick van Leeuwen Signed with Shakhtar 3 July 2023[16] Serbia Nenad Lalatović 4 July 2023[19][20]
SC Dnipro-1 Ukraine Oleksandr Kucher Resigned 20 August 2023[21] 11th Ukraine Valeriy Horodov (interim) 21 August 2023[22][23]
LNZ Cherkasy Ukraine Oleksandr Kovpak Terminated contract 23 August 2023[24][25] 13th Ukraine Yuriy Dudnyk (caretaker) 25 August 2023[26]
Ukraine Yuriy Dudnyk (caretaker) End of interim 30 August 2023[27] 15th Belarus Aleh Dulub 30 August 2023[28]
Zorya Luhansk Serbia Nenad Lalatović Resigned 27 August 2023[29][30] 11th Croatia Mladen Bartulović (caretaker) 27 August 2023[31][32]
Croatia Mladen Bartulović (caretaker) End of interim 9 September 2023 12th Ukraine Valeriy Kryventsov 9 September 2023[33][34]
SC Dnipro-1 Ukraine Valeriy Horodov (interim) End of interim 14 September 2023 11th Ukraine Yuriy Maksymov 14 September 2023[35]
Shakhtar Donetsk Netherlands Patrick van Leeuwen Fired 16 October 2023[36] 2nd Croatia Darijo Srna (interim) 16 October 2023[37]
Croatia Darijo Srna (interim) Returned to previous position 24 October 2023 3rd Croatia Marino Pušić 24 October 2023[38][39]


Notes:

  1. Confirmed on 1 July 2023[11]

League table
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih 11 7 2 2 22 11 +11 23 Champions League Play-off round
2 Polissia Zhytomyr 11 7 1 3 18 8 +10 22 Champions League Second qualifying round
3 Shakhtar Donetsk 10 6 3 1 20 10 +10 21 Conference League Second qualifying round
4 Dnipro-1 10 6 3 1 13 7 +6 21
5 Rukh Lviv 10 5 4 1 19 10 +9 19
6 Chornomorets Odesa 11 6 1 4 18 11 +7 19
7 Dynamo Kyiv 8 5 0 3 22 14 +8 15
8 Kolos Kovalivka 11 3 6 2 7 7 0 15
9 Vorskla Poltava 11 4 1 6 12 21 −9 13
10 Obolon Kyiv 11 3 3 5 8 14 −6 12
11 Metalist 1925 Kharkiv 10 3 2 5 7 10 −3 11
12 Oleksandriya 11 2 3 6 7 17 −10 9[lower-alpha 1]
13 Zorya Luhansk 9 2 3 4 10 12 −2 9[lower-alpha 1] Relegation Play-off
14 LNZ Cherkasy 11 2 3 6 8 15 −7 9[lower-alpha 1]
15 Veres Rivne 10 1 3 6 8 17 −9 6 Ukrainian First League
16 Mynai 11 0 4 7 6 21 −15 4
Updated to match(es) played on 25 October 2023. 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).[40]
Notes:
  1. Head-to-head points: Oleksandriya 2, Zorya 1, LNZ 1

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 3–2 3–0 2–0 1–0 0–0
Dnipro-1 1–1 0–0 1–0 1–2 2–1 2–0
Dynamo Kyiv 0–1 4–1 4–2 a 2–0
Kolos Kovalivka 2–0 0–3 0–0 0–2 2–0 0–0
Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih 1–0 2–0 1–3 3–3 2–1
LNZ Cherkasy 0–2 2–4 0–1 0–0 1–2 2–1
Metalist 1925 Kharkiv 0–0 1–3 1–0 1–2 2–1
Mynai 1–1 0–3 0–1 1–4 1–1
Obolon Kyiv 2–4 0–0 1–0 0–0 2–4
Oleksandriya 1–5 0–1 1–0 1–0 1–1 0–3
Polissia Zhytomyr 3–2 2–1 2–0 0–1
Rukh Lviv –[lower-alpha 1] 1–1 1–1 0–0 1–1 4–1 2–1
Shakhtar Donetsk a 3–0 1–0 2–1 1–2
Veres Rivne 3–1 0–0 0–2 2–5 1–1 1–2
Vorskla Poltava 2–1 2–3[lower-alpha 2] 1–4 1–0 0–3 1–2
Zorya Luhansk 0–1 1–3 0–0
Updated to match(es) played on 25 October 2023. 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 round 5 (August 28) match is scheduled to play on November 1.
  2. The round 1 (July 30) match is scheduled to play on October 25.

Season statistics

Assists

As of 25 October 2023[42]

Rank Scorer Team Assists
1 Ukraine Vitaliy Buyalskyi Dynamo Kyiv 3
Cameroon Yvan Dibango Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih 3
Ukraine Artem Kozak Polissya Zhytomyr 3
Ukraine Oleksandr Pikhalyonok Dnipro-1 3
Ukraine Danylo Sikan Shakhtar Donetsk 3
Ukraine Vladyslav Vanat Dynamo Kyiv 3
Ukraine Oleksandr Zubkov Shakhtar Donetsk 3
8 17 players different teams 2

Clean sheets

As of 25 October 2023[43]

Rank Player Club Clean
sheets
1 Ukraine Kiril Fesyun Kolos Kovalivka 7
2 Ukraine Denys Boyko Polissya Zhytomyr 5
Ukraine Yevhen Volynets Dnipro-1
4 Ukraine Andriy Klishchuk Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih 4
Ukraine Herman Penkov LNZ Cherkasy
6 Ukraine Oleh Mozil Metalist 1925 Kharkiv 3
Ukraine Oleksandr Rybka Obolon Kyiv
Ukraine Mykyta Shevchenko Oleksandriya
Ukraine Danylo Varakuta Chornomorets Odesa

Awards

Monthly awards
Month Player of the Month Coach of the Month Ref.
Player Club Coach Club
July—August 2023 Cameroon Yvan Dibango Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih Ukraine Roman Hryhorchuk Chornomorets Odesa [44]
September 2023 Ukraine Maksym Zaderaka Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih Ukraine Yuriy Vernydub Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih [45]
October 2023
November—December 2023
February—March 2024
April 2024
May—June 2024

Round awards
Round Player Coach
Player Club Reference Coach Club Reference
Round 1 Ukraine Vladyslav Vanat Dynamo Kyiv [46] Romania Mircea Lucescu Dynamo Kyiv [46]
Round 2 Ukraine Yuriy Klymchuk Rukh Lviv [47] Ukraine Oleksandr Kovpak LNZ Cherkasy [47]
Round 3 Ukraine Oleksandr Bandura FC Mynai [48] Ukraine Vitaliy Ponomaryov Rukh Lviv [48]
Round 4 Ukraine Dmytro Kryskiv Shakhtar Donetsk [49] Ukraine Roman Hryhorchuk Chornomorets Odesa [49]
Round 5 Ukraine Oleksandr Nazarenko Polissia Zhytomyr [50] Ukraine Yuriy Kalitvintsev Polissia Zhytomyr [50]
Round 6 Ukraine Maksym Zaderaka Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih [51] Ukraine Yuriy Vernydub Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih [51]
Round 7 Ukraine Vladyslav Vanat Dynamo Kyiv [52] Ukraine Yuriy Vernydub Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih [52]
Round 8 Ukraine Volodymyr Brazhko Dynamo Kyiv [53] Ukraine Yuriy Vernydub Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih [53]
Round 9 Ukraine Volodymyr Brazhko Dynamo Kyiv [54] Romania Mircea Lucescu Dynamo Kyiv [54]
Round 10 Ukraine Vitaliy Buyalskyi Dynamo Kyiv [55] Ukraine Yuriy Kalitvintsev Polissia Zhytomyr [55]
Round 11 Ukraine Oleksandr Pikhalyonok SC Dnipro-1 [56] Croatia Darijo Srna Shakhtar Donetsk [56]
Round 12
Round 13
Round 14
Round 15
winter break
Round 16
Round 17
Round 18
Round 19
Round 20
Round 21
Round 22
Round 23
Round 24
Round 25
Round 26
Round 27
Round 28
Round 29
Round 30

See also

Notes

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