The 2024–25 Ukrainian Premier League season, referred to as the VBet Liha for sponsorship reasons, is the 34th top-level football club competition since the fall of the Soviet Union and the 17th since the establishment of the Ukrainian Premier League.
 Official logo[1] | |
| Season | 2024–25 |
|---|---|
| Dates | 10 August 2024 – TBA TBA (winter break) |
← 2023–24 2025–26 → | |
Teams
editThis season the Ukrainian Premier League remained at 16 teams.
Promoted teams
edit- Inhulets Petrove – first-placed team of the 2023–24 Ukrainian First League (returning after a season)
- Karpaty Lviv – second-placed team of the 2023–24 Ukrainian First League (returning, last competed in 2019–20, for the first time since its reorganization in 2020)
Relegated teams
edit- FC Mynai – relegated after four seasons in the top flight.
- Metalist 1925 Kharkiv – relegated after three seasons in the top flight.
Location map
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Kyiv
Lviv
Home venues of teams in the 2024–25 Ukrainian Premier League.
Teams in italics are from areas bordering the Russian Federation and are playing their home games in different cities due to ongoing hostilities.
Teams in italics are from areas bordering the Russian Federation and are playing their home games in different cities due to ongoing hostilities.
Stadiums
editThe minimum threshold for the stadium's capacity in the UPL is 4,500 (Article 10, paragraph 8.3).[2]
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 | Karpaty Lviv | 27,925 | |
| 5 | Butovsky Vorskla Stadium | Poltava | Vorskla Poltava | 24,795 | |
| 6 | Lobanovskyi Dynamo Stadium | Kyiv | Dynamo Kyiv | 16,873 | |
| 7 | Avanhard Stadium | Uzhhorod | Inhulets Petrove | 12,000 | |
| 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 | |
| 11 | Obolon Arena | Kyiv | Obolon Kyiv | 5,100 | |
| 12 | Kolos Stadium | Kovalivka | Kolos Kovalivka | 5,050 | |
| 13 | Livyi Bereh Arena | Zolochivska hromada | Zorya Luhansk | 4,700 | used as home ground during the season |
| 14 | Avanhard Stadium | Rivne | Veres Rivne | 4,650 | |
| 15 | Hirnyk Stadium | Kryvyi Rih | Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih | 2,500 |
Personnel and sponsorship
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Managerial changes
edit| Team | Outgoing manager | Manner of departure | Date of vacancy | Table | Incoming manager | Date of appointment |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Inhulets Petrove |  Vladyslav Lupashko
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Mutual agreement | 5 June 2024 | Pre-season | Vasyl Kobin
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15 June 2024[4] |
| LNZ Cherkasy |  Oleg Dulub
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End of the contract | 10 June 2024[5] |  Andrés Carrasco
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11 June 2024[6] | |
| Chornomorets Odesa | Roman Hryhorchuk
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Signed by Neftci Baku | 26 June 2024 | Stepan Matviyiv (caretaker)
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26 June 2024 | |
| Chornomorets Odesa | Stepan Matviyiv (caretaker)
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End of contract | 30 June 2024 | Serhiy Politylo (caretaker)
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1 July 2024[7] |
Notes:
League table
edit| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Chornomorets Odesa | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Qualification for the Champions League second qualifying round |
| 2 | Dnipro-1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Qualification for the Conference League second qualifying round |
| 3 | Dynamo Kyiv | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 4 | Inhulets Petrove | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 5 | Karpaty Lviv | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 6 | Kolos Kovalivka | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 7 | Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 8 | LNZ Cherkasy | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 9 | Obolon Kyiv | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 10 | Oleksandriya | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 11 | Polissya Zhytomyr | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 12 | Rukh Lviv | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 13 | Shakhtar Donetsk | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Qualification for the Relegation play-off |
| 14 | Veres Rivne | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 15 | Vorskla Poltava | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Relegation to Ukrainian First League |
| 16 | Zorya Luhansk | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
First match(es) will be played: 10 August 2024. 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).[8]
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).[8]
Results
editTeams play each other twice on a home and away basis.
Relegation play-offs
editTeams that placed 13th and 14th in the 2024–25 Ukrainian Premier League play two-leg play-off with the third and fourth teams of the 2024–25 Ukrainian First League.
| Team 1 | Agg. | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
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| TBD | x–x | TBD | ||
| TBD | x–x | TBD |
First leg
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Second leg
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Season statistics
editClean sheets
edit| Rank | Player | Club | Clean sheets |
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Awards
editMonthly awards
edit| Month | Player of the Month | Coach of the Month | Ref. | ||
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| Player | Club | Coach | Club | ||
| August 2024 | |||||
| September 2024 | |||||
| October 2024 | |||||
| November 2024 | |||||
| December 2024 / February 2025 | |||||
| March 2025 | |||||
| April 2025 | |||||
| May 2025 | |||||
Round awards
edit| Round | Player | Coach | ||||
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| Player | Club | Reference | Coach | Club | Reference | |
| Round 1 | ||||||
| Round 2 | ||||||
| Round 3 | ||||||
| Round 4 | ||||||
| Round 5 | ||||||
| Round 6 | ||||||
| Round 7 | ||||||
| Round 8 | ||||||
| Round 9 | ||||||
| Round 10 | ||||||
| Round 11 | ||||||
| Round 12 | ||||||
| Round 13 | ||||||
| Round 14 | ||||||
| Round 15 | ||||||
| Round 16 | ||||||
| Round 17 | ||||||
| winter break | ||||||
| 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
editNotes
edit- ^ Born on territory of Bosnian republic in Yugoslavia before its dissolution, Marino Pušić is of mixed ethnic background and carries a dual citizenship.[3]
- ^ Captain of Vorskla Poltava Volodymyr Chesnakov ends your playing career and changed your role to assistant head coach since new season.
References
edit- ^ Official Logo. Ukrainian Premier League website.
- ^ Places of holding competitions (Місця проведення змагань). 2022–23 Ukrainian Premier League regulations.
- ^ Profile of Marino Pušić. www.worldfootball.net
- ^ "Официально: Василий Кобин возглавил Ингулец" (in Russian). www.ua-football.com. 15 June 2024. Retrieved 21 June 2024.
- ^ "ЛНЗ ЗАВЕРШИВ СПІВПРАЦЮ З ОЛЕГОМ ДУЛУБОМ ТА ОЛЕКСАНДРОМ ГРАНОВСЬКИМ" (in Ukrainian). fc-lnz.com. 10 June 2024. Archived from the original on 10 June 2024. Retrieved 20 June 2024.
- ^ "АНДРЕС КАРРАСКО – ГОЛОВНИЙ ТРЕНЕР ФК ЛНЗ" (in Ukrainian). fc-lnz.com. 11 June 2024. Archived from the original on 12 June 2024. Retrieved 20 June 2024.
- ^ "Ще два тренери завершили роботу в Чорноморці" (in Ukrainian). sport.ua. 1 July 2024. Retrieved 1 July 2024.
- ^ Defining of teams' places in competitions (Визначення місць команд у змаганнях). 2021–22 Ukrainian Premier League regulations.
- ^ Top scorers. Ukrainian Premier League.
- ^ "Most Clean Sheets". www.footystats.org/. Retrieved 5 August 2023.
External links
edit- Official website of the Ukrainian Premier League
- The season's calendar planner. Ukrainian Premier League. (pdf format)