2021–22 Ukrainian First League

Ukrainian First League
Season	2021–22
Dates	25 July 2021 – 21 May 2022; (winter break 28 November 2021 – 18 March 2022)
Matches played	39
Goals scored	93 (2.38 per match)
Top goalscorer	3 players; (4 goals)
Biggest home win	3 goals; 4 matches (3–0 or 4–1)
Biggest away win	6 goals; Uzhhorod 0–6 Prykarpattia; (24 July 2021)
Highest scoring	6 goals; Uzhhorod 0–6 Prykarpattia; (24 July 2021)
Longest winning run	5 matches; Metalist Kharkiv
Longest unbeaten run	5 matches; Metalist Kharkiv; Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih
Longest winless run	5 matches; FC Uzhhorod
Longest losing run	4 matches; Kremin Kremenchuk
Highest attendance	26,668; Metalist v Uzhhorod; (1 August 2021); Metalist v Obolon; (22 August 2021)
Lowest attendance	320; Olimpik v Prykarpattia; (31 July 2021)
Total attendance	111217
Average attendance	2852
	← 2020–21 2022–23 → All statistics correct as of 23 August 2021 .

The 2021–22 Ukrainian First League is the 31st since its establishment. The league competition consists of 16 teams.^[1] Earlier in 2021 it was discussed to expand the league to 20 teams with discontinuation of the UPL U-21 competitions.^[2]

Summary[]

Teams[]

This season, Ukrainian First League consists of 16 teams.

Promoted teams[]

The following teams have been promoted from the 2020–21 Ukrainian Second League:

Podillia Khmelnytskyi – first place in Group A (returning after 22 seasons, however FC Krasyliv that was playing as Podillya Khmelnytskyi last competed in the 2006–07 season)
Uzhhorod – second place in Group A (debut)
Metalist Kharkiv – first place in Group B (debut, a phoenix club based on the Second League superfinal champions Metal Kharkiv)
Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih – second place in Group B (returning after 5 seasons, last competed in the 2015–16 as Hirnyk Kryvyi Rih)

Relegated teams[]

The following team has been relegated from the 2020–21 Ukrainian Premier League:

Olimpik Donetsk – placed 13th (returning after 7 seasons, last competed in the 2013–14)

Renamed teams[]

FC Kramatorsk is a successor of FC Avanhard Kramatorsk which since May 30 was called Avanhard-SK Kramatorsk.^[3]^[4]
FC Metalist Kharkiv is a successor of FC Metal Kharkiv.^[5]

Location map[]

The following displays the location of teams.

Kremin

Podillia

VPK-Ahro

Home venues of teams in the 2021–22 Ukrainian First League.

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.^[6]

Rank	Stadium	Location	Capacity	Club
1	OSC Metalist	Kharkiv	40,003	Metalist Kharkiv
2	Yuvileiny Stadium	Sumy	25,830	Alians Lypova Dolyna
3	Meteor Stadium	Dnipro	24,381	VPK-Ahro Shevchenkivka
4	Ternopil City Stadium	Ternopil	15,150	Nyva Ternopil
5	Avanhard Stadium	Lutsk	12,080	Volyn Lutsk
6	Avanhard Stadium	Uzhhorod	12,000	FC Uzhhorod
7	Sport Complex Podillya	Khmelnytskyi	6,800	Podillia Khmelnytskyi
8	MCS Rukh	Ivano-Frankivsk	6,500	Prykarpattia Ivano-Frankivsk
9	Prapor Stadium	Kramatorsk	6,000	FC Kramatorsk
10	Central Stadium	Zhytomyr	5,928	Polissia Zhytomyr
11	Obolon Arena	Kyiv	5,100	Obolon Kyiv
12		Volochysk	2,700	Ahrobiznes Volochysk
13		Kryvyi Rih	2,500	Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih
14	Yunist Stadium	Horishni Plavni	2,500	Hirnyk-Sport Horishni Plavni
15	Bannikov Stadium	Kyiv	1,678	Olimpik Donetsk
16	Kremin Stadium	Kremenchuk	1,500	Kremin Kremenchuk

Personnel and sponsorship[]

Team	President	Head coach	Kit manufacturer	Shirt sponsor
Ahrobiznes Volochysk		Oleksandr Chyzhevskyi	Nike	Ahrobiznes
Alians Lypova Dolyna		Yuriy Yaroshenko	Puma	Alians
FC Kramatorsk		Oleksiy Horodov	Lotto Sport	Donbasenergo
Hirnyk-Sport Horishni Plavni		Ihor Zhabchenko	Adidas	Ferrexpo
Kremin Kremenchuk		Ihor Stolovytskyi	Joma
Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih		Hennadiy Prykhodko	Joma	Rudomain
Metalist Kharkiv	Oleksandr Yaroslavsky	Oleksandr Kucher	Joma	DCH
Olimpik Donetsk	unannounced	Serhiy Litovchenko	Kelme	YTO
Nyva Ternopil		Ihor Klymovskyi	K-Sector	Rodyna invest
Obolon Kyiv	Oleksandr Slobodian	Valeriy Ivashchenko	Jako	Favorit Sport
Podillia Khmelnytskyi		Vitaliy Kostyshyn	UTMOST	—
Polissia Zhytomyr		Yuriy Kalitvintsev	Erreà	BGV Group
Prykarpattia Ivano-Frankivsk		Oleh Rypan (interim)	Joma	Adamson
FC Uzhhorod		Bohdan Blavatskyi (interim)	Macron	—
Volyn Lutsk	Vitaliy Kvartsyanyi	Albert Shakhov	Joma	—
VPK-Ahro Shevchenkivka		Oleksandr Hrytsay	Nike	VPK-Ahro

Managerial changes[]

Team	Outgoing head coach	Manner of departure	Date of vacancy	Table	Incoming head coach	Date of appointment	Table
FC Polissya Zhytomyr	Serhiy Shyshchenko	Sacked	13 June 2021^[7]	Pre-season	Yuriy Kalitvintsev	13 June 2021^[7]	Pre-season
FC VPK-Ahro Shevchenkivka	Serhiy Solovyov	Resigned	14 June 2021^[8]		Oleksandr Hrytsay	29 June 2021^[9]
FC Uzhhorod	Volodymyr Vasyutyk	Mutual consent	21 June 2021^[10]		Mykhaylo Ivanytsia	7 July 2021^[11]
FC Kremin Kremenchuk	Serhiy Svystun (interim)	End of interim	22 June 2021^[12]		Ihor Stolovytskyi	22 June 2021^[12]
FC Volyn Lutsk	Vasyl Sachko	Resigned	26 June 2021^[13]		Albert Shakhov	27 June 2021^[14]
FC Olimpik Donetsk	Roman Sanzhar	Change of ownership	13 July 2021^[15]		Serhiy Litovchenko	19 July 2021^[16]
FC Uzhhorod	Mykhaylo Ivanytsia	Resigned	23 August 2021^[17]^[18]	16th	Bohdan Blavatskyi (interim)	23 August 2021^[17]	16th

League table[]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion, qualification or relegation
1	Metalist Kharkiv	6	6	0	0	17	3	+14	18	Promotion to
2	Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih	6	5	1	0	14	5	+9	16	Promotion to
3	Kramatorsk	6	4	0	2	9	6	+3	12	Promotion play-offs
4	Nyva Ternopil	6	3	2	1	5	3	+2	11	Promotion play-offs
5	Polissia Zhytomyr	6	3	0	3	7	5	+2	9
6	Obolon Kyiv	5	2	2	1	5	4	+1	8
7	Olimpik Donetsk	6	2	2	2	6	6	0	8
8	Volyn Lutsk	6	1	4	1	5	7	−2	7^[a]
9	Prykarpattia Ivano-Frankivsk	6	2	1	3	10	10	0	7^[a]
10	Alians Lypova Dolyna	5	2	1	2	5	5	0	7^[a]
11	Podillya Khmelnytskyi	6	2	1	3	7	6	+1	7^[a]
12	Kremin Kremenchuk	6	2	0	4	5	11	−6	6^[b]	Relegation play-offs
13	VPK-Ahro Shevchenkivka	6	2	0	4	6	10	−4	6^[b]	Relegation to
14	Ahrobiznes Volochysk	6	1	3	2	5	7	−2	6^[b]
15	Hirnyk-Sport Horishni Plavni	6	1	0	5	3	8	−5	3
16	Uzhhorod	6	0	1	5	5	18	−13	1

Updated to match(es) played on 28 August 2021. 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 amount of tournament points at the moment of calculation and not only among those which after preliminary criteria have appeared more successful).^[6]
Notes:

^ Jump up to: ^a ^b ^c ^d Volyn: 5 pts; Prykarpattia: 1 pts; Alians: 1 pts; Podillia: 0 pts
^ Jump up to: ^a ^b ^c Kremin: 3 pts; VPK-Ahro: 3 pts; Ahrobiznes: 0 pts

Results[]

Home \ Away	AHR	ALD	HIS	KRA	KRE	KRY	MET	NYV	OBL	OLD	POD	POL	PRY	UZH	VOL	VPK
Ahrobiznes Volochysk				2–0		0–0									2–2
Alians Lypova Dolyna				1–0			0–2								0–0
Hirnyk-Sport Horishni Plavni				0–2	0–1	1–2				0–2
FC Kramatorsk					2–0						2–1			3–2
Kremin Kremenchuk								1–2				0–3				2–0
Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih					4–1			1–0		4–1	3–2
Metalist Kharkiv									3–0					3–1
Nyva Ternopil	1–1		1–0							0–0		1–0
Obolon Kyiv										0–0			3–1
Olimpik Donetsk							1–2						2–0
Podillia Khmelnytskyi									0–0			1–0				3–0
Polissia Zhytomyr	1–0	3–1	0–2
Prykarpattia Ivano-Frankivsk							1–4								1–1
FC Uzhhorod									0–2				0–6			1–3
Volyn Lutsk							0–3				1–0			1–1
VPK-Ahro Shevchenkivka	3–0	0–3											0–1

Updated to match(es) played on 28 August 2021. Source: Calendar (in Ukrainian)
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Post season play-offs[]

Promotion play-offs[]

Relegation play-offs[]

Top goalscorers[]

As of 28 August 2021^[19]

Rank	Scorer	Team	Goals (Pen.)
1	Oleksiy Khoblenko	Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih	4
	Stanislav Kulish	VPK-Ahro Shevchenkivka	4 (1)
	Farès Bahlouli	Metalist Kharkiv	4 (3)
4	Yevhen Banada	Metalist Kharkiv	3
		Prykarpattia Ivano-Frankivsk	3
	Roman Debelko	Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih	3
		Podillya Khmelnytskyi	3

Awards[]

Monthly awards[]

Month	Player of the Month		Coach of the Month		Ref.
Month	Player	Club	Coach	Club	Ref.

Round awards[]

showRound	Player			Coach
showRound	Player	Club	Reference	Coach	Club	Reference
Round 1	Artem Schedryi	Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih	^[20]	Ihor Klymovskyi	Nyva Ternopil	^[20]
Round 2	Ruslan Zubkov	FC Kramatorsk	^[21]	Hennadiy Prykhodko	Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih	^[21]
Round 3	Vitaliy Hrusha	Ahrobiznes Volochysk	^[22]	Oleksandr Chyzhevskyi	Ahrobiznes Volochysk	^[22]
Round 4	Brayan Riascos	Metalist Kharkiv	^[23]	Yuriy Yaroshenko	Alians Lypova Dolyna	^[23]
Round 5	Stanislav Kulish	VPK-Ahro Shevchenkivka	^[24]	Serhiy Litovchenko	Olimpik Donetsk	^[24]
Round 6	Matheus Peixoto	Metalist Kharkiv	^[25]	Yuriy Kalitvintsev	Polissia Zhytomyr	^[25]
Round 7
Round 8
Round 9
Round 10
Round 11
Round 12
Round 13
Round 14
Round 15
Round 16
Round 17
Round 18
Round 19
Round 20
winter break
Round 21
Round 22
Round 23
Round 24
Round 25
Round 26
Round 27
Round 28
Round 29
Round 30

Number of teams by region[]

Number	Region	Team(s)
2	Dnipropetrovsk Oblast	VPK-Ahro and Kryvbas
	Donetsk Oblast	Kramatorsk and Olimpik
	Khmelnytskyi Oblast	Ahrobiznes and Podillia
	Poltava Oblast	Hirnyk-Sport and Kremin
1	Ivano-Frankivsk Oblast	Prykarpattia
	Kharkiv Oblast	Metalist
	Kyiv Oblast	Obolon
	Sumy Oblast	Alians
	Ternopil Oblast	Nyva
	Volyn Oblast	Volyn
	Zakarpattia Oblast	Uzhhorod
	Zhytomyr Oblast	Polissia

References[]

^ Artur Malkin. The PFL Central Council: format, starting dates and raise of referee's compensations (Центральна рада ПФЛ: формат, дати старту і підвищення гонорарів арбітрам). Footboom. 1 June 2021
^ The PFL Central Council drafted the new format of the First League. Now word is after the UAF Executive Committee (Центральный совет ПФЛ определил новый формат Первой лиги. Слово за Исполкомом). UA-Football. 17 March 2021
^ З наступного сезону у Першій лізі "Авангард" (Краматорськ) буде виступати як комунальний футбольний клуб і змінить назву на ФК "Краматорськ"... Avanhard Kramatorsk became a municipal club and will be playing under a different name (Краматорський Авангард став муніципальним клубом і буде виступати під іншою назвою). UA-Football. 18 June 2021
^ ПЕРША ЛІГА. 15 ТУР. «ПРИКАРПАТТЯ» - «АВАНГАРД» - 3:1. FC Prykarpattia Ivano-Frankivsk. 30 May 2021
^ Statement from Oleksandr Yaroslavskyi (Заява Олександра Ярославського). FC Metalist Kharkiv. 16 June 2021
^ Jump up to: ^a ^b "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.
^ Jump up to: ^a ^b (У ЖИТОМИРСЬКОМУ «ПОЛІССІ» НЕСПОДІВАНІ ЗМІНИ НА ТРЕНЕРСЬКОМУ МІСТКУ). www.sportzt.com. 13 June 2021
^ (Весь тренерський штаб ВПК-Агро пішов у відставку). sport.ua. 14 June 2021
^ (Екс-тренер Зорі і Руху Грицай очолив ВПК-Агро). sportarena.com. 29 June 2021
^ (ФК "Ужгород" припинив співпрацю з тренером Володимиром Васютиком). uzhgorod.net.ua. 21 June 2021
^ МИХАЙЛО ІВАНИЦЯ ОЧОЛИВ ФК “УЖГОРОД”. fcuzhhorod.com. 7 July 2021
^ Jump up to: ^a ^b Ihor Stolovytskyi has been placed at the helm of Kremin Kremenchuk (Ігор Столовицький очолив кременчуцький «Кремінь»). cherkassy-sport.com. 22 June 2021
^ Yulia Haletska. (З ФК «Волинь» йде головний тренер та декілька гравців, - ЗМІ). pershyj.com. 26 June 2021
^ Iryna Sadovnyk. «Волинь» представила нового головного тренера. pershyj.com. 27 June 2021
^ (Санжар розірвав контракт із донецьким Олімпіком). sport.ua. 13 July 2021
^ Відомо, хто може замінити Санжара на посаді головного тренера Олімпіка. sport.ua. 19 July 2021
^ Jump up to: ^a ^b Керівництво клубу прийняло відставку Михайла Іваниці. В. о. тренера призначений Богдан Блавацький. fcuzhhorod.com. 23 August 2021
^ Главный тренер Ужгорода подал в отставку. UA-Football. 23 August 2021
^ http://pfl.ua/standings/league/1
^ Jump up to: ^a ^b https://sportarena.com/uk/footboll/ukraina-pervaya-liga/osobistosti-ta-tsifri-1-go-turu-pershoyi-ligi/
^ Jump up to: ^a ^b https://sportarena.com/uk/footboll/ukraina-pervaya-liga/zubkov-kulish-bilij-i-znovu-shhedrij-vsya-zbirna/
^ Jump up to: ^a ^b https://sportarena.com/uk/footboll/ukraina-pervaya-liga/hoblenko-grusha-ostrovskij-i-vorotar-penaltist/
^ Jump up to: ^a ^b https://sportarena.com/football/ukraina-pervaya-liga/lichnosti-i-tsifry-4-go-tura-pervoj-ligi-yaroshenko/
^ Jump up to: ^a ^b https://sportarena.com/football/ukraina-pervaya-liga/kulish-pryadun-gorbunov-i-vsya-sbornaya-5-go-tura/
^ Jump up to: ^a ^b https://sportarena.com/football/ukraina-pervaya-liga/lichnosti-i-tsifry-6-go-tura-pervoj-ligi-kalitvintsev/

[table_hth_ALD0.24466564052024-19] Jump up to: ^a ^b ^c ^d Volyn: 5 pts; Prykarpattia: 1 pts; Alians: 1 pts; Podillia: 0 pts

[table_hth_AHR0.24466564052024-20] Jump up to: ^a ^b ^c Kremin: 3 pts; VPK-Ahro: 3 pts; Ahrobiznes: 0 pts

[1] Artur Malkin. The PFL Central Council: format, starting dates and raise of referee's compensations (Центральна рада ПФЛ: формат, дати старту і підвищення гонорарів арбітрам). Footboom. 1 June 2021

[2] The PFL Central Council drafted the new format of the First League. Now word is after the UAF Executive Committee (Центральный совет ПФЛ определил новый формат Первой лиги. Слово за Исполкомом). UA-Football. 17 March 2021

[3] З наступного сезону у Першій лізі "Авангард" (Краматорськ) буде виступати як комунальний футбольний клуб і змінить назву на ФК "Краматорськ"... Avanhard Kramatorsk became a municipal club and will be playing under a different name (Краматорський Авангард став муніципальним клубом і буде виступати під іншою назвою). UA-Football. 18 June 2021

[4] ПЕРША ЛІГА. 15 ТУР. «ПРИКАРПАТТЯ» - «АВАНГАРД» - 3:1. FC Prykarpattia Ivano-Frankivsk. 30 May 2021

[5] Statement from Oleksandr Yaroslavskyi (Заява Олександра Ярославського). FC Metalist Kharkiv. 16 June 2021

[rules2021a-6] Jump up to: ^a ^b "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.

[kalitvintsev-7] Jump up to: ^a ^b (У ЖИТОМИРСЬКОМУ «ПОЛІССІ» НЕСПОДІВАНІ ЗМІНИ НА ТРЕНЕРСЬКОМУ МІСТКУ). www.sportzt.com. 13 June 2021

[solovyov-8] (Весь тренерський штаб ВПК-Агро пішов у відставку). sport.ua. 14 June 2021

[hrytsai-9] (Екс-тренер Зорі і Руху Грицай очолив ВПК-Агро). sportarena.com. 29 June 2021

[vasyutyk-10] (ФК "Ужгород" припинив співпрацю з тренером Володимиром Васютиком). uzhgorod.net.ua. 21 June 2021

[ivanytsia-11] МИХАЙЛО ІВАНИЦЯ ОЧОЛИВ ФК “УЖГОРОД”. fcuzhhorod.com. 7 July 2021

[stolovytskyi-12] Jump up to: ^a ^b Ihor Stolovytskyi has been placed at the helm of Kremin Kremenchuk (Ігор Столовицький очолив кременчуцький «Кремінь»). cherkassy-sport.com. 22 June 2021

[sachko-13] Yulia Haletska. (З ФК «Волинь» йде головний тренер та декілька гравців, - ЗМІ). pershyj.com. 26 June 2021

[shakhov-14] Iryna Sadovnyk. «Волинь» представила нового головного тренера. pershyj.com. 27 June 2021

[sanzhar-15] (Санжар розірвав контракт із донецьким Олімпіком). sport.ua. 13 July 2021

[litovchenko-16] Відомо, хто може замінити Санжара на посаді головного тренера Олімпіка. sport.ua. 19 July 2021

[blavatskyi-17] Jump up to: ^a ^b Керівництво клубу прийняло відставку Михайла Іваниці. В. о. тренера призначений Богдан Блавацький. fcuzhhorod.com. 23 August 2021

[uafb_ivanytsia-18] Главный тренер Ужгорода подал в отставку. UA-Football. 23 August 2021

[21] ttp://pfl.ua/standings/league/1

[rd1-22] Jump up to: ^a ^b https://sportarena.com/uk/footboll/ukraina-pervaya-liga/osobistosti-ta-tsifri-1-go-turu-pershoyi-ligi/

[rd2-23] Jump up to: ^a ^b https://sportarena.com/uk/footboll/ukraina-pervaya-liga/zubkov-kulish-bilij-i-znovu-shhedrij-vsya-zbirna/

[rd3-24] Jump up to: ^a ^b https://sportarena.com/uk/footboll/ukraina-pervaya-liga/hoblenko-grusha-ostrovskij-i-vorotar-penaltist/

[rd4-25] Jump up to: ^a ^b https://sportarena.com/football/ukraina-pervaya-liga/lichnosti-i-tsifry-4-go-tura-pervoj-ligi-yaroshenko/

[rd5-26] Jump up to: ^a ^b https://sportarena.com/football/ukraina-pervaya-liga/kulish-pryadun-gorbunov-i-vsya-sbornaya-5-go-tura/

[rd6-27] Jump up to: ^a ^b https://sportarena.com/football/ukraina-pervaya-liga/lichnosti-i-tsifry-6-go-tura-pervoj-ligi-kalitvintsev/

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