Extra-Liga
Founded | 1993 |
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Country | Ukraine |
Confederation | UEFA (through UAF) |
Number of teams | 10 |
Level on pyramid | 1 |
International cup(s) | UEFA Futsal Cup |
Most championships | MFC Shakhtar Donetsk (5 titles) |
Website | http://futsal.com.ua/extra-league |
Current: Current season at UEFA.com |
The Extra-Liga (Ukrainian: Екстра-ліга) is an association of futsal clubs of Ukraine and the top men's futsal league in the country. It is organized by the Association of Mini-Football of Ukraine which is a collective member of the Ukrainian Association of Football (formerly Football Federation of Ukraine). The Ukrainian Association of Mini-Football is not part of the Olympic movement, but is a collective members of the Ukrainian Association of Football.
History[]
In early 1990s futsal competitions along with other alternative types of association football such as beach football, football among women, others started to gain wider popularity worldwide and since 1996 there appeared continental competitions among European futsal clubs under auspices of UEFA.
The original Ukrainian championship among futsal clubs was founded in 1993 as a descendant of the general futsal movement among students in the Soviet Union. Prior to this, the Ukrainian teams played in the Soviet competitions that has been developing in late 1980s. The first Soviet competitions in 1990 and 1991 were conducted primarily in Ukraine. Among notable Ukrainian clubs of the Soviet period were Mekhanizator from Dnipropetrovsk, Syntez from Kremenchuk and others.
Following dissolution of the Soviet Union, the official Ukrainian competitions were reorganized after some pause in late 1993 as the Top League.
In 2011 a new Ukrainian futsal super league was formed, Extra-Liga, beginning in the 2011–12 season. Previously, the 8 highest finishing teams in the league advanced into the playoffs. The winner of the Championship playoffs gained qualification for the UEFA Futsal Cup.
Some regular association football clubs of Ukraine are fielding also their futsal squads, including both male and female.[citation needed] Other futsal clubs exist independently, while some such as MFC Interkas Kyiv originally competed in amateur competitions of association football before switching to futsal (indoor). Among notable footballers who competed in competitions of association football and later switched to futsal competitions is Stanislav Honcharenko.
Winners[]
Year | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
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Lokomotyv Odesa | |||
Lokomotyv Odesa | Interkas Kyiv | ||
Lokomotyv Odesa | Interkas Kyiv | ||
Interkas Kyiv | |||
Interkas Kyiv | |||
Interkas Kyiv | |||
Shakhtar Donetsk | Interkraz Kyiv | ||
Interkraz Kyiv | Shakhtar Donetsk | ||
Shakhtar Donetsk | |||
Shakhtar Donetsk | Interkas Kyiv | ||
Shakhtar Donetsk | Energia Lviv | Interkas Kyiv | |
Energia Lviv | Interkas Kyiv | Shakhtar Donetsk | |
Shakhtar Donetsk | Energia Lviv | ||
Time Lviv | Shakhtar Donetsk | ||
Time Lviv | Shakhtar Donetsk | Energia Lviv | |
Uragan Ivano-Frankivsk | Energia-Time Lviv | Lokomotyv Kharkiv | |
Energia Lviv | Lokomotyv Kharkiv | Uragan Ivano-Frankivsk | |
Lokomotyv Kharkiv | Uragan Ivano-Frankivsk | Energia Lviv | |
Lokomotyv Kharkiv | Energia Lviv | Uragan Ivano-Frankivsk | |
Lokomotyv Kharkiv | Energia Lviv | ||
Energia Lviv | Lokomotyv Kharkiv | Prodexim Kherson | |
Prodexim Kherson | Energia Lviv | Lokomotyv Kharkiv | |
Prodexim Kherson | Energia Lviv | ||
Prodexim Kherson | Uragan Ivano-Frankivsk | HIT Kyiv | |
Prodexim Kherson | HIT Kyiv | Uragan Ivano-Frankivsk | |
Uragan Ivano-Frankivsk | Prodexim Kherson | HIT Kyiv |
Performance by club[]
Team | Winners | Runner-up | Third place |
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Shakhtar Donetsk | 5 | 3 | 1 |
Prodexim Kherson | 4 | 1 | 1 |
Energia Lviv (Energia-Time) | 3 | 6 | 3 |
Interkas Kyiv (Interkraz) | 3 | 6 | 1 |
Lokomotyv Kharkiv | 3 | 2 | 2 |
Lokomotyv Odesa | 3 | 0 | 0 |
Uragan Ivano-Frankivsk | 2 | 2 | 3 |
Time Lviv | 2 | 0 | 0 |
1 | 1 | 0 | |
(Kyiv-Unisport) | 1 | 0 | 0 |
1 | 0 | 0 | |
(Nadiya) | 0 | 2 | 2 |
0 | 1 | 6 | |
HIT Kyiv | 0 | 1 | 2 |
0 | 1 | 1 | |
0 | 1 | 0 | |
0 | 1 | 0 | |
0 | 0 | 4 | |
0 | 0 | 1 | |
0 | 0 | 1 | |
Total | 28 | 28 | 28 |
See also[]
External links[]
- Futsal competitions in Ukraine
- Football leagues in Ukraine
- Top level futsal leagues in Europe
- Sports leagues established in 1993
- 1993 establishments in Ukraine
- National championships in Ukraine
- Professional sports leagues in Ukraine