List of Ukrainian football champions

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Ukrainian football championship
Founded1921 (as the Football champion of the UkrSSR)
Country Ukraine
ConfederationUEFA
Level on pyramidUkrainian football league system
Current championsDynamo Kyiv
(2020–21)

The Ukrainian football champions (Ukrainian: Чемпіон України з футболу) are currently identified at the annual football competition of the Ukrainian Premier League which is a top league football competition in the country since 2008.

The history of the title could be traced to 1921 in varying forms of competition as full-pledged nationwide competitions within the Ukrainian SSR (before it officially joined the Soviet Union).

The current champions Dynamo Kyiv has won a record 29 championship titles including 13 Soviet Union titles.

Historical outlook[]

The first national (or rather republican) Ukrainian football championship took place in 1921, just before the official establishment of the Soviet Union. The competition was known as the football championship of cities. It has developed out of a similar tournament that previously took place in the Russian Empire (1912). The detailed information about football competitions in 1920s and early 1930s is scarce. Remarkable is the fact that the dominant team (or teams) of that period was from Kharkiv which until 1934 was the capital of the Soviet pseudo state,[a] Ukrainian SSR. During that time main cities of Ukraine were conducting own annual competitions among which were Kyiv, Kharkiv, Odessa, at the same time in the east Ukraine existed a separate regional competition of Donets basin (Donbas). Winners of those regional competitions qualified for the football championship of cities, hence the name of the tournament.

Football in the West Ukraine has developed as part of the Central European football competitions that later sprang out of the dissolution of Austria-Hungary. Interrupted by the World War I, later it was completely abolished after the Polish occupation of Ukraine at the end of Polish-Ukrainian War. After Polish occupation Ukrainian clubs of West Ukraine that at first were conducting own competitions eventually joined the Polish Football Association among which are Ukraina Lwow, USC Skala Stryi and several others.

In 1936 there was established the Soviet professional football competitions, while the Ukrainian football competitions were integrated within the Soviet competition as republican and declassed to lower tiers. At the same time about three to six of the best clubs from the Soviet Ukraine competed in the Soviet Top League with Dynamo Kyiv competing in it consistently since its establishment. At same time until 1950s the Ukrainian Cup (Cup of the Ukrainian SSR) involved participation of all Ukrainian clubs regardless in which league they competed.

In 1959 a big reform occurred in the Soviet football and champion of Ukrainian football competitions was identified at the Class B football competitions for Ukraine which at first was the second and later the third tier. The Ukrainian football champions of the Soviet Union were not only unknown outside of the Soviet Union, but were also barely recognized within the Union. Nonetheless, over the span of years the Ukrainian club football was very competitive. FC Dynamo Kyiv won the record number of the Soviet top league titles and was the best Soviet club at the European club competitions. In 1991 Soviet Top League there was equal number of Ukrainian and Russian clubs in the league.

Finally after securing its independence in 1992, Ukraine conducts own national league competitions which are recognized worldwide.

List of winners before club competitions[]

Main article: Championship of cities (Ukrainian SSR)
Season Group Champion Runner-up Third place
1921 Kharkiv Odessa ?
1922 Kharkiv Odessa ?
1923 Kharkiv Yuzivka ?
1924 Kharkiv Odessa Donbas
1927 Kharkiv Mykolaiv Odessa
1928 Kharkiv Horlivka Mykolaiv
1931 Kyiv Kharkiv ?
1932 Kharkiv Donbas Dnipropetrovsk
1934 Kharkiv Kyiv
1935 Dnipropetrovsk Kyiv Kharkiv

Football competitions among Soviet clubs and Soviet sports societies[]

Best Ukrainian clubs in all-Union competitions[]

List of the best Ukrainian clubs in the top Soviet competitions[1]

  • † — Soviet tier 1
  • ‡ — Soviet tier 2
  • (no sign) — Soviet tier 3
Season Best 2nd Best 3rd Best
1936 (spring) Dynamo Kyiv FC Dynamo Dnipropetrovsk FC Dynamo Kharkiv
1936 (fall) Dynamo Kyiv FC Silmash Kharkiv Spartak Kharkiv
1937 Dynamo Kyiv FC Chornomorets Odesa FC Lokomotyv Kyiv / Stakhanovets
1938 Dynamo Kyiv Dynamo Odessa Stakhanovets Stalino
1939 Dynamo Kyiv Stakhanovets Stalino Dynamo Odessa
1940 Dynamo Kyiv Stakhanovets Stalino FC Dynamo Kharkiv
1941-45 no competitions World War II
1945 Dynamo Kyiv Stakhanovets Stalino Pishchevik Odessa
1946 Dynamo Kyiv FC Lokomotyv Kharkiv Pishchevik Odessa
1947 Dynamo Kyiv FC Lokomotyv Kharkiv Shakhtar Stalino
1948 Dynamo Kyiv FC Lokomotyv Kharkiv Stal Dnipropetrovsk
1949 Dynamo Kyiv FC Lokomotyv Kharkiv Shakhtar Stalino
1950 Shakhtar Stalino Dynamo Kyiv FC Lokomotyv Kharkiv
1951 Shakhtar Stalino Dynamo Kyiv FC Lokomotyv Kharkiv
1952 Dynamo Kyiv Shakhtar Stalino FC Lokomotyv Kharkiv
1953 Dynamo Kyiv FC Lokomotyv Kharkiv Shakhtar Stalino
1954 Dynamo Kyiv FC Lokomotyv Kharkiv Shakhtar Stalino
1955 Dynamo Kyiv Shakhtar Stalino ODO Kyiv
1956 Dynamo Kyiv Shakhtar Stalino FC Metalurh Zaporizhia
1957 Dynamo Kyiv Shakhtar Stalino Spartak Stanislav
1958 Dynamo Kyiv Shakhtar Stalino SKVO Odessa
SKCF Sevastopol
SKA Lviv
1959 Dynamo Kyiv Shakhtar Stalino FC Nyva Vinnytsia
1960 Dynamo Kyiv Avangard Kharkiv Shakhtar Stalino
1961 Dynamo Kyiv Avangard Kharkiv Shakhtar Stalino
1962 Dynamo Kyiv FC Shakhtar Donetsk Avangard Kharkiv
1963 Dynamo Kyiv FC Shakhtar Donetsk Avangard Kharkiv
1964 FC Shakhtar Donetsk Dynamo Kyiv SKA Odessa
1965 Dynamo Kyiv FC Shakhtar Donetsk FC Chornomorets Odesa
1966 Dynamo Kyiv FC Shakhtar Donetsk FC Chornomorets Odesa
1967 Dynamo Kyiv FC Shakhtar Donetsk FC Zorya Luhansk
1968 Dynamo Kyiv FC Chornomorets Odesa FC Zorya Luhansk
1969 Dynamo Kyiv FC Chornomorets Odesa FC Shakhtar Donetsk
1970 FC Zorya Luhansk Dynamo Kyiv FC Shakhtar Donetsk
1971 Dynamo Kyiv FC Zorya Luhansk FC Karpaty Lviv
1972 FC Zorya Luhansk Dynamo Kyiv FC Dnipro
1973 Dynamo Kyiv FC Shakhtar Donetsk FC Zorya Luhansk
1974 Dynamo Kyiv FC Chornomorets Odesa FC Dnipro
1975 Dynamo Kyiv FC Shakhtar Donetsk FC Karpaty Lviv
1976 (spring) FC Karpaty Lviv FC Shakhtar Donetsk Dynamo Kyiv
1976 (fall) Dynamo Kyiv FC Karpaty Lviv FC Chornomorets Odesa
1977 Dynamo Kyiv FC Shakhtar Donetsk FC Chornomorets Odesa
1978 Dynamo Kyiv FC Shakhtar Donetsk FC Chornomorets Odesa
1979 FC Shakhtar Donetsk Dynamo Kyiv FC Chornomorets Odesa
1980 Dynamo Kyiv FC Shakhtar Donetsk FC Chornomorets Odesa
1981 Dynamo Kyiv FC Shakhtar Donetsk FC Dnipro
1982 Dynamo Kyiv FC Dnipro FC Chornomorets Odesa
1983 FC Dnipro Dynamo Kyiv FC Chornomorets Odesa
1984 FC Dnipro FC Chornomorets Odesa Dynamo Kyiv
1985 Dynamo Kyiv FC Dnipro FC Metalist Kharkiv
1986 Dynamo Kyiv FC Shakhtar Donetsk FC Dnipro
1987 FC Dnipro Dynamo Kyiv FC Shakhtar Donetsk
1988 FC Dnipro Dynamo Kyiv FC Shakhtar Donetsk
1989 FC Dnipro Dynamo Kyiv FC Chornomorets Odesa
1990 Dynamo Kyiv FC Dnipro FC Shakhtar Donetsk
1991 FC Chornomorets Odesa Dynamo Kyiv FC Dnipro

List of winners of Ukrainian republican football competitions[]

Main article: Championship of the Ukrainian SSR
Season Group Champion Runner-up Third place
1936 Ordzhonikidze Factory Kramatorsk Stal Dnipropetrovsk UDKA Kyiv
1937 Spartak Dnipropetrovsk Zenit Staline Stalinets Kharkiv
1938 Dzerzhynets Voroshylovhrad Stal Dniprodzerzhynsk Dynamo Mykolaiv
1939 Lokomotyv Zaporizhia Kharchovyk Odesa Lokomotyv Kharkiv
1940 Lokomotyv Zaporizhia Stakhanovets Ordzhonikidze Avanhard Kramatorsk
1941-45 no competitions World War II
1946 Spartak Uzhhorod DO Kyiv Dzerzhynets Kharkiv
1947 Bilshovyk Mukacheve Avanhard Kramatorsk Lokomotyv Kyiv
1948 1 Torpedo Odesa Dynamo Uzhhorod Dynamo Vinnytsia
2 Stal Kostiantynivka Military Unit 25750 (Kyiv) Stal Dniprodzerzhynsk
Play-off Torpedo Odesa Stal Kostiantynivka Dynamo Uzhhorod
1949 1 Metalurh Dniprodzerzhynsk Metalurh Kostiantynivka Traktor Kirovohrad
2 DO Kyiv Spartak Stanislav Lokomotyv Ternopil
Play-off DO Kyiv Metalurh Dniprodzerzhynsk
1950 Spartak Uzhhorod Trudovi Rezervy Voroshylovhrad DO Kyiv
1951 DO Kyiv SKA Lviv
1952 Metalurh Zaporizhia Chervonyi Prapor Mykolaiv Iskra Mukacheve
1953 Spartak Uzhhorod Spartak Kherson Torpedo Taganrog
1954 Mashynobudivnyk Kyiv Spartak Stanislav Budivelnyk Mykolaiv
1955 Spartak Stanislav Spartak Kherson Torpedo Kirovohrad
1956 Shakhtar Stakhanov Mashynobudivnyk Kyiv ODO Odessa
1957 SKVO Odessa Lokomotyv Artemivsk Mashynobudivnyk Kyiv
1958 Arsenal Kyiv Metalurh Nikopol Naftovyk Drohobych
1959 Avanhard Zhovti Vody Torpedo Kharkiv SKVO Odessa
1 Sudnobudivnyk Mykolaiv Lokomotyv Vinnytsia Arsenal Kyiv
2 Metalurh Zaporizhia SKA Odessa Trudovi Rezervy Luhansk
1 Chornomorets Odesa Lokomotyv Vinnytsia Zirka Kirovohrad
2 SKA Odessa Trudovi Rezervy Luhansk Avanhard Zhovti Vody
1 Chornomorets Odesa Polissya Zhytomyr Lokomotyv Donetsk
2 SKA Odessa Metalurh Zaporizhia SKA Kyiv
3 Trudovi Rezervy Luhansk Avanhard Simferopol Lokomotyv Vinnytsia
1963 1 Lokomotyv Vinnytsia SKA Lviv Zirka Kirovohrad
2 SKA Odessa Azovstal Zhdanov
1964 1 Polissya Zhytomyr SKA Lviv Verkhovyna Uzhhorod
2 SKA Kyiv Lokomotyv Vinnytsia Zirka Kirovohrad
3 Tavriya Simferopol Shakhtar Kadievka Hirnyk Kryvyi Rih
1 SKA Kyiv Avanhard Zhovti Vody Kolos Poltava
2 SKA Lviv Avanhard Ternopil Zirka Kirovohrad
3 Tavriya Simferopol Shakhtar Kadievka Kommunarets Kommunarsk
1 Dynamo Khmelnytskyi Desna Chernihiv SKCF Sevastopol
2 Avanhard Zhovti Vody Lokomotyv Kherson Dnipro Kremenchuk
1 Avtomobilist Zhytomyr Dnipro Cherkasy Dnipro Kremenchuk
2 Khimik Severodonetsk Shakhtar Kadievka
1 Avanhard Ternopil Bukovyna Chernivtsi Dynamo Khmelnytskyi
2 Lokomotyv Donetsk Spartak Sumy Desna Chernihiv
1 Spartak Ivano-Frankivsk Prometey Dniprodzerzhynsk Karpaty Mukacheve
2 Spartak Sumy Shakhtar Horlivka Shakhtar Sverdlovsk
1970 Metalurh Zaporizhia Tavriya Simferopol Avtomobilist Zhytomyr
B Khimik Severodonetsk Lokomotyv Vinnytsia Lokomotyv Donetsk
Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih Sudnobudivnyk Mykolaiv Avtomobilist Zhytomyr
Spartak Ivano-Frankivsk Hoverla Uzhhorod Tavriya Simferopol
Tavriya Simferopol Avtomobilist Zhytomyr Sudnobudivnyk Mykolaiv
Sudnobudivnyk Mykolaiv Metalist Kharkiv Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih
Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih Avtomobilist Zhytomyr SC Lutsk
Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih Metalist Kharkiv SKA Odessa
SKA Odessa SKA Kyiv Kolos Nikopol
Metalist Kharkiv Kolos Nikopol SKA Kyiv
Kolos Nikopol SKA Kyiv SKA Lviv
SKA Kyiv Bukovyna Chernivtsi SKA Lviv
Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih Nyva Vinnytsia Avanhard Rivne
Bukovyna Chernivtsi Desna Chernihiv Kolos Pavlohrad
SKA Kyiv Kolos Pavlohrad Nyva Vinnytsia
Nyva Vinnytsia Kolos Pavlohrad Sudnobudivnyk Mykolaiv
Tavriya Simferopol Nyva Vinnytsia Sudnobudivnyk Mykolaiv
Zoria Voroshylovhrad Tavriya Simferopol SKA Kyiv
Tavriya Simferopol Nyva Ternopil Prykarpattia Ivano-Frankivsk
1988 Bukovyna Chernivtsi Vorskla Poltava SKA Kyiv
1989[2][3] Volyn Lutsk Bukovyna Chernivtsi Nyva Ternopil
1990 Torpedo Zaporizhia Sudnobudivnyk Mykolaiv Avanhard Rivne
1991 Naftovyk Okhtyrka Prykarpattia Ivano-Frankivsk Kolos Nikopol

List of winners since the post-Soviet independence[]

Vyshcha Liha[]

Main article: Vyshcha Liha
Season Champion Runner-up Third place Top goalscorer Rank
1992 Tavriya Simferopol Dynamo Kyiv Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk Ukraine Yuri Hudymenko (Tavriya Simferopol, 12 goals) N/A[4]
1992–93 Dynamo Kyiv Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk Chornomorets Odessa Ukraine Serhiy Husyev (Chornomorets Odessa, 17 goals) 28/39
1993–94 Dynamo Kyiv Shakhtar Donetsk Chornomorets Odesa Ukraine Timerlan Huseinov (Chornomorets Odessa, 18 goals) 24/44
1994–95 Dynamo Kyiv Chornomorets Odessa Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk Tajikistan Arsen Avakov (Torpedo Zaporizhzhia, 21 goals) 24/47
1995–96 Dynamo Kyiv Chornomorets Odesa Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk Ukraine Timerlan Huseinov (Chornomorets Odesa, 20 goals) 19/48
1996–97 Dynamo Kyiv Shakhtar Donetsk Vorskla Poltava Ukraine Oleh Matveyev (Shakhtar Donetsk, 21 goals) 22/48
1997–98 Dynamo Kyiv Shakhtar Donetsk Karpaty Lviv Ukraine Serhiy Rebrov (Dynamo Kyiv, 22 goals) 17/49
1998–99 Dynamo Kyiv Shakhtar Donetsk Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih Ukraine Andriy Shevchenko (Dynamo Kyiv, 18 goals) 15/50
1999–00 Dynamo Kyiv Shakhtar Donetsk Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih Uzbekistan Maksim Shatskikh (Dynamo Kyiv, 20 goals) 12/50
2000–01 Dynamo Kyiv Shakhtar Donetsk Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk Ukraine Andriy Vorobei (Shakhtar Donetsk, 21 goals) 13/51
2001–02 Shakhtar Donetsk Dynamo Kyiv Metalurh Donetsk Ukraine Serhiy Shyschenko (Metalurh Donetsk, 12 goals) 13/51
2002–03 Dynamo Kyiv Shakhtar Donetsk Metalurh Donetsk Uzbekistan Maksim Shatskikh (Dynamo Kyiv, 22 goals) 14/52
2003–04 Dynamo Kyiv Shakhtar Donetsk Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk Georgia (country) Georgi Demetradze (Metalurh Donetsk, 18 goals) 14/52
2004–05 Shakhtar Donetsk Dynamo Kyiv Metalurh Donetsk Ukraine Oleksandr Kosyrin (Chornomorets Odessa, 14 goals) 15/52
2005–06 Shakhtar Donetsk Dynamo Kyiv Chornomorets Odessa Brazil Brandão (Shakhtar Donetsk, 15 goals)
Nigeria Emmanuel Okoduwa (Arsenal Kyiv, 15 goals) 		13/52
2006–07 Dynamo Kyiv Shakhtar Donetsk Metalist Kharkiv Ukraine Oleksandr Hladky (FC Kharkiv, 13 goals) 11/52
2007–08 Shakhtar Donetsk Dynamo Kyiv Metalist Kharkiv (bronze stripped) Serbia Marko Dević (Metalist Kharkiv, 19 goals) 12/53

Premier League[]

Main article: Ukrainian Premier League
Season Champion Runner-up Third place Top goalscorer Rank
2008–09 Dynamo Kyiv Shakhtar Donetsk Metalist Kharkiv Ukraine Oleksandr Kovpak (Tavriya Simferopol, 17 goals) 7/53
2009–10 Shakhtar Donetsk Dynamo Kyiv Metalist Kharkiv Ukraine Artem Milevskyi (Dynamo Kyiv, 17 goals) 7/53
2010–11 Shakhtar Donetsk Dynamo Kyiv Metalist Kharkiv Ukraine Yevhen Seleznyov (Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk, 17 goals) 8/53
2011–12 Shakhtar Donetsk Dynamo Kyiv Metalist Kharkiv Ukraine Yevhen Seleznyov (Shakhtar Donetsk, 14 goals)
Brazil Maicon (Volyn Lutsk, 14 goals) 		9/53
2012–13 Shakhtar Donetsk Metalist Kharkiv Dynamo Kyiv Armenia Henrikh Mkhitaryan (Shakhtar Donetsk, 25 goals) 7/53
2013–14 Shakhtar Donetsk Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk Metalist Kharkiv Brazil Luiz Adriano (Shakhtar Donetsk, 20 goals) 9/53
2014–15 Dynamo Kyiv Shakhtar Donetsk Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk Brazil Alex Teixeira (Shakhtar Donetsk, 17 goals)
Romania Eric Bicfalvi (Volyn Lutsk, 17 goals) 		8/54
2015–16 Dynamo Kyiv Shakhtar Donetsk Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk Brazil Alex Teixeira (Shakhtar Donetsk, 22 goals) 8/54
2016–17 Shakhtar Donetsk Dynamo Kyiv Zorya Luhansk Ukraine Andriy Yarmolenko (Dynamo Kyiv, 15 goals) 8/55
2017–18 Shakhtar Donetsk Dynamo Kyiv Vorskla Poltava Argentina Facundo Ferreyra (Shakhtar Donetsk, 21 goal) 8/55
2018–19 Shakhtar Donetsk Dynamo Kyiv Oleksandriya Ukraine Brazil Júnior Moraes (Shakhtar Donetsk, 19 goals) 9/55
2019–20 Shakhtar Donetsk Dynamo Kyiv Zorya Luhansk Ukraine Júnior Moraes (Shakhtar Donetsk, 20 goals) 10/55
2020–21 Dynamo Kyiv Shakhtar Donetsk Zorya Luhansk Ukraine Vladyslav Kulach (Vorskla Poltava, 15 goals) 12/55

Note: the Rank column shows the ranking of the league amongst members of UEFA.

Performance by club[]

Performance by club since 1992.

Club Winners Runners-up Third place Winning years
Dynamo Kyiv 16 12 1 1992–93, 1993–94, 1994–95, 1995–96, 1996–97, 1997–98, 1998–99, 1999–2000, 2000–01, 2002–03, 2003–04, 2006–07, 2008–09, 2014–15, 2015–16 , 2020–21
Shakhtar Donetsk 13 13 – 2001–02, 2004–05, 2005–06, 2007–08, 2009–10, 2010–11, 2011–12, 2012–13, 2013–14, 2016–17, 2017–18, 2018–19, 2019–20
Tavriya Simferopol 1 – – 1992
Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk – 2 7
Chornomorets Odesa – 2 3
Metalist Kharkiv – 1 6
Metalurh Donetsk – – 3
Zorya Luhansk – – 3
Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih – – 2
Vorskla Poltava – – 2
Karpaty Lviv – – 1
Oleksandriya – – 1
Total 30 30 29
  • Note: Defunct teams marked in Italics.

Ukrainian clubs in the Soviet competitions[]

Ukrainian medalists of the Soviet first tier competitions[]

Club Winners Runners-up Third place Winning years
Dynamo Kyiv 13 11 3 1961, 1966, 1967, 1968, 1971, 1974, 1975, 1977, 1980, 1981, 1985, 1986, 1990
Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk 2 2 2 1983, 1988
Zorya Voroshilovgrad 1 – – 1972
Shakhtar Donetsk – 2 2
Chornomorets Odesa — — 1

All-time table of Ukrainian clubs in the Soviet first tier competitions[]

List of records of Ukrainian clubs in the Soviet first tier competitions which over the years carried different names, only since 1971 they were known as the Soviet Top League which was established in place of the Class A Top Group (First Group).

Rank Team Seasons First year Last year P W D L GF GA Pts 1st 2nd 3rd Other names used
1 FC Dynamo Kyiv 54 1936 1991 1483 681 456 346 2306 1566 1810 13 11 3
2 FC Shakhtar Donetsk 44 1938 1991 1288 434 379 475 1522 1641 1241 – 2 2 Stakhanovets Stalino
3 FC Chornomorets Odesa 24 1965 1991 738 244 217 277 777 884 699 – – 1
4 FC Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk 19 1972 1991 554 227 154 173 729 634 604 2 2 2
5 FC Metalist Kharkiv 14 1960 1991 438 133 124 181 413 530 390 – – – Avanhard Kharkiv
6 FC Zorya Luhansk 14 1967 1979 412 125 135 152 416 469 377 1 – – Zorya Voroshylovhrad
7 FC Karpaty Lviv 9 1971 1980 244 68 85 91 250 301 218 – – –
8 FC Lokomotyv Kharkiv 4 1949 1954 34 23 57 47 112 176 91 – – –
9 FC Dynamo Odesa 2 1938 1939 51 16 13 22 64 102 45 – – –
10 SKA Odessa 2 1965 1966 68 4 19 45 38 121 27 – – –
11 FC Metalurh Zaporizhya 1 1991 30 9 7 14 27 38 25 – – –
12 FC Tavriya Simferopol 1 1981 34 8 7 19 27 54 23 – – –
13 FC Silmash Kharkiv 1 1938 25 8 6 11 34 45 22 – – –
14 FC Lokomotyv Kyiv 1 1938 25 8 5 12 43 64 21 – – –
15 1 1938 25 5 7 13 43 63 17 – – –

Ukrainian medalists of the Soviet second tier competitions[]

Club Winners Runners-up Third place Winning years
Chornomorets Odesa 3 1 3 1961, 1973, 1987
Karpaty Lviv 2 1 – 1970, 1979
Lokomotyv Kharkiv 2 – 1 1948, 1952
Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk 1 2 1 1971
Shakhtar Donetsk 1 1 1 1954
Tavriya Simferopol 1 – 2 1980
Metalist Kharkiv 1 – 2 1981
Metalurh Zaporizhia 1 – 2 1960
Lokomotyv Vinnytsia 1 – 1 1959
Trudovi Rezervy Luhansk 1 – – 1962*
Zorya Luhansk 1 – – 1966

All-time table of Ukrainian clubs in the Soviet second tier competitions[]

List of records of Ukrainian clubs in the Soviet second tier competitions which over the years carried different names, only since 1970 they were known as the Soviet First League which was established in place of the Class A First Group (Second Group).[5]

Rank Team Seasons First year Last year P W D L GF GA Pts 1st 2nd 3rd Other names used
1 FC Metalurh Zaporizhia 40 1947 1990 1471 564 406 501 1918 1690 1534 1 – 2
2 FC Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk 26 1939 1980 873 378 223 272 1226 1055 979 1 2 1 Stal Dnipropetrovsk
3 SC Tavriya Simferopol 23 1958 1991 890 343 240 307 1162 1043 926 1 – 2
4 SKA Karpaty Lviv 23 1949 1989 813 344 202 267 1058 918 890 – – 2 SKA Lviv, ODO Lviv, SC Lutsk
5 FC Chornomorets Odesa 22 1940 1973 703 343 164 196 1132 771 850 3 1 3 Pishchevik Odesa
6 FC Metalist Kharkiv 21 1947 1981 772 316 211 245 913 784 843 1 – 2 Avanhard Kharkiv
7 FC Zorya Voroshylovhrad 18 1939 1987 710 283 190 237 947 844 756 2 – –
8 SKA Kyiv 19 1947 1982 599 244 155 200 839 681 643 – – – DO Kyiv, SC Chernigov
9 SKA Odessa 14 1958 1982 547 227 152 168 699 551 606 – – – ODO Odessa
10 FC Prykarpattia Ivano-Frankivsk 16 1956 1981 596 206 139 251 694 840 551 – – – Spartak Ivano-Frankivsk
11 FC Karpaty Lviv 12 1963 1981 451 206 121 124 629 422 533 – – –
12 FC Sudnobudivnyk Mykolaiv 15 1939 1968 495 175 152 168 598 612 502 – – –
13 FC Kolos Nikopol 9 1962 1987 424 170 97 157 560 527 437 – – –
14 FC Nyva Vinnytsia 9 1958 1968 358 145 116 97 461 350 406 – – – Lokomotyv Vinnytsia
15 FC Zakarpattia Uzhhorod 13 1947 1962 384 133 114 137 498 460 380 – – – Hoverla Uzhhorod
16 FC Zirka Kirovohrad 8 1958 1968 312 127 88 97 418 330 342 – – –
17 FC Krystal Kherson 9 1947 1968 316 100 91 125 389 439 291 – – – Lokomotyv Kherson
18 SKChF Sevastopol 9 1954 1968 300 97 78 125 373 402 272 – – –
19 FC Kolos Poltava 7 1957 1968 280 91 83 106 308 335 265 – – –
20 FC Polissya Zhytomyr 5 1959 1968 210 93 53 64 284 202 239 – – –
21 FC Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih 8 1959 1977 297 77 79 141 326 453 233 – – –
22 FC Lokomotyv Kharkiv 7 1945 1955 178 93 45 40 334 176 231 – – –
23 FC Shakhtar Stakhanov 8 1948 1962 286 79 73 134 286 410 231 – – –
24 FC Shakhtar Donetsk 7 1959 1968 163 94 41 28 324 134 229 – – –
25 FC Bukovyna Chernivtsi 6 1949 1991 218 81 57 80 266 279 219 – – –
26 FC Novator Zhdanov 5 1960 1969 193 61 65 67 193 218 187 – – –
27 FC Avanhard Zhovti Vody 5 1960 1968 189 58 68 63 181 193 184 – – –
28 FC Lokomotyv Donetsk 5 1958 1962 162 69 43 50 254 227 181 – – –
29 FC Khimik Severodonetsk 5 1960 1969 193 60 52 81 193 246 172 – – –
30 SC Prometei Dniprodzerzhynsk 6 1957 1962 198 49 56 93 192 295 154 – – –
31 FC Avanhard Rivne 5 1958 1962 158 56 40 62 246 262 152 – – –
32 FC Dnipro Cherkasy 5 1958 1962 158 49 54 55 160 186 152 – – –
33 FC Avanhard Ternopil 5 1959 1969 170 51 49 70 177 233 151 – – – Budivelnyk Ternopil
34 FC Arsenal Kyiv 4 1959 1962 128 49 41 38 191 141 139 – – –
35 FC Avanhard Kramatorsk 5 1948 1962 154 49 37 68 191 250 135 – – –
36 FC Desna Chernihiv 4 1960 1969 142 40 48 54 156 212 128 – – –
37 FC Shakhtar Horlivka 4 1959 1962 132 40 38 54 156 202 118 – – –
38 FC Podillya Khmelnytskyi 4 1960 1969 142 37 43 62 144 203 117 – – – Dynamo Khmelnytskyi
39 4 1949 1962 140 37 42 61 157 230 116 – – –
40 3 1947 1949 78 41 15 22 153 112 97 – – –
41 FC Frunzenets Sumy 3 1960 1962 106 23 41 42 113 154 87 – – –
42 FC Bilshovyk Mukacheve 2 1948 1949 51 31 7 13 108 60 69 – – –
43 FC Naftovyk Drohobych 3 1960 1962 100 22 24 54 98 182 68 – – –
44 FC Volyn Lutsk 3 1960 1962 100 20 25 55 97 163 65 – – –
45 FC Dynamo Kharkiv 3 1936 1940 55 23 13 19 90 77 59 – – –
46 FC Lokomotyv Kyiv 2 1939 1940 48 22 6 20 73 67 50 – – –
47 FC Dynamo Voroshylovhrad 3 1947 1949 72 14 19 39 97 160 47 – – –
48 FC Silmash Kharkiv 3 1936 1940 55 16 10 29 85 102 42 – – –
49 FC Dnipro Kremenchuk 1 1968 45 9 15 21 28 50 33 – – –
50 FC Shakhtar Oleksandriya 1 1962 34 10 10 14 34 45 30 – – –
51 1 1949 34 11 8 15 43 57 30 – – –
52 1 1939 22 8 1 13 35 45 17 – – –
53 FC Dynamo Dnipropetrovsk 1 1936 7 2 1 4 7 14 5 – – –

Separate notes about Soviet clubs[]

  • FC Chornomorets Odesa, historically traces its lineage based on performance of Chornomorets only as a team of Black Sea Shipping Company with 1959 being the date of the club's establishment.
    • Since the club was acquired by Leonid Klimov, the club has also assumed history of other sports societies such as the city's trade union Kharchovyk (Pischevik), and later both FC Dynamo Odessa and Metalurh Odesa.
  • FC Zorya Luhansk, always keeps the history of football club of Luhanskteplovoz, while existence of sports association of students Trudovi Rezervy also was mentioned
  • FC Metalist Kharkiv, always keeps the history of football club of Malyshev Factory, while existence of the Southern Railways Lokomotyv also was mentioned, yet FC Dynamo Kharkiv not at all
  • FC Dnipro, keeps history of the Yuzhmash's football club Dnepr, part of the Soviet Zenit sports society and successor of Metalurh sports society of the local Petrovsky factory that existed since 1925 as Stal. Since dissolution of the Soviet Union, historical claims were laid for club that existed since 1918.

See also[]

Notes[]

  1. ^ Ukrainian SSR was not recognized until 1945.

References and notes[]

  1. ^ Teams out of Ukraine in championships of the Russian Empire and the Soviet Union (Команди з України у чемпіонатах Російської імперії та СРСР). www.kopanyi-myach.info.
  2. ^ Two other teams were participating in another group: FC Karpaty Lviv and FC Desna Chernihiv. Karpaty placed third in that group.
  3. ^ The first nine teams from each group were to form the three buffer groups as a medium between the First League and the Second League.
  4. ^ part of Soviet Union
  5. ^ http://wildstat.ru/p/2092/cht/23/stat/summary

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