2024–25 in Ukrainian football

Football in Ukraine

Season	2024–25
Men's football
Premier League	Dynamo Kyiv
First League	Epitsentr Kamianets-Podilskyi
Second League	Probiy Horodenka
AAFU	Dnister Zalishchyky
Cup	Shakhtar Donetsk
Amateur Cup	Ahrotekh Tyshkivka
Super Cup	not held
Women's football
Vyshcha Liha	Vorskla Poltava
Persha Liha	Pohoryna Kostopil
Women's Cup	Vorskla Poltava
←  2023–24 2025–26  →

The 2024-25 season was the 34th season of competitive association football in Ukraine since the dissolution of the Soviet Union.

With the continuation of the Russo-Ukrainian War, the Ukrainian Association of Football (UAF) decided to go forward with the continuation of another season. The UAF approved round-robin tournaments in all national league competitions under strict safety precautions.

National teams

Ukraine national football team

Main article: Ukraine national football team

UEFA Nations League

Main article: 2024–25 UEFA Nations League B

Group 1

Main article: 2024–25 UEFA Nations League B § Group 1

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion, qualification or relegation
1	Czech Republic (P)	6	3	2	1	9	8	+1	11	Promotion to League A		—	3–2	2–1	2–0
2	Ukraine	6	2	2	2	8	8	0	8	Qualification for promotion play-offs		1–1	—	1–0	1–2
3	Georgia (O)	6	2	1	3	7	6	+1	7 [a]	Qualification for relegation play-offs		4–1	1–1	—	0–1
4	Albania (R)	6	2	1	3	4	6	−2	7 [a]	Relegation to League C		0–0	1–2	0–1	—

Source: UEFA
(O) Play-off winners; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated
Notes:

1. Tied on head-to-head results. Overall goal difference: Georgia +1, Albania –2.

Promotion/relegation playoffs

Main article: 2024–25 UEFA Nations League promotion/relegation play-offs

Team 1	Agg. Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Ukraine	3–4	Belgium	3–1	0–3

Ukraine Olympic football team

Main article: Ukraine Olympic football team

2024 Summer Olympics

Main article: Football at the 2024 Summer Olympics – Men's tournament

Group B

Main article: Football at the 2024 Summer Olympics – Men's tournament – Group B

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Morocco	3	2	0	1	6	3	+3	6 [a]	Advance to knockout stage
2	Argentina	3	2	0	1	6	3	+3	6 [a]
3	Ukraine	3	1	0	2	3	5	−2	3
4	Iraq	3	1	0	2	3	7	−4	3

Source: FIFA
Notes:

1. Head-to-head points: Morocco 3, Argentina 0.

24 July 2024 (2024-07-24)

19:00

Iraq	2–1	Ukraine
Aymen Hussein 57' (pen.) Ali Jasim 75'	Report	Rubchynskyi 53'

Stade de Lyon, Décines-Charpieu

Attendance: 10,637 ^[1]

Referee: Mahmood Ali Ismail (Sudan)

27 July 2024 (2024-07-27)

17:00

Ukraine	2–1	Morocco
Kryskiv 22' Krasnopir 90+8'	Report	Rahimi 64' (pen.)

Stade Geoffroy-Guichard, Saint-Étienne

Attendance: 28,655 ^[2]

Referee: Saíd Martínez (Honduras)

30 July 2024 (2024-07-30)

17:00

Ukraine	0–2	Argentina
	Report	Almada 47' Echeverri 90+1'

Stade de Lyon, Décines-Charpieu

Attendance: 10,017 ^[3]

Referee: Dahane Beida (Mauritania)

Friendlies

Results and fixtures

Ukraine   v   Egypt

14 July 2024 Friendly	Ukraine	1–1	Egypt	Saint-Paul-lès-Dax, France
19:00  UTC+2	Braharu 12'	Report		Stadium: Plaine des Sports

Ukraine   v   Paraguay

18 July 2024 Friendly	Ukraine	2–2	Paraguay	Hagetmau, France
19:00  UTC+2	Khlan 31' Fedor 83'	Report	Parzajuk 86' Fernández 89'	Stadium: Alain Lansaman

Ukraine women's national football team

Main article: Ukraine women's national football team

UEFA Women's Euro 2025

Main article: UEFA Women's Euro 2025

UEFA Women's Euro 2025 qualifying League B

Main article: UEFA Women's Euro 2025 qualifying League B § Group 4

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Wales (P)	6	4	2	0	18	3	+15	14	Advance to play-offs and promotion to League A		—	1–1	4–0	2–0
2	Ukraine	6	3	2	1	11	4	+7	11	Advance to play-offs		2–2	—	2–0	2–0
3	Croatia	6	3	0	3	4	9	−5	9			0–3	1–0	—	2–0
4	Kosovo (R)	6	0	0	6	0	17	−17	0	Relegation to League C		0–6	0–4	0–1	—

Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers
(P) Promoted; (R) Relegated

UEFA Women's Euro 2025 qualifying play-offs

Main article: UEFA Women's Euro 2025 qualifying play-offs

First round

Team 1	Agg. Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Turkey	1–3	Ukraine	1–1	0–2

Second round

Team 1	Agg. Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Ukraine	1–4	Belgium	0–2	1–2

2025 UEFA Women's Nations League

Main article: 2025 UEFA Women's Nations League

2025 UEFA Women's Nations League B

Main article: 2025 UEFA Women's Nations League B § Group 4

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion, qualification or relegation
1	Ukraine (P)	6	4	1	1	8	6	+2	13 [a]	Promotion to League A		—	1–0	2–1	2–1
2	Czech Republic	6	4	1	1	17	4	+13	13 [a]	Qualification for promotion play-offs		1–1	—	5–1	5–0
3	Albania	6	2	0	4	10	12	−2	6	Qualification for relegation play-offs		1–2	1–2	—	4–0
4	Croatia (R)	6	1	0	5	4	17	−13	3	Relegation to League C		2–0	0–4	1–2	—

Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers
(P) Promoted; (R) Relegated
Notes:

1. Head-to-head points: Ukraine 4, Czech Republic 1.

UEFA competitions

UEFA Champions League

Main article: 2024–25 UEFA Champions League

Qualifying phase and play-off round

Main article: 2024–25 UEFA Champions League qualifying phase and play-off round

Second qualifying round

Main article: 2024–25 UEFA Champions League second qualifying round (League Path)

Second qualifying round

Team 1	Agg. Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
League Path
Dynamo Kyiv	9–2	Partizan	6–2	3–0

• Due to the Russo-Ukrainian War, Dynamo Kyiv played its home matches in Lublin, Poland.

Third qualifying round

Main article: 2024–25 UEFA Champions League third qualifying round (League Path)

Third qualifying round

Team 1	Agg. Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
League Path
Dynamo Kyiv	3–1	Rangers	1–1	2–0

• Due to the Russo-Ukrainian War, Dynamo Kyiv played its home matches in Lublin, Poland.

Play-off round

Main article: 2024–25 UEFA Champions League play-off round (League Path)

Play-off round

Team 1	Agg. Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
League Path
Dynamo Kyiv	1–3	Red Bull Salzburg	0–2	1–1

• Due to the Russo-Ukrainian War, Dynamo Kyiv played its home matches in Lublin, Poland.

League stage

Main article: 2024–25 UEFA Champions League league phase

Shakhtar

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
25	Dinamo Zagreb	8	3	2	3	12	19	−7	11
26	VfB Stuttgart	8	3	1	4	13	17	−4	10
27	Shakhtar Donetsk	8	2	1	5	8	16	−8	7
28	Bologna	8	1	3	4	4	9	−5	6
29	Red Star Belgrade	8	2	0	6	13	22	−9	6

Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: League phase tiebreakers

Home team	Score	Away team
Bologna	0–0	Shakhtar Donetsk
Shakhtar Donetsk	0–3	Atalanta
Arsenal	1–0	Shakhtar Donetsk
Shakhtar Donetsk	2–1	Young Boys
PSV Eindhoven	3–2	Shakhtar Donetsk
Shakhtar Donetsk	1–5	Bayern Munich
Shakhtar Donetsk	2–0	Brest
Borussia Dortmund	3–1	Shakhtar Donetsk

• Due to the Russo-Ukrainian War, Shakhtar Donetsk played its home match in Gelsenkirchen, Germany.

UEFA Europa League

Main article: 2024–25 UEFA Europa League

Qualifying phase and play-off round

Main article: 2024–25 UEFA Europa League qualifying phase and play-off round

Third qualifying round

Main article: 2024–25 UEFA Europa League third qualifying round (League Path)

Third qualifying round

Team 1	Agg. Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Main Path
Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih	1–3	Viktoria Plzeň	1–2	0–1

• Due to the Russo-Ukrainian War, Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih played its home match in Košice, Slovakia.

League stage

Main article: 2024–25 UEFA Europa League league phase

Dynamo Kyiv

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
32	RFS	8	1	2	5	6	13	−7	5
33	Ludogorets Razgrad	8	0	4	4	4	11	−7	4
34	Dynamo Kyiv	8	1	1	6	5	18	−13	4
35	Nice	8	0	3	5	7	16	−9	3
36	Qarabağ	8	1	0	7	6	20	−14	3

Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: League phase tiebreakers

Home team	Score	Away team
Dynamo Kyiv	0–3	Lazio
TSG Hoffenheim	2–0	Dynamo Kyiv
Roma	1–0	Dynamo Kyiv
Dynamo Kyiv	0–4	Ferencváros
Dynamo Kyiv	1–2	Viktoria Plzeň
Real Sociedad	3–0	Dynamo Kyiv
Galatasaray	3–3	Dynamo Kyiv
Dynamo Kyiv	1–0	RFS

• Due to the Russo-Ukrainian War, Dynamo Kyiv played its home match in Hamburg, Germany.

UEFA Europe Conference League

Main article: 2024–25 UEFA Europa Conference League

Qualifying phase and play-off round

Main article: 2024–25 UEFA Conference League qualifying rounds

Second qualifying round

Main article: 2024–25 UEFA Conference League qualifying phase and play-off round (Main Path) § Matches 2

Second qualifying round

Team 1	Agg. Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Main Path
Olimpija Ljubljana	4–1	Polissya Zhytomyr	2–0	2–1
Dnipro-1	0–6	Puskás Akadémia	0–3 [A]	0–3 [A]

• Due to the Russo-Ukrainian War, Polissya Zhytomyr played its home match in Gliwice, Poland, while Dnipro-1 was expected to play its home match in Košice, Slovakia.

Play-off round

Main article: 2024–25 UEFA Conference League qualifying phase and play-off round (Main Path) § Matches_4

Main Path

Team 1	Agg. Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih	0–5	Real Betis	0–2	0–3

• Due to the Russo-Ukrainian War, Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih played its home match in Košice, Slovakia.

UEFA Women's Champions League

Main article: 2024–25 UEFA Women's Champions League

Qualifying round

Main article: 2024–25 UEFA Women's Champions League qualifying rounds

Round 1

Main article: 2024–25 UEFA Women's Champions League round 1

Champions Path

Tournament 10

Hosted by Ferencváros.

	Semi-finals				Final
	4 September
	Ferencváros	2
					7 September
	Flora	1
					Ferencváros	0
	4 September
					Vorskla Poltava	2
	Vorskla Poltava	5
	SFK Rīga	0
					Third place
					7 September
					Flora (a.e.t.)(p)	0 (7)
					SFK Rīga	0 (6)

League Path

Tournament 1

Hosted by Brøndby.

	Semi-finals				Final
	4 September
	Brøndby	0
					7 September
	Fiorentina	1
					Fiorentina	1
	4 September
					Ajax	0
	Ajax (a.e.t.)	4
	Kolos Kovalivka	1
					Third place
					7 September
					Brøndby	2
					Kolos Kovalivka	1

Round 2

Main article: 2024–25 UEFA Women's Champions League round 2

The first legs will be played on 22 September, and the second legs on 26 September 2024.

The winners of the ties advanced to the group stage.

Round 2

Team 1	Agg. Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Champions Path
Vorskla Poltava	0–3	Celtic	0–1	0–2

1. Dnipro-1 forfeited its two matches due to bankruptcy. ^[4]

Men's club football

League		Promoted to league	Relegated from league
Premier League		Inhulets Petrove Karpaty Lviv Livyi Bereh Kyiv	Mynai Metalist 1925 Kharkiv Dnipro-1
PFL League 1	Groups
	A	none	Chernihiv-ShVSM Hirnyk-Sport Horishni Plavni Kudrivka-Nyva (merger)
	B	UCSA Tarasivka Kudrivka
PFL League 2	Groups
	A	Uzhhorod Vilkhivtsi Probiy Horodenka Revera 1908 Ivano-Frankivsk Kulykiv Nyva-2 Ternopil Polissya-2 Zhytomyr	Druzhba Myrivka PFC Zviahel Vast Mykolaiv Karpaty-2 Lviv Metalurh-2 Zaporizhia Kremin-2 Kremenchuk
	B	Vorskla-2 Poltava Kolos-2 Kovalivka Oleksandriya-2 Metalist 1925-d Kharkiv

Note: For all scratched clubs, see section Clubs removed for more details.

Premier League

Main article: 2024–25 Ukrainian Premier League

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Dynamo Kyiv (C)	30	20	10	0	61	19	+42	70	Qualification for the Champions League second qualifying round
2	Oleksandriya	30	20	7	3	46	22	+24	67	Qualification for the Conference League second qualifying round
3	Shakhtar Donetsk	30	18	8	4	69	26	+43	62	Qualification for the Europa League first qualifying round [a]
4	Polissya Zhytomyr	30	12	12	6	38	28	+10	48	Qualification for the Conference League second qualifying round
5	Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih	30	13	8	9	34	26	+8	47
6	Karpaty Lviv	30	13	7	10	42	36	+6	46
7	Zorya Luhansk	30	12	4	14	34	39	−5	40
8	Rukh Lviv	30	9	11	10	30	27	+3	38
9	Veres Rivne	30	9	9	12	33	44	−11	36 [b]
10	Kolos Kovalivka	30	8	12	10	27	25	+2	36 [b]
11	Obolon Kyiv	30	8	8	14	19	43	−24	32
12	LNZ Cherkasy	30	7	10	13	25	37	−12	31
13	Vorskla Poltava (R)	30	6	9	15	24	38	−14	27	Qualification for the Relegation play-off
14	Livyi Bereh Kyiv (R)	30	7	5	18	18	39	−21	26
15	Inhulets Petrove (R)	30	5	9	16	21	47	−26	24	Relegation to Ukrainian First League
16	Chornomorets Odesa (R)	30	6	5	19	20	45	−25	23

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). ^[5]
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated
Notes:

1. Shakhtar Donetsk qualified for the Europa League first qualifying round by winning the 2024–25 Ukrainian Cup; the second Conference League spot was passed to the fourth-placed team.
2. Head-to-head points: Veres Rivne 6, Kolos Kovalivka 0.

Relegation play-offs

Teams that placed 13th and 14th in the 2024–25 Ukrainian Premier League played two-leg play-off with the third and fourth teams of the 2024–25 Ukrainian First League. As a result, both the Ukrainian First League teams (Metalist 1925 and Kudrivka) received promotion after beating the Ukrainian Premier League teams (Vorskla and Livyi Bereh), which in turn were relegated. Due to the Russian 2025 summer escalation and the Russian ballistic missile attack warnings, on 1 June 2025, both matches were suspended but later renewed. ^{[6] [7]}

Team 1	Agg. Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Kudrivka	2–2 (4–3 p)	Vorskla Poltava	1–2	1–0
Livyi Bereh Kyiv	0–2	Metalist 1925 Kharkiv	0–1	0–1

First Semi-final

Kudrivka v Vorskla Poltava

29 May 2025	Kudrivka	1–2	Vorskla Poltava	Kyiv
15:30	Kozak 83'	Report	Ndukve 23' Pavlyuk 39'	Stadium: Obolon Arena Attendance: 1,100 Referee: Dmytro Panchyshyn (Kharkiv)

Vorskla Poltava v Kudrivka

1 June 2025	Vorskla Poltava	0–1 (3–4 p)	Kudrivka	Poltava
13:00		Report	Lytovchenko 9'	Stadium: Vorskla Attendance: 2,204 Referee: Mykola Balakin (Kyiv oblast)
	Penalties
	Ndukve Malysh Iyede Kane Salabay Sklyar		Tuzenko Storchous Shershen Potimkov Serdyuk Liehostayev

2–2 on aggregate; Kudrivka won 4–3 on penalties and promotion to Premier League. While, Vorskla lost 3–4 on penalties and relegation to First League

Second Semi-final

Livyi Bereh Kyiv v Metalist 1925 Kharkiv

29 May 2025	Livyi Bereh Kyiv	0–1	Metalist 1925 Kharkiv	Hnidyn, Kyiv Oblast
18:00		Report	Moura 38'	Stadium: Arena Livyi Bereh Attendance: 1,167 Referee: Viktor Kopiyevskyi (Kropyvnytskyi)

Metalist 1925 Kharkiv v Livyi Bereh Kyiv

1 June 2025	Metalist 1925 Kharkiv	1–0	Livyi Bereh Kyiv	Hnidyn, Kyiv Oblast
15:30	Kalitvintsev 90'	Report		Stadium: Arena Livyi Bereh Attendance: 1,800 Referee: Vitaliy Romanov (Dnipro)

Metalist 1925 Kharkiv won 2–0 on aggregate and promotion to Premier League. While, Livyi Bereh Kyiv lost 0–2 on aggregate and relegation to First League.

PFL League 1 (First League)

Main article: 2024–25 Ukrainian First League

Group A

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion, qualification or relegation
1	Epitsentr Kamianets-Podilskyi	14	8	5	1	21	7	+14	29	Qualified to the Promotion group
2	Ahrobiznes Volochysk	14	9	1	4	16	13	+3	28
3	Metalist Kharkiv	14	6	4	4	20	11	+9	22
4	Bukovyna Chernivtsi	14	5	5	4	11	11	0	20
5	Nyva Ternopil	14	4	4	6	13	17	−4	16 [a]	Qualified to the Relegation group
6	Mynai	14	4	4	6	12	20	−8	16 [a]
7	Prykarpattia Ivano-Frankivsk	14	3	4	7	14	18	−4	13
8	Podillia Khmelnytskyi	14	1	5	8	9	19	−10	8
-	Khust	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	Withdrawn and record annulled [8]

Updated to match(es) played on 23 November 2024. 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 an equal number of tournament points at the moment of calculation and not only among those which after preliminary criteria have appeared more successful). ^[9]
Notes:

1. Head-to-head points: Nyva 4, Mynai 1

Group B

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion, qualification or relegation
1	Kudrivka	16	9	4	3	22	12	+10	31	Qualified to the Promotion group
2	Metalist 1925 Kharkiv	16	8	5	3	21	10	+11	29
3	Poltava	16	8	5	3	24	14	+10	29
4	UCSA Tarasivka	16	8	4	4	31	21	+10	28
5	Viktoriya Sumy	16	6	5	5	23	12	+11	23	Qualified to the Relegation group
6	Mariupol	16	5	3	8	17	23	−6	18
7	Metalurh Zaporizhzhia	16	4	5	7	15	22	−7	17
8	Dinaz Vyshhorod	16	3	4	9	12	28	−16	13
9	Kremin Kremenchuk	16	2	3	11	9	32	−23	9

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 an equal number of tournament points at the moment of calculation and not only among those which after preliminary criteria have appeared more successful). ^[9]

Promotion group

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion, qualification or relegation
1	Epitsentr Kamianets-Podilskyi (C, P)	22	16	5	1	39	15	+24	53	Promotion to Ukrainian Premier League
2	Poltava (P)	22	12	5	5	31	19	+12	41
3	Metalist 1925 Kharkiv (O, P)	22	10	6	6	29	20	+9	36	Qualification to promotion play-offs
4	Kudrivka (O, P)	22	10	5	7	25	18	+7	35
5	Ahrobiznes Volochysk	22	10	3	9	19	26	−7	33
6	Metalist Kharkiv	22	8	7	7	29	21	+8	31
7	Bukovyna Chernivtsi	22	8	6	8	20	20	0	30
8	UCSA Tarasivka	22	7	6	9	33	35	−2	27

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 an equal number of tournament points at the moment of calculation and not only among those which after preliminary criteria have appeared more successful). ^[9]
(C) Champions; (O) Play-off winners; (P) Promoted

Relegation group

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion, qualification or relegation
9	Viktoriya Sumy	24	9	9	6	32	17	+15	36
10	Prykarpattia Ivano-Frankivsk	24	8	8	8	32	28	+4	32 [a]
11	Nyva Ternopil	24	8	8	8	28	27	+1	32 [a]
12	Mynai	24	8	6	10	26	30	−4	30	Withdrawn after the season
13	Feniks-Mariupol [b]	24	8	4	12	26	34	−8	28
14	Metalurh Zaporizhzhia (R)	24	6	8	10	24	35	−11	26	Qualification to relegation play-off
15	Podillya Khmelnytskyi (O)	24	5	9	10	22	28	−6	24
16	Dinaz Vyshhorod (R)	24	3	8	13	19	46	−27	17	Relegation to Ukrainian Second League
17	Kremin Kremenchuk (R)	24	3	5	16	14	45	−31	14	Withdrawn after relegation
-	Khust [c]	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	Withdrawn during the first stage of the tournament

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 an equal number of tournament points at the moment of calculation and not only among those which after preliminary criteria have appeared more successful). ^[9]
(O) Play-off winners; (R) Relegated
Notes:

1. Head-to-head goal difference: Prykarpattia +2, Nyva -2
2. The UAF Control and Disciplinary Committee spared FC Mariupol despite two no-shows during the season. ^[10]
3. FC Khust has withdrawn during the first stage and technically was not part of the relegation tournament. ^[8]

Relegation play-offs

The relegation–promotion play-off games are scheduled to take place between the 6th (14th) and 7th (15th) placed teams in the Relegation group of the First League with the second and third placed teams of the Second League.

In the Second League play-offs, the two group winners (A and B) square off for the Second League final, with a winner being granted direct promotion. At the same time, the losing team qualifies for the First League relegation play-off stage with the First League teams. Simultaneously, the two group runners-up (2nd placings in each group) face each other to determine the season's third-place team (small final), which would qualify for the First League relegation play-off stage with the First League teams as well, while the losing team is eliminated. On 6 May 2025, the PFL held a draw to identify and confirm which teams would play against teams from another league. ^[11] The Second League teams play their first game at home.

This was the fourth time Metalurh Zaporizhzhia qualified for the post-season play-offs.

	Second League play-offs							First League relegation play-offs
	Final
	B1	Kolos-2 Kovalivka	0	3	3
	A1	Probiy Horodenka (p)	1	2	3			2L	Kolos-2 Kovalivka	0	0	0
								15	Podillya Khmelnytskyi	2	1	3
	Third place
	B2	FC Chernihiv	3	1	4
	A3	Skala 1911 Stryi	2	0	2			2L	FC Chernihiv	3	2	5
								14	Metalurh Zaporizhzhia	0	0	0

Second League teams	Agg. Tooltip Aggregate score	First League teams	1st leg	2nd leg
Kolos-2 Kovalivka	0 – 3	Podillya Khmelnytskyi	0–2	0–1
FC Chernihiv	5 – 0	Metalurh Zaporizhzhia	3–0	2–0

First Semi-final

Kolos-2 Kovalivka v Podillya Khmelnytskyi

4 June 2025	Kolos-2 Kovalivka	0–2	Podillya Khmelnytskyi	Bucha, Kyiv Oblast
12:00		Report [12]	Balan 19' Shkinder 48'	Stadium: Stadium Yuvileinyi Attendance: 0 Referee: Ihor Stashuk

Podillya Khmelnytskyi v Kolos-2 Kovalivka

8 June 2025	Podillya Khmelnytskyi	1–0	Kolos-2 Kovalivka	Khmelnytskyi
12:00	Veremiyenko 58'	Report		Stadium: Podillia Referee: Andriy Likarenko

Podillya Khmelnytskyi won 3–0 on aggregate.

Second Semi-final

FC Chernihiv v Metalurh Zaporizhzhia

8 June 2025	FC Chernihiv	3–0	Metalurh Zaporizhzhia	Chernihiv
13:00	Shalfeyev 15' Bezghubchenko 43' Romanchenko 81' (p)	Report	Kostyuchenko  78'  80'	Stadium: Chernihiv Arena Attendance: 0 Referee: Maksym Firsov

Metalurh Zaporizhzhia v FC Chernihiv

12 June 2025	Metalurh Zaporizhzhia	0–2	FC Chernihiv	Zaporizhzhia
12:00		Report	Koydan 63' Shumylo 84'	Stadium: Slavutych Arena Attendance: 0 Referee: Yevhen Tsybulko

FC Chernihiv won 5–0 on aggregate.

PFL League 2 (Second League)

Main article: 2024–25 Ukrainian Second League

Group A

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion, qualification or relegation
1	Probiy Horodenka	18	13	2	3	42	15	+27	41	Qualification to the league's title play-off
2	Rukh-2 Lviv	18	10	3	5	29	19	+10	33 [a]	Withdrawn after the season
3	Skala 1911 Stryi	18	10	3	5	31	18	+13	33 [a]	Qualification to the third place play-off
4	Kulykiv-Bilka	18	9	4	5	27	17	+10	31
5	Polissya-2 Zhytomyr	18	9	2	7	33	21	+12	29
6	Uzhhorod	18	7	5	6	26	25	+1	26
7	Vilkhivtsi	18	5	4	9	20	29	−9	19
8	Sambir-Nyva-2 Ternopil	18	5	3	10	15	30	−15	18
9	Revera 1908 Ivano-Frankivsk	18	3	5	10	15	33	−18	14	Withdrawn after the season
10	Real Pharma Odesa	18	2	3	13	9	40	−31	9

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 number of tournament points at the moment of calculation and not only among those which after preliminary criteria have appeared more successful).
Notes:

1. Head-to-head goal difference: Rukh-2 +2, Skala 1911 -2

Group B

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion, qualification or relegation
1	Kolos-2 Kovalivka	18	12	3	3	30	14	+16	39	Qualification to the league's title play-off
2	Chernihiv	18	11	5	2	30	8	+22	38	Qualification to the third place play-off
3	Lokomotyv Kyiv	18	9	3	6	22	21	+1	30
4	Oleksandriya-2	18	7	7	4	30	19	+11	28
5	Hirnyk-Sport Horishni Plavni	18	8	2	8	19	20	−1	26
6	Trostianets	18	5	7	6	20	16	+4	22
7	Chaika Petropavlivska Borshchahivka	18	4	7	7	15	21	−6	19
8	Metalist 1925-2 Kharkiv	18	5	3	10	23	39	−16	18	Withdrawn after the season
9	Nyva Vinnytsia	18	5	1	12	14	26	−12	16
10	Vorskla-2 Poltava	18	3	4	11	15	34	−19	13	Withdrawn after the season

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 number of tournament points at the moment of calculation and not only among those which after preliminary criteria have appeared more successful).

The league's play-offs

The winner of the league's title play-off gains direct promotion to the 2025–26 Ukrainian First League. The finalists of the league's title play-off and the winner of the third-place play-off gain qualification to the promotional play-offs. On 30 April 2025, a draw was held for the Second League playoffs, including for the title and the third place. ^[13] The first leg is expected to take place on 23 May, while the second leg is on 30 May. On 21 May 2025, the PFL Central Council decided that the play-off match-up between Chernihiv and Rukh-2 will not take place since Rukh-2 Lviv withdrew. ^[14] Also, the council reviewed propositions to provide an extra chance to Skala 1911 Stryi, but they were less popular. ^[15] On 22 May 2025, the Ukrainian Association of Football Executive Committee published its decision about the situation by making changes and allowing third-placed teams from both groups to play each other to determine the opponent for FC Chernihiv. ^[16]

League's final

	League's title
	B1	Kolos-2 Kovalivka	0	3	3
	A1	Probiy Horodenka (p)	1	2	3

Team 1	Agg. Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Kolos-2 Kovalivka	3 – 3 (3 – 4 p)	Probiy Horodenka	0–1	3–2

Kolos-2 Kovalivka v Probiy Horodenka

23 May 2025	Kolos-2 Kovalivka	0–1	Probiy Horodenka	Kovalivka, Kyiv Oblast
14:00		Report	Kharuk 39'	Stadium: Kolos Attendance: 228 Referee: Artem Artemenko

Probiy Horodenka v Kolos-2 Kovalivka

30 May 2025	Probiy Horodenka	2–3 (a.e.t.) (4–3 p)	Kolos-2 Kovalivka	Horodenka, Ivano-Frankivsk Oblast
13:30	Felipovych 37' Orynchak 65'	Report	Holovkin 73' Kolesnyk 82' Shevchuk 90+1'	Stadium: Probiy Arena Referee: Stepan Lapko
	Penalties
	Bilyi Felipovych Sondey Radulskyi Orynchak		Holovkin Pomazan Kolesnyk Kanayev Nedolya

3–3 on aggregate; Probiy Horodenka won 4–3 on penalties.

Third place

For two-legged ties, the team listed above in the bracket hosted the first match. The third score is the match aggregate.

	Extra play-off single match							Third-place final two-legged tie
								B2	FC Chernihiv	3	1	4
	B3	Lokomotyv Kyiv	—	—	1			A3	Skala 1911 Stryi	2	0	2
	A3	Skala 1911 Stryi	—	—	4

Team 1	Score	Team 2
Lokomotyv Kyiv	1–4	Skala 1911 Stryi

Lokomotyv Kyiv v Skala 1911 Stryi

26 May 2025	Lokomotyv Kyiv	1–4	Skala 1911 Stryi	Boryspil, Kyiv Oblast
13:00	Romanchuk 51'	Report	Sahaidak 7' Lisovyk 12' Hora 26' Kravchenko 76'	Stadium: Kolos Attendance: 0 Referee: Dmytro Osaulenko

Team 1	Agg. Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Chernihiv	4–2	Skala 1911 Stryi	3–2	0–1

FC Chernihiv v Skala 1911 Stryi

30 May 2025	FC Chernihiv	3–2	Skala 1911 Stryi	Chernihiv
	Porokhnya 21' Koydan 30' Kulyk 90+5'	Report	Lisovyk 56', 82'	Stadium: Chernihiv Arena Attendance: 180 Referee: Anatoliy Ukhov

Skala 1911 Stryi v FC Chernihiv

4 June 2025	Skala 1911 Stryi	0–1	FC Chernihiv	Stryi, Lviv Oblast
		Report	Novikov 8'	Stadium: Sokil

FC Chernihiv won 4–2 on aggregate.

Cup competitions

Ukrainian Cup

Main article: 2024–25 Ukrainian Cup

14 May 2025

Shakhtar Donetsk (PL)	1–1 (a.e.t.)	(PL) Dynamo Kyiv
Kauã 64'	Report	Yarmolenko 43'
Penalties
Nazaryna Alisson Kevin Kauã Ghram Kryskiv	6–5	Vanat Brazhko Vivcharenko Mykhailenko Pikhalyonok Karavayev

Tsentralnyi , Zhytomyr ^[17]

Referee: Mykola Balakin (Kyiv Oblast)

Women's club football

Promoted	Relegated
Sisters Odesa Obolon Kyiv Polissya Zhytomyr	Mariupol Veres Rivne Dynamo Kyiv Dnipro-1

Note: For the scratched clubs, see section Clubs removed for more details

Vyshcha Liha

Main article: 2024–25 Ukrainian Women's League

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Vorskla Poltava	10	9	1	0	41	0	+41	28	Qualification for the Championship Group
2	Kolos Kovalivka	10	9	0	1	39	3	+36	27
3	Metalist 1925 Kharkiv	10	7	2	1	34	6	+28	23
4	Seasters Odesa	10	7	1	2	24	8	+16	22
5	Shakhtar Donetsk	10	4	2	4	16	16	0	14
6	Ladomyr Volodymyr	10	3	2	5	16	19	−3	11
7	Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih	10	3	1	6	12	20	−8	10	Qualification for the Relegation Group
8	Pantery Uman	10	2	1	7	7	40	−33	7 [a]
9	Polissia Zhytomyr	10	2	1	7	15	32	−17	7 [a]
10	EMS Podillia Vinnytsia	10	2	1	7	6	39	−33	7 [a]
11	Obolon Kyiv	10	0	2	8	6	33	−27	2
12	Dnipro-1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	Withdrew

Source: womensfootball.com.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. ^[18]
Notes:

1. Head-to-head points: Pantery 4, Polissia 3, EMS-Podillia 1

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Vorskla Poltava (C)	20	16	4	0	63	2	+61	52	Qualification for Champions League second qualifying round
2	Metalist 1925 Kharkiv	20	15	4	1	62	7	+55	49	Qualification for Champions League first qualifying round
3	Kolos Kovalivka	20	14	1	5	55	13	+42	43	Qualification for Europa Cup first qualifying round
4	Seasters Odesa	20	10	1	9	35	26	+9	31
5	Shakhtar Donetsk	20	7	3	10	25	36	−11	24
6	Ladomyr Volodymyr	20	3	3	14	17	55	−38	12

Source: womensfootball.com.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. ^[18]
(C) Champions

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
7	Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih	18	10	1	7	39	30	+9	31
8	Polissia Zhytomyr	18	7	2	9	46	45	+1	23
9	Pantery Uman	18	7	1	10	17	57	−40	22
10	Obolon Kyiv	18	2	3	13	11	43	−32	9	Withdrew after the season
11	EMS-Podillia Vinnytsia	18	2	1	15	13	69	−56	7

Source: womensfootball.com.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. ^[18]

Managerial changes

This is a list of managerial changes among Ukrainian professional football clubs:

Team	Outgoing manager	Manner of departure	Date of vacancy	Table	Incoming manager	Date of appointment
				Pre-season

Clubs removed

• Dnipro-1 (all teams were removed right before the start of the season)
• Kudrivka-Nyva (completed merger with Kudrivka)
• Druzhba Myrivka
• Zviahel
• Vast Mykolaiv
• Dynamo Kyiv (women team)

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