Football in Ukraine

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Football in Ukraine
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CountryUkraine
Governing body Ukrainian Association of Football
National team Ukraine
National competitions
Club competitions
International competitions
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Postage stamp of Ukraine, 2001

Football is the most popular sport in Ukraine . The Ukrainian Association of Football (previously Football Federation of Ukraine) is the national governing body and is responsible for overseeing all aspects of the game of football in the country. It was organised in 1991 to replace the Soviet republican-level Football Federation of Ukrainian SSR, created earlier in the 1920s as part of the Soviet system of physical culture councils. The Ukrainian Association of Football is a non-governmental organization and is a member of the National Olympic Committee of Ukraine.

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There are several types of football: professional male and female football, amateur male and female football, youth leagues and children's competitions (younger than age of 13), football veterans and beach football, indoor competition and separate competitions for students and military personnel. Ukraine fields a great number of different national teams for various types of international competitions including continental and world qualifications, Universiades, youth competitions, and international competitions for beach and indoor football.

Summary

The Ukraine national senior team has qualified for the FIFA World Cup once, in 2006, where they reached the quarter-finals led by the former Soviet football star player Oleh Blokhin. The team also qualified on couple of occasions to the continental championship in 2012 and 2016. The Ukraine first junior team made it to the final of the 2006 UEFA European Under-21 Championship. The Ukraine second junior team won the 2009 UEFA European Under-19 Championship and made it to the finals of the FIFA U-20 World Cup. The Ukraine student team won two football tournaments at the Summer Universiade and made it to the finals of another one.

Dynamo Kyiv and Shakhtar Donetsk are among the most recognisable clubs that are from Ukraine. Dynamo Kyiv traces its fame from the Soviet times as they won the European Cup Winners' Cup twice in 1975 and 1986. In 1975 Dynamo extended its success into the UEFA Super Cup as well. In 2009 Shakhtar Donetsk won the UEFA Cup. Among the famous players to come out of Ukraine were Oleh Blokhin and Andriy Shevchenko. The legendary coach Valeri Lobanovski led Dynamo Kyiv to their European Cup victories as well as coaching the former Soviet and later on the Ukraine national football team: He is a Ukrainian football hero.

Ukrainian football professional club competitions are organised in the three-tier league system. Parallel with them there is a knockout competition the Ukrainian Cup. There is also a Super Cup match up that is being conducted on annual basis among the top two best clubs in the country. Several amateur level tournaments are played nationally as well as in every region (oblast); for more information, please see Ukrainian football league system. Female football is less developed, however there is a female national team and a two-tier league system competition for clubs. Among the most successful clubs are Lehenda Chernihiv and Zhytlobud Kharkiv.

Ukraine has also highly developed children's and youth football. There is a national competition conducted by all professional clubs of Ukraine and some better sports schools or football academies. It is a multiple tier league with several regional-based divisions. [1] Each club is represented by four squads with players in age groups ranging from under 14 to under 17. In addition to the national youth league, the Ukrainian Premier League has own competitions for older youth players who play a day before of each UPL round competitions. Parallel to that there is an independent Student League which encompasses teams of various universities and institutions of higher education. Selected players from that league successfully compete at student Olympics, the Universiada. The regional amateur football competitions also provide training opportunities for the young soccer stars.

History

Modern Ukrainian club competitions derived mostly from the Soviet competitions.

Divided at Zbruch, the first football competitions in Ukraine appeared in 1900–1910s including the portion of Ukraine that was part of the Russian Empire as well as Austria-Hungary. Competitions were conducted in main cities which were Lemberg (Lviv), Kyiv, Odesa, Kharkiv, and Donbas. Those competitions often involved participations of students or workers either factories or other major employers. In 1912 on initiative of Moscow and Petrograd football enthusiasts of foreign descent in Imperial Russia was constituted "Russian championship among cities" where each city was represented by a collective team. In Imperial Austria on the other hand at around that time started regional competitions at "crownland" level as well as a domestic cup. During the World War I competitions in both empires were suspended for a short period of time. Following the war, political situation has changed in Central Europe as the major European empires fell and were fragmented into many smaller national states. After failing to secure its independence in 1917–1920, Ukraine was torn apart by the Soviet Russia and former Russian province, the restored Poland.

The first recorded national (domestic) competition in Soviet Ukraine started in 1921 and was a competition among city teams (Championship of cities) that represented a participating city (or regional) championship. In Western Ukraine (East Galicia and Volhynia) that was part of Poland, ethnic Ukrainians declared official boycott at organization level and held separate competitions from the official Polish competitions. Later, however, some Ukrainian based clubs joined the "Piłka Nożna" (Polish football) competitions among which was Ukraina Lwów. Soon after the establishment of the Soviet Union in 1924 there was established the Soviet Championship of Cities. Unlike the Imperial Russian competitions, the Soviet competitions involved participation of national (or more correctly republican) teams. The Soviet Championship of Cities existed simultaneously along with republican level championships of cities in each union republic. In interbellum Czechoslovakia which secured control of Carpathian Ruthenia following the World War I, there existed regional competitions of eastern Slovakia and Carpathian Ruthenia and at one point local Rusj Uzgorod qualified for the Czechoslovakian State League.

The organization of the Ukrainian SSR Championship of Cities was organized by the All-Ukrainian Council of Physical Culture which was a republican institution and a branch of the Soviet All-Union Council of Physical Culture. In 1936 in the Soviet Union was organized first football competitions among teams of master or so called "exhibition teams" (pokazatelnye komandy) in four groups that acted as tiers. To the new Soviet competitions were selected several teams from the Ukrainian SSR. The new Soviet reform in football also made some changes to republican competitions. The Ukrainian SSR Championship of Cities was also reformed in 1936 where each city team was competing by representing its sports society, factory, mine, port, collective farm (kolkhoz) thus transforming into so called "Championship of Sports Societies and Departments". This way some Ukrainian teams competed at All-Union level and others at republican, however all Ukrainian teams played at the Ukrainian Cup including those that played at the All-Union competitions such as Dynamo Kyiv and Stakhanovets Stalino.

During World War II, the Soviet Union annexed territories of eastern Poland, and because of that competitions in Poland were disrupted. The previous clubs of the region were dissolved as national bourgeoise clubs and replaced with newly created Soviet "proletarian" clubs such as Spartak or Dynamo. Some former Polish players from the dissolved clubs joined the new Soviet counterparts, while others moved out of the country, were deported or pursued other goals. During the Nazi occupation there was no recorded national football competitions, but there were regional competitions. Czechoslovakia that was previously partitioned by its neighbors had its Carpathian Ruthenia occupied by Hungary and teams from the region joined the Hungarian competitions. Following defeat of the Nazi Germany and its allies, the Soviet Union resumed its domestic competitions including in the newly annexed Carpathian Ruthenia.

With the transformation of the council's (All-Ukrainian Council of Physical Culture) football section into the Football Federation of the Ukrainian SSR in 1959, the Ukrainian championship was integrated into the Soviet championship of Master teams in the Class B starting from 1960, which eventually was transformed into the Soviet Second League. The Championship of Sports Societies and Departments was reorganized into competitions of physical culture collectives, better known as the republican KFK competitions. In 1990 there took another transformation in Soviet football and all republican championships were relegated to the Soviet Second League B or the lower second league, while the Soviet Second League was split into three regional groups instead of previous nine (republican-regional factor). Several former Soviet republics started the process of secession from the Union, such as the Baltic states and Georgia. In 1992 the Soviet championship ended and the 1991–92 Soviet Cup that was planned to be transformed into the CIS Cup was in reality simply an edition of the Russian Cup.

Ukrainian (Soviet) Football League structure / 1921–present
UkraineUkraineUkraineUkrainian SSRUkrainian SSRUkrainian SSRUkrainian SSRWorld War IIUkrainian SSRUkrainian SSR
Tier2008–present1996–20071992–19951971–19911964–19701960–19631945–19591942–19441936–19411921–1936
IPremier LeagueTop LeagueTop LeagueSecond LeagueClass BClass BChampionship of Ukrainian SSR▼ ???Championship of Ukrainian SSRCity championships
II1.League1.League1.LeagueKFK competitionsKFK competitionsRegional 1.LeagueRegional 1.LeagueRegional 1.LeagueRegional 1.League
III2.League2.League2.LeagueRegional 1.LeagueRegional 1.LeagueRegional 2.LeagueRegional 2.LeagueRegional 2.League▼ ???
IVAmateur LeagueAmateur League¹
(KFK competitions)		3.League²Regional 2.LeagueRegional 2.LeagueRegional 3.LeagueRegional 3.League▼ ???
VRegional 1.LeagueRegional 1.LeagueKFK competitionsRegional 3.LeagueRegional 3.League▼ ???▼ ???
VIRegional 2.League4Regional 2.League4Regional 1.League▼ ???▼ ???
VIIRegional 3.League5Regional 3.League5Regional 2.League4
VIIIRegional 3.League5

¹ In 1998 KFK competitions were transformed into the Amateur Association.
² From 1993 through 1995 there existed the 3rd League. KFK competitions were grandfathered from the Soviet times.
³ In selected years there existed the supplemental 2nd League.
4 District 1.League and City 1.League
5 District 2.League and City 2.League

Note: Until 1992 the Soviet Tier III was considered as the republican competition for the Ukrainian SSR (see Ukrainian Soviet competitions). In 1992 most of the Ukrainian-based clubs that competed in the top three tiers were reorganised into the Ukrainian Supreme League, while most of the rest non-amateur clubs were organized into the Ukrainian First League.

Football in post Austria-Hungary Empire

Halychyna (1920–1939)

In the western part of Ukraine that was part of Austria-Hungary official football competitions started in 1905 when the first Lemberg city championship took place. After World War I and the fall of the empire, the West Ukraine was annexed by the Second Polish Republic. The Soviet–Ukrainian and Soviet–Polish wars prevented the competition of 1920 from taking place. At the end, only Pogoń was admitted, however, the other clubs entered the competition much later. The teams that were to enter the Polish League were Pogoń Lwów, Czarni Lwów, Polonia Przemyśl, and Rewera Stanisławów. Those are considered to be all-Polish teams consisting mostly of the Polish nationals. Pogoń Lwów was the most successful at the start of the League, winning it four times in a row 1922–1926. The club was coached then by the Austrian manager Karl Fischer. Another club Sparta Lwów made the final of the first Polish Cup competition of 1926. Ukrainian football teams like Ukraina Lwów also existed at that time, but they competed on the amateur level. The Soviet aggression of 1939 disrupted football life in the region and all of the clubs were disbanded. The Soviet administration created its own local football clubs that were part of the Soviet Volunteer Societies.

Bukovina (1922–1940)

Bukovina in the interwar period was part of Romania. There were several clubs all from Chernivtsi that participated in the Romanian football competitions. The most successful club was Dragoş Vodă Cernăuţi. It was all-Romanian club. As in Halychyna the football clubs were ethnically based. Beside the above-mentioned club there were also Jewish clubs Maccabi Cernăuți, FC Hakoah Cernauţi, Polish Polonia Cernăuţi, and German Jahn Cernăuți. From 1922 to 1932 the clubs from Chernivtsi participated annually in the Romanian championship that was organized by the Olympic-system of elimination. Since the introduction of the regular League in the national competitions those clubs disappeared. Only FC Dragoş Voda Cernauţi participated in the 1937–38 edition of the league, placing last in its group. In 1940 Bukovina became occupied by the Soviet Union and all of the previously established sport organizations were abandoned.

Carpathian Ruthenia (1925–1944)

From 1925 to 1938, this territory was part of Czechoslovakia, and later part of Hungary. The most notable club of the region at that time was SK Rusj Užhorod from Užhorod/Ungvar, later Ungvári Rusznyi. It was the only club that participated in Slovak championship from the region. The club became champion of Slovakia on two occasions: 1933 and 1936. Rusj became known in Europe as the Flying Teachers, because they were the first club that used airplanes to travel to their games. [2] In 1938 the region became part of Hungary. In 1939 there was a tournament among seven teams of that region (Kárpátalja), the winner of which would earn the right to participate on the professional level in the Hungarian competitions. The tournament included four teams from Uzhhorod, including SC Rusj Užhorod, plus each team from Mukacheve, Chop, and Palanky. SC Rusj Užhorod won the tournament, and because of that four teams were allowed to enter the Hungarian competition from the region, [3] two from Uzhhorod Rusj and Ungvári AC, [4] and each from Berehove (Beregszászi FTC) and Mukacheve (Munkács SzE).

Soviet championship prior 1936

Before the establishment of a consistent Soviet football competition in 1936, the Ukrainian SSR had its own football competition from 1921 to 1936. This competition was on a volunteer basis and were not held regularly. These football competitions were a continuation of the imperial football competitions that started at the beginning of the 20th century in the Russian Empire. The winner qualified for the All-Union competition.

The first Ukrainian championship took place in 1921, before the establishment of the Soviet Union. Not much is known of that and the following championships and nothing is known of the competitions between 1924 and 1927. Remarkable is the fact that the dominant team of that period was from Kharkiv which until 1934 was the capital of the Ukrainian SSR.

Soviet championship (1936–1991)

Until the creation of independent competitions, the Ukrainian republican championship had taken place in the Soviet First League after the World War II, the Soviet Second League (since 1963) or in the lower levels of the competition. Three to six of the best Ukrainian clubs competed in the Soviet Top League with Dynamo Kyiv competing in it consistently since its establishment; the Ukrainian champion was considered the team that has won the Ukrainian republican group which was part of the Soviet lower leagues.

Until World War II up to six clubs from Ukraine competed in the Soviet Top League. The nine non-amateur clubs from Ukraine participated in the first season of the Soviet competition: Dynamo Kyiv ( I Division ); Dynamo Dnipropetrovsk and Dynamo Kharkiv ( II Division ); Dynamo Odesa, Spartak Kharkiv, Vuhilnyki Staline, Lokomotyv Kyiv ( III Division ); Traktor Plant Kharkiv, Stal Dnipropetrovsk ( IV Division ). In 1938 the Soviet Top League was combined into the Super League with 26 clubs playing each other once. Ukraine was represented by six clubs. The following couple of years as the League was reduced only three Ukrainian teams participated in it.

A short time after World War II Ukraine was once again represented only by Dynamo Kyiv. Since 1949 and until 1964 the club was joined by Shakhtar Donetsk and Lokomotyv Kharkiv at the Top Level. In 1956 Lokomotyv was replaced by Avanhard, known today as Metalist. In 1965 Chornomorets Odesa returned to the Soviet Top League and was joined with the SCA Odesa. Since that time Ukraine had four clubs in the League. In 1967 as the Odesa Army team was relegated, Zorya Luhansk emerged and soon thereafter winning the honors. The Luhansk's team was the first club from a provincial city in the Soviet Union that earned the top award. The club success indicated the big football boom in the region. At the start of 1970 Chornomorets Odesa and Shakhtar Donetsk were replaced with Karpaty Lviv and Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk, respectively. By mid-1970s there were again six Ukraine clubs participating. Dynamo Kyiv earned the Cup Winners' Cup and the European Super Cup where in the finals it defeated FC Bayern Munich the captain of which was Franz Beckenbauer. In 1980 the representation of Ukraine was reduced back to five clubs with the classic four: Dynamo Kyiv, Shakhtar Donetsk, Chornomorets Odesa, and Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk. Since 1982, those four were joined by Metalist Kharkiv and stayed at the top level to its dissolution in 1991, coincidentally all five of them represent the five metropoleis of Ukraine with over a million in population. [5] In 1990 Metalurh Zaporizhzhia joined the Soviet Premier League.

Ukrainian teams in the Soviet Top League

TeamSeasonsFirst
season		Last
season		PlayedWonDrawnLostGoals
for		Goals
against		Points11st2nd3rd
FC Dynamo Kyiv 5419361991148368145634623061566181013113
FC Shakhtar Donetsk [6] 44193819911288434379475152216411241-22
FC Chornomorets Odesa [7] 2619381991789260230299841986744--1
FC Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk 1919721991554227154173729634604222
FC Metalist Kharkiv [8] 1419601991438133124181413530390---
Zorya Voroshylovgrad 14196719794121251351524164693771--
Karpaty Lviv 919711980244688591250301218---
Lokomotyv Kharkiv 41949195411434235711217691---
SKA Odesa 21965196668419453812127---
Metalurh Zaporizhia 119911991309714273825---
Tavriya Simferopol 119811981348719275423---
Silmash Kharkiv 119381938258611344522---
Lokomotyv Kyiv 119381938258512436421---
Spartak Kharkiv 119381938255713436317---

1Two points for a win. In 1973, a point for a draw was awarded only to a team that won the subsequent penalty shootout. In 1978–1988, the number of draws for which points were awarded was limited.

Ukrainian teams in the Soviet First League

ClubWinnersRunners-Up3rd Position
Chernomorets Odesa 413
Lokomotiv Kharkiv 3––
Karpaty Lviv 21–
Zarya Lugansk 2––
Dnepr Dnipro 131
Shakhter Donetsk 121
Metallist Kharkiv 1–2
Metallurg Zaporizhia 1–2
Tavriya Simferopol 1–2
SKA Odesa –21
Spartak Ivano-Frankovsk –1–
Spartak Lviv–1–
Sudostroitel Nikolayev –1–
SKA Kyiv ––4
SKA Karpaty Lviv ––2
Lokomotiv Vinnitsa ––2
SKCF Sevastopol ––1
Kolos Nikopol ––1

FC Dynamo Dnipropetrovsk, FC Dynamo Kharkiv, FC Silmash Kharkiv, Sudnobudivnyk Mykolaiv , FC Lokomotyv Kyiv, FC Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk , FC Zorya Luhansk , Spartak Kharkiv, Kharchovyk Odesa, FC Shakhtar Donetsk , FC Lokomotyv Kharkiv, SKA Kyiv, Spartak Lviv, FC Krystal Kherson, FC Hoverla Uzhhorod , FC Metalist Kharkiv , FC Dynamo Luhansk, Bilshovyk Zaporizhia, Lokomotyv Zaporizhia, FC Avanhard Kramatorsk, FC Shakhtar Stakhanov, FC Mukacheve, Spartak Kyiv, Torpedo Kharkiv, Dynamo Chernivtsi, SKA Lviv, Trudovi Rezervy Luhansk, FC Metalurh Zaporizhia , SKCF Sevastopol, FC Spartak Ivano-Frankivsk , Kolos Poltava, SC Prometei Dniprodzerzhynsk, FC Zirka Kirovohrad , FC Dnipro Cherkasy, SC Tavriya Simferopol , FC Nyva Vinnytsia , FC Veres Rivne , FC Lokomotyv Donetsk, SKA Odesa , Temp Kyiv, FC Polissya Zhytomyr, FC Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih , FC Chornomorets Odesa , FC Avanhard Ternopil, FC Shakhtar Horlivka, FC Bukovyna Chernivtsi , FC Volyn Lutsk , Naftovyk Drohobych, FC Desna Chernihiv, FC Podillya Khmelnytskyi, FC Sirius Zhovti Vody, FC Illichivets Mariupol , FC Khimik Sieverodonetsk, FC Frunzenets-Liha-99 Sumy, Trubnyk Nikopol, FC Hirnyk Kryvyi Rih, Shakhtar Oleksandriya, FC Karpaty Lviv , FC Kremin Kremenchuk , FC Elektrometalurh-NZF Nikopol.

Notes:

  • In bold are clubs that later also participated in the Ukrainian Premier League. In bold and italic are members of both Soviet and Ukrainian Top leagues.

The first decade (1992–2000)

The independent championship was hastily organized at the start of the spring of 1992 after creation of the Ukrainian Premier League. The League was created out of the six teams that took part in the Soviet Top League, two teams from the Soviet First League, and nine out of eleven out of the Soviet Second League. The other two of that eleven were placed in the Ukrainian Persha Liha as they were to be relegated no matter what. Also the two best teams of the Soviet Second League B of the Ukrainian Zone were placed in the Ukrainian Premier League along with the winner of the 1991 Ukrainian Cup holder that placed ninth in the same group. The 20 participants were split in two groups with winners playing for the champion title and runners-up for the third place. Three teams from each group were to be relegated. As was expected, the five favorites, Dynamo Kyiv, Shakhtar Donetsk, Chornomorets Odesa, Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk, and Metalist Kharkiv placed at the top of each group. In the championship play-off game in Lviv, a sensation took place as the Tavriya Simferopol beat Dynamo Kyiv 1–0. The Creamians earned the first Ukrainian title (thus far the only), losing only once to FC Temp Shepetivka.

After being stunned in the first championship by the tragedy in Lviv, Dynamo Kyiv was anxious to earn its first title on the second go. In the second championship that had a regular League format of 16 teams, the main rival of the Kyivans was Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk which won the first half of the season. By the end of the season both teams were going shoulder to shoulder and at the end they finished with the same number of earned points. The champion title was awarded to Dynamo Kyiv as they had better goal difference. Neither the Golden match or the fact that Dnipro had a better head-to-head record was considered.

The next seven years were known as the total hegemony of Dynamo Kyiv. During this period the Soviet stereotypes changed as some of the best teams were going into a crisis. After the 1993–94 season suddenly Metalist Kharkiv was relegated to the Persha Liha. In the 1995–96 season Shakhtar Donetsk had its worst year in the club's history, placing tenth. Chornomorets Odesa was relegated twice during that first decade after Leonid Buriak left the team. Also couple of newly created teams have emerged, Arsenal Kyiv and Metalurh Donetsk and, in addition, FC Vorskla Poltava has astonished everyone placing the third in the first club's season at the Top Level in 1997.

The decade of Kyiv–Donetsk stand-off (2001–2010)

The next decade was marked by fierce competition between Dynamo Kyiv and Shakhtar Donetsk. Since 2000, Donetsk club proved to be the real challengers to Kyiv's dominance. In 2000 Shakhtar earned their first qualification to the Champions League and their place in the Group stage. Nonetheless, Dynamo is still considered the standard of excellence in the country and the primary feeder to the Ukraine national football team. 2002 became the real cornerstone in the miners history when they earned their first national title under the management of the newly appointed Italian specialist, Nevio Scala, who managed to bring the Donetsk club to its next Ukrainian Cup title as well. Since that time the issue of foreign players became particularly acute and brought series of court cases (see Players section). The FFU and PFL worked together to solve that issue, coming with the plan to force the transitional limitation of the foreign players over the time.

The clubs such as Dnipro and Chornomorets recent contenders for the title had to put up a fierce competition against the newly established contenders Metalurh from Donetsk and Metalist from Kharkiv to qualify for the European competitions. FC Metalist Kharkiv did exceptionally well in the late 2000s, consistently placing right behind Dynamo and Shakhtar. Most remarkable was their participation in the 2009 European season when they had to compete against Dynamo Kyiv to advance to the Quarter-finals of the UEFA Cup 2009. Later the UEFA Cup edition was won for the first time by the Shakhtar Donetsk, the first club of the independent Ukraine.

Latest wins and events

UEFA Euro 2012 or simply Euro 2012, was the 14th European Championship for men's national football teams organised by UEFA and was co-hosted for the first time by Poland and Ukraine. Poland and Ukraine's bid was chosen by UEFA's executive committee in 2007.

In May 2015, Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk reached their first Europa League final after defeating Napoli 1–0 in Kyiv.

Performance of Ukraine-based professional clubs in Soviet Top League and Ukrainian Premier League

ClubWinnersRunners-Up3rd PositionSeasons Won
Dynamo Kyiv 29224 1961, 1966, 1967, 1968, 1971, 1974, 1975, 1977, 1980, 1981, 1985, 1986, 1990, 1992–93, 1993–94, 1994–95, 1995–96, 1996–97, 1997–98, 1998–99, 1999–00, 2000–01, 2002–03, 2003–04, 2006–07, 2008–09, 2014–15, 2015–16, 2020–21
Shakhtar Donetsk 13152 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
Dnipro 249 1983, 1988
Zorya Luhansk 103 1972
Tavriya Simferopol 100 1992
Chornomorets Odesa 024
Metalist Kharkiv 016
Metalurh Donetsk 003
Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih 002
Vorskla Poltava 002
Karpaty Lviv 001
Oleksandriya 001

Performance of Ukraine-based professional clubs in Soviet Cup and Ukrainian Cup

TeamWinnersRunners-upWinning Years
Dynamo Kyiv 2161954, 1964, 1966, 1974, 1978, 1982, 1985, 1987, 1990, 1993, 1996, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2014, 2015, 2020
Shakhtar Donetsk 17101961, 1962, 1980, 1983, 1995, 1997, 2001, 2002, 2004, 2008, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019
Chornomorets Odesa 211992, 1994
Dnipro 131989
Karpaty Lviv 121969
Metalist Kharkiv 121988
Tavriya Simferopol 112010
Vorskla Poltava 112009
Zorya Luhansk –3—
Metalurh Donetsk –2—
Arsenal Kyiv [lower-alpha 1] –2—
Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih –1—
Metalurh Zaporizhya –1—
Nyva Vinnytsia –1—
Inhulets Petrove –1—
  1. ↑ previously, also known as CSKA Kyiv

Performance of Ukraine-based professional clubs in Soviet Super Cup and Ukrainian Super Cup

ClubWinnersRunners-upWinning Years
Dynamo Kyiv 1261981, 1986, 1987, 2004, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2016, 2018, 2019, 2020
Shakhtar Donetsk 9101984, 2005, 2008, 2010, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2017
Dnipro 111988
Metalist Kharkiv —1
Vorskla Poltava —1
Tavriya Simferopol —1
Metalurh Donetsk —1
Chornomorets Odesa —1

National league titles by Region and Championship

The following table lists the Ukraine-based football champions by the Ukrainian regions.

Region Flag of Ukraine.svg Flag of the Soviet Union.svg
Flag of Kyiv Kurovskyi.svg City of Kyiv
16
13
Flag of Donetsk Oblast.svg Donetsk Oblast
13
—
Flag of Dnipropetrovsk Oblast.png Dnipropetrovsk Oblast —
2
Flag of Crimea.svg AR Crimea
1
—
Flag of Luhansk Oblast.png Luhansk Oblast —
1

European competitions

UEFA Champions League

The following teams have qualified for elimination rounds in the UEFA Champions League.

UEFA Cup Winners' Cup

The following teams have qualified for elimination rounds in the UEFA Cup Winners' Cup.

UEFA Europa League / UEFA Cup

The following teams have qualified for elimination rounds of the UEFA Cup.

Professional clubs in Ukraine

The professional football in Ukraine has developed its traditions within the Soviet Union republican and All-Union competitions. As the other clubs of the former Soviet Union football, it has transitioned from cities' competitions to competitions among teams of masters' which was a Soviet conditional term for professional teams. For amateur teams following the World War II, there was established a separate term, collective [teams] of physical culture [enthusiasts] or KFK (CPhC).

During 1989-1992 almost all teams of masters' have transitioned to football clubs, sports clubs or other sports-based organizations. The reason for the transition was switch from command economy of the Soviet Union to normal free market-driven economy. Some clubs have separate from their parent sports organizations such as Dynamo Kyiv (from Dynamo of Ukraine) or Shakhtar Donetsk, others were re-established anew such as Karpaty Lviv.

Ukrainian clubs in the Soviet competitions

Ukrainian medalists of the Soviet first tier competitions

ClubWinnersRunners-upThird placeWinning years
Dynamo Kyiv 131131961, 1966, 1967, 1968, 1971, 1974, 1975, 1977, 1980, 1981, 1985, 1986, 1990
Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk 2221983, 1988
Zorya Voroshilovgrad 1––1972
Shakhtar Donetsk –22
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).

RankTeamSeasonsFirst yearLast yearPWDLGFGAPts1st2nd3rdOther names used
1 FC Dynamo Kyiv 5419361991148368145634623061566181013113
2 FC Shakhtar Donetsk 44193819911288434379475152216411241–22Stakhanovets Stalino
3 FC Chornomorets Odesa 2419651991738244217277777884699––1
4 FC Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk 1919721991554227154173729634604222
5 FC Metalist Kharkiv 1419601991438133124181413530390–––Avanhard Kharkiv
6 FC Zorya Luhansk 14196719794121251351524164693771––Zorya Voroshylovhrad
7 FC Karpaty Lviv 919711980244688591250301218–––
8 FC Lokomotyv Kharkiv 4194919543423574711217691–––
9 FC Dynamo Odesa 219381939511613226410245–––
10 SKA Odesa 21965196668419453812127–––
11 FC Metalurh Zaporizhya 11991309714273825–––
12 FC Tavriya Simferopol 11981348719275423–––
13 FC Silmash Kharkiv 11938258611344522–––
14 FC Lokomotyv Kyiv 11938258512436421–––
15 FC Spartak Kharkiv 11938255713436317–––

Ukrainian medalists of the Soviet second tier competitions

ClubWinnersRunners-upThird placeWinning years
Chornomorets Odesa 3131961, 1973, 1987
Karpaty Lviv 21–1970, 1979
Lokomotyv Kharkiv 2–11948, 1952
Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk 1211971
Shakhtar Donetsk 1111954
Tavriya Simferopol 1–21980
Metalist Kharkiv 1–21981
Metalurh Zaporizhia 1–21960
Lokomotyv Vinnytsia 1–11959
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). [9]

RankTeamSeasonsFirst yearLast yearPWDLGFGAPts1st2nd3rdOther names used
1 FC Metalurh Zaporizhia 401947199014715644065011918169015341–2
2 FC Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk 261939198087337822327212261055979121Stal Dnipropetrovsk
3 SC Tavriya Simferopol 2319581991890343240307116210439261–2
4 SKA Karpaty Lviv 23194919898133442022671058918890––2SKA Lviv, ODO Lviv, SC Lutsk
5 FC Chornomorets Odesa 22194019737033431641961132771850313Pishchevik Odesa
6 FC Metalist Kharkiv 21194719817723162112459137848431–2Avanhard Kharkiv
7 FC Zorya Voroshylovhrad 18193919877102831902379478447562––
8 SKA Kyiv 1919471982599244155200839681643–––DO Kyiv, SC Chernigov
9 SKA Odesa 1419581982547227152168699551606–––ODO Odesa
10 FC Prykarpattia Ivano-Frankivsk 1619561981596206139251694840551–––Spartak Ivano-Frankivsk
11 FC Karpaty Lviv 1219631981451206121124629422533–––
12 FC Sudnobudivnyk Mykolaiv 1519391968495175152168598612502–––
13 FC Kolos Nikopol 91962198742417097157560527437–––
14 FC Nyva Vinnytsia 91958196835814511697461350406–––Lokomotyv Vinnytsia
15 FC Zakarpattia Uzhhorod 1319471962384133114137498460380–––Hoverla Uzhhorod
16 FC Zirka Kirovohrad 8195819683121278897418330342–––
17 FC Krystal Kherson 91947196831610091125389439291–––Lokomotyv Kherson
18 SKChF Sevastopol 9195419683009778125373402272–––
19 FC Kolos Poltava 7195719682809183106308335265–––
20 FC Polissya Zhytomyr 519591968210935364284202239–––
21 FC Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih 8195919772977779141326453233–––
22 FC Lokomotyv Kharkiv 719451955178934540334176231–––
23 FC Shakhtar Stakhanov 8194819622867973134286410231–––
24 FC Shakhtar Donetsk 719591968163944128324134229–––
25 FC Bukovyna Chernivtsi 519601991184734764227227193–––
26 FC Novator Zhdanov 519601969193616567193218187–––
27 FC Avanhard Zhovti Vody 519601968189586863181193184–––
28 FC Lokomotyv Donetsk 519581962162694350254227181–––
29 FC Khimik Severodonetsk 519601969193605281193246172–––
30 SC Prometei Dniprodzerzhynsk 619571962198495693192295154–––
31 FC Avanhard Rivne 519581962158564062246262152–––
32 FC Dnipro Cherkasy 519581962158495455160186152–––
33 FC Avanhard Ternopil 519591969170514970177233151–––Budivelnyk Ternopil
34 FC Arsenal Kyiv 419591962128494138191141139–––
35 FC Avanhard Kramatorsk 519481962154493768191250135–––
36 FC Desna Chernihiv 419601969142404854156212128–––
37 FC Shakhtar Horlivka 419591962132403854156202118–––
38 FC Podillya Khmelnytskyi 419601969142374362144203117–––Dynamo Khmelnytskyi
39 FC Torpedo Kharkiv 419491962140374261157230116–––
40 FC Spartak Lviv 3194719497841152215311297–––
41 FC Frunzenets Sumy 31960196210623414211315487–––
42 FC Bilshovyk Mukacheve 21948194951317131086069–––
43 FC Naftovyk Drohobych 3196019621002224549818268–––
44 FC Volyn Lutsk 3196019621002025559716365–––
45 FC Dynamo Kharkiv 31936194055231319907759–––
46 FC Lokomotyv Kyiv 2193919404822620736750–––
47 FC Dynamo Voroshylovhrad 319471949721419399716047–––
48 FC Silmash Kharkiv 319361940551610298510242–––
49 FC Dnipro Kremenchuk 119684591521285033–––
50 FC Shakhtar Oleksandriya 1196234101014344530–––
51 FC Spartak Kyiv 119493411815435730–––
52 FC Dynamo Chernivtsi 119493481016395226–––
53 FC Spartak Kharkiv 11939228113354517–––
54 FC Dynamo Dnipropetrovsk 1193672147145–––

Ukrainian medalists of the Soviet third tier competitions

ClubWinnersRunners-upThird placeWinning years
Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih 4*–1*1971, 1975, 1976, 1981
Bukovyna Chernivtsi 3*3*–1982, 1988, 1990
Tavriya Simferopol 3*2*1*1973, 1985, 1987
SKA Kiev 2*4*2*1980, 1983
Nyva Vinnytsia 2*3*1*1964, 1984
SKA Odesa 2*–2*1963, 1977
Spartak Ivano-Frankivsk 2*–1*1969, 1972
Avtomobilist Zhytomyr 1*2*3*1967
Metalist Kharkiv 1*2*–1978
Sudnobudivnyk Mykolaiv 1*1*3*1974
Kolos Nikopol 1*1*1*1979
Hoverla Uzhhorod 1*1*–1946
Zorya Voroshylovhrad 1*1–1986
SKA Lvov 1*–3*1965
Karpaty Lviv 1–2*1991
Dynamo Odesa 1–11937
Avanhard Zhovti Vody 1*–1*1966
Avanhard Ternopil 1*––1968
Metalurh Zaporizhia 1*––1970
Volyn Lutsk 1*––1989
Kolos Mezhyrich –2*1*
Nyva Ternopil –1*1*
Spartak Kharkiv –1–
Lokomotyv Kyiv –1–
Dynamo Khmelnytskyi –1*–
Khimik Severodonetsk –1*–
Shakhtar Horlivka –1*–
Desna Chernihiv –1*–
Vorskla Poltava –1*–
Dynamo Dnipropetrovsk ––1
Stakhanovets Stalino ––1
Azovstal Mariupol ––1*
Lokomotyv Kherson ––1*
Dnipro Kremenchuk ––1*
Shakhtar Kadiivka ––1*
Spartak Sumy ––1*
Avanhard Rivne ––1*

All-time table of Ukrainian clubs in the Soviet third tier competitions

List of records of Ukrainian clubs in the Soviet third tier competitions which over the years carried different names, only since 1970 they were known as the Soviet Second League which was established in place of the Class A Second Group. [10]

RankTeamSeasonsFirst yearLast yearPWDLGFGAPts1st2nd3rdOther names used
1 FC Bukovyna Chernivtsi 2619631989117650831835014661117184233–
2 FC Polissya Zhytomyr 2419631988108645531032112949861675123Avtomobilist Zhytomyr
3 FC Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih 22196319881003428295280126796715794–1
4 FC Sudnobudivnyk Mykolaiv 23196319891043425295323125710031570113
5 FC Zakarpattia Uzhhorod 2619631989115542629143812351288156911–
6 FC Nyva Vinnytsia 2219631990100342828628912318851567231Lokomotyv Vinnytsia
7 FC Podillya Khmelnytskyi 24196319881084404286394119111671498–1–Dynamo Khmelnytskyi
8 FC Volyn Lutsk 271963199012063863324881148141614901––
9 FC Avanhard Rovno 25196319881113388309416109711521473––1Horyn Rovno
10 FC Krystal Kherson 24196319881076387289400123312701450––1Lokomotyv Kherson
11 FC Zirka Kirovohrad 2219631988996377271348108810611402–––
12 FC Shakhtar Horlivka 23196319871041360298383113512151378–1–
13 FC Chaika Sevastopol 2219631988994355270369109211261335–––
14 FC Vorskla Poltava 2219631990992341277374100310761300–1–Kolos Poltava
15 SKA Kiev 171963198676936520420011247381299242DO Kiev, SC Chernigov
16 SKA Odesa 171963199076033720921496168912202–2ODO Odesa
17 FC Novator Zhdanov 2219631988998308259431102913031183––1
18 FC Desna Chernihiv 19196319888653062373228899291155–1–
19 FC Prykarpattia Ivano-Frankivsk 171963198878930521926586279311342–1
20 FC Frunzenets Sumy 201963198289627027135584810111081––1
21 FC Dnipro Cherkasy 1819631988826244233349721953965–––
22 FC Shakhtar Stakhanov 1719631986734254188292763854950––1
23 FC Okean Kerch 1719631988777223202352728979871–––
24 SC Tavriya Simferopol 101963198744823411896773422820321
25 SKA Karpaty Lvov 11196319904841931401516104867191–3ODO Lvov, SKA Lvov, SC Lutsk
26 FC Nyva Ternopil 819831990406190109107562395679–11
27 FC Budivelnyk Ternopil 10196319734661681521465074436531––
28 FC Kolos Pavlohrad 81981198841017286152522504602–21Kolos Mezhyrich
29 FC Lokomotyv Donetsk 919631972425142119164426476545–––Lokomotyv Artemivsk
30 FC Dnipro Kremenchuk 819631990377138104135396414518––1Dnipro Kremenchuk
31 FC Khimik Severodonetsk 719631972343127109107427373490–1–
32 FC Mayak Kharkiv 819721988414108103203340508427–––
33 FC Torpedo Kharkiv 6196319682831109182280232421–––
34 FC Stal Alchevsk 6196319682781088090300293404–––
35 FC Kolos Nikopol 4197619792241155554302196400111
36 FC Zorya Voroshylovhrad 419851990220115485735821739311–
37 FC Trubnyk Nikopol 6196319682809010882305252378–––
38 SC Prometei Dniprodzerzhynsk 7196319692839785101294290376–––
39 SCChF Sevastopol 5196319672381006573301216365–––
40 FC Shakhtar Oleksandriya 6196319682859189105275303362–––
41 FC Metalist Kharkiv 51974197818595553527013534012–
42 FC Naftovyk Drohobych 6196319682788584109277321339–––
43 FC Kirovets Makiivka 519661972250897190246241338–––
44 FC Torpedo Zaporizhia 5198519892768971116311355338–––
45 FC Avanhard Kramatorsk 6196319682748583106276316338–––
46 FC Metalurh Dniprodzerzhynsk 7197919853088473151271410325–––
47 FC Avanhard Zhovti Vody 519631969197855557216157310–––
48 FC Dynamo Bila Tservka 5198419882727387112262336306–––
49 FC Naftovyk Okhtyrka 419861989194745664233204278–––
50 FC Karpaty Lviv 319891991126713025171972431–2
51 FC Spartak Melitopol 419631966157554557193195210–––
52 FC Dunayets Izmail 5196419682385248138158335204–––
53 FC Shakhtar Krasnyi Luch 519651969196446587159240197–––
54 FC Shakhtar Torez 519651969200416099151286183–––
55 FC Torpedo Berdyansk 419661969160415069122187173–––
56 FC Industriya Yenakiyeve 419631969158403880115222158–––
57 FC Enerhiya Nova Kakhovka 31967196912230444883113134–––
58 FC Pryladyst Mukachevo 219681969873427269275129–––
59 FC Sitall Kostiantynivka 31967196912030355580134125–––
60 FC Shakhtar Sverdlovsk 219681969853227269480123–––
61 FC Avanhard Rovenky 219681969803028228067118–––
62 FC Shakhtar Chervonohrad 219681969822636205246114–––
63 FC Start Dzerzhynsk 31966196812026365888164114–––
64 FC Kolos Yakymivka 219681969822732236860113–––
65 FC Shakhtar Yenakiyeve 31965196711526315885181109–––
66 FC Stakhanovets Krasnoarmiysk 219681969802726276666107–––
67 FC Prohres Berdychiv 219681969822327327010396–––
68 FC Lokomotyv Dnipropetrovsk 21968196980193724575694–––
69 FC Podillya Kamienets-Podilskyi 21968196982212932608192–––
70 FC Metalurh Zaporizhia 1197042261067333881––
71 FC Avtomobilist Odesa 219651966771621405711969–––
72 FC Temp Kyiv 1196438171011483361–––
73 FC Avanhard Antratsyt 1196940151312362858–––
74 FC Arsenal Kyiv 1196340141016424352–––
75 FC Stal Dnipropetrovsk 1196740131215393751–––
76 FC Budivelnyk Pervomaisk 1196940101614223746–––
77 FC Dzerzhynets Dzerzhynsk 119694012820315044–––
78 FC Dynamo Odesa 31936 (s)19372313374727421–1
79 FC Dynamo-2 Kyiv 119653811918446642–––
80 FC Stakhanovets Stalino 31936 (s)193723959455132–––Ugolschiki Stalino
81 FC Spartak Kharkiv 31936 (s)193723959384832–––
82 FC Dynamo Dnipropetrovsk 21936 (f)193716916322928–––
83 FC Lokomotyv Kyiv 21936 (s)193716718272522–––
84 FC Shakhtar Novovolynsk 11968425730198022–––
85 FC Dynamo Kharkiv 21936 (f)193716439263515–––
86 FC Silmash Kharkiv 119379315162910–––

Ukrainian medalists of the Soviet fourth and lower tiers competitions

ClubWinnersRunners-upThird placeWinning years
Traktornyi zavod Kharkiv 2––1936 (s), 1936 (f)
Khimik Severodonetsk 1*––1970
Torpedo Zaporizhia 1*––1990
Naftovyk Okhtyrka 1*––1991
Stal Dnipropetrovsk –1–
Lokomotyv Vinnytsia –1*–
Sudnobudivnyk Mykolaiv –1*–
Prykarpattia Ivano-Frankivsk –1*–
Lokomotyv Kyiv ––1
Lokomotyv Donetsk ––1*
Avanhard Rivne ––1*
Kolos Nikopol ––1*
Lokomotyv Dnipropetrovsk –1 (V)–

All-time table of Ukrainian clubs in the Soviet fourth and lower tiers competitions

List of records of Ukrainian clubs in the Soviet fourth and lower tiers competitions which over the years carried different names, only since 1970 they were known as the Soviet Second League B. [11] In 1937 there also existed fifth tier.

RankTeamSeasonsFirst yearLast yearPWDLGFGAPts1st2nd3rdOther names used
1 FC Avanhard Rivno 319701991126633825168106227––1
2 FC Podillya Khmelnytskyi 319701991126473643140125177–––
3 FC Naftovyk Okhtyrka 21990199186462713132631651––
4 FC Pryladyst Mukachevo 2197019919043272011878156–––
5 FC Prykarpattia Ivano-Frankivsk 2199019918646172311875155–1–
6 FC Dnipro Cherkasy 319701991126403155122149151–––
7 FC Polissya Zhytomyr 2199019918645122911793147–––
8 FC Krystal Kherson 21990199186412421143104147–––
9 FC Kolos Nikopol 2199019918641222312985145––1
10 FC Khimik Severodonetsk 21970199190382824118901421––
11 FC Dynamo Bila Tserkva 2199019918639163110688133–––
12 FC Zakarpattia Uzhhorod 219701991903915369593132–––
13 FC Desna Chernihiv 219901991863315389498114–––
14 FC Stal Alchevsk 2197019919028253796115109–––Komunarets Komunarsk
15 FC Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih 21990199186291938115117106–––
16 SKA Kiev 219901991862524378810199–––
17 FC Chaika Sevastopol 219901991862423399312395–––
18 FC Okean Kerch 219901991862219458012785–––
19 FC Nyva Vinnytsia 119704022153601781–––
20 FC Lokomotyv Donetsk 11970402398663078–––
21 FC Sudnobudivnyk Mykolaiv 11990362457603177–––
22 FC Torpedo Zaporizhia 11990362385532577–––
23 FC Zirka Kirovohrad 219901991861920478715177–––
24 FC Avtomobilist Sumy 1199150201416514074–––
25 FC Temp Shepetivka 1199150191516645372–––
26 FC Avanhard Antratsyt 1197040161410303362–––
27 FC Karpaty Kamianka-Buzka 1199150151520485560–––
28 FC Shakhtar Stakhanov 119915017825567559–––
29 FC Volyn Lutsk 1197040151411353259–––
30 FC Mayak Ochakov 1199150151025517655–––
31 FC Enerhiya Nova Kakhovka 119703814915434351–––
32 FC Avanhard Zhovti Vody 1197038131213342651–––
33 FC Shakhtar Chervonohrad 1197038131114353350–––
34 FC Avanhard Kramatorsk 1197040131116435450–––
35 FC Torpedo Berdyansk 1197040131116284150–––
36 FC Kirovets Makiivka 1197040121315334149–––
37 FC Naftovyk Drohobych 119703813817405147–––
38 FC Shakhtar Kirovsk 1197038121115334847–––
39 FC Shakhtar Oleksandriya 1197040111217334645–––
40 FC Avanhard Rovenky 1197040111019355743–––
41 FC Shakhtar Krasnyi Luch 1197040101317205143–––
42 SCChF Sevastopol 119703811918334342–––
43 FC Trubnyk Nikopol 119703891514263242–––
44 FC Podillya Kamianets-Podilskyi 1197040101020294840–––
45 FC Mayak Kharkiv 21990199186620605016938–––
46 FC Shakhtar Torez 119704071221164433–––
47 FC Frunze zavod Kostiantynivka 21936 (f)193716718263022–––
48 FC Traktornyi zavod Kharkiv 21936 (s)1936 (f)962118920–––
49 FC Lenin zavod Dnipropetrovsk 21936 (s)1936 (f)9414161513–––
50 FC Stal Dnipropetrovsk 1193711344202713–––
51 SC Prometei Dniprodzerzhynsk 1197026242081410–––
52 FC Lokomotyv Kyiv 11936 (f)5131766–––

In 1937 three more clubs from Ukraine competed in the 5th tier: Lokomotyv Dnipropetrovsk, Sudnobudivnyk Mykolaiv, and Spartak Kyiv.

All-time table of Ukrainian clubs in the Soviet Cup competitions

RankTeamSeasonsFirst yearLast yearPWDLGFGAPts1st2nd3rdOther names used
1Shakhtar Donetsk193619911801062351318184341
2Dynamo Kyiv193619911671061843306165336
3Chornomorets Odesa19361991142662353206168221
4Dnipro19361991135582255212183196
5Metalurh Zaporizhia19381991117511650183151169
6Tavriya Simferopol1938199192451334138126148
7Metalist Kharkiv1936199197411739108107140
8Karpaty Lviv19631991753912248966129
9Zorya Luhansk1937199196341844115145120
10SKA Kiev19471987723453395102107
11SKA Lvov194919896129527998692
12SKA Odessa195819916329529717792
13Spartak Ivano-Frankivsk1957198864241426667886
14Polissia Zhytomyr193819914021811543071
15Kolos Nikopol196219895621827576371
16MFC Mykolaiv193619864522122666167
17Krystal Kherson193819704021415434567
18Nyva Vinnytsia193819914121317726266
19SKCF Sevastopol195419683117212534753
20Budivelnyk Ternopil195919703015411423749
21Desna Chernihiv193819703014412343346
22Hoverla Uzhhorod194619863414218577244
23Lokomotyv Kharkiv193619553012315464839
24Khimik Severodonetsk19611969211218261937
25Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih193619893411419435637
26Kremin Kremenchuk19381990191207271736
27Dnipro Cherkasy19581968231139242736
28Avanhard Kramatorsk193719662311210313335
29Shakhtar Stakhanov193619702611114344334
30Zirka Kropyvnytskyi195319702411013303233
31Avanhard Zhovti Vody19611968201028251932
32Podillia Khmelnytskyi196119892110110343531
33Frunzenets Sumy1961197019928232529
34Torpedo Kharkiv19361968229211202329
35Bukovyna Chernivtsi19491991248214313926
36Silmash Kharkiv1936193914734291824
37Nyva Ternopil1986199113805161924
38Vorskla Poltava19381991267316313324
39Sitall Kostiantynivka1936196813724331523
40Chaika Sevastopol1936198915708181821
41Spartak Kharkiv1936193911614232419
42Zenit Kharkiv19361938860213718
43Mariupol1936197016538121918
44Dynamo Kharkiv193619391051424916
45Dynamo Luhansk194719498512151216
46Dunayets Izmail196419669513131316
47Zavod imeni Stalina Kramatorsk193719388512151916
48Spartak Dnipropetrovsk19371938750220915
49Shakhtar Oleksandriya1962196610505141415
50Veres Rivne1958196814509182715
51Dynamo Mykolaiv1938540117212
52Dynamo-2 Kyiv19381965640217612
53Zdorovia Kharkiv1937193864029912
54Lokomotyv Kyiv193619398404111712
55Lokomotyv Donetsk1958196813409132012
56Zenit Stalino1938531119010
57Pryladyst Mukacheve1949196863129710
58Stal Alchevsk193819669315121510
59Temp Kyiv193619641031691610
60Prometei Dniprodzerzhinsk19571968143110112710
61Lokomotyv-2 Kyiv193843011099
62Stalinets Kharkiv19371938530214119
63Spartak Kyiv19361949730413169
64Volyn Lutsk19611990122286158
65Metalurh Dniprodzerzhinsk1936193852121367
66Vodnyk Kyiv19384211647
67Enerhia Nova Kakhovka19683210207
68Dynamo Dnipropetrovsk1936193852031116
69Zenit Kyiv193832011066
70Lokomotyv Dnipropetrovsk19361938520314116
71Lokomotyv Odesa19383201856
72Tsvetmet Zaporizhia19383201986
73Stakhanovets Lysychansk19383201546
74Kolos Yakymivka19683201546
75Shakhta 30 Rutchenkove19383201556
76Burevisnyk Stalino19383201596
77Spartak Melitopol1963196662046116
78Naftovyk Okhtyrka1988199152035116
79Okean Kerch19381989102088216
80Shakhtar Horlivka193819701120910246
81Kirovets Makiivka193819686123365
82Burevisnyk Kryvyi Rih19383111574
83Mashynobudivnyk Kyiv195419554112384
84Krylya Sovetov Zaporizhia1936193851134124
85Molnia Kharkiv19382101513
86Zavod imeni Libknekhta Dnipropetrovsk19382101523
87Dynamo Kryvyi Rih19362101753
89Stakhanovets Horlivka19382101543
88Kolos Pavlohrad19852101543
90Avanhard Kharkiv19382101443
91Kharkiv19492101443
92Tsukrovyk Sumy19382101113
93Silmash Zaporizhia19382101453
94Avtomotor Kharkiv19382101343
95Zavod imeni Lenina Krasnohorivka19382101343
96Lokomotyv Lozova19382101793
97Drohobych19902101353
98Spartak Sumy19382101253
99Bilshovyk Kyiv19362101263
100Lokomotyv Konotop19382101153

Participated Ukrainian teams in the Soviet Cup by regions

RegionTeams
Kyiv (14)Dynamo (1936–1939, 1944–1955, 1957–1961), Lokomotyv (1936–1939), Vympel (1936), Arsenal [Mashynobudivnyk] (1936, 1954, 1955, 1959/60, 1961), Bilshovyk (1936), Spartak (1936–1938, 1949), Zenit (1938), Vodnyk (1938), SKIF (1938), Rot Front (1938), Lokomotyv-2 (1938), Dynamo-2 (1938), CSKA (1947, 1949, 1952, 1954, 1955, 1957, 1958, 1961), FShM (1955)
Dnipropetrovsk (21)Dynamo Dnipropetrovsk (1936–1938), Stal [ZiL] Dnipropetrovsk (1936, 1937), Stal Kamianske (1936, 1938), Lokomotyv Dnipropetrovsk (1936–1938), Dnipro [ZiP] (1936–1939, 1947, 1949, 1953–1955, 1957–1961), Dynamo Kryvyi Rih (1936), Hirnyk Kryvyi Rih (1936), Spartak Dnipropetrovsk (1937, 1938), Budivelnyk Kryvyi Rih (1937, 1938), Burevisnyk Kryvyi Rih (1938), Stal Kryvyi Rih (1938), Ruda Kryvyi Rih (1938), Zavod im.Libknekhta Dnipropetrovsk (1938), SKIF Dnirpopetrovsk (1938), Lokomotyv Synelnykove (1938), Budivelnyk Dniprodzerzhynsk (1938), Zavod im.Kominterna Dnipropetrovsk (1938), Stakhanovets Ordzhonikidze (1938), Khimik Dniprodzerzhinsk (1957–1961), Kryvbas [Avanhard] Kryvyi Rih (1959/60, 1961), Avanhard Zhovti Vody (1961)
Kharkiv (15)Dynamo Kharkiv (1936–1939), Spartak Kharkiv (1936–1939), Torpedo [Traktorny Zavod] Kharkiv (1936–1938, 1949, 1961), Stalinets Kharkiv (1936–1938), Metalist [Dzerzhinets, Avanhard] Kharkiv (1936, 1938, 1947, 1949, 1957–1961), Lokomotyv Kharkiv (1936–1939, 1944, 1945, 1947–1955), Silmash Kharkiv (1936–1939), Zdorovia Kharkiv (1937, 1938), Lokomotyv Lozova (1938), Zenit Kharkiv (1938, 1949), Avtomotor Kharkiv (1938), Avanhard Kharkiv (1938), Molnia Kharkiv (1938), Kanatnyi Zavod Kharkiv (1938), Silmash-2 Kharkiv (1938)
Odesa (7)Dynamo Odesa (1936–1939), KinAp Odesa (1936), Lokomotyv Odesa (1938), Lokomotyv Kotovsk (1938), Chornomorets [Kharchovyk] Odesa (1938, 1945, 1947, 1949, 1950, 1955, 1957–1961), Metalurh Odesa (1953, 1954), SKA Odesa (1958–1961)
Donetsk (22)Shakhtar Donetsk (1936–1939, 1944, 1945, 1947, 1949–1955, 1957–1961), Stal Kostiantynivka (1936–1938), Stal [Kirovsky Zavod] Makiivka (1936, 1938), Zavod im.Lenina Mariupol (1936), Avanhard Kramatorsk (1937–1939, 1961), Zavod im.Stalina Kramatorsk (1937, 1938), Lokomotyv Yasynuvata (1937, 1938), Zenit Stalino (1938), Burevisnyk Stalino (1938), Shakhta-30 Rutchenkove (1938), Zavod im.Lenina Krasnohorivka (1938), Stakhanovets Artemivks (1938), Azot Horlivka (1938), Avanhard Stalino (1938), Lokomotyv Slovyansk (1938), Avanhard Druzhkivka (1938), Avanhard Horlivka (1938), Stal Stalino (1938), Stakhanovets Krasnoarmiysk (1938), Lokomotyv Donetsk (1958–1961), Shakhtar Horlivka (1959/60, 1961), [Azovstal] Mariupol (1961)
Luhansk (10)Shakhtar Kadiivka (1936, 1938, 1949, 1957–1961), Zorya Luhansk (1937–1939), Stakhanovets Lysychansk (1938), Burevisnyk Kransyi Luch (1938), Stakhanovets Krasnyi Luch (1938), Spartak Starobilsk (1938), Stal Alchevsk (1938), Dynamo Luhansk (1947, 1949), Trudovi Rezervy Luhansk (1949, 1957–1961), Khimik Severodonetsk (1961)
Cherkasy (2)Kolhosp imeni Chapayeva (1936), Dnipro [Kolhospnyk] Cherkasy (1958–1961)
Zhytomyr (5)Keramik Baranivka (1936), Dynamo Zhytomyr (1938), DKA Korosten (1938), Spartak Korosten (1938), Polissia [Avanhard] Zhytomyr (1959/60, 1961)
Mykolaiv (3)[Sudnobudivnyk, Avanhard] Mykolaiv (1936–1939, 1947, 1949, 1957–1961), Lokomotyv Voznesensk (1938), Dynamo Mykolaiv (1938)
Zaporizhia (7)Krylya Sovetov Zaporizhia (1936–1938), Tsvetmet Zaporizhia (1938), Silmash Zaporizhia (1938), Krylya Sovetov Berdyansk (1938), Lokomotyv Zaporizhia (1938, 1949), Bilshovyk Zaporizhia (1947), Metalurh Zaporizhia (1950–1955, 1957–1961)
Poltava (7)Dzerzhynets Kremenchuk (1938), Rot Front Poltava (1938), Dynamo Poltava (1938), Spartak Poltava (1938), Tsukrovyk Karlivka (1938), Lokomotyv Poltava (1938), Vorskla [Kolhospnyk] Poltava (1957–1961)
Kirovohrad (2)Silmash Kirovohrad (1938), Zirka [Torpedo] Kirovohrad (1953, 1958–1961)
Moldavian Autonomy (1)Spartak Tiraspol (1938)
Kherson (4)Kharchovyk Kherson (1938), Znannia Kherson (1938), Vodnyk Kherson (1938), Spartak Kherson (1947, 1949, 1958, 1959/60), Mayak Kherson (1961)
Sumy (6)Tsukrovyk Sumy (1938), Spartak Sumy (1938), Avanhard Sumy (1938), Lokomotyv Konotop (1938), Azot Shostka (1938), Frunzenets [Avanhard] Sumy (1961)
Chernihiv (2)Spartak Chernihiv (1938), Desna Chernihiv (1961)
Vinnytsia (3)Dynamo Mohyliv-Podilskyi (1938), Dynamo Vinnytsia (1938), Temp Vinnytsia (1938), Nyva [Lokomotyv] Vinnytsia (1958–1961)
Zakarpattia (2)Spartak Uzhhorod (1946, 1947, 1949–1951, 1954, 1955, 1957–1961), Bilshovyk Mukacheve (1949)
Lviv (3)Spartak Lviv (1947, 1949), SKA Lviv (1949, 1954, 1955, 1957–1961), Naftovyk Drohobych (1961)
Chernivtsi (2)Dynamo Chernivtsi (1949), Avanhard Chernivtsi (1961)
Sevastopol (1)SKF [DOF, SKCF] Sevastopol (1954, 1955, 1957–1961)
Ivano-Frankivsk (1)Spartak Ivano-Frankivsk (1957–1961)
Crimea (1)Tavriya [Avanhard] Simferopol (1958–1961)
Rivne (1)Veres [Kolhospnyk] Rivne (1958–1961)
Ternopil (1)Avanhard Ternopil (1959/60, 1961)
Khmelnytskyi (1)Podillia [Dynamo] Khmelnytskyi (1961)
Volyn (1)Volyn Lutsk (1961)

Awards

Symbolic team of 2010
by the readers of ua-football.com. [12]
Head coach: Mircea Lucescu .
Other 2010 awards (ua-football.com readers)
[12]

Second symbolic team: Maksym Koval – Vitaliy Denisov, Milan Obradovic, Papa Gueye, Artem Fedetsky – Willian, Fernandinho, Oleksandr Aliyev, Denys Oliynyk – Taison, Artem Milevskyi – Coach: Myron Markevych

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References

  1. ↑ FFU Official website Archived 2010-11-23 at the Wayback Machine (in Ukrainian)
  2. ↑ SC Rusj Užhorod brief overview (in Ukrainian)
  3. ↑ List of the Ukrainian competition prior to 1992 (in Ukrainian)
  4. ↑ Club data before WWII at rsssf.org (in English)
  5. ↑ List of cities in Ukraine
  6. ↑ Includes appearances as Stakhanovets Stalino, see club history at KLISF
  7. ↑ Includes appearances as Dynamo Odesa, see club history at KLISF
  8. ↑ Includes appearances as Avangard Kharkiv, see club history at KLISF
  9. ↑ "Чемпионат СССР, первая лига".
  10. ↑ "Чемпионат СССР, вторая лига".
  11. ↑ "Чемпионат СССР, вторая лига".
  12. 1 2 "Лучшие из лучших - 2010". Archived from the original on 2011-07-17. Retrieved 2011-03-06.
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