The Ukrainian Premier League or UPL as a sports competition is the highest division of Ukrainian annual football championship. Originally known as the Vyshcha Liha it was formed in 1991 during the 1992 Ukrainian football championship upon discontinuation of the 1991 Soviet football championship and included the Ukraine-based clubs that competed previously in the Soviet top three tiers competitions as well as better clubs of the Ukrainian republican competitions. The initial season of the league featured six former Soviet Top League clubs among which were Dynamo, Shakhtar, Chornomorets, Dnipro, Metalist, Metalurh as well as four more clubs that previously also competed at the top league.
Oleksandr Oleksandrovych Aliyev is a Ukrainian former professional footballer. He plays as a right midfielder or central midfielder. Known for his spectacular goals from direct free-kicks, his former Dynamo Kyiv coach Yuri Syomin described him as "...the best free-kick taker in Europe". He also was known for being the youngest Dynamo player who debuted in 2002 at professional level when Aliyev was 17 years and 6 months old.
MFC Metalurh Zaporizhzhia is a Ukrainian professional football club based in Zaporizhzhia. Reestablished in 2017, it is a "phoenix club" of the original Soviet factory team Metalurh that existed in 1935–2016. The original club holds several historical records of the Soviet football, particularly while participating in the Soviet second tier. The club has the highest number of seasons spent in the Soviet second tier as well as the highest number of tournament points it earned. The club also is a three-times champion of Ukrainian republican competitions.
Oleksiy Hryhorovych Byelik is a Ukrainian former professional footballer who played as a forward. He played for the Ukraine national team and appeared on the main squad for the 2006 FIFA World Cup. Also with three goals scored, Byelik was a leading scorer for the Ukraine U-20 team at the 2001 FIFA World Youth Championship. He was also on the Ukraine U18 squad at final of the 2000 UEFA European Under-18 Championship.
Taras Volodymyrovych Mykhalyk is a retired Ukrainian amateur footballer who played as a centre-back. He is a versatile player, having professionally played at every position except goalkeeper.
1992 Vyshcha Liha was the first football championship organized in Ukraine after the dissolution of the Soviet Union and officially recognized by the UEFA. The last Soviet season finished in fall of 1991.
Stanislav Oleksandrovych Bogush is a professional Ukrainian football goalkeeper who played for FC Vorskla Poltava in the Ukrainian Premier League.
Serhiy Andriyovych Kryvtsov is a Ukrainian professional footballer who plays as a defender for Major League Soccer club Inter Miami and the Ukraine national team.
Yevhen Volodymyrovych Opanasenko is a Ukrainian football defender who plays for Poltava.
Serhiy Oleksandrovych Sydorchuk is a Ukrainian professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Belgian Pro League club Westerlo and the Ukraine national team.
The 2012–13 Ukrainian Premier League season was the 22nd since its establishment in 1991 and fifth since its reorganisation.
Oleksiy Mykolayovych Shevchenko is a Ukrainian professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Ukrainian Premier League club Chornomorets Odesa.
Eduard Oleksandrovych Sobol is a Ukrainian professional footballer who plays as a left-back for Ligue 1 side Strasbourg and the Ukraine national team.
The 2013–14 Ukrainian Premier League season was the 23rd since its establishment.
The 2014–15 Ukrainian Premier League season was the 24th since its establishment. The competition commenced on 25 July when Metalurh Donetsk hosted Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk in Lviv. With the continuation of the 2014 pro-Russian conflict in Ukraine in the oblasts of Donetsk and Luhansk the Football Federation of Ukraine, the league reduced the number of teams.
Oleksiy Zozulya is a professional Ukrainian football defender who plays for Viktoriya Sumy in the Ukrainian First League.
The 2015–16 Ukrainian Premier League season is the 25th top-level football competitions since the fall of the Soviet Union and the eighth since the establishment of the Ukrainian Premier League. Because of sponsorship the league changed its title for 2015–16 season to League Parimatch. The competition commenced on 17 July when Metalurh Zaporizhzhia hosted Zorya Luhansk in Zaporizhzhia. The first sixteen rounds were played before the winter break which began 6 December 2015; the competition resumed on 5 March 2016. The season concluded on 15 May 2016. Dynamo Kyiv are the defending champions. With the continuation of the Ukrainian crisis in the oblasts of Donetsk and Luhansk, the league remained at 14 teams after being cut from 16 in the 2013–14 season.
Oleksiy Chystyakov is a retired Ukrainian football player and current coach.
Olexiy Mykolayovych Popov is a Ukrainian professional futsal coach and former player. He was a member of the Ukrainian national futsal team.
Oleksiy Ruslanovych Sydorov is a Ukrainian footballer who plays as a forward for Metalist 1925 Kharkiv.
