2025–26 Ukrainian Football Amateur League

Ukrainian Amateur Football Championship
Season2025–26
Dates
  • Group stage: 16 August 2025 – 24 May 2026
  • Winter break: 16 November 2025 – 3 April 2026
  • Play-offs: June 2026
2026–27 →

The 2025–26 Ukrainian football championship among amateur teams was the 30th season since it replaced the football championship of physical culture teams. The league competition is organized by the Association of Amateur Football of Ukraine (AAFU).

Format

The competition format remained unchanged; however, the number of participants decreased from 20 to 18 (19 later). As in the previous season, the competitions consisted of two stages, where in the first stage, participants were set to play in two groups a double round-robin tournament, followed by the second stage, the top teams would qualify for the postseason play-off to determine the league's champion.

Teams

10 teams from last season reapplied for this season.

Returning/reformed clubs

  • Mayak Sarny – (returning, last played during 2021–22 season)

Debut

List of teams that are debuting this season in the league:

Withdrawn teams

List of clubs that took part in last year's competition, but chose not to participate in the 2025–26 season:

Location map

The following displays the location of teams.

Ahron
Kolos
Kormil
Korosten
Kostopil
Mayak
Trostianets
Vivad
Bratslav
Karbon
Rokyta
To4ka
Location of teams in the 2025-26 Ukrainian Amateur League
 — Group A            — Group B

Stadiums

Group A
Team Pop. place Stadium Position in
2024–25
Dnister Zalishchyky Dnister Am1, 2nd
Ahron Velyki Hai (Village Stadium) Am1, 3rd
Mykolaiv Mykolaiv Miskyi Am1, 4th
Kolos Polonne Polon Am1, 5th
Vivad Romaniv Tsentralnyi Am1, 7th
Ahro-Nyva Korosten Spartak Reg
Kormil Yavoriv imeni Smuka Reg
Kostopil Kostopil Kolos Reg
Mayak Sarny Mriya Reg
Trostianets Trostianets (village stadium) Reg
Group B
Team Pop. place Stadium Position in
2024–25
Ahrotekh Tyshkivka Litsei-Arena Am2, 1st
Avanhard Lozova DYuSSh Stadium,[3] Yuryivka, Dnipropetrovsk Oblast Am2, 3rd
Olympia Savyntsi Start, Myrhorod Am2, 5th
Naftovyk Okhtyrka Naftovyk Am2, 6th
Standart Novi Sanzhary (Town Stadium)
Kolos-Arena, Mahdalynivka, Dnipropetrovsk Oblast 		Am2, 7th
Karbon Cherkasy LNZ training field, Heronymivka
Zorya, Bilozirya 		Reg
Bratslav Bratslav Nyva training field, Vinnytsia Reg
Rokyta Rokyta Arena Rokyta Reg
To4ka Odesa Shkilnyi, Chornomorsk Reg

Notes:

Group stage

Group 1

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion, qualification or relegation
1 Dnister Zalishchyky 10 7 1 2 25 6 +19 22 Qualification to final stage
2 Ahron Velyki Hayi 9 5 3 1 13 7 +6 18[d]
3 Mykolaiv 10 6 0 4 16 10 +6 18[d]
4 Kormil Yavoriv 8 4 3 1 13 7 +6 15
5 Trostianets 10 3 4 3 13 14 −1 13
6 Mayak Sarny 9 3 3 3 7 6 +1 12
7 VIVAD Romaniv 9 3 2 4 12 10 +2 11
8 Kostopil 10 2 2 6 7 24 −17 8
9 Kolos Polonne 9 2 0 7 11 19 −8 6[e]
10 Korosten/Ahro-Nyva 10 0 6 4 13 27 −14 6[e]
Updated to match(es) played on 9 November 2025. Source: AAFU
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head points; 3) Head-to-head wins; 4) Head-to-head goal difference; 5) Head-to-head goals scored; 6) Goal difference; 7) Goals scored; 8) Draw of lots.[4]
Notes:
  1. ^ (a participant of the 2024 PFL tournament)
  2. ^ The number 4 represents Cyrillic letter 'Che' and the name is a Russian-language variant for a point.
  3. ^ Korosten/Ahro-Nyva is a merger of two clubs, Mal Korosten and Ahro-Nyva Narodychi that took place earlier in 2025, with Mal Korosten being considered as the club's predecessor.[2] On the other hand, the UAF statisticians consider the club related to SC Korosten/FC Korosten.
  4. ^ a b Head-to-head points: Ahron 3, Mykolaiv 0.
  5. ^ a b Head-to-head points: Kolos 3, Korosten 0.
Notes
  • Three scheduled games were postponed to the second half of the season.

Group 2

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion, qualification or relegation
1 Rokyta 9 7 2 0 26 10 +16 23 Qualification to final stage
2 Ahrotekh Tyshkivka 9 7 1 1 33 9 +24 22
3 Avanhard Lozova 9 6 2 1 26 6 +20 20
4 Olympia Savyntsi 9 5 2 2 19 11 +8 17
5 Karbon Cherkasy 9 4 0 5 22 25 −3 12
6 Naftovyk Okhtyrka 9 3 1 5 19 13 +6 10
7 Standart Novi Sanzhary 9 3 0 6 12 19 −7 9
8 To4ka Odesa 9 1 0 8 7 29 −22 3
9 Bratslav 8 0 0 8 3 45 −42 0
Updated to match(es) played on 15 November 2025. Source: AAFU
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head points; 3) Head-to-head wins; 4) Head-to-head goal difference; 5) Head-to-head goals scored; 6) Goal difference; 7) Goals scored; 8) Draw of lots.[4]
Notes
  • The round 5 match Avanhard vs Karbon was decided administratively with Avanhard receiving a win (3:0) and Karbon a loss (0:3).
  • The round 8 match Avanhard vs Naftovyk was decided administratively with Avanhard receiving a win (3:0) and Naftovyk a loss (0:3).
  • The round 9 match Olympiya vs To4ka was decided administratively with Olympiya receiving a win (3:0) and To4ka a loss (0:3).

Number of teams by region

Number Region Team(s)
3 Poltava Oblast Olimpiya Savyntsi, Rokyta, Standart Novi Sanzhary
2 Ternopil Oblast Ahron Velyki Hayi, Dnister Zalishchyky
Lviv Oblast Kormil Yavoriv, Mykolaiv
Rivne Oblast Kostopil, Mayak Sarny
Zhytomyr Oblast Korosten/Ahro-Nyva, Vivad Romaniv
1 Cherkasy Oblast Karbon Cherkasy
Kirovohrad Oblast Ahrotekh Tyshkivka
Kharkiv Oblast Avanhard Lozova
Khmelnytskyi Oblast Kolos Polonne
Odesa Oblast To4ka Odesa
Sumy Oblast Naftovyk Okhtyrka
Vinnytsia Oblast Bratslav
Volyn Oblast Trostianets

See also

Notes

References

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