2025–26 in Ukrainian football

Football in Ukraine
Season2025–26
Men's football
Super Cupnot held

The 2025–26 season is the 35th 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

2026 FIFA World Cup

Group D
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  France 6 5 1 0 16 4 +12 16 Qualification for 2026 FIFA World Cup 4–0 2–1 3–0
2  Ukraine 6 3 1 2 10 11 −1 10 Advance to play-offs 0–2 2–0 2–1
3  Iceland 6 2 1 3 13 11 +2 7 2–2 3–5 5–0
4  Azerbaijan 6 0 1 5 3 16 −13 1 1–3 1–1 0–2
Source: FIFA, UEFA
Path B
Home teamScoreAway team
Semi-finals
Ukraine 26 Mar (SF3) Sweden
Poland 26 Mar (SF4) Albania
Final
Winner semi-final 331 MarWinner semi-final 4

Ukraine women's national football team

2027 FIFA Women's World Cup

Group A3
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1  Spain 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Qualification to 2027 FIFA Women's World Cup 5 Jun 3 Mar 18 Apr
2  England 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Advance to play-offs 14 Apr 7 Mar 9 Jun
3  Iceland 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 Jun 18 Apr 14 Apr
4  Ukraine 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Advance to play-offs and relegation to League B 7 Mar 3 Mar 5 Jun
First match(es) will be played: 3 March 2026. Source: UEFA

UEFA competitions

2025–26 season (UEFA competitions)
Men's teams in Europe
Dynamo Kyiv (UCL)
Shakhtar Donetsk (UEL)
Polissya Zhytomyr (UECL)
Oleksandriya (UECL)
Women's teams in Europe
Vorskla Poltava (UWCL)
Metalist 1925 Kharkiv (UWCL)
Kolos Kovalivka (UWEC)

UEFA Champions League

Qualifying phase and play-off round

Second qualifying round
Second qualifying round
Team 1Agg. Tooltip Aggregate scoreTeam 21st leg2nd leg
Champions Path
Hamrun Spartans 0–6 Dynamo Kyiv0–30–3
Third qualifying round
Third qualifying round
Team 1Agg. Tooltip Aggregate scoreTeam 21st leg2nd leg
Champions Path
Dynamo Kyiv 0–3 Pafos0–10–2

UEFA Europa League

Qualifying phase and play-off round

First qualifying round
First qualifying round
Team 1Agg. Tooltip Aggregate scoreTeam 21st leg2nd leg
Shakhtar Donetsk 6–0 Ilves6–00–0
Second qualifying round
Second qualifying round
Team 1Agg. Tooltip Aggregate scoreTeam 21st leg2nd leg
Beşiktaş 2–6 Shakhtar Donetsk2–40–2
Third qualifying round
Second qualifying round
Team 1Agg. Tooltip Aggregate scoreTeam 21st leg2nd leg
Panathinaikos 0–0 (4–3 p) Shakhtar Donetsk0–00–0
Play-off round
Second qualifying round
Team 1Agg. Tooltip Aggregate scoreTeam 21st leg2nd leg
Maccabi Tel Aviv 3–2 Dynamo Kyiv3–10–1

UEFA Europe Conference League

Qualifying phase and play-off round

Second qualifying round
Second qualifying round
Team 1Agg. Tooltip Aggregate scoreTeam 21st leg2nd leg
Main Path
Polissya Zhytomyr 5–3 FC Santa Coloma1–24–1
Oleksandriya 0–6 Partizan0–20–4
Third qualifying round
Third qualifying round
Team 1Agg. Tooltip Aggregate scoreTeam 21st leg2nd leg
Main Path
Polissya Zhytomyr 4–2 Paks3–01–2
Play-off round
Third qualifying round
Team 1Agg. Tooltip Aggregate scoreTeam 21st leg2nd leg
Main Path
Shakhtar Donetsk 3–2 Servette1–12–1 (a.e.t.)
Polissya Zhytomyr 2–6 Fiorentina0–32–3

League stage

Dynamo Kyiv

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
25 Universitatea Craiova 6 2 1 3 6 8 −2 7
26 Lincoln Red Imps 6 2 1 3 7 15 −8 7
27 Dynamo Kyiv 6 2 0 4 9 9 0 6
28 Legia Warsaw 6 2 0 4 8 8 0 6
29 Slovan Bratislava 6 2 0 4 5 9 −4 6
Source: UEFA[1]
Rules for classification: League phase tiebreakers
Home teamScoreAway team
Dynamo Kyiv 0–2 Crystal Palace
Samsunspor 3–0 Dynamo Kyiv
Dynamo Kyiv 6–0 Zrinjski Mostar
Omonia 2–0 Dynamo Kyiv
Fiorentina 2–1 Dynamo Kyiv
Dynamo Kyiv 2–0 Noah
Shakhtar Donetsk

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
4 Sparta Prague 6 4 1 1 10 3 +7 13 Advance to round of 16 (seeded)
5 Rayo Vallecano 6 4 1 1 13 7 +6 13
6 Shakhtar Donetsk 6 4 1 1 10 5 +5 13
7 Mainz 05 6 4 1 1 7 3 +4 13
8 AEK Larnaca 6 3 3 0 7 1 +6 12
Source: UEFA[2]
Rules for classification: League phase tiebreakers
Home teamScoreAway team
Aberdeen 2–3 Shakhtar Donetsk
Shakhtar Donetsk 1–2 Legia Warsaw
Shakhtar Donetsk 2–0 Breiðablik
Shamrock Rovers 1–2 Shakhtar Donetsk
Hamrun Spartans 0–2 Shakhtar Donetsk
Shakhtar Donetsk 0–0 Rijeka

Knockout stage

Round of 16

UEFA Women's Champions League

Qualifying rounds

Round 2
Champions Path
Tournament 5

Hosted by Gintra.

 
Semi-finalsFinal
 
      
 
27 August
 
 
Gintra2
 
30 August
 
Farul Constanța1
 
Gintra0
 
27 August
 
Vorskla Poltava2
 
Vorskla Poltava5
 
 
Lanchkhuti0
 
Third place
 
 
30 August
 
 
Farul Constanța4
 
 
Lanchkhuti1
League Path
Tournament 1

Hosted by Hammarby.

 
Semi-finalsFinal
 
      
 
27 August
 
 
Hammarby5
 
30 August
 
Metalist 1925 Kharkiv4
 
Hammarby0
 
27 August
 
Manchester United1
 
Manchester United4
 
 
PSV Eindhoven0
 
Third place
 
 
30 August
 
 
Metalist 1925 Kharkiv0
 
 
PSV Eindhoven2
Round 3

The winners of the ties advanced to the group stage. The losers will be transferred to the 2025–26 UEFA Women's Europa Cup second qualifying round.

Third qualifying round
Team 1Agg. Tooltip Aggregate scoreTeam 21st leg2nd leg
Champions Path
Vorskla Poltava 0–2 OH Leuven0–20–0

UEFA Women's Europa Cup

Qualifying rounds

Round 1
First Qualifying Round
Team 1Agg. Tooltip Aggregate scoreTeam 21st leg2nd leg
Vllaznia 4–0 Kolos Kovalivka2–02–0
Round 2
Second Qualifying Round
Team 1Agg. Tooltip Aggregate scoreTeam 21st leg2nd leg
Vorskla Poltava 1–2 Fortuna Hjørring1–10–1

Men's club football

League Promoted to league Relegated from league
Premier League
PFL League 1
PFL League 2 Groups
A
B

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

Premier League

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 LNZ Cherkasy 16 11 2 3 20 8 +12 35 Qualification for the Champions League second qualifying round
2 Shakhtar Donetsk 16 10 5 1 42 12 +30 35 Qualification for the Conference League second qualifying round
3 Polissya Zhytomyr 16 9 3 4 26 11 +15 30
4 Dynamo Kyiv 16 7 5 4 35 21 +14 26
5 Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih 16 7 5 4 28 24 +4 26
6 Kolos Kovalivka 16 6 7 3 17 13 +4 25
7 Metalist 1925 Kharkiv 15 6 6 3 18 12 +6 24
8 Zorya Luhansk 16 6 5 5 19 18 +1 23
9 Karpaty Lviv 16 4 7 5 20 21 −1 19
10 Rukh Lviv 16 6 1 9 15 23 −8 19
11 Veres Rivne 15 4 6 5 13 17 −4 18
12 Obolon Kyiv 16 4 5 7 12 27 −15 17
13 Kudrivka 16 4 3 9 19 30 −11 15 Qualification for the Relegation play-off
14 Epitsentr Kamianets-Podilskyi 16 4 2 10 18 27 −9 14
15 Oleksandriya 16 2 5 9 14 28 −14 11 Relegation to Ukrainian First League
16 Poltava 16 2 3 11 14 38 −24 9
Updated to match(es) played on 14 December 2025. 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).[3]

Relegation play-offs

Teams that placed 13th and 14th in the 2025–26 Ukrainian Premier League play two-leg play-off with the third and fourth teams of the 2025–26 Ukrainian First League.

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
TBD x–x TBD
TBD x–x TBD

First Semi-final

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Second Semi-final

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PFL League 1 (First League)

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion, qualification or relegation
1 Bukovyna Chernivtsi 18 15 3 0 42 13 +29 48 Promotion to Ukrainian Premier League
2 Livyi Bereh Kyiv 18 12 3 3 31 12 +19 39
3 Chornomorets Odesa 18 11 5 2 27 11 +16 38 Qualification to promotion play-offs
4 Inhulets Petrove 18 10 6 2 32 14 +18 36
5 Ahrobiznes Volochysk 18 10 3 5 21 17 +4 33
6 Prykarpattia-Blaho 18 7 4 7 24 21 +3 25
7 UCSA Tarasivka 18 6 5 7 18 20 −2 23[a]
8 Nyva Ternopil 18 6 5 7 18 22 −4 23[a]
9 Vorskla Poltava 18 5 6 7 16 17 −1 21
10 Viktoriya Sumy 18 5 4 9 21 25 −4 19[b]
11 Chernihiv 17 5 4 8 16 20 −4 19[b]
12 Metalist Kharkiv 17 4 4 9 15 21 −6 16[c]
13 Probiy Horodenka 18 4 4 10 16 27 −11 16[c] Qualification to relegation play-off
14 Feniks-Mariupol 18 4 4 10 11 22 −11 16[c]
15 Podillya Khmelnytskyi 18 3 5 10 13 29 −16 14 Relegation to Ukrainian Second League
16 Metalurh Zaporizhzhia 18 1 5 12 7 37 −30 8
Updated to match(es) played on 15 December 2025. 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).[4]
Notes:
  1. ^ a b Ranked on head-to-head points: UCSA 3, Nyva 0.
  2. ^ a b Ranked on head-to-head points: Viktoriya 6, Chernihiv 0.
  3. ^ a b c Ranked on head-to-head points: Metalist 4, Pronbiy 2, Feniks-Mariupol 1.

Relegation play-offs

The relegation–promotion play-off games are expected to be scheduled to take place between the 13th and 14th placed teams with the third and fourth placed teams of the Second League.

Second League teams Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score First League teams 1st leg 2nd leg
TBA x – x TBA
TBA x – x TBA

First Semi-final

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Second Semi-final

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PFL League 2 (Second League)

Group A

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion, qualification or relegation
1 Kulykiv-Bilka 20 14 3 3 38 13 +25 45 Qualification to the league's title play-off
2 Polissya-2 Zhytomyr 19 11 6 2 44 18 +26 39 Qualification to the third place play-off
3 Sambir-Nyva-2 Ternopil 19 12 2 5 22 17 +5 38
4 Nyva Vinnytsia 20 9 3 8 28 26 +2 30
5 Skala 1911 Stryi 19 9 2 8 44 31 +13 29
6 Atlet Kyiv 19 9 1 9 28 33 −5 28
7 Lisne 20 8 3 9 32 30 +2 27 Expelled[5]
8 Uzhhorod 19 7 3 9 23 25 −2 24
9 Vilkhivtsi 19 6 4 9 30 36 −6 22
10 Bukovyna-2 Chernivtsi 19 4 5 10 21 31 −10 17
11 Real Pharma Odesa 19 0 2 17 14 64 −50 2
Updated to match(es) played on 30 November 2025. 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).[6]

Group B

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion, qualification or relegation
1 Kolos-2 Kovalivka 19 14 3 2 39 13 +26 45 Qualification to the league's title play-off
2 Lokomotyv Kyiv 19 14 2 3 41 11 +30 44 Qualification to the third place play-off
3 Trostianets 19 10 5 4 34 18 +16 35
4 Oleksandriya-2 20 9 7 4 24 18 +6 34[a]
5 Chaika Petropavlivska Borshchahivka 19 10 4 5 35 27 +8 34[a]
6 Rebel Kyiv 19 10 3 6 19 13 +6 33
7 Livyi Bereh-2 Kyiv 19 7 6 6 28 18 +10 27
8 Chornomorets-2 Odesa 19 2 8 9 16 33 −17 14
9 Hirnyk-Sport Horishni Plavni 19 2 3 14 14 44 −30 9
10 Penuel Kryvyi Rih 19 1 5 13 16 38 −22 8
11 Dinaz Vyshhorod 19 2 2 15 12 45 −33 8
Updated to match(es) played on 2 December 2025. 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).[6]
Notes:
  1. ^ a b Head-to-head points: Oleksandriya 4, Chaika 1.

The league's play-offs

Cup competitions

Ukrainian Cup

2026 Ukrainian Cup final

Women's club football

Promoted Relegated
  • none
  • Obolon Kyiv

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

Vyshcha Liha

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Vorskla Poltava (Q) 15 14 0 1 58 8 +50 42 Qualification for the Championship Group
2 Metalist 1925 Kharkiv (Q) 14 13 0 1 69 4 +65 39
3 Seasters Odesa 14 9 2 3 30 16 +14 29
4 Kolos Kovalivka 15 8 1 6 38 18 +20 25
5 Shakhtar Donetsk 15 7 2 6 18 23 −5 23
6 Polissia Zhytomyr 15 6 2 7 29 42 −13 20 Qualification for the Relegation Group
7 Ladomyr Volodymyr (Q) 15 4 1 10 16 44 −28 13
8 Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih (Q) 15 2 4 9 13 45 −32 10
9 Pantery Uman (Q) 15 2 3 10 12 34 −22 9
10 EMS Podillia Vinnytsia (Q) 15 0 3 12 10 59 −49 3
Updated to match(es) played on 14 December 2025. 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.[7]
(Q) Qualified for the phase indicated

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
6 To be determined 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Promotion to Elite League[8]
7 Ladomyr Volodymyr 15 4 1 10 16 44 −28 13
8 Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih 15 2 4 9 13 45 −32 10
9 Pantery Uman 15 2 3 10 12 34 −22 9 Qualification to Higher League[8]
10 EMS-Podillia Vinnytsia 15 0 3 12 10 59 −49 3
First match(es) will be played: in spring of 2026. 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.[7]

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

Permanently lost professional status

Temporary inactive status

Notes

References

  1. ^ "League phase table". UEFA. Retrieved 2 October 2025.
  2. ^ "League phase table". UEFA. Retrieved 2 October 2025.
  3. ^ Defining of teams' places in competitions (Визначення місць команд у змаганнях). 2021–22 Ukrainian Premier League regulations.
  4. ^ "РЕГЛАМЕНТ Всеукраїнських змагань з футболу серед команд клубів Професіональної футбольної ліги сезону 2020/21" (PDF) (in Ukrainian). 28 August 2020. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2020-09-07. Retrieved 6 September 2020.
  5. ^ ОФІЦІЙНО. УАФ виключила клуб з учасників чемпіонату України. sport.ua. 21 November 2025
  6. ^ a b Season's regulations. pfl.ua. 26 July 2025
  7. ^ a b "ВСЕУКРАЇНСЬКИХ ЗМАГАНЬ З ФУТБОЛУ СЕРЕД ЖІНОЧИХ КЛУБІВ СЕЗОНУ 2021-2022 РОКІВ" (PDF) (in Ukrainian). Retrieved 27 September 2021.
  8. ^ a b Cite error: The named reference womensfootball.com.ua was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  9. ^ Cite error: The named reference web.archive.org was invoked but never defined (see the help page).