2021-22_Ukrainian_First_League
2021–22 Ukrainian First League
Football league season
The 2021–22 Ukrainian First League was the 31st since its establishment. The league competition consisted of 16 teams.[1] Earlier in 2021 it was discussed to expand the league to 20 teams with discontinuation of the UPL U-21 competitions,[2] but that initiative was not realized.
Season | 2021–22 |
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Dates | 25 July 2021 – 24 February 2022 (winter break 28 November 2021) |
Promoted | Metalist Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih |
Matches played | 156 |
Goals scored | 367 (2.35 per match) |
Top goalscorer | Matheus Peixoto (14 goals) |
Biggest home win | 5 goals Kryvbas 5–0 Uzhhorod (12 September 2021) |
Biggest away win | 6 goals Uzhhorod 0–6 Prykarpattia (24 July 2021) |
Highest scoring | 6 goals 4 matches |
Longest winning run | 8 matches Metalist |
Longest unbeaten run | 13 matches Metalist |
Longest winless run | 12 matches Kremin |
Longest losing run | 8 matches Kremin |
Highest attendance | 26,688 Metalist v Prykarpattia (13 November 2021) |
Lowest attendance | 0 – 6 games[lower-alpha 1] |
Total attendance | 450197 |
Average attendance | 3001 |
← 2020–21 2022–23 →
All statistics correct as of
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The competition was terminated at the PFL Council meeting on 6 May 2022 due to the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine.[3]
This season, Ukrainian First League consisted of 16 teams.
Promoted teams
The following teams have been promoted from the 2020–21 Ukrainian Second League:
- Podillia Khmelnytskyi – first place in Group A (returning after 22 seasons, however FC Krasyliv that was playing as Podillya Khmelnytskyi last competed in the 2006–07 season)
- Uzhhorod – second place in Group A (debut)
- Metalist Kharkiv – first place in Group B (debut, a phoenix club based on the Second League superfinal champions Metal Kharkiv)
- Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih – second place in Group B (returning after 5 seasons, last competed in the 2015–16 as Hirnyk Kryvyi Rih)
Relegated teams
The following team has been relegated from the 2020–21 Ukrainian Premier League:
- Olimpik Donetsk – placed 13th (returning after 7 seasons, last competed in the 2013–14)
Renamed teams
- FC Kramatorsk is a successor of FC Avanhard Kramatorsk which since May 30 was called Avanhard-SK Kramatorsk.[4][5]
- FC Metalist Kharkiv is a successor of FC Metal Kharkiv.[6]
Location map
The following displays the location of teams.
The following stadiums were used as home grounds for the teams in the competition. The minimum capacity for stadiums of the First League clubs is set at 1,500 spectators.[7]
Rank | Stadium | Location | Capacity | Club | Notes |
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1 | OSC Metalist | Kharkiv | 40,003 | Metalist Kharkiv | |
2 | Yuvileiny Stadium | Sumy | 25,830 | Alians Lypova Dolyna | |
3 | Meteor Stadium | Dnipro | 24,381 | VPK-Ahro Shevchenkivka | |
4 | Ternopil City Stadium | Ternopil | 15,150 | Nyva Ternopil | |
5 | Avanhard Stadium | Lutsk | 12,080 | Volyn Lutsk | |
6 | Avanhard Stadium | Uzhhorod | 12,000 | FC Uzhhorod | |
7 | Sport Complex Podillya | Khmelnytskyi | 6,800 | Podillia Khmelnytskyi | |
8 | MCS Rukh | Ivano-Frankivsk | 6,500 | Prykarpattia Ivano-Frankivsk | |
9 | Prapor Stadium | Kramatorsk | 6,000 | FC Kramatorsk | |
10 | Central Stadium | Zhytomyr | 5,928 | Polissia Zhytomyr | |
11 | Obolon Arena | Kyiv | 5,100 | Obolon Kyiv | |
12 | Yunist Stadium | Chernihiv | 3,000 | Olimpik Donetsk | Matchday 12 |
13 | Yunist Stadium | Volochysk | 2,700 | Ahrobiznes Volochysk | |
14 | Hirnyk Stadium | Kryvyi Rih | 2,500 | Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih | |
15 | Yunist Stadium | Horishni Plavni | 2,500 | Hirnyk-Sport Horishni Plavni | |
16 | Bannikov Stadium | Kyiv | 1,678 | Olimpik Donetsk | |
17 | Kremin Stadium | Kremenchuk | 1,500 | Kremin Kremenchuk |
Managerial changes
Team | Outgoing head coach | Manner of departure | Date of vacancy | Table | Incoming head coach | Date of appointment | Table |
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Polissya Zhytomyr | Serhiy Shyshchenko | Sacked | 13 June 2021[8] | Pre-season | Yuriy Kalitvintsev | 13 June 2021[8] | Pre-season |
VPK-Ahro Shevchenkivka | Serhiy Solovyov | Resigned | 14 June 2021[9] | Oleksandr Hrytsay | 29 June 2021[10] | ||
FC Uzhhorod | Volodymyr Vasyutyk | Mutual consent | 21 June 2021[11] | Mykhaylo Ivanytsia | 7 July 2021[12] | ||
Kremin Kremenchuk | Serhiy Svystun (interim) | End of interim | 22 June 2021[13] | Ihor Stolovytskyi | 22 June 2021[13] | ||
Volyn Lutsk | Vasyl Sachko | Resigned | 26 June 2021[14] | Albert Shakhov | 27 June 2021[15] | ||
Olimpik Donetsk | Roman Sanzhar | Change of ownership | 13 July 2021[16] | Serhiy Litovchenko | 19 July 2021[17] | ||
Prykarpattia Ivano-Frankivsk | Oleh Rypan (interim) | End of interim period | 20 July 2021 | Oleh Rypan | 20 July 2021[18] | ||
FC Uzhhorod | Mykhaylo Ivanytsia | Resigned | 23 August 2021[19][20] | 16th | Bohdan Blavatskyi (interim) | 23 August 2021[19] | 16th |
Nyva Ternopil | Ihor Klymovskyi | Mutual consent | 29 September 2021[21] | 6th | Andriy Kuptsov | 8 October 2021[22] | 6th |
Kremin Kremenchuk | Ihor Stolovytskyi | Mutual consent | 26 October 2021[23] | 13th | Roman Loktionov (interim) | 28 October 2021[24] | 13th |
VPK-Ahro Shevchenkivka | Oleksandr Hrytsay | Undisclosed | 25 December 2021 | 14th | Oleksandr Poklonskyi | 25 December 2021[25] | 14th |
Alians Lypova Dolyna | Yuriy Yaroshenko | Changed position | 26 January 2022[26] | 3rd | Anatoliy Bezsmertnyi | 26 January 2022[26] | 3rd |
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion, qualification or relegation |
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1 | Metalist Kharkiv (P) | 20 | 17 | 2 | 1 | 52 | 9 | +43 | 53 | Promotion to Ukrainian Premier League[27] |
2 | Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih (P) | 20 | 12 | 6 | 2 | 38 | 17 | +21 | 42 | |
3 | Alians Lypova Dolyna[lower-alpha 1] | 19 | 10 | 3 | 6 | 33 | 24 | +9 | 33[lower-alpha 2] | Withdrew after season |
4 | Obolon Kyiv | 19 | 10 | 3 | 6 | 24 | 16 | +8 | 33[lower-alpha 2] | |
5 | Nyva Ternopil | 20 | 8 | 5 | 7 | 22 | 22 | 0 | 29[lower-alpha 3] | |
6 | Hirnyk-Sport Horishni Plavni | 20 | 8 | 5 | 7 | 15 | 17 | −2 | 29[lower-alpha 3] | |
7 | Prykarpattia Ivano-Frankivsk | 20 | 8 | 4 | 8 | 27 | 26 | +1 | 28 | |
8 | Podillya Khmelnytskyi[lower-alpha 1] | 20 | 7 | 5 | 8 | 19 | 18 | +1 | 26 | Withdrew after season |
9 | Polissia Zhytomyr | 18 | 7 | 4 | 7 | 21 | 17 | +4 | 25 | |
10 | Volyn Lutsk | 19 | 6 | 7 | 6 | 17 | 20 | −3 | 25 | Withdrew after season |
11 | Olimpik Donetsk[lower-alpha 1] | 19 | 7 | 2 | 10 | 19 | 23 | −4 | 23 | |
12 | Kramatorsk | 18 | 7 | 1 | 10 | 16 | 24 | −8 | 22 | |
13 | Ahrobiznes Volochysk[lower-alpha 1] | 20 | 4 | 9 | 7 | 16 | 23 | −7 | 21 | |
14 | VPK-Ahro Shevchenkivka[lower-alpha 1] | 20 | 5 | 3 | 12 | 16 | 28 | −12 | 18 | |
15 | Uzhhorod[lower-alpha 1] | 20 | 4 | 4 | 12 | 16 | 40 | −24 | 16 | |
16 | Kremin Kremenchuk | 20 | 4 | 1 | 15 | 16 | 43 | −27 | 13 |
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).[7]
(P) Promoted
Notes:
Results
Home \ Away | AHR | ALD | HIS | KRA | KRE | KRY | MET | NYV | OBL | OLD | POD | POL | PRY | UZH | VOL | VPK |
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Ahrobiznes Volochysk | 0–1 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 0–2 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 1–0 | ||||||
Alians Lypova Dolyna | 3–2 | 4–0 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 0–2 | 3–2 | 2–1 | 2–3 | 0–0 | 3–3 | ||||||
Hirnyk-Sport Horishni Plavni | 0–2 | 0–1 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 0–2 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 1–1 | ||||||
FC Kramatorsk | 1–1 | 0–2 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 0–3 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 3–2 | ||||||||
Kremin Kremenchuk | 3–1 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 0–5 | 1–2 | 2–0 | 0–3 | 1–1 | 2–0 | |||||||
Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih | 1–1 | 0–0 | 3–0 | 4–1 | 0–5 | 1–0 | 4–1 | 3–2 | 5–0 | 2–1 | ||||||
Metalist Kharkiv | 2–0 | 4–0 | 2–1 | 3–0 | 3–0 | 3–0 | 1–1 | 4–0 | 3–1 | 2–0 | ||||||
Nyva Ternopil | 1–1 | 1–5 | 1–0 | 4–2 | 1–2 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 0–2 | 2–0 | ||||||
Obolon Kyiv | 3–1 | 0–3 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 1–2 | 0–0 | 3–1 | 0–1 | 1–0 | |||||||
Olimpik Donetsk | 0–1 | 3–1 | 0–2 | 1–2 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 1–2 | ||||||||
Podillia Khmelnytskyi | 0–0 | 2–1 | 4–1 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 0–2 | 2–0 | 3–0 | ||||||
Polissia Zhytomyr | 1–0 | 3–1 | 0–2 | 2–0 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 1–4 | 1–2 | 2–0 | 3–1 | ||||||
Prykarpattia Ivano-Frankivsk | 0–0 | 3–1 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 1–4 | 0–2 | 2–1 | 3–1 | 1–1 | ||||||
FC Uzhhorod | 2–0 | 0–2 | 0–2 | 0–2 | 1–3 | 0–1 | 0–2 | 0–6 | 1–0 | 1–3 | ||||||
Volyn Lutsk | 0–1 | 1–0 | 3–2 | 0–3 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 | ||||||
VPK-Ahro Shevchenkivka | 3–0 | 0–3 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 0–2 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 1–1 |
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
As of 29 November 2021[update][34]
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Hat-tricks
Player | For | Against | Result | Date | Reference |
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Oleksiy Khoblenko4 | Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih | Uzhhorod | 5–0 (H) | 12 September 2021 | [35] |
4 Player scored four goals
Monthly awards
Month | Player of the Month | Ref. | |
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Player | Club | ||
August 2021 | Oleksiy Khoblenko | Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih | [36] |
September 2021 | no data | ||
October 2021 | |||
November 2021 |
Round awards
- З наступного сезону у Першій лізі "Авангард" (Краматорськ) буде виступати як комунальний футбольний клуб і змінить назву на ФК "Краматорськ"... Avanhard Kramatorsk became a municipal club and will be playing under a different name (Краматорський Авангард став муніципальним клубом і буде виступати під іншою назвою). UA-Football. 18 June 2021
- "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.
- (У ЖИТОМИРСЬКОМУ «ПОЛІССІ» НЕСПОДІВАНІ ЗМІНИ НА ТРЕНЕРСЬКОМУ МІСТКУ). www.sportzt.com. 13 June 2021
- (Весь тренерський штаб ВПК-Агро пішов у відставку). sport.ua. 14 June 2021
- (Екс-тренер Зорі і Руху Грицай очолив ВПК-Агро). sportarena.com. 29 June 2021
- (ФК "Ужгород" припинив співпрацю з тренером Володимиром Васютиком). uzhgorod.net.ua. 21 June 2021
- МИХАЙЛО ІВАНИЦЯ ОЧОЛИВ ФК “УЖГОРОД”[usurped]. fcuzhhorod.com. 7 July 2021
- Ihor Stolovytskyi has been placed at the helm of Kremin Kremenchuk (Ігор Столовицький очолив кременчуцький «Кремінь»). cherkassy-sport.com. 22 June 2021
- Yulia Haletska. (З ФК «Волинь» йде головний тренер та декілька гравців, - ЗМІ). pershyj.com. 26 June 2021
- Iryna Sadovnyk. «Волинь» представила нового головного тренера. pershyj.com. 27 June 2021
- (Санжар розірвав контракт із донецьким Олімпіком). sport.ua. 13 July 2021
- Відомо, хто може замінити Санжара на посаді головного тренера Олімпіка. sport.ua. 19 July 2021
- Прикарпаття підписало з Рипаном повноцінний контракт до кінця року. sportarena.com. 20 July 2021
- Керівництво клубу прийняло відставку Михайла Іваниці. В. о. тренера призначений Богдан Блавацький[usurped]. fcuzhhorod.com. 23 August 2021
- Главный тренер Ужгорода подал в отставку. UA-Football. 23 August 2021
- ФК "Нива" та Ігор Климовський припинили співпрацю. fcnyva.com. 29 September 2021
- Андрій Купцов — новий головний тренер "Ниви". fcnyva.com. 8 October 2021
- Офіційно. Ігор Столовицький залишає «Кремінь». fckremen.com.ua. 26 October 2021
- Офіційно. «Кремінь» очолив Роман Локтіонов. fckremen.com.ua. 28 October 2021
- Александр Поклонский — главный тренер «ВПК-Агро». fc-vpkagro.com.ua. 25 December 2021
- Альянс і Вікторія пропустять сезон-2022/23. Sport Arena. 5 July 2022
- Агробізнес офіційно пропускає сезон 2022/23. Sport Arena. 8 July 2022
- Олімпік пропустить сезон Першої ліги 2022/23. Sport Arena. 13 July 2022
- ФК Ужгород пропускає сезон у Першій лізі Sport Arena. 12 July 2022
- Поділля пропустить новий сезон у Першій лізі. Sport Arena. 7 July 2022
- "ВПК-Агро" не зіграє в наступному сезоні. Footboom. 25 July 2022
- Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih game report at Official PFL Site
- "Кулиш, Прядун, Горбунов и вся сборная 5-го тура Первой лиги". 25 August 2021.
- "Барчук, Агапов і знову Пейшоту ‒ вся збірна 7-го туру Першої ліги". 8 September 2021.
- "Паламар, Пейшоту, Махновський ‒ вся збірна 13-го туру Першої ліги". 14 October 2021.