2021–22_in_Ukrainian_football

Football in Ukraine
Season	2021–22
Men's football
Premier League	no title awarded
First League	no title awarded
Second League	no title awarded
Cup	no title awarded
Amateur Cup	no title awarded
Super Cup	Shakhtar Donetsk
Women's football
Vyshcha Liha	no title awarded
Persha Liha	no title awarded
Women's Cup	Vorskla Poltava

2021–22 in Ukrainian football

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The 2021–22 season is the 31st season of competitive association football in Ukraine since dissolution of the Soviet Union.

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The Ukrainian Premier League and other sporting competitions were suspended on 26 February 2022 following the Russian invasion of Ukraine and declaration of martial law in the country.^[1]

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[table_note_DES0.96228069763737-3] Desna Chernihiv and Mariupol confirmed that they cannot compete next season due to destroyed infrastructure and the difficult situation in their cities.^[2]

[table_note_ALD0.41207913468223-12] Due to Russo-Ukrainian War, Olimpik Donetsk, Uzhhorod, Podillia Khmelnytskyi, Alians Lypova Dolyna, VPK-Ahro Shevchenkivka and Ahrobiznes Volochysk withdrew from competitions after season.^[5]^[6]^[7]^[8]^[9]^[10]

[table_hth_ALD0.41207913468223-13] Head-to-head: Alians 3p; Obolon 0p

[table_hth_NVT0.41207913468223-14] Head-to-head: Nyva 6p; Hirnyk-Sport 0p

[table_note_LIV0.054800969108381-20] Due to Russo-Ukrainian War, Lyubomyr Stavyshche, Karpaty Halych, MFA Mukachevo and Livyi Bereh Kyiv withdrew from competitions after season.^[12]^[13]^[14]^[15]

[table_hth_KAH0.054800969108381-21] Karpaty Halych: 3 pts; Nyva: 0 pts

[table_hth_PER0.087169500574083-22] Peremoha: 3 pts; Balkany: 0 pts

[table_note_TAV0.087169500574083-27] Due to Russo-Ukrainian War, Tavriya Simferopol, Enerhiya Nova Kakhovka, Viktoriya Mykolaivka, Sumy and Trostianets withdrew from competitions after the season.^[16]^[17]^[18]^[19]

[table_hth_POL0.087169500574083-28] Poltava: 3 pts; Trostianets: 0 pts

[table_hth_VIM0.087169500574083-29] Vovchansk: 6 pts; Viktoriya: 0 pts

[table_hth_POD0.76090137230274-32] Head-to-head points: Podillia 3, Voskhod 0

[table_hth_PAN0.76090137230274-33] Head-to-head points: Pantery 3, Karpaty 0

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Rosser, Jack (24 February 2022). "Ukrainian Premier League suspended as martial law declared following Russian invasion". Evening Standard. Retrieved 28 February 2022.

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There took place a work meeting of the UPL members (Відбулася робоча нарада учасників Української Прем’єр-Ліги) Archived 2022-06-01 at the Wayback Machine. Ukrainian Premier League. 27 May 2022

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Defining of teams' places in competitions (Визначення місць команд у змаганнях). 2021–22 Ukrainian Premier League regulations.

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Kadenko: Metalist and Kryvbas will play in the UPL (Каденко: Металіст та Кривбас - гратимуть в УПЛ). Professional Football League of Ukraine. 28 May 2022

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Альянс і Вікторія пропустять сезон-2022/23. Sport Arena. 5 July 2022

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Агробізнес офіційно пропускає сезон 2022/23. Sport Arena. 8 July 2022

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Олімпік пропустить сезон Першої ліги 2022/23. Sport Arena. 13 July 2022

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ФК Ужгород пропускає сезон у Першій лізі Sport Arena. 12 July 2022

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Поділля пропустить новий сезон у Першій лізі. Sport Arena. 7 July 2022

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"ВПК-Агро" не зіграє в наступному сезоні. Footboom. 25 July 2022

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"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.

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Лівий Берег призупинив діяльність своєї професійної команди. Sport Arena. 28 June 2022

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Карпати Галич не зіграють у сезоні 2022/23. Sport Arena. 8 July 2022

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Любомир не гратиме у Другій лізі у новому сезоні. Sport Arena. 12 June 2022

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Ще одна втрата в першій лізі: не зіграє "Мункач". Footboom. 30 July 2022

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Хавров: Команда Енергія з Нової Каховки вже не існує: 1 квітня клуб офіційно розпущений. Sport Arena. 5 April 2022

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ФК Суми не буде грати у новому сезоні Другої ліги. Sport Arena. 7 July 2022

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Тростянець не зіграє в чемпіонаті Другої ліги сезону 2022/23. Sport Arena. 4 July 2022

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Альянс і Вікторія пропустять сезон-2022/23. Sport Arena. 5 July 2022

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Game protocol. Ukrainian Premier League.

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ФК «КРИВБАС»: МИ РОЗВИВАЄМОСЯ І У НАС З’ЯВЛЯЄТЬСЯ ЖІНОЧА КОМАНДА. womensfootball.com.ua. 2 July 2021

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"ВСЕУКРАЇНСЬКИХ ЗМАГАНЬ З ФУТБОЛУ СЕРЕД ЖІНОЧИХ КЛУБІВ СЕЗОНУ 2021-2022 РОКІВ" (PDF) (in Ukrainian). Retrieved 27 September 2021.

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8 September 2021 (2021-09-08) Friendly	Czech Republic	1–1	Ukraine	Plzeň, Czech Republic
20:45 UTC+2	Vydra 90+4'	Report	Korniyenko 27'	Stadium: Doosan Arena Attendance: 5,231 Referee: Filip Glova (Slovakia)

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	France	8	5	3	0	18	3	+15	18	Qualification for 2022 FIFA World Cup	—	1–1	2–0	1–1	8–0
2	Ukraine	8	2	6	0	11	8	+3	12	Advance to play-offs	1–1	—	1–1	1–1	1–1
3	Finland	8	3	2	3	10	10	0	11		0–2	1–2	—	2–2	1–0
4	Bosnia and Herzegovina	8	1	4	3	9	12	−3	7		0–1	0–2	1–3	—	2–2
5	Kazakhstan	8	0	3	5	5	20	−15	3		0–2	2–2	0–2	0–2	—

1 September 2021 (2021-09-01) 2022 FIFA World Cup qualification	Kazakhstan	2–2	Ukraine	Nur-Sultan, Kazakhstan
16:00 (20:00 UTC+6)	Valiullin 74', 90+6'	Report	Yaremchuk 2' Sikan 90+3'	Stadium: Astana Arena Attendance: 6,274 Referee: Donatas Rumšas (Lithuania)

4 September 2021 (2021-09-04) 2022 FIFA World Cup qualification	Ukraine	1–1	France	Kyiv, Ukraine
20:45 (21:45 UTC+3)	Shaparenko 44'	Report	Martial 51'	Stadium: NSK Olimpiyskiy Attendance: 28,000 Referee: Slavko Vinčić (Slovenia)

9 October 2021 (2021-10-09) 2022 FIFA World Cup qualification	Finland	1–2	Ukraine	Helsinki, Finland
18:00 (19:00 UTC+3)		Report		Stadium: Helsinki Olympic Stadium

12 October 2021 (2021-10-12) 2022 FIFA World Cup qualification	Ukraine	1–1	Bosnia and Herzegovina	Lviv, Ukraine
20:45 (21:45 UTC+3)		Report		Stadium: Arena Lviv

16 November 2021 (2021-11-16) 2022 FIFA World Cup qualification	Bosnia and Herzegovina	0–2	Ukraine	Bosnia and Herzegovina
20:45		Report

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification	RMA	INT	SHE	SHK
1	Real Madrid	6	5	0	1	14	3	+11	15	Advance to knockout phase	—	2–0	1–2	2–1
2	Inter Milan	6	3	1	2	8	5	+3	10	Advance to knockout phase	0–1	—	3–1	2–0
3	Sheriff Tiraspol	6	2	1	3	7	11	−4	7	Transfer to Europa League	0–3	1–3	—	2–0
4	Shakhtar Donetsk	6	0	2	4	2	12	−10	2		0–5	0–0	1–1	—

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification	BAY	BEN	BAR	DKV
1	Bayern Munich	6	6	0	0	22	3	+19	18	Advance to knockout phase	—	5–2	3–0	5–0
2	Benfica	6	2	2	2	7	9	−2	8	Advance to knockout phase	0–4	—	3–0	2–0
3	Barcelona	6	2	1	3	2	9	−7	7	Transfer to Europa League	0–3	0–0	—	1–0
4	Dynamo Kyiv	6	0	1	5	1	11	−10	1		1–2	0–0	0–1	—

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification	ROM	BOD	ZOR	CSS
1	Roma	6	4	1	1	18	11	+7	13	Advance to round of 16	—	2–2	4–0	5–1
2	Bodø/Glimt	6	3	3	0	14	5	+9	12	Advance to knockout round play-offs	6–1	—	3–1	2–0
3	Zorya Luhansk	6	2	1	3	5	11	−6	7		0–3	1–1	—	2–0
4	CSKA Sofia	6	0	1	5	3	13	−10	1		2–3	0–0	0–1	—

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification	PSG	RMA	KHA	BRE
1	Paris Saint-Germain	6	6	0	0	25	0	+25	18	Advance to Quarter-finals	—	4–0	5–0	6–0
2	Real Madrid	6	4	0	2	12	6	+6	12	Advance to Quarter-finals	0–2	—	3–0	5–0
3	Zhytlobud-1 Kharkiv	6	1	1	4	2	15	−13	4		0–6	0–1	—	0–0
4	Breiðablik	6	0	1	5	0	18	−18	1		0–2	0–3	0–2	—

League		Promoted to league	Relegated from league
Premier League		Veres Rivne Chornomorets Odesa Metalist 1925 Kharkiv	Olimpik Donetsk
PFL League 1		Uzhhorod Podillia Khmelnytskyi Metal Kharkiv Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih	MFC Mykolaiv Krystal Kherson
PFL League 2	Groups
	A	Karpaty Lviv MFA Mukachevo LNZ Cherkasy Livyi Bereh Kyiv AFSC Kyiv Lyubomyr Stavyshche	~~Karpaty Lviv~~ ~~Obolon-2 Bucha~~ ~~Volyn-2 Lutsk~~
	B	Viktoriya Mykolaivka Vovchansk Sumy Skoruk Tomakivka SC Poltava Trostianets	~~Cherkashchyna~~

Number	Region	Team(s)
9	Kyiv Oblast (inc. Kyiv)	Dynamo, Kolos, Obolon, Chaika, Dinaz, AFSC Kyiv, Lyubomyr, Livyi Bereh and Rubikon
6	Dnipropetrovsk Oblast	Dnipro-1, VPK-Ahro, Kryvbas, Nikopol, Peremoha and Skoruk
5	Donetsk Oblast	Shahtar, Mariupol, Kramatorsk, Olimpik and Yarud
4	Sumy Oblast	Alians, Sumy, Trostianets and Viktoriya
4	Poltava Oblast	Vorskla, Hirnyk-Sport, Kremin and Poltava
3	Odesa Oblast	Chornomorets, Balkany and Real Pharma
	Kharkiv Oblast	Metalist 1925, Vovchansk and Metalist
	Khmelnytskyi Oblast	Ahrobiznes, Podillia and Epitsentr
	Lviv Oblast	Rukh, FC Lviv and Karpaty Lviv
	Zakarpattia Oblast	Mynai,Uzhhorod and MFA Mukachevo
2	Cherkasy Oblast	Dnipro and LNZ
	Chernihiv Oblast	Desna and Chernihiv
	Ivano-Frankivsk Oblast	Prykarpattia and Karpaty Halych
	Kherson Oblast	Enerhiya and Krystal
	Kirovohrad Oblast	Oleksandriya and Inhulets
1	Chernivtsi Oblast	Bukovyna
	Crimea	Tavriya
	Luhansk Oblast	Zorya
	Mykolaiv Oblast	Mykolaiv
	Rivne Oblast	Veres
	Ternopil Oblast	Nyva T
	Vinnytsia Oblast	Nyva V
	Volyn Oblast	Volyn
	Zaporizhia Oblast	Metalurh
	Zhytomyr Oblast	Polissia

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Shakhtar Donetsk	18	15	2	1	49	10	+39	47	Qualification for the Champions League group stage
2	Dynamo Kyiv	18	14	3	1	47	9	+38	45	Qualification for the Champions League second qualifying round
3	Dnipro-1	18	13	1	4	35	17	+18	40	Qualification for the Europa League play-off round
4	Zorya Luhansk	18	11	3	4	37	19	+18	36	Qualification for the Europa Conference League third qualifying round
5	Vorskla Poltava	18	9	6	3	30	18	+12	33	Qualification for the Europa Conference League second qualifying round
6	Oleksandriya	18	7	5	6	19	16	+3	26
7	Desna Chernihiv^{[lower-alpha 1]}	18	7	4	7	22	27	−5	25	Membership suspended after season
8	Kolos Kovalivka	18	7	3	8	14	23	−9	24
9	Veres Rivne	18	6	5	7	15	20	−5	23
10	Metalist 1925 Kharkiv	18	6	1	11	17	29	−12	19
11	Rukh Lviv	17	4	6	7	16	21	−5	18
12	Lviv	18	4	5	9	14	30	−16	17
13	Chornomorets Odesa	18	3	5	10	20	40	−20	14
14	Inhulets Petrove	17	3	4	10	13	28	−15	13
15	Mynai	18	1	7	10	12	30	−18	10
16	Mariupol^{[lower-alpha 1]}	18	2	2	14	21	44	−23	8	Membership suspended after season

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion, qualification or relegation
1	Metalist Kharkiv (P)	20	17	2	1	52	9	+43	53	Promotion to Ukrainian Premier League^[4]
2	Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih (P)	20	12	6	2	38	17	+21	42	Promotion to Ukrainian Premier League^[4]
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

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion, qualification or relegation
1	Karpaty Lviv	18	16	0	2	46	7	+39	48	Promotion to Ukrainian First League
2	Livyi Bereh Kyiv^{[lower-alpha 1]}	19	15	1	3	47	14	+33	46	Withdrew after season
3	LNZ Cherkasy	17	13	2	2	36	9	+27	41	Promotion to Ukrainian First League
4	Dinaz Vyshhorod	19	13	1	5	33	18	+15	40
5	Epitsentr Dunaivtsi	19	12	1	6	30	19	+11	37
6	MFA Mukachevo^{[lower-alpha 1]}	19	8	5	6	25	24	+1	29	Withdrew after season
7	Karpaty Halych^{[lower-alpha 1]}	18	7	4	7	23	23	0	25^{[lower-alpha 2]}	Withdrew after season
8	Nyva Vinnytsia	17	7	4	6	29	20	+9	25^{[lower-alpha 2]}
9	Bukovyna Chernivtsi	17	6	5	6	20	17	+3	23	Promotion to Ukrainian First League
10	FC Chernihiv	18	5	5	8	17	24	−7	20	Promotion to Ukrainian First League
11	Dnipro Cherkasy	18	5	2	11	24	32	−8	17	Withdrew after season
12	Chaika Petropavlivska Borshchahivka	19	3	6	10	16	40	−24	15
13	Rubikon Kyiv	18	3	2	13	12	38	−26	11
14	AFSC Kyiv	19	1	5	13	8	38	−30	8	Withdrew after season
15	Lyubomyr Stavyshche^{[lower-alpha 1]}	19	1	1	17	8	51	−43	4	Withdrew after season

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion, qualification or relegation
1	Metalurh Zaporizhzhia	19	13	6	0	34	7	+27	45	Promotion to Ukrainian First League
2	Skoruk Tomakivka	20	12	5	3	33	14	+19	41	Promotion to Ukrainian First League
3	Peremoha Dnipro	20	12	3	5	34	14	+20	39^{[lower-alpha 1]}	Withdrew after season
4	Balkany Zorya	20	10	9	1	34	14	+20	39^{[lower-alpha 1]}
5	Tavriya Simferopol^{[lower-alpha 2]}	19	9	6	4	28	19	+9	33
6	Poltava	20	9	4	7	29	27	+2	31^{[lower-alpha 3]}	Promotion to Ukrainian First League
7	Trostianets^{[lower-alpha 2]}	19	9	4	6	34	29	+5	31^{[lower-alpha 3]}	Withdrew after season
8	Mykolaiv	17	8	6	3	35	24	+11	30
9	Vovchansk	20	7	6	7	27	25	+2	27^{[lower-alpha 4]}
10	Viktoriya Mykolaivka^{[lower-alpha 2]}	19	8	3	8	22	23	−1	27^{[lower-alpha 4]}
11	Yarud Mariupol	20	6	6	8	36	29	+7	24	Promotion to Ukrainian First League
12	Nikopol	20	5	5	10	22	42	−20	20	Withdrew after season
13	Enerhiya Nova Kakhovka^{[lower-alpha 2]}	20	5	2	13	20	40	−20	17	Withdrew after season
14	Real Pharma Odesa	20	4	2	14	22	49	−27	14
15	Krystal Kherson	20	2	3	15	19	36	−17	9	Withdrew after season
16	Sumy^{[lower-alpha 2]}	19	1	2	16	16	53	−37	5	Withdrew after season

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Zhytlobud-2 Kharkiv	10	10	0	0	58	2	+56	30	Qualification for the Champions League qualifying first round
2	Zhytlobud-1 Kharkiv	10	9	0	1	67	5	+62	27	Withdrew
3	Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih	10	7	1	2	26	7	+19	22
4	Mariupol	10	5	1	4	15	21	−6	16
5	Kolos Kovalivka	10	5	0	5	12	14	−2	15
6	Ladomyr Volodymyr-Volynskyi	10	4	2	4	22	20	+2	14
7	EMS Podillia Vinnytsia	10	4	1	5	9	25	−16	13^{[lower-alpha 1]}
8	Voskhod Stara Maiachka	10	4	1	5	11	18	−7	13^{[lower-alpha 1]}	Withdrew
9	Pantery Uman	10	2	0	8	10	46	−36	6^{[lower-alpha 2]}
10	Karpaty Lviv	10	2	0	8	13	37	−24	6^{[lower-alpha 2]}	Withdrew
11	Ateks Kyiv	10	0	0	10	3	51	−48	0

2021–22_in_Ukrainian_football

National teams

Ukraine national football team

Friendlies

2022 FIFA World Cup

Group D

Ukraine women's national football team

UEFA Women's Euro 2022

UEFA competitions

UEFA Champions League

Qualifying phase and play-off round

Third qualifying round

Play-off round

Group stage

Group D

Group E

UEFA Europa League

Qualifying phase and play-off round

Play-off round

UEFA Conference Cup

Qualifying phase and play-off round

Second qualifying round

Third qualifying round

Group stage

Group C

UEFA Women's Champions League

Qualifying round

Round 1

Semi-finals

Final

Round 2

Group stage

Group B

Men's club football

Location map

Number of teams by region

Premier League

PFL League 1 (First League)

PFL League 2 (Second League)

Group A

Group B

Cup competitions

Ukrainian Cup

Super Cup

Women's club football

Vyshcha Liha

Managerial changes

Clubs removed

Notes

References

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