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Football in Ukraine
NSC Olimpiyskiy Stadium in Kyiv
CountryUkraine
Governing bodyUkrainian Association of Football
National teamUkraine
National competitions
Club competitions
International competitions
Postage stamp of Ukraine, 2001

Football is the most popular sport in Ukraine. The Ukrainian Association of Football (previously Football Federation of Ukraine) is the national governing body and is responsible for overseeing all aspects of the game of football in the country. It was organised in 1991 to replace the Soviet republican-level Football Federation of Ukrainian SSR, created earlier in the 1920s as part of the Soviet system of physical culture councils. The Ukrainian Association of Football is a non-governmental organization and is a member of the National Olympic Committee of Ukraine.

There are several types of football: professional male and female football, amateur male and female football, youth leagues and children's competitions (younger than age of 13), football veterans and beach football, indoor competition and separate competitions for students and military personnel. Ukraine fields a great number of different national teams for various types of international competitions including continental and world qualifications, Universiades, youth competitions, and international competitions for beach and indoor football.

Summary

The Ukraine national senior team has qualified for the FIFA World Cup once, in 2006, where they reached the quarter-finals led by the former Soviet football star player Oleh Blokhin. The team also qualified on couple of occasions to the continental championship in 2012 and 2016. The Ukraine first junior team made it to the final of the 2006 UEFA European Under-21 Championship. The Ukraine second junior team won the 2009 UEFA European Under-19 Championship and made it to the finals of the FIFA U-20 World Cup. The Ukraine student team won two football tournaments at the Summer Universiade and made it to the finals of another one.

Dynamo Kyiv and Shakhtar Donetsk are among the most recognisable clubs that are from Ukraine. Dynamo Kyiv traces its fame from the Soviet times as they won the European Cup Winners' Cup twice in 1975 and 1986. In 1975 Dynamo extended its success into the UEFA Super Cup as well. In 2009 Shakhtar Donetsk won the UEFA Cup. Among the famous players to come out of Ukraine were Oleh Blokhin and Andriy Shevchenko. The legendary coach Valeri Lobanovski led Dynamo Kyiv to their European Cup victories as well as coaching the former Soviet and later on the Ukraine national football team: He is a Ukrainian football hero.

Ukrainian football professional club competitions are organised in the three-tier league system. Parallel with them there is a knockout competition the Ukrainian Cup. There is also a Super Cup match up that is being conducted on annual basis among the top two best clubs in the country. Several amateur level tournaments are played nationally as well as in every region (oblast); for more information, please see Ukrainian football league system. Female football is less developed, however there is a female national team and a two-tier league system competition for clubs. Among the most successful clubs are Lehenda Chernihiv and Zhytlobud Kharkiv.

Ukraine has also highly developed children's and youth football. There is a national competition conducted by the professional clubs of Ukraine and the best national sports schools. It is a two-tier league with several regional divisions.[1] Each club is represented by four squads with players in age groups ranging from under 14 to under 17. Parallel to that there is an independent Student League which encompasses teams of various universities and institutions of higher education. Selected players from that league successfully compete at student Olympics, the Universiada. The regional amateur football competitions also provide training opportunities for the young soccer stars.

History

Modern Ukrainian club competitions derived mostly from the Soviet competitions.

Divided at Zbruch, the first football competitions in Ukraine appeared in 1900–1910s including the portion of Ukraine that was part of the Russian Empire as well as Austria-Hungary. Competitions were conducted in main cities which were Lemberg (Lviv), Kyiv, Odesa, Kharkiv, and Donbas. Those competitions often involved participations of students or workers either factories or other major employers. In 1912 on initiative of Moscow and Petrograd football enthusiasts of foreign descent in Imperial Russia was constituted "Russian championship among cities" where each city was represented by a collective team. In Imperial Austria on the other hand at around that time started regional competitions at "crownland" level as well as a domestic cup. During the World War I competitions in both empires were suspended for a short period of time. Following the war, political situation has changed in Central Europe as the major European empires fell and were fragmented into many smaller national states. After failing to secure its independence in 1917–1920, Ukraine was torn apart by the Soviet Russia and former Russian province, the restored Poland.

The first recorded national (domestic) competition in Soviet Ukraine started in 1921 and was a competition among city teams (Championship of cities) that represented a participating city (or regional) championship. In Western Ukraine (East Galicia and Volhynia) that was part of Poland, ethnic Ukrainians declared official boycott at organization level and held separate competitions from the official Polish competitions. Later, however, some Ukrainian based clubs joined the "Piłka Nożna" (Polish football) competitions among which was Ukraina Lwów. Soon after the establishment of the Soviet Union in 1924 there was established the Soviet Championship of Cities. Unlike the Imperial Russian competitions, the Soviet competitions involved participation of national (or more correctly republican) teams. The Soviet Championship of Cities existed simultaneously along with republican level championships of cities in each union republic. In interbellum Czechoslovakia which secured control of Carpathian Ruthenia following the World War I, there existed regional competitions of eastern Slovakia and Carpathian Ruthenia and at one point local Rusj Uzgorod qualified for the Czechoslovakian State League.

The organization of the Ukrainian SSR Championship of Cities was organized by the All-Ukrainian Council of Physical Culture which was a republican institution and a branch of the Soviet All-Union Council of Physical Culture. In 1936 in the Soviet Union was organized first football competitions among teams of master or so called "exhibition teams" (pokazatelnye komandy) in four groups that acted as tiers. To the new Soviet competitions were selected several teams from the Ukrainian SSR. The new Soviet reform in football also made some changes to republican competitions. The Ukrainian SSR Championship of Cities was also reformed in 1936 where each city team was competing by representing its sports society, factory, mine, port, collective farm (kolkhoz) thus transforming into so called "Championship of Sports Societies and Departments". This way some Ukrainian teams competed at All-Union level and others at republican, however all Ukrainian teams played at the Ukrainian Cup including those that played at the All-Union competitions such as Dynamo Kyiv and Stakhanovets Stalino.

During World War II, the Soviet Union annexed territories of eastern Poland, and because of that competitions in Poland were disrupted. The previous clubs of the region were dissolved as national bourgeoise clubs and replaced with newly created Soviet "proletarian" clubs such as Spartak or Dynamo. Some former Polish players from the dissolved clubs joined the new Soviet counterparts, while others moved out of the country, were deported or pursued other goals. During the Nazi occupation there was no recorded national football competitions, but there were regional competitions. Czechoslovakia that was previously partitioned by its neighbors had its Carpathian Ruthenia occupied by Hungary and teams from the region joined the Hungarian competitions. Following defeat of the Nazi Germany and its allies, the Soviet Union resumed its domestic competitions including in the newly annexed Carpathian Ruthenia.

With the transformation of the council's (All-Ukrainian Council of Physical Culture) football section into the Football Federation of the Ukrainian SSR in 1959, the Ukrainian championship was integrated into the Soviet championship of Master teams in the Class B starting from 1960, which eventually was transformed into the Soviet Second League. The Championship of Sports Societies and Departments was reorganized into competitions of physical culture collectives, better known as the republican KFK competitions. In 1990 there took another transformation in Soviet football and all republican championships were relegated to the Soviet Second League B or the lower second league, while the Soviet Second League was split into three regional groups instead of previous nine (republican-regional factor). Several former Soviet republics started the process of secession from the Union, such as the Baltic states and Georgia. In 1992 the Soviet championship ended and the 1991–92 Soviet Cup that was planned to be transformed into the CIS Cup was in reality simply an edition of the Russian Cup.

Ukrainian (Soviet) Football League structure / 1921–present
Ukraine Ukraine Ukraine Ukrainian SSR Ukrainian SSR Ukrainian SSR Ukrainian SSR World War II Ukrainian SSR Ukrainian SSR
Tier 2008–present 1996–2007 1992–1995 1971–1991 1964–1970 1960–1963 1945–1959 1942–1944 1936–1941 1921–1936
I Premier League Top League Top League Second League Class B Class B Championship of Ukrainian SSR ▼ ??? Championship of Ukrainian SSR City championships
II 1.League 1.League 1.League KFK competitions KFK competitions Regional 1.League Regional 1.League Regional 1.League Regional 1.League
III 2.League 2.League 2.League Regional 1.League Regional 1.League Regional 2.League Regional 2.League Regional 2.League ▼ ???
IV Amateur League Amateur League¹
(KFK competitions)		 3.League² Regional 2.League Regional 2.League Regional 3.League Regional 3.League ▼ ???
V Regional 1.League Regional 1.League KFK competitions Regional 3.League Regional 3.League ▼ ??? ▼ ???
VI Regional 2.League4 Regional 2.League4 Regional 1.League ▼ ??? ▼ ???
VII Regional 3.League5 Regional 3.League5 Regional 2.League4
VIII Regional 3.League5

¹ In 1998 KFK competitions were transformed into the Amateur Association.
² From 1993 through 1995 there existed the 3rd League. KFK competitions were grandfathered from the Soviet times.
³ In selected years there existed the supplemental 2nd League.
4 District 1.League and City 1.League
5 District 2.League and City 2.League

Note: Until 1992 the Soviet Tier III was considered as the republican competition for the Ukrainian SSR (see Ukrainian Soviet competitions). In 1992 most of the Ukrainian-based clubs that competed in the top three tiers were reorganised into the Ukrainian Supreme League, while most of the rest non-amateur clubs were organized into the Ukrainian First League.

Football in post Austria-Hungary Empire

Halychyna (1920–1939)

See also: Polish Football League (1927–1939) and Ekstraklasa

In the western part of Ukraine that was part of Austria-Hungary official football competitions started in 1905 when the first Lemberg city championship took place. After World War I and the fall of the empire, the West Ukraine was annexed by the Second Polish Republic. The Soviet–Ukrainian and Soviet–Polish wars prevented the competition of 1920 from taking place. At the end, only Pogoń was admitted, however, the other clubs entered the competition much later. The teams that were to enter the Polish League were Pogoń Lwów, Czarni Lwów, Polonia Przemyśl, and Rewera Stanisławów. Those are considered to be all-Polish teams consisting mostly of the Polish nationals. Pogoń Lwów was the most successful at the start of the League, winning it four times in a row 1922–1926. The club was coached then by the Austrian manager Karl Fischer. Another club Sparta Lwów made the final of the first Polish Cup competition of 1926. Ukrainian football teams like Ukraina Lwów also existed at that time, but they competed on the amateur level. The Soviet aggression of 1939 disrupted football life in the region and all of the clubs were disbanded. The Soviet administration created its own local football clubs that were part of the Soviet Volunteer Societies.

Bukovina (1922–1940)

Bukovina in the interwar period was part of Romania. There were several clubs all from Chernivtsi that participated in the Romanian football competitions. The most successful club was Dragoş Vodă Cernăuţi. It was all-Romanian club. As in Halychyna the football clubs were ethnically based. Beside the above-mentioned club there were also Jewish clubs Maccabi Cernăuți, FC Hakoah Cernauţi, Polish Polonia Cernăuţi, and German Jahn Cernăuți. From 1922 to 1932 the clubs from Chernivtsi participated annually in the Romanian championship that was organized by the Olympic-system of elimination. Since the introduction of the regular League in the national competitions those clubs disappeared. Only FC Dragoş Voda Cernauţi participated in the 1937–38 edition of the league, placing last in its group. In 1940 Bukovina became occupied by the Soviet Union and all of the previously established sport organizations were abandoned.

Carpathian Ruthenia (1925–1944)

From 1925 to 1938, this territory was part of Czechoslovakia, and later part of Hungary. The most notable club of the region at that time was SK Rusj Užhorod from Užhorod/Ungvar, later Ungvári Rusznyi. It was the only club that participated in Slovak championship from the region. The club became champion of Slovakia on two occasions: 1933 and 1936. Rusj became known in Europe as the Flying Teachers, because they were the first club that used airplanes to travel to their games.[2] In 1938 the region became part of Hungary. In 1939 there was a tournament among seven teams of that region (Kárpátalja), the winner of which would earn the right to participate on the professional level in the Hungarian competitions. The tournament included four teams from Uzhhorod, including SC Rusj Užhorod, plus each team from Mukacheve, Chop, and Palanky. SC Rusj Užhorod won the tournament, and because of that four teams were allowed to enter the Hungarian competition from the region,[3] two from Uzhhorod Rusj and Ungvári AC,[4] and each from Berehove (Beregszászi FTC) and Mukacheve (Munkács SzE).

Soviet championship prior 1936

See also: Championship of cities (Ukrainian SSR)

Before the establishment of a consistent Soviet football competition in 1936, the Ukrainian SSR had its own football competition from 1921 to 1936. This competition was on a volunteer basis and were not held regularly. These football competitions were a continuation of the imperial football competitions that started at the beginning of the 20th century in the Russian Empire. The winner qualified for the All-Union competition.

The first Ukrainian championship took place in 1921, before the establishment of the Soviet Union. Not much is known of that and the following championships and nothing is known of the competitions between 1924 and 1927. Remarkable is the fact that the dominant team of that period was from Kharkiv which until 1934 was the capital of the Ukrainian SSR.

Soviet championship (1936–1991)

See also: Ukrainian Soviet competitions and Soviet Top League

Until the creation of independent competitions, the Ukrainian republican championship had taken place in the Soviet First League after the World War II, the Soviet Second League (since 1963) or in the lower levels of the competition. Three to six of the best Ukrainian clubs competed in the Soviet Top League with Dynamo Kyiv competing in it consistently since its establishment; the Ukrainian champion was considered the team that has won the Ukrainian republican group which was part of the Soviet lower leagues.

Until World War II up to six clubs from Ukraine competed in the Soviet Top League. The nine non-amateur clubs from Ukraine participated in the first season of the Soviet competition: Dynamo Kyiv (I Division); Dynamo Dnipropetrovsk and Dynamo Kharkiv (II Division); Dynamo Odesa, Spartak Kharkiv, Vuhilnyki Staline, Lokomotyv Kyiv (III Division); Traktor Plant Kharkiv, Stal Dnipropetrovsk (IV Division). In 1938 the Soviet Top League was combined into the Super League with 26 clubs playing each other once. Ukraine was represented by six clubs. The following couple of years as the League was reduced only three Ukrainian teams participated in it.

A short time after World War II Ukraine was once again represented only by Dynamo Kyiv. Since 1949 and until 1964 the club was joined by Shakhtar Donetsk and Lokomotyv Kharkiv at the Top Level. In 1956 Lokomotyv was replaced by Avanhard, known today as Metalist. In 1965 Chornomorets Odesa returned to the Soviet Top League and was joined with the SCA Odesa. Since that time Ukraine had four clubs in the League. In 1967 as the Odesa Army team was relegated, Zorya Luhansk emerged and soon thereafter winning the honors. The Luhansk's team was the first club from a provincial city in the Soviet Union that earned the top award. The club success indicated the big football boom in the region. At the start of 1970 Chornomorets Odesa and Shakhtar Donetsk were replaced with Karpaty Lviv and Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk, respectively. By mid-1970s there were again six Ukraine clubs participating. Dynamo Kyiv earned the Cup Winners' Cup and the European Super Cup where in the finals it defeated FC Bayern Munich the captain of which was Franz Beckenbauer. In 1980 the representation of Ukraine was reduced back to five clubs with the classic four: Dynamo Kyiv, Shakhtar Donetsk, Chornomorets Odesa, and Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk. Since 1982, those four were joined by Metalist Kharkiv and stayed at the top level to its dissolution in 1991, coincidentally all five of them represent the five metropoleis of Ukraine with over a million in population.[5] In 1990 Metalurh Zaporizhzhia joined the Soviet Premier League.

Ukrainian teams in the Soviet Top League

Team Seasons First
season		 Last
season		 Played Won Drawn Lost Goals
for		 Goals
against		 Points1 1st 2nd 3rd
FC Dynamo Kyiv 54 1936 1991 1483 681 456 346 2306 1566 1810 13 11 3
FC Shakhtar Donetsk[6] 44 1938 1991 1288 434 379 475 1522 1641 1241 - 2 2
FC Chornomorets Odesa[7] 26 1938 1991 789 260 230 299 841 986 744 - - 1
FC Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk 19 1972 1991 554 227 154 173 729 634 604 2 2 2
FC Metalist Kharkiv[8] 14 1960 1991 438 133 124 181 413 530 390 - - -
Zorya Voroshylovgrad 14 1967 1979 412 125 135 152 416 469 377 1 - -
Karpaty Lviv 9 1971 1980 244 68 85 91 250 301 218 - - -
Lokomotyv Kharkiv 4 1949 1954 114 34 23 57 112 176 91 - - -
SKA Odesa 2 1965 1966 68 4 19 45 38 121 27 - - -
Metalurh Zaporizhia 1 1991 1991 30 9 7 14 27 38 25 - - -
Tavriya Simferopol 1 1981 1981 34 8 7 19 27 54 23 - - -
Silmash Kharkiv 1 1938 1938 25 8 6 11 34 45 22 - - -
Lokomotyv Kyiv 1 1938 1938 25 8 5 12 43 64 21 - - -
Spartak Kharkiv 1 1938 1938 25 5 7 13 43 63 17 - - -

1Two points for a win. In 1973, a point for a draw was awarded only to a team that won the subsequent penalty shootout. In 1978–1988, the number of draws for which points were awarded was limited.

Ukrainian teams in the Soviet First League

Club Winners Runners-Up 3rd Position
Chernomorets Odesa 4 1 3
Lokomotiv Kharkiv 3 – –
Karpaty Lviv 2 1 –
Zarya Lugansk 2 – –
Dnepr Dnipro 1 3 1
Shakhter Donetsk 1 2 1
Metallist Kharkiv 1 – 2
Metallurg Zaporizhia 1 – 2
Tavriya Simferopol 1 – 2
SKA Odesa – 2 1
Spartak Ivano-Frankovsk – 1 –
Spartak Lviv – 1 –
Sudostroitel Nikolayev – 1 –
SKA Kyiv – – 4
SKA Karpaty Lviv – – 2
Lokomotiv Vinnitsa – – 2
SKCF Sevastopol – – 1
Kolos Nikopol – – 1

FC Dynamo Dnipropetrovsk, FC Dynamo Kharkiv, FC Silmash Kharkiv, Sudnobudivnyk Mykolaiv, FC Lokomotyv Kyiv, FC Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk, FC Zorya Luhansk, Spartak Kharkiv, Kharchovyk Odesa, FC Shakhtar Donetsk, FC Lokomotyv Kharkiv, SKA Kyiv, Spartak Lviv, FC Krystal Kherson, FC Hoverla Uzhhorod, FC Metalist Kharkiv, FC Dynamo Luhansk, Bilshovyk Zaporizhia, Lokomotyv Zaporizhia, FC Avanhard Kramatorsk, FC Shakhtar Stakhanov, FC Mukacheve, Spartak Kyiv, Torpedo Kharkiv, Dynamo Chernivtsi, SKA Lviv, Trudovi Rezervy Luhansk, FC Metalurh Zaporizhia, SKCF Sevastopol, FC Spartak Ivano-Frankivsk, Kolos Poltava, SC Prometei Dniprodzerzhynsk, FC Zirka Kirovohrad, FC Dnipro Cherkasy, SC Tavriya Simferopol, FC Nyva Vinnytsia, FC Veres Rivne, FC Lokomotyv Donetsk, SKA Odesa, Temp Kyiv, FC Polissya Zhytomyr, FC Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih, FC Chornomorets Odesa, FC Avanhard Ternopil, FC Shakhtar Horlivka, FC Bukovyna Chernivtsi, FC Volyn Lutsk, Naftovyk Drohobych, FC Desna Chernihiv, FC Podillya Khmelnytskyi, FC Sirius Zhovti Vody, FC Illichivets Mariupol, FC Khimik Sieverodonetsk, FC Frunzenets-Liha-99 Sumy, Trubnyk Nikopol, FC Hirnyk Kryvyi Rih, Shakhtar Oleksandriya, FC Karpaty Lviv, FC Kremin Kremenchuk, FC Elektrometalurh-NZF Nikopol.

Notes:

  • In bold are clubs that later also participated in the Ukrainian Premier League. In bold and italic are members of both Soviet and Ukrainian Top leagues.

The first decade (1992–2000)

The independent championship was hastily organized at the start of the spring of 1992 after creation of the Ukrainian Premier League. The League was created out of the six teams that took part in the Soviet Top League, two teams from the Soviet First League, and nine out of eleven out of the Soviet Second League. The other two of that eleven were placed in the Ukrainian Persha Liha as they were to be relegated no matter what. Also the two best teams of the Soviet Second League B of the Ukrainian Zone were placed in the Ukrainian Premier League along with the winner of the 1991 Ukrainian Cup holder that placed ninth in the same group. The 20 participants were split in two groups with winners playing for the champion title and runners-up for the third place. Three teams from each group were to be relegated. As was expected, the five favorites, Dynamo Kyiv, Shakhtar Donetsk, Chornomorets Odesa, Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk, and Metalist Kharkiv placed at the top of each group. In the championship play-off game in Lviv, a sensation took place as the Tavriya Simferopol beat Dynamo Kyiv 1–0. The Creamians earned the first Ukrainian title (thus far the only), losing only once to FC Temp Shepetivka.

After being stunned in the first championship by the tragedy in Lviv, Dynamo Kyiv was anxious to earn its first title on the second go. In the second championship that had a regular League format of 16 teams, the main rival of the Kyivans was Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk which won the first half of the season. By the end of the season both teams were going shoulder to shoulder and at the end they finished with the same number of earned points. The champion title was awarded to Dynamo Kyiv as they had better goal difference. Neither the Golden match or the fact that Dnipro had a better head-to-head record was considered.

The next seven years were known as the total hegemony of Dynamo Kyiv. During this period the Soviet stereotypes changed as some of the best teams were going into a crisis. After the 1993–94 season suddenly Metalist Kharkiv was relegated to the Persha Liha. In the 1995–96 season Shakhtar Donetsk had its worst year in the club's history, placing tenth. Chornomorets Odesa was relegated twice during that first decade after Leonid Buriak left the team. Also couple of newly created teams have emerged, Arsenal Kyiv and Metalurh Donetsk and, in addition, FC Vorskla Poltava has astonished everyone placing the third in the first club's season at the Top Level in 1997.

The decade of Kyiv–Donetsk stand-off (2001–2010)

The next decade was marked by fierce competition between Dynamo Kyiv and Shakhtar Donetsk. Since 2000, Donetsk club proved to be the real challengers to Kyiv's dominance. In 2000 Shakhtar earned their first qualification to the Champions League and their place in the Group stage. Nonetheless, Dynamo is still considered the standard of excellence in the country and the primary feeder to the Ukraine national football team. 2002 became the real cornerstone in the miners history when they earned their first national title under the management of the newly appointed Italian specialist, Nevio Scala, who managed to bring the Donetsk club to its next Ukrainian Cup title as well. Since that time the issue of foreign players became particularly acute and brought series of court cases (see Players section). The FFU and PFL worked together to solve that issue, coming with the plan to force the transitional limitation of the foreign players over the time.

The clubs such as Dnipro and Chornomorets recent contenders for the title had to put up a fierce competition against the newly established contenders Metalurh from Donetsk and Metalist from Kharkiv to qualify for the European competitions. FC Metalist Kharkiv did exceptionally well in the late 2000s, consistently placing right behind Dynamo and Shakhtar. Most remarkable was their participation in the 2009 European season when they had to compete against Dynamo Kyiv to advance to the Quarter-finals of the UEFA Cup 2009. Later the UEFA Cup edition was won for the first time by the Shakhtar Donetsk, the first club of the independent Ukraine.

Latest wins and events

UEFA Euro 2012 or simply Euro 2012, was the 14th European Championship for men's national football teams organised by UEFA and was co-hosted for the first time by Poland and Ukraine. Poland and Ukraine's bid was chosen by UEFA's executive committee in 2007.

In May 2015, Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk reached their first Europa League final after defeating Napoli 1–0 in Kyiv.

Performance of Ukraine-based professional clubs in Soviet Top League and Ukrainian Premier League

Club Winners Runners-Up 3rd Position Seasons Won
Dynamo Kyiv 29 22 4 1961, 1966, 1967, 1968, 1971, 1974, 1975, 1977, 1980, 1981, 1985, 1986, 1990, 1992–93, 1993–94, 1994–95, 1995–96, 1996–97, 1997–98, 1998–99, 1999–00, 2000–01, 2002–03, 2003–04, 2006–07, 2008–09, 2014–15, 2015–16, 2020–21
Shakhtar Donetsk 13 15 2 2001–02, 2004–05, 2005–06, 2007–08, 2009–10, 2010–11, 2011–12, 2012–13, 2013–14, 2016–17, 2017–18, 2018–19, 2019–20
Dnipro 2 4 9 1983, 1988
Zorya Luhansk 1 0 3 1972
Tavriya Simferopol 1 0 0 1992
Chornomorets Odesa 0 2 4
Metalist Kharkiv 0 1 6
Metalurh Donetsk 0 0 3
Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih 0 0 2
Vorskla Poltava 0 0 2
Karpaty Lviv 0 0 1
Oleksandriya 0 0 1

Performance of Ukraine-based professional clubs in Soviet Cup and Ukrainian Cup

Team Winners Runners-up Winning Years
Dynamo Kyiv 21 6 1954, 1964, 1966, 1974, 1978, 1982, 1985, 1987, 1990, 1993, 1996, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2014, 2015, 2020
Shakhtar Donetsk 17 10 1961, 1962, 1980, 1983, 1995, 1997, 2001, 2002, 2004, 2008, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019
Chornomorets Odesa 2 1 1992, 1994
Dnipro 1 3 1989
Karpaty Lviv 1 2 1969
Metalist Kharkiv 1 2 1988
Tavriya Simferopol 1 1 2010
Vorskla Poltava 1 1 2009
Zorya Luhansk – 3 —
Metalurh Donetsk – 2 —
Arsenal Kyiv[a] – 2 —
Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih – 1 —
Metalurh Zaporizhya – 1 —
Nyva Vinnytsia – 1 —
Inhulets Petrove – 1 —
  1. ^ previously, also known as CSKA Kyiv

Performance of Ukraine-based professional clubs in Soviet Super Cup and Ukrainian Super Cup

Club Winners Runners-up Winning Years
Dynamo Kyiv 12 6 1981, 1986, 1987, 2004, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2016, 2018, 2019, 2020
Shakhtar Donetsk 9 10 1984, 2005, 2008, 2010, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2017
Dnipro 1 1 1988
Metalist Kharkiv — 1
Vorskla Poltava — 1
Tavriya Simferopol — 1
Metalurh Donetsk — 1
Chornomorets Odesa — 1

National league titles by Region and Championship

The following table lists the Ukraine-based football champions by the Ukrainian regions.

Region Ukraine Soviet Union
City of Kyiv
16
13
Donetsk Oblast
13
 —
Dnipropetrovsk Oblast —
2
AR Crimea
1
 —
Luhansk Oblast —
1

European competitions

UEFA Champions League

The following teams have qualified for elimination rounds in the UEFA Champions League.

UEFA Cup Winners' Cup

The following teams have qualified for elimination rounds in the UEFA Cup Winners' Cup.

UEFA Europa League / UEFA Cup

The following teams have qualified for elimination rounds of the UEFA Cup.

Ukrainian clubs in the Soviet competitions

Ukrainian medalists of the Soviet first tier competitions

Club Winners Runners-up Third place Winning years
Dynamo Kyiv 13 11 3 1961, 1966, 1967, 1968, 1971, 1974, 1975, 1977, 1980, 1981, 1985, 1986, 1990
Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk 2 2 2 1983, 1988
Zorya Voroshilovgrad 1 – – 1972
Shakhtar Donetsk – 2 2
Chornomorets Odesa — — 1

All-time table of Ukrainian clubs in the Soviet first tier competitions

List of records of Ukrainian clubs in the Soviet first tier competitions which over the years carried different names, only since 1971 they were known as the Soviet Top League which was established in place of the Class A Top Group (First Group).

Rank Team Seasons First year Last year P W D L GF GA Pts 1st 2nd 3rd Other names used
1 FC Dynamo Kyiv 54 1936 1991 1483 681 456 346 2306 1566 1810 13 11 3
2 FC Shakhtar Donetsk 44 1938 1991 1288 434 379 475 1522 1641 1241 – 2 2 Stakhanovets Stalino
3 FC Chornomorets Odesa 24 1965 1991 738 244 217 277 777 884 699 – – 1
4 FC Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk 19 1972 1991 554 227 154 173 729 634 604 2 2 2
5 FC Metalist Kharkiv 14 1960 1991 438 133 124 181 413 530 390 – – – Avanhard Kharkiv
6 FC Zorya Luhansk 14 1967 1979 412 125 135 152 416 469 377 1 – – Zorya Voroshylovhrad
7 FC Karpaty Lviv 9 1971 1980 244 68 85 91 250 301 218 – – –
8 FC Lokomotyv Kharkiv 4 1949 1954 34 23 57 47 112 176 91 – – –
9 FC Dynamo Odesa 2 1938 1939 51 16 13 22 64 102 45 – – –
10 SKA Odesa 2 1965 1966 68 4 19 45 38 121 27 – – –
11 FC Metalurh Zaporizhya 1 1991 30 9 7 14 27 38 25 – – –
12 FC Tavriya Simferopol 1 1981 34 8 7 19 27 54 23 – – –
13 FC Silmash Kharkiv 1 1938 25 8 6 11 34 45 22 – – –
14 FC Lokomotyv Kyiv 1 1938 25 8 5 12 43 64 21 – – –
15 FC Spartak Kharkiv 1 1938 25 5 7 13 43 63 17 – – –

Ukrainian medalists of the Soviet second tier competitions

Club Winners Runners-up Third place Winning years
Chornomorets Odesa 3 1 3 1961, 1973, 1987
Karpaty Lviv 2 1 – 1970, 1979
Lokomotyv Kharkiv 2 – 1 1948, 1952
Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk 1 2 1 1971
Shakhtar Donetsk 1 1 1 1954
Tavriya Simferopol 1 – 2 1980
Metalist Kharkiv 1 – 2 1981
Metalurh Zaporizhia 1 – 2 1960
Lokomotyv Vinnytsia 1 – 1 1959
Trudovi Rezervy Luhansk 1 – – 1962*
Zorya Luhansk 1 – – 1966

All-time table of Ukrainian clubs in the Soviet second tier competitions

List of records of Ukrainian clubs in the Soviet second tier competitions which over the years carried different names, only since 1970 they were known as the Soviet First League which was established in place of the Class A First Group (Second Group).[9]

Rank Team Seasons First year Last year P W D L GF GA Pts 1st 2nd 3rd Other names used
1 FC Metalurh Zaporizhia 40 1947 1990 1471 564 406 501 1918 1690 1534 1 – 2
2 FC Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk 26 1939 1980 873 378 223 272 1226 1055 979 1 2 1 Stal Dnipropetrovsk
3 SC Tavriya Simferopol 23 1958 1991 890 343 240 307 1162 1043 926 1 – 2
4 SKA Karpaty Lviv 23 1949 1989 813 344 202 267 1058 918 890 – – 2 SKA Lviv, ODO Lviv, SC Lutsk
5 FC Chornomorets Odesa 22 1940 1973 703 343 164 196 1132 771 850 3 1 3 Pishchevik Odesa
6 FC Metalist Kharkiv 21 1947 1981 772 316 211 245 913 784 843 1 – 2 Avanhard Kharkiv
7 FC Zorya Voroshylovhrad 18 1939 1987 710 283 190 237 947 844 756 2 – –
8 SKA Kyiv 19 1947 1982 599 244 155 200 839 681 643 – – – DO Kyiv, SC Chernigov
9 SKA Odesa 14 1958 1982 547 227 152 168 699 551 606 – – – ODO Odesa
10 FC Prykarpattia Ivano-Frankivsk 16 1956 1981 596 206 139 251 694 840 551 – – – Spartak Ivano-Frankivsk
11 FC Karpaty Lviv 12 1963 1981 451 206 121 124 629 422 533 – – –
12 FC Sudnobudivnyk Mykolaiv 15 1939 1968 495 175 152 168 598 612 502 – – –
13 FC Kolos Nikopol 9 1962 1987 424 170 97 157 560 527 437 – – –
14 FC Nyva Vinnytsia 9 1958 1968 358 145 116 97 461 350 406 – – – Lokomotyv Vinnytsia
15 FC Zakarpattia Uzhhorod 13 1947 1962 384 133 114 137 498 460 380 – – – Hoverla Uzhhorod
16 FC Zirka Kirovohrad 8 1958 1968 312 127 88 97 418 330 342 – – –
17 FC Krystal Kherson 9 1947 1968 316 100 91 125 389 439 291 – – – Lokomotyv Kherson
18 SKChF Sevastopol 9 1954 1968 300 97 78 125 373 402 272 – – –
19 FC Kolos Poltava 7 1957 1968 280 91 83 106 308 335 265 – – –
20 FC Polissya Zhytomyr 5 1959 1968 210 93 53 64 284 202 239 – – –
21 FC Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih 8 1959 1977 297 77 79 141 326 453 233 – – –
22 FC Lokomotyv Kharkiv 7 1945 1955 178 93 45 40 334 176 231 – – –
23 FC Shakhtar Stakhanov 8 1948 1962 286 79 73 134 286 410 231 – – –
24 FC Shakhtar Donetsk 7 1959 1968 163 94 41 28 324 134 229 – – –
25 FC Bukovyna Chernivtsi 5 1960 1991 184 73 47 64 227 227 193 – – –
26 FC Novator Zhdanov 5 1960 1969 193 61 65 67 193 218 187 – – –
27 FC Avanhard Zhovti Vody 5 1960 1968 189 58 68 63 181 193 184 – – –
28 FC Lokomotyv Donetsk 5 1958 1962 162 69 43 50 254 227 181 – – –
29 FC Khimik Severodonetsk 5 1960 1969 193 60 52 81 193 246 172 – – –
30 SC Prometei Dniprodzerzhynsk 6 1957 1962 198 49 56 93 192 295 154 – – –
31 FC Avanhard Rivne 5 1958 1962 158 56 40 62 246 262 152 – – –
32 FC Dnipro Cherkasy 5 1958 1962 158 49 54 55 160 186 152 – – –
33 FC Avanhard Ternopil 5 1959 1969 170 51 49 70 177 233 151 – – – Budivelnyk Ternopil
34 FC Arsenal Kyiv 4 1959 1962 128 49 41 38 191 141 139 – – –
35 FC Avanhard Kramatorsk 5 1948 1962 154 49 37 68 191 250 135 – – –
36 FC Desna Chernihiv 4 1960 1969 142 40 48 54 156 212 128 – – –
37 FC Shakhtar Horlivka 4 1959 1962 132 40 38 54 156 202 118 – – –
38 FC Podillya Khmelnytskyi 4 1960 1969 142 37 43 62 144 203 117 – – – Dynamo Khmelnytskyi
39 FC Torpedo Kharkiv 4 1949 1962 140 37 42 61 157 230 116 – – –
40 FC Spartak Lviv 3 1947 1949 78 41 15 22 153 112 97 – – –
41 FC Frunzenets Sumy 3 1960 1962 106 23 41 42 113 154 87 – – –
42 FC Bilshovyk Mukacheve 2 1948 1949 51 31 7 13 108 60 69 – – –
43 FC Naftovyk Drohobych 3 1960 1962 100 22 24 54 98 182 68 – – –
44 FC Volyn Lutsk 3 1960 1962 100 20 25 55 97 163 65 – – –
45 FC Dynamo Kharkiv 3 1936 1940 55 23 13 19 90 77 59 – – –
46 FC Lokomotyv Kyiv 2 1939 1940 48 22 6 20 73 67 50 – – –
47 FC Dynamo Voroshylovhrad 3 1947 1949 72 14 19 39 97 160 47 – – –
48 FC Silmash Kharkiv 3 1936 1940 55 16 10 29 85 102 42 – – –
49 FC Dnipro Kremenchuk 1 1968 45 9 15 21 28 50 33 – – –
50 FC Shakhtar Oleksandriya 1 1962 34 10 10 14 34 45 30 – – –
51 FC Spartak Kyiv 1 1949 34 11 8 15 43 57 30 – – –
52 FC Dynamo Chernivtsi 1 1949 34 8 10 16 39 52 26 – – –
53 FC Spartak Kharkiv 1 1939 22 8 1 13 35 45 17 – – –
54 FC Dynamo Dnipropetrovsk 1 1936 7 2 1 4 7 14 5 – – –

Ukrainian medalists of the Soviet third tier competitions

Club Winners Runners-up Third place Winning years
Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih 4* – 1* 1971, 1975, 1976, 1981
Bukovyna Chernivtsi 3* 3* – 1982, 1988, 1990
Tavriya Simferopol 3* 2* 1* 1973, 1985, 1987
SKA Kiev 2* 4* 2* 1980, 1983
Nyva Vinnytsia 2* 3* 1* 1964, 1984
SKA Odesa 2* – 2* 1963, 1977
Spartak Ivano-Frankivsk 2* – 1* 1969, 1972
Avtomobilist Zhytomyr 1* 2* 3* 1967
Metalist Kharkiv 1* 2* – 1978
Sudnobudivnyk Mykolaiv 1* 1* 3* 1974
Kolos Nikopol 1* 1* 1* 1979
Hoverla Uzhhorod 1* 1* – 1946
Zorya Voroshylovhrad 1* 1 – 1986
SKA Lvov 1* – 3* 1965
Karpaty Lviv 1 – 2* 1991
Dynamo Odesa 1 – 1 1937
Avanhard Zhovti Vody 1* – 1* 1966
Avanhard Ternopil 1* – – 1968
Metalurh Zaporizhia 1* – – 1970
Volyn Lutsk 1* – – 1989
Kolos Mezhyrich – 2* 1*
Nyva Ternopil – 1* 1*
Spartak Kharkiv – 1 –
Lokomotyv Kyiv – 1 –
Dynamo Khmelnytskyi – 1* –
Khimik Severodonetsk – 1* –
Shakhtar Horlivka – 1* –
Desna Chernihiv – 1* –
Vorskla Poltava – 1* –
Dynamo Dnipropetrovsk – – 1
Stakhanovets Stalino – – 1
Azovstal Mariupol – – 1*
Lokomotyv Kherson – – 1*
Dnipro Kremenchuk – – 1*
Shakhtar Kadiivka – – 1*
Spartak Sumy – – 1*
Avanhard Rivne – – 1*

All-time table of Ukrainian clubs in the Soviet third tier competitions

List of records of Ukrainian clubs in the Soviet third tier competitions which over the years carried different names, only since 1970 they were known as the Soviet Second League which was established in place of the Class A Second Group.[10]

Rank Team Seasons First year Last year P W D L GF GA Pts 1st 2nd 3rd Other names used
1 FC Bukovyna Chernivtsi 26 1963 1989 1176 508 318 350 1466 1117 1842 3 3 –
2 FC Polissya Zhytomyr 24 1963 1988 1086 455 310 321 1294 986 1675 1 2 3 Avtomobilist Zhytomyr
3 FC Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih 22 1963 1988 1003 428 295 280 1267 967 1579 4 – 1
4 FC Sudnobudivnyk Mykolaiv 23 1963 1989 1043 425 295 323 1257 1003 1570 1 1 3
5 FC Zakarpattia Uzhhorod 26 1963 1989 1155 426 291 438 1235 1288 1569 1 1 –
6 FC Nyva Vinnytsia 22 1963 1990 1003 428 286 289 1231 885 1567 2 3 1 Lokomotyv Vinnytsia
7 FC Podillya Khmelnytskyi 24 1963 1988 1084 404 286 394 1191 1167 1498 – 1 – Dynamo Khmelnytskyi
8 FC Volyn Lutsk 27 1963 1990 1206 386 332 488 1148 1416 1490 1 – –
9 FC Avanhard Rovno 25 1963 1988 1113 388 309 416 1097 1152 1473 – – 1 Horyn Rovno
10 FC Krystal Kherson 24 1963 1988 1076 387 289 400 1233 1270 1450 – – 1 Lokomotyv Kherson
11 FC Zirka Kirovohrad 22 1963 1988 996 377 271 348 1088 1061 1402 – – –
12 FC Shakhtar Horlivka 23 1963 1987 1041 360 298 383 1135 1215 1378 – 1 –
13 FC Chaika Sevastopol 22 1963 1988 994 355 270 369 1092 1126 1335 – – –
14 FC Vorskla Poltava 22 1963 1990 992 341 277 374 1003 1076 1300 – 1 – Kolos Poltava
15 SKA Kiev 17 1963 1986 769 365 204 200 1124 738 1299 2 4 2 DO Kiev, SC Chernigov
16 SKA Odesa 17 1963 1990 760 337 209 214 961 689 1220 2 – 2 ODO Odesa
17 FC Novator Zhdanov 22 1963 1988 998 308 259 431 1029 1303 1183 – – 1
18 FC Desna Chernihiv 19 1963 1988 865 306 237 322 889 929 1155 – 1 –
19 FC Prykarpattia Ivano-Frankivsk 17 1963 1988 789 305 219 265 862 793 1134 2 – 1
20 FC Frunzenets Sumy 20 1963 1982 896 270 271 355 848 1011 1081 – – 1
21 FC Dnipro Cherkasy 18 1963 1988 826 244 233 349 721 953 965 – – –
22 FC Shakhtar Stakhanov 17 1963 1986 734 254 188 292 763 854 950 – – 1
23 FC Okean Kerch 17 1963 1988 777 223 202 352 728 979 871 – – –
24 SC Tavriya Simferopol 10 1963 1987 448 234 118 96 773 422 820 3 2 1
25 SKA Karpaty Lvov 11 1963 1990 484 193 140 151 610 486 719 1 – 3 ODO Lvov, SKA Lvov, SC Lutsk
26 FC Nyva Ternopil 8 1983 1990 406 190 109 107 562 395 679 – 1 1
27 FC Budivelnyk Ternopil 10 1963 1973 466 168 152 146 507 443 653 1 – –
28 FC Kolos Pavlohrad 8 1981 1988 410 172 86 152 522 504 602 – 2 1 Kolos Mezhyrich
29 FC Lokomotyv Donetsk 9 1963 1972 425 142 119 164 426 476 545 – – – Lokomotyv Artemivsk
30 FC Dnipro Kremenchuk 8 1963 1990 377 138 104 135 396 414 518 – – 1 Dnipro Kremenchuk
31 FC Khimik Severodonetsk 7 1963 1972 343 127 109 107 427 373 490 – 1 –
32 FC Mayak Kharkiv 8 1972 1988 414 108 103 203 340 508 427 – – –
33 FC Torpedo Kharkiv 6 1963 1968 283 110 91 82 280 232 421 – – –
34 FC Stal Alchevsk 6 1963 1968 278 108 80 90 300 293 404 – – –
35 FC Kolos Nikopol 4 1976 1979 224 115 55 54 302 196 400 1 1 1
36 FC Zorya Voroshylovhrad 4 1985 1990 220 115 48 57 358 217 393 1 1 –
37 FC Trubnyk Nikopol 6 1963 1968 280 90 108 82 305 252 378 – – –
38 SC Prometei Dniprodzerzhynsk 7 1963 1969 283 97 85 101 294 290 376 – – –
39 SCChF Sevastopol 5 1963 1967 238 100 65 73 301 216 365 – – –
40 FC Shakhtar Oleksandriya 6 1963 1968 285 91 89 105 275 303 362 – – –
41 FC Metalist Kharkiv 5 1974 1978 185 95 55 35 270 135 340 1 2 –
42 FC Naftovyk Drohobych 6 1963 1968 278 85 84 109 277 321 339 – – –
43 FC Kirovets Makiivka 5 1966 1972 250 89 71 90 246 241 338 – – –
44 FC Torpedo Zaporizhia 5 1985 1989 276 89 71 116 311 355 338 – – –
45 FC Avanhard Kramatorsk 6 1963 1968 274 85 83 106 276 316 338 – – –
46 FC Metalurh Dniprodzerzhynsk 7 1979 1985 308 84 73 151 271 410 325 – – –
47 FC Avanhard Zhovti Vody 5 1963 1969 197 85 55 57 216 157 310 – – –
48 FC Dynamo Bila Tservka 5 1984 1988 272 73 87 112 262 336 306 – – –
49 FC Naftovyk Okhtyrka 4 1986 1989 194 74 56 64 233 204 278 – – –
50 FC Karpaty Lviv 3 1989 1991 126 71 30 25 171 97 243 1 – 2
51 FC Spartak Melitopol 4 1963 1966 157 55 45 57 193 195 210 – – –
52 FC Dunayets Izmail 5 1964 1968 238 52 48 138 158 335 204 – – –
53 FC Shakhtar Krasnyi Luch 5 1965 1969 196 44 65 87 159 240 197 – – –
54 FC Shakhtar Torez 5 1965 1969 200 41 60 99 151 286 183 – – –
55 FC Torpedo Berdyansk 4 1966 1969 160 41 50 69 122 187 173 – – –
56 FC Industriya Yenakiyeve 4 1963 1969 158 40 38 80 115 222 158 – – –
57 FC Enerhiya Nova Kakhovka 3 1967 1969 122 30 44 48 83 113 134 – – –
58 FC Pryladyst Mukachevo 2 1968 1969 87 34 27 26 92 75 129 – – –
59 FC Sitall Kostiantynivka 3 1967 1969 120 30 35 55 80 134 125 – – –
60 FC Shakhtar Sverdlovsk 2 1968 1969 85 32 27 26 94 80 123 – – –
61 FC Avanhard Rovenky 2 1968 1969 80 30 28 22 80 67 118 – – –
62 FC Shakhtar Chervonohrad 2 1968 1969 82 26 36 20 52 46 114 – – –
63 FC Start Dzerzhynsk 3 1966 1968 120 26 36 58 88 164 114 – – –
64 FC Kolos Yakymivka 2 1968 1969 82 27 32 23 68 60 113 – – –
65 FC Shakhtar Yenakiyeve 3 1965 1967 115 26 31 58 85 181 109 – – –
66 FC Stakhanovets Krasnoarmiysk 2 1968 1969 80 27 26 27 66 66 107 – – –
67 FC Prohres Berdychiv 2 1968 1969 82 23 27 32 70 103 96 – – –
68 FC Lokomotyv Dnipropetrovsk 2 1968 1969 80 19 37 24 57 56 94 – – –
69 FC Podillya Kamienets-Podilskyi 2 1968 1969 82 21 29 32 60 81 92 – – –
70 FC Metalurh Zaporizhia 1 1970 42 26 10 6 73 33 88 1 – –
71 FC Avtomobilist Odesa 2 1965 1966 77 16 21 40 57 119 69 – – –
72 FC Temp Kyiv 1 1964 38 17 10 11 48 33 61 – – –
73 FC Avanhard Antratsyt 1 1969 40 15 13 12 36 28 58 – – –
74 FC Arsenal Kyiv 1 1963 40 14 10 16 42 43 52 – – –
75 FC Stal Dnipropetrovsk 1 1967 40 13 12 15 39 37 51 – – –
76 FC Budivelnyk Pervomaisk 1 1969 40 10 16 14 22 37 46 – – –
77 FC Dzerzhynets Dzerzhynsk 1 1969 40 12 8 20 31 50 44 – – –
78 FC Dynamo Odesa 3 1936 (s) 1937 23 13 3 7 47 27 42 1 – 1
79 FC Dynamo-2 Kyiv 1 1965 38 11 9 18 44 66 42 – – –
80 FC Stakhanovets Stalino 3 1936 (s) 1937 23 9 5 9 45 51 32 – – – Ugolschiki Stalino
81 FC Spartak Kharkiv 3 1936 (s) 1937 23 9 5 9 38 48 32 – – –
82 FC Dynamo Dnipropetrovsk 2 1936 (f) 1937 16 9 1 6 32 29 28 – – –
83 FC Lokomotyv Kyiv 2 1936 (s) 1937 16 7 1 8 27 25 22 – – –
84 FC Shakhtar Novovolynsk 1 1968 42 5 7 30 19 80 22 – – –
85 FC Dynamo Kharkiv 2 1936 (f) 1937 16 4 3 9 26 35 15 – – –
86 FC Silmash Kharkiv 1 1937 9 3 1 5 16 29 10 – – –

Ukrainian medalists of the Soviet fourth and lower tiers competitions

Club Winners Runners-up Third place Winning years
Traktornyi zavod Kharkiv 2 – – 1936 (s), 1936 (f)
Khimik Severodonetsk 1* – – 1970
Torpedo Zaporizhia 1* – – 1990
Naftovyk Okhtyrka 1* – – 1991
Stal Dnipropetrovsk – 1 –
Lokomotyv Vinnytsia – 1* –
Sudnobudivnyk Mykolaiv – 1* –
Prykarpattia Ivano-Frankivsk – 1* –
Lokomotyv Kyiv – – 1
Lokomotyv Donetsk – – 1*
Avanhard Rivne – – 1*
Kolos Nikopol – – 1*
Lokomotyv Dnipropetrovsk – 1 (V) –

All-time table of Ukrainian clubs in the Soviet fourth and lower tiers competitions

List of records of Ukrainian clubs in the Soviet fourth and lower tiers competitions which over the years carried different names, only since 1970 they were known as the Soviet Second League B.[11] In 1937 there also existed fifth tier.

Rank Team Seasons First year Last year P W D L GF GA Pts 1st 2nd 3rd Other names used
1 FC Avanhard Rivno 3 1970 1991 126 63 38 25 168 106 227 – – 1
2 FC Podillya Khmelnytskyi 3 1970 1991 126 47 36 43 140 125 177 – – –
3 FC Naftovyk Okhtyrka 2 1990 1991 86 46 27 13 132 63 165 1 – –
4 FC Pryladyst Mukachevo 2 1970 1991 90 43 27 20 118 78 156 – – –
5 FC Prykarpattia Ivano-Frankivsk 2 1990 1991 86 46 17 23 118 75 155 – 1 –
6 FC Dnipro Cherkasy 3 1970 1991 126 40 31 55 122 149 151 – – –
7 FC Polissya Zhytomyr 2 1990 1991 86 45 12 29 117 93 147 – – –
8 FC Krystal Kherson 2 1990 1991 86 41 24 21 143 104 147 – – –
9 FC Kolos Nikopol 2 1990 1991 86 41 22 23 129 85 145 – – 1
10 FC Khimik Severodonetsk 2 1970 1991 90 38 28 24 118 90 142 1 – –
11 FC Dynamo Bila Tserkva 2 1990 1991 86 39 16 31 106 88 133 – – –
12 FC Zakarpattia Uzhhorod 2 1970 1991 90 39 15 36 95 93 132 – – –
13 FC Desna Chernihiv 2 1990 1991 86 33 15 38 94 98 114 – – –
14 FC Stal Alchevsk 2 1970 1991 90 28 25 37 96 115 109 – – – Komunarets Komunarsk
15 FC Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih 2 1990 1991 86 29 19 38 115 117 106 – – –
16 SKA Kiev 2 1990 1991 86 25 24 37 88 101 99 – – –
17 FC Chaika Sevastopol 2 1990 1991 86 24 23 39 93 123 95 – – –
18 FC Okean Kerch 2 1990 1991 86 22 19 45 80 127 85 – – –
19 FC Nyva Vinnytsia 1 1970 40 22 15 3 60 17 81 – – –
20 FC Lokomotyv Donetsk 1 1970 40 23 9 8 66 30 78 – – –
21 FC Sudnobudivnyk Mykolaiv 1 1990 36 24 5 7 60 31 77 – – –
22 FC Torpedo Zaporizhia 1 1990 36 23 8 5 53 25 77 – – –
23 FC Zirka Kirovohrad 2 1990 1991 86 19 20 47 87 151 77 – – –
24 FC Avtomobilist Sumy 1 1991 50 20 14 16 51 40 74 – – –
25 FC Temp Shepetivka 1 1991 50 19 15 16 64 53 72 – – –
26 FC Avanhard Antratsyt 1 1970 40 16 14 10 30 33 62 – – –
27 FC Karpaty Kamianka-Buzka 1 1991 50 15 15 20 48 55 60 – – –
28 FC Shakhtar Stakhanov 1 1991 50 17 8 25 56 75 59 – – –
29 FC Volyn Lutsk 1 1970 40 15 14 11 35 32 59 – – –
30 FC Mayak Ochakov 1 1991 50 15 10 25 51 76 55 – – –
31 FC Enerhiya Nova Kakhovka 1 1970 38 14 9 15 43 43 51 – – –
32 FC Avanhard Zhovti Vody 1 1970 38 13 12 13 34 26 51 – – –
33 FC Shakhtar Chervonohrad 1 1970 38 13 11 14 35 33 50 – – –
34 FC Avanhard Kramatorsk 1 1970 40 13 11 16 43 54 50 – – –
35 FC Torpedo Berdyansk 1 1970 40 13 11 16 28 41 50 – – –
36 FC Kirovets Makiivka 1 1970 40 12 13 15 33 41 49 – – –
37 FC Naftovyk Drohobych 1 1970 38 13 8 17 40 51 47 – – –
38 FC Shakhtar Kirovsk 1 1970 38 12 11 15 33 48 47 – – –
39 FC Shakhtar Oleksandriya 1 1970 40 11 12 17 33 46 45 – – –
40 FC Avanhard Rovenky 1 1970 40 11 10 19 35 57 43 – – –
41 FC Shakhtar Krasnyi Luch 1 1970 40 10 13 17 20 51 43 – – –
42 SCChF Sevastopol 1 1970 38 11 9 18 33 43 42 – – –
43 FC Trubnyk Nikopol 1 1970 38 9 15 14 26 32 42 – – –
44 FC Podillya Kamianets-Podilskyi 1 1970 40 10 10 20 29 48 40 – – –
45 FC Mayak Kharkiv 2 1990 1991 86 6 20 60 50 169 38 – – –
46 FC Shakhtar Torez 1 1970 40 7 12 21 16 44 33 – – –
47 FC Frunze zavod Kostiantynivka 2 1936 (f) 1937 16 7 1 8 26 30 22 – – –
48 FC Traktornyi zavod Kharkiv 2 1936 (s) 1936 (f) 9 6 2 1 18 9 20 – – –
49 FC Lenin zavod Dnipropetrovsk 2 1936 (s) 1936 (f) 9 4 1 4 16 15 13 – – –
50 FC Stal Dnipropetrovsk 1 1937 11 3 4 4 20 27 13 – – –
51 SC Prometei Dniprodzerzhynsk 1 1970 26 2 4 20 8 14 10 – – –
52 FC Lokomotyv Kyiv 1 1936 (f) 5 1 3 1 7 6 6 – – –

In 1937 three more clubs from Ukraine competed in the 5th tier: Lokomotyv Dnipropetrovsk, Sudnobudivnyk Mykolaiv, and Spartak Kyiv.

Awards

Symbolic team of 2010
by the readers of ua-football.com.[12]
Head coach: Mircea Lucescu.
Other 2010 awards (ua-football.com readers)
[12]

Second symbolic team: Maksym Koval – Vitaliy Denisov, Milan Obradovic, Papa Gueye, Artem Fedetsky – Willian, Fernandinho, Oleksandr Aliyev, Denys Oliynyk – Taison, Artem Milevskyi – Coach: Myron Markevych

See also

References

  1. ^ FFU Official website Archived 2010-11-23 at the Wayback Machine (in Ukrainian)
  2. ^ SC Rusj Užhorod brief overview (in Ukrainian)
  3. ^ List of the Ukrainian competition prior to 1992 (in Ukrainian)
  4. ^ Club data before WWII at rsssf.org (in English)
  5. ^ List of cities in Ukraine
  6. ^ Includes appearances as Stakhanovets Stalino, see club history at KLISF
  7. ^ Includes appearances as Dynamo Odesa, see club history at KLISF
  8. ^ Includes appearances as Avangard Kharkiv, see club history at KLISF
  9. ^ "Чемпионат СССР, первая лига".
  10. ^ "Чемпионат СССР, вторая лига".
  11. ^ "Чемпионат СССР, вторая лига".
  12. ^ a b "Лучшие из лучших - 2010". Archived from the original on 2011-07-17. Retrieved 2011-03-06.
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