2018–19 in Ukrainian football

The 2018–19 season is the 28th season of competitive association football in Ukraine since dissolution of the Soviet Union.

Football in Ukraine
Season2018-19
Men's football
Premier LeagueShakhtar Donetsk
League 1SC Dnipro-1
League 2FC Mynai (Group A)
Kremin Kremenchuk (Group B)
Amateur LeagueVPK-Ahro Shevchenkivka
CupShakhtar Donetsk
Amateur CupAvanhard Bziv
Super CupDynamo Kyiv
Women's football
League HighZhytlobud-1 Kharkiv
League 1EMS Podillia Vinnytsia (Group A)
WFC Mariupol (Group B)
Women's CupZhytlobud-1 Kharkiv
← 2017–18 2019–20 →

National teams

Ukraine national football team
Main article: Ukraine national football team

Ukraine U-21 national football team
Main article: Ukraine national under-21 football team


Ukraine U-19 national football team
Main article: Ukraine national under-19 football team

Ukraine women's national football team
Main article: Ukraine women's national football team

Ukraine women's national student football team


UEFA Competitions

UEFA Champions League
Main article: 2018–19 UEFA Champions League

UEFA Europa League
Main article: 2018–19 UEFA Europa League

UEFA Youth League
Main article: 2018–19 UEFA Youth League

UEFA Women's Champions League
Main article: 2018–19 UEFA Women's Champions League

Men's club football
League Promoted to league Relegated from league
Premier League
League One
League Two Groups
A
B

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

Premier League
Main article: 2018–19 Ukrainian Premier League
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation[lower-alpha 1]
1 Shakhtar Donetsk 22 18 3 1 52 9 +43 57 Qualification to Championship round
2 Dynamo Kyiv 22 16 2 4 40 11 +29 50
3 FC Oleksandriya 22 12 5 5 31 19 +12 41
4 Zorya Luhansk 22 8 8 6 28 20 +8 32
5 FC Lviv 22 7 9 6 19 20 −1 30
6 FC Mariupol 22 8 6 8 24 33 −9 30
7 Vorskla Poltava 22 9 2 11 18 28 −10 29 Qualification to Relegation round
8 Desna Chernihiv 22 8 4 10 23 24 −1 28
9 Karpaty Lviv 22 5 6 11 26 37 −11 21
10 Olimpik Donetsk 22 4 8 10 25 33 −8 20
11 Chornomorets Odesa 22 4 4 14 12 34 −22 16
12 Arsenal Kyiv 22 3 3 16 12 42 −30 12
Source: Ukrainian Premier League Soccerway
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head points; 3) Head-to-head goal difference; 4) Head-to-head bigger amount of goals scored; 5) Goal difference; 6) Bigger amount of goals scored; 7) Draw or "golden match" if tied for title (Article 22, paragraph 3).[1]
Notes:
  1. Teams play each other twice (22 matches), before the league split into two groups (the top six and the bottom six) for the last 10 matches.
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Shakhtar Donetsk (C) 32 26 5 1 73 11 +62 83 Qualification to Champions League group stage
2 Dynamo Kyiv 32 22 6 4 54 18 +36 72 Qualification to Champions League third qualifying round
3 FC Oleksandriya 32 14 7 11 39 34 +5 49 Qualification to Europa League group stage[lower-alpha 1]
4 FC Mariupol 32 12 7 13 36 47 −11 43[lower-alpha 2] Qualification to Europa League third qualifying round[lower-alpha 1]
5 Zorya Luhansk 32 11 10 11 39 34 +5 43[lower-alpha 2] Qualification to Europa League second qualifying round[lower-alpha 1]
6 FC Lviv 32 8 10 14 25 40 −15 34
Source: Ukrainian Premier League (in Ukrainian), UEFA, Soccerway
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head points; 3) Head-to-head goal difference; 4) Head-to-head bigger amount of goals scored; 5) Goal difference; 6) Bigger amount of goals scored; 7) Draw or "golden match" if tied for title (Article 22, paragraph 3).[1]
(C) Champion.
Notes:
  1. Since the winners of the 2018–19 Ukrainian Cup, Shakhtar Donetsk, qualified for European competition based on league position, the spot awarded to the cup winners (Europa League group stage) was passed to the third-placed team, the spot awarded to the third-placed team (Europa League third qualifying round) was passed to the fourth-placed team, and the spot awarded to the fourth-placed team (Europa League second qualifying round) was passed to the fifth-placed team.
  2. Head to Head: Mariupol – Zorya +3=0-1, advantage Mariupol.
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
7 Vorskla Poltava 32 12 6 14 31 43 −12 42
8 Desna Chernihiv 32 12 5 15 35 41 −6 41
9 Olimpik Donetsk 32 7 13 12 41 48 −7 34
10 Karpaty Lviv (O) 32 8 9 15 44 53 −9 33 Relegation play-offs
11 Chornomorets Odesa (R) 32 8 7 17 31 49 −18 31
12 Arsenal Kyiv (R, X) 32 7 5 20 26 56 −30 26 Relegated and later withdrawn
Source: Ukrainian Premier League (in Ukrainian), UEFA, Soccerway
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head points; 3) Head-to-head goal difference; 4) Head-to-head bigger amount of goals scored; 5) Goal difference; 6) Bigger amount of goals scored; 7) Draw or "golden match" if tied for title (Article 22, paragraph 3).[1]
(O) Play-off winner; (R) Relegated; (X) Withdrew.

Teams that placed 10th and 11th in the 2018–19 Ukrainian Premier League play two-leg play-off with the second and third teams of the 2018–19 Ukrainian First League. The draw for play-offs took place on 24 May 2019[2] and the games will be played on 4 and 8 June 2019.[3]

Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Chornomorets Odesa 0 – 2 Kolos Kovalivka 0 – 0 0 – 2
Karpaty Lviv 3 – 1 Volyn Lutsk 0 – 0 3 – 1

First leg
Chornomorets Odesa0 – 0Kolos Kovalivka
Report
Attendance: 5,435
Karpaty Lviv0 – 0Volyn Lutsk
Report
Attendance: 10,104
Referee: Denys Shurman (Vyshneve)

Second leg
Kolos Kovalivka2 – 0Chornomorets Odesa
Havrysh  57', 63' (pen.) Report
Attendance: 2,500
Referee: Vitaliy Romanov

Kolos Kovalivka won 2–0 on aggregate and were promoted to the 2019–20 Ukrainian Premier League. Chornomorets Odesa were relegated to the 2019–20 Ukrainian First League

Volyn Lutsk0 – 3
1 – 3		Karpaty Lviv
Kozhanov  42' Report Klyots  37'
Ponde  82' (pen.)
Miroshnichenko  90+5'
Attendance: 5,200
Referee: Maksym Kozyryatskyi

Karpaty Lviv won 3–0 on aggregate and retained their spot in the 2019–20 Ukrainian Premier League. Volyn Lutsk remained in the 2019–20 Ukrainian First League

Due to fan violence at the game and attack on referee, the original score 1–3 was scratched and replaced with technical score 0–3 loss to Volyn and win for Karpaty. Additionally, the Lutsk department of police started criminal proceedings on the fact of intentional damage to property during the game by the Karpaty fans.[4]

League 1
Main article: 2018–19 Ukrainian First League
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion, qualification or relegation
1 SC Dnipro-1 (C, P) 28 21 4 3 72 21 +51 67 Promotion to Ukrainian Premier League
2 Kolos Kovalivka (O, P) 28 15 9 4 45 18 +27 54 Qualification to promotion play-offs
3 Volyn Lutsk[lower-alpha 1] (Q) 28 17 7 4 55 30 +25 52
4 Metalist 1925 Kharkiv 28 15 6 7 35 20 +15 51
5 Avanhard Kramatorsk 28 14 6 8 44 26 +18 48
6 Obolon-Brovar Kyiv 28 13 8 7 35 28 +7 47
7 Inhulets Petrove 28 11 9 8 35 32 +3 42
8 Balkany Zorya 28 10 8 10 28 31 −3 38
9 MFC Mykolaiv 28 10 7 11 34 32 +2 37
10 Prykarpattia Ivano-Frankivsk 28 10 4 14 41 39 +2 34
11 Rukh Vynnyky 28 8 10 10 35 35 0 34
12 Hirnyk-Sport Horishni Plavni 28 5 12 11 24 43 −19 27
13 Ahrobiznes Volochysk (O) 28 3 10 15 17 36 −19 19 Qualification to relegation play-offs
14 PFC Sumy[lower-alpha 2] (D, R) 28 3 7 18 21 91 −70 16
15 Zirka Kropyvnytskyi[lower-alpha 3] (X) 28 1 1 26 10 49 −39 4 Withdrawn
– Kobra Kharkiv[lower-alpha 4] (X) 0 – – – – – — 0 Results annulled
Updated to match(es) played on 2 June 2019. Source: PFL.ua
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored; 4) Head-to-head points; 5) Head-to-head goal difference; 6) Head-to-head goals scored; 7) Fair play; 8) Draw or "golden match" (if tied for first).
(C) Champion; (D) Disqualified; (O) Play-off winner; (P) Promoted; (Q) Qualified to the phase indicated; (R) Relegated; (X) Withdrew.
Notes:
  1. Volyn Lutsk was deducted six points according to a decision by FIFA Disciplinary Committee for a debt to a Serbian club FK Rad related to the transfer of Ivan Rogac.[5]
  2. PFC Sumy received new ownership during winter break in the face of Serhiy Vashchenko who earlier this season was supposed to become the owner of Kobra Kharkiv.[6][7][8][9][10] The new head coach was announced also former head coach of Kobra, Oleksandr Oliynyk.[7][11] According to the former club's director Anatoliy Boiko, on 1 December 2018 PFC Sumy did not have any players on contract.[7] On 11 April 2019, the FFU Control and Disciplinary Committee adopted its decision to strip the club of professional status and exclude the club from any competitions that it is participating currently or in the future.[12] However the club has a right to file an appeal. Additional separate sanctions will be also applied against the club's playing and administrative personnel. On 14 April 2019, the chairman of the FFU committee of ethics and fair play Francesco Baranka noted that PFC Sumy has earned some 10 million euros in match fixing.[13] More to it, Ukrainian coach Oleksandr Sevidov who held post of head coach consultant in PFC Sumy and previously managed FC Illichivets Mariupol received a lifetime disqualification.[14]
  3. On 17 February 2019, president of FC Zirka Kropyvnytskyi commented on his club's withdrawal from further participation in competitions of the Ukrainian First League.[15][16] The president accused the newly formed NABU and law enforcement authorities in pressure against him. The president of the league expressed his surprise claiming that there seemed no real reason why the club had to withdraw.[17] On 5 April 2019, the PFL council of leagues adopted its decision to remove FC Zirka Kropyvnytskyi from the League as it officially withdrew on 14 March 2019.[18] On 22 April 2019, the club's vice-president announced that the club will restart from regional competitions with intention to return the club's pro-status in the future.[19]
  4. Kobra Kharkiv (former Helios) after failing to field a team for their Round 4 home match against Hirnyk-Sport Horishni Plavni informed the PFL that they are withdrawing from the competition. The club played three matches in the competition with a record of 3 losses scoring one goals and allowing eight goals scored against them. The PFL annulled their results as per league regulations and removed them from the official standings on the decision of the FFU Control and Disciplinary Committee of 23 August 2018.[20] Note, last year the club competed as FC Helios Kharkiv and was supposed to be merged with another Kharkiv club which continued to compete at amateur level.

The drawing for relegation playoff took place on 20 May 2019.[21]

Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
FC Metalurh Zaporizhya 1–4 FC Ahrobiznes Volochysk 0–4 1–0
PFC Sumy 1–7 FC Cherkashchyna-Akademiya 0–4 1–3

First leg
Metalurh Zaporizhia0–4Ahrobiznes Volochysk
Report Kurylo  9', 17' (pen.)
Slotyuk  45'
Chernenko  86'
PFC Sumy0–4Cherkashchyna-Akademiya
Report Medved  58'
Zelenevych  62'
Tymofiyenko  70'
Chorniy  73'

Second leg
Ahrobiznes Volochysk0–1Metalurh Zaporizhia
Report Krapyvnyi  50'
Yunist Stadium, Volochysk
Referee: Dmytro Kryvushkin (Kharkiv)

Ahrobiznes Volochysk won 4–1 on aggregate and has preserved its berth for the 2019–20 Ukrainian First League. Metalurh Zaporizhia has kept its berth for the 2019–20 Ukrainian Second League, but later gained promotion due to withdrawal of Arsenal-Kyiv from professional ranks.[22]

Cherkashchyna-Akademiya3–1PFC Sumy
Koshadze  3'
Storchous  26'
Boiko  54'		 Report Popov  24'
Zoria Stadium, Bilozirya
Referee: Serhiy Boiko (Kyiv Oblast)

Cherkashchyna-Akademiya won 7–1 on aggregate and was promoted to the 2019–20 Ukrainian First League. PFC Sumy was relegated to the 2019–20 Ukrainian Second League. Later following the PFL Conference PFC Sumy were excluded from professional competitions.[23]

League 2
Main article: 2018–19 Ukrainian Second League
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion, qualification or relegation
1 FC Mynai (C, P) 27 15 4 8 41 26 +15 49 Promotion to Ukrainian First League[24]
2 Cherkashchyna-Akademiya Bilozirya (P) 27 14 6 7 43 23 +20 48 Qualification to promotion play-offs
3 Polissya Zhytomyr 27 13 6 8 23 21 +2 45
4 Nyva Vinnytsia 27 11 9 7 29 23 +6 42
5 Veres Rivne 27 12 5 10 24 22 +2 41
6 Nyva Ternopil 27 10 6 11 28 29 −1 36
7 FC Kalush 27 10 6 11 30 33 −3 36
8 Chaika Petropavlivska Borshchahivka 27 8 7 12 25 28 −3 31
9 Podillya Khmelnytskyi 27 6 7 14 20 34 −14 25
10 Bukovyna Chernivtsi 27 5 6 16 19 43 −24 21 Avoided relegation[25]
Updated to match(es) played on 25 May 2019. Source: PFL.ua
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored; 4) Head-to-head points; 5) Head-to-head goal difference; 6) Head-to-head goals scored; 7) Fair play; 8) Draw or play-off.[26]
(C) Champion; (P) Promoted.
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion, qualification or relegation
1 Kremin Kremenchuk (P, C) 27 18 7 2 48 17 +31 61 Promotion to Ukrainian First League[24]
2 Metalurh Zaporizhya (P) 27 18 2 7 54 24 +30 56 Qualification to promotion play-offs
3 Hirnyk Kryvyi Rih 27 15 6 6 53 33 +20 51
4 Krystal Kherson 27 15 2 10 43 29 +14 47
5 Myr Hornostayivka[25] 27 14 3 10 41 30 +11 45 Withdrawn after the season
6 Enerhiya Nova Kakhovka 27 8 7 12 26 31 −5 31
7 Tavriya Simferopol 27 6 12 9 30 35 −5 30
8 Real Pharma Odesa 27 5 8 14 23 50 −27 23
9 MFC Mykolaiv-2 27 5 5 17 22 52 −30 20
10 FC Nikopol 27 3 4 20 15 54 −39 13 Avoided relegation[25]
Updated to match(es) played on 25 May 2019. Source: PFL.ua
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored; 4) Head-to-head points; 5) Head-to-head goal difference; 6) Head-to-head goals scored; 7) Fair play; 8) Draw or play-off.[26]
(C) Champion; (P) Promoted.

On 7 May 2019 it was announced that the final game between group winners of the Second League will take place in Kropyvnytskyi.[27]

FC Mynai0 – 1FC Kremin Kremenchuk
Report Cherniy  78'
Referee: Viktor Kopiyevskyi

Kremin Kremenchuk are crowned Champions of the Ukrainian Second League for the 2018–19 season

Notes:

Ukrainian Cup
Main articles: 2018–19 Ukrainian Cup and 2019 Ukrainian Cup Final
Shakhtar Donetsk4–0Inhulets Petrove
Tetê  27', 39'
Moraes  45+1'
Solomon  64'		 Report
Attendance: 11,100 (press-release)[29] (9,500 (info database))[30]


Super Cup
Main article: 2018 Ukrainian Super Cup
Shakhtar Donetsk0 – 1Dynamo Kyiv
Ismaily  90+7' Report  18' Buyalskyi
 13'  90+7' Burda
Attendance: 27,400

Women's club football
League Promoted to league Relegated from league
Higher League
  • Voskhod Stara Maiachka

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

Higher League
Main article: 2018–19 Vyshcha Liha (women)
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Zhytlobud-1 Kharkiv (C, Q) 18 18 0 0 110 1 +109 54 Qualification to Champions League
2 Zhytlobud-2 Kharkiv 18 16 0 2 115 6 +109 48
3 Voskhod Stara Maiachka 18 10 2 6 31 31 0 32
4 Lviv 18 9 2 7 39 38 +1 29 Withdrew after the season
5 Iednist Plysky 18 9 2 7 39 35 +4 29
6 Ladomyr Volodymyr-Volynskyi 18 7 1 10 24 45 −21 22
7 Iatran Berestivets 18 4 5 9 16 25 −9 17
8 Rodyna Kostopil 18 4 2 12 14 59 −45 14
9 Pantery Uman 18 3 1 14 14 83 −69 10
10 Zlahoda-Dnipro-1 (O) 18 2 1 15 18 97 −79 7 Qualification to relegation play-offs
Source: WFPL.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.[31]
(C) Champion; (O) Play-off winner; (Q) Qualified to the phase indicated.

The drawing for relegation playoff took place on 13 June 2019.[32]

Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
SC Vyshneve w/o[33] Zlahoda-Dnipro-1

Zlahoda-Dnipro-1 won on walkover and has preserved its berth in the Ukrainian Women's League. SC Vyshneve withdrew from league competitions. Later SC Dnipro-1 informed the Ukrainian Association of Football that it will not field its female team next season.[34]

Clubs removed

Before the season
  • Stal Kamianske, 12th place of the 2017–18 Ukrainian Premier League, was originally relegated, but later withdraw from the First League.[35] The same day the PFL president confirmed that the league will consist of 16 teams.[36] Originally, FC Stal Kamianske that were located in Kamianske played its games of the 2017–18 Ukrainian Premier League season in Kyiv. After relegation the club was admitted to the First League representing Bucha, Kyiv Oblast.[37] Prior to the season commencing the club was renamed to FC Feniks Bucha.[38]
  • Naftovyk-Ukrnafta Okhtyrka, the Professional Football League allowed the club to keep its berth in the second tier even after its main sponsor announced that it will discontinue to fund the club. After the season completed, Ukrnafta (related to the Privat Group) who sponsored Naftovyk-Ukrnafta Okhtyrka decided to liquidate the club since it was a tax liability.[39]
  • Zhemchuzhyna Odesa withdrew after Round 31 during 2017–18 season. Technical losses were adjudged against the team in the last three matches.[40] At time of withdrawal, Zhemchuzhyna's had played 31 matches, with a record of 7 wins, 6 draws and 18 losses, scoring 33 goals and having conceded 54 goals.
  • Arsenal-Kyivshchyna Bila Tserkva failed attestation for the season[41][42] and was removed from the league[43]
  • FC Ternopil after failing to arrive for their Round 6 away match against Polissya Zhytomyr,[44] several days later informed the PFL that they are withdrawing from the competition.[45] The club played four matches in the competition with a record of 4 losses scoring two goals and allowing nine goals scored against them.[45] The PFL annulled their results as per league regulations and removed them from the official standings on the decision of the FFU Control and Disciplinary Committee of 7 September 2017.
  • FC Metalurh Zaporizhia – prior to attestation, the club merged with FC Spartak-KPU Zaporizhia[46] (a team of local university, KPU), but on 6 June 2018, the club failed attestation for the season and the club's administration decided to dissolve the team[47]
  • Inhulets-2 Petrove – the main club's administration of Inhulets Petrove decided to dissolve the second team[48]
  • Sudnobudivnyk Mykolaiv – failed attestation[42]
  • Skala Stryi – passed attestation, but dissolved its senior team protesting the FFU accusations in gambling.[49][50][51] On 14 June 2018, there appeared information that the club will merge its academy with FC Volyn Lutsk.[52]

During or after the season
  • Arsenal–Kyiv withdrew from professional competitions after being relegated from the Premier League.[53]
  • PFC Sumy received new ownership during winter break in the face of Serhiy Vashchenko who earlier this season was supposed to become the owner of Kobra Kharkiv.[54][55][56][57] The new head coach of the Sumy club who had been announced was also former head coach of Kobra, Oleksandr Oliynyk. At the same time according to the former club's director Anatoliy Boiko, on 1 December 2018 PFC Sumy did not have any players on contract. On 11 April 2019, the FFU Control and Disciplinary Committee adopted its decision to strip the club of professional status and exclude the club from any competitions that it is participating currently or in the future.[58] However the club has a right to file an appeal. Additional separate sanctions were to be also applied against the club's playing and administrative personnel. On 14 April 2019, the chairman of the FFU committee of ethics and fair play Francesco Baranka noted in regards to additional sanctions that PFC Sumy has earned some 10 million euros in match fixing.[59] More to it, Ukrainian coach Oleksandr Sevidov who held post of head coach consultant in PFC Sumy and previously managed FC Illichivets Mariupol received a lifetime disqualification.[60]
  • On 17 February 2019, president of FC Zirka Kropyvnytskyi commented on his club's withdrawal from further participation in competitions of the Ukrainian First League.[61][62] The president accused the newly formed NABU and law enforcement authorities in pressure against him. The president of the league expressed his surprise claiming that there seemed no real reason why the club had to withdraw.[63] On 5 April 2019, the PFL council of leagues adopted its decision to remove FC Zirka Kropyvnytskyi from the League as it officially withdrew on 14 March 2019.[64] On 22 April 2019, the club's vice-president announced that the club will restart from regional competitions with intention to return the club's pro-status in the future.[65]
  • Helios Kharkiv, the club reorganized under new management under a new name as FC Kobra Kharkiv.[66][67][68] The club merged with another amateur club called the Kobra Football Academy which was playing in the Kharkiv Oblast Football Championship.[68] On 15 August 2018 the club informed the Professional Football League of Ukraine about withdrawal from professional competitions,[69] and were later officially expelled from the league.
  • FC Myr Hornostayivka withdrew from competitions in protest.[25]
  • Zlahoda-Dnipro-1 (dissolved)[70]
  • WFC Lviv (dissolved)

Notes

      References
      1. Defining of teams' places in competitions (Визначення місць команд у змаганнях). 2018–19 Ukrainian Premier League regulations.
      2. There took place a draw of the UPL Championship play-off (Відбулося жеребкування плей-офф Чемпіонату УПЛ). Ukrainian Premier League. 24 May 2019
      3. The draw for the UPL play-off round will take place on 24 May (Жеребьевка плей-офф раунда УПЛ состоится 24 мая). UA-Football. 22 May 2019
      4. Police opened a criminal case because of damage of property during the Volyn - Карпаты game (Полиция открыла уголовное дело из-за порчи имущества во время матча Волынь - Карпаты). UA-Football. 10 June 2019
      5. (Официально: С Волыни сняли 6 очков за долги перед сербским клубом). UA-Football. 27 December 2018
      6. Ex-president of Kobra became a president of PFC Sumy (Экс-президент Кобры стал президентом ПФК Сумы). Sport Arena. 2 February 2019
      7. New leadership of Sumy (Нове керівництво «Сум»?) Archived 2019-05-11 at the Wayback Machine. Sumy Today. 3 February 2019
      8. Artur Malkin. President of scandalous Kobra Vashchenko had been placed in charge of Sumy (Президент скандальной "Кобры" Ващенко возглавил "Сумы"). Footboom. 3 February 2019
      9. Yevhen Kudlai. PFC Sumy has been placed in charge a conartist with experience (ПФК «Сумы» возглавил мошенник со стажем). Dankor.Sumy. 5 February 2019
      10. Oleh Mahlyovanyi. Serhiy Makarov: We do not like that Vashchenko was placed in charge of Sumy and who before that dissolved Kobra (Helios) (Сергей Макаров: «Нам не нравится, что руководителем «Сум» назначили Ващенко, который до этого развалил «Кобру»). Tribuna. 10 February 2019
      11. 31 year old Oliynyk became a head coach of PFC Sumy. Sport Arena. 3 February 2019
      12. The FFU CDC secretary: number of players and functionaries of Sumy will receive disqualifications from a year to lifetime (Секретарь КДК ФФУ: Ряд игроков и функционеров Сум получат дисквалификации от одного года до пожизненного). UA-Football. 11 April 2019
      13. Baranka: PFC Sumy has earned some 10 million euros in match fixing. Sport Arena. 14 April 2019
      14. Sevidov is receiving a lifetime disqualification due to participation in match fixing. Sport Arena. 14 April 2019
      15. President of Zirka accused authorities in the reason why the team is ceasing its participation in the First League (Президент Зирки обвинил власть в том, что команда прекращает выступление в Первой лиге). UA-Football. 17 February 2019
      16. Official. Zirka withdraws from the championship (Официально. Зирка снимается с чемпионата). UA-Football. 16 February 2019
      17. Makarov: Zirka was good in financial standing (Макаров: У Зирки было все нормально с финансированием). UA-Football. 16 February 2019
      18. PFL council of leagues session. Decision No.5. Professional Football League of Ukraine. 5 April 2019
      19. The Zirka's vice-president: We will be reviving the club's professional status (Вице-президент Зирки: Будем возвращать клубу профессиональный статус). UA-Football. 22 April 2019
      20. (in Ukrainian) "ФК "Кобра" виключено зі складу учасників змагань ПФЛ" [FC "Kobra" is excluded from the PFL competition]. Professional Football League of Ukraine. 29 August 2018.
      21. The draw results for play-off games (Результати жеребкування матчів плей-офф). Professional Football League of Ukraine. 20 May 2019
      22. Official: Metalurh of Zaporizhia will replace Arsenal–Kyiv in the First League (Официально: Запорожский Металлург заменит Арсенал-Киев в Первой лиге). UA-Football. 24 July 2019
      23. The PFL Conference has voted for exclusion of PFC Sumy and Myr from the Second League (Конференция ПФЛ проголосовала за исключение ПФК Сумы и Мира из Второй лиги). Sport Arena. 27 June 2019
      24. "РЕГЛАМЕНТ Стаття 9. Перехід команд із ліги в лігу за підсумками змагань (Regulations: Article 9 Transferring of teams from one league to another based on results of competitions)" (PDF) (in Ukrainian). PFL. July 2017. Retrieved 1 August 2017.
      25. "Конференция ПФЛ проголосовала за исключение ПФК Сумы и Мира из Второй лиги" [PFL conference voted to expel PFK Sumy and Myr from the Second League] (in Russian). Sport Arena. 27 June 2019. Retrieved 27 June 2019.
      26. "РЕГЛАМЕНТ Стаття 8. Визначення місць команд у турнірній таблиці (Regulations: Article 8 Standing place position in the tournament table)" (PDF) (in Ukrainian). PFL. July 2017. Retrieved 1 August 2017.
      27. The Second League final will host Kropyvnytskyi. Sport Arena. 7 May 2019
      28. "Inhulets" will play in the final of the Ukrainian Cup: comments, thoughts, announcements ("Інгулець" зіграє у фіналі Кубка України: коментарі, думки, анонс). Professional Football League of Ukraine. 14 May 2019
      29. Shakhtar Donetsk is the holder of the 2018–19 Ukrainian Cup (Донецький «Шахтар» — володар Кубка України сезону-2018/2019!). Football Federation of Ukraine. 15 May 2019
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      32. Zlahoda-Dnipro-1 and SC Vyshneve will play off transitional games of the championship («Злагода-Дніпро-1» та СК «Вишневе» зіграють перехідні матчі чемпіонату). womensfootball.ua. 13 June 2019
      33. «Злагода-Дніпро-1» зберігає право на участь у Вищій лізі. womensfootball.ua. 15 June 2019
      34. Жіноча команда СК «Дніпро-1» знімається з чемпіонату України. womensfootball.ua. 17 July 2019
      35. Feniks and Skala won't play in the new season (Феникс и Скала не сыграют в новом сезоне). Sport.ua. 9 July 2018
      36. Samotkan, Yu. (9 July 2018). Serhiy Markov: "Sport principle is not compromised, in the First League are 16 teams" (Сергей Макаров: "Спортивный принцип не нарушаем - в первой лиге 16 команд"). Footboom.
      37. (in Ukrainian) "ПФЛ оприлюднила список клубів Першої ліги, які отримали атестат" [PFL unveiled a list of clubs in the First League that received attestation]. UA-Football. 12 June 2018.
      38. (in Ukrainian) "Кам'янська "Сталь" перейменувалася на "Фенікс" (Буча)" [Stal Kamianske renamed as FC Feniks Bucha]. LB. 26 June 2018.
      39. "Ukrnafta adopted its decision about liquidation of Naftovyk" [Укрнафта прийняла рішення про ліквідацію Нафтовика] (in Ukrainian). UA-Football. 26 May 2018.
      40. Жемчужина припиняє існування [Zhemchuzhyna ceases its existence] (in Ukrainian). ua-football. 4 May 2018. Retrieved 4 May 2018.
      41. Арсенал-Київщина подав апеляцію на відмову у видачі атестату і змінює реєстрацію [Arsenal-Kyivshchyna files an appeal on their attestation refusal and are modifying their registration]. UA-Football (in Ukrainian). 12 June 2018.
      42. Вересу, Таврії та ще двом клубам Другої ліги відмовили у видачі атестата [Veres, Tavriya and two other teams clubs from the Second League failed attestation]. UA-Football (in Ukrainian). 11 June 2018.
      43. Arsenal-Kyivshchyna and Sudnobudivnyk lost their professional status (Арсенал-Киевщина и Судостроитель потеряли профессиональный статус). Sport Arena. 27 June 2018
      44. Тернопіль не прибув на гру з Поліссям [Ternopil did not arrive to the game with Polissya]. UA-Football (in Ukrainian). 13 August 2017. Retrieved 13 August 2017.
      45. Тернопіль знімається з чемпіонату у Другій лізі [Ternopil withdraws from the Second league championship]. UA-Football (in Ukrainian). 15 August 2017. Retrieved 16 August 2017.
      46. Президент Металлурга Запорожье: Город сейчас откровенно ставит палки в колеса] [President of Metalurh Zaporizhia: The city right now is frankly placing sticks into our wheels]. UA-Football (in Ukrainian). 2 June 2018.
      47. Металург Запоріжжя припиняє існування [Metalurh Zaporizhia terminated its existence]. UA-Football (in Ukrainian). 7 June 2018.
      48. Офіційно: "Інгулець-2" припиняє виступи в Другій лізі [Official: Inhulets-2 terminates its appearance in the Second League]. Official web site of Inhulets Petrove (in Ukrainian). 8 June 2018.
      49. Valerko, A. All players of FC Skala are free agents. The club awaits the FFU decision (Все игроки ФК Скала – свободные агенты. Клуб ждет решения ФФУ). Sport Arena. 7 June 2018
      50. Skala withdrew from Druha Liha and will concentrate on youth football (Скала снялась со Второй лиги и сосредоточится на детско-юношеском футболе). Sport Arena. 19 June 2018
      51. Samotkan, Yu. (9 July 2018). Serhiy Markov: "Sport principle is not compromised, in the First League are 16 teams (Сергей Макаров: "Спортивный принцип не нарушаем - в первой лиге 16 команд"). Footboom.
      52. Konkevych, Yu. Volyn and Skala are uniting their children schools (Волынь и Скала объединят свои детские школы). Sport Arena. 14 June 2018
      53. Arsenal-Kyiv will continue its existence, but without its professional team (Арсенал-Киев продолжит существование, но без профессиональной команды). UA-Football. 23 July 2019
      54. Ex-president of Kobra became a president of PFC Sumy (Экс-президент Кобры стал президентом ПФК Сумы). Sport Arena. 2 February 2019
      55. Artur Malkin. President of scandalous Kobra Vashchenko had been placed in charge of Sumy (Президент скандальной "Кобры" Ващенко возглавил "Сумы"). Footboom. 3 February 2019
      56. Yevhen Kudlai. PFC Sumy has been placed in charge a conartist with experience (ПФК «Сумы» возглавил мошенник со стажем). Dankor.Sumy. 5 February 2019
      57. Oleh Mahlyovanyi. Serhiy Makarov: We do not like that Vashchenko was placed in charge of Sumy and who before that dissolved Kobra (Helios) (Сергей Макаров: «Нам не нравится, что руководителем «Сум» назначили Ващенко, который до этого развалил «Кобру»). Tribuna. 10 February 2019
      58. The FFU CDC secretary: number of players and functionaries of Sumy will receive disqualifications from a year to lifetime (Секретарь КДК ФФУ: Ряд игроков и функционеров Сум получат дисквалификации от одного года до пожизненного). UA-Football. 11 April 2019
      59. Baranka: PFC Sumy has earned some 10 million euros in match fixing. Sport Arena. 14 April 2019
      60. Sevidov is receiving a lifetime disqualification due to participation in match fixing. Sport Arena. 14 April 2019
      61. President of Zirka accused authorities in the reason why the team is ceasing its participation in the First League (Президент Зирки обвинил власть в том, что команда прекращает выступление в Первой лиге). UA-Football. 17 February 2019
      62. Official. Zirka withdraws from the championship (Официально. Зирка снимается с чемпионата). UA-Football. 16 February 2019
      63. Makarov: Zirka was good in financial standing (Макаров: У Зирки было все нормально с финансированием). UA-Football. 16 February 2019
      64. PFL council of leagues session. Decision No.5. Professional Football League of Ukraine. 5 April 2019
      65. The Zirka's vice-president: We will be reviving the club's professional status (Вице-президент Зирки: Будем возвращать клубу профессиональный статус). UA-Football. 22 April 2019
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      68. Helios is not simply will be renamed as Kobra. It is a merger. (Гелиос не просто будет переименован в Кобру. Это слияние). Sport Arena. 27 June 2018
      69. (in Ukrainian) "Матч п'ятого туру "Зірка" - "Кобра" не відбудеться" [The 5th Round match Zirka – Kobra will not take place]. PFL. 15 August 2018.
      70. The female team of SC Dnipro-1 has withdrawn from the Ukrainian championship (Жіноча команда СК «Дніпро-1» знімається з чемпіонату України). All-Ukrainian Association of Women's Football. 17 July 2019
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