2016–17 in Ukrainian football
# 2016–17 in Ukrainian football

The 2016–17 season was the 26th season of competitive association football in Ukraine since dissolution of the Soviet Union.

## Men's club football

| League | League | Promoted to league | Relegated from league |
| - | - | - | - |
| Premier League | Premier League | Zirka Kropyvnytskyi | Metalist Kharkiv Hoverla Uzhhorod Metalurh Zaporizhzhia |
| League One | League One | Kolos Kovalivka Veres Rivne Inhulets Petrove Bukovyna Chernivtsi Skala Stryi Arsenal-Kyiv | Hirnyk Kryvyi Rih Dynamo-2 Kyiv Nyva Ternopil |
| League Two | League Two | Balkany Zorya Rukh Vynnyky Zhemchuzhyna Odesa Inhulets-2 Petrove Metalurh Zaporizhya Nyva-V Vinnytsia Podillya Khmelnytskyi Sudnobudivnyk Mykolaiv Teplovyk Ivano-Frankivsk Illichivets-2 Mariupol | Barsa Sumy |

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

### Premier League

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Shakhtar Donetsk | 22 | 19 | 3 | 0 | 47 | 14 | +33 | 60 | Qualification for the Championship round |
| 2 | Dynamo Kyiv | 22 | 14 | 4 | 4 | 43 | 23 | +20 | 46 | Qualification for the Championship round |
| 3 | Zorya Luhansk | 22 | 12 | 4 | 6 | 34 | 21 | +13 | 40 | Qualification for the Championship round |
| 4 | Olimpik Donetsk | 22 | 9 | 7 | 6 | 28 | 30 | −2 | 34 | Qualification for the Championship round |
| 5 | FC Oleksandriya | 22 | 9 | 6 | 7 | 37 | 28 | +9 | 33 | Qualification for the Championship round |
| 6 | Chornomorets Odesa | 22 | 7 | 6 | 9 | 17 | 23 | −6 | 27 | Qualification for the Championship round |
| 7 | Vorskla Poltava | 22 | 6 | 6 | 10 | 24 | 28 | −4 | 24 | Qualification for the Relegation round |
| 8 | Stal Kamianske | 22 | 6 | 6 | 10 | 20 | 25 | −5 | 24 | Qualification for the Relegation round |
| 9 | Zirka Kropyvnytskyi | 22 | 6 | 5 | 11 | 20 | 33 | −13 | 23 | Qualification for the Relegation round |
| 10 | Karpaty Lviv | 22 | 4 | 7 | 11 | 21 | 30 | −9 | 13 | Qualification for the Relegation round |
| 11 | FC Dnipro | 22 | 4 | 10 | 8 | 21 | 30 | −9 | 10 | Qualification for the Relegation round |
| 12 | Volyn Lutsk | 22 | 2 | 4 | 16 | 13 | 40 | −27 | 10 | Qualification for the Relegation round |

* ↑ Karpaty Lviv was deducted six points according to a decision by FIFA Disciplinary Committee on 4 March 2016.
* ↑ FC Dnipro was deducted a total of 12 points (six points by the FIFA Disciplinary Committee for failing to clear their debts with former coach Juande Ramos and his assistants, and six points by the Ukrainian Premier League for failing to comply with the decision of FIFA Disciplinary Committee to pay debts to former player Danilo Sousa Campos).

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Shakhtar Donetsk (C) | 32 | 25 | 5 | 2 | 66 | 24 | +42 | 80 | Qualification to Champions League group stage |
| 2 | Dynamo Kyiv | 32 | 21 | 4 | 7 | 69 | 33 | +36 | 67 | Qualification to Champions League third qualifying round |
| 3 | Zorya Luhansk | 32 | 16 | 6 | 10 | 45 | 31 | +14 | 54 | Qualification to Europa League group stage |
| 4 | Olimpik Donetsk | 32 | 11 | 11 | 10 | 33 | 44 | −11 | 44 | Qualification to Europa League third qualifying round |
| 5 | FC Oleksandriya | 32 | 10 | 10 | 12 | 41 | 43 | −2 | 40 | Qualification to Europa League third qualifying round |
| 6 | Chornomorets Odesa | 32 | 10 | 8 | 14 | 25 | 37 | −12 | 38 | |

* 1 2 Since winners of 2016–17 Ukrainian Cup, Shakhtar Donetsk, qualified for European competition based on their league position, the spot awarded to the cup winner (Europa League group stage) was passed to the third-placed team and the spot for the third-placed team (Europa League third qualifying round) was passed to the fifth-placed team.

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 7 | Vorskla Poltava | 32 | 11 | 9 | 12 | 32 | 32 | 0 | 42 | |
| 8 | Stal Kamianske | 32 | 11 | 8 | 13 | 27 | 31 | −4 | 41 | |
| 9 | Zirka Kropyvnytskyi | 32 | 9 | 7 | 16 | 29 | 43 | −14 | 34 | |
| 10 | Karpaty Lviv | 32 | 9 | 9 | 14 | 35 | 41 | −6 | 30 | |
| 11 | FC Dnipro (R) | 32 | 8 | 13 | 11 | 31 | 40 | −9 | 13 | Relegation to the Ukrainian Second League |
| 12 | Volyn Lutsk (R) | 32 | 4 | 4 | 24 | 17 | 51 | −34 | 10 | Relegation to the Ukrainian First League |

* ↑ Vorskla Poltava was awarded the UPL Prestige Trophy for winning the consolation tournament.
* ↑ Karpaty Lviv was deducted six points according to a decision by FIFA Disciplinary Committee on 4 March 2016.
* ↑ FC Dnipro was deducted a total of 24 points (six points by the FIFA Disciplinary Committee for failing to clear their debts with former coach Juande Ramos and his assistants, six points by the Ukrainian Premier League for failing to comply with the decision of FIFA Disciplinary Committee to pay debts to former player Danilo Sousa Campos, three more points by the FFU Control and Disciplinary Committee for failing execute one of the decisions of the committee, and 9 more points on 9 June 2017, after the end of the tournament.). On the decision of FIFA, FFU enforced relegation of FC Dnipro straight to the Second League, skipping the First League. In a near future FFU will adopt a decision which team will be replacing Dnipro in the First League.
* ↑ Volyn Lutsk was deducted six points on the request of Football Federation of Ukraine which received a letter from the FIFA Disciplinary Committee on 11 May 2017 urging to implement its decision of 15 March 2017, due to debts with former player Saša Stević.

### League 1

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion, qualification or relegation |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Illichivets Mariupol (C, P) | 34 | 25 | 6 | 3 | 61 | 21 | +40 | 81 | Promotion to Ukrainian Premier League |
| 2 | Desna Chernihiv | 34 | 22 | 8 | 4 | 55 | 23 | +32 | 74 | |
| 3 | Veres Rivne (P) | 34 | 20 | 7 | 7 | 62 | 32 | +30 | 67 | Promotion to Ukrainian Premier League |
| 4 | Helios Kharkiv | 34 | 16 | 10 | 8 | 31 | 22 | +9 | 58 | |
| 5 | Kolos Kovalivka | 34 | 16 | 9 | 9 | 52 | 38 | +14 | 57 | |
| 6 | Naftovyk-Ukrnafta Okhtyrka | 34 | 15 | 9 | 10 | 47 | 29 | +18 | 54 | |
| 7 | Avanhard Kramatorsk | 34 | 14 | 10 | 10 | 32 | 28 | +4 | 52 | |
| 8 | Cherkaskyi Dnipro | 34 | 12 | 12 | 10 | 30 | 29 | +1 | 48 | |
| 9 | Obolon-Brovar Kyiv | 34 | 12 | 9 | 13 | 37 | 37 | 0 | 45 | |
| 10 | Arsenal Kyiv | 34 | 12 | 9 | 13 | 38 | 39 | −1 | 45 | |
| 11 | Hirnyk-Sport Horishni Plavni | 34 | 12 | 7 | 15 | 47 | 54 | −7 | 43 | |
| 12 | FC Poltava | 34 | 13 | 4 | 17 | 33 | 43 | −10 | 40 | |
| 13 | Inhulets Petrove | 34 | 10 | 8 | 16 | 33 | 45 | −12 | 38 | |
| 14 | MFC Mykolaiv | 34 | 11 | 4 | 19 | 35 | 44 | −9 | 37 | |
| 15 | PFC Sumy (O) | 34 | 8 | 12 | 14 | 34 | 44 | −10 | 36 | Qualification to relegation play-offs |
| 16 | Bukovyna Chernivtsi (R) | 34 | 8 | 9 | 17 | 27 | 40 | −13 | 33 | Relegation to Ukrainian Second League |
| 17 | Skala Stryi (R) | 34 | 5 | 5 | 24 | 25 | 58 | −33 | 20 | Relegation to Ukrainian Second League |
| 18 | FC Ternopil (R) | 34 | 3 | 6 | 25 | 17 | 70 | −53 | 15 | Relegation to Ukrainian Second League |

* ↑ The Ukrainian Premier League did not grant Desna Chernihiv a licence to participate in the league, indicating that the club is not able to guarantee for an adequate financing of their infrastructure.
* ↑ On 12 January 2017, FC Poltava were deducted a total of 3 points in accordance with the FFU Control and Disciplinary Committee.

| Team 1 | Agg. | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| PFC Sumy | 3–1 | FC Balkany Zorya | 2–0 | 1–1 |

### League 2

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion, qualification or relegation |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Zhemchuzhyna Odesa (C, P) | 32 | 24 | 4 | 4 | 75 | 22 | +53 | 76 | Promotion to Ukrainian First League |
| 2 | Rukh Vynnyky (P) | 32 | 23 | 5 | 4 | 68 | 24 | +44 | 74 | Promotion to Ukrainian First League |
| 3 | Kremin Kremenchuk (P) | 32 | 21 | 5 | 6 | 67 | 29 | +38 | 68 | Promotion to Ukrainian First League |
| 4 | Balkany Zorya (P) | 32 | 16 | 9 | 7 | 54 | 32 | +22 | 57 | Qualification to promotion play-offs |
| 5 | Real Pharma Odesa | 32 | 16 | 9 | 7 | 50 | 31 | +19 | 57 | |
| 6 | Inhulets-2 Petrove | 32 | 14 | 8 | 10 | 50 | 33 | +17 | 50 | |
| 7 | Nyva-V Vinnytsia | 32 | 14 | 8 | 10 | 42 | 33 | +9 | 50 | |
| 8 | Enerhiya Nova Kakhovka | 32 | 14 | 6 | 12 | 62 | 46 | +16 | 48 | |
| 9 | Myr Hornostayivka | 32 | 13 | 9 | 10 | 39 | 31 | +8 | 48 | |
| 10 | Teplovyk-Prykarpattia Ivano-Frankivsk | 32 | 14 | 4 | 14 | 51 | 35 | +16 | 46 | |
| 11 | FC Nikopol | 32 | 12 | 5 | 15 | 40 | 49 | −9 | 41 | |
| 12 | Illichivets-2 Mariupol | 32 | 11 | 1 | 20 | 42 | 56 | −14 | 34 | Withdrawn after the season |
| 13 | Krystal Kherson (D) | 32 | 7 | 5 | 20 | 31 | 24 | +7 | 26 | Withdrawn during the season |
| 14 | Podillya Khmelnytskyi | 32 | 7 | 4 | 21 | 29 | 68 | −39 | 25 | |
| 15 | Arsenal-Kyivshchyna Bila Tserkva | 32 | 7 | 4 | 21 | 29 | 82 | −53 | 25 | |
| 16 | Metalurh Zaporizhya | 32 | 7 | 2 | 23 | 35 | 104 | −69 | 23 | |
| 17 | Sudnobudivnyk Mykolaiv | 32 | 6 | 4 | 22 | 19 | 84 | −65 | 22 | |

* ↑ Ineligible for promotion.
* ↑ During the winter break the club renamed themselves from Teplovyk Ivano-Frankivsk to Teplovyk-Prykarpattia Ivano-Frankivsk.
* ↑ During the winter break the club renamed themselves from FC Nikopol-NPHU to FC Nikopol.
* ↑ FC Illichivets announced that their second team, Illichivets-2, will not complete in the 2017–18 Ukrainian Second League, instead they will play in the Ukrainian Premier League Reserves competition.
* ↑ On 30 March 2017, Krystal Kherson informed the PFL that they are withdrawing from the competition due to the club's economic and political situation. On 10 April 2017, the FFU formally expelled the club, and awarded technical victories to their opponents.

## Women's club football

| League | League | Promoted to league | Relegated from league |
| - | - | - | - |
| Higher League | Higher League | Voskhod Stara Maiachka | Lehenda-ShVSM Chernihiv Ateks SDIuShOR-16 Kyiv |

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

### Higher League

2016–17 Vyshcha Liha (women)

## 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. The same day the PFL president confirmed that the league will consist of 16 teams. 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. Prior to the season commencing the club was renamed to FC Feniks Bucha.
* 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.
* Zhemchuzhyna Odesa withdrew after Round 31 during 2017–18 season. Technical losses were adjudged against the team in the last three matches. 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 and was removed from the league
* FC Ternopil after failing to arrive for their Round 6 away match against Polissya Zhytomyr, several days later informed the PFL that they are withdrawing from the competition. The club played four matches in the competition with a record of 4 losses scoring two goals and allowing nine 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 7 September 2017.
* FC Metalurh Zaporizhzhia – prior to attestation, the club merged with FC Spartak-KPU Zaporizhzhia (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
* Inhulets-2 Petrove – the main club's administration of Inhulets Petrove decided to dissolve the second team
* Sudnobudivnyk Mykolaiv – failed attestation
* Skala Stryi – passed attestation, but dissolved its senior team protesting the FFU accusations in gambling. On 14 June 2018, there appeared information that the club will merge its academy with FC Volyn Lutsk.

### During or after the season

* Arsenal–Kyiv withdrew from professional competitions after being relegated from the Premier League.
* 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. 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. 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. 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.
* 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. 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. 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. 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.
* Helios Kharkiv, the club reorganized under new management under a new name as FC Kobra Kharkiv. The club merged with another amateur club called the Kobra Football Academy which was playing in the Kharkiv Oblast Football Championship. On 15 August 2018 the club informed the Professional Football League of Ukraine about withdrawal from professional competitions, and were later officially expelled from the league.
* FC Myr Hornostayivka withdrew from competitions in protest.
* Zlahoda-Dnipro-1 (dissolved)
* WFC Lviv (dissolved)
