2017–18 Ukrainian First League
# 2017–18 Ukrainian First League

The 2017–18 Ukrainian First League was the 27th since its establishment. The competition commenced on 14 July 2017 when Zhemchuzhyna Odesa hosted MFC Mykolaiv. After the completion of Round 22 on 18 November 2017, the competition entered a winter break and resumed the spring session on 18 March 2018 and complete the competition on 19 May 2018.

## Teams

On 21 June 2017, it was announced that 16 or 18 teams would play in the competition. This decision was dependent on the possible withdrawal of FC Stal Kamianske from the Premier League. Due to sanctions, FC Dnipro was relegated directly to the Second League which raised a discussion of a promotion possibly of another club to the First League. In addition in the case of the withdrawal of Stal, Desna had an opportunity to be accepted to the Ukrainian Premier League with another ongoing inter-season case (see Desna vs Veres promotion) leaving the First League with 16 participants. On 26 June 2017, FC Stal Kamianske chose to stay in the Premier League, while at same time FC Balkany Zorya was confirmed as the 18th participant of the First League season.

### Promoted teams

The following teams have been promoted from the 2016–17 Ukrainian Second League:

* Zhemchuzhyna Odesa – winners (debut)
* Rukh Vynnyky – runners-up (debut)
* Kremin Kremenchuk – third place (returning for the first time since 1998–99 season)
* Balkany Zorya – fourth place (debut)

### Relegated teams

The following team has been relegated from the 2016–17 Ukrainian Premier League:

* Volyn Lutsk – 12th place (returning for the first time since 2009–10 season)

### Location map

The following displays the location of teams.

## Stadiums

The following stadiums are considered home grounds for the teams in the competition.

| Rank | Stadium | Capacity | Club | Notes |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Ukraina Stadium, Lviv | 28,051 | Rukh Vynnyky | Used in Round 24 |
| 2 | Yuvileiny Stadium, Sumy | 25,800 | PFC Sumy | |
| 3 | Central City Stadium, Mykolaiv | 16,700 | MFC Mykolaiv | |
| 4 | Avanhard Stadium, Lutsk | 12,080 | Volyn Lutsk | |
| 4 | Avanhard Stadium, Lutsk | 12,080 | PFC Sumy | Used in Round 25 |
| 5 | Chernihiv Stadium, Chernihiv | 12,060 | Desna Chernihiv | |
| 6 | Central Stadion, Cherkasy | 10,321 | Cherkaskyi Dnipro | |
| 7 | Sport Complex Illichivets, Mariupol | 5,500 | Avanhard Kramatorsk | Used in Round 25 |
| 8 | Naftovyk Stadium, Okhtyrka | 5,256 | Naftovyk-Ukrnafta Okhtyrka | |
| 9 | Obolon Arena, Kyiv | 5,100 | Obolon-Brovar Kyiv | |
| 9 | Obolon Arena, Kyiv | 5,100 | Arsenal Kyiv | Used in Round 23 |
| 9 | Obolon Arena, Kyiv | 5,100 | Desna Chernihiv | Used in Round 1 and 3 |
| 10 | Spartak Stadium, Odesa | 5,000 | Zhemchuzhyna Odesa | |
| 11 | Prapor Stadium, Kramatorsk | 4,000 | Avanhard Kramatorsk | |
| 12 | Skif Stadium, Lviv | 3,742 | Rukh Vynnyky | Used in Round 12 |
| 13 | Lokomotyv Stadium, Poltava | 2,500 | FC Poltava | |
| 14 | Yunist Stadium, Horishni Plavni | 2,500 | Hirnyk-Sport Horishni Plavni | |
| 15 | Helios Arena, Kharkiv | 2,057 | Helios Kharkiv | |
| 16 | Boris Tropanets Stadium, Zorya, Sarata Raion | 1,854 | Balkany Zorya | |
| 17 | Kolos Stadium, Kovalivka, Vasylkiv Raion | 1,850 | Kolos Kovalivka | |
| 18 | Inhulets Stadium, Petrove | 1,720 | Inhulets Petrove | |
| 19 | Bannikov Stadium, Kyiv | 1,678 | Arsenal Kyiv | Used in round of 25 |
| 20 | Oleh Babayev Kremin Arena, Kremenchuk | 1,600 | Kremin Kremenchuk | |
| 20 | Oleh Babayev Kremin Arena, Kremenchuk | 1,600 | Hirnyk-Sport Horishni Plavni | Used in Round 24 |
| 21 | Park Peremohy Stadium, Mykolaiv | ~1,500 | MFC Mykolaiv | Used in Round 24 and 25 |
| 22 | Arsenal-Arena Shchaslyve | 1,000 | Arsenal Kyiv | |
| 23 | Dinaz Stadium, Lyutizh, Vyshhorod Raion | 1,000 | Desna Chernihiv | Used in Round 24 |
| 23 | Dinaz Stadium, Lyutizh, Vyshhorod Raion | 1,000 | Kolos Kovalivka | Used in Round 24 |
| 24 | Zorya Stadium, Bilozirya | 972 | Cherkaskyi Dnipro | Round 21 match moved |
| 25 | Bohdan Markevych Stadium, Vynnyky | 900 | Rukh Vynnyky | |
| 26 | Education Training Base "FC Poltava", Kopyly | 500 | Naftovyk-Ukrnafta Okhtyrka | Used in Round 23 and 25 |
| 26 | Education Training Base "FC Poltava", Kopyly | 500 | FC Poltava | Used in Round 24 and 26 |
| 26 | Education Training Base "FC Poltava", Kopyly | 500 | Helios Kharkiv | Used in Round 24 |
| 26 | Education Training Base "FC Poltava", Kopyly | 500 | PFC Sumy | Used in Round 23 |
| 27 | O.H.Povoroznyuk Stadium, Volodymyrivka, Petrove Raion | 500 | Inhulets Petrove | Used in Round 24 and 26 |

Notes:

* ↑ In Round 1 the official match summary listed the venue as Sports Complex "TsVSM".
* ↑ The ground has seating allocation for 1,000 and the pitch is artificial.
* ↑ The ground has seating allocation for 972 spectators
* ↑ The ground has seating allocation for 500 and the pitch is artificial.
* "Official Match Protocol Arsenal vs Obolon' Brovar". Professional Football League of Ukraine (in Ukrainian). 15 July 2017. Retrieved 21 July 2017.

## Managers

| Club | Head coach | Replaced coach |
| - | - | - |
| Arsenal Kyiv | Serhiy Litovchenko | |
| Avanhard Kramatorsk | Oleksandr Kosevych | |
| Balkany Zorya | Andriy Parkhomenko | |
| Cherkaskyi Dnipro | Ihor Stolovytskyi | Oleksandr Kyrylyuk |
| Desna Chernihiv | Oleksandr Ryabokon | |
| Helios Kharkiv | Anatoliy Seryohin (temporary) Vitaliy Komarnytsky (temporary) | Serhiy Syzykhin Ihor Rakhayev |
| Hirnyk-Sport Horishni Plavni | Serhiy Puchkov | |
| Inhulets Petrove | Serhiy Lavrynenko | |
| Kolos Kovalivka | Ruslan Kostyshyn | |
| Kremin Kremenchuk | Serhiy Yashchenko | |
| MFC Mykolaiv | Ruslan Zabranskyi | |
| Naftovyk-Ukrnafta Okhtyrka | Volodymyr Knysh | |
| Obolon-Brovar Kyiv | Volodymyr Pyatenko | Oleh Mazurenko Valeriy Ivashchenko (caretaker) |
| FC Poltava | Anatoliy Bezsmertnyi | |
| Rukh Vynnyky | Andriy Kikot | Ruslan Mostovyi Volodymyr Mazyar |
| PFC Sumy | Serhiy Zolotnytskyi | Illya Blyznyuk Bohdan Yesyp |
| Volyn Lutsk | Viktor Bohatyr | Yaroslav Komzyuk Albert Shakhov (caretaker) |
| Zhemchuzhyna Odesa | Dmytro Horbatenko | Denys Kolchin Leonid Haidarzhy (caretaker) |

Notes:

* ↑ After Round 27 Ruslan Kostyshyn announced his resignation from the club but continues to manage the team.
* "Костышин покинул должность тренера Колоса и станет исполнительным директором". Sport Arena. 15 April 2018. Retrieved 15 April 2018.
* "Колос под руководством Костышина обыграл Жемчужину". Sport Arena. 18 April 2018. Retrieved 21 April 2018.

### Managerial changes

| Team | Outgoing head coach | Manner of departure | Date of vacancy | Table | Incoming head coach | Date of appointment | Table |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| FC Cherkaskyi Dnipro | Vadym Yevtushenko | Terminated | 8 June 2017 | Pre-season | Oleksandr Kyrylyuk | 23 June 2017 | Pre-season |
| PFC Sumy | Anatoliy Bezsmertnyi | Transfer to FC Poltava | 22 June 2017 | Pre-season | Illya Blyznyuk | 26 June 2017 | Pre-season |
| FC Poltava | Volodymyr Prokopynenko | Resigned | 4 July 2017 | Pre-season | Anatoliy Bezsmertnyi | 4 July 2017 | Pre-season |
| FC Volyn Lutsk | Vitaliy Kvartsyanyi | Resigned | 13 July 2017 | Pre-season | Yaroslav Komzyuk | 13 July 2017 | Pre-season |
| FC Rukh Vynnyky | Ruslan Mostovyi | Fired | 11 August 2017 | 16th | Volodymyr Mazyar | 11 August 2017 | 16th |
| FC Zhemchuzhyna Odesa | Denys Kolchin | Resigned | 21 August 2017 | 12th | Leonid Haidarzhy (caretaker) | 24 August 2017 | 12th |
| FC Volyn Lutsk | Yaroslav Komzyuk | Filed for resignation (vacation) | 21 August 2017 | 16th | Albert Shakhov (caretaker) | 21 August 2017 | 16th |
| PFC Sumy | Illya Blyznyuk | Resigned | 31 August 2017 | 18th | Bohdan Yesyp | 31 August 2017 | 18th |
| Obolon-Brovar Kyiv | Oleh Mazurenko | Resigns | 16 September 2017 | 10th | Valeriy Ivashchenko (caretaker) | 19 September 2017 | 10th |
| Rukh Vynnyky | Volodymyr Mazyar | Mutual consent | 12 November 2017 | 11th | Andriy Kikot | 13 November 2017 | 11th |
| FC Volyn Lutsk | Albert Shakhov (caretaker) | End of interim | 30 November | 17th | Viktor Bohatyr | 30 November 2017 | 17th |
| FC Cherkaskyi Dnipro | Oleksandr Kyrylyuk | Terminated | 1 December 2017 | 18th | Ihor Stolovytskyi | 1 December 2017 | 18th |
| Helios Kharkiv | Serhiy Syzykhin | Fired | 4 December 2017 | 6th | Ihor Rakhayev | 27 December 2017 | 6th |
| PFC Sumy | Bohdan Yesyp | Resigned | 10 January 2018 | 16th | Serhiy Zolotnytskyi | 28 February 2018 | 16th |
| Obolon-Brovar Kyiv | Valeriy Ivashchenko (caretaker) | End of interim | 12 January 2018 | 10th | Volodymyr Pyatenko | 12 January 2018 | 10th |
| FC Zhemchuzhyna Odesa | Leonid Haidarzhy (caretaker) | Continue as sportive director | 22 January 2018 | 13th | Dmytro Horbatenko | 22 January 2018 | 13th |
| Helios Kharkiv | Ihor Rakhayev | Fired | 13 April 2018 | 6th | Anatoliy Seryohin (temporary) Vitaliy Komarnytskyi (temporary) | 18 April 2018 | 6th |

## League table

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion, qualification or relegation |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Arsenal Kyiv (C, P) | 34 | 23 | 6 | 5 | 59 | 23 | +36 | 75 | Promotion to Ukrainian Premier League |
| 2 | FC Poltava (O, X) | 34 | 23 | 3 | 8 | 56 | 26 | +30 | 72 | Qualification to promotion play-offs |
| 3 | Desna Chernihiv (O, P) | 34 | 22 | 5 | 7 | 71 | 25 | +46 | 71 | Qualification to promotion play-offs |
| 4 | Inhulets Petrove | 34 | 21 | 6 | 7 | 46 | 20 | +26 | 69 | |
| 5 | Kolos Kovalivka | 34 | 19 | 4 | 11 | 39 | 30 | +9 | 61 | |
| 6 | Avanhard Kramatorsk | 34 | 15 | 7 | 12 | 44 | 42 | +2 | 52 | |
| 7 | Rukh Vynnyky | 34 | 14 | 9 | 11 | 36 | 30 | +6 | 51 | |
| 8 | Hirnyk-Sport Horishni Plavni | 34 | 16 | 2 | 16 | 30 | 40 | −10 | 50 | |
| 9 | Helios Kharkiv | 34 | 14 | 4 | 16 | 35 | 43 | −8 | 46 | |
| 10 | MFC Mykolaiv | 34 | 12 | 8 | 14 | 39 | 50 | −11 | 44 | |
| 11 | PFC Sumy | 34 | 12 | 6 | 16 | 30 | 37 | −7 | 42 | |
| 12 | Balkany Zorya | 34 | 9 | 13 | 12 | 30 | 35 | −5 | 40 | |
| 13 | Volyn Lutsk | 34 | 11 | 3 | 20 | 31 | 44 | −13 | 36 | |
| 14 | Obolon-Brovar Kyiv | 34 | 9 | 8 | 17 | 24 | 37 | −13 | 35 | |
| 15 | Naftovyk-Ukrnafta Okhtyrka (R, X) | 34 | 8 | 9 | 17 | 27 | 42 | −15 | 33 | Withdrew after the season |
| 16 | Kremin Kremenchuk (R) | 34 | 9 | 5 | 20 | 25 | 54 | −29 | 32 | Relegation to Ukrainian Second League |
| 17 | Cherkaskyi Dnipro (R) | 34 | 8 | 4 | 22 | 27 | 50 | −23 | 28 | Relegation to Ukrainian Second League |
| 18 | Zhemchuzhyna Odesa (X) | 34 | 7 | 6 | 21 | 33 | 54 | −21 | 27 | Withdrew after Round 31 |

* ↑ After the season completed, Helios Kharkiv was merged into FC Kobra Kharkiv. Kobra in its turn withdrew its professional squad from the league after playing only three games next season. And the president of actual Kobra admitted that he does not control the team that plays in the First League.
* ↑ 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. 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.

### Results

| Home \ Away | ARK | AVK | BAZ | CHD | DES | HEL | HIS | IHP | KOK | KRE | MYK | NAF | OBK | POL | RUV | SUM | VOL | ZEO |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Arsenal Kyiv | | 2–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 3–1 | 0–1 | 3–1 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 3–0 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 0–0 | 3–1 | 2–0 | 2–0 |
| Avanhard Kramatorsk | 1–0 | | 3–1 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 0–3 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 6–2 |
| Balkany Zorya | 1–3 | 0–1 | | 1–0 | 1–2 | 0–2 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 4–0 | 1–1 |
| Cherkaskyi Dnipro | 1–0 | 2–1 | 0–0 | | 2–1 | 1–2 | 0–1 | 0–2 | 0–1 | 3–2 | 0–2 | 0–0 | 0–2 | 2–3 | 2–2 | 0–3 | 2–1 | 1–0 |
| Desna Chernihiv | 3–3 | 3–1 | 2–0 | 3–0 | | 5–0 | 1–2 | 0–0 | 2–3 | 4–1 | 3–0 | 4–1 | 0–0 | 1–2 | 3–0 | 3–0 | 1–0 | 3–1 |
| Helios Kharkiv | 0–1 | 3–1 | 2–1 | 1–3 | 0–0 | | 1–1 | 0–2 | 1–2 | 0–1 | 3–1 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 0–2 | 0–0 | 0–4 | 2–0 | 3–0 |
| Hirnyk-Sport Horishni Plavni | 1–3 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 0–2 | 0–1 | | 2–0 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 3–2 | 0–1 | 0–4 | 1–0 | 0–2 | 1–3 |
| Inhulets Petrove | 1–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 1–3 | 4–0 | 2–0 | | 4–0 | 2–0 | 3–0 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 |
| Kolos Kovalivka | 1–1 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 1–0 | | 4–1 | 2–2 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 |
| Kremin Kremenchuk | 1–1 | 0–3 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 0–1 | | 2–2 | 0–2 | 0–3 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 3–1 | +:- |
| MFC Mykolaiv | 2–3 | 2–2 | 0–1 | 3–0 | 1–8 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 2–0 | | 2–1 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 4–1 |
| Naftovyk-Ukrnafta Okhtyrka | 0–0 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 1–3 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 1–0 | | 0–0 | 1–2 | 0–2 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 |
| Obolon-Brovar Kyiv | 1–5 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 0–2 | 0–3 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 2–4 | 1–2 | 2–0 | 3–2 | | 0–1 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 0–0 |
| FC Poltava | 0–1 | 3–0 | 4–0 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 4–0 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 2–2 | 2–1 | | 1–0 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 3–0 |
| Rukh Vynnyky | 1–0 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 2–1 | +:– | 2–3 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 3–3 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | | 0–1 | 1–0 | 2–2 |
| PFC Sumy | 0–1 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 3–2 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 0–2 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 0–4 | 1–0 | | 1–0 | 2–3 |
| Volyn Lutsk | 1–3 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 3–2 | 0–2 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 3–0 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 1–0 | | 1–3 |
| Zhemchuzhyna Odesa | 0–3 | 2–2 | 2–4 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 1–2 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 4–1 | 2–1 | 0–0 | -:+ | 0–1 | 0–1 | -:+ | 4–3 | |

* 1 2 Round 23 matches postponed to a later date
* ↑ Round 34 match (played on May 19) was abandoned after the 54th minute with a score of 2–2 after invasion of the pitch by Cherkaskyi Dnipro fans. According to decision of the FFU Control and Disciplinary Committee of 8 June 2018, for stopping the game due to intervention of fans, Cherkaskyi Dnipro is awarded with a technical loss, and the Sumy team received a technical victory.
* ↑ Round 23 fixture was rescheduled and played after Round 24
* ↑ Round 24 match was played without spectators as part of sanctions administered by the Control Disciplinary Committee of the Football Federation of Ukraine due to fan behavior during Desna's home match against Dynamo Kyiv in the Ukrainian Cup Quarterfinals.
* ↑ Round 22 fixture was brought forward and played after Round 18 after Naftovyk-Ukrnafta agreed to move the fixture.
* ↑ Helios Kharkiv informed the PFL that they would not play their scheduled Round 32 match (scheduled to be played on May 6) against Rukh due to insufficient number of available players. No official decision was ever published in relation to the game, yet in mid of May the tournament table reflected standing as Rukh received an extra victory and Helios received an extra loss.
* ↑ Match was postponed until after Round 21 due to Zhemchuzhyna's home ground Spartak Stadium being used for a scheduled rugby fixture.

### Position by round

| Team ╲ Round | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 | 27 | 28 | 29 | 30 | 31 | 32 | 33 | 34 |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Arsenal Kyiv | 9 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 |
| FC Poltava | 8 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 |
| Desna Chernihiv | 5 | 12 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 3 |
| Inhulets Petrove | 1 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 4 |
| Kolos Kovalivka | 16 | 13 | 8 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 7 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 |
| Avanhard Kramatorsk | 18 | 18 | 16 | 17 | 11 | 9 | 10 | 9 | 10 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 7 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 6 | 7 | 6 |
| Rukh Vynnyky | 6 | 10 | 15 | 14 | 16 | 14 | 15 | 18 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 12 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 8 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 9 | 9 | 7 |
| Hirnyk-Sport Horishni Plavni | 14 | 8 | 11 | 13 | 14 | 16 | 13 | 15 | 12 | 13 | 11 | 9 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 9 | 8 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 8 | 8 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 10 | 7 | 6 | 8 |
| Helios Kharkiv | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 8 | 8 | 9 |
| MFC Mykolaiv | 12 | 16 | 10 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 10 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 13 | 13 | 14 | 11 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 11 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 9 | 10 | 10 | 10 |
| Balkany Zorya | 17 | 15 | 17 | 10 | 9 | 10 | 9 | 10 | 8 | 9 | 9 | 8 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 8 | 9 | 9 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 11 | 10 | 12 | 11 | 12 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 |
| PFC Sumy | 7 | 6 | 9 | 12 | 13 | 13 | 14 | 17 | 18 | 16 | 17 | 17 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 13 | 15 | 16 | 16 | 14 | 13 | 13 | 11 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 |
| Volyn Lutsk | 15 | 14 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 15 | 16 | 13 | 16 | 12 | 12 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 12 | 14 | 15 | 15 | 17 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 17 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 14 | 14 | 15 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 13 | 13 |
| Obolon-Brovar Kyiv | 10 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 8 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 10 | 12 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 14 | 14 |
| Naftovyk-Ukrnafta Okhtyrka | 13 | 7 | 7 | 11 | 12 | 12 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 13 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 15 | 15 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 17 | 14 | 15 | 15 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 18 | 17 | 17 | 15 | 15 |
| Kremin Kremenchuk | 11 | 17 | 14 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 18 | 16 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 16 | 16 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 14 | 16 | 17 | 14 | 13 | 15 | 14 | 14 | 16 | 16 | 14 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 16 | 16 |
| Cherkaskyi Dnipro | 3 | 9 | 13 | 15 | 15 | 17 | 17 | 14 | 17 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 15 | 17 | 17 | 16 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 17 | 16 | 16 | 17 | 17 |
| Zhemchuzhyna Odesa | 4 | 11 | 12 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 12 | 15 | 17 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 15 | 14 | 12 | 12 | 13 | 13 | 14 | 13 | 13 | 14 | 13 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 16 | 16 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 18 |

## Promotion play-offs

Apart from a break in 2014, the post-season play-offs in the First League have been actively conducted since 2011. However, the promotion play-offs were reintroduced for the first time since the 2001–02 season. Teams that placed 10th and 11th in the 2017–18 Ukrainian Premier League play two-leg play-offs with the second and third teams of the 2017–18 Ukrainian First League. On 11 May 2018, a draw for play-offs took place in the House of Football, Kyiv. The games were played on 23 May and 27 May 2018.

## Top goalscorers

    As of 19 May 2018

| Rank | Scorer | Team | Goals (Pen.) |
| - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Oleksandr Akymenko | Inhulets Petrove | 25 (11) |
| 2 | Maksym Dehtyarev | FC Poltava | 15 (1) |
| 3 | Oleksandr Batalskyi | Arsenal Kyiv | 14 |
| 3 | Denys Favorov | Desna Chernihiv | 14 (3) |
| 5 | Oleksandr Filippov | Desna Chernihiv | 11 (2) |
| 6 | Oleksandr Kovpak | FC Poltava | 10 |
| 6 | Vitaliy Sobko | Avanhard Kramatorsk | 10 (5) |
| 8 | Denys Bezborodko | Desna Chernihiv | 9 |
| 8 | Artem Kozlov | Helios Kharkiv | 9 |
| 8 | Ihor Sikorskyi | MFC Mykolaiv | 9 (1) |
| 8 | Serhiy Kravchenko | Helios Kharkiv | 9 (3) |

Notes:

## Awards

### Round awards

| Round | Player | Player | Player | Coach | Coach | Coach |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Round | Player | Club | Reference | Coach | Club | Reference |
| Round 1 | Levan Koshadze | Cherkaskyi Dnipro | | Ruslan Mostovyi | Rukh Vynnyky | |
| Round 2 | Oleksiy Moyseyenko | Hirnyk-Sport Horishni Plavni | | Serhiy Puchkov | Hirnyk-Sport Horishni Plavni | |
| Round 3 | Denys Favorov | Desna Chernihiv | | Serhiy Litovchenko | Arsenal-Kyiv | |
| Round 4 | Oleksandr Filippov | Desna Chernihiv | | Serhiy Litovchenko | Arsenal-Kyiv | |
| Round 5 | Yevhen Zadoya | Kolos Kovalivka | | Oleh Mazurenko | Obolon-Brovar Kyiv | |
| Round 6 | Yehor Kartushov | Desna Chernihiv | | Ruslan Zabranskyi | MFC Mykolaiv | |
| Round 7 | Yevhen Troyanovskyi | FC Poltava | | Andriy Parkhomenko | Balkany Zorya | |
| Round 8 | Yevhen Chepurnenko | Desna Chernihiv | | Oleksandr Kyrylyuk | Cherkaskyi Dnipro | |
| Round 9 | Artem Kozlov | Helios Kharkiv | | Serhiy Syzykhin | Helios Kharkiv | |
| Round 10 | Yehor Demchenko | Avanhard Kramatorsk | | Oleksandr Kosevych | Avanhard Kramatorsk | |
| Round 11 | Oleksandr Akymenko | Inhulets Petrove | | Serhiy Lavrynenko | Inhulets Petrove | |
| Round 12 | Aderinsola Habib Eseola | Arsenal-Kyiv | | Serhiy Syzykhin | Helios Kharkiv | |
| Round 13 | Oleksandr Kovpak | FC Poltava | | Anatoliy Bezsmertnyi | FC Poltava | |
| Round 14 | Hennadiy Hanyev | Inhulets Petrove | | Serhiy Puchkov | Hirnyk-Sport Horishni Plavni | |
| Round 15 | Denys Favorov | Desna Chernihiv | | Oleksandr Ryabokon | Desna Chernihiv | |
| Round 16 | Kostiantyn Kovalenko | Obolon-Brovar Kyiv | | Valeriy Ivashchenko | Obolon-Brovar Kyiv | |
| Round 17 | Vasyl Tsyutsyura | Naftovyk-Ukrnafta Okhtyrka | | Volodymyr Knysh | Naftovyk-Ukrnafta Okhtyrka | |
| Round 18 | Oleksiy Maydanevych | Arsenal-Kyiv | | Serhiy Litovchenko | Arsenal-Kyiv | |
| Round 19 | Mykola Buy | Rukh Vynnyky | | Anatoliy Bezsmertnyi | FC Poltava | |
| Round 20 | Yuriy Bushman | PFC Sumy | | Serhiy Lavrynenko | Inhulets Petrove | |
| Round 21 | Anatoliy Didenko | Zhemchuzhyna Odesa | | Serhiy Litovchenko | Arsenal-Kyiv | |
| Round 22 | Viktor Khomchenko | Rukh Vynnyky | | Oleksandr Kyrylyuk | Cherkaskyi Dnipro | |
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| Round 23 | Diego Ezequiel Aguirre | Arsenal-Kyiv | | Serhiy Litovchenko | Arsenal-Kyiv | |
| Round 24 | Mykhailo Shestakov | Zhemchuzhyna Odesa | | Serhiy Zolotnytskyi | PFC Sumy | |
| Round 25 | unpublished | unpublished | | Volodymyr Pyatenko | Obolon-Brovar Kyiv | |
| Round 26 | Oleksandr Akymenko | Inhulets Petrove | | Viktor Bohatyr | Volyn Lutsk | |
| Round 27 | unpublished | unpublished | | Serhiy Lavrynenko | Inhulets Petrove | |
| Round 28 | Maksym Dehtyarev | FC Poltava | | Oleksandr Kosevych | Avanhard Kramatorsk | |
| Round 29 | Serhiy Herasymets | MFC Mykolaiv | | Ruslan Zabranskyi | MFC Mykolaiv | |
| Round 30 | Andriy Yakovlyev | Volyn Lutsk | | Anatoliy Bezsmertnyi | FC Poltava | |
| Round 31 | Oleksandr Kovpak | FC Poltava | | Ihor Stolovytskyi | Cherkaskyi Dnipro | |
| Round 32 | Denys Bezborodko | Desna Chernihiv | | Serhiy Puchkov | Hirnyk-Sport Horishni Plavni | |
| Round 33 | Oleksandr Filippov | Desna Chernihiv | | Oleksandr Ryabokon | Desna Chernihiv | |
| Round 34 | Denys Bezborodko | Desna Chernihiv | | Volodymyr Knysh | Naftovyk-Ukrnafta Okhtyrka | |

### The 2017 annual coaching laureates

The best coaches were identified by the All-Ukrainian Football Coaches Association.

| 1st place | 1st place | 2nd place | 2nd place | 3rd place | 3rd place |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Coach | Team | Coach | Team | Coach | Team |
| Oleksandr Ryabokon | Desna Chernihiv | Serhiy Lytovchenko | Arsenal-Kyiv | Serhiy Syzykhin | Helios Kharkiv |

### Season awards

The laureates of the 2017–18 season were:

* Best player: Denys Favorov (Desna Chernihiv)
* Best coach: Anatoliy Bezsmertnyi (FC Poltava)
* Top goalscorer: Oleksandr Akymenko (Inhulets Petrove)
* Fair Play award: Desna Chernihiv
