2016–17 Ukrainian First League

The 2016–17 Ukrainian First League was the 26th since its establishment. The fixtures were announced on 16 July 2016,^[1] and the competition commenced on 24 July 2016. The spring session started on 12 March 2017 with the competition ending on 2 June 2017.^[2][3]

Ukrainian First League

Season	2016–17
Champions	Illichivets Mariupol
Promoted	Illichivets Mariupol Desna Chernihiv Veres Rivne
Relegated	Bukovyna Chernivtsi Skala Stryi FC Ternopil
Matches played	305
Goals scored	691 (2.27 per match)
Top goalscorer	24 goals – Ruslan Stepanyuk (Veres)
Biggest home win	6 – Mykolaiv 7–1 FC Ternopil (Round 32)
Biggest away win	5 – Hirnyk-Sport 1–6 Veres (Round 8)
Highest scoring	9 – Arsenal Kyiv 5–4 Skala (Round 32)
Longest winning run	8 – Illichivets (Round 1–8)
Longest unbeaten run	12 – Illichivets (Round 1–12)
Longest winless run	19 – Skala (Round 14–32)
Longest losing run	12 – Skala (Round 21–32)
Highest attendance	5,200 – Veres–Desna (Round 23)
Lowest attendance	0[a] – Veres–Hirnyk-Sport (Round 25)
← 2015–16 2017–18 → All statistics correct as of 3 June 2017.

Teams

Promoted teams

Originally, as per competition regulations the top three teams were promoted from the 2015–16 Ukrainian Second League.^[4] However, prior to the season commencing at the Conference of the PFL in preparation for the season the committee decided to expand the competition to eighteen teams and include the fourth, fifth and sixth placed teams.^[5] Six teams promotion beat the previous record of five teams that was set back in 2002 (14 years ago).

• Kolos Kovalivka – champion of the 2015–16 Ukrainian Second League (debut)
• Veres Rivne – runner-up (returning for the first time since 1996–97 season, 19 seasons absence)
• Inhulets Petrove – 3rd placed (debut)
• Bukovyna Chernivtsi – 4th placed (returning after one season)
• Skala Stryi – 5th placed (debut, however a club from Stryi namely FC Hazovyk-Skala Stryi competed in the 2005–06 season)
• Arsenal Kyiv – 6th placed (debut, however a predecessor of Arsenal Kyiv, CSKA-Borysfen Kyiv, competed in the 1994–95 season)

Relegated teams

No teams were relegated from the Ukrainian Premier League

Withdrawn teams

Two teams were withdrawn before the season:

• Dynamo-2 Kyiv^[6]
• Hirnyk Kryvyi Rih^[7]

Location map

The following displays the location of teams.

Desna

Helios

Hirnyk-Sport

Mykolaiv

Naftovyk-Ukrnafta

Poltava

Sumy

Illichivets

Avanhard

Obolon-Brovar

Cherkaskyi Dnipro

Kolos

Veres

Inhulets

Ternopil

Arsenal

Bukovyna

Skala

Home venues of teams in the 2016–17 Ukrainian First League.

Stadiums

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

Rank	Stadium	Capacity	Club	Notes
1	Yuvileiny Stadium, Sumy	25,800	PFC Sumy
2	Vorskla Stadium, Poltava	24,795	FC Poltava	Used in Round 28[b]
3	Central City Stadium, Mykolaiv	16,700	MFC Mykolaiv
4	City Stadium, Ternopil	12,750	FC Ternopil
5	Illichivets Stadium, Mariupol	12,680	Illichivets Mariupol
6	Chernihiv Stadium, Chernihiv[c]	12,060	Desna Chernihiv
7	Bukovyna Stadium, Chernivtsi	12,000	Bukovyna Chernivtsi
8	Central Stadion, Cherkasy	10,321	Cherkaskyi Dnipro
9	Sokil Stadium, Stryi	6,000	Skala Stryi
10	Kolos Stadium, Boryspil	5,654	Arsenal Kyiv
11	Naftovyk Stadium, Okhtyrka	5,256	Naftovyk-Ukrnafta Okhtyrka
12	Obolon Arena, Kyiv	5,100	Obolon-Brovar Kyiv
			Desna Chernihiv	Used in Round 2,[10] 11[11] and Spring session.[12]
13	Sonyachny Stadium, Kharkiv	4,924[13]	Helios Kharkiv
			Desna Chernihiv	Used in Round 4, 6 and 8[14]
14	Avanhard Stadium, Rivne	4,500	Veres Rivne
15	Avanhard Stadium, Kramatorsk	4,000	Avanhard Kramatorsk
16	Kolos Stadium, Berezne	3,800 [15]	Veres Rivne	Used in Round 19
17	Izotop Stadium, Varash	3,000 [16]	Veres Rivne	Used in the Spring session[d]
18	Lokomotyv Stadium, Poltava	2,500	FC Poltava
	Yunist Stadium, Horishni Plavni	2,500	Hirnyk-Sport Horishni Plavni
20	Kolos Stadium, Kovalivka	1,850	Kolos Kovalivka
21	Inhulets Stadium, Petrove	1,720	Inhulets Petrove
22	Knyazha Arena, Shchaslyve	1,000	Arsenal Kyiv
23	Ltava Stadium, Poltava	640	FC Poltava	Used in Round 30
24	FC Viktorya Stadium, Mykolayivka, Bilopillia Raion, Sumy Oblast	500[19]	FC Sumy	Used in Round 6[14]
	Poltava Training Base Stadium, Kopyly, Poltava Raion, Poltava Oblast	500[20]	FC Sumy	Used in Round 20[21]

Notes:

1. Match played without spectators due to sanctions (see results section)
2. FC Poltava moved their home match in Round 28 to Vorskla Stadium due to the reseeding of the pitch at Lokomotyv Stadium.^[8]
3. Due to reconstruction of the pitch at Chernihiv Stadium before the start of the season, Desna Chernihiv moved their home fixtures to different arenas.^[9]
4. Due to the pitch at Avanhard Stadium not being ready after the winter break,^[3] Veres Rivne moved their rescheduled Round 15 match^[17] and Round 21 home fixtures to Izotop Stadium.^[18]

Managers

Club	Head coach[22]	Replaced coach
Arsenal Kyiv	Serhiy Litovchenko
Avanhard Kramatorsk	Oleksandr Kosevych	Yakiv Kripak
Bukovyna Chernivtsi	Oleh Ratiy	Serhiy Shyshchenko
Cherkaskyi Dnipro	Vadym Yevtushenko	Ihor Stolovytskyi Oleksandr Kyrylyuk Vitaliy Kobzar (caretaker)
Desna Chernihiv	Oleksandr Ryabokon
Helios Kharkiv	Serhiy Syzykhin
Hirnyk-Sport Horishni Plavni	Serhiy Puchkov	Ihor Zhabchenko
Illichivets Mariupol	Oleksandr Sevidov
Inhulets Petrove	Serhiy Lavrynenko	Eduard Khavrov
Kolos Kovalivka	Ruslan Kostyshyn
MFC Mykolaiv	Ruslan Zabranskyi
Naftovyk-Ukrnafta Okhtyrka	Volodymyr Knysh
Obolon-Brovar Kyiv	Oleh Mazurenko	Sergei Soldatov
FC Poltava	Volodymyr Prokopynenko	Anatoliy Bezsmertnyi Andrei Zavyalov (caretaker) Yuriy Yaroshenko
Skala Stryi	Roman Hnativ	Vasyl Malyk
PFC Sumy	Anatoliy Bezsmertnyi	Yuriy Yaroshenko Pavlo Kikot (caretaker) Volodymyr Lyutyi
FC Ternopil	Petr Badlo	Ivan Marushchak Vasyl Matviykiv (caretaker)
Veres Rivne	Yuriy Virt (caretaker)	Volodymyr Mazyar

Managerial changes

Team	Outgoing head coach	Manner of departure	Date of vacancy	Table	Incoming head coach	Date of appointment
Bukovyna Chernivtsi	Viktor Mhlynets	Resigns	29 May 2016[23]	Pre-season	Serhiy Shyshchenko	29 June 2016[24]
FC Ternopil	Vasyl Ivehesh	Work with the youth teams	30 June 2016		Ivan Marushchak	1 July 2016[25]
Inhulets Petrove	Eduard Khavrov	Sacked[a]	21 August 2016[27]	16th	Serhiy Lavrynenko	31 August 2016[28]
FC Poltava	Anatoliy Bezsmertnyi	Sacked	5 September 2016[29]	13th	Andrei Zavyalov (caretaker)	5 September 2016[29]
Avanhard Kramatorsk	Yakiv Kripak	Resigned	9 September 2016[30]	15th	Oleksandr Kosevych	9 September 2016[30]
PFC Sumy	Yuriy Yaroshenko	Sacked	16 September 2016[31]	14th	Pavlo Kikot	16 September 2016[31]
FC Ternopil	Ivan Marushchak	Sacked	16 September 2016[32]	18th	Vasyl Matviykiv (caretaker)[b]	16 September 2016[32]
FC Poltava	Andrei Zavyalov (caretaker)	End of interim spell	21 September 2016	11th	Yuriy Yaroshenko	21 September 2016[35]
Cherkaskyi Dnipro	Ihor Stolovytskyi	Sacked	23 September 2016[36]	6th	Oleksandr Kyrylyuk	23 September 2016[36]
Obolon-Brovar Kyiv	Sergei Soldatov	Resigned	24 October 2016[37]	10th	Oleh Mazurenko	24 October 2016[38]
Cherkaskyi Dnipro	Oleksandr Kyrylyuk	Sacked	10 November 2016[39]	7th	Vitaliy Kobzar (caretaker)	10 November 2016[39]
	Vitaliy Kobzar (caretaker)	End of interim duty	26 November 2016[40]	7th	Vadym Yevtushenko	26 November 2016
Hirnyk-Sport Horishni Plavni	Ihor Zhabchenko	End of contract	20 December 2016[41]	15th	Serhiy Puchkov	21 December 2016[42]
Bukovyna Chernivtsi	Serhiy Shyshchenko	Resigns	28 December 2016[43]	14th	Oleh Ratiy	5 February 2017[44][45]
FC Skala Stryi	Vasyl Malyk	Contract terminated	27 January 2017	17th	Roman Hnativ	27 January 2017[46]
PFC Sumy	Pavlo Kikot	end of interim duty	25 January 2017	16th	Volodymyr Lyutyi	25 January 2017[47]
	Volodymyr Lyutyi	Resigns[c]	4 March 2017[48]	16th	Anatoliy Bezsmertnyi	4 March 2017
Veres Rivne	Volodymyr Mazyar	Family circumstances breach of contract (fired)	25 April 2017[49] 16 June 2017[50]	3rd	Yuriy Virt (caretaker)	25 April 2017[49]
FC Ternopil	Vasyl Matviykiv (caretaker)	Interim	1 May 2017	18th	Petr Badlo	1 May 2017[51]
FC Poltava	Yuriy Yaroshenko	Sacked	5 May 2017[52]	11th	Volodymyr Prokopynenko	5 May 2017[53]

Notes:

1. Eduard Khavrov continued to perform managerial duties and the club announced that he will be in that position until a replacement was found.^[26]
2. On 12 January 2017 Mykola Krut, a curator of FC Ternopil, announced that an agreement was reached with Roman Maksymyuk for the position of head coach for the senior team and Maksymyuk has submitted documents to be selected.^[33] However, less than a week later on 18 January 2017 it was announced that the club and Maksymyuk did not reach agreement in regards to the coaching approach and the senior team of the club will continue to be coached by Matviykiv.^[34]
3. During the winter break PFC Sumy seeking extra funding signed a contract with a Chinese investor and was hired as a head coach Volodymyr Lyutyi. However, the investment never eventuated as the investor failed to complete the transaction. The club was on a verge of bankruptcy and the coaching staff was released. Financial support for the club was provided by an amateur club Ahrobiznes-TSK Romny, and the president hired Anatoliy Bezsmertnyi for Sumy.^[48]

League table

Pos	Team	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[a]	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[b]	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
18	FC Ternopil (R)	34	3	6	25	17	70	−53	15

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 away goals scored; 7) Draw or "golden match" (if tied for first).^[56]
(C) Champions; (O) Play-off winners; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated
Notes:

1. 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.^[54]
2. On 12 January 2017, FC Poltava were deducted a total of 3 points in accordance with the FFU Control and Disciplinary Committee.^[55]

Results

Home \ Away	ARK	AVK	BUC	CHD	DES	HEL	HIS	ILL	IHP	KOK	MYK	NAF	OBK	POL	SKS	SUM	TNP	VER
Arsenal Kyiv		0–3	0–1	0–0	1–2	1–0	2–0	0–3	3–0	3–3	1–0	2–1	2–1	0–1	5–4	1–1	4–0	0–0
Avanhard Kramatorsk	0–2		1–1	0–1	0–2	1–1	0–1	2–1	1–1	0–1	2–0	1–0	3–1	1–0	2–0	0–2	2–0	1–0
Bukovyna Chernivtsi	0–2	0–0		0–0	0–1	1–1	2–0	0–2	0–1	2–3	2–0	2–2	0–0	0–2	1–0	1–0	4–0[a]	0–1
Cherkaskyi Dnipro	1–0	1–0	2–0		1–0	1–0	2–2	1–2	0–2	0–0	0–0	1–0	1–0	0–1	2–1	0–2	3–0	3–0
Desna Chernihiv	5–1	2–0	0–0	1–1		1–1	2–0	3–1	1–0	0–4	3–1	1–0	2–2	0–1	3–0	0–0	2–0	0–0
Helios Kharkiv	1–0	0–0	1–0	2–1	0–1		0–1	0–2	1–0	0–0	2–0	1–0	0–0	1–0	1–0	1–0	4–1	2–1
Hirnyk-Sport Horishni Plavni	1–0	1–1	0–0	5–2	2–5	0–2		1–3	3–1	0–0	3–1	0–1	0–2	4–0	3–0	1–0	2–0	1–6
Illichivets Mariupol	0–0	0–0	1–0	2–0	1–1	2–0	3–1		1–0	3–1	2–0	1–0	3–0	3–1	2–1	5–1	3–0[b]	1–1
Inhulets Petrove	2–1	2–3	1–1	1–1	1–2	0–0	2–0	1–1		0–0	1–0	1–3	0–1	1–0	1–0	1–3	3–0	1–2
Kolos Kovalivka	1–1	2–2	3–1	2–1	0–1	1–3	1–3	0–1	2–2		5–3	1–0	2–0	1–0	0–1	0–0	4–1	2–1
MFC Mykolaiv	2–1	1–0	3–1	0–0	0–2	0–0	0–1	1–2	1–0	1–0		0–3[c]	0–0	0–1	2–0	4–0	7–1	1–2
Naftovyk-Ukrnafta Okhtyrka	0–0	1–1	2–0	1–1	2–0	1–1	3–2	1–1	3–1	2–1	1–0		1–2	3–1	1–2	4–0	2–1	2–0
Obolon-Brovar Kyiv	0–1	1–2	1–0	0–1	1–2	3–0	2–1	1–2	4–1	2–1	2–0	0–3		0–1	1–0	3–2	2–0	0–0
FC Poltava	0–1	0–1	2–1	3–1	0–1	1–2	2–2	0–2	2–1	0–2	0–2	1–1	1–1		2–1	0–2	3–1	0–1
Skala Stryi	1–1	0–1	0–3	0–0	2–5	0–1	3–2	0–1	0–1	1–2	0–0	0–0	2–2	3–1		0–4	1–0	0–3
PFC Sumy	1–1	0–0	2–0	1–0	0–0	0–0	1–1	0–2	1–1	1–2	1–2	1–2	1–1	1–3	2–1		1–1	0–2
FC Ternopil	2–1	0–1	0–2	1–1	0–2	0–1	1–1	0–1	0–2	0–2	2–1	0–0	0–0	0–1	1–0	2–2		0–1
Veres Rivne	2–0	3–0	5–1	0–0	0–2	2–1	4–2[d]	3–1	4–0	2–3	3–1	2–0[e]	1–1	2–2	1–1	2–1	4–2

Updated to match(es) played on 2 June 2017. Source: (in Ukrainian)
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
Notes:

1. Round 19 match postponed due to heavy snowfalls that made the pitch unplayable.^[57] Match played after Round 25.
2. FC Ternopil informed the Professional Football League of Ukraine and administration of Illichivets that the club would not play their Round 14 match due to a flu epidemic affecting the team with only seven players available for selection.^[58] (13 October 2016)
   Control-Disciplinary Committee of the FFU awards a 3–0 technical victory to Illichivets .^[59] (1 November 2016)
3. Round 10 match between Mykolaiv and Naftovyk-Ukrnafta was postponed on mutual agreement to October 13 as Mykolaiv's Central City Stadium was unavailable.^[60] Match played after Round 13.
4. Veres played their Round 25 match without spectators due to sanctions imposed by the Control-Disciplinary Committee of the FFU for fan violence during the Round 21 against Kolos.^[61]
5. Round 15 fixture between Veres and Naftovyk-Ukrnafta was postponed until March 12 by mutual agreement.^[62] (12 October 2016) The match was played at Izotop Stadium in Varash.^[3]

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
Illichivets Mariupol	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	1	1	1	1	1
Desna Chernihiv	2	3	5	5	5	5	4	5	5	5	3	3	3	3	3	2	2	2	3	3	3	3	2	2	2	2	3	3	2	2	2	2	2	2
Veres Rivne	6	4	1	2	2	3	3	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	3	3	3	2	2	2	2	3	3	3	3	2	2	3	3	3	3	3	3
Helios Kharkiv	1	1	3	3	3	2	2	4	3	3	4	4	4	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	5	5	6	6	5	5	5	5	4	5	5	5	5	4
Kolos Kovalivka	12	14	8	6	4	4	5	3	4	4	5	5	5	6	6	7	6	5	6	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	5	4	4	4	4	5
Naftovyk-Ukrnafta Okhtyrka	7	9	15	12	8	9	8	6	7	7	6	6	6	4	5	5	5	6	5	6	6	6	5	5	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	7	6
Avanhard Kramatorsk	9	10	14	14	17	13	13	15	15	14	14	12	15	11	11	10	8	8	10	9	9	9	8	8	8	9	7	7	8	7	7	7	6	7
Cherkaskyi Dnipro	11	7	4	4	7	7	6	7	6	6	7	7	8	7	7	6	7	7	7	7	7	8	9	9	9	7	8	9	7	9	9	8	8	8
Obolon-Brovar Kyiv	5	6	6	7	6	6	9	10	12	10	9	10	10	8	10	11	11	10	8	10	10	10	11	10	10	10	11	10	11	8	8	10	9	9
Arsenal Kyiv	10	11	11	13	15	11	11	11	9	8	10	11	7	9	9	9	10	9	9	8	8	7	7	7	7	8	10	8	9	10	10	9	10	10
Hirnyk-Sport Horishni Plavni	14	17	13	16	13	17	17	17	17	17	16	17	17	17	16	17	17	17	17	15	15	13	12	12	14	13	12	12	12	12	11	11	11	11
FC Poltava	3	5	7	8	9	12	12	12	13	11	11	8	9	10	8	8	9	11	11	11	11	11	10	11	11	11	9	11	10	11	12	12	12	12
Inhulets Petrove	13	16	17	15	16	16	16	16	16	16	15	16	16	16	17	16	15	13	14	13	14	15	15	14	13	14	14	14	13	13	13	13	13	13
MFC Mykolaiv	17	15	16	17	14	10	10	9	8	9	8	9	11	14	14	12	13	14	12	12	12	12	14	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	14	14	14
PFC Sumy	8	13	9	9	10	14	15	13	14	15	17	14	13	12	13	13	14	15	15	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	16	15
Bukovyna Chernivtsi	16	8	12	11	12	8	7	8	10	12	12	13	12	13	12	14	12	12	13	14	13	14	13	13	12	12	13	13	14	14	14	15	15	16
Skala Stryi	15	12	10	10	11	15	14	14	11	13	13	15	14	15	15	15	16	16	16	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17
FC Ternopil	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18

Updated to match(es) played on 2 June 2017. Source: pfl.ua

Relegation play-off

The draw for relegation play-off scheduling was held on 3 June 2017.^[63]

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
PFC Sumy	3–1	FC Balkany Zorya	2–0	1–1

First leg

PFC Sumy	2–0	FC Balkany Zorya
Oliynyk 36' Yarovenko 60' (pen.)	Report

6 June 2017 (2017-06-06)

17:00 UTC+3

Yuvileiny Stadium, Sumy

Referee: Serhiy Boyko (Kyiv Oblast)

Second leg

FC Balkany Zorya	1–1	PFC Sumy
Raichev 40'	Report	Bohachov 84' (pen.)

10 June 2017 (2017-06-10)

17:00 UTC+3

Boris Tropaneț Stadium, Zorya, Sarata Raion, Odesa Oblast

Referee: Mykola Kryvonosov (Kyiv)

PFC Sumy wins 3–1 on aggregate and remains in First League. FC Balkany Zorya loses but later was promoted to the 2017–18 Ukrainian First League, due to sanctions against FC Dnipro.

Top goalscorers

The season top goalscorers were:^[64]

Rank	Scorer	Team	Goals (Pen.)
1	Ruslan Stepanyuk	Veres Rivne	24 (5)
2	Ruslan Kisil	Illichivets Mariupol	17 (1)
3	Oleksandr Bondarenko	Kolos Kovalivka	13
4	Illya Kovalenko[a]	Obolon-Brovar Kyiv / Desna	12 (2)
	Viktor Berko	MFC Mykolaiv	12 (4)
6	Oleksandr Filippov	Desna Chernihiv	11 (1)
7	Levan Arveladze[b]	Naftovyk-Ukrnafta / Desna	10 (5)
	Oleksandr Pozdeyev	Kolos Kovalivka	10 (8)
9	Ruslan Fomin	Illichivets Mariupol	9
	Aderinsola Habib Eseola[c]	Arsenal Kyiv	9 (1)

Notes:

1. Illya Kovalenko signed with FC Desna Chernihiv during winter break.^[65]
2. Levan Arveladze signed with FC Desna Chernihiv during winter break.^[66]
3. Aderinsola Habib Eseola signed with FC Zirka Kropyvnytskyi during winter break.^[67]

Awards

Round awards

Round	Player			Coach
	Player	Club	Reference	Coach	Club	Reference
Round 21	Oleksandr Yarovenko	PFC Sumy	[68]	Oleksandr Ryabokon	Desna Chernihiv	[69]
Round 22	Vyacheslav Ryabov	Kolos Kovalivka	[70]	Serhiy Puchkov	Hirnyk-Sport Horishni Plavni	[71]
Round 23	Denys Kozhanov	Illichivets Mariupol	[72]	Oleksandr Ryabokon (2)	Desna Chernihiv	[73]
Round 24	Ruslan Stepanyuk	Veres Rivne	[74]	Ruslan Kostyshyn	Kolos Kovalivka	[75]
Round 25	Vasyl Prodan	Obolon-Brovar Kyiv	[76]	Oleksandr Ryabokon (3)	Desna Chernihiv	[77]
Round 26	Viktor Berko	MFC Mykolaiv	[78]	Vadym Yevtushenko	Cherkaskyi Dnipro	[79]
Round 27	Oleksiy Moyseyenko	Hirnyk-Sport Horishni Plavni	[80]	Oleksandr Sevidov	Illichivets Mariupol	[81]
Round 28	Levan Arveladze	Desna Chernihiv	[82]	Volodymyr Knysh	Naftovyk-Ukrnafta Okhtyrka	[83]
Round 29	Serhiy Kravchenko	Helios Kharkiv	[84]	Oleksandr Ryabokon (4)	Desna Chernihiv	[85]
Round 30	Andriy Shevchuk	Hirnyk-Sport Horishni Plavni	[86]	Oleksandr Kosevych	Avanhard Kramatorsk	[87]
Round 31	Oleksandr Bondarenko	Kolos Kovalivka	[88]	Ruslan Kostyshyn (2)	Kolos Kovalivka	[89]
Round 32	Denys Kozhanov	Illichivets Mariupol	[90]	Volodymyr Knysh (2)	Naftovyk-Ukrnafta Okhtyrka	[91]
Round 33	Ihor Poruchynskyi	Skala Stryi	[92]	Anatoliy Bezsmertnyi	PFC Sumy	[93]
Round 34	Artem Starhorodskyi	Arsenal-Kyiv	[94]	Serhiy Syzykhin	Helios Kharkiv	[95]

Season awards

The laureates of the 2016–17 season were:^[96]

• Best player: Ruslan Stepanyuk (Veres Rivne)
• Best coach: Oleksandr Ryabokon (Desna Chernihiv)
• Best goalscorer: Ruslan Stepanyuk (Veres Rivne)

See also

• 2016–17 Ukrainian Premier League
• 2016–17 Ukrainian Second League
• 2016–17 Ukrainian Cup

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