2021–22 in Ukrainian football

The 2021–22 season was the 31st season of competitive association football in Ukraine since dissolution of the Soviet Union.

Football in Ukraine

Season	2021–22
Men's football
Premier League	no title awarded
First League	no title awarded
Second League	no title awarded
Cup	no title awarded
Amateur Cup	no title awarded
Super Cup	Shakhtar Donetsk
Women's football
Vyshcha Liha	no title awarded
Persha Liha	no title awarded
Women's Cup	Vorskla Poltava
← 2020–21 2022–23 →

The Ukrainian Premier League and other sporting competitions were abandoned on 26 February 2022 following the Russian invasion of Ukraine and declaration of martial law in the country.^[1]

National teams

Ukraine national football team

Main article: Ukraine national football team

Friendlies

Czech Republic  v  Ukraine

8 September 2021 (2021-09-08) Friendly	Czech Republic	1–1	Ukraine	Plzeň, Czech Republic
20:45 UTC+2	Vydra 90+4'	Report	Korniyenko 27'	Stadium: Doosan Arena Attendance: 5,231 Referee: Filip Glova (Slovakia)

Ukraine  v  Bulgaria

11 November 2021 (2021-11-11) Friendly

Ukraine

v

Bulgaria

Ukraine

2022 FIFA World Cup

Main article: 2022 FIFA World Cup

Group D

Main article: 2022 FIFA World Cup qualification – UEFA Group D

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	France	8	5	3	0	18	3	+15	18	Qualification for 2022 FIFA World Cup		—	1–1	2–0	1–1	8–0
2	Ukraine	8	2	6	0	11	8	+3	12	Advance to play-offs		1–1	—	1–1	1–1	1–1
3	Finland	8	3	2	3	10	10	0	11			0–2	1–2	—	2–2	1–0
4	Bosnia and Herzegovina	8	1	4	3	9	12	−3	7			0–1	0–2	1–3	—	2–2
5	Kazakhstan	8	0	3	5	5	20	−15	3			0–2	2–2	0–2	0–2	—

Source: FIFA, UEFA
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers

Kazakhstan  v  Ukraine

1 September 2021 (2021-09-01) 2022 FIFA World Cup qualification	Kazakhstan	2–2	Ukraine	Nur-Sultan, Kazakhstan
16:00 (20:00 UTC+6)	Valiullin 74', 90+6'	Report	Yaremchuk 2' Sikan 90+3'	Stadium: Astana Arena Attendance: 6,274 Referee: Donatas Rumšas (Lithuania)

Ukraine  v  France

4 September 2021 (2021-09-04) 2022 FIFA World Cup qualification	Ukraine	1–1	France	Kyiv, Ukraine
20:45 (21:45 UTC+3)	Shaparenko 44'	Report	Martial 51'	Stadium: NSK Olimpiyskiy Attendance: 28,000 Referee: Slavko Vinčić (Slovenia)

Finland  v  Ukraine

9 October 2021 (2021-10-09) 2022 FIFA World Cup qualification	Finland	1–2	Ukraine	Helsinki, Finland
18:00 (19:00 UTC+3)		Report		Stadium: Helsinki Olympic Stadium

Ukraine  v  Bosnia and Herzegovina

12 October 2021 (2021-10-12) 2022 FIFA World Cup qualification	Ukraine	1–1	Bosnia and Herzegovina	Lviv, Ukraine
20:45 (21:45 UTC+3)		Report		Stadium: Arena Lviv

Bosnia and Herzegovina  v  Ukraine

16 November 2021 (2021-11-16) 2022 FIFA World Cup qualification	Bosnia and Herzegovina	0–2	Ukraine	Bosnia and Herzegovina
20:45		Report

Ukraine women's national football team

Main article: Ukraine women's national football team

UEFA Women's Euro 2022

Main article: UEFA Women's Euro 2022

UEFA competitions

UEFA Champions League

Main article: 2021–22 UEFA Champions League

Qualifying phase and play-off round

Main article: 2021–22 UEFA Champions League qualifying phase and play-off round

Third qualifying round

Main article: 2022–23 UEFA Champions League third qualifying round (League Path)

League Path

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Genk	2–4	Shakhtar Donetsk	1–2	1–2

Play-off round

Main article: 2021–22 UEFA Champions League play-off round (League Path)

League Path

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Monaco	2–3	Shakhtar Donetsk	0–1	2–2 (a.e.t.)

Group stage

Main article: 2021–22 UEFA Champions League group stage

Group D

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		RMA	INT	SHE	SHK
1	Real Madrid	6	5	0	1	14	3	+11	15	Advance to knockout phase		—	2–0	1–2	2–1
2	Inter Milan	6	3	1	2	8	5	+3	10			0–1	—	3–1	2–0
3	Sheriff Tiraspol	6	2	1	3	7	11	−4	7	Transfer to Europa League		0–3	1–3	—	2–0
4	Shakhtar Donetsk	6	0	2	4	2	12	−10	2			0–5	0–0	1–1	—

Source: UEFA

Group E

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		BAY	BEN	BAR	DKV
1	Bayern Munich	6	6	0	0	22	3	+19	18	Advance to knockout phase		—	5–2	3–0	5–0
2	Benfica	6	2	2	2	7	9	−2	8			0–4	—	3–0	2–0
3	Barcelona	6	2	1	3	2	9	−7	7	Transfer to Europa League		0–3	0–0	—	1–0
4	Dynamo Kyiv	6	0	1	5	1	11	−10	1			1–2	0–0	0–1	—

Source: UEFA

UEFA Europa League

Main article: 2021–22 UEFA Europa League

Qualifying phase and play-off round

Main article: 2021–22 UEFA Europa League qualifying phase and play-off round

Play-off round

Main article: 2021–22 UEFA Europa League play-off round

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Rapid Wien	6–2	Zorya Luhansk	3–0	3–2

UEFA Conference Cup

Main article: 2021–22 UEFA Europa Conference League

Qualifying phase and play-off round

Main article: 2021–22 UEFA Europa Conference League qualifying phase and play-off round

Second qualifying round

Main article: 2021–22 UEFA Europa Conference League second qualifying round (Main Path)

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
KuPS	5–4	Vorskla Poltava	2–2	3–2 (a.e.t.)

Third qualifying round

Main article: 2021–22 UEFA Europa Conference League third qualifying round (Main Path)

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Kolos Kovalivka	0–0 (1–3 p)	Shakhter Karagandy	0–0	0–0 (a.e.t.)

Group stage

Main article: 2021–22 UEFA Europa Conference League group stage

Group C

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		ROM	BOD	ZOR	CSS
1	Roma	6	4	1	1	18	11	+7	13	Advance to round of 16		—	2–2	4–0	5–1
2	Bodø/Glimt	6	3	3	0	14	5	+9	12	Advance to knockout round play-offs		6–1	—	3–1	2–0
3	Zorya Luhansk	6	2	1	3	5	11	−6	7			0–3	1–1	—	2–0
4	CSKA Sofia	6	0	1	5	3	13	−10	1			2–3	0–0	0–1	—

Source: UEFA

UEFA Women's Champions League

Main article: 2021–22 UEFA Women's Champions League

Qualifying round

Main article: 2021–22 UEFA Women's Champions League qualifying rounds

Round 1

Main article: 2021–22 UEFA Women's Champions League round 1

Semi-finals

Team 1	Score	Team 2
Zhytlobud-1 Kharkiv	5–1	NSA Sofia

Final

Team 1	Score	Team 2
Zhytlobud-1 Kharkiv	4–1	Pomurje

Round 2

Main article: 2021–22 UEFA Women's Champions League round 2

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Apollon Limassol	2–5	Zhytlobud-1 Kharkiv	1–2	1–3

Group stage

Main article: 2021–22 UEFA Women's Champions League group stage

Group B

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		PSG	RMA	KHA	BRE
1	Paris Saint-Germain	6	6	0	0	25	0	+25	18	Advance to Quarter-finals		—	4–0	5–0	6–0
2	Real Madrid	6	4	0	2	12	6	+6	12			0–2	—	3–0	5–0
3	Zhytlobud-1 Kharkiv	6	1	1	4	2	15	−13	4			0–6	0–1	—	0–0
4	Breiðablik	6	0	1	5	0	18	−18	1			0–2	0–3	0–2	—

Source: UEFA

Men's club football

League		Promoted to league	Relegated from league
Premier League		Veres Rivne Chornomorets Odesa Metalist 1925 Kharkiv	Olimpik Donetsk
PFL League 1		Uzhhorod Podillia Khmelnytskyi Metal Kharkiv Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih	MFC Mykolaiv Krystal Kherson
PFL League 2	Groups
	A	Karpaty Lviv MFA Mukachevo LNZ Cherkasy Livyi Bereh Kyiv AFSC Kyiv Lyubomyr Stavyshche	Karpaty Lviv Obolon-2 Bucha Volyn-2 Lutsk
	B	Viktoriya Mykolaivka Vovchansk Sumy Skoruk Tomakivka SC Poltava Trostianets	Cherkashchyna

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

Location map

The following displays the location of teams.

Kyiv

Cherkasy

Donetsk

Lviv

Uzhhorod

Chernihiv

Dnipro

Kharkiv

Mariupol

Poltava

Zaporizhya

Odesa

Kyiv teams :
Dynamo
Shakhtar
Obolon
Olimpik
AFSC
Livyi Bereh
Rubikon

Cherkasy teams :
Dnipro
LNZ

Donetsk teams :
Shakhtar
Olimpik

Uzhhorod teams :
Mynai
Uzhhorod

Lviv teams :
Rukh
FC Lviv
Karpaty L.

Chernihiv teams :
Desna
Chernihiv

Dnipro teams :
Dnipro-1
Peremoha

Kharkiv teams :
Metalist 1925
Metalist

Mariupol teams :
Mariupol
Yarud

Poltava teams :
Vorskla
Poltava

Zaporizhya teams :
Zorya
Metalurh

Odesa teams :
Chornomorets
Real Pharma

Zorya

Oleksandriya

Inhulets

Inhulets

Kolos

Veres

Alians

Ahrobiznes

Kramatorsk

Hirnyk-Sport

Kremin

Kryvbas

Nyva

Podillia

Polissia

Prykarpattia

Volyn

VPK-Ahro

Bukovyna

Chaika

Dinaz

Epitsentr

Karpaty H.

Liubomyr

MFA

Nyva

Skoruk

Nikopol

Balkany

Enerhiya

Krystal

Mykolaiv

Sumy

(Tavriya)

(Marianivka)

Viktoriya

Vovchansk

Trostianets

Home venues of teams in the 2021–22 in Ukrainian football.
Teams in italics are from a conflict zone of the war in Donbas and are playing their home games in different cities. SC Tavriya is forced to play its home games outside of Crimea (Autonomous Republic of Crimea).

Premier League

Main article: 2021–22 Ukrainian Premier League

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Shakhtar Donetsk	18	15	2	1	49	10	+39	47	Qualification for the Champions League group stage
2	Dynamo Kyiv	18	14	3	1	47	9	+38	45	Qualification for the Champions League second qualifying round
3	Dnipro-1	18	13	1	4	35	17	+18	40	Qualification for the Europa League play-off round
4	Zorya Luhansk	18	11	3	4	37	19	+18	36	Qualification for the Europa Conference League third qualifying round
5	Vorskla Poltava	18	9	6	3	30	18	+12	33	Qualification for the Europa Conference League second qualifying round
6	Oleksandriya	18	7	5	6	19	16	+3	26
7	Desna Chernihiv[a]	18	7	4	7	22	27	−5	25	Membership suspended after season
8	Kolos Kovalivka	18	7	3	8	14	23	−9	24
9	Veres Rivne	18	6	5	7	15	20	−5	23
10	Metalist 1925 Kharkiv	18	6	1	11	17	29	−12	19
11	Rukh Lviv	17	4	6	7	16	21	−5	18
12	Lviv	18	4	5	9	14	30	−16	17
13	Chornomorets Odesa	18	3	5	10	20	40	−20	14
14	Inhulets Petrove	17	3	4	10	13	28	−15	13
15	Mynai	18	1	7	10	12	30	−18	10
16	Mariupol[a]	18	2	2	14	21	44	−23	8	Membership suspended after season

Source: upl.ua
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head points; 3) Head-to-head goal difference; 4) Head-to-head higher number of goals scored; 5) Goal difference; 6) higher number of goals scored; 7) Draw or "Golden match" if two teams tied for title (Article 22, paragraph 3).^[3]
Notes:

1. Desna Chernihiv and Mariupol confirmed that they cannot compete next season due to destroyed infrastructure and the difficult situation in their cities.^[2]

PFL League 1 (First League)

Main article: 2021–22 Ukrainian First League

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion, qualification or relegation
1	Metalist Kharkiv (P)	20	17	2	1	52	9	+43	53	Promotion to Ukrainian Premier League[4]
2	Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih (P)	20	12	6	2	38	17	+21	42
3	Alians Lypova Dolyna[a]	19	10	3	6	33	24	+9	33[b]	Withdrew after season
4	Obolon Kyiv	19	10	3	6	24	16	+8	33[b]
5	Nyva Ternopil	20	8	5	7	22	22	0	29[c]
6	Hirnyk-Sport Horishni Plavni	20	8	5	7	15	17	−2	29[c]
7	Prykarpattia Ivano-Frankivsk	20	8	4	8	27	26	+1	28
8	Podillya Khmelnytskyi[a]	20	7	5	8	19	18	+1	26	Withdrew after season
9	Polissia Zhytomyr	18	7	4	7	21	17	+4	25
10	Volyn Lutsk	19	6	7	6	17	20	−3	25	Withdrew after season
11	Olimpik Donetsk[a]	19	7	2	10	19	23	−4	23
12	Kramatorsk	18	7	1	10	16	24	−8	22
13	Ahrobiznes Volochysk[a]	20	4	9	7	16	23	−7	21
14	VPK-Ahro Shevchenkivka[a]	20	5	3	12	16	28	−12	18
15	Uzhhorod[a]	20	4	4	12	16	40	−24	16
16	Kremin Kremenchuk	20	4	1	15	16	43	−27	13

Source: PFL.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 in all games; 6) Goals scored in all games (Note: calculation by criteria indicated in rules 2, 3, 4 is conducted with consideration of all teams that have an equal number of tournament points at the moment of calculation and not only among those which after preliminary criteria have appeared more successful).^[11]
(P) Promoted
Notes:

1. Due to Russo-Ukrainian War, Olimpik Donetsk, Uzhhorod, Podillia Khmelnytskyi, Alians Lypova Dolyna, VPK-Ahro Shevchenkivka and Ahrobiznes Volochysk withdrew from competitions after season.^{[5][6][7][8][9][10]}
2. Head-to-head: Alians 3p; Obolon 0p
3. Head-to-head: Nyva 6p; Hirnyk-Sport 0p

PFL League 2 (Second League)

Main article: 2021–22 Ukrainian Second League

Group A

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion, qualification or relegation
1	Karpaty Lviv	18	16	0	2	46	7	+39	48	Promotion to Ukrainian First League
2	Livyi Bereh Kyiv[a]	19	15	1	3	47	14	+33	46	Withdrew after season
3	LNZ Cherkasy	17	13	2	2	36	9	+27	41	Promotion to Ukrainian First League
4	Dinaz Vyshhorod	19	13	1	5	33	18	+15	40
5	Epitsentr Dunaivtsi	19	12	1	6	30	19	+11	37
6	MFA Mukachevo[a]	19	8	5	6	25	24	+1	29	Withdrew after season
7	Karpaty Halych[a]	18	7	4	7	23	23	0	25[b]
8	Nyva Vinnytsia	17	7	4	6	29	20	+9	25[b]
9	Bukovyna Chernivtsi	17	6	5	6	20	17	+3	23	Promotion to Ukrainian First League
10	FC Chernihiv	18	5	5	8	17	24	−7	20
11	Dnipro Cherkasy	18	5	2	11	24	32	−8	17	Withdrew after season
12	Chaika Petropavlivska Borshchahivka	19	3	6	10	16	40	−24	15
13	Rubikon Kyiv	18	3	2	13	12	38	−26	11
14	AFSC Kyiv	19	1	5	13	8	38	−30	8	Withdrew after season
15	Lyubomyr Stavyshche[a]	19	1	1	17	8	51	−43	4

Source: PFL.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 in all games; 6) Goals scored in all games (Note: calculation by criteria indicated in rules 2, 3, 4 is conducted with consideration of all teams that have equal number of tournament points at the moment of calculation and not only among those which after preliminary criteria have appeared more successful).
Notes:

1. Due to Russo-Ukrainian War, Lyubomyr Stavyshche, Karpaty Halych, MFA Mukachevo and Livyi Bereh Kyiv withdrew from competitions after season.^{[12][13][14][15]}
2. Karpaty Halych: 3 pts; Nyva: 0 pts

Group B

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion, qualification or relegation
1	Metalurh Zaporizhzhia	19	13	6	0	34	7	+27	45	Promotion to Ukrainian First League
2	Skoruk Tomakivka	20	12	5	3	33	14	+19	41
3	Peremoha Dnipro	20	12	3	5	34	14	+20	39[a]	Withdrew after season
4	Balkany Zorya	20	10	9	1	34	14	+20	39[a]
5	Tavriya Simferopol[b]	19	9	6	4	28	19	+9	33
6	Poltava	20	9	4	7	29	27	+2	31[c]	Promotion to Ukrainian First League
7	Trostianets[b]	19	9	4	6	34	29	+5	31[c]	Withdrew after season
8	Mykolaiv	17	8	6	3	35	24	+11	30
9	Vovchansk	20	7	6	7	27	25	+2	27[d]
10	Viktoriya Mykolaivka[b]	19	8	3	8	22	23	−1	27[d]
11	Yarud Mariupol	20	6	6	8	36	29	+7	24	Promotion to Ukrainian First League
12	Nikopol	20	5	5	10	22	42	−20	20	Withdrew after season
13	Enerhiya Nova Kakhovka[b]	20	5	2	13	20	40	−20	17
14	Real Pharma Odesa	20	4	2	14	22	49	−27	14
15	Krystal Kherson	20	2	3	15	19	36	−17	9	Withdrew after season
16	Sumy[b]	19	1	2	16	16	53	−37	5

Source: PFL.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 in all games; 6) Goals scored in all games (Note: calculation by criteria indicated in rules 2, 3, 4 is conducted with consideration of all teams that have equal number of tournament points at the moment of calculation and not only among those which after preliminary criteria have appeared more successful).
Notes:

1. Peremoha: 3 pts; Balkany: 0 pts
2. Due to Russo-Ukrainian War, Tavriya Simferopol, Enerhiya Nova Kakhovka, Viktoriya Mykolaivka, Sumy and Trostianets withdrew from competitions after the season.^{[16][17][18][19]}
3. Poltava: 3 pts; Trostianets: 0 pts
4. Vovchansk: 6 pts; Viktoriya: 0 pts

Cup competitions

Ukrainian Cup

Main article: 2021–22 Ukrainian Cup

Super Cup

Main article: 2021 Ukrainian Super Cup

Shakhtar Donetsk	3–0	Dynamo Kyiv
Traoré 30', 54' Patrick 61'	Report

22 September 2021 (2021-09-22)

21:00^[20] EEST

Olimpiyskiy National Sports Complex, Kyiv

Attendance: 27,553

Referee: Andriy Kovalenko (Poltava)

Women's club football

Promoted	Relegated
Kolos Kovalivka Ateks Kyiv Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih (past the 2nd tier)	Nika Mykolaiv

• Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih and Nika Mykolaiv signed a partnership agreement, after which Kryvbas entered top tier, while Nika started at the second.^[21]

Note: For the scratched club, see section Clubs removed for more details

Vyshcha Liha

Main article: 2021–22 Ukrainian Women's League

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Zhytlobud-2 Kharkiv	10	10	0	0	58	2	+56	30	Qualification for the Champions League qualifying first round
2	Zhytlobud-1 Kharkiv	10	9	0	1	67	5	+62	27	Withdrew
3	Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih	10	7	1	2	26	7	+19	22
4	Mariupol	10	5	1	4	15	21	−6	16
5	Kolos Kovalivka	10	5	0	5	12	14	−2	15
6	Ladomyr Volodymyr-Volynskyi	10	4	2	4	22	20	+2	14
7	EMS Podillia Vinnytsia	10	4	1	5	9	25	−16	13[a]
8	Voskhod Stara Maiachka	10	4	1	5	11	18	−7	13[a]	Withdrew
9	Pantery Uman	10	2	0	8	10	46	−36	6[b]
10	Karpaty Lviv	10	2	0	8	13	37	−24	6[b]	Withdrew
11	Ateks Kyiv	10	0	0	10	3	51	−48	0

Source: womensfootball.com.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.^[22]
Notes:

1. Head-to-head points: Podillia 3, Voskhod 0
2. Head-to-head points: Pantery 3, Karpaty 0

Managerial changes

This is a list of managerial changes among Ukrainian professional football clubs:

Team	Outgoing manager	Manner of departure	Date of vacancy	Table	Incoming manager	Date of appointment	Table

Clubs removed

• Obolon-2
• Volyn-2
• FC Cherkashchyna
• Karpaty Lviv
• Bukovynska Nadiya

Notes