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{{short description|Association football league in Ukraine}}
{{Infobox football league
| logo       = Ukrainian First League logo.png
| country    = {{UKR}}
| founded    = {{start date and age|1992}}
| teams      = 16 (for 2025–26)
| promotion  = [[Ukrainian Premier League]]
| relegation = [[Ukrainian Second League]]
| levels     = 2
| domest_cup = [[Ukrainian Cup]]
| confed_cup =
|most_champs    = 3 &ndash; [[FC Dynamo-2 Kyiv|Dynamo-2 Kyiv]], [[FC Hoverla Uzhhorod|Hoverla Uzhhorod]], [[FC Zirka Kropyvnytskyi|Zirka Kropyvnytskyi]]
|top_goalscorer = 116 &ndash; [[Vadym Plotnikov]] and [[Serhiy Chuichenko]] (2018)<ref>Samotkan, Yu. ''[https://www.footboom.com/ukrainian/first/1516186182-pervaya-liga-spokojstviye-chujchenko-dorisovki-plotnikova-i-perspektivy-akimenko.html First League: patience of Chuichenko, "corrections" of Plotnikov, and perspectives of Akymenko (Первая лига: спокойствие Чуйченко, "дорисовки" Плотникова и перспективы Акименко)]''. Footboom. 19 January 2018</ref>
|most_caps      = 429 &ndash; [[Andriy Tsvik]] (2014)
|tv             = 
|sponsor        = FavBet (2014–15)
| champions  = [[FC Epitsentr Kamianets-Podilskyi|Epitsentr Kamianets-Podilskyi]]
| season     = [[2024–25 Ukrainian First League|2024–25]]
| current    = [[2024–25 Ukrainian First League]]
| website    = {{URL|http://pfl.ua/}}
}}
The '''Persha Liha''' ({{langx|uk|Перша ліга}} {{IPA|uk|ˈpɛrʃɐ ˈl⁽ʲ⁾iɦɐ|}}) or '''Ukrainian First League''' is a [[Ukrainian football league system|level of national football competitions]] (second tier) in Ukraine governed by the [[Professional Football League of Ukraine|Professional Football League]] at the discretion of the [[Ukrainian Association of Football]]. Members of the league also participate in the [[Ukrainian Cup]]. The league is the intermediate level of competitions within the three-tiered "competition pyramid".

== History ==
The league was set up by the newly reorganized [[Football Federation of Ukraine]] (a successor of the [[Football Federation of the Ukrainian SSR]]) with the [[dissolution of the Soviet Union|falling apart Soviet Union]] as a second tier, lower than Ukrainian Higher League (Vyshcha Liha) and higher that Ukrainian Transitional League (Perekhidna Liha).

The very first round of games that took place for this league was on 14 March 1992. The league itself was organised just a few months before that and consisted mostly of all the Ukrainian clubs that previously competed in the one of groups of the [[Soviet Second League B|Soviet Lower Second League]] (4th tier, see [[Ukrainian Soviet competitions]]). To the league were also added some Soviet Top League reserve squads of the ''Soviet Top League reserve squads competition'' and the three best performers of the Ukrainian football championship among amateurs, ''KFK'' (Fitness clubs).

The Persha Liha (First League) is lower than the Vyshcha Liha (Higher League) (currently known as the [[Ukrainian Premier League]]) and is the second division of the Ukrainian professional football league system.

The First League was incorporated into the PFL organisation that combined all the football leagues of non-amateur clubs (Top, First, and Second). On 26 May 1996 the Constituent Conference of non-amateur clubs took place which created the professional league, and confirmed its statute as well as its administration. Most of the clubs that had previously participated in the Ukrainian football league competitions were reorganized as professional, a process that actually started in the late 1980s. On 17 July the professional league signed an agreement with several other national football organizations to organize competitions among the professional clubs (its members). According to the newspaper ''Halychyna'' ([[Ivano-Frankivsk]]) the annual budget of league's clubs varied between ₴6 million to ₴30 million in 2010.<ref>[http://ifff.com.ua/pfl/580-anatolij-revuckij-ostanni-pivtora-misyacya-varti-kilkox-rokiv.html Last one and half months worth several years]{{Dead link|date=February 2024 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }} {{in lang|uk}}</ref><ref>[http://www.galychyna.if.ua/index.php?id=single&no_cache=1&tx_ttnews&#91;calendarYear&#93;=2010&tx_ttnews&#91;calendarMonth&#93;=8&tx_ttnews&#91;startingPoint&#93;=15&tx_ttnews&#91;recursion&#93;=250&tx_ttnews&#91;tt_news&#93;=11829&tx_ttnews&#91;pointer&#93;=0&tx_ttnews&#91;mode&#93;=1&tx_ttnews&#91;backPid&#93;=24 Original source on August 19, 2010 by Bohdan Biletsky] {{in lang|uk}}</ref>

The League officially became the top league of the [[Professional Football League of Ukraine|Professional Football League]] (PFL) from 15 April 2008 when the Ukrainian Premier League reorganized itself into a self-governed entity. Usually the top two teams from the First League are promoted to the Premier League, while the two lowest teams from the Premier League are demoted to the First League. Because each club is only allowed to be represented with a single squad per each league, the second squad's promotion often is voided, thus, allowing the promotion of the third placed club during a season. One of the most successful second squads is of [[Dynamo Kyiv]] ([[FC Dynamo-2 Kyiv]]).

== Current composition ==
The following teams are competing in the [[2025–26 Ukrainian First League|2025–26]] season. Two teams were spared from relegation from the previous season due to other teams' withdrawal. In addition to each team's name, its home city and stadium are shown.
{{col-start}}
{{col-break}}
{{legend|azure|former Premier (Vyshcha) Liha clubs}}
{{col-break}}
{{legend|pink|recently relegated from Premier (Vyshcha) Liha}}
{{col-break}}
{{legend|lightgreen|recently promoted from Second (Druha) Liha}}
{{col-end}}
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align: left;"
! Team
! Home city
! Stadium
! Capacity
! Position in<br/>[[2023–24 Ukrainian First League|2023–24]]
! First season<br/>in 1L
! Seasons<br/>in 1L
|-
| [[FC Ahrobiznes Volochysk|Ahrobiznes]]
| [[Volochysk]], Khmelnytskyi Oblast
| [[Yunist Stadium (Volochysk)|Yunist]]
| align="center" |2,700
| align="center" | 5th
| align="center" | 2018–19
| align="center" | 6
|- bgcolor=azure
|[[FC Bukovyna Chernivtsi|Bukovyna]]
| [[Chernivtsi]]
| [[Bukovyna Stadium|Bukovyna]]
| align="center" |12,076
| align="center" | 7th
| align="center" | 1994–95
| align="center" | 15
|-
| [[FC Chernihiv|Chernihiv]]
| [[Chernihiv]]
| [[Chernihiv Arena]]
| align="center" |500
| align="center"  bgcolor=lightgreen| 2L
| align="center" | 2022–23
| align="center" | 2
|- bgcolor=azure
| [[FC Chornomorets Odesa|Chornomorets]]
| [[Odesa]]
| [[Chornomorets Stadium|Chornomorets]]
| align="center" |34,164
| align="center"  bgcolor=pink| PL
| align="center" | 1998–99
| align="center" | 6
|-
| [[FSC Mariupol|Feniks-Mariupol]]
| [[Lviv]]
| [[Skif Stadium|SKIF]]
| align="center" |3,742	
| align="center" | 13th
| align="center" | 2022–23
| align="center" | 3
|- bgcolor=azure
|[[FC Inhulets Petrove|Inhulets]]
| [[Petrove]], Kirovohrad Oblast
| Inhulets
| align="center" |1,720
| align="center"  bgcolor=pink| PL
| align="center" | 2016–17
| align="center" | 5
|- bgcolor=azure
|[[FC Livyi Bereh Kyiv|Livyi Bereh]]
| [[Kyiv]]
| [[Arena Livyi Bereh]] ([[Hnidyn]])
| align="center" |4,700
| align="center" bgcolor=pink| PL
| align="center" | 2023–24
| align="center" | 1
|- bgcolor=azure
|[[FC Metalist Kharkiv|Metalist]]
| [[Kharkiv]]
| [[Avanhard Stadium (Uzhhorod)|Avanhard]] ([[Uzhhorod]])
| align="center" |10,383
| align="center" | 6th
| align="center" | 1994–95
| align="center" | 8
|- bgcolor=azure
|[[FC Mynai|Mynai]]
| [[Mynai]], Zakarpattia Oblast
| [[Mynai Arena]]
| align="center" |1,312
| align="center" | 12th
| align="center" | 2019–20
| align="center" | 2
|- bgcolor=azure
|[[FC Nyva Ternopil|Nyva Ternopil]]
| [[Ternopil]]
| [[Ternopilsky Misky Stadion|Misky imeni Shukhevycha]]
| align="center" |15,150
| align="center" | 11th
| align="center" | 2001–02
| align="center" | 10
|-
|[[FC Podillya Khmelnytskyi|Podillya]]
| [[Khmelnytskyi]]
| [[Sport Complex Podillya|Podillya]]
| align="center" |6,800
| align="center" | 15th
| align="center" | 1992
| align="center" | 10
|-
| [[FC Probiy Horodenka|Probiy]]
| [[Horodenka]], Ivano-Frankivsk
| Probiy Arena
| align="center" |2,286
| align="center"  bgcolor=lightgreen| 2L
| align="center" | 2025–26
| align="center" | ''debut''
|-
|[[FC Prykarpattia Ivano-Frankivsk (1998)|Prykarpattia]]
| [[Ivano-Frankivsk]]
| [[MCS Rukh|Rukh]]
| align="center" |6,500
| align="center" | 10th
| align="center" | 2018–19
| align="center" | 7
|-
| [[FC UCSA Tarasivka|UCSA]]
| [[Tarasivka]], Kyiv Oblast
| [[Bannikov Stadium|imeni Bannikova]] ([[Kyiv]])
| align="center" |1,678
| align="center" | 8th
| align="center" | 2024–25
| align="center" | 1
|-
| [[FC Viktoriya Sumy|Viktoriya]]
| [[Sumy]]
| [[Kolos Stadium (Boryspil)|Kolos]] ([[Boryspil]])
| align="center" |5,400
| align="center" | 9th
| align="center" | 2023–24
| align="center" | 2
|- bgcolor=azure
| [[FC Vorskla Poltava|Vorskla]]
| [[Poltava]]
| [[Vorskla Stadium|Vorskla]]
| align="center" |24,795
| align="center"  bgcolor=pink| PL
| align="center" | 1992
| align="center" | 5
|}

=== Location map ===
The following displays the location of teams.
{{Location map+|Ukraine|width=850|float=left|caption=Home venues of teams in the '''[[2025–26 Ukrainian First League]]'''.
|places=

{{Location map~|Ukraine|marksize=6|lat=49.533333 |long=26.166667 |label={{small|[[FC Ahrobiznes Volochysk|Ahrobiznes]]}}|position=top}}
{{Location map~|Ukraine|marksize=6|lat=48.3      |long=25.933333 |label_size=88|label={{small|[[FSC Bukovyna Chernivtsi|Bukovyna]]}}|position=top}}
{{Location map~|Ukraine|marksize=6|lat=51.493889 |long=31.294722 |label={{small|[[FC Chernihiv|Chernihiv]]}} |position=bottom}}
{{Location map~|Ukraine|marksize=6|lat=46.480556 |long=30.755556 |label={{nowrap|{{small|[[FC Chornomorets Odesa|Chornomorets]]}}}} |position=right}}
{{Location map~|Ukraine|marksize=6|lat=49.834823 |long=24.060718 |label={{small|[[FSC Mariupol|Fen-Mar]]}} |position=right }}
{{Location map~|Ukraine|marksize=6|lat=48.515833 |long=32.266667 |label={{small|[[FC Inhulets Petrove|Inhulets]]}} |position=left}}
{{Location map~|Ukraine|marksize=6|lat=50.324433 |long=30.649908 |label={{small|[[FC Livyi Bereh Kyiv|Livyi Bereh]]}} |position=right}}
{{Location map~|Ukraine|marksize=6|lat=48.623611 |long=22.276389 |label={{small|[[FC Metalist Kharkiv|Metalist]]}}|position=top}}
{{Location map~|Ukraine|marksize=6|lat=48.591944 |long=22.277778 |label={{small|[[FC Mynai|Mynai]]}} |position=bottom}}
{{Location map~|Ukraine|marksize=6|lat=49.519444 |long=25.644167 |label={{small|[[FC Nyva Ternopil|Nyva]]}}|position=left}}
{{Location map~|Ukraine|marksize=6|lat=49.420556 |long=26.995556 |label={{small|[[FC Podillya Khmelnytskyi|Podillia]]}}|position=right}}
{{Location map~|Ukraine|marksize=6|lat=48.6675   |long=25.500278 |label_size=88 |label={{small|[[FC Probiy Horodenka|Probiy]]}} |position=right }}
{{Location map~|Ukraine|marksize=6|lat=48.916667 |long=24.716667 |label={{small|[[FC Prykarpattia Ivano-Frankivsk (1998)|Prykarpattia]]}} |position=bottom}}
{{Location map~|Ukraine|marksize=6|lat=50.339278 |long=30.308056 |label_size=88|label={{small|[[FC UCSA Tarasivka|UCSA]]}}|position=left }}
{{Location map~|Ukraine|marksize=6|lat=50.902222 |long=34.799722 |label={{small|[[FC Viktoriya Sumy|Viktoriya]]}} |position=left }}
{{Location map~|Ukraine|marksize=6|lat=49.589444 |long=34.551389 |label={{small|[[FC Vorskla Poltava|Vorskla]]}} |position=right}}

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==Format of competition==
[[File:Приз срібному призеру 1 ліги 2006.jpg|thumb|A runner-up trophy of the Ukrainian First League]]
===General description===
The league conducts its competition in a regular double round-robin format where each team plays with every other one twice. The league conducts its competitions from fall to spring, however due to climate conditions in Ukraine, a mid-season winter break is usually longer than the summer break between competition seasons. Since 1995 the league also follows the same system of points calculation that is adopted throughout the whole European continent, 3 points for win, one for draw, and none for loss.

===Number of participants===
During its history the number of members in the league has fluctuated. In its first years before 1999 the league consisted of 20 or more participants. Later there was an idea to decrease the number of members in all leagues in order to improve the quality of competition. Until 2013 the number of participants was reduced to 18 except for couple of seasons in 2006–2008. Recently since 2013 the number was reduced further to 16 where it remains since.

===Relegation and promotion===
Traditionally two better teams out of First League are being swapped for two worse teams out of Premier (Higher) League. On more rare occasions a third team gets a chance of promotion, but there were also seasons when only one team would get promoted. Only twice three teams were promoted to the top division, both times happening due to the top tier expansion. The league's winner and usually the second placed runner-up get accepted to the Premier League. However, due to the rule that a second team of the club cannot be promoted when its senior team plays in a higher tier, on few occasions when a second club team finished in top two places the third-placed team was admitted to the top division. In 2013 there was set a precedent when a club on its own will has refused to be promoted. In 2017 there was created another precedent when a club that earned promotion was denied it based on administrative decision.

With relegation, the league's policy is a bit different, although originally it also was two for two. In 1996 the Second League (lower tier) was converted into a de facto regional league with two (three) regional groups. The league has also decreased its number of participants from originally 22-24 to only 16-18. There were also number of withdrawals which triggered sometime additional number in rotation.

The relegation or promotion play-offs were previously usually organized under unforeseen circumstances such as a team's withdrawal from the league and often were not scheduled until after the season had concluded. Since 2011 relegation play-offs have become a well established tradition.

Since the turn of the millennium the frequency of withdrawals in the First League has increased among the competing clubs. In order to fight this, the league has been applying a stricter approach to every club's financial situation to avoid withdrawals during a season.

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|-align=LEFT valign=CENTER
! colspan=2|Season !!rowspan=2|92/93!!rowspan=2|93/94!!rowspan=2|94/95!!rowspan=2|95/96!!rowspan=2|96/97!!rowspan=2|97/98!!rowspan=2|98/99!!rowspan=2|99/00!!rowspan=2|00/01!!rowspan=2|01/02!!rowspan=2|02/03!!rowspan=2|03/04!!rowspan=2|04/05!!rowspan=2|05/06!!rowspan=2|06/07!!rowspan=2|07/08!!rowspan=2|08/09!!rowspan=2|09/10
|-align=CENTER
!'''League'''
!'''{{tooltip|P/R|Promotion/Relegation}}'''
|-align=CENTER
|align=LEFT rowspan=2|[[Ukrainian Premier League|Premier League]]
|{{tooltip|P|Number of teams promoted to}}
|2
|2
|2
|2
|1
|2
|2
|2
|1
|2
|3
|2
|2
|2
|2
|2
|2
|2
|-align=CENTER
|{{tooltip|R|Number of teams relegated from}}
|6
|&nbsp;
|2
|2
|3
|2
|2
|1
|3
|2
|1
|1
|1
|2
|2
|2
|2
|2
|-align=CENTER
|align=LEFT rowspan=2|[[Ukrainian Second League|Second League]]
|{{tooltip|P|Number of teams promoted from}}
|&nbsp;
|2
|4
|2
|3
|2
|2
|3
|3
|3
|5
|2
|3
|4
|4
|4
|2
|3
|-align=CENTER
|{{tooltip|R|Number of teams relegated to}}
|10
|2
|2
|2
|3x
|4
|4*
|5*
|5*
|3
|3
|1x
|2
|4*
|2x
|4x
|4
|3x
|}

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|-align=LEFT valign=CENTER
! colspan=2|Season !!rowspan=2|10/11!!rowspan=2|11/12!!rowspan=2|12/13!!rowspan=2|13/14!!rowspan=2|14/15!!rowspan=2|15/16!!rowspan=2|16/17!!rowspan=2|17/18!!rowspan=2|18/19!!rowspan=2|19/20!!rowspan=2|20/21!!rowspan=2|21/22!!rowspan=2|22/23!!rowspan=2|23/24!!rowspan=2|24/25!!rowspan=2|25/26!!rowspan=2|26/27!!rowspan=2|27/28!!rowspan=2|28/29!!rowspan=2|29/30
|-align=CENTER
!'''League'''
!'''{{tooltip|P/R|Promotion/Relegation}}'''
|-align=CENTER
|align=LEFT rowspan=2|[[Ukrainian Premier League|Premier League]]
|{{tooltip|P|Number of teams promoted to}}
|2
|2
|2
|1
|1
|2
|1
|2
|2
|2
|3
|&nbsp;
|&nbsp;
|&nbsp;
|&nbsp;
|&nbsp;
|&nbsp;
|&nbsp;
|&nbsp;
|&nbsp;
|-align=CENTER
|{{tooltip|R|Number of teams relegated from}}
|2
|2
|2
|&nbsp;
|&nbsp;
|1
|&nbsp;
|1
|2
|1
|&nbsp;
|&nbsp;
|&nbsp;
|&nbsp;
|&nbsp;
|&nbsp;
|&nbsp;
|&nbsp;
|&nbsp;
|&nbsp;
|-align=CENTER
|align=LEFT rowspan=2|[[Ukrainian Second League|Second League]]
|{{tooltip|P|Number of teams promoted from}}
|3
|2
|3
|3
|4
|3*
|6
|4
|4
|4
|6
|&nbsp;
|&nbsp;
|&nbsp;
|&nbsp;
|&nbsp;
|&nbsp;
|&nbsp;
|&nbsp;
|&nbsp;
|-align=CENTER
|{{tooltip|R|Number of teams relegated to}}
|3*
|2*
|3x
|4*
|3*
|2*
|3x
|3
|5*
|3x
|3
|&nbsp;
|&nbsp;
|&nbsp;
|&nbsp;
|&nbsp;
|&nbsp;
|&nbsp;
|&nbsp;
|&nbsp;
|}

===League's popularity===
Since the 2009–10 season the First League has started to broadcast selected matches over the internet in order to increase its popularity.

The most successful clubs in the league are [[FC Dynamo-2 Kyiv]], [[FC Hoverla Uzhhorod]], and [[FC Zirka Kropyvnytskyi]]. All of those teams were either disbanded or went through some sort of reorganizations. In 2016 Dynamo Kyiv withdrew its second team from professional competitions, while FC Hoverla was refused in attestation. Previously in 2008 FC Zirka that went through reorganization was re-established based on a local youth football club [[FC Olimpik Kropyvnytskyi]] and in 2016 won its third championship in the league.

==Past winners and runners==
Promoted teams are indicated in '''bold'''.

{| class="wikitable  mw-collapsible mw-collapsed" width=80% align=center style="border:2px black;"
|-
!Season!!Group!!Winner!!Runner-up!!Third place!!No. of teams
|-
|colspan=5 style="border:1px black;"|
|-         
|align=center rowspan=2|[[Ukrainian First League 1992|1992]]
|align=center|'''A'''
|align=center bgcolor=gold|'''[[FC Veres Rivne|Veres Rivne]]'''
|align=center bgcolor=silver|[[FC Karpaty Mukacheve|Pryladyst Mukacheve]]
|align=center bgcolor=tan|[[PFC Olexandria|Polihraftekhnika Oleksandria]]
|align=center rowspan=2|2 groups<br>14 each
|-         
|align=center|'''B'''
|align=center bgcolor=gold|'''[[FC Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih (1959–2013)|Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih]]'''
|align=center bgcolor=silver|[[FC Metalurh Nikopol|Metalurh Nikopol]]
|align=center bgcolor=tan|[[FC Artania Ochakiv|Artania Ochakiv]]
|-
|colspan=5 style="border:1px black;"|
|-
|align=center colspan=2|[[1992–93 Ukrainian First League|1992–93]]
|align=center bgcolor=gold|'''[[FC Nyva Vinnytsia|Nyva Vinnytsia]]'''
|align=center bgcolor=silver|'''[[FC Temp Shepetivka|Temp Shepetivka]]'''
|align=center bgcolor=tan|[[FC Naftovyk-Ukrnafta Okhtyrka|Naftovyk Okhtyrka]]
|align=center bgcolor= |22
|-
|colspan=5 style="border:1px black;"|
|-
|align=center colspan=2|[[1993–94 Ukrainian First League|1993–94]]
|align=center bgcolor=gold|'''[[FC Spartak Ivano-Frankivsk|Prykarpattya Ivano-Frankivsk]]'''
|align=center bgcolor=silver|'''[[MFK Mykolaiv|Evis Mykolaiv]]'''
|align=center bgcolor=tan|[[PFC Olexandria|Polihraftekhnika Oleksandria]]
|align=center bgcolor= |20
|-
|colspan=5 style="border:1px black;"|
|-
|align=center colspan=2|[[1994–95 Ukrainian First League|1994–95]]
|align=center bgcolor=gold|'''[[FC Zirka Kirovohrad|Zirka-NIBAS Kirovohrad]]'''
|align=center bgcolor=silver|'''[[FC Borysfen Boryspil|CSKA-Borysfen Boryspil]]'''
|align=center bgcolor=tan|[[FC Metalurh Nikopol|Metalurh Nikopol]]
|align=center bgcolor= |22
|-
|colspan=5 style="border:1px black;"|
|-
|align=center colspan=2|[[1995–96 Ukrainian First League|1995–96]]{{refn|group=note|In 1995–96, the second team that was promoted was [[FC CSKA Kyiv|CSKA Kyiv]]. CSKA Kyiv was promoted from the [[1995–96 Ukrainian Second League]] (third tier) by forcing [[FC Borysfen Boryspil|Borysfen Boryspil]] to restart from the third tier.}}
|align=center bgcolor=gold|'''[[FC Vorskla Poltava|Vorskla Poltava]]'''
|align=center bgcolor=silver|[[FC Bukovyna Chernivtsi|Bukovyna Chernivtsi]]
|align=center bgcolor=tan|[[FC Stal Alchevsk|Stal Alchevsk]]
|align=center bgcolor= |22
|-
|colspan=5 style="border:1px black;"|
|-
|align=center colspan=2|[[1996–97 Ukrainian First League|1996–97]]
|align=center bgcolor=gold|'''[[FC Metalurh Donetsk|Metalurh Donetsk]]'''
|align=center bgcolor=silver|[[FC Dynamo-2 Kyiv|Dynamo-2 Kyiv]]
|align=center bgcolor=tan|'''[[FC Illychivets Mariupol|Metalurh Mariupol]]'''
|align=center bgcolor= |24
|-
|colspan=5 style="border:1px black;"|
|-
|align=center colspan=2|[[1997–98 Ukrainian First League|1997–98]]
|align=center bgcolor=gold|'''[[MFK Mykolaiv|SC Mykolaiv]]'''
|align=center bgcolor=silver|[[FC Dynamo-2 Kyiv|Dynamo-2 Kyiv]]
|align=center bgcolor=tan|'''[[FC Metalist Kharkiv|Metalist Kharkiv]]'''
|align=center bgcolor= |22
|-
|colspan=5 style="border:1px black;"|
|-
|align=center colspan=2|[[1998–99 Ukrainian First League|1998–99]]
|align=center bgcolor=gold|[[FC Dynamo-2 Kyiv|Dynamo-2 Kyiv]]
|align=center bgcolor=silver|'''[[FC Chornomorets Odesa|Chornomorets Odesa]]'''
|align=center bgcolor=tan|[[FC Torpedo Zaporizhia|Torpedo Zaporizhia]]
|align=center bgcolor= |20
|-
|colspan=5 style="border:1px black;"|
|-
|align=center colspan=2|[[1999–2000 Ukrainian First League|1999–00]]
|align=center bgcolor=gold|[[FC Dynamo-2 Kyiv|Dynamo-2 Kyiv]]
|align=center bgcolor=silver|'''[[FC Stal Alchevsk|Stal Alchevsk]]'''
|align=center bgcolor=tan|[[FC Dnipro Cherkasy|FC Cherkasy]]
|align=center bgcolor= |18
|-
|colspan=5 style="border:1px black;"|
|-
|align=center colspan=2|[[2000–01 Ukrainian First League|2000–01]]
|align=center bgcolor=gold|[[FC Dynamo-2 Kyiv|Dynamo-2 Kyiv]]
|align=center bgcolor=silver|'''[[FC Zakarpattia Uzhhorod|Zakarpattia Uzhhorod]]'''
|align=center bgcolor=tan|'''[[PFC Olexandria|Polihraftekhnika Oleksandria]]'''
|align=center bgcolor= |18
|-
|colspan=5 style="border:1px black;"|
|-
|align=center colspan=2|[[2001–02 Ukrainian First League|2001–02]]{{refn|group=note|During the winter break of the [[2001–02 Vyshcha Liha]] (top tier), out of nowhere to the league was admitted [[FC Arsenal Kyiv|Arsenal Kyiv]] in place of [[FC CSKA Kyiv|CSKA Kyiv]] that was in heavy debts. In its turn CSKA Kyiv was "transferred" to Persha Liha (2nd tier) in place of its reserve team, CSKA-2.}}
|align=center bgcolor=gold|'''[[FC Volyn Lutsk|SC Volyn-1 Lutsk]]'''
|align=center bgcolor=silver|'''[[FC Chornomorets Odesa|Chornomorets Odesa]]'''
|align=center bgcolor=tan|'''[[FC Obolon Kyiv|Obolon Kyiv]]'''
|align=center bgcolor= |18
|-
|colspan=5 style="border:1px black;"|
|-
|align=center colspan=2|[[2002–03 Ukrainian First League|2002–03]]
|align=center bgcolor=gold|'''[[FC Zirka Kirovohrad|Zirka Kirovohrad]]'''
|align=center bgcolor=silver|'''[[FC Borysfen Boryspil|Borysfen Boryspil]]'''
|align=center bgcolor=tan|[[FC Dynamo-2 Kyiv|Dynamo-2 Kyiv]]
|align=center bgcolor= |18
|-
|colspan=5 style="border:1px black;"|
|-
|align=center colspan=2|[[2003–04 Ukrainian First League|2003–04]]
|align=center bgcolor=gold|'''[[FC Hoverla Uzhhorod|Zakarpattia Uzhhorod]]'''
|align=center bgcolor=silver|'''[[FC Metalist Kharkiv|Metalist Kharkiv]]'''
|align=center bgcolor=tan|[[FC Naftovyk-Ukrnafta Okhtyrka|Naftovyk Okhtyrka]]
|align=center bgcolor= |18
|-
|colspan=5 style="border:1px black;"|
|-
|align=center colspan=2|[[2004–05 Ukrainian First League|2004–05]]{{refn|group=note|In 2004–05, instead of [[FC Arsenal Kharkiv|Arsenal Kharkiv]], to the Vyshcha Liha was promoted a newly formed club [[FC Kharkiv]]. Initially, it was intended that FC Kharkiv would be a "successor" of Arsenal, but Arsenal restarted in the third tier.}}
|align=center bgcolor=gold|'''[[FC Stal Alchevsk|Stal Alchevsk]]'''
|align=center bgcolor=silver|[[FC Arsenal Kharkiv|Arsenal Kharkiv]]
|align=center bgcolor=tan|[[FC Zorya Luhansk|Zorya Luhansk]]
|align=center bgcolor= |18
|-
|colspan=5 style="border:1px black;"|
|-
|align=center colspan=2|[[2005–06 Ukrainian First League|2005–06]]
|align=center bgcolor=gold|'''[[FC Zorya Luhansk|Zorya Luhansk]]'''
|align=center bgcolor=silver|'''[[FC Karpaty Lviv|Karpaty Lviv]]'''
|align=center bgcolor=tan|[[FC Obolon Kyiv|Obolon Kyiv]]
|align=center bgcolor= |18
|-
|colspan=5 style="border:1px black;"|
|-
|align=center colspan=2|[[2006–07 Ukrainian First League|2006–07]]
|align=center bgcolor=gold|'''[[FC Naftovyk-Ukrnafta Okhtyrka|Naftovyk-Ukrnafta Okhtyrka]]'''
|align=center bgcolor=silver|'''[[FC Hoverla Uzhhorod|Zakarpattia Uzhhorod]]'''
|align=center bgcolor=tan|[[FC Obolon Kyiv|Obolon Kyiv]]
|align=center bgcolor= |20
|-
|colspan=5 style="border:1px black;"|
|-
|align=center colspan=2|[[2007–08 Ukrainian First League|2007–08]]
|align=center bgcolor=gold|'''[[FC Illichivets Mariupol|Illichivets Mariupol]]''' 
|align=center bgcolor=silver|'''[[FC Lviv]]'''
|align=center bgcolor=tan|[[FC Obolon Kyiv|Obolon Kyiv]]
|align=center bgcolor= |20
|-
|colspan=5 style="border:1px black;"|
|-
|align=center colspan=2|[[2008–09 Ukrainian First League|2008–09]]
|align=center bgcolor=gold|'''[[FC Hoverla Uzhhorod|Zakarpattia Uzhhorod]]''' 
|align=center bgcolor=silver|'''[[FC Obolon Kyiv|Obolon Kyiv]]'''
|align=center bgcolor=tan|[[PFC Olexandria|PFC Oleksandria]]
|align=center bgcolor= |18
|-
|colspan=5 style="border:1px black;"|
|-
|align=center colspan=2|[[2009–10 Ukrainian First League|2009–10]]
|align=center bgcolor=gold|'''[[PFC Sevastopol]]'''
|align=center bgcolor=silver|'''[[FC Volyn Lutsk|Volyn Lutsk]]'''
|align=center bgcolor=tan|[[FC Stal Alchevsk|Stal Alchevsk]]
|align=center bgcolor= |18
|-
|colspan=5 style="border:1px black;"|
|-
|align=center colspan=2|[[2010–11 Ukrainian First League|2010–11]]
|align=center bgcolor=gold|'''[[PFC Olexandria|PFC Oleksandria]]'''
|align=center bgcolor=silver|'''[[FC Chornomorets Odesa|Chornomorets Odesa]]'''
|align=center bgcolor=tan|[[FC Stal Alchevsk|Stal Alchevsk]]
|align=center bgcolor= |18
|-
|colspan=5 style="border:1px black;"|
|-
|align=center colspan=2|[[2011–12 Ukrainian First League|2011–12]]
|align=center bgcolor=gold|'''[[FC Hoverla-Zakarpattia Uzhhorod|Hoverla-Zakarpattia Uzhhorod]]'''
|align=center bgcolor=silver|'''[[FC Metalurh Zaporizhya|Metalurh Zaporizhya]]'''
|align=center bgcolor=tan|[[FC Sevastopol]]
|align=center bgcolor= |18
|-
|colspan=5 style="border:1px black;"|
|-
|align=center colspan=2|[[2012–13 Ukrainian First League|2012–13]]
|align=center bgcolor=gold|'''[[FC Sevastopol]]'''
|align=center bgcolor=silver|[[FC Stal Alchevsk|Stal Alchevsk]]<ref name=fans>{{cite web|url=http://www.interfax.co.uk/ukraine-news/fc-stal-refuses-to-participate-in-ukrainian-premier-league/ |title=FC Stal refuses to participate in Ukrainian Premier League|work= [[Interfax-Ukraine]] |date=13 June 2013|access-date=13 June 2013}}</ref> 
|align=center bgcolor=tan|[[PFC Olexandria|PFC Oleksandria]]<ref name=oleksandriya/>
|align=center bgcolor= |18
|-
|colspan=5 style="border:1px black;"|
|-
|align=center colspan=2|[[2013–14 Ukrainian First League|2013–14]]
|align=center bgcolor=gold|'''[[FC Olimpik Donetsk]]'''
|align=center bgcolor=silver|[[PFC Olexandria|PFC Oleksandria]]<ref name=oleksandriya>{{cite web|url=http://ukr.lb.ua/news/2014/06/02/268552_upl_14_komand_aleksandrii.html |title=In Ukrainian Premier League will be 14 teams: Oleksandriya do not need the elite division|work= LB |date=2 June 2014|access-date=3 June 2014}}</ref>
|align=center bgcolor=tan|[[FC Stal Alchevsk|Stal Alchevsk]]
|align=center bgcolor= |16
|-
|colspan=5 style="border:1px black;"|
|-
|align=center colspan=2|[[2014–15 Ukrainian First League|2014–15]]{{refn|group=note|According to the season's regulations, only one club was expected to be promoted. However, due to the ongoing [[Russo-Ukrainian War]], the Ukrainian company ISD from [[Eastern Ukraine]] that owned [[FC Metalurh Donetsk|Metalurh Donetsk]] and [[FC Stal Dniprodzerzhynsk|Stal Dniprodzerzhynsk]] decided to merge both clubs; thus, Stal replaced Metalurh, while Metalurh was dissolved.}}
|align=center bgcolor=gold|'''[[FC Oleksandriya]]'''
|align=center bgcolor=silver|'''[[FC Stal Dniprodzerzhynsk|Stal Dniprodzerzhynsk]]'''
|align=center bgcolor=tan|[[FC Hirnyk-Sport Komsomolsk|Hirnyk-Sport Komsomolsk]]
|align=center bgcolor= |16
|-
|colspan=5 style="border:1px black;"|
|-
|align=center colspan=2|[[2015–16 Ukrainian First League|2015–16]]
|align=center bgcolor=gold|'''[[FC Zirka Kirovohrad|Zirka Kirovohrad]]'''
|align=center bgcolor=silver|[[FC Cherkaskyi Dnipro|Cherkaskyi Dnipro]]
|align=center bgcolor=tan|[[FC Obolon-Brovar Kyiv|Obolon-Brovar Kyiv]]
|align=center bgcolor= |16
|-
|colspan=5 style="border:1px black;"|
|-
|align=center colspan=2|[[2016–17 Ukrainian First League|2016–17]]{{refn|group=note|[[FC Desna Chernihiv|Desna Chernihiv]] was denied promotion on the pretense that its stadium was not suitable for the [[Ukrainian Premier League]]. The promotion was passed down to the next club, [[NK Veres Rivne|Veres Rivne]]. Veres, at the same time, also did not have a suitable stadium and for the whole season in the Ukrainian Premier League played outside of its home city.}}
|align=center bgcolor=gold|'''[[FC Illichivets Mariupol|Illichivets Mariupol]]'''
|align=center bgcolor=silver|[[FC Desna Chernihiv|Desna Chernihiv]]
|align=center bgcolor=tan|'''[[FC Veres Rivne|Veres Rivne]]'''
|align=center bgcolor= |18
|-
|colspan=5 style="border:1px black;"|
|-
|align=center colspan=2|[[2017–18 Ukrainian First League|2017–18]]{{refn|group=note|In 2017–18, [[FC Lviv]] was admitted to the Premier League from the [[2017–18 Ukrainian Second League]] replacing the recently promoted the "people's club" [[NK Veres Rivne|Veres Rivne]]. Veres restarted from the third tier next season.}}
|align=center bgcolor=gold|'''[[FC Arsenal Kyiv|Arsenal Kyiv]]'''
|align=center bgcolor=silver|[[FC Poltava]]<ref name=football24>{{cite web|url=https://football24.ua/prezident_fk_poltava_sobolyev_poyasniv_chomu_priynyav_rishennya_rozpustiti_komandu_n471182/ |title=Президент ФК Полтава Соболєв пояснив, чому прийняв рішення розпустити команду [The FC Poltava president Sobolev explained why he adopted decision to dissolve the team] |work= football24.ua |date=22 June 2018|access-date=5 June 2021}}</ref> 
|align=center bgcolor=tan|'''[[FC Desna Chernihiv|Desna Chernihiv]]'''
|align=center bgcolor= |18
|-
|colspan=5 style="border:1px black;"|
|-
|align=center colspan=2|[[2018–19 Ukrainian First League|2018–19]]
|align=center bgcolor=gold|'''[[SC Dnipro-1]]'''
|align=center bgcolor=silver|'''[[FC Kolos Kovalivka|Kolos Kovalivka]]'''
|align=center bgcolor=tan|[[FC Volyn Lutsk|Volyn Lutsk]]
|align=center bgcolor= |16
|-
|colspan=5 style="border:1px black;"|
|-
|align=center colspan=2|[[2019–20 Ukrainian First League|2019–20]]
|align=center bgcolor=gold|'''[[FC Mynai]]'''
|align=center bgcolor=silver|'''[[FC Rukh Lviv|Rukh Lviv]]'''
|align=center bgcolor=tan|'''[[FC Inhulets Petrove|Inhulets Petrove]]'''
|align=center bgcolor= |16
|-
|colspan=5 style="border:1px black;"|
|-
|align=center colspan=2|[[2020–21 Ukrainian First League|2020–21]]
|align=center bgcolor=gold|'''[[NK Veres Rivne|Veres Rivne]]'''
|align=center bgcolor=silver|'''[[FC Chornomorets Odesa|Chornomorets Odesa]]'''
|align=center bgcolor=tan|'''[[FC Metalist 1925 Kharkiv|Metalist 1925 Kharkiv]]'''
|align=center bgcolor= |16
|-
|colspan=5 style="border:1px black;"|
|-
|align=center bgcolor=grey colspan=2|'''''[[2021–22 Ukrainian First League|{{font color|white|2021–22}}]]'''''{{refn|group=note|Although the season was not finished and no winner was declared, nonetheless the top two teams were promoted.}}
|align=center bgcolor=grey|'''''[[FC Metalist Kharkiv|{{font color|white|Metalist Kharkiv}}]]'''''
|align=center bgcolor=grey|'''''[[FC Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih (2020)|{{font color|white|Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih}}]]'''''
|align=center bgcolor=grey|''[[FC Alyans Lypova Dolyna|{{font color|white|Alians Lypova Dolyna}}]]''
|align=center bgcolor= |16
|-
|colspan=5 style="border:1px black;"|
|-
|align=center colspan=2|[[2022–23 Ukrainian First League|2022–23]]
|align=center bgcolor=gold|'''[[FC Polissya Zhytomyr|Polissia Zhytomyr]]'''
|align=center bgcolor=silver|'''[[FC Obolon Kyiv|Obolon Kyiv]]'''
|align=center bgcolor=tan|'''[[FC LNZ Cherkasy|LNZ Cherkasy]]'''
|align=center bgcolor= |2 groups <br> 8 each
|-
|colspan=5 style="border:1px black;"|
|-
|align=center colspan=2|[[2023–24 Ukrainian First League|2023–24]]
|align=center bgcolor=gold|'''[[FC Inhulets Petrove|Inhulets Petrove]]'''
|align=center bgcolor=silver|'''[[FC Karpaty Lviv|Karpaty Lviv]]'''
|align=center bgcolor=tan|'''[[FC Livyi Bereh Kyiv|Livyi Bereh Kyiv]]'''
|align=center bgcolor= |2 groups <br> 10 each
|-
|colspan=5 style="border:1px black;"|
|-
|align=center colspan=2|[[2024–25 Ukrainian First League|2024–25]]{{refn|group=note|For teams were promoted, the fourth one was [[FC Kudrivka]] (4th place).}}
|align=center bgcolor=gold|'''[[FC Epitsentr Kamianets-Podilskyi|Epitsentr Kamianets-Podilskyi]]'''
|align=center bgcolor=silver|'''[[SC Poltava]]'''
|align=center bgcolor=tan|'''[[FC Metalist 1925 Kharkiv|Metalist 1925 Kharkiv]]'''
|align=center bgcolor= |2 groups <br> 9 each
|-
|colspan=5 style="border:1px black;"|
|-
|align=center colspan=2|[[2025–26 Ukrainian First League|2025–26]]
|align=center bgcolor=gold| 
|align=center bgcolor=silver| 
|align=center bgcolor=tan|
|align=center bgcolor= |16
|-
|colspan=5 style="border:1px black;"|
|}

==Post-season play-offs==
Post-season play-offs are not common feature of the First League competition. Over the years there were several instances when clubs contested promotion or relegation berths. The first post-season feature consisted of a relegation mini tournament that took place in July 1998 in Kyiv and [[Boryspil]]. It involved three group winners of the Second League and Bukovyna that placed 18th place in the First League. The tournament identified clubs which would qualify for the [[1998–99 Ukrainian First League]]. The next year the league featured its first promotion play-off.

===Promotion play-offs===
''see [[Ukrainian Premier League#Relegation play-offs]]''

===Relegation play-offs===
{| class="wikitable" width=85% align=center style="border:2px black; font-size:90%;"
|-
!Season!!First League team!!Score!!Second League team!!Place
|-
|colspan=5 style="border:1px black;"|
|-
|align=center| [[1997–98 Ukrainian First League#Promotion/relegation play-off|1997–98]] 
|align=center colspan=4| Four-team single round-robin tournament
|-
|colspan=5 style="border:1px black;"|
|-
|align=center|[[2010–11 Ukrainian Second League|2010–11]] 
|align=center|'''[[FC Enerhetyk Burshtyn|Enerhetyk Burshtyn]]'''
|align=center|2–0
|align=center|[[PFC Sumy]]
|align=center|in [[Uman]]
|-
|colspan=5 style="border:1px black;"|
|-
|align=center|[[2011–12 Ukrainian Second League|2011–12]] 
|align=center|'''[[MFC Mykolaiv]]'''
|align=center|4–3
|align=center|[[FC Avanhard Kramatorsk|Avanhard Kramatorsk]]
|align=center|in [[Khmelnytskyi]]
|-
|colspan=5 style="border:1px black;"|
|-
|rowspan=3 align=center|[[2012–13 Ukrainian Second League|2012–13]] 
|align=center|[[FC Odesa]]
|align=center|0–2, 1–4
|align=center|'''[[PFC Nyva Ternopil|Nyva Ternopil]]'''
|rowspan=3 align=center|home/away
|-
|colspan=3 style="border:1px black;"|
|-
|align=center|'''[[FC Dynamo-2 Kyiv|Dynamo-2 Kyiv]]'''
|align=center|1–1, 1–0
|align=center|[[FC Shakhtar Sverdlovsk|Shakhtar Sverdlovsk]]
|-
|colspan=5 style="border:1px black;"|
|-
|align=center|[[2014–15 Ukrainian Second League|2014–15]] 
|align=center|'''[[MFC Mykolaiv]]'''
|align=center|0–0, 1–0
|align=center|[[FC Kremin Kremenchuk|Kremin Kremenchuk]]
|align=center|home/away
|-
|colspan=5 style="border:1px black;"|
|-
|align=center|[[2015–16 Ukrainian Second League|2015–16]] 
|align=center|[[FC Ternopil]]
|align=center|cancelled
|align=center|[[FC Bukovyna Chernivtsi|Bukovyna Chernivtsi]]
|align=center|home/away
|-
|colspan=5 style="border:1px black;"|
|-
|align=center|[[2016–17 Ukrainian Second League|2016–17]] 
|align=center|'''[[PFC Sumy]]'''
|align=center|2–0, 1–1
|align=center|[[FC Balkany Zoria|Balkany Zoria]]
|align=center|home/away
|-
|colspan=5 style="border:1px black;"|
|-
|rowspan=3 align=center|[[2018–19 Ukrainian First League|2018–19]] 
|align=center|[[PFC Sumy]]
|align=center|0–4, 1–3
|align=center|'''[[FC Cherkaskyi Dnipro|FC Cherkashchyna-Akademiya]]'''
|rowspan=3 align=center|home/away
|-
|colspan=3 style="border:1px black;"|
|-
|align=center|'''[[FC Ahrobiznes Volochysk|Ahrobiznes Volochysk]]'''
|align=center|0–1, 4–0
|align=center|[[FC Metalurh Zaporizhia|Metalurh Zaporizhia]]
|-
|colspan=5 style="border:1px black;"|
|-
|rowspan=3 align=center|[[2019–20 Ukrainian First League|2019–20]] 
|align=center|[[FC Metalurh Zaporizhia|Metalurh Zaporizhia]]
|align=center|0–2, 0–1
|align=center|'''[[FC Alians Lypova Dolyna|Alians Lypova Dolyna]]'''
|rowspan=3 align=center|home/away
|-
|colspan=3 style="border:1px black;"|
|-
|align=center|[[FC Cherkashchyna|Cherkashchyna Cherkasy]]
|align=center|1–1, 0–2
|align=center|'''[[NK Veres Rivne|Veres Rivne]]'''
|-
|colspan=5 style="border:1px black;"|
|-
|align=center colspan=5|In 2021–2022 play-offs were not held due to the expansion of the Ukrainian Premier League and later the [[Russian invasion of Ukraine]]
|-
|colspan=5 style="border:1px black;"|
|-
|align=center|[[2022–23 Ukrainian First League|2022–23]] 
|align=center|[[FSC Mariupol]]
|align=center|0–1, 1–1
|align=center|'''[[FC Khust]]'''
|align=center|home/away
|-
|colspan=5 style="border:1px black;"|
|-
|rowspan=3 align=center|[[2023–24 Ukrainian First League|2023–24]] 
|align=center|[[FC Khust]]
|align=center|1–1, 0–1
|align=center|'''[[PFC Zviahel]]'''
|rowspan=3 align=center|home/away
|-
|colspan=3 style="border:1px black;"|
|-
|align=center|[[FC Metalurh Zaporizhia|Metalurh Zaporizhia]]
|align=center|0–4, 1–3
|align=center|'''[[FC UCSA Tarasivka|UCSA Tarasivka]]'''
|-
|colspan=5 style="border:1px black;"|
|-
|rowspan=3 align=center|[[2024–25 Ukrainian First League|2024–25]] 
|align=center|[[FC Metalurh Zaporizhia|Metalurh Zaporizhia]]
|align=center|0–2, 0–3
|align=center|'''[[FC Chernihiv]]'''
|rowspan=3 align=center|home/away
|-
|colspan=3 style="border:1px black;"|
|-
|align=center|'''[[FC Podillya Khmelnytskyi|Podillya Khmelnytskyi]]'''
|align=center|1–0, 2–0
|align=center|[[FC Kolos-2 Kovalivka|Kolos-2 Kovalivka]]
|-
|colspan=5 style="border:1px black;"|
|-
|}

==Statistics==
===Performance by club===
{| class="wikitable sortable" border="1"
|-
!Team
!width=80|Winners
! class="unsortable"|Winning years
!width=80|Runners-up
!width=80|Runners years
!width=80|Promotions
|-
|''[[FC Hoverla-Zakarpattia Uzhhorod|Hoverla-Zakarpattia Uzhhorod]]''
|align=center|3
|[[2003–04 Ukrainian First League|2003–04]], [[2008–09 Ukrainian First League|2008–09]], [[2011–12 Ukrainian First League|2011–12]]
|align=center|2
|[[2000–01 Ukrainian First League|2000–01]], [[2006–07 Ukrainian First League|2006–07]]
|align=center|5
|-
|''[[FC Dynamo-2 Kyiv|Dynamo-2 Kyiv]]''
|align=center|3
|[[1998–99 Ukrainian First League|1998–99]], [[1999–2000 Ukrainian First League|1999–00]], [[2000–01 Ukrainian First League|2000–01]]
|align=center|2
|[[1996–97 Ukrainian First League|1996–97]], [[1997–98 Ukrainian First League|1997–98]]
|align=center|0
|-
|''[[FC Zirka Kirovohrad|Zirka Kirovohrad]]'' ‡
|align=center|3
|[[1994–95 Ukrainian First League|1994–95]], [[2002–03 Ukrainian First League|2002–03]], [[2015–16 Ukrainian First League|2015–16]]
|align=center|0
|
|align=center|3
|-
|[[FC Oleksandriya]]
|align=center|2
|[[2010–11 Ukrainian First League|2010–11]], [[2014–15 Ukrainian First League|2014–15]]
|align=center|1
|[[2013–14 Ukrainian First League|2013–14]]
|align=center|3
|-
|''[[FC Illichivets Mariupol|Illichivets Mariupol]]''
|align=center|2
|[[2007–08 Ukrainian First League|2007–08]], [[2016–17 Ukrainian First League|2016–17]]
|align=center|0
|
|align=center|3
|-
|[[NK Veres Rivne|Veres Rivne]] ‡
|align=center|2
|[[1992 Ukrainian First League|1992]] <small>(group winner)</small>, [[2020–21 Ukrainian First League|2020–21]]
|align=center|0
|
|align=center|3
|-
|''[[FC Sevastopol]]''
|align=center|2
|[[2009–10 Ukrainian First League|2009–10]], [[2012–13 Ukrainian First League|2012–13]]
|align=center|0
|
|align=center|2
|-
|''[[FC Stal Alchevsk|Stal Alchevsk]]''
|align=center|1
|[[2004–05 Ukrainian First League|2004–05]]
|align=center|2
|[[1999–2000 Ukrainian First League|1999–00]], [[2012–13 Ukrainian First League|2012–13]]
|align=center|2
|-
|''[[MFC Mykolaiv]]''
|align=center|1
|[[1997–98 Ukrainian First League|1997–98]]
|align=center|1
|[[1993–94 Ukrainian First League|1993–94]]
|align=center|2
|-
|''[[FC Volyn Lutsk|Volyn Lutsk]]''
|align=center|1
|[[2001–02 Ukrainian First League|2001–02]]
|align=center|1
|[[2009–10 Ukrainian First League|2009–10]]
|align=center|2
|-
|[[FC Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih (1959–2013)|Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih]] ‡
|align=center|1
|[[1992 Ukrainian First League|1992]] <small>(group winner)</small>
|align=center|1
|([[2021–22 Ukrainian First League|2021–22]])
|align=center|2
|-
|''[[FC Arsenal Kyiv|Arsenal Kyiv]]'' ‡
|align=center|1
|[[2017–18 Ukrainian First League|2017–18]]
|align=center|0
|
|align=center|2
|-
|[[FC Inhulets Petrove|Inhulets Petrove]]
|align=center|1
|[[2023–24 Ukrainian First League|2023–24]]
|align=center|0
|
|align=center|2
|-
|[[FC Nyva-V Vinnytsia|Nyva Vinnytsia]] ‡
|align=center|1
|[[1992–93 Ukrainian First League|1992–93]]
|align=center|0
|
|align=center|1
|-
|''[[FC Spartak Ivano-Frankivsk|Prykarpattia Ivano-Frankivsk]]''
|align=center|1
|[[1993–94 Ukrainian First League|1993–94]]
|align=center|0
|
|align=center|1
|-
|[[FC Vorskla Poltava|Vorskla Poltava]]
|align=center|1
|[[1995–96 Ukrainian First League|1995–96]]
|align=center|0
|
|align=center|1
|-
|''[[FC Metalurh Donetsk|Metalurh Donetsk]]''
|align=center|1
|[[1996–97 Ukrainian First League|1996–97]]
|align=center|0
|
|align=center|1
|-
|[[FC Zorya Luhansk|Zorya Luhansk]]
|align=center|1
|[[2005–06 Ukrainian First League|2005–06]]
|align=center|0
|
|align=center|1
|-
|''[[FC Naftovyk-Ukrnafta Okhtyrka|Naftovyk-Ukrnafta Okhtyrka]]''
|align=center|1
|[[2006–07 Ukrainian First League|2006–07]]
|align=center|0
|
|align=center|1
|-
|''[[FC Olimpik Donetsk|Olimpik Donetsk]]''
|align=center|1
|[[2013–14 Ukrainian First League|2013–14]]
|align=center|0
|
|align=center|1
|-
|''[[SC Dnipro-1]]''
|align=center|1
|[[2018–19 Ukrainian First League|2018–19]]
|align=center|0
|
|align=center|1
|-
|[[FC Mynai]]
|align=center|1
|[[2019–20 Ukrainian First League|2019–20]]
|align=center|0
|
|align=center|1
|-
|[[FC Polissya Zhytomyr|Polissya Zhytomyr]]
|align=center|1
|[[2022–23 Ukrainian First League|2022–23]]
|align=center|0
|
|align=center|1
|-
|[[FC Epitsentr Kamianets-Podilskyi|Epitsentr Kamianets-Podilskyi]]
|align=center|1
|[[2024–25 Ukrainian First League|2024–25]]
|align=center|0
|
|align=center|1
|-
|[[FC Metalist Kharkiv|Metalist Kharkiv]] ‡
|align=center|1
|([[2021–22 Ukrainian First League|2021–22]])
|align=center|1
|[[2003–04 Ukrainian First League|2003–04]]
|align=center|3
|-
|[[FC Chornomorets Odesa|Chornomorets Odesa]]
|align=center|0
|
|align=center|4
|[[1998–99 Ukrainian First League|1998–99]], [[2001–02 Ukrainian First League|2001–02]], [[2010–11 Ukrainian First League|2010–11]], [[2020–21 Ukrainian First League|2020–21]]
|align=center|4
|-
|''[[FC Borysfen Boryspil|Borysfen Boryspil]]''
|align=center|0
|
|align=center|2
|[[1994–95 Ukrainian First League|1994–95]], [[2002–03 Ukrainian First League|2002–03]]
|align=center|2
|-
|[[FC Karpaty Lviv|Karpaty Lviv]] ‡
|align=center|0
|
|align=center|2
|[[2005–06 Ukrainian First League|2005–06]], [[2023–24 Ukrainian First League|2023–24]]
|align=center|2
|-
|''[[FC Lviv]]'' ‡
|align=center|0
|
|align=center|1
|[[2007–08 Ukrainian First League|2007–08]]
|align=center|2
|-
|''[[FC Obolon Kyiv|Obolon Kyiv]]''
|align=center|0
|
|align=center|1
|[[2008–09 Ukrainian First League|2008–09]]
|align=center|2
|-
|''[[FC Temp Shepetivka|Temp Shepetivka]]''
|align=center|0
|
|align=center|1
|[[1992–93 Ukrainian First League|1992–93]]
|align=center|1
|-
|''[[FC Metalurh Zaporizhia|Metalurh Zaporizhia]]''
|align=center|0
|
|align=center|1
|[[2011–12 Ukrainian First League|2011–12]]
|align=center|1
|-
|''[[FC Stal Dniprodzerzhynsk|Stal Dniprodzerzhynsk]]''
|align=center|0
|
|align=center|1
|[[2014–15 Ukrainian First League|2014–15]]
|align=center|1
|-
|''[[FC Desna Chernihiv|Desna Chernihiv]]''
|align=center|0
|
|align=center|1
|[[2016–17 Ukrainian First League|2016–17]]
|align=center|1
|-
|[[FC Kolos Kovalivka|Kolos Kovalivka]]
|align=center|0
|
|align=center|1
|[[2018–19 Ukrainian First League|2018–19]]
|align=center|1
|-
|[[FC Rukh Lviv|Rukh Lviv]]
|align=center|0
|
|align=center|1
|[[2019–20 Ukrainian First League|2019–20]]
|align=center|1
|-
|[[FC Obolon Kyiv|Obolon Kyiv]]
|align=center|0
|
|align=center|1
|[[2022–23 Ukrainian First League|2022–23]]
|align=center|1
|-
|[[SC Poltava]]
|align=center|0
|
|align=center|1
|[[2024–25 Ukrainian First League|2024–25]]
|align=center|1
|-
|''[[FC Karpaty Mukacheve|Pryladyst Mukacheve]]''
|align=center|0
|
|align=center|1
|[[1992 Ukrainian First League|1992]] <small>(group winner)</small>
|align=center|0
|-
|''[[FC Elektrometalurh Nikopol|Metalurh Nikopol]]''
|align=center|0
|
|align=center|1
|[[1992 Ukrainian First League|1992]] <small>(group winner)</small>
|align=center|0
|-
|[[FC Bukovyna Chernivtsi|Bukovyna Chernivtsi]]
|align=center|0
|
|align=center|1
|[[1995–96 Ukrainian First League|1995–96]]
|align=center|0
|-
|''[[FC Arsenal Kharkiv|Arsenal Kharkiv]]''
|align=center|0
|
|align=center|1
|[[2004–05 Ukrainian First League|2004–05]]
|align=center|0
|-
|''[[FC Cherkaskyi Dnipro|Cherkaskyi Dnipro]]''
|align=center|0
|
|align=center|1
|[[2015–16 Ukrainian First League|2015–16]]
|align=center|0
|-
|''[[FC Poltava]]''
|align=center|0
|
|align=center|1
|[[2017–18 Ukrainian First League|2017–18]]
|align=center|0
|-
|[[FC Metalist 1925 Kharkiv|Metalist 1925 Kharkiv]]
|align=center|0
|
|align=center|0
|
|align=center|2
|-
|[[FC CSKA Kyiv|CSKA Kyiv]]
|align=center|0
|
|align=center|0
|
|align=center|1
|-
|[[FC Kharkiv]]
|align=center|0
|
|align=center|0
|
|align=center|1
|-
|[[FC LNZ Cherkasy|LNZ Cherkasy]]
|align=center|0
|
|align=center|0
|
|align=center|1
|-
|[[FC Livyi Bereh Kyiv|Livyi Bereh Kyiv]]
|align=center|0
|
|align=center|0
|
|align=center|1
|-
|[[FC Kudrivka]]
|align=center|0
|
|align=center|0
|
|align=center|1
|}

'''''Notes:'''''
*  ‡ – indicates a phoenix club of the original

===League winners by region===

{| class="wikitable"
!Number
!Region
!Winners
|-
|align=center|6||[[Kirovohrad Oblast]]||[[Zirka Kropyvnytskyi]] (3), [[FC Oleksandriya]] (2), [[FC Inhulets Petrove|Inhulets Petrove]]
|-
|align=center|4||[[Donetsk Oblast]]||[[Illichivets Mariupol]] (2), [[Metalurh Donetsk]], [[Olimpik Donetsk]]
|-
|align=center|4||[[Kyiv]]||[[Dynamo-2 Kyiv]] (3), [[FC Arsenal Kyiv|Arsenal Kyiv]]
|-
|align=center|4||[[Zakarpattia Oblast]]||[[Hoverla Uzhhorod]] (3), [[FC Mynai]] (1)
|-
|align=center|2||[[Sevastopol]]||[[FC Sevastopol]] (2)
|-
|align=center|2||[[Luhansk Oblast]]||[[Stal Alchevsk]], [[Zorya Luhansk]]
|-
|align=center|2||[[Dnipropetrovsk Oblast]]||[[FC Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih (1959–2013)|Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih]], [[SC Dnipro-1]]
|-
|align=center|2||[[Rivne Oblast]]||[[NK Veres Rivne|Veres Rivne]] (2)
|-
|align=center|1||[[Ivano-Frankivsk Oblast]]||[[FC Spartak Ivano-Frankivsk|Prykarpattia Ivano-Frankivsk]]
|-
|align=center|1||[[Mykolaiv Oblast]]||[[MFC Mykolaiv|Mykolaiv]]
|-
|align=center|1||[[Poltava Oblast]]||[[Vorskla Poltava]]
|-
|align=center|1||[[Sumy Oblast]]||[[Naftovyk-Ukrnafta Okhtyrka]]
|-
|align=center|1||[[Vinnytsia Oblast]]||[[Nyva Vinnytsia]]
|-
|align=center|1||[[Volyn Oblast]]||[[Volyn Lutsk]]
|-
|align=center|1||[[Zhytomyr Oblast]]||[[FC Polissya Zhytomyr|Polissya Zhytomyr]]
|-
|align=center|1||[[Khmelnytskyi Oblast]]||[[FC Epitsentr Kamianets-Podilskyi|Epitsentr Kamianets-Podilskyi]]
|-
|align=center|0||''[[Kharkiv Oblast]]''||''[[FC Metalist Kharkiv|Metalist Kharkiv]]'' (war season)
|}

===All-time table===
Top-20. All figures are correct through the [[2022–23 Ukrainian First League|2022–23]] season.<ref>http://wildstat.ru/p/2104/cht/213/stat/summary Чемпионат Украины, первая лига (Суммарная таблица за все годы)</ref> Club status is current of the [[2023–24 in Ukrainian football|2023–24]] season:
{|class="wikitable" style="text-align:left; font-size:95%;"
|-
| style="width:10px; background:#ace1af;"| ||[[2023–24 Ukrainian Premier League]]
|-
| style="width:10px; background:#C1DDFD;"| ||'''[[2023–24 Ukrainian First League]]'''
|-
| style="width:10px; background:khaki;"| ||[[2023–24 Ukrainian Second League]]
|-
| style="width:10px; background:lightyellow;"| ||[[2023–24 Ukrainian Football Amateur League]]
|-
| style="width:10px; background:lightgrey;"| ||2023 [[Regional football federations of Ukraine|Regional competitions]]
|-
| style="width:10px; background:pink;"| ||''Club is defunct''
|}
{| border=1  bordercolor="#CCCCCC" class=wikitable style="font-size:90%;"
|- align=LEFT valign=CENTER 
!PL!!Team!!Seasons!!GP!!W!!D!!L!!GS!!GA!!Pts!!Achievement!!{{Abbr|Prom|Promotions}}!!First!!Last
|- align=CENTER bgcolor=pink
| 1
| align=LEFT| ''[[FC Dynamo-2 Kyiv|Dynamo-2 Kyiv]]''
| 25
| 888
| 403
| 219
| 266
| 1312
| 882
! 1428
| bgcolor=gold|{{sort|1|Winner}}
| bgcolor=white|–
| bgcolor=white|[[1992 Ukrainian First League|1992]]
| bgcolor=white|[[2015–16 Ukrainian First League|2015–16]]
|- align=CENTER valign=BOTTOM bgcolor=lightyellow
| 2
| align=LEFT| ''[[FC Naftovyk Okhtyrka|Naftovyk-Ukrnafta Okhtyrka]]''
| 24 
| 856
| 378
| 201
| 277
| 1131
| 891
! 1335
| bgcolor=gold|{{sort|1|Winner}}
| bgcolor=white|1
| bgcolor=white|[[1992–93 Ukrainian First League|1992–93]]
| bgcolor=white|[[2017–18 Ukrainian First League|2017–18]]
|- align=CENTER bgcolor=pink
| 3
| align=LEFT| ''[[FC Stal Alchevsk|Stal Alchevsk]] ''
| 21
| 752
| 361
| 155
| 236
| 1082
| 786
! 1238
| bgcolor=gold|{{sort|1|Winner}}
| bgcolor=white|2
| bgcolor=white|[[1992 Ukrainian First League|1992]]
| bgcolor=white|[[2014–15 Ukrainian First League|2014–15]]
|- align=CENTER valign=BOTTOM 
| 4
| align=LEFT| ''[[MFC Mykolaiv|Mykolaiv]]''
| 22
| 763
| 309
| 174
| 280
| 944
| 858
! 1101
| bgcolor=gold|{{sort|1|Winner}}
| bgcolor=white|2
| bgcolor=white|[[1992–93 Ukrainian First League|1992–93]]
| bgcolor=white|[[2020–21 Ukrainian First League|2020–21]]
|- align=CENTER bgcolor=#ace1af
| 5
| align=LEFT bgcolor= | [[FC Oleksandriya|Oleksandriya]]
| 18
| 652
| 312
| 164
| 176
| 903
| 595
! 1100
| bgcolor=gold|{{sort|1|Winner}}
| bgcolor=white|3
| bgcolor=white|[[1992 Ukrainian First League|1992]]
| bgcolor=white|[[2014–15 Ukrainian First League|2014–15]]
|- align=CENTER valign=BOTTOM bgcolor=pink
| 6
| align=LEFT| ''[[FC Hoverla Uzhhorod|Hoverla Uzhhorod]]''
| 15
| 550
| 246
| 107
| 197
| 678
| 666
! 845
| bgcolor=gold|{{sort|1|Winner}}
| bgcolor=white|5
| bgcolor=white|[[1992 Ukrainian First League|1992]]
| bgcolor=white|[[2011–12 Ukrainian First League|2011–12]]
|- align=CENTER valign=BOTTOM bgcolor=pink
| 7
| align=LEFT| [[Volyn Lutsk]]
| 15
| 509
| 242
| 91
| 176
| 712
| 575
! 817
| bgcolor=gold|{{sort|1|Winner}}
| bgcolor=white|2
| bgcolor=white|[[1996–97 Ukrainian First League|1996–97]]
| bgcolor=white|[[2021–22 Ukrainian First League|2021–22]]
|- align=CENTER valign=BOTTOM bgcolor=#ace1af
| 8
| align=LEFT| [[FC Obolon Kyiv|Obolon Kyiv]]
| 15
| 469
| 213
| 102
| 154
| 608
| 469
! 741
| bgcolor=silver|{{sort|2|Runner-up}}
| bgcolor=white|3
| bgcolor=white|[[1999–2000 Ukrainian First League|1999–00]]
| bgcolor=white|[[2022–23 Ukrainian First League|2022–23]]
|- align=CENTER valign=BOTTOM bgcolor=
| 9
| align=LEFT bgcolor= | [[FC Desna Chernihiv|Desna Chernihiv]]
| 14
| 484
| 189
| 112
| 183
| 581
| 536
! 679
| bgcolor=silver|{{sort|2|Runner-up}}
| bgcolor=white|1
| bgcolor=white|[[1992 Ukrainian First League|1992]]
| bgcolor=white|[[2017–18 Ukrainian First League|2017–18]]
|- align=CENTER valign=BOTTOM bgcolor=#ace1af
| 10
| align=LEFT| [[FC Polissya Zhytomyr|Polissya Zhytomyr]]
| 15
| 513 
| 187
| 107
| 219
| 562
| 645
! 668
| bgcolor=gold|{{sort|1|Winner}}
| bgcolor=white|1
| bgcolor=white|[[1992 Ukrainian First League|1992]]
| bgcolor=white|[[2022–23 Ukrainian First League|2022–23]]
|- align=CENTER valign=BOTTOM bgcolor=pink
| 11
| align=LEFT| ''[[FC Metalurh Nikopol|Elektrometalurh-NZF Nikopol]]''
| 11
| 418
| 183
| 71
| 164
| 498
| 506
! 620
| bgcolor=silver|{{sort|2|Runner-up}}
| bgcolor=white|–
| bgcolor=white|[[1992 Ukrainian First League|1992]]
| bgcolor=white|[[2001–02 Ukrainian First League|2001–02]]
|- align=CENTER valign=BOTTOM bgcolor=#C1DDFD
| 12
| align=LEFT bgcolor= | '''[[FC Bukovyna Chernivtsi|Bukovyna Chernivtsi]]'''
| 12
| 464
| 167
| 101
| 196
| 506
| 566
! 602
| bgcolor=silver|{{sort|2|Runner-up}}
| bgcolor=white|–
| bgcolor=white|[[1994–95 Ukrainian First League|1994–95]]
| bgcolor=white|[[2022–23 Ukrainian First League|2022–23]]
|- align=CENTER valign=BOTTOM bgcolor=pink
| 13
| align=LEFT| ''[[FC Helios Kharkiv|Helios Kharkiv]]'' (Kobra)
| 13
| 437
| 162
| 116
| 159
| 449
| 471
! 602
| bgcolor=white|4th
| bgcolor=white|–
| bgcolor=white|[[2005–06 Ukrainian First League|2005–06]]
| bgcolor=white|[[2017–18 Ukrainian First League|2017–18]]
|- align=CENTER valign=BOTTOM bgcolor=lightyellow
| 14
| align=LEFT| [[FC Zirka Kropyvnytskyi|Zirka Kropyvnytskyi]]
| 12
| 398
| 167
| 94
| 137
| 486
| 412
! 595
| bgcolor=gold|{{sort|1|Winner}}
| bgcolor=white|3
| bgcolor=white|[[1994–95 Ukrainian First League|1994–95]]
| bgcolor=white|[[2018–19 Ukrainian First League|2018–19]]
|- align=CENTER valign=BOTTOM bgcolor=khaki
| 15
| align=LEFT bgcolor= | [[FC Nyva Vinnytsia|Nyva Vinnytsia]]
| 11
| 394
| 157
| 98
| 139
| 441
| 405
! 569
| bgcolor=gold|{{sort|1|Winner}}
| bgcolor=white|1
| bgcolor=white|[[1992–93 Ukrainian First League|1992–93]]
| bgcolor=white|[[2011–12 Ukrainian First League|2011–12]]
|- align=CENTER valign=BOTTOM bgcolor=pink
| 16
| align=LEFT| ''[[FC CSKA Kyiv|CSKA Kyiv]]''
| 13
| 464
| 153
| 88
| 223
| 433
| 586
! 547
| bgcolor=white|5th
| bgcolor=white|–
| bgcolor=white|[[1992 Ukrainian First League|1992]]
| bgcolor=white|[[2007–08 Ukrainian First League|2007–08]]
|- align=CENTER valign=BOTTOM bgcolor=pink
| 17
| align=LEFT| [[FC Dnipro Cherkasy|Dnipro Cherkasy]]
| 11
| 416
| 148
| 86
| 182
| 459
| 540
! 530
| bgcolor=silver|{{sort|2|Runner-up}}
| bgcolor=white|–
| bgcolor=white|[[1992 Ukrainian First League|1992]]
| bgcolor=white|[[2007–08 Ukrainian First League|2007–08]]
|- align=CENTER valign=BOTTOM bgcolor=pink
| 18
| align=LEFT| ''[[FC Spartak Sumy|Spartak Sumy]]''
| 11
| 372
| 129
| 77
| 166
| 400
| 475
! 464
| bgcolor=white|9th
| bgcolor=white|–
| bgcolor=white|[[1995–96 Ukrainian First League|1995–96]]
| bgcolor=white|[[2006–07 Ukrainian First League|2006–07]]
|- align=CENTER valign=BOTTOM bgcolor=pink
| 19
| align=LEFT| ''[[FC Spartak Ivano-Frankivsk|Spartak Ivano-Frankivsk]]''
| 9
| 320
| 128
| 76
| 116
| 369
| 348
! 460
| bgcolor=gold|{{sort|1|Winner}}
| bgcolor=white|1
| bgcolor=white|[[1992–93 Ukrainian First League|1992–93]]
| bgcolor=white|[[2006–07 Ukrainian First League|2006–07]]
|- align=CENTER valign=BOTTOM bgcolor=pink
| 20
| align=LEFT| ''[[FC Krymteplytsia Molodizhne|Krymteplytsia Molodizhne]]''
| 8
| 276
| 121
| 68
| 87
| 353
| 294
! 431
| bgcolor=white|4th
| bgcolor=white|–
| bgcolor=white|[[2005–06 Ukrainian First League|2005–06]]
| bgcolor=white|[[2012–13 Ukrainian First League|2012–13]]
|}

==People==
===Players===
Among notable players of the league are its top scorers. The title of the league's top scorer earned on multiple occasions the following players, [[Serhiy Chuichenko]] (4 times, [[FC Oleksandriya|Polihraftekhnika Oleksandriya]]), [[Oleh Hrytsai]] (2 times, [[FC Dnipro Cherkasy|FC Cherkasy]]), [[Oleksandr Aliyev]] (2 times, [[FC Dynamo-2 Kyiv|Dynamo-2 Kyiv]]), [[Matviy Bobal]] (2 times, [[FC Ihroservice Simferopol|Ihroservis Simferopol]]), [[Oleksandr Akymenko]] (2 times, [[FC Stal Alchevsk|Stal A.]] / [[FC Inhulets Petrove|Inhulets]]), [[Stanislav Kulish]] (2 times, [[FC Stal Kamianske|Stal D.]] / [[SC Dnipro-1|Dnipro-1]]). Once among top scorers became a foreign player during the 2021–22 war season, [[Matheus Peixoto]] (Brazil, playing for [[FC Metalist Kharkiv|Metalist Kharkiv]]).

{|class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;margin-left:1em;float:right;width:48%;"
|+'''All-time First League appearance leaders'''
|-
|align="center"|'''Player'''
|align="center"|'''Games'''
|align="center"|'''Years'''
|-
|style="text-align:left;"|{{flagicon|UKR}} [[Andriy Tsvik]]
|align="center"|429
|align="center"|1992–2005
|-
|style="text-align:left;"|{{flagicon|UKR}} [[Bohdan Yesyp]]
|align="center"|400
|align="center"|1996–2014
|-
|style="text-align:left;"|{{flagicon|UKR}} [[Volodymyr Melnychenko (footballer)|Volodymyr Melnychenko]]
| align="center"| 384<ref>[https://www.sports.ru/tribuna/blogs/viktor2009/1371381.html Мельниченко: Богдан Есып – мой лучший партнёр на поле!]. sports.ru.</ref>
|align="center"|1994–2007
|- 
|style="text-align:left;"|{{flagicon|UKR}} [[Vadym Oliynyk]]
| align="center"| 383
|align="center"|1992–2002
|-
|style="text-align:left;"|{{flagicon|UKR}} [[Yevhen Manko]]
| align="center"| 380
|align="center"|1993–2005
|-
|style="text-align:left;"|{{flagicon|UKR}} [[Oleksandr Aharin]]
| align="center"| 373
|align="center"|1994–2010
|-
|style="text-align:left;"|{{flagicon|UKR}} [[Oleksandr Kohutych]]
| align="center"| 352
|align="center"|1992–2004
|-
|style="text-align:left;"|{{flagicon|UKR}} [[Serhiy Polushyn]]
| align="center"| 343
|align="center"|1992–2005
|- 
|style="text-align:left;"|{{flagicon|UKR}} [[Oleksiy Tarhonskyi]]
| align="center"| 336
|align="center"|1992–2003
|-
|style="text-align:left;"|{{flagicon|UKR}} [[Vitaliy Vizaver]]
| align="center"| 325
|align="center"|1997–2014<!--
|-
| 11
|style="text-align:left;"|{{flagicon|UKR}}
| align="center"| 
|align="center"| -->
|-
|colspan="4"|<small>Players '''in bold''' are still playing in First League</small><br><small>Data as of 4 December 2023</small><ref name=games20231204>[https://web.archive.org/web/20231204170759/http://pfl.ua/news/447 In all matches of the Persha Liha first stage played 450 players and only eight (8) who played without being substituted (У всіх матчах першої частини Першої ліги зіграло 450 гравців і лише вісім – без замін)]. [[Professional Football League of Ukraine]]. pfl.ua. 4 December 2023</ref>
|}

{|class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;margin-left:1em;float:left;width:48%;"
|+'''All-time First League scorers'''
|-
|align="center"|'''Player'''
|align="center"|'''Goals'''
|align="center"|'''Games'''
|align="center"|'''Years'''
|-
|style="text-align:left;"|{{flagicon|UKR}} [[Vadym Plotnikov]]
|align="center"|116
|align="center"|306
|align="center"|1992–2000
|-
|style="text-align:left;"|{{flagicon|UKR}}/{{flagicon|TKM}} [[Serhiy Chuichenko]]
|align="center"|116
|align="center"|177
|align="center"|1993–2001
|-
|style="text-align:left;"|{{flagicon|UKR}} [[Oleksandr Akymenko]]
|align="center"|106
|align="center"|283
|align="center"|2007–2021
|-
|style="text-align:left;"|{{flagicon|UKR}} [[Bohdan Yesyp]]
|align="center"|101
|align="center"|400
|align="center"|1996–2013
|-
|style="text-align:left;"|{{flagicon|UKR}} [[Pavlo Onysko]]
|align="center"|91
|align="center"|206
|align="center"|2001–2012
|-
|style="text-align:left;"|{{flagicon|UKR}} [[Pavlo Parshyn]]
|align="center"|85
|align="center"|305
|align="center"|1992–2005
|-
|style="text-align:left;"|{{flagicon|UKR}} [[Matviy Bobal]]
|align="center"|79
|align="center"|202
|align="center"|2000–2012
|-
|style="text-align:left;"|{{flagicon|UKR}} '''[[Oleksandr Batalskyi]]'''
|align="center"|75
|align="center"|278<ref name=games20231204/>
|align="center"|2009–
|-
|style="text-align:left;"|{{flagicon|UKR}} [[Oleksandr Kosyrin]]
|align="center"|74
|align="center"|166
|align="center"|1996–2012
|-
|style="text-align:left;"|{{flagicon|UKR}} [[Viktor Arefyev]]
|align="center"|71
|align="center"|275
|align="center"|1993–2006<!--
|-
|style="text-align:left;"|{{flagicon|UKR}} [[Volodymyr Melnychenko (footballer)|Volodymyr Melnychenko]]
|align="center"|68
|align="center"|384
|align="center"|1992–2007
|-
|style="text-align:left;"|{{flagicon|UKR}} [[Vadym Oliynyk]]
|align="center"|67
|align="center"|383
|align="center"|1992–2004
|-
|style="text-align:left;"|{{flagicon|UKR}} [[Serhiy Kucherenko]]
|align="center"|67
|align="center"|251
|align="center"|2002–2013
|-
|style="text-align:left;"|{{flagicon|UKR}} [[Oleh Venhlynksyi]]
|align="center"|64
|align="center"|169
|align="center"|1997–2002
|-
|style="text-align:left;"|{{flagicon|UKR}} [[Borys Finkel]]
|align="center"|63
|align="center"|168
|align="center"|1995–2000
|-
|style="text-align:left;"|{{flagicon|UKR}} [[Oleh Hrytsai]]
|align="center"|62
|align="center"|212
|align="center"|1994–2002
|-
|style="text-align:left;"|{{flagicon|UKR}} [[Roman Pakholyuk]]
|align="center"|62
|align="center"|234
|align="center"|1997–2007
|-
|style="text-align:left;"|{{flagicon|UKR}} [[Oleksandr Ostashov]]
|align="center"|61
|align="center"|167
|align="center"|1992–2000
|-
|style="text-align:left;"|{{flagicon|UKR}} [[Viktor Dyak]]
|align="center"|61
|align="center"|171
|align="center"|1994–2002
|-
|style="text-align:left;"|{{flagicon|UKR}} [[Oleksandr Savanchuk]]
|align="center"|59
|align="center"|317
|align="center"|2001–2014
|-
|style="text-align:left;"|{{flagicon|UKR}} [[Oleksiy Yakymenko]]
|align="center"|58
|align="center"|259
|align="center"|1992–2009
|-
|style="text-align:left;"|{{flagicon|UKR}} 
|align="center"|
|align="center"| -->
|-

|colspan="5"|<small>Players '''in bold''' are still playing in First League</small><br><small>Data accurate as of 3 December 2023</small><ref name=sportua>Viktor Khakhlyuk. ''[https://sport.ua/news/146362-pervaya-liga-ukrainy-bombardiry-i-gvardeytsy The Ukrainian First League: scorers and "old-timers" (Первая лига Украины: бомбардиры и гвардейцы)]''. Sport.ua. 20 January 2012</ref><ref>Yuriy Samotkan. ''[https://www.footboom.com/ukrainian/first/1516186182-pervaya-liga-spokojstviye-chujchenko-dorisovki-plotnikova-i-perspektivy-akimenko.html The First League: composure of Chuichenko, "corrections" for Plotnikov, and perspectives for Akymenko (Первая лига: спокойствие Чуйченко, "дорисовки" Плотникова и перспективы Акименко)]''. Footboom.com. 19 January 2018</ref><ref>[http://old.footballfacts.ru/turnircats/724685-chempionat-ukrainy#tab91_724685r List of top scorers (unofficial compilation)]. footballfacts.ru.</ref><ref>[https://sportarena.com/uk/footboll/ukraina-pervaya-liga/batalskij-za-krok-vid-istoriyi-forvard-oboloni/ Батальський – за крок від історії. Форвард Оболоні максимально наблизився до топ-10 бомбардирів Першої ліги]. Sport Arena. 15 September 2022</ref><ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20231204174617/http://pfl.ua/news/446 Oleksandr Batalskyi reached the eighth place among the best goalscorers in history of the First League (Олександр Батальський вийшов на восьме місце серед найкращих бомбардирів в історії Першої ліги)]. pfl.ua (archived). 3 December 2023</ref><ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20180216002035/http://football.ua/ukraine1league/200769-pervaja-lyga-samye-rezultatyvnye-za-vse-vremena.html Первая лига: самые результативные за все времена]. football.ua (archived). 19 April 2013</ref>
|}
{{-}}

===Managers===
{|class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;float:left;margin-left:1em;width:60%;"
|+'''All-time top-10 managers with league games'''
|-
|align="center"|'''Rank'''
|align="center"|'''Coach'''
|align="center"|'''Games'''
|align="center"|'''First'''
|align="center"|'''Last'''
|-
|1
|style="text-align:left;"|{{flagicon|Ukraine}} [[Anatoliy Volobuyev]]
|align="center"|571
|align="center"|1992
|align="center"|2013
|-
|2
|style="text-align:left;"|{{flagicon|Ukraine}} [[Volodymyr Onyshchenko]]
|align="center"|448
|align="center"|1992
|align="center"|2007
|-
|3
|style="text-align:left;"|{{flagicon|Ukraine}} [[Yuriy Koval]]
|align="center"|436
|align="center"|1992
|align="center"|2010
|-
|4
|style="text-align:left;"|{{flagicon|Ukraine}} [[Oleksandr Ryabokon]]
|align="center"|391
|align="center"|2001
|align="center"|2018
|-
|5
|style="text-align:left;"|{{flagicon|Ukraine}} [[Serhiy Shevchenko (footballer, born 1958)|Serhiy Shevchenko]]
|align="center"|269
|align="center"|2002
|align="center"|2010
|-
|6
|style="text-align:left;"|{{flagicon|Ukraine}} [[Andriy Parkhomenko]]
|align="center"|238
|align="center"|2009
|align="center"|2020
|-
|7
|style="text-align:left;"|{{flagicon|Ukraine}} [[Mykola Fedorenko]]
|align="center"|228
|align="center"|2001
|align="center"|2014
|-
|8
|style="text-align:left;"|{{flagicon|Ukraine}} [[Ihor Zhabchenko]]
|align="center"|228
|align="center"|2010
|align="center"|2023
|-
|9
|style="text-align:left;"|{{flagicon|Ukraine}} [[Mykola Prystai]]
|align="center"|227
|align="center"|2001
|align="center"|2011
|-
|10
|style="text-align:left;"|{{flagicon|Ukraine}} [[Stepan Yurchyshyn]]
|align="center"|223
|align="center"|1996
|align="center"|2008
|-<!--
|11
|style="text-align:left;"|{{flagicon|Ukraine}} [[Semen Osynovskyi]]
|align="center"|212
|align="center"|1994
|align="center"|2003
|-
|12
|style="text-align:left;"|{{flagicon|Ukraine}} [[Vitaliy Kvartsianyi]]
|align="center"|211
|align="center"|1997
|align="center"|2010
|-
|13
|style="text-align:left;"|{{flagicon|Ukraine}} [[Yukhym Shkolnykov]]
|align="center"|210
|align="center"|1993
|align="center"|2004
|--->
|colspan="5"|<small>Coaches '''in bold''' are still active in the League</small><br /><small>Data as of 23 December 2023<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://pfl.ua/news/470 |title=Ігор Жабченко наздогнав Миколу Федоренка |website=pfl.ua |access-date=25 December 2023 |archive-date=25 December 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231225201908/https://pfl.ua/news/470 |url-status=live}}</ref></small>
|}

{{col-begin}}
{{Col-2}}
{|class="sortable wikitable"
|+'''Winning managers'''
!Season
!Nationality
!Winning manager
!Club
!class="unsortable"|Ref
|-
|align=center rowspan=2|[[1992 Ukrainian First League|1992]]
|align=center|{{sort|UKR|{{flag|UKR}}}}||{{sortname|Viktor|Nosov|Viktor Nosov (footballer)}}
|[[NK Veres Rivne|Veres Rivne]]
|align=center|<ref name=carpediem>Vladimir Poyasniuk. ''[https://www.ua-football.com/ukrainian/first/1244057978-carpe-diem-pervaya-liga.html Carpe diem. Persha Liha: top scorers, triumphators, runners-up, and loosers… (Carpe diem. Первая лига: Бомбардиры, триумфаторы, призёры и проигравшие…)]''. UA-Football. 3 June 2009</ref>
|-
|align=center|{{sort|UKR|{{flag|UKR}}}}||{{sortname|Volodymyr|Stryzhevskyi|Volodymyr Stryzhevskyi}}
|[[FC Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih (1959–2013)|Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih]]
|align=center|<ref name=carpediem/>
|-
|align=center|[[1992–93 Ukrainian First League|1992–93]]
|align=center|{{sort|UKR|{{flag|UKR}}}}||{{sortname|Yukhym|Shkolnykov|Yukhym Shkolnykov}}
|[[FC Nyva Vinnytsia|Nyva Vinnytsia]]
|align=center|<ref name=carpediem/>
|-
|align=center|[[1993–94 Ukrainian First League|1993–94]]
|align=center|{{sort|UKR|{{flag|UKR}}}}||{{sortname|Ihor|Yurchenko|Ihor Yurchenko}}
|[[FC Spartak Ivano-Frankivsk|Prykarpattia]]
|align=center|<ref name=carpediem/>
|-
|align=center|[[1994–95 Ukrainian First League|1994–95]]
|align=center|{{sort|UKR|{{flag|UKR}}}}||{{sortname|Oleksandr|Ishchenko|Oleksandr Ishchenko}}
|[[FC Zirka Kropyvnytskyi|Zirka-NIBAS Kirovohrad]]
|align=center|<ref name=carpediem/>
|-
|align=center|[[1995–96 Ukrainian First League|1995–96]]
|align=center|{{sort|UKR|{{flag|UKR}}}}||{{sortname|Viktor|Pozhechevskyi|Viktor Pozhechevskyi}}
|[[FC Vorskla Poltava|Vorskla Poltava]]
|align=center|<ref name=carpediem/>
|-
|align=center|[[1996–97 Ukrainian First League|1996–97]]
|align=center|{{sort|UKR|{{flag|UKR}}}}||{{sortname|Yevhen|Korol|Yevhen Korol}}
|[[FC Metalurh Donetsk|Metalurh Donetsk]]
|align=center|<ref name=carpediem/>
|-
|align=center|[[1997–98 Ukrainian First League|1997–98]]
|align=center|{{sort|UKR|{{flag|UKR}}}}||{{sortname|Anatoliy|Zayaev|Anatoliy Zayaev}}
|[[MFC Mykolaiv|SC Mykolaiv]]
|align=center|<ref name=carpediem/>
|-
|align=center|[[1998–99 Ukrainian First League|1998–99]]
|align=center rowspan=2|{{sort|UKR|{{flag|UKR}}}}||rowspan=2|{{sortname|Valeriy|Zuyev|Valeriy Zuyev}} (2)
|rowspan=3|[[FC Dynamo-2 Kyiv|Dynamo-2 Kyiv]]
|align=center|
|-
|align=center|[[1999–2000 Ukrainian First League|1999–00]]
|align=center|
|-
|align=center|[[2000–01 Ukrainian First League|2000–01]]
|align=center|{{sort|UKR|{{flag|UKR}}}}||{{sortname|Volodymyr|Onyshchenko|Volodymyr Onyshchenko}}
|align=center|
|-
|align=center|[[2001–02 Ukrainian First League|2001–02]]
|align=center|{{sort|UKR|{{flag|UKR}}}}||{{sortname|Vitaliy|Kvartsyanyi|Vitaliy Kvartsyanyi}}
|[[FC Volyn Lutsk|Volyn-1 Lutsk]]
|align=center|<ref name=carpediem/>
|-
|align=center|[[2002–03 Ukrainian First League|2002–03]]
|align=center|{{sort|UKR|{{flag|UKR}}}}||{{sortname|Yuriy|Koval|Yuriy Koval}}
|[[FC Zirka Kropyvnytskyi|Zirka Kirovohrad]]
|align=center|<ref name=carpediem/>
|-
|align=center|[[2003–04 Ukrainian First League|2003–04]]
|align=center|{{sort|UKR|{{flag|UKR}}}}||{{sortname|Viktor|Ryashko|Viktor Ryashko (football manager)}}
|[[FC Hoverla Uzhhorod|Zakarpattia Uzhhorod]]
|align=center|<ref name=carpediem/>
|-
|align=center|[[2004–05 Ukrainian First League|2004–05]]
|align=center|{{sort|UKR|{{flag|UKR}}}}||{{sortname|Anatoliy|Volobuyev|Anatoliy Volobuyev}}
|[[FC Stal Alchevsk|Stal Alchevsk]]
|align=center|<ref name=carpediem/>
|-
|align=center|[[2005–06 Ukrainian First League|2005–06]]
|align=center|{{sort|UKR|{{flag|UKR}}}}||{{sortname|Yuriy|Koval|Yuriy Koval}} (2)
|[[FC Zorya Luhansk|Zorya Luhansk]]
|align=center|<ref name=carpediem/>
|-
|align=center|[[2006–07 Ukrainian First League|2006–07]]
|align=center|{{sort|UKR|{{flag|UKR}}}}||{{sortname|Serhiy|Shevchenko|Serhiy Vasylyovych Shevchenko}}
|{{small|[[FC Naftovyk Okhtyrka|Naftovyk-Ukrnafta Okhtyrka]]}}
|align=center|<ref name=carpediem/>
|-
|align=center|[[2007–08 Ukrainian First League|2007–08]]
|align=center|{{sort|UKR|{{flag|UKR}}}}||{{sortname|Oleksandr|Ishchenko|Oleksandr Ishchenko}} (2)
|[[FC Mariupol|Illichivets Mariupol]]
|align=center|<ref name=carpediem/>
|}
{{Col-2}}
{|class="sortable wikitable"
|+'''Winning managers ''(cont.)'''''
!Season
!Nationality
!Winning manager
!Club
!class="unsortable"|Ref
|-
|align=center|[[2008–09 Ukrainian First League|2008–09]]
|align=center|{{sort|UKR|{{flag|UKR}}}}||{{sortname|Mykhailo|Ivanytsia|Mykhailo Ivanytsia}}
|[[FC Hoverla Uzhhorod|Zakarpattia Uzhhorod]]
|align=center|<ref name=carpediem/>
|-
|align=center|[[2009–10 Ukrainian First League|2009–10]]
|align=center|{{sort|UKR|{{flag|UKR}}}}||{{sortname|Oleh|Leschynskyi|Oleh Leschynskyi}}
|[[PFC Sevastopol]]
|align=center|
|-
|align=center|[[2010–11 Ukrainian First League|2010–11]]
|align=center|{{sort|UKR|{{flag|UKR}}}}||{{sortname|Volodymyr|Sharan|Volodymyr Sharan}}
|[[FC Oleksandriya|PFC Oleksandriya]]
|align=center|
|-
|align=center|[[2011–12 Ukrainian First League|2011–12]]
|align=center|{{sort|UKR|{{flag|UKR}}}}||{{sortname|Oleksandr|Sevidov|Oleksandr Sevidov}}
|{{small|[[FC Hoverla Uzhhorod|Hoverla-Zakarpattia Uzhhorod]]}}
|align=center|
|-
|align=center|[[2012–13 Ukrainian First League|2012–13]]
|align=center|{{sort|RUS|{{flag|RUS}}}}||{{sortname|Oleg|Kononov|Oleg Kononov}}
|[[PFC Sevastopol]]
|align=center|
|-
|align=center|[[2013–14 Ukrainian First League|2013–14]]
|align=center|{{sort|UKR|{{flag|UKR}}}}||{{sortname|Roman|Sanzhar|Roman Sanzhar}}
|[[FC Olimpik Donetsk|Olimpik Donetsk]]
|align=center|
|-
|align=center|[[2014–15 Ukrainian First League|2014–15]]
|align=center|{{sort|UKR|{{flag|UKR}}}}||{{sortname|Volodymyr|Sharan|Volodymyr Sharan}} (2)
|[[FC Oleksandriya]]
|align=center|
|-
|align=center|[[2015–16 Ukrainian First League|2015–16]]
|align=center|{{sort|UKR|{{flag|UKR}}}}||{{sortname|Serhiy|Lavrynenko|Serhiy Lavrynenko}}
|[[FC Zirka Kropyvnytskyi|Zirka Kirovohrad]]
|align=center|
|-
|align=center|[[2016–17 Ukrainian First League|2016–17]]
|align=center|{{sort|UKR|{{flag|UKR}}}}||{{sortname|Oleksandr|Sevidov|Oleksandr Sevidov}} (2)
|[[FC Mariupol|Illichivets Mariupol]]
|align=center|
|-
|align=center|[[2017–18 Ukrainian First League|2017–18]]
|align=center|{{sort|UKR|{{flag|UKR}}}}||{{sortname|Serhiy|Litovchenko|Serhiy Litovchenko (footballer, born 1979)}}
|[[FC Arsenal Kyiv|Arsenal Kyiv]]
|align=center|
|-
|align=center|[[2018–19 Ukrainian First League|2018–19]]
|align=center|{{sort|UKR|{{flag|UKR}}}}||{{sortname|Dmytro|Mykhaylenko|Dmytro Mykhaylenko}}
|[[SC Dnipro-1]]
|align=center|
|-
|align=center|[[2019–20 Ukrainian First League|2019–20]]
|align=center|{{sort|UKR|{{flag|UKR}}}}||{{sortname|Vasyl|Kobin|Vasyl Kobin}}
|[[FC Mynai]]
|align=center|
|-
|align=center|[[2020–21 Ukrainian First League|2020–21]]
|align=center|{{sort|UKR|{{flag|UKR}}}}||{{sortname|Yuriy|Virt|Yuriy Virt}}
|[[NK Veres Rivne|Veres Rivne]]
|align=center|
|-
|align=center|[[2021–22 Ukrainian First League|2021–22]]
|align=center|{{sort|UKR|{{flag|UKR}}}}||{{sortname|Oleksandr|Kucher|Oleksandr Kucher}}
|[[FC Metalist Kharkiv|Metalist Kharkiv]]
|align=center|
|-
|align=center|[[2022–23 Ukrainian First League|2022–23]]
|align=center|{{sort|UKR|{{flag|UKR}}}}||{{sortname|Yuriy|Kalitvintsev|Yuriy Kalitvintsev}}
|[[FC Polissya Zhytomyr|Polissia Zhytomyr]]
|align=center|
|-
|align=center|[[2023–24 Ukrainian First League|2023–24]]
|align=center|{{sort|UKR|{{flag|UKR}}}}||{{sortname|Vladyslav|Lupashko|Vladyslav Lupashko}}
|[[FC Inhulets Petrove|Inhulets Petrove]]
|align=center|
|-
|align=center|[[2024–25 Ukrainian First League|2024–25]]
|align=center|{{sort|UKR|{{flag|UKR}}}}||{{sortname|Serhiy|Nahornyak|Serhiy Nahornyak}}
|{{small|[[FC Epitsentr Kamianets-Podilskyi|Epitsentr Kamianets-Podilskyi]]}}
|align=center|
|-
|}
{{col-end}}
No manager has won the league more than two times. With 2 league titles there are [[Valeriy Zuyev]] (both Dynamo-2 Kyiv), [[Oleksandr Ishchenko]] ([[FC Zirka Kropyvnytskyi|Zirka]] and [[FC Mariupol|Illichivets]]), [[Yuriy Koval]] (Zirka and Zorya), [[Oleksandr Sevidov]] (Hoverla and Illichivets), [[Volodymyr Sharan]] (both Oleksandriya).

{|class="sortable wikitable"
|+'''Best managers'''
!Season
!Nationality
!Winning manager
!Club
!class="unsortable"|Ref
|-
|align=center|2017
|align=center|{{sort|UKR|{{flag|UKR}}}}||{{sortname|Oleksandr|Ryabokon|Oleksandr Ryabokon}}
|[[FC Desna Chernihiv|Desna Chernihiv]]
|align=center|<ref name=bestcoach>[https://web.archive.org/web/20220106064536/http://pfl.ua/news/details/13095 Кучер і Вірт - найкращі тренери змагань ПФЛ 2021 року]. pfl.ua</ref>
|-
|align=center|2018
|align=center|{{sort|UKR|{{flag|UKR}}}}||{{sortname|Ruslan|Kostyshyn|Ruslan Kostyshyn}}
|[[FC Kolos Kovalivka|Kolos Kovalivka]]
|align=center|<ref name=bestcoach/>
|-
|align=center|2019
|align=center|{{sort|UKR|{{flag|UKR}}}}||{{sortname|Serhiy|Kovalets|Serhiy Kovalets}}
|[[FC Obolon Kyiv|Obolon Kyiv]]
|align=center|<ref name=bestcoach/>
|-
|align=center|2020
|align=center|{{sort|UKR|{{flag|UKR}}}}||{{sortname|Oleksandr|Chyzhevskyi|Oleksandr Chyzhevskyi}}
|[[FC Ahrobiznes Volochysk|Ahrobiznes Volochysk]]
|align=center|<ref name=bestcoach/>
|-
|align=center|2021
|align=center|{{sort|UKR|{{flag|UKR}}}}||{{sortname|Yuriy|Virt|Yuriy Virt}}
|[[NK Veres Rivne|Veres Rivne]]
|align=center|<ref name=bestcoach/>
|}

==Stadiums==
{{more|List of football stadiums in Ukraine}}
Considered to be as second tier competitions, the league has number of big stadiums with capacity of 20,000+, among which the most notable are [[Metalist Oblast Sports Complex|Metalist Stadium]] in [[Kharkiv]], [[Dnipro-Arena]] in [[Dnipro]], [[Ukraina Stadium]] in [[Lviv]], [[Yuvileiny Stadium]] in [[Sumy]] and [[Shakhtar Stadium (Donetsk)|Shakhtar Stadium]] in [[Donetsk]]. Just before the [[Euro 2012]], the First League clubs also played at the [[RSC Olimpiyskiy]] also located in [[Donetsk]]. Among smaller stadiums (10,000 &ndash; 20,000) are [[Tsentralnyi Stadion (Mykolaiv)|Central Stadium]] in [[Mykolaiv]], [[Valeriy Lobanovskyi Dynamo Stadium|Dynamo Stadium]] in [[Kyiv]], [[Avanhard Stadium (Lutsk)|Avanhard Stadium]] in [[Lutsk]], [[Chernihiv Stadium]] in [[Chernihiv]] and [[Tsentralnyi Stadion (Cherkasy)|Central Stadium]] in [[Cherkasy]].

===Attendance===
Most attended games in the league (1992-2017) recorded at [[Yuvileiny Stadium]] (Sumy).<ref name=ymnip>Valerko, A. ''[https://sportarena.com/football/ukraina-pervaya-liga/yakij-match-najvidviduvanishij-v-istoriyi-pershoyi/ Which game is the most attended in history of the Persha Liha? (Який матч – найвідвідуваніший в історії Першої ліги?)]''. Sport Arena. 30 September 2016 (first ed.)</ref>
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
!#
!Season
!Attendance
!Home team
!Score
!Visiting team
!Stadium
!Ref
|-
|1
|[[2002–03 Ukrainian First League|2002–03]]
|bgcolor=#F0F0F0|29,300
|[[FC Spartak Sumy|Spartak Sumy]]
|1:0
|[[FC Naftovyk Okhtyrka|Naftovyk Okhtyrka]]
|[[Yuvileiny Stadium]]
|<ref name=ymnip />
|-
|2
|[[1997–98 Ukrainian First League|1997–98]]
|bgcolor=#F0F0F0|27,000
|[[SC Mykolaiv|Mykolaiv]]
|1:0
|[[FC Dynamo-2 Kyiv|Dynamo-2 Kyiv]]
|[[Tsentralnyi Stadion (Mykolaiv)|Tsentralnyi Stadion]]
|<ref name=ymnip />
|-
|3
|2002–03
|bgcolor=#F0F0F0|25,200
|Spartak Sumy
|2:1
|[[FC Shakhtar-2 Donetsk|Shakhtar-2 Donetsk]]
|Yuvileiny Stadium
|<ref name=ymnip />
|-
|4
|2002–03
|bgcolor=#F0F0F0|23,000
|Spartak Sumy
|1:0
|[[FC Zirka Kropyvnytskyi|Zirka Kropyvnytskyi]]
|Yuvileiny Stadium
|<ref name=ymnip />
|-
|5
|[[2018–19 Ukrainian First League|2018–19]]
|bgcolor=#F0F0F0|22,362
|[[FC Metalist 1925 Kharkiv|Metalist 1925 Kharkiv]]
|1:2
|[[SC Dnipro-1|Dnipro-1]]
|[[Metalist Oblast Sports Complex|OSC Metalist]]
|<ref>{{cite web| url = https://sportarena.com/football/ukraina-pervaya-liga/match-metallist-1925-sk-dnepr-1-ustanovil-novyj/| title = Матч Металлист 1925 - СК Днепр-1 установил новый рекорд сезона по посещаемости в Первой лиге - Первая лига Украины| date = 23 March 2019}} </ref>
|-
|6
|[[2005–06 Ukrainian First League|2005–06]]
|bgcolor=#F0F0F0|21,000
|[[FC Zorya Luhansk|Zorya Luhansk]]
|1:0
|[[FC Karpaty Lviv|Karpaty Lviv]]
|[[Avanhard Stadium (Luhansk)|Avanhard Stadium]]
|<ref name=ymnip />
|}

The most attended seasons were in the beginning of the 1990s and the beginning of the 2000s.<ref name=ymnip/>


==Notes==
{{reflist|2|group=note}}

==References==
{{reflist|colwidth=30em}}

==External links==
* [http://pfl.ua/ Official website] of the [[Professional Football League of Ukraine]]
* [https://sportarena.com/football/upl/upl-i-pervaya-liga-budut-obedineny-v-odnu-organizatsiyu/ УПЛ и Первая лига будут объединены в одну организацию]. sportarena.com. 20 June 2017

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