List of Ukrainian football champions

Ukrainian football championship
Founded 1921 (as the Football champion of the UkrSSR)
Country  Ukraine
Confederation UEFA
Level on pyramid Ukrainian football league system
Current champions FC Shakhtar Donetsk
(2017–18)
Most championships FC Dynamo Kyiv (26 titles)

The Ukrainian football champions (Ukrainian: Чемпіон України з футболу) are currently identified at the annual football competition of the Ukrainian Premier League which is a top league football competition in the country since 2008. The history of the title could be traced to 1921 in varying forms of competition. While Shakhtar Donetsk are the current champions, Dynamo Kyiv has won a record 26 championship titles.

Historical outlook

The first national (or rather republican) Ukrainian football championship took place in 1921, just before the official establishment of the Soviet Union. The competition was known as the football championship of cities. It has developed out of a similar tournament that previously took place in the Russian Empire (1912). The detailed information about football competitions in 1920s and early 1930s is scarce. Remarkable is the fact that the dominant team (or teams) of that period was from Kharkiv which until 1934 was the capital of the Soviet pseudo state,[lower-alpha 1] Ukrainian SSR. During that time main cities of Ukraine were conducting own annual competitions among which were Kiev, Kharkiv, Odessa, at the same time in the east Ukraine existed a separate regional competition of Donets basin (Donbas). Winners of those regional competitions qualified for the football championship of cities, hence the name of the tournament.

Football in the West Ukraine has developed as part of the Central European football competitions that later sprang out of the dissolution of Austria-Hungary. Interrupted by the World War I, later it was completely abolished after the Polish occupation of Ukraine at the end of Polish-Ukrainian War. After Polish occupation Ukrainian clubs of West Ukraine that at first were conducting own competitions eventually joined the Polish Football Association among which are Ukraina Lwow, USC Skala Stryi and several others.

In 1936 there was established the Soviet professional football competitions, while the Ukrainian football competitions were integrated within the Soviet competition as republican and declassed to lower tiers. At the same time about three to six of the best clubs from the Soviet Ukraine competed in the Soviet Top League with Dynamo Kyiv competing in it consistently since its establishment. At same time until 1950s the Ukrainian Cup (Cup of the Ukrainian SSR) involved participation of all Ukrainian clubs regardless in which league they competed.

In 1959 a big reform occurred in the Soviet football and champion of Ukrainian football competitions was identified at the Class B football competitions for Ukraine which at first was the second and later the third tier. The Ukrainian football champions of the Soviet Union were not only unknown outside of the Soviet Union, but were also barely recognized within the Union. Nonetheless, over the span of years the Ukrainian club football was very competitive. FC Dynamo Kyiv won the record number of the Soviet top league titles and was the best Soviet club at the European club competitions. In 1991 Soviet Top League there was equal number of Ukrainian and Russian clubs in the league.

Finally after securing its independence in 1992, Ukraine conducts own national league competitions which are recognized worldwide.

List of winners

Before introduction of Soviet Top League

SeasonGroupChampionRunner-up3rd Position
1921 Kharkiv Odessa ?
1922 Kharkiv Odessa ?
1923 Kharkiv Yuzivka ?
1924 Kharkiv Odessa Donbas
1927 Kharkiv Mykolaiv Odessa
1928 Kharkiv Horlivka Mykolaiv
1931 Kyiv Kharkiv ?
1932 Kharkiv Donbas Dnipropetrovsk
1934 Kharkiv Kyiv
1935 Dnipropetrovsk Kyiv Kharkiv

Ukrainian Soviet competitions

SeasonGroupChampionRunner-up3rd Position
1936 Ordzhonikidze Factory Kramatorsk Stal Dnipropetrovsk UBCA Kyiv
1937 Spartak Dnipropetrovsk Zenit Staline Stalinets Kharkiv
1938 Dzerzhynets Voroshylovhrad Stal Dniprodzerzhynsk Dynamo Mykolaiv
1939 Lokomotyv Zaporizhia Kharchovyk Odessa Lokomotyv Kharkiv
1940 Lokomotyv Zaporizhia Stakhanovets Ordzhonikidze Avanhard Kramatorsk
1941-45 no competitions World War II
1946 Spartak Uzhhorod BO Kyiv Dzerzhynets Kharkiv
1947 Bilshovyk Mukacheve Avanhard Kramatorsk Lokomotyv Kyiv
1948 1 Torpedo Odessa Dynamo Uzhhorod Dynamo Vinnytsia
2 Stal Kostiantynivka Military Unit 25750 (Kyiv) Stal Dniprodzerzhynsk
Play-off Torpedo Odessa Stal Kostiantynivka Dynamo Uzhhorod
1949 1 Metalurh Dniprodzerzhynsk Metalurh Kostiantynivka Traktor Kirovohrad
2 BO Kyiv Spartak Stanislav Lokomotyv Ternopil
Play-off BO Kyiv Metalurh Dniprodzerzhynsk
1950 Spartak Uzhhorod Labor Reserves Voroshylovhrad BO Kyiv
1951 BO Kyiv OBO Lviv Mashynobudivnyk Kyiv
1952 Metalurh Zaporizhia Chervonyi Prapor Mykolaiv Iskra Mukacheve
1953 Spartak Uzhhorod Spartak Kherson Torpedo Taganrog
1954 Mashynobudivnyk Kyiv Spartak Stanislav Budivelnyk Mykolaiv
1955 Spartak Stanislav Spartak Kherson Torpedo Kirovohrad
1956 Shakhtar Stakhanov Mashynobudivnyk Kyiv OBO Odessa
1957 Odessa MD Lokomotyv Artemivsk Mashynobudivnyk Kyiv
1958 Arsenal Kyiv Metalurh Nikopol Naftovyk Drohobych
1959 Avanhard Zhovti Vody Torpedo Kharkiv Odessa MD
1960 1 Sudnobudivnyk Mykolaiv Lokomotyv Vinnytsia Arsenal Kyiv
2 Metalurh Zaporizhia SKA Odessa Trudovi Rezervy Luhansk
1961 1 Chornomorets Odessa Lokomotyv Vinnytsia Zirka Kirovohrad
2 SKA Odessa Trudovi Rezervy Luhansk Avanhard Zhovti Vody
1962 1 Chornomorets Odessa Polissya Zhytomyr Lokomotyv Donetsk
2 SKA Odessa Metalurh Zaporizhia SKA Kyiv
3 Trudovi Rezervy Luhansk Avanhard Simferopol Lokomotyv Vinnytsia
1963 1 Lokomotyv Vinnytsia SKA Lviv Zirka Kirovohrad
2 SCA Odessa Azovstal Zhdanov Torpedo Kharkiv
1964 1 Polissya Zhytomyr SKA Lviv Verkhovyna Uzhhorod
2 SKA Kyiv Lokomotyv Vinnytsia Zirka Kirovohrad
3 Tavriya Simferopol Shakhtar Kadievka Hirnyk Kryvyi Rih
1965 1 SKA Kyiv Avanhard Zhovti Vody Kolos Poltava
2 SKA Lviv Avanhard Ternopil Zirka Kirovohrad
3 Tavriya Simferopol Shakhtar Kadievka Kommunarets Kommunarsk
1966 1 Dynamo Khmelnytskyi Desna Chernihiv SCChF Sevastopol
2 Avanhard Zhovti Vody Lokomotyv Kherson Dnipro Kremenchuk
1967 1 Avtomobilist Zhytomyr Dnipro Cherkasy Dnipro Kremenchuk
2 Khimik Severodonetsk Torpedo Kharkiv Shakhtar Kadievka
1968 1 Avanhard Ternopil Bukovyna Chernivtsi Dynamo Khmelnytskyi
2 Lokomotyv Donetsk Spartak Sumy Desna Chernihiv
1969 1 Spartak Ivano-Frankivsk Prometey Dniprodzerzhynsk Karpaty Mukacheve
2 Spartak Sumy Shakhtar Horlivka Shakhtar Sverdlovsk
1970 2nd A Metalurh Zaporizhia Tavriya Simferopol Avtomobilist Zhytomyr
B Khimik Severodonetsk Lokomotyv Vinnytsia Lokomotyv Donetsk
1971 Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih Sudnobudivelnyk Mykolaiv Avtomobilist Zhytomyr
1972 Spartak Ivano-Frankivsk Hoverla Uzhhorod Tavriya Simferopol
1973 Tavriya Simferopol Avtomobilist Zhytomyr Sudnobudivelnyk Mykolaiv
1974 Sudnobudivelnyk Mykolaiv Metalist Kharkiv Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih
1975 Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih Avtomobilist Zhytomyr SC Lutsk
1976 Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih Metalist Kharkiv SCA Odessa
1977 SCA Odessa SKA Kyiv Kolos Nikopol
1978 Metalist Kharkiv Kolos Nikopol SKA Kyiv
1979 Kolos Nikopol SKA Kyiv SKA Lviv
1980 SKA Kyiv Bukovyna Chernivtsi SKA Lviv
1981 Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih Nyva Vinnytsia Avanhard Rivne
1982 Bukovyna Chernivtsi Desna Chernihiv Kolos Pavlohrad
1983 SKA Kyiv Kolos Pavlohrad Nyva Vinnytsia
1984 Nyva Vinnytsia Kolos Pavlohrad Sudnobudivelnyk Mykolaiv
1985 Tavriya Simferopol Nyva Vinnytsia Sudnobudivelnyk Mykolaiv
1986 Zoria Voroshylovhrad Tavriya Simferopol SKA Kyiv
1987 Tavriya Simferopol Nyva Ternopil Prykarpattia Ivano-Frankivsk
1988 Bukovyna Chernivtsi Vorskla Poltava SKA Kyiv
1989[1][2] Volyn Lutsk Bukovyna Chernivtsi Nyva Ternopil
1990 Buffer Bukovyna Chernivtsi Daugava Riga Karpaty Lviv
Lower Torpedo Zaporizhia Sudnobudivelnyk Mykolaiv Avanhard Rivne
1991 Buffer Karpaty Lviv Zorya Luhansk Dynamo Ganca
Lower Naftovyk Okhtyrka Prykarpattia Ivano-Frankivsk Kolos Nikopol

Vyshcha Liha

SeasonChampionRunner-up3rd PositionTop GoalscorerRank
1992 Tavriya Simferopol Dynamo Kyiv Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk Ukraine Yuri Hudymenko (Tavriya Simferopol, 12 goals) N/A[3]
1992–93 Dynamo Kyiv Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk Chornomorets Odessa Ukraine Serhiy Husyev (Chornomorets Odessa, 17 goals) 28/39
1993–94 Dynamo Kyiv Shakhtar Donetsk Chornomorets Odessa Ukraine Timerlan Huseinov (Chornomorets Odessa, 18 goals) 24/44
1994–95 Dynamo Kyiv Chornomorets Odessa Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk Tajikistan Arsen Avakov (Torpedo Zaporizhzhya, 21 goals) 24/47
1995–96 Dynamo Kyiv Chornomorets Odessa Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk Ukraine Timerlan Huseinov (Chornomorets Odessa, 20 goals) 19/48
1996–97 Dynamo Kyiv Shakhtar Donetsk Vorskla Poltava Ukraine Oleh Matveyev (Shakhtar Donetsk, 21 goals) 22/48
1997–98 Dynamo Kyiv Shakhtar Donetsk Karpaty Lviv Ukraine Serhiy Rebrov (Dynamo Kyiv, 22 goals) 17/49
1998–99 Dynamo Kyiv Shakhtar Donetsk Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih Ukraine Andriy Shevchenko (Dynamo Kyiv, 18 goals) 15/50
1999–00 Dynamo Kyiv Shakhtar Donetsk Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih Uzbekistan Maksim Shatskikh (Dynamo Kyiv, 20 goals) 12/50
2000–01 Dynamo Kyiv Shakhtar Donetsk Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk Ukraine Andriy Vorobei (Shakhtar Donetsk, 21 goals) 13/51
2001–02 Shakhtar Donetsk Dynamo Kyiv Metalurh Donetsk Ukraine Serhiy Shyschenko (Metalurh Donetsk, 12 goals) 13/51
2002–03 Dynamo Kyiv Shakhtar Donetsk Metalurh Donetsk Uzbekistan Maksim Shatskikh (Dynamo Kyiv, 22 goals) 14/52
2003–04 Dynamo Kyiv Shakhtar Donetsk Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk Georgia (country) Georgi Demetradze (Metalurh Donetsk, 18 goals) 14/52
2004–05 Shakhtar Donetsk Dynamo Kyiv Metalurh Donetsk Ukraine Oleksandr Kosyrin (Chornomorets Odessa, 14 goals) 15/52
2005–06 Shakhtar Donetsk Dynamo Kyiv Chornomorets Odessa Brazil Brandão (Shakhtar Donetsk, 15 goals)
Nigeria Emmanuel Okoduwa (Arsenal Kyiv, 15 goals)
13/52
2006–07 Dynamo Kyiv Shakhtar Donetsk Metalist Kharkiv Ukraine Oleksandr Hladky (FC Kharkiv, 13 goals) 11/52
2007–08 Shakhtar Donetsk Dynamo Kyiv Metalist Kharkiv (bronze stripped) Serbia Marko Dević (Metalist Kharkiv, 19 goals) 12/53

Premier League

SeasonChampionRunner-up3rd PositionTop GoalscorerRank
2008–09 Dynamo Kyiv Shakhtar Donetsk Metalist Kharkiv Ukraine Oleksandr Kovpak (Tavriya Simferopol, 17 goals) 7/53
2009–10 Shakhtar Donetsk Dynamo Kyiv Metalist Kharkiv Ukraine Artem Milevsky (Dynamo Kyiv, 17 goals) 7/53
2010–11 Shakhtar Donetsk Dynamo Kyiv Metalist Kharkiv Ukraine Yevhen Seleznyov (Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk, 17 goals) 8/53
2011–12 Shakhtar Donetsk Dynamo Kyiv Metalist Kharkiv Ukraine Yevhen Seleznyov (Shakhtar Donetsk, 14 goals)
Brazil Maicon (Volyn Lutsk, 14 goals)
9/53
2012–13 Shakhtar Donetsk Metalist Kharkiv Dynamo Kyiv Armenia Henrikh Mkhitaryan (Shakhtar Donetsk, 25 goals) 7/53
2013–14 Shakhtar Donetsk Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk Metalist Kharkiv Brazil Luiz Adriano (Shakhtar Donetsk, 20 goals) 9/53
2014–15 Dynamo Kyiv Shakhtar Donetsk Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk Brazil Alex Teixeira (Shakhtar Donetsk, 17 goals)
Romania Eric Bicfalvi (Volyn Lutsk, 17 goals)
8/54
2015–16 Dynamo Kyiv Shakhtar Donetsk Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk Brazil Alex Teixeira (Shakhtar Donetsk, 22 goals) 8/54
2016–17 Shakhtar Donetsk Dynamo Kyiv Zorya Luhansk Ukraine Andriy Yarmolenko (Dynamo Kyiv, 15 goals) 8/55
2017–18 Shakhtar Donetsk Dynamo Kyiv Vorskla Poltava Argentina Facundo Ferreyra (Shakhtar Donetsk, 21 goal) 8/55

Note: the Rank column shows the ranking of the league amongst members of UEFA.

Performance by club

Performance by club since 1992.

Club Winners Runners-up Third Place Winning Years
Dynamo Kyiv 15 10 1 1992–93, 1993–94, 1994–95, 1995–96, 1996–97, 1997–98, 1998–99, 1999–2000, 2000–01, 2002–03, 2003–04, 2006–07, 2008–09, 2014–15, 2015–16
Shakhtar Donetsk 11 12 2001–02, 2004–05, 2005–06, 2007–08, 2009–10, 2010–11, 2011–12, 2012–13, 2013–14, 2016–17, 2017–18
Tavriya Simferopol 1 1992
Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk 2 7
Chornomorets Odesa 2 3
Metalist Kharkiv 1 6
Metalurh Donetsk 3
Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih 2
Vorskla Poltava 2
Karpaty Lviv 1
Zorya Luhansk 1
Total272726
  • Note: Defunct teams marked in Italics.

Ukrainian clubs in the Soviet competitions

Ukrainian medalists of the Soviet Top League

Club Winners Runners-up 3rd place Years Won
Dynamo Kyiv 13 11 3 1961, 1966, 1967, 1968, 1971, 1974, 1975, 1977, 1980, 1981, 1985, 1986, 1990
Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk 2 2 2 1983, 1988
Zorya Voroshilovgrad 1 1972
Shakhtar Donetsk 2 2
Chornomorets Odesa 1

All-time table of Ukrainian clubs in the Soviet Top League

List of records of Ukrainian clubs in Soviet Top League.

Rank Team Seasons First year Last year P W D L GF GA Pts 1st 2nd 3rd Other names used
1FC Dynamo Kyiv5419361991148368145634623061566181013113
2FC Shakhtar Donetsk4419381991128843437947515221641124122Stakhanovets Stalino
3FC Chornomorets Odesa24196519917382442172777778846991
4FC Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk1919721991554227154173729634604222
5FC Metalist Kharkiv1419601991438133124181413530390Avanhard Kharkiv
6FC Zorya Luhansk14196719794121251351524164693771Zorya Voroshylovhrad
7FC Karpaty Lviv919711980244688591250301218
8FC Lokomotyv Kharkiv4194919543423574711217691
9FC Dynamo Odesa219381939511613226410245
10SKA Odessa21965196668419453812127
11FC Metalurh Zaporizhya11991309714273825
12FC Tavriya Simferopol11981348719275423
13FC Silmash Kharkiv11938258611344522
14FC Lokomotyv Kyiv11938258512436421
15FC Spartak Kharkiv11938255713436317

Ukrainian medalists of the Soviet First League

Club Winners Runners-up 3rd place Years Won
Chornomorets Odesa 3 1 3 1961, 1973, 1987
Karpaty Lviv 2 1 1970, 1979
Lokomotyv Kharkiv 2 1 1948, 1952
Zorya Luhansk 2 1962*, 1966
Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk 1 2 1 1971
Shakhtar Donetsk 1 1 1 1954
Tavriya Simferopol 1 2 1980
Metalist Kharkiv 1 2 1981
Metalurh Zaporizhia 1 2 1960
Lokomotyv Vinnytsia 1 1 1959

All-tilme table of Ukrainian clubs in the Soviet First League

List of records of Ukrainian clubs in Soviet First League.[4]

Rank Team Seasons First year Last year P W D L GF GA Pts 1st 2nd 3rd Other names used
1FC Metalurh Zaporizhia4019471990147156440650119181690153412
2FC Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk261939198087337822327212261055979121Stal Dnipropetrovsk
3SC Tavriya Simferopol23195819918903432403071162104392612
4SKA Karpaty Lviv231949198981334420226710589188902SKA Lviv
5FC Chornomorets Odesa22194019737033431641961132771850313Pishchevik Odesa
6FC Metalist Kharkiv211947198177231621124591378484312Avanhard Kharkiv
7FC Zorya Voroshylovhrad18193919877102831902379478447562Trudovi Rezervy Luhansk
8SKA Kiev1919471982599244155200839681643
9SKA Odessa1419581982547227152168699551606
10FC Prykarpattia Ivano-Frankivsk1619561981596206139251694840551Spartak Ivano-Frankivsk
11FC Karpaty Lviv1219631981451206121124629422533
12FC Sudnobudivnyk Mykolaiv1519391968495175152168598612502
13FC Kolos Nikopol91962198742417097157560527437
14FC Nyva Vinnytsia91958196835814511697461350406Lokomotyv Vinnytsia
15FC Zakarpattia Uzhhorod1319471962384133114137498460380Hoverla Uzhhorod
16FC Zirka Kirovohrad8195819683121278897418330342
17FC Krystal Kherson91947196831610091125389439291
18SKChF Sevastopol9195419683009778125373402272
19FC Kolos Poltava7195719682809183106308335265
20FC Polissya Zhytomyr519591968210935364284202239
21FC Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih8195919772977779141326453233
22FC Lokomotyv Kharkiv719451955178934540334176231
23FC Shakhtar Stakhanov8194819622867973134286410231
24FC Shakhtar Donetsk719591968163944128324134229
25FC Bukovyna Chernivtsi619491991218815780266279219
26FC Novator Zhdanov519601969193616567193218187
27FC Avanhard Zhovti Vody519601968189586863181193184
28FC Lokomotyv Donetsk519581962162694350254227181
29FC Khimik Severodonetsk519601969193605281193246172
30SC Prometei Dniprodzerzhynsk619571962198495693192295154
31FC Avanhard Rivne519581962158564062246262152
32FC Dnipro Cherkasy519581962158495455160186152
33FC Avanhard Ternopil519591969170514970177233151Budivelnyk Ternopil
34FC Arsenal Kyiv419591962128494138191141139Temp Kiev
35FC Avanhard Kramatorsk519481962154493768191250135
36FC Desna Chernihiv419601969142404854156212128
37FC Shakhtar Horlivka419591962132403854156202118
38FC Podillya Khmelnytskyi419601969142374362144203117
39FC Torpedo Kharkiv419491962140374261157230116
40FC Spartak Lviv3194719497841152215311297
41FC Frunzenets Sumy31960196210623414211315487
42FC Bilshovyk Mukacheve21948194951317131086069
43FC Naftovyk Drohobych3196019621002224549818268
44FC Volyn Lutsk3196019621002025559716365
45FC Dynamo Kharkiv31936194055231319907759
46FC Lokomotyv Kyiv2193919404822620736750
47FC Dynamo Voroshylovhrad319471949721419399716047
48FC Silmash Kharkiv319361940551610298510242
49FC Dnipro Kremenchuk119684591521285033
50FC Shakhtar Oleksandriya1196234101014344530
51FC Spartak Kyiv119493411815435730
52FC Spartak Kharkiv11939228113354517
53FC Dynamo Dnipropetrovsk1193672147145

See also

Notes

  1. Ukrainian SSR was not recognized until 1945.

References and notes

  1. Two other teams were participating in another group: FC Karpaty Lviv and FC Desna Chernihiv. Karpaty placed third in that group.
  2. The first nine (9) teams from each group were to form the three (3) buffer groups as a medium between the First League and the Second League.
  3. part of Soviet Union
  4. http://wildstat.ru/p/2092/cht/23/stat/summary
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