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Ukrainian First League

Association football league in Ukraine

Field	Value
logo	Ukrainian First League logo.png
country
founded
teams	16
promotion	Ukrainian Premier League
relegation	Ukrainian Second League
levels	2
domest_cup	Ukrainian Cup
most_champs	3 – Dynamo-2 Kyiv, Hoverla Uzhhorod, Zirka Kropyvnytskyi
top_goalscorer	116 – Vadym Plotnikov and Serhiy Chuichenko (2018)
most_caps	429 – Andriy Tsvik (2014)
sponsor	FavBet (2014–15)
champions	Epitsentr Kamianets-Podilskyi
season	2024–25
current	2025–26 Ukrainian First League
website

The Persha Liha ( ) or Ukrainian First League is a level of national football competitions (second tier) in Ukraine governed by the 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 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 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 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.

The League officially became the top league of the 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 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.

Team	Home city	Stadium	Capacity	Position in
2024–25	First season
in 1L	Seasons
in 1L
Ahrobiznes	Volochysk, Khmelnytskyi Oblast	Yunist	2,700	5th	2018–19	6
Bukovyna	Chernivtsi	Bukovyna	12,076	7th	1994–95	15
Chernihiv	Chernihiv	Chernihiv Arena	500	2L	2022–23	2
Chornomorets	Odesa	Chornomorets	34,164	PL	1998–99	6
Feniks-Mariupol	Lviv	SKIF	3,742	13th	2022–23	3
Inhulets	Petrove, Kirovohrad Oblast	Inhulets	1,720	PL	2016–17	5
Livyi Bereh	Kyiv	Arena Livyi Bereh (Hnidyn)	4,700	PL	2023–24	1
Metalist	Kharkiv	Avanhard (Uzhhorod)	10,383	6th	1994–95	8
Metalurh	Zaporizhia	Slavutych Arena	11,883	14th	2019–20	4
Nyva Ternopil	Ternopil	Misky imeni Shukhevycha	15,150	11th	2001–02	10
Podillya	Khmelnytskyi	Podillya	6,800	15th	1992	10
Probiy	Horodenka, Ivano-Frankivsk	Probiy Arena	2,500	2L	2025–26	debut
Prykarpattia	Ivano-Frankivsk	Rukh	6,500	10th	2018–19	7
UCSA	Tarasivka, Kyiv Oblast	imeni Bannikova (Kyiv)	1,678	8th	2024–25	1
Viktoriya	Sumy	Kolos (Boryspil)	5,400	9th	2023–24	2
Vorskla	Poltava	Vorskla	24,795	PL	1992	5

Location map

The following displays the location of teams.

Format of competition

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.

Season	92/93	93/94	94/95	95/96	96/97	97/98	98/99	99/00	00/01	01/02	02/03	03/04	04/05	05/06	06/07	07/08	08/09	09/10	League
Premier League	P	2	2	2	2	1	2	2	2	1	2	3	2	2	2	2	2	2	2
R	6		2	2	3	2	2	1	3	2	1	1	1	2	2	2	2	2
Second League	P		2	4	2	3	2	2	3	3	3	5	2	3	4	4	4	2	3
R	10	2	2	2	3x	4	4*	5*	5*	3	3	1x	2	4*	2x	4x	4	3x

Season	10/11	11/12	12/13	13/14	14/15	15/16	16/17	17/18	18/19	19/20	20/21	21/22
Premier League	P	2	2	2	1	1	2	1	2	2	2	3
R	2	2	2			1		1	2	1
Second League	P	3	2	3	3	4	3*	6	4	4	4	6
R	3*	2*	3x	4*	3*	2*	3x	3	5*	3x	3

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.

Season	Group	Winner	Runner-up	Third place	No. of teams
1992	A	Veres Rivne	Pryladyst Mukacheve	Polihraftekhnika Oleksandria	2 groups
14 each
B	Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih	Metalurh Nikopol	Artania Ochakiv
1992–93	Nyva Vinnytsia	Temp Shepetivka	Naftovyk Okhtyrka	22
1993–94	Prykarpattya Ivano-Frankivsk	Evis Mykolaiv	Polihraftekhnika Oleksandria	20
1994–95	Zirka-NIBAS Kirovohrad	CSKA-Borysfen Boryspil	Metalurh Nikopol	22
1995–96	Vorskla Poltava	Bukovyna Chernivtsi	Stal Alchevsk	22
1996–97	Metalurh Donetsk	Dynamo-2 Kyiv	Metalurh Mariupol	24
1997–98	SC Mykolaiv	Dynamo-2 Kyiv	Metalist Kharkiv	22
1998–99	Dynamo-2 Kyiv	Chornomorets Odesa	Torpedo Zaporizhia	20
1999–00	Dynamo-2 Kyiv	Stal Alchevsk	FC Cherkasy	18
2000–01	Dynamo-2 Kyiv	Zakarpattia Uzhhorod	Polihraftekhnika Oleksandria	18
2001–02	SC Volyn-1 Lutsk	Chornomorets Odesa	Obolon Kyiv	18
2002–03	Zirka Kirovohrad	Borysfen Boryspil	Dynamo-2 Kyiv	18
2003–04	Zakarpattia Uzhhorod	Metalist Kharkiv	Naftovyk Okhtyrka	18
2004–05	Stal Alchevsk	Arsenal Kharkiv	Zorya Luhansk	18
2005–06	Zorya Luhansk	Karpaty Lviv	Obolon Kyiv	18
2006–07	Naftovyk-Ukrnafta Okhtyrka	Zakarpattia Uzhhorod	Obolon Kyiv	20
2007–08	Illichivets Mariupol	FC Lviv	Obolon Kyiv	20
2008–09	Zakarpattia Uzhhorod	Obolon Kyiv	PFC Oleksandria	18
2009–10	PFC Sevastopol	Volyn Lutsk	Stal Alchevsk	18
2010–11	PFC Oleksandria	Chornomorets Odesa	Stal Alchevsk	18
2011–12	Hoverla-Zakarpattia Uzhhorod	Metalurh Zaporizhya	FC Sevastopol	18
2012–13	FC Sevastopol	Stal Alchevsk	PFC Oleksandria	18
2013–14	FC Olimpik Donetsk	PFC Oleksandria	Stal Alchevsk	16
2014–15	FC Oleksandriya	Stal Dniprodzerzhynsk	Hirnyk-Sport Komsomolsk	16
2015–16	Zirka Kirovohrad	Cherkaskyi Dnipro	Obolon-Brovar Kyiv	16
2016–17	Illichivets Mariupol	Desna Chernihiv	Veres Rivne	18
2017–18	Arsenal Kyiv	FC Poltava	Desna Chernihiv	18
2018–19	SC Dnipro-1	Kolos Kovalivka	Volyn Lutsk	16
2019–20	FC Mynai	Rukh Lviv	Inhulets Petrove	16
2020–21	Veres Rivne	Chornomorets Odesa	Metalist 1925 Kharkiv	16
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2022–23	Polissia Zhytomyr	Obolon Kyiv	LNZ Cherkasy	2 groups
8 each
2023–24	Inhulets Petrove	Karpaty Lviv	Livyi Bereh Kyiv	2 groups
10 each
2024–25	Epitsentr Kamianets-Podilskyi	SC Poltava	Metalist 1925 Kharkiv	2 groups
9 each
2025–26				16

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

Season	First League team	Score	Second League team	Place
1997–98	Four-team single round-robin tournament
2010–11	Enerhetyk Burshtyn	2–0	PFC Sumy	in Uman
2011–12	MFC Mykolaiv	4–3	Avanhard Kramatorsk	in Khmelnytskyi
2012–13	FC Odesa	0–2, 1–4	Nyva Ternopil	home/away
Dynamo-2 Kyiv	1–1, 1–0	Shakhtar Sverdlovsk
2014–15	MFC Mykolaiv	0–0, 1–0	Kremin Kremenchuk	home/away
2015–16	FC Ternopil	cancelled	Bukovyna Chernivtsi	home/away
2016–17	PFC Sumy	2–0, 1–1	Balkany Zoria	home/away
2018–19	PFC Sumy	0–4, 1–3	FC Cherkashchyna-Akademiya	home/away
Ahrobiznes Volochysk	0–1, 4–0	Metalurh Zaporizhia
2019–20	Metalurh Zaporizhia	0–2, 0–1	Alians Lypova Dolyna	home/away
Cherkashchyna Cherkasy	1–1, 0–2	Veres Rivne
In 2021–2022 play-offs were not held due to the expansion of the Ukrainian Premier League and later the Russian invasion of Ukraine
2022–23	FSC Mariupol	0–1, 1–1	FC Khust	home/away
2023–24	FC Khust	1–1, 0–1	PFC Zviahel	home/away
Metalurh Zaporizhia	0–4, 1–3	UCSA Tarasivka
2024–25	Metalurh Zaporizhia	0–2, 0–3	FC Chernihiv	home/away
Podillya Khmelnytskyi	1–0, 2–0	Kolos-2 Kovalivka

Statistics

Performance by club

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

Notes:

‡ – indicates a phoenix club of the original

League winners by region

Number	Region	Winners
6	Kirovohrad Oblast	Zirka Kropyvnytskyi (3), FC Oleksandriya (2), Inhulets Petrove
4	Donetsk Oblast	Illichivets Mariupol (2), Metalurh Donetsk, Olimpik Donetsk
4	Kyiv	Dynamo-2 Kyiv (3), Arsenal Kyiv
4	Zakarpattia Oblast	Hoverla Uzhhorod (3), FC Mynai (1)
2	Sevastopol	FC Sevastopol (2)
2	Luhansk Oblast	Stal Alchevsk, Zorya Luhansk
2	Dnipropetrovsk Oblast	Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih, SC Dnipro-1
2	Rivne Oblast	Veres Rivne (2)
1	Ivano-Frankivsk Oblast	Prykarpattia Ivano-Frankivsk
1	Mykolaiv Oblast	Mykolaiv
1	Poltava Oblast	Vorskla Poltava
1	Sumy Oblast	Naftovyk-Ukrnafta Okhtyrka
1	Vinnytsia Oblast	Nyva Vinnytsia
1	Volyn Oblast	Volyn Lutsk
1	Zhytomyr Oblast	Polissya Zhytomyr
1	Khmelnytskyi Oblast	Epitsentr Kamianets-Podilskyi
0	Kharkiv Oblast	Metalist Kharkiv (war season)

All-time table

Top-20. All figures are correct through the 2022–23 season. Club status is current of the 2023–24 season:

	Club is defunct

PL	Team	Seasons	GP	W	D	L	GS	GA	Pts	Achievement	Prom	First
1	Dynamo-2 Kyiv	25	888	403	219	266	1312	882		–	1992	2015–16
2	Naftovyk-Ukrnafta Okhtyrka	24	856	378	201	277	1131	891		1	1992–93	2017–18
3	Stal Alchevsk	21	752	361	155	236	1082	786		2	1992	2014–15
4	Mykolaiv	22	763	309	174	280	944	858		2	1992–93	2020–21
5	Oleksandriya	18	652	312	164	176	903	595		3	1992	2014–15
6	Hoverla Uzhhorod	15	550	246	107	197	678	666		5	1992	2011–12
7	Volyn Lutsk	15	509	242	91	176	712	575		2	1996–97	2021–22
8	Obolon Kyiv	15	469	213	102	154	608	469		3	1999–00	2022–23
9	Desna Chernihiv	14	484	189	112	183	581	536		1	1992	2017–18
10	Polissya Zhytomyr	15	513	187	107	219	562	645		1	1992	2022–23
11	Elektrometalurh-NZF Nikopol	11	418	183	71	164	498	506		–	1992	2001–02
12	Bukovyna Chernivtsi	12	464	167	101	196	506	566		–	1994–95	2022–23
13	Helios Kharkiv (Kobra)	13	437	162	116	159	449	471	4th	–	2005–06	2017–18
14	Zirka Kropyvnytskyi	12	398	167	94	137	486	412		3	1994–95	2018–19
15	Nyva Vinnytsia	11	394	157	98	139	441	405		1	1992–93	2011–12
16	CSKA Kyiv	13	464	153	88	223	433	586	5th	–	1992	2007–08
17	Dnipro Cherkasy	11	416	148	86	182	459	540		–	1992	2007–08
18	Spartak Sumy	11	372	129	77	166	400	475	9th	–	1995–96	2006–07
19	Spartak Ivano-Frankivsk	9	320	128	76	116	369	348		1	1992–93	2006–07
20	Krymteplytsia Molodizhne	8	276	121	68	87	353	294	4th	–	2005–06	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, Polihraftekhnika Oleksandriya), Oleh Hrytsai (2 times, FC Cherkasy), Oleksandr Aliyev (2 times, Dynamo-2 Kyiv), Matviy Bobal (2 times, Ihroservis Simferopol), Oleksandr Akymenko (2 times, Stal A. / Inhulets), Stanislav Kulish (2 times, Stal D. / Dnipro-1). Once among top scorers became a foreign player during the 2021–22 war season, Matheus Peixoto (Brazil, playing for Metalist Kharkiv).

Players in bold are still playing in First League
Data as of 4 December 2023

Players in bold are still playing in First League
Data accurate as of 3 December 2023

Managers

Coaches in bold are still active in the League
Data as of 23 December 2023

Season	Winning manager	Club
1992		Veres Rivne
	Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih
1992–93		Nyva Vinnytsia
1993–94		Prykarpattia
1994–95		Zirka-NIBAS Kirovohrad
1995–96		Vorskla Poltava
1996–97		Metalurh Donetsk
1997–98		SC Mykolaiv
1998–99	(2)	Dynamo-2 Kyiv
1999–00
2000–01
2001–02		Volyn-1 Lutsk
2002–03		Zirka Kirovohrad
2003–04		Zakarpattia Uzhhorod
2004–05		Stal Alchevsk
2005–06	(2)	Zorya Luhansk
2006–07		Naftovyk-Ukrnafta Okhtyrka
2007–08	(2)	Illichivets Mariupol

Season	Winning manager	Club
2008–09		Zakarpattia Uzhhorod
2009–10		PFC Sevastopol
2010–11		PFC Oleksandriya
2011–12		Hoverla-Zakarpattia Uzhhorod
2012–13		PFC Sevastopol
2013–14		Olimpik Donetsk
2014–15	(2)	FC Oleksandriya
2015–16		Zirka Kirovohrad
2016–17	(2)	Illichivets Mariupol
2017–18		Arsenal Kyiv
2018–19		SC Dnipro-1
2019–20		FC Mynai
2020–21		Veres Rivne
2021–22		Metalist Kharkiv
2022–23		Polissia Zhytomyr
2023–24		Inhulets Petrove
2024–25		Epitsentr Kamianets-Podilskyi

No manager has won the league more than two times. With 2 league titles there are Valeriy Zuyev (both Dynamo-2 Kyiv), Oleksandr Ishchenko (Zirka and Illichivets), Yuriy Koval (Zirka and Zorya), Oleksandr Sevidov (Hoverla and Illichivets), Volodymyr Sharan (both Oleksandriya).

Season	Nationality	Winning manager	Club	Ref
2017			Desna Chernihiv
2018			Kolos Kovalivka
2019			Obolon Kyiv
2020			Ahrobiznes Volochysk
2021			Veres Rivne

Stadiums

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 Stadium in Kharkiv, Dnipro-Arena in Dnipro, Ukraina Stadium in Lviv, Yuvileiny Stadium in Sumy and 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 – 20,000) are Central Stadium in Mykolaiv, Dynamo Stadium in Kyiv, Avanhard Stadium in Lutsk, Chernihiv Stadium in Chernihiv and Central Stadium in Cherkasy.

Attendance

Most attended games in the league (1992-2017) recorded at Yuvileiny Stadium (Sumy).

#	Season	Attendance	Home team	Score	Visiting team	Stadium
1	2002–03	29,300	Spartak Sumy	1:0	Naftovyk Okhtyrka	Yuvileiny Stadium
2	1997–98	27,000	Mykolaiv	1:0	Dynamo-2 Kyiv	Tsentralnyi Stadion
3	2002–03	25,200	Spartak Sumy	2:1	Shakhtar-2 Donetsk	Yuvileiny Stadium
4	2002–03	23,000	Spartak Sumy	1:0	Zirka Kropyvnytskyi	Yuvileiny Stadium
5	2018–19	22,362	Metalist 1925 Kharkiv	1:2	Dnipro-1	OSC Metalist
6	2005–06	21,000	Zorya Luhansk	1:0	Karpaty Lviv	Avanhard Stadium

The most attended seasons were in the beginning of the 1990s and the beginning of the 2000s.

Notes

References

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