The 17th season of the Ukrainian Premier League, which started on August 3, 2024, continues in Ukraine and is already the 34th draw of the Higher Football Division since independence. The competition is attended by 16 teams that play two circles - everyone with every home and on the departure.
The current champion-Shakhtar Donetsk, which received its 15th title last season. Dynamo (Kyiv) completed that championship with the second, and for the first time in many years he won the Kryvbas from Kryvyi Rih for the first time in many years.
In the 2024/25 season there was a noticeable change-the Dnipro-1 team starred from the competition, and its place in the UPL was occupied by the Left Bank Club (Kiev), which won the special tournament of four. There were also Minaj, Metalist 1925 and Epicenter.
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Dynamo (Kyiv) - 67 points
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Alexandria (Alexandria) - 63
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Shakhtar (Donetsk) - 57
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Kryvbas (Kryvyi Rih) - 43
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Polesie (Zhytomyr) - 43
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Carpathians (Lviv) - 43
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Dawn (Lugansk) - 36
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Heather (Rivne) - 35
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Movement (Lviv) - 34
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Colossus (Kovalivka) - 29
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LNZ (Cherkasy) - 28
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Obolon (Kyiv) - 25
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Vorskla (Poltava) - 25
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Left Bank (Kyiv) - 23
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Ingulets (Petrove) - 20
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Chernomorets (Odesa) - 18
Three clubs-"Kryvbas", "Polesie" and "Carpathians"-are fighting for the fourth place, which, under certain conditions, can give a ticket to the European Cups, if the winner of the Cup of Ukraine is already finishing in the top 3.
According to the results of the season:
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The champion of Ukraine will get to the second qualification round of the Champions League.
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Silver and bronze medalists will play in the second round of the League of Conferences.
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If the Cup of Ukraine wins one of the winners of the championship, then the fourth team will receive a European Cup ticket.
The last two teams in the table (15 and 16th places) automatically fly into the first league. Teams that have taken 13 and 14th places will play a playoffs with 3 and 4 teams of the First League for the right to stay in UPL.
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More points in personal meetings;
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The best difference in the balls in these matches;
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More scored balls in these matches;
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The total difference of scored and missed;
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More in general goals.
The finish of the season is scheduled for May 24, 2025, and by that time the intrigue is stored in both the upper and lower part of the table.