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
(2016–17)
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

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 9 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 10 12 – 2001–02, 2004–05, 2005–06, 2007–08, 2009–10, 2010–11, 2011–12, 2012–13, 2013–14, 2016–17
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 – – 1
Karpaty Lviv – – 1
Zorya Luhansk – – 1

Ukrainian clubs in the Soviet championship

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

Number of Ukrainian clubs has won the Soviet First League (or its predecessors) among which are FC Chornomorets Odesa (3), FC Karpaty Lviv (2), FC Lokomotyv Kharkiv (2), FC Zorya Luhansk (2), FC Dnipro (1), FC Shakhtar Donetsk (1), SC Tavriya Simferopol (1), FC Metalist Kharkiv (1), FC Metalurh Zaporizhia (1), FC Lokomotyv Vinnytsia (1).

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
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