2025-26 PariMatch Premier League

On 4 June, the UPL board and the representitives of the 18 clubs competing for the 2025/26 met at the House of Football in Kyiv to discuss the plans for the 2025/26 season. The first order of business was to confirm the reset of the Ukrainian Premier Lea...

David de Gea joined Karpaty Lviv at the beginning of the 2024/25 campaign on a 1-year deal initially, which was to expire at the end of this month. After Karpaty being silent about the situation for so long, they've announced today that de Gea has agreed a...

Shakhtar Donetsk continue to look in the market for players as they prepare for their 2025 FIFA Club World Cup campaign have signed a former player of the club, Willian. Willian played for Shakhtar Donetsk from 2007 to 2013 and scored a total of 26 goals a...

Newly promoted debutants Epicenter play at Tonkocheyev Stadium, which doesn't meet the Ukrainian Premier League requirements. The stadium holds a capacity of 8,000, which is 2,000 less than the minimum capacity requirement of 10,000. Furthermore, the stadi...

On June 1, the UAF confirmed the official schedule for the Ukrainian Premier League, where they confirmed each matchday's main date and announced the official timings of the winter break. We have already known for a while that the Ukrainian Premier League...

It hasn't taken long for the newly promoted sides to start their business in the transfer window. And Volyn Lutsk have successfully made a move for Brazillian left winger Taison after signing him from PAOK for a total of £4m transfer sum and £2m in addons,...

Dynamo Kyiv have confirmed their replacement for ex-star Andriy Yarmolenko, who will be leaving the club after his final testominal game against Obolon Kyiv on 6 July 2025. And it is no other than Artem Dovbyk, a huge name. Initially a race between Dynam...

Shakhtar Donetsk made their first summer signing of the 2025/26 season ahead of their 2025 FIFA Club World Cup campaign and signed Ukrainian star left back Oleksandr Zinchenko from Arsenal. The fee was confirmed to be £20.5m and £2.5m in add-ons, making a ...

Now we know all 18 teams that are competing in the top flight of Ukraine in 2025-26, the next event to happen is the release of the fixtures. Well, we have that answer to your question! The fixtures for the 2025-26 PariMatch Premier League season will be ...

For the 2025-26 season, SEVEN, yes SEVEN teams will be representing Ukraine in the 2025-26 European competitions. In the UEFA Champions League - Dynamo Kyiv, Oleksandryia and Shakhtar Donetsk all qualified directly to the league phase of the competition an...

Following Epicenter's 1-0 victory over Metalist Kharkiv in the Ukrainian First League play-off final, we now know all the 18 teams participating in the top flight of Ukrainian football next season, and it sure will be an interesting one! Dynamo Kyiv going...

On Saturday 31 May at 18:00 EET at the NSC Olimpisky, Epicenter and Metalist Kharkiv will play each other in the 2025 Ukrainian First League play-off final. The winner gets the golden ticket and final place in the 2025/26 Ukrainian Premier League season. ...

Ukraine jumped up from France during the 2023/24 campaign, where Ukraine gained 2 points more than France (rounded to nearest interger) and this season they have maintained it as they gained a total of 23.036 points for the 2024/25 campaign compared to Fra...

After the withdrawal of Tavryia in 2014, it felt like the club would never return to the top flight of Ukrainian football as it entered Crimean competitions. However, since 2016-17, Tavryia have returned to Ukrainian competitions!

Read how Volyn Lutsk achieved promotion and broke several records in the Ukrainian First League to return to the top flight for the first time in nine years.

The dates for the upcoming season of the Ukrainian Premier League having been confirmed, with a later start but a shortened winter break.