2018–19 Ukrainian Premier League

Ukrainian Premier League
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Season 2018–19
Dates 21 July 2018 – 30 May 2019
(winter break 9 December 2018 – 16 February 2019)
Champions Shakhtar Donetsk
12th title
Relegated Arsenal–Kyiv
Chornomorets Odesea
Champions League Shakhtar Donetsk
Dynamo Kyiv
Europa League FC Oleksandriya
FC Mariupol
Zorya Luhansk
Matches played 192
Goals scored 474 (2.47 per match)
Top goalscorer 19 – Júnior Moraes (Shakhtar)
Biggest home win 5:0 – (Dynamo-Zorya, Shakhtar-Karpaty, Shakhtar-Lviv)
Biggest away win 0:5 – (Arsenal-Zorya, Chornomorets-Karpaty)
1:6 – (Karpaty-Shakhtar)
Highest scoring 2:5 – (Olimpik-Shakhtar)
1:6 – (Karpaty-Shakhtar)
Longest winning run 8 – (Dynamo)
Longest unbeaten run 29 – (Shakhtar)
Longest winless run 12 – (Olimpik)
Longest losing run 9 – (Chornomorets)
Highest attendance 46,475 – Dynamo–Shakhtar (Round 3)
Lowest attendance 0 – Dynamo–Vorskla (Round 1)
Total attendance 797,940
Average attendance 4156
2019–20 →
All statistics correct as of 15 May 2019.

The 2018–19 Ukrainian Premier League season was the 28th top-level football club competitions since the fall of the Soviet Union and the eleventh since the establishment of the Ukrainian Premier League.

The tournament started on 21 July 2018 with the competition set to end on 25 May 2019. The league took its winter intermission after Round 18 on 8 December 2018 and resumed its competition of the Championship with Round 19 on 16 February 2019. The first stage ended with Round 22 games on 17 March 2019. The draw for the second stage was announced for 5 March 2019.

The defending champion is the 11-times winner Shakhtar Donetsk.

Teams

Shuffled teams

On completion of the 2017–18 Ukrainian Premier League season, Veres Rivne, who had moved their operations to Lviv during the season announced the merging with FC Lviv who competed in the 2017–18 Ukrainian Second League and retain their name. This is the first time of such "swap" that has occurred with a team from the Ukrainian Premier League. Its certification the club passed on 5 June 2018. Along with that the FFU certification committee is consulting with the UEFA in regards of the "clubs swap". On 6 June 2018, it was announced that it is too early speculate composition of the league for the next season as the UEFA will make its final decision by allowing or not participation of FC Lviv. It is possible that some of already relegated clubs might be given a second chance if UEFA will insist on impossibility of the Lviv-Veres team swap. On 12 June 2018, Ukrainian Premier League updated its website removing any mentioning of NK Veres Rivne ever competing in the league and its record being awarded to FC Lviv. Few days later the league recovered the Veres' record. More to the story, in interview to "Tribuna" a head of the FFU Attestation Committee Viktor Bezsmernyi explained that it was Veres that received certificate for the 2018–19 Ukrainian Premier League and then the club changed its name. At same time the old-new president of Veres Khakhlyov demonstrated the club's certificate for the 2018–19 Ukrainian Second League.

Withdrawn teams

  • On 21 June 2018, during the club's conference of FC Poltava, the club's leadership announced that it dissolved the club.

On 22 June 2018, the UPL published an official announcement about situation with FC Poltava, and while shocked with the club's decision the league is confirming that the club is withdrawing and that the league will be seeking its replacement. Following withdrawal of FC Poltava, a crisis has seemed to ripen in the league as there is no other team can replace Poltava due to financing or infrastructure issues. Based on the voting conducted among the UPL members, on 26 June 2018, the league picked FC Chornomorets Odesa for the Poltava's replacement and submitted its selection for approval by the FFU Executive Committee. On 3 July 2018, Chornomorets was officially approved by FFU as 2018–19 Ukrainian Premier League participant.

Location map

The following displays the location of teams.

Stadiums

Three teams play their matches outside of home towns. The minimum threshold for the stadium's capacity in the UPL is 5,000 (Article 10, paragraph 7.2).

The following stadiums are regarded as home grounds:

Rank Stadium Place Club Capacity Notes
1 NSC Olimpiyskiy Kyiv Dynamo Kyiv 70,050
2 OSC Metalist Kharkiv Shakhtar Donetsk 40,003 used as home ground during the season.
3 Arena Lviv Lviv FC Lviv 34,915
4 Chornomorets Stadium Odesa Chornomorets Odesa 34,164
5 Ukraina Stadium Lviv Karpaty Lviv
FC Lviv 		28,051
used in Round 5, home ground since Round 19
6 Vorskla Stadium Poltava Vorskla Poltava 24,795
7 Lobanovsky Dynamo Stadium Kyiv Olimpik Donetsk
Arsenal Kyiv 		16,873 used as home ground during the season.
8 Volodymyr Boiko Stadium Mariupol FC Mariupol 12,680
9 Chernihiv Stadium Chernihiv Desna Chernihiv 12,060
10 Slavutych-Arena Zaporizhzhia Zorya Luhansk 12,000 used as home ground during the season.
11 CSC Nika Stadium Oleksandriya FC Oleksandriya 7,000

Notes:

  1. Originally registering Bannikov Stadium as its main stadium for the season, the club's president Piric informed that at least for next year Arsenal will play at Dynamo Stadium. Bannikov Stadium does not meet all the requirements of UPL.

Personnel and sponsorship

Team President Head coach Captain Kit manufacturer Shirt sponsor
Arsenal Kyiv Ivica Pirić Ihor Leonov Serhiy Vakulenko Zeus Favorite Sport, Vegeta
Chornomorets Odesa Leonid Klimov Angel Chervenkov Serhiy Litovchenko Legea Gefest
Desna Chernihiv Volodymyr Levin Oleksandr Ryabokon Denys Favorov Nike Favorite Sport
Dynamo Kyiv Ihor Surkis Alyaksandr Khatskevich Serhiy Sydorchuk New Balance UEFA
No to racism
Karpaty Lviv Petro Dyminskyi Oleksandr Chyzhevskyi (interim) Artem Fedetskyi Joma Marathonbet, ZIK
FC Lviv Bohdan Kopytko Bohdan Blavatskyi Oleksandr Bandura Legea Glusco
FC Mariupol Tariq Mehmood Chaudhry Oleksandr Babych Rustam Khudzhamov Nike Favorite Sport
FC Oleksandriya Serhiy Kuzmenko Volodymyr Sharan Andriy Zaporozhan Nike UkrAhroKom
Olimpik Donetsk Vladyslav Helzin Ihor Klymovskyi (interim) Dmytro Hryshko Joma Pari-Match
Shakhtar Donetsk Rinat Akhmetov Paulo Fonseca Taison Nike SCM
Vorskla Poltava Roman Cherniak Vitaliy Kosovskyi (interim) Volodymyr Chesnakov adidas Ferrexpo
Zorya Luhansk Yevhen Heller Yuriy Vernydub Mykyta Kamenyuka Nike Favorite Sport

Notes:

  1. The Gefest is a local construction company in Odesa.
  2. The ZIK is a media holding of Petro Dyminskyi.
  3. The Glusco is a regional company of Rosneft in Ukraine owned by Viktor Medvedchuk.

Managerial changes

Team Outgoing manager Manner of departure Date of vacancy Table Incoming manager Date of appointment Table
FC Lviv Andriy Khanas (interim) Club reorganized (in place of NK Veres Rivne) unannounced Pre-season Andriy Demchenko (interim) 8 June 2018 Pre-season
Chornomorets Odesa Kostyantyn Frolov Dismissed (w/o details) 13 June 2018 Angel Chervenkov 13 June 2018
Arsenal Kyiv Serhiy Litovchenko "Laid off" 22 June 2018 Fabrizio Ravanelli 22 June 2018
FC Lviv Andriy Demchenko End of interim 29 June 2018 Gilmar 3 July 2018
Gilmar Resigned 14 August 2018 7th Yuriy Bakalov 16 August 2018 7th
Karpaty Lviv Oleh Boychyshyn Sacked 16 August 2018 8th José Morais 16 August 2018 8th
Arsenal Kyiv Fabrizio Ravanelli Resigned 22 September 2018 12th Vladyslav Humenyuk 22 September 2018 12th
Vladyslav Humenyuk End of interim 1 October 2018 Vyacheslav Hroznyi 1 October 2018
Olimpik Donetsk Roman Sanzhar Mutual consent 3 October 2018 7th Vyacheslav Shevchuk 3 October 2018 7th
Karpaty Lviv José Morais Contract terminated 28 November 2018 10th Oleh Boychyshyn (interim) 28 November 2018 10th
Arsenal Kyiv Vyacheslav Hroznyi Mutual agreement 9 January 2019 12th Ihor Leonov 16 January 2019 12th
Karpaty Lviv Oleh Boychyshyn End of interim 13 January 2019 10th Fabri 13 January 2019 10th
Vorskla Poltava Vasyl Sachko Contract terminated 27 March 2019 7th Vitaliy Kosovskyi (interim) 28 March 2019 7th
FC Lviv Yuriy Bakalov Mutual consent 8 April 2019 6th Taras Hrebenyuk (interim) 8 April 2019 6th
Taras Hrebenyuk End of interim 16 April 2019 5th Bohdan Blavatskyi 16 April 2019 5th
Olimpik Donetsk Vyacheslav Shevchuk Mutual consent 17 April 2019 10th Ihor Klymovskyi (interim) 17 April 2019 10th
Karpaty Lviv Fabri Resigned (heath concerns) 27 May 2019 10th Oleksandr Chyzhevskyi (interim) 27 May 2019 10th
For changes that took place after 30 May 2019 (last round game day), see 2019–20 Ukrainian Premier League

Notes:

  1. On 20 August 2018 in interview to internet newsmedia Footboom Serhiy Litovchenko explained his dismissal from the club pointing out that he still was under contract and will sue the club. On 1 November 2018 the FFU chamber on settling of disagreements fined FC Arsenal-Kyiv and laid a transfer ban onto the club following the case Litovchenko vs FC Arsenal-Kyiv.
  2. On 13 August 2018 the Football Federation of Ukraine informed the club that Gilmar does not have the UEFA PRO license and therefore cannot be the club's head coach (manager).
  3. On 30 November 2018 in interview to Sport Express Hroznyi stated that he does not have a contract with Arsenal, but rather a gentlemen's agreement and expires on 30 November 2018. Soon thereafter FC Arsenal Kyiv made a press-release announcing that Hroznyi's contract is valid until 30 June 2019. Next day Hroznyi explained that the contract actually does exist, but there is the gentlemen's agreement as well and in case of poor financing he will leave club.
  4. Same day he was appointed as a manager of Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors FC, South Korea (twitter at 19:27 of the Seoul's time).

First stage

First stage table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Shakhtar Donetsk 22 18 3 1 52 9 +43 57 Qualification to Championship round
2 Dynamo Kyiv 22 16 2 4 40 11 +29 50
3 FC Oleksandriya 22 12 5 5 31 19 +12 41
4 Zorya Luhansk 22 8 8 6 28 20 +8 32
5 FC Lviv 22 7 9 6 19 20 −1 30
6 FC Mariupol 22 8 6 8 24 33 −9 30
7 Vorskla Poltava 22 9 2 11 18 28 −10 29 Qualification to Relegation round
8 Desna Chernihiv 22 8 4 10 23 24 −1 28
9 Karpaty Lviv 22 5 6 11 26 37 −11 21
10 Olimpik Donetsk 22 4 8 10 25 33 −8 20
11 Chornomorets Odesa 22 4 4 14 12 34 −22 16
12 Arsenal Kyiv 22 3 3 16 12 42 −30 12
Source: Ukrainian Premier League Soccerway
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head points; 3) Head-to-head goal difference; 4) Head-to-head higher number of goals scored; 5) Goal difference; 6) Higher number of goals scored; 7) Draw or "golden match" if tied for title (Article 22, paragraph 3).
Notes:
  1. Teams play each other twice (22 matches), before the league split into two groups (the top six and the bottom six) for the last 10 matches.

First stage results

Teams play each other twice on a home and away basis, before the league split into two groups – the top six and the bottom six.

Home \ Away ARS CHO DES DYN KAR LVI MAR OLK OLD SHA VOR ZOR
Arsenal Kyiv — 1–1 0–2 0–1 1–1 0–2 1–2 0–3 1–3 0–3 2–2 0–5
Chornomorets Odesa 2–1 — 1–0 1–1 0–5 0–1 0–1 0–3 2–1 0–1 0–1 0–3
Desna Chernihiv 1–0 2–0 — 1–2 2–2 0–1 2–0 0–2 0–1 0–2 0–2 0–2
Dynamo Kyiv 4–0 2–0 4–0 — 0–2 0–1 4–0 1–0 1–0 1–0 1–0 5–0
Karpaty Lviv 1–2 1–0 0–2 0–4 — 0–1 1–1 0–2 2–2 1–6 0–1 0–1
FC Lviv 1–0 0–1 1–3 0–1 1–1 — 2–2 2–2 1–1 0–2 0–2 0–0
FC Mariupol 1–0 0–0 1–4 0–2 1–1 2–2 — 1–0 2–1 0–3 1–0 3–2
FC Oleksandriya 1–0 3–2 1–1 2–1 2–1 1–2 1–1 — 1–1 0–2 2–0 1–0
Olimpik Donetsk 0–1 1–0 1–1 1–2 1–2 1–1 1–3 2–3 — 2–5 1–0 1–1
Shakhtar Donetsk 3–0 3–0 1–0 2–1 5–0 0–0 2–0 2–0 2–2 — 4–1 1–1
Vorskla Poltava 0–2 2–1 0–0 0–1 0–4 1–0 2–1 0–1 2–1 0–2 — 2–1
Zorya Luhansk 3–0 1–1 0–2 1–1 2–1 0–0 2–1 0–0 0–0 0–1 3–0 —
Source: UPL calendar (in Ukrainian)
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
For upcoming matches, an "a" indicates there is an article about the rivalry between the two participants.

Notes:

  1. The game Mariupol – Dynamo was postponed to 26 September 2018 due to scheduling.

First stage positions by round

The following table represents the teams position after each round in the competition played chronologically.

Team ╲ Round 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22
Shakhtar Donetsk 3 1 3 3 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
Dynamo Kyiv 6 3 2 2 1 3 3 3 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 3 3 2 2 2 2 2
FC Oleksandriya 2 2 1 1 3 2 2 2 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 2 2 3 3 3 3 3
Zorya Luhansk 5 8 6 4 5 5 4 4 5 5 5 7 8 6 5 7 4 4 4 4 4 4
FC Lviv 1 7 10 7 10 10 10 7 9 8 9 8 5 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 5
FC Mariupol 7 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 8 6 6 5 6 5 7 6 6 7 7 5 5 6
Vorskla Poltava 9 10 9 10 7 8 7 5 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 5 5 6 6 6 7
Desna Chernihiv 11 6 8 9 9 6 9 6 7 9 7 9 7 7 6 5 7 6 5 7 7 8
Karpaty Lviv 12 4 4 8 8 9 8 10 10 10 10 10 10 9 9 10 10 10 9 9 9 9
Olimpik Donetsk 8 9 7 6 6 7 6 9 6 7 8 6 9 10 10 9 9 9 10 10 10 10
Chornomorets Odesa 4 5 5 5 4 4 5 8 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11
Arsenal Kyiv 10 12 12 12 12 12 12 12 12 12 12 12 12 12 12 12 12 12 12 12 12 12
Source:

Championship round

Championship round table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Shakhtar Donetsk (C) 32 26 5 1 73 11 +62 83 Qualification to Champions League group stage
2 Dynamo Kyiv 32 22 6 4 54 18 +36 72 Qualification to Champions League third qualifying round
3 FC Oleksandriya 32 14 7 11 39 34 +5 49 Qualification to Europa League group stage
4 FC Mariupol 32 12 7 13 36 47 −11 43 Qualification to Europa League third qualifying round
5 Zorya Luhansk 32 11 10 11 39 34 +5 43 Qualification to Europa League second qualifying round
6 FC Lviv 32 8 10 14 25 40 −15 34
Source: Ukrainian Premier League (in Ukrainian), UEFA, Soccerway
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head points; 3) Head-to-head goal difference; 4) Head-to-head higher number of goals scored; 5) Goal difference; 6) Higher number of goals scored; 7) Draw or "golden match" if tied for title (Article 22, paragraph 3).
(C) Champions
Notes:
  1. Since the winners of the 2018–19 Ukrainian Cup, Shakhtar Donetsk, qualified for European competition based on league position, the spot awarded to the cup winners (Europa League group stage) was passed to the third-placed team, the spot awarded to the third-placed team (Europa League third qualifying round) was passed to the fourth-placed team, and the spot awarded to the fourth-placed team (Europa League second qualifying round) was passed to the fifth-placed team.
  2. Head to Head: Mariupol – Zorya +3=0-1, advantage Mariupol.

Championship round results

Home \ Away DYN LVI MAR OLK SHA ZOR
Dynamo Kyiv — 2–1 2–1 1–1 0–0 1–1
FC Lviv 0–1 — 2–3 1–2 0–3 0–0
FC Mariupol 0–1 2–0 — 1–1 0–1 3–1
FC Oleksandriya 0–2 0–1 2–1 — 0–1 0–2
Shakhtar Donetsk 1–1 5–0 4–0 2–1 — 3–0
Zorya Luhansk 2–3 2–1 0–1 3–1 0–1 —
Source: UPL calendar (in Ukrainian)
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
For upcoming matches, an "a" indicates there is an article about the rivalry between the two participants.

Championship round positions by round

Team ╲ Round 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32
Shakhtar Donetsk 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
Dynamo Kyiv 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2
FC Oleksandriya 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3
FC Mariupol 4 4 5 5 5 4 4 4 5 4
Zorya Luhansk 5 5 4 4 4 5 5 5 4 5
FC Lviv 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6
Source:

Relegation round

Relegation round table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
7 Vorskla Poltava 32 12 6 14 31 43 −12 42
8 Desna Chernihiv 32 12 5 15 35 41 −6 41
9 Olimpik Donetsk 32 7 13 12 41 48 −7 34
10 Karpaty Lviv (O) 32 8 9 15 44 53 −9 33 Relegation play-offs
11 Chornomorets Odesa (R) 32 8 7 17 31 49 −18 31
12 Arsenal Kyiv (R, X) 32 7 5 20 26 56 −30 26 Relegated and later withdrawn
Source: Ukrainian Premier League (in Ukrainian), UEFA, Soccerway
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head points; 3) Head-to-head goal difference; 4) Head-to-head higher number of goals scored; 5) Goal difference; 6) Higher number of goals scored; 7) Draw or "golden match" if tied for title (Article 22, paragraph 3).
(O) Play-off winners; (R) Relegated; (X) Withdrew

Relegation round results

Home \ Away ARS CHO DES KAR OLD VOR
Arsenal Kyiv — 3–3 2–0 2–3 1–1 1–0
Chornomorets Odesa 1–3 — 3–0 3–1 1–1 1–2
Desna Chernihiv 1–0 2–4 — 2–1 2–1 0–1
Karpaty Lviv 1–2 0–0 2–0 — 3–3 4–0
Olimpik Donetsk 2–0 2–1 0–2 3–2 — 1–1
Vorskla Poltava 2–0 1–2 3–3 1–1 2–2 —
Source: UPL calendar (in Ukrainian)
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
For upcoming matches, an "a" indicates there is an article about the rivalry between the two participants.

Relegation round positions by round

Team ╲ Round 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32
Vorskla Poltava 8 8 8 8 8 8 7 7 7 7
Desna Chernihiv 7 7 7 7 7 7 8 8 8 8
Olimpik Donetsk 10 10 10 9 9 9 9 9 9 9
Karpaty Lviv 9 9 9 10 10 10 10 10 10 10
Chornomorets Odesa 11 12 12 12 12 12 12 12 11 11
Arsenal Kyiv 12 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 12 12
Source:

Relegation play-offs

Teams that placed 10th and 11th in the 2018–19 Ukrainian Premier League play two-leg play-off with the second and third teams of the 2018–19 Ukrainian First League. The draw for play-offs took place on 24 May 2019 and the games will be played on 4 and 8 June 2019.

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Chornomorets Odesa 0 – 2 Kolos Kovalivka 0 – 0 0 – 2
Karpaty Lviv 3 – 1 Volyn Lutsk 0 – 0 3 – 1

First leg

Chornomorets Odesa 0 – 0 Kolos Kovalivka
Report
Attendance: 5,435
Karpaty Lviv 0 – 0 Volyn Lutsk
Report
Attendance: 10,104
Referee: Denys Shurman (Vyshneve)

Second leg

Kolos Kovalivka 2 – 0 Chornomorets Odesa
Havrysh 57', 63' (pen.) Report
Attendance: 2,500
Referee: Vitaliy Romanov

Kolos Kovalivka won 2–0 on aggregate and were promoted to the 2019–20 Ukrainian Premier League. Chornomorets Odesa were relegated to the 2019–20 Ukrainian First League

Volyn Lutsk 0 – 3
1 – 3 		Karpaty Lviv
Kozhanov 42' Report Klyots 37'
Ponde 82' (pen.)
Miroshnichenko 90+5'
Attendance: 5,200
Referee: Maksym Kozyryatskyi

Karpaty Lviv won 3–0 on aggregate and retained their spot in the 2019–20 Ukrainian Premier League. Volyn Lutsk remained in the 2019–20 Ukrainian First League

Due to fan violence at the game and attack on referee, the original score 1–3 was scratched and replaced with technical score 0–3 loss to Volyn and win for Karpaty. Additionally, the Lutsk department of police started criminal proceedings on the fact of intentional damage to property during the game by the Karpaty fans.

Season statistics

Hat-tricks

Player For Against Result Date
Júnior Moraes Shakhtar Donetsk Olimpik Donetsk
5–2
 24 August 2018
Viktor Tsyhankov Dynamo Kyiv Karpaty Lviv
4–0
 8 December 2018
Maryan Shved Karpaty Lviv Vorskla Poltava
4–0
 24 February 2019
Dentinho Shakhtar Donetsk Mariupol
4–0
 26 May 2019

(number) Player scored (number) goals if more than 3

  Away win
  Home win
  Draw

Notes:

  1. On 19 March 2019, Brazilian footballer Moraes received Ukrainian citizenship and was invited to the Ukraine national football team.
  • On 18 September 2018 Ukrainian Premier League introduced publishing of UPL statistics using the system of InStat.

Awards

Monthly awards

Month Player of the Month
Player Club Ref.
July 2018 Benjamin Verbič Dynamo Kyiv
August 2018 Benjamin Verbič Dynamo Kyiv
September 2018 Maryan Shved Karpaty Lviv
October 2018 Ismaily Shakhtar Donetsk
November 2018 Maryan Shved Karpaty Lviv
December 2018 Viktor Tsyhankov Dynamo Kyiv
March 2019 Maryan Shved Karpaty Lviv
April 2019 Viktor Tsyhankov Dynamo Kyiv
May 2019 Serhiy Myakushko Karpaty Lviv

Round awards

Source:

Round Player Coach
Player Club Reference Coach Club Reference
Round 1 Oleksandr Karavayev Zorya Luhansk Yuriy Vernydub Zorya Luhansk
Round 2 Dmytro Khlyobas Desna Chernihiv Oleksandr Ryabokon Desna Chernihiv
Round 3 Benjamin Verbič Dynamo Kyiv Alyaksandr Khatskevich Dynamo Kyiv
Round 4 Marlos Shakhtar Donetsk Volodymyr Sharan FC Oleksandriya
Round 5 Viktor Tsyhankov Dynamo Kyiv Vasyl Sachko Vorskla Poltava
Round 6 Júnior Moraes Shakhtar Donetsk Oleksandr Ryabokon Desna Chernihiv
Round 7 Maryan Shved Karpaty Lviv José Morais Karpaty Lviv
Round 8 Valeriy Fedorchuk FC Mariupol Paulo Fonseca Shakhtar Donetsk
Round 9 Viktor Tsyhankov Dynamo Kyiv Roman Sanzhar Olimpik Donetsk
Round 10 Taison Shakhtar Donetsk Paulo Fonseca Shakhtar Donetsk
Round 11 Serhiy Hryn Arsenal Kyiv Vyacheslav Hroznyi Arsenal Kyiv
Round 12 Andriy Boryachuk FC Mariupol Volodymyr Sharan FC Oleksandriya
Round 13 Denys Bezborodko Desna Chernihiv Yuriy Bakalov FC Lviv
Round 14 Maryan Shved Karpaty Lviv Paulo Fonseca Shakhtar Donetsk
Round 15 Mykola Shaparenko Dynamo Kyiv Alyaksandr Khatskevich Dynamo Kyiv
Round 16 Andriy Tsurikov FC Oleksandriya Volodymyr Sharan FC Oleksandriya
Round 17 Kyrylo Kovalets FC Oleksandriya Volodymyr Sharan FC Oleksandriya
Round 18 Volodymyr Adamyuk FC Lviv Yuriy Bakalov FC Lviv
winter break
Round 19 Maryan Shved Karpaty Lviv Alyaksandr Khatskevich Dynamo Kyiv
Round 20 Oleksandr Karavayev Zorya Luhansk Yuriy Vernydub Zorya Luhansk
Round 21 Viktor Kovalenko Shakhtar Donetsk Paulo Fonseca Shakhtar Donetsk
Round 22 Viktor Tsyhankov Dynamo Kyiv Yuriy Bakalov FC Lviv
Round 23 Viktor Tsyhankov Dynamo Kyiv Ihor Leonov Arsenal Kyiv
Round 24 Viktor Tsyhankov Dynamo Kyiv Oleksandr Ryabokon Desna Chernihiv
Round 25 Denys Boyko Dynamo Kyiv Volodymyr Sharan FC Oleksandriya
Round 26 Artem Hromov Zorya Luhansk Yuriy Vernydub Zorya Luhansk
Round 27 Árni Vilhjálmsson Chornomorets Odesa Ihor Leonov Arsenal–Kyiv
Round 28 Oleksandr Zubkov FC Mariupol Paulo Fonseca Shakhtar Donetsk
Round 29 Júnior Moraes Shakhtar Donetsk Paulo Fonseca Shakhtar Donetsk
Round 30 Viktor Tsyhankov Dynamo Kyiv Angel Chervenkov Chornomorets Odesa
Round 31 Dentinho Shakhtar Donetsk Yuriy Vernydub Zorya Luhansk
Round 32 Viktor Tsyhankov Dynamo Kyiv Oleksandr Babych FC Mariupol

The 2018 Coach of the Year award

The best coaches were identified by the All-Ukrainian Football Coaches Association.

Place Coach Team Mark
1 Volodymyr Sharan FC Oleksandriya 4.38
2 Paulo Fonseca Shakhtar Donetsk 4.24
3 Alyaksandr Khatskevich Dynamo Kyiv 4.16
4 Yuriy Bakalov FC Lviv 4.06
5 Yuriy Vernydub Zorya Luhansk 4.00

Season awards

The laureates of the 2018–19 UPL season were:

See also