List of Ukrainian football champions

The Ukrainian football champions (Ukrainian: Чемпіон України з футболу) are the annual winners of Premier League, Ukrainian premier annual football league competition. The title has been contested since 1921 in varying forms of competition. While Shakhtar Donetsk are the current champions, Dynamo Kyiv has won a record 26 championship titles.

The first Ukrainian championship took place in 1921, before the establishment of the Soviet Union. Not much is known of that game or the following championships and nothing is known of the competitions between 1924-1927. Remarkable is the fact that the dominant team of that period was from Kharkiv which until 1934 was the capital of the pseudo-state, Ukrainian SSR.

Until the creation of the independent competition, the Ukrainian republican championship had taken place in the Soviet First League after the WWII, the Soviet Second League (since 1963) or in the lowr levels of the competition. About three to six of the best Ukrainian clubs competed in the Soviet Top League with Dynamo Kyiv competing in it consistently since its establishment; therefore, the Ukrainian champion was considered the team that has won the Ukrainian republican group which was part of Soviet lower leagues.

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
1936 Dynamo Kyiv Dynamo Odessa

Ukrainian Soviet competitions

SeasonGroupChampionRunner-up3rd Position
1947 1 Lokomotyv Kharkiv Shakhtar Staline Kharchovyk Odessa
1948 1 Lokomotyv Kharkiv Stal Dnipropetrovsk Shakhtar Staline
2 Bilshovyk Mukacheve DO Kyiv Spartak Lviv
Play-off Lokomotyv Kharkiv Stal Dnipropetrovsk DO Kyiv
1949 1 Kharchovyk Odessa Spartak Lviv SKA Kyiv
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

Main article: 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) 7/53
2014–15 Dynamo Kyiv Shakhtar Donetsk Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk Brazil Alex Teixeira (Shakhtar Donetsk, 17 goals)
Romania Eric Bicfalvi (Volyn Lutsk, 17 goals)		 8/54

Note: the Rank column shows the ranking of the league amongst members of UEFA.

Performance by club

Club Winners Runners-up Third Place Winning Years
Dynamo Kyiv 14 8 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
Shakhtar Donetsk 9 11 - 2001–02, 2004–05, 2005–06, 2007–08, 2009–10, 2010–11, 2011–12, 2012–13, 2013–14
Tavriya Simferopol 1 - - 1992
Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk - 2 6
Chornomorets Odesa - 2 3
Metalist Kharkiv - 1 6
Metalurh Donetsk - - 3
Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih - - 2
Vorskla Poltava - - 1
Karpaty Lviv - - 1

See also

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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