Premier League

The Ukrainian Premier League is the country's 16-club top flight, founded in 1991 after independence. Shakhtar Donetsk are the reigning champions with 16 titles, while Dynamo Kyiv lead the all-time list with 17.

The Ukrainian Premier League is the top division of football in Ukraine. It was founded in 1991, when the country's clubs left the Soviet league system after independence, and ran for many years as the Vyshcha Liha before being reorganised under its present name and governance. Today it is the highest level of the Ukrainian league pyramid and the country's route into European club competition. Sixteen clubs contest the league, playing home and away from summer through to spring. The champions qualify for the UEFA Champions League league phase, the next places lead into Conference League qualifying, and the clubs at the bottom of the table drop into the Persha Liha, Ukraine's second tier, with the sides just above them facing relegation play-offs. The league has continued to be staged through extremely difficult circumstances since 2022, and completing a full season has itself become a marker of Ukrainian football's resilience. Shakhtar Donetsk were champions in 2025-26, their 16th Ukrainian league title. Dynamo Kyiv remain the record holders with 17, and meetings between the two, the Klasychne Derby, are the defining fixture of the domestic calendar. Behind them the league has broadened considerably, with Polissya Zhytomyr, Karpaty Lviv, Zorya Luhansk, Kryvbas, LNZ Cherkasy, Kolos Kovalivka, Veres-Rivne, Obolon and Chornomorets Odesa all pushing into contention in recent seasons. OneLightScore covers the Ukrainian Premier League throughout the season with live scores from every fixture, full match schedules, results, an up-to-date standings table with the European and relegation zones marked, top scorer and assist listings, and where-to-watch information, giving supporters at home and abroad a single place to follow the title race and the survival battle.