# 2023 Football Championship of Poltava Oblast

The 2023 Football Championship of Poltava Oblast began on 29 April 2023. Standard Novi Sanzhary are the defending champions.

## Teams

24 teams are taking part in this years competition. 8 are participating in Vyshcha Liha, which will conduct a usual double round-robin tournament. The other 16 teams are playing in First League, split into two groups of 8. The first stage will also play the usual double round-robin tournament. At the second stage a playoff will be held to determine the champion. On 20 July the calendar for second half of first stage matches was released.
Dmytro Lunin, Head of Poltava Oblast Military Administration banned all mass event from 21 August. Due to that order games in the competition to be played 26 and 27 August were postponed.
On 16-17 September final matches were played in First league. Top two teams from each group will enter play-off stage.

## Vyshcha Liha
### Stadiums and locations

    Note: Table lists in alphabetical order.
| Team | Location | Stadium | Capacity |
| Druzhba | Ocheretuvate | Kolos | |
| DYuFSh Vorskla | Poltava | Molodizhnyi | 547 |
| Invasport | Poltava | Molodizhnyi | 547 |
| Olimpiia | Myrhorod | Start | 1,500 |
| Lubny | Lubny | Torpedo | |
| Rokyta | Rokyta | Maiak | |
| Standart Novi Sanzhary | Novi Sanzhary | Novi Sanzhary | 500 |
| Velyki Sorochyntsi | Velyki Sorochyntsi | Kolos | |

### Table

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| 1 | Olimpiya Savyntsi | 14 | 13 | 1 | 0 | 46 | 8 | +38 | 40 |
| 2 | Rokyta | 12 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 24 | 16 | +8 | 26 |
| 3 | Standart Novi Sanzhary | 13 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 33 | 11 | +22 | 26 |
| 4 | Velyki Sorochyntsi | 13 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 24 | 16 | +8 | 21 |
| 5 | FC Lubny | 14 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 16 | 29 | −13 | 15 |
| 6 | Druzhba Ocheretuvate | 12 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 17 | 22 | −5 | 13 |
| 7 | Invasport Poltava | 14 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 22 | 25 | −3 | 11 |
| 8 | DYuFSh Vorskla Poltava | 14 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 8 | 63 | −55 | 0 |

### Results

Teams play each other twice on a home and away basis.
| Home \ Away | DRU | DYuFSh VOR | INV | LBN | OLM | ROK | STD | VSR |
| Druzhba Ocheretuvate | — | 4–1 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 1–3 | – | 1–2 | – |
| DYuFSh Vorskla Poltava | 1–4 | — | 0–5 | 0–1 | 0–7 | 2–4 | 0–7 | 1–6 |
| Invasport Poltava | 0–0 | 3–0 | — | 3–3 | 0–2 | 0–1 | 0–3 | 0–5 |
| FC Lubny | 0–1 | 6–1 | 0–7 | — | 1–4 | 2–4 | 0–2 | 1–1 |
| Olimpiya Savyntsi | 2–0 | 5–2 | 1–0 | 4–0 | — | 5–1 | 2–1 | 2–0 |
| Rokyta | 3–2 | 3–0 | 3–2 | 2–0 | 1–1 | — | – | 2–0 |
| Standart Novi Sanzhary | 4–0 | 5–0 | 4–1 | 0–0 | 1–3 | 2–0 | — | 2–2 |
| Velyki Sorochyntsi | 4–2 | +/- | 1–0 | 0–1 | 0–5 | 0–0 | 2–0 | — |
* ↑ Postponed, due to Olimpiya participation in 2022–23 Ukrainian Football Amateur League, to be played 16 July.
* ↑ Match was cancelled on 23 September due to a ban by local authorities.
* ↑ Postponed, due to Olimpiya participation in 2022–23 Ukrainian Football Amateur League, to be played 6 August.
* ↑ Postponed, due to Olimpiya participation in 2022–23 Ukrainian Football Amateur League, to be played 15 July.
* ↑ DYuFSh Vorskla Poltava did not travel to face Velyki Sorochyntsi on 16 September. Vorskla was sanctioned with a 3–0 loss.
* ↑ Postponed, due to Olimpiya participation in 2022–23 Ukrainian Football Amateur League, to be played 1 September.

### Goalscorers

| Rank | Scorer | Team | Goals (Pen.) |
| 1 | Yehor Chehurko | Velyki Sorochyntsi | 12 (0) |
| 2 | Ivan Kuts | Rokyta | 10 (2) |
| 3 | Anton Kicha | Standart Novi Sanzhary | 8 (1) |
| 3 | Roman Kunyev | Olimpiya Savyntsi | 8 (0) |
| 4 | Valeriy Kutsenko | Druzhba Ocheretuvate | 7 (0) |
| 5 | Leonid Morozov | Invasport Poltava | 6 (1) |
| 6 | Dmytro Verhun | Standart Novi Sanzhary | 5 (3) |
| 6 | Vitaliy Subochev | Olimpiya Savyntsi | 5 (1) |
| 7 | Vladyslav Kovtun | Olimpiya Savyntsi | 4 (0) |
| 7 | Denys Bondarenko | Standart Novi Sanzhary | 4 (0) |
| 7 | Vadym Burliai | Olimpiya Savyntsi | 4 (0) |

## First League Group A
### Stadiums and locations

    Note: Table lists in alphabetical order.
| Team | Location | Stadium | Capacity |
| Avrora | Poltava | Dynamo | 400 |
| Karlivka | Karlivka | Mashynobudivnyk Stadium | 1,300 |
| Reshetylivka | Reshetylivka | Kolos | |

### Table

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | Karlivka | 14 | 13 | 1 | 0 | 66 | 16 | +50 | 40 | Qualification for the First League Playoff phase |
| 2 | Avrora Poltava | 14 | 11 | 0 | 3 | 72 | 21 | +51 | 33 | Qualification for the First League Playoff phase |
| 3 | Opishnia | 14 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 42 | 12 | +30 | 32 | |
| 4 | KSK Karlivka | 14 | 8 | 1 | 5 | 56 | 25 | +31 | 25 | |
| 5 | Reshetylivka | 14 | 6 | 0 | 8 | 36 | 27 | +9 | 18 | |
| 6 | DYuFS Horpynka | 14 | 4 | 0 | 10 | 30 | 62 | −32 | 12 | |
| 7 | Lider Kobeliaky | 14 | 2 | 0 | 12 | 13 | 101 | −88 | 6 | |
| 8 | DYuFS Molod Poltava | 14 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 11 | 62 | −51 | 0 | |

### Results

Teams play each other twice on a home and away basis.
| Home \ Away | AVR | HOR | KAR | KSK | LID | MOL | OPI | RES |
| Avrora Poltava | — | 6–3 | 1–3 | 4–1 | 27–1 | 6–1 | 1–0 | 5–4 |
| DYuFS Horpynka | 1–4 | — | 0–6 | 1–3 | 7–2 | 4–0 | 0–2 | 0–4 |
| Karlivka | 2–1 | 15–2 | — | 3–2 | 11–2 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 4–2 |
| KSK Karlivka | 2–4 | 11–2 | 1–3 | — | 10–0 | 7–3 | 1–3 | 4–1 |
| Lider Kobeliaky | 1–3 | 1–5 | 2–6 | 0–5 | — | 3–1 | 0–4 | 0–5 |
| DYuFS Molod Poltava | 1–7 | 0–2 | 0–5 | 0–5 | 0–1 | — | 2–4 | 1–3 |
| Opishnia | 1–0 | 5–2 | 2–3 | 1–1 | 7–0 | 9–1 | — | 2–0 |
| Reshetylivka | 0–3 | 3–1 | 0–2 | 0–3 | 10–0 | 4–1 | 0–1 | — |

### Goalscorers

| Rank | Scorer | Team | Goals (Pen.) |
| 1 | Mykhailo Priadko | Avrora | 18 (3) |
| 2 | Kostiantyn Truba | Avrora | 15 (0) |
| 3 | Vladyslav Korniienko | KSK Karlivka | 14 (2) |
| 4 | Nikita Ishchenko | Opishnia | 13 (0) |
| 4 | Oleksandr Rudyk | Reshetylivka | 13 (1) |
| 4 | Artem Kvasha | Karlivka | 12 (0) |
| 5 | Mykyta Fomenko | Karlivka | 12 (1) |
| 5 | Serhii Horbenko | DYuFS Horpynka | 12 (0) |
| 6 | Roman Riabenko | Avrora | 11 (0) |
| 7 | Vladyslav Hyria | KSK Karlivka | 10 (0) |
| 8 | Yaroslav Myts | Avrora | 9 (1) |

## First League Group B
### Table

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | Myrhorod | 14 | 11 | 1 | 2 | 49 | 18 | +31 | 34 | Qualification for the First League Playoff phase |
| 2 | Pyriatyn | 14 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 31 | 18 | +13 | 33 | Qualification for the First League Playoff phase |
| 3 | Kharchovyk | 14 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 41 | 18 | +23 | 29 | |
| 4 | Sula | 14 | 6 | 2 | 6 | 27 | 28 | −1 | 20 | |
| 5 | Sencha | 14 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 25 | 39 | −14 | 13 | |
| 6 | Komyshnia | 14 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 15 | 29 | −14 | 11 | |
| 7 | Locomotyv | 14 | 1 | 5 | 8 | 14 | 30 | −16 | 8 | |
| 8 | Ahrarii | 14 | 1 | 4 | 9 | 15 | 37 | −22 | 7 | |

### Results

Teams play each other twice on a home and away basis.
| Home \ Away | AHR | KHA | KOM | LOC | MYR | PYR | SEN | SUL |
| Ahrarii | — | 0–2 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–4 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 0–2 |
| Kharchovyk | 7–0 | — | +/- | 2–0 | 0–0 | 1–2 | 5–1 | 5–1 |
| Komyshnia | 2–1 | 1–1 | — | 4–1 | 0–5 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 0–5 |
| Locomotyv | 1–1 | 1–4 | 1–1 | — | 0–3 | 3–3 | 2–2 | 2–0 |
| Myrhorod | 5–2 | 5–3 | 2–1 | 1–0 | — | 3–1 | 5–2 | 3–1 |
| Pyriatyn | 2–1 | 4–2 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 3–2 | — | 2–1 | 4–0 |
| Sencha | 5–2 | 2–3 | 3–2 | 3–3 | 0–8 | 1–1 | — | 0–0 |
| Sula | 2–2 | 1–3 | 3–1 | 2–0 | 4–3 | 1–3 | 5–2 | — |
* ↑ On 6 August Komyshnia did not show up to their match with Kharchovyk and was awarded a technical loss.

### Goalscorers

| Rank | Scorer | Team | Goals (Pen.) |
| 1 | Andrii Rudenko | Myrhorod | 23 (2) |
| 2 | Maksym Kravchenko | Kharchovyk | 8 (2) |
| 3 | Oleh Fil | Ahrarii | 7 (1) |
| 3 | Ihor Kryvenko | Kharchovyk | 7 (0) |
| 3 | Oleksandr Kryvko | Sencha | 7 (0) |
| 4 | Vladyslav Komar | Sencha | 5 (0) |
| 4 | Ivan Shmyhol | Pyriatyn | 5 (0) |
| 4 | Artem Podriz | Sula | 5 (0) |
| 4 | Vladyslav Shylypun | Pyriatyn | 5 (0) |
| 5 | Karimzod Hulomov | Sula | 4 (0) |
| 5 | Dmytro Kovyka | Pyriatyn | 4 (1) |

## First League Play-offs

| Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Final | Final |
| Avrora | 2 | 6 | 8 | | |
| Myrhorod | 1 | 2 | 3 | | |
| Myrhorod | 1 | 2 | 3 | Avrora | 2 |
| | | | | Karlivka | 1 |
| Karlivka | 5 | 3 | 8 | Karlivka | 1 |
| Pyriatyn | 0 | 2 | 2 | | |
First leg
Second leg