# 2004–05 Ukrainian First League

The 2004–05 Ukrainian First League was the 14th since its establishment. Eighteen teams competed in the competition.
The competition began on July 17, 2004 with six matches. The competition had a winter break and resumed March 19, 2005.

## Teams
### Promoted teams

Two clubs promoted from the 2003-04 Ukrainian Second League.

#### Group A

* FC Hazovyk-Skala Stryi – champion (debut)

#### Group B

* FC Dynamo-Ihroservis Simferopol – champion (debut)

#### Group C

* FC Stal Dniprodzerzhynsk – champion (debut)

### Relegated teams

One club was relegated from the 2003-04 Ukrainian Top League:
* FC Karpaty Lviv – 15th place (debut)

### Renamed teams

* Before the start of season, FC Krasyliv-Obolon Krasyliv merged with lower league FC Podillya Khmelnytskyi and changed its name to FC Podillya Khmelnytskyi, while the lower league clubs was dissolved.
* Before the start of season, FC Nafkom-Akademia Irpin was relocated and changed its name to FC Nafkom Brovary.
* Before the start of season, FC Naftovyk Okhtyrka changed its name to FC Naftovyk-Ukrnafta Okhtyrka.
* At the end of season, FC Spartak-Horobyna Sumy changed its name to FC Spartak Sumy.

### Location

In 2004-05 season, the Ukrainian First League consists of the following teams:

## Final table

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion or relegation |
| 1 | Stal Alchevsk (C, P) | 34 | 22 | 11 | 1 | 60 | 24 | +36 | 77 | Promoted to Vyshcha Liha |
| 2 | Arsenal Kharkiv (P) | 34 | 23 | 4 | 7 | 47 | 24 | +23 | 73 | Promoted to Vyshcha Liha |
| 3 | Zorya Luhansk | 34 | 19 | 9 | 6 | 54 | 21 | +33 | 66 | |
| 4 | Dynamo-2 Kyiv | 34 | 16 | 6 | 12 | 48 | 33 | +15 | 54 | |
| 5 | Nyva Vinnytsia (D) | 34 | 15 | 8 | 11 | 49 | 38 | +11 | 53 | Withdrew after the season |
| 6 | Karpaty Lviv | 34 | 15 | 7 | 12 | 39 | 35 | +4 | 52 | |
| 7 | CSKA Kyiv | 34 | 15 | 6 | 13 | 28 | 38 | −10 | 51 | |
| 8 | Spartak Ivano-Frankivsk | 34 | 15 | 5 | 14 | 34 | 33 | +1 | 50 | |
| 9 | Stal Dniprodzerzhynsk | 34 | 14 | 7 | 13 | 42 | 47 | −5 | 49 | |
| 10 | Naftovyk-Ukrnafta Okhtyrka | 34 | 13 | 10 | 11 | 37 | 26 | +11 | 49 | |
| 11 | Shakhtar-2 Donetsk | 34 | 13 | 5 | 16 | 45 | 53 | −8 | 44 | |
| 12 | Hazovyk-Skala Stryi | 34 | 12 | 7 | 15 | 34 | 39 | −5 | 43 | |
| 13 | Podillya Khmelnytskyi | 34 | 12 | 7 | 15 | 45 | 54 | −9 | 43 | |
| 14 | Dynamo-Ihroservice Simferopol | 34 | 12 | 5 | 17 | 38 | 57 | −19 | 41 | |
| 15 | Spartak-Horobyna Sumy | 34 | 9 | 12 | 13 | 34 | 41 | −7 | 39 | |
| 16 | Nafkom Brovary (R) | 34 | 9 | 10 | 15 | 26 | 38 | −12 | 37 | Relegated to Second League |
| 17 | Mykolaiv (R) | 34 | 8 | 7 | 19 | 15 | 40 | −25 | 31 | Relegated to Second League |
| 18 | Polissya Zhytomyr (D) | 34 | 0 | 2 | 32 | 5 | 39 | −34 | 2 | Dissolved |
* FC Polissya Zhytomyr became insolvent during the mid-season winter break and the UFF awarded technical victories against them in the second half of the season.
* FC Nyva Vinnytsia withdrew before the start of the next season yielding its place to its farm club FC Bershad which was playing in the lower tier.
* Persha Liha 2004-05 Winners
* FC Stal Alchevsk First title

## Top scorers

Statistics are taken from here.
| Scorer | Goals (pen.) | Team |
| Roman Pakholiuk | 17 (2) | Nyva Vinnytsia |
| Oleksandr Aliyev | 16 (3) | Dynamo-2 Kyiv |
| Petro Kondratiuk | 13 (2) | Nyva Vinnytsia |
| Maksym Feschuk | 12 (1) | Karpaty Lviv |
| Vladyslav Holopyorov | 12 (4) | Shakhtar-2 Donetsk |
| Oleksiy Yakymenko | 12 (6) | Zoria Luhansk |
| Serhiy Sernetskyi | 11 (3) | Stal Alchevsk |
| Ara Hakobyan | 11 (4) | Stal D. / Stal A. |
| Oleksiy Hryshchenko | 11 (6) | Dynamo-Ihroservis Simferopol |
| Andriy Danayev | 10 | Stal Alchevsk |