# 2022–23 Ukrainian First League

The 2022–23 Ukrainian First League was the 32nd since its establishment. The league competition consisted of 16 teams. The competition took place during the ongoing war with the Russia since late February 2022. It was decided to conduct competitions in two groups.

## Format

Due to the Russo-Ukrainian War, the league competitions changed its usual format. The Professional Football League of Ukraine (PFL) Conference adopted changes to the 2022–23 season after some 24 PFL teams were forced to suspend their activities or dissolve. It was decided to keep the same number of participants at 16 but split them in two groups of 8. Previously the split group competition in the second tier were only conducted once back in 1992.
The competitions are scheduled to consist of two stages. At the first stage two groups of 8 would conduct a usual double round-robin tournament. At the second stage, the top four from each group form the promotion group, while the bottom four from each group – the relegation group. Points earned at the first stage will be kept for the second, while teams would only be playing with participants of the group. So, in total each team is expected to play 28 games. The top two teams of the promotion group receive direct promotion to the Ukrainian Premier League (UPL), while the 3rd and the 4th would play promotion relegation play-off with the 14th and the 13th teams of UPL, respectfully. In case if Desna and Mariupol would decide to return, play-off games will be canceled and the UPL will be expanded. The bottom team of the relegation group will be relegated directly, while the second to the last will contest its place in the second tier with the 2022–23 Ukrainian Second League runner-up.

## Teams

This season, Ukrainian First League consisted of 16 teams.

### Promoted teams

Ten teams have been promoted from the 2021–22 Ukrainian Second League. While originally it had been expected that MFA Mukachevo would be promoted, in less than a month it was confirmed that the club will not participate in the season. Later along with VPK-Ahro, it was replaced with Bukovyna and Chernihiv.
* Karpaty Lviv – first place in Group A (returning after 17 seasons, last competed in the 2005–06)
* LNZ Cherkasy – second place in Group A (debut)
* Dinaz Vyshhorod – fourth place in Group A (debut)
* Epitsentr Dunaivtsi – fifth place in Group A (debut)
* Bukovyna Chernivtsi – ninth place in Group A (returning after 5 seasons)
* Chernihiv – tenth place in Group A (debut)
* Metalurh Zaporizhzhia – first place in Group B (returning after 2 seasons, last competed in the 2019–20)
* Skoruk Tomakivka – second place in Group B (debut)
* Poltava – sixth place in Group B (debut)
* Mariupol – eleventh place in Group B (debut)

### Relegated teams

Eight clubs withdrew from the league due to the Russian aggression.

### Renamed teams

* FSC Mariupol is a successor of Yarud Mariupol.
* Epitsentr Kamianets-Podilskyi has officially moved from Dunaivtsi to Kamianets-Podilskyi.
* FC Chernihiv-ShVSM is a successor of FC Chernihiv by merging with the local School of Higher Sports Mastery, hence the acronym.

### Location map

The following displays the location of teams. Group A teams marked in red. Group B teams marked in green.

## Stadiums

The following stadiums were used as home grounds for the teams in the competition.
| Rank | Stadium | Location | Capacity | Club | Notes |
| 1 | Ukraina Stadium | Lviv | 27,925 | Karpaty Lviv | |
| 2 | Ternopil City Stadium | Ternopil | 15,150 | Nyva Ternopil | |
| 3 | Bukovyna Stadium | Chernivtsi | 12,076 | Bukovyna Chernivtsi | |
| 4 | Slavutych-Arena | Zaporizhzhia | 11,883 | Metalurh Zaporizhzhia | |
| 5 | Cherkasy Arena | Cherkasy | 10,321 | LNZ Cherkasy | |
| 6 | MCS Rukh | Ivano-Frankivsk | 6,500 | Prykarpattia Ivano-Frankivsk | |
| 7 | Central Stadium | Zhytomyr | 5,928 | Polissya Zhytomyr | |
| 8 | Obolon Arena | Kyiv | 5,100 | Obolon Kyiv | |
| 9 | Lokomotyv Stadium | Poltava | 3,700 | SC Poltava | |
| 10 | Yunist Stadium | Chernihiv | 3,000 | FC Chernihiv | |
| 11 | Tonkocheyev Stadium | Kamianets-Podilskyi | 2,587 | Epitsentr Kamianets-Podilskyi | |
| 12 | Yunist Stadium | Horishni Plavni | 2,500 | Hirnyk-Sport Horishni Plavni | |
| 13 | Kolos Stadium | Dunaivtsi | 2,500 | Epitsentr Kamianets-Podilskyi | used as home ground in Round 2 |
| 14 | Inhulets Stadium | Petrove | 1,869 | Kremin Kremenchuk | used as home ground in Round 2 |
| 15 | Kremin Stadium | Kremenchuk | 1,500 | Kremin Kremenchuk | |
| 16 | Dinaz Stadium | Demydiv | 500 | Dinaz VyshhorodFSC Mariupol | used as home ground during the season |

## Personnel and sponsorship

| Team | President | Head coach | Captain | Kit manufacturer | Shirt sponsor |
| Bukovyna Chernivtsi | Andriy Safronyak | Andriy Melnychuk | Vasyl Hakman | Nike | Taistra |
| Chernihiv | Yuriy Synytsya | Valeriy Chornyi | Vitaliy Mentey | Joma | Jako |
| Dinaz Vyshhorod | Yaroslav Moskalenko | Oleksandr Holovko | Denys Petrenko | Nike | — |
| Epitsentr Kamianets-Podilskyi | Ivan Chernonoh | Serhiy Nahornyak | Andriy Bezhenar | Macron | Epitsentr |
| Hirnyk-Sport Horishni Plavni | Petro Kaplun | (vacant) | Maksym Tsvirenko | Jako | Ferrexpo |
| Karpaty Lviv | Stepan Yurchyshyn | Myron Markevych | Ambrosiy Chachua | Joma | Lvivske |
| Kremin Kremenchuk | Serhiy Kovnir | Roman Loktionov | Denys Halata | SWIFT | TERMINAL-MK |
| LNZ Cherkasy | Andriy Poltavets | Oleksandr Kovpak | Oleh Tarasenko | Puma | tevitta |
| Mariupol | Oleksandr Yaroshenko | Oleh Krasnopyorov | Ivan Mochevinskyi | Joma | KOD Zdorovia |
| Metalurh Zaporizhzhia | Maksym Lupashko | Volodymyr Mykytyn | Volodymyr Polyovyi | Legea | Weltum |
| Nyva Ternopil | Oleksandr Stadnyk | Serhiy Atlasyuk (interim) | Maksym Mekhaniv | Jako | — |
| Obolon Kyiv | Oleksandr Slobodian | Valeriy Ivashchenko | Nazariy Fedorivskyi | Jako | Favbet |
| Polissya Zhytomyr | Volodymyr Zahurskyi | Yuriy Kalitvintsev | Vladyslav Ohirya | Nike | BGV Group |
| Poltava | Serhiy Ivashchenko | Volodymyr Sysenko | Dmytro Shcherbak | Joma | KVP |
| Prykarpattia Ivano-Frankivsk | Vasyl Olshanetskyi | Oleh Rypan | Vasyl Tsyutsyura | Joma | Morshynska |
| Skoruk Tomakivka | Maksym Skoruk | Oleksandr Stepanov | Artem Perebora | Kelme | — |

### Managerial changes

| Team | Outgoing head coach | Manner of departure | Date of vacancy | Table | Incoming head coach | Date of appointment |
| Bukovyna Chernivtsi | Yuriy Kyslytsia (acting) | End of interim | 31 July 2022 | Pre-season | Andriy Melnychuk | 31 July 2022 |
| Epitsentr Kamianets-Podilskyi | Oleh Naduda | Change of role | 2 September 2022 | 3rd | Serhiy Nahornyak | 2 September 2022 |
| LNZ Cherkasy | Yuriy Bakalov | Dismissed | 6 September 2022 | 5th | Oleksandr Kovpak (acting) | 6 September 2022 |
| Nyva Ternopil | Andriy Kuptsov | Resigned | 14 September 2022 | 6th | Serhiy Zadorozhnyi (acting) | 14 September 2022 |
| LNZ Cherkasy | Oleksandr Kovpak (acting) | Change of role | 2 December 2022 | 1st | Oleksandr Kovpak | 2 December 2022 |
| Hirnyk-Sport | Ihor Zhabchenko | End of contract | 25 December 2022 | 16th | Serhiy Diryavka | 30 January 2023 |
| Nyva Ternopil | Serhiy Zadorozhnyi | Change of role | 20 April 2023 | 7th | Serhii Atlasiuk (acting) | 20 April 2023 |
| Hirnyk-Sport Horishni Plavni | Serhiy Diryavka | Fired | 30 May 2023 | 16th | Valeriy Kutsenko | 19 June 2023 |
| Karpaty Lviv | Andriy Tlumak | Resigned | 1 June 2023 | 5th | Myron Markevych | 1 June 2023 |

## Group A league table

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion, qualification or relegation |
| 1 | Polissya Zhytomyr | 14 | 13 | 1 | 0 | 34 | 6 | +28 | 40 | Qualified to the Promotion group |
| 2 | Karpaty Lviv | 14 | 9 | 1 | 4 | 22 | 13 | +9 | 28 | Qualified to the Promotion group |
| 3 | Epitsentr Kamianets-Podilskyi | 14 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 17 | 11 | +6 | 27 | Qualified to the Promotion group |
| 4 | Nyva Ternopil | 14 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 15 | 8 | +7 | 20 | Qualified to the Promotion group |
| 5 | Prykarpattia Ivano-Frankivsk | 14 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 11 | 22 | −11 | 15 | Qualified to the Relegation group |
| 6 | Dinaz Vyshhorod | 14 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 14 | 28 | −14 | 10 | Qualified to the Relegation group |
| 7 | Bukovyna Chernivtsi | 14 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 9 | 21 | −12 | 9 | Qualified to the Relegation group |
| 8 | Mariupol | 14 | 1 | 4 | 9 | 12 | 25 | −13 | 7 | Qualified to the Relegation group |

### Results

| Home \ Away | BUK | DIN | EPC | KAR | MAR | NYV | PZH | PRY |
| Bukovyna Chernivtsi | | 0–0 | 1–2 | 1–2 | 3–1 | 0–3 | 1–2 | 0–1 |
| Dinaz Vyshhorod | 1–1 | | 1–3 | 1–2 | 1–4 | 1–1 | 0–5 | 2–2 |
| Epitsentr Kamianets-Podilskyi | 0–0 | 3–2 | | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 2–0 |
| Karpaty Lviv | 4–0 | 3–2 | 0–2 | | 3–0 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 2–1 |
| FSC Mariupol | 0–1 | 0–2 | 0–1 | 1–1 | | 0–2 | 0–2 | 1–1 |
| Nyva Ternopil | 1–0 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 1–1 | | 0–0 | 4–0 |
| Polissia Zhytomyr | 2–0 | 3–0 | 3–0 | 2–0 | 4–2 | 2–1 | | 2–0 |
| Prykarpattia Ivano-Frankivsk | 2–1 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 0–2 | 2–2 | 1–0 | 0–3 | |

### Group A goalscorers

As of 27 November 2022
| Rank | Scorer | Team | Goals (Pen.) |
| 1 | Pylyp Budkivskyi | Polissia Zhytomyr | 11 (0) |
| 2 | Maksym Hirnyi | Epitsentr Kamianets-Podilskyi | 7 (3) |
| 3 | Bohdan Kushnirenko | Polissia Zhytomyr | 6 (1) |
| 4 | Rostyslav Taranukha | Karpaty Lviv | 5 (0) |
| 4 | Vasyl Palahnyuk | Bukovyna Chernivtsi | 5 (3) |
| 6 | 4 players | 4 players | 4 |
| 10 | 5 players | 5 players | 3 |
| 15 | 12 players | 12 players | 2 |
| 27 | 40 players | 40 players | 1 |

### Clean sheets

As of 27 November 2022
| Rank | Player | Club | Clean sheets |
| 1 | Oleh Kudryk | Polissia Zhytomyr | 8 |
| 2 | Maksym Mekhaniv | Nyva Ternopil | 7 |
| 3 | Serhiy Chernobay | Epitsentr Kamianets-Podilskyi | 5 |
| 3 | Roman Lyopka | Karpaty Lviv | 5 |
| 5 | 2 players | 2 players | 3 |
| 7 | 1 players | 1 players | 2 |
| 8 | 5 players | 5 players | 1 |

## Group B league table

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion, qualification or relegation |
| 1 | LNZ Cherkasy | 14 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 22 | 6 | +16 | 30 | Qualified to the Promotion group |
| 2 | Obolon Kyiv | 14 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 20 | 9 | +11 | 29 | Qualified to the Promotion group |
| 3 | Kremin Kremenchuk | 14 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 28 | 24 | +4 | 21 | Qualified to the Promotion group |
| 4 | Metalurh Zaporizhzhia | 14 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 17 | 16 | +1 | 20 | Qualified to the Promotion group |
| 5 | Chernihiv | 14 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 13 | 17 | −4 | 16 | Qualified to the Relegation group |
| 6 | Poltava | 14 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 15 | 19 | −4 | 15 | Qualified to the Relegation group |
| 7 | Skoruk Tomakivka | 14 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 15 | 22 | −7 | 14 | Qualified to the Relegation group |
| 8 | Hirnyk-Sport Horishni Plavni | 14 | 1 | 5 | 8 | 8 | 25 | −17 | 8 | Qualified to the Relegation group |

### Results

| Home \ Away | CHE | HIS | KRE | LNZ | MET | OBL | POL | SKO |
| Chernihiv | | 2–1 | 0–2 | 0–2 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 1–1 |
| Hirnyk-Sport Horishni Plavni | 0–2 | | 1–2 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 |
| Kremin Kremenchuk | 3–0 | 7–0 | | 1–1 | 0–4 | 0–3 | 4–3 | 3–1 |
| LNZ Cherkasy | 2–2 | 5–0 | 2–0 | | 1–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 3–0 |
| Metalurh Zaporizhzhia | 0–2 | 1–0 | 3–3 | 2–1 | | 1–2 | 1–1 | 1–0 |
| Obolon Kyiv | 3–1 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 3–0 | | 2–1 | 3–1 |
| Poltava | 1–1 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 1–2 | 2–1 | | 1–3 |
| Skoruk Tomakivka | 0–2 | 1–1 | 3–3 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 2–0 | |
* ↑ Round 2 match between Hirnyk-Sport vs Chernihiv was postponed on several occasions due to rocket attacks from the Russian Federation and finally took place on November 24'"`UNIQ--ref-00000039-QINU`"'
* ↑ postponed
* ↑ Match between Poltava vs Hirnyk-Sport was postponed since no permission was granted from local military administrations to conduct those events.'"`UNIQ--ref-0000003C-QINU`"'
* ↑ Match between Skoruk vs Metalurh was postponed due to security concerns over the increased number of missile strikes on Zaporizhia.'"`UNIQ--ref-0000003E-QINU`"'

### Group B goalscorers

As of 27 November 2022
| Rank | Scorer | Team | Goals (Pen.) |
| 1 | Denys Halata | Kremin Kremenchuk | 9 (1) |
| 2 | Ivan Tyshchenko | LNZ Cherkasy | 7 (0) |
| 3 | Oleksandr Batalskyi | Obolon Kyiv | 6 (1) |
| 3 | Oleksandr Mishurenko | Skoruk Tomakivka | 6 (1) |
| 3 | Oleksiy Sydorov | Metalurh Zaporizhzhia | 6 (1) |
| 6 | 1 player | 1 player | 5 |
| 7 | 3 players | 3 players | 4 |
| 10 | 7 players | 7 players | 3 |
| 17 | 13 players | 13 players | 2 |
| 30 | 36 players | 36 players | 1 |

### Hat-tricks

| Player | For | Against | Result | Date |
| Denys Halata | Kremin Kremenchuk | Chernihiv | 3–0 | 27 November 2022 |

### Clean sheets

As of 27 November 2022
| Rank | Player | Club | Clean sheets |
| 1 | Kirill Samoylenko | LNZ Cherkasy | 9 |
| 2 | Nazariy Fedorivskyi | Obolon Kyiv | 7 |
| 3 | Nazar Baida | Metalurh Zaporizhzhia | 4 |
| 3 | Oleksandr Shyray | Chernihiv | 4 |
| 3 | Yan Vichnyi | SC Poltava | 4 |
| 6 | 2 players | 2 players | 2 |
| 8 | 5 players | 5 players | 1 |

## Promotion group league table

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion, qualification or relegation |
| 1 | Polissya Zhytomyr (P) | 14 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 25 | 9 | +16 | 32 | Promotion to Ukrainian Premier League |
| 2 | Obolon Kyiv (P) | 14 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 19 | 8 | +11 | 29 | Promotion to Ukrainian Premier League |
| 3 | LNZ Cherkasy (O, P) | 14 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 19 | 12 | +7 | 22 | Qualification to promotion play-offs |
| 4 | Metalurh Zaporizhzhia | 14 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 18 | 16 | +2 | 21 | Qualification to promotion play-offs |
| 5 | Karpaty Lviv | 14 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 12 | 16 | −4 | 18 | |
| 6 | Epitsentr Kamianets-Podilskyi | 14 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 12 | 17 | −5 | 15 | |
| 7 | Nyva Ternopil | 14 | 0 | 8 | 6 | 10 | 17 | −7 | 8 | |
| 8 | Kremin Kremenchuk | 14 | 1 | 4 | 9 | 11 | 31 | −20 | 7 | |

### Results

| Home \ Away | EPC | KAR | KRE | LNZ | MET | NVT | OBL | PZH |
| Epitsentr Kamianets-Podilskyi | | 1–0 | 3–1 | 0–2 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 1–2 |
| Karpaty Lviv | 0–2 | | 2–0 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 1–2 |
| Kremin Kremenchuk | 1–2 | 1–1 | | 1–1 | 0–4 | 2–2 | 0–3 | 0–2 |
| LNZ Cherkasy | 2–0 | 4–1 | 2–0 | | 1–0 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 1–2 |
| Metalurh Zaporizhzhia | 1–0 | 0–1 | 3–3 | 2–1 | | 1–1 | 1–2 | 0–1 |
| Nyva Ternopil | 0–0 | 0–1 | 0–2 | 1–2 | 1–1 | | 1–2 | 0–0 |
| Obolon Kyiv | 2–1 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 1–1 | | 1–1 |
| Polissia Zhytomyr | 3–0 | 2–0 | 5–0 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 0–1 | |

### Promotion group goalscorers

As of 29 May 2023
| Rank | Scorer | Team | Goals (Pen.) |
| 1 | Pylyp Budkivskyi | Polissia Zhytomyr | 14 (0) |
| 2 | Denys Halata | Kremin Kremenchuk | 11 (1) |
| 2 | Ivan Tyshchenko | LNZ Cherkasy | 11 (2) |
| 2 | Oleksiy Sydorov | Metalurh Zaporizhzhia | 11 (3) |
| 5 | Maksym Hirnyi | Epitsentr Kamianets-Podilskyi | 8 (3) |
| 5 | Vasyl Hrytsuk | Polissia Zhytomyr | 8 (8) |
| 7 | Bohdan Kushnirenko | Polissia Zhytomyr | 7 (1) |
| 8 | Vitaliy Hrusha | Obolon Kyiv | 6 (0) |
| 8 | Rostyslav Taranukha | Karpaty Lviv | 6 (0) |
| 8 | Oleksandr Batalskyi | Obolon Kyiv | 6 (1) |
| 11 | 1 players | 1 players | 5 |
| 12 | 6 players | 6 players | 4 |
| 18 | 13 players | 13 players | 3 |
| 31 | 13 players | 13 players | 2 |
| 46 | 57 players | 57 players | 1 |

### Clean sheets

As of 29 May 2023
| Rank | Player | Club | Clean sheets |
| 1 | Kirill Samoylenko | LNZ Cherkasy | 11 |
| 2 | Oleh Kudryk | Polissia Zhytomyr | 10 |
| 3 | Nazariy Fedorivskyi | Obolon Kyiv | 9 |
| 4 | Maksym Mekhaniv | Nyva Ternopil | 7 |
| 5 | Nazar Baida | Metalurh Zaporizhia | 6 |
| 6 | 2 players | 2 players | 5 |
| 8 | 1 players | 1 players | 3 |
| 9 | 2 players | 2 players | 2 |
| 11 | 4 players | 4 players | 1 |

## Relegation group league table

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion, qualification or relegation |
| 9 | Prykarpattia Ivano-Frankivsk | 14 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 21 | 11 | +10 | 24 | |
| 10 | Skoruk Tomakivka | 14 | 5 | 8 | 1 | 18 | 9 | +9 | 23 | Suspended its operations for the next season. |
| 11 | Bukovyna Chernivtsi | 14 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 18 | 14 | +4 | 21 | |
| 12 | Dinaz Vyshhorod | 14 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 16 | 17 | −1 | 21 | |
| 13 | Chernihiv | 14 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 15 | 16 | −1 | 19 | |
| 14 | Poltava | 14 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 16 | 22 | −6 | 16 | |
| 15 | Mariupol | 14 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 18 | 23 | −5 | 12 | Qualification to relegation play-off |
| 16 | Hirnyk-Sport Horishni Plavni | 14 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 12 | 22 | −10 | 11 | Relegation to Ukrainian Second League canceled |
* ↑ Skoruk will not participate the next season due to the destruction of the Kakhovka Dam by the Russian occupation forces and depletion of water for agrarian and economical needs in Nikopol Raion.'"`UNIQ--ref-0000005A-QINU`"'
* 1 2 Head-to-head goal difference: Bukovyna +4, Dinaz -1
Note:
* Relegation was canceled, and both Hirnyk-Sport and Mariupol has been left in the league.

### Results

| Home \ Away | BUK | CHE | DIN | HIS | MAR | POL | PRY | SKO |
| Bukovyna Chernivtsi | | 3–1 | 0–0 | 3–2 | 3–1 | 2–2 | 0–1 | 1–1 |
| FC Chernihiv | 1–1 | | 2–1 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 0–2 | 1–1 |
| Dinaz Vyshhorod | 1–1 | 1–0 | | 1–0 | 1–4 | 2–2 | 2–2 | 1–1 |
| Hirnyk-Sport Horishni Plavni | 1–0 | 0–2 | 1–1 | | 1–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 |
| FSC Mariupol | 0–1 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 2–1 | | 2–4 | 1–1 | 0–3 |
| SC Poltava | 1–2 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 0–4 | | 0–1 | 1–3 |
| Prykarpattia Ivano-Frankivsk | 2–1 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 6–1 | 2–2 | 0–1 | | 1–1 |
| Skoruk Tomakivka | 0–0 | 0–2 | 3–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 0–0 | |

### Relegation group goalscorers

As of 29 May 2023
| Rank | Scorer | Team | Goals (Pen.) |
| 1 | Ihor Bykovskyi | Mariupol | 8 (1) |
| 1 | Vasyl Palahnyuk | Bukovyna Chernivtsi | 8 (3) |
| 3 | Yevhen Streltsov | SC Poltava | 7 (0) |
| 3 | Vasyl Tsyutsyura | Prykarpattia Ivano-Frankivsk | 7 (2) |
| 5 | 3 players | 3 players | 6 |
| 8 | 1 player | 1 player | 5 |
| 9 | 7 players | 7 players | 4 |
| 16 | 9 players | 9 players | 3 |
| 25 | 13 players | 13 players | 2 |
| 38 | 38 players | 38 players | 1 |

### Clean sheets

As of 29 May 2023
| Rank | Player | Club | Clean sheets |
| 1 | Ihor Vartsaba | Skoruk Tomakivka | 6 |
| 2 | 3 players | 3 players | 5 |
| 5 | 2 players | 2 players | 3 |
| 7 | 2 players | 2 players | 2 |
| 9 | 8 players | 8 players | 1 |

## Relegation play-offs

The relegation–promotion play-off games are scheduled to take place between the 7th placed team in the Relegation group of the First League with the second place of the Second League. On 18 May 2023, there took place a draw of the PFL play-offs in two legs format (each team plays at home and away) with games scheduled to take place on June 3 and 10.
| Team 1 | Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
| Khust | 2–1 | Mariupol | 1–1 | 1–0 |

### Second leg

Khust won 2–1 on aggregate and was promoted to the 2023–24 Ukrainian First League. Mariupol was relegated to the 2023–24 Ukrainian Second League. Mariupol's relegation was reversed following withdrawals of Lviv and Skoruk Tomakivka.

## Awards
### Monthly awards

Since 2022 the award is given by PFL together with the website Ukrfootball ("Ukrainian football") switching from another information partner ua-football.com.
| Month | Player of the Month | Player of the Month | Ref. |
| Month | Player | Club | Ref. |
| September 2022 | Oleksandr Batalskyi | Obolon Kyiv | |
| October 2022 | Oleksandr Mishurenko | Skoruk Tomakivka | |
| November 2022 | Denys Halata | Kremin Kremenchuk | |
| April 2023 | Illya Skrypnyk | Bukovyna Chernivtsi | |
| May 2023 | Vasyl Hrytsuk | Polissia Zhytomyr | |

### Round awards
#### Fall half

| Round | Player | Player | Player | Coach | Coach | Coach |
| Round | Player | Club | Reference | Coach | Club | Reference |
| Round 1 | Oleksiy Sydorov | Metalurh Zaporizhzhia | | Yuriy Kalitvintsev | Polissia Zhytomyr | |
| Round 2 | Oleksandr Vivdych | Kremin Kremenchuk | | Roman Loktionov | Kremin Kremenchuk | |
| Round 3 | Pylyp Budkivskyi | Polissia Zhytomyr | | Andriy Tlumak | Karpaty Lviv | |
| Round 4 | Denys Halata | Kremin Kremenchuk | | Roman Loktionov (2) | Kremin Kremenchuk | |
| Round 5 | Maksym Hirnyi | Epitsentr Kamianets-Podilskyi | | Serhiy Nahornyak | Epitsentr Kamianets-Podilskyi | |
| Round 6 | Vasyl Palahnyuk | Bukovyna Chernivtsi | | Valeriy Ivashchenko | Obolon Kyiv | |
| Round 7 | Oleksandr Mishurenko | Skoruk Tomakivka | | Oleh Rypan | Prykarpattia Ivano-Frankivsk | |
| Round 8 | Roman Vovk | FC Chernihiv | | Yuriy Kalitvintsev (2) | Polissia Zhytomyr | |
| Round 9 | Dmytro Makhnyev | Karpaty Lviv | | Volodymyr Sysenko | SC Poltava | |
| Round 10 | Oleksandr Batalskyi | Obolon Kyiv | | Serhiy Zadorozhnyi | Nyva Ternopil | |
| Round 11 | Denys Kozhanov | Karpaty Lviv | | Oleksandr Stepanov | Skoruk Tomakivka | |
| Round 12 | Vladyslav Klymenko | Dinaz Vyshhorod | | Serhiy Nahornyak (2) | Epitsentr Kamianets-Podilskyi | |
| Round 13 | Anton Savin | LNZ Cherkasy | | Yuriy Kalitvintsev (3) | Polissya Zhytomyr | |
| Round 14 | Ivan Tyshchenko | LNZ Cherkasy | | Oleh Krasnopyorov | FSC Mariupol | |
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#### Spring half

| Round | Player | Player | Player | Coach | Coach | Coach |
| Round | Player | Club | Reference | Coach | Club | Reference |
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| Round 1 | Oleksiy Sydorov (2) | Metalurh Zaporizhzhia | | Volodymyr Mykytyn | Metalurh Zaporizhzhia | |
| Round 2 | Dmytro Shcherbak | SC Poltava | | Andriy Melnychuk | Bukovyna Chernivtsi | |
| Round 3 | Semen Datsenko | Hirnyk-Sport Horishni Plavni | | Valeriy Ivashchenko (2) | Obolon Kyiv | |
| Round 4 | Bohdan Orynchak | Dinaz Vyshhorod | | Yuriy Kalitvintsev (4) | Polissya Zhytomyr | |
| Round 5 | Vasyl Tsyutsyura | Prykarpattia Ivano-Frankivsk | | Yuriy Kalitvintsev (5) | Polissya Zhytomyr | |
| Round 6 | Vitaliy Hrusha | Obolon Kyiv | | Oleh Krasnopyorov (2) | FSC Mariupol | |
| Round 7 | Artem Perebora | Skoruk Tomakivka | | Oleksandr Kovpak | LNZ Cherkasy | |
| Round 8 | Stanislav Morarenko | Dinaz Vyshhorod | | Yuriy Kalitvintsev (6) | Polissya Zhytomyr | |

## Number of teams by region

| Number | Region | Team(s) |
| 3 | Poltava Oblast | Poltava, Hirnyk-Sport and Kremin |
| 1 | Cherkasy Oblast | LNZ |
| 1 | Chernihiv Oblast | Chernihiv |
| 1 | Chernivtsi Oblast | Bukovyna |
| 1 | Dnipropetrovsk Oblast | Skoruk |
| 1 | Donetsk Oblast | Mariupol |
| 1 | Ivano-Frankivsk Oblast | Prykarpattia |
| 1 | Khmelnytskyi Oblast | Epitsentr |
| 1 | Kyiv | Obolon |
| 1 | Kyiv Oblast | Dinaz |
| 1 | Lviv Oblast | Karpaty |
| 1 | Ternopil Oblast | Nyva |
| 1 | Zaporizhzhia Oblast | Metalurh |
| 1 | Zhytomyr Oblast | Polissya |