RBLX Ukrainian Premier League Wiki

The RBLX Ukrainian Premier League or UPL is a professional Football league in Ukraine. It begun play in 1992 as *Vyshcha Liha* and originally had 12 teams. It has since expanded to 16 teams as of the 2022-2023 season. The first winners were FC Sevastopol in 1992 and the most recent winners were Dynamo Kyiv, who won the 2020-2021 Season. The most successful champions are Shaktar Donetsk, who have won 16 titles. In 2008, the *Vyshcha Liha* was renamed Ukrainian Premier League, and has been the name of the league since.

In 1992, the 12 founding members of the league were: Dynamo Kyiv, Shaktar Donetsk, Zoyra Luhansk, SC Tavriya Simferopol, FC Sevastopol, FC Kharkiv, Chornomorets Odesa, Rukh Lviv, Metalist 1925 Kharkiv, CSKA Kyiv (Arsenal Kyiv), Volyn Lutsk and Metalurh Zaporizhzhia. As of 2022-2023, only 6 of the 12 founding members are still in the UPL.

Ukraine have been one of the best footballing countries as of recently. As of the 2022-2023 Season, Ukraine are rated 8th in the UEFA Coefficents, and is even expected to increase next season. For 2023-2024, they were ranked 6th, and from the 2024-2025 season, Ukraine are in the Top 5, meaning 4 UEFA Champions League spots, Two Europa League Group Stages and a UEFA Europa Conference League Play-Off Round.

## History

### Creation

Prior to the founding, 3 Ukrainian teams were in the Soviet Top League, Dynamo Kyiv, who won the 1991 Soviet Top League and won 6 Soviet Top League Titles, Shaktar Donetsk, who won 4 Soviet Top League Titles and Zoyra Luhansk, who won 1 Soviet Top League Title. All teams in the Soviet Football league system transferred to the Ukrainian Football league system. The Ukrainian Football league system originally had 3 football leagues and 2 amateur leagues. The Top League, First League and Second League. The Third League, which doesn't exist, was originally a Semi-Professional league which ran until 1996. There was 3 amateur leagues, Amateur League A, Amateur League B and Amateur League C. After that there is regional competitions.

### Vyshcha Liha (1992-2008)

During the Spring of 1992, the first season of Vyshcha Liha took place. The 1992 Season featured 12 teams with each team playing each other twice, one home and away. FC Sevastopol won the league title. From 1992-1993 until 1995-1996 all titles were won by Dynamo Kyiv, winning 4 straight titles. 1996-1997 saw Shaktar Donetsk win their first UPL title. They won 6 straight titles until 2001-2002. Dynamo Kyiv won their 5th and 6th title 2002-2003. Shaktar and Dynamo had 6 titles each. 2003-2004 saw Shaktar once again have the most titles, and won their eigth a season later. Dynamo won their 7th in 2005-2006 and Shaktar won their 9th in 2006-2007. Shaktar were the first team to reach their 10th title after winning the 2007-2008 season. The 2007-2008 season was the final season under the name Vyshcha Liha.

### Ukrainian Premier League (2008-Present)

The 2008-2009 season was the first season under the new title, Ukrainian Premier League. Shaktar won their 11th title in the 2008-2009 season and won their 12th a season later, in 2009-2010. This was also the first season when Shaktar moved into the Donbass Arena. In 2010-2011, Shaktar won the Europa League, the first Ukrainian team since Dynamo Kyiv in 1976 to win a European title. Dynamo Kyiv won their 8th title in 2010-2011. Dynamo Kyiv won their 9th title in 2011-2012. Dynamo Kyiv then won their 10th title in 2012-2013. They became the team to win the most league titles, going infront of Shaktar in 2013-2014 when winning their 13th title. Shaktar would level Kyiv in 2014-2015, winning their 13th title. Dynamo won in 2015-2016, winning their 14th title. Shaktar won it in 2016-2017 and 2017-2018 to win their 14th and 15th title. Dynamo won in 2018-2019 to win their 15th title to tie Shaktar. In 2019-2020 Shaktar won their 16th title. In 2020-2021, Dynamo Kyiv won their 16th title. In 2021-2022, the season got cancelled due to Russian Invasion of Ukraine.

#### Shakhtar Donetsk vs Dynamo Kyiv Rivalry

By far, Shakhtar vs Dynamo is the biggest rivalry in Ukraine, and is one of the best rivals in

### 2024: Expansion to 18 Teams

On 14th June 2023, the Ukrainian Premier League confirmed the expansion to 18 teams starting from 2024-2025 after a vote from the Ukrainian Premier League Clubs as of the 2023-2024 season, with it resulting in 12-4 in favour of the expansion.  They confirmed that there will be 2 relegations but no relegation play-offs. However there will be a Play-Off Tournament in the Ukrainian First League.

* 1st in Ukrainian First League are Champions and Promoted
* 2nd in Ukrainian First League are Promoted
* 3rd in Ukrainian First League are Promoted
* 14th in Ukrainian Premier League and 4th, 5th and 6th will all participate in the Play-Offs.

## Seasons

1992 Vyshcha Liha

2020-2021 Ukrainian Premier League

2021-2022 Ukrainian Premier League

2022-2023 Ukrainian Premier League

2023-2024 Ukrainian Premier League

## References

1. ↑ How many teams does the UPL have?
2. ↑ Dynamo Kyiv 4-2 Shaktar Donetsk: Dynamo Kyiv UPL champions after big victory over rivals
3. ↑ Shaktar Donetsk: Most wins in UPL history
4. ↑ Who were the founding members of the UPL?
5. ↑ UEFA Coefficents: How Ukraine went from 20th to 8th within 4 years
6. ↑ Ukrainian Football League System
7. ↑ Shaktar Europa League Champions
8. ↑ Shaktar victory over Porto 3-0 seals their Europa League win
9. ↑ 2024-2025: Ukrainian Premier League expanding from 16 to 18 teams