The Ukrainian Premier League or UPL is the highest division of Ukrainian annual football championship. As the Vyshcha Liha it was formed in 1991 as part of the 1992 Ukrainian football championship upon discontinuation of the 1991 Soviet football championship and included the Ukraine-based clubs that competed previously in the Soviet top three tiers competitions as well as better clubs of the Ukrainian republican competitions. The initial season of the league featured six former Soviet Top League clubs among which were Dynamo, Shakhtar, Chornomorets, Dnipro, Metalist, Metalurh as well as four more clubs that previously also competed at the top league.
Sergei Pavlovich Baltacha is a Ukrainian former professional football player and coach who won 45 caps for the Soviet Union and made nearly 300 appearances for Dynamo Kyiv.
In sports, a reserve team is a team composed of players under contract to a club but who do not normally play in matches for the first team. Reserve teams often include back-up players from the first team, young players who need playing time to improve their skills, as well as members of the first team recovering from injury. In some countries, reserve or development teams compete in entirely separate competitions from first teams, while some countries allow reserve teams or farm teams to compete in the same league system as their club's first team, although usually in separate divisions.
Oleksandr Mykolayovych Kucher is a Ukrainian former professional footballer and current manager of Ukrainian club Dnipro-1.
Jakson Avelino Coelho, commonly known as Jajá Coelho or simply Jajá, is a Brazilian football striker.
Oleksandr Mykolayovych Hladkyi is a Ukrainian professional footballer who plays as a forward for Chornomorets Odesa. He has also appeared for the Ukraine national team. His last name is variously transliterated into English as Hladkyy.
Samson Godwin is a former Nigerian football midfielder.
Artem Anatoliyovich Kravets is a Ukrainian footballer who plays as a striker for Turkish club Sakaryaspor.
Football is the most popular sport in Ukraine. The Ukrainian Association of Football is the national governing body and is responsible for overseeing all aspects of the game of football in the country. It was organised in 1991 to replace the Soviet republican-level Football Federation of Ukrainian SSR, created earlier in the 1920s as part of the Soviet system of physical culture councils. The Ukrainian Association of Football is a non-governmental organization and is a member of the National Olympic Committee of Ukraine.
Yevhen Serhiyovych Selin is a Ukrainian professional footballer who plays as a left back or centre back for Chornomorets Odesa.
Maksym Anatoliyovych Koval is a Ukrainian professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper who plays for Sheriff Tiraspol.
Dmytro Korkishko is a Ukrainian professional footballer who plays as a right winger for Metalist Kharkiv.
Nikita Korzun is a Belarusian professional football player who currently plays for Shakhtyor Soligorsk.
Ihor Ihorovych Kharatin is a Ukrainian professional footballer who plays as a defensive midfielder for Ekstraklasa club Legia Warsaw.
Vladyslav Olehovych Naumets is a Ukrainian professional footballer who plays as a winger for Metalist Kharkiv.
Ivan Volodymyrovich Kalyuzhnyi is a Ukrainian professional footballer who plays as a central midfielder for Ukrainian Premier League club Oleksandriya.
Artem Kholod is a Ukrainian professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for El Paso Locomotive.
Vikentiy Valeriyovych Voloshyn is a Ukrainian professional footballer who plays as an attacking midfielder for Oleksandriya, on loan from Dynamo Kyiv.
Eduard Yevhenovych Sarapiy is a Ukrainian professional footballer who plays as a centre-back for Dnipro-1, on loan from Metalist Kharkiv.
Nazar Ihorovych Voloshyn is a Ukrainian professional footballer who plays as a right winger for Dynamo Kyiv.
