The 2016–17

Ukrainian First League The Persha Liha ( ) or Ukrainian First League is a Ukrainian football league system, level of national football competitions (second tier) in Ukraine governed by the Professional Football League of Ukraine, Professional Football League at the disc ...

was the 26th since its establishment. The fixtures were announced on 16 July 2016, and the competition commenced on 24 July 2016. The spring session started on 12 March 2017 with the competition ending on 2 June 2017.

Teams

Promoted teams

Originally, as per competition regulations the top three teams were promoted from the

2015–16 Ukrainian Second League The 2015–16 Ukrainian Second League was the 25th season of 3rd level professional football in Ukraine. The competition commenced on 26 July 2015 with a full round of matches. From 1 November 2015 to 26 March 2016 the competition was on winter b ...

. However, prior to the season commencing at the Conference of the PFL in preparation for the season the committee decided to expand the competition to eighteen teams and include the fourth, fifth and sixth placed teams. Six teams promotion beat the previous record of five teams that was set back in 2002 (14 years ago). *

Kolos Kovalivka FC Kolos Kovalivka () is a professional Ukrainian football club from the village of Kovalivka, Kyiv Oblast which competes in the Ukrainian Premier League, having been promoted from the Ukrainian First League on the 8 June 2019 for the first time ...

– champion of the

''(debut)'' * Veres Rivne – runner-up ''(returning for the first time since 1996–97 season, 19 seasons absence)'' * Inhulets Petrove – 3rd placed ''(debut)'' * Bukovyna Chernivtsi – 4th placed ''(returning after one season)'' * Skala Stryi – 5th placed ''(debut, however a club from

Stryi Stryi (, ; ) is a city in Lviv Oblast, western Ukraine. It is located in the left bank of the Stryi (river), Stryi River, approximately south of Lviv in the foothills of the Carpathian Mountains. It serves as the administrative center of Stryi R ...

namely FC Hazovyk-Skala Stryi competed in the 2005–06 season)'' * Arsenal Kyiv – 6th placed ''(debut, however a predecessor of Arsenal Kyiv, CSKA-Borysfen Kyiv, competed in the 1994–95 season)''

Relegated teams

No teams were relegated from the Ukrainian Premier League

Withdrawn teams

Two teams were withdrawn before the season: * Dynamo-2 KyivThe management of the senior club

FC Dynamo Kyiv The Football Club 'Dynamo Kyiv', also known as Dynamo Kyiv, or simply Dynamo, ( ) is a Ukrainian professional Association football, football club based in Kyiv. Founded in 1927 as a Kyivan football team of republican branch of the bigger Soviet ...

announced that the reserve club, '' Dynamo-2 Kyiv'' would be cease to exist prior to the start of the season.
* Hirnyk Kryvyi RihPrior to the start of the season club's administration announced that the club would withdraw from the PFL.

Location map

The following displays the location of teams.

Stadiums

The following stadiums are considered home grounds for the teams in the competition.

Managers

Managerial changes

League table

Results

Position by round

Relegation play-off

The draw for relegation play-off scheduling was held on 3 June 2017.

First leg

Second leg

'' PFC Sumy wins 3–1 on aggregate and remains in First League.

FC Balkany Zorya FC Balkany Zorya () is a professional Ukrainian football team that is based in the village of Zorya, Bilhorod-Dnistrovskyi Raion in the region of Budjak, Odesa Oblast. History The club was founded in 2007 as FC Zorya in the ethnically Bulgari ...

loses but later was promoted to the 2017–18 Ukrainian First League, due to sanctions against

FC Dnipro Football Club Dnipro (, ) was a Ukrainian football club based in Dnipro. The club played its last season in the 2018–19 Ukrainian Amateur League. The club was owned by Ukrainian businessman Ihor Kolomoyskyi. In 2018, FC Dnipro was forced ...

.''

Top goalscorers

The season top goalscorers were:

Awards

Round awards

Season awards

The laureates of the 2016–17 season were: * Best player: Ruslan Stepanyuk ( Veres Rivne) * Best coach: Oleksandr Ryabokon ( Desna Chernihiv) * Best goalscorer: Ruslan Stepanyuk ( Veres Rivne)

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:2016-17 Ukrainian First League Ukrainian First League seasons 2016–17 in Ukrainian association football leagues

Ukraine Ukraine is a country in Eastern Europe. It is the List of European countries by area, second-largest country in Europe after Russia, which Russia–Ukraine border, borders it to the east and northeast. Ukraine also borders Belarus to the nor ...