Ukrainian Premier League

The Ukrainian Premier League (Ukrainian: Українська Прем'єр-ліга ) or UPL is a professional association football league in Ukraine and the highest level of the Ukrainian football league system.

Originally known as the Vyshcha Liha (Вища ліга , lit. 'Higher League') it was formed in 1991, after the fall of the Soviet Union, and the consequent discontinuation of the Soviet Top League. In the first season in 1992, the Ukrainian league 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 Kyiv, Shakhtar Donetsk, Chornomorets Odesa, Dnipro, Metalist Kharkiv, Metalurh Zaporizhzhia, as well as four more clubs that previously also competed at the top league. The first edition was played during the first semester of the year, as it was decided to synchronise the Ukrainian football calendar with most European leagues. That first tournament was won by Tavriya Simferopol, a club based in Crimea. That was the only edition of the league not won by either Dynamo or Shakhtar.

The Ukrainian Premier League is also a public organization of professional clubs. In 1996 along with the other professional football leagues of Ukraine, a council of the Vyshcha Liha (Top League) clubs became a member of the Professional Football League of Ukraine. In 2008 was withdrawn from Professional Football League of Ukraine and reformed into a separate self-governed entity of the Ukrainian Association of Football (previously Football Federation of Ukraine), officially changing its name to the

#	Club	P	W	D	L	GD	Pts
1	Polissya Zhytomyr	10	8	1	1	15	25
2	Shakhtar Donetsk	10	8	1	1	15	25
3	Kharkiv	9	7	0	2	11	21
4	Dynamo Kyiv	9	6	1	2	5	19
5	Karpaty Lviv	9	4	3	2	9	15
6	Zorya Luhansk	10	4	3	3	-1	15
7	LNZ Cherkasy	10	4	3	3	1	15
8	Kolos Kovalivka	9	3	2	4	-1	11
9	Epitsentr Kamianets-Podilsky	10	2	3	5	-4	9
10	Veres Rivne	10	2	3	5	-7	9
11	Livyi Bereh Kyiv	9	1	5	3	-2	8
12	Bukovyna Chernivtsi	9	1	5	3	-5	8
13	Obolon Kyiv	9	1	4	4	-11	7
14	Chornomorets Odesa	8	1	2	5	-6	5
15	Kudrivka	10	1	2	7	-13	5
16	Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih	7	1	2	4	-6	5

Tables are available for selected soccer competitions and seasons only. No positions are estimated.