2017–18 Ukrainian Premier League
The 2017–18 Ukrainian Premier League season is the 27th top level football club competitions since the fall of the Soviet Union and the tenth since the establishment of the Ukrainian Premier League.
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| Season | 2017–18 |
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| Dates | 16 July 2017 – 19 May 2018 |
| Champions | Shakhtar Donetsk 11th title |
| Champions League | Shakhtar Donetsk Dynamo Kyiv |
| Europa League | Vorskla Poltava Zorya Luhansk Mariupol |
| Matches played | 183 |
| Goals scored | 407 (2.22 per match) |
| Top goalscorer | 21 – Facundo Ferreyra (Shakhtar) |
| Biggest home win | 5 – Dynamo 5–0 Karpaty (Round 3) Zorya 5–0 Chornomorets (Round 7) Shakhtar 5–0 Chornomorets (Round 20) Shakhtar 5–0 Zirka (Round 21) |
| Biggest away win | 5 – Karpaty 1–6 Veres (Round 8) |
| Highest scoring | 8 – Zorya 4–4 Dynamo (Round 11) |
| Longest winning run | 6 – Shakhtar (Rounds 3-8) |
| Longest unbeaten run | 13 – Shakhtar (Rounds 3-15) |
| Longest winless run | 17 – Stal (Rounds 3-19) |
| Longest losing run | 7 – Stal (Rounds 3-9) |
| Highest attendance | 38,618 – Dynamo–Shakhtar (Round 13) |
| Lowest attendance | 0 – 3 games |
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All statistics correct as of 9 March 2018. | |
The tournament started on 16 July 2017 with the competition set to end on 19 May 2018. The relegation play-offs took place on 23 May and 26 May 2018. The league has scheduled to take its winter intermission after Round 19 on 9–10 December 2017 and resume its competition of the Championship with Round 20 on 17 February 2018.
The defending champion is the 10-times winner FC Shakhtar Donetsk.
The league's last season title sponsor, a bookmaker company Parimatch, withdrew from the sponsorship. On 7 July 2017, Pari-Match announced that it had ended its cooperation with the Ukrainian Premier League.
Before the start of the season a scandal arose around promotion between the First League clubs FC Desna Chernihiv and NK Veres Rivne when Veres that placed lower in tournament table was admitted to the Premier League ahead of Desna. Later it was announced that Desna might be promoted as well due to rumors around a financial situation of FC Stal Kamianske. The final decision of the league's composition was adopted at the FFU Conference on 16 June 2017.
With the ongoing War in Donbass, the Round 2 games started with a minute of silence to commemorate the warriors of the Armed Forces of Ukraine who had perished in the ATO zone.