2018–19 Ukrainian Premier League

The 2018–19 Ukrainian Premier League season was the 28th top-level football club competitions since the fall of the Soviet Union and the eleventh since the establishment of the Ukrainian Premier League.

Ukrainian Premier League
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Season2018–19
Dates21 July 2018 – 30 May 2019
(winter break 9 December 2018 – 16 February 2019)
ChampionsShakhtar Donetsk
12th title
RelegatedArsenal–Kyiv
Chornomorets Odesea
Champions LeagueShakhtar Donetsk
Dynamo Kyiv
Europa LeagueFC Oleksandriya
FC Mariupol
Zorya Luhansk
Matches played192
Goals scored474 (2.47 per match)
Top goalscorer19 – Júnior Moraes (Shakhtar)
Biggest home win5:0 – (Dynamo-Zorya, Shakhtar-Karpaty, Shakhtar-Lviv)
Biggest away win0:5 – (Arsenal-Zorya, Chornomorets-Karpaty)
1:6 – (Karpaty-Shakhtar)
Highest scoring2:5 – (Olimpik-Shakhtar)
1:6 – (Karpaty-Shakhtar)
Longest winning run8 – (Dynamo)
Longest unbeaten run29 – (Shakhtar)
Longest winless run12 – (Olimpik)
Longest losing run9 – (Chornomorets)
Highest attendance46,475 – DynamoShakhtar (Round 3)
Lowest attendance0 – DynamoVorskla (Round 1)
Total attendance797,940
Average attendance4156
All statistics correct as of 15 May 2019.

The tournament started on 21 July 2018 with the competition set to end on 25 May 2019. The league took its winter intermission after Round 18 on 8 December 2018 and resumed its competition of the Championship with Round 19 on 16 February 2019. The first stage ended with Round 22 games on 17 March 2019. The draw for the second stage was announced for 5 March 2019.

The defending champion is the 11-times winner Shakhtar Donetsk.

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