2018–19 Ukrainian Premier League
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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.
Season | 2018–19 |
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Dates | 21 July 2018 – 30 May 2019 (winter break 9 December 2018 – 16 February 2019) |
Champions | Shakhtar Donetsk 12th title |
Relegated | Arsenal–Kyiv Chornomorets Odesea |
Champions League | Shakhtar Donetsk Dynamo Kyiv |
Europa League | FC Oleksandriya FC Mariupol Zorya Luhansk |
Matches played | 192 |
Goals scored | 474 (2.47 per match) |
Top goalscorer | 19 – Júnior Moraes (Shakhtar) |
Biggest home win | 5:0 – (Dynamo-Zorya, Shakhtar-Karpaty, Shakhtar-Lviv) |
Biggest away win | 0:5 – (Arsenal-Zorya, Chornomorets-Karpaty) 1:6 – (Karpaty-Shakhtar) |
Highest scoring | 2:5 – (Olimpik-Shakhtar) 1:6 – (Karpaty-Shakhtar) |
Longest winning run | 8 – (Dynamo) |
Longest unbeaten run | 29 – (Shakhtar) |
Longest winless run | 12 – (Olimpik) |
Longest losing run | 9 – (Chornomorets) |
Highest attendance | 46,475 – Dynamo–Shakhtar (Round 3) |
Lowest attendance | 0[2] – Dynamo–Vorskla (Round 1) |
Total attendance | 797,940 |
Average attendance | 4156 |
← 2017–18 2019–20 →
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.[3] 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.[4]
The defending champion is the 11-times winner Shakhtar Donetsk.