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All statistics correct as ukraine league match fixtures 9 December 2018. 19 Ukrainian Premier League season is 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. The tournament is planning to start on 21 July 2018 with the competition set to end on 25 May 2019.

The league has scheduled to take its winter intermission after Round 18 on 8 December 2018 and resume its competition of the Championship with Round 19 on 16 February 2019. The first stage will end with Round 22 games on 16-17 March 2019. The draw for the second stage was announced for 5 March 2019. The defending champion is the 11-times winner Shakhtar Donetsk. On 21 June 2018, during the club’s conference of FC Poltava, the club’s leadership announced that it dissolved the club. On 22 June 2018, the UPL published an official announcement about situation with FC Poltava, and while shocked with the club’s decision the league is confirming that the club is withdrawing and that the league will be seeking its replacement. The following displays the location of teams.

Teams in italics are from a conflict zone of the War in Donbass and are playing their home games in different cities. Three teams play their matches outside of home towns. Originally registering Bannikov Stadium as its main stadium for the season, the club’s president Piric informed that at least for next year Arsenal will play at Dynamo Stadium. It should be noted that Bannikov Stadium does not meet all the requirements of UPL. On 20 August 2018 in interview to internet newsmedia Footboom Serhiy Litovchenko explained his dismissal from the club pointing out that he still was under contract and will sue the club. On 1 November 2018 the FFU chamber on settling of disagreements fined FC Arsenal-Kyiv and laid a transfer ban onto the club following the case Litovchenko vs FC Arsenal-Kyiv.

On 30 November 2018 in interview to Sport-Express Hroznyi stated that he does not have a contract with Arsenal, but rather a gentleman’s agreement and expires on 30 November 2018. For upcoming matches, an “a” indicates there is an article about the match. Dynamo was postponed to 26 September 2018 due to scheduling. The following table represents the teams position after each round in the competition played chronologically. On 19 March 2019 Moraes received Ukrainian citizenship and was invited to the Ukraine national football team, yet the Ukrainian Premier League still depicts him as Brazilian. At the same time the website of FC Shakhtar has reflected that change. The website will automatically retry to download the data.