^Karpaty Lviv was deducted six points according to a decision by FIFA Disciplinary Committee on 4 March 2016.[1]
^FC Dnipro was deducted a total of 12 points (six points by the FIFA Disciplinary Committee for failing to clear their debts with former coach
Juande Ramos and his assistants,[2] and six points by the Ukrainian Premier League for failing to comply with the decision of FIFA Disciplinary Committee to pay debts to former player
Danilo Sousa Campos[3]).
^Vorskla Poltava was awarded the UPL Prestige Trophy for winning the consolation tournament.[5]
^Karpaty Lviv was deducted six points according to a decision by FIFA Disciplinary Committee on 4 March 2016.[1]
^FC Dnipro was deducted a total of 24 points (six points by the FIFA Disciplinary Committee for failing to clear their debts with former coach
Juande Ramos and his assistants,[2] six points by the Ukrainian Premier League for failing to comply with the decision of FIFA Disciplinary Committee to pay debts to former player
Danilo Sousa Campos,[3] three more points by the FFU Control and Disciplinary Committee for failing execute one of the decisions of the committee,[6] and 9 more points on 9 June 2017, after the end of the tournament.[7]). On the decision of FIFA, FFU enforced relegation of FC Dnipro straight to the Second League, skipping the First League. In a near future FFU will adopt a decision which team will be replacing Dnipro in the First League.[8]
^Volyn Lutsk was deducted six points on the request of
Football Federation of Ukraine which received a letter from the FIFA Disciplinary Committee on 11 May 2017 urging to implement its decision of 15 March 2017, due to debts with former player
Saša Stević.[9]
^The Ukrainian Premier League did not grant Desna Chernihiv a licence to participate in the league, indicating that the club is not able to guarantee for an adequate financing of their infrastructure.[10]
^On 12 January 2017,
FC Poltava were deducted a total of 3 points in accordance with the FFU Control and Disciplinary Committee.[11]
^On 30 March 2017,
Krystal Kherson informed the PFL that they are withdrawing from the competition due to the club's economic and political situation.[17] On 10 April 2017, the FFU formally expelled the club, and awarded technical victories to their opponents.[18]
Stal Kamianske, 12th place of the
2017–18 Ukrainian Premier League, was originally relegated, but later withdraw from the First League.[20] The same day the PFL president confirmed that the league will consist of 16 teams.[21] Originally, FC Stal Kamianske that were located in
Kamianske played its games of the
2017–18 Ukrainian Premier League season in
Kyiv. After relegation the club was admitted to the First League representing
Bucha, Kyiv Oblast.[22] Prior to the season commencing the club was renamed to FC Feniks Bucha.[23]
Naftovyk-Ukrnafta Okhtyrka, the Professional Football League allowed the club to keep its berth in the second tier even after its main sponsor announced that it will discontinue to fund the club. After the season completed,
Ukrnafta (related to the
Privat Group) who sponsored Naftovyk-Ukrnafta Okhtyrka decided to liquidate the club since it was a tax liability.[24]
Zhemchuzhyna Odesa withdrew after Round 31 during 2017–18 season. Technical losses were adjudged against the team in the last three matches.[25] At time of withdrawal, Zhemchuzhyna's had played 31 matches, with a record of 7 wins, 6 draws and 18 losses, scoring 33 goals and having conceded 54 goals.
FC Ternopil after failing to arrive for their Round 6 away match against Polissya Zhytomyr,[29] several days later informed the PFL that they are withdrawing from the competition.[30] The club played four matches in the competition with a record of 4 losses scoring two goals and allowing nine goals scored against them.[30] The PFL annulled their results as per league regulations and removed them from the official standings on the decision of the FFU Control and Disciplinary Committee of 7 September 2017.
FC Metalurh Zaporizhzhia – prior to attestation, the club merged with
FC Spartak-KPU Zaporizhzhia[31] (a team of local university,
KPU), but on 6 June 2018, the club failed attestation for the season and the club's administration decided to dissolve the team[32]
Skala Stryi – passed attestation, but dissolved its senior team protesting the FFU accusations in gambling.[34][35][36] On 14 June 2018, there appeared information that the club will merge its academy with
FC Volyn Lutsk.[37]
During or after the season
Arsenal–Kyiv withdrew from professional competitions after being relegated from the Premier League.[38]
PFC Sumy received new ownership during winter break in the face of Serhiy Vashchenko who earlier this season was supposed to become the owner of
Kobra Kharkiv.[39][40][41][42] The new head coach of the Sumy club who had been announced was also former head coach of Kobra, Oleksandr Oliynyk.[citation needed] At the same time according to the former club's director Anatoliy Boiko, on 1 December 2018 PFC Sumy did not have any players on contract. On 11 April 2019, the FFU Control and Disciplinary Committee adopted its decision to strip the club of professional status and exclude the club from any competitions that it is participating currently or in the future.[43] However the club has a right to file an appeal. Additional separate sanctions were to be also applied against the club's playing and administrative personnel. On 14 April 2019, the chairman of the FFU committee of ethics and fair play
Francesco Baranka noted in regards to additional sanctions that PFC Sumy has earned some 10 million
euros in
match fixing.[44] More to it, Ukrainian coach
Oleksandr Sevidov who held post of head coach consultant in PFC Sumy and previously managed
FC Illichivets Mariupol received a lifetime disqualification.[45]
On 17 February 2019, president of FC Zirka Kropyvnytskyi commented on his club's withdrawal from further participation in competitions of the
Ukrainian First League.[46][47] The president accused the newly formed NABU and law enforcement authorities in pressure against him. The president of the league expressed his surprise claiming that there seemed no real reason why the club had to withdraw.[48] On 5 April 2019, the PFL council of leagues adopted its decision to remove FC Zirka Kropyvnytskyi from the League as it officially withdrew on 14 March 2019.[49] On 22 April 2019, the club's vice-president announced that the club will restart from regional competitions with intention to return the club's pro-status in the future.[50]
^Офіційно: Верес виступатиме в УПЛ замість Десни [Official: Veres will participate in the UPL instead of Desna]. ua-football.com (in Ukrainian). UA-Football. 2 June 2017. Retrieved 3 June 2017.
^Тернопіль не прибув на гру з Поліссям [Ternopil did not arrive to the game with Polissya]. UA-Football (in Ukrainian). 13 August 2017. Retrieved 13 August 2017.