2018–19 Ukrainian Premier League
The 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 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.
Teams
Promoted teams
- Arsenal Kyiv – the champion of the 2017–18 Ukrainian First League '
- Desna Chernihiv – 3rd place of the 2017–18 Ukrainian First League, play-off winners '
Shuffled teams
- FC Lviv – a team swap after merging with NK Veres Rivne
Withdrawn teams
- On 21 June 2018, during the club's conference of FC Poltava, the club's leadership announced that it dissolved the club.
Location map
The following displays the location of teams.Stadiums
Three teams play their matches outside of home towns. The minimum threshold for the stadium's capacity in the UPL is 5,000.The following stadiums are regarded as home grounds:
| Rank | Stadium | Place | Club | Capacity | Notes |
| 1 | NSC Olimpiyskiy | Kyiv | Dynamo Kyiv | 70,050 | |
| 2 | OSC Metalist | Kharkiv | Shakhtar Donetsk | 40,003 | used as home ground during the season. |
| 3 | Arena Lviv | Lviv | FC Lviv | 34,915 | |
| 4 | Chornomorets Stadium | Odesa | Chornomorets Odesa | 34,164 | |
| 5 | Ukraina Stadium | Lviv | Karpaty Lviv FC Lviv | 28,051 | used in Round 5, home ground since Round 19 |
| 6 | Vorskla Stadium | Poltava | Vorskla Poltava | 24,795 | |
| 7 | Lobanovsky Dynamo Stadium | Kyiv | Olimpik Donetsk Arsenal Kyiv | 16,873 | used as home ground during the season. |
| 8 | Volodymyr Boiko Stadium | Mariupol | FC Mariupol | 12,680 | |
| 9 | Chernihiv Stadium | Chernihiv | Desna Chernihiv | 12,060 | |
| 10 | Slavutych-Arena | Zaporizhia | Zorya Luhansk | 12,000 | used as home ground during the season. |
| 11 | CSC Nika Stadium | Oleksandriya | FC Oleksandriya | 7,000 |
Notes:
Personnel and sponsorship
Notes:Managerial changes
Notes:First stage
First stage table
First stage results
Teams play each other twice on a home and away basis, before the league split into two groups – the top six and the bottom six.Notes:
First stage positions by round
The following table represents the teams position after each round in the competition played chronologically.Championship round
Championship round table
Championship round results
Championship round positions by round
Relegation round
Relegation round table
Relegation round results
Relegation round positions by round
Relegation play-offs
First leg
----Second leg
Kolos Kovalivka won 2–0 on aggregate and were promoted to the 2019–20 Ukrainian Premier League. Chornomorets Odesa were relegated to the 2019–20 Ukrainian First League----
Karpaty Lviv won 3–0 on aggregate and retained their spot in the 2019–20 Ukrainian Premier League. Volyn Lutsk remained in the 2019–20 Ukrainian First League
Due to fan violence at the game and attack on referee, the original score 1–3 was scratched and replaced with technical score 0–3 loss to Volyn and win for Karpaty. Additionally, the Lutsk department of police started criminal proceedings on the fact of intentional damage to property during the game by the Karpaty fans.
Season statistics
Top goalscorers
| Rank | Scorer | Team | Goals |
| 1 |  Júnior Moraes | Shakhtar Donetsk | 19 |
| 2 | Viktor Tsyhankov | Dynamo Kyiv | 18 |
| 3 | Maryan Shved | Karpaty Lviv | 14 |
| 4 | Yevhen Banada | FC Oleksandriya | 9 |
| 4 |  Bruno | FC Lviv | 9 |
| 4 | Marlos | Shakhtar Donetsk | 9 |
| 4 | Serhiy Vakulenko | Arsenal Kyiv | 9 |
| 8 | Maksym Dehtyarov | Olimpik Donetsk | 8 |
| 8 | Oleksandr Zubkov | FC Mariupol | 8 |
| 8 | Oleksandr Karavayev | Zorya Luhansk | 8 |
| 8 | Serhiy Myakushko | Karpaty Lviv | 8 |
Notes:
Top assistants
| Rank | Assistant | Team | Assists |
| 1 | Taison | Shakhtar Donetsk | 12 |
| 2 | Viktor Tsyhankov | Dynamo Kyiv | 11 |
| 3 | Ismaily | Shakhtar Donetsk | 7 |
| 3 | Júnior Moraes | Shakhtar Donetsk | 7 |
| 3 | Alan Patrick | Shakhtar Donetsk | 7 |
| 6 | Oleksandr Karavayev | Zorya Luhansk | 5 |
| 6 | Serhiy Myakushko | Karpaty Lviv | 5 |
Hat-tricks (pokers)
Player scored goals if more than 3Notes:
- On 18 September 2018 Ukrainian Premier League introduced publishing of UPL statistics using the system of InStat.
Awards
Monthly awards
Round awards
Source:The 2018 Coach of the Year award
The best coaches were identified by the All-Ukrainian Football Coaches Association.| Place | Coach | Team | Mark |
| 1 | Volodymyr Sharan | FC Oleksandriya | 4.38 |
| 2 |  Paulo Fonseca | Shakhtar Donetsk | 4.24 |
| 3 |  Alyaksandr Khatskevich | Dynamo Kyiv | 4.16 |
| 4 | Yuriy Bakalov | FC Lviv | 4.06 |
| 5 | Yuriy Vernydub | Zorya Luhansk | 4.00 |
Season awards
The laureates of the 2018–19 UPL season were:- Best player: Viktor Tsyhankov
- Best coach: Paulo Fonseca
- Best goalkeeper: Andriy Pyatov
- Best arbiter: Anatoliy Abdula
- Best young player: Vitaliy Mykolenko
- Best goalscorer: Júnior Moraes
Number of teams by region
| Number | Region | Team |
| 3 | Mariupol, Olimpik and Shakhtar | |
| 2 | Dynamo and Arsenal | |
| 2 | Karpaty and Lviv | |
| 1 | Desna | |
| 1 | Oleksandriya | |
| 1 | Zorya | |
| 1 | Chornomorets | |
| 1 | Vorskla | |
| 1 | - | - |
| 1 | - | - |
| Number | Region | Team |
| 3 | Dynamo, Olimpik and Arsenal | |
| 2 | Karpaty and Lviv | |
| 1 | Desna | |
| 1 | Mariupol | |
| 1 | Shakhtar | |
| 1 | Oleksandriya | |
| 1 | Zorya | |
| 1 | Chornomorets | |
| 1 | Vorskla | |
| 1 | - | - |
| 1 | - | - |