Today at the Football House, the playoff draw for the right to participate in the UPL in the 2025/2026 season took place. It was conducted by the sports director of the UPL Maksym Stepanenko and the sports director of the PFL Serhii Annenko.
Let us remind you that, according to paragraph 10 of article 5 of the Regulations of the Championship of Ukraine for the 2024/2025 years and paragraph 3 of article 9 of the Regulations of the PFL Championship for the 2024/25 years: “A participant whose main team ranked 13th in the final tournament table of the UPL must play two playoff matches for the right to participate in the UPL in the next season with the team that ranked 4th in the final tournament table of the First League PFL at the end of the season. A participant whose main team ranked 14th in the final tournament table of the UPL must play two playoff matches for the right to participate in the UPL in the next season with the team that ranked 3rd in the final tournament table of the First League PFL at the end of the season.”
Playoff pairs
First matches: May 29 (Thursday)
4th team of the First League — 13th team of the UPL
14th team of the UPL — 3rd team of the First League
Return matches: June 1 (Sunday)
13th team of the UPL — 4th team of the First League
3rd team of the First League — 14th team of the UPL
The start time of the matches will be determined by the UPL Directorate additionally.