Ukrainian Premier League facts for kids

The Ukrainian Premier League is a football league which is the top division in Ukraine. Current champions are FC Shakhtar Donetsk

Team	Home city	Stadium	Capacity	Position in 2018–19	First season in PL	Seasons in PL
Desna Chernihiv	Chernihiv	Chernihiv Stadium	12,060	8th	2018-19	2
Dnipro-1	Dnipro	Dnipro-Arena	31,003	FL:1st	debut	1
Dynamo Kyiv	Kyiv	Olimpiyskiy National Sports Complex	70,050	2nd	1992	29
Karpaty Lviv	Lviv	Ukraina Stadium	28,051	10th	1992	27
Kolos Kovalivka	Kovalivka	TBA		FL:2nd	debut	1
Lviv	Lviv	Arena Lviv	34,915	6th	2008-09	3
Mariupol	Mariupol	Volodymyr Boiko Stadium	12,680	5th	1997-98	20
Oleksandriya	Oleksandria	CSC Nika Stadium	7,000	3rd	2001-02	8
Olimpik Donetsk	Donetsk (Kyiv)	Lobanovskyi Dynamo Stadium	16,873	9th	2014-15	6
Shakhtar Donetsk	Donetsk (Kharkiv)	Metalist Stadium	40,003	1st	1992	29
Vorskla Poltava	Poltava	Oleksiy Butovsky Vorskla Stadium	24,795	7th	1996-97	24
Zorya Luhansk	Luhansk (Zaporizhia)	Slavutych-Arena	12,000	5th	1992	19

Images for kids

Areal duel between players of Shakhtar and Metalist in September 2009 including Fernandinho and Marko Devic
The 2017 Liha Pari-Match champions FC Shakhtar Donetsk with a pennant (Hrayemo Chesno, We Play Fair)
Former Shakhtar Donetsk manager Mircea Lucescu is the most successful manager in Ukrainian Premier League history with 8 championships.