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Ukrainian Premier League

UKR

league

3,066

Matches

225

Officials

7

Seasons

2026/27

Latest Season

All seasons 2026/27 2025/26 2024/25 2023/24 2022/23 2021/22 2020/21

First tracked match

FC Shakhtar Donetsk vs Kolos Kovalivka

Latest tracked match

Livyi Bereh vs Veres

Officiating insights

Strictest refs →

From recorded scores and the community incident layer. (Official card/foul stats aren’t in the dataset yet.)

2.47

goals / match

0

incidents logged

0

VAR-reviewed

Role distribution across all appointments

Referee2078AR36554th Official1895VAR1409AVAR1511Observer1731VAR Observer1354

Home stadiums

Every stadium that has hosted Ukrainian Premier League matches. Switch between all-time and the latest season.

Most-appointed referee

🇺🇦 Balakin Mykola

Who referees Ukrainian Premier League?

Most-appointed match officials across all Ukrainian Premier League seasons

1
🇺🇦 Paskhal Ihor
UKR · Referee · 213×
2
🇺🇦 Roman Blavatskyi
UKR · Referee · 208×
3
🇺🇦 Panchyshyn Dmytro
UKR · Referee · 205×
4
🇺🇦 Balakin Mykola
UKR · Referee · 198×
5
🇺🇦 Shandor Oleksandr
UKR · Referee · 191×
6
🇺🇦 Omelchenko Oleksandr
UKR · Referee · 190×
7
🇺🇦 Derevinskyi Oleksii
UKR · Referee · 188×
8
🇺🇦 Shlonchak Semen
UKR · Referee · 188×
9
🇺🇦 Viktor Matiash
UKR · Referee · 188×
10
🇺🇦 Striletska Maryna
UKR · Referee · 187×

Match Officials(225 officials · 3,066 matches)

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Paskhal IhorUKRVAR

Referee 78AR 24th 17VAR 100AVAR 18

Roman BlavatskyiUKRReferee

Referee 82AR 14th 52VAR 67AVAR 7

Panchyshyn DmytroUKRReferee

Referee 83AR 14th 48VAR 62AVAR 12

Balakin MykolaUKRReferee

Referee 984th 3VAR 96AVAR 1

Shandor OleksandrUKRReferee

Referee 944th 31VAR 59AVAR 7

Omelchenko OleksandrUKRReferee

Referee 74AR 14th 51VAR 52AVAR 13

Derevinskyi OleksiiUKRReferee

Referee 904th 27VAR 61AVAR 10

Shlonchak SemenUKRAssistant Referee

Referee 9AR 111VAR 7AVAR 63

Viktor MatiashUKRAssistant Referee

Striletska MarynaUKRAssistant Referee

Referee 10AR 1084th 2VAR 11AVAR 65

Aranovskyi YevhenUKRVAR Observer

Referee 224th 4VAR 26AVAR 6Observer 44VAR Obs. 76

Shurman DenysUKRReferee

Referee 844th 9VAR 79AVAR 3

Maksym KozyriatskyiUKRReferee

Referee 834th 43VAR 39AVAR 8

Zabroda KlymUKRReferee

Referee 61AR 114th 51VAR 28AVAR 22

Berkut OleksandrUKRAssistant Referee

Anatolii AbdulaUKRVAR Observer

Referee 22AR 14th 31Observer 47VAR Obs. 68

Yurii MoseichukUKRVAR Observer

AVAR 8Observer 53VAR Obs. 103

Derdo ViktorUKRVAR Observer

AR 11AVAR 4Observer 51VAR Obs. 97

Kopievskii ViktorUKRReferee

Referee 704th 21VAR 63AVAR 8

Oleksandr KalonovUKRFourth Official

Referee 41AR 64th 71VAR 16AVAR 30

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Venues(50)

Stadiums used in Ukrainian Premier League.

📍 Lviv, Ukraine

Dynamo n.a. Lobanovskyi

📍 Kyiv, Ukraine

📍 Kovalivka, Ukraine

Avanhard (Rivne)

Арена Лівий Берег

📍 Kryvyy Rih, Ukraine

📍 Cherkasy, Ukraine

📍 Uzhhorod, Ukraine

📍 Odesa, Ukraine

Vorskla n.a. Butovskyi

Central stadium

Olimpiiskyi NSC

Арена Лівий Берег

Central City Stadium

📍 Zhytomyr, Ukraine

📍 Kyiv, Ukraine

Stadion Dynamo imeni Veleriia Lobanovs

Zirka n.a. Berezkin

"Slavutych-Arena" Zaporizhzhia

📍 Rivne, Ukraine

Tsentralnyi Stadion

📍 Zhytomyr, Ukraine

n.a. Y. Haharin

📍 Lviv, Ukraine

Tsentralnyy stadion

Vorskla Im. O.Butovskogo

📍 Poltava, Ukraine

Ворскла ім. О. Бутовського

📍 Poltava, Ukraine

Stadion Avanhard

📍 Kropyvnytskiy, Ukraine

Stadion Kovalivka

Stadion Ukraina

"Inhulets" Petrove

Stadion Zirka im. Stanislava Berezkina

ETC n.a. V. Bannikov

Ternopil city stadium

Ternopil, Ternopilskyy miskyy

Stadion Livyy Bereh

📍 Lviv, Ukraine

Season-by-Season

Season	Matches	Officials	Referees
2026/27	239	0	0
2025/26	638	150	48
2024/25	545	129	34
2023/24	716	181	45
2022/23	394	103	24
2021/22	235	108	25
2020/21	291	101	28
	8	0	0

Top Venues

Arena Lviv, Lviv164

Dynamo n.a. Lobanovskyi, Kyiv125

Kolos, Kovalivka101

CSC "Nika", Oleksandriia85

Vorskla n.a. Butovskyi, Poltava62

"Avanhard", Rivne61

"Central stadium", Zhytomyr57

Olimpiiskyi NSC, Kyiv57

Matches by Country

Ukraine1279

Stadium host countries (all-time)

Referees by Nationality

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UKR2078

Referee appointments (top 225 officials)

Ukrainian Premier League referees — FAQ

Who is the most-appointed referee in Ukrainian Premier League?: 🇺🇦 Balakin Mykola has the most Ukrainian Premier League refereeing appointments tracked on Referee.Observer, with 98 match(es) as referee.
How many referees have officiated in Ukrainian Premier League?: 225 match officials — referees, assistant referees, fourth officials, VAR and observers — have officiated in Ukrainian Premier League across 7 season(s) in our data.
How many Ukrainian Premier League matches are tracked on Referee.Observer?: Referee.Observer tracks 3,066 Ukrainian Premier League matches with their full match-official appointments across 7 season(s).
Which seasons of Ukrainian Premier League are covered?: Ukrainian Premier League referee appointments are covered for 7 season(s), 2020/21 to 2026/27.
Who are the top match officials in Ukrainian Premier League?: The most-appointed Ukrainian Premier League match officials are 🇺🇦 Paskhal Ihor (213 match(es)), 🇺🇦 Roman Blavatskyi (208 match(es)), 🇺🇦 Panchyshyn Dmytro (205 match(es)).
Does Ukrainian Premier League use VAR officials?: Yes — Ukrainian Premier League appointments tracked on Referee.Observer include VAR officials, with 1,409 VAR appointment(s) and 1,511 assistant VAR (AVAR) appointment(s) recorded.