On April 26, local time, the Ukrainian Premier League officially announced that the 2021-22 Ukrainian Premier League ended prematurely due to the Russian-Ukrainian conflict and would not set the championship.
This season's Ukrainian Super League entered a winter break from December last year, which was supposed to restart in late February this year, but due to the war, the recovery time was forced to postpone indefinitely.
On Tuesday, ukrainian super clubs held a video conference to agree on the direction of the league and decided to end the season early.
The official statement of the Ukrainian Premier League said: "The 16 clubs of the Ukrainian Premier League support the proposal to end the 2021-22 season early, and the country remains under martial law in Ukraine, resulting in the inability of the league to proceed." The standings until 24 February 2022 will be the final standings for the 2021-22 season, but the title will not be awarded. The corresponding decision has been submitted to the Executive Committee of the Ukrainian Football Federation for approval. ”
Under normal circumstances, the 16 teams in the Ukrainian Super League will play 30 rounds of the league, and only 18 rounds have been completed so far. Traditional giants Shakhruncher Donetsk lead the table with 47 points from 15 wins, 2 draws and 1 loss, followed by Dynamo Kiev by 2 points, and in third place is SK Dnipro with 40 points.
The Ukrainian Premier League and the Premier League were created in the same season, the 1992-93 season, and the 29 championships produced so far have all been won by Dynamo Kyiv and Shakhtar Donetsk.
Since its inception, Dynamo Kiev has won 16 Ukrainian Premier League titles and 12 Ukrainian Cup titles. During the Soviet era, Dynamo Kiev also won the European Cup Winners' Cup twice in 1974-75 and 1985-86, and the European Super Cup in 1975-76.
Shakhtar Donetsk won 13 Ukrainian Premier League titles, 13 Ukrainian Cups and the Europa League in 2008–09, the only European title won by a club in ukraine since independence.
In addition to the decision to end the league early and not to set a champion, on the question of when to start next season and how to determine the quota for European competitions, and The president of the Ukrainian Football Association, Andrey Pavelko, said that the Ukrainian Super League has set up a working group to continue discussions.