2025–26 Ukrainian Football Amateur League
| Season | 2025–26 |
|---|---|
| Dates | 16 August 2025 – TBD |
← 2024–25 2026–27 → | |
The 2025–26 Ukrainian football championship among amateur teams was the 30th season since it replaced the football championship of physical culture teams. The league competition is organized by the Association of Amateur Football of Ukraine (AAFU).
Format
The competition format remained unchanged; however, the number of participants decreased from 20 to 18. As in the previous season, the competitions consisted of two stages, where in the first stage, participants were set to play in two groups a double round-robin tournament, followed by the second stage, the top teams would qualify for the postseason play-off to determine the league's champion.
Teams
10 teams from last season reapplied for this season.
Returning/reformed clubs
- Mayak Sarny – (returning, last played during 2021–22 season)
- Kormil Yavoriv – (debuting, another club Yavir Yavoriv last played during 1995–96 season)
- FC Kostopil – (debuting, another club Torpedo Kostopil last played during 2004 season)
- Korosten/Ahro-Nyva – (debuting, another club SC Korosten last played during 2011 season)
- Korosten/Ahro-Nyva is a merger of two clubs Mal Korosten and Ahro-Nyva Narodychi that took place earlier in 2025, with Mal Korosten being considered as the club's predecessor.[1]
Debut
List of teams that are debuting this season in the league:
Withdrawn teams
List of clubs that took part in last year's competition, but chose not to participate in the 2025–26 season:
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Location map
The following displays the location of teams.
Stadiums
- Group A
| Team | Pop. place | Stadium | Position in 2024–25 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dnister | Zalishchyky | Dnister | Am1, 2nd |
| Ahron | Velyki Hayi | (Village Stadium) | Am1, 3rd |
| Mykolaiv | Mykolaiv | Miskyi | Am1, 4th |
| Kolos | Polonne | Polon Veres training field |
Am1, 5th |
| Vivad | Romaniv | Tsentralnyi | Am1, 7th |
| Ahro-Nyva | Korosten | Reg | |
| Kormil | Yavoriv | imeni Smuka | Reg |
| Kostopil | Kostopil | Kolos | Reg |
| Mayak | Sarny | Reg | |
| Trostianets | Trostianets | (village stadium) | Reg |
- Group B
| Team | Pop. place | Stadium | Position in 2024–25 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ahrotekh | Tyshkivka | Litsei-Arena | Am2, 1st |
| Avanhard | Lozova | DYuSSh Stadium, Yuryivka | Am2, 3rd |
| Olimpiya | Savyntsi | Start, Myrhorod | Am2, 5th |
| Naftovyk | Okhtyrka | (Town Stadium), Novi Sanzhary | Am2, 6th |
| Standart | Novi Sanzhary | (Town Stadium) Kolos-Arena, Mahdalynivka |
Am2, 7th |
| Karbon | Cherkasy | LNZ training field, Heronymivka | Reg |
| Rokyta | Rokyta | Reg | |
| To4ka | Odesa | Reg |
Notes:
- Reg — regional championship (Regions of Ukraine)
- Am[#] — AAFU championship where sign (#) indicates Group number
Group stage
Group 1
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion, qualification or relegation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Trostianets | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | +2 | 3 | Qualification to final stage |
| 2 | VIVAD Romaniv | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | +1 | 3 | |
| 3 | Ahron Velyki Hayi | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | +1 | 3 | |
| 4 | Dnister Zalishchyky | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 5 | Kormil Yavoriv | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 6 | Korosten/Ahro-Nyva | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 7 | Mayak Sarny | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 8 | Kolos Polonne | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | −1 | 0 | |
| 9 | Kostopil | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | −1 | 0 | |
| 10 | Mykolaiv | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | −2 | 0 |
Updated to match(es) played on 17 August 2025. Source: AAFU
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head points; 3) Head-to-head wins; 4) Head-to-head goal difference; 5) Head-to-head goals scored; 6) Goal difference; 7) Goals scored; 8) Draw of lots.[2]
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head points; 3) Head-to-head wins; 4) Head-to-head goal difference; 5) Head-to-head goals scored; 6) Goal difference; 7) Goals scored; 8) Draw of lots.[2]
- Notes
Group 2
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion, qualification or relegation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Avanhard Lozova | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | +2 | 3 | Qualification to final stage |
| 2 | Rokyta | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | +1 | 3 | |
| 3 | Ahrotekh Tyshkivka | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 4 | Naftovyk Okhtyrka | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 5 | Standart Novi Sanzhary | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 6 | To4ka Odesa | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 7 | Karbon Cherkasy | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | −1 | 0 | |
| 8 | Olympia Savyntsi | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 | −2 | 0 |
Updated to match(es) played on 16 August 2025. Source: AAFU
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head points; 3) Head-to-head wins; 4) Head-to-head goal difference; 5) Head-to-head goals scored; 6) Goal difference; 7) Goals scored; 8) Draw of lots.[2]
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head points; 3) Head-to-head wins; 4) Head-to-head goal difference; 5) Head-to-head goals scored; 6) Goal difference; 7) Goals scored; 8) Draw of lots.[2]
- Notes
Number of teams by region
| Number | Region | Team(s) |
|---|---|---|
| 3 |  Poltava Oblast |
Olimpiya Savyntsi, Rokyta, Standart Novi Sanzhary |
| 2 |  Ternopil Oblast |
Ahron Velyki Hayi, Dnister Zalishchyky |
 Lviv Oblast |
Kormil Yavoriv, Mykolaiv | |
 Rivne Oblast |
Kostopil, Mayak Sarny | |
 Zhytomyr Oblast |
Korosten/Ahro-Nyva, Vivad Romaniv | |
| 1 |  Cherkasy Oblast |
Karbon Cherkasy |
 Kirovohrad Oblast |
Ahrotekh Tyshkivka | |
 Kharkiv Oblast |
Avanhard Lozova | |
 Khmelnytskyi Oblast |
Kolos Polonne | |
 Odesa Oblast |
To4ka Odesa | |
 Sumy Oblast |
Naftovyk Okhtyrka | |
 Volyn Oblast |
Trostianets |
See also
- 2025–26 Ukrainian Second League
- 2025–26 Ukrainian First League
- 2025–26 Ukrainian Premier League
- 2025–26 Ukrainian Amateur Cup
Notes
- ^ (2024 PFL tournament)
- ^ The number 4 represents Cyrillic letter 'Che' and the name is a Russian-language variant for a point.
References
External links
- AAFU
- The Season's regulations. www.aafu.org.ua
- Klymenko, P. (16 August 2025) Анонс чемпіонату України серед аматорів 2025/26 з Олійником, Селіним і Гладким: Авангард, Дністер і інші клуби. ukrfootball.ua