The autumn part of the First League tournament ended with matches of the 14th round. Thus, participants of both groups that will continue their competition in a new format next spring have been determined, according to the press service of the PFL.

Champion Group: «Polesia» (Zhytomyr), «Karpaty» (Lviv), «Epitsentr» (Khmelnytskyi), «Niva» (Ternopil), «Obolon» (Kyiv), «LNZ» (Cherkasy), «Metallurh» (Zaporizhzhia), «Kremenchuk» (Kremenchuk).

Relegation Group: «Prikarpatya» (Ivano-Frankivsk), «Dinaz» (Vishhorod), «Bukovyna» (Chernivtsi), FSK «Mariupol» (Mariupol), «Chernihiv» (Chernihiv), «Poltava» (Poltava), «Skoruk» (Nikopol District), «Girnyk-Sport» (Horyshnia Plavni).

As per the regulations, two winners of the champion group will directly qualify for the Premier League, while teams that finish third and fourth will play a playoff against teams finishing 14th and 13th in the Premier League respectively.

Regarding the relegation group, the eighth team will directly move to the Second League, while the seventh one will play a playoff with the second team of the Second League.

The champion group will be formed based on points earned in matches between them. The same applies to the relegation group. In spring, during the second stage, teams from Group A will only play against teams from Group B in two rounds.

Thus, all together, teams will play 176 matches. One team plays 22 matches in the championship.

Results of tables of the First League