In 1941, all Soviet organisations and clubs were dissolved by the German occupying forces. In 1942 the Germans allowed the foundation of new sports clubs, such as FC Start, Ruch and Sport, which played a number of friendly matches, also against teams from the German Artillery, the Reichsbahn Sportgemeinschaft (a German railway side) and garrison clubs from the Hungarian army (allied to Germany). Between 1942 and 1944 (when German occupation ended) clubs from western Ukraine organised a football league.
1921-1935 (cup tournament for city selections)
1921 Kharkiv
1922 Kharkiv
1923 Kharkiv
1924 Kharkiv
1925-26 not played
1927 Kharkiv
1928 Kharkiv
1929-30 not played
1931 Kyiv
1932 Kharkiv
1933 not played
1934 Kharkiv
1935 Dnipropetrovs'k
1936 (cup tournament for clubs)
1936 Dynamo (Kyiv)
1936-1991 (regional league)
NB: championship decided as one of the regional feeder leagues of
the USSR league structure (usually at the 3rd, occasionally at
the 2nd level), so the strongest teams (Dynamo Kyiv first and
foremost) did not take part.
1936 Zavod im. Ordzhonikidze (Kramators'k)
1937 Spartak (Dnipropetrovs'k)
1938 Dzerzhynec (Voroshylovgrad)
1939 Lokomotyv (Zaporizhzhya)
1940 Lokomotyv (Zaporizhzhya)
1941-45 not played
1946 Spartak (Uzhgorod)
1947 Bil'shovyk (Mukacheve)
1948 Torpedo (Odesa)
1949 Pishevik (Odesa)
1950 Spartak (Uzhgorod)
1951 Budinok ofitseriv (Kyiv)
1952 Metalurg (Zaporizhzhya)
1953 Spartak (Uzhgorod)
1954 Mashinobudivnik (Kyiv)
1955 Spartak (Stanislav)
1956 Shakhtar (Stakhanov)
1957 SKVO (Odesa)
1958 Arsenal (Kyiv)
1959 Avangard (Zhovti Vody)
1960 Metalurg (Zaporizhzhya)
1961 Chornomorets (Odesa)
1962 Trudovi Rezervy (Voroshylovgrad)
1963 SKA (Odesa)
1964 Lokomotyv (Vinnytsa)
1965 SKA (L'viv)
1966 Avangard (Zhovti Vody)
1967 Avtomobilist (Zhytomyr)
1968 Avangard (Ternopil)
1969 Spartak (Ivano-Frankivs'k)
1970 Metalurg (Zaporizhzhya)
1971 Krivbas (Kryvyi Rih)
1972 Spartak (Ivano-Frankivs'k)
1973 Tavria (Simferopil)
1974 Sudostroitel (Nikolaev)
1975 Krivbas (Kryvyi Rih)
1976 Krivbas (Kryvyi Rih)
1977 SKA (Odesa)
1978 Metalist (Kharkiv)
1979 Kolos (Nikopil)
1980 SKA (Kyiv)
1981 Krivbas (Kryvyi Rih)
1982 Bukovyna (Chernivtsi)
1983 SKA (Kyiv)
1984 Nyva (Vinnytsa)
1985 Tavrya (Simferopil)
1986 Zarya (Voroshylovgrad)
1987 Tavrya (Simferopil)
1988 Bukovyna (Chernivtsi)
1989 Volyn (Lutsk) [*]
1990 Bukovyna (Chernivtsi)
1991 Karpaty (L'viv)
[*] Karpaty (L'viv) and Desna (Cernihiv) played in a different zone
1992 Tavriya Simferopil' 1992/93 Dynamo Kyiv 1993/94 Dynamo Kyiv 1994/95 Dynamo Kyiv 1995/96 Dynamo Kyiv 1996/97 Dynamo Kyiv 1997/98 Dynamo Kyiv 1998/99 Dynamo Kyiv 1999/00 Dynamo Kyiv 2000/01 Dynamo Kyiv 2001/02 Shakhtar Donets'k 2002/03 Dynamo Kyiv 2003/04 Dynamo Kyiv 2004/05 Shakhtar Donets'k 2005/06 Shakhtar Donets'k 2006/07 Dynamo Kyiv 2007/08 Shakhtar Donets'k 2008/09 Dynamo Kyiv 2009/10 Shakhtar Donets'k 2010/11 Shakhtar Donets'k 2011/12 Shakhtar Donets'k 2012/13 Shakhtar Donets'k 2013/14 Shakhtar Donets'k 2014/15 Dynamo Kyiv 2015/16 Dynamo Kyiv 2016/17 Shakhtar Donets'k 2017/18 Shakhtar Donets'k 2018/19 Shakhtar Donets'k 2019/20 Shakhtar Donets'k 2020/21 Dynamo Kyiv 2021/22 abandoned due to Russian invasion 2022/23 Shakhtar Donets'k 2023/24 Shakhtar Donets'k 2024/25 Number of Wins (32) 16 Dynamo Kyiv 15 Shakhtar Donets'k 1 Tavriya Simferopil'
Sources: [iff], Ukrainian Football Chronicle, http://martin-brand.de/wp-content/uploads/Wenn-Falken-Fu%C3%9Fball-spielen-dt-pln.pdf
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