2015–16 Ukrainian Premier League
| Season | 2015–16 |
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| Champions League |
Dynamo Kyiv Shakhtar Donetsk |
| Europa League |
Zorya Luhansk Vorskla Poltava FC Oleksandriya |
| Matches played | 136 |
| Goals scored | 365 (2.68 per match) |
| Top goalscorer | 22 – Alex Teixeira (Shakhtar) |
| Biggest home win | 8 – Volyn 9–1 Metalurh (Round 15) |
| Biggest away win | 6 – Metalurh 0–6 Zorya (Round 1), Stal 0–6 Dnipro (Round 11), Zorya 1–7 Shakhtar (Round 12), Metalurh 0–6 Dynamo (Round 16) |
| Highest scoring | 10 – Volyn 9–1 Metalurh (Round 15) |
| Longest winning run | 12 – Shakhtar (Round 6–17) |
| Longest unbeaten run | 10 – Dynamo (Round 1–10) |
| Longest winless run | 16 – Metalurh (Round 1–16) |
| Longest losing run | 8 – Metalurh (Round 9–16) |
| Highest attendance | 32,794 – Dynamo–Shakhtar (Round 11) |
| Lowest attendance | 300 – Olimpik–Volyn (Round 19) |
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2016–17 →
All statistics correct as of 20 March 2016.
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The 2015–16 Ukrainian Premier League season is the 25th top level football competitions since the fall of the Soviet Union and the eighth since the establishment of the Ukrainian Premier League. Because of sponsorship the league changed its title for 2015–16 season to League Pari-Match. The competition commenced on 17 July when Metalurh Zaporizhia hosted Zorya Luhansk in Zaporizhia. The first sixteen rounds were played before the winter break which began 6 December 2015; the competition resumed on 5 March 2016. The season concluded on 15 May 2016. Dynamo Kyiv are the defending champions. With the continuation of the Ukrainian crisis in the oblasts of Donetsk and Luhansk, the league remains at 14 teams after being cut from 16 in the 2013–14 season.
It was confirmed that the championship would be played using a standard double round-robin tournament system. The last team would be relegated and would be replaced by the champion of the 2015–16 Ukrainian First League. In the event of a decision being made to expand the league to 16 teams next season, the last team will play a play-off game with a team that takes the third place of the 2015–16 Ukrainian First League, while the champion and runner-up would be promoted.
After the previous season the president of FC Stal Dniprodzerzhynsk announced that the club will be merged with FC Metalurh Donetsk and replace them in the Premier League for the 2015–16 season due to the fact that both clubs are owned by the Industrial Union of Donbas (ISD). On 11 July 2015, the owners of FC Metalurh Donetsk have sent a letter to the Football Federation of Ukraine announcing their withdrawal from the competitions. Right before the start of competitions it was uncertain which club will replace Metalurh either FC Stal Dniprodzerzhynsk or FC Illichivets Mariupol. On 14 July 2015, the administration of Illichivets released a letter explaining its reason why the club should remain in the league. Due to the fact that the Premier League members did not manage to gather a quorum, on 16 July 2015, the Football Federation of Ukraine Executive Committee voted on to include Stal to the Premier League (29 for, 7 against and 1 abstain).
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