Ukrainian football clubs have participated in European football competitions since 1965, when in the 1965–66 season, Dynamo Kyiv took part in the UEFA Cup Winners' Cup – the first Ukrainian and the first Soviet club to do so. In total, 17 clubs have represented Ukraine in European competition, among which 7 also previously represented the Soviet Union.

History Dynamo Kyiv made a bold entry in the continental competitions back in 1965–66 as holders of the 1964 Soviet Cup. Since that time, Dynamo has missed only 5 seasons.

Until 1993, Ukrainian clubs represented the Soviet Union. Upon dissolution of the Soviet Union all their points were passed on to the Russian football federation clubs, boosting the Russian coefficient and placing Russia among the best ranking federations in Europe, while Ukrainian federation clubs started from scratch.

As part of the Soviet Union, Dynamo Kyiv participated in 24 various competitions, playing over a hundred games and winning three trophies. Its star player Oleg Blokhin became one of the most recognized players not for the Kyiv club, but for the whole of Soviet football.

Besides Dynamo, Soviet football was also represented by six other clubs from Ukraine, among which are Shakhtar Donetsk with five European seasons and Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk with six European seasons.

Since attaining independence, Ukraine has been represented by many new clubs, some of which played in Soviet competition, while others never existed in the Soviet Union.

Dynamo Kyiv (1965), Karpaty Lviv (1970), Zorya Luhansk (1973), Chornomorets Odesa (1975), Shakhtar Donetsk (1977), FC Dnipro (1984), Metalist Kharkiv (1988), Tavriya Simferopol (1992), Nyva Vinnytsia (1996), Vorskla Poltava (1997), CSKA Kyiv (1998), Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih (1999), Metalurh Donetsk (2002), Metalurh Zaporizhya (2002), Illichivets Mariupol (2004), FC Oleksandriya (2016), Olimpik Donetsk (2017), Desna Chernihiv (2020), Kolos Kovalivka (2020), SC Dnipro-1 (2022), Polissya Zhytomyr (2024), LNZ Cherkasy (2026).

Ukrainian clubs in Europe during the Soviet period Ukraine was the only other union republic of the Soviet Union besides Russia that also managed to have representation in Europe almost every season, starting with the first participation of Soviet clubs in European club competitions.

1965–66 Dynamo Kyiv CWC 1966–67 (none) 1967–68 Dynamo Kyiv EC 1968–69 Dynamo Kyiv EC (boycott) 1969–70 Dynamo Kyiv EC 1970–71 Karpaty Lviv CWC 1971–72 (none) 1972–73 Dynamo Kyiv EC 1973–74 Zoria Voroshilovhrad EC / Dynamo Kyiv UC 1974–75 Dynamo Kyiv CWC 1975–76 Dynamo Kyiv EC / Chornomorets Odesa UC 1976–77 Dynamo Kyiv EC / Shakhtar Donetsk UC 1977–78 Dynamo Kyiv UC 1978–79 Dynamo Kyiv EC / Shakhtar Donetsk CWC 1979–80 Dynamo Kyiv UC, Shakhtar Donetsk UC 1980–81 Dynamo Kyiv UC, Shakhtar Donetsk UC 1981–82 Dynamo Kyiv EC 1982–83 Dynamo Kyiv EC 1983–84 Dynamo Kyiv UC / Shakhtar Donetsk CWC 1984–85 Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk EC 1985–86 Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk UC, Chornomorets Odesa UC / Dynamo Kyiv CWC 1986–87 Dynamo Kyiv EC / Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk UC 1987–88 Dynamo Kyiv EC 1988–89 Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk UC / Metalist Kharkiv CWC 1989–90 Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk EC / Dynamo Kyiv UC 1990–91 Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk UC, Chornomorets Odesa UC / Dynamo Kyiv CWC 1991–92 Dynamo Kyiv EC

Summary The all-time table includes records for the Soviet period as well as the period of independent Ukraine. In bold are shown teams of the latest season.

«Зоря» потіснила «Чорноморець» у єврокубковій таблиці. upl.ua (archived). 19 December 2023

S = seasons, GP = games played, W = won, D = drawn, L = lost, GS = goals scored, GA = goals allowed, GD = goals difference, Pts = points, LA = last appearance. # Team Pop. place Notes 1. Dynamo Kyiv 54 416 174 102 140 599 490 +109 624 2023–24 UECL 2. Shakhtar* Donetsk 34 280 123 58 99 425 402 +23 427 2023–24 UEL 3. Dnipro† Dnipro 21 121 53 28 40 167 133 +34 187 2015–16 UEL 4. Metalist Kharkiv 9 64 30 15 19 88 55 +33 105 2014–15 UEL 5. Zorya Luhansk 10 60 20 12 28 67 88 –21 72 2023–24 UECL 6. Chornomorets Odesa 11 50 19 12 19 58 54 +4 69 2014–15 UEL 7. Vorskla Poltava 11 44 16 8 20 56 68 –12 56 2023–24 UECL 8. Metalurh† Donetsk 7 24 11 6 7 43 37 +6 39 2013–14 UEL 9. Karpaty Lviv 5 22 7 7 8 28 33 –5 28 2011–12 UEL 10. Arsenal† Kyiv 3 12 5 1 6 13 16 –3 16 2012–13 UEL other names: CSKA 11. Tavriya† Simferopol 4 14 4 3 7 11 23 –12 15 2010–11 UEL 12. Dnipro-1 Dnipro 2 16 3 5 8 16 25 –9 14 2023–24 UECL 13. Mariupol† Mariupol 3 10 3 3 4 9 14 –5 12 2019–20 UEL other names: Illichivets 14. Metalurh Zaporizhzhia 2 8 2 4 2 8 4 +4 10 2006–07 UC 15. Oleksandriya Oleksandriia 3 12 1 5 6 10 19 –9 8 2019–20 UEL 16. Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih 2 6 2 0 4 7 12 –5 6 2000–01 UC 17. Kolos Kovalivka 2 4 1 2 1 2 3 –1 5 2021–22 UECL 18. Nyva Vinnytsia 1 4 1 0 3 2 8 –6 3 1996-97 UCWC 19. Olimpik† Donetsk 1 2 0 1 1 1 3 –2 1 2017–18 UEL 20. Desna† Chernihiv 1 1 0 0 1 0 2 –2 0 2020–21 UEL Total 1,170 475 272 423 1,610 1,489 +121 1,697 —

All-time coefficient

# Team Pop. place Igor Seimon. History of Euro-coefficients. Rapid take off and rapid decay of Metalist (История еврокоэффициентов. Стремительный взлет и стремительное затухание Металлиста). UA-Football. 31 March 2020 Seasons Notes Total CL/EC 1. Shakhtar Donetsk 11.380 284.5 25 20 218 98 45 75 2. Dynamo Kyiv 9.911 277.5 28 25 261 98 71 92 3. Metalist Kharkiv 7.812 62.5 8 1 60 29 14 17 4. Dnipro Dnipro 6.714 94 14 1 93 44 19 30 5. Chornomorets Odesa 4.571 32 7 0 36 14 9 13 6. Karpaty Lviv 3.125 12.5 4 0 20 7 6 7 7. Zorya Luhansk 2.917 17.5 6 0 32 10 9 13 8. Vorskla Poltava 2.571 18 7 0 32 12 4 16 9. Metalurh Zaporizhzhia 2.500 5 2 0 8 2 4 2 10. Arsenal Kyiv 2.333 7 3 0 11 5 1 5 other names: CSKA 11. Metalurh Donetsk 2.286 16 7 0 24 11 6 7 12. Nyva Vinnytsia 2.000 2 1 0 4 1 0 3 13. Oleksandriya Oleksandriia 1.667 5 3 0 12 1 5 6 14. Tavriya Simferopol 1.500 3 2 1 6 1 1 4 Mariupol Mariupol 1.500 4.5 3 0 10 3 3 4 other names: Illichivets 16. Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih 1.000 2 2 0 6 2 0 4 17. Olimpik Donetsk 0.500 0.5 1 0 2 0 1 1 Total 6.519 843.5 123 48 835 338 198 299

Multiple European competition winners from Ukraine Team Number of Wins Years Dynamo Kyiv 3 1975 (2), 1986 Shakhtar Donetsk 1 2009

European and World competition winners Cup Winners Cup UEFA Cup/Europa League Super Cup 1974–75 – Dynamo Kyiv 2008–09 – Shakhtar Donetsk 1975 – Dynamo Kyiv 1985–86 – Dynamo Kyiv

UEFA Champions League/European Cup Until 1992–93 Ukrainian teams represented the Soviet Union. The Soviet teams did not enter the European Cup competitions until 1966. In 1992 the competition's name has changed to UEFA Champions League.

Notes: Blue border colour indicates seasons for which UEFA coefficient earned by Ukrainian clubs was awarded to Russia.