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Donetsk — 15-time champions and defending title holders, playing home matches at Arena Lviv due to the war.

Kyiv — Ukraine's record 16-time champions and the country's most famous club.

Odesa — a traditional port club, back in the UPL after a year away, having finished second in the Persha Liha.

Luhansk — playing in Kyiv due to the war, a regular in European competitions over the past decade.

Kyiv — club of the Obolon brewery, playing home matches at the Obolon Arena.

Chernivtsi — winners of the Persha Liha in 2025/26, back in the top division after 32 years.

Kryvyi Rih — a mining club revived in 2020, a steady part of the UPL.

Zhytomyr — the ambitious club of businessman Hennadiy Butkevych, in the UPL since 2023.

Rivne — a club with a strong fan tradition, in the top flight since 2021.

Kovalivka — a village club from the Kyiv region that fought its way into European competitions.

Kharkiv — played as Metalist 1925 until June 2026, now playing at the Arena Livyi Bereh near Kyiv due to the war.

Cherkasy — club of the LNZ agro-holding, made its UPL debut in 2023 and quickly settled into the top half of the table.

Kamianets-Podilskyi — club of the Epicentr home-improvement chain, in the UPL since the 2025/26 season.

Kyiv — winners of the 2025/26 play-off, whose Arena Livyi Bereh also hosts FC Kharkiv.

Lviv — a revived legend of western Ukraine, winners of the Soviet Cup in 1969.

Kudrivka — a club from a small village in the Chernihiv region, in the UPL since 2025, playing at the Obolon Arena.