2024 PFL open tournament

PFL open tournament
Season2024–25
Dates2 November 2024 – 2 December 2024
WinnerSkala 1911 Stryi
Top goalscorerDanylo Kolesnyk (Kolos-2 Kovalivka)
6 goals

The 2024 PFL open tournament was a friendly competition which was introduced by the Professional Football League of Ukraine in the 2024–25 season. It was the third of a kind competition to which teams were invited on voluntary basis for extra playtime. The last time similar tournament was carried out in the spring of 2023.

On 28 October 2024 with finishing of the Round 12 in the Second League, the third-tier competitions took a winter break until the mid of April of 2025. Next day on 29 October 2024, the PFL administration announced that it would conduct a short tournament in November from 2nd to 30th of November. The tournament was initiated by the Second League clubs. Beside 8 clubs that volunteered to participate, they were also joined by an amateur side from Cherkasy (see Teams section). About a week later on 9 November 2024, the competition was joined by one more team bringing the total number of participants to 10.[1]

The tournament had a group stage and a small play-off stage. The 9 teams were split in two groups by geographic principle where they competed in single round-robin tournament. The winner of each group contested the tournament title, while runners up determined the third-place winner. Each team played three, four, or five matches.

Teams

Location map

The following displays the location of teams.

Location of teams in the 2024 PFL open tournament
 — Group A            — Group B

Stadiums

Group A
Team Pop. place Stadium Tier
Skala 1911 Stryi, Lviv Oblast Sokil III
Revera 1908 Ivano-Frankivsk Urahan Sports Complex III
Kulykiv-Bilka Kulykiv, Lviv Oblast Arena Kulykiv III
Vilkhivtsi Vilkhivtsi, Zakarpattia Oblast Arena-Park III
Sambir-Nyva-2 Sambir, Lviv Oblast imeni Brovarskoho III
Group B
Team Pop. place Stadium Tier
Karbon Heronymivka, Cherkasy Oblast LNZ training field AM
Kolos-2 Bucha, Kyiv Oblast Yuvileinyi III
Metalist 1925-2[a] Boryspil, Kyiv Oblast Kolos III
Vorskla-2 Poltava Ltava III
Oleksandriya-2 Oleksandriya, Kirovohrad Oblast Olimp III

Notes:

  1. ↑ Metalist 1925-2 joined the competition a week later on 9 November 2024.[1]

Group A

Group A league table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion, qualification or relegation SKL KUL NV2 REV VLX
1 Skala 1911 Stryi (Q) 4 3 1 0 11 2 +9 10 Qualification to the title play-off 4–0 5–2
2 Kulykiv-Bilka (Q) 4 2 1 1 7 8 −1 7 Qualification to the third place play-off 2–2 3–1
3 Sambir-Nyva-2 Ternopil 4 1 1 2 5 8 −3 4[a] 0–2 3–2
4 Revera 1908 Ivano-Frankivsk 4 1 1 2 4 6 −2 4[a] 0–0 1–0
5 Vilkhivtsi 4 1 0 3 5 8 −3 3 1–2 2–0
Source: pfl.ua
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Wins; 3) Better goal difference; 4) Most goals scored; 5) If any two or more teams has same number of points advantage receive that team that in games with all its opponents that earned same number of points for tiebreak are applied following criteria – 5.1) Points; 5.2) Wins; 5.3) Better goal difference; 5.4) Most goals scored; 6) In event if all criteria for rule 5 are equal, placing for teams is determined according to general criteria for all teams 1, 2, 3, 4; 7) Draw of lots.[2]
(Q) Qualified for the phase indicated
Notes:
  1. 1 2 Head-to-head points: Sambir-Nyva-2 3; Revera 1908 0
Notes

Group B

Group B league table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion, qualification or relegation OL2 KK2 VP2 MX2 KRB
1 Oleksandriya-2 (Q) 4 4 0 0 13 4 +9 12 Qualification to the title play-off 5–1 3–2
2 Kolos-2 Kovalivka (Q) 4 2 1 1 5 3 +2 7 Qualification to the third place play-off 0–2 3–0[a]
3 Vorskla-2 Poltava 4 2 1 1 7 7 0 7 1–1 2–0 2–0
4 Metalist 1925-2 Kharkiv 4 1 0 3 8 11 −3 3 0–1
5 Karbon Cherkasy 4 0 0 4 5 13 −8 0 1–3 4–5
Source: pfl.ua
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Wins; 3) Better goal difference; 4) Most goals scored; 5) If any two or more teams has same number of points advantage receive that team that in games with all its opponents that earned same number of points for tiebreak are applied following criteria – 5.1) Points; 5.2) Wins; 5.3) Better goal difference; 5.4) Most goals scored; 6) In event if all criteria for rule 5 are equal, placing for teams is determined according to general criteria for all teams 1, 2, 3, 4; 7) Draw of lots.[2]
(Q) Qualified for the phase indicated
Notes:
  1. ↑ The match took place at an indoor facility Knyazha Arena in Shchaslyve on 24 November 2024. It ended after 65 minutes of playtime due to loss of power (possibly air siren).[3] The final result was 1:0. Later it became known that result was changed to the technical victor for Kolos-2.
Notes

Play-offs

The winner of each group contested the title, while there also was the third place match; both matches were played at the stadium Livyi Bereh.

League's title (2 December)
   
A1 Skala 1911 Stryi 3
B1 Oleksandriya-2 1
Third place (30 November)
A2 Kulykiv-Bilka 2
B2 Kolos-2 Kovalivka 3

Final details

Skala 1911 Stryi3–1FC Oleksandriya-2
  • Fedor 65'
  • Fesenko 78'
  • Zhumiha 90+3'
(Report)
  • Bazayev 72'
Livyi Bereh (indoor), Zolocha community
Referee: Arten Hordynskyi (Vinnytsia)
Skala 1911 Stryi:
GK31Kyrylo Arkhypchuk
DF9Vadym MerdyeyevYellow card 45'
DF20Roman Nykolyshyn
DF18Denys Harkavenko
DF26Ivan Tkachykdownward-facing red arrow 83'
MF6Andriy Ralyuchenko (c)
MF98Andriy FesenkoYellow card 88'
MF11Ruslan Malskyidownward-facing red arrow 85'
MF15Maksym Matsiyevskyidownward-facing red arrow 62'
FW14Nazar HrytsakYellow card 61'downward-facing red arrow 62'
FW77Artur Fedordownward-facing red arrow 80'
Substitutes:
GK1Danylo Veklych
DF2Oleksandr Rudenkoupward-facing green arrow 83'
MF17Andriy Petrykupward-facing green arrow 85'
MF8Roman Lisovykupward-facing green arrow 62'
FW21Ivan Zhumihaupward-facing green arrow 62'
FW94Yaroslav Kravchenkoupward-facing green arrow 80'
DF26Illya Tsurkan
DF5Illya Kozubenko
MF99Denys Zavhorodniy
Manager:
Roman Hnativ (acting)
Oleksandriya-2:
GK1Viktor Dolhyi
DF24Danylo Romanenko
DF5Danylo Harazha
DF4Yuriy Matviiv
DF53Dmytro Hrazhdandownward-facing red arrow 75'
MF73Nazar Prokopenkodownward-facing red arrow 75'
MF20Simon HaloyanYellow card 33'
MF14Maksym Radchenko (c)Yellow card 90+1'
MF15Brazil Mateus Amaraldownward-facing red arrow 66'
FW17Yaroslav Bazayev
FW25Oleksandr Zhadandownward-facing red arrow 66'
Substitutes:
GK31Yehor Taran
DF7Myron Hrebenyukupward-facing green arrow 75'
MF11Nazar Kaydaupward-facing green arrow 75'
MF8Serhiy Lebedyevupward-facing green arrow 66'
FW23Artem Petrykupward-facing green arrow 66'
MF38Yevheniy Prokopenko
MF10Denys Kubenko
MF21Illya Ukhan
MF9Maksym Astafyev
MF18Dmytro Bezkleynyi
Manager:
Viktor Bytsiura

See also

Notes

References