Prior to the season commencing at the Conference of the
PFL in preparation for the season the committee decided to expand the competition to 17 teams.
Admitted teams The following 10 teams were admitted by the
PFL after participating in the
2016 Ukrainian Football Amateur League and passing attestation which continued until 15 July. •
Balkany Zorya – champion
(debut) •
Illichivets-2 Mariupol – reserve competitions
(returning after an absence of five seasons) •
Inhulets-2 Petrove – group stage
(debut) •
Metalurh Zaporizhzhia – group stage
(debut) •
Nyva-V Vinnytsia – group stage
(returning after an absence of seven seasons) •
Podillya Khmelnytskyi – group stage
(returning after an absence of eight seasons, however in the 2013–14 Ukrainian Second League season Dynamo represented the city of Khmelnytskyi) •
Rukh Vynnyky – finalist (
previous season)
(debut) •
Sudnobudivnyk Mykolaiv – group stage
(debut) •
Teplovyk Ivano-Frankivsk – group stage
(debut) •
Zhemchuzhyna Odesa – quarterfinals
(debut) Withdrawn teams •
Barsa Sumy withdrew from the PFL before the start of the 2016–17 season.
Relegated teams No teams were relegated from the Ukrainian First League
Location map The following displays the location of teams. == Stadiums ==