Eighteen teams competed in the competition.
The competition began on July 17, 2004 with six matches.
The competition had a winter break and resumed March 19, 2005.
Two clubs promoted from the 2003-04 Ukrainian Second League.
One club was relegated from the 2003-04 Ukrainian Top League: In 2004-05 season, the Ukrainian First League consists of the following teams: Statistics are taken from here.