[1] The current season competition is in a triple round robin format for each group.
Group A commenced their winter break after the Round 7 postponed match was played on 12 November 2017.
On 21 June 2017, it was announced that 25 teams will play in two divisions,[2] but later FC Balkany Zorya was transferred to the 2017–18 Ukrainian First League and FC Cherkaskyi Dnipro-2 withdrew from the competition, leaving 23 teams in the field.
Due to withdrawal of FC Ternopil, after the first full round the season calendar for Group A was redrawn on 7 September.
[109] On the same day, Dnipro-1 secured the Group B champion title after a win over FC Nikopol.