The list contains all clubs: It also contains the best clubs that participated in the Championship of Poland, Czechoslovakia, Hungary, Romania, the Russian Empire and the Soviet Union championship cities in the years 1918-1935, which are now cities on the territory of Ukraine.
Notes: Status The very first second team in Ukraine that entered league competitions was established by the predecessor of MFC Mykolaiv, Sudnobudivnyk (Sudostroitel).
Participation of second teams during the Soviet period was sporadic and rare particularly at republican and the All-Union levels.
The list includes clubs that were admitted to professional tiers under any circumstances other than following the league's pyramid structure.
Almost every year there was at least one club that was promoted without playing at the national amateur competitions with various types of excuses.