The league's relegated teams lose their professional status and return to their regional associations.
The third division of the Ukrainian championship originally was organized as the Transitional League due to numerous amateur clubs competing in it 15 out of 18.
From 1997 the league was divided into three groups (Druha Liha A (west), B (south), and C (east)).
The reorganization of the competition in 1995 (merging Third and Second leagues) saw a number of clubs that discontinued their participation.
Withdrawal of Temp led to a major disruption in competitions when Football Federation of Ukraine allowed to enter a quickly assembled team of amateur players for the First League to replace withdrawn Shepetivka club.
For a couple of years after that, there was relative stabilization, but not perfect with at least one club being withdrawn in a middle of ongoing season.
During the 2002-03 season Ukrainian football saw the withdrawal of a Top League club for the first time (Polihraftekhnika Oleksandriya).
The calendar of competitions is adopted by the Central Council of PFL and the Executive Committee of FFU.
The junior teams must participate either in regional competitions of the Children-Youth Football League of Ukraine.
Games can only be rescheduled if the following three criteria exist: a) unforeseen circumstances occur, b) delegation of four or more footballers to any national teams, or c) organization of direct tele-broadcasting.
The first post-season feature consisted of a promotion mini-tournament that took place in July 1998 in Kyiv and Boryspil.
[4] Club status is current of the 2024–25 season: Among notable players of the league are its top scorers.
Most of the most attended games in the league since 1992 recorded at Zirka Stadium (Kropyvnytskyi), and since 1993–94 season FC Zirka Kropyvnytskyi all time attendance record on a single game until 2017–18 season, when Metalist Kharkiv phoenix club Metalist 1925 participated in the Druha Liha together with their original club rivals FC Dnipro and SC Dnipro-1.