Earlier, the meeting of the UPL participants approved a new format for the Ukrainian capmionate. In the next season, 12 clubs will remain in the ULP, the draw of the championship will be held in two stages, and at the end of the championship the teams that took 10th and 11th places will play in the two-legged playoffs with the second and third teams of the First League.

"When I came to the meeting, everyone was set up for 12 teams. I agreed that now we absolutely can not change anything.. I tried to convey that in my understanding in Ukraine there should not be less than 16, let there be 14 teams, but 12 is very little, "the official site of the Dynamo.

"Games in Akhtyrka and Nikolaev show this. When top clubs come to them, there is always a stir.

The main criterion is the field. In other aspects of the infrastructure, you can make concessions. In Mykolayiv, for example, they built quite comfortable locker rooms separately from the main complex.

You can give a year to the clubs of the first league, help them to put in order the infrastructure and try in the next championship to get at least 14 teams. I asked to do everything possible to get us back to the format of the championship with 14-16 participants ".