The Ukrainian Football Association on its official website announced the recognition of the referee teams for the 16th round match of the Ukrainian Premier League 2025/26.

Thus, the match Dynamo Kiev - Veres was officiated by Dmytro Panchyshyn, and the VAR system was supervised by Oleksiy Derevinsky.

The match Shakhtar - Epicenter was entrusted to Volodymyr Novokhatny, who with the VAR system assisted Dmytro Yevtukhov.

UPL. 16th round 12th breast, Friday 18:00. Oleksandriya – Kudrivka. Referee – Oleksandr Solovyan (Kiev region). BAA referee – Mikhailo Raida (Transcarpathian region).

18:00. Obolon – Metalist 1925. Referee – Igor Paschal (Kherson). BAA referee – Roman Blavatsky (Lviv).

13th Breast, Saturday 13:00. Krivbas – Kolos. Referee – Oleksandr Kalonov (Khmelnitsky). BAA referee – Anastasia Romanyuk (Ivano-Frankivsk).

15:30. LNZ – Zorya. Referee – Oleksandr Shandor (Lviv). BAA referee – Sergiy Zadiran (Kiev region).

18:00. Polissia – Karpaty. Referee – Oleksandr Afanasyev (Kharkiv). BAA referee – Mykola Balakin (Kiev region).

14th breast, week 13:00. SK Poltava – Rukh. Referee – Maxim Firsov (Rivne). BAA referee – Denis Shurman (Kiev region).

15:30. Dynamo – Veres. Referee – Dmytro Panchyshyn (Kharkiv). BAA referee – Oleksiy Derevinsky (Khmelnitsky).

18:00. Shakhtar – Epicenter. Referee – Volodymyr Novokhatniy (Cherkasy). BAA referee – Dmytro Evtukhov (Dnipro).

After 15 rounds in the UPL tournament table, LNZ is in the lead, which, however, has a large number of points from Shakhtar. The top three are completed by Polissia, who are five points ahead, while Dynamo has 23 points and takes sixty points..