g>

Matvii Ponomarenko named best player of UPL Matchday 18

Matvii Ponomarenko named best player of UPL Matchday 18

The Ukrainian Premier League continues to honor the standout performers of the 2025/2026 season. The symbolic Team of the Week for Matchday 18 has been announced along with the Best Player and Best Coach of the round. Traditionally selections were made jointly by UPL TV hosts, experts, commentators and representatives of leading Ukrainian sports media outlets - 35 experts in total took part in the vote.

By collective decision the best player of the round was Dynamo forward Matvii Ponomarenko. In Matchday 18 Dynamo hosted Epitsentr and secured a 4:0 victory with Ponomarenko scoring two goals in the match.

Top five players of the round also included:

  • Gleiker Mendoza (Kryvbas)
  • Ivan Pakholiuk (Kolos)
  • Yevhenii Morozko (Kudrivka)
  • Valerii Bondar (Shakhtar)

It is also worth noting that another Dynamo player was included in the Team of the Week - midfielder Volodymyr Brazhko who also scored in the match against Epitsentr.

Other news