2020–21 Ukrainian First League
The 2020–21 Ukrainian First League is the 30th since its establishment. The league will be expanded from 16 to 18 teams this season according to the decision of the PFL Council of Leagues on the 5 June 2020.[1]
Season | 2020–21 |
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Goals scored | 0 |
Total attendance | 0 |
Average attendance | 0 |
← 2019–20 2021–22 →
All statistics correct as of 14 July 2020. |
Summary
For the next from 2021–22 season, Ukrainian First League will expected to expand again to 20 teams next season as part of the league's expansion plan. The bottom two team from Ukrainian First League will battle relegation play-off to Ukrainian Second League. The top two teams of each group from Ukrainian Second League will gain promotion to Ukrainian First League next season. However, the third place team from Ukrainian Second League of each group will battle promomtion play-off to Ukrainian First League.
Teams
This season, Ukrainian First League will be expanded to 18 teams, which will include top two teams from the both groups of 2019–20 Ukrainian Second League, two relegation/promotion play-offs winners, and one team relegated from the 2019–20 Ukrainian Premier League. As of 13 August 2020, eleven teams from the previous season have confirmed its place in the league.
Promoted teams
The following teams have been promoted from the 2019–20 Ukrainian Second League:
- Nyva Ternopil – first place in Group A (returning after 5 seasons, last competed in the 2015–16 season)
- Polissia Zhytomyr – second place in Group A (debut, however another club named as Polissia Zhytomyr last competed in the 2004–05 season)
- VPK-Ahro Shevchenkivka – first place in Group B (debut)
- Krystal Kherson – second place in Group B (returning after 28 seasons, last competed in the 1992 league's inaugural season)
Relegated teams
- None – Karpaty Lviv that placed 12th in the 2019–20 Ukrainian Premier League, were excluded from the league for repeated absence from scheduled games.[2] A possibility was declared at first that the club might be admitted to the First League nonetheless,[3] but later it was announced that Karpaty will be admitted the Second League instead.[4][5] About a month later on 14 August 2020, Tribuna.ua informed that Karpaty never applied for certification for the next season in first or second leagues.[6]
Location map
The following displays the location of teams.
Stadiums
The following stadiums are considered home grounds for the teams in the competition.
Rank | Stadium | Location | Capacity | Club | Notes |
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1 | OSC Metalist | Kharkiv | 40,003 | Metalist 1925 Kharkiv | |
2 | Chornomorets Stadium | Odesa | 34,164 | Chornomorets Odesa | |
3 | Tsentralnyi Stadion | Mykolaiv | 15,600 | MFC Mykolaiv | |
4 | Ternopil City Stadium | Ternopil | 15,150 | Nyva Ternopil | |
5 | Avanhard Stadium | Lutsk | 12,080 | Volyn Lutsk | |
6 | MCS Rukh | Ivano-Frankivsk | 6,500 | Prykarpattia Ivano-Frankivsk | Under passive reconstruction since 1986, only one stand out of four is active |
7 | Prapor Stadium | Kramatorsk | 6,000 | Avanhard Kramatorsk | |
8 | Tsentralnyi Stadion[7] | Zhytomyr | 5,928 | Polissia Zhytomyr | |
9 | Obolon Arena | Kyiv | 5,100 | Obolon Brovar Kyiv | |
10 | Krystal Stadium | Kherson | 3,400 | Krystal Kherson | |
11 | Yunist Stadium | Volochysk | 2,700 | Ahrobiznes Volochysk | |
12 | Yunist Stadium | Horishni Plavni | 2,500 | Hirnyk-Sport Horishni Plavni | |
13 | Borys Tropanets Stadium | Zorya, Sarata Raion | 1,854 | Balkany Zorya | |
14 | Kolos Arena | Mahdalynivka | 1,500 | VPK-Ahro Shevchenkivka | |
15 | Kremin Stadium | Kremenchuk | 1,500 | Kremin Kremenchuk |
Managers
Managerial changes
Team | Outgoing head coach | Manner of departure | Date of vacancy | Table | Incoming head coach | Date of appointment | Table |
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Polissya Zhytomyr | Resigned | 4 July 2020[8] | Pre-season | 7 July 2020[9] | Pre-season | ||
Kremin Kremenchuk | Undisclosed | 14 August 2020[10] | 14 August 2020[11] | ||||
Volyn Lutsk | End of contract | 14 August 2020[12] | |||||
Avanhard Kramatorsk | Made permanent | 17 August 2020[13] | 17 August 2020[14] | ||||
Notes:
League table
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion, qualification or relegation |
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1 | Ahrobiznes Volochysk | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Promotion to Ukrainian Premier League[15] |
2 | Avanhard Kramatorsk | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
3 | Balkany Zorya | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
4 | Chornomorets Odesa | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
5 | Hirnyk-Sport Horishni Plavni | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
6 | Kremin Kremenchuk | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
7 | Krystal Kherson | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
8 | Metalist 1925 Kharkiv | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
9 | Mykolaiv | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
10 | Nyva Ternopil | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
11 | Obolon-Brovar Kyiv | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
12 | Polissia Zhytomyr | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
13 | Prykarpattia Ivano-Frankivsk | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
14 | Volyn Lutsk | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
15 | VPK-Ahro Shevchenkivka | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
16 | TBD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
17 | TBD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Qualification to relegation play-offs |
18 | TBD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head points; 3) Head-to-head goal difference; 4) Head-to-head goals scored; 5) Goal difference; 6) Goals scored.[16]
Position by round
Results
See also
- 2020–21 Ukrainian Premier League
- 2020–21 Ukrainian Second League
- 2020–21 Ukrainian Football Amateur League
- 2020–21 Ukrainian Cup
- List of Ukrainian football transfers summer 2020
- List of Ukrainian football transfers winter 2020–21
References
- The council of leagues adopted its decision to finish season in the First League in originally adopted format (Совет лиг принял решение доиграть сезон Первой лиги в привычном формате). Sport Arena. 5 June 2020
- Premier League. Standings after the decision of the UAF CDC on FC Karpaty Lviv. Ukrainian Association of Football. 23 July 2020
- Karpaty can start the next season in the First League (Карпати можуть почати наступний сезон у Першій лізі). Sport Arena. 9 July 2020
- Karpaty will live! Smaliychuk announced the return to UPL (Карпаты будут жить! Смалийчук проанонсировал возвращение в УПЛ). Sport.ua. 31 July 2020
- Karpaty will be able to play in the First League only if regulations are broken (Карпати зможуть грати в Першій лізі лише за умови порушень регламенту). Football 24. 10 July 2020
- Mass media: Karpaty never applied for certification for the next season (СМИ: Карпаты не подавали заявку на аттестацию на следующий сезон). UA-Football. 14 August 2020
- Polissia may start its season in the First League at the Zhytomyr central stadium (Полесье может начать сезон в Первой лиге на центральном стадионе Житомира). Sport Arena. 23 July 2020
- Head coach of Polissia Bezsmertnyi left the club (Главный тренер Полесья Бессмертный покинул клуб). Sport Arena. 4 July 2020
- Sergei Oleksiuk. Polissia appointed Shyshchenko as a new head coach (Полесье назначило Шищенко новым главным тренером). Sport Arena. 7 July 2020
- Serhiy Svystun talks about restart of the championship and the final match as Kremin head coach (Сергій Свистун про рестарт чемпіонату та останній матч на посаді головного тренера «Кременя»). MFC Kremin Kremenchuk. 14 August 2020
- Sergei Oleksiuk. Oleksandr Holovko is the new head coach of Kremin («Будемо грати в той футбол, який вважається сьогодні сучасним»: новий тренер «Кременя» Олександр Головко). MFC Kremin Kremenchuk. 14 August 2020
- Yuriy Samotkan. Andriy Tlumak is leaving the post of head coach of "Volyn" (Андрей Тлумак покидает пост главного тренера "Волыни"). Footboom. 14 August 2020
- Oleksiy Horodov is the head coach of Avanhard (Олексій Городов - головний тренер Авангарду!). FC Avanhard Kramatorsk. 17 August 2020
- Oleksiy Horodov is the head coach of Avanhard (Олексій Городов - головний тренер Авангарду!). FC Avanhard Kramatorsk. 17 August 2020
- Three teams enter, one leaves, UAF approved a system of exchange between leagues upon results of season (3 команды заходят, 1 вылетает - УАФ утвердила систему обмена между лигами по итогам сезона). UA-Football. 26 July 2019
- "РЕГЛАМЕНТ Всеукраїнських змагань з футболу серед команд клубів Професіональної футбольної ліги сезону 2019/20" (PDF) (in Ukrainian). Retrieved 25 August 2019.