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]

Ukrainian First League
Season2020–21
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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.

The following teams have been promoted from the 2019–20 Ukrainian Second League:

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.

Home venues of teams in the 2020–21 Ukrainian First League.

Stadiums

The following stadiums are considered home grounds for the teams in the competition.

Rank Stadium Location Capacity Club Notes
1 OSC MetalistKharkiv 40,003 Metalist 1925 Kharkiv
2 Chornomorets Stadium Odesa 34,164 Chornomorets Odesa
3 Tsentralnyi StadionMykolaiv 15,600 MFC Mykolaiv
4 Ternopil City Stadium Ternopil 15,150 Nyva Ternopil
5 Avanhard StadiumLutsk 12,080 Volyn Lutsk
6 MCS RukhIvano-Frankivsk 6,500 Prykarpattia Ivano-Frankivsk Under passive reconstruction since 1986, only one stand out of four is active
7 Prapor StadiumKramatorsk 6,000 Avanhard Kramatorsk
8 Tsentralnyi Stadion[7] Zhytomyr 5,928 Polissia Zhytomyr
9 Obolon ArenaKyiv 5,100 Obolon Brovar Kyiv
10 Krystal Stadium Kherson 3,400 Krystal Kherson
11 Yunist StadiumVolochysk 2,700 Ahrobiznes Volochysk
12 Yunist StadiumHorishni Plavni 2,500 Hirnyk-Sport Horishni Plavni
13 Borys Tropanets StadiumZorya, Sarata Raion 1,854 Balkany Zorya
14 Kolos Arena Mahdalynivka 1,500 VPK-Ahro Shevchenkivka
15 Kremin StadiumKremenchuk 1,500 Kremin Kremenchuk
See also: List of football stadiums in Ukraine

Managers
Club Head coach Replaced coach
Ahrobiznes Volochysk Oleksandr Chyzhevskyi
Avanhard Kramatorsk Oleksiy Horodov
Balkany Zorya Andriy Parkhomenko
Chornomorets Odesa Serhiy Kovalets
Hirnyk-Sport Horishni Plavni Ihor Zhabchenko
Kremin Kremenchuk Oleksandr Holovko
Krystal Kherson Eduard Khavrov
Metalist 1925 Kharkiv Vyacheslav Khruslov (interim)
MFC Mykolaiv Illya Blyznyuk
Nyva Ternopil Vasyl Malyk
Obolon Brovar Kyiv Valeriy Ivashchenko (interim)
Polissia Zhytomyr Serhiy Shyshchenko
Prykarpattia Ivano-Frankivsk Volodymyr Kovalyuk
Volyn Lutsk
VPK-Ahro Shevchenkivka Serhiy Solovyov

Managerial changes
Team Outgoing head coach Manner of departure Date of vacancy Table Incoming head coach Date of appointment Table
Polissya Zhytomyr Anatoliy Bezsmertnyi Resigned 4 July 2020[8] Pre-season Serhiy Shyshchenko 7 July 2020[9] Pre-season
Kremin Kremenchuk Serhiy Svystun Undisclosed 14 August 2020[10] Oleksandr Holovko 14 August 2020[11]
Volyn Lutsk Andriy Tlumak End of contract 14 August 2020[12]
Avanhard Kramatorsk Oleksiy Horodov (interim) Made permanent 17 August 2020[13] Oleksiy Horodov 17 August 2020[14]

Notes:

    League table
    Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion, qualification or relegation
    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
    Updated to match(es) played on 13 August 2020. Source: PFL.ua
    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
    Updated to match(es) played on 13 August 2020. Source: pfl.ua

    Results

    See also

    References
    1. 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
    2. Premier League. Standings after the decision of the UAF CDC on FC Karpaty Lviv. Ukrainian Association of Football. 23 July 2020
    3. Karpaty can start the next season in the First League (Карпати можуть почати наступний сезон у Першій лізі). Sport Arena. 9 July 2020
    4. Karpaty will live! Smaliychuk announced the return to UPL (Карпаты будут жить! Смалийчук проанонсировал возвращение в УПЛ). Sport.ua. 31 July 2020
    5. 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
    6. 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
    7. 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
    8. Head coach of Polissia Bezsmertnyi left the club (Главный тренер Полесья Бессмертный покинул клуб). Sport Arena. 4 July 2020
    9. Sergei Oleksiuk. Polissia appointed Shyshchenko as a new head coach (Полесье назначило Шищенко новым главным тренером). Sport Arena. 7 July 2020
    10. 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
    11. 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
    12. Yuriy Samotkan. Andriy Tlumak is leaving the post of head coach of "Volyn" (Андрей Тлумак покидает пост главного тренера "Волыни"). Footboom. 14 August 2020
    13. Oleksiy Horodov is the head coach of Avanhard (Олексій Городов - головний тренер Авангарду!). FC Avanhard Kramatorsk. 17 August 2020
    14. Oleksiy Horodov is the head coach of Avanhard (Олексій Городов - головний тренер Авангарду!). FC Avanhard Kramatorsk. 17 August 2020
    15. 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
    16. "РЕГЛАМЕНТ Всеукраїнських змагань з футболу серед команд клубів Професіональної футбольної ліги сезону 2019/20" (PDF) (in Ukrainian). Retrieved 25 August 2019.
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