2020–21 Ukrainian First League

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Ukrainian First League
Season2020–21
Dates5 September 2020 – 11 June 2021
winter break 1 December 2020 – 18 March 2021
Matches played115
Goals scored299 (2.6 per match)
Top goalscorer15 – Ruslan Chernenko (Ahrobiznes)
Biggest home win6 – Mykolaiv 6–0 Krystal (Round 16)
Biggest away win4 – VPK-Ahro 0–4 Mykolaiv (Round 12)
Krystal 0–4 Chornomorets (Round 12)
Highest scoring7 – Mykolaiv 6–1 Hirnyk-Sport (Round 6)
Longest winning run7 – Ahrobiznes (Round 10–16)
Longest unbeaten run8 – Chornomorets (Round 1–8)
Longest winless run7 – Krystal (Round 1–8)
Longest losing run7 – Krystal (Round 1–8)
Highest attendance13,134 – Metalist 1925 0–1 Chornomorets (Round 28)
Lowest attendance0 – 94 games
Total attendance18644
Average attendance888[a]
All statistics correct as of 1 December 2020
  1. ^ includes only games with spectators
.

The 2020–21 Ukrainian First League is the 30th since its establishment. The league competition consists of 16 teams according to the decision of the PFL Council of Leagues.[1] The season commenced on 5 September 2020.[2] The final composition and regulations of the Professional Football League of Ukraine both leagues were adopted at the PFL Conference on 21 August 2020.[3]

Summary

In this season, the bottom two teams of the First League are to be relegated to the Second League. The top two teams from each group of the Second League will gain promotion to the First League for the next season.[4]

Promotion and/or relegation play-off games that were in place since 2011 (with exclusion in 2013) were discontinued altogether for the season.

This league's season was expected to have number of team increased to eighteen,[1] however due to financial situation with both FC Karpaty Lviv and FC Balkany Zorya the PFL reinstated the sixteen team competition as per last season(see "Teams" section).

Due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic attendance restriction in the league is still in effect, but was partially eased.[clarification needed] The postponed games[5][6][7][8][9][10] that the PFL was not able to reschedule for the later dates of fall half of the season, on 30 November 2020 were rescheduled for the spring half of 2021.[11]

Teams

This season, Ukrainian First League consist of 16 teams, which includes top two teams from the both groups of 2019–20 Ukrainian Second League and two relegation/promotion play-offs winners.

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.[12] A possibility was declared at first that the club might be admitted to the First League nonetheless,[13] but later it was announced that Karpaty will be admitted the Second League instead.[14][15] 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.[16]

Legal and other issues

Renamed teams

Location map

The following displays the location of teams.

Prykarpattia
Volyn
VPK-Ahro
Veres
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Home venues of teams in the 2020–21 Ukrainian First League.

Stadiums

The following stadiums were used as home grounds for the teams in the competition. The minimum capacity for stadiums of the First League clubs is set at 1,500 spectators.[22]

Rank Stadium Location Capacity Club Notes
1 OSC Metalist Kharkiv 40,003 Metalist 1925 Kharkiv
2 Arena Lviv Lviv 34,915 Ahrobiznes Volochysk Round 18
3 Chornomorets Stadium Odesa 34,164 Chornomorets Odesa
4 Yuvileiny Stadium Sumy 25,830 Alians Lypova Dolyna Rounds 1, 3, 14, 5
5 Meteor Stadium Dnipro 24,381 VPK-Ahro Shevchenkivka
6
Ternopil City Stadium
 Ternopil 15,150 Nyva Ternopil
7 Avanhard Stadium Lutsk 12,080 Volyn Lutsk
Nyva Ternopil Round 18
8 MCS Rukh Ivano-Frankivsk 6,500 Prykarpattia Ivano-Frankivsk Under passive reconstruction since 1986, only one stand out of four is active
9 Prapor Stadium Kramatorsk 6,000
Avanhard Kramatorsk
10 Central Stadium Zhytomyr 5,928
Polissia Zhytomyr
 Returned for round 18[a]
11 Naftovyk Stadium Okhtyrka 5,256 Alians Lypova Dolyna Rounds 8, 10, 12
12 Obolon Arena Kyiv 5,100 Obolon Kyiv
13 Metalurh Stadium[24][b] Bakhmut 4,000
Avanhard Kramatorsk
 Round 12
14 Skif Stadium Lviv 3,742 Veres Rivne Rounds 11, 19
Nyva Ternopil Round 16
15 Krystal Stadium Kherson 3,400 Krystal Kherson
16 Enerhetyk Stadium Burshtyn 3,000 Prykarpattia Ivano-Frankivsk Round 11
17 Yunist Stadium Volochysk 2,700 Ahrobiznes Volochysk home stadium
Nyva Ternopil Round 15
18 Yunist Stadium Horishni Plavni 2,500 Hirnyk-Sport Horishni Plavni
19 Spartak-Arena Zhytomyr 2,500[26]
Polissia Zhytomyr
 Round 8[c]
20 Bannikov Stadium Kyiv 1,678
Polissia Zhytomyr
 temporary home stadium[d]
21 Kremin Stadium Kremenchuk 1,500 Kremin Kremenchuk
22 Vyshnivets Stadium Vyshnivets 1,500[28] Nyva Ternopil Round 10
23 Yuvileynyi Stadium
Bucha
 1,028
Polissia Zhytomyr
 Round 6[e]
24 Bohdan Markevych Stadium Vynnyky 900 Ahrobiznes Volochysk Round 10, 12[f]
25 Kolos Stadium Mlyniv 850 Veres Rivne temporary home stadium
26 Alians-Arena
Bairak
 520 Alians Lypova Dolyna Round 19, 21
27 Central Stadium (upper field) Mykolaiv 500 MFC Mykolaiv temporary home stadium[g]
28 Metalist Educational Training Base Vysokyi 500 Metalist 1925 Kharkiv Round 8, 10, 12
See also: List of football stadiums in Ukraine
Notes
  1. ^ After over 16 years[23]
  2. ^ Metalurh Stadium is not among UAF approved stadiums on the list that was published in summer of 2020[25]
  3. ^ Polissia Zhytomyr played their Round 8 home match at Spartak-Arena in their home city
  4. ^ Before the season's start it was announced in news media that Polissia Zhytomyr may start to play their home games in Zhytomyr at Tsentralnyi Stadion,[27] but in reality plays most of their home matches at Bannikov Stadium in Kyiv
  5. ^ Polissia Zhytomyr played their Round 6 home match at Yuvileynyi Stadium in Bucha, Kyiv Oblast
  6. ^ Bohdan Markevych Stadium in Vynnyky, Lviv Oblast was used as home game for Ahrobiznes Volochysk in Round 10 & 12
  7. ^ MFC Mykolaiv have played all their home games thus far in the season at the Upper Field of the Central City Stadium

Personnel and sponsorship

Team President Head coach Kit manufacturer Shirt sponsor
Ahrobiznes Volochysk Oleh Sobutskyi Ukraine Oleksandr Chyzhevskyi Nike Ahrobiznes
Alians Lypova Dolyna Serhiy Demchenko[29] Ukraine Yuriy Yaroshenko Puma Alians
Avanhard Kramatorsk
Maksym Yefimov
 Ukraine Oleksiy Horodov Lotto Sport Donbasenergo
Chornomorets Odesa Leonid Klimov Ukraine Oleksiy Antonov Legea Hefest
Hirnyk-Sport Horishni Plavni Petro Kaplun Ukraine Ihor Zhabchenko Adidas Ferrexpo
Kremin Kremenchuk Serhiy Kovnir Ukraine Serhiy Svystun (interim) Select Sport Alfateks
Krystal Kherson Vadym Yevtushenko[30] Ukraine Vadym Yevtushenko Joma Ahro star
Metalist 1925 Kharkiv Yaroslav Vdovenko
Valeriy Kriventsov
 Puma AES Group
MFC Mykolaiv Serhiy Kantor Ukraine Illia Blyzniuk Mayner Ekvator Factory
Nyva Ternopil Oleksandr Stadnyk Ukraine Ihor Klymovskyi K-Sector Rodyna invest
Obolon Kyiv Oleksandr Slobodian Ukraine Valeriy Ivashchenko (interim) Jako Favorite Sport
Polissia Zhytomyr
 Volodymyr Zahurskyi Ukraine Serhiy Shyshchenko Erreà BGV Group
Prykarpattia Ivano-Frankivsk Vasyl Olshanetskyi Ukraine Oleh Rypan (interim) Joma Adamson
Veres Rivne Ivan Nadieyin Ukraine Yuriy Virt Nike Ukrteplo
Volyn Lutsk Vitaliy Kvartsyanyi Ukraine Vasyl Sachko Joma —
VPK-Ahro Shevchenkivka Volodymyr Korsun Ukraine Serhiy Solovyov Nike VPK-Ahro

Managerial changes

Team Outgoing head coach Manner of departure Date of vacancy Table Incoming head coach Date of appointment Table
Polissya Zhytomyr
 Ukraine Anatoliy Bezsmertnyi Resigned 4 July 2020[31] Pre-season Ukraine Serhiy Shyshchenko 7 July 2020[32] Pre-season
Kremin Kremenchuk Ukraine Serhiy Svystun Undisclosed 14 August 2020[33] Ukraine Oleksandr Holovko 14 August 2020[34]
Volyn Lutsk Ukraine Andriy Tlumak End of contract 14 August 2020[35] Ukraine Vasyl Sachko 19 August 2020[36]
Avanhard Kramatorsk
 Ukraine Oleksiy Horodov (interim) Made permanent 17 August 2020[37] Ukraine Oleksiy Horodov 17 August 2020[37]
Obolon Kyiv Ukraine Valeriy Ivashchenko (interim) Made permanent 18 August 2020[38] Ukraine Valeriy Ivashchenko 18 August 2020[38]
Metalist 1925 Kharkiv Ukraine Vyacheslav Khruslov (interim) End of interim 21 August 2020
Valeriy Kriventsov
 21 August 2020[39]
Prykarpattia Ivano-Frankivsk Ukraine Volodymyr Kovalyuk Mutual consent 2 September 2020[40] Ukraine Ruslan Mostovyi 4 September 2020[41]
Krystal Kherson Ukraine Eduard Khavrov Resigned 28 September 2020[42][43] 16th Ukraine Serhiy Valyayev 1 October 2020[44] 16th
Nyva Ternopil Ukraine Vasyl Malyk Resigned 10 October 2020[45] 11th Ukraine Ihor Bilan 10 October 2020[45] 11th
Obolon Kyiv Ukraine Valeriy Ivashchenko Changed to assistant 17 October 2020[46] 15th Ukraine Pavlo Yakovenko 18 October 2020[46] 15th
Krystal Kherson Ukraine Serhiy Valyayev Resigned 20 November 2020[47][48] 16th Ukraine Serhiy Shevtsov (interim) 21 November 2020[49][50] 16th
Kremin Kremenchuk Ukraine Oleksandr Holovko Mutual consent 11 December 2020[51] 12th Ukraine Oleksiy Hodin 6 January 2021[52] 12th
Krystal Kherson Ukraine Serhiy Shevtsov (interim) Resigned 8 January 2021[53] 16th Ukraine Vadym Yevtushenko 23 February 2021[54] 16th
Chornomorets Odesa Ukraine Serhiy Kovalets Mutual consent 17 February 2021[55] 3rd Ukraine Oleksiy Antonov 18 February 2021[55] 3rd
Nyva Ternopil Ukraine Ihor Bilan Mutual consent 12 April 2021[56] 13th Ukraine Ihor Klymovskyi 13 April 2021[57] 13th
Kremin Kremenchuk Ukraine Oleksiy Hodin Resigned 30 April 2021[58] 14th Ukraine Serhiy Svystun (interim) 30 April 2021[58] 14th
Prykarpattia Ivano-Frankivsk Ukraine Ruslan Mostovyi Sacked 1 May 2021[59] 15th Ukraine Oleh Rypan (interim) 1 May 2021[59] 15th
Obolon Kyiv Ukraine Pavlo Yakovenko Mutual consent 5 May 2021[60] 8th Ukraine Valeriy Ivashchenko (interim) 5 May 2021[60] 8th

Notes:

League table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion, qualification or relegation
1 Veres Rivne (P, C) 30 21 5 4 56 21 +35 68 Promotion to Ukrainian Premier League[61][4]
2 Chornomorets Odesa (P) 30 18 7 5 45 23 +22 61
3 Metalist 1925 Kharkiv (P) 30 16 8 6 36 22 +14 56
4 Mykolaiv (R) 30 15 8 7 49 23 +26 53 Relegation to Ukrainian Second League[4]
5 Ahrobiznes Volochysk 30 15 7 8 46 27 +19 52
6 Alians Lypova Dolyna 30 14 9 7 46 31 +15 51
7 Volyn Lutsk 30 13 7 10 39 28 +11 46
8 Obolon Kyiv 30 13 4 13 44 35 +9 43
9 Hirnyk-Sport Horishni Plavni 30 11 5 14 43 45 −2 38
10 VPK-Ahro Shevchenkivka 30 11 4 15 30 48 −18 37
11
Polissia Zhytomyr
 30 9 8 13 32 37 −5 35
12
Avanhard Kramatorsk
 30 9 5 16 32 51 −19 32
13 Nyva Ternopil 30 8 7 15 30 50 −20 31
14 Prykarpattia Ivano-Frankivsk 30 8 6 16 25 45 −20 30
15 Kremin Kremenchuk 30 6 6 18 23 50 −27 24
16 Krystal Kherson (R) 30 3 4 23 21 61 −40 13 Relegation to Ukrainian Second League[4]
Updated to match(es) played on 12 June 2021. 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 in all games; 6) Goals scored in all games (Note: calculation by criteria indicated in rules 2, 3, 4 is conducted with consideration of all teams that have an equal number of tournament points at the moment of calculation and not only among those which after preliminary criteria have appeared more successful).[22]
(C) Champions; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated

Results

Home \ Away AHR ALD
AVK
 CHO HIS KRE KRY M25 MYK NYV OBL
POL
 PRY VER VOL VPK
Ahrobiznes Volochysk 2–1 1–0 1–0 1–1 5–1 4–2 1–2 1–1 4–0 1–0 3–2 3–0 0–0 0–0 1–2
Alians Lypova Dolyna 1–1 1–1 0–0 0–1 1–1 1–0 0–0 1–0 4–0 1–0 4–2 4–1 2–1 0–2 3–2
Avanhard Kramatorsk
 1–1 0–3 1–2 0–3 2–1 2–1 0–1 0–1 3–1 1–2 0–3 3–1 1–2 2–1 2–3
Chornomorets Odesa 0–1 0–2 3–1 1–1 2–1 4–0 2–0 2–0 1–2 1–1 2–1 3–0 1–0 1–0 2–0
Hirnyk-Sport Horishni Plavni 0–0 2–3 0–2 0–1 2–0 3–0 3–0 0–3 4–1 2–3 0–2 1–1 1–2 0–3 1–2
Kremin Kremenchuk 0–1 0–2 0–0 1–1 1–1 1–0 0–4 1–1 1–3 1–0 0–2 0–1 1–2 1–2 2–0
Krystal Kherson 1–4 0–0 1–2 0–4 1–3 1–2 1–2 1–2 1–1 3–2 0–1 0–1 2–3 0–1 1–2
Metalist 1925 Kharkiv 1–0 2–1 2–1 0–1 3–2 0–1 1–0 1–0 1–1 0–1 0–0 1–0 4–1 1–1 1–2
MFC Mykolaiv 0–2 2–0 0–0 1–1 6–1 2–0 6–0 1–2 4–0 5–3 0–1 1–0 0–0 2–1 1–0
Nyva Ternopil 1–0 1–1 1–1 0–1 0–3[a] 2–2 2–0 1–2 0–0 2–1 2–0 2–1 0–1 0–2 1–2
Obolon Kyiv 1–0 2–0 5–0 2–3 0–1 3–0 0–1 1–1 1–1 2–1 3–0 4–1 0–2 2–1 0–0
Polissia Zhytomyr
 1–3 1–2 1–2 1–1 3–2 2–0 1–1 0–0 1–3 0–1 1–2 1–1 0–0 1–0 3–1
Prykarpattia Ivano-Frankivsk 2–1 1–0 3–1 1–1 1–2 1–0 1–1 0–3 0–1 2–1 1–2 1–1 0–1 2–0 0–1
Veres Rivne 2–0 3–3 5–1 4–0 3–0 2–1 2–0 0–0 3–1 3–1 1–0 2–0 3–0 2–0 1–0
Volyn Lutsk 2–1 2–2 0–1 1–2 2–0 2–3 2–0 0–0 0–0 2–2 2–1 1–0 2–0 2–1 2–0
VPK-Ahro Shevchenkivka 2–3 1–3 2–1 0–2 0–3 3–0 1–2 0–1 0–4 1–0 1–0 0–0 1–1 0–4 1–1
Updated to match(es) played on 12 June 2021. Source: Calendar (in Ukrainian)
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
Notes:
  1. ^ According to the UAF CDC decision of 9 April 2021, FC Nyva Ternopil was awarded technical loss (0:3) (for late announcement the visiting club and the PFL by the hosting club about place and start of the match), and the team of Hirnyk-Sport Horishni Plavni – technical victory (3:0).[62][63][64]

Top goalscorers

As of 12 June 2021[65]

Awards

Monthly awards

The award is being selected on initiative of the PFL media partner UA-Football.

Month Player of the Month
Player Club Reference
September 2020 Ukraine Bohdan Kohut
Veres Rivne
 [66]
October 2020 Ukraine Robert Hehedosh
Veres Rivne
 [67]
November 2020 Ukraine Oleksiy Maydanevych Obolon Kyiv [68]
April 2021 Ukraine Dmytro Kryskiv Metalist 1925 Kharkiv [69]
May 2021 Ukraine Mykola Ahapov Alians Lypova Dolyna [70]
June 2021 Ukraine Vitaliy Dakhnovskyi Veres Rivne [71]

Round awards

Round Player Coach
Player Club Reference Coach Club Reference
Round 1 Ukraine Serhiy Bilous Kremin Kremenchuk [72] Ukraine Oleksandr Holovko Kremin Kremenchuk [72]
Round 2 Ukraine Roman Hahun Ahrobiznes Volochysk [73]
Valeriy Kriventsov
 Metalist 1925 Kharkiv [73]
Round 3 Ukraine Vladyslav Horbachenko VPK-Ahro Shevchenkivka [74] Ukraine Serhiy Kovalets Chornomorets Odesa [74]
Round 4 Ukraine Artur Murza Hirnyk-Sport Horishni Plavni [75] Ukraine Ihor Zhabchenko Hirnyk-Sport Horishni Plavni [75]
Round 5 Ukraine Ihor Sikorskyi Volyn Lutsk [76] Ukraine Yuriy Virt
Veres Rivne
 [76]
Round 6 Ukraine Serhiy Kravchenko MFC Mykolaiv [77] Ukraine Illya Blyznyuk MFC Mykolaiv [77]
Round 7 Ukraine Robert Hehedosh
Veres Rivne
 [78] Ukraine Volodymyr Knysh (director)[a] VPK-Ahro Shevchenkivka [78]
Round 8 Ukraine Vasyl Lytvynenko Obolon Kyiv [79] Ukraine Serhiy Shyshchenko
Polissia Zhytomyr
 [79]
Round 9 Ukraine Yuriy Kozyrenko Hirnyk-Sport Horishni Plavni [80] Ukraine Ihor Zhabchenko Hirnyk-Sport Horishni Plavni [80]
Round 10 Ukraine Artem Kovbasa Chornomorets Odesa [81] Ukraine Pavlo Yakovenko Obolon Kyiv [81]
Round 11 Ukraine Dzhemal Kyzylatesh Volyn Lutsk [82] Ukraine Vasyl Sachko Volyn Lutsk [82]
Round 12 Ukraine Serhiy Zahynailov Alians Lypova Dolyna [83] Ukraine Oleksandr Chyzhevskyi Ahrobiznes Volochysk [83]
Round 13 Ukraine Oleksandr Batalskyi Obolon Kyiv [84] Ukraine Serhiy Kovalets Chornomorets Odesa [84]
Round 14
Mykhailo Shestakov
Veres Rivne
 [85] Ukraine Illia Blyzniuk MFC Mykolaiv [85]
Round 15 Ukraine Oleksiy Maidanevych Obolon Kyiv [86] Ukraine Oleksandr Chyzhevskyi Ahrobiznes Volochysk [86]
Round 16 Ukraine Bohdan Orynchak Volyn Lutsk [87] Ukraine Yuriy Virt
Veres Rivne
 [87]
winter break
Round 17 Ukraine Yuriy Romanyuk Ahrobiznes Volochysk [88] Ukraine Vasyl Sachko Volyn Lutsk [88]
Round 18 Ukraine Volodymyr Odaryuk MFC Mykolaiv [89]
Valeriy Kriventsov
 Metalist 1925 Kharkiv [89]
Round 19 Ukraine Mykola Hayduchyk Veres Rivne [90] Ukraine Yuriy Virt Veres Rivne [90]
Round 20 Ukraine Serhiy Panasenko Veres Rivne [91] Ukraine Serhiy Solovyov VPK-Ahro Shevchenkivka [91]
Round 21 Ukraine Roman Honcharenko Veres Rivne [92] Ukraine Ruslan Mostovyi Prykarpattia Ivano-Frankivsk [92]
Round 22 Ukraine Vladyslav Sharay Alians Lypova Dolyna [93]
Illia Blyznyuk
 MFC Mykolaiv [93]
Round 23 Ukraine Stanislav Koval
Polissya Zhytomyr
 [94] Ukraine Yuriy Virt Veres Rivne [94]
Round 24 Ukraine Ivan Holovkin Krystal Kherson [95] Ukraine Serhiy Shyshchenko
Polissya Zhytomyr
 [95]
Round 25 Ukraine Mykola Ahapov Alians Lypova Dolyna [96] Ukraine Oleksiy Horodov
Avanhard Kramatorsk
 [96]
Round 26 Ukraine Vitaliy Ponomar Metalist 1925 Kharkiv [97] Ukraine Valeriy Kryventsov Metalist 1925 Kharkiv [97]
Round 27 Ukraine Kostyantyn Yaroshenko Alians Lypova Dolyna [98]
Valeriy Ivashchenko
 Obolon Kyiv [98]
Round 28 Ukraine Serhiy Shvets
Polissya Zhytomyr
 [99] Ukraine Oleksiy Antonov Chornomorets Odesa [99]
Round 29 Ukraine Artem Habelok Metalist 1925 Kharkiv [100] Ukraine Serhiy Shyshchenko
Polissia Zhytomyr
 [100]
Round 30 Ukraine Oleksandr Byelyayev VPK-Ahro Shevchenkivka [101] Ukraine Serhiy Solovyov VPK-Ahro Shevchenkivka [101]

Notes:

  1. ^ Being diagnosed with the COVID-19 and quarantined, the club's manager Serhiy Solovyov was temporarily spotted by the club's director in position of head coach[78]

Number of teams by region

Number Region Team(s)
2  Poltava Oblast Kremin and Hirnyk-Sport
1  Dnipropetrovsk Oblast VPK-Ahro
 Donetsk Oblast
Avanhard
 Ivano-Frankivsk Oblast Prykarpattia
 Kharkiv Oblast Metalist 1925
 Kherson Oblast Krystal
 Khmelnytskyi Oblast Ahrobiznes
 Kyiv Oblast Obolon
 Mykolaiv Oblast Mykolaiv
 Odesa Oblast Chornomorets
 Rivne Oblast Veres
 Sumy Oblast Alians
 Ternopil Oblast Nyva
 Volyn Oblast Volyn
 Zhytomyr Oblast
Polissia

See also

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