Football in Ukraine
Season2020–21
Men's football
Premier LeagueDynamo Kyiv
First LeagueVeres Rivne
Second LeaguePodillya Khmelnytskyi (Group A)
Metal Kharkiv (Group B)
AAFULNZ-Lebedyn
CupDynamo Kyiv
Amateur CupLNZ-Lebedyn
Super CupDynamo Kyiv
Women's football
Vyshcha LihaZhytlobud-1 Kharkiv
Persha LihaKolos Kovalivka
Women's CupZhytlobud-2 Kharkiv
Ukraine

The 2020–21 season was the 30th season of competitive association football in Ukraine since dissolution of the Soviet Union.

National teams

Ukraine national football team

Friendlies

7 October 2020 Friendly France  7–1  Ukraine Paris, France
 Report
Stadium: Stade de France
Referee: Andris Treimanis (Latvia)
11 November 2020 Friendly Poland  2–0  Ukraine Chorzów, Poland
20:45
Report Stadium: Silesian Stadium
Attendance: 0
Referee: Manuel Schüttengruber (Austria)
23 May 2021 (2021-05-23) Friendly Ukraine  1–1  Bahrain Kharkiv, Ukraine
 Report
Stadium: Metalist Stadium
Referee: Pavel Orel (Czech Republic)
3 June 2021 (2021-06-03) Friendly Ukraine  1–0  Northern Ireland Dnipro, Ukraine
 Report Stadium: Dnipro-Arena
Referee: Szymon Marciniak (Poland)
7 June 2021 (2021-06-07) Friendly Ukraine  4–0  Cyprus Kharkiv, Ukraine
 Report Stadium: Metalist Stadium
Referee: Vitālijs Spasjoņņikovs (Latvia)

UEFA Nations League

Group 4
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation Spain Germany Switzerland Ukraine
1  Spain 6 3 2 1 13 3 +10 11 Qualification for Nations League Finals — 6–0 1–0 4–0
2  Germany 6 2 3 1 10 13 −3 9 1–1 — 3–3 3–1
3   Switzerland 6 1 3 2 9 8 +1 6[lower-alpha 1] 1–1 1–1 — 3–0[lower-alpha 2]
4  Ukraine 6 2 0 4 5 13 −8 6[lower-alpha 1] Relegation to League B 1–0 1–2 2–1 —
Source: UEFA
Notes:
  1. 1 2 Tied on head-to-head points (3). Head-to-head goal difference: Switzerland +2, Ukraine −2.
  2. ↑ The Switzerland v Ukraine match was awarded as a 3–0 win to Switzerland after being cancelled as Ukraine were placed in quarantine prior to the match due to positive SARS-CoV-2 tests in the team.
3 September 2020 (2020-09-03) 2020–21 UEFA Nations League A Ukraine  2–1   Switzerland Lviv, Ukraine
21:45
Report
Stadium: Arena Lviv
Attendance: 0
Referee: Andreas Ekberg (Sweden)
6 September 2020 (2020-09-06) 2020–21 UEFA Nations League A Spain  4–0  Ukraine Madrid, Spain
20:45
Report Stadium: Alfredo Di Stéfano Stadium
Attendance: 0
Referee: Benoît Bastien (France)
10 October 2020 (2020-10-10) 2020–21 UEFA Nations League A Ukraine  1–2  Germany Kyiv, Ukraine
21:45
Report
Stadium: NSK Olimpiyskiy
Attendance: 17,573[1]
Referee: Orel Grinfeld (Israel)
13 October 2020 (2020-10-13) 2020–21 UEFA Nations League A Ukraine  1–0  Spain Kyiv, Ukraine
21:45
Report Stadium: NSK Olimpiyskiy
Attendance: 10,495
Referee: Paweł Gil (Poland)
14 November 2020 (2020-11-14) 2020–21 UEFA Nations League A Germany  3–1  Ukraine Leipzig, Germany
20:45
Report
Stadium: Red Bull Arena
Attendance: 0
Referee: Ovidiu Hațegan (Romania)
17 November 2020 (2020-11-17) 2020–21 UEFA Nations League A Switzerland  3–0
(awd.)		  Ukraine Lucerne, Switzerland
Report Stadium: Swissporarena
Referee: Anastasios Sidiropoulos (Greece)

2022 FIFA World Cup

Group D
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  France 8 5 3 0 18 3 +15 18 Qualification for 2022 FIFA World Cup — 1–1 2–0 1–1 8–0
2  Ukraine 8 2 6 0 11 8 +3 12 Advance to play-offs 1–1 — 1–1 1–1 1–1
3  Finland 8 3 2 3 10 10 0 11 0–2 1–2 — 2–2 1–0
4  Bosnia and Herzegovina 8 1 4 3 9 12 −3 7 0–1 0–2 1–3 — 2–2
5  Kazakhstan 8 0 3 5 5 20 −15 3 0–2 2–2 0–2 0–2 —
Source: FIFA, UEFA
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers
24 March 2021 (2021-03-24) 2022 FIFA World Cup qualification France  1–1  Ukraine Saint-Denis, France
20:45
Report
Stadium: Stade de France
Attendance: 0
Referee: Tobias Stieler (Germany)
28 March 2021 (2021-03-28) 2022 FIFA World Cup qualification Ukraine  1–1  Finland Kyiv, Ukraine
20:45 (21:45 UTC+3)
Report
Stadium: NSK Olimpiyskiy
Attendance: 0
Referee: István Kovács (Romania)
31 March 2021 (2021-03-31) 2022 FIFA World Cup qualification Ukraine  1–1  Kazakhstan Kyiv, Ukraine
20:45 (21:45 UTC+3)
Report
Stadium: NSK Olimpiyskiy
Attendance: 0
Referee: Matej Jug (Slovenia)

UEFA Euro 2020

Group stage

Group C

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Netherlands (H) 3 3 0 0 8 2 +6 9 Advance to knockout phase
2  Austria 3 2 0 1 4 3 +1 6
3  Ukraine 3 1 0 2 4 5 −1 3
4  North Macedonia 3 0 0 3 2 8 −6 0
Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
(H) Hosts
13 June 2021 (2021-06-13) Netherlands  3–2  Ukraine Amsterdam, Netherlands
21:00
Report
Stadium: Johan Cruyff Arena
Attendance: 15,837
Referee: Felix Brych (Germany)
17 June 2021 (2021-06-17) Ukraine  2–1  North Macedonia Bucharest, Romania
15:00 (16:00 UTC+3)
Report
Stadium: Arena Națională
Attendance: 10,001
Referee: Fernando Rapallini (Argentina)
21 June 2021 (2021-06-21) Ukraine  0–1  Austria Bucharest, Romania
18:00 (19:00 UTC+3) Report
Stadium: Arena Națională
Attendance: 10,472
Referee: Cüneyt Çakır (Turkey)
Ranking of third-placed teams

Pos Grp Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 F  Portugal 3 1 1 1 7 6 +1 4 Advance to knockout phase
2 D  Czech Republic 3 1 1 1 3 2 +1 4
3 A   Switzerland 3 1 1 1 4 5 −1 4
4 C  Ukraine 3 1 0 2 4 5 −1 3
5 B  Finland 3 1 0 2 1 3 −2 3
6 E  Slovakia 3 1 0 2 2 7 −5 3
Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored; 4) Wins; 5) Lower disciplinary points total; 6) European Qualifiers overall ranking.

Knockout phase

Round of 16
29 June 2021 (2021-06-29) Sweden  1–2 (a.e.t.)  Ukraine Glasgow, Scotland
20:00
Report
Stadium: Hampden Park
Attendance: 9,221
Referee: Daniele Orsato (Italy)
Quarter-finals
3 July 2021 (2021-07-03) Ukraine  0–4  England Rome, Italy
21:00 Report
Stadium: Stadio Olimpico
Attendance: 11,880
Referee: Felix Brych (Germany)

Ukraine U-21 national football team

UEFA European Under-21 Championship

Group 8
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Denmark 10 8 2 0 21 9 +12 26 Final tournament — 2–1 1–1 2–1 2–1 5–1
2  Romania 10 6 2 2 22 7 +15 20 1–1 — 3–0 4–1 3–0 4–1
3  Ukraine 10 5 1 4 17 11 +6 16 2–3 1–0 — 0–2 3–0 4–0
4  Finland 10 4 1 5 14 15 −1 13 0–1 1–3 0–2 — 1–1 4–0
5  Northern Ireland 10 2 3 5 7 13 −6 9 0–1 0–0 1–0 2–3 — 0–0
6  Malta 10 0 1 9 4 30 −26 1 1–3 0–3 1–4 0–1 0–2 —
Source: UEFA
4 September 2020 (2020-09-04) Denmark  1–1  Ukraine Aalborg, Denmark
18:00
Report
Stadium: Aalborg Stadium
Attendance: 0
Referee: Jochem Kamphuis (Netherlands)
8 September 2020 (2020-09-08) Finland  0–2  Ukraine Helsinki, Finland
18:00 (19:00 EEST) Report
Stadium: Helsinki Olympic Stadium
Attendance: 0
Referee: Thorvaldur Árnason (Iceland)
9 October 2020 (2020-10-09) Ukraine  1–0  Romania Kyiv, Ukraine
17:30 (18:30 EEST)
Report Stadium: Obolon Arena
Attendance: 400
Referee: Furkat Atazhanov (Kazakhstan)
13 October 2020 (2020-10-13) Northern Ireland  1–0  Ukraine Ballymena, Northern Ireland
19:00 (18:00 BST)
  • O'Neill 61'
 Report Stadium: Ballymena Showgrounds,
Attendance: 0
Referee: Barbeno Luca (San Marino)
13 November 2020 (2020-11-13)[lower-alpha 1] Malta  1–4  Ukraine Ta' Qali, Malta
17:00
  • Elouni 47'
 Report
Stadium: Centenary Stadium
Referee: Pavel Rejzek (Czech Republic)
17 November 2020 (2020-11-17)[lower-alpha 1] Ukraine  3–0  Northern Ireland Kovalivka, Ukraine
17:30 (18:30 EET)
Report Stadium: Kolos Arena
Referee: Rauf Jabarov (Azerbaijan)

Ukraine women's national football team

UEFA Women's Euro 2022

Group I
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Germany 8 8 0 0 46 1 +45 24 Final tournament — 8–0 3–0 6–0 10–0
2  Ukraine 8 5 0 3 16 21 −5 15 Play-offs 0–8 — 1–0 4–0 2–1
3  Republic of Ireland 8 4 1 3 11 10 +1 13 1–3 3–2 — 1–0 2–0
4  Greece 8 2 1 5 6 21 −15 7 0–5 0–4 1–1 — 1–0
5  Montenegro 8 0 0 8 2 28 −26 0 0–3 1–3 0–3 0–4 —
Source: UEFA
18 September 2020 (2020-09-18)[lower-alpha 2] Euro 2021 qualifying Montenegro  1–3  Ukraine Podgorica
20:00
Report
Stadium: DG Arena
Referee: Viola Raudziņa (Latvia)
22 September 2020 (2020-09-22)[lower-alpha 2] Euro 2021 qualifying Ukraine  4–0  Greece Kyiv
18:00 (19:00 EEST)
Report Stadium: Obolon Arena
Referee: Aleksandra Česen (Slovenia)
23 October 2020 (2020-10-23)[lower-alpha 2] Euro 2021 qualifying Ukraine  1–0  Republic of Ireland Kyiv
18:00 (19:00 EEST)
Report Stadium: Obolon Arena
Referee: Ivana Martinčić (Croatia)
27 October 2020 (2020-10-27) Euro 2021 qualifying Greece  0–4  Ukraine Athens
16:30 (17:30 EET) Report
Stadium: Apostolos Nikolaidis Stadium
Referee: Shona Shukrula (Netherlands)
1 December 2020 (2020-12-01)[lower-alpha 3] Euro 2021 qualifying Ukraine  2–1  Montenegro Kyiv
18:00 (19:00 EET)
Report
Stadium: Obolon Arena
Referee: Frida Nielsen (Denmark)
Play-offs
Matches
Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Ukraine  1–4  Northern Ireland 1–2 0–2
9 April 2021 (2021-04-09) Euro 2022 qualifying Ukraine  1–2  Northern Ireland Kovalivka, Kyiv Oblast, Ukraine
18:00 (19:00 EEST)
Report
Stadium: Kolos Stadium
Referee: Riem Hussein (Germany)
13 April 2021 (2021-04-13) Euro 2022 qualifying Northern Ireland  2–0
(4–1 agg.)		  Ukraine Belfast, Northern Ireland
20:45 (19:45 BST)
Report Stadium: Seaview
Referee: Jana Adámková (Czech Republic)

UEFA competitions

UEFA Champions League

Qualifying phase and play-off round

Third qualifying round
Team 1  Score  Team 2
Dynamo Kyiv Ukraine 2–0 Netherlands AZ
Play-off round
Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Gent Belgium 1–5 Ukraine Dynamo Kyiv 1–2 0–3

Group stage

Group B

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification RMA BMG SHK INT
1 Spain Real Madrid 6 3 1 2 11 9 +2 10 Advance to knockout phase — 2–0 2–3 3–2
2 Germany Borussia Mönchengladbach 6 2 2 2 16 9 +7 8[lower-alpha 4] 2–2 — 4–0 2–3
3 Ukraine Shakhtar Donetsk 6 2 2 2 5 12 −7 8[lower-alpha 4] Transfer to Europa League 2–0 0–6 — 0–0
4 Italy Inter Milan 6 1 3 2 7 9 −2 6 0–2 2–2 0–0 —
Source: UEFA
Notes:
  1. 1 2 All matches originally scheduled to be played in March 2020 were postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Europe. These matches were subsequently rescheduled to be played in November 2020.
  2. 1 2 3 All matches originally scheduled to be played in April and June 2020 were postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Europe. These matches were subsequently rescheduled to be played between September and October 2020.
  3. ↑ Matches originally scheduled to be played on 22 September 2020 were rearranged following postponements to other matches due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Europe.
  4. 1 2 Head-to-head points: Borussia Mönchengladbach 6, Shakhtar Donetsk 0.
Group G

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification JUV BAR DKV FER
1 Italy Juventus 6 5 0 1 14 4 +10 15[lower-alpha 1] Advance to knockout phase — 0–2 3–0 2–1
2 Spain Barcelona 6 5 0 1 16 5 +11 15[lower-alpha 1] 0–3 — 2–1 5–1
3 Ukraine Dynamo Kyiv 6 1 1 4 4 13 −9 4 Transfer to Europa League 0–2 0–4 — 1–0
4 Hungary Ferencváros 6 0 1 5 5 17 −12 1 1–4 0–3 2–2 —
Source: UEFA
Notes:
  1. 1 2 Tied on head-to-head points (3). Head-to-head goal difference: Juventus +1, Barcelona –1.

UEFA Europa League

Qualifying rounds

Second qualifying round
Team 1  Score  Team 2
Aris Greece 1–2 Ukraine Kolos Kovalivka
Third qualifying round
Team 1  Score  Team 2
VfL Wolfsburg Germany 2–0 Ukraine Desna Chernihiv
Rijeka Croatia 2–0 (a.e.t.) Ukraine Kolos Kovalivka

Group stage

Group G

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification LEI BRA ZOR AEK
1 England Leicester City 6 4 1 1 14 5 +9 13[lower-alpha 1] Advance to knockout phase — 4–0 3–0 2–0
2 Portugal Braga 6 4 1 1 14 10 +4 13[lower-alpha 1] 3–3 — 2–0 3–0
3 Ukraine Zorya Luhansk 6 2 0 4 6 11 −5 6 1–0 1–2 — 1–4
4 Greece AEK Athens 6 1 0 5 7 15 −8 3 1–2 2–4 0–3 —
Source: UEFA
Notes:
  1. 1 2 Head-to-head points: Leicester City 4, Braga 1.

Knockout phase

Round of 32
Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Dynamo Kyiv Ukraine 2–1 Belgium Club Brugge 1–1 1–0
Maccabi Tel Aviv Israel 0–3 Ukraine Shakhtar Donetsk 0–2 0–1
Round of 16
Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Dynamo Kyiv Ukraine 0–4 Spain Villarreal 0–2 0–2
Roma Italy 5–1 Ukraine Shakhtar Donetsk 3–0 2–1

UEFA Women's Champions League

Qualifying round

First qualifying round
Team 1  Score  Team 2
Zhytlobud-2 Kharkiv Ukraine 9–0 Armenia Alashkert
Second qualifying round
Team 1  Score  Team 2
SFK 2000 Bosnia and Herzegovina 0–2 Ukraine Zhytlobud-2 Kharkiv

Knockout phase

Round of 32
Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Zhytlobud-2 Kharkiv Ukraine 2–2 (a) Kazakhstan BIIK Kazygurt 2–1 0–1

Men's club football

League Promoted to league Relegated from league
Premier League
PFL League 1
PFL League 2 Groups
A
B

Note: For all scratched clubs, see section Clubs removed for more details

Premier League

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Dynamo Kyiv (C) 26 20 5 1 59 15 +44 65 Qualification to Champions League group stage
2 Shakhtar Donetsk 26 16 6 4 54 19 +35 54 Qualification to Champions League third qualifying round
3 Zorya Luhansk 26 15 5 6 44 22 +22 50 Qualification to Europa League play-off round
4 Kolos Kovalivka 26 10 11 5 36 26 +10 41 Qualification to Europa Conference League third qualifying round
5 Vorskla Poltava 26 11 8 7 37 30 +7 41 Qualification to Europa Conference League second qualifying round
6 Desna Chernihiv 26 10 8 8 38 32 +6 38
7 SC Dnipro-1 26 8 6 12 36 38 −2 30
8 FC Lviv 26 8 5 13 25 51 −26 29[lower-alpha 1]
9 FC Oleksandriya 26 8 5 13 33 37 −4 29[lower-alpha 1]
10 Rukh Lviv 26 6 10 10 27 39 −12 28
11 FC Mariupol 26 6 8 12 27 41 −14 26[lower-alpha 2]
12 Inhulets Petrove 26 5 11 10 24 39 −15 26[lower-alpha 2]
13 Olimpik Donetsk (R) 26 6 4 16 28 48 −20 22 Relegation to the Ukrainian First League
14 FC Mynai 26 4 6 16 16 47 −31 18 Readmitted
Source: Ukrainian Premier League
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head points; 3) Head-to-head goal difference; 4) Head-to-head higher number of goals scored; 5) Goal difference; 6) Higher number of goals scored; 7) Draw or "Golden match" if two teams tied for title (Article 22, paragraph 3).[2]
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated
Notes:
  1. 1 2 Head-to-head goal difference: Lviv +1, Oleksandriya -1
  2. 1 2 Head-to-head points: Mariupol 4, Inhulets 1

PFL League 1 (First League)

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[3][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).[5]
(C) Champions; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated

PFL League 2 (Second League)

Group A

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion, qualification or relegation
1 Podillya Khmelnytskyi (P, C) 24 17 6 1 46 13 +33 57 Promotion to Ukrainian First League[4]
2 FC Uzhhorod (P) 24 17 4 3 50 23 +27 55
3 Dinaz Vyshhorod 24 15 6 3 52 19 +33 51
4 Epitsentr Dunaivtsi 24 14 6 4 36 15 +21 48
5 Karpaty Halych 24 14 4 6 42 25 +17 46
6 Nyva Vinnytsia 24 10 3 11 38 38 0 33
7 Bukovyna Chernivtsi 24 9 5 10 27 31 −4 32
8 Chaika Petropavlivska Borshchahivka 24 6 7 11 26 32 −6 25
9 Obolon-2 Bucha 24 6 6 12 21 39 −18 24 Withdrew after season
10 FC Chernihiv 24 5 6 13 19 33 −14 21
11 Rubikon Kyiv 24 4 5 15 17 44 −27 17
12 Volyn-2 Lutsk 24 3 4 17 16 43 −27 13[lower-alpha 1] Withdrew after season
13 Karpaty Lviv 24 3 4 17 20 55 −35 13[lower-alpha 1]
- FC Kalush 0 - - - - - — 0 Withdrew after Round 1 before their first game[6]
Updated to match(es) played on 11 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).[7]
(C) Champions; (P) Promoted
Notes:
  1. 1 2 Head-to-head points: Volyn-2 4, Karpaty 1

Group B

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion, qualification or relegation
1 Metal Kharkiv (C, P) 22 20 2 0 65 5 +60 62 Promotion to Ukrainian First League[4]
2 Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih (P) 22 15 5 2 53 15 +38 50
3 Metalurh Zaporizhya 22 13 4 5 42 20 +22 43
4 Tavriya Simferopol 22 12 6 4 41 22 +19 42
5 Enerhiya Nova Kakhovka 22 9 3 10 34 35 −1 30
6 Yarud Mariupol 22 8 4 10 27 39 −12 28
7 Dnipro Cherkasy 22 7 6 9 17 34 −17 27
8 Balkany Zoria 22 6 5 11 20 28 −8 23[lower-alpha 1]
9 Peremoha Dnipro 22 5 8 9 21 29 −8 23[lower-alpha 1]
10 Real Pharma Odesa 22 5 3 14 13 40 −27 18
11 FC Nikopol 22 3 5 14 18 46 −28 14
12 MFC Mykolaiv-2 22 1 5 16 13 51 −38 8 Withdrew after season
- Cherkashchyna Cherkasy 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Withdrawn and record annulled[8]
Updated to match(es) played on 11 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).[7]
(C) Champions; (P) Promoted
Notes:
  1. 1 2 Head-to-head points: Balkany 4, Peremoha 1

Cup competitions

Ukrainian Cup

Super Cup

Shakhtar Donetsk1–3Dynamo Kyiv
Moraes 37' Report De Pena 20'
Rodrigues 31'
Sol 83'
Attendance: 0[lower-alpha 1]
Referee: Vitaliy Romanov[11] (Dnipro)

Women's club football

League Promoted to league Relegated from league
Vyshcha Liha[12]
  • Karpaty Lviv
  • Nika Mykolaiv
  • Bukovynska Nadiya Velykyi Kuchuriv
  • Iednist Plysky
  • Iatran Berestivets
  • Rodyna Kostopil

Note: For the scratched club, see section Clubs removed for more details

Vyshcha Liha

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Zhytlobud-2 Kharkiv 9 8 1 0 54 3 +51 25 Qualification to Championship round
2 Zhytlobud-1 Kharkiv 9 8 1 0 46 4 +42 25
3 Voskhod Stara Maiachka 9 7 0 2 22 9 +13 21
4 Mariupilchanka 9 5 0 4 22 27 −5 15[lower-alpha 2]
5 Karpaty Lviv 9 5 0 4 15 27 −12 15[lower-alpha 2]
6 Ladomyr Volodymyr-Volynskyi 9 3 1 5 15 22 −7 10
7 Pantery Uman 9 3 0 6 10 27 −17 9 Qualification to Relegation round
8 Nika Mykolaiv 9 2 0 7 14 32 −18 6
9 EMS Podillia Vinnytsia 9 1 1 7 5 26 −21 4
10 Bukovynska Nadia 9 1 0 8 7 33 −26 3
Source: womensfootball.com.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.[13]
Notes:
  1. ↑ The match was played behind closed doors due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Ukraine.
  2. 1 2 Head-to-head points: Mariupol 3, Karpaty 0

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1 Zhytlobud-1 Kharkiv (C) 19 18 1 0 99 7 +92 55 Qualification for the Champions League first round
2 Zhytlobud-2 Kharkiv 19 16 1 2 97 11 +86 49
3 Voskhod Stara Maiachka 19 11 1 7 32 29 +3 34
4 Ladomyr Volodymyr-Volynskyi 19 8 1 10 34 54 −20 25
5 Mariupol 19 6 1 12 27 59 −32 19
6 Karpaty Lviv 19 5 2 12 22 69 −47 17
Source: womensfootball.com.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.[13]
(C) Champions

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
7 Nika Mykolaiv 15 7 1 7 57 35 +22 22 Relegation to Persha Liha
8 Pantery Uman 15 6 0 9 35 39 −4 18
9 EMS Podillia Vinnytsia 15 4 2 9 23 31 −8 14
10 Bukovynska Nadia 15 1 0 14 11 103 −92 3
Source: womensfootball.com.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.[13]

Managerial changes

This is a list of managerial changes among Ukrainian professional football clubs (top two leagues):

Team Outgoing manager Manner of departure Date of vacancy Table Incoming manager Date of appointment Table
Polissya Zhytomyr Ukraine Anatoliy Bezsmertnyi Resigned 4 July 2020[14] Pre-season Ukraine Serhiy Shyshchenko 7 July 2020[15] Pre-season
Dynamo Kyiv Ukraine Oleksiy Mykhaylychenko Mutual agreement[16] 20 July 2020[17] Romania Mircea Lucescu 23 July 2020[18]
Olimpik Donetsk Ukraine Ihor Klymovskyi (interim) Made permanent 20 July 2020[19] Ukraine Ihor Klymovskyi 20 July 2020[19]
FC Mariupol Ukraine Oleksandr Babych End of contract 30 July 2020[20] Ukraine Ostap Markevych 3 August 2020[21]
Kremin Kremenchuk Ukraine Serhiy Svystun Undisclosed 14 August 2020[22] Ukraine Oleksandr Holovko 14 August 2020[23]
Volyn Lutsk Ukraine Andriy Tlumak End of contract 14 August 2020[24] Ukraine Vasyl Sachko 19 August 2020[25]
Avanhard Kramatorsk Ukraine Oleksiy Horodov (interim) Made permanent 17 August 2020[26] Ukraine Oleksiy Horodov 17 August 2020[26]
Obolon-Brovar Kyiv Ukraine Valeriy Ivashchenko (interim) Made permanent 18 August 2020[27] Ukraine Valeriy Ivashchenko 18 August 2020[27]
Metalist 1925 Kharkiv Ukraine Vyacheslav Khruslov (interim) End of interim 21 August 2020 Ukraine Valeriy Kriventsov 21 August 2020[28]
Prykarpattia Ivano-Frankivsk Ukraine Volodymyr Kovalyuk Mutual consent 2 September 2020[29] Ukraine Ruslan Mostovyi 4 September 2020[30]
SC Dnipro-1 Ukraine Dmytro Mykhaylenko Resigned[31] 18 September 2020[32] 11th Croatia Igor Jovićević 22 September 2020[33] 11th
Krystal Kherson Ukraine Eduard Khavrov Resigned 28 September 2020[34][35] 16th Ukraine Serhiy Valyayev 1 October 2020[36] 16th
Nyva Ternopil Ukraine Vasyl Malyk Resigned 10 October 2020[37] 11th Ukraine Ihor Bilan (interim) 10 October 2020[37] 11th
Obolon Kyiv Ukraine Valeriy Ivashchenko Changed to assistant 17 October 2020[38] 15th Ukraine Pavlo Yakovenko 18 October 2020[38] 15th
FC Lviv Georgia (country) Giorgi Tsetsadze Resigned 24 October 2020[39] 14th Ukraine Vitaliy Shumskyi (interim) 28 October 2020[40] 14th
Krystal Kherson Ukraine Serhiy Valyayev Resigned 20 November 2020[41][42] 16th Ukraine Serhiy Shevtsov (interim) 21 November 2020[43][44] 16th
Kremin Kremenchuk Ukraine Oleksandr Holovko Mutual consent 11 December 2020[45] 12th Ukraine Oleksiy Hodin 6 January 2021[46] 12th
Krystal Kherson Ukraine Serhiy Shevtsov (interim) Resigned 8 January 2021[47] 16th Ukraine Vadym Yevtushenko 23 February 2021[48] 16th
Chornomorets Odesa Ukraine Serhiy Kovalets Mutual consent 17 February 2021[49] 3rd Ukraine Oleksiy Antonov 18 February 2021[49] 3rd
Olimpik Donetsk Ukraine Ihor Klymovskyi Mutual consent 25 February 2021[50] 8th Ukraine Yuriy Kalitvintsev 25 February 2021[51] 8th
FC Lviv Ukraine Vitaliy Shumskyi (interim) Mutual consent 1 March 2021[52] 14th Ukraine Anatoliy Bezsmertnyi 2 March 2021[53] 14th

Clubs removed

  • Second cub teams Avanhard-2 Kramatorsk and Chornomorets-2 Odesa did not apply for participation in the Second League this season.
  • FC Kalush withdrew soon after the start of the season without playing a single game

Notes

      References

      1. ↑ Oleg Semenchenko. On the game Ukraine – Germany are present 17,573 fans (На матче Украина - Германия присутствуют 17 573 болельщика). Footboom. 10 October 2020
      2. ↑ Defining of teams' places in competitions (Визначення місць команд у змаганнях). 2020–21 Ukrainian Premier League regulations.
      3. ↑ 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
      4. 1 2 3 4 5 The statement of the 28th PFL Conference (ПОСТАНОВА ЧЕРГОВОЇ ХХVІІІ КОНФЕРЕНЦІЇ ПРОФЕСІОНАЛЬНОЇ ФУТБОЛЬНОЇ ЛІГИ). Professional Football League. 21 August 2020.
      5. ↑ "РЕГЛАМЕНТ Всеукраїнських змагань з футболу серед команд клубів Професіональної футбольної ліги сезону 2020/21" (PDF) (in Ukrainian). 28 August 2020. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2020-09-07. Retrieved 6 September 2020.
      6. ↑ "Калуш снимается со Второй лиги".
      7. 1 2 "РЕГЛАМЕНТ Всеукраїнських змагань з футболу серед команд клубів Професіональної футбольної ліги сезону 2020/21" (PDF) (in Ukrainian). 28 August 2020. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2020-09-07. Retrieved 6 September 2020.
      8. ↑ Aleksandr Oleinik. Cherkashchyna is withdrawing from the Second League competitions (Черкащина снимется с розыгрыша Второй лиги). Sport Arena. 27 January 2021
      9. ↑ The Ukrainian Super Cup game will start on 25 August at Olimpiyskiy NSC at 21:00 (Матч за Суперкубок України розпочнеться 25 серпня на НСК «Олімпійський» о 21.00). Ukrainian Association of Football. 18 August 2020
      10. ↑ Game protocol. Ukrainian Premier League.
      11. ↑ Artur Malkin. It became known who will be a referee for Shakhtar and Dynamo in the Ukrainian Super Cup (Стало известно, кто рассудит "Шахтер" и "Динамо" в Суперкубке Украины). Footboom. 21 August 2020
      12. ↑ Latest news of Vyshcha Liha: tournament debutants, refusal of Rodyna and name change (Останні новини Вищої ліги: дебютанти змагань, відмова «Родини» та зміна назви). UAF Women's football. 21 August 2020
      13. 1 2 3 "Турнирная таблица 2019/20. Чемпионат Украины. Высшая лига" (in Russian). Retrieved 24 February 2020.
      14. ↑ Head coach of Polissia Bezsmertnyi left the club (Главный тренер Полесья Бессмертный покинул клуб). Sport Arena. 4 July 2020
      15. ↑ Sergei Oleksiuk. Polissia appointed Shyshchenko as a new head coach (Полесье назначило Шищенко новым главным тренером). Sport Arena. 7 July 2020
      16. ↑ "Олексій Михайличенко повернеться на посаду спортивного директора" [Oleksiy Mykhaylychenko will return to the position of Sports director] (in Ukrainian). Dynamo Kyiv. 30 July 2020. Retrieved 3 August 2020.
      17. ↑ "New coaching staff to prepare Dynamo for the new season". Dynamo Kyiv. 20 July 2020. Retrieved 20 July 2020.
      18. ↑ "Mircea Lucescu – FC Dynamo Kyiv head coach". FC Dynamo Kyiv. 23 July 2020. Retrieved 23 July 2020.
      19. 1 2 ""Олимпик" утвердил Климовского главным тренером, без приставки и.о." [Olimpik approved Klymovskyi as a head coach without prefix interim] (in Russian). Footboom. 20 July 2020. Retrieved 20 July 2020.
      20. ↑ "Александр Бабич и его штаб завершили работу в ФК Мариуполь" [Oleksandr Babych and his stuff finished their work in FC Mariupol] (in Russian). FC Mariupol. 30 July 2020. Retrieved 30 July 2020.
      21. ↑ "Остап Маркевич — главный тренер ФК Мариуполь" [Ostap Markevych is a head coach of FC Mariupol] (in Russian). FC Mariupol. 3 August 2020. Retrieved 3 August 2020.
      22. ↑ 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
      23. ↑ 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
      24. ↑ Yuriy Samotkan. Andriy Tlumak is leaving the post of head coach of "Volyn" (Андрей Тлумак покидает пост главного тренера "Волыни"). Footboom. 14 August 2020
      25. ↑ Vasyl Sachko is the head coach of FC Volyn (Василь Сачко – головний тренер ФК «Волинь»). FC Volyn Lutsk. 19 August 2020
      26. 1 2 Oleksiy Horodov is the head coach of Avanhard (Олексій Городов - головний тренер Авангарду!). FC Avanhard Kramatorsk. 17 August 2020
      27. 1 2 Valeriy Ivashchenko is the head coach of FC Obolon-Brovar Kyiv(Валерій Іващенко – головний тренер ФК «Оболонь Бровар»). FC Obolon-Brovar Kyiv. 18 August 2020
      28. ↑ Valeriy Ivashchenko is the head coach of FC Metalist 1925 Kharkiv(Валерій Кривенцов - головний тренер ФК "Металіст 1925"). FC Metalist 1925 Kharkiv. 21 August 2020
      29. ↑ Volodymyr Kovalyuk leaves the position of head coach (Офіційно: Володимир Ковалюк залишає посаду головного тренера). FC Prykarpattia Ivano-Frankivsk. 2 September 2020
      30. ↑ Ruslan Mostovyi is a head coach of Prykarpattia (Офіційно: Руслан Мостовий - новий головний тренер «Прикарпаття»). FC Prykarpattia Ivano-Frankivsk. 4 September 2020
      31. ↑ "Михайленко подав у відставку з посади головного тренера СК Дніпро-1" [Mykhaylenko resigned from the position of head coach of SC Dnipro-1] (in Ukrainian). Football24. 18 September 2020. Retrieved 23 September 2020.
      32. ↑ "Дякуємо, Дмитро Станіславовичу!" [Our gratitude to Dmytro Stanislavovych] (in Ukrainian). SC Dnipro-1. 18 September 2020. Retrieved 18 September 2020.
      33. ↑ "Ігор Йовічевич очолив "Дніпро-1"" [Igor Jovićević will lead Dnipro-1] (in Ukrainian). SC Dnipro-1. 22 September 2020. Retrieved 22 September 2020.
      34. ↑ Artur Malkin. Eduard Khavrov left "Krystal" (Едуард Хавров залишив "Кристал"). Footboom. 28 September 2020
      35. ↑ Eduard Khavrov left the position of head coach of MFC Krystal (Едуард Хавров покинув посаду головного тренера МФК Кристал). FC Krystal Kherson. 28 September 2020
      36. ↑ Serhiy Valyayev is the head coach of MFC Krystal (Сергій Валяєв – головний тренер МФК Кристал!). FC Krystal Kherson. 1 October 2020
      37. 1 2 Our gratitude to Vasyl Ivanovych (Дякуємо за все, Василь Іванович!). FC Nyva Ternopil. 10 October 2020
      38. 1 2 Pavlo Yakovenko is a head coach of FC Obolon (Павло Яковенко – головний тренер ФК «Оболонь»). FC Obolon Kyiv. 18 October 2020
      39. ↑ "Георгій Цецадзе: "У будь-якої людини настає момент, коли краще піти геть"" [Giorgi Tsetsadze: Each person gets the moment when it's better to leave] (in Ukrainian). FC Lviv. 24 October 2020. Retrieved 24 October 2020.
      40. ↑ "До "Ворскли" команду готує Віталій Шумський" [Vitaliy Shumskyi to prepare the team for the fixture with Vorskla] (in Ukrainian). FC Lviv. 28 October 2020. Retrieved 28 October 2020.
      41. ↑ Valiaev left post of the Krystal's head coach (Валяев покинул должность главного тренера Кристалла). Sport Arena. 20 November 2020
      42. ↑ Krystal – VPK-Ahro game report. PFL.ua. 20 November 2020
      43. ↑ MFC Krystal terminated cooperation with Serhiy Valyayev (МФК Кристал припинив співпрацю з Сергієм Валяєвим). FC Krystal Kherson. 21 November 2020
      44. ↑ Aleksandr Oleinik. Krystal confirmed the Valiaev's departure from the post of head coach (Кристалл подтвердил уход Валяева с поста главного тренера). Sport Arena. 21 November 2020
      45. ↑ Kremin ended the partnership with head coach Oleksandr Holovko («Кремінь» припинив співпрацю з головним тренером Олександром Головком). FC Kremin Kremenchuk. 11 December 2020
      46. ↑ Young coaches duo to lead Kremin («Кремінь» очолив дует молодих тренерів). FC Kremin Kremenchuk. 6 January 2021
      47. ↑ Ex-director of Krystal told about his resignation and situation of affairs in the club (Екс-директор Кристала розповів про свою відставку і стан справ у клубі). UA-Football. 8 January 2021
      48. ↑ Vadym Yevtushenko is the head coach of MFC Krystal (Вадим Євтушенко – головний тренер МФК Кристал!). FC Krystal Kherson. 23 February 2021
      49. 1 2 Serhiy Kovalets left Chornomorets (Сергей Ковалец покидает «Черноморец»). FC Chornomorets Odesa. 18 February 2021
      50. ↑ "Олимпик объявил об отставке Климовского" [Olimpik announced about resignation of Klymovskyi] (in Russian). Sport Arena. 25 February 2021. Retrieved 25 February 2021.
      51. ↑ "Президент Олімпіка назвав ім'я нового головного тренера" [The President of Olimpik announced the name of a new head coach] (in Ukrainian). UA-Football. 25 February 2021. Retrieved 25 February 2021.
      52. ↑ "Віталій Шумський залишив "Львів"" [Vitaliy Shumskyi leaves Lviv] (in Ukrainian). FC Lviv. 1 March 2021. Retrieved 1 March 2021.
      53. ↑ "Анатолій Безсмертний – новий головний тренер ПФК "Львів"" [Anatoliy Bezsmertnyi is new head coach of PFC Lviv] (in Ukrainian). FC Lviv. 2 March 2021. Retrieved 2 March 2021.
      This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.