2019–20 in Ukrainian football

Football in Ukraine
Season2019–20
Men's football
Premier LeagueShakhtar Donetsk
First LeagueFC Mynai
Second LeagueNyva Ternopil (Group A)
VPK-Ahro (Group B)
Amateur LeagueViktoriya Mykolaivka
CupDynamo Kyiv
Amateur CupOlimpiya Savyntsi
Super CupDynamo Kyiv
Women's football
Vyshcha LihaZhytlobud-2 Kharkiv
Persha LihaKarpaty Lviv (Group A)
Spartak-Orion (Group B)
Women's CupZhytlobud-2 Kharkiv
← 2018–19 Ukraine 2020–21 →

The 2019–20 season was the 29th season of competitive association football in Ukraine since dissolution of the Soviet Union.

National teams[edit]

Ukraine national football team[edit]

Main article: Ukraine national football team

Results and fixtures[edit]

7 September 2019 UEFA Euro 2020 qualifying Group B Lithuania  0–3  Ukraine Vilnius, Lithuania
18:00
(19:00 UTC+3)		 [Report (UAF)]
[Report (LFF)]		 Zinchenko 7'
Marlos 27'
Malinovskyi 62'		 Stadium: LFF Stadium
Referee: Irfan Peljto (Bosnia and Herzegovina)
10 September 2019 Friendly Ukraine  2–2  Nigeria Dnipro, Ukraine
20:30 Zinchenko 78'
Yaremchuk 79'		 [Report (UAF)]
[Report ()]		 Aribo 4'
Osimhen 34' (pen.)		 Stadium: Dnipro-Arena
Referee: Paolo Valeri (Italy)
11 October 2019 UEFA Euro 2020 qualifying Group B Ukraine  2–0  Lithuania Kharkiv, Ukraine
20:45
(21:45 UTC+3)		 Malinovskyi 29', 58' [Report (UAF)]
[Report (LFF)]		 Stadium: Metalist Stadium
Referee: Harald Lechner (Austria)
14 October 2019 UEFA Euro 2020 qualifying Group B Ukraine  2–1  Portugal Kyiv, Ukraine
20:45
(21:45 UTC+3)		 Yaremchuk 6'
Yarmolenko 27'		 [Report (UAF)]
[Report (FPF)]		 Ronaldo 72' (pen.) Stadium: NSK Olimpiyskiy
Attendance: 65,883
Referee: Anthony Taylor (England)
14 November 2019 Friendly Ukraine  1–0  Estonia Zaporizhzhia, Ukraine
19:00 (UTC+2) Bezus 92+2' [Report (UAF)]
[Report ()]		 Stadium: Slavutych-Arena
Referee: Juan Martínez Munuera (Spain)
17 November 2019 UEFA Euro 2020 qualifying Group B Serbia  2–2  Ukraine Belgrade, Serbia
15:00
(16:00 UTC+3)		 Tadić 9' (pen.)
Mitrović 56'		 [Report (UAF)]
[Report (FSS)]		 Yaremchuk 33'
Besyedin 90+3'		 Stadium: Red Star Stadium
Referee: Bobby Madden (Scotland)
27 March 2020 Friendly France  postponed  Ukraine Paris, France
Report Stadium: Stade de France
31 March 2020 Friendly Poland  postponed  Ukraine Chorzów, Poland
Report Stadium: Silesian Stadium
26 May 2020 Friendly Ukraine  postponed  Cyprus Kharkiv, Ukraine
Report Stadium: Metalist Stadium
2 June 2020 Friendly Ukraine  postponed  Northern Ireland Kyiv, Ukraine
Report Stadium: NSK Olimpiyskiy
7 June 2020 Friendly Ukraine  postponed  Israel Lviv, Ukraine
Report Stadium: Arena Lviv
2020 UEFA Euro[edit]
Main article: UEFA Euro 2020

Ukraine U-21 national football team[edit]

Main article: Ukraine national under-21 football team

2021 UEFA European Under-21 Championship[edit]

Main article: 2021 UEFA European Under-21 Championship
2021 UEFA European Under-21 Championship qualification[edit]
Main article: 2021 UEFA European Under-21 Championship qualification
Group 8[edit]
Main article: 2021 UEFA European Under-21 Championship qualification 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

Ukraine women's national football team[edit]

Main article: Ukraine women's national football team

Results and fixtures[edit]

Friendlies[edit]
2021 UEFA Women's Euro qualifying[edit]
Main article: UEFA Women's Euro 2021 qualifying
Group I[edit]
Main article: UEFA Women's Euro 2021 qualifying 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
3 September 2019 (2019-09-03) Ukraine  0–8  Germany Arena Lviv, Lviv
16:00 (17:00 EEST) Report
Attendance: 1,000
Referee: Tess Olofsson (Sweden)
5 October 2019 (2019-10-05) Germany  v  Ukraine New Tivoli, Aachen
14:00 Report
8 October 2019 (2019-10-08) Republic of Ireland  v  Ukraine Tallaght Stadium, Dublin
(IST) Report
10 April 2020 (2020-04-10) Montenegro  v  Ukraine
Report
14 April 2020 (2020-04-14) Ukraine  v  Greece
(EEST) Report
5 June 2020 (2020-06-05) Ukraine  v  Republic of Ireland
(EEST) Report
9 June 2020 (2020-06-09) Greece  v  Ukraine
(EEST) Report

UEFA competitions[edit]

UEFA Champions League[edit]

Main article: 2019–20 UEFA Champions League

Qualifying phase and play-off round[edit]

Main article: 2019–20 UEFA Champions League qualifying phase and play-off round
Third qualifying round[edit]
Main article: 2019–20 UEFA Champions League third qualifying round (League Path)
Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Club Brugge Belgium 4–3 Ukraine Dynamo Kyiv 1–0 3–3
Group C[edit]

Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification MC ATA SHK DZG
1 England Manchester City 6 4 2 0 16 4 +12 14 Advance to knockout phase — 5–1 1–1 2–0
2 Italy Atalanta 6 2 1 3 8 12 −4 7 1–1 — 1–2 2–0
3 Ukraine Shakhtar Donetsk 6 1 3 2 8 13 −5 6 Transfer to Europa League 0–3 0–3 — 2–2
4 Croatia Dinamo Zagreb 6 1 2 3 10 13 −3 5 1–4 4–0 3–3 —
Source: UEFA

UEFA Europa League[edit]

Main article: 2019–20 UEFA Europa League

Second qualifying round[edit]

Main article: 2019–20 UEFA Europa League second qualifying round (Main Path)
Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Budućnost Podgorica Montenegro 1–4 Ukraine Zorya Luhansk 1–3 0–1

Third qualifying round[edit]

Main article: 2019–20 UEFA Europa League third qualifying round (Main Path)
Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Mariupol Ukraine 0–4 Netherlands AZ 0–0 0–4
CSKA Sofia Bulgaria 1–2 Ukraine Zorya Luhansk 1–1 0–1

Play-off round[edit]

Main article: 2019–20 UEFA Europa League Play-off round (Main Path)
Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Espanyol Spain 5–3 Ukraine Zorya Luhansk 3–1 2–2

Group stage[edit]

Main article: 2019–20 UEFA Europa League Group Stage
Group B[edit]

Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification MAL KOB DKV LUG
1 Sweden Malmö FF 6 3 2 1 8 6 +2 11 Advance to knockout phase — 1–1 4–3 2–1
2 Denmark Copenhagen 6 2 3 1 5 4 +1 9 0–1 — 1–1 1–0
3 Ukraine Dynamo Kyiv 6 1 4 1 7 7 0 7 1–0 1–1 — 1–1
4 Switzerland Lugano 6 0 3 3 2 5 −3 3 0–0 0–1 0–0 —
Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
Group I[edit]

Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification GNT WLF STE OLE
1 Belgium Gent 6 3 3 0 11 7 +4 12 Advance to knockout phase — 2–2 3–2 2–1
2 Germany VfL Wolfsburg 6 3 2 1 9 7 +2 11 1–3 — 1–0 3–1
3 France Saint-Étienne 6 0 4 2 6 8 −2 4 0–0 1–1 — 1–1
4 Ukraine Oleksandriya 6 0 3 3 6 10 −4 3 1–1 0–1 2–2 —
Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers

Knockout phase[edit]

Main article: 2019–20 UEFA Europa League knockout phase § Champions League group stage third-placed teams
Round of 32[edit]
Main article: 2019–20 UEFA Europa League Round of 32
Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Shakhtar Donetsk Ukraine 5–4 Portugal Benfica 2–1 3–3
Round of 16[edit]
Main article: 2019–20 UEFA Europa League Round of 16
Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
VfL Wolfsburg Germany 1–5 Ukraine Shakhtar Donetsk 1–2 0–3
Quarter-finals[edit]
Main article: 2019–20 UEFA Europa League quarter-finals
Team 1  Score  Team 2
Shakhtar Donetsk Ukraine 4–1 Switzerland Basel
Semi-finals[edit]
Main article: 2019–20 UEFA Europa League Semi-finals
Team 1  Score  Team 2
Inter Milan Italy 5–0 Ukraine Shakhtar Donetsk

UEFA Youth League[edit]

Main article: 2019–20 UEFA Youth League

UEFA Champions League Path[edit]

Main article: 2019–20 UEFA Youth League group stage
Group C[edit]

Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification ATA DZG MCI SHK
1 Italy Atalanta 6 4 1 1 10 5 +5 13 Round of 16 — 2–0 1–0 2–2
2 Croatia Dinamo Zagreb 6 3 2 1 6 5 +1 11 Play-offs 1–0 — 1–0 1–0
3 England Manchester City 6 2 1 3 11 8 +3 7 1–3 2–2 — 5–0
4 Ukraine Shakhtar Donetsk 6 0 2 4 5 14 −9 2 1–2 1–1 1–3 —
Source: UEFA

Domestic Champions Path[edit]

Main article: 2019–20 UEFA Youth League Domestic Champions Path
First round[edit]
Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Dynamo Kyiv Ukraine 10–2 North Macedonia Shkëndija 8–0 2–2
Second round[edit]
Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Dynamo Kyiv Ukraine 5–2 Greece PAOK 3–0 2–2

Play-offs[edit]

Main article: 2019–20 UEFA Youth League play-offs
Team 1  Score  Team 2
Dynamo Kyiv Ukraine 0–0 (3–4 p) Croatia Dinamo Zagreb

UEFA Women's Champions League[edit]

Main article: 2019–20 UEFA Women's Champions League

Qualifying round[edit]

Main article: 2019–20 UEFA Women's Champions League qualifying round
Group 4[edit]

Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification MIN KHA SPL BET
1 Belarus FC Minsk 3 3 0 0 16 1 +15 9 Knockout phase — — 2–1 12–0
2 Ukraine Zhytlobud-1 Kharkiv (H) 3 2 0 1 9 4 +5 6 0–2 — — 6–0
3 Croatia Split 3 1 0 2 10 7 +3 3 — 2–3 — —
4 Luxembourg Bettembourg 3 0 0 3 2 25 −23 0 — — 2–7 —
Source: UEFA
(H) Hosts

Men's club football[edit]

League Promoted to league Relegated from league
Premier League
PFL League One
PFL League Two Groups
A
  • none
B

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

Premier League[edit]

Main article: 2019–20 Ukrainian Premier League

First stage table[edit]

Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation[a]
1 Shakhtar Donetsk 22 19 2 1 59 14 +45 59 Qualification for the Championship round
2 Dynamo Kyiv 22 14 3 5 44 17 +27 45
3 Zorya Luhansk 22 13 4 5 39 18 +21 43
4 Desna Chernihiv 22 13 3 6 36 15 +21 42
5 FC Oleksandriya 22 11 4 7 30 23 +7 37
6 Kolos Kovalivka 22 8 2 12 25 39 −14 26
7 SC Dnipro-1 22 7 4 11 26 34 −8 25[b] Qualification for the Relegation round
8 FC Mariupol 22 6 7 9 21 35 −14 25[b]
9 FC Lviv 22 5 5 12 16 35 −19 20[c]
10 Vorskla Poltava 22 6 2 14 15 38 −23 20[c]
11 Olimpik Donetsk 22 5 3 14 17 37 −20 18
12 Karpaty Lviv 22 2 7 13 17 40 −23 13
Source: Ukrainian Premier League, Soccerway
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 tied for title (Article 22, paragraph 3).[1]
Notes:
  1. ^ Teams play each other twice (22 matches), before the league split into two groups (the top six and the bottom six) for the last 10 matches.
  2. ^ a b Dnipro-1 is ahead of Mariupol on head-to-head goal difference: Dnipro-1 3, Mariupol 1
  3. ^ a b Lviv is ahead of Vorskla on head-to-head goal difference: Lviv 4, Vorskla 3

Championship round table[edit]

Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Shakhtar Donetsk (C) 32 26 4 2 80 26 +54 82 Qualification for the Champions League group stage
2 Dynamo Kyiv 32 18 5 9 65 35 +30 59 Qualification for the Champions League third qualifying round
3 Zorya Luhansk 32 17 7 8 50 29 +21 58 Qualification for the Europa League group stage
4 Desna Chernihiv 32 17 5 10 59 33 +26 56 Qualification for the Europa League third qualifying round
5 FC Oleksandriya 32 14 7 11 49 47 +2 49 Qualification for the playoff for Europa League second qualifying round
6 Kolos Kovalivka (O) 32 10 2 20 33 59 −26 32
Source: Ukrainian Premier League, UEFA, Soccerway
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 tied for title (Article 22, paragraph 3).[1]
(C) Champions; (O) Play-off winners

Relegation round table[edit]

Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
7 SC Dnipro-1 32 15 4 13 42 42 0 49 Qualification for the playoff for Europa League second qualifying round
8 FC Mariupol 32 12 9 11 40 46 −6 45
9 Olimpik Donetsk 32 10 6 16 32 47 −15 36
10 Vorskla Poltava 32 9 7 16 23 48 −25 34
11 FC Lviv 32 5 9 18 25 57 −32 24
12 Karpaty Lviv[a] 32 2 9 21 19 48 −29 15 Expelled from the league
Source: Ukrainian Premier League, UEFA, Soccerway
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 tied for title (Article 22, paragraph 3).[1]
Notes:
  1. ^ Karpaty Lviv was expelled from the league for failing to appear to two games.[2]

Play-offs for qualification to the UEFA Europa League[edit]

Teams that placed 5th and 6th in the Championship group with the teams placed 7th and 8th in the Relegation group played the one-leg play-off for one more berth in the Europa League second qualifying round.[3] Winners of the semi-final pairs contested in one-leg final game the last berth to the UEFA Europa League.[4] If the winners of the 2019–20 Ukrainian Cup Dynamo Kyiv hadn't already clinched the berth to the European competitions by the league performance, the play-off would have been set among teams placed 4th, 5th and 6th in the Championship group and 7th in the Relegation group in the same way.

Kolos Kovalivka won the play-off on 29 July 2020 after defeating FC Mariupol 1–0 after the extra time in the final.

Semi-finals
25 July 2020 		Final
29 July 2020
      
6th Kolos Kovalivka 4
7th SC Dnipro-1 1
6th Kolos Kovalivka (a.e.t.) 1
8th FC Mariupol 0
5th FC Oleksandriya 1
8th FC Mariupol 2

Semi-finals[edit]

Team 1  Score  Team 2
Kolos Kovalivka 4–1 SC Dnipro-1
FC Oleksandriya 1–2 FC Mariupol
Kolos Kovalivka4–1SC Dnipro-1
Orikhovskyi 22'
Antyukh 24', 50'
Morozko 87'		 Report Supriaha 48'
Attendance: 2,915[a]
FC Oleksandriya1–2FC Mariupol
Bezborodko 35' Report Polehenko 28'
Kashchuk 83'
Attendance: 1,070[a]

Final[edit]

Team 1  Score  Team 2
Kolos Kovalivka 1–0 (a.e.t.) FC Mariupol
Kolos Kovalivka1–0 (a.e.t.)FC Mariupol
Antyukh 95' Report
Attendance: 5,073[a]

PFL League 1 (First League)[edit]

Main article: 2019–20 Ukrainian First League
Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion, qualification or relegation
1 Mynai (C, P) 30 19 5 6 51 28 +23 62 Promotion to Ukrainian Premier League[7]
2 Rukh Lviv (P) 30 18 7 5 51 21 +30 61
3 Inhulets Petrove (P) 30 17 9 4 47 22 +25 60[b]
4 Ahrobiznes Volochysk 30 19 3 8 52 30 +22 60[b]
5 Volyn Lutsk 30 17 6 7 57 36 +21 57
6 Obolon-Brovar Kyiv 30 14 9 7 40 31 +9 51[c]
7 Metalist 1925 Kharkiv 30 15 6 9 44 34 +10 51[c]
8 Avanhard Kramatorsk 30 13 6 11 37 40 −3 45
9 Hirnyk-Sport Horishni Plavni 30 12 3 15 42 48 −6 39[d]
10 Chornomorets Odesa 30 10 9 11 40 37 +3 39[d]
11 Mykolaiv 30 8 10 12 45 45 0 34
12 Prykarpattia Ivano-Frankivsk 30 9 3 18 44 51 −7 30
13 Kremin Kremenchuk 30 7 6 17 35 57 −22 27
14 Balkany Zorya[e] (R) 30 5 10 15 27 51 −24 25 Relegation to Ukrainian Second League
15 Metalurh Zaporizhya (Q, R) 30 6 4 20 28 58 −30 22 Qualification to relegation play-offs[8][9]
16 Cherkashchyna Cherkasy (Q, R) 30 1 4 25 23 74 −51 7
Updated to match(es) played on 13 August 2020. Source: PFL Official Website
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.[10]
(C) Champions; (P) Promoted; (Q) Qualified for the phase indicated; (R) Relegated
Notes:
  1. ^ a b c Played with attendance restrictions due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Ukraine.[6]
  2. ^ a b Head-to-head goal difference: Inhulets +1, Ahrobiznes -1
  3. ^ a b Head-to-head goal difference: Obolon-Brovar +2, Metalist 1925 -2
  4. ^ a b Head-to-head goal difference: Hirnyk-Sport +1, Chornomorets -1
  5. ^ FC Balkany were relegated on own initiative.
Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Veres Rivne 3–1 Cherkashchyna Cherkasy 2–0 1–1
Metalurh Zaporizhya 0–3 Alians Lypova Dolyna 0–2 0–1

First leg[edit]

Veres Rivne2–0Cherkashchyna Cherkasy
Petko 56'
Yaremenko 90+4'		 Report
Kolos Stadium, Mlyniv, Rivne Oblast
Referee: Dmytro Kutakov (Kyiv Oblast)
Metalurh Zaporizhya0–2Alians Lypova Dolyna
Report Zahynaylov 14'
Sharai 60'
Referee: Yevhen Aranovskyi (Kyiv)

Second leg[edit]

Cherkashchyna Cherkasy1–1Veres Rivne
Zakharevych 49' Report Makhnyev 18' (pen.)
Arsenal Arena, Shchaslyve, Kyiv Oblast
Attendance: 0
Referee: Viktor Kopievskyi (Kropyvnytskyi)

Veres Rivne won 3–1 on aggregate and was promoted to the 2020–21 Ukrainian First League

Alians Lypova Dolyna1–0Metalurh Zaporizhya
Osadchyi 90+4' Report
Attendance: 0
Referee: Mykola Balakin (Kyiv Oblast)

Alians Lypova Dolyna won 3–0 on aggregate and was promoted to the 2020–21 Ukrainian First League

PFL League 2 (Second League)[edit]

Main article: 2019–20 Ukrainian Second League

Group A[edit]

Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion, qualification or relegation
1 Nyva Ternopil (P) 20 12 5 3 27 12 +15 41 Promotion to Ukrainian First League[11]
2 Polissya Zhytomyr (P) 20 11 6 3 28 11 +17 39
3 Veres Rivne (Q, P) 20 11 3 6 34 23 +11 36 Qualification to promotion play-offs[11]
4 Dinaz Vyshhorod 20 9 4 7 27 24 +3 31
5 FC Kalush 20 8 5 7 26 20 +6 29[a]
6 Podillya Khmelnytskyi 20 8 5 7 23 25 −2 29[a]
7 Chaika Petropavlivska Borshchahivka 20 7 5 8 25 21 +4 26
8 Bukovyna Chernivtsi 20 6 2 12 25 36 −11 20[b]
9 Nyva Vinnytsia 20 5 5 10 22 28 −6 20[b]
10 FC Uzhhorod 20 5 4 11 19 36 −17 19
11 Obolon-Brovar-2 Bucha 20 4 4 12 18 38 −20 16 Relegation to Amateurs (canceled)[11]
Updated to match(es) played on 24 November 2019. Source: PFL Official Website
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.[12]
(P) Promoted; (Q) Qualified for the phase indicated
Notes:
  1. ^ a b Kalush: 3 pts, +2 gd; Podillia: 3 pts, -2 gd
  2. ^ a b Bukovyna: 4 pts; Nyva V.: 1 pts

Group B[edit]

Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion, qualification or relegation
1 VPK-Ahro Shevchenkivka (P) 20 15 3 2 47 15 +32 48 Promotion to Ukrainian First League[11]
2 Krystal Kherson (P) 20 15 2 3 47 17 +30 47[a]
3 Alians Lypova Dolyna (Q, P) 20 15 2 3 51 12 +39 47[a] Qualification to promotion play-offs[11]
4 Hirnyk Kryvyi Rih 20 10 3 7 33 22 +11 33
5 Enerhiya Nova Kakhovka 20 6 7 7 25 26 −1 25
6 FC Nikopol 20 6 6 8 22 24 −2 24
7 MFC Mykolaiv-2 20 5 8 7 18 32 −14 23 Promotion restrictions
8 Tavriya Simferopol 20 5 2 13 12 32 −20 17
9 Real Pharma Odesa 20 4 4 12 10 38 −28 16
10 Avanhard-2 Kramatorsk 20 3 5 12 15 37 −22 14 Withdrawn after the season
11 Chornomorets-2 Odesa 20 3 4 13 17 42 −25 13
Updated to match(es) played on 24 November 2019. Source: PFL Official Website
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.[12]
(P) Promoted; (Q) Qualified for the phase indicated
Notes:
  1. ^ a b Krystal: 3 pts +1 gd; Alians: 3 pts, -1 gd

Championship game[edit]

FC Nyva TernopilCancelledFC VPK-Ahro Shevchenkivka

Cup competitions[edit]

Ukrainian Cup[edit]

Main article: 2019–20 Ukrainian Cup
Main bracket[edit]
 
Round of 16
30 October 2019		Quarter-finals
11–12 March 2020		Semi-finals
17–24 June 2020		Final
8 July 2020
 
              
 
 
 
 
FC Mynai2
 
11 March
 
FC Lviv0
 
FC Mynai (p)1 (6)
 
 
 
Inhulets Petrove1 (5)
 
Inhulets Petrove2
 
17 June
 
SC Dnipro-11
 
FC Mynai0
 
 
 
Dynamo Kyiv2
 
Dynamo Kyiv (a.e.t.)2
 
11 March
 
Shakhtar Donetsk1
 
Dynamo Kyiv (a.e.t.)1
 
 
 
FC Oleksandriya0
 
FC Oleksandriya (p)1 (5)
 
8 July
 
Zorya Luhansk1 (4)
 
Dynamo Kyiv1 (8)
 
 
 
Vorskla Poltava 1 (7)
 
Alians Lypova Dolyna5
 
11 March
 
Hirnyk-Sport Horishni Plavni3
 
Alians Lypova Dolyna2
 
 
 
FC Mariupol4
 
FC Mariupol1
 
24 June
 
Olimpik Donetsk0
 
FC Mariupol1 (2)
 
 
 
Vorskla Poltava1 (3)
 
MFC Mykolaiv2
 
12 March
 
Desna Chernihiv4
 
Desna Chernihiv0
 
 
 
Vorskla Poltava1
 
Kolos Kovalivka0
 
 
Vorskla Poltava1
 
Final[edit]
Main article: 2020 Ukrainian Cup Final
Dynamo Kyiv1–1 (a.e.t.)Vorskla Poltava
Verbič 28' Report Stepanyuk 11'
Penalties
Verbič soccer ball with check mark
Tsyhankov soccer ball with check mark
Kędziora soccer ball with check mark
de Pena soccer ball with check mark
Andriyevskyi soccer ball with check mark
Sydorchuk soccer ball with check mark
Shaparenko soccer ball with check mark
Mykolenko soccer ball with red X
Shabanov soccer ball with check mark		 8–7 soccer ball with check mark Puclin
soccer ball with check mark Kane
soccer ball with check mark Luizão
soccer ball with check mark Opanasenko
soccer ball with check mark Ndiaye
soccer ball with check mark Chesnakov
soccer ball with check mark Perduta
soccer ball with red X Sapay
soccer ball with red X Bayenko
Attendance: 0[note 1]
Referee: Kateryna Monzul (Kharkiv)

Super Cup[edit]

Main article: 2019 Ukrainian Super Cup
Dynamo Kyiv2–1Shakhtar Donetsk
Burda 80'
Harmash 83'		 Report Patrick 45+2'
Attendance: 27,400

Women's club football[edit]

League Promoted to league Relegated from league
Higher League

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

Higher League[edit]

Main article: 2019–20 Vyshcha Liha (women)
Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Zhytlobud-2 Kharkiv (C) 18 17 0 1 100 5 +95 51 Qualification to Champions League
2 Zhytlobud-1 Kharkiv 18 15 2 1 67 5 +62 47
3 Voskhod Stara Maiachka 18 11 2 5 44 28 +16 35
4 Iatran Berestivets 18 7 4 7 19 34 −15 25 Withdrew after the season
5 Iednist-ShVSM Plysky 18 8 0 10 32 17 +15 24 Withdrew, later relegated[15]
6 Pantery Uman 18 6 3 9 21 57 −36 21
7 Mariupilchanka 18 5 1 12 15 82 −67 16
8 Ladomyr Volodymyr-Volynskyi 18 4 2 12 19 33 −14 14 Withdrew, later returned[16]
9 EMS Podillia Vinnytsia 18 2 4 12 15 30 −15 10
10 Rodyna Kostopil 18 0 2 16 4 45 −41 2 Withdrew, later relegated[15]
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.[17]
(C) Champions

Managerial changes[edit]

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
Zorya Luhansk Ukraine Yuriy Vernydub Mutual consent 31 May 2019[18] Pre-season Ukraine Viktor Skrypnyk 3 June 2019[19] Pre-season
Vorskla Poltava Ukraine Vitaliy Kosovskyi (caretaker) Change of contract 4 June 2019[20] Ukraine Vitaliy Kosovskyi 4 June 2019[20]
Metalist 1925 Kharkiv Ukraine Oleksandr Horyainov Sacked 4 June 2019[21] Ukraine Andriy Demchenko 19 June 2019[22]
Shakhtar Donetsk Portugal Paulo Fonseca Signed with A.S. Roma 11 June 2019[23] Portugal Luís Castro 12 June 2019[24]
Metalurh Zaporizhya Ukraine Oleh Taran Resigned 13 June 2019[25] Ukraine Ivan Bohatyr 25 June 2019[26]
Ahrobiznes Volochysk Ukraine Andriy Donets' End of interim
Vice president 		15 June 2019[27] Ukraine Ostap Markevych 15 June 2019[27]
Karpaty Lviv Ukraine Oleksandr Chyzhevskyi (caretaker) Change of contract 18 June 2019[28] Ukraine Oleksandr Chyzhevskyi 18 June 2019[28]
Mynai Estonia Kirill Kurenko Mutual consent 18 June 2019[29] Ukraine Vasyl Kobin 19 June 2019[30]
Olimpik Donetsk Ukraine Ihor Klymovskyi (interim) End of interim term 1 July 2019[31][32] Brazil Júlio César Correia 1 July 2019[32]
Dynamo Kyiv Belarus Alyaksandr Khatskevich Sacked 14 August 2019[33] 3rd Ukraine Oleksiy Mykhaylychenko 15 August 2019[34] 3rd
Olimpik Donetsk Brazil Júlio César Correia Sacked 19 August 2019[35] 12th Ukraine Ihor Klymovskyi (interim) 19 August 2019 12th
Ukraine Ihor Klymovskyi (interim) End of interim 2 September 2019[36] Spain Vicente Gómez 2 September 2019[36]
Karpaty Lviv Ukraine Oleksandr Chyzhevskyi Sacked 3 September 2019[37] 11th Ukraine Roman Sanzhar 3 September 2019[37] 11th
Cherkashchyna Ukraine Oleksandr Kyrylyuk Resigned 5 September 2019[38] 13th Ukraine Vitaliy Kobzar (interim) 5 September 2019[39] 13th
Hirnyk-Sport Horishni Plavni Ukraine Volodymyr Mazyar Mutual consent, health issues,
signed with FC Lviv[40][41][42] 		9 September 2019[43] 14th Ukraine Roman Pasichnychenko (interim) 15 September 2019[44] 14th
FC Lviv Ukraine Bohdan Blavatskyi Mutual consent 10 September 2019[45] 10th Ukraine Volodymyr Mazyar 10 September 2019[45] 10th
Hirnyk-Sport Horishni Plavni Ukraine Roman Pasichnychenko (interim) End of interim 16 September 2019[46] 12th Ukraine Ihor Zhabchenko 16 September 2019[47][48] 12th
Chornomorets Odesa Bulgaria Angel Chervenkov Resigned 16 September 2019[49] 10th Ukraine Vitaliy Starovik (interim) 16 September 2019[49] 10th
Kremin Kremenchuk Ukraine Ihor Stolovytskyi Resigned 17 September 2019[50] 14th Ukraine Volodymyr Prokopynenko (interim) 17 September 2019[50] 14th
Ahrobiznes Volochysk Ukraine Ostap Markevych Mutual Consent 6 October 2019[51] 7th Ukraine Oleksandr Ivanov (interim) 6 October 2019[52] 7th
Metalurh Zaporizhya Ukraine Ivan Bohatyr Mutual Consent 7 October 2019[53] 16th Ukraine Oleksiy Hodin (interim) 7 October 2019[53] 16th
MFC Mykolaiv Ukraine Serhiy Shyshchenko Sacked 12 October 2019[54] 12th Ukraine Yuriy Chaus (interim) 16 October 2019[55] 12th
Chornomorets Odesa Ukraine Vitaliy Starovik (interim) End of interim 14 October 2019[56] 11th Ukraine Ostap Markevych 14 October 2019[56] 11th
Cherkashchyna Cherkasy Kyrgyzstan Vitaliy Kobzar (interim) End of interim 25 October 2019[57] 15th Ukraine Oleksandr Kyrylyuk 25 October 2019[57] 15th
FC Lviv Ukraine Volodymyr Mazyar Mutual consent 31 October 2019[58] 12th Armenia Yegishe Melikyan 31 October 2019[58] 12th
Vorskla Poltava Ukraine Vitaliy Kosovskyi Change of contract 14 November 2019[59] 12th Ukraine Yuriy Maksymov 15 November 2019[60] 12th
Ahrobiznes Volochysk Ukraine Oleksandr Ivanov (interim) End of interim 6 December 2019[61] 6th Ukraine Oleksandr Chyzhevskyi 10 December 2019[62] 15th
MFC Mykolaiv Ukraine Yuriy Chaus (interim) End of interim spell 9 December 2019[63] 12th Ukraine Illya Blyznyuk 13 January 2020[64] 12th
Rukh Lviv Belarus Leonid Kuchuk Mutual consent 10 December 2019[65] 1st Ukraine Yuriy Bakalov 14 December 2019[66] 1st
Obolon-Brovar Kyiv Ukraine Serhiy Kovalets Mutual consent 9 January 2020[67] 5th Ukraine Oleh Mazurenko 13 January 2020[68] 5th
Kremin Kremenchuk Ukraine Volodymyr Prokopynenko (interim) End of interim 3 February 2020[69] 13th Ukraine Volodymyr Prokopynenko 3 February 2020[69] 13th
Ukraine Volodymyr Prokopynenko Resigned 10 February 2020[70] Ukraine Serhiy Svystun 10 February 2020[71]
Olimpik Donetsk Spain Vicente Gómez Mutual consent 13 March 2020[72] 11th Ukraine Ihor Klymovskyi (interim) 13 March 2020[73] 11th
Chornomorets Odesa Ukraine Ostap Markevych Mutual Consent April 2020[74] 10th Ukraine Serhiy Kovalets 13 May 2020[74] 10th
Rukh Lviv Ukraine Yuriy Bakalov Resigned (health concerns) 15 June 2020[75] 1st Ukraine Ivan Fedyk 16 June 2020[76] 1st
FC Lviv Armenia Yegishe Melikyan End of contract 21 June 2020[77] 9th Georgia (country) Giorgi Tsetsadze 22 June 2020[78] 9th
Obolon-Brovar Kyiv Ukraine Oleh Mazurenko Took time off 8 July 2020[79] 7th Ukraine Valeriy Ivashchenko (interim) 8 July 2020[79] 7th

Clubs removed[edit]

  • Arsenal–Kyiv withdrew from professional competitions after being relegated from the Premier League.[80]
  • PFC Sumy received new ownership during winter break in the face of Serhiy Vashchenko who earlier this season was supposed to become the owner of Kobra Kharkiv.[81][82][83][84] The new head coach of the Sumy club who had been announced was also former head coach of Kobra, Oleksandr Oliynyk.[citation needed] At the same time according to the former club's director Anatoliy Boiko, on 1 December 2018 PFC Sumy did not have any players on contract. On 11 April 2019, the FFU Control and Disciplinary Committee adopted its decision to strip the club of professional status and exclude the club from any competitions that it is participating currently or in the future.[85] However the club has a right to file an appeal. Additional separate sanctions were to be also applied against the club's playing and administrative personnel. On 14 April 2019, the chairman of the FFU committee of ethics and fair play Francesco Baranka noted in regards to additional sanctions that PFC Sumy has earned some 10 million euros in match fixing.[86] More to it, Ukrainian coach Oleksandr Sevidov who held post of head coach consultant in PFC Sumy and previously managed FC Illichivets Mariupol received a lifetime disqualification.[87]
  • On 17 February 2019, president of FC Zirka Kropyvnytskyi commented on his club's withdrawal from further participation in competitions of the Ukrainian First League.[88][89] The president accused the newly formed NABU and law enforcement authorities in pressure against him. The president of the league expressed his surprise claiming that there seemed no real reason why the club had to withdraw.[90] On 5 April 2019, the PFL council of leagues adopted its decision to remove FC Zirka Kropyvnytskyi from the League as it officially withdrew on 14 March 2019.[91] On 22 April 2019, the club's vice-president announced that the club will restart from regional competitions with intention to return the club's pro-status in the future.[92]
  • Helios Kharkiv, the club reorganized under new management under a new name as FC Kobra Kharkiv.[93][94][95] The club merged with another amateur club called the Kobra Football Academy which was playing in the Kharkiv Oblast Football Championship.[95] On 15 August 2018 the club informed the Professional Football League of Ukraine about withdrawal from professional competitions,[96] and were later officially expelled from the league.[citation needed]
  • FC Myr Hornostayivka withdrew from competitions in protest.[97]
  • Zlahoda-Dnipro-1 (dissolved)[98]
  • WFC Lviv (dissolved)

Notes[edit]

  1. ^ The final was played behind closed doors due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Ukraine.

References[edit]

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  3. ^ Changes to season's regulations: fifth, sixth, seventh and eighth UPL teams will playoff for a voyage to the Europa League (Изменения в регламенте: пятая, шестая, седьмая и восьмая команды УПЛ розыграют путевку в Лигу Европы). UA-Football. 12 June 2019
  4. ^ Play-off participants of Favbet League are determined (Визначились учасники плей-офф Favbet Ліги). Ukrainian Premier League. 16 July 2020
  5. ^ a b There were approved dates and time of the first playoff games of the Favbet Liha (Затверджено дати й час початку перших матчів плей-офф Favbet Ліги). Ukrainian Premier League. 17 July 2020
  6. ^ Spectators are returning to stadiums (Глядачі повертаються на стадіони). Ukrainian Premier League. 22 July 2020
  7. ^ 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
  8. ^ "Первая лига с нового сезона будет расширена до 18 клубов".
  9. ^ Makarov: the main version of exchange between UPL and First League – 3+1 without play-off (Макаров: Основной вариант обмена между УПЛ и Первой лигой - 3+1 без плей-офф). UA-Football. 25 July 2019
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  13. ^ Supercup Dynamo–Shakhtar. Ukrainian Premier League.
  14. ^ The game for Supercup Dynamo – Shakhtar will be served by referee Romanov (Матч за Суперкубок Динамо — Шахтер обслужит арбитр Романов). Sport Arena. 24 July 2019
  15. ^ (Вища ліга 19/20: гарячий липень у жіночому футболі!). Womensfootball.com.ua. 5 July 2020
  16. ^ 29-й Чемпіонат України з футболу серед жінок. Вища ліга: матчі липня Archived 25 February 2020 at the Wayback Machine. womensfootball.ua. 17 July 2019
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  19. ^ "Виктор Скрипник – главный тренер "Зари"!" [Viktor Skripnik is the new head coach of Zarya] (in Russian). Zorya Luhansk. 3 June 2019. Retrieved 3 June 2019.
  20. ^ a b "Віталій КОСОВСЬКИЙ – головний тренер "Ворскли"!" [Vitaliy Kosovskyi is the new head coach of Vorskla] (in Ukrainian). Vorskla Poltava. 4 June 2019. Retrieved 4 June 2019.
  21. ^ Metalist 1925 sacked Horyainov (Металлист 1925 уволил Горяинова). UA-Football.