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2020–21 Ukrainian First League

Season
5 September 2020 – 11 June 2021winter break 1 December 2020 – 18 March 2021
Veres Rivne
Veres Rivne, Chornomorets Odesa, Metalist 1925 Kharkiv
MFC Mykolaiv, Krystal Kherson
115
299 (2.6 per match)
15 – Ruslan Chernenko (Ahrobiznes)
6 – Mykolaiv 6–0 Krystal (Round 16)
4 – VPK-Ahro 0–4 Mykolaiv (Round 12)Krystal 0–4 Chornomorets (Round 12)
7 – Mykolaiv 6–1 Hirnyk-Sport (Round 6)
7 – Ahrobiznes (Round 10–16)
8 – Chornomorets (Round 1–8)
7 – Krystal (Round 1–8)
7 – Krystal (Round 1–8)
13,134 – Metalist 1925 0–1 Chornomorets (Round 28)
0 – 94 games
18644
888
← 2019–20 2021–22 →
All statistics correct as of 1 December 2020

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

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.

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, 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. The postponed games 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.

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:

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)
Veres Rivne – play-off winner (returning after 3 seasons)
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)
Alians Lypova Dolyna – play-off winner (debut)
None – Karpaty Lviv that placed 12th in the 2019–20 Ukrainian Premier League, were excluded from the league for repeated absence from scheduled games. A possibility was declared at first that the club might be admitted to the First League nonetheless, but later it was announced that Karpaty will be admitted the Second League instead. 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.
FC Hirnyk-Sport Horishni Plavni was approved by the Ukrainian Association of Football (UAF) to play, after the UAF Chamber of Dispute Resolution order the club to pay compensation to its former player and the club completely ignored it.
FC Balkany Zorya announced that it was considering withdrawing from the league as it is too expensive for the club.
FC Obolon-Brovar Kyiv changed its name to FC Obolon Kyiv before the start of the season.
FC Veres Rivne changed its name to RNK Veres Rivne before the start of the season.
MFC Kremin Kremenchuk changed its name to FC Kremin Kremenchuk before the start of the season.
FC Avanhard Kramatorsk changed its name to Avanhard-SK Kramatorsk at the during the latter (May 30) part of the season.

The following displays the location of teams.

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.

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
11	Naftovyk Stadium	Okhtyrka	5,256	Alians Lypova Dolyna	Rounds 8, 10, 12
12	Obolon Arena	Kyiv	5,100	Obolon Kyiv
13	Metalurh Stadium	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	Polissia Zhytomyr	Round 8
20	Bannikov Stadium	Kyiv	1,678	Polissia Zhytomyr	temporary home stadium
21	Kremin Stadium	Kremenchuk	1,500	Kremin Kremenchuk
22	Vyshnivets Stadium	Vyshnivets	1,500	Nyva Ternopil	Round 10
23	Yuvileynyi Stadium	Bucha	1,028	Polissia Zhytomyr	Round 6
24	Bohdan Markevych Stadium	Vynnyky	900	Ahrobiznes Volochysk	Round 10, 12
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
28	Metalist Educational Training Base	Vysokyi	500	Metalist 1925 Kharkiv	Round 8, 10, 12

Notes

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

Team	Outgoing head coach	Manner of departure	Date of vacancy	Table	Incoming head coach	Date of appointment
Polissya Zhytomyr	Anatoliy Bezsmertnyi	Resigned	4 July 2020	Pre-season	Serhiy Shyshchenko	7 July 2020
Kremin Kremenchuk	Serhiy Svystun	Undisclosed	14 August 2020	Oleksandr Holovko	14 August 2020
Volyn Lutsk	Andriy Tlumak	End of contract	14 August 2020	Vasyl Sachko	19 August 2020
Avanhard Kramatorsk	Oleksiy Horodov (interim)	Made permanent	17 August 2020	Oleksiy Horodov	17 August 2020
Obolon Kyiv	Valeriy Ivashchenko (interim)	Made permanent	18 August 2020	Valeriy Ivashchenko	18 August 2020
Metalist 1925 Kharkiv	Vyacheslav Khruslov (interim)	End of interim	21 August 2020	Valeriy Kriventsov	21 August 2020
Prykarpattia Ivano-Frankivsk	Volodymyr Kovalyuk	Mutual consent	2 September 2020	Ruslan Mostovyi	4 September 2020
Krystal Kherson	Eduard Khavrov	Resigned	28 September 2020	16th	Serhiy Valyayev	1 October 2020
Nyva Ternopil	Vasyl Malyk	Resigned	10 October 2020	11th	Ihor Bilan	10 October 2020
Obolon Kyiv	Valeriy Ivashchenko	Changed to assistant	17 October 2020	15th	Pavlo Yakovenko	18 October 2020
Krystal Kherson	Serhiy Valyayev	Resigned	20 November 2020	16th	Serhiy Shevtsov (interim)	21 November 2020
Kremin Kremenchuk	Oleksandr Holovko	Mutual consent	11 December 2020	12th	Oleksiy Hodin	6 January 2021
Krystal Kherson	Serhiy Shevtsov (interim)	Resigned	8 January 2021	16th	Vadym Yevtushenko	23 February 2021
Chornomorets Odesa	Serhiy Kovalets	Mutual consent	17 February 2021	3rd	Oleksiy Antonov	18 February 2021
Nyva Ternopil	Ihor Bilan	Mutual consent	12 April 2021	13th	Ihor Klymovskyi	13 April 2021
Kremin Kremenchuk	Oleksiy Hodin	Resigned	30 April 2021	14th	Serhiy Svystun (interim)	30 April 2021
Prykarpattia Ivano-Frankivsk	Ruslan Mostovyi	Sacked	1 May 2021	15th	Oleh Rypan (interim)	1 May 2021
Obolon Kyiv	Pavlo Yakovenko	Mutual consent	5 May 2021	8th	Valeriy Ivashchenko (interim)	5 May 2021

Notes:

As of 12 June 2021

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

Month	Player of the Month
September 2020	Bohdan Kohut	Veres Rivne
October 2020	Robert Hehedosh	Veres Rivne
November 2020	Oleksiy Maydanevych	Obolon Kyiv
April 2021	Dmytro Kryskiv	Metalist 1925 Kharkiv
May 2021	Mykola Ahapov	Alians Lypova Dolyna
June 2021	Vitaliy Dakhnovskyi	Veres Rivne

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

Notes:

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

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

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