2019–20 Ukrainian First League

The 2019–20 Ukrainian First League is the 29th since its establishment.

Ukrainian First League
Season2019–20
Dates27 July 2019 – 13 August 2020
(winter and emergency break 24 November 2019 – 24 June 2020)
ChampionsFC Mynai
PromotedFC Mynai, Inhulets Petrove, Rukh Lviv
RelegatedBalkany Zoria, Metalurh Zaporizhia, Cherkashchyna Cherkasy
Matches played237
Goals scored659 (2.78 per match)
Top goalscorer18 – Denys Kozhanov (Volyn)
Biggest home win5 – Ahrobiznes 5–0 Metalist 1925 (Round 19)
Chornomorets 5–0 Kremin (Round 25)
Volyn 5–0 Metalurh (Round 27)
Biggest away win5 – Cherkashchyna 1–6 Rukh (Round 9)
Highest scoring8 – Mykolaiv 6–2 Kremin (Round 9), Cherkashchyna 2–6 Mynai (Round 26)
Longest winning run8 – Volyn (Round 11–18)
Longest unbeaten run11 – Obolon-Brovar (Round 1–11)
Longest winless run21 – Cherkashchyna (Round 6–26)
Longest losing run11 – Cherkashchyna (Round 15–26)
Highest attendance9,619 – Metalist 2–3 Mynai (Round 8)
Lowest attendance0 – Volyn 3–2 Prykarpattia (Round 3)
Total attendance269986
Average attendance1776
All statistics correct as of 13 August 2020.

The competition began on 27 July 2019 with eight matches of Round 1, and went into recess for a winter break which started after the completion of Round 19 on 24 November 2019. The competition was to be resumed on 22 March 2020[1] and was expected to end 23 May 2020.[1] However, on 17 March 2020 the Ukrainian Association of Football adopted the decision to pause all football competitions in the country since 18 March 2020 for unspecified period of time (until adoption of the next decision to resume all football events) due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[2]

On 11 June 2020, the PFL Extraordinary Conference took the decision to resume the competition starting from 24 June with the conclusion on 11 August 2020. Additionally, the league will be expanded to 18 teams starting from the next season.[3] Later the last day of competition was extended due to some unforeseen circumstances (see below for details).

The Video assistant referee (VAR) position was implemented in the league starting from the round 25, with the game between Obolon-Brovar Kyiv and Rukh Lviv the first to use it on 20 July 2020.[4]

Summary

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On 6 June 2019 the PFL Council of leagues presented its plan draft ("contours") for the next season for both its First and its Second leagues.[5] The final decision for the season was to be adopted at the next 27th PFL Conference which was scheduled for 27 June 2019.[5]

For the next from 2020 to 2021 season, Ukrainian First League will expand to 18 teams. The bottom two team from Ukrainian First League will battle relegation play-off to Ukrainian Second League. The top two teams of each group from Ukrainian Second League will gain promotion to Ukrainian First League next season. However, the third place team from Ukrainian Second League of each group will battle promotion play-off to Ukrainian First League.[3]

Revival of competitions and administrative crisis

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On 21 May 2020, the PFL council of leagues at its open-air session at Obolon Arena adopted decision to end competitions in the Second League, while competitions in the First League were placed on hold as some clubs were against to renew the season and no consensus was reached.[6] In addition to issues with restart of competitions in the First League, FC Inhulets Petrove accused the Professional Football League in wrong interpretation of the season's regulation in placement of teams with the same number of points ("head-to-head tiebreak").[7] Earlier the president of Inhulets expressed its thoughts that the Ukrainian PFL should be dissolved and both its First and Second leagues added to the Ukrainian Premier League.[8] While some clubs insisted to continue the competitions from where they were left off, there were clubs that recommended to abandon the competitions and reset them by starting anew without rotation of teams between tiers. Among the latter clubs was MFC Mykolaiv.[9]

On 29 May 2020, an information has leaked that competitions are expected to resume on 23 June 2020.[10][11] On 5 June 2020 another meeting of the PFL council of leagues approved resuming competitions in the First League (Persha Liha) starting on 23 June 2020 and made some adjustments to its season regulations among which it was decided to expand the league for the next season to 18 teams (from 16 currently) and therefore the relegation zone was removed, but the last two teams are expected to play-off with the two third placed teams out of the Second League (Druha Liha).[12] The final decision in that regard is expected to be adopted at the next UAF Executive Committee meeting on 7 June 2020.[13][14] The UAF Executive Committee postponed with its decision and asked the PFL to call for its conference on 11 June where it is expected to confirm the PFL's decision about next season and check if it is possible to resume competitions in both its divisions.[15][16][17] The UAF Executive Committee also confirmed that the First League junior tournament is discontinued. The UAF President Pavelko also urged referee to prepare for the current season.[18]

On 27 July 2020 24 out of 34 PFL clubs expressed their vote of no confidence to the PFL president Serhiy Makarov.[19] On 5 August 2020 took place another PFL Council of leagues which ended in scandal and resignation of the PFL president Makarov.[20] In opinion of the PFL, the meeting's main task was a deliberate disruption of the First League (Persha Liha) competitions.[20]

Situation with promotions

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On 9 July 2020, the president of Ahrobiznes Oleh Sobutskyi announced that his club will not apply on certification for the Ukrainian Premier League due to inadequate conditions of the club's stadium.[21] Similarly, back in the 2012–13 and 2013–14 FC Oleksandriya and FC Stal Alchevsk were also refusing to be promoted on various pretenses. Yet, back in the 2016–17 NK Veres Rivne was promoted ahead of FC Desna Chernihiv, because supposedly the Chernihiv club did not have adequate home stadium, yet Veres that is based in Rivne after promotion played in Lviv. On 9 July 2020 on the Sobutskyi's announcement, the Ukrainian PFL sports director Yevhen Moroz commented not to jump to conclusion considering that the UAF awards certifications depending on situation recalling couple of other examples.[22] On 24 July 2020, the UAF Control and Disciplinary Committee (CDC) issued an official warning to the PFL sports director for his comment which "damages image of the Association and the Ukrainian football in general".[23]

Teams

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The following teams have been promoted from the 2018–19 Ukrainian Second League:

Relegated teams

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The following teams have been relegated from the 2018–19 Ukrainian Premier League:

Reformed/reorganized teams

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Withdrawn teams

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Location map

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The following displays the location of teams.

Stadiums

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

Rank Stadium Location Capacity Club Notes
1 OSC Metalist Kharkiv 40,003 Metalist 1925 Kharkiv
2 Chornomorets Stadium Odesa 34,164 Chornomorets Odesa
3 Central City Stadium Mykolaiv 15,600 MFC Mykolaiv Since Round 20
field in reconstruction
4 Avanhard Stadium Lutsk 12,080 Volyn Lutsk
5 Slavutych-Arena Zaporizhya 11,883 Metalurh Zaporizhya
6 Tsentralnyi Stadion Cherkasy 10,321 Cherkashchyna Cherkasy
7 Sport Complex Podillya Khmelnytskyi 6,800 Ahrobiznes Volochysk Used in Round 28
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 Obolon Arena Kyiv 5,100 Obolon Brovar Kyiv
11 Skif Stadium Lviv 3,742 Rukh Lviv
12 Lokomotyv Stadium Poltava 3,700 Kremin Kremenchuk Rounds 4 thru 15
13 Yunist Stadium Volochysk 2,700 Ahrobiznes Volochysk
14 Yunist Stadium Horishni Plavni 2,500 Hirnyk-Sport Horishni Plavni
Kremin Kremenchuk
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Round 2
15 Inhulets Stadium Petrove 1,869 Inhulets Petrove
16 Borys Tropanets Stadium Zorya, Sarata Raion 1,854 Balkany Zorya
17 Kremin Stadium Kremenchuk 1,500 Kremin Kremenchuk since Round 16
18 Mynai Arena Mynai 1,312 FC Mynai
19 Arsenal Arena Shchaslyve 1,000 Cherkashchyna Cherkasy Used as home stadium since Round 17
20 Central City Stadium (upper field) Mykolaiv 500 MFC Mykolaiv Before Round 20

Managers

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Club Head coach Replaced coach
Ahrobiznes Volochysk   Oleksandr Chyzhevskyi   Ostap Markevych
  Oleksandr Ivanov (interim)
Avanhard Kramatorsk   Oleksiy Horodov (interim)   Oleksandr Kosevych
Balkany Zorya   Andriy Parkhomenko
Cherkashchyna Cherkasy   Oleksandr Kyrylyuk   Oleksandr Kyrylyuk
  Vitaliy Kobzar (interim)
Chornomorets Odesa   Serhiy Kovalets   Angel Chervenkov
  Vitaliy Starovik (interim)
  Ostap Markevych
Hirnyk-Sport Horishni Plavni   Ihor Zhabchenko   Volodymyr Mazyar
  Roman Pasichnychenko (interim)
Inhulets Petrove   Serhiy Lavrynenko
Kremin Kremenchuk   Serhiy Svystun   Ihor Stolovytskyi
  Volodymyr Prokopynenko
Metalist 1925 Kharkiv   Vyacheslav Khruslov (interim)   Andriy Demchenko
Metalurh Zaporizhya   Oleksiy Hodin (interim)   Ivan Bohatyr
MFC Mykolaiv   Illya Blyznyuk   Serhiy Shyshchenko
  Yuriy Chaus (interim)
FC Mynai   Vasyl Kobin
Obolon Brovar Kyiv   Valeriy Ivashchenko (interim)   Serhiy Kovalets
  Oleh Mazurenko
Prykarpattia Ivano-Frankivsk   Volodymyr Kovalyuk
Rukh Lviv   Ivan Fedyk   Leonid Kuchuk
  Yuriy Bakalov
Volyn Lutsk   Andriy Tlumak

Managerial changes

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Team Outgoing head coach Manner of departure Date of vacancy Table Incoming head coach Date of appointment
Metalist 1925 Kharkiv   Oleksandr Horyainov Sacked 4 June 2019[29] Pre-season   Andriy Demchenko 19 June 2019[30]
Metalurh Zaporizhya   Oleh Taran Resigned 13 June 2019[31]   Ivan Bohatyr 25 June 2019[32]
Ahrobiznes Volochysk   Andriy Donets End of interim
Vice president
15 June 2019[33]   Ostap Markevych 15 June 2019[33]
FC Mynai   Kirill Kurenko Mutual consent 18 June 2019[34]   Vasyl Kobin 19 June 2019[35]
Cherkashchyna Cherkasy   Oleksandr Kyrylyuk Resigned 5 September 2019[36] 13th   Vitaliy Kobzar (interim) 5 September 2019[37]
Hirnyk-Sport Horishni Plavni   Volodymyr Mazyar Mutual consent, health issues,
signed with FC Lviv[38][39][40]
9 September 2019[41] 14th   Roman Pasichnychenko (interim) 15 September 2019[42]
  Roman Pasichnychenko (interim) End of interim 16 September 2019[43] 12th   Ihor Zhabchenko 16 September 2019[44][45]
Chornomorets Odesa   Angel Chervenkov Resigned 16 September 2019[46] 10th   Vitaliy Starovik (interim) 16 September 2019[46]
Kremin Kremenchuk   Ihor Stolovytskyi Resigned 17 September 2019[47] 14th   Volodymyr Prokopynenko (interim) 17 September 2019[47]
Ahrobiznes Volochysk   Ostap Markevych Mutual Consent 6 October 2019[48] 7th   Oleksandr Ivanov (interim) 6 October 2019[49]
Metalurh Zaporizhya   Ivan Bohatyr Mutual Consent 7 October 2019[50] 16th   Oleksiy Hodin (interim) 7 October 2019[50]
MFC Mykolaiv   Serhiy Shyshchenko Sacked 12 October 2019[51] 12th   Yuriy Chaus (interim) 16 October 2019[52]
Chornomorets Odesa   Vitaliy Starovik (interim) End of interim 14 October 2019[53] 11th   Ostap Markevych 14 October 2019[53]
Cherkashchyna Cherkasy   Vitaliy Kobzar (interim) End of interim 25 October 2019[54] 15th   Oleksandr Kyrylyuk 25 October 2019[54]
Ahrobiznes Volochysk   Oleksandr Ivanov (interim) End of interim 6 December 2019[55] 6th   Oleksandr Chyzhevskyi 10 December 2019[56]
MFC Mykolaiv   Yuriy Chaus (interim) End of interim spell 9 December 2019[57] 12th   Illya Blyznyuk 13 January 2020[58]
Rukh Lviv   Leonid Kuchuk Mutual consent 10 December 2019[59] 1st   Yuriy Bakalov 14 December 2019[60]
Obolon-Brovar Kyiv   Serhiy Kovalets Mutual consent 9 January 2020[61] 5th   Oleh Mazurenko 13 January 2020[62]
Kremin Kremenchuk   Volodymyr Prokopynenko (interim) End of interim 3 February 2020[63] 13th   Volodymyr Prokopynenko 3 February 2020[63]
  Volodymyr Prokopynenko Resigned 10 February 2020[64]   Serhiy Svystun 10 February 2020[65]
Chornomorets Odesa   Ostap Markevych Mutual Consent April 2020[66] 10th   Serhiy Kovalets 13 May 2020[66]
Rukh Lviv   Yuriy Bakalov Resigned (health concerns) 15 June 2020[67] 1st   Ivan Fedyk 16 June 2020[68]
Obolon-Brovar Kyiv   Oleh Mazurenko Took time off 8 July 2020[69] 7th   Valeriy Ivashchenko (interim) 8 July 2020[69]
Metalist 1925 Kharkiv   Andriy Demchenko Mutual consent 21 July 2020[70] 7th   Vyacheslav Khruslov (interim) 21 July 2020[70]
Avanhard Kramatorsk   Oleksandr Kosevych Undisclosed 10 August 2020[71] 8th   Oleksiy Horodov (interim) 11 August 2020[72]

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League table

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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[73]
2 Rukh Lviv (P) 30 18 7 5 51 21 +30 61
3 Inhulets Petrove (P) 30 17 9 4 47 22 +25 60[a]
4 Ahrobiznes Volochysk 30 19 3 8 52 30 +22 60[a]
5 Volyn Lutsk 30 17 6 7 57 36 +21 57
6 Obolon-Brovar Kyiv 30 14 9 7 40 31 +9 51[b]
7 Metalist 1925 Kharkiv 30 15 6 9 44 34 +10 51[b]
8 Avanhard Kramatorsk 30 13 6 11 37 40 −3 45
9 Hirnyk-Sport Horishni Plavni 30 12 3 15 42 48 −6 39[c]
10 Chornomorets Odesa 30 10 9 11 40 37 +3 39[c]
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[d] (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[74][75]
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.[76]
(C) Champions; (P) Promoted; (Q) Qualified for the phase indicated; (R) Relegated
Notes:
  1. ^ a b Head-to-head goal difference: Inhulets +1, Ahrobiznes -1
  2. ^ a b Head-to-head goal difference: Obolon-Brovar +2, Metalist 1925 -2
  3. ^ a b Head-to-head goal difference: Hirnyk-Sport +1, Chornomorets -1
  4. ^ FC Balkany were relegated on own initiative.

Position by round

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Team ╲ Round123456789101112131415161718192021222324252627282930
FC Mynai16151213109754325657656366532221221
Rukh Lviv557463321464543243125676655552
Inhulets Petrove1273115687653264465412311112113
Ahrobiznes Volochysk10149521112147316777674123433334
Volyn Lutsk11101012910878888875531253454344445
Obolon-Brovar Kyiv795346543211132112547765577766
Metalist 1925 Kharkiv6681052265532421324731247766677
Avanhard Kramatorsk484234436776788888888888888888
Hirnyk-Sport Horishni Plavni141616141514141412111291010121199999999999999
Chornomorets Odesa22281179910991011121091010101010101010101010101010
MFC Mykolaiv331167810119101011121111121212121111111212121111111111
Prykarpattia Ivano-Frankivsk1117811111011121312999101111111212121111111313131212
Kremin Kremenchuk94691312121214141414141414141414131313131313131212121313
Balkany Zorya131215111415151513131113131313131313141414141414141414141414
Metalurh Zaporizhya81114161616161616161616161616161515151515151515151515151515
Cherkashchyna Cherkasy151313151213131315151515151515151616161616161616161616161616
Updated to match(es) played on 13 August 2020. Source: PFL Official Website

Results

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Home \ Away AHR AVK BAZ CHE CHO HIS INH KRE M25 MZA MYK MYN OBL PIF RUX VOL
Ahrobiznes Volochysk 2–1 3–0 1–0 2–0 4–0 2–1 2–2 5–0 2–0 2–2 0–2 2–0 1–2 1–0 3–0[a]
Avanhard Kramatorsk 1–1 2–2 2–1 3–1 1–1 2–1 1–0 0–1 1–0 3–1 0–2 1–1 2–0 0–1 3–2
Balkany Zorya 0–1 0–2 1–0 1–1[b] 0–0 1–1 1–1 0–0 4–0 1–3 0–2 1–1 2–0 0–1 1–4
Cherkashchyna Cherkasy 1–2 1–2 3–0 1–3 1–2 1–2 2–2 1–4 0–3 0–4 2–6 1–2[c] 0–0 1–6 0–2
Chornomorets Odesa 0–1 0–1 2–2 2–1 3–1 0–3 5–0 0–0 1–0 0–0 1–1 0–1 3–2 2–2 5–2
Hirnyk-Sport Horishni Plavni 3–2 2–0 4–0 2–1 3–0 1–1 0–2 1–2 1–0 1–3 1–0 0–1 2–4 2–1[d] 2–4
Inhulets Petrove 2–0 3–2 4–0 1–0 0–0 2–1 3–0 1–1 3–2 3–2 1–1 2–0 1–0 1–1 0–0
Kremin Kremenchuk 4–0 1–1 0–0 2–0 2–4 1–2 0–3 2–4 1–0 2–1 1–0 1–0 3–4 0–1 1–1
Metalist 1925 Kharkiv 0–1 0–1 1–0 2–0 0–0 2–1 1–0 4–2 2–0 0–0 2–3 2–1 3–1 1–1 2–0
Metalurh Zaporizhya 1–3 3–1 2–1 1–1[e] 1–4 3–2[f] 0–2 2–1 1–4 1–1 0–2 0–1 1–0 0–1 1–3
MFC Mykolaiv 0–2 0–1 1–2 3–0 0–0 0–3 1–2 6–2 3–2 1–1 1–1 0–2 5–1 1–1 3–2
FC Mynai 2–1 2–0 2–1 3–1 1–0 1–0 1–1 3–1 1–0 2–1 2–0 4–1 0–3 1–1 1–0
Obolon-Brovar Kyiv 2–1 1–1 3–0 2–2 1–0 0–2 1–1 1–0 3–0 3–3 2–0 4–3 3–3 0–0 0–0
Prykarpattia Ivano-Frankivsk 0–1 3–0[g] 1–2 4–1 0–1 4–1 0–1 2–1 2–3 2–1 1–1 1–2 0–2 0–1 1–2
Rukh Lviv 2–3[h] 4–0[i] 3–0 4–0 2–0 2–1 1–0 1–0 1–0 3–0[j] 4–1 1–0[k] 0–1 2–1 1–1
Volyn Lutsk 2–1 2–1 2–2 3–0 3–2 3–0 0–1 3–0 2–0 5–0 1–1 1–0 1–0 3–2 3–2
Updated to match(es) played on 13 August 2020. Source: Calendar (in Ukrainian)
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
Notes:
  1. ^ The game was played in Vynnyky at Markevych Stadium as part of punishment against Ahrobiznes for recent (Round 24) violence against a referee.[77]
  2. ^ On 5 October 2019 the Round 12 game stopped on 68th minute at 1–1 score, due to the visiting team fans violence.[78] On 18 October 2019 it was announced that the game will be completed from the moment the game was stopped. The date of the game would be announced later.[79] On 21 October 2019 it was announced that the game will be completed on 30 October 2019 from the 71st minute.[80] The game was completed without spectators on 30 October 2019 without a score change.[81]
  3. ^ The game Cherkashchyna – Obolon-Brovar was played in Shchaslyve.[82]
  4. ^ The game originally scheduled for Saturday 28 September 2019 was postponed for another date due to games schedule issue and will be announced later.[83] The game played on 20 November 2019.
  5. ^ see the note for Rukh–Metalurh game
  6. ^ see the note for Rukh–Metalurh game
  7. ^ Originally ended in a 2–2 tie, on 8 August 2019 the FFU CDC has awarded technical win to Prykarpattia (3:0) and technical loss to Avanhard (0:3) due to ineligible player issue.
  8. ^ On 23 June 2020 it was announced that several games were postponed as several players in various clubs were tested positive for COVID-19. Two games were postponed for a day, Rukh–Ahrobiznes was moved to 7 July 2020.[84]
  9. ^ On 9 August 2020 it became known that the game Rukh–Avanhard scheduled to take place on 13 August, might not happen as several players and the club's head coach left the club due to end of their contract.[85] On 11 August 2020 it was confirmed that the club departed for the game with its junior squad coached by Oleksiy Horodov who was appointed as an interim manager.[86]
  10. ^ Several games of Metalurh with Rukh, Cherkashchyna, and Hirnyk were suspended as number of Metalurh players were tested positive for COVID-19.[87] Scheduled to be played on 10 August 2020, the game Rukh – Metalurh failed to take place as Metalurh refused to travel to Lviv due to hardship with organization of travel, lodging reservation as well as tight game scheduling by playing three games a week.[88][89] On 14 August 2020 the UAF CDC has awarded technical win to Rukh (3:0) and technical loss to Metalurh (0:3) for non-attendance at the match without good reason.[90]
  11. ^ The game Rukh–Mynai that was played on 3 August 2020 at Skif Stadium in Lviv attended 100 spectators.

Relegation play-offs

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The relegation–promotion play-off games are scheduled to take place between the last two places (15th and 16th) of the First League with the third places from both groups of the Second League. On 28 July 2020, there took place a draw of the PFL play-offs in two legs format (each team plays at home and away) with games scheduled to take place on August 15 and 19.[91] On 7 August 2020 the PFL administration announced that dates for promotion/relegation playoffs were shifted by one day.[92]

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

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Veres Rivne2–0Cherkashchyna Cherkasy
Petko   56'
Yaremenko   90+4'
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Kolos Stadium, Mlyniv, Rivne Oblast
Referee: Dmytro Kutakov (Kyiv Oblast)

Second leg

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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

Following the play-offs, the fate of both Cherkashchyna and Metalurh was postponed to be determined at the PFL Conference the next day due to elimination of Karpaty Lviv[93] and expression of interest by Balkany to be demoted.[94][95]

Top goalscorers

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As of 13 August 2020[96]
Rank Scorer Team Goals
(Pen.)
1   Denys Kozhanov Volyn Lutsk 18 (6)
2   Nika Sichinava Inhulets Petrove 17 (2)
  Anatoliy Nuriyev FC Mynai 17 (9)
4   Vadym Yavorskyi Avanhard / Mykolaiv 15 (1)
5   Danylo Kondrakov Rukh Lviv 11 (2)
  Ihor Sikorskyi Ahrobiznes / Chornomorets 11 (2)
  Yuriy Klymchuk Rukh Lviv 11 (5)
8   Oleksandr Batalskyi Obolon-Brovar Kyiv 10 (1)
  Roman Barchuk Prykarpattia Ivano-Frankivsk 10 (2)
  Yaroslav Yampol Metalist 1925 Kharkiv 10 (3)

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  • Players who scored for two teams from the same league have both teams mentioned.

Awards

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Monthly awards

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Month Player of the Month
Player Club Reference
August 2019   Yaroslav Yampol Metalist 1925 Kharkiv [97]
September 2019   Nazar Fedorivskyi Obolon-Brovar Kyiv [98]
October 2019   Denys Kozhanov Volyn Lutsk [99]
November 2019   Dmytro Kozban Kremin Kremenchuk [100]
June 2020   Oleksandr Mishurenko Inhulets Petrove [101]
July 2020   Petro Stasiuk FC Mynai [102]

Round awards

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Round Player Coach
Player Club Reference Coach Club Reference
Round 1   Vladyslav Buhay MFC Mykolaiv [103]   Andriy Demchenko Metalist 1925 Kharkiv [104]
Round 2   Vitaliy Boiko Cherkashchyna Cherkasy [105]   Serhiy Lavrynenko Inhulets Petrove [106]
Round 3   Miha Goropevšek Volyn Lutsk [107]   Ostap Markevych Ahrobiznes Volochysk [108]
Round 4   Ihor Medynskyi Obolon-Brovar Kyiv [109]   Oleksandr Kosevych Avanhard Kramatorsk [110]
Round 5   Yaroslav Yampol Metalist 1925 Kharkiv [111]   Vasyl Kobin FC Mynai [112]
Round 6   Volodymyr Tanchyk Chornomorets Odesa [113]   Leonid Kuchuk Rukh Lviv [114]
Round 7   Vadym Yavorskyi Avanhard Kramatorsk [115]   Oleksandr Kosevych (2) Avanhard Kramatorsk [116]
Round 8   Ruslan Chernenko Ahrobiznes Volochysk [117]   Ivan Bohatyr Metalurh Zaporizhya [118]
Round 9   Robert Hehedosh FC Mynai [119]   Vasyl Kobin (2) FC Mynai [119]
Round 10   Ihor Sikorskyi Ahrobiznes Volochysk [120]   Serhiy Kovalets Obolon-Brovar Kyiv [120]
Round 11   Oleksandr Mishurenko Inhulets Petrove [121]   Serhiy Lavrynenko (2) Inhulets Petrove [121]
Round 12   Nika Sichinava Inhulets Petrove [122]   Ihor Zhabchenko Hirnyk-Sport Horishni Plavni [122]
Round 13   Oleksandr Batalskyi Obolon-Brovar Kyiv [123]   Serhiy Kovalets (2) Obolon-Brovar Kyiv [123]
Round 14   Denys Kozhanov Volyn Lutsk [124]   Oleksandr Ivanov Ahrobiznes Volochysk [124]
Round 15   Yaroslav Konkolnyak Prykarpattia Ivano-Frankivsk [125]   Serhiy Kovalets (3) Obolon-Brovar Kyiv [125]
Round 16   Dmytro Kozban Kremin Kremenchuk [126]   Volodymyr Prokopynenko Kremin Kremenchuk [126]
Round 17   Bohdan Mohylnyi Metalurh Zaporizhya [127]   Andriy Tlumak Volyn Lutsk [127]
Round 18   Yuriy Batyushyn Hirnyk-Sport Horishni Plavni [128]   Ihor Zhabchenko (2) Hirnyk-Sport Horishni Plavni [128]
Round 19   Andriy Kukharuk Ahrobiznes Volochysk [129]   Oleksandr Ivanov (2) Ahrobiznes Volochysk [129]
winter break
Round 20   Vladyslav Klymenko Chornomorets Odesa [130]   Serhiy Kovalets (4) Chornomorets Odesa [130]
Round 21   Derek Metalist 1925 Kharkiv [131]   Andriy Demchenko (2) Metalist 1925 Kharkiv [131]
Round 22   Oleksandr Batalskyi Obolon-Brovar Kyiv [132]   Oleksandr Chyzhevskyi Ahrobiznes Volochysk [132]
Round 23   Serhiy Herasymets Hirnyk-Sport Horishni Plavni [133]   Ihor Zhabchenko (3) Hirnyk-Sport Horishni Plavni [133]
Round 24   Dmytro Sula Kremin Kremenchuk [134]   Oleksandr Kosevych (3) Avanhard Kramatorsk [134]
Round 25   Denys Yanakov Chornomorets Odesa [135]   Serhiy Lavrynenko (3) Inhulets Petrove [135]
Round 26   Andriy Kukharuk Ahrobiznes Volochysk [136]   Oleksandr Chyzhevskyi (2) Ahrobiznes Volochysk [136]
Round 27   Vadym Yavorskyi MFC Mykolaiv [137]   Illia Blyzniuk MFC Mykolaiv [137]
Round 28   Yohana Oscar Mkomola Inhulets Petrove [138]   Oleksiy Hodin Metalurh Zaporizhya [138]
Round 29   Artur Riabov Volyn Lutsk [139]   Oleksandr Chyzhevskyi (3) Ahrobiznes Volochysk [139]
Round 30   Ruslan Palamar MFC Mykolaiv [140]   Vasyl Kobin (3) FC Mynai [140]

Notes:

  • After the winter break and its extension due to the COVID-19, the PFL also started to publicize several additional league's awards, among which are best goalkeeper, best rookie, best substitution ("round joker"), and round goal.

Season awards

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The laureates of the 2019–20 season were:

Number of teams by region

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Number Region Team(s)
2   Odesa Oblast Chornomorets and Balkany
  Poltava Oblast Kremin and Hirnyk
1   Kyiv Obolon-Brovar
  Cherkasy Oblast Cherkashchyna
  Donetsk Oblast Avanhard
  Ivano-Frankivsk Oblast Prykarpattia
  Kharkiv Oblast Metalist 1925
  Khmelnytskyi Oblast Ahrobiznes
  Kirovohrad Oblast Inhulets
  Lviv Oblast Rukh
  Mykolaiv Oblast Mykolaiv
  Volyn Oblast Volyn
  Zakarpattia Oblast Mynai
  Zaporizhia Oblast Metalurh

Attendance

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According to research by the Ukrainian website SportArena the official reported attendance in the league could be inaccurate if not completely wrong.[142]

See also

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References

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  6. ^ The Second League championship has ended early (Чемпионат Второй лиги завершен досрочно). Sport Arena. 21 May 2020
  7. ^ "Inhulets" considers invalid decision of the PFL Council of Leagues of 21 May in regards to its first and second divisions ("Інгулець" вважає недійсними рішення ради ліг від 21 травня по першому і другому дивізіонах). Footboom. 30 May 2020
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  9. ^ Artur Malkin. "Why for the sake of this championship undermine the next", a statement of MFC Mykolaiv on the situation with completion of the season ("Зачем в угоду этого чемпионата подрывать следующий" - заявление МФК "Николаев" по ситуации с завершением сезона). Footboom. 1 June 2020
  10. ^ Yuriy Samotkan. The First League could resume its games on 23 June (Первая лига может возобновить игры 23 июня). Footboom. 29 May 2020
  11. ^ The PFL Council of Leagues will take place in Kyiv on 5 June (Рада ліг ПФЛ пройде у Києві 5 червня). Footboom. 29 May 2020
  12. ^ The council of leagues adopted its decision to finish season in the First League in originally adopted format (Совет лиг принял решение доиграть сезон Первой лиги в привычном формате). Sport Arena. 5 June 2020
  13. ^ On 7 June in Lviv will take place the 23rd Ukrainian Association of Football congress and a session of the UAF Executive Committee (7 червня у Львові відбудеться ХХIІІ Конгрес Української асоціації футболу та засідання Виконавчого комітету УАФ). Ukrainian Association of Football. 6 June 2020
  14. ^ Oleg Solomakho. The UAF Executive Committee will decline finishing off season in the First League, Burbas (Исполком УАФ отклонит доигрывание сезона Первой лиги — Бурбас). Sport Arena. 6 June 2020
  15. ^ Vlad Vlasenko. The UAF confirmed its recommendation to the PFL about urgent meeting to define the First League future season (УАФ подтвердила рекомендацию к ПФЛ о неотложном собрании для определения будущего сезона Первой лиги). Sport Arena. 7 June 2020
  16. ^ Official. The Ukrainian Association of Football Executive Committee decision (Офіційно. Рішення Виконавчого комітету Української асоціації футболу). Ukrainian Association of Football. 7 June 2020
  17. ^ There will be "viche". The history with the First League will end with a grandeur gathering (Буде віче. Історія з Першою Лігою закінчиться грандіозним зібранням). Football Hub. 7 June 2020
  18. ^ Pavelko: personal position? We gave authorization for referees to get prepared to the PFL competition current season (Павелко: особиста позиція? Дали доручення готуватися арбітрам змагань ПФЛ до поточного сезону). Professional Football League.7 June 2020
  19. ^ 24 PFL clubs expressed their vote of no confidence to the League's president Makarov (24 клуба ПФЛ выразили недоверие президенту Лиги Макарову). Sport Arena. 27 July 2020
  20. ^ a b Statement of the PFL administration in regards to decision of the Council of leagues (Заява Адміністрації ПФЛ щодо рішення Ради ліг). Professional Football League. 5 July 2020
  21. ^ Oleh Sobutskyi, "Ahrobiznes will not apply on certification for the UPL, the stadium in Volochysk is not ready (Олег Собуцкий: «Агробизнес» не будет подаваться на аттестацию в УПЛ – стадион в Волочиске не готов»). Tribuna. 9 July 2020
  22. ^ The PFL sports director, "The situation with Ahrobiznes may yet change, we ought to wait for the final issue of certifications (Спортдиректор ПФЛ: «Ситуация с «Агробизнесом» еще может поменяться, нужно дождаться окончательной выдачи аттестатов»). Tribuna. 9 July 2020
  23. ^ Vlad Vlasenko. The UAF CDC issued a warning to the PFL sports director Moroz (КДК УАФ вынес предупреждение спортдиру ПФЛ Морозу). Sport Arena. 24 July 2020
  24. ^ Resolution of the next 27th Professional Football League Conference (ПОСТАНОВА ЧЕРГОВОЇ ХХVІІ КОНФЕРЕНЦІЇ ПРОФЕСІОНАЛЬНОЇ ФУТБОЛЬНОЇ ЛІГИ) Archived 2019-07-25 at the Wayback Machine. Professional Football League. 27 June 2019
  25. ^ FC Cherkashchyna is transferred to the domain of local football federation, with the intention to save the team (ФК Черкащина передан во владение местной Федерации футбола – из-за желания сохранить команду). UA-Football. 6 January 2020
  26. ^ Bondarenko answered to appeal of Lashkul in regards to helping FC Cherkashchyna (Бондаренко відповів на звернення Лашкула щодо порятунку ФК Черкащина). Tablo Cherkasy. 21 February 2020
  27. ^ Arsenal-Kyiv will continue its existence, but without its professional team (Арсенал-Киев продолжит существование, но без профессиональной команды). UA-Football. 23 July 2019
  28. ^ Official: Metalurh of Zaporizhya will replace Arsenal–Kyiv in the First League (Официально: Запорожский Металлург заменит Арсенал-Киев в Первой лиге). UA-Football. 24 July 2019
  29. ^ Metalist 1925 sacked Horyainov (Металлист 1925 уволил Горяинова). UA-Football. 4 June 2019
  30. ^ Demchenko became a new head coach for Metalist 1925 (Демченко став новим головним тренером Металісту-1925 ). Sport Arena. 19 June 2019
  31. ^ Таран покидает пост главного тренера МФК Металлург [Taran leaves the post of MFC Metalurh head coach]. Sport Arena (in Russian). 2019. Archived from the original on 13 June 2019.
  32. ^ Запорожский Металлург назначил Богатыря новым главным тренером [Zaporozhian Metalurh appointed Bohatyr as the new head coach]. Sport Arena (in Russian). 25 June 2019.
  33. ^ a b Staff changes in FC Ahrobiznes. FC Ahrobiznes Volochysk. 15 June 2019
  34. ^ Kirill Kurenko is not a manager of FC Mynai Archived 2019-06-21 at the Wayback Machine. FC Mynai. 18 June 2019
  35. ^ Vasyl Kobin will prepare Mynai for First League Archived 2020-10-24 at the Wayback Machine. FC Mynai. 19 June 2019
  36. ^ Kyrylyuk submitted a resignation from the post of Cherkashchyna coach (Кирилюк подал в отставку с поста тренера Черкащины). Sport Arena. 5 September 2019
  37. ^ The Cherkashchyna leadership accepted resignation of Kyrylyuk from the post of head coach (Руководство Черкащины приняло отставку Кирилюка с поста главного тренера). Sport Arena. 5 September 2019
  38. ^ Artur Malkin. Volodymyr Mazyar placed in charge of Lviv while being still under contract with Hirnyk-Sport (Владимир Мазяр возглавил "Львов", не разорвав контракт с "Горняк-Спортом"). Footboom w/video footage. 16 September 2019
  39. ^ Hirnyk-Sport wants from FC Lviv half-million of compensation for coach Mazyar (Горняк-Спорт хочет от ФК Львов полмиллиона компенсации за тренера Мазяра). UA-Football. 16 September 2019
  40. ^ The task for Mazyar. Gen. director of FC Lviv substantiated appointment of the new coach (Задача Мазяра. Гендиректор ФК Львов обосновал назначение нового тренера). UA-Football. 12 September 2019
  41. ^ Mazyar leaves Hirnyk-Sport (Владимир Мазяр покинул «Горняк-Спорт»)[usurped]. FC Hirnyk-Sport Horishni Plavni. 9 September 2019
  42. ^ Yuriy Samotkan. Ihor Zhabchenko returns to Hirnyk-Sport (Игорь Жабченко возвращается в "Горняк-Спорт"). Footboom. 13 September 2019
  43. ^ Hirnyk-Sport minimally outplayed Metalurh (Гірник-Спорт мінімально обіграв Металург). Sport Arena. 14 September 2019
  44. ^ Zhabchenko again placed in charge of Hirnyk-Sport (Жабченко знову очолив Гірник-Спорт). Sport Arena. 13 September 2019
  45. ^ Artur Malkin. Official: Ihor Zhabchenko is in charge of Hirnyk-Sport (Официально: Игорь Жабченко возглавил "Горняк-Спорт"). Footboom. 16 September 2019
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  47. ^ a b Ihor Stolovytskyi, the head coach of Kremin leaves the team (Головний тренер "Кременя" Ігор Столовицький покинув команду). MFC Kremin Kremenchuk. 17 September 2019
  48. ^ FC Ahrobiznes terminates contract with Ostap Markevych (ФК Агробізнес розірвав контракт із Остапом Маркевичем). FC Ahrobiznes Volochysk. 6 October 2019
  49. ^ Oleksandr Kostyniuk. We reached Volochysk by a cab, coach Kovaliuk about the winning game against Ahrobiznes (“Добиралися у Волочиськ на таксі”, – тренер Ковалюк про переможний матч з “Агробізнесом” (ВІДЕО)). Galka Ivano-Frankivsk. 7 October 2019
  50. ^ a b Bohatyr left his post of head coach of Metalurh Zaporihzia (Богатырь покинул пост главного тренера запорожского Металлурга). Sport Arena. 7 October 2019
  51. ^ Yuriy Samotkan. Serhiy Shyshchenko left "Mykolaiv" (Сергей Шищенко покинул "Николаев"). Footboom. 12 October 2019
  52. ^ Castling in the coaching staff of the "shipbuilders" (Рокировки в тренерском штабе «корабелов»). MFC Mykolaiv. 16 October 2019
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  54. ^ a b Oleksandr Kyrylyuk returned to Cherkashchyna (Олександр Кирилюк повернувся у Черкащину). Sport Arena. 25 October 2019
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  56. ^ Oleksandr Chyzhevskyi is a head coach of FC Ahrobiznes (Олександр Чижевський - головний тренер ФК Агробізнес). FC Ahrobiznes Volochysk. 10 December 2019
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  59. ^ Gratitude to Leonid Stanislavovych (Дякуємо, Леоніде Станіславовичу!) Archived 2019-12-10 at the Wayback Machine. FC Rukh Lviv. 10 December 2019
  60. ^ Yuriy Bakalov is a head coach of Rukh (Юрій Бакалов - головний тренер «Руху») Archived 2019-12-14 at the Wayback Machine. FC Rukh Lviv. 14 December 2019
  61. ^ Obolon-Brovar parted ways with head coach Serhiy Kovalets («Оболонь Бровар» та головний тренер Сергій Ковалець припинили співпрацю) Archived 2020-01-12 at the Wayback Machine. FC Obolon-Brovar Kyiv. 9 January 2020
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  64. ^ Head coach of Kremin Volodymyr Prokopynenko leaves the team (Головний тренер «Кременя» Володимир Прокопіненко покинув команду). MFC Kremin Kremenchuk. 10 February 2020
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  68. ^ Ivan Fedyk is the head coach of Rukh, Myron Markevych to consult (Іван Федик – головний тренер «Руху», в Ролi консультанта – Мирон Маркевич) Archived 2020-06-16 at the Wayback Machine. FC Rukh Lviv. 16 June 2020
  69. ^ a b Valeriy Ivashchenko assigned as acting head coach (В.о. головного тренера призначений Валерій Іващенко). FC Obolon-Brovar Kyiv. 8 July 2020
  70. ^ a b Vyacheslav Khruslov is the acting coach of FC Metalist 1925 (В'ячеслав Хруслов - виконувач обов'язків головного тренера ФК "Металіст 1925"). FC Metalist 1925 Kharkiv. 21 July 2020
  71. ^ Our gratitude to Oleksandr Oleksandrovych (Олександр Олександрович, дякуємо!). FC Avanhard Kramatorsk. 10 August 2020
  72. ^ Avanhard departed to play Rukh fixture («Авангард» відправився на гру з «Рухом»!). FC Avanhard Kramatorsk. 11 August 2020
  73. ^ 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
  74. ^ "Первая лига с нового сезона будет расширена до 18 клубов".
  75. ^ 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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  77. ^ Ahrobiznes is hosting Volyn in Vynnyky (Агробизнес примет Волынь в Винниках). Sport Arena. 24 July 2020
  78. ^ The First League. Balkany and Chornomorets did not finish their game (Первая лига. Балканы и Черноморец не доиграли матч). UA-Football. 5 October 2019
  79. ^ The game Balkany – Chornomorets will be completed. The march up was interrupted due to brawl of fans with police. (Матч Балканы — Черноморец будет доигран. Поединок прервали из-за драки болельщиков с полицией). Sport Arena. 18 October 2019
  80. ^ The game Balkany – Chornomorets will be completed on 30 October (Матч Балканы — Черноморец будет доигран 30 октября). Sport Arena. 21 October 2019
  81. ^ Balkany and Chornomorets were unable to score in 20 minutes (Балкани й Чорноморець не встигли забити за 20 хвилин). Sport Arena. 30 October 2019
  82. ^ "At home". The game Cherkashchyna – Obolon-Brovar will take place in Shchaslyve ("Домашний". Матч Черкащина – Оболонь -Бровар состоится в Счастливом). UA-Football. 6 November 2019
  83. ^ The game Hirnyk-Sport – Rukh is postponed due to the Ukrainian Cup (Гру "Гірник-Спорт" - "Рух" перенесено через Кубок України). Footboom. 23 September 2019
  84. ^ The round 20: three postponed games (20 тур: три перенесення матчів). PFL. 23 June 2020
  85. ^ Aleksandr Oleinik. Avanhard refused from the away game with Rukh. Earlier to Lviv did not depart Metalurh (Авангард отказался от выездного матча с Рухом. Ранее во Львов не поехал Металлург). Sport Arena. 9 August 2020
  86. ^ Yuriy Samotkan. "Avanhard" departed for the game in Lviv, the club's head coach was appointed Oleksiy Horodov ("Авангард" выезжает на игру во Львов, тренером назначен Алексей Городов). Footboom. 11 August 2020
  87. ^ Two more games of FC Metalurh were postponed (Ще два матчі ФК "Металург" перенесені). PFL. 7 July 2020
  88. ^ The game Metalurh – Rukh won't take place! (Матч "Металург" - "Рух" не відбудеться!). PFL. 9 August 2020
  89. ^ Vsevolod Mazur. The Metalurh director, "Today the game with Rukh won't take place, a communication with PFL is broken (Директор Металлурга: «Сегодня матча с Рухом не будет, диалога с ПФЛ нет»). Sport Arena. 10 August 2020
  90. ^ Official. UAF SCC has decided not to appear FC "Metallurg" for the match of the 22nd round of the First League. Ukrainian Association of Football. 14 August 2020
  91. ^ "Veres" starts at home! There were determined team pairs play-offs for the Persha Liha (First League) ("Верес" починає вдома! Визначилися пари команд плей-оф за Першу лігу). Professional Football League. 28 July 2020
  92. ^ The PFL Administration decision: there are a date for the Metalurh's game and changes to dates for the Round 30 and playoffs (Рішення Адміністрації ПФЛ: є дата матчу "Металурга", змінені дати 30 туру та матчів плейоф). PFL. 7 August 2020
  93. ^ Vsevolod Mazur. The PFL may organize additional game among playoffs losers for the First League last berth (ПФЛ может провести дополнительный матч за место в Первой лиге между неудачниками плей-офф). Sport Arena. 17 August 2020
  94. ^ Artur Malkin. "Balkany" is ready to withdraw from the First League and enter the Second ("Балканы" готовы сняться с первой лиги и заявиться во вторую). Footboom. 18 August 2020
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