2020–21 in Ukrainian football

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

Football in Ukraine

Season	2020–21
Men's football
Super Cup	Dynamo Kyiv
← 2019–20 2021–22 →

National teams

Ukraine national football team

Friendlies

7 October 2020 Friendly	France	7–1	Ukraine	Paris, France
	Camavinga  9' Giroud  24', 34' Mykolenko  39' (o.g.) Tolisso  65' Mbappé  82' Griezmann  89'	Report	Tsyhankov  53'	Stadium: Stade de France Referee: Andris Treimanis (Latvia)

11 November 2020 Friendly	Poland	2–0	Ukraine	Chorzów, Poland
20:45	Piątek  40' Moder  63'	Report		Stadium: Silesian Stadium Attendance: 0 Referee: Manuel Schüttengruber (Austria)

UEFA Nations League

Group 4

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Spain	6	3	2	1	13	3	+10	11	Qualification to 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 (R)	6	2	0	4	5	13	−8	6[lower-alpha 1]	Relegation to League B		1–0	1–2	2–1	—

Source: UEFA
(R) Relegated.
Notes:

1. 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 2020–21 UEFA Nations League A	Ukraine	2–1	Switzerland	Lviv, Ukraine
21:45	Yarmolenko  14' Zinchenko  68'	Report	Seferović  41'	Stadium: Arena Lviv Attendance: 0 Referee: Andreas Ekberg (Sweden)

6 September 2020 2020–21 UEFA Nations League A	Spain	4–0	Ukraine	Madrid, Spain
20:45	Ramos  3' (pen.), 29' Fati  32' F. Torres  84'	Report		Stadium: Alfredo Di Stéfano Stadium Attendance: 0 Referee: Benoît Bastien (France)

10 October 2020 2020–21 UEFA Nations League A	Ukraine	1–2	Germany	Kyiv, Ukraine
21:45	Malinovskyi  77' (pen.)	Report	Ginter  20' Goretzka  49'	Stadium: NSK Olimpiyskiy Attendance: 17,573[1] Referee: Orel Grinfeld (Israel)

13 October 2020 2020–21 UEFA Nations League A	Ukraine	1–0	Spain	Kyiv, Ukraine
21:45	Tsyhankov  76'	Report		Stadium: NSK Olimpiyskiy Referee: Paweł Gil (Poland)

14 November 2020 2020–21 UEFA Nations League A	Germany	3–1	Ukraine	Leipzig, Germany
20:45	Sané  23' Werner  33', 64'	Report	Yaremchuk  12'	Stadium: Red Bull Arena Referee: Ovidiu Hațegan (Romania)

17 November 2020 2020–21 UEFA Nations League A	Switzerland	3–0 (technical result)	Ukraine	Lucerne, Switzerland
				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	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	Qualification to 2022 FIFA World Cup		—	24 Mar	7 Sep	1 Sep	13 Nov
2	Ukraine	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	Advance to second round		4 Sep	—	28 Mar	12 Oct	31 Mar
3	Finland	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0			16 Nov	9 Oct	—	24 Mar	4 Sep
4	Bosnia and Herzegovina	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0			31 Mar	16 Nov	13 Nov	—	7 Sep
5	Kazakhstan	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0			28 Mar	1 Sep	12 Oct	9 Oct	—

First match(es) will be played on 24 March 2021. Source: FIFA, UEFA

24 March 2021 2022 FIFA World Cup qualification	France	v	Ukraine	France
20:45		Report

28 March 2021 2022 FIFA World Cup qualification	Ukraine	v	Finland	Ukraine
20:45 (21:45 UTC+3)		Report

31 March 2021 2022 FIFA World Cup qualification	Ukraine	v	Kazakhstan	Ukraine
20:45 (21:45 UTC+3)		Report

UEFA Euro 2020

Group C

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		NED	UKR	AUT	MKD
1	Netherlands (H)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	Advance to knockout phase		—
2	Ukraine	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0				—
3	Austria	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	Possible knockout phase based on ranking				—
4	North Macedonia	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						—

First match(es) will be played on 13 June 2021. Source: UEFA
(H) Host.

13 June 2021	Netherlands	Match 5	Ukraine	Johan Cruyff Arena, Amsterdam
21:00		Report

17 June 2021	Ukraine	Match 18	Play-off winner D or A	Arena Națională, Bucharest
15:00 (16:00 UTC+3)		Report

21 June 2021	Ukraine	Match 30	Austria	Arena Națională, Bucharest
18:00 (19:00 UTC+3)		Report

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	Denmark	1–1	Ukraine	Aalborg, Denmark
18:00	Jakobsen  90+5'	Report	Sikan  74'	Stadium: Aalborg Stadium Attendance: 0 Referee: Jochem Kamphuis (Netherlands)

8 September 2020	Finland	0–2	Ukraine	Helsinki, Finland
18:00 (19:00 EEST)		Report	Konoplya  23' Sikan  45+3'	Stadium: Helsinki Olympic Stadium Attendance: 0 Referee: Thorvaldur Árnason (Iceland)

9 October 2020	Ukraine	1–0	Romania	Kyiv, Ukraine
17:30 (18:30 EEST)	Buletsa  80' (pen.)	Report		Stadium: Obolon Arena Attendance: 400 Referee: Furkat Atazhanov (Kazakhstan)

13 October 2020	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[lower-alpha 1]	Malta	1–4	Ukraine	Ta' Qali, Malta
17:00	Elouni  47'	Report	Kukharevych  4', 32' Milovanov  79' Shevtsov  90+2'	Stadium: Centenary Stadium Referee: Pavel Rejzek (Czech Republic)

17 November 2020[lower-alpha 1]	Ukraine	3–0	Northern Ireland	Kovalivka, Ukraine
17:30 (18:30 EET)	Babohlo  68' Isayenko  70' Kukharevych  74'	Report		Stadium: Kolos Arena Referee: Rauf Jabarov (Azerbaijan)

Ukraine U-19 national football team

2020 UEFA European Under-19 Championship

Group 4 – Elite round

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	England	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	Final tournament
2	Ukraine	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
3	Denmark (H)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
4	Latvia	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

First match(es) will be played on November 2020. Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers
(H) Host.

November 2020	Denmark	Cancelled	Ukraine	Silkeborg, Denmark
		Report		Stadium: JYSK Park

November 2020	Ukraine	Cancelled	Latvia	Silkeborg, Denmark
		Report		Stadium: JYSK Park

November 2020	Ukraine	Cancelled	England	Randers, Denmark
		Report		Stadium: Vorup Stadion

2021 UEFA European Under-19 Championship

Group 2 – Qualifying round

Originally scheduled to be played between 10–16 November 2020.

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Ukraine	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	Play-offs
2	Israel (H)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
3	Belarus	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
4	Montenegro	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

First match(es) will be played on March 2021. Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers
(H) Host.

March 2021	Ukraine	v	Montenegro	Israel
		Report

March 2021	Ukraine	v	Belarus	Israel
		Report

March 2021	Israel	v	Ukraine	Israel
		Report

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[lower-alpha 2] Euro 2021 qualifying	Montenegro	1–3	Ukraine	Podgorica
20:00	Dešić  63'	Report	Apanaschenko  23' Kunina  60' Bulatović  66' (o.g.)	Stadium: DG Arena Referee: Viola Raudziņa (Latvia)

22 September 2020[lower-alpha 2] Euro 2021 qualifying	Ukraine	4–0	Greece	Kyiv
18:00 (19:00 EEST)	Kozlova  59', 71' Kravets  88' Apanaschenko  90+5'	Report		Stadium: Obolon Arena Referee: Aleksandra Česen (Slovenia)

23 October 2020[lower-alpha 2] Euro 2021 qualifying	Ukraine	1–0	Republic of Ireland	Kyiv
18:00 (19:00 EEST)	O'Gorman  25' (o.g.)	Report		Stadium: Obolon Arena Referee: Ivana Martinčić (Croatia)

27 October 2020 Euro 2021 qualifying	Greece	0–4	Ukraine	Athens
16:30 (17:30 EET)		Report	Pantsulaia  5' Kravets  29', 55' Kunina  83'	Stadium: Apostolos Nikolaidis Stadium Referee: Shona Shukrula (Netherlands)

1 December 2020[lower-alpha 3] Euro 2021 qualifying	Ukraine	2–1	Montenegro	Kyiv
18:00 (19:00 EET)	Basanska  5' (pen.) Kunina  74'	Report	Đoković  6'	Stadium: Obolon Arena Referee: Frida Nielsen (Denmark)

Ukraine women's U-17 national football team

UEFA Competitions

UEFA Champions League

Qualifying phase and play-off round

Third qualifying round

Team 1	Score	Team 2
Dynamo Kyiv	2–0	AZ

Play-off round

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Gent	1–5	Dynamo Kyiv	1–2	0–3

Group stage

Group B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		RMA	MGB	SHK	INT
1	Real Madrid	6	3	1	2	11	9	+2	10	Advance to knockout phase		—	2–0	2–3	3–2
2	Borussia Mönchengladbach	6	2	2	2	16	9	+7	8[lower-alpha 4]			2–2	—	4–0	2–3
3	Shakhtar Donetsk	6	2	2	2	5	12	−7	8[lower-alpha 4]	Transfer to Europa League		2–0	0–6	—	0–0
4	Inter Milan	6	1	3	2	7	9	−2	6			0–2	2–2	0–0	—

Source: UEFA
Notes:

1. 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. 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. 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	Juventus	6	5	0	1	14	4	+10	15[lower-alpha 1]	Advance to knockout phase		—	0–2	3–0	2–1
2	Barcelona	6	5	0	1	16	5	+11	15[lower-alpha 1]			0–3	—	2–1	5–1
3	Dynamo Kyiv	6	1	1	4	4	13	−9	4	Transfer to Europa League		0–2	0–4	—	1–0
4	Ferencváros	6	0	1	5	5	17	−12	1			1–4	0–3	2–2	—

Source: UEFA
Notes:

1. Tied on head-to-head points (3). Head-to-head goal difference: Juventus +1, Barcelona –1.

UEFA Europa League

Second qualifying round

Team 1	Score	Team 2
Aris	1–2	Kolos Kovalivka

Third qualifying round

Team 1	Score	Team 2
VfL Wolfsburg	2–0	Desna Chernihiv
Rijeka	2–0 (a.e.t.)	Kolos Kovalivka

Group stage

Group G

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		LEI	BRA	ZOR	AEK
1	Leicester City	6	4	1	1	14	5	+9	13[lower-alpha 1]	Advance to knockout phase		—	4–0	3–0	2–0
2	Braga	6	4	1	1	14	10	+4	13[lower-alpha 1]			3–3	—	2–0	3–0
3	Zorya Luhansk	6	2	0	4	6	11	−5	6			1–0	1–2	—	1–4
4	AEK Athens	6	1	0	5	7	15	−8	3			1–2	2–4	0–3	—

Source: UEFA
Notes:

1. Head-to-head points: Leicester City 4, Braga 1.

UEFA Youth League

UEFA Champions League Path

• Shakhtar Donetsk

Domestic Champions Path

• Dynamo Kyiv

UEFA Women's Champions League

Qualifying round

• Zhytlobud-2 Kharkiv

Men's club football

League		Promoted to league	Relegated from league
Premier League		Mynai Rukh Lviv Inhulets Petrove	Karpaty Lviv (excluded, admitted to the Second League)
First League		Nyva Ternopil VPK-Ahro Shevchenkivka Polissya Zhytomyr Krystal Kherson Veres Rivne Alians Lypova Dolyna	Balkany Zorya Metalurh Zaporizhia Cherkashchyna Cherkasy
Second League	Groups
	A	Chernihiv Epitsentr Dunaivtsi Karpaty Halych Rubikon Kyiv Volyn-2 Lutsk	FC Kalush
	B	Dnipro Cherkasy Peremoha Dnipro Yarud Mariupol Metal Kharkiv	Avanhard-2 Kramatorsk Chornomorets-2 Odesa

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	13	9	3	1	25	10	+15	30	Qualification to Champions League group stage
2	Shakhtar Donetsk	12	7	5	0	30	11	+19	26	Qualification to Champions League third qualifying round
3	Desna Chernihiv	13	6	5	2	18	11	+7	23	Qualification to Europa Conference League third qualifying round
4	Zorya Luhansk	12	5	5	2	23	10	+13	20	Qualification to Europa Conference League second qualifying round
5	Vorskla Poltava	13	5	5	3	17	10	+7	20
6	Kolos Kovalivka	13	4	6	3	18	16	+2	18
7	Olimpik Donetsk	12	5	2	5	20	20	0	17
8	FC Oleksandriya	13	4	4	5	19	18	+1	16[lower-alpha 1]
9	FC Mariupol	13	4	4	5	14	19	−5	16[lower-alpha 1]
10	Inhulets Petrove	12	1	8	3	13	17	−4	11
11	FC Mynai	12	2	4	6	9	23	−14	10
12	Rukh Lviv	13	1	6	6	12	23	−11	9
13	FC Lviv	12	2	3	7	8	26	−18	9
14	SC Dnipro-1	13	2	2	9	16	28	−12	8	Relegation to the Ukrainian First League

Updated to match(es) played on 13 December 2020. Source: Ukrainian Premier League
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head points; 3) Head-to-head goal difference; 4) Head-to-head bigger amount of goals scored; 5) Goal difference; 6) Bigger amount of goals scored; 7) Draw or "Golden match" if two teams tied for title (Article 22, paragraph 3).[2]
Notes:

1. Head-to-head points: Oleksandriya 3, Mariupol 0

First League

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion, qualification or relegation
1	Ahrobiznes Volochysk	15	10	1	4	29	13	+16	31	Promotion to Ukrainian Premier League[3][4]
2	Veres Rivne	14	9	3	2	22	8	+14	30
3	Chornomorets Odesa	14	8	4	2	22	10	+12	28
4	Hirnyk-Sport Horishni Plavni	15	8	2	5	25	21	+4	26
5	Metalist 1925 Kharkiv	15	7	4	4	12	12	0	25[lower-alpha 1]
6	Mykolaiv	15	7	4	4	26	12	+14	25[lower-alpha 1]
7	Volyn Lutsk	13	7	3	3	18	12	+6	24
8	Alians Lypova Dolyna	14	7	2	5	17	13	+4	23
9	Obolon Kyiv	14	7	1	6	24	14	+10	22
10	Polissia Zhytomyr	14	5	4	5	15	14	+1	19
11	Nyva Ternopil	16	4	6	6	18	25	−7	18
12	Kremin Kremenchuk	16	5	3	8	15	23	−8	18
13	VPK-Ahro Shevchenkivka	14	4	1	9	14	28	−14	13
14	Prykarpattia Ivano-Frankivsk	13	3	3	7	9	19	−10	12
15	Avanhard Kramatorsk	14	2	2	10	9	27	−18	8	Relegation to Ukrainian Second League[4]
16	Krystal Kherson	16	1	1	14	11	35	−24	4

Updated to match(es) played on 5 December 2020. 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 equal amount of tournament points at the moment of calculation and not only among those which after preliminary criteria have appeared more successful).[5]
Notes:

1. Head-to-head points: Metalist 1925 3, Mykolaiv 0

Second League

Group A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion, qualification or relegation
1	Dinaz Vyshhorod	11	8	1	2	33	12	+21	25	Promotion to Ukrainian First League[4]
2	Podillya Khmelnytskyi	11	7	4	0	20	6	+14	25
3	Epitsentr Dunaivtsi	10	7	3	0	20	6	+14	24
4	FC Uzhhorod	10	7	1	2	19	10	+9	22
5	Karpaty Halych	11	6	2	3	20	13	+7	20
6	Chaika Petropavlivska Borshchahivka	11	5	4	2	19	10	+9	19
7	Bukovyna Chernivtsi	10	3	3	4	12	15	−3	12
8	Volyn-2 Lutsk	11	3	1	7	11	18	−7	10	Promotion restrictions
9	Obolon-2 Bucha	11	2	4	5	7	16	−9	10
10	FC Chernihiv	11	2	3	6	8	17	−9	9[lower-alpha 1]
11	Rubikon Kyiv	11	2	3	6	10	21	−11	9[lower-alpha 1]
12	Nyva Vinnytsia	11	2	0	9	13	27	−14	6
13	Karpaty Lviv	11	1	1	9	7	28	−21	4
-	FC Kalush	0	-	-	-	-	-	—	0	Withdrew after Round 1 before their first game[6]

Updated to match(es) played on 26 November 2020. 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 equal amount of tournament points at the moment of calculation and not only among those which after preliminary criteria have appeared more successful).[7]
Notes:

1. Head-to-head points: Chernihiv 3, Rubikon 0

Group B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion, qualification or relegation
1	Metal Kharkiv	11	9	2	0	26	2	+24	29	Promotion to Ukrainian First League[4]
2	Tavriya Simferopol	10	7	2	1	19	7	+12	23
3	Metalurh Zaporizhya	10	6	2	2	17	8	+9	20
4	Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih	10	5	4	1	21	9	+12	19
5	Cherkashchyna Cherkasy	10	5	4	1	14	7	+7	19
6	Peremoha Dnipro	9	3	5	1	9	6	+3	14
7	Enerhiya Nova Kakhovka	9	4	2	3	16	14	+2	14
8	Real Pharma Odesa	11	3	0	8	7	21	−14	9
9	Dnipro Cherkasy	9	1	5	3	7	12	−5	8
10	Balkany Zoria	10	2	1	7	9	16	−7	7
11	FC Nikopol	9	1	2	6	5	18	−13	5
12	Yarud Mariupol	9	1	2	6	8	22	−14	5
13	MFC Mykolaiv-2	11	1	1	9	6	22	−16	4	Relegation to Amateurs[4]

Updated to match(es) played on 28 November 2020. 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 equal amount of tournament points at the moment of calculation and not only among those which after preliminary criteria have appeared more successful).[7]

Ukrainian Cup

Super Cup

25 August 2020

21:00[8][9] EEST

Shakhtar Donetsk	1–3	Dynamo Kyiv
Moraes  37'	Report	De Pena  20' Rodrigues  31' Sol  83'

Olimpiyskiy National Sports Complex, Kyiv

Attendance: 0[lower-alpha 1]

Referee: Vitaliy Romanov[10] (Dnipro)

Women's club football

League		Promoted to league	Relegated from league
Vyshcha Liha[11]		Karpaty Lviv Nika Mykolaiv Bukovynska Nadiya Velykyi Kuchuriv	Iednist Plysky Rodyna Kostopil

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

Vyshcha Liha

Managerial changes

This is a list of managerial changes among Ukrainian professional football clubs:

Team	Outgoing manager	Manner of departure	Date of vacancy	Table	Incoming manager	Date of appointment	Table
FC Uzhhorod	Mykhailo Ivanytsia	Resigned	18 June 2020[12]	Pre-season	Volodymyr Vasiutyk	23 July 2020[13]	Pre-season
Real Pharma Odesa	Oleksandr Spitsyn	Unknown	28 June 2020[14]		Artem Riazantsev	28 June 2020[14]
Polissya Zhytomyr	Anatoliy Bezsmertnyi	Resigned	4 July 2020[15]		Serhiy Shyshchenko	7 July 2020[16]
Dynamo Kyiv	Oleksiy Mykhaylychenko	Mutual agreement[17]	20 July 2020[18]		Mircea Lucescu	23 July 2020[19]
Olimpik Donetsk	Ihor Klymovskyi (interim)	Made permanent	20 July 2020[20]		Ihor Klymovskyi	20 July 2020[20]
Metal Kharkiv	New club				Oleksandr Kucher	25 July 2020[21]
Karpaty Lviv	Roman Sanzhar	Mutual agreement	29 July 2020[22]		TBA
FC Mariupol	Oleksandr Babych	End of contract	30 July 2020[23]		Ostap Markevych	3 August 2020[24]
Kremin Kremenchuk	Serhiy Svystun	Undisclosed	14 August 2020[25]		Oleksandr Holovko	14 August 2020[26]
Volyn Lutsk	Andriy Tlumak	End of contract	14 August 2020[27]		Vasyl Sachko	19 August 2020[28]
Avanhard Kramatorsk	Oleksiy Horodov (interim)	Made permanent	17 August 2020[29]		Oleksiy Horodov	17 August 2020[30]
Obolon-Brovar Kyiv	Valeriy Ivashchenko (interim)	Made permanent	18 August 2020[31]		Valeriy Ivashchenko	18 August 2020[32]
Metalist 1925 Kharkiv	Vyacheslav Khruslov (interim)	End of interim	21 August 2020		Valeriy Kriventsov	21 August 2020[33]
Volyn-2 Lutsk	New club				TBD

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

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

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26. 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
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