2019–20_Ukrainian_Premier_League
2019–20 Ukrainian Premier League
29th season of top-tier football league in Vyshcha Liha
The 2019–20 Ukrainian Premier League season was the 29th top-level football club competitions since the fall of the Soviet Union and the 12th since the establishment of the Ukrainian Premier League.
Official logo[1] | |
| Season | 2019–20 |
|---|---|
| Dates | 28 July 2019 – 19 July 2020 (winter break 15 December 2019 – 22 February 2020) (emergency 18 March 2020 – 30 May 2020) |
| Champions | Shakhtar Donetsk 13th Ukrainian title |
| Relegated | Karpaty Lviv |
| Champions League | Shakhtar Donetsk Dynamo Kyiv |
| Europa League | Zorya Luhansk Desna Chernihiv Kolos Kovalivka |
| Matches played | 184 |
| Goals scored | 511 (2.78 per match) |
| Top goalscorer | 20 – Júnior Moraes (Shakhtar) |
| Biggest home win | 6 – Shakhtar 6–0 Kolos (Round 11) |
| Biggest away win | 5 – Vorskla 0–5 Dynamo (Round 8), Olimpik 0–5 Zorya (Round 9) |
| Highest scoring | 8 – Karpaty 2–6 Desna (Round 17) |
| Longest winning run | 11 – Shakhtar (Round 1–11) |
| Longest unbeaten run | 19 – Shakhtar (Round 1–19) |
| Longest winless run | 17 – Karpaty (Round 8–23, 28) |
| Longest losing run | 7 – Olimpik (Round 16–22) Kolos (Round 21–27) |
| Highest attendance | 41,203 – Dynamo 1–2 Shakhtar (Round 3) |
| Lowest attendance | 0 – Dynamo 2–1 Vorskla (Round 19)[2] |
| Total attendance | 552941 |
| Average attendance | 4221 |
← 2018–19 2020–21 →
All statistics correct as of 19 July 2020. | |
The tournament has been set to start on 28 July 2019.[3][4] The same day there took place the game for the Ukrainian Super Cup.[3] The UPL General Assembly also adopted a post season play-off mini-tournament for the last fifth berth of Ukraine in the 2020–21 UEFA Europa League competition which would involve the best team(s) of the relegation group.[5] The assembly also agreed to implement the Video assistant referee (VAR) position in 2020.[6] With the ongoing competition, on 7 August 2019 the league adopted new name FavBet Liha after its main sponsor as well as its new logo.[7] For promotional purpose, the Ukrainian Premier League introduced an own copy of virtual fantasy league on the Real Manager game platform.[8][9]
The defending champion was the 12-times winner Shakhtar Donetsk. On 20 June 2020, Shakhtar won the league again by beating Oleksandriya in the Round 27 home game gaining its 13th title record five rounds before the finish.[10]
Competition prolongation caused by the emergency break introduced due to the COVID-19 pandemic made the season the longest in history, lasting 1 year and 1 day in total.[11] The season also has set a record as a highest-scoring season in the history of the competition, with an average of 2.78 goals scored per game.[12]
For next 2020–21 season, Ukrainian Premier League will expand to 14 teams. The lowest ranked team from Ukrainian Premier League will get relegated to Ukrainian First League. However, the top three teams from Ukrainian First League will gain promotion to Ukrainian Premier League next season.
Due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Ukraine and based on resolutions of the Cabinet of Ukraine and the UAF Executive Committee, on 11 March 2020 the UPL adopted a decision to conduct games of the league's championship as well as under-21 and under-19 championships without spectators until 3 April 2020 (the first two rounds of the season's second stage).[13]
On 17 March 2020, the Ukrainian Association of Football adopted its decision to pause all football competitions in the country since 18 March 2020 for unspecified period of time (until adaptation of its next decision to resume all football events) due to the coronavirus pandemic.[14] On 14 May 2020 in the House of Football took place a working conference between leaders of UAF and UPL with representatives of the UPL club where it was decided not to renew competitions among U-21 and U-19 teams.[15] The decision was approved on 27 May 2020 by the UAF Executive Committee.[16] On 26 May 2020 the Ministry of Healthcare granted its permission to conduct games of the Favbet Liha and the Ukrainian Cup without spectators starting 30 May 2020 and the UAF Executive Committee supported the decision to renew the Championship and the Ukrainian Cup from 30 May 2020.[17] Next day the Ministry of Health Care updated some of its restricting recommendations in regards to coordination of competitions among professional clubs.[18]
On 22 July 2020 Ministry of Healthcare granted the permission to allow spectators on the Europa League play-off matches in a test mode, with up to 25% of stadium capacity open for attending.[19]
The term of the UPL president expired on 5 April 2020.[20] Due to pandemic situation worldwide, the election of the League's president was postponed to 27 April 2020. The current president Thomas Grimm stated that he will not run for the post as the members of the league are not interested to work together.[21][22] On 4 May 2020 the league's executive director Yevhen Dykyi announced that there were registered three candidates for elections of the UPL president.[23] On 18 May 2020 the league announced that elections for the league's president were postponed and their date will be announced later.[24][25] Until then as the UPL president is acting the league's executive director Yevhen Dykyi.[26]
Promoted teams
- SC Dnipro-1 – the champion of the 2018–19 Ukrainian First League (debut)
- Kolos Kovalivka – 2nd place of the 2018–19 Ukrainian First League, play-off winners (debut)
Other issues
- Olimpik Donetsk's participation in the season was under question because both of its youth teams (U-21 and U-19) were expelled from the Ukrainian Premier League due to match fixing, and are banned from competitions until the end of 2019–20 season.
Location map
The following displays the location of teams.
Teams in italics are from a conflict zone of the War in Donbass and are playing their home games in different cities.
Stadiums
Three teams play their matches outside of home towns. The minimum threshold for the stadium's capacity in the UPL is 5,000 (Article 10, paragraph 7.2).[27]
Due to COVID-19 restrictions, after quarantine break clubs from Lviv were forced to conduct all their home matches in the other regions until the Round 30.[28][29]
The following stadiums are regarded as home grounds (clubs in bold indicate that the respective stadium was their main home ground during the season):
| Rank | Stadium | Place | Club | Capacity | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | NSC Olimpiyskiy | Kyiv | Dynamo Kyiv | 70,050 | |
| Shakhtar Donetsk | used as home ground following COVID-19 quarantine | ||||
| Kolos Kovalivka | used as home ground in Rounds 26, 32 and playoff | ||||
| 2 | OSC Metalist | Kharkiv | Shakhtar Donetsk | 40,003 | used as home ground before COVID-19 pandemic |
| 3 | Arena Lviv | Lviv | FC Lviv | 34,915 | used as home ground in Rounds 2 and 4 |
| 4 | Dnipro-Arena | Dnipro | SC Dnipro-1 | 31,003 | |
| FC Lviv | used as home ground in Round 25 | ||||
| 5 | Ukraina Stadium | Lviv | Karpaty Lviv | 28,051 | |
| FC Lviv | |||||
| 6 | Vorskla Stadium | Poltava | Vorskla Poltava | 24,795 | |
| 7 | Lobanovsky Dynamo Stadium | Kyiv | Olimpik Donetsk | 16,873 | used as home ground during the season |
| Dynamo Kyiv | used as home ground in Round 19 | ||||
| 8 | Ternopilsky Misky Stadion | Ternopil | FC Lviv | 15,150 | used as home ground in Round 29 |
| SC Dnipro-1 | used as home ground in Round 30 | ||||
| 9 | Volodymyr Boiko Stadium | Mariupol | FC Mariupol | 12,680 | |
| 10 | Avanhard Stadium | Lutsk | Karpaty Lviv | 12,080 | used as home ground in Round 28 |
| 11 | Chernihiv Stadium | Chernihiv | Desna Chernihiv | 12,060 | |
| 12 | Slavutych-Arena | Zaporizhzhia | Zorya Luhansk | 12,000 | used as home ground during the season |
| 13 | CSC Nika Stadium | Oleksandriya | FC Oleksandriya | 7,000 | |
| 14 | Obolon Arena | Kyiv | Kolos Kovalivka | 5,100 | used as home ground during the season[30][31] |
Notes:
- The Round 19 game between Dynamo and Vorskla was played on February 22, 2020, at the Dynamo Stadium imeni Lobanovskoho becoming a historical mark when there first was implemented the system of video assistant referee (VAR).[32][33]
- Due to critical situation in the city of Lviv with the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, the Lviv city club's do not play at home from Round 24 till Round 30.
Personnel and sponsorship
Notes:
- Oleh Smaliychuk bought out control package of ownership in stock in the club from Petro Dyminskyi.[35]
Managerial changes
| Team | Outgoing manager | Manner of departure | Date of vacancy | Table | Incoming manager | Date of appointment | Table |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Zorya Luhansk |  Yuriy Vernydub |
Mutual consent | 31 May 2019[37] | Pre-season | Viktor Skrypnyk |
3 June 2019[38] | Pre-season |
| Vorskla Poltava | Vitaliy Kosovskyi (caretaker) |
Change of contract | 4 June 2019[39] | Vitaliy Kosovskyi |
4 June 2019[39] | ||
| Shakhtar Donetsk |  Paulo Fonseca |
Signed with A.S. Roma | 11 June 2019[40] | Luís Castro |
12 June 2019[41] | ||
| Karpaty Lviv | Oleksandr Chyzhevskyi (caretaker) |
Change of contract | 18 June 2019[42] | Oleksandr Chyzhevskyi |
18 June 2019[42] | ||
| Olimpik Donetsk | Ihor Klymovskyi (interim) |
End of interim term | 1 July 2019[43][44] |  Júlio César Correia |
1 July 2019[44] | ||
| Dynamo Kyiv |  Alyaksandr Khatskevich |
Sacked | 14 August 2019[45] | 3rd | Oleksiy Mykhaylychenko |
15 August 2019[46] | 3rd |
| Olimpik Donetsk | Júlio César Correia |
Sacked | 19 August 2019[47] | 12th | Ihor Klymovskyi (interim) |
19 August 2019 | 12th |
| Ihor Klymovskyi (interim) |
End of interim | 2 September 2019[48] |  Vicente Gómez |
2 September 2019[48] | |||
| Karpaty Lviv | Oleksandr Chyzhevskyi |
Sacked | 3 September 2019[49] | 11th | Roman Sanzhar |
3 September 2019[49] | 11th |
| FC Lviv | Bohdan Blavatskyi |
Mutual consent | 10 September 2019[50] | 10th | Volodymyr Mazyar |
10 September 2019[50] | 10th |
| Volodymyr Mazyar |
Mutual consent | 31 October 2019[51] | 12th |  Yegishe Melikyan |
31 October 2019[51] | 12th | |
| Vorskla Poltava | Vitaliy Kosovskyi |
Change of contract | 14 November 2019[52] | 12th | Yuriy Maksymov |
15 November 2019[53] | 12th |
| Olimpik Donetsk | Vicente Gómez |
Mutual consent | 13 March 2020[54] | 11th | Ihor Klymovskyi (interim) |
13 March 2020[55] | 11th |
| FC Lviv | Yegishe Melikyan |
End of contract | 21 June 2020[56] | 9th |  Giorgi Tsetsadze |
22 June 2020[57] | 9th |
First stage table
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation[lower-alpha 1] |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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[lower-alpha 2] | Qualification for the Relegation round |
| 8 | FC Mariupol | 22 | 6 | 7 | 9 | 21 | 35 | −14 | 25[lower-alpha 2] | |
| 9 | FC Lviv | 22 | 5 | 5 | 12 | 16 | 35 | −19 | 20[lower-alpha 3] | |
| 10 | Vorskla Poltava | 22 | 6 | 2 | 14 | 15 | 38 | −23 | 20[lower-alpha 3] | |
| 11 | Olimpik Donetsk | 22 | 5 | 3 | 14 | 17 | 37 | −20 | 18 | |
| 12 | Karpaty Lviv | 22 | 2 | 7 | 13 | 17 | 40 | −23 | 13 |
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).[58]
Notes:
First stage results
Teams play each other twice on a home and away basis, before the league split into two groups – the top six and the bottom six.
| Home \ Away | DES | DNI | DYN | KAR | KOL | LVI | MAR | OLK | OLD | SHA | VOR | ZOR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Desna Chernihiv | 1–1 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 1–2 | 4–0 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 1–0 | |
| SC Dnipro-1 | 0–1 | 3–1 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 2–3 | 3–0 | 1–2 | 2–0 | 0–2 | 1–0 | 1–4 | |
| Dynamo Kyiv | 1–2 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 4–0 | 3–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 1–2 | |
| Karpaty Lviv | 2–6 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 1–2 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 0–4 | 1–2 | 0–3 | 2–1 | 0–1 | |
| Kolos Kovalivka | 2–0 | 4–0 | 0–4 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 3–4 | 0–3 | 1–3 | |
| FC Lviv | 1–4 | 0–2 | 0–3 | 0–0 | 3–2 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 0–2 | 2–0 | 0–0 | |
| FC Mariupol | 0–4 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 2–2 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 3–0 | 1–2 | |
| FC Oleksandriya | 0–3 | 2–0 | 1–3 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 2–0 | 3–1 | 2–1 | 1–3 | 3–0 | 1–0 | |
| Olimpik Donetsk | 1–2 | 3–2 | 1–3 | 1–3 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 1–2 | 0–0 | 0–4 | 2–0 | 0–5 | |
| Shakhtar Donetsk | 1–0 | 4–1 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 6–0 | 4–1 | 5–1 | 0–0 | 3–0 | 4–0 | 4–3 | |
| Vorskla Poltava | 0–1 | 1–1 | 0–5 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 3–2 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 0–1 | |
| Zorya Luhansk | 2–1 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 4–0 |
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
Notes:
First stage positions by round
The following table represents the teams position after each round in the competition played chronologically.
| Team ╲ Round | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Shakhtar Donetsk | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Dynamo Kyiv | 2 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 2 |
| Zorya Luhansk | 6 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 3 |
| Desna Chernihiv | 7 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 |
| FC Oleksandriya | 10 | 9 | 8 | 6 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 |
| Kolos Kovalivka | 4 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 8 | 5 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 9 | 6 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 |
| SC Dnipro-1 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 7 | 9 | 6 | 9 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 7 |
| FC Mariupol | 8 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 10 | 9 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 6 | 7 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 8 |
| FC Lviv | 5 | 6 | 10 | 11 | 7 | 10 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 9 | 9 | 9 |
| Vorskla Poltava | 9 | 10 | 9 | 9 | 4 | 7 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 10 |
| Olimpik Donetsk | 12 | 11 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 10 | 9 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 8 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 10 | 10 | 11 |
| Karpaty Lviv | 11 | 12 | 11 | 10 | 11 | 11 | 8 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 |
Championship round table
| 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 |
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).[58]
(C) Champions; (O) Play-off winners
Championship round results
| Home \ Away | DES | DYN | KOL | OLK | SHA | ZOR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Desna Chernihiv | — | 3–2 | 5–1 | 1–3 | 2–4 | 1–2 |
| Dynamo Kyiv | 1–1 | — | 2–1 | 5–1 | 2–3 | 3–1 |
| Kolos Kovalivka | 0–2 | 2–0 | — | 2–1 | 0–1 | 0–2 |
| FC Oleksandriya | 1–5 | 2–2 | 4–2 | — | 2–2 | 1–0 |
| Shakhtar Donetsk | 3–2 | 3–1 | 2–0 | 3–2 | — | 0–0 |
| Zorya Luhansk | 1–1 | 1–3 | 1–0 | 2–2 | 1–0 | — |
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
For upcoming matches, an "a" indicates there is an article about the rivalry between the two participants.
Championship round positions by round
| Team ╲ Round | 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 | 27 | 28 | 29 | 30 | 31 | 32 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Shakhtar Donetsk | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Dynamo Kyiv | 3 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 |
| Zorya Luhansk | 2 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 3 |
| Desna Chernihiv | 4 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 4 |
| FC Oleksandriya | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 |
| Kolos Kovalivka | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 |
Relegation round table
| 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[lower-alpha 1] | 32 | 2 | 9 | 21 | 19 | 48 | −29 | 15 | Expelled from the league |
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head points; 3) Head-to-head goal difference; 4) Head-to-head higher number of goals scored; 5) Goal difference; 6) Higher number of goals scored; 7) Draw or "golden match" if tied for title (Article 22, paragraph 3).[58]
Notes:
- Karpaty Lviv was expelled from the league for failing to appear to two games.[59]
Relegation round results
| Home \ Away | DN1 | KAR | LVI | MAR | OLD | VOR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SC Dnipro-1 | — | +/-[lower-alpha 1] | 3–2 | 2–0 | 3–1 | 3–0 |
| Karpaty Lviv | -/+[lower-alpha 1] | — | 1–1 | 0–3[lower-alpha 1] | -/+[lower-alpha 1] | -/+[lower-alpha 1] |
| FC Lviv | 1–2 | 1–1 | — | 0–2 | 1–5 | 2–2 |
| FC Mariupol | 2–1 | 3–0[lower-alpha 1] | 3–0 | — | 1–4 | 1–1 |
| Olimpik Donetsk | 0–2 | +/-[lower-alpha 1] | 2–0 | 2–2 | — | 1–1 |
| Vorskla Poltava | 2–0 | +/-[lower-alpha 1] | 1–1 | 1–2 | 0–0 | — |
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
For upcoming matches, an "a" indicates there is an article about the rivalry between the two participants.
Notes:
- The UPL administration decided not to conduct the game Karpaty – Mariupol on 31 May 2020 as in the Lviv's team camp were found positive test results on COVID-19.[60] FC Mariupol that was already on the way to the game was forced to turn around.[61] On 2 June 2020 FC Karpaty Lviv released its official statement announcing that the club goes on 2 weeks self-isolation due to mass spread of the illness among players.[62] The upcoming games with SC Dnipro-1 and Vorskla Poltava will not take place as previously scheduled.[63] On 26 June 2020 were announced new rescheduled dates for the Karpaty's games against Mariupol and Dnipro-1.[64] On 30 June 2020 the Ukrainian Premier League filed a document to the UAF Control and Disciplinary Committee informing that FC Karpaty Lviv were not able to show up for the game in Mariupol on 1 July 2020.[65] The Mariupol–Karpaty game scheduled on 4 July will not take place.[66] As it was the second failure to appear to the match for FC Karpaty Lviv, according to regulations the club was expelled from the championship by the UAF Control-Disciplinary Committee on 9 July 2020.[67] The club was counted two technical defeats for two matches against FC Mariupol as 3:0 and 0:3. For all other remaining games that were due to play the club was counted -:+. [68]
Relegation round positions by round
| Team ╲ Round | 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 | 27 | 28 | 29 | 30 | 31 | 32 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SC Dnipro-1 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 |
| FC Mariupol | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 |
| Olimpik Donetsk | 11 | 11 | 11 | 9 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 9 | 9 |
| Vorskla Poltava | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 10 | 10 |
| FC Lviv | 9 | 9 | 9 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 |
| Karpaty Lviv | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 |
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.[69] Winners of the semi-final pairs contested in one-leg final game the last berth to the UEFA Europa League.[70] 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
| Team 1 | Score | Team 2 |
|---|---|---|
| Kolos Kovalivka | 4–1 | SC Dnipro-1 |
| FC Oleksandriya | 1–2 | FC Mariupol |
| Kolos Kovalivka | 4–1 | SC Dnipro-1 |
|---|---|---|
Orikhovskyi  22'Antyukh 24', 50'Morozko 87' |
Report | Supriaha 48' |
| FC Oleksandriya | 1–2 | FC Mariupol |
|---|---|---|
| Bezborodko 35' |
Report | Polehenko 28' Kashchuk 83' |
Final
| Team 1 | Score | Team 2 |
|---|---|---|
| Kolos Kovalivka | 1–0 (a.e.t.) | FC Mariupol |
| Kolos Kovalivka | 1–0 (a.e.t.) | FC Mariupol |
|---|---|---|
| Antyukh 95' |
Report |
Top goalscorersAs of 19 July 2020[update][73]
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Top assistantsAs of 21 July 2020[update][74]
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Clean sheets
As of 16 July 2020[update][75]
| Rank | Player | Club | Clean sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yevhen Past |
Desna Chernihiv | 11 |
| Andriy Pyatov |
Shakhtar Donetsk | ||
| 3 | Mykyta Shevchenko |
Zorya Luhansk | 8 |
| Heorhiy Bushchan |
Dynamo Kyiv | ||
| Yuriy Pankiv |
FC Oleksandriya |
Hat-tricks
| Player | For | Against | Result | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Júnior Moraes |
Shakhtar Donetsk | FC Lviv | 4–1 |
22 November 2019[76] |
| Vladyslav Supriaha |
SC Dnipro-1 | Dynamo Kyiv | 3–1 |
28 February 2020[77] |
 Shahab Zahedi |
Olimpik Donetsk | FC Lviv | 5–1 |
16 July 2020[78] |
The ranking is sorted by average attendance, while "Pos" column indicates position of each team in tournament standings.
| Pos | Team | Total | High | Low | Average | Change |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 | Dynamo Kyiv | 141,468 | 41,203 | 5,085 | 14,147 | −6.8%4 |
| 1 | Shakhtar Donetsk | 73,503 | 21,907 | 2,372 | 6,682 | −10.5%1 |
| 7 | Dnipro-1 | 51,556 | 9,982 | 1,937 | 4,687 | +58.4%3 |
| 10 | Vorskla Poltava | 43,194 | 11,399 | 1,117 | 3,927 | +70.4%† |
| 4 | Desna Chernihiv | 43,125 | 5,500 | 2,081 | 3,920 | +20.0%† |
| 8 | Mariupol | 43,035 | 8,425 | 689 | 3,912 | +23.3%† |
| 12 | Karpaty Lviv | 38,979 | 12,135 | 754 | 3,544 | −11.7%† |
| 6 | Kolos Kovalivka | 30,830 | 4,892 | 1,276 | 2,803 | +128.8%2,3 |
| 3 | Zorya Luhansk | 30,449 | 6,352 | 1,515 | 2,768 | −26.5%1 |
| 11 | Lviv | 24,904 | 7,103 | 540 | 2,264 | −15.3%† |
| 5 | Oleksandriya | 18,780 | 4,004 | 911 | 1,707 | −20.7%† |
| 9 | Olimpik Donetsk | 13,118 | 4,500 | 254 | 1,193 | +23.9%1 |
| League total | 552,941 | 41,203 | 254 | 4,221 | +0.9%† |
Source: UA-Football, Footboom
Notes:
1: Team plays its matches outside of home city.
2: Team plays its matches outside of home city due to stadium reconstruction.
3: Team played last season in the First League.
4: Dynamo Kyiv played 1 additional match behind closed doors.
5: All matches starting from the round 23 to the end of second stage were played behind closed doors due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
6: The figures do not take into account three games of the Europa League play-offs, which were held with attendance restrictions due to health measures related to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Monthly awards
| Month | Player of the Month | Coach of the Month | Ref. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Player | Club | Coach | Club | ||
| August 2019 | Nazariy Rusyn |
Zorya Luhansk | Viktor Skrypnyk |
Zorya Luhansk | [79] |
| September 2019 | Bohdan Mykhaylichenko |
Zorya Luhansk | Oleksandr Ryabokon |
Desna Chernihiv | [80] |
| October 2019 | Bohdan Lyednyev |
Zorya Luhansk | Viktor Skrypnyk |
Zorya Luhansk | [81] |
| November 2019 | Yehor Nazaryna |
Karpaty Lviv | Vicente Gómez |
Olimpik Donetsk | [82] |
| December 2019 | Bohdan Mykhaylichenko |
Zorya Luhansk | Viktor Skrypnyk |
Zorya Luhansk | [83] |
| February 2020 | Vladyslav Supriaha |
SC Dnipro-1 | Yuriy Maksymov |
Vorskla Poltava | [84] |
| March 2020 | Bohdan Mykhaylichenko |
Zorya Luhansk | Oleksandr Ryabokon |
Desna Chernihiv | [85] |
| June 2020 | Vitaliy Buyalskyi |
Dynamo Kyiv | Oleksandr Ryabokon |
Desna Chernihiv | [86] |
| July 2020 |  Benjamin Verbič |
Dynamo Kyiv | Ruslan Kostyshyn |
Kolos Kovalivka | [87] |
Round awards
Season awards
The laureates of the 2019–20 UPL season were:[153][154][155]
- Best player:
Taison (Shakhtar Donetsk) - Best coach:
Viktor Skrypnyk (Zorya Luhansk) - Best goalkeeper: Andriy Pyatov (Shakhtar Donetsk)
- Best arbiter: Kateryna Monzul (Kharkiv)
- Best young player: Vladyslav Supriaha (Dynamo Kyiv)
- Best goalscorer: Júnior Moraes (Shakhtar Donetsk)
- Fair Play award: Desna Chernihiv[156]
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