2020–21_Ukrainian_Second_League
2020–21 Ukrainian Second League
Football league season
The 2020–21 Ukrainian Second League is the 30th since its establishment. The football competitions in the Second League kicked off on 6 September 2020, about half a month after promotion/relegation playoffs. The planned 12th week of the season that accomplished the first half took place on 21 November 2020, yet the extra week was provided for few games that were forced to be rescheduled before teams retired for the winter intermission. The second half is scheduled to restart on 19 March 2021.
Season | 2020–21 |
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Champions | Metal Kharkiv |
Promoted | Metal Kharkiv (Group B) Podillya Khmelnytskyi (Group A) Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih (Group B) Uzhhorod (Group A) |
Matches played | 134 |
Goals scored | 365 (2.72 per match) |
Top goalscorer | 9 – Yevhen Chepurnenko (Dinaz) |
Biggest home win | Metal 6–0 Real Pharma (11 September 2020) |
Biggest away win | Dnipro 0–4 Metal (5 September 2020), Karpaty L. 0–4 Volyn-2 (23 October 2020) |
Highest scoring | Kryvbas 6–1 Nikopol (11 September) |
Longest winning run | 7 – Metal |
Longest unbeaten run | 19 – Metal |
Longest winless run | 8 – Mykolaiv-2 |
Longest losing run | 7 – Nyva |
Highest attendance | 1,100 – Karpaty L. – Rubikon (3 October 2020) |
Lowest attendance | 0 – 61 games |
Total attendance | 13910 |
Average attendance | 290 |
← 2019–20 2021–22 →
All statistics correct as of 4 February 2021. |
In this season, the bottom two teams of the First League will 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.[1]
Promoted teams
Seven teams have been promoted from the 2019–20 Ukrainian Football Amateur League:[2][3]
- Epitsentr Dunaivtsi – 2nd place of Group 1 (debut)
- Karpaty Halych – 4th place of Group 1 (debut)
- FC Chernihiv – 3rd place of Group 2 (debut)
- Rubikon Kyiv – 6th place of Group 2 (debut)
- Dnipro Cherkasy – 9th place of Group 2 (returning after 12 seasons, last played season in 2008–09)
- Yarud Mariupol – 4th place of Group 3 (debut)
- Peremoha Dnipro – 7th place of Group 3 (debut, the club was admitted despite disciplinary sanctions from the UAF about the last season "beef"[4])
One reserve and one other team were added also without participation in the Ukrainian Football Amateur League:[2][3]
- Volyn-2 Lutsk – (debut, based on Volyn U-19 Lutsk)[5]
- Metal Kharkiv – (debut)
Relegated teams
Four teams have been relegated:[2][3]
- Karpaty Lviv[6] – 12th place in the 2019–20 Ukrainian Premier League (debut, the club was admitted despite being expelled from the Premier League for no show)
- Balkany Zoria – 14th place in the 2019–20 Ukrainian First League (returning after 3 seasons, relegated on own initiative)
- Metalurh Zaporizhya – 15th place in the 2019–20 Ukrainian First League (returning after a season, lost relegation play-off)
- Cherkashchyna Cherkasy – 16th place in the 2019–20 Ukrainian First League (returning after a season, lost relegation play-off)
Withdrawn teams
- Avanhard-2 Kramatorsk – withdrawn before the season
- Chornomorets-2 Odesa – withdrawn before the season
- FC Kalush, after failing to arrive for the game against Epitsentr, it was confirmed that the club will not host the game against Karpaty Lviv.[7] The club withdrew even after paying their season's dues[8] without playing a single game.
- Cherkashchyna Cherkasy – withdrawn during the winter break.[9][10] Before the break the club played 10 games winning 5 of them, tying 4 and losing one game with goal difference having 14 scored and 7 allowed. Soon after the announcement, the newly elected President of PFL, Oleksandr Kadenko denied fact of withdrawal as no official request has been made.[11] On 3 March 2021 the club has sent a letter confirming that it is leaving the competitions.[12][13][14]
Merged and renamed teams
- FC Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih – it was restructured from FC Hirnyk Kryvyi Rih. On 29 July 2020 the president of Hirnyk Kostiantyn Karamanits confirmed that his team is being renamed into Kryvbas-2020 next season.[15][1] Later it changed to Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih.[16] The club's rebranding was triggered on petition of President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky, who is a native of Kryvyi Rih.[17][18][19][20]
- Earlier in 2020, FC Chernihiv merged with Avanhard Koriukivka as Chernihiv-Avanhard and kept its original team Chernihiv-YSB during the 2019–20 Ukrainian Football Amateur League.[21][22] During the season Avanhard Koriukivka had more points and even played in post season play-offs. In August 2020 to the Second League instead of the merged club was admitted FC Chernihiv only.[23] There is no real procedure on promotion from the amateur championship and clubs are being selected regardless of final standings such as FC Dnipro Cherkasy or FC Peremoha Dnipro.
- SC Tavriya Simferopol merged with FC Tavriya Novotroitske.[24]
Location map
The following map displays the location of teams. Group A teams marked in red. Group B teams marked in green.
Team[3] | Stadium[lower-alpha 1] | Position in 2019–20 |
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Karpaty Lviv | Ukraina Stadium | PL |
Dinaz Vyshhorod | Dinaz Stadium Stadion im.Brukvenka Koncha-Zaspa training |
4th |
Podillia Khmelnytskyi | Sport Complex Podillia Stadion Rukh |
6th |
Chaika | Stadion im.Brukvenka Arsenal Arena |
7th |
Bukovyna Chernivtsi | Bukovyna Stadium Stadion Olimpiya |
8th |
Nyva Vinnytsia | Tsentralnyi Miskyi Stadion Stadion Khimik |
9th |
FC Uzhhorod | Avanhard Stadium | 10th |
Obolon-2 Bucha | Yuvileinyi Stadium | 11th |
FC Chernihiv | Chernihiv Arena[26] Livyi Bereh Arena[27] Stadion Champion |
Am |
Epitsentr Dunaivtsi | Kolos Stadium Skif Stadium Yunist Stadium |
Am |
Karpaty Halych | Enerhetyk Stadium | Am |
Rubikon Kyiv | Arsenal Arena | Am |
Volyn-2 Lutsk | Pidshypnyk Stadium | — |
Team[3] | Stadium[lower-alpha 1] | Position in 2019–20 |
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Balkany Zoria | Stadion im.B.Tropantsia[lower-alpha 2] Stadion Liustdorf Stadion im.Liubchika |
1L |
Cherkashchyna Cherkasy[lower-alpha 3] | Zorya Stadium | 1L |
Metalurh Zaporizhya | Slavutych-Arena | 1L |
Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih | Hirnyk Stadium[lower-alpha 4] | 4th |
Enerhiya Nova Kakhovka | Enerhiya Stadium | 5th |
FC Nikopol | Elektrometalurh Stadium | 6th |
MFC Mykolaiv-2 | Park Peremohy Stadium | 7th |
Tavriya Simferopol | Marianivskyi Stadium[lower-alpha 5] | 8th |
Real Pharma Odesa | Stadion Ivan | 9th |
Dnipro Cherkasy | Tsentralnyi Stadion | Am |
Peremoha Dnipro | Stadion Olimpiyski Rezervy | Am |
Yarud Mariupol | Zakhidnyi Stadium | Am |
Metal Kharkiv | Soniachny Stadium[31] | — |
- Minimum capacity of stadium for the Second League is 500 spectators.[25]
- On 27 October 2020 Balkany announced that it is moving to the Chornomorets base in the "Sauvignon" neighborhood of Odesa.[28]
- Cherkashchyna Cherkasy withdrew midseason[9]
- Tavriya Simferopol moved to play their home matches in Marianivka, Kakhovka Raion after merging with Tavriya Novotroitske. All matches will be played in Kherson Oblast of Ukraine due to the Annexation of Crimea by the Russian Federation
Managerial changes
Team | Outgoing head coach | Manner of departure | Date of vacancy | Table | Incoming head coach | Date of appointment | Table |
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FC Uzhhorod | Mykhailo Ivanytsia | Resigned | 18 June 2020[33] | Pre-season | Volodymyr Vasiutyk | 23 July 2020[34] | Pre-season |
Real Pharma Odesa | Oleksandr Spitsyn | Unknown | 28 June 2020[35] | Artem Riazantsev | 28 June 2020[35] | ||
Metal Kharkiv | New club | Oleksandr Kucher | 25 July 2020[36] | ||||
Karpaty Lviv | Roman Sanzhar | Mutual agreement | 29 July 2020[37] | Lyubomyr Vovchuk | 24 August 2020[38] | ||
Peremoha Dnipro | Yevhen Fetisov[39] | Undisclosed | 5 August 2020 | Evgeny Yarovenko | 5 August 2020[40] | ||
Karpaty Halych | Petro Rusak | Undisclosed | 24 August 2020 | Roman Hnativ | 24 August 2020[38] | ||
Metalurh Zaporizhya | Oleksiy Hodin (interim) | End of interim | 27 August 2020 | Volodymyr Mykytyn | 27 August 2020[41] | ||
Volyn-2 Lutsk | New club | Albert Shakhov | 3 September 2020[42] | ||||
FC Cherkashchyna | Oleksandr Kyrylyuk | Undisclosed | 6 September 2020 | Anatoliy Bezsmertnyi | 6 September 2020[43] | ||
Rubikon Kyiv | Viktor Kuriata | Undisclosed | 9th | Serhiy Litovchenko | 8 October 2020[44] | 9th | |
Chaika Petropavlivska Borshchahivka | Taras Ilnytskyi | Resigned | 13 October 2020[45] | 5th | Oleksandr Protchenko (interim) | 10 October 2020 | 5th |
Oleksandr Protchenko (interim) | End of interim | 21 October 2020 | Oleksandr Shcherbakov | 21 October 2020[46] | |||
Peremoha Dnipro | Evgeny Yarovenko | Fired | 19 November 2020[47] | 6th | Pavlo Taran | 24 November 2020[48] | 6th |
Balkany Zoria | Andriy Parkhomenko | Resigned | 20 November 2020[49] | 10th | Denys Kolchin | 1 December 2020[50] | 10th |
FC Nikopol | Hryhoriy Varzhelenko | Change of duties | 20 November 2020[51] | 11th | Evgeny Yarovenko | 1 December 2020[51] | 11th |
Enerhiya Nova Kakhovka | Oleh Fedorchuk | Moved to Tavriya | 3 January 2021[52] | 7th | Eduard Khavrov | 10 January 2021[53][54] | 7th |
Tavriya Simferopol | Serhiy Shevchenko | Sacked | 3 January 2021[52] | 2nd | Oleh Fedorchuk | 3 January 2021[52] | 2nd |
Nyva Vinnytsia | Oleh Shumovytskyi | undisclosed | 23 January 2021 | 12th | Volodymyr Tsytkin | 23 January 2021[55][56] | 12th |
Yarud Mariupol | Volodymyr Kilikevych | undisclosed | 25 January 2021 | 12th | Oleh Krasnopyorov | 25 January 2021[57] | 12th |
MFC Mykolaiv-2 | Mykola Popelyshko | undisclosed | 29 January 2021 | 13th | Anatoliy Didenko | 29 January 2021[58] | 13th |
Chaika Petropavlivska Borshchahivka | Oleksandr Shcherbakov | Resigned, family matters | 1 February 2021[59] | 6th | Viacheslav Bohodyelov (interim) | 1 February 2021[59] | 6th |
Peremoha Dnipro | Pavlo Taran | Unknown | February 2021[60][61] | 6th | Dmytro Ryabyi | 8 February 2021[62] | 6th |
Bukovyna Chernivtsi | Stepan Makoviychuk | Mutual agreement | 5 February 2021[63] | 7th | Yevhen Kovalenko | 28 February 2021[64] | 7th |
FC Nikopol | Evgeny Yarovenko | Fired | 7 February 2021[65] | 11th | Serhiy Vorobei | 23 February 2021[66] | 11th |
FC Cherkashchyna | Anatoliy Bezsmertnyi | Left the club | 23 February 2021[67] | 5th | Withdrew | ||
Tavriya Simferopol | Oleh Fedorchuk | Fired | 21 April 2021[68] | 4th | Yuriy Chumak (interim) | 26 April 2021[69] | 4th |
FC Chernihiv | Vadym Postovoy | Fired | 21 April 2021[70] | 10th | Valeriy Chornyi (interim) | 21 April 2021[71] | 10th |
Obolon-2 Bucha | Oleksandr Antonenko | Assigned to Obolon Kyiv | 12 May 2021[72] | 10th | Andriy Kornyev (interim) | 12 May 2021[72] | 10th |
Tavriya Simferopol | Yuriy Chumak (Interim) | Interim term ended | 10 June 2021 | 4th | Serhiy Puchkov | 10 June 2021[73] | 4th |
Peremoha Dnipro | Dmytro Ryabyi | Resigned | 11 June 2021[74] | 9th | Serhiy Vorobei | 11 June 2021[74] | 9th |
FC Nikopol | Serhiy Vorobei | Moved to Peremoha | 11 June 2021[75] | 11th | Oleksandr Poklonskyi | 11 June 2021[75] | 11th |
Notes:
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion, qualification or relegation |
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1 | Podillya Khmelnytskyi (P, C) | 24 | 17 | 6 | 1 | 46 | 13 | +33 | 57 | Promotion to Ukrainian First League[1] |
2 | FC Uzhhorod (P) | 24 | 17 | 4 | 3 | 50 | 23 | +27 | 55 | |
3 | Dinaz Vyshhorod | 24 | 15 | 6 | 3 | 52 | 19 | +33 | 51 | |
4 | Epitsentr Dunaivtsi | 24 | 14 | 6 | 4 | 36 | 15 | +21 | 48 | |
5 | Karpaty Halych | 24 | 14 | 4 | 6 | 42 | 25 | +17 | 46 | |
6 | Nyva Vinnytsia | 24 | 10 | 3 | 11 | 38 | 38 | 0 | 33 | |
7 | Bukovyna Chernivtsi | 24 | 9 | 5 | 10 | 27 | 31 | −4 | 32 | |
8 | Chaika Petropavlivska Borshchahivka | 24 | 6 | 7 | 11 | 26 | 32 | −6 | 25 | |
9 | Obolon-2 Bucha | 24 | 6 | 6 | 12 | 21 | 39 | −18 | 24 | Withdrew after season |
10 | FC Chernihiv | 24 | 5 | 6 | 13 | 19 | 33 | −14 | 21 | |
11 | Rubikon Kyiv | 24 | 4 | 5 | 15 | 17 | 44 | −27 | 17 | |
12 | Volyn-2 Lutsk | 24 | 3 | 4 | 17 | 16 | 43 | −27 | 13[lower-alpha 1] | Withdrew after season |
13 | Karpaty Lviv | 24 | 3 | 4 | 17 | 20 | 55 | −35 | 13[lower-alpha 1] | |
- | FC Kalush | 0 | - | - | - | - | - | — | 0 | Withdrew after Round 1 before their first game[76] |
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 an equal number of tournament points at the moment of calculation and not only among those which after preliminary criteria have appeared more successful).[25]
(C) Champions; (P) Promoted
Notes:
Results
Home \ Away | BUK | CPB | CHE | DIN | EPD | KAH | KAR | NVV | OB2 | POD | RUB | UZH | VO2 |
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Bukovyna Chernivtsi | 0–0 | 2–2 | 1–2 | 0–1 | 0–3 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 3–1 | 0–0 | 0–0[lower-alpha 1] | 0–1 | 1–0 | |
Chaika | 0–1 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 0–3 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 1–2 | 0–0 | 1–2 | 1–2 | 2–1 | |
FC Chernihiv | 2–1 | 2–0 | 1–2[lower-alpha 2] | 0–1 | 1–3 | 0–1 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 0–3 | 0–1 | 1–2 | 1–0 | |
Dinaz Vyshhorod | 5–1 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 1–2 | 3–2 | 3–0 | 5–1 | 3–0 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 3–0 | |
Epitsentr Dunaivtsi | 2–2[lower-alpha 3] | 1–1 | 2–0[lower-alpha 4] | 2–1 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 0–3 | 3–0 | 0–0 | 3–0 | |
Karpaty Halych | 3–1 | 2–2 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 3–1 | 4–2 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 0–0 | 0–3 | 2–0 | |
Karpaty Lviv | 0–3 | 1–1 | 4–1 | 0–3 | 0–3 | 1–3 | 1–2 | 2–2 | 0–3 | 1–2 | 0–5 | 0–4 | |
Nyva Vinnytsia | 1–2 | 3–1 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 4–2 | 1–3 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 4–1 | 3–0 | |
Obolon-2 Bucha | 0–1 | 0–2[lower-alpha 5] | 0–0[lower-alpha 6] | 0–5 | 0–3 | 2–0 | 1–0[lower-alpha 7] | 0–2 | 0–0 | 2–2 | 0–1 | 2–0 | |
Podillya Khmelnytskyi | 3–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 3–3 | 0–0[lower-alpha 8] | 2–0 | 4–1 | 2–0 | 4–0 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 1–0 | |
Rubikon Kyiv | 1–3 | 1–3 | 0–2 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 0–3 | 0–3 | 1–2 | 1–4 | 1–4[lower-alpha 9] | 1–0 | |
FC Uzhhorod | 3–2 | 3–0 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 2–0[lower-alpha 10] | 0–3 | 3–0 | 2–1 | 4–2 | 3–1 | 2–1 | 3–0 | |
Volyn-2 Lutsk | 1–0 | 1–4 | 0–1 | 1–3 | 1–4 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 1–1 |
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
Notes:
- The game Bukovyna – Rubikon was postponed due to COVID-19 outbreak.[77]
- The game Chernihiv – Dinaz was postponed due to COVID-19 outbreak.[78]
- The game Epitsentr – Chernihiv was postponed due to COVID-19 outbreak.[79] Match played 25 May.
- The game Obolon-2 – Chernihiv was postponed due to COVID-19 outbreak.[80]
- The game Obolon-2 – Karpaty L. was postponed due to COVID-19 outbreak.[77]
- The game Podillia – Epitsentr was postponed due to COVID-19 outbreak.[79]
Notes:
Top goalscorers
As of 10 June 2021[update]
Rank | Scorer | Team | Goals (Pen.) |
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1 | Adrian Pukanych | FC Uzhhorod | 13 |
2 | Ruslan Ivashko | Epitsentr Dunaivtsi | 12 (4) |
3 | Vasyl Palahnyuk | Bukovyna Chernivtsi | 11 (1) |
4 | Roman Lebed | Karpaty Halych | 10 (5) |
5 | Yevhen Chepurnenko | Dinaz Vyshhorod | 9 (2) |
Number of teams by region (Group A)
Number | Region | Team(s) |
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4 | Kyiv Oblast (inc. Kyiv) | Chaika, Dinaz, Obolon-2 and Rubikon |
2 | Ivano-Frankivsk Oblast | Kalush and Karpaty Halych |
Khmelnytskyi Oblast | Podillya and Epitsentr | |
1 | Chernihiv Oblast | FC Chernihiv |
Chernivtsi Oblast | Bukovyna | |
Lviv Oblast | Karpaty Lviv | |
Vinnytsia Oblast | Nyva | |
Volyn Oblast | Volyn-2 | |
Zakarpattia Oblast | Uzhhorod |
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion, qualification or relegation |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Metal Kharkiv (C, P) | 22 | 20 | 2 | 0 | 65 | 5 | +60 | 62 | Promotion to Ukrainian First League[1] |
2 | Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih (P) | 22 | 15 | 5 | 2 | 53 | 15 | +38 | 50 | |
3 | Metalurh Zaporizhya | 22 | 13 | 4 | 5 | 42 | 20 | +22 | 43 | |
4 | Tavriya Simferopol | 22 | 12 | 6 | 4 | 41 | 22 | +19 | 42 | |
5 | Enerhiya Nova Kakhovka | 22 | 9 | 3 | 10 | 34 | 35 | −1 | 30 | |
6 | Yarud Mariupol | 22 | 8 | 4 | 10 | 27 | 39 | −12 | 28 | |
7 | Dnipro Cherkasy | 22 | 7 | 6 | 9 | 17 | 34 | −17 | 27 | |
8 | Balkany Zoria | 22 | 6 | 5 | 11 | 20 | 28 | −8 | 23[lower-alpha 1] | |
9 | Peremoha Dnipro | 22 | 5 | 8 | 9 | 21 | 29 | −8 | 23[lower-alpha 1] | |
10 | Real Pharma Odesa | 22 | 5 | 3 | 14 | 13 | 40 | −27 | 18 | |
11 | FC Nikopol | 22 | 3 | 5 | 14 | 18 | 46 | −28 | 14 | |
12 | MFC Mykolaiv-2 | 22 | 1 | 5 | 16 | 13 | 51 | −38 | 8 | Withdrew after season |
- | Cherkashchyna Cherkasy | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Withdrawn and record annulled[9] |
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 an equal number of tournament points at the moment of calculation and not only among those which after preliminary criteria have appeared more successful).[25]
(C) Champions; (P) Promoted
Notes:
Results
Home \ Away | BAZ | MEZ | ENK | KRY | MK2 | NIK | RPO | TAV | DNI | PER | YAR | MET | |
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Balkany Zoria | 0–2 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 4–0 | 0–0 | 3–0 | 0–2 | 0–1[lower-alpha 2] | 2–1 | 3–1 | 1–3 | ||
Metalurh Zaporizhya | 2–0 | 4–0 | 2–2 | 3–0 | 7–1 | 3–1 | 1–4 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 1–2 | ||
2–1 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 1–0[lower-alpha 4] | ||||||||
Enerhiya Nova Kakhovka | 4–0 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 2–4 | 3–0 | 5–2 | 3–0 | 0–2 | 4–0 | 0–0 | 1–3 | 1–3 | |
Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih | 1–0 | 2–0 | 5–0 | 1–1 | 6–1 | 6–0 | 5–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 5–1[lower-alpha 5] | 0–0 | ||
MFC Mykolaiv-2 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 1–2 | 0–4 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 0–3 | 1–2 | 3–4 | 0–1 | 0–2 | ||
FC Nikopol | 0–1 | 0–3 | 3–0 | 1–2 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 0–2[lower-alpha 6] | 0–0 | 1–1 | 2–4 | 0–2 | ||
Real Pharma Odesa | 2–0 | 2–0 | 0–2 | 1–3 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 1–3 | 0–3 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 1–2 | 0–2 | |
Tavriya Simferopol | 1–0 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 3–1 | 1–1[lower-alpha 7] | 6–1 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 4–0 | 1–1[lower-alpha 8] | 1–1 | 0–3 | |
Dnipro Cherkasy | 2–1 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 1–3 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 0–4 | ||
Peremoha Dnipro | 0–0 | 1–3 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 3–1 | 1–2 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 3–0 | 0–4 | |
Yarud Mariupol | 1–1 | 0–3 | 1–3 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 2–0[lower-alpha 9] | 1–0 | 2–0 | 2–2 | 3–0 | 0–3 | ||
Metal Kharkiv | 3–1 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 3–0 | 6–0 | 3–0 | 6–0 | 2–1 | 5–0 | 2–0 | 5–0 |
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
Notes:
- Cherkashchyna Cherkasy withdrew midseason. Results displayed involving the team were annulled.[9]
- Cherkashchyna Cherkasy withdrew midseason. Results displayed involving the team were annulled.[9]
- The game Kryvbas – Yarud was postponed due to COVID-19 outbreak.[78]
- The game Nikopol – Tavriya was postponed due to COVID-19 outbreak.[81]
Notes:
Top goalscorers
As of 11 June 2021[update]
Rank | Scorer | Team | Goals (Pen.) |
---|---|---|---|
1 | Oleksiy Boyko | Tavriya Simferopol | 10 (1) |
Eduard Sarapiy | Metalurh Zaporizhya | 10 (3) | |
Kostyantyn Cherniy | Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih | 10 (4) | |
4 | Yevhen Pidlepenets | Metalurh / Metal | 9 |
Valeriy Dolya | Enerhiya / Tavriya | 9 (2) | |
Ruslan Fomin | Metal Kharkiv | 9 (2) | |
Number of teams by region (Group B)
According to Article 8.4 of the season's regulations, there is expected to be a championship game.[25] On 8 June 2021 a draw identified hosting club for the game.[84]
16 June 2021 | Metal Kharkiv | 1 – 0 | Podillya Khmelnytskyi | Cherkasy[14] |
Fomin 54' | Report Overview |
Stadium: Cherkasy Arena Referee: Sofia Prychyna (Lviv Oblast) |
Round awards
- The statement of the 28th PFL Conference (ПОСТАНОВА ЧЕРГОВОЇ ХХVІІІ КОНФЕРЕНЦІЇ ПРОФЕСІОНАЛЬНОЇ ФУТБОЛЬНОЇ ЛІГИ). Professional Football League. 21 August 2020.
- "Во Второй Лиге сезона 2020/2021 сыграют 27 клубов" (in Russian). Sport Arena. 21 August 2020. Retrieved 21 August 2020.
- "Конференція ПФЛ: провели сезон 2019/20, намітили контури 2020/21" (in Russian). Professional Football League. 21 August 2020. Archived from the original on 2020-08-21. Retrieved 21 August 2020.
- Artur Malkin. "Karpaty" confirmed that the game against "Kalush" will not take place ("Карпати" підтвердили, що матч із "Калушем" не відбудеться). Footboom. 9 September 2020
- Arkadiy Kapelka. "Kalush" is withdrawing from the Second League ("Калуш" снимается со Второй лиги). Footboom. 9 September 2020
- Aleksandr Oleinik. Cherkashchyna is withdrawing from the Second League competitions (Черкащина снимется с розыгрыша Второй лиги). Sport Arena. 27 January 2021
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- Sergei Oleksiuk. The president of Hirnyk Karamanits confirmed renaming of his club into Kryvbass-2020 (Президент Горняка Караманиц подтвердил переименование клуба в Кривбасс-2020). Sport Arena. 29 July 2020
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- Vsevolod Mazur. The ex-coach of Arsenal-Kyiv Lytovchenko placed in charge of Rubikon (Экс-тренер Арсенала-Киев Литовченко возглавил Рубикон). Sport Arena. 8 October 2020
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- Vlad Vlasenko. At the helm of Nyva Vinnytsia was placed ex-coach of Ukrainian youth national team Tsytkin (Винницкую Ниву возглавил экс-тренер молодежной сборной Украины Цыткин). Sport Arena. 23 January 2021
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- Oles Khorunzhyi. Cherkashchyna did not resolve its financial problems and is withdrawing from the Second League competitions (Черкащина не решила финансовые проблемы и снимется с розыгрыша Второй лиги). Sport Arena. 7 February 2021
- Oleh Fedorchuk was dismissed from the position of the head coach of Tavriya (Олег Федорчук звільнений з посади головного тренера Таврії). SC Tavriya Simferopol. 21 April 2021
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