2020-21_Ukrainian_Premier_League
2020–21 Ukrainian Premier League
30th season of top-tier football league in Vyshcha Liha
The 2020–21 Ukrainian Premier League season was the 30th top-level football club competition since the dissolution of the Soviet Union and the 13th since the establishment of the Ukrainian Premier League.
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| Season | 2020–21 |
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| Dates | 21 August 2020 – 9 May 2021[2][3] (winter break 13 December 2020 – 13 February 2021) |
| Champions | Dynamo Kyiv 16th Ukrainian league title 29th domestic league title |
| Relegated | Olimpik |
| Champions League | Dynamo Kyiv Shakhtar Donetsk |
| Europa League | Zorya Luhansk |
| Europa Conference League | Kolos Kovalivka Vorskla Poltava |
| Matches played | 182 |
| Goals scored | 481 (2.64 per match) |
| Top goalscorer | 15 – Vladyslav Kulach (Vorskla Poltava) |
| Biggest home win | 5 – Dynamo 5–0 Inhulets (Round 23) |
| Biggest away win | 5 – Lviv 0–5 Zorya (Round 4) |
| Highest scoring | 7 – Vorskla 5–2 Rukh (Round 1), Oleksandriya 4–3 Inhulets (Round 6), Mariupol 4–3 Inhulets (Round 20) |
| Highest attendance | 7,953 – Rukh 1–1 Shakhtar (Round 2)[lower-alpha 1] |
| Total attendance | 106713[lower-alpha 1] |
| Average attendance | 1694[lower-alpha 1] |
← 2019–20 2021–22 →
All statistics correct as of 9 May 2021
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The defending champion was the 13-times winner Shakhtar Donetsk. On 25 April 2021, Dynamo Kyiv won the record 16th title with three matches remaining, after the victory over Inhulets Petrove in the Round 23 home game.[5]
The season started on 21 August 2020 and was initially set to end on 15 May 2021.[2] On 7 April 2021 it was announced that most of clubs voted to end competitions a week early on 9 May 2021.[3][6]
This season was the first since the 2015–16, when the league consisted of double round-robin tournament, without the second stage and division to the two groups. This season also had the latest start of the competition in history.[7]
A season, that usually starts in July, was postponed for a month due to the COVID-19 pandemic situation in Ukraine. From 10 September[8] to 13 October 2020, attendance restrictions were lifted and stadiums were allowed some spectators not to exceed about 25% of stadium capacity.[9]
At least four managers of the UPL openly expressed their opinion not to postpone any games due to the COVID-19 cases.[10] Nevertheless, two games of the season's fall half were postponed to spring.
For the next 2021–22 season, the league is expected to expand again to 16 teams as part of the league's expansion plan. As a consequence, this season the lowest-ranked team from Ukrainian Premier League got relegated to Ukrainian First League, and at the same time the top three teams from the First League will gain promotion to the Premier League next season.
This season, as it was announced earlier, the Ukrainian Premier League has been expanded to 14 teams, which includes 11 teams from the previous season and the top three teams from the 2019–20 Ukrainian First League.[11]
Promoted teams
- FC Mynai – the champion of the 2019–20 Ukrainian First League (debut)
- Rukh Lviv – runner-up of the 2019–20 Ukrainian First League (debut)
- Inhulets Petrove – third place of the 2019–20 Ukrainian First League (debut)
Location map
The following displays the location of teams.
Home venues of teams in the 2020–21 Ukrainian Premier League.
Teams in italics are from a conflict zone of the War in Donbass and are playing their home games in different cities.
Teams in italics are from a conflict zone of the War in Donbass and are playing their home games in different cities.
Stadiums
Further information: List of football stadiums in Ukraine
Three of the qualified to the date 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).[12]
The following stadiums are regarded as home grounds:
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| Rank | Stadium | Place | Club | Capacity | Notes |
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| 1 | NSC Olimpiyskiy | Kyiv | Dynamo Kyiv | 70,050 | [Note MYN–DYN] |
| Shakhtar Donetsk | used as home ground during the season[13] | ||||
| FC Mynai | used as home ground in round 4 | ||||
| 2 | OSC Metalist | Kharkiv | FC Lviv | 40,003 | used as home ground in round 19 |
| FC Mariupol | used as home ground in rounds 20, 22, 23 | ||||
| 3 | Arena Lviv | Lviv | Rukh Lviv | 34,915 | [14] |
| FC Lviv | |||||
| 4 | Dnipro-Arena | Dnipro | SC Dnipro-1 | 31,003 | [Note INH–DN1] |
| Inhulets Petrove | used as home ground in round 1 | ||||
| 5 | Ukraina Stadium | Lviv | FC Lviv | 28,051 | used as home ground in rounds 1-4 |
| 6 | Butovsky Vorskla Stadium | Poltava | Vorskla Poltava | 24,795 | |
| Inhulets Petrove | used as home ground in round 15 | ||||
| 7 | Lobanovsky Dynamo Stadium | Kyiv | Olimpik Donetsk | 16,873 | used as home ground during the season |
| FC Mariupol | used as home ground in round 12 | ||||
| Dynamo Kyiv | used as home ground in rounds 13, 14 | ||||
| Kolos Kovalivka | used as home ground in round 14[15] | ||||
| Desna Chernihiv | used as home ground in round 15, 16[16] | ||||
| 8 | Zirka Stadium | Kropyvnytskyi | Inhulets Petrove | 14,628 | used as home ground during the season[17][18][19][Note INH–DN1] |
| 9 | Volodymyr Boiko Stadium | Mariupol | FC Mariupol | 12,680 | Mariupol returned to home stadium in round 19 due to renovations during the first half[20] |
| 10 | Avanhard Stadium | Lutsk | FC Lviv | 12,080 | used as home ground in round 1 |
| 11 | Avanhard Stadium | Uzhhorod | FC Mynai | 12,000 | used as home ground during the season[Note MYN–DYN] |
| 12 | Slavutych-Arena | Zaporizhzhia | Zorya Luhansk | 12,000 | used as home ground during the season |
| FC Mariupol | used as home ground in rounds 14, 15 | ||||
| 13 | CSC Nika Stadium | Oleksandriya | FC Oleksandriya | 7,000 | |
| 14 | Chernihiv Stadium | Chernihiv | Desna Chernihiv | 5,500 | |
| Olimpik Donetsk | used as home ground in round 10, 24 | ||||
| 15 | Obolon Arena | Kyiv | Desna Chernihiv | 5,100 | used as home ground in round 9 |
| 16 | Kolos Stadium | Kovalivka | Kolos Kovalivka | 5,000[21] | Opened before Round 2[22][23][24] |
| 17 | Skif Stadium | Lviv | Rukh Lviv | 3,742 | used as home ground in round 17 |
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- ^ INH–DN1: The Round 1 game Inhulets – Dnipro-1 was played at Dnipro-Arena and Inhulets was selected as a formal host, instead the Round 14 game with Dnipro-1 as formal host will be played at Zirka Stadium, which is the home stadium of Inhulets during the first half of the season.[17][19] Before the start of the season, there was uncertainty where Inhulets would be hosting its home games in the UPL if get promoted. Since Petrove is located about halfway between Dnipro and Kropyvnytskyi, Inhulets had some intentions to play at better stadium in Dnipro where it used to play at amateur level previously, but such arrangements go against certain administrative rules. The game Dnipro-1 – Inulets did not take place in Kropyvnytskyi as it was planned earlier and without additional announcements and/or explanation was also played in Dnipro.[25]
- ^ MYN–DYN: The Round 4 game Mynai – Dynamo was played at NSC Olimpiyskiy and Mynai was selected as a formal host, instead the Round 17 game with Dynamo as formal host will be played at Avanhard Stadium.[26] On March 5, 2021 it was decided that the game of Round 17 also will be played in Kyiv due to supposedly the epidemiological situation in Zakarpattia Oblast.[27]
Personnel and sponsorship
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Managerial changes
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| Team | Outgoing manager | Manner of departure | Date of vacancy | Table | Incoming manager | Date of appointment | Table |
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| Dynamo Kyiv |  Oleksiy Mykhaylychenko |
Mutual agreement[29] | 20 July 2020[30] | Pre-season |  Mircea Lucescu |
23 July 2020[31] | Pre-season |
| Olimpik Donetsk | Ihor Klymovskyi (interim) |
Made permanent | 20 July 2020[32] | Ihor Klymovskyi |
20 July 2020[32] | ||
| FC Mariupol | Oleksandr Babych |
End of contract | 30 July 2020[33] | Ostap Markevych |
3 August 2020[34] | ||
| SC Dnipro-1 | Dmytro Mykhaylenko |
Resigned[35] | 18 September 2020[36] | 11th |  Igor Jovićević |
22 September 2020[37] | 11th |
| FC Lviv |  Giorgi Tsetsadze |
Resigned | 24 October 2020[38] | 14th | Vitaliy Shumskyi (interim) |
28 October 2020[39] | 14th |
| Olimpik Donetsk | Ihor Klymovskyi |
Mutual consent | 25 February 2021[40] | 8th | Yuriy Kalitvintsev |
25 February 2021[41] | 8th |
| FC Lviv | Vitaliy Shumskyi (interim) |
Mutual consent | 1 March 2021[42] | 14th | Anatoliy Bezsmertnyi |
2 March 2021[43] | 14th |
| FC Mynai | Vasyl Kobin |
Resigned | 24 March 2021[44] | 13th | Mykola Tsymbal |
26 March 2021[45] | 13th |
| Olimpik Donetsk | Yuriy Kalitvintsev |
Mutual consent | 3 May 2021[46] | 13th | Roman Sanzhar |
4 May 2021[47] | 13th |
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Standings
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| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
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| 1 | Dynamo Kyiv (C) | 26 | 20 | 5 | 1 | 59 | 15 | +44 | 65 | Qualification for the Champions League group stage |
| 2 | Shakhtar Donetsk | 26 | 16 | 6 | 4 | 54 | 19 | +35 | 54 | Qualification for the Champions League third qualifying round |
| 3 | Zorya Luhansk | 26 | 15 | 5 | 6 | 44 | 22 | +22 | 50 | Qualification for the Europa League play-off round |
| 4 | Kolos Kovalivka | 26 | 10 | 11 | 5 | 36 | 26 | +10 | 41 | Qualification for the Europa Conference League third qualifying round |
| 5 | Vorskla Poltava | 26 | 11 | 8 | 7 | 37 | 30 | +7 | 41 | Qualification for the Europa Conference League second qualifying round |
| 6 | Desna Chernihiv | 26 | 10 | 8 | 8 | 38 | 32 | +6 | 38 | |
| 7 | SC Dnipro-1 | 26 | 8 | 6 | 12 | 36 | 38 | −2 | 30 | |
| 8 | FC Lviv | 26 | 8 | 5 | 13 | 25 | 51 | −26 | 29[lower-alpha 1] | |
| 9 | FC Oleksandriya | 26 | 8 | 5 | 13 | 33 | 37 | −4 | 29[lower-alpha 1] | |
| 10 | Rukh Lviv | 26 | 6 | 10 | 10 | 27 | 39 | −12 | 28 | |
| 11 | FC Mariupol | 26 | 6 | 8 | 12 | 27 | 41 | −14 | 26[lower-alpha 2] | |
| 12 | Inhulets Petrove | 26 | 5 | 11 | 10 | 24 | 39 | −15 | 26[lower-alpha 2] | |
| 13 | Olimpik Donetsk (R) | 26 | 6 | 4 | 16 | 28 | 48 | −20 | 22 | Relegation to Ukrainian First League |
| 14 | FC Mynai | 26 | 4 | 6 | 16 | 16 | 47 | −31 | 18 | Readmitted |
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Source: Ukrainian Premier 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 two teams tied for title (Article 22, paragraph 3).[48]
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated
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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 two teams tied for title (Article 22, paragraph 3).[48]
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated
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Results
Teams play each other twice on a home and away basis.
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| Home \ Away | DES | DN1 | DYN | INH | KOL | LVI | MAR | MYN | OLK | OLD | RUX | SHA | VOR | ZOR |
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| Desna Chernihiv | 0–2 | 1–1 | 3–0 | 2–2 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 4–1 | 2–0 | 3–1 | 2–2 | 1–0 | 3–1 | |
| SC Dnipro-1 | 2–0 | 1–2 | 2–0 | 0–2 | 5–1 | 1–2 | 3–0 | 0–0 | 1–3 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 2–2 | 0–1 | |
| Dynamo Kyiv | 0–0 | 2–0 | 5–0 | 2–2 | 3–1 | 0–0 | 3–0 | 1–0 | 3–1 | 3–0 | 0–3 | 2–0 | 1–1 | |
| Inhulets Petrove | 1–1 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 0–3[lower-alpha 1] | 2–2 | 1–1 | |
| Kolos Kovalivka | 1–1 | 1–1 | 0–3 | 0–0 | 4–0 | 1–0 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 1–2 | 0–0 | 3–0 | 1–0 | |
| FC Lviv | 1–0 | 1–3 | 1–4 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 1–3 | 1–0 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 3–2 | 1–0 | 0–5 | |
| FC Mariupol | 4–1 | 2–2 | 1–2 | 4–3 | 1–4 | 1–2 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 0–3 | 0–3 | 0–1 | 0–1 | |
| FC Mynai | 3–1 | 3–2 | 0–4 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 1–2 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 0–4 | 1–2 | 0–3 | |
| FC Oleksandriya | 2–2 | 4–1 | 1–2 | 4–3 | 0–2 | 1–0 | 4–1 | 3–0 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 0–2 | 0–2 | |
| Olimpik Donetsk | 0–2 | 0–2 | 1–4 | 0–3 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 3–3 | 3–0 | 3–2 | 3–1 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 2–1 | |
| Rukh Lviv | 0–4 | 4–1 | 0–2 | 2–2 | 1–2 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 3–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 0–2 | |
| Shakhtar Donetsk | 4–0 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 3–1 | 5–1 | 4–1 | 5–1 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 0–1 | |
| Vorskla Poltava | 1–1 | 0–1 | 1–5 | 2–0 | 3–0 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 3–0 | 5–2 | 0–2 | 4–2 | |
| Zorya Luhansk | 2–1 | 3–1 | 0–2 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 4–0 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 4–0 | 2–2 | 0–0 |
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- In accordance with the UAF CDC decision of 12 December 2020 decision [it was decided that] FC Inhulets Petrove have been handed a 0:3 forfeit defeat, and FC Shakhtar Donetsk have been handed a 3:0 win.[49]
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Hat-tricks
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| Player | For | Against | Result | Date |
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| Artem Bondarenko |
FC Mariupol | Inhulets Petrove | 4–3 | 3 April 2021[52] |
| Vladyslav Kulach |
Vorksla Poltava | Zorya Luhansk | 4–2 | 17 April 2021[53] |
| Vitaliy Buyalskyi |
Dynamo Kyiv | Vorskla Poltava | 5–1 | 1 May 2021[54] |
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Away win
Home win
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Monthly awards
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| Month | Player of the Month | Coach of the Month | Ref. | ||
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| Player | Club | Coach | Club | ||
| September 2020 | Ruslan Stepanyuk |
Vorskla Poltava | Yuriy Maksymov |
Vorskla Poltava | [55] |
| October 2020 | Vladyslav Kulach |
Vorskla Poltava | Igor Jovićević |
SC Dnipro-1 | [56] |
| November 2020 | Vladyslav Kocherhin |
Zorya Luhansk | Serhiy Lavrynenko |
Inhulets Petrove | [57] |
| December 2020 | Dmytro Ivanisenya |
Zorya Luhansk | Ivan Fedyk |
Rukh Lviv | [58] |
| February 2021 |  Allahyar Sayyadmanesh |
Zorya Luhansk | Viktor Skrypnyk |
Zorya Luhansk | [59] |
| March 2021 |  China |
FC Lviv | Mircea Lucescu |
Dynamo Kyiv | [60] |
| April 2021 | Illya Zabarnyi |
Dynamo Kyiv | Mircea Lucescu |
Dynamo Kyiv | [61] |
| May 2021 | Yehor Nazaryna |
Zorya Luhansk | Mircea Lucescu |
Dynamo Kyiv | [62] |
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Round awards
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- Official Logo. Ukrainian Premier League website.
- Renewed documents regarding the possibility of holding matches with spectators (Оновлені документи щодо можливості проведення матчів із глядачами). Ukrainian Premier League. 10 September 2020
- The UPL collective congratulates Dynamo with the early championship! (Колектив УПЛ вітає «Динамо» з достроковим чемпіонством!). Ukrainian Premier League. 25 April 2021
- Vlad Vlasenko (7 April 2021). "Більшість клубів Favbet Ліги згодні завершити сезон УПЛ заздалегідь на прохання збірної України – журналіст" [Most of the Favbet Liha clubs agree to end the UPL season on request of the Ukraine national team, a journalist reports]. sportarena.com (in Ukrainian).
- There was approved the first half season calendar of the 2020–21 FavBet Liha (Затверджено календар першого кола Favbet Ліги 2020/21 років). Ukrainian Premier League. 10 August 2020
- Locations where completion is conducted (Місця проведення змагань). 2018–19 Ukrainian Premier League regulations.
- Desna will play in Kyiv its home game against Inhulets of the UPL Round 16 (Десна проведет в Киеве домашний матч 16-го тура УПЛ против Ингульца). UA-Football. 14 February 2021
… The cause of it became whether conditions. The Desna leadership does not want to risk to receive a technical loss in case of poor preparation of the Gagarin Stadium in Chernihiv, therefore decided to reassure for two games at once. The Kyivan club leveled with the "Severians" … (… Причиной стали погодные условия. Руководство "Десны" не хочет рисковать получить технические поражения в случае плохой подготовки стадиона имени Гагарина в Чернигове, поэтому решило перестраховаться сразу на две игры. Киевский клуб пошел навстречу "северянам" …) - Vsevolod Mazur. Mariupol all its games of the first half of the 2020–21 FavBet Liha will play away (Мариуполь все матчи первого круга Favbet Лиги 2020/21 проведет на выезде). Sport Arena. 10 August 2020
- The Kolos Stadium was opened! (Стадіон «Колос» відкрито!). Ukrainian Premier League. 2 September 2020
- "Kolos" will play its games of the Europe League at its stadium («Колос» будет играть матчи Лиги Европы на своем стадионе) Archived 2020-08-11 at the Wayback Machine. Xsport. 1 August 2020
- Vlad Vlasenko. Jovicevic: Such turf of Dnipro-Arena is simply a splendor. As if we are in a spring (Йовичевич: «Такой газон Днепр-Арены — это роскошь. У нас будто весна»). Sport Arena. 14 February 2021
- Vsevolod Mazur. The game Dynamo – Mynai was transferred from Uzhhorod to Kyiv (Матч Динамо — Минай перенесли из Ужгорода в Киев). Sport Arena. 5 March 2021
- Sukhkenko, M. How Kopytko took over Veres and transformed it into Lviv (Як Копитко захопив Верес и перетворив його на Львів). Sport Arena. 23 May 2018
- "Олексій Михайличенко повернеться на посаду спортивного директора" [Oleksiy Mykhaylychenko will return to the position of Sports director] (in Ukrainian). Dynamo Kyiv. 30 July 2020. Retrieved 3 August 2020.
- "New coaching staff to prepare Dynamo for the new season". Dynamo Kyiv. 20 July 2020. Retrieved 20 July 2020.
- "Mircea Lucescu – FC Dynamo Kyiv head coach". FC Dynamo Kyiv. 23 July 2020. Retrieved 23 July 2020.
- ""Олимпик" утвердил Климовского главным тренером, без приставки и.о." [Olimpik approved Klymovskyi as a head coach without prefix interim] (in Russian). Footboom. 20 July 2020. Retrieved 20 July 2020.
- "Александр Бабич и его штаб завершили работу в ФК Мариуполь" [Oleksandr Babych and his stuff finished their work in FC Mariupol] (in Russian). FC Mariupol. 30 July 2020. Retrieved 30 July 2020.
- "Остап Маркевич — главный тренер ФК Мариуполь" [Ostap Markevych is a head coach of FC Mariupol] (in Russian). FC Mariupol. 3 August 2020. Retrieved 3 August 2020.
- "Михайленко подав у відставку з посади головного тренера СК Дніпро-1" [Mykhaylenko resigned from the position of head coach of SC Dnipro-1] (in Ukrainian). Football24. 18 September 2020. Retrieved 23 September 2020.
- "Дякуємо, Дмитро Станіславовичу!" [Our gratitude to Dmytro Stanislavovych] (in Ukrainian). SC Dnipro-1. 18 September 2020. Retrieved 18 September 2020.
- "Ігор Йовічевич очолив "Дніпро-1"" [Igor Jovićević will lead Dnipro-1] (in Ukrainian). SC Dnipro-1. 22 September 2020. Retrieved 22 September 2020.
- "Георгій Цецадзе: "У будь-якої людини настає момент, коли краще піти геть"" [Giorgi Tsetsadze: Each person gets the moment when it's better to leave] (in Ukrainian). FC Lviv. 24 October 2020. Retrieved 24 October 2020.
- "До "Ворскли" команду готує Віталій Шумський" [Vitaliy Shumskyi to prepare the team for the fixture with Vorskla] (in Ukrainian). FC Lviv. 28 October 2020. Retrieved 28 October 2020.
- "Олимпик объявил об отставке Климовского" [Olimpik announced about resignation of Klymovskyi] (in Russian). Sport Arena. 25 February 2021. Retrieved 25 February 2021.
- "Президент Олімпіка назвав ім'я нового головного тренера" [The President of Olimpik announced the name of a new head coach] (in Ukrainian). UA-Football. 25 February 2021. Retrieved 25 February 2021.
- "Віталій Шумський залишив "Львів"" [Vitaliy Shumskyi leaves Lviv] (in Ukrainian). FC Lviv. 1 March 2021. Retrieved 1 March 2021.
- "Анатолій Безсмертний – новий головний тренер ПФК "Львів"" [Anatoliy Bezsmertnyi is new head coach of PFC Lviv] (in Ukrainian). FC Lviv. 2 March 2021. Retrieved 2 March 2021.
- "Василь Кобін подав у відставку" [Vasyl Kobin resigned] (in Ukrainian). FC Mynai. 24 March 2021. Archived from the original on 14 April 2021. Retrieved 24 March 2021.
- "Головним тренером буде Микола Цимбал" [Mykola Tsymbal will be the head coach] (in Ukrainian). FC Mynai. 26 March 2021. Archived from the original on 26 March 2021. Retrieved 26 March 2021.
- "Юрий Калитвинцев покинул Олимпик" [Yuriy Kalitvintsev leaves Olimpik] (in Russian). FC Olimpik Donetsk. 3 May 2021. Archived from the original on 3 May 2021. Retrieved 3 May 2021.
- "Роман Санжар – главный тренер Олимпика" [Roman Sanzhar is the head coach of Olimpik] (in Russian). FC Olimpik Donetsk. 4 May 2021. Archived from the original on 4 May 2021. Retrieved 4 May 2021.
- (in Ukrainian) Алан Патрік — найкращий асистент Favbet Ліги!. Ukrainian Premier League. 9 May 2021
- Mariupol–Inhulets game report at Official UPL Site
- Vorskla–Zorya game report at Official UPL Site
- Vorskla–Dynamo game report at Official UPL Site