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2020–21 in Ukrainian football

2020–21 in Ukrainian football

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

National teams

Ukraine national football team

Friendlies

7 October 2020 Friendly France  7–1  Ukraine Paris, France
Report Stadium: Stade de France
Referee: Andris Treimanis (Latvia)
11 November 2020 Friendly Poland  2–0  Ukraine Chorzów, Poland
20:45
Report Stadium: Silesian Stadium
Attendance: 0
Referee: Manuel Schüttengruber (Austria)
23 May 2021 (2021-05-23) Friendly Ukraine  1–1  Bahrain Kharkiv, Ukraine
Report Stadium: Metalist Stadium
Referee: Pavel Orel (Czech Republic)
3 June 2021 (2021-06-03) Friendly Ukraine  1–0  Northern Ireland Dnipro, Ukraine
Report Stadium: Dnipro-Arena
Referee: Szymon Marciniak (Poland)
7 June 2021 (2021-06-07) Friendly Ukraine  4–0  Cyprus Kharkiv, Ukraine
Report Stadium: Metalist Stadium
Referee: Vitālijs Spasjoņņikovs (Latvia)

UEFA Nations League

Group 4
More information Pos, Pld ...
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 (2020-09-03) 2020–21 UEFA Nations League A Ukraine  2–1   Switzerland Lviv, Ukraine
21:45 Report Stadium: Arena Lviv
Attendance: 0
Referee: Andreas Ekberg (Sweden)
6 September 2020 (2020-09-06) 2020–21 UEFA Nations League A Spain  4–0  Ukraine Madrid, Spain
20:45
Report Stadium: Alfredo Di Stéfano Stadium
Attendance: 0
Referee: Benoît Bastien (France)
10 October 2020 (2020-10-10) 2020–21 UEFA Nations League A Ukraine  1–2  Germany Kyiv, Ukraine
21:45 Report
Stadium: NSK Olimpiyskiy
Attendance: 17,573[1]
Referee: Orel Grinfeld (Israel)
13 October 2020 (2020-10-13) 2020–21 UEFA Nations League A Ukraine  1–0  Spain Kyiv, Ukraine
21:45 Report Stadium: NSK Olimpiyskiy
Attendance: 10,495
Referee: Paweł Gil (Poland)
14 November 2020 (2020-11-14) 2020–21 UEFA Nations League A Germany  3–1  Ukraine Leipzig, Germany
20:45
Report Stadium: Red Bull Arena
Attendance: 0
Referee: Ovidiu Hațegan (Romania)
17 November 2020 (2020-11-17) 2020–21 UEFA Nations League A Switzerland  3–0
(awd.)
 Ukraine Lucerne, Switzerland
Report Stadium: Swissporarena
Referee: Anastasios Sidiropoulos (Greece)

2022 FIFA World Cup

Group D
More information Pos, Pld ...
Source: FIFA, UEFA
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers
24 March 2021 (2021-03-24) 2022 FIFA World Cup qualification France  1–1  Ukraine Saint-Denis, France
20:45 Report
Stadium: Stade de France
Attendance: 0
Referee: Tobias Stieler (Germany)
28 March 2021 (2021-03-28) 2022 FIFA World Cup qualification Ukraine  1–1  Finland Kyiv, Ukraine
20:45 (21:45 UTC+3)
Report
Stadium: NSK Olimpiyskiy
Attendance: 0
Referee: István Kovács (Romania)
31 March 2021 (2021-03-31) 2022 FIFA World Cup qualification Ukraine  1–1  Kazakhstan Kyiv, Ukraine
20:45 (21:45 UTC+3) Report Stadium: NSK Olimpiyskiy
Attendance: 0
Referee: Matej Jug (Slovenia)

UEFA Euro 2020

Group stage

Group C

More information Pos, Pld ...
Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
(H) Hosts
13 June 2021 (2021-06-13) Netherlands  3–2  Ukraine Amsterdam, Netherlands
21:00 Report Stadium: Johan Cruyff Arena
Attendance: 15,837
Referee: Felix Brych (Germany)
17 June 2021 (2021-06-17) Ukraine  2–1  North Macedonia Bucharest, Romania
15:00 (16:00 UTC+3) Report
Stadium: Arena Națională
Attendance: 10,001
Referee: Fernando Rapallini (Argentina)
21 June 2021 (2021-06-21) Ukraine  0–1  Austria Bucharest, Romania
18:00 (19:00 UTC+3) Report Stadium: Arena Națională
Attendance: 10,472
Referee: Cüneyt Çakır (Turkey)
Ranking of third-placed teams

More information Pos, Grp ...
Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored; 4) Wins; 5) Lower disciplinary points total; 6) European Qualifiers overall ranking.

Knockout phase

Round of 16
29 June 2021 (2021-06-29) Sweden  1–2 (a.e.t.)  Ukraine Glasgow, Scotland
20:00 Report
Stadium: Hampden Park
Attendance: 9,221
Referee: Daniele Orsato (Italy)
Quarter-finals
3 July 2021 (2021-07-03) Ukraine  0–4  England Rome, Italy
21:00 Report
Stadium: Stadio Olimpico
Attendance: 11,880
Referee: Felix Brych (Germany)

Ukraine U-21 national football team

UEFA European Under-21 Championship

Group 8
More information Pos, Pld ...
Source: UEFA
4 September 2020 (2020-09-04) Denmark  1–1  Ukraine Aalborg, Denmark
18:00
Report
Stadium: Aalborg Stadium
Attendance: 0
Referee: Jochem Kamphuis (Netherlands)
8 September 2020 (2020-09-08) Finland  0–2  Ukraine Helsinki, Finland
18:00 (19:00 EEST) Report
Stadium: Helsinki Olympic Stadium
Attendance: 0
Referee: Thorvaldur Árnason (Iceland)
9 October 2020 (2020-10-09) Ukraine  1–0  Romania Kyiv, Ukraine
17:30 (18:30 EEST)
Report Stadium: Obolon Arena
Attendance: 400
Referee: Furkat Atazhanov (Kazakhstan)
13 October 2020 (2020-10-13) 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 (2020-11-13)[lower-alpha 1] Malta  1–4  Ukraine Ta' Qali, Malta
17:00
  • Elouni 47'
Report
Stadium: Centenary Stadium
Referee: Pavel Rejzek (Czech Republic)
17 November 2020 (2020-11-17)[lower-alpha 1] Ukraine  3–0  Northern Ireland Kovalivka, Ukraine
17:30 (18:30 EET) Report Stadium: Kolos Arena
Referee: Rauf Jabarov (Azerbaijan)

Ukraine women's national football team

UEFA Women's Euro 2022

Group I
More information Pos, Pld ...
Source: UEFA
18 September 2020 (2020-09-18)[lower-alpha 2] Euro 2021 qualifying Montenegro  1–3  Ukraine Podgorica
20:00
Report Stadium: DG Arena
Referee: Viola Raudziņa (Latvia)
22 September 2020 (2020-09-22)[lower-alpha 2] Euro 2021 qualifying Ukraine  4–0  Greece Kyiv
18:00 (19:00 EEST)
Report Stadium: Obolon Arena
Referee: Aleksandra Česen (Slovenia)
23 October 2020 (2020-10-23)[lower-alpha 2] Euro 2021 qualifying Ukraine  1–0  Republic of Ireland Kyiv
18:00 (19:00 EEST)
Report Stadium: Obolon Arena
Referee: Ivana Martinčić (Croatia)
27 October 2020 (2020-10-27) Euro 2021 qualifying Greece  0–4  Ukraine Athens
16:30 (17:30 EET) Report
Stadium: Leoforos Alexandras Stadium
Referee: Shona Shukrula (Netherlands)
1 December 2020 (2020-12-01)[lower-alpha 3] Euro 2021 qualifying Ukraine  2–1  Montenegro Kyiv
18:00 (19:00 EET)
Report Stadium: Obolon Arena
Referee: Frida Nielsen (Denmark)
Play-offs
Matches
More information Team 1, Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score ...
9 April 2021 (2021-04-09) Euro 2022 qualifying Ukraine  1–2  Northern Ireland Kovalivka, Kyiv Oblast, Ukraine
18:00 (19:00 EEST) Report
Stadium: Kolos Stadium
Referee: Riem Hussein (Germany)
13 April 2021 (2021-04-13) Euro 2022 qualifying Northern Ireland  2–0
(4–1 agg.)
 Ukraine Belfast, Northern Ireland
20:45 (19:45 BST)
Report Stadium: Seaview
Referee: Jana Adámková (Czech Republic)

UEFA competitions

UEFA Champions League

Qualifying phase and play-off round

Third qualifying round
More information Team 1, Score ...
Play-off round
More information Team 1, Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score ...

Group stage

Group B

More information Pos, Pld ...
Source: UEFA
Notes:
  1. All matches originally scheduled to be played in March 2020 were postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Europe.[citation needed] 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.[citation needed] 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

More information Pos, Pld ...
Source: UEFA
Notes:
  1. Tied on head-to-head points (3). Head-to-head goal difference: Juventus +1, Barcelona –1.

UEFA Europa League

Qualifying rounds

Second qualifying round
More information Team 1, Score ...
Third qualifying round
More information Team 1, Score ...

Group stage

Group G

More information Pos, Pld ...
Source: UEFA
Notes:
  1. Head-to-head points: Leicester City 4, Braga 1.

Knockout phase

Round of 32
More information Team 1, Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score ...
Round of 16
More information Team 1, Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score ...

UEFA Women's Champions League

Qualifying round

First qualifying round
More information Team 1, Score ...
Second qualifying round
More information Team 1, Score ...

Knockout phase

Round of 32
More information Team 1, Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score ...

Men's club football

Note: For all scratched clubs, see section Clubs removed for more details

Premier League

More information Pos, Pld ...
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).[2]
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated
Notes:
  1. Head-to-head goal difference: Lviv +1, Oleksandriya -1
  2. Head-to-head points: Mariupol 4, Inhulets 1

PFL League 1 (First League)

More information Pos, Pld ...
Updated to match(es) played on 12 June 2021. 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 an equal number of tournament points at the moment of calculation and not only among those which after preliminary criteria have appeared more successful).[5]
(C) Champions; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated

PFL League 2 (Second League)

Group A

More information Pos, Pld ...
Updated to match(es) played on 11 June 2021. 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 an equal number of tournament points at the moment of calculation and not only among those which after preliminary criteria have appeared more successful).[7]
(C) Champions; (P) Promoted
Notes:
  1. Head-to-head points: Volyn-2 4, Karpaty 1

Group B

More information Pos, Pld ...
Updated to match(es) played on 11 June 2021. 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 an equal number of tournament points at the moment of calculation and not only among those which after preliminary criteria have appeared more successful).[7]
(C) Champions; (P) Promoted
Notes:
  1. Head-to-head points: Balkany 4, Peremoha 1

Cup competitions

Ukrainian Cup

Super Cup

More information Shakhtar Donetsk, 1–3 ...
Attendance: 0[lower-alpha 1]
Referee: Vitaliy Romanov[11] (Dnipro)

Women's club football

More information League, Promoted to league ...

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

Vyshcha Liha

More information Pos, Pld ...
Source: womensfootball.com.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; 6) Goals scored.[13]
Notes:
  1. The match was played behind closed doors due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Ukraine.
  2. Head-to-head points: Mariupol 3, Karpaty 0

More information Pos, Pld ...
Source: womensfootball.com.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; 6) Goals scored.[13]
(C) Champions

More information Pos, Pld ...
Source: womensfootball.com.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; 6) Goals scored.[13]

Managerial changes

This is a list of managerial changes among Ukrainian professional football clubs (top two leagues):

More information Team, Outgoing manager ...

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


      References

      1. "РЕГЛАМЕНТ Всеукраїнських змагань з футболу серед команд клубів Професіональної футбольної ліги сезону 2020/21" (PDF) (in Ukrainian). 28 August 2020. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2020-09-07. Retrieved 6 September 2020.
      2. "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.
      3. ""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.
      4. "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.
      5. "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.
      6. "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.
      7. "Дякуємо, Дмитро Станіславовичу!" [Our gratitude to Dmytro Stanislavovych] (in Ukrainian). SC Dnipro-1. 18 September 2020. Retrieved 18 September 2020.
      8. "Ігор Йовічевич очолив "Дніпро-1"" [Igor Jovićević will lead Dnipro-1] (in Ukrainian). SC Dnipro-1. 22 September 2020. Retrieved 22 September 2020.
      9. "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.
      10. "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.
      11. Krystal – VPK-Ahro game report. PFL.ua. 20 November 2020
      12. "Олимпик объявил об отставке Климовского" [Olimpik announced about resignation of Klymovskyi] (in Russian). Sport Arena. 25 February 2021. Retrieved 25 February 2021.
      13. "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.
      14. "Віталій Шумський залишив "Львів"" [Vitaliy Shumskyi leaves Lviv] (in Ukrainian). FC Lviv. 1 March 2021. Retrieved 1 March 2021.
      15. "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.

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