2019–20 Ukrainian First League Explained

Season:	2019–20
Dates:	27 July 2019 – 13 August 2020
Matches:	237
Updated:	13 August 2020

The 2019–20 Ukrainian First League is the 29th since its establishment.

The competition began on 27 July 2019 with eight matches of Round 1, and went into recess for a winter break which started after the completion of Round 19 on 24 November 2019. The competition was to be resumed on 22 March 2020 and was expected to end 23 May 2020.^[1] However, on 17 March 2020 the Ukrainian Association of Football adopted the decision to pause all football competitions in the country since 18 March 2020 for unspecified period of time (until adoption of the next decision to resume all football events) due to the COVID-19 pandemic.^[2]

On 11 June 2020, the PFL Extraordinary Conference took the decision to resume the competition starting from 24 June with the conclusion on 11 August 2020. Additionally, the league will be expanded to 18 teams starting from the next season.^[3] Later the last day of competition was extended due to some unforeseen circumstances (see below for details).

The Video assistant referee (VAR) position was implemented in the league starting from the round 25, with the game between Obolon-Brovar Kyiv and Rukh Lviv the first to use it on 20 July 2020.^[4]

Summary

On 6 June 2019 the PFL Council of leagues presented its plan draft ("contours") for the next season for both its First and its Second leagues.^[5] The final decision for the season was to be adopted at the next 27th PFL Conference which was scheduled for 27 June 2019.^[5]

For the next from 2020 to 2021 season, Ukrainian First League will expand to 18 teams. The bottom two team from Ukrainian First League will battle relegation play-off to Ukrainian Second League. The top two teams of each group from Ukrainian Second League will gain promotion to Ukrainian First League next season. However, the third place team from Ukrainian Second League of each group will battle promotion play-off to Ukrainian First League.

Revival of competitions and administrative crisis

On 21 May 2020, the PFL council of leagues at its open-air session at Obolon Arena adopted decision to end competitions in the Second League, while competitions in the First League were placed on hold as some clubs were against to renew the season and no consensus was reached.^[6] In addition to issues with restart of competitions in the First League, FC Inhulets Petrove accused the Professional Football League in wrong interpretation of the season's regulation in placement of teams with the same number of points ("head-to-head tiebreak").^[7] Earlier the president of Inhulets expressed its thoughts that the Ukrainian PFL should be dissolved and both its First and Second leagues added to the Ukrainian Premier League.^[8] While some clubs insisted to continue the competitions from where they were left off, there were clubs that recommended to abandon the competitions and reset them by starting anew without rotation of teams between tiers. Among the latter clubs was MFC Mykolaiv.^[9]

On 29 May 2020, an information has leaked that competitions are expected to resume on 23 June 2020.^{[10] [11]} On 5 June 2020 another meeting of the PFL council of leagues approved resuming competitions in the First League (Persha Liha) starting on 23 June 2020 and made some adjustments to its season regulations among which it was decided to expand the league for the next season to 18 teams (from 16 currently) and therefore the relegation zone was removed, but the last two teams are expected to play-off with the two third placed teams out of the Second League (Druha Liha).^[12] The final decision in that regard is expected to be adopted at the next UAF Executive Committee meeting on 7 June 2020.^{[13] [14]} The UAF Executive Committee postponed with its decision and asked the PFL to call for its conference on 11 June where it is expected to confirm the PFL's decision about next season and check if it is possible to resume competitions in both its divisions.^{[15] [16] [17]} The UAF Executive Committee also confirmed that the First League junior tournament is discontinued. The UAF President Pavelko also urged referee to prepare for the current season.^[18]

On 27 July 2020 24 out of 34 PFL clubs expressed their vote of no confidence to the PFL president Serhiy Makarov.^[19] On 5 August 2020 took place another PFL Council of leagues which ended in scandal and resignation of the PFL president Makarov.^[20] In opinion of the PFL, the meeting's main task was a deliberate disruption of the First League (Persha Liha) competitions.^[20]

Situation with promotions

On 9 July 2020, the president of Ahrobiznes Oleh Sobutskyi announced that his club will not apply on certification for the Ukrainian Premier League due to inadequate conditions of the club's stadium.^[21] Similarly, back in the 2012–13 and 2013–14 FC Oleksandriya and FC Stal Alchevsk were also refusing to be promoted on various pretenses. Yet, back in the 2016–17 NK Veres Rivne was promoted ahead of FC Desna Chernihiv, because supposedly the Chernihiv club did not have adequate home stadium, yet Veres that is based in Rivne after promotion played in Lviv. On 9 July 2020 on the Sobutskyi's announcement, the Ukrainian PFL sports director Yevhen Moroz commented not to jump to conclusion considering that the UAF awards certifications depending on situation recalling couple of other examples.^[22] On 24 July 2020, the UAF Control and Disciplinary Committee (CDC) issued an official warning to the PFL sports director for his comment which "damages image of the Association and the Ukrainian football in general".^[23]

Teams

Promoted teams

The following teams have been promoted from the 2018–19 Ukrainian Second League:

• FC Mynai – first place of the 2018–19 Ukrainian Second League Group A (debut)
• Cherkashchyna-Akademiya Biloziria – second place of the 2018–19 Ukrainian Second League Group A, play-off win (returning after a season, previously competed as Cherkaskyi Dnipro competed in the 2017–18 season)
• Kremin Kremenchuk – first place of the 2018–19 Ukrainian Second League Group B (returning after a season)
• Metalurh Zaporizhya – second place of the 2018–19 Ukrainian Second League Group B, play-off defeat, but later promoted (debut, however another club named as Metalurh Zaporizhya competed in the 2011–12 season)

Relegated teams

The following teams have been relegated from the 2018–19 Ukrainian Premier League:

• Chornomorets Odesa – 11th place of the 2018–19 Ukrainian Premier League, play-off defeat (returns after 8 seasons)

Reformed/reorganized teams

• FC Rukh Vynnyky has officially relocated to Lviv and reformed as FC Rukh Lviv. Those changes were approved by the 27th PFL Conference.^[24]
• FC Cherkashchyna-Akademiya Biloziria was reorganized again as FC Cherkashchyna and moved back to Cherkasy. During winter break the senior team was abandoned by its owners and taken over by Football Federation of Cherkasy Oblast to avoid withdrawal of the club mid season.^{[25] [26]}

Withdrawn teams

• Arsenal Kyiv – 12th place of the 2018–19 Ukrainian Premier League, was originally relegated, but later withdraw from the First League.^[27] Arsenal Kyiv was replaced by Metalurh Zaporizhya that lost promotional play-offs to Ahrobiznes.^[28]

Location map

The following displays the location of teams.

Stadiums

The following stadiums are considered home grounds for the teams in the competition.

width=55	Rank	width=180	Stadium	width=180	Location	width=75	Capacity	width=200	Club	width=220	Notes
1	align=left		Kharkiv	40,003	Metalist 1925 Kharkiv
2	Chornomorets Stadium	Odesa	34,164	Chornomorets Odesa
3		Mykolaiv	15,600	MFC Mykolaiv	Since Round 20 field in reconstruction
4		Lutsk	12,080	Volyn Lutsk
5		Zaporizhya	11,883	Metalurh Zaporizhya
6		Cherkasy	10,321	Cherkashchyna Cherkasy
7		Khmelnytskyi	6,800	Ahrobiznes Volochysk	Used in Round 28
8		Ivano-Frankivsk	6,500	Prykarpattia Ivano-Frankivsk	Under passive reconstruction since 1986, only one stand out of four is active
9		Kramatorsk	6,000	Avanhard Kramatorsk
10		Kyiv	5,100	Obolon Brovar Kyiv
11		Lviv	3,742	Rukh Lviv
12		Poltava	3,700	Kremin Kremenchuk	Rounds 4 thru 15
align=center	13	Yunist Stadium	Volochysk	2,700	Ahrobiznes Volochysk
align=center	14		Horishni Plavni	2,500	Hirnyk-Sport Horishni Plavni Kremin Kremenchuk	main Round 2
15		Petrove	1,869	Inhulets Petrove
16	Borys Tropanets Stadium	Zorya, Sarata Raion	1,854	Balkany Zorya
17	Kremin Stadium	Kremenchuk	1,500	Kremin Kremenchuk	since Round 16
18	Mynai Arena	Mynai	1,312	FC Mynai
19	Arsenal Arena	Shchaslyve	1,000	Cherkashchyna Cherkasy	Used as home stadium since Round 17
20		Mykolaiv	500	MFC Mykolaiv	Before Round 20

Managers

Club	Head coach	Replaced coach
		Ostap Markevych Oleksandr Ivanov (interim)
	Oleksiy Horodov (interim)
		Oleksandr Kyrylyuk Vitaliy Kobzar (interim)
		Angel Chervenkov Vitaliy Starovik (interim) Ostap Markevych
		Volodymyr Mazyar Roman Pasichnychenko (interim)
		Ihor Stolovytskyi Volodymyr Prokopynenko
	Vyacheslav Khruslov (interim)	Andriy Demchenko
	Oleksiy Hodin (interim)	Ivan Bohatyr
		Serhiy Shyshchenko Yuriy Chaus (interim)
	Valeriy Ivashchenko (interim)	Serhiy Kovalets Oleh Mazurenko

Managerial changes

Team	Outgoing head coach	Manner of departure	Date of vacancy	Table	Incoming head coach	Date of appointment	Table
Metalist 1925 Kharkiv	Oleksandr Horyainov	Sacked	4 June 2019^[29]	Pre-season	Andriy Demchenko	19 June 2019^[30]	Pre-season
Metalurh Zaporizhya	Oleh Taran	Resigned	13 June 2019^[31]		Ivan Bohatyr	25 June 2019^[32]
Ahrobiznes Volochysk	Andriy Donets		15 June 2019^[33]		Ostap Markevych	15 June 2019
FC Mynai	Kirill Kurenko	Mutual consent	18 June 2019^[34]		Vasyl Kobin	19 June 2019^[35]
Cherkashchyna Cherkasy	Oleksandr Kyrylyuk	Resigned	5 September 2019^[36]	13th	Vitaliy Kobzar (interim)	5 September 2019^[37]	13th
Hirnyk-Sport Horishni Plavni	Volodymyr Mazyar	Mutual consent, health issues, signed with FC Lviv^[38] ^[39] ^[40]	9 September 2019^[41]	14th	Roman Pasichnychenko (interim)	15 September 2019^[42]	14th
	Roman Pasichnychenko (interim)	End of interim	16 September 2019^[43]	12th	Ihor Zhabchenko	16 September 2019^[44] ^[45]	12th
Chornomorets Odesa	Angel Chervenkov	Resigned	16 September 2019^[46]	10th	Vitaliy Starovik (interim)	16 September 2019	10th
Kremin Kremenchuk	Ihor Stolovytskyi	Resigned	17 September 2019^[47]	14th	Volodymyr Prokopynenko (interim)	17 September 2019	14th
Ahrobiznes Volochysk	Ostap Markevych	Mutual Consent	6 October 2019^[48]	7th	Oleksandr Ivanov (interim)	6 October 2019^[49]	7th
Metalurh Zaporizhya	Ivan Bohatyr	Mutual Consent	7 October 2019^[50]	16th	Oleksiy Hodin (interim)	7 October 2019	16th
MFC Mykolaiv	Serhiy Shyshchenko	Sacked	12 October 2019^[51]	12th	Yuriy Chaus (interim)	16 October 2019^[52]	12th
Chornomorets Odesa	Vitaliy Starovik (interim)	End of interim	14 October 2019^[53]	11th	Ostap Markevych	14 October 2019	11th
Cherkashchyna Cherkasy	Vitaliy Kobzar (interim)	End of interim	25 October 2019^[54]	15th	Oleksandr Kyrylyuk	25 October 2019	15th
Ahrobiznes Volochysk	Oleksandr Ivanov (interim)	End of interim	6 December 2019^[55]	6th	Oleksandr Chyzhevskyi	10 December 2019^[56]	15th
MFC Mykolaiv	Yuriy Chaus (interim)	End of interim spell	9 December 2019^[57]	12th		13 January 2020^[58]	12th
Rukh Lviv	Leonid Kuchuk	Mutual consent	10 December 2019^[59]	1st	Yuriy Bakalov	14 December 2019^[60]	1st
Obolon-Brovar Kyiv		Mutual consent	9 January 2020^[61]	5th		13 January 2020^[62]	5th
Kremin Kremenchuk	Volodymyr Prokopynenko (interim)	End of interim	3 February 2020^[63]	13th		3 February 2020	13th
	Volodymyr Prokopynenko	Resigned	10 February 2020^[64]			10 February 2020^[65]
Chornomorets Odesa	Ostap Markevych	Mutual Consent	April 2020^[66]	10th		13 May 2020	10th
Rukh Lviv	Yuriy Bakalov	Resigned (health concerns)	15 June 2020^[67]	1st	Ivan Fedyk	16 June 2020^[68]	1st
Obolon-Brovar Kyiv		Took time off	8 July 2020^[69]	7th	Valeriy Ivashchenko (interim)	8 July 2020	7th
Metalist 1925 Kharkiv		Mutual consent	21 July 2020^[70]	7th	Vyacheslav Khruslov (interim)	21 July 2020	7th
Avanhard Kramatorsk		Undisclosed	10 August 2020^[71]	8th	Oleksiy Horodov (interim)	11 August 2020^[72]	8th

Notes:

League table

Position by round

Relegation play-offs

The relegation–promotion play-off games are scheduled to take place between the last two places (15th and 16th) of the First League with the third places from both groups of the Second League. On 28 July 2020, there took place a draw of the PFL play-offs in two legs format (each team plays at home and away) with games scheduled to take place on August 15 and 19.^[73] On 7 August 2020 the PFL administration announced that dates for promotion/relegation playoffs were shifted by one day.^[74]

First leg

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Second leg

Veres Rivne won 3–1 on aggregate and was promoted to the 2020–21 Ukrainian First League ----Alians Lypova Dolyna won 3–0 on aggregate and was promoted to the 2020–21 Ukrainian First League

Following the play-offs, the fate of both Cherkashchyna and Metalurh was postponed to be determined at the PFL Conference the next day due to elimination of Karpaty Lviv^[75] and expression of interest by Balkany to be demoted.^{[76] [77]}

Top goalscorers

^[78]

Rank	Scorer	Team	Goals (Pen.)
align=center rowspan=1	1	Denys Kozhanov	Volyn Lutsk	18 (6)
align=center rowspan=2	2	Nika Sichinava	Inhulets Petrove	17 (2)
Anatoliy Nuriyev	FC Mynai	17 (9)
align=center rowspan=1	4	Vadym Yavorskyi	Avanhard / Mykolaiv	15 (1)
align=center rowspan=3	5	Danylo Kondrakov	Rukh Lviv	11 (2)
Ihor Sikorskyi	Ahrobiznes / Chornomorets	11 (2)
Yuriy Klymchuk	Rukh Lviv	11 (5)
align=center rowspan=3	8	Oleksandr Batalskyi	Obolon-Brovar Kyiv	10 (1)
Roman Barchuk	Prykarpattia Ivano-Frankivsk	10 (2)
Yaroslav Yampol	Metalist 1925 Kharkiv	10 (3)

Notes:

• Players who scored for two teams from the same league have both teams mentioned.

Awards

Monthly awards

Month	Player of the Month
	Player	Club	Reference
August 2019	Yaroslav Yampol	Metalist 1925 Kharkiv	^[79]
September 2019	Nazar Fedorivskyi	Obolon-Brovar Kyiv	^[80]
October 2019	Denys Kozhanov	Volyn Lutsk	^[81]
November 2019	Dmytro Kozban	Kremin Kremenchuk	^[82]
June 2020	Oleksandr Mishurenko	Inhulets Petrove	^[83]
July 2020	Petro Stasiuk	FC Mynai	^[84]

Round awards

Round	Player			Coach
	Player	Club	Reference	Coach	Club	Reference
Round 1	Vladyslav Buhay	MFC Mykolaiv	^[85]	Andriy Demchenko	Metalist 1925 Kharkiv	^[86]
Round 2	Vitaliy Boiko	Cherkashchyna Cherkasy	^[87]	Serhiy Lavrynenko	Inhulets Petrove	^[88]
Round 3	Miha Goropevšek	Volyn Lutsk	^[89]	Ostap Markevych	Ahrobiznes Volochysk	^[90]
Round 4	Ihor Medynskyi	Obolon-Brovar Kyiv	^[91]	Oleksandr Kosevych	Avanhard Kramatorsk	^[92]
Round 5	Yaroslav Yampol	Metalist 1925 Kharkiv	^[93]	Vasyl Kobin	FC Mynai	^[94]
Round 6	Volodymyr Tanchyk	Chornomorets Odesa	^[95]	Leonid Kuchuk	Rukh Lviv	^[96]
Round 7	Vadym Yavorskyi	Avanhard Kramatorsk	^[97]	Oleksandr Kosevych	Avanhard Kramatorsk	^[98]
Round 8	Ruslan Chernenko	Ahrobiznes Volochysk	^[99]	Ivan Bohatyr	Metalurh Zaporizhya	^[100]
Round 9	Robert Hehedosh	FC Mynai	^[101]	Vasyl Kobin	FC Mynai
Round 10	Ihor Sikorskyi	Ahrobiznes Volochysk	^[102]	Serhiy Kovalets	Obolon-Brovar Kyiv
Round 11	Oleksandr Mishurenko	Inhulets Petrove	^[103]	Serhiy Lavrynenko	Inhulets Petrove
Round 12	Nika Sichinava	Inhulets Petrove	^[104]	Ihor Zhabchenko	Hirnyk-Sport Horishni Plavni
Round 13	Oleksandr Batalskyi	Obolon-Brovar Kyiv	^[105]	Serhiy Kovalets	Obolon-Brovar Kyiv
Round 14	Denys Kozhanov	Volyn Lutsk	^[106]	Oleksandr Ivanov	Ahrobiznes Volochysk
Round 15	Yaroslav Konkolnyak	Prykarpattia Ivano-Frankivsk	^[107]	Serhiy Kovalets	Obolon-Brovar Kyiv
Round 16	Dmytro Kozban	Kremin Kremenchuk	^[108]	Volodymyr Prokopynenko	Kremin Kremenchuk
Round 17	Bohdan Mohylnyi	Metalurh Zaporizhya	^[109]	Andriy Tlumak	Volyn Lutsk
Round 18	Yuriy Batyushyn	Hirnyk-Sport Horishni Plavni	^[110]	Ihor Zhabchenko	Hirnyk-Sport Horishni Plavni
Round 19	Andriy Kukharuk	Ahrobiznes Volochysk	^[111]	Oleksandr Ivanov	Ahrobiznes Volochysk
winter break
Round 20	Vladyslav Klymenko	Chornomorets Odesa	^[112]	Serhiy Kovalets	Chornomorets Odesa
Round 21	Derek	Metalist 1925 Kharkiv	^[113]	Andriy Demchenko	Metalist 1925 Kharkiv
Round 22	Oleksandr Batalskyi	Obolon-Brovar Kyiv	^[114]	Oleksandr Chyzhevskyi	Ahrobiznes Volochysk
Round 23	Serhiy Herasymets	Hirnyk-Sport Horishni Plavni	^[115]	Ihor Zhabchenko	Hirnyk-Sport Horishni Plavni
Round 24	Dmytro Sula	Kremin Kremenchuk	^[116]	Oleksandr Kosevych	Avanhard Kramatorsk
Round 25	Denys Yanakov	Chornomorets Odesa	^[117]	Serhiy Lavrynenko	Inhulets Petrove
Round 26	Andriy Kukharuk	Ahrobiznes Volochysk	^[118]	Oleksandr Chyzhevskyi	Ahrobiznes Volochysk
Round 27	Vadym Yavorskyi	MFC Mykolaiv	^[119]	Illia Blyzniuk	MFC Mykolaiv
Round 28	Yohana Oscar Mkomola	Inhulets Petrove	^[120]	Oleksiy Hodin	Metalurh Zaporizhya
Round 29	Artur Riabov	Volyn Lutsk	^[121]	Oleksandr Chyzhevskyi	Ahrobiznes Volochysk
Round 30	Ruslan Palamar	MFC Mykolaiv	^[122]	Vasyl Kobin	FC Mynai

Notes:

• After the winter break and its extension due to the COVID-19, the PFL also started to publicize several additional league's awards, among which are best goalkeeper, best rookie, best substitution ("round joker"), and round goal.

Season awards

The laureates of the 2019–20 season were:

• Best player: Nika Sichinava (Inhulets Petrove)^[123]
• Top goalscorer: Denys Kozhanov (Volyn Lutsk)

Number of teams by region

Number	Region	Team(s)
2		Chornomorets and Balkany
		Kremin and Hirnyk
1	Kyiv	Obolon-Brovar
		Cherkashchyna
		Avanhard
		Prykarpattia
		Metalist 1925
		Ahrobiznes
		Inhulets
		Rukh
		Mykolaiv
		Volyn
		Mynai
		Metalurh

Attendance

According to research by the Ukrainian website SportArena the official reported attendance in the league could be inaccurate if not completely wrong.^[124]

See also

• 2019–20 Ukrainian Premier League
• 2019–20 Ukrainian Second League
• 2019–20 Ukrainian Football Amateur League
• 2019–20 Ukrainian Cup
• List of Ukrainian football transfers summer 2019
• List of Ukrainian football transfers winter 2019–20

Notes and References

1. Web site: The season's calendar. Professional Football League of Ukraine. 2019-10-06. 2020-08-04. https://web.archive.org/web/20200804022514/http://pfl.ua/calendar/league/1. dead.
2. Vsevolod Mazur. The UAF paused all football competitions in Ukraine (УАФ приостановила все футбольные соревнования в Украине). Sport Arena. 17 March 2020
3. Web site: Конференція ПФЛ: весняна частина у Першій лізі стартує 24 червня . PFL Conference: spring part of the First League starts 24 June . pfl.ua . . 20 July 2020 . uk . 11 June 2020.
4. Web site: Перша ліга: система VAR - з 25 туру . First League: VAR system - from round 25 . pfl.ua . . 20 July 2020 . uk . 14 July 2020.
5. Web site: Рада ліг ПФЛ: контури нового сезону, новинки та сюрпризи . The PFL council of leagues: contours of the new season, novelties, and surprises . pfl.ua . PFL of Ukraine . 11 June 2019 . uk . 11 June 2019. https://web.archive.org/web/20190611173828/http://pfl.ua/news/details/10960 . 2019-06-11 .
6. https://sportarena.com/football/ukraina-vtoraya-liga/chempionat-vtoroj-ligi-zavershen-dosrochno/ The Second League championship has ended early (Чемпионат Второй лиги завершен досрочно)
7. https://www.footboom.com/ukrainian/first/1590861612--inhulets-vvazhaie-nediisnymy-rishennia-rady-lih-vid-21-travnia-po-pershomu-i-druhomu-dyvizionakh.html "Inhulets" considers invalid decision of the PFL Council of Leagues of 21 May in regards to its first and second divisions ("Інгулець" вважає недійсними рішення ради ліг від 21 травня по першому і другому дивізіонах)
8. Oleh Semenchenko. Oleksandr Povorozniuk: "The PFL should be dissolved" (Олександр Поворознюк: "ПФЛ треба ліквідувати"). Footboom. 25 May 2020
9. Artur Malkin. "Why for the sake of this championship undermine the next", a statement of MFC Mykolaiv on the situation with completion of the season ("Зачем в угоду этого чемпионата подрывать следующий" - заявление МФК "Николаев" по ситуации с завершением сезона). Footboom. 1 June 2020
10. Yuriy Samotkan. The First League could resume its games on 23 June (Первая лига может возобновить игры 23 июня). Footboom. 29 May 2020
11. https://www.footboom.com/ukrainian/first/1590765480-rada-lih-pfl-proide-u-kyievi-5-chervnia.html The PFL Council of Leagues will take place in Kyiv on 5 June (Рада ліг ПФЛ пройде у Києві 5 червня)
12. https://sportarena.com/football/ukraina-pervaya-liga/sovet-lig-prinyal-reshenie-doigrat-sezon-pervoj-ligi-v/ The council of leagues adopted its decision to finish season in the First League in originally adopted format (Совет лиг принял решение доиграть сезон Первой лиги в привычном формате)
13. https://uaf.ua/article/39419 On 7 June in Lviv will take place the 23rd Ukrainian Association of Football congress and a session of the UAF Executive Committee (7 червня у Львові відбудеться ХХIІІ Конгрес Української асоціації футболу та засідання Виконавчого комітету УАФ)
14. Oleg Solomakho. The UAF Executive Committee will decline finishing off season in the First League, Burbas (Исполком УАФ отклонит доигрывание сезона Первой лиги — Бурбас). Sport Arena. 6 June 2020
15. Vlad Vlasenko. The UAF confirmed its recommendation to the PFL about urgent meeting to define the First League future season (УАФ подтвердила рекомендацию к ПФЛ о неотложном собрании для определения будущего сезона Первой лиги). Sport Arena. 7 June 2020
16. https://uaf.ua/article/39427 Official. The Ukrainian Association of Football Executive Committee decision (Офіційно. Рішення Виконавчого комітету Української асоціації футболу)
17. https://footballhub.com.ua/bude-viche-istoriya-z-pershoyu-ligoyu-zakinchytsya-grandioznym-zibrannyam/ There will be "viche". The history with the First League will end with a grandeur gathering (Буде віче. Історія з Першою Лігою закінчиться грандіозним зібранням)
18. http://pfl.ua/news/details/11519 Pavelko: personal position? We gave authorization for referees to get prepared to the PFL competition current season (Павелко: особиста позиція? Дали доручення готуватися арбітрам змагань ПФЛ до поточного сезону)
19. https://sportarena.com/football/ukraina-pervaya-liga/24-kluba-pfl-vyrazili-nedoverie-prezidentu-ligi/ 24 PFL clubs expressed their vote of no confidence to the League's president Makarov (24 клуба ПФЛ выразили недоверие президенту Лиги Макарову)
20. https://web.archive.org/web/20200806230919/http://pfl.ua/news/details/11646 Statement of the PFL administration in regards to decision of the Council of leagues (Заява Адміністрації ПФЛ щодо рішення Ради ліг)
21. https://ua.tribuna.com/football/1086815935.html Oleh Sobutskyi, "Ahrobiznes will not apply on certification for the UPL, the stadium in Volochysk is not ready (Олег Собуцкий: «Агробизнес» не будет подаваться на аттестацию в УПЛ – стадион в Волочиске не готов»)
22. https://m.ua.tribuna.com/football/1086817197.html The PFL sports director, "The situation with Ahrobiznes may yet change, we ought to wait for the final issue of certifications (Спортдиректор ПФЛ: «Ситуация с «Агробизнесом» еще может поменяться, нужно дождаться окончательной выдачи аттестатов»)
23. Vlad Vlasenko. The UAF CDC issued a warning to the PFL sports director Moroz (КДК УАФ вынес предупреждение спортдиру ПФЛ Морозу). Sport Arena. 24 July 2020
24. http://pfl.ua/docs/1ae25bb70da29acd99883fe5e3b77793.pdf Resolution of the next 27th Professional Football League Conference (ПОСТАНОВА ЧЕРГОВОЇ ХХVІІ КОНФЕРЕНЦІЇ ПРОФЕСІОНАЛЬНОЇ ФУТБОЛЬНОЇ ЛІГИ)
25. https://www.ua-football.com/ukrainian/first/1578290078-fk-cherkaschina-peredan-vo-vladenie-mestnoy-federacii-futbola-iz-za-zhelaniya-sohranit-komandu.html FC Cherkashchyna is transferred to the domain of local football federation, with the intention to save the team (ФК Черкащина передан во владение местной Федерации футбола – из-за желания сохранить команду)
26. https://tablo.ck.ua/futbol/7751-bondarenko-vidpoviv-na-zvernennia-lashkula-shchodo-poriatunku-fk-cherkashchyna.html Bondarenko answered to appeal of Lashkul in regards to helping FC Cherkashchyna (Бондаренко відповів на звернення Лашкула щодо порятунку ФК Черкащина)
27. https://www.ua-football.com/ukrainian/first/1563854803-arsenal-kiev-prodolzhit-suschestvovanie-no-bez-professionalnoy-komandy.html Arsenal-Kyiv will continue its existence, but without its professional team (Арсенал-Киев продолжит существование, но без профессиональной команды)
28. https://www.ua-football.com/ukrainian/first/1563968739-oficialno-zaporozhskiy-metallurg-zamenit-arsenal-kiev-v-pervoy-lige.html Official: Metalurh of Zaporizhya will replace Arsenal–Kyiv in the First League (Официально: Запорожский Металлург заменит Арсенал-Киев в Первой лиге)
29. https://www.ua-football.com/ukrainian/first/1559657412-metallist-1925-uvolil-goryainova.html Metalist 1925 sacked Horyainov (Металлист 1925 уволил Горяинова)
30. https://sportarena.com/football/ukraina-pervaya-liga/demchenko-stav-novim-golovnim-trenerom-metalistu-1925/ Demchenko became a new head coach for Metalist 1925 (Демченко став новим головним тренером Металісту-1925)
31. Web site: https://web.archive.org/web/20190613211926/https://sportarena.com/football/ukraina-vtoraya-liga/taran-pokidaet-post-glavnogo-trenera-mfk-metallurg/. Taran leaves the post of MFC Metalurh head coach . ru:Таран покидает пост главного тренера МФК Металлург . Sport Arena . https://sportarena.com/football/ukraina-vtoraya-liga/taran-pokidaet-post-glavnogo-trenera-mfk-metallurg/ . 13 June 2019 . 2019. ru.
32. Web site: Zaporozhian Metalurh appointed Bohatyr as the new head coach. ru:Запорожский Металлург назначил Богатыря новым главным тренером. Sport Arena . https://sportarena.com/football/ukraina-vtoraya-liga/zaporozhskij-metallurg-naznachil-bogatyrya-novym/. 25 June 2019. ru.
33. http://fcab.com.ua/91-2018-2019/2658-kadrovi-zminy-v-fk-ahrobiznes Staff changes in FC Ahrobiznes
34. https://fcminaj.com/article.php?id=982 Kirill Kurenko is not a manager of FC Mynai
35. https://fcminaj.com/article.php?id=983 Vasyl Kobin will prepare Mynai for First League
36. https://sportarena.com/football/ukraina-pervaya-liga/kirilyuk-podal-v-otstavku-s-posta-trenera-cherkashhiny/ Kyrylyuk submitted a resignation from the post of Cherkashchyna coach (Кирилюк подал в отставку с поста тренера Черкащины)
37. https://sportarena.com/football/ukraina-pervaya-liga/rukovodstvo-cherkashhiny-prinyalo-otstavku-kirilyuka-s/ The Cherkashchyna leadership accepted resignation of Kyrylyuk from the post of head coach (Руководство Черкащины приняло отставку Кирилюка с поста главного тренера)
38. Artur Malkin. Volodymyr Mazyar placed in charge of Lviv while being still under contract with Hirnyk-Sport (Владимир Мазяр возглавил "Львов", не разорвав контракт с "Горняк-Спортом"). Footboom w/video footage. 16 September 2019
39. https://www.ua-football.com/ukrainian/high/1568613136-gornyak-sport-hochet-ot-fk-lvov-polmilliona-kompensacii-za-trenera-mazyara.html Hirnyk-Sport wants from FC Lviv half-million of compensation for coach Mazyar (Горняк-Спорт хочет от ФК Львов полмиллиона компенсации за тренера Мазяра)
40. https://www.ua-football.com/ukrainian/high/1568271646-zadacha-mazyara-gendirektor-fk-lvov-obosnoval-naznacheniya-novogo-trenera.html The task for Mazyar. Gen. director of FC Lviv substantiated appointment of the new coach (Задача Мазяра. Гендиректор ФК Львов обосновал назначение нового тренера)
41. http://gornyak-sport.net/index.php/novosti/2608-vladimir-mazyar-pokinul-gornyak-sport/ Mazyar leaves Hirnyk-Sport (Владимир Мазяр покинул «Горняк-Спорт»)
42. Yuriy Samotkan. Ihor Zhabchenko returns to Hirnyk-Sport (Игорь Жабченко возвращается в "Горняк-Спорт"). Footboom. 13 September 2019
43. https://sportarena.com/football/game/18887906/obzor/ Hirnyk-Sport minimally outplayed Metalurh (Гірник-Спорт мінімально обіграв Металург)
44. https://sportarena.com/football/ukraina-pervaya-liga/zhabchenko-ocholiv-girnik-sport/ Zhabchenko again placed in charge of Hirnyk-Sport (Жабченко знову очолив Гірник-Спорт)
45. Artur Malkin. Official: Ihor Zhabchenko is in charge of Hirnyk-Sport (Официально: Игорь Жабченко возглавил "Горняк-Спорт"). Footboom. 16 September 2019
46. Web site: Angel Chervenkov leaves Chornomorets (Ангел Червенков покидает «Черноморец») . 2023-02-25 . FC Choronomorets . uk.
47. http://fckremen.com/news/3449-golovniy-trener-kremenya-gor-stolovickiy-pokidaye-komandu.html Ihor Stolovytskyi, the head coach of Kremin leaves the team (Головний тренер "Кременя" Ігор Столовицький покинув команду)
48. http://www.fcab.com.ua/95-2019-2020/2928-futbolnyi-klub-ahrobiznes-volochysk-ofitsiina-informatsiia-vid-6-zhovtnia-2019-roku FC Ahrobiznes terminates contract with Ostap Markevych (ФК Агробізнес розірвав контракт із Остапом Маркевичем)
49. Oleksandr Kostyniuk. We reached Volochysk by a cab, coach Kovaliuk about the winning game against Ahrobiznes (“Добиралися у Волочиськ на таксі”, – тренер Ковалюк про переможний матч з “Агробізнесом” (ВІДЕО)). Galka Ivano-Frankivsk. 7 October 2019
50. https://sportarena.com/football/ukraina-pervaya-liga/bogatir-pokinul-post-glavnogo-trenera-zaporozhskogo/ Bohatyr left his post of head coach of Metalurh Zaporihzia (Богатырь покинул пост главного тренера запорожского Металлурга)
51. Yuriy Samotkan. Serhiy Shyshchenko left "Mykolaiv" (Сергей Шищенко покинул "Николаев"). Footboom. 12 October 2019
52. https://mfc.mk.ua/2019/10/6704/ Castling in the coaching staff of the "shipbuilders" (Рокировки в тренерском штабе «корабелов»)
53. Web site: Ostap Markevych is a head coach of Chornomorets (Остап Маркевич — главный тренер «Черноморца») . 2023-02-25 . FC Choronomorets . uk.
54. https://sportarena.com/football/ukraina-pervaya-liga/oleksandr-kirilyuk-povernuvsya-u-cherkashhinu/ Oleksandr Kyrylyuk returned to Cherkashchyna (Олександр Кирилюк повернувся у Черкащину)
55. Web site: Oleksandr Ivanov joins the staff of Chornomorets . 2023-02-25 . FC Choronomorets . uk.
56. http://fcab.com.ua/95-2019-2020/3038-oleksandr-chyzhevskyi-holovnyi-trener-fk-ahrobiznes Oleksandr Chyzhevskyi is a head coach of FC Ahrobiznes (Олександр Чижевський - головний тренер ФК Агробізнес)
57. https://sportarena.com/football/ukraina-pervaya-liga/mfcnikolaev_rasstalsa_s_gltrenerom_chaus/ MFC Mykolaiv parted with head coach Chaus (МФК Николаев расстался с главным тренером Чаусом)
58. https://mfc.mk.ua/2020/01/7425/ Changes in staff of first and second team (Изменения в руководстве первой и второй команд клуба)
59. http://fcrukh.com/dyakuyemo-leonide-stanislavovychu Gratitude to Leonid Stanislavovych (Дякуємо, Леоніде Станіславовичу!)
60. http://fcrukh.com/yuriy-bakalov-golovnyy-trener-rukhu Yuriy Bakalov is a head coach of Rukh (Юрій Бакалов - головний тренер «Руху»)
61. http://fcbrovar.obolon.ua/obolon-brovar-ta-holovnyj-trener-serhij-kovalets-prypynyly-spivpratsyu/ Obolon-Brovar parted ways with head coach Serhiy Kovalets («Оболонь Бровар» та головний тренер Сергій Ковалець припинили співпрацю)
62. http://fcbrovar.obolon.ua/oleh-mazurenko-holovnyj-trener-fk-obolon-brovar/ Oleh Mazurenko is a head coach of FC Obolon-Brovar (Олег Мазуренко – головний тренер ФК «Оболонь Бровар»)
63. http://fckremen.com/news/3745-kremn-otrimav-golovnogo-trenera.html Kremin received a head coach («Кремінь» отримав головного тренера)
64. http://fckremen.com/news/3762-golovniy-trener-kremenya-volodimir-prokopnenko-pokinuv-komandu.html Head coach of Kremin Volodymyr Prokopynenko leaves the team (Головний тренер «Кременя» Володимир Прокопіненко покинув команду)
65. http://fckremen.com/news/3763-kremn-ocholiv-noviy-golovniy-trener.html Kremin received a head coach («Кремінь» отримав головного тренера)
66. Web site: Serhiy Kovalets is the new head coach of Chernomorets . 2023-02-25 . FC Choronomorets . uk.
67. http://fcrukh.com/yuriy-bakalov-bilshe-ne-golovnyy-trener-rukhu Yuriy Bakalov is no longer the coach of Rukh (Юрій Бакалов більше не головний тренер «Руху»)
68. http://fcrukh.com/ivan-fedyk-golovnyy-trener-rukhu-v-roli-konsultanta-myron-markevych Ivan Fedyk is the head coach of Rukh, Myron Markevych to consult (Іван Федик – головний тренер «Руху», в Ролi консультанта – Мирон Маркевич)
69. http://fcbrovar.obolon.ua/v-o-holovnoho-trenera-pryznachenyj-valerij-ivaschenko/ Valeriy Ivashchenko assigned as acting head coach (В.о. головного тренера призначений Валерій Іващенко)
70. https://metalist1925.com/news/3716-vyacheslav-hruslov-vikonuvach-obovyazkiv-golovnogo-trenera-fk-metalist-1925.html Vyacheslav Khruslov is the acting coach of FC Metalist 1925 (В'ячеслав Хруслов - виконувач обов'язків головного тренера ФК "Металіст 1925")
71. http://fcavangard.com/news/news/520 Our gratitude to Oleksandr Oleksandrovych (Олександр Олександрович, дякуємо!)
72. http://fcavangard.com/news/news/524 Avanhard departed to play Rukh fixture («Авангард» відправився на гру з «Рухом»!)
73. https://web.archive.org/web/20200728215500/http://pfl.ua/news/details/11629 "Veres" starts at home! There were determined team pairs play-offs for the Persha Liha (First League) ("Верес" починає вдома! Визначилися пари команд плей-оф за Першу лігу)
74. https://web.archive.org/web/20200807225340/http://pfl.ua/news/details/11651 The PFL Administration decision: there are a date for the Metalurh's game and changes to dates for the Round 30 and playoffs (Рішення Адміністрації ПФЛ: є дата матчу "Металурга", змінені дати 30 туру та матчів плейоф)
75. Vsevolod Mazur. The PFL may organize additional game among playoffs losers for the First League last berth (ПФЛ может провести дополнительный матч за место в Первой лиге между неудачниками плей-офф). Sport Arena. 17 August 2020
76. Artur Malkin. "Balkany" is ready to withdraw from the First League and enter the Second ("Балканы" готовы сняться с первой лиги и заявиться во вторую). Footboom. 18 August 2020
77. Artur Malkin. Andrei Parkhomenko: Financial situation of "Balkany" does not allow to compete in the First League (Андрей Пархоменко: "Финансовое положение "Балкан" не позволяет продолжить выступление в первой лиге"). Footboom. 19 August 2020
78. Web site: Професіональна футбольна ліга України. 2019-06-08. 2018-06-21. https://web.archive.org/web/20180621053224/http://pfl.ua/standings/league/1. dead.
79. Web site: Ярослав Ямполь - найкращий гравець місяця Першої ліги (відео). 2019-09-03. 2019-09-03. https://web.archive.org/web/20190903124856/http://pfl.ua/news/details/11095. dead.
80. Web site: Крізь терня до зірок - голкіпер "Оболоні-Бровар" зчиняє фурор в Першій лізі. 2019-10-12. 2019-10-07. https://web.archive.org/web/20191007112106/http://pfl.ua/news/details/11153. dead.
81. Web site: "Стабільність - ознака класу!". Денис Кожанов - найкращий гравець Першої ліги в жовтні (відео). https://web.archive.org/web/20191106025702/http://pfl.ua/news/details/11218. 2019-11-06.
82. Web site: Дмитро Козьбан - найкращий гравець Першої ліги в листопаді. https://web.archive.org/web/20191204131602/http://pfl.ua/news/details/11269. 2019-12-04.
83. Web site: Олександр Мішуренко - найкращий гравець Першої ліги в червні. https://web.archive.org/web/20200702154829/http://pfl.ua/news/details/11561. 2020-07-02.
84. Web site: Універсальний солдат Кобіна! Петро Стасюк - гравець липня в Першій лізі. https://web.archive.org/web/20200803224941/http://pfl.ua/news/details/11638. 2020-08-03.
85. Web site: Бугай: у "Миколаєві" знають, що успіх любить тишу.
86. Web site: Демченко і Федорчук - найкращі тренери першого туру.
87. Web site: В.Бойко: "Черкащина" грає в такій конкуренції із задоволенням.
88. Web site: Лавриненко і Малик - найкращі тренери другого туру.
89. Web site: Горопевшек: перебудувалися в другому таймі і обіграли "Прикарпаття".
90. Web site: Тренерський ракурс. Остап Маркевич – найкращий тренер третього туру Першої ліги.
91. Web site: Мединський: у Першій лізі багато кваліфікованих футболістів.
92. Web site: Косевич і Хавров - найкращі тренери четвертого туру.
93. Web site: Ямполь: вирушаємо до Петрового за перемогою.
94. Web site: Кобін і Малик - найкращі тренери п'ятого туру.
95. Web site: Танчик, Климчук, Кольцов і вся збірна 6-го туру Першої ліги. 2 September 2019.
96. Web site: Кучук і Хавров - найкращі тренери шостого туру.
97. Web site: Яворський: Авангард завжди дотримується свого стилю гри, не дивлячись на суперника. 7 September 2019.
98. Web site: Яворський, Нурієв, Покотилюк і вся збірна 7-го туру Першої ліги. 5 September 2019.
99. Web site: Черненко: Агробізнес перебуває у процесі вдосконалення своєї гри. 11 September 2019.
100. Web site: Богатир і Бондаренко - найкращі тренери восьмого туру.
101. Web site: Гегедош, Кравченко, Пономар і вся збірна 9-го туру Першої ліги. 16 September 2019.
102. Web site: Сікорський, Січінава, Гегедош і вся збірна 10-го туру Першої ліги. 23 September 2019.
103. Web site: Мішуренко, Цюцюра, Майданевич і вся збірна 11-го туру Першої ліги. 30 September 2019.
104. Web site: Січінава, Кожанов, Старченко й уся збірна 12-го туру Першої ліги. 7 October 2019.
105. Web site: Батальський, Кожанов, Цюцюра й уся збірна 13-го туру Першої ліги. 15 October 2019.
106. Web site: Кожанов, Кухарук, Поспєлов і вся збірна 14-го туру Першої ліги. 21 October 2019.
107. Web site: Конкольняк, Січінава і Гуттінер: вся збірна 15-го туру Першої ліги. 28 October 2019.
108. Web site: Козьбан, Дерек, Барт і вся збірна 16-го туру Першої ліги. 4 November 2019.
109. Web site: Могильний, Нурієв, Ульянов і вся збірна 17-го туру Першої ліги. 11 November 2019.
110. Web site: Батюшин, Козьбан, Карпенко і вся збірна 18-го туру Першої ліги. 18 November 2019.
111. Web site: Кухарук, Гегедош і чемпіон Європи: вся збірна 19-го туру Першої ліги. 25 November 2019.
112. Web site: Герои 20-го тура Первой лиги: джокер, тренер, вратарь и лучший гол. 26 June 2020.
113. Web site: Личности 21-го тура Первой лиги: Демченко, Шуст, Штогрин, Мишуренко, Лозовой и Дерек. July 2020.
114. Web site: Личности 22-го тура Первой лиги: Чижевский, Олейник, Воробчак, Собко. И, конечно, Батальский!. 7 July 2020.
115. Web site: Личности 23-го тура Первой лиги: Жабченко, Брагару, Попович, Герасимец и Супер-Ника. 12 July 2020.
116. Web site: Личности 24-го тура Первой лиги: Косевич, Федоровский, Машталир, Ситчинава, Сад и Сула. 16 July 2020.
117. Web site: Личности 25-го тура Первой лиги Лавриненко, Литовченко, Векляк, Хагназари и яркий Янаков. 21 July 2020.
118. Web site: Личности 26-го тура Первой лиги: Чижевский, Пархоменко и Кухарук. 25 July 2020.
119. Web site: Личности 27-го тура Первой лиги: Близнюк, Олейник, Сад, Болокан, Нечай, Яворский. 31 July 2020.
120. Web site: Танзанийская заготовка, одесский дебютант и голеадор-универсал: вся сборная 28-го тура Первой лиги. 4 August 2020.
121. Web site: Личности 29-го тура Первой лиги: Чижевский, Котляров, Ахмедзаде, Гутти, Слободян, Рябов. 8 August 2020.
122. Web site: Личности 30-го тура Первой лиги: Кобин, Попович, Хома, Семенюк, Михайличенко, Паламарь. 14 August 2020.
123. Web site: Ніка Сітчінава – найкращий футболіст Першої ліги сезону 2019/20! . www.pfl.ua . 23 September 2020 . 13 August 2020 . https://web.archive.org/web/20200813220716/http://pfl.ua/news/details/11664 . dead .
124. The 4,200 spectators at the Rukh's game. Are you serious? (4200 глядачів на матчі Руху. Ви серйозно?). Sport Arena. 22 September 2019