# 2020–21 Ukrainian First League

The 2020–21 Ukrainian First League was the 30th since its establishment. The league competition consists of 16 teams according to the decision of the PFL Council of Leagues. The season commenced on 5 September 2020. The final composition and regulations of the Professional Football League of Ukraine both leagues were adopted at the PFL Conference on 21 August 2020.

## Summary

In this season, the bottom two teams of the First League are to 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.
Promotion and/or relegation play-off games that were in place since 2011 (with exclusion in 2013) were discontinued altogether for the season.
This league's season was expected to have number of team increased to eighteen, however due to financial situation with both FC Karpaty Lviv and FC Balkany Zorya the PFL reinstated the sixteen team competition as per last season(see "Teams" section).
Due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic attendance restriction in the league is still in effect, but was partially eased. The postponed games that the PFL was not able to reschedule for the later dates of fall half of the season, on 30 November 2020 were rescheduled for the spring half of 2021.

## Teams

This season, Ukrainian First League consist of 16 teams, which includes top two teams from the both groups of 2019–20 Ukrainian Second League and two relegation/promotion play-offs winners.

### Promoted teams

The following teams have been promoted from the 2019–20 Ukrainian Second League:
* Nyva Ternopil – first place in Group A (returning after 5 seasons, last competed in the 2015–16 season)
* Polissia Zhytomyr – second place in Group A (debut, however another club named as Polissia Zhytomyr last competed in the 2004–05 season)
* Veres Rivne – play-off winner (returning after 3 seasons)
* VPK-Ahro Shevchenkivka – first place in Group B (debut)
* Krystal Kherson – second place in Group B (returning after 28 seasons, last competed in the 1992 league's inaugural season)
* Alians Lypova Dolyna – play-off winner (debut)

### Relegated teams

* None – Karpaty Lviv that placed 12th in the 2019–20 Ukrainian Premier League, were excluded from the league for repeated absence from scheduled games. A possibility was declared at first that the club might be admitted to the First League nonetheless, but later it was announced that Karpaty will be admitted the Second League instead. About a month later on 14 August 2020, Tribuna.ua informed that Karpaty never applied for certification for the next season in first or second leagues.

### Legal and other issues

* FC Hirnyk-Sport Horishni Plavni was approved by the Ukrainian Association of Football (UAF) to play, after the UAF Chamber of Dispute Resolution order the club to pay compensation to its former player and the club completely ignored it.
* FC Balkany Zorya announced that it was considering withdrawing from the league as it is too expensive for the club.

### Renamed teams

* FC Obolon-Brovar Kyiv changed its name to FC Obolon Kyiv before the start of the season.
* FC Veres Rivne changed its name to RNK Veres Rivne before the start of the season.
* MFC Kremin Kremenchuk changed its name to FC Kremin Kremenchuk before the start of the season.
* FC Avanhard Kramatorsk changed its name to Avanhard-SK Kramatorsk at the during the latter (May 30) part of the season.

### Location map

The following displays the location of teams.

## Stadiums

The following stadiums were used as home grounds for the teams in the competition. The minimum capacity for stadiums of the First League clubs is set at 1,500 spectators.
| Rank | Stadium | Location | Capacity | Club | Notes |
| 1 | OSC Metalist | Kharkiv | 40,003 | Metalist 1925 Kharkiv | |
| 2 | Arena Lviv | Lviv | 34,915 | Ahrobiznes Volochysk | Round 18 |
| 3 | Chornomorets Stadium | Odesa | 34,164 | Chornomorets Odesa | |
| 4 | Yuvileiny Stadium | Sumy | 25,830 | Alians Lypova Dolyna | Rounds 1, 3, 14, 5 |
| 5 | Meteor Stadium | Dnipro | 24,381 | VPK-Ahro Shevchenkivka | |
| 6 | Ternopil City Stadium | Ternopil | 15,150 | Nyva Ternopil | |
| 7 | Avanhard Stadium | Lutsk | 12,080 | Volyn Lutsk | |
| 7 | Avanhard Stadium | Lutsk | 12,080 | Nyva Ternopil | Round 18 |
| 8 | MCS Rukh | Ivano-Frankivsk | 6,500 | Prykarpattia Ivano-Frankivsk | Under passive reconstruction since 1986, only one stand out of four is active |
| 9 | Prapor Stadium | Kramatorsk | 6,000 | Avanhard Kramatorsk | |
| 10 | Central Stadium | Zhytomyr | 5,928 | Polissia Zhytomyr | Returned for round 18 |
| 11 | Naftovyk Stadium | Okhtyrka | 5,256 | Alians Lypova Dolyna | Rounds 8, 10, 12 |
| 12 | Obolon Arena | Kyiv | 5,100 | Obolon Kyiv | |
| 13 | Metalurh Stadium | Bakhmut | 4,000 | Avanhard Kramatorsk | Round 12 |
| 14 | Skif Stadium | Lviv | 3,742 | Veres Rivne | Rounds 11, 19 |
| 14 | Skif Stadium | Lviv | 3,742 | Nyva Ternopil | Round 16 |
| 15 | Krystal Stadium | Kherson | 3,400 | Krystal Kherson | |
| 16 | Enerhetyk Stadium | Burshtyn | 3,000 | Prykarpattia Ivano-Frankivsk | Round 11 |
| 17 | Yunist Stadium | Volochysk | 2,700 | Ahrobiznes Volochysk | home stadium |
| 17 | Yunist Stadium | Volochysk | 2,700 | Nyva Ternopil | Round 15 |
| 18 | Yunist Stadium | Horishni Plavni | 2,500 | Hirnyk-Sport Horishni Plavni | |
| 19 | Spartak-Arena | Zhytomyr | 2,500 | Polissia Zhytomyr | Round 8 |
| 20 | Bannikov Stadium | Kyiv | 1,678 | Polissia Zhytomyr | temporary home stadium |
| 21 | Kremin Stadium | Kremenchuk | 1,500 | Kremin Kremenchuk | |
| 22 | Vyshnivets Stadium | Vyshnivets | 1,500 | Nyva Ternopil | Round 10 |
| 23 | Yuvileynyi Stadium | Bucha | 1,028 | Polissia Zhytomyr | Round 6 |
| 24 | Bohdan Markevych Stadium | Vynnyky | 900 | Ahrobiznes Volochysk | Round 10, 12 |
| 25 | Kolos Stadium | Mlyniv | 850 | Veres Rivne | temporary home stadium |
| 26 | Alians-Arena | Bairak | 520 | Alians Lypova Dolyna | Round 19, 21 |
| 27 | Central Stadium (upper field) | Mykolaiv | 500 | MFC Mykolaiv | temporary home stadium |
| 28 | Metalist Educational Training Base | Vysokyi | 500 | Metalist 1925 Kharkiv | Round 8, 10, 12 |

### Notes

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* ↑ Metalurh Stadium is not among UAF approved stadiums on the list that was published in summer of 2020'"`UNIQ--ref-00000012-QINU`"'
* ↑ Polissia Zhytomyr played their Round 8 home match at Spartak-Arena in their home city
* ↑ Before the season's start it was announced in news media that Polissia Zhytomyr may start to play their home games in Zhytomyr at Tsentralnyi Stadion,'"`UNIQ--ref-00000019-QINU`"' but in reality plays most of their home matches at Bannikov Stadium in Kyiv
* ↑ Polissia Zhytomyr played their Round 6 home match at Yuvileynyi Stadium in Bucha, Kyiv Oblast
* ↑ Bohdan Markevych Stadium in Vynnyky, Lviv Oblast was used as home game for Ahrobiznes Volochysk in Round 10 & 12
* ↑ MFC Mykolaiv have played all their home games thus far in the season at the Upper Field of the Central City Stadium

## Personnel and sponsorship

| Team | President | Head coach | Kit manufacturer | Shirt sponsor |
| Ahrobiznes Volochysk | Oleh Sobutskyi | Oleksandr Chyzhevskyi | Nike | Ahrobiznes |
| Alians Lypova Dolyna | Serhiy Demchenko | Yuriy Yaroshenko | Puma | Alians |
| Avanhard Kramatorsk | Maksym Yefimov | Oleksiy Horodov | Lotto Sport | Donbasenergo |
| Chornomorets Odesa | Leonid Klimov | Oleksiy Antonov | Legea | Hefest |
| Hirnyk-Sport Horishni Plavni | Petro Kaplun | Ihor Zhabchenko | Adidas | Ferrexpo |
| Kremin Kremenchuk | Serhiy Kovnir | Serhiy Svystun (interim) | Select Sport | Alfateks |
| Krystal Kherson | Vadym Yevtushenko | Vadym Yevtushenko | Joma | Ahro star |
| Metalist 1925 Kharkiv | Yaroslav Vdovenko | Valeriy Kriventsov | Puma | AES Group |
| MFC Mykolaiv | Serhiy Kantor | Illia Blyzniuk | Mayner | Ekvator Factory |
| Nyva Ternopil | Oleksandr Stadnyk | Ihor Klymovskyi | K-Sector | Rodyna invest |
| Obolon Kyiv | Oleksandr Slobodian | Valeriy Ivashchenko (interim) | Jako | Favorite Sport |
| Polissia Zhytomyr | Volodymyr Zahurskyi | Serhiy Shyshchenko | Erreà | BGV Group |
| Prykarpattia Ivano-Frankivsk | Vasyl Olshanetskyi | Oleh Rypan (interim) | Joma | Adamson |
| Veres Rivne | Ivan Nadieyin | Yuriy Virt | Nike | Ukrteplo |
| Volyn Lutsk | Vitaliy Kvartsyanyi | Vasyl Sachko | Joma | — |
| VPK-Ahro Shevchenkivka | Volodymyr Korsun | Serhiy Solovyov | Nike | VPK-Ahro |

### Managerial changes

| Team | Outgoing head coach | Manner of departure | Date of vacancy | Table | Incoming head coach | Date of appointment |
| Polissya Zhytomyr | Anatoliy Bezsmertnyi | Resigned | 4 July 2020 | Pre-season | Serhiy Shyshchenko | 7 July 2020 |
| Kremin Kremenchuk | Serhiy Svystun | Undisclosed | 14 August 2020 | Pre-season | Oleksandr Holovko | 14 August 2020 |
| Volyn Lutsk | Andriy Tlumak | End of contract | 14 August 2020 | Pre-season | Vasyl Sachko | 19 August 2020 |
| Avanhard Kramatorsk | Oleksiy Horodov (interim) | Made permanent | 17 August 2020 | Pre-season | Oleksiy Horodov | 17 August 2020 |
| Obolon Kyiv | Valeriy Ivashchenko (interim) | Made permanent | 18 August 2020 | Pre-season | Valeriy Ivashchenko | 18 August 2020 |
| Metalist 1925 Kharkiv | Vyacheslav Khruslov (interim) | End of interim | 21 August 2020 | Pre-season | Valeriy Kriventsov | 21 August 2020 |
| Prykarpattia Ivano-Frankivsk | Volodymyr Kovalyuk | Mutual consent | 2 September 2020 | Pre-season | Ruslan Mostovyi | 4 September 2020 |
| Krystal Kherson | Eduard Khavrov | Resigned | 28 September 2020 | 16th | Serhiy Valyayev | 1 October 2020 |
| Nyva Ternopil | Vasyl Malyk | Resigned | 10 October 2020 | 11th | Ihor Bilan | 10 October 2020 |
| Obolon Kyiv | Valeriy Ivashchenko | Changed to assistant | 17 October 2020 | 15th | Pavlo Yakovenko | 18 October 2020 |
| Krystal Kherson | Serhiy Valyayev | Resigned | 20 November 2020 | 16th | Serhiy Shevtsov (interim) | 21 November 2020 |
| Kremin Kremenchuk | Oleksandr Holovko | Mutual consent | 11 December 2020 | 12th | Oleksiy Hodin | 6 January 2021 |
| Krystal Kherson | Serhiy Shevtsov (interim) | Resigned | 8 January 2021 | 16th | Vadym Yevtushenko | 23 February 2021 |
| Chornomorets Odesa | Serhiy Kovalets | Mutual consent | 17 February 2021 | 3rd | Oleksiy Antonov | 18 February 2021 |
| Nyva Ternopil | Ihor Bilan | Mutual consent | 12 April 2021 | 13th | Ihor Klymovskyi | 13 April 2021 |
| Kremin Kremenchuk | Oleksiy Hodin | Resigned | 30 April 2021 | 14th | Serhiy Svystun (interim) | 30 April 2021 |
| Prykarpattia Ivano-Frankivsk | Ruslan Mostovyi | Sacked | 1 May 2021 | 15th | Oleh Rypan (interim) | 1 May 2021 |
| Obolon Kyiv | Pavlo Yakovenko | Mutual consent | 5 May 2021 | 8th | Valeriy Ivashchenko (interim) | 5 May 2021 |
Notes:

## League table

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion, qualification or relegation |
| 1 | Veres Rivne (P, C) | 30 | 21 | 5 | 4 | 56 | 21 | +35 | 68 | Promotion to Ukrainian Premier League |
| 2 | Chornomorets Odesa (P) | 30 | 18 | 7 | 5 | 45 | 23 | +22 | 61 | Promotion to Ukrainian Premier League |
| 3 | Metalist 1925 Kharkiv (P) | 30 | 16 | 8 | 6 | 36 | 22 | +14 | 56 | Promotion to Ukrainian Premier League |
| 4 | Mykolaiv (R) | 30 | 15 | 8 | 7 | 49 | 23 | +26 | 53 | Relegation to Ukrainian Second League |
| 5 | Ahrobiznes Volochysk | 30 | 15 | 7 | 8 | 46 | 27 | +19 | 52 | |
| 6 | Alians Lypova Dolyna | 30 | 14 | 9 | 7 | 46 | 31 | +15 | 51 | |
| 7 | Volyn Lutsk | 30 | 13 | 7 | 10 | 39 | 28 | +11 | 46 | |
| 8 | Obolon Kyiv | 30 | 13 | 4 | 13 | 44 | 35 | +9 | 43 | |
| 9 | Hirnyk-Sport Horishni Plavni | 30 | 11 | 5 | 14 | 43 | 45 | −2 | 38 | |
| 10 | VPK-Ahro Shevchenkivka | 30 | 11 | 4 | 15 | 30 | 48 | −18 | 37 | |
| 11 | Polissia Zhytomyr | 30 | 9 | 8 | 13 | 32 | 37 | −5 | 35 | |
| 12 | Avanhard Kramatorsk | 30 | 9 | 5 | 16 | 32 | 51 | −19 | 32 | |
| 13 | Nyva Ternopil | 30 | 8 | 7 | 15 | 30 | 50 | −20 | 31 | |
| 14 | Prykarpattia Ivano-Frankivsk | 30 | 8 | 6 | 16 | 25 | 45 | −20 | 30 | |
| 15 | Kremin Kremenchuk | 30 | 6 | 6 | 18 | 23 | 50 | −27 | 24 | |
| 16 | Krystal Kherson (R) | 30 | 3 | 4 | 23 | 21 | 61 | −40 | 13 | Relegation to Ukrainian Second League |

### Results

| Home \ Away | AHR | ALD | AVK | CHO | HIS | KRE | KRY | M25 | MYK | NYV | OBL | POL | PRY | VER | VOL | VPK |
| Ahrobiznes Volochysk | | 2–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 5–1 | 4–2 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 4–0 | 1–0 | 3–2 | 3–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 1–2 |
| Alians Lypova Dolyna | 1–1 | | 1–1 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 4–0 | 1–0 | 4–2 | 4–1 | 2–1 | 0–2 | 3–2 |
| Avanhard Kramatorsk | 1–1 | 0–3 | | 1–2 | 0–3 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 3–1 | 1–2 | 0–3 | 3–1 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 2–3 |
| Chornomorets Odesa | 0–1 | 0–2 | 3–1 | | 1–1 | 2–1 | 4–0 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 3–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 2–0 |
| Hirnyk-Sport Horishni Plavni | 0–0 | 2–3 | 0–2 | 0–1 | | 2–0 | 3–0 | 3–0 | 0–3 | 4–1 | 2–3 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 0–3 | 1–2 |
| Kremin Kremenchuk | 0–1 | 0–2 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | | 1–0 | 0–4 | 1–1 | 1–3 | 1–0 | 0–2 | 0–1 | 1–2 | 1–2 | 2–0 |
| Krystal Kherson | 1–4 | 0–0 | 1–2 | 0–4 | 1–3 | 1–2 | | 1–2 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 3–2 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 2–3 | 0–1 | 1–2 |
| Metalist 1925 Kharkiv | 1–0 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 3–2 | 0–1 | 1–0 | | 1–0 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 4–1 | 1–1 | 1–2 |
| MFC Mykolaiv | 0–2 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 6–1 | 2–0 | 6–0 | 1–2 | | 4–0 | 5–3 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 1–0 |
| Nyva Ternopil | 1–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 0–3 | 2–2 | 2–0 | 1–2 | 0–0 | | 2–1 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 0–2 | 1–2 |
| Obolon Kyiv | 1–0 | 2–0 | 5–0 | 2–3 | 0–1 | 3–0 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 2–1 | | 3–0 | 4–1 | 0–2 | 2–1 | 0–0 |
| Polissia Zhytomyr | 1–3 | 1–2 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 3–2 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 1–3 | 0–1 | 1–2 | | 1–1 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 3–1 |
| Prykarpattia Ivano-Frankivsk | 2–1 | 1–0 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 0–3 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 1–1 | | 0–1 | 2–0 | 0–1 |
| Veres Rivne | 2–0 | 3–3 | 5–1 | 4–0 | 3–0 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 3–1 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 3–0 | | 2–0 | 1–0 |
| Volyn Lutsk | 2–1 | 2–2 | 0–1 | 1–2 | 2–0 | 2–3 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 2–2 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 2–1 | | 2–0 |
| VPK-Ahro Shevchenkivka | 2–3 | 1–3 | 2–1 | 0–2 | 0–3 | 3–0 | 1–2 | 0–1 | 0–4 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 0–4 | 1–1 | |
* ↑ According to the UAF CDC decision of 9 April 2021, FC Nyva Ternopil was awarded technical loss (0:3) (for late announcement the visiting club and the PFL by the hosting club about place and start of the match), and the team of Hirnyk-Sport Horishni Plavni – technical victory (3:0).'"`UNIQ--ref-00000030-QINU`"''"`UNIQ--ref-00000031-QINU`"''"`UNIQ--ref-00000032-QINU`"'

## Top goalscorers

As of 12 June 2021
| Rank | Scorer | Team | Goals (Pen.) |
| 1 | Ruslan Chernenko | Ahrobiznes Volochysk | 15 (9) |
| 2 | Mykhaylo Shestakov | Veres Rivne | 13 (2) |
| 2 | Yuriy Batyushyn | Hirnyk-Sport / Metalist 1925 | 13 (6) |
| 4 | Bohdan Orynchak | Volyn Lutsk | 11 (4) |
| 5 | Bohdan Kushnirenko | MFC Mykolaiv | 10 (8) |
| 6 | Serhiy Kyslenko | Nyva Ternopil | 9 |
| 6 | Oleksandr Batalskyi | Obolon Kyiv | 9 (1) |
| 6 | Mykola Ahapov | Alians Lypova Dolyna | 9 (2) |
| 9 | Artur Murza | Hirnyk-Sport / Obolon | 8 (1) |
| 10 | Volodymyr Odaryuk | MFC Mykolaiv | 7 |
| 10 | Hennadiy Pasich | Veres Rivne | 7 |
| 10 | Robert Hehedosh | Veres Rivne | 7 (1) |
| 10 | Kostyantyn Yaroshenko | Alians Lypova Dolyna | 7 (1) |
| 10 | Ihor Semenyna | Krystal / Nyva | 7 (2) |
| 10 | Mykhaylo Serhiychuk | Veres Rivne | 7 (4) |

## Awards
### Monthly awards

The award is being selected on initiative of the PFL media partner UA-Football.
| Month | Player of the Month | Player of the Month | Player of the Month |
| Month | Player | Club | Reference |
| September 2020 | Bohdan Kohut | Veres Rivne | |
| October 2020 | Robert Hehedosh | Veres Rivne | |
| November 2020 | Oleksiy Maydanevych | Obolon Kyiv | |
| April 2021 | Dmytro Kryskiv | Metalist 1925 Kharkiv | |
| May 2021 | Mykola Ahapov | Alians Lypova Dolyna | |
| June 2021 | Vitaliy Dakhnovskyi | Veres Rivne | |

### Round awards

| Round | Player | Player | Player | Coach | Coach | Coach |
| Round | Player | Club | Reference | Coach | Club | Reference |
| Round 1 | Serhiy Bilous | Kremin Kremenchuk | | Oleksandr Holovko | Kremin Kremenchuk | |
| Round 2 | Roman Hahun | Ahrobiznes Volochysk | | Valeriy Kriventsov | Metalist 1925 Kharkiv | |
| Round 3 | Vladyslav Horbachenko | VPK-Ahro Shevchenkivka | | Serhiy Kovalets | Chornomorets Odesa | |
| Round 4 | Artur Murza | Hirnyk-Sport Horishni Plavni | | Ihor Zhabchenko | Hirnyk-Sport Horishni Plavni | |
| Round 5 | Ihor Sikorskyi | Volyn Lutsk | | Yuriy Virt | Veres Rivne | |
| Round 6 | Serhiy Kravchenko | MFC Mykolaiv | | Illya Blyznyuk | MFC Mykolaiv | |
| Round 7 | Robert Hehedosh | Veres Rivne | | Volodymyr Knysh (director) | VPK-Ahro Shevchenkivka | |
| Round 8 | Vasyl Lytvynenko | Obolon Kyiv | | Serhiy Shyshchenko | Polissia Zhytomyr | |
| Round 9 | Yuriy Kozyrenko | Hirnyk-Sport Horishni Plavni | | Ihor Zhabchenko (2) | Hirnyk-Sport Horishni Plavni | |
| Round 10 | Artem Kovbasa | Chornomorets Odesa | | Pavlo Yakovenko | Obolon Kyiv | |
| Round 11 | Dzhemal Kyzylatesh | Volyn Lutsk | | Vasyl Sachko | Volyn Lutsk | |
| Round 12 | Serhiy Zahynailov | Alians Lypova Dolyna | | Oleksandr Chyzhevskyi | Ahrobiznes Volochysk | |
| Round 13 | Oleksandr Batalskyi | Obolon Kyiv | | Serhiy Kovalets (2) | Chornomorets Odesa | |
| Round 14 | Mykhailo Shestakov | Veres Rivne | | Illia Blyzniuk (2) | MFC Mykolaiv | |
| Round 15 | Oleksiy Maidanevych | Obolon Kyiv | | Oleksandr Chyzhevskyi (2) | Ahrobiznes Volochysk | |
| Round 16 | Bohdan Orynchak | Volyn Lutsk | | Yuriy Virt (2) | Veres Rivne | |
| winter break |||||||
| Round 17 | Yuriy Romanyuk | Ahrobiznes Volochysk | | Vasyl Sachko (2) | Volyn Lutsk | |
| Round 18 | Volodymyr Odaryuk | MFC Mykolaiv | | Valeriy Kriventsov (2) | Metalist 1925 Kharkiv | |
| Round 19 | Mykola Hayduchyk | Veres Rivne | | Yuriy Virt (3) | Veres Rivne | |
| Round 20 | Serhiy Panasenko | Veres Rivne | | Serhiy Solovyov | VPK-Ahro Shevchenkivka | |
| Round 21 | Roman Honcharenko | Veres Rivne | | Ruslan Mostovyi | Prykarpattia Ivano-Frankivsk | |
| Round 22 | Vladyslav Sharay | Alians Lypova Dolyna | | Illia Blyznyuk (3) | MFC Mykolaiv | |
| Round 23 | Stanislav Koval | Polissya Zhytomyr | | Yuriy Virt (4) | Veres Rivne | |
| Round 24 | Ivan Holovkin | Krystal Kherson | | Serhiy Shyshchenko (2) | Polissya Zhytomyr | |
| Round 25 | Mykola Ahapov | Alians Lypova Dolyna | | Oleksiy Horodov | Avanhard Kramatorsk | |
| Round 26 | Vitaliy Ponomar | Metalist 1925 Kharkiv | | Valeriy Kryventsov (3) | Metalist 1925 Kharkiv | |
| Round 27 | Kostyantyn Yaroshenko | Alians Lypova Dolyna | | Valeriy Ivashchenko | Obolon Kyiv | |
| Round 28 | Serhiy Shvets | Polissya Zhytomyr | | Oleksiy Antonov | Chornomorets Odesa | |
| Round 29 | Artem Habelok | Metalist 1925 Kharkiv | | Serhiy Shyshchenko (3) | Polissia Zhytomyr | |
| Round 30 | Oleksandr Byelyayev | VPK-Ahro Shevchenkivka | | Serhiy Solovyov (2) | VPK-Ahro Shevchenkivka | |
Notes:
* ↑ Being diagnosed with the COVID-19 and quarantined, the club's manager Serhiy Solovyov was temporarily spotted by the club's director in position of head coach'"`UNIQ--ref-0000005A-QINU`"'

## Number of teams by region

| Number | Region | Team(s) |
| 2 | Poltava Oblast | Kremin and Hirnyk-Sport |
| 1 | Dnipropetrovsk Oblast | VPK-Ahro |
| 1 | Donetsk Oblast | Avanhard |
| 1 | Ivano-Frankivsk Oblast | Prykarpattia |
| 1 | Kharkiv Oblast | Metalist 1925 |
| 1 | Kherson Oblast | Krystal |
| 1 | Khmelnytskyi Oblast | Ahrobiznes |
| 1 | Kyiv Oblast | Obolon |
| 1 | Mykolaiv Oblast | Mykolaiv |
| 1 | Odesa Oblast | Chornomorets |
| 1 | Rivne Oblast | Veres |
| 1 | Sumy Oblast | Alians |
| 1 | Ternopil Oblast | Nyva |
| 1 | Volyn Oblast | Volyn |
| 1 | Zhytomyr Oblast | Polissia |