# 2019–20 Ukrainian First League U-19 Championship

The 2019–20 Ukrainian First League U–19 Championship was the fourth season of the Ukrainian Junior Under 19 Championship in First League. The competition involved participation of several junior teams of the Professional Football League of Ukraine as well as some other football academies. Due to COVID-19 pandemic post season playoffs were canceled and no champion was determined.
Direct administration of the competition belonged to the Youth Football League of Ukraine. The tournament was conducted in cooperation between both Youth Football League and Professional Football League.
The season started on 11 September 2019 with 36 participants. The 2019–20 season features the first winner of the competition from Cherkasy which used to be called Cherkaskyi Dnipro and now Dnipro Cherkasy as well as other long time participants Bukovyna, Barsa, ARZ, and others.
Among newcomers there were Nyva Vinnytsia, Complex Sports School (KDYuSSh) Chempion, Sports School (DYuSSh) 26, Lider, SSSOR (SDYuSShOR) Metalurh, UFK Dnipro, Avanhard Kharkiv, and others. Among the past season participants of the "Four teams tournament" only Avanhard Kramatorsk continues to participate, while SC Dnipro-1 and Kolos Kovalivka joined the Ukrainian Premier League U–19 championship (their main squads were promoted to the Ukrainian Premier League) and Obolon-Brovar Kyiv transitioned its U–19 squad into Obolon-Brovar-2 Bucha that joined professional league competitions in the Second League.

## Teams

* Debut: Nyva Vinnytsia, Chempion Kyiv, DYuSSh 26 Kyiv, Bila Tserkva, SDYuShOR Metalurh Zaporizhia, Hirnyk Kryvyi Rih, Lider Dnipro, Nikopol, Zorya-Myronivshchyny, Avanhard Kharkiv
* Returning: Olimpik Kharkiv
* Withdrawn: MFA Mukachevo, Temp Vinnytsia, SC Dnipro, VO DYuSSu Vinnytsia, ARZ Bila Tserkva, Nikopol-Obriy, Kolos Kovalivka, Kremin Kremenchuk, Holkiper Zaporizhia, Metalurh Kamianske, Kvadro Pervomaiskyi

## Group stage
### Group 1

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Comments |
| 1 | Nyva Vinnytsia | 7 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 17 | 10 | +7 | 18 | Qualification for play-offs |
| 2 | Prykarpattia Ivano-Frankivsk | 7 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 18 | 6 | +12 | 18 | Qualification for play-offs |
| 3 | Nika Ivano-Frankivsk | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 16 | 8 | +8 | 13 | |
| 4 | Bukovyna Chernivtsi | 7 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 13 | 16 | −3 | 9 | |
| 5 | Podillya Khmelnytskyi | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 13 | 16 | −3 | 8 | |
| 6 | Hirnyk Novoyavorivsk | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 11 | −5 | 7 | |
| 7 | Adrenalin Lutsk | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 8 | 15 | −7 | 4 | |
| 8 | Dynamo Lviv | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 9 | 18 | −9 | 4 | |

### Top goalscorers

    As of
| Rank | Scorer | Team | Goals (Pen.) |
| 1 | Andriy Bondaruk | Nika Ivano-Frankivsk | 7 |
| 2 | Andriy Khoma | Prykarpattia Ivano-Frankivsk | 6 |
| 3 | Danylo Drobatyi | Nyva Vinnytsia | 5 (1) |

### Group 2

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Comments |
| 1 | Zmina-Obolon Kyiv | 9 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 20 | 7 | +13 | 23 | Qualification for play-off |
| 2 | Complex Sports School Chempion | 9 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 19 | 12 | +7 | 18 | Qualification for play-off |
| 3 | Polissya Zhytomyr | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 18 | 12 | +6 | 16 | |
| 4 | Chempion Kyiv | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 17 | 16 | +1 | 16 | |
| 5 | Lyubomyr Stavyshche | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 18 | 11 | +7 | 15 | |
| 6 | imeni Lva Yashina | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 13 | 14 | −1 | 11 | |
| 7 | Lokomotyv Kyiv | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 13 | 15 | −2 | 10 | |
| 8 | Sports School 26 Kyiv | 9 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 18 | 23 | −5 | 9 | |
| 9 | Sports School 15 Kyiv | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 10 | 18 | −8 | 8 | |
| 10 | Bila Tserkva | 9 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 5 | 23 | −18 | 2 | |

### Top goalscorers

    As of
| Rank | Scorer | Team | Goals (Pen.) |
| 1 | Roman Tkachenko | Complex Sports School Chempion | 11 |
| 2 | Volodymyr Ryabov | Lyubomyr Stavyshche | 8 (3) |
| 3 | Vladyslav Vasylenko | Sports School 26 Kyiv | 5 |
| 3 | Arkadiy Studenyak | Lokomotyv Kyiv | 5 (3) |

### Group 3

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Comments |
| 1 | SSSOR Metalurh | 9 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 28 | 13 | +15 | 18 | Qualification for play-offs |
| 2 | Hirnyk Kryvyi Rih | 9 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 17 | 6 | +11 | 18 | Qualification for play-offs |
| 3 | Olimpik Kropyvnytskyi | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 24 | 12 | +12 | 17 | |
| 4 | Atletyk Odesa | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 23 | 15 | +8 | 16 | |
| 5 | Dnipro-1 Borysfen | 9 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 13 | 8 | +5 | 16 | |
| 6 | Dnipro Cherkasy | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 16 | 17 | −1 | 12 | |
| 7 | Lider Dnipro | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 11 | −2 | 11 | |
| 8 | FC Nikopol | 9 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 16 | 29 | −13 | 9 | |
| 9 | Maoldis Dnipro | 9 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 14 | 34 | −20 | 7 | |
| 10 | Zorya-Myronivshchyny | 9 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 8 | 23 | −15 | 3 | |

### Top goalscorers

    As of
| Rank | Scorer | Team | Goals (Pen.) |
| 1 | Yevheniy Merkulov | Dnipro Cherkasy | 7 (1) |
| 2 | Ara Khachatryan | SSSOR Metalurh | 6 (1) |
| 3 | Andriy Nikolenko | Olimpik Kropyvnytskyi | 5 |
| 3 | Oleksandr Bozhinskyi | Atletyk Odesa | 5 (1) |
| 3 | Ivan Metsenko | SSSOR Metalurh | 5 (2) |

### Group 4

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Comments |
| 1 | Avanhard Kramatorsk | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 22 | 8 | +14 | 16 | Qualification for play-offs |
| 2 | Avanhard Kharkiv | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 15 | 5 | +10 | 13 | Qualification for play-offs |
| 3 | School of Olympic Reserve im.S.Bubky | 7 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 13 | 9 | +4 | 12 | |
| 4 | FC Petrykivka | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 5 | +2 | 12 | |
| 5 | Barsa Sumy | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 19 | 16 | +3 | 10 | |
| 6 | Arena Kharkiv | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 10 | −2 | 10 | |
| 7 | Olimpik Kharkiv | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 12 | 16 | −4 | 6 | |
| 8 | Kobra Kharkiv | 7 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 3 | 30 | −27 | 0 | |

### Top goalscorers

    As of
| Rank | Scorer | Team | Goals (Pen.) |
| 1 | Valeriy Blazhko | Avanhard Kharkiv | 5 (1) |
| 1 | Artem Buts | Avanhard Kramatorsk | 5 (1) |