The 2019–20 Ukrainian Amateur Football Championship season was the 24th since it replaced the competition of physical culture clubs.
On 1 July 2018, the AAFU published information about the upcoming season with a tentative composition which was finalized on 15 July 2019.On 29 June took place a conference on issues of conducting competitions next season (29-го червня відбулася нарада з питань проведення змагань наступного сезону). AAFU. 1 July 2019
Summary Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the spring half was suspended to summer. On 7 June 2020, there took place the AAFU conference which among other issues also discussed reorganization of the organization.Today in Lviv took place the AAFU Conference (Сьогодні у Львові відбулася Конференція ААФУ). AAFU. 7 June 2020 A couple months before that on 31 March 2020 in car accident died the president of AAFU Fedir Shpyh.A tragedy. Fedir Shpyh perished (Трагедія. Загинув Федір Шпиг). AAFU. 31 March 2020
On 17 June 2020, there appeared information that it is the final day for clubs to confirm their participation in continuation of the AAFU competitions, which could be resumed on 27 June 2020.The Ukrainian championship among amateurs may resume on 27 June (Чемпіонат України серед аматорів може продовжитися 27 червня). Footboom. 17 June 2020
On 22 June 2020, there appeared information about that the season will be resumed on 27 June 2020 and finished with some changes to the regulations.The Ukrainian championship among amateurs will resume on 27 June (Чемпионат Украины среди любителей возобновится 27 июня). Sport Arena. 22 June 2020Games of the 2019–20 Ukrainian championship will start from 27 June (З 27 червня розпочнеться проведення матчів чемпіонату України 2019/2020). AAFU. 22 June 2020 Due to extensive pause in the competition, at least 10 teams withdrew.
Teams Relegated professional clubs Zirka Kropyvnytskyi – 15th place (withdrew) in the 2018–19 Ukrainian First League (returning, last played season in 2007)
Returning/reformed clubs FC Chernihiv (returning, last played season in 2017–18) Dnipro Cherkasy (returning, last played season in 2003 as FC Cherkasy) Epitsentr Dunayivtsi (returning, last played season in 2010 as Verest Dunayivtsi) Kovel-Volyn Kovel (returning, last played season in 2016–17) Nyva Terebovlia (returning, last played season in 2017–18)
Debut List of teams that are debuting this season in the league.
Atlet Kyiv Lehioner Dnipro Votrans Lutsk
Bila Tserkva LSTM No.536 Lutsk FC Vovchansk
Dnipro-1-Borysfen Svitanok-Ahrosvit Shlyakhova
Kremin-Yuniors Kremenchuk. FC Trostianets
Withdrawn teams List of clubs that took part in last year competition, but chose not to participate in 2019–20 season:
Avanhard Bziv Chaika Vyshhorod
FC Dnipro Druzhba Kryvyi Rih
Fakel Lypovets SC Khmelnytskyi
Krystal Chortkiv FC Kryvyi Rih
Skoruk Tomakivka FC Ternopil
Clubs that did not play last season in the league, but showed interest at first yet withdrew before the start of the season:
Praid Tokmak
Ahronyva ZavodskeKholodnyi, Valeriy. "Ahronyva" (Zavodske) will not play in the Ukrainian championship among amateurs ("Агронива" (Заводське) не зіграє у чемпіонаті України серед аматорів). Footboom. 1 August 2019
Tavria-Skif Rozdol
List of clubs that withdrew during the season: FC MalynskKholodnyi, Valeriy. Malynsk is withdrawing from the Ukrainian championship among amateurs ("Малинськ" знімається з чемпіонату України серед аматорів). Footboom. 15 August 2019
Merged teams / Name change On 2 March 2020 during midseason winter recession, it became known that FC Chernihiv is merging with FC Avanhard Koryukivka in order to participate next season in the Second League.In Chernihiv Oblast is taking place a merging of two clubs with perspective to play in the Second League (В Черниговской области — слияние двух клубов с перспективой под Вторую лигу). Sport Arena. 2 March 2020 The united team would be finishing the second half of the 2019–20 season in amateurs. The AAFU allowed the merged club to keep its second team without purging it. On 1 March 2020 FC Trostianets-2 change its name to FC Trostianets. On 19 June 2020 FC Rubikon-Vyshneve Kyiv change its name to FC Rubikon Kyiv. On 19 June 2020 FC Chernihiv change its name to FC Chernihiv-YuSB. On 19 June 2020 Avanhard Koriukivka change its name to FC Chernihiv-Avanhard Koriukivka.
Location map The following displays the location of teams.
Stadiums Group A Team Stadium Position in2018–19MalynskLion Stadium Am1, 1stPokuttia Yunist Stadium Am1, 2ndODEK ODEK Stadium Am1, 3rdKarpaty Kolos StadiumEnerhetyk Stadium (Burshtyn) Am1, 4thAhron Velyki Hayi Stadium Am1, 5thEpitsentr Tovtry Stadium (Chemerivtsi)Zernovyk StadiumPodillia Stadium (Vasylkivtsi) RegKovel-Volyn Tsentralnyi Stadium RegLSTM 536 Knyahynok Stadium RegNyva Kolos Stadium RegSvitanok-Ahrosvit Shlyakhova Arena RegVotrans Pidhaitsi Stadium Reg Group B Team Stadium Position in2018–19LNZ LNZ-Arena Am2, 1stViktoriya Viktoriya Stadium Am2, 2ndPervomaisk Tsentralnyi Stadium Am2, 6thAhrodim Kolos Stadium Am2, 8thAvanhard K. KFTP StadiumChernihiv Arena Am2, 9thRubikon Miskyi Stadium (Vyshneve)Atlet Stadium Am2, 10thOlimpik Zirka StadiumZmina Stadium (Bila Tserkva)Shyshka Stadium (Oleksandrivka) Am2, 11thAtlet DYuSSh Atlet Stadium RegBila Tserkva Zmina Stadium Reg Chernihiv Chernihiv ArenaArtur Valerko. What does it cost for us to build a stadium: a successful case of FC Chernihiv (Что нам стоит стадион построить: удачный кейс ФК Чернигов). Sport Arena. 23 January 2020 RegDnipro Tsentralnyi Stadium RegTrostianets Kuts StadiumNaftovyk Stadium (Okhtyrka) Reg Group C Team Stadium Position in2018–19Zirka Zirka Stadium 1L, 15th w/dTavriya Pulyayev Start StadiumMarianivskyi Stadium Am3, 2ndMotor Motor Sich Stadium Am3, 3rdKakhovka Olimpiyskyi StadiumAm3, 4thPeremoha Olimpiyski rezervy StadiumMolodizhnyi Park Am3, 6thYarud Azovets StadiumZakhidnyi Stadium Am3, 9thDnipro/Borysfen Olimpiyski rezervy Stadium RegKremin-Yuniors Kremin ArenaKredmash Stadium RegLehioner Olimpiyski rezervy StadiumMolodizhnyi Park RegVovchansk Sonyachnyi Stadium (Kharkiv)Aggregate Factory Stadium Reg
Notes: Reg — regional championship (Regions of Ukraine) Am[#] — AAFU championship where sign (#) indicates Group number 1L — PFL First League championship
Group stage Group 1
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Group 2
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Group 3 Notes On 8 August 2019 the Ukrainian Association of Football announced that Peremoha was stripped of 9 tournament points in the 2019–20 season.Official. Decision of the UAF Control and Disciplinary Committee in regards to FC Peremoha Dnipro (Офіційно. Рішення КДК УАФ щодо ФК «Перемога» (Дніпро)). Ukrainian Association of Football. 8 August 2019 However, the AAFU official standing did not reflect that fact and no mentioning about the decision either. The game between Dnipro-1-Borysfen and Motor on 28 September 2019 did not take place, possible due to fact that a team of medics did not arrive to the game.Artur Valerko. The AAFU: "scoring shower" in Kropyvnytskyi, two penalties in Pervomaisk (ААФУ: «голепад» у Кропивницькому, два пенальті в Первомайську). Sport Arena. 1 October 2019 Later the standings were adjusted where it was reflected that Motor received technical victory (3:0) and Dnipro technical loss (0:3). During the weekend October 5–6, 2019 two more scheduled games failed to take place Vovchansk – Peremoha (5 October) and Motor – Zirka (6 October). Both games were granted on 7 October 2019 technical scores by AAFU with wins awarded to hosting teams in both games.Group 3 games calendar. AAFU. Please, note that sum of wins in the table is lower than sum of losses because in games between withdrawn clubs that did not take place both received loss.
Second stage Following ease of quarantine restrictions, on 22 June 2020 it was announced that the competition will be resumed on 27 June 2020. It was decided to finish the first stage of competition consisting of three groups as planned, however for the second stage it was decided to replace play-off format with another group stage final mini-tournament consisting of two groups of 4 each and taking place in one place. The second stage is expected to take place in early August and will also include the final game. On 28 July 2020 the AAFU approved the format for the final (second) stage which would be as a single-elimination tournament with a single leg.The AAFU determined format for the final tournament (ААФУ определила формат финального турнира). Sport Arena. 28 July 2020 The first games are expected to take place on 9 August 2020 with the draw for semifinals taking place the next day on 10 August. The final game will take place at the Viktor Bannikov Educational and Training Field in Kyiv.
On 6 August 2020 it was announced that the new season is expected to start on 29 August 2020, while registration to participate in competitions on 10 August 2020.The Ukrainian Association of Amateur Football congratulates all finalists with entering the 2019–20 Ukrainian championship playoffs (Асоціація аматорського футболу України вітає усіх фіналістів з виходом до плей-оф чемпіонату України 2019/2020!). AAFU. 6 August 2020 The Ukrainian Amateur Cup is being planned to start on September 9–16, 2020.
Teams qualified In parentheses are indicated number of times the club qualified for this phase. Group 1: ODEK Orzhiv (3), Epitsentr Dunayivtsi Group 2: Viktoriya Mykolaivka (3), LNZ-Lebedyn (2), Chernihiv-Avanhard Group 3: Tavriya Novotroitske (2), FC Vovchansk, Motor Zaporizhia (2)
Quarterfinals
Notes: Vovchansk received home turf advantage earning 42 points in 18 games, while Epitsentr 39 points in 18 games (see the group stage standings above and the 2019–20 AAFU playoffs format).
Semifinals The semifinal pairs will be drawn on 10 August 2020, participants of which are planned to meet on 13 August 2020.
Finals The final is planned to take place on 16 August 2020.
Promotions to the Second League In a preliminary list, there were 10 contenders for promotion to the Professional Football League competitions (announced on 12 November 2019): Zirka Kropyvnytskyi, Yarud Mariupol, Peremoha Dnipro, Trostianets-2, Dnipro Cherkasy, Rubikon Vyshneve, ODEK Orzhiv, Epitsentr Dunayivtsi, Munkach Mukacheve, Kovel-Volyn.The new professional clubs of Ukraine are approaching: announced contenders for receiving a certification (Новые профессиональные клубы Украины на подходе: объявлены претенденты на получение лицензии). UA-Football. 12 November 2019
As of 24 December 2019, ten clubs have sent the applications for Second League license: FC Zirka Kropyvnytskyi, FC Yarud Mariupol, FC Peremoha Dnipro, FC Academiya Sportu Trostianets, MSC Dnipro Cherkasy, FC Vyshneve, FC Vovchansk, FC Avanhard Koryukivka, FC Karpaty Burshtyn, FC Bila Tserkva.
On 5 August 2020, there became publicized a list of ten main contenders to be promoted to the Second League, Dnipro Cherkasy, Yarud Mariupol, Chernihiv-Avanhard, FC Trostianets, FC Bila Tserkva, Peremoha Dnipro, Epitsentr Dunayivtsi, Rubikon Kyiv, Karpaty Halych, Metall Kharkiv.Vlad Vlasenko. On receiving of membership in PFL there are 10 contenders among amateur clubs (На получение членства в ПФЛ претендуют десять аматорских клубов). Sport Arena. 5 August 2020
Number of teams by region Number Region Team(s)3FC Chernihiv, Avanhard Kryukivka, Ahrodim BakhmachDnirpo-1-Borysfen, Lehioner Dnipro, Peremoha DniproFC Kovel, LSTM Lutsk, Votrans Lutsk2Dnipro Cherkasy, LNZ LebedynKarpaty Halych, Pokuttia KolomyiaSC Kakhovka, Tavriya NovotroitskeOlimpik Kropyvnytskyi, Zirka KropyvnytskyiAtlet, RubikonODEK Orzhiv, FC MalynskFC Trostianets, Viktoriya MykolaivkaAhron Velyki Hayi, Nyva Terebovlya1Yarud MariupolFC VovchanskEpitsentr DunaivtsiFC Bila TserkvaMFC PervomaiskKremin-Yunior KremenchukSvitanok-Ahrosvit ShlyakhovaMotor Zaporizhia
See also 2019–20 Ukrainian Amateur Cup 2019–20 Ukrainian Second League 2019–20 Ukrainian First League