The 2020–21 Ukrainian championship in football season was the 25th since it replaced the competition of physical culture clubs.
On 11 August 2020, the AAFU published information about the upcoming season with a tentative composition.Presenting preliminary list of participants of the 2020–21 Ukrainian championship (Представляємо попередній перелік учасників чемпіонату України 2020/2021). AAFU. 11 August 2020 The championship is expected to start on 29 August 2020.
On 5 September 2020 30 teams started the 25th Ukrainian championship in football among amateurs. The last season champion Viktoriya Mykolaivka are defending their title since declining their opportunity for promotion to professional competitions. The composition of the competition changed notable from the last season with 7 clubs being promoted, while other 9 clubs refused to continue their participation for this season. With competitions already ongoing on September 30 (Dnipro-1-Borysfen) and October 22 (Karpaty Lviv) two more teams also joined the competitions bringing the total number of participating clubs to 32.
Teams Returning/reformed clubs FC Skoruk Tomakivka (returning, last played season in 2018–19) Kryvbas-2 Kryvyi Rih (returning, last played season in 2016 as Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih; formerly Hirnyk Kryvyi Rih)Криворізький Гірник заявився в аматорський чемпіонат. Список учасників ААФУ. sport.ua. 1 September 2020
Debut List of teams that are debuting this season in the league.
AFSC Kyiv FC Kudrivka MFA Mukachevo Varatyk Kolomyia
Dovbush Chernivtsi Liubomyr Stavyshche Olimpiya Savyntsi Yednist Kyiv
imeni Lva Yashina Kyiv Livyi Bereh Kyiv (late start) SC Poltava Yunist Verkhnia Bilka
Karpaty Lviv (late start)Artur Malkin. Karpaty Lviv were included to the number of participants in the Ukrainian championship among amateurs ("Карпати" (Львів) включено до числа учасників чемпіонату України серед аматорів ). Footboom. 22 October 2020 Metalurh-2 Zaporizhia FC Sumy
Withdrawn teams List of clubs that took part in last year competition, but chose not to participate in 2020–21 season:
Ahrodim Bakhmach Chernihiv-Avanhard Kovel-Volyn
Kremin-Yunior Kremenchuk LSTM 536
Olimpik Kropyvnytskyi Pokuttia Kolomyia
Svitanok-Ahrosvit Shlyakhova Tavriya Novotroitske
List of clubs that withdrew during the season or right after it: imeni Lva Yashina Kyiv withdrew during the winter break; its results were kept and handed over to Livyi Bereh Kyiv, which replaced it. Clubs that did not play last season in the league, but showed interest at first, yet withdrew before the start of the season: FC OKKO Kharkiv
Merged teams / Name change Tavriya Novotroitske distanced itself from the Russian-occupied Crimea, moving closer to Kakhovka (village Marianivka), later, before the start of the competitions, merged with SC Tavriya Simferopol Following the renaming and rebranding of Hirnyk Kryvyi Rih to Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih, on 1 September 2020, it was announced that Hirnyk Kryvyi Rih was supposedly preserved and will be participating in the competitions among amateur teams. Already during the season's winter break, on 21 February 2021, the senior coach of Kryvbas-2 gave an interview, in which he discussed Kryvbas-2, which had replaced Hirnyk, as if Hirnyk had never existed.«Кривбас-2»: 9 місце Групи 3 на проміжному етапі. www.aafu.org.ua. 21 February 2021 Livyi Bereh Kyiv, before 20 November 2020, was represented by imeni Lva Yashyna Kyiv, whose record was grandfathered. According to the AAFU information partner, the club is one and the same and was renamed.Artur Valerko. The AAFU: the "grand teams" are victorious at the beginning of the second half (ААФУ: гранди перемагають на старті другого кола). Sport Arena. 24 November 2020 At the Football Federation of Kyiv, there are two separate clubs of the city federation.FFK members . Football Federation of Kyiv. On 3 December 2020, the club officially announced about its first official training and preparation for the spring half.The historic event! The first training session of our adult team (Історична подія! Перше тренування нашої дорослої команди). FC Livyi Bereh Kyiv. 3 December 2020 On 23 March 2021 Dnipro-1-Borysfen was renamed into Borysfen Dnipro Dnipro-1 Borysfen, late start — a farm team of SC Dnipro-1 was not to be fielded for the AAFU competitions due to the COVID-19 pandemic, but at the end of September it was announced that it will resume its participation.Replenishment among the Ukrainian championship participants (Поповнення серед учасників чемпіонату України). AAFU. 30 September 2020
Location map The following displays the location of teams.
Stadiums Group A Team Stadium Position in2019–20ODEK ODEK Stadium Am1, 1stAhron Tsentralny Stadium Am1, 3rdVotrans Votrans Arena (Pidhaitsi) Am1, 7thNyva Kolos Stadium Am1, 8thDovbush Olimpiya Stadium RegMunkach Avanhard StadiumMFA training field RegYunist Yunist Stadium RegVaratyk Voskresyntsi StadiumOlimpia Stadium (Chernivtsi) RegKarpaty L. Shkoliar Stadium New Group B Team Stadium Position in2019–20Viktoriya Viktoriya StadiumAlians Arena (Bairak) Am2, 1stLNZ LNZ-Arena Am2, 2ndAtlet DYuSSh Atlet Stadium Am2, 7thPervomaisk Tsentralnyi Stadium Am2, 10thBila Tserkva Zmina Stadium Am2, 8thLiubomyr Kolos StadiumDinaz Stadium (Liutizh) RegOlimpiya Start Stadium (Myrhorod)Lokomotyv Stadium (Poltava)Poltava training field (Kopyly) RegYednist Perspektyva Stadium RegKyiv Miskyi Stadium (Vyshneve) Regim.L.YashinaLivyi Bereh Rusanivets StadiumLivyi Bereh (Hnidyn) RegKudrivka Kudrivka ArenaYunist Stadium (Chernihiv) Reg Group C Team Stadium Position in2019–20Vovchansk Aggregate Factory StadiumAvanhard Stadium (Zmiiv) Am3, 2ndMotor Motor Sich StadiumLokomotyv Stadium (Polohy)Metalurh training field Am3, 3rdTrostianets Kuts Stadium Am2, 4thKakhovka Olimpiyskyi StadiumAm3, 5thZirka Zirka Stadium Am3, 6thLehioner Molodizhnyi ParkOlimpiyski rezervyAm3, 8thBorysfen Olimpiysky RezervyNovokodatskyi Molodizhnyi ParkAm3, 9thSkoruk Pokrovskyi Stadium RegPoltava Lokomotyv StadiumFC Poltava training base (Kopyly) RegSumy Yuvileiny StadiumAvanhard Stadium RegMetalurh-2 Metalurh Training base RegKryvbas-2 Budivelnyk StadiumHirnyk Stadium Reg
Notes: Reg — regional championship (Regions of Ukraine) Am[#] — AAFU championship where sign (#) indicates Group number
Group stage Group 1
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Group 2
Notes First half of the season FC imeni Lva Yashina record was +1=0-9 10-45 and was replaced by FC Livyi Bereh.
Group 3
Notes The AAFU awarded a technical win for Skoruk 3:0 and loss for Kryvbas-2 for the missed Round 5 game.
Final stage To the stage qualify eight teams, selection of which is determined exclusively by the AAFU Commission in conducting competitions. Both stages quarterfinals and semifinals consist of two legs (home and away). The final game is scheduled to take place at neutral field.
Teams qualified In parentheses are indicated number of times the club qualified for this phase. Group 1: Yunist Verkhnia Bilka, ODEK Orzhiv (4) Group 2: Viktoriya Mykolaivka (4), LNZ-Lebedyn (3), Olimpiya Savyntsi Group 3: Motor Zaporizhia (3), FC Vovchansk(2), FC Sumy
Quarterfinals Games are scheduled for 6 and 13 June 2021.The Association of Amateur Football of Ukraine is greeting all participants of the Ukrainian championship playoffs with qualification to the final stage of competitions! (Асоціація аматорського футболу України вітає усіх учасників плей-оф чемпіонату України з виходом до фінальної стадії змагань!). AAFU. 30 May 2021
Semifinals The draw for the semifinal round took place on 14 June 2021. Games are scheduled for 19 and 26 June 2021.
Final The final game is scheduled for 30 June 2021.
Note: On 24 June 2021 both LNZ and Viktoriya were admitted to the Second League. FC LNZ Cherkasy became the third club in history of amateur competitions in Ukraine that won both regular season competition and Ukrainian Amateur Cup. Previously such feat was reached by FC Torpedo Zaporizhia in 1984 and FC KZEZO Kakhovka in 2004.
Promotions to the Second League Six teams from AAFU are expected to be promoted to the 2021–22 season in Professional Football League (Article 18 of regulations).РЕГЛАМЕНТ Всеукраїнських змагань з футболу серед команда клубів Професіональної футбольної ліги сезону 2020/21 . Professional Football League. 28 August 2020. (Retrieved on 7 September 2020) In early December 2020 it became known that at least 10 teams expressed their intention to receive club's license of the Professional Football League for the next season: MFA Mukachevo, Karpaty Lviv, Nyva Terebovlia, Atlet Kyiv, AFSC Kyiv, Viktoria Mykolaivka, Liubomyr Stavyshche, SC Poltava, FC Sumy, FC Trostianets.The new Karpaty, Sumy, Poltava and seven more clubs consider their opportunity to apply for the Second League (Новые Карпаты, Сумы, Полтава и еще семь клубов рассматривают возможность заявиться во Вторую лигу). Sport Arena. 4 December 2020
On 7 June 2021 it was announced that 10-11 clubs plan to join the Second League as well as three new second teams.Karpaty Lviv, FC Sumy and SC Poltava plan to join the Second League (Львівські Карпати, ФК Суми та СК Полтава планують заявитися до Другої ліги). Sport Arena. 7 June 2021 Among them are Karpaty Lviv (Tlumak's), MFA Mukachevo, LNZ-Lebedyn, Livyi Bereh Kyiv, Lyubomyr Stavyshche, AFSC Kyiv, FC Sumy, Skoruk Tomakivka, SC Poltava, Viktoriya Mykolaivka, FC Trostianets, Rukh-2 Lviv, Lviv-2, Kryvbas-2 Kryvyi Rih.
Number of teams by region Number Region Team(s)4Borysfen Dnipro, Kryvbas-2 Kryvyi Rih, Lehioner Dnipro, Skoruk TomakivkaAFSC, Atlet, Livyi Bereh, Yednist3FC Sumy, FC Trostianets, Viktoriya Mykolaivka2FC Bila Tserkva, Lyubomyr StavyshcheKarpaty Lviv, Yunist Verkhnia BilkaOlimpiya Savyntsi, SC PoltavaAhron Velyki Hayi, Nyva TerebovlyaMetalurh-2 Zaporizhia, Motor Zaporizhia1LNZ LebedynFC KudrivkaDovbush ChernivtsiVaratyk KolomyiaFC VovchanskSC KakhovkaZirka KropyvnytskyiMFC PervomaiskODEK OrzhivVotrans LutskMFA Mukachevo
See also 2020–21 Ukrainian Amateur Cup 2020–21 Ukrainian Second League 2020–21 Ukrainian First League 2020–21 Ukrainian Premier League
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References
External links AAFU The 2018–19 season's regulations. AAFU.