2020–21 Ukrainian Football Amateur League

The 2020–21 Ukrainian championship in football season will be the 25th since it replaced the competition of physical culture clubs.

Ukrainian Amateur Football Championship
Season2020–21
Dates5 September 2020 – TBC 2021
2021–22
All statistics correct as of 12 August 2020.

On 11 August 2020, the AAFU published information about the upcoming season with a tentative composition.[1] 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

Relegated professional clubs

  • None

Returning/reformed clubs

  • FC Skoruk Tomakivka (returning, last played season in 2018–19)
  • 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.[2]

Debut

List of teams that are debuting this season in the league.

Munkacs Mukacheve, FC Yunist Verkhnia Bilka, FC Dovbush Chernivtsi, FC Liubomyr Stavyshche, FC Yednist Kyiv, FC Olimpiya Savyntsi, FC Sumy, SC Poltava, FC Kudrivka, FC imeni Lva Yashina Kyiv, FC Varatyk Kolomyia, Akademia Futbolu SC Kyiv, Kryvbas-2 Kryvyi Rih (former Hirnyk-2), Metalurh-2 Zaporizhia, Karpaty Lviv (late start)[3]

Withdrawn teams

List of clubs that took part in last year competition, but chose not to participate in 2020–21 season:

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 start of the competitions, merged with SC Tavriya Simferopol
  • Livyi Bereh Kyiv, before 20 November 2020 was represented by imeni Lva Yashyna Kyiv which record was grandfathered. According to the AAFU information partner, the club is one and the same and was renamed.[4] At the Football Federation of Kyiv, there are two separate clubs of the city federation.[5] On 3 December 2020, the club officially announced about its first official training and preparation for the spring half.[6]

Location map

The following displays the location of teams.

Yunist
Karpaty
Ahron
Nyva
Varatyk
Dovbush
Votrans
Liubomyr
Kyiv
Kyiv teams :
Atlet
Yednist
AFSC
Livyi Bereh
Bila Tserkva
Kudrivka
Pervomaisk
Zaporizhzhia
Zaporizhzhia teams :
Motor
Metalurh-2
Dnipro teams :
Lehioner
Dnipro-1-Borysfen
Dnipro
Vovchansk
Skoruk
Poltava
Sumy
Trostianets
Location of prospective teams[1] in the 2020–21 Ukrainian Amateur League

Stadiums

Group A
Team Stadium Position in
2019–20
ODEK ODEK Stadium Am1, 1st
Ahron Tsentralny Stadium Am1, 3rd
Votrans Votrans Arena (Pidhaitsi) Am1, 7th
Nyva Kolos Stadium Am1, 8th
Dovbush Olimpiya Stadium Reg
Munkach Avanhard Stadium Reg
Yunist Yunist Stadium Reg
Varatyk Voskresyntsi Stadium Reg
Karpaty L. New
Group B
Team Stadium Position in
2019–20
Viktoriya Viktoriya Stadium Am2, 1st
LNZ LNZ-Arena Am2, 2nd
Atlet DYuSSh Atlet Stadium Am2, 7th
Pervomaisk Tsentralnyi Stadium Am2, 10th
Bila Tserkva Zmina Stadium Am2, 8th
Liubomyr Kolos Stadium
Dinaz Stadium (Liutizh)
Reg
Olimpiya Start Stadium (Myrhorod)
Lokomotyv Stadium
Reg
Yednist Perspektyva Stadium Reg
Kyiv Miskyi Stadium (Vyshneve) Reg
im.L.Yashina
Livyi Bereh
Rusanivets Stadium
Livyi Bereh (Hnidyn)
Reg
Kudrivka Kudrivka Arena Reg
Group C
Team Stadium Position in
2019–20
Vovchansk Aggregate Factory Stadium
Avanhard Stadium (Zmiiv)
Am3, 2nd
Motor Motor Sich Stadium Am3, 3rd
Trostianets Kuts Stadium Am2, 4th
Kakhovka Olimpiyskyi Stadium Am3, 5th
Zirka Zirka Stadium Am3, 6th
Lehioner Molodizhnyi Park
Olimpiyski rezervy
Am3, 8th
Dnipro-1-Borysfen Olimpiysky Rezervy
Novokodatskyi Molodizhnyi Park
Am3, 9th
Skoruk Pokrovskyi Stadium Reg
Poltava Lokomotyv Stadium
FC Poltava training base (Kopyly)
Reg
Sumy Yuvileiny Stadium
Avanhard Stadium
Reg
Metalurh-2 Metalurh Training base Reg
Kryvbas-2 Budivelnyk Stadium Reg

Notes:

Group stage

Group 1

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion, qualification or relegation
1 Yunist Verkhnia Bilka 8 6 1 1 17 6 +11 19 Qualification to second stage
2 ODEK Orzhiv 8 4 3 1 23 8 +15 15
3 Nyva Terebovlia 8 4 2 2 14 8 +6 14
4 MFA Mukacheve 8 3 2 3 6 8 2 11
5 Dovbush Chernivtsi 8 3 2 3 10 14 4 11
6 Votrans Lutsk 7 2 4 1 12 7 +5 10
7 Ahron Velyki Hayi 8 2 2 4 9 16 7 8
8 Karpaty Lviv 7 2 1 4 6 8 2 7
9 Varatyk Kolomyia 8 0 1 7 7 29 22 1
Updated to match(es) played on 21 November 2020. Source: http://www.aafu.org.ua/
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Wins; 3) Better goal difference; 4) Bigger amount of goals scored; 5) If any two or more teams has same amount of points advantage receive that team that in games with all its opponents that earned same amount of points for tiebreak are applied following criteria – 5.1) Points; 5.2) Wins; 5.3) Better goal difference; 5.4) Bigger amount of goals scored; 6) In event if all criteria for rule 5 are equal, placing for teams is determined according to general criteria for all teams 1, 2, 3, 4; 7) Draw of lots.[7]
Notes

Group 2

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion, qualification or relegation
1 Viktoriya Mykolaivka 11 10 1 0 44 12 +32 31 Qualification to second stage
2 FC Kudrivka 11 8 2 1 21 5 +16 26
3 Olimpiya Savyntsi 11 8 1 2 23 7 +16 25
4 FC LNZ-Lebedyn 10 7 2 1 39 4 +35 23
5 MFC Pervomaisk 11 5 0 6 17 25 8 15
6 Atlet Kyiv 11 3 4 4 16 24 8 13
7 Akademia Futbolu 10 3 2 5 20 30 10 11[lower-alpha 1]
8 FC Bila Tserkva 12 3 2 7 11 28 17 11[lower-alpha 1]
9 Yednist Kyiv 12 3 1 8 12 26 14 10
10 Liubomyr Stavyshche 12 1 2 9 10 17 7 5
11 Livyi Bereh Kyiv 11 1 1 9 11 46 35 4
Updated to match(es) played on 28 November 2020. Source: http://www.aafu.org.ua/
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Wins; 3) Better goal difference; 4) Bigger amount of goals scored; 5) If any two or more teams has same amount of points advantage receive that team that in games with all its opponents that earned same amount of points for tiebreak are applied following criteria – 5.1) Points; 5.2) Wins; 5.3) Better goal difference; 5.4) Bigger amount of goals scored; 6) In event if all criteria for rule 5 are equal, placing for teams is determined according to general criteria for all teams 1, 2, 3, 4; 7) Draw of lots.[7]
Notes:
  1. Head-to-head points: Akademia Futbolu SK 3, Bila Tserkva 0
Notes
  • On 31 October 2020 MFC Pervomaisk refused to arrive for an away game against FC LNZ-Lebedyn. The AAFU awarded a technical win for LNZ 3:0 and loss for Pervomaisk.
  • First half of the season FC imeni Lva Yashina record was +1=0-9 10-45, second half FC Livyi Bereh running record +0=1-0 1-1.

Group 3

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion, qualification or relegation
1 FC Vovchansk 13 11 2 0 32 5 +27 35 Qualification to second stage
2 FC Sumy 13 10 0 3 26 9 +17 30
3 SC Poltava 13 8 3 2 28 13 +15 27
4 Skoruk Tomakivka 13 8 2 3 34 11 +23 26
5 Motor Zaporizhzhia 11 7 2 2 30 8 +22 23
6 Metalurh-2 Zaporizhya 13 6 1 6 29 25 +4 19
7 SC Kakhovka 13 5 2 6 22 15 +7 17
8 FC Trostianets 13 4 4 5 28 16 +12 16
9 Kryvbas-2 Kryvyi Rih 12 3 2 7 11 30 19 11
10 Dnipro-1-Borysfen 11 2 0 9 8 23 15 6
11 Lehioner Dnipro 12 1 2 9 8 42 34 5
12 Zirka Kropyvnytskyi 13 0 0 13 3 62 59 0
Updated to match(es) played on 9 December 2020. Source: http://www.aafu.org.ua/
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Wins; 3) Better goal difference; 4) Bigger amount of goals scored; 5) If any two or more teams has same amount of points advantage receive that team that in games with all its opponents that earned same amount of points for tiebreak are applied following criteria – 5.1) Points; 5.2) Wins; 5.3) Better goal difference; 5.4) Bigger amount of goals scored; 6) In event if all criteria for rule 5 are equal, placing for teams is determined according to general criteria for all teams 1, 2, 3, 4; 7) Draw of lots.[7]
Notes
  • The AAFU awarded a technical win for Skoruk 3:0 and loss for Kryvbas-2 for the missed Round 5 game.

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).[8] In early December of 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.[9]

See also

Notes

    References

    1. Presenting preliminary list of participants of the 2020–21 Ukrainian championship (Представляємо попередній перелік учасників чемпіонату України 2020/2021). AAFU. 11 August 2020
    2. Replenishment among the Ukrainian championship participants (Поповнення серед учасників чемпіонату України). AAFU. 30 September 2020
    3. 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
    4. 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
    5. FFK members. Football Federation of Kyiv.
    6. 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
    7. The 2020–21 season's regulations. Article 8, paragraphs 2 through 5 of the season's regulations. AAFU.
    8. 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)
    9. 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
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