2019–20 Ukrainian First League
The 2019–20 Ukrainian First League is the 29th since its establishment.
| Season | 2019–20 |
|---|---|
| Dates | 27 July 2019 – 13 August 2020 (winter and emergency break 24 November 2019 – 24 June 2020) |
| Champions | FC Mynai |
| Promoted | FC Mynai, Inhulets Petrove, Rukh Lviv |
| Relegated | Balkany Zoria, Metalurh Zaporizhia, Cherkashchyna Cherkasy |
| Matches played | 237 |
| Goals scored | 659 (2.78 per match) |
| Top goalscorer | 18 – Denys Kozhanov (Volyn) |
| Biggest home win | 5 – Ahrobiznes 5–0 Metalist 1925 (Round 19) Chornomorets 5–0 Kremin (Round 25) Volyn 5–0 Metalurh (Round 27) |
| Biggest away win | 5 – Cherkashchyna 1–6 Rukh (Round 9) |
| Highest scoring | 8 – Mykolaiv 6–2 Kremin (Round 9), Cherkashchyna 2–6 Mynai (Round 26) |
| Longest winning run | 8 – Volyn (Round 11–18) |
| Longest unbeaten run | 11 – Obolon-Brovar (Round 1–11) |
| Longest winless run | 21 – Cherkashchyna (Round 6–26) |
| Longest losing run | 11 – Cherkashchyna (Round 15–26) |
| Highest attendance | 9,619 – Metalist 2–3 Mynai (Round 8) |
| Lowest attendance | 0 – Volyn 3–2 Prykarpattia (Round 3) |
| Total attendance | 269986 |
| Average attendance | 1776 |
← 2018–19 2020–21 →
All statistics correct as of 13 August 2020. | |
The competition began on 27 July 2019 with eight matches of Round 1, and went into recess for a winter break which started after the completion of Round 19 on 24 November 2019. The competition was to be resumed on 22 March 2020 and was expected to end 23 May 2020. However, on 17 March 2020 the Ukrainian Association of Football adopted the decision to pause all football competitions in the country since 18 March 2020 for unspecified period of time (until adoption of the next decision to resume all football events) due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
On 11 June 2020, the PFL Extraordinary Conference took the decision to resume the competition starting from 24 June with the conclusion on 11 August 2020. Additionally, the league will be expanded to 18 teams starting from the next season. Later the last day of competition was extended due to some unforeseen circumstances (see below for details).
The Video assistant referee (VAR) position was implemented in the league starting from the round 25, with the game between Obolon-Brovar Kyiv and Rukh Lviv the first to use it on 20 July 2020.