2019–20 Ukrainian Premier League
The 2019–20 Ukrainian Premier League season was the 29th top-level football club competitions since the fall of the Soviet Union and the 12th since the establishment of the Ukrainian Premier League.
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| Season | 2019–20 |
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| Dates | 28 July 2019 – 19 July 2020 (winter break 15 December 2019 – 22 February 2020) (emergency 18 March 2020 – 30 May 2020) |
| Champions | Shakhtar Donetsk 13th Ukrainian title |
| Relegated | Karpaty Lviv |
| Champions League | Shakhtar Donetsk Dynamo Kyiv |
| Europa League | Zorya Luhansk Desna Chernihiv Kolos Kovalivka |
| Matches played | 184 |
| Goals scored | 511 (2.78 per match) |
| Top goalscorer | 20 – Júnior Moraes (Shakhtar) |
| Biggest home win | 6 – Shakhtar 6–0 Kolos (Round 11) |
| Biggest away win | 5 – Vorskla 0–5 Dynamo (Round 8), Olimpik 0–5 Zorya (Round 9) |
| Highest scoring | 8 – Karpaty 2–6 Desna (Round 17) |
| Longest winning run | 11 – Shakhtar (Round 1–11) |
| Longest unbeaten run | 19 – Shakhtar (Round 1–19) |
| Longest winless run | 17 – Karpaty (Round 8–23, 28) |
| Longest losing run | 7 – Olimpik (Round 16–22) Kolos (Round 21–27) |
| Highest attendance | 41,203 – Dynamo 1–2 Shakhtar (Round 3) |
| Lowest attendance | 0 – Dynamo 2–1 Vorskla (Round 19) |
| Total attendance | 552941 |
| Average attendance | 4221 |
← 2018–19 2020–21 →
All statistics correct as of 19 July 2020. | |
The tournament has been set to start on 28 July 2019. The same day there took place the game for the Ukrainian Super Cup. The UPL General Assembly also adopted a post season play-off mini-tournament for the last fifth berth of Ukraine in the 2020–21 UEFA Europa League competition which would involve the best team(s) of the relegation group. The assembly also agreed to implement the Video assistant referee (VAR) position in 2020. With the ongoing competition, on 7 August 2019 the league adopted new name FavBet Liha after its main sponsor as well as its new logo. For promotional purpose, the Ukrainian Premier League introduced an own copy of virtual fantasy league on the Real Manager game platform.
The defending champion was the 12-times winner Shakhtar Donetsk. On 20 June 2020, Shakhtar won the league again by beating Oleksandriya in the Round 27 home game gaining its 13th title record five rounds before the finish.
Competition prolongation caused by the emergency break introduced due to the COVID-19 pandemic made the season the longest in history, lasting 1 year and 1 day in total. The season also has set a record as a highest-scoring season in the history of the competition, with an average of 2.78 goals scored per game.