2020–21 Ukrainian Premier League

The 2020–21 Ukrainian Premier League season was the 30th top-level football club competition since the dissolution of the Soviet Union and the 13th since the establishment of the Ukrainian Premier League.

FavBet Liha (UPL)
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Season2020–21
Dates21 August 2020 – 9 May 2021
(winter break 13 December 2020 – 13 February 2021)
ChampionsDynamo Kyiv
16th Ukrainian league title
29th domestic league title
RelegatedOlimpik
Champions LeagueDynamo Kyiv
Shakhtar Donetsk
Europa LeagueZorya Luhansk
Europa Conference LeagueKolos Kovalivka
Vorskla Poltava
Matches played182
Goals scored481 (2.64 per match)
Top goalscorer15 – Vladyslav Kulach (Vorskla Poltava)
Biggest home win5 – Dynamo 5–0 Inhulets (Round 23)
Biggest away win5 – Lviv 0–5 Zorya (Round 4)
Highest scoring7 – Vorskla 5–2 Rukh (Round 1), Oleksandriya 4–3 Inhulets (Round 6), Mariupol 4–3 Inhulets (Round 20)
Highest attendance7,953 – Rukh 1–1 Shakhtar (Round 2)
Total attendance106713
Average attendance1694
All statistics correct as of 9 May 2021
  1. All matches with spectators have attendance restrictions of 25% stadium capacity due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
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The defending champion was the 13-times winner Shakhtar Donetsk. On 25 April 2021, Dynamo Kyiv won the record 16th title with three matches remaining, after the victory over Inhulets Petrove in the Round 23 home game.

The season started on 21 August 2020 and was initially set to end on 15 May 2021. On 7 April 2021 it was announced that most of clubs voted to end competitions a week early on 9 May 2021.

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