Ukrainian Premier League Approves 2020/21 Season With 14 Teams

Start on August 22.

Premier League clubs have approved the format and main dates for the 2020/21 season. Journalist Ihor Burbas reported on Twitter that the 14-team championship will begin on August 22 (base date).

The season will consist of 26 rounds, without a second stage and playoffs, as was the case in the current season.

Eleven teams from the current UPL lineup will remain, and three more will come up from the First League. Karpaty were excluded from the UPL after failing to appear for two championship matches. But they were already in last place, 12th.

Sport Arena specifies that 13 rounds will be played before and after the winter break. The matches will pause on December 12, 2020 (base date of the 13th round), and resume on February 13, 2021 (14th round). The season finale, the 26th round, is scheduled for May 15.

On August 25, the Ukrainian Super Cup match between Shakhtar and Dynamo will take place, which is due to be played in Kyiv. The final of the Ukrainian Cup will be held in Ternopil on May 12, 2021.

Shakhtar won the 2019/20 Ukrainian championship, and Dynamo won the Ukrainian Cup. The Kyiv club also finished second and will start in the third qualifying round of the Champions League.

Zorya will go to the group stage of the Europa League, while Desna will go to the qualifiers of the tournament. One more spot in the Europa League qualifiers will be decided by four teams: Kolos and Dnipro-1, Oleksandriya and Mariupol.