The 2020–21 Ukrainian Second League is the 30th since its establishment. The football competitions in the Second League kicked off on 6 September 2020, about half a month after promotion/relegation playoffs. The planned 12th week of the season that accomplished the first half took place on 21 November 2020, yet the extra week was provided for few games that were forced to be rescheduled before teams retired for the winter intermission. The second half is scheduled to restart on 19 March 2021. Summary In this season, the bottom two teams of the First League will be relegated to the Second League. The top two teams from each group of the Second League will gain promotion to the First League for the next season. Teams Promoted teams Seven teams have been promoted from the 2019–20 Ukrainian Football Amateur League: Epitsentr Dunaivtsi – 2nd place of Group 1 (debut) Karpaty Halych – 4th place of Group 1 (debut) FC Chernihiv – 3rd place of Group 2 (debut) Rubikon Kyiv – 6th place of Group 2 (debut) Dnipro Cherkasy – 9th place of Group 2 (returning after 12 seasons, last played season in 2008–09) Yarud Mariupol – 4th place of Group 3 (debut) Peremoha Dnipro – 7th place of Group 3 (debut, the club was admitted despite disciplinary sanctions from the UAF about the last season "beef") One reserve and one other team were added also without participation in the Ukrainian Football Amateur League: Volyn-2 Lutsk – (debut, based on Volyn U-19 Lutsk) Metal Kharkiv – (debut) Relegated teams Four teams have been relegated: Karpaty Lviv – 12th place in the 2019–20 Ukrainian Premier League (debut, the club was admitted despite being expelled from the Premier League for no show) Balkany Zoria – 14th place in the 2019–20 Ukrainian First League (returning after 3 seasons, relegated on own initiative) Metalurh Zaporizhya – 15th place in the 2019–20 Ukrainian First League (returning after a season, lost relegation play-off) Cherkashchyna Cherkasy – 16th place in the 2019–20 Ukrainian First League (returning after a season, lost relegation play-off) Withdrawn teams Avanhard-2 Kramatorsk – withdrawn before the season Chornomorets-2 Odesa – withdrawn before the season FC Kalush, after failing to arrive for the game against Epitsentr, it was confirmed that the club will not host the game against Karpaty Lviv. The club withdrew even after paying their season's dues without playing a single game. Cherkashchyna Cherkasy –