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.
[6] In addition to issues with restart of competitions in the First League, FC Inhulets Petrove accused the Professional Football League in wrong interpretation of the season's regulation in placement of teams with the same number of points ("head-to-head tiebreak").
[12] The final decision in that regard is expected to be adopted at the next UAF Executive Committee meeting on 7 June 2020.
[20] In opinion of the PFL, the meeting's main task was a deliberate disruption of the First League (Persha Liha) competitions.
Yet, back in the 2016–17 NK Veres Rivne was promoted ahead of FC Desna Chernihiv, because supposedly the Chernihiv club did not have adequate home stadium, yet Veres that is based in Rivne after promotion played in Lviv.
On 9 July 2020 on the Sobutskyi's announcement, the Ukrainian PFL sports director Yevhen Moroz commented not to jump to conclusion considering that the UAF awards certifications depending on situation recalling couple of other examples.
[22] On 24 July 2020, the UAF Control and Disciplinary Committee (CDC) issued an official warning to the PFL sports director for his comment which "damages image of the Association and the Ukrainian football in general".
[92] Veres Rivne won 3–1 on aggregate and was promoted to the 2020–21 Ukrainian First League Alians Lypova Dolyna won 3–0 on aggregate and was promoted to the 2020–21 Ukrainian First League Following the play-offs, the fate of both Cherkashchyna and Metalurh was postponed to be determined at the PFL Conference the next day due to elimination of Karpaty Lviv[93] and expression of interest by Balkany to be demoted.