Season | 2014–15 |
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Champions |
Dynamo Kyiv 14th title |
Matches played | 181 |
Goals scored | 481 (2.66 per match) |
Top goalscorer | 17 –
Eric Bicfalvi (
Volyn) Alex Teixeira ( Shakhtar) |
Biggest home win | 6 –
Shakhtar 6–0
Olimpik (Round 17) Dynamo 6–0 Hoverla (Round 22) |
Biggest away win | 6 – Metalurh Donetsk 0–6 Dynamo (Round 23) |
Highest scoring | 10 – Hoverla 3–7 Shakhtar (Round 23) |
Longest winning run | 7 – Dynamo (Round 13–14,10,15–18) |
Longest unbeaten run | 26 – Dynamo (Round 1–26) |
Longest winless run | 15 – Illichivets (Round 1–15) |
Longest losing run | 4 – Illichivets (Round 11–14) |
Highest attendance | 57,502 – Dynamo– Shakhtar (Round 8) |
Lowest attendance | 0 – Volyn– Chornomorets (Round 16) |
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2013–14
2015–16 →
All statistics correct as of 24 May 2015. |
The 2014–15 Ukrainian Premier League season was the 24th since its establishment. The competition commenced on 25 July when Metalurh Donetsk hosted Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk in Lviv. [1] With the continuation of the 2014 pro-Russian conflict in Ukraine in the oblasts of Donetsk and Luhansk the Football Federation of Ukraine, the league reduced the number of teams. [1]
Initially, a new format was proposed to be introduced for this season by FC Shakhtar Donetsk. [1] The first stage was to be a regular round robin of home/away format. In the second stage the championship was to have an additional play-off format where participants, upon completion of the regular round robin, were to be split into three groups of 4 (1–4 places), 4 (5–8 places) and 6 (9–14 places) teams. The points earned in the first stage were to be preserved. The first two groups of four teams would each have a regular round robin home/away format, while the third group of six was to play each other only once. [1]
However, on 22 July 2014, it was confirmed that the championship would be played using a standard double round-robin tournament system. The last team would be relegated and would be replaced by the champion of the 2014–15 Ukrainian First League. [2]
Initially, a total of 16 teams were expected to participate in the league, the best 14 sides of the 2013–14 season and two promoted clubs from the 2013–14 Ukrainian First League. The fifteenth-placed team of the 2013–14 Ukrainian Premier League, Tavriya Simferopol was relegated to the 2014–15 Ukrainian First League at the end of the season. A second team was to be relegated but with the withdrawal of Arsenal Kyiv during the 2013–14 Ukrainian Premier League season only one team was relegated.
Teams from Crimea, namely Sevastopol and Tavriya Simferopol, will not participate in the Ukrainian competition since they ceased their existences and applied (under new names) for a Russian license after the annexation of Crimea by Russia in March 2014. [3]
The relegated team and the vacant position were to be replaced by the champions of the 2013–14 Ukrainian First League, FC Olimpik Donetsk, and the runners-up, PFC Oleksandriya. But PFC Oleksandriya refused the promotion to the Premier League and merged with FC UkrAhroKom Holovkivka. [4] [5]
On 2 June 2014, Premier League published two preliminary projects of possible season schedule with 16 and 12 teams respectively. [6] On 27 June 2014, it was confirmed that 14 teams will play in the 2014–15 season. [7]
The following stadiums are regarded as home grounds:
Rank | Stadium | Club | Capacity | Highest Attendance |
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1 | NSC Olimpiyskiy | Dynamo Kyiv | 70,050 | 57,502 | Round 8 ( Shakhtar) | |
Metalurh Donetsk | 12,869 | Round 23 ( Dynamo) | Used as home ground in Round 23. | |||
2 | OSC Metalist | Metalist Kharkiv | 40,003 | 21,546 | Round 6 ( Dnipro) | |
3 | Arena Lviv | Shakhtar Donetsk | 34,915 | 32,509 | Round 21 ( Dynamo) | Used as home ground. [8] |
Metalurh Donetsk | 7,527 | Round 1 ( Dnipro) | Used as home ground in Round 1. [9] | |||
4 | Chornomorets Stadium | Chornomorets Odesa | 34,164 | 25,182 | Round 6 ( Shakhtar) | |
5 | Dnipro-Arena | Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk | 31,003 | 17,444 | Round 25 ( Shakhtar) | |
6 | Ukraina Stadium | Karpaty Lviv | 28,051 | 7,800 | Round 2 ( Metalurh D.) | |
7 | Vorskla Stadium | Vorskla Poltava | 24,795 | 10,600 | Round 9 ( Metalist) | |
8 | Meteor Stadium | Illichivets Mariupol | 24,381 | 8,000 | Round 8( Dnipro) | Used as temporary home ground |
9 | Dynamo Stadium | Dynamo Kyiv | 16,873 | 10,000 | Round 17 ( Metalurh Z.) | Used as home ground in return match |
Chornomorets Odesa | 5,314 | Round 18 ( Dynamo) | Used as home ground in Round 18. | |||
10 | Avanhard Stadium | Volyn Lutsk | 12,080 | 8,700 | Round 20 ( Dynamo) | |
11 | Slavutych-Arena | Metalurh Zaporizhzhia | 12,000 | 10,000 | Round 4 ( Dnipro) | |
Zorya Luhansk | 4,100 | Round 6 ( Dynamo) | Used as home ground during season. [9] | |||
12 | Avanhard Stadium | Hoverla Uzhhorod | 12,000 | 8,800 | Round 9 ( Dynamo) | |
13 | Obolon Arena | Metalurh Donetsk | 5,100 | 2,500 | Round 3 ( Metalurh Z.) | Used as temporary home ground [10] |
Illichivets Mariupol | 2,700 | Round 18 ( Shakhtar) | Used as home ground in Round 18. | |||
Shakhtar Donetsk | 3,200 | Round 26 ( Karpaty) | Used as home ground in Round 26. | |||
14 | Bannikov Stadium | Olimpik Donetsk | 1,678 | 1,200 | Round 4 ( Shakhtar) | Used as temporary home ground [11] |
Shakhtar Donetsk | 1,100 | Round 7 ( Zorya) | Used as home ground in Round 5. |
Note:
Round when attendance is noted as highest is the chronological number of the round, not the published round by the Ukrainian Premier League since some rounds were rescheduled for a later date.
Team | Outgoing head coach | Manner of departure | Date of vacancy | Table | Incoming head coach | Date of appointment |
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Dynamo Kyiv |
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Change of contract | May 18 | Pre-season |
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May 18 |
Metalist Kharkiv |
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Change of contract | May 19 |
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May 19 | |
Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk |
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End of contract | May 22 |
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May 26 | |
Metalurh Donetsk |
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Signed by Anzhi Makhachkala | May 22 |
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June 16 | |
Vorskla Poltava |
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Interim coach | June 10 |
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June 10 | |
Karpaty Lviv |
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Mutual agreement | June 17 |
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June 18 | |
Metalurh Zaporizhzhia |
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Sacked | November 7 | 11th |
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November 7 |
Chornomorets Odesa |
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Mutual consent | December 16 | 9th |
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December 16 |
Metalurh Zaporizhzhia |
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End as interim | February 24 | 11th |
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February 24 |
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
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1 | Dynamo Kyiv (C) | 26 | 20 | 6 | 0 | 65 | 12 | +53 | 66 | Qualification for the Champions League group stage |
2 | Shakhtar Donetsk | 26 | 17 | 5 | 4 | 71 | 21 | +50 | 56 | Qualification for the Champions League third qualifying round |
3 | Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk | 26 | 16 | 6 | 4 | 47 | 17 | +30 | 54 | Qualification for the Europa League group stage [a] |
4 | Zorya Luhansk [b] | 26 | 13 | 6 | 7 | 40 | 31 | +9 | 45 | Qualification for the Europa League third qualifying round [a] |
5 | Vorskla Poltava | 26 | 11 | 9 | 6 | 35 | 22 | +13 | 42 | |
6 | Metalist Kharkiv | 25 | 8 | 11 | 6 | 34 | 32 | +2 | 35 | |
7 | Metalurh Zaporizhya | 26 | 6 | 8 | 12 | 20 | 40 | −20 | 26 | |
8 | Olimpik Donetsk | 26 | 7 | 5 | 14 | 24 | 64 | −40 | 26 | |
9 | Volyn Lutsk [c] | 26 | 9 | 7 | 10 | 38 | 44 | −6 | 25 | |
10 | Metalurh Donetsk [d] | 26 | 6 | 10 | 10 | 27 | 38 | −11 | 22 | Club folded after the season |
11 | Chornomorets Odesa | 25 | 3 | 11 | 11 | 15 | 31 | −16 | 20 | |
12 | Hoverla Uzhhorod | 26 | 3 | 10 | 13 | 22 | 47 | −25 | 19 | |
13 | Karpaty Lviv [e] | 26 | 5 | 9 | 12 | 22 | 31 | −9 | 15 | |
14 | Illichivets Mariupol (R) | 26 | 3 | 5 | 18 | 25 | 55 | −30 | 14 | Relegation to Ukrainian First League |
The following table represents the teams position after each round in the competition.
Rank | Player | Club | Goals (pen.) |
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1 |
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Shakhtar Donetsk | 17 (1) |
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Volyn Lutsk | 17 (4) | |
3 |
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Dynamo Kyiv | 15 |
4 |
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Dynamo Kyiv | 14 (3) |
5 |
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Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk | 12 (2) |
6 |
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Shakhtar Donetsk | 11 |
7 |
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Shakhtar Donetsk | 9 (1) |
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Metalurh Donetsk | 9 (2) | |
9 |
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Zorya Luhansk | 8 |
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Vorskla Poltava | 8 (1) | |
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Zorya Luhansk | 8 (1) | |
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Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk | 8 (1) | |
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Metalist Kharkiv | 8 (3) |
Player | For | Against | Result | Date |
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Dynamo Kyiv |
Illichivets Mariupol |
4–1 |
17 August 2014 [40] |
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Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk |
Metalist Kharkiv |
5–2 |
13 September 2014 [41] |
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Metalist Kharkiv |
Illichivets Mariupol |
3–1 |
9 November 2014 [42] |
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Metalist Kharkiv |
Zorya Luhansk |
4–2 |
30 November 2014 [43] |
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Illichivets Mariupol |
Olimpik Donetsk |
4–1 |
30 May 2015 [44] |
Month | UA-Football Player of the Month | ||
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Player | Club | Reference | |
August |
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Shakhtar Donetsk | [45] |
September |
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Dynamo Kyiv | [46] |
October |
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Dynamo Kyiv | [47] |
November |
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Dynamo Kyiv | [48] |
March |
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Dynamo Kyiv | [49] |
April |
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Dynamo Kyiv | [50] |
May |
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Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk | [51] |
The laureates of the 2014–15 UPL season were: [52]
Dynamo Kyiv qualified for European football
Dnipro and Shakhtar qualified for European football