2013–14 Ukrainian First League

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Ukrainian First League
Season 2013–14
Champions Olimpik
Promoted Oleksandriya(3)
Relegated None(6)
Matches played 221
Goals scored 542 (2.45 per match)
Top goalscorer 13 – Oleksandr Akymenko (Stal)
Biggest home win 6 – Dynamo-2 6–0 Tytan (Round 23)
Biggest away win 4 – Sumy 0–4 Dynamo-2 (Round 28)
Highest scoring 7 – Oleksandriya 4–3 Naftovyk-Ukrnafta (Round 1)
Tytan 4–3 Mykolaiv (Round 6)
Longest winning run 4 – Naftovyk-Ukrnafta (Round 12–15)
Longest unbeaten run 20 – Olimpik (Round 4–23)
Longest winless run 13 – Dynamo-2 (Round 1–8, 10–13, 15)
Longest losing run 5 – Desna (Round 6–10)
Highest attendance 8,300 – MykolaivAvanhard (Round 5)
MykolaivHelios (Round 7)
Lowest attendance 0[1] – 5 matches (Round 27)

The 2013–14 Ukrainian First League was the 23rd since its establishment. The competition commenced on 14 July 2013.[2] Due to sponsorship reasons the league was called Favbet League 1. The competition had a winter break that started on 30 November 2013[3] and resumed on 28 March 2014.[2] The completion concluded on 31 May 2014.

Promotion and relegation

Group A
Group B

Relegated teams

No teams were relegated from the 2012–13 Ukrainian Premier League. Originally Hoverla Uzhhorod and Metalurh Zaporizhya were to be relegated from the Ukrainian Premier League after finishing in 15th and 16th places. However, Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih failed attestation and their license was withdrawn by the Ukrainian Premier League.[6] Number of clubs refused promotion leaving two vacant positions in the 2013–14 Ukrainian Premier League which were awarded to the relegating clubs.

Team reduction

The competition was reduced by two teams to sixteen at the PFL Conference on 26 June 2013.[7] Krymteplytsia Molodizhne withdrew from the PFL after the previous season[7] and Shakhtar Sverdlovsk bid for promotion was refused.[7]

Location map

The following displays the location of teams.

Stadiums

The following stadiums are considered home grounds for the teams in the competition.[8]

Rank Stadium Capacity Club Notes
1 Yuvileiny Stadium, Sumy 25,800 FC Sumy
2 Central City Stadium, Mykolaiv 16,700 MFC Mykolaiv
3 Zirka Stadium, Kirovohrad 13,667 Zirka Kirovohrad
4 City Stadium, Ternopil 12,750 Nyva Ternopil
5 Yuri Gagarin Stadium, Chernihiv 12,060 Desna Chernihiv
6 Bukovyna Stadium, Chernivtsi 12,000 Bukovyna Chernivtsi
7 Stal Stadium, Alchevsk 9,200 Stal Alchevsk
8 CSC Nika Stadium, Oleksandria 7,000 PFC Oleksandriya
UkrAhroKom Holovkivka(1)
Zirka Kirovohrad Used as home ground in Round 29[9]
9 Naftovyk Stadium, Okhtyrka 5,256 Naftovyk-Ukrnafta Okhtyrka
10 Sonyachny Training Center, Kharkiv 4,924[10] Helios Kharkiv
11 Prapor Stadium, Kramatorsk 4,000 Avanhard Kramatorsk
12 Khimik Stadium, Armyansk 3,450 Tytan Armyansk
13 Sports Complex Olimpik, Donetsk 3,000 [11] Olimpik Donetsk
14 Lokomotiv Stadium, Poltava 2,500 FC Poltava
Avanhard Kramatorsk Used as home ground in Round 27[1]
15 Helios Arena, Kharkiv 2,057 Helios Kharkiv
16 Stadium Educational Training Base Center FC Poltava, Kopyly Poltava Oblast 1,500[12] FC Poltava Used as home ground Round 24[13] & 26[14]
17 Mashynobudivnyk Stadium, Karlivka 1,300[15] FC Poltava Used as home ground in Round 14[16]
Helios Kharkiv Used as home ground in Round 27[1]
Stal Alchevsk Used as home ground in Round 28[17]
18 Dynamo Training Center, Kyiv 1,200 Dynamo-2 Kyiv
19 Enerhiya Stadium, Berdyansk 700[18] Olimpik Donetsk Used as home ground Round 30[19]
20 Holovkivskyy Stadium, Holovkivka 580 UkrAhroKom Holovkivka
Zirka Kirovohrad(2) Used as home ground in spring session[9]

Notes:

  • ^(1) UkrAhroKom Holovkivka to play their home games at CSC Nika Stadium due to limited capacity and lighting at their traditional home ground, Holovkivskiy Stadium, Holovkivka.[20] (28 June 2013)
  • ^(2) Zirka Kirovohrad to play their spring session home games at Holovkivskyy Stadium, Holovkivka due to reconstruction of their home ground, Zirka Stadium.[21] (29 December 2013)

League table

As of 31 May 2014[22]
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Comments
1 Olimpik Donetsk (C) 30 16 7 7 45 33 +12 55 Substituted in Premier LeaguePromoted
2 PFC Oleksandriya 30 14 10 6 47 28 +19 52 Refused promotion(3)
3 Stal Alchevsk 30 16 3 11 41 33 +8 51
4 FC Poltava 30 14 4 12 36 34 +2 46
5 Desna Chernihiv 30 14 2 14 33 27 +6 44 (+) new
6 Zirka Kirovohrad 30 12 8 10 36 34 +2 44
7 Naftovyk-Ukrnafta Okhtyrka 30 12 7 11 40 35 +5 43
8 UkrAhroKom Holovkivka 30 11 9 10 27 27 0 42 (+) new merged after season
9 Helios Kharkiv 30 10 11 9 29 35 −6 41
10 Nyva Ternopil 30 10 9 11 33 32 +1 39 (+) new
11 FC Sumy 30 11 6 13 29 39 −10 39
12 Tytan Armyansk 30 10 8 12 32 41 −9 38 withdrew after season(4)
13 Bukovyna Chernivtsi 30 10 6 14 26 36 −10 36
14 Dynamo-2 Kyiv 30 8 8 14 29 30 −1 32
15 Avanhard Kramatorsk 30 7 10 13 23 27 −4 31 suspended after season(5)
16 MFC Mykolaiv 30 9 4 17 34 49 −15 31
Source: Professional Football League of Ukraine[23]

31 May 2014
(C) - Champions
Rules for classification: 1st points; 2nd goal difference; 3rd goals scored; 4th head-to-head points;
5th head-to-head goal difference; 6th head-to-head goals scored; 7th head-to-head fair play (all games); 8th draw or playoff
[8]

Promotion to Ukrainian Premier League
Relegation to Ukrainian Second League(6)

Notes:

  • ^(3) PFC Oleksandriya were to be promoted after finishing second but the president of the club refused promotion citing instability in the country and business reasons with the cost of keeping a team in the Premier League.[24]
  • ^(4) FC Tytan Armyansk completed the season but the team was dissolved due to annexation of Crimea by the Russian Federation.[25]
  • ^(5) FC Avanhard Kramatorsk completed the season but the team's participation in competitions was suspended due to the situation in the East Ukraine.[26]
  • ^(6) Relegation to the Ukrainian Second League for the next season was canceled.[27] The Central Council of Professional Football League of Ukraine considered the force majeure circumstances that were created due to war conditions in Kramatorsk as the reason for the cancellation. With the goal to preserve the maximum integrity of the League, considering that a direct threat to the life of footballers, coaching staff, and club's administration, those games, that were to be conducted with participation of Avanhard Kramatorsk to the end of the season, were recognized that they were not going to take place because of those unforeseen events.[27] (21 May 2014)

Results

As of 31 May 2014
Home ╲ Away AVK BUK DES DK2 HEL MYK NAF NVT OLK OLD POL STA SUM TYA UAP ZIR
Avanhard Kramatorsk(17) 0–1 2–1 0–1 -:+(10) 3–1 2–0 0–0 2–2 0–2 -:+(11) 0–2 -:+(17) 1–0 0–1 2–1
Bukovyna Chernivtsi 0–0 1–0 0–1 1–1 2–0 0–1 0–0(20) 1–3 1–1 2–0 2–0 2–1 2–0 2–0 0–1
Desna Chernihiv 1–0 2–0 0–0 1–0 1–0 0–1 1–0 2–0 1–2 1–2 0–2 4–0 3–1 3–0 2–4
Dynamo-2 Kyiv 1–1 1–2 0–1 3–0(21) 1–2 1–0 0–1 0–0 2–1 1–2 1–1 0–2 6–0 1–1 1–0
Helios Kharkiv 1–0 0–0 1–0 3–1 2–1 3–2 3–0(12) 0–0 1–1 0–0 0–2 1–1 0–0 0–0 2–4
MFC Mykolaiv 0–0 1–2 0–1 3–0(9) 4–1 1–1 1–4 1–2 1–1 1–2 0–2(13) 1–1 2–1 2–1 2–1
Naftovyk-Ukrnafta Okhtyrka 0–0 2–0 2–1 0–0 0–1 1–2 1–2 1–1 2–2 1–2 3–0 1–0 2–1 1–0 4–0
Nyva Ternopil 1–2 1–0 0–1 0–0 1–1 2–3 2–2 2–4 0–1 3–0(8) 2–0 2–0 2–2 2–0 2–2
PFC Oleksandriya 3–0 2–1 0–1 1–0 2–0 5–0 4–3 1–1 0–1 1–0 3–0 1–2 2–0 2–1 0–0
Olimpik Donetsk 1–3 3–2 1–0 3–1 1–3(18) 1–0 1–0 0–1 2–2 3–1 1–0 3–0 1–1 4–2 1–2
FC Poltava 1–1 2–0 3–1 2–1 0–1 2–0(16) 1–2 1–2 1–0(16) 2–1 3–0 1–1 3–1 0–1 0–0
Stal Alchevsk +:-(17) 3–0(19) 3–2 1–0(7) 3–1 1–0 2–2(14) 1–0 1–3 1–1 2–1 5–0 2–0 2–2 1–2
FC Sumy 1–1 3–1 1–0 0–4 2–0 0–1 0–2 3–0 2–0 0–1 3–1 1–3 2–2 0–1 2–0
Tytan Armyansk 4–2 1–0 0–1 1–0 2–2 4–3 0–2 1–0 0–0 3–0(15) 0–1 2–0 1–0 1–0 1–0
UkrAhroKom Holovkivka 0–0 0–0 1–0 1–1 3–1 2–0 3–0 0–0 2–2 0–1 2–1 2–1 0–0 0–0 1–0
Zirka Kirovohrad 1–1 5–1 0–0 1–0 0–0 2–1 2–1 1–0 1–1 1–3 2–0 1–0 0–1 2–2 0–2

Source: Calendar (Ukrainian)
^ The home team is listed in the left-hand column.
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Notes:

  • ^(7) Dynamo-2 Kyiv postpones their Round 14 away match against Stal Alchevsk since several players were called for international duty.[28] Match was played after Round 25.
  • ^(20) Bukovyna Chernivtsi postpones their Round 9 match home match against Nyva Ternopil due to their financial situation.[40] Match was played after Round 19.[3]
  • ^(21) Dynamo-2 Kyiv postpones their Round 9 match at home against Helios Kharkiv since five players were called for international duty.[40] The match was rescheduled after Round 15.[41]

Positions by round

The following table represents the teams position after each round in the competition.

Team \ Round 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30
Olimpik Donetsk 1 6 10 7 6 4 3 4 3 1 3 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
PFC Oleksandriya 4 3 2 2 1 2 2 1 4 2 1 3 3 4 4 3 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 3 2 2 2 2 2 2
Stal Alchevsk 2 1 1 1 3 1 1 2 1 3 2 1 2 3 3 4 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 2 3 3 3 3 3 3
FC Poltava 13 9 11 8 12 7 10 9 6 7 7 7 6 6 7 9 11 10 11 12 8 7 8 7 5 4 5 4 4 4
Desna Chernihiv 7 13 7 11 7 11 13 14 14 15 14 11 11 9 12 10 8 6 5 5 7 9 7 10 6 5 4 6 5 5
Zirka Kirovohrad 6 11 5 9 9 6 7 8 10 11 8 8 8 8 6 6 6 8 8 10 10 11 9 9 11 7 6 5 6 6
Naftovyk-Ukrnafta Okhtyrka 11 5 6 10 10 12 8 10 7 6 6 5 5 2 2 2 4 4 4 4 4 4 5 5 9 10 8 9 7 7
UkrAhroKom Holovkivka 14 15 15 16 16 16 14 12 12 12 10 10 10 13 11 12 10 9 9 8 9 8 10 8 8 8 9 7 8 8
Helios Kharkiv 15 16 16 12 14 15 16 15 15 13 13 14 13 10 13 13 13 13 14 14 15 15 14 12 12 13 14 15 12 9
Nyva Ternopil 5 8 4 4 8 10 12 13 13 14 15 15 15 14 14 15 14 15 13 7 5 5 4 4 4 6 7 8 9 10
FC Sumy 3 2 3 5 2 5 6 5 5 4 4 4 4 5 5 5 5 5 7 9 12 10 11 11 7 9 10 11 10 11
Bukovyna Chernivtsi 10 14 13 14 11 13 9 11 11 8 12 13 9 11 9 8 7 7 6 6 6 6 6 6 10 11 12 10 11 12
Tytan Armyansk 16 10 12 13 13 9 11 7 9 9 9 9 12 12 10 7 9 11 12 13 14 14 15 15 13 14 11 12 13 13
Dynamo-2 Kyiv 8 12 14 15 15 14 15 16 16 16 16 16 16 16 16 16 16 16 16 16 16 16 16 16 16 16 16 16 16 14
Avanhard Kramatorsk 9 4 9 6 5 3 4 3 2 5 5 6 7 7 8 11 12 12 10 11 11 12 13 14 15 15 15 13 14 15
MFC Mykolaiv 12 7 8 3 4 8 5 6 8 10 11 12 14 15 15 14 15 14 15 15 13 13 12 13 14 12 13 14 15 16

Last updated: 27 May 2014
Source: pfl.ua

Managers

Club Coach Replaced coach
Avanhard Kramatorsk Ukraine Yakiv Kripak Ukraine Serhiy Shevchenko
Bukovyna Chernivtsi Ukraine Yuriy Hiy Ukraine Vadym Zayats
Desna Chernihiv Ukraine Oleksandr Ryabokon
Dynamo-2 Kyiv Belarus Alyaksandr Khatskevich
Helios Kharkiv Ukraine Serhiy Yesin
PFC Oleksandriya Ukraine Volodymyr Sharan
MFC Mykolaiv Ukraine Vyacheslav Mazarati Ukraine Volodymyr Ponomarenko
Ukraine Oleh Fedorchuk
Naftovyk-Ukrnafta Okhtyrka Ukraine Vadym Kolesnyk Ukraine Yevhen Yarovenko
Nyva Ternopil Ukraine Bohdan Samardak Ukraine Ihor Yavorskyi
Olimpik Donetsk Ukraine Roman Sanzhar
FC Poltava Ukraine Ilya Blyznyuk
Stal Alchevsk Ukraine Vadym Plotnikov
FC Sumy Ukraine Serhiy Strashnenko Ukraine Andriy Kononenko
Tytan Armyansk Ukraine Serhiy Kozlov Ukraine Oleh Lutkov
UkrAhroKom Holovkivka Ukraine Yuriy Hura
Zirka Kirovohrad Ukraine Anatoliy Buznyk Ukraine Mykola Fedorenko

Managerial changes

Team Outgoing head coach Manner of departure Date of vacancy Table Incoming head coach Date of appointment Table
PFC Oleksandriya Ukraine Vitaliy Pervak End caretaker 7 June Pre season Ukraine Volodymyr Sharan[42] 8 June
Stal Alchevsk Ukraine Anatoliy Volobuyev[43] Sporting Director in Club 13 June Pre season Ukraine Vadym Plotnikov[43] 21 June
Tytan Armyansk Ukraine Oleh Leshchynskyi Resigned 21 June Pre season Ukraine Oleh Lutkov[44] 21 June
FC Poltava Ukraine Anatoliy Bezsmertnyi Moves to Club Administration 21 June Pre season Ukraine Ilya Blyznyuk[45] 21 June
Zirka Kirovohrad Ukraine Samir Hasanov End caretaker 21 June Pre season Ukraine Mykola Fedorenko[46] 21 June
Dynamo-2 Kyiv Ukraine Andriy Husin Replaced 2 July Pre season Belarus Alyaksandr Khatskevich[47] 2 July
Bukovyna Chernivtsi Ukraine Vadym Zayats[48] Resigned 31 August 9th Ukraine Yuriy Hiy[49] 5 September 9th
MFC Mykolaiv Ukraine Oleh Fedorchuk[50] Resigned 4 November 15th Ukraine Volodymyr Ponomarenko (interim)[50] 4 November 15th
Naftovyk-Ukrnafta Okhtyrka Ukraine Yevhen Yarovenko[51] Resigned 27 November 4th Ukraine Vadym Kolesnyk[52] 9 December 4th
Avanhard Kramatorsk Ukraine Serhiy Shevchenko[53] Resigned 27 November 11th Ukraine Yakiv Kripak[54] 3 December 11th
MFC Mykolaiv Ukraine Volodymyr Ponomarenko (interim) End as interim 11 March 15th Ukraine Vyacheslav Mazarati[55] 11 March 15th
Nyva Ternopil Ukraine Ihor Yavorskyi[56] Resigned 17 March 5th Ukraine Bohdan Samardak[57] 26 March 5th
Zirka Kirovohrad Ukraine Mykola Fedorenko[58] Resigned 7 April 11th Ukraine Anatoliy Buznyk [59] 9 April 11th
Tytan Armyansk Ukraine Oleh Lutkov[60] Resigned 13 April 15th Ukraine Serhiy Kozlov (interim) 13 April 15th
FC Sumy Ukraine Andriy Kononenko[61] Sacked 13 May 10th Ukraine Serhiy Strashnenko (interim) 13 May 10th

Top goalscorers

As of 31 May 2014
# Scorer Goals
(Pen.)
Team
1 Ukraine Oleksandr Akymenko 13 (2) Stal Alchevsk
3 Ukraine Serhiy Starenkyi 11 PFC Oleksandriya
Ukraine Ruslan Kachur 11 (2) Helios Kharkiv
4 Ukraine Mykhaylo Serhiychuk(30) 10 (2) MFC Mykolaiv
Moldova Serhei Nudnii 10 (7) Tytan Armyansk
6 Nigeria Sheriff Isa 8 Olimpik Donetsk
Ukraine Vladyslav Nasibulin 8 FC Poltava
Ukraine Vasyl Palahniuk 8 Bukovyna Chernivtsi
Ukraine Vitaliy Ponomar 8 UkrAhroKom Holovkivka
Ukraine Oleksandr Sytnik 8 Olimpik Donetsk
Ukraine Vasyl Hrytsuk 8 (2) PFC Oleksandriya

Notes:

See also

External links

References

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