2014–15 Ukrainian First League

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Ukrainian First League
Season 2014–15
Champions Oleksandriya
Relegated Bukovyna
Matches played 226
Goals scored 551 (2.44 per match)
Top goalscorer 21 – Stanislav Kulish (Stal Dni.)
Biggest home win 5 goals – Desna 6–1 Bukovyna (Round 26)
Biggest away win 5 goals – Mykolaiv 0–5 Hirnyk-Sport (Round 14)
Highest scoring 8 goals – Nyva 5–3 Bukovyna (ppd. Round 1)
Longest winning run 10 – Oleksandriya (Round 1–10)
Longest unbeaten run 14 – Oleksandriya (Round 1–11, 13–15)
Longest winless run 13 – Bukovyna (Rounds 3–9, ppd. 2, 11, 13, ppd. 1, 14–15)
Longest losing run 9 – Bukovyna (Rounds 3–9, ppd. 2, 11)
Highest attendance 6,400 – Oleksandriya–Zirka (Round 26)
Lowest attendance 200 – Dynamo-2–Stal Alchevsk (Round 2)

The 2014–15 Ukrainian First League was the 24th since its establishment. The competition commenced on 26 July 2014 with seven matches.[1] Due to sponsorship reasons the league is called Favbet League 1. The competition was on winter recess from 17 November until 20 March when the competition resumed with the Round 18 match between FC Ternopil and MFC Mykolaiv.

Teams

The number of teams for the competition was confirmed on 7 July 2014.[2]

Four teams were promoted from the 2013–14 Ukrainian Second League.

Relegated teams

No teams were relegated from the 2013–14 Ukrainian Premier League. Tavriya Simferopol was to be relegated from the Ukrainian Premier League but the team terminated its existence after the annexation of Crimea by Russia.[7]

Withdrawn teams

Suspended teams

Merged teams

PFC Oleksandriya refused promotion to the Premier League.[9] Prior to the season PFC Oleksandriya and UkrAhroKom Holovkivka merged into one club renaming themselves to FC Oleksandriya.[10]

Location map

The following displays the location of teams.

Home venues of teams in the 2014–15 Ukrainian First League.
Home towns in green are unused this season.
Teams in italics are from a conflict zone due to the insurgency in Donbass and are playing their home games in different cities.

Stadiums

The following stadiums are considered home grounds for the teams in the competition.[11]

Rank Stadium Capacity Club Notes
1 Metalurh Stadium, Kryvyi Rih 29,783 Hirnyk Kryvyi Rih
2 Yuvileiny Stadium, Sumy 25,800 FC Sumy
3 Lobanovskyi Dynamo Stadium, Kyiv 16,873 Dynamo-2 Kyiv Used as home ground in Round 9
4 Central City Stadium, Mykolaiv 16,700 MFC Mykolaiv
5 Zirka Stadium, Kirovohrad 13,667 Zirka Kirovohrad
6 City Stadium, Ternopil 12,750 Nyva Ternopil
FC Ternopil
7 Yuri Gagarin Stadium, Chernihiv 12,060 Desna Chernihiv
8 Bukovyna Stadium, Chernivtsi 12,000 Bukovyna Chernivtsi
9 CSC Nika Stadium, Oleksandria 7,000 FC Oleksandriya
10 Naftovyk Stadium, Okhtyrka 5,256 Naftovyk-Ukrnafta Okhtyrka
11 Sonyachny Training Center, Kharkiv 4,924[12] Helios Kharkiv
12 Metalurh Stadium, Dniprodzerzhynsk 2,900 Stal Dniprodzerzhynsk
13 Lokomotov Stadium, Poltava 2,500 FC Poltava
14 Yunist Stadium, Komsomolsk 2,500 Hirnyk-Sport Komsomolsk
15 Mashynobudivnyk Stadium, Karlivka 1,300[13] Stal Alchevsk Used as home ground [14]
16 Dynamo Training Center, Kyiv 1,200 Dynamo-2 Kyiv

Notes:

League table

As of 3 June 2015
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Comments
1 FC Oleksandriya (C) 30 22 6 2 53 15 +38 72 Substituted in Premier League – Promoted
2 Stal Dniprodzerzhynsk 30 17 9 4 45 21 +24 60 (+) new Premier League – Promoted(1)
3 Hirnyk-Sport Komsomolsk 30 16 9 5 44 24 +20 57 (+) new
4 Zirka Kirovohrad 30 14 7 9 42 27 +15 49  
5 Desna Chernihiv 30 12 11 7 44 27 +17 47  
6 Dynamo-2 Kyiv 30 12 8 10 35 29 +6 44  
7 Helios Kharkiv 30 12 8 10 30 25 +5 44  
8 FC Sumy 30 12 7 11 35 41 −6 43  
9 Hirnyk Kryvyi Rih 30 10 12 8 32 26 +6 42 (+) new
10 FC Poltava 30 11 9 10 29 27 +2 42  
11 FC Ternopil 30 11 8 11 33 49 −16 41 (+) new
12 Naftovyk-Ukrnafta Okhtyrka 30 10 10 10 32 34 −2 40  
13 Nyva Ternopil 30 8 3 19 25 52 −27 27  
14 MFC Mykolaiv 30 6 6 18 34 67 −33 24 Play-off game
15 Stal Alchevsk 30 5 0 25 16 28 −12 15 withdrew(2)
16 Bukovyna Chernivtsi 30 4 3 23 24 61 −37 15 Substituted off Second League – Relegated
Source: (Ukrainian) Professional Football League of Ukraine[15]
(C) Champion.
Rules for classification:[11] 1) points 2) goal difference 3) goals scored
4) head-to-head points 5) head-to-head goal difference 6) head-to-head goals scored
7) head-to-head fair play (all games) 8) draw or playoff
Promotion to Ukrainian Premier League
Qualifies for Promotion/Relegation playoff game [16]
Relegation to Ukrainian Second League

Notes:

  • ^(1) After the season completed the president of FC Stal Dniprodzerzhynsk announced that the club would merged with FC Metalurh Donetsk and were to replace them in the Premier League for the 2015–16 season.[17][18] (14 June 2015) Initially, the club name attempted to use the name of FC Metalurh Donetsk[19] but subsequently that club declared bankruptcy. Stal Dniprodzerzhynsk was promoted on decision of the Ukrainian Football Federation.[20]
  • ^(2) Stal Alchevsk withdrew from the competition during the winter break.[21]

Results

As of 24 May 2015
Home ╲ Away BUK DES DK2 HEL HIR HIS MYK NAF NVT OLK POL STA STD SUM TNP ZIR
Bukovyna Chernivtsi 0–2 1–1 0–1 0–1 0–1 1–3(5) 1–4 2–0 1–1 0–1 0–1 0–1 4–1 1–2 0–4
Desna Chernihiv 6–1 2–1 1–1 0–0 4–0 4–1 2–1 2–0 3–1 1–1 0–1 4–2 1–1 0–0 0–1
Dynamo-2 Kyiv 2–0 1–1 4–0 2–3 1–4 3–1 2–0 2–0 0–1 2–0 4–1 0–0 2–1 1–0 1–2
Helios Kharkiv 3–0(9) 1–1 0–1 1–1 0–0 2–2 2–0 0–1 1–3 1–2 +:- 1–2 0–1 1–0 1–0
Hirnyk Kryvyi Rih 1–0 0–0 0–0 1–0 0–1 3–1 1–1 4–0 0–2 0–0 1–2 0–1 0–2 0–0 1–2
Hirnyk-Sport Komsomolsk 2–1 4–1 1–1(11) 0–0 0–0 2–1 2–1 0–1 0–0 2–1 2–1 0–1 3–0 4–0 1–1
MFC Mykolaiv 0–4 3–2 0–0 1–2 3–2 0–5 1–2 0–2 1–4 2–4 1–0 1–2 3–3 1–3 0–1
Naftovyk-Ukrnafta Okhtyrka 1–0 1–0 0–0 1–1 1–1 0–3 0–0 2–1 2–1 1–1 +:- 0–0 3–3 2–1 2–0
Nyva Ternopil 5–3(6) 0–2 1–2 0–2 0–2 1–3 3–1 1–1 0–1 0–1 +:- 1–5 2–0 2–2 0–2
FC Oleksandriya 4–1 2–1 4–0(10) 1–0 1–1 3–0 4–0 2–1 3–0 2–1 1–0 0–0 2–0 4–0 2–1
FC Poltava 2–0 0–0 1–0 0–2 1–2 0–1 3–3 1–0 3–0 0–1 +:- 3–2 0–1 0–0 0–0
Stal Alchevsk -:+ -:+ 0–1 0–2 -:+ -:+ -:+ 1–2 1–2 -:+ 1–2 0–2 1–2 -:+ 3–1
Stal Dniprodzerzhynsk 4–1(8) 1–0 1–0 0–1 1–1 0–0 1–1 3–2 2–0 1–1 0–0 +:- 3–0 4–0 2–1
FC Sumy 2–0 1–1 1–1 1–4 2–1 1–1 1–0 1–1 1–0 0–1 1–0 +:- 0–2 5–1 1–0
FC Ternopil 1–1 1–1 1–0 1–0 0–3 2–2 4–2 1–0 2–2(7) 0–1 1–0 3–0 2–1 3–2 1–4
Zirka Kirovohrad 4–1 0–2 2–0 0–0 2–2 2–0 0–1 1–0 1–0 0–0 1–1 2–3 1–1 1–0 5–1

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

Notes:

  • ^(5) Round 2 match between Bukovyna Chernivtsi and MFK Mykolaiv postponed to a later date due to Bukovyna's lack of sponsorship and prepareness in starting to compete in the season.[22] Match was played after Round 9.
  • ^(6) Round 1 match between Bukovyna Chernivtsi and Nyva Ternopil postponed to a later date due to Nyva's lack of sponsorship and the team not ready to start playing.[23] The match was played after Round 13. (22 October 2014)
  • ^(7) Round 2 match between FC Ternopil and Nyva Ternopil postponed to a later date due to Nyva's unpreparedness for the season.[24] Match was played after Round 7.
  • ^(8) Round 10 match between Stal Dniprodzerzhynsk and Bukovyna postponed to a later date due to Stal Dniprodzerzhinsk's participation in the 1/8 Round of the 2014–15 Ukrainian Cup.[25] Match played after Round 16.
  • ^(9) Administration of Bukovyna Chernivtsi informed that the club would not travel to their Round 12 match against Helios Kharkiv, indicating that the club was in difficult financial state and would not travel to the match.[26] Control Disciplinary Committee of the Football Federation of Ukraine awarded a 3–0 technical victory to Helios. (24 October 2014)[27]
  • ^(10) Dynamo-2 Kyiv postpones their Round 12 away match against FC Oleksandriya since several players were called for international duty.[28] Match played after Round 20.
  • ^(11) Dynamo-2 Kyiv postpones their Round 19 match away against Hirnyk-Sport Komsomolsk since five players were called for international duty.[29] Match played after Round 27.

Position by Round

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
FC Oleksandriya 4 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
Stal Dniprodzerzhynsk 3 4 2 3 3 3 2 2 2 2 2 3 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 1 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2
Hirnyk-Sport Komsomolsk 5 1 3 2 2 2 4 4 5 6 5 2 4 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3
Zirka Kirovohrad 14 12 11 13 10 8 5 7 8 12 10 11 13 11 13 14 14 11 10 9 8 6 7 5 6 8 6 5 5 4
Desna Chernihiv 12 10 10 8 8 10 10 8 7 5 4 5 6 9 9 6 6 7 5 5 5 5 5 6 7 5 5 4 4 5
Dynamo-2 Kyiv 8 3 6 10 12 11 9 12 11 13 11 12 11 12 10 9 5 5 6 6 6 7 6 7 8 6 7 6 7 6
Helios Kharkiv 2 5 4 5 4 4 3 3 4 3 6 6 7 6 7 7 9 10 12 12 11 10 8 10 11 9 8 8 6 7
FC Sumy 15 13 13 14 14 13 14 13 9 7 8 8 9 8 8 10 10 9 9 10 10 9 10 9 5 7 9 9 10 8
Hirnyk Kryvyi Rih 9 7 9 9 11 14 13 11 14 14 14 14 14 14 14 11 11 12 11 11 12 12 12 11 10 11 10 12 11 9
FC Poltava 13 11 8 6 6 6 6 6 6 8 9 9 8 7 5 8 7 8 7 8 7 8 11 12 12 12 12 11 8 10
FC Ternopil 6 8 7 4 5 5 7 5 3 4 3 4 3 5 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 7 9 11
Naftovyk-Ukrnafta Okhtyrka 16 16 16 11 13 12 12 9 10 9 7 7 5 4 6 5 8 6 8 7 9 11 9 8 9 10 11 10 12 12
Nyva Ternopil 11 15 15 16 16 16 15 15 15 15 15 15 12 10 12 13 13 14 14 13 13 13 13 13 13 13 13 13 13 13
MFC Mykolaiv 7 9 12 12 9 9 11 14 12 10 12 10 10 13 11 12 12 13 13 14 14 14 14 14 14 14 14 14 14 14
Stal Alchevsk 1 6 5 7 7 7 8 10 13 11 13 13 15 15 15 15 15 15 15 15 15 15 15 15 15 15 15 15 15 15
Bukovyna Chernivtsi 10 14 14 15 15 15 16 16 16 16 16 16 16 16 16 16 16 16 16 16 16 16 16 16 16 16 16 16 16 16

Last updated: 3 June 2015
Source: pfl.ua

Promotion/Relegation play-off

A promotion/relegation home and away play-off is to be played by the 3rd place team of 2014–15 Ukrainian Second League against the 14th placed team of the 2014–15 Ukrainian First League competition. Seedings for the playoff were announced in Ukrainian House of Football on May 29.[30]

First leg

7 June 2015
18:00
MFC Mykolaiv 0 – 0 Kremin Kremenchuk
Report
Tsentralnyi Stadion, Mykolaiv
Attendance: 1,200
Referee: Vadym Saik

Second leg

11 June 2015
18:00
Kremin Kremenchuk 0 – 1 MFC Mykolaiv
Report Storublevtsev Goal 62'
Oleh Babayev Kremin Arena, Kremenchuk
Attendance: 1,500
Referee: Mykola Balakyn

MFC Mykolaiv wins 1–0 on aggregate and remains in First League

Top goalscorers

As of 3 June 2015
# Scorer Goals
(Pen.)		 Team
1 Ukraine Stanislav Kulish 21 Stal Dniprodzerzhynsk
2 Ukraine Bohdan Semenets 14 FC Ternopil
3 Ukraine Oleksiy Chychykov 11 Zirka Kirovohrad
4 Ukraine Dmytro Bohachov 10 FC Sumy
Ukraine Vitaliy Ponomar 10 FC Oleksandriya
6 Ukraine Serhiy Herasymets 9 Hirnyk-Sport Komsomolsk
Ukraine Serhiy Kravchenko 9 (3) Helios Kharkiv
8 Ukraine Volodymyr Korolkov 8 (3) Hirnyk-Sport Komsomolsk
Ukraine Anton Kotlyar 8 (6) Stal Dniprodzerzhynsk
10 Ukraine Maksym Kalenchuk 7 Stal Dniprodzerzhynsk
Ukraine Yehor Kartushov 7 Desna Chernihiv
Ukraine Oleksiy Khoblenko 7 Dynamo-2 Kyiv
Ukraine Roman Loktionov(30) 7 Stal Alchevsk / Zirka Kirovohrad
Ukraine Ihor Zahalskyi 7 (2) Zirka Kirovohrad
Ukraine Petro Kondratyuk 7 (3) Desna Chernihiv
Ukraine Yuriy Solomka 7 (3) FC Poltava

Notes:

Managers

Club Coach Replaced coach
Bukovyna Chernivtsi Ukraine Yuriy Hiy
Desna Chernihiv Ukraine Oleksandr Ryabokon
Dynamo-2 Kyiv Ukraine Vadym Yevtushenko Belarus Alyaksandr Khatskevich
Helios Kharkiv Ukraine Serhiy Syzykhin (interim) Ukraine Serhiy Yesin
Hirnyk Kryvyi Rih Ukraine Hennadiy Prykhodko
Hirnyk-Sport Komsomolsk Ukraine Ihor Zhabchenko
FC Oleksandriya Ukraine Volodymyr Sharan
MFC Mykolaiv Ukraine Vyacheslav Mazarati
Naftovyk-Ukrnafta Okhtyrka Ukraine Vadym Kolesnyk
Nyva Ternopil Ukraine Roman Tolochko Ukraine Bohdan Samardak
FC Poltava Ukraine Oleh Fedorchuk Ukraine Ilya Blyznyuk
Stal Alchevsk Ukraine Vadym Plotnikov
Stal Dniprodzerzhynsk Ukraine Volodymyr Mazyar
FC Sumy Ukraine Yuriy Yaroshenko
FC Ternopil Ukraine Vasyl Ivehesh
Zirka Kirovohrad Ukraine Serhiy Lavrynenko Ukraine Anatoliy Buznyk
Ukraine Samir Hasanov

Managerial changes

Team Outgoing head coach Manner of departure Date of vacancy Table Incoming head coach Date of appointment Table
FC Sumy Ukraine Serhiy Strashnenko (interim) End interim Pre-season Ukraine Yuriy Yaroshenko[32] Pre-season
Zirka Kirovohrad Ukraine Anatoliy Buznyk [33] Fired October 28 11th Ukraine Samir Hasanov[33] October 28 11th
Zirka Kirovohrad Ukraine Samir Hasanov [34] Resigns November 12 14th Ukraine Serhiy Lavrynenko[34] November 12 14th
Dynamo-2 Kyiv Belarus Alyaksandr Khatskevich [35] Leaves for Belarus December 4 5th Ukraine Vadym Yevtushenko[36] December 15 5th
FC Poltava Ukraine Ilya Blyznyuk[37] January 11 7th Ukraine Oleh Fedorchuk[37] January 11 7th
Helios Kharkiv Ukraine Serhiy Yesin[38] Fired April 1 Ukraine Serhiy Syzykhin (interim) April 1
Nyva Ternopil Ukraine Bohdan Samardak[39] Resigns April 27 13th Ukraine Roman Tolochko [40] April 30 13th

See also

References

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