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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.

Season2013–14
ChampionsOlimpik Donetsk
PromotedOlimpik Donetsk
Oleksandriya
RelegatedAvanhard (suspended)
Tytan (withdrew)
UkrAhroKom (withdrew)
Quick facts Season, Champions ...
Ukrainian First League
Season2013–14
ChampionsOlimpik Donetsk
PromotedOlimpik Donetsk
Oleksandriya
RelegatedAvanhard (suspended)
Tytan (withdrew)
UkrAhroKom (withdrew)
Matches221
Goals542 (2.45 per match)
Top goalscorer13 – Oleksandr Akymenko (Stal)
Biggest home win6 – Dynamo-2 6–0 Tytan (Round 23)
Biggest away win4 – Sumy 0–4 Dynamo-2 (Round 28)
Highest scoring7 – Oleksandriya 4–3 Naftovyk-Ukrnafta (Round 1)
Tytan 4–3 Mykolaiv (Round 6)
Longest winning run4 – Naftovyk-Ukrnafta (Round 12–15)
Longest unbeaten run20 – Olimpik (Round 4–23)
Longest winless run13 – Dynamo-2 (Round 1–8, 10–13, 15)
Longest losing run5 – Desna (Round 6–10)
Highest attendance8,300 – Mykolaiv–Avanhard (Round 5)
Mykolaiv–Helios (Round 7)
Lowest attendance0[1] – 5 matches (Round 27)
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Promotion and relegation

Group 1
Group 2

Relegated teams

No teams were relegated from the 2012–13 Ukrainian Premier League.

Originally Hoverla Uzhhorod and Metalurh Zaporizhzhia 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 However, Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih failed attestation and their license was withdrawn by the Ukrainian Premier League.[6] Number of clubs refused promotion leaving two vacant positions in the 2013–14 Ukrainian Premier League which were awarded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.

Location of teams in the 2013–14 Ukrainian First League

Stadiums

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

More information Rank, Stadium ...
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[a]
Zirka Kirovohrad Used as home ground in Round 29[10]
9 Naftovyk Stadium, Okhtyrka 5,256 Naftovyk-Ukrnafta Okhtyrka
10 Sonyachny Stadium, Kharkiv 4,924[11] 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 [12] 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[13] FC Poltava Used as home ground Round 24[14] & 26[15]
17 Mashynobudivnyk Stadium, Karlivka 1,300[16] FC Poltava Used as home ground in Round 14[17]
Helios Kharkiv Used as home ground in Round 27[1]
Stal Alchevsk Used as home ground in Round 28[18]
18 Dynamo Training Center, Kyiv 1,200 Dynamo-2 Kyiv
19 Enerhiya Stadium, Berdyansk 700[19] Olimpik Donetsk Used as home ground Round 30[20]
20 Holovkivskyy Stadium, Holovkivka 580 UkrAhroKom Holovkivka
Zirka Kirovohrad[b] Used as home ground in spring session[10]
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  1. [a]
    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.[9] (28 June 2013)
  2. [b]
    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)

Managers

More information Club, Coach ...
Club Coach Replaced coach
Avanhard KramatorskUkraine Yakiv KripakUkraine Serhiy Shevchenko
Bukovyna ChernivtsiUkraine Yuriy HiyUkraine Vadym Zayats
Desna ChernihivUkraine Oleksandr Ryabokon
Dynamo-2 KyivBelarus Alyaksandr Khatskevich
Helios KharkivUkraine Serhiy Yesin
PFC OleksandriyaUkraine Volodymyr Sharan
MFC MykolaivUkraine Vyacheslav MazaratiUkraine Volodymyr Ponomarenko
Ukraine Oleh Fedorchuk
Naftovyk-Ukrnafta OkhtyrkaUkraine Vadym KolesnykUkraine Yevhen Yarovenko
Nyva TernopilUkraine Bohdan SamardakUkraine Ihor Yavorskyi
Olimpik DonetskUkraine Roman Sanzhar
FC PoltavaUkraine Ilya Blyznyuk
Stal AlchevskUkraine Vadym Plotnikov
FC SumyUkraine Serhiy StrashnenkoUkraine Andriy Kononenko
Tytan ArmyanskUkraine Serhiy KozlovUkraine Oleh Lutkov
UkrAhroKom HolovkivkaUkraine Yuriy Hura
Zirka KirovohradUkraine Anatoliy BuznykUkraine Mykola Fedorenko
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Managerial changes

More information Team, Outgoing head coach ...
Team Outgoing head coach Manner of departure Date of vacancy Table Incoming head coach Date of appointment
PFC Oleksandriya Ukraine Vitaliy Pervak End caretaker 7 June Pre season Ukraine Volodymyr Sharan[22] 8 June
Stal Alchevsk Ukraine Anatoliy Volobuyev[23] Sporting Director in Club 13 June Ukraine Vadym Plotnikov[23] 21 June
Tytan Armyansk Ukraine Oleh Leshchynskyi Resigned 21 June Ukraine Oleh Lutkov[24] 21 June
FC Poltava Ukraine Anatoliy Bezsmertnyi Moves to Club Administration 21 June Ukraine Ilya Blyznyuk[25] 21 June
Zirka Kirovohrad Ukraine Samir Hasanov End caretaker 21 June Ukraine Mykola Fedorenko[26] 21 June
Dynamo-2 Kyiv Ukraine Andriy Husin Replaced 2 July Belarus Alyaksandr Khatskevich[27] 2 July
Bukovyna Chernivtsi Ukraine Vadym Zayats[28] Resigned 31 August 9th Ukraine Yuriy Hiy[29] 5 September
MFC Mykolaiv Ukraine Oleh Fedorchuk[30] Resigned 4 November 15th Ukraine Volodymyr Ponomarenko (interim)[30] 4 November
Naftovyk-Ukrnafta Okhtyrka Ukraine Yevhen Yarovenko[31] Resigned 27 November 4th Ukraine Vadym Kolesnyk[32] 9 December
Avanhard Kramatorsk Ukraine Serhiy Shevchenko[33] Resigned 27 November 11th Ukraine Yakiv Kripak[34] 3 December
MFC Mykolaiv Ukraine Volodymyr Ponomarenko (interim) End as interim 11 March 15th Ukraine Vyacheslav Mazarati[35] 11 March
Nyva Ternopil Ukraine Ihor Yavorskyi[36] Resigned 17 March 5th Ukraine Bohdan Samardak[37] 26 March
Zirka Kirovohrad Ukraine Mykola Fedorenko[38] Resigned 7 April 11th Ukraine Anatoliy Buznyk[39] 9 April
Tytan Armyansk Ukraine Oleh Lutkov[40] Resigned 13 April 15th Ukraine Serhiy Kozlov (interim) 13 April
FC Sumy Ukraine Andriy Kononenko[41] Sacked 13 May 10th Ukraine Serhiy Strashnenko (interim) 13 May
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League table

As of 31 May 2014[42]
More information Pos, Team ...
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion or relegation
1 Olimpik Donetsk (C, P) 30 16 7 7 45 33 +12 55 Promoted to Ukrainian Premier League
2 PFC Oleksandriya 30 14 10 6 47 28 +19 52 Refused promotion[a]
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
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 (D) 30 11 9 10 27 27 0 42 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
11 FC Sumy 30 11 6 13 29 39 −10 39
12 Tytan Armyansk (D) 30 10 8 12 32 41 −9 38 Withdrew after season[b]
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 (D) 30 7 10 13 23 27 −4 31 Suspended after season[c]
16 MFC Mykolaiv 30 9 4 17 34 49 −15 31 Avoided relegation[d]
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Source: Professional Football League of Ukraine[47]
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]
(C) Champions; (D) Disqualified; (P) Promoted
Notes:
  1. [a]
    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.[43]
  2. [b]
    FC Tytan Armyansk completed the season but the team was dissolved due to the annexation of Crimea by the Russian Federation.[44]
  3. [c]
    FC Avanhard Kramatorsk completed the season but the team's participation in competitions was suspended due to the war in Donbas.[45]
  4. [d]
    Relegation to the Ukrainian Second League for the next season was canceled.[46] 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.[46] (21 May 2014)

Results

As of 31 May 2014
More information Home \ Away, AVK ...
Home \ Away AVK BUK DES DK2 HEL MYK NAF NVT OLK OLD POL STA SUM TYA UAP ZIR
Avanhard Kramatorsk 0–1 2–1 0–1 -:+[a] 3–1 2–0 0–0 2–2 0–2 -:+[b] 0–2 -:+[c] 1–0 0–1 2–1
Bukovyna Chernivtsi 0–0 1–0 0–1 1–1 2–0 0–1 0–0[d] 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[e] 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[f] 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[g] 4–1 1–1 1–4 1–2 1–1 1–2 0–2[h] 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[i] 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[j] 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[k] 1–2 1–2 1–0[k] 2–1 3–0 1–1 3–1 0–1 0–0
Stal Alchevsk +:-[c] 3–0[l] 3–2 1–0[m] 3–1 1–0 2–2[n] 1–0 1–3 1–1 2–1 5–0 2–0 2–2 1–2
PFC 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[o] 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
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Source: Calendar (in Ukrainian)
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
Notes:
  1. [a]
    Round 25 match between Avanhard Kramatorsk and Helios Kharkiv is postponed due to unrest in the region.[48] The game was to be played after Round 29[49] but was abandoned as a technical loss for Avanhard due to war conditions.[50] (22 May 2014)
  2. [b]
    Round 27 match between Avanhard Kramatorsk and FC Poltava is rescheduled due to blocked access to the city of Kramatorsk following unrest in the region.[49] The match was to be played at Karlivka[51] but was abandoned as a technical loss for Avanhard due to war conditions.[50] (22 May 2014)
  3. [c]
  4. [d]
    Bukovyna Chernivtsi postpones their Round 9 match home match against Nyva Ternopil due to their financial situation.[52] Match was played after Round 19.[3]
  5. [e]
    Dynamo-2 Kyiv postpones their Round 9 match at home against Helios Kharkiv since five players were called for international duty.[52] The match was rescheduled after Round 15.[53]
  6. [f]
    Round 27 match between Helios Kharkiv and Nyva Ternopil is moved due to decisions made by the FFU of not conducting matches in Donetsk, Kharkiv, Luhansk and Odesa oblasts because of unrest in the region.[1] The match was played at Karlivka.[1] Match was not completed. Nyva Ternopil players walked off the pitch as a protest to a penalty awarded against them in 90+5' of the game. Score was 1–1 at the time.[54] Control Disciplinary Committee of the Football Federation of Ukraine award a 3–0 technical victory to Helios .[55]
  7. [g]
    PFL reschedules the Round 19 match between MFC Mykolaiv and Dynamo-2 Kyiv to after Round 20, since several Dynamo-2 Kyiv players were called for international duty.[3]
  8. [h]
    Round 27 match between MFC Mykolaiv and Stal Alchevsk rescheduled until after Round 29 due to unrest in the region.[1]
  9. [i]
    Administration of FC Poltava informed that the club would not travel to their Round 16 match against Nyva Ternopil[56] as a protest against unobjective decisions by referees against the team.[57] Control Disciplinary Committee of the Football Federation of Ukraine award a 3–0 technical victory to Nyva.[47]
  10. [j]
    Round 30 match between Olimpik Donetsk and Helios Kharkiv is moved due to decisions made by the FFU of not conducting matches in Donetsk, Kharkiv, Luhansk and Odesa oblasts because of unrest in the region. The match to be played at Enerhiya Stadium in Berdyansk, Zaporizhzhia Oblast.[20]
  11. [k]
    FC Poltava play their Round 22 and 24 matches at their Educational Sport Training Base Stadium in Kopyly, Poltava Oblast due to construction of their Lokomotiv Stadium in Poltava.[14]
  12. [l]
    Administration of Bukovyna Chernivtsi informed that the club would not travel to their Round 8 match against Stal Alchevsk due to financial issues.[58] Control Disciplinary Committee of the Football Federation of Ukraine award a 3–0 technical victory to Stal.[59]
  13. [m]
    Dynamo-2 Kyiv postpones their Round 14 away match against Stal Alchevsk since several players were called for international duty.[60] Match was played after Round 25.
  14. [n]
    Round 28 match between Stal Alchevsk and Naftovyk-Ukrnafta Okhtyrka is moved due to decisions made by the FFU of not conducting matches in Donetsk, Kharkiv, Luhansk and Odesa oblasts because of unrest in the region. The match to be played at Karlivka.[18]
  15. [o]
    Administration of Olimpik Donetsk informed their opponent Tytan Armyansk that the club would not travel to their Round 29 match due to instability in the region.[61] Later the PFL administration awarded a technical win (3:0) to Tytan Armyansk and a technical loss (3:0) to Olimpik Donetsk.

Positions by round

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

More information Team ╲ Round, Olimpik Donetsk ...
Team ╲ Round123456789101112131415161718192021222324252627282930
Olimpik Donetsk1610764343132111111111111111111
PFC Oleksandriya432212214213344322222223222222
Stal Alchevsk211131121321233433333332333333
FC Poltava13911812710967776679111011128787545444
Desna Chernihiv7137117111314141514111191210865579710654655
Zirka Kirovohrad6115996781011888866688101011991176566
Naftovyk-Ukrnafta Okhtyrka115610101281076655222444444559108977
UkrAhroKom Holovkivka141515161616141212121010101311121099898108889788
Helios Kharkiv15161612141516151513131413101313131314141515141212131415129
Nyva Ternopil584481012131314151515141415141513755444678910
PFC Sumy32352565544445555579121011117910111011
Bukovyna Chernivtsi10141314111391111812139119877666666101112101112
Tytan Armyansk1610121313911799991212107911121314141515131411121313
Dynamo-2 Kyiv81214151514151616161616161616161616161616161616161616161614
Avanhard Kramatorsk949653432556778111212101111121314151515131415
MFC Mykolaiv1278348568101112141515141514151513131213141213141516
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Updated to match(es) played on 27 May 2014. Source: pfl.ua

Top goalscorers

As of 31 May 2014
More information #, Scorer ...
# 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[a] 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
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  1. [a]
    Ukrainian Premier League club Karpaty Lviv signed Mykhaylo Serhiychuk during the winter break.[62]

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