2014–15 Ukrainian First League

Ukrainian First League
Season 2014–15
Matches played 172
Goals scored 430 (2.5 per match)
Top goalscorer 17 Stanislav Kulish (Stal Dni.)
Biggest home win 4 goals Zirka 51 FC Ternopil (Round 7)
Desna 40 Hirnyk-Sport (Round 8)
Hirnyk 40 Nyva (Round 8)
Dynamo-2 40 Helios (Round 11)
Oleksandriya 40 Mykolaiv (Round 22)
Biggest away win 5 goals Mykolaiv 05 Hirnyk-Sport (Round 14)
Highest scoring 8 goals Nyva 53 Bukovyna (ppd. Round 1)
Longest winning run 10 Oleksandriya (Round 110)
Longest unbeaten run 14 Oleksandriya (Round 111, 1315)
Longest winless run 13 Bukovyna (Rounds 39, ppd. 2, 11, 13, ppd. 1, 1415)
Longest losing run 9 Bukovyna (Rounds 39, ppd. 2, 11)
Highest attendance 4,200 OleksandriyaNyva (Round 6)
Lowest attendance 200 Dynamo-2Stal Alchevsk (Round 2)
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The 2014–15 Ukrainian First League is 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]

Promoted teams

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Withdrawn teams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 1 May 2015
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Comments
1 FC Oleksandriya 24 18 4 2 45 13 +32 58  
2 Stal Dniprodzerzhynsk 24 14 8 2 35 14 +21 50 (+) new
3 Hirnyk-Sport Komsomolsk 23 13 5 5 37 20 +17 44 (+) new
4 FC Ternopil 24 10 7 7 30 37 7 37 (+) new
5 Zirka Kirovohrad 24 10 6 8 36 24 +12 36  
6 Desna Chernihiv 24 9 8 7 29 20 +9 35  
7 Dynamo-2 Kyiv 23 10 5 8 27 21 +6 35  
8 Naftovyk-Ukrnafta Okhtyrka 24 9 8 7 28 27 +1 35  
9 FC Sumy 24 10 5 9 26 33 7 35  
10 Helios Kharkiv 24 9 6 9 26 23 +3 33  
11 FC Poltava 24 8 7 9 21 23 2 31  
12 Hirnyk Kryvyi Rih 23 6 10 7 24 21 +3 28 (+) new
13 Nyva Ternopil 24 6 3 15 21 43 22 21  
14 MFC Mykolaiv 23 5 5 13 30 55 25 20  
15 Stal Alchevsk 24 5 0 19 16 28 12 15 withdrew(1)
16 Bukovyna Chernivtsi 24 3 3 18 18 47 29 12  
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:

Results

As of 1 May 2015
Home ╲ Away[1] BUK DES DK2HELHIRHISMYKNAFNVTOLKPOLSTASTDSUMTNPZIR
Bukovyna Chernivtsi 02 11 01 13(5) 14 20 11 01 01 12 04
Desna Chernihiv 21 11 00 40 41 20 31 11 01 11 00 01
Dynamo-2 Kyiv 20 40 14 31 20 20 20 41 00 21 10 12
Helios Kharkiv 30(9) 11 00 22 20 01 13 12 +:- 12 01 10
Hirnyk Kryvyi Rih 00 00 10 01 11 40 02 12 01 02 00
Hirnyk-Sport Komsomolsk 21 41 ppd(11) 00 21 01 21 21 01 30 40 11
MFC Mykolaiv 04 32 00 12 32 05 12 14 10 12 33 13
Naftovyk-Ukrnafta Okhtyrka 10 10 00 11 11 03 21 21 00 33 21 20
Nyva Ternopil 53(6) 02 02 02 31 11 01 01 15 20 22 02
FC Oleksandriya 21 40(10) 10 11 30 40 21 30 21 10 20 40
FC Poltava 20 00 10 02 12 01 33 10 01 32 01 00 00
Stal Alchevsk -:+ -:+ 01 02 12 12 -:+ 12 02 12 31
Stal Dniprodzerzhynsk 41(8) 10 10 11 00 11 20 11 00 +:- 30 21
FC Sumy 20 11 14 21 10 11 10 01 +:- 02 10
FC Ternopil 11 10 10 03 22 42 22(7) 10 30 21 32 14
Zirka Kirovohrad 41 02 20 22 20 01 10 00 11 23 11 51

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:

Position by Round

Team \ Round 123456789101112131415161718192021222324252627282930
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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

Last updated: 1 May 2015
Source: pfl.ua

Top goalscorers

As of 1 May 2015
# Scorer Goals
(Pen.)
Team
1 Ukraine Stanislav Kulish 17 Stal Dniprodzerzhynsk
2 Ukraine Bohdan Semenets 12 FC Ternopil
3 Ukraine Oleksiy Chychykov 11 Zirka Kirovohrad
4 Ukraine Vitaliy Ponomar 9 FC Oleksandriya
5 Ukraine Dmytro Bohachov 8 FC Sumy
Ukraine Serhiy Herasymets 8 Hirnyk-Sport Komsomolsk
Ukraine Serhiy Kravchenko 8 (3) Helios Kharkiv
8 Ukraine Volodymyr Korolkov 7 (2) Hirnyk-Sport Komsomolsk
Ukraine Yuriy Solomka 7 (3) FC Poltava
Ukraine Anton Kotlyar 7 (6) Stal Dniprodzerzhynsk

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 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 DniprodzerzhynskUkraine Volodymyr Mazyar
FC SumyUkraine Yuriy Yaroshenko
FC TernopilUkraine Vasyl Ivehesh
Zirka Kirovohrad Ukraine Anatoliy Buznyk

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[25] Pre-season
Dynamo-2 Kyiv Belarus Alyaksandr Khatskevich [26] Leaves for Belarus December 4 5th Ukraine Vadym Yevtushenko[27] December 15 5th
FC Poltava Ukraine Ilya Blyznyuk[28] January 11 7th Ukraine Oleh Fedorchuk[28] January 11 7th
Nyva Ternopil Ukraine Bohdan Samardak April 27 13th

See also


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