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2013–14 Ukrainian Premier League

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Season
  
2013–14

Location
  
Ukraine

Goals scored
  
585

Dates
  
12 Jul 2013 – 18 May 2014

Relegated
  
SC Tavriya Simferopol

Matches played
  
222

2013–14 Ukrainian Premier League

Champions League
  
Shakhtar DonetskDnipro Dnipropetrovsk

Europa League
  
Dynamo KyivMetalist KharkivChornomorets OdesaZorya Luhansk

Top goalscorer
  
20 – Luiz Adriano (Shakhtar)

Biggest home win
  
Dynamo 9–1 Metalurh D.Round 12)

Biggest away win
  
Tavriya 0–4 Shakhtar (Round 5)Karpaty 0–4 Dnipro (Round 13)

Similar
  
2014–15 Ukrainian Premier L, 2012–13 Ukrainian Premier L, 2015–16 Ukrainian Premier L

The 2013–14 Ukrainian Premier League season was the 23rd since its establishment.

Contents

A total of sixteen teams participated in the league. Fifteen teams from last season's competition and one promoted club from the 2012–13 Ukrainian First League formed the league. The competition commenced on the 12 July 2013 when Tavriya Simferopol hosted Zorya Luhansk. Eighteen rounds were played prior to the winter recess. The competition was affected by the political turmoil that affected Ukraine during the spring session.

Civil unrest and its effects on the league

In November 2013, during the winter break of the Ukrainian Premier League, a wave of demonstrations and civil unrest labelled Euromaidan started in Ukraine. The competition was to resume on 1 March 2014, but due to the Russian invasion continuing on with the Crimean crisis, the Premier League delayed the start of the spring stage. A decision was made by the Ukrainian Premier League to resume the competition on 15 March.

After the annexation of Crimea by Russia in March 2014 the teams from Crimea, namely Sevastopol and Tavriya Simferopol, continued to participate in the competition.

During the May 2014 pro-Russian conflict in Ukraine the Football Federation of Ukraine (after being advised to do so by the Ukrainian Interior Ministry) decided that all matches across all Ukrainian leagues, as well as the 2014 Ukrainian Cup Final, would be played behind closed doors for security reasons.

The unrest in Ukraine since November 2013 lead to an unexpected sense of unity among rival Ukrainian football fans. Various formerly bitter rival football fans (also those from Russophone cities in Ukraine) held pro-Ukrainian Unity marches.

  • FC Sevastopol, champion of the 2011-12 Ukrainian First League – (returning after absence of 2 seasons)

    • Stal Alchevsk were to be promoted after finishing runners-up but their club administration refused promotion.

    Hoverla Uzhhorod, the 15th placed team was allowed to stay in the Premier League after they passed attestation.

    Metalurh Zaporizhya, the last-placed of the 2012–13 Ukrainian Premier League was to be relegated to the Ukrainian First League at the end of the previous season but since no other team applied for entry from the Ukrainian First League they remained in the competition.

    Stadiums

    The following stadiums are regarded as home grounds:

    Managerial changes

    Notes:

  • ^(10) For the Round 14 match Metalist Kharkiv was managed by Ihor Rakhayev while manager Myron Markevych was hospitalized with trauma.

    • Qualification to European competitions for 2014–15

  • Since Ukraine finished in seventh place of the UEFA country ranking after the 2012–13 season, the league will have the same number of qualifiers for UEFA Europa League 2014–15. The Ukrainian Cup winner qualifies for the play-off round.

    • Qualified Teams

  • After the 24th Round, Shakhtar Donetsk qualified for European football for the 2014–15 season.
  • During the 26th Round, Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk qualified for European football for the 2014–15 season.
  • During the 28th Round Shakhtar Donetsk qualified for the 2014–15 UEFA Champions League after defeating Illichivets.
  • Metalist Kharkiv qualified for European football for the 2014–15 season after defeating FC Sevastopol in their postponed Round 20 match.
  • Shakhtar Donetsk qualified for the 2014–15 UEFA Champions League Group Stage during Round 29 after they defeated Zorya Luhansk. (C)
  • After the 29th Round, Dynamo Kyiv qualified the 2014–15 UEFA Europa League.
  • After the 29th Round, Chornomorets Odesa qualified the 2014–15 UEFA Europa League 3rd qualifying round.
  • Dynamo Kyiv, by winning the Ukrainian Cup, and with Sevilla (Spain) winning the 2013–14 UEFA Europa League, qualified for the 2014–15 UEFA Europa Group stage.
  • Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk qualified for the 2014–15 UEFA Champions League 3rd qualifying round after they defeated Metalurh Donetsk in Round 30. After that victory Metalist Kharkiv qualified the 2014–15 UEFA Europa League playoff round.
  • Zorya Luhansk qualified for the 2014–15 UEFA Europa League 2nd qualifying round after Metalurh Donetsk was excluded from participating by the UEFA Club Financial Control Body due to failing to comply with Financial Fair Play regulations.

    • League table

    Updated to games played on 20 May 2014.
    Source: Premier League website
    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 fair play rating
    Head-to-Head: used when head-to-head record is used to rank tied teams.

    Notes:
    1 On 18 June 2014 UEFA published seeding ranking for the upcoming 2014-15 UEFA Champions League season where FC Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk were pending approval of the UEFA Club Financial Control Body (CFCB) on 19 June 2014 to participate in the competition. The main issue that might have impeded Dnipro to participate in the continental competitions was the "Boateng case". The conflict arose during the 2012-13 season when Derek Boateng unsuccessfully tried to leave the club due to breach of contract and was forced to file a case against the club through the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) in Lausanne. The end result was that Dnipro did play in the 2014-15 Champions League 3rd qualifying round (and, subsequently, the Europa League).

    2 FC Dynamo Kyiv qualified for the Group Stage of the 2014-15 Europa League as the 2013-14 Ukrainian Cup winner.

    3 On 4 April 2014, UEFA barred FC Metalurh Donetsk in the next UEFA club competition for which they would otherwise qualify in the next three seasons for failing to comply with Financial Fair Play regulations. Metalurh lodged an appeal against the UEFA resolution.

    4 After the annexation of Crimea by Russia, FC Sevastopol and SC Tavriya Simferopol were officially disbanded and in their place were created new clubs that aimed to participate in the Russian competitions next season.

    5 On 20 May 2014, FC Volyn Lutsk were deducted three points by the FFU for breach of financial rules.

    6 On 29 October 2013, the general director of FC Arsenal Kyiv Viktor Holovko announced that the club is filling for bankruptcy and withdrawing from competitions as it was unable to find any sponsors. The General Assembly of the Ukrainian Premier League was unable to reach a quorum and hence no decision was made on the expulsion of the club from the UPL. (18 December 2013) On 12 February 2014 Arsenal Kyiv was officially expelled from the league and all club's results were annulled. Arsenal played 13 games with record 3 wins, 1 draw and 9 losses with 10 goals scored and 28 goals scored against and also one technical defeat was recorded against them.

    Results

    The following table displays match results between each team in the competition.

    Updated to games played on 18 May 2014.
    Source: Premier League website (Ukrainian)
    1 ^ The home team is listed in the left-hand column.
    Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

    Notes:

  • ^(2) The Round 12 match between Dnipro and Metalist on 6 October 2013 was suspended at a halftime with the score 2–1 due to lighting issues at Dnipro-Arena. The Ukrainian Premier League decided in an executive meeting on 7 October 2013 that the match was to be continued from the start of the second half on 4 December 2013.
  • ^(3) Administration of Arsenal Kyiv informed that the club would not travel to their Round 14 match against Tavria Simferopol indicating that the football club Arsenal Kyiv may cease operations. The Ukrainian Football Federation Control Disciplinary Committee originally awarded a technical victory to Tavriya. (21 October 2013) After Arsenal Kyiv was expelled, the result was annulled. (12 February 2014)
  • ^(4) The Round 19 match between Tavria–Dynamo was moved to Kiev at the NSC Olimpiysky as a preventative measure against possible violence in Crimea due to the 2014 Crimean crisis.
  • ^(5) The Round 20 match between Sevastopol–Metalist was postponed to a later date due to the 2014 Crimean crisis. The Russian-appointed Sevastopol city's authorities prohibited for the game to take place and the match was scheduled to take place in Kiev at the Lobanovsky Dynamo Stadium on May 7, 2014.
  • ^(6) The Football Federation of Ukraine decided that all Round 29 matches were played with no spectators attending due to continual unrest in the country. Also a decision was made by the FFU of not conducting matches in Donetsk, Kharkiv, Luhansk and Odessa oblasts. The match between Illichivets Mariupol and Dynamo Kyiv took place in Kiev at the NSC Olimpiysky. The match between Zorya Luhansk and Shakhtar Donetsk took place in Cherkasy at the Central Stadium. The match between Metalurh Donetsk and Metalurh Zaporizhia took place in Dnipropetrovsk at the Meteor Stadium.
  • ^(7) For Round 30 the Football Federation of Ukraine decided of not conducting matches in Donetsk, Kharkiv, Luhansk and Odessa oblasts due to continual unrest in the country. The match between Chornomorets Odesa and Karpaty Lviv took place in Kiev at the Obolon Arena. The match between Shakhtar Donetsk and Volyn Lutsk took place in Cherkasy at the Central Stadium. The match between Metalist Kharkiv and Vorskla Poltava took place in Kiev at the Lobanovsky Dynamo Stadium.
  • ^(8) Administration of Hoverla Uzhhorod informed the Ukrainian Premier League that they would not appear for their Round 30 fixture against FC Sevastopol. Control Disciplinary Committee of the Football Federation of Ukraine award a 3–0 technical victory to Sevastopol.

    • Positions by round

    The following table represents the teams position after each round in the competition.(9)

    Source: kicker.de (German)

    Notes:

  • ^(9) The competition resumes with the spring stage with Round 21 due to the postponement of the competition due to the civil unrest in the country after the riots in Kiev and continuing on with the Crimean crisis. Originally scheduled Round 19 was played 15–17 April after Round 25 and Round 20 was played 23–24 April after Round 26.

    • Top goalscorers

    The top ten goalscorers were as follows:

    Notes:

  • ^(10) Russian Premier League club Rubin Kazan signed Marko Devich during the winter break.

    • Hat-tricks

    Notes:

  • (*) Asterisk identifies players who scored four goals (poker).

    • References

    2013–14 Ukrainian Premier League Wikipedia
    (Text) CC BY-SA


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