| Season | 2014–15 |
|---|---|
| Champions | Dynamo Kyiv 14th title |
| Matches | 181 |
| Goals | 481 (2.66 per match) |
| Top goalscorer | 17 –Eric Bicfalvi(Volyn) Alex Teixeira(Shakhtar) |
| Biggest home win | 6 –Shakhtar 6–0Olimpik(Round 17) Dynamo 6–0Hoverla(Round 22) |
| Biggest away win | 6 –Metalurh Donetsk 0–6Dynamo(Round 23) |
| Highest scoring | 10 –Hoverla 3–7Shakhtar(Round 23) |
| Longest winning run | 7 –Dynamo(Round 13–14,10,15–18) |
| Longest unbeaten run | 26 –Dynamo(Round 1–26) |
| Longest winless run | 15 –Illichivets(Round 1–15) |
| Longest losing run | 4 –Illichivets(Round 11–14) |
| Highest attendance | 57,502 –Dynamo–Shakhtar(Round 8) |
| Lowest attendance | 0 –Volyn–Chornomorets (Round 16) |
2015–16 → All statistics correct as of 24 May 2015. | |
The2014–15Ukrainian Premier League season was the 24th since its establishment. The competition commenced on 25 July whenMetalurh Donetsk hostedDnipro Dnipropetrovsk inLviv.[1] Due to thewar in Donbas, the league reduced the number of teams.[1]
Initially, a new format was proposed to be introduced for this season byFC Shakhtar Donetsk.[1] The first stage was to be a regular round robin of home/away format. In the second stage the championship was to have an additional play-off format where participants, upon completion of the regular round robin, were to be split into three groups of 4 (1–4 places), 4 (5–8 places) and 6 (9–14 places) teams. The points earned in the first stage were to be preserved. The first two groups of four teams would each have a regular round robin home/away format, while the third group of six was to play each other only once.[1]
However, on 22 July 2014, it was confirmed that the championship would be played using a standard doubleround-robin tournament system. The last team would be relegated and would be replaced by the champion of the2014–15 Ukrainian First League.[2]
Initially, a total of 16 teams were expected to participate in the league, the best 14 sides of the2013–14 season and two promoted clubs from the2013–14 Ukrainian First League. The fifteenth-placed team of the2013–14 Ukrainian Premier League,Tavriya Simferopol was relegated to the2014–15 Ukrainian First League at the end of the season. A second team was to be relegated but with the withdrawal ofArsenal Kyiv during the2013–14 Ukrainian Premier League season only one team was relegated.
Teams fromCrimea, namelySevastopol andTavriya Simferopol, will not participate in the Ukrainian competition since they ceased their existences and applied (under new names) for a Russian license after theannexation of Crimea by Russia in March 2014.[3]
The relegated team and the vacant position were to be replaced by the champions of the2013–14 Ukrainian First League,FC Olimpik Donetsk, and the runners-up,PFC Oleksandriya. ButPFC Oleksandriya refused the promotion to the Premier League and merged withFC UkrAhroKom Holovkivka.[4][5]
On 2 June 2014, Premier League published two preliminary projects of possible season schedule with 16 and 12 teams respectively.[6] On 27 June 2014, it was confirmed that 14 teams will play in the 2014–15 season.[7]
The following stadiums are regarded as home grounds:
| Rank | Stadium | Club | Capacity | Highest Attendance | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | NSC Olimpiyskiy | Dynamo Kyiv | 70,050 | 57,502 | Round 8 (Shakhtar) | |
| Metalurh Donetsk | 12,869 | Round 23 (Dynamo) | Used as home ground in Round 23. | |||
| 2 | OSC Metalist | Metalist Kharkiv | 40,003 | 21,546 | Round 6 (Dnipro) | |
| 3 | Arena Lviv | Shakhtar Donetsk | 34,915 | 32,509 | Round 21 (Dynamo) | Used as home ground.[8] |
| Metalurh Donetsk | 7,527 | Round 1 (Dnipro) | Used as home ground in Round 1.[9] | |||
| 4 | Chornomorets Stadium | Chornomorets Odesa | 34,164 | 25,182 | Round 6 (Shakhtar) | |
| 5 | Dnipro-Arena | Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk | 31,003 | 17,444 | Round 25 (Shakhtar) | |
| 6 | Ukraina Stadium | Karpaty Lviv | 28,051 | 7,800 | Round 2 (Metalurh D.) | |
| 7 | Vorskla Stadium | Vorskla Poltava | 24,795 | 10,600 | Round 9 (Metalist) | |
| 8 | Meteor Stadium | Illichivets Mariupol | 24,381 | 8,000 | Round 8(Dnipro) | Used as temporary home ground |
| 9 | Dynamo Stadium | Dynamo Kyiv | 16,873 | 10,000 | Round 17 (Metalurh Z.) | Used as home ground in return match |
| Chornomorets Odesa | 5,314 | Round 18 (Dynamo) | Used as home ground in Round 18. | |||
| 10 | Avanhard Stadium | Volyn Lutsk | 12,080 | 8,700 | Round 20 (Dynamo) | |
| 11 | Slavutych-Arena | Metalurh Zaporizhzhia | 12,000 | 10,000 | Round 4 (Dnipro) | |
| Zorya Luhansk | 4,100 | Round 6 (Dynamo) | Used as home ground during season.[9] | |||
| 12 | Avanhard Stadium | Hoverla Uzhhorod | 12,000 | 8,800 | Round 9 (Dynamo) | |
| 13 | Obolon Arena | Metalurh Donetsk | 5,100 | 2,500 | Round 3 (Metalurh Z.) | Used as temporary home ground[10] |
| Illichivets Mariupol | 2,700 | Round 18 (Shakhtar) | Used as home ground in Round 18. | |||
| Shakhtar Donetsk | 3,200 | Round 26 (Karpaty) | Used as home ground in Round 26. | |||
| 14 | Bannikov Stadium | Olimpik Donetsk | 1,678 | 1,200 | Round 4 (Shakhtar) | Used as temporary home ground[11] |
| Shakhtar Donetsk | 1,100 | Round 7 (Zorya) | Used as home ground in Round 5. | |||
Note:
Round when attendance is noted as highest is the chronological number of the round, not the published round by the Ukrainian Premier League since some rounds were rescheduled for a later date.
| Team | Outgoing head coach | Manner of departure | Date of vacancy | Table | Incoming head coach | Date of appointment |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dynamo Kyiv |  Serhii Rebrov (interim)[12] | Change of contract | May 18 | Pre-season | Serhii Rebrov | May 18 |
| Metalist Kharkiv | Ihor Rakhayev (interim)[13] | Change of contract | May 19 | Ihor Rakhayev | May 19 | |
| Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk |  Juande Ramos[14] | End of contract | May 22 | Myron Markevych[15] | May 26 | |
| Metalurh Donetsk |  Sergei Tashuyev[16] | Signed byAnzhi Makhachkala | May 22 | Volodymyr Pyatenko[17] | June 16 | |
| Vorskla Poltava | Anatoliy Momot[18] | Interim coach | June 10 | Vasyl Sachko[18] | June 10 | |
| Karpaty Lviv | Oleksandr Sevidov[19] | Mutual agreement | June 17 |  Igor Jovićević (interim)[20] | June 18 | |
| Metalurh Zaporizhzhia | Oleh Taran[21] | Sacked | November 7 | 11th | Oleksandr Tomakh (interim)[21] | November 7 |
| Chornomorets Odesa | Roman Hryhorchuk[22] | Mutual consent | December 16 | 9th | Oleksandr Babych (interim)[22] | December 16 |
| Metalurh Zaporizhzhia | Oleksandr Tomakh (interim) | End as interim | February 24 | 11th | Anatoliy Chantsev[23] | February 24 |
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dynamo Kyiv(C) | 26 | 20 | 6 | 0 | 65 | 12 | +53 | 66 | Qualification for theChampions League group stage |
| 2 | Shakhtar Donetsk | 26 | 17 | 5 | 4 | 71 | 21 | +50 | 56 | Qualification for theChampions League third qualifying round |
| 3 | Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk | 26 | 16 | 6 | 4 | 47 | 17 | +30 | 54 | Qualification for theEuropa League group stage[a] |
| 4 | Zorya Luhansk[b] | 26 | 13 | 6 | 7 | 40 | 31 | +9 | 45 | Qualification for theEuropa League third qualifying round[a] |
| 5 | Vorskla Poltava | 26 | 11 | 9 | 6 | 35 | 22 | +13 | 42 | |
| 6 | Metalist Kharkiv | 25 | 8 | 11 | 6 | 34 | 32 | +2 | 35 | |
| 7 | Metalurh Zaporizhya | 26 | 6 | 8 | 12 | 20 | 40 | −20 | 26 | |
| 8 | Olimpik Donetsk | 26 | 7 | 5 | 14 | 24 | 64 | −40 | 26 | |
| 9 | Volyn Lutsk[c] | 26 | 9 | 7 | 10 | 38 | 44 | −6 | 25 | |
| 10 | Metalurh Donetsk[d] | 26 | 6 | 10 | 10 | 27 | 38 | −11 | 22 | Club folded after the season |
| 11 | Chornomorets Odesa | 25 | 3 | 11 | 11 | 15 | 31 | −16 | 20 | |
| 12 | Hoverla Uzhhorod | 26 | 3 | 10 | 13 | 22 | 47 | −25 | 19 | |
| 13 | Karpaty Lviv[e] | 26 | 5 | 9 | 12 | 22 | 31 | −9 | 15 | |
| 14 | Illichivets Mariupol(R) | 26 | 3 | 5 | 18 | 25 | 55 | −30 | 14 | Relegation toUkrainian First League |
| Home \ Away | CHO | DNI | DYK | HOV | ILL | KAR | MET | MDO | MZA | OLD | SHA | VOL | VOR | ZOR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chornomorets Odesa | — | 0–3 | 0–2[a] | 1–1 | 0–0 | 0–0 | dnp[b] | 2–2 | 0–0 | 4–0 | 0–2 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 0–0 |
| Dnipro | 2–1 | — | 0–3 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 4–0 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 5–0 | 3–2 | 5–0 | 1–1 | 0–2 |
| Dynamo Kyiv | 2–0 | 1–0 | — | 6–0 | 5–0 | 0–0 | 3–0 | 3–0 | 2–2 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 4–1 | 1–0 | 2–2 |
| Hoverla Uzhhorod | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–4 | — | 2–1 | 2–2 | 2–2 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 3–7 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 1–2 |
| Illichivets Mariupol[c] | 3–3 | 0–1 | 1–4 | 2–2 | — | 1–0 | 1–3 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 4–1 | 2–6 | 1–2 | 1–2 | 2–1 |
| Karpaty Lviv | 2–0 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | — | 3–3 | 0–1 | 1–2 | 4–1 | 0–2 | 0–2 | 0–0 | 1–2 |
| Metalist Kharkiv | 0–0 | 2–5 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 3–1 | 0–0 | — | 1–0 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 2–2 | 3–3 | 0–2 | 4–2 |
| Metalurh Donetsk | 1–0 | 0–2 | 0–6 | 0–0 | 3–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | — | 1–1 | 4–2 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 0–0 |
| Metalurh Zaporizhzhia | 0–0 | 0–1 | 2–4 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 0–1 | — | 2–2 | 0–4 | 1–1 | 0–3 | 0–1 |
| Olimpik Donetsk | 2–1 | 0–5 | 0–1 | 1–2 | 3–2 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 3–2 | 0–0 | — | 0–5 | 1–3 | 1–1 | 1–0 |
| Shakhtar Donetsk | 5–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 4–1 | 3–0 | 2–2 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 6–0 | — | 6–2 | 3–0 | 0–1 |
| Volyn Lutsk | 1–1[d] | 0–1 | 1–3 | 4–2 | 3–1 | 0–2 | 0–3[e] | 1–1 | 3–0 | 4–0 | 0–0 | — | 2–2 | 1–2 |
| Vorskla Poltava | 2–0 | 1–3 | 0–3 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 5–0 | 3–1 | 1–2 | 2–0 | — | 2–0 |
| Zorya Luhansk | 1–0 | 2–1 | 2–2 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 4–2 | 3–0 | 5–1 | 1–4 | 1–2 | 1–1 | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| FC Dynamo Kyiv | 6 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Shakhtar Donetsk | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 |
| Dnipro | 3 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 |
| Zorya Luhansk | 10 | 14 | 10 | 7 | 11 | 10 | 9 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 |
| Vorskla Poltava | 11 | 13 | 13 | 6 | 9 | 7 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 6 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 |
| Metalist Kharkiv | 4 | 5 | 8 | 5 | 5 | 8 | 10 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 5 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 |
| Volyn Lutsk | 5 | 6 | 9 | 12 | 8 | 5 | 7 | 9 | 10 | 10 | 9 | 7 | 5 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 |
| Metalurh Donetsk | 12 | 8 | 6 | 8 | 10 | 11 | 8 | 10 | 8 | 7 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 |
| Metalurh Zaporizhzhia | 13 | 7 | 5 | 9 | 6 | 9 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 12 | 12 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 9 | 10 | 10 | 9 |
| Olimpik Donetsk | 14 | 9 | 7 | 11 | 7 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 8 | 8 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 10 | 9 | 9 | 10 |
| Chornomorets Odesa | 1 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 8 | 9 | 9 | 8 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 10 | 10 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 |
| Hoverla Uzhhorod | 7 | 11 | 11 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 12 | 13 | 12 | 12 | 11 | 11 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 |
| Karpaty Lviv | 8 | 12 | 14 | 10 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 13 | 12 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 13 | 14 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 13 |
| Illichivets Mariupol | 9 | 10 | 12 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 14 | 13 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 |
| Player | For | Against | Result | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Artem Kravets | Dynamo Kyiv | Illichivets Mariupol | 4–1 | 17 August 2014[40] |
 Bruno Gama | Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk | Metalist Kharkiv | 5–2 | 13 September 2014[41] |
 Cleiton Xavier | Metalist Kharkiv | Illichivets Mariupol | 3–1 | 9 November 2014[42] |
| Jajá | Metalist Kharkiv | Zorya Luhansk | 4–2 | 30 November 2014[43] |
| Serhiy Hryn | Illichivets Mariupol | Olimpik Donetsk | 4–1 | 30 May 2015[44] |
| Month | UA-Football Player of the Month | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Player | Club | Reference | |
| August | Oleksandr Hladkyi | Shakhtar Donetsk | [45] |
| September | Andriy Yarmolenko | Dynamo Kyiv | [46] |
| October | Serhiy Sydorchuk | Dynamo Kyiv | [47] |
| November | Andriy Yarmolenko | Dynamo Kyiv | [48] |
| March | Andriy Yarmolenko | Dynamo Kyiv | [49] |
| April | Oleksandr Shovkovskyi | Dynamo Kyiv | [50] |
| May | Denys Boyko | Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk | [51] |
The laureates of the 2014–15 UPL season were:[52]
Andriy Yarmolenko (Dynamo Kyiv)Serhii Rebrov (Dynamo Kyiv)Denys Boyko (Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk)Yevhen Aranovsky (Kyiv)Valeriy Luchkevych (Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk)Alex Teixeira (Shakhtar Donetsk)Zorya LuhanskDynamo Kyiv qualified for European football
Dnipro and Shakhtar qualified for European football
