2014–15 Ukrainian Premier League

Initially, a new format was proposed to be introduced for this season by FC Shakhtar Donetsk. ==Teams==

Initially, a total of 16 teams were expected to participate in the league, the best 14 sides of the 2013–14 season and two promoted clubs from the 2013–14 Ukrainian First League. The fifteenth-placed team of the 2013–14 Ukrainian Premier League, Tavriya Simferopol was relegated to the 2014–15 Ukrainian First League at the end of the season. A second team was to be relegated but with the withdrawal of Arsenal Kyiv during the 2013–14 Ukrainian Premier League season only one team was relegated. Teams from Crimea, namely Sevastopol and Tavriya Simferopol, will not participate in the Ukrainian competition since they ceased their existences and applied (under new names) for a Russian license after the annexation of Crimea by Russia in March 2014. The relegated team and the vacant position were to be replaced by the champions of the 2013–14 Ukrainian First League, FC Olimpik Donetsk, and the runners-up, PFC Oleksandriya. But PFC Oleksandriya refused the promotion to the Premier League and merged with FC UkrAhroKom Holovkivka. On 2 June 2014, Premier League published two preliminary projects of possible season schedule with 16 and 12 teams respectively. On 27 June 2014, it was confirmed that 14 teams will play in the 2014–15 season. Location map Stadiums The following stadiums are regarded as home grounds: 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. Personnel and sponsorship Managerial changes ==Qualification to European competitions for 2015–16==

• Since Ukraine finished in ninth place of the UEFA country ranking after the 2013–14 season, the league should have received the same number of qualifiers for 2015–16 UEFA Europa League. However, due to the recent format change, Ukraine will have only three teams entering the UEFA Europa League. The Ukrainian Cup winner qualifies for the Group stage. Qualified teams • After the 20th Round, Dynamo Kyiv qualified for European football for the 2015–16 season. • After the 21st Round, both Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk and Shakhtar Donetsk qualified for European football for the 2015–16 season. • After the 24th Round, Dynamo Kyiv qualified for the 2015–16 UEFA Champions League Group Stage after they defeated Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk. • After the Ukrainian Cup Semi-finals, with both finalists having qualified for European football the fifth placed team will be able to qualified for 2015–16 UEFA Europa League. Zorya Luhansk can finish no worse than fifth and therefore qualify for Europa League third qualifying round. • After the 25th Round, Vorskla Poltava qualified for the 2015–16 UEFA Europa League, entering in the third qualifying round. ImageSize = width:770 height:300 PlotArea = top:10 bottom:120 right:50 left:70 Legend = columns:3 left:25 top:80 columnwidth:250 AlignBars = early DateFormat = dd/mm/yyyy Period = from:01/01/1920 till:30/06/1928 TimeAxis = orientation:horizontal format:yyyy ScaleMinor = grid:black unit:year increment:1 start:01/01/1920 Colors = id:canvas value:gray(0.88) id:E2 value:rgb(0,0.98,0.96) legend:Europa_League_3rd_qual._round id:E4 value:rgb(0.43,0.61,1) legend:Europa_League_group_stage id:EL value:blue legend:UEFA_Europa_League id:C3 value:rgb(0.81,0.94,0.75) legend:Champions_League_3rd_qual._round id:CG value:rgb(0.67,0.88,0.69) legend:Champions_League_Group_stage id:CL value:rgb(0.49,0.61,0.05) legend:UEFA_Champions_League id:EF value:green legend:European_Football Backgroundcolors = canvas:canvas BarData = barset:Qualification bar:Year PlotData= barset:Qualification width:10 align:left fontsize:S shift:(4,-4) anchor:till from:01/01/1920 till:31/12/1923 color:EF text:Dynamo shift:(-345,-4) from:01/01/1921 till:31/12/1923 color:EF text:Shakhtar shift:(-275,-4) from:01/01/1921 till:31/12/1923 color:EF text:Dnipro shift:(-260,-4) from:01/01/1925 till:30/06/1928 color:E2 text:Zorya shift:(-300,-4) from:01/01/1926 till:30/06/1928 color:E2 text:Vorskla shift:(-235,-4) barset:break from:01/01/1924 till:30/06/1928 color:CG from:01/01/1924 till:31/12/1926 color:EF from:01/01/1924 till:31/12/1926 color:EF barset:break from:01/01/1924 till:30/06/1928 color:CG from:01/01/1927 till:30/06/1928 color:C3 from:01/01/1927 till:30/06/1928 color:EL bar:Year width:5 align:center fontsize:S shift:(0,-20) anchor:from color:canvas from:01/01/1920 till:01/01/1921 text:Round 20 from:01/01/1921 till:01/01/1922 text:Round 21 from:01/01/1922 till:01/01/1923 text:Round 22 from:01/01/1923 till:01/01/1924 text:Round 23 from:01/01/1924 till:01/01/1925 text:Round 24 from:01/01/1925 till:01/01/1926 text:Cup ½ Final from:01/01/1926 till:01/01/1927 text:Round 25 from:01/01/1927 till:01/01/1928 text:Round 26 from:01/01/1928 till:30/06/1928 text:Cup Final ==League table==

Results Positions by round The following table represents the teams position after each round in the competition. ==Season statistics==

Top goalscorers Hat-tricks ==Awards==

Monthly awards Season awards The laureates of the 2014–15 UPL season were: • Best player: Andriy Yarmolenko (Dynamo Kyiv) • Best coach: Serhii Rebrov (Dynamo Kyiv) • Best goalkeeper: Denys Boyko (Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk) • Best arbiter: Yevhen Aranovsky (Kyiv) • Best young player: Valeriy Luchkevych (Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk) • Best goalscorer: Alex Teixeira (Shakhtar Donetsk) • Fair play prize: Zorya Luhansk ==See also==