The 2013–14

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season was the 23rd since its establishment. 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

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hosted

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. Eighteen rounds were played prior to the winter recess. The competition was affected by the political turmoil that affected Ukraine during the spring session.

Russian invasion and its effects on the league

In November 2013, during the winter break of the Ukrainian Premier League, a wave of

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and

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labelled

Euromaidan Euromaidan (; uk, Євромайдан, translit=Yevromaidan, lit=Euro Square, ), or the Maidan Uprising, was a wave of Political demonstration, demonstrations and civil unrest in Ukraine, which began on 21 November 2013 with large protes ...

started in Ukraine.Ukraine crisis timeline

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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

to resume the competition on 15 March. After the annexation of Crimea by

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in March 2014 the teams from

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, namely

Sevastopol Sevastopol (; uk, Севасто́поль, Sevastópolʹ, ; gkm, Σεβαστούπολις, Sevastoúpolis, ; crh, Акъя́р, Aqyár, ), sometimes written Sebastopol, is the largest city in Crimea, and a major port on the Black Sea ...

and

, continued to participate in the competition. During the May

2014 pro-Russian conflict in Ukraine From the end of February 2014, demonstrations by pro-Russian and anti-government groups took place in major cities across the eastern and southern regions of Ukraine in the aftermath of the Revolution of Dignity, which resulted in the succes ...

the

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(after being advised to do so by the

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Ukraine calls for spectator ban at football matches

(7 May 2014)) decided that all matches across all Ukrainian leagues, as well as the

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, would be played behind closed doors for security reasons. The unrest in Ukraine since November 2013 led to an unexpected sense of unity among rival Ukrainian football fans. Various formerly bitter rival football fans (also those from

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) held pro-Ukrainian Unity marches.

Teams

Promoted

FC Sevastopol FC Sevastopol ( uk, ФК «Севастополь») was a Ukrainian football club based in Sevastopol. The club was a spiritual descendant of the Soviet clubs from Sevastopol such as Chaika Sevastopol. After the completion of 2013–14 Ukrainia ...

, champion of the 2012-13 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.FC Stal refuses to participate in Ukrainian Premier League

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(13 June 2013)

Hoverla Uzhhorod Football Club Hoverla Uzhhorod ( ) was a Ukrainian professional Association football, football club based in Uzhhorod. Following the end of the 2015–16 Ukrainian Premier League, 2015–16 season it was expelled from the Ukrainian Premier Leagu ...

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

Metalurh Zaporizhya MFC Metalurh Zaporizhzhia ( uk, Футбо́льний клуб «Металу́рг» Запорі́жжя ) is a Ukrainian professional football club based in Zaporizhzhia. Reestablished in 2017, it is a " phoenix club" of the original Soviet ...

, the last-placed of the 2012–13 Ukrainian Premier League was to be relegated to the

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at the end of the previous season but since no other team applied for entry from the

they remained in the competition.

Location map

Stadiums

The following stadiums are regarded as home grounds:

Personnel and sponsorship

Managerial changes

''Notes:'' * 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

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. The Ukrainian Cup winner qualifies for the

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Qualified teams

* After the 24th Round,

Shakhtar Donetsk Football Club Shakhtar Donetsk ( uk, Футбольний клуб «Шахтар» Донецьк , short nickname "miners") is a Ukrainian professional football club from the city of Donetsk. In 2014, due to the War in Donbass, the club was f ...

qualified for European football for the 2014–15 season. * During the 26th Round,

Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk Football Club Dnipro ( uk, Футбо́льний Клуб «Дніпро́», ) was a Ukrainian football club based in Dnipro. The club was owned by the Privat Group that also owns BC Dnipro and Budivelnyk Kyiv. In 2018 FC Dnipro was forced in ...

qualified for European football for the 2014–15 season. * During the 28th Round

qualified for the 2014–15 UEFA Champions League after defeating Illichivets. *

Metalist Kharkiv Football Club Metalist Kharkiv ( uk, Футбо́льний Клуб Металі́ст Ха́рків ) is a Ukrainian football club based in Kharkiv that plays in the Ukrainian First League during the 2021–22 season. It was revived 5 years ...

qualified for European football for the 2014–15 season after defeating

in their postponed Round 20 match. *

qualified for the 2014–15 UEFA Champions League Group Stage during Round 29 after they defeated Zorya Luhansk. (C) * After the 29th Round,

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qualified the 2014–15 UEFA Europa League. * After the 29th Round,

Chornomorets Odesa FC Chornomorets Odesa ( ) is a Ukrainian professional football club based in Odesa. The club's home ground is the 34,164 capacity Chornomorets Stadium opened in 1935 and rebuilt in 2011. According to the club's website, it was formed in 1936 a ...

qualified the 2014–15 UEFA Europa League 3rd qualifying round. *

, by winning the

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, and with

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''(Spain)'' winning the 2013–14 UEFA Europa League, qualified for the 2014–15 UEFA Europa Group stage. *

qualified for the 2014–15 UEFA Champions League 3rd qualifying round after they defeated

Metalurh Donetsk Football Club Metalurh Donetsk ( uk, Футбо́льний клуб «Металу́рг» Доне́цьк, ) was a Ukrainian professional football club based in Donetsk that went bankrupt in July 2015. History Club predecessor Football ...

in Round 30. After that victory

qualified the 2014–15 UEFA Europa League playoff round. *

qualified for the 2014–15 UEFA Europa League 2nd qualifying round after

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League table

Results

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

Positions by round

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

Season statistics

Top goalscorers

The top ten goalscorers were as follows: ''Notes:'' *

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club

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signed Marko Devich during the winter break.

Hat-tricks

''Notes:'' * (*) Asterisk identifies players who scored four goals (poker).

Awards

Monthly awards

Season awards

The laureates of the 2013–14 UPL season were: * Best player:

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(

) * Best coach:

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) * Best goalkeeper:

Andriy Pyatov Andriy Valeriyovych Pyatov ( uk, Андрій Валерійович П'ятов; born 28 June 1984) is a Ukrainian professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for the Ukrainian Premier League club Shakhtar Donetsk. Club career Artemida K ...

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) * Best arbiter: Yuriy Mozharovsky (

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) * Best young player: Serhiy Bolbat (

) * Best goalscorer:

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References

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