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 Tavriya Simferopol 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

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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

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and Tavriya Simferopol, continued to participate in the competition. During the May 2014 pro-Russian conflict in Ukraine 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 2014 Ukrainian Cup Final, 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, 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, the 15th placed team was allowed to stay in the Premier League after they passed attestation. Metalurh Zaporizhzhia, 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 UEFA Europa League 2014–15. The Ukrainian Cup winner qualifies for the play-off round.

Qualified teams

* After the 24th Round,

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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

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. *

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,

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, 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. * 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. *

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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

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. 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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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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( Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk) * Best coach:

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) * Best arbiter: Yuriy Mozharovsky (

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) * Best young player: Serhiy Bolbat ( Metalurh Donetsk) * Best goalscorer:

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References

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