2014–15 Ukrainian First League


The 2014–15 Ukrainian First League was the 24th since its establishment. The competition commenced on 26 July 2014 with seven matches. Due to sponsorship reasons the league is called Favbet League 1. The competition was on winter recess from 17 November until 20 March when the competition resumed with the Round 18 match between FC Ternopil and MFC Mykolaiv.

Teams

The number of teams for the competition was confirmed on 7 July 2014.

Promoted teams

Four teams were promoted from the 2013–14 Ukrainian Second League.
No teams were relegated from the 2013–14 Ukrainian Premier League. Tavriya Simferopol was to be relegated from the Ukrainian Premier League but the team terminated its existence after the annexation of Crimea by Russia.

Withdrawn teams

refused promotion to the Premier League. Prior to the season PFC Oleksandriya and UkrAhroKom Holovkivka merged into one club renaming themselves to FC Oleksandriya.

Location map

The following displays the location of teams.

Stadiums

The following stadiums are considered home grounds for the teams in the competition.
RankStadiumCapacityClubNotes
1Metalurh Stadium, Kryvyi Rih29,783Hirnyk Kryvyi Rih
2Yuvileiny Stadium, Sumy25,800FC Sumy
3Lobanovskyi Dynamo Stadium, Kyiv16,873Dynamo-2 KyivUsed as home ground in Round 9
4Central City Stadium, Mykolaiv16,700MFC Mykolaiv
5Zirka Stadium, Kirovohrad13,667Zirka Kirovohrad
6City Stadium, Ternopil12,750Nyva Ternopil
6City Stadium, Ternopil12,750FC Ternopil
7Yuri Gagarin Stadium, Chernihiv12,060Desna Chernihiv
8Bukovyna Stadium, Chernivtsi12,000Bukovyna Chernivtsi
9CSC Nika Stadium, Oleksandria7,000FC Oleksandriya
10Naftovyk Stadium, Okhtyrka5,256Naftovyk-Ukrnafta Okhtyrka
11Sonyachny Stadium, Kharkiv4,924Helios Kharkiv
12Metalurh Stadium, Dniprodzerzhynsk2,900Stal Dniprodzerzhynsk
13Lokomotov Stadium, Poltava2,500FC Poltava
14Yunist Stadium, Komsomolsk2,500Hirnyk-Sport Komsomolsk
15Mashynobudivnyk Stadium, Karlivka1,300Stal AlchevskUsed as home ground
16Dynamo Training Center, Kyiv1,200Dynamo-2 Kyiv

Managers

Managerial changes

League table

Results

Position by round

Promotion/Relegation play-off

A promotion/relegation home and away play-off is to be played by the 3rd place team of 2014–15 Ukrainian Second League against the 14th placed team of the 2014–15 Ukrainian First League competition. Seedings for the playoff were announced in Ukrainian House of Football on May 29.

First leg

Second leg

MFC Mykolaiv wins 1–0 on aggregate and remains in First League

Top goalscorers

#ScorerGoals
Team
1 Stanislav Kulish21Stal Dniprodzerzhynsk
2 Bohdan Semenets14FC Ternopil
3 Oleksiy Chychykov11Zirka Kirovohrad
4 Dmytro Bohachov10FC Sumy
4 Vitaliy Ponomar10FC Oleksandriya
6 Serhiy Herasymets9Hirnyk-Sport Komsomolsk
6 Serhiy Kravchenko9 Helios Kharkiv
8 Volodymyr Korolkov8 Hirnyk-Sport Komsomolsk
8 Anton Kotlyar8 Stal Dniprodzerzhynsk
10 Maksym Kalenchuk7Stal Dniprodzerzhynsk
10 Yehor Kartushov7Desna Chernihiv
10 Oleksiy Khoblenko7Dynamo-2 Kyiv
10 Roman Loktionov7Stal Alchevsk / Zirka Kirovohrad
10 Ihor Zahalskyi7 Zirka Kirovohrad
10 Petro Kondratyuk7 Desna Chernihiv
10 Yuriy Solomka7 FC Poltava