2014–15 Ukrainian Second League

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Ukrainian Second League
Season2014–15
ChampionsCherkaskyi Dnipro
PromotedCherkaskyi Dnipro
Obolon-Brovar Kyiv
RelegatedShakhtar-3 Donetsk (withdrew)
Matches played135
Goals scored359 (2.66 per match)
Top goalscorer18 – Oleksandr Batalskyi (Dnipro)
Biggest home win5 – Dnipro 5–0 Arsenal-Kyivshchyna (Round 12)
Biggest away win5 – Makiyivvuhillya 0–5 Real Pharma (Round 15)
Highest scoring7 goals – Enerhiya 2–5 Kremin (Round 14)
Arsenal-Kyivshchyna 2–5 Kremin (Round 15)
Skala 2–5 Shakhtar-3 (Round 17)
Longest winning run9 – Obolon-Brovar (Round 7–15)
Longest unbeaten run20 – Dnipro (Round 8–27)
Longest losing run9 – Enerhiya (Round 19–27)
Highest attendance4,250 – Dnipro–Obolon-Brovar (Round 20)
Lowest attendance7 – Makiyivvuhillya–Real Pharma (Round 15)

The 2014–15 Ukrainian Second League was the 24th season of 3rd level professional football in Ukraine. The competition commenced 25 July 2014 when Arsenal-Kyivshchyna Bila Tserkva hosted Shakhtar-3 Donetsk in Bila Tserkva.[1] The competition resumed from the winter break with the postponed Round 16 match between Skala Stryi and NPHU-Makiyivvuhillya Nikopol on 21 March 2015.[2]

Competition format[edit]

Ten teams are competing in three stages of round-robin tournament.[3] All teams will play each other in regular format with the first 16 rounds are scheduled for the fall of 2014, while the rest two are planned for the spring of 2015.[3][4] The draw of the third stage will be based on results of the first two.[4]

Team changes[edit]

Admitted teams[edit]

Relegated teams[edit]

Suspended teams[edit]

Withdrawn teams[edit]

Location map[edit]

The following displays the location of teams.

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Home venues of teams in the 2014–15 Ukrainian Second League.
Home towns in green are unused this season.
Teams in italics are from a conflict zone due to the insurgency in Donbass and are playing their home games in different cities.

League table[edit]

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion, qualification or relegation
1 Cherkaskyi Dnipro (C, P) 27 20 5 2 54 12 +42 65 Promoted to Ukrainian First League
2 Obolon-Brovar Kyiv (P) 27 20 4 3 47 19 +28 64
3 Kremin Kremenchuk (Q) 27 14 6 7 50 30 +20 48 Qualification for promotion play-off[10]
4 Real Pharma Ovidiopol 27 11 9 7 40 29 +11 42
5 Skala Stryi 27 11 5 11 29 34 −5 38
6 Krystal Kherson 27 10 6 11 39 37 +2 36
7 Shakhtar-3 Donetsk 27 8 6 13 38 44 −6 30 Withdrew[a]
8 NPHU-Makiyivvuhillya Nikopol[b] 27 5 6 16 23 45 −22 21 Reorganized[c]
9 Arsenal-Kyivshchyna Bila Tserkva 27 6 2 19 14 40 −26 20
10 Enerhiya Nova Kakhovka 27 4 3 20 25 69 −44 15
Source: (in Ukrainian) Professional Football League of Ukraine[15]
Rules for classification: 1) points 2) goal difference 3) goals scored 4) head-to-head points 5) head-to-head goal difference 6) head-to-head goals scored 7) head-to-head fair play (all games) 8) draw or playoff[16]
(C) Champions; (P) Promoted; (Q) Qualified for the phase indicated
Notes:
  1. ^ After the season completed, the General Director of FC Shakhtar Donetsk Serhiy Palkin confirmed the club's decision on the discontinuation of Shakhtar-3 Donetsk existence.[11][12] (3 June 2015)
  2. ^ Makiyivvuhillya Makiyivka changed their name during the winter break to NPHU-Makiyivvuhillya and are based Nikopol continuing to play their home games at Sport Training Base - Kolos in the village of Chkalovo in Nikopol Raion[13]
  3. ^ At the 2015 PFL Conference it was decided that NPHU-Makiyivvuhillya withdrew from the league and were replaced with FC Nikopol-NPHU.[14]

Results[edit]

As of 3 June 2015
Home \ Away AKB CHD ENK KRE KRK MKM OBK RPO SH3 SKS AKB CHD ENK KRE KRK MKM OBK RPO SH3 SKS
Arsenal-Kyivschyna Bila Tserkva 0–0 2–0 0–5 1–0 1–0 0–1 1–2 1–0 1–2 2–1 0–1 0–1 0–0
Cherkaskyi Dnipro 5–0 3–1 1–0 3–1 3–0 1–1 1–1 2–0 4–1 2–0 4–0 2–1 1–0 1–0
Enerhiya Nova Kakhovka 2–1 0–2 2–5 1–0 0–0 1–0 2–2 1–4 2–1 0–3 0–2 1–4 0–3
Kremin Kremenchuk 3–0 0–2 4–2 2–0 2–0 1–1[a] 1–0 1–2 3–1 2–0 1–1 2–1 0–0 0–1
Krystal Kherson 1–0 1–1 4–2 0–2 3–3 2–1 2–0 3–2 1–1 2–0 1–2 1–3 2–1 1–2
Makiyivvuhillya Makiyivka[b] 1–2 0–2 3–1 0–2 0–0 1–2 0–5 0–0 0–1 2–0 5–1 1–1 2–1
Obolon-Brovar Kyiv 2–0 1–0 5–1 2–1 2–1 3–0 0–0 1–0 1–0 3–0 3–1 2–1 2–0 1–0
Real Pharma Odesa[c] 1–0 0–2 2–1 2–2 2–2 2–0 2–3 4–1 2–1 3–0 2–1 0–0 1–2 3–3
Shakhtar-3 Donetsk[d] 1–0 1–4 3–2 2–2 0–2 2–3 2–2 1–1 5–2 2–0 0–2 2–1 0–2
Skala Stryi 1–0 1–0 0–0 2–2 1–1 1–0[e] 0–2 0–2 2–1 3–1 1–2 2–0 1–0
Updated to match(es) played on 3 June 2015. Source: PFL Druha League calendar (in Ukrainian)
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
Notes:
  1. ^ Round 1 match between Kremin Kremenchuk and Obolon-Brovar Kyiv postponed to a later date due to the untimely death of Kremen Kremenchuk's club President and Mayor of Kremenchuk, Oleh Babayev.[17][18] The match was played after Round 16.
  2. ^ Makiyivvuhillya Makiyivka played their home games at Sport Training Base - Kolos[19] in the village of Chkalovo in Nikopol Raion due to the 2014 insurgency in Donbass.[20]
  3. ^ Real Pharma Ovidiopol played their home games at Ivan Stadium[21] in Odesa while their home ground, Viktor Dukov Stadium in Ovidiopol is under construction.[22]
  4. ^ Shakhtar-3 Donetsk played the home games at Mashynobudivnyk Stadium in Karlivka, Poltava Oblast due to the 2014 insurgency in Donbass.[23]
  5. ^ On petition of Makiyivvuhillya Makiyivka due to the club's difficult financial situation and agreement of the Skala Stryi, the Professional Football League of Ukraine postponed the game of 16th round.[2] Match rescheduled to 21 March to before the start of the Spring half of the competition.[13]

Round by round[edit]

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

Team ╲ Round123456789101112131415161718192021222324252627
Cherkaskyi Dnipro1064211222111222211111111111
Obolon-Brovar Kyiv736456643222111122222222222
Kremin Kremenchuk698764111354433333333333333
Real Pharma Odesa112132356543344444444444444
Skala Stryi343545434666666666566666655
Krystal Kherson421323565435555555655555566
Shakhtar-3 Donetsk91010677888888777777777777777
Makiyivvuhillya Makiyivka5779910101010109999910101010101010109988
Arsenal-Kyivschyna Bila Tserkva255889777777888888888888899
Enerhiya Nova Kakhovka88910108999910101010109999999910101010
Updated to match(es) played on 3 June 2015. Source: pfl.ua

Promotion/relegation play-off[edit]

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.[24]

First leg[edit]

MFC Mykolaiv0 – 0Kremin Kremenchuk
Report
Attendance: 1,200
Referee: Vadym Saik

Second leg[edit]

Kremin Kremenchuk0 – 1MFC Mykolaiv
Report Storublevtsev 62'
Attendance: 1,500
Referee: Mykola Balakyn

Kremin Kremenchuk loses 1–0 on aggregate and remains in Second League

Top goalscorers[edit]

As of 30 May 2015
Rank Scorer Goals
(Pen.) 		Team
1 Ukraine Oleksandr Batalskyi 18 Cherkaskyi Dnipro
2 Ukraine Vasyl Tsyutsyura 13 (2) Skala Stryi
3 Ukraine Vasyl Prodan 12 Obolon-Brovar Kyiv
4 Ukraine Artem Favorov 11 (6) Obolon-Brovar Kyiv
5 Ukraine Serhiy Borzenko 9 Kremin Kremenchuk
Ukraine Yehor Ivanov 9 (3) Kremin Kremenchuk

See also[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ Друга ліга. Анонс 1 туру [Second League. Round 1.] (in Ukrainian). ua-football.com. 25 July 2014. Retrieved 25 July 2014.
  2. ^ a b "Професіональна футбольна ліги України рішення №46 – Адміністрації Порядок денний №3" [Administration of Professional Football League of Ukraine - Meeting minutes #46] (PDF). Professional Football League of Ukraine (in Ukrainian). 29 October 2014. Retrieved 10 February 2015.
  3. ^ a b c Відбулося жеребкування календаря змагань другої ліги [Draw for the Second League calendar was held]. PFL (in Ukrainian). 16 July 2014. Archived from the original on 25 July 2014. Retrieved 16 July 2014.
  4. ^ a b "The Second League calendar" (in Ukrainian). Professional Football League. 10 November 2014. Archived from the original on 10 November 2014.
  5. ^ Білозірська Зоря отримала атестат на право участі у Другій лізі, Барсі - відмовили [Zorya Bilozirya has obtained attestation to compete in the Second League, Barca - denied]. Football Federation of Ukraine (in Ukrainian). ua-football.com. 28 May 2014. Retrieved 28 May 2014.
  6. ^ Свердловський Шахтар відмовився від участі в Другій лізі [Shakhtar Sverdlovsk refused from participation in the Druha Liha]. Football Federation of Ukraine (in Ukrainian). UA-Football. 4 July 2014. Retrieved 4 July 2014.
  7. ^ У Черкаси повертається Дніпро [Dnipro returns to Cherkasy]. Football Federation of Ukraine. Official FC Slavutych Cherkasy webpage (in Ukrainian). UA-Football. 21 July 2014. Retrieved 24 July 2014.
  8. ^ The Central Council of Professional Football League of Ukraine considered the force majeure circumstances that were created due to war conditions in Kramatorsk as the reason for the cancellation. With the goal to preserve the maximum integrity of the League, considering that a direct threat to the life of footballers, coaching staff, and club's administration, those games, that were to be conducted with participation of Avanhard Kramatorsk to the end of the season, were recognized that they were not going to take place because of those unforeseen events.
    Прийнято Постанову Центральної Ради щодо ситуації у Краматорську [Adopted decision of the Central Council about the situation in Kramatorsk]. Professional Football League of Ukraine (in Ukrainian). 21 May 2014. Archived from the original on 22 May 2014. Retrieved 21 May 2014.
  9. ^ В Першій лізі буде виступати 16 команд [In the First League will participate 16 teams] (in Ukrainian). UA-Football. 7 July 2014.
  10. ^ Постанови Центральної Ради ПФЛ ПОСТАНОВА №20 [Professional Football League of Ukraine Central Committee - Meeting Minutes #20] (PDF). PFL (in Ukrainian). 17 July 2014. Archived from the original (PDF) on 29 November 2014. Retrieved 27 July 2014.
  11. ^ "Шахтер-3 прекращает участие во второй лиге" [Shakhtar-3 is ceasing participation in the Second League]. UA-Football (in Russian). 3 June 2015. Retrieved 3 June 2015.
  12. ^ "Шахтер-3 прекращает участие во второй лиге" [Shakhtar-3 is ceasing participation in the Second League]. Football.ua (in Russian). 3 June 2015. Archived from the original on 4 June 2015. Retrieved 3 June 2015.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
  13. ^ a b "Змінено назву команди клубу "Макіїввугілля" Макіївка" [Name changed for football club Makiyivvuhillya Makiyivka]. Professional Football League of Ukraine (in Ukrainian). 11 March 2015. Archived from the original on 15 March 2015. Retrieved 17 March 2015.
  14. ^ "Сталь и еще пять клубов вышли из состава ПФЛ, восемь - включено" [Stal and other five clubs left the PFL, while other eight were included]. UA-Football (in Russian). 20 June 2015. Retrieved 20 June 2015.
  15. ^ "2014–15 Ukrainian Second League". PFL (in Ukrainian). Archived from the original on 2013-07-19. Retrieved 2014-07-26.
  16. ^ "РЕГЛАМЕНТ Стаття 12. Визначення місць команд у турнірній таблиці (Regulations: Statute 12 Standing place position in the tournament table)" (PDF) (in Ukrainian). PFL. 12 July 2013. Archived from the original (PDF) on 10 June 2017. Retrieved 31 August 2013.
  17. ^ Трагічно загинув Олег Бабаєв [Oleh Babayev tragically perishes] (in Ukrainian). Professional Football League of Ukraine. 26 July 2014. Archived from the original on 27 July 2014. Retrieved 26 July 2014.
  18. ^ У Кременчуці застрелили мера [In Kremenchuk the mayor has been shot] (in Ukrainian). ukrinform.ua. 26 July 2014. Archived from the original on 29 July 2014. Retrieved 26 July 2014.
  19. ^ ФОТО - ГАЛЕРЕЯ СПОРТКОМПЛЕКСА "КОЛОС [Photo - Gallery Sports Complex Kolos (Nikopol)] (in Russian). Official website of FC Kolos Nikopol. 3 August 2014. Retrieved 4 August 2014.
  20. ^ "Професіональна футбольна ліги України рішення №28 – Адміністрації Порядок денний №3" [Administration of Professional Football League of Ukraine - Meeting minutes #28 - Item 3] (PDF). Professional Football League of Ukraine (in Ukrainian). 31 July 2014. Archived from the original (PDF) on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 4 August 2014.
  21. ^ Чемпионат Одессы 2011 [Championship of Odesa 2011] (in Russian). Official website of FC Odesa. 2011. Archived from the original on 14 March 2017. Retrieved 23 July 2014.
  22. ^ Реал Фарма переезжает в Одессу [Real Pharma transfers to Odesa] (in Russian). ua-football.com. 21 July 2014. Retrieved 23 July 2014.
  23. ^ Рудаков: Домовилися із ФК Карлівка, що тимчасово візьмемо в користування їхній стадіон [Rudakov: We agreed with FC Karlivka, to temporarily use their stadium] (in Russian). ua-football.com. 23 July 2014. Retrieved 23 July 2014.
  24. ^ В Будинку футболу відбулось жеребкування етапу плей-офф [In the House of Football the draw for the playoff stage was held] (in Ukrainian). Profeessional Football of Ukraine. 29 May 2015. Archived from the original on 31 May 2015. Retrieved 30 May 2015.
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