# 2013–14 in Ukrainian football

The 2013–14 season was the 23rd season of competitive association football in Ukraine since dissolution of the Soviet Union.

## Men's club football

| League | League | Promoted to league | Relegated from league |
| Premier League | Premier League | FC Sevastopol | Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih |
| League One | League One | Desna Chernihiv Nyva Ternopil UkrAhroKom Holovkivka | Arsenal Bila Tserkva Obolon Kyiv Krymteplytsia Molodizhne FC Odesa |
| League Two | League Two | Enerhiya Mykolaiv Obolon-Brovar Kyiv | Yednist Plysky Obolon-2 Kyiv SKA Odesa Zhemchuzhyna Yalta FC Sevastopol-2 |
Note: For all scratched clubs, see section Clubs removed for more details

### Premier League

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | Shakhtar Donetsk (C) | 28 | 21 | 2 | 5 | 62 | 23 | +39 | 65 | Qualification for the Champions League group stage |
| 2 | Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk | 28 | 18 | 5 | 5 | 56 | 28 | +28 | 59 | Qualification for the Champions League third qualifying round |
| 3 | Metalist Kharkiv | 28 | 16 | 9 | 3 | 54 | 29 | +25 | 57 | Qualification for the Europa League play-off round |
| 4 | Dynamo Kyiv | 28 | 16 | 5 | 7 | 55 | 33 | +22 | 53 | Qualification for the Europa League group stage |
| 5 | Chornomorets Odesa | 28 | 12 | 10 | 6 | 30 | 22 | +8 | 46 | Qualification for the Europa League third qualifying round |
| 6 | Metalurh Donetsk | 28 | 12 | 7 | 9 | 45 | 42 | +3 | 43 | |
| 7 | Zorya Luhansk | 28 | 11 | 9 | 8 | 35 | 30 | +5 | 42 | Qualification for the Europa League second qualifying round |
| 8 | Vorskla Poltava | 28 | 10 | 10 | 8 | 36 | 38 | −2 | 40 | |
| 9 | Sevastopol (D) | 28 | 10 | 5 | 13 | 32 | 43 | −11 | 35 | Club expelled after season |
| 10 | Illichivets Mariupol | 28 | 10 | 4 | 14 | 27 | 33 | −6 | 34 | |
| 11 | Karpaty Lviv | 28 | 7 | 11 | 10 | 33 | 39 | −6 | 32 | |
| 12 | Hoverla Uzhhorod | 28 | 7 | 5 | 16 | 26 | 39 | −13 | 26 | |
| 13 | Volyn Lutsk | 28 | 7 | 6 | 15 | 25 | 51 | −26 | 24 | |
| 14 | Metalurh Zaporizhzhia | 28 | 2 | 6 | 20 | 19 | 54 | −35 | 12 | |
| 15 | Tavriya Simferopol (D) | 28 | 2 | 4 | 22 | 15 | 46 | −31 | 10 | Club expelled after season |
| 16 | Arsenal Kyiv (D) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Club officially expelled from the league |
* ↑ On 18 June 2014 UEFA published seeding ranking for the upcoming 2014-15 UEFA Champions League season where FC Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk were pending approval of the UEFA Club Financial Control Body (CFCB) on 19 June 2014 to participate in the competition. The main issue that might have impeded Dnipro to participate in the continental competitions was the "Boateng case". The conflict arose during the 2012-13 season when Derek Boateng unsuccessfully tried to leave the club due to breach of contract and was forced to file a case against the club through the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) in Lausanne. The end result was that Dnipro did play in the 2014-15 Champions League 3rd qualifying round (and, subsequently, the Europa League).
* ↑ FC Dynamo Kyiv qualified for the Group Stage of the 2014-15 Europa League as the 2013-14 Ukrainian Cup winner.
* 1 2 After the annexation of Crimea by Russia, FC Sevastopol and SC Tavriya Simferopol were officially disbanded and in their place were created new clubs that aimed to participate in the Russian competitions next season.
* ↑ On 20 May 2014, FC Volyn Lutsk were deducted three points by the FFU for breach of financial rules.
* ↑ On 29 October 2013, the general director of FC Arsenal Kyiv Viktor Holovko announced that the club was filing for bankruptcy and withdrawing from competitions as it was unable to find any sponsors. The General Assembly of the Ukrainian Premier League was unable to reach a quorum and hence no decision was made on the expulsion of the club from the UPL. (18 December 2013) On 12 February 2014 Arsenal Kyiv was officially expelled from the league and all the club's results were annulled. Arsenal played 13 games with record 3 wins, 1 draw and 9 losses with 10 goals scored and 28 goals scored against and also one technical defeat was recorded against them.

### League 1

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion or relegation |
| 1 | Olimpik Donetsk (C, P) | 30 | 16 | 7 | 7 | 45 | 33 | +12 | 55 | Promoted to Ukrainian Premier League |
| 2 | PFC Oleksandriya | 30 | 14 | 10 | 6 | 47 | 28 | +19 | 52 | Refused promotion |
| 3 | Stal Alchevsk | 30 | 16 | 3 | 11 | 41 | 33 | +8 | 51 | |
| 4 | FC Poltava | 30 | 14 | 4 | 12 | 36 | 34 | +2 | 46 | |
| 5 | Desna Chernihiv | 30 | 14 | 2 | 14 | 33 | 27 | +6 | 44 | |
| 6 | Zirka Kirovohrad | 30 | 12 | 8 | 10 | 36 | 34 | +2 | 44 | |
| 7 | Naftovyk-Ukrnafta Okhtyrka | 30 | 12 | 7 | 11 | 40 | 35 | +5 | 43 | |
| 8 | UkrAhroKom Holovkivka (D) | 30 | 11 | 9 | 10 | 27 | 27 | 0 | 42 | Merged after season |
| 9 | Helios Kharkiv | 30 | 10 | 11 | 9 | 29 | 35 | −6 | 41 | |
| 10 | Nyva Ternopil | 30 | 10 | 9 | 11 | 33 | 32 | +1 | 39 | |
| 11 | FC Sumy | 30 | 11 | 6 | 13 | 29 | 39 | −10 | 39 | |
| 12 | Tytan Armyansk (D) | 30 | 10 | 8 | 12 | 32 | 41 | −9 | 38 | Withdrew after season |
| 13 | Bukovyna Chernivtsi | 30 | 10 | 6 | 14 | 26 | 36 | −10 | 36 | |
| 14 | Dynamo-2 Kyiv | 30 | 8 | 8 | 14 | 29 | 30 | −1 | 32 | |
| 15 | Avanhard Kramatorsk (D) | 30 | 7 | 10 | 13 | 23 | 27 | −4 | 31 | Suspended after season |
| 16 | MFC Mykolaiv | 30 | 9 | 4 | 17 | 34 | 49 | −15 | 31 | Avoided relegation |
* ↑ PFC Oleksandriya were to be promoted after finishing second but the president of the club refused promotion citing instability in the country and business reasons with the cost of keeping a team in the Premier League.
* ↑ FC Tytan Armyansk completed the season but the team was dissolved due to the annexation of Crimea by the Russian Federation.
* ↑ FC Avanhard Kramatorsk completed the season but the team's participation in competitions was suspended due to the situation in the East Ukraine.
* ↑ Relegation to the Ukrainian Second League for the next season was canceled. 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. (21 May 2014)

### League 2

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion or relegation |
| 1 | Hirnyk-Sport Komsomolsk (C, P) | 36 | 25 | 4 | 7 | 68 | 31 | +37 | 79 | Promoted to Ukrainian First League |
| 2 | Stal Dniprodzerzhynsk (P) | 36 | 23 | 8 | 5 | 81 | 32 | +49 | 77 | Promoted to Ukrainian First League |
| 3 | FC Ternopil (P) | 36 | 20 | 11 | 5 | 56 | 27 | +29 | 71 | Promoted to Ukrainian First League |
| 4 | Hirnyk Kryvyi Rih (P) | 36 | 20 | 10 | 6 | 49 | 36 | +13 | 70 | Promoted to Ukrainian First League |
| 5 | Shakhtar Sverdlovsk | 36 | 19 | 10 | 7 | 48 | 29 | +19 | 67 | Suspended |
| 6 | Slavutych Cherkasy | 36 | 20 | 5 | 11 | 49 | 33 | +16 | 65 | |
| 7 | Kremin Kremenchuk | 36 | 19 | 7 | 10 | 54 | 28 | +26 | 64 | |
| 8 | Obolon-Brovar Kyiv | 36 | 16 | 12 | 8 | 51 | 34 | +17 | 60 | |
| 9 | Krystal Kherson | 36 | 15 | 8 | 13 | 51 | 48 | +3 | 53 | |
| 10 | Shakhtar-3 Donetsk | 36 | 17 | 2 | 17 | 50 | 50 | 0 | 53 | |
| 11 | Real Pharma Ovidiopol | 36 | 14 | 5 | 17 | 30 | 57 | −27 | 47 | |
| 12 | FC Karlivka | 36 | 13 | 5 | 18 | 31 | 48 | −17 | 44 | Withdrew |
| 13 | Makiyivvuhillya Makiyivka | 36 | 12 | 6 | 18 | 33 | 50 | −17 | 42 | |
| 14 | Myr Hornostayivka | 36 | 11 | 4 | 21 | 32 | 27 | +5 | 37 | Withdrew |
| 15 | Arsenal-Kyivshchyna Bila Tserkva | 36 | 9 | 7 | 20 | 27 | 57 | −30 | 34 | |
| 16 | Enerhiya Nova Kakhovka | 36 | 9 | 4 | 23 | 38 | 85 | −47 | 31 | |
| 17 | Enerhiya Mykolaiv | 36 | 9 | 3 | 24 | 24 | 28 | −4 | 30 | Withdrew |
| 18 | Skala Stryi | 36 | 8 | 3 | 25 | 22 | 60 | −38 | 27 | |
| 19 | Dynamo Khmelnytskyi | 36 | 3 | 2 | 31 | 18 | 52 | −34 | 11 | Withdrew |
* ↑ Shakhtar Sverdlovsk completed the season but was suspended from the PFL after the season due to instability in their region.
* ↑ FC Karlivka completed the season but failed to submit a license for the next.
* ↑ Myr Hornostayivka withdrew from the PFL during the winter break. (24 March 2014)
* ↑ Enerhiya Mykolaiv withdrew from the PFL during the winter break. (6 March 2014)
* ↑ Dynamo Khmelnytskyi withdrew from the PFL after Round 21. (14 November 2013)

### Cup competitions
#### Super Cup
## Women's club football

| League | League | Promoted to league | Relegated from league |
| Higher League | Higher League | Voskhod Stara Maiachka | Lehenda-ShVSM Chernihiv Ateks SDIuShOR-16 Kyiv |
Note: For all scratched clubs, see section Clubs removed for more details

### Higher League

2014 Vyshcha Liha (women)