The competition commenced on 25 July when Metalurh Donetsk hosted Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk in Lviv.
[1] However, on 22 July 2014, it was confirmed that the championship would be played using a standard double round-robin tournament system.
[3] The relegated team and the vacant position were to be replaced by the champions of the 2013–14 Ukrainian First League, FC Olimpik Donetsk, and the runners-up, PFC Oleksandriya.
But PFC Oleksandriya refused the promotion to the Premier League and merged with FC UkrAhroKom Holovkivka.
[4][5] On 2 June 2014, Premier League published two preliminary projects of possible season schedule with 16 and 12 teams respectively.