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2011–12 Ukrainian Premier League
21st season of top-tier football league in Vyshcha Liha
21st season of top-tier football league in Vyshcha Liha
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| competition | Ukrainian Premier League |
| season | 2011–12 |
| winners | Shakhtar Donetsk |
| 7th title | |
| relegated | Obolon Kyiv |
| PFC Oleksandria | |
| continentalcup1 | Champions League |
| continentalcup1 qualifiers | Shakhtar Donetsk |
| Dynamo Kyiv | |
| continentalcup2 | Europa League |
| continentalcup2 qualifiers | Metalist Kharkiv |
| Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk | |
| Arsenal Kyiv | |
| Metalurh Donetsk | |
| league topscorer | 14 goals : |
| Yevhen Seleznyov (Shakhtar) | |
| Maicon (Volyn) | |
| biggest home win | Dynamo Kyiv 6–1 Zorya (Round 14) |
| Shakhtar 5–0 Arsenal (Round 19) | |
| biggest away win | Karpaty 0–5 Shakhtar (Round 18) |
| highest scoring | Metalurh 6–3 Vorskla (Round 18) |
| matches | 240 |
| total goals | 609 |
| longest wins | 10 – Dynamo Kyiv (Round 16–25) |
| longest unbeaten | 25 – Dynamo Kyiv (Round 1–25) |
| longest losses | 7 – Zorya (Round 14–20) |
| highest attendance | 68,014 Dynamo Kyiv–Dnipro (Round 23) |
| lowest attendance | 200 Zorya–Obolon (Round 19) |
| prevseason | 2010–11 |
| nextseason | 2012–13 |
7th title PFC Oleksandria Dynamo Kyiv Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk Arsenal Kyiv Metalurh Donetsk Yevhen Seleznyov (Shakhtar) Maicon (Volyn) Shakhtar 5–0 Arsenal (Round 19) The 2011–12 Ukrainian Premier League season was the 21st since its establishment and fourth since its reorganisation. The season began on 8 July 2011 when newly promoted PFC Oleksandria visited FC Vorskla Poltava. FC Shakhtar Donetsk were the defending champions, having won their 6th league title in the 2010–11 season and they successfully defended their title by winning the championship in the last round of the competition.
A total of sixteen teams participated in the league, the best fourteen sides of the 2010–11 season and two promoted clubs from the 2010–11 Ukrainian First League.
The competition had a winter break which began on 11 December 2011 and the season resumed on 3 March 2012. The season concluded on 10 May 2012.
Teams
Promoted
- PFC Oleksandria, champion of the 2010–11 Ukrainian First League – (returning after absence of 8 seasons)
- FC Chornomorets Odesa, runner-up of the 2010–11 Ukrainian First League – (returning after absence of a season)
Location map
Stadiums
The following stadiums were used during the season.
| Rank | Stadium | Club | Capacity | Highest | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Attendance | Notes | ||||
| 1 | NSC Olimpiysky | Dynamo Kyiv | 70,050 | 68,014 | Round 23 (Dnipro) |
| 2 | Donbas Arena | Shakhtar Donetsk | 52,518 | 52,207 | Round 26 (Dynamo) |
| 3 | OSK Metalist | Metalist Kharkiv | 38,656 | 38,656 | Round 11 (Dnipro) |
| 4 | Arena Lviv | Karpaty Lviv | 34,915 | 32,600 | Round 20 (Dynamo) |
| 5 | Chornomorets Stadium | Chornomorets Odesa | 34,164 | 31,060 | Round 17 (Karpaty) |
| 6 | Dnipro Arena | Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk | 31,003 | 31,003 | Round 6 (Shakhtar) |
| 7 | Metalurh Stadium | Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih | 29,783 | 25,000 | Round 20 (Shakhtar) |
| 8 | Ukraina Stadium | Karpaty Lviv | 28,051 | 13,000 | Round 2 (Chornomorets) |
| 9 | RSK Olimpiyskiy | Zorya Luhansk | 25,831 | 700 | Round 17 (Metalist) |
| 10 | Vorskla Stadium | Vorskla Poltava | 25,000 | 13,500 | Round 25 (Shakhtar) |
| 11 | Avanhard Stadium | Zorya Luhansk | 22,288 | 20,000 | Round 27 (Shakhtar) |
| 12 | Lokomotiv Stadium | Tavriya Simferopol | 19,978 | 15,100 | Round 13 (Shakhtar) |
| 13 | Lobanovskyi Dynamo Stadium | Dynamo Kyiv | 16,873 | 17,000 | Round 11 (Shakhtar) |
| Arsenal Kyiv | 13,000 | Round 10 (Oleksandria) | Used as home ground in first half of the season(Rounds 1, 2, 4, 6, 8, 10, 12 & 15) | ||
| 14 | Illichivets Stadium | Illichivets Mariupol | 12,680 | 11,000 | Round 24 (Dynamo) |
| 15 | Avanhard Stadium | Volyn Lutsk | 12,080 | 11,000 | Round 28 (Dynamo) |
| 16 | Dynamo Stadium (Kharkiv) | Metalist Kharkiv | 9,000 | 8,450 | Round 2 (Zorya) |
| 17 | Stal Stadium, Alchevsk | Zorya Luhansk | 8,632 | 6,000 | Round 5 (Metalurh) |
| 18 | CSC Nika Stadium | PFC Oleksandria | 7,000 | 7,000 | Round 2 (Dynamo) |
| Round 15 (Shakhtar) | |||||
| 19 | Metalurh Stadium | Metalurh Donetsk | 5,300 | 4,700 | Round 2 (Shakhtar) |
| 20 | Obolon Arena | Obolon Kyiv | 5,100 | 5,100 | Round 11 (Arsenal) |
| Round 18 (Dynamo) | |||||
| 21 | Spartak Stadium | Chornomorets Odesa | 4,610 | 4,610 | Eight games |
Managers and captains
| width | Club | width | Coach | width | Captain | width | Replaced coach(es) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| FC Arsenal Kyiv | BLRLeonid Kuchuk | UZB Maksim Shatskikh | UKR Yuriy Bakalov | ||||
| FC Chornomorets Odesa | UKRRoman Hryhorchuk | UKR Dmytro Bezotosnyi | |||||
| FC Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk | ESP Juande Ramos | UKR Ruslan Rotan | |||||
| FC Dynamo Kyiv | RUS Yuri Semin | UKR Oleksandr Shovkovskyi | |||||
| FC Illichivets Mariupol | UKR Ihor Leonov (caretaker) | UKR Adrian Pukanych | UKR Valeriy Yaremchenko | ||||
| FC Karpaty Lviv | UKR Yuriy Dyachuk-Stavytskyi (interim) | UKR Andriy Tlumak | UKR Volodymyr Sharan | ||||
| RUS Pavel Kucherov (interim) | |||||||
| BLR Aleh Konanaw | |||||||
| FC Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih | UKR Yuriy Maksymov | UKR Vitaliy Lysytskyi | |||||
| FC Metalist Kharkiv | UKR Myron Markevych | BRA Xavier | |||||
| FC Metalurh Donetsk | UKR Volodymyr Pyatenko | UKR Vyacheslav Checher | |||||
| FC Obolon Kyiv | UKRSerhiy Konyushenko | UKR Serhiy Sibiryakov | Ukraine Vasyl Rats (interim) | ||||
| Ukraine Serhiy Kovalets | |||||||
| PFC Oleksandria | UKR Andriy Kuptsov (interim) | UKR Yuriy Pankiv | UKR Leonid Buriak | ||||
| UKR Volodymyr Sharan | |||||||
| FC Shakhtar Donetsk | ROM Mircea Lucescu | CRO Darijo Srna | |||||
| SC Tavriya Simferopol | UKR Semen Altman | UKR Volodymyr Yezerskyi | UKR Oleksandr Shudryk (interim) | ||||
| FC Volyn Lutsk | UKR Anatoliy Demyanenko | UKR Oleksandr Pyschur | UKR Vitaliy Kvartsyanyi | ||||
| FC Vorskla Poltava | UKR Mykola Pavlov | UKR Serhiy Dolhansky | |||||
| FC Zorya Luhansk | UKR Yuriy Vernydub (interim) | UKR Mykyta Kamenyuka | UKR Anatoly Chantsev |
Notes:
- Mircea Lucescu was injured in a car accident in his native Bucharest on 6 January 2012. Two days later he was operated on because of blood in his chest and broken ribs.
Managerial changes
| Team | Outgoing head coach | Manner of departure | Date of vacancy | Table | Incoming head coach | Date of appointment |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| FC Arsenal Kyiv | UKR Yuriy Bakalov | End of contract | 2 June | pre-season | BLRLeonid Kuchuk | 2 June |
| SC Tavriya Simferopol | UKR Oleksandr Shudryk (interim) | End as interim | 9 June | pre-season | UKRSemen Altman | 9 June |
| FC Illichivets Mariupol | UKR Valeriy Yaremchenko | Resigns | 6 October | 15th | UKRIhor Leonov (interim) | 6 October |
| FC Karpaty Lviv | RUS Oleg Kononov | Resigns | 17 October | 14th | RUSPavel Kucherov (interim) | 19 October |
| FC Obolon Kyiv | UKR Serhiy Kovalets | Sacked | 31 October | 16th | UKRVasyl Rats (interim) | 31 October |
| FC Obolon Kyiv | UKRVasyl Rats (interim) | Dismissed for health reasons | 26 November | 16th | UKRSerhiy Konyushenko | 26 November |
| FC Zorya Luhansk | UKR Anatoly Chantsev | Sacked | 27 November | 15th | UKR Yuriy Vernydub (interim) | 27 November |
| PFC Oleksandria | UKR Volodymyr Sharan | Resigns | 22 December | |||
| (winter break) | 14th | UKR Leonid Buriak | 27 December | |||
| (winter break) | ||||||
| FC Volyn Lutsk | UKR Vitaliy Kvartsyanyi | Sacked | 27 December | |||
| (winter break) | 12th | UKR Anatoliy Demyanenko | 8 January | |||
| (winter break) | ||||||
| FC Karpaty Lviv | RUSPavel Kucherov (interim) | End as interim | 21 January | |||
| (winter break) | 13th | UKRVolodymyr Sharan | 21 January | |||
| (winter break) | ||||||
| FC Karpaty Lviv | UKRVolodymyr Sharan | Sacked | 25 March | 14th | UKRYuriy Dyachuk-Stavytskyi (interim) | 25 March |
| PFC Oleksandria | UKR Leonid Buriak | Resigns | 3 April | 16th | UKRAndriy Kuptsov (interim) | 3 April |
Qualification to European competitions for 2012–13
- Since Ukraine finished in eighth place of the UEFA country ranking after the 2010–11 season, the league will have the same number of qualifiers for 2012–13 UEFA Europa League. The Ukrainian Cup winner qualifies for the play-off round.
Qualified teams
- After the 22nd Round, Dynamo Kyiv qualified for European football for the 2012–13 season. |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220608105807/http://www.dynamicwebspace.com/10MB/duke_andy/Qual_Europe-2012-03-11.html |access-date=11 March 2012 |archive-date=8 June 2022 |url-status=dead }}
- During the 23rd Round, Shakhtar Donetsk qualified for European football for the 2012–13 season. |archive-url=https://archive.today/20240525193221/https://www.webcitation.org/66GUn2E5l?url=http://www.dynamicwebspace.com/10MB/duke_andy/Qual_Europe-2012-03-18.html |access-date=11 March 2012 |archive-date=25 May 2024 |url-status=dead }}
- During the 25th Round, Metalist Kharkiv qualified for European football for the 2012–13 season.{{cite web|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120413071545/http://www.xs4all.nl/~kassiesa/bert/uefa/qual2012.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=13 April 2012}}
- After the 27th Round, Dynamo Kyiv and Shakhtar Donetsk qualified for the 2012–13 UEFA Champions League.{{cite web |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220620060602/http://www.dynamicwebspace.com/10MB/duke_andy/Qual_Europe-2012-04-15.html |access-date=15 April 2012 |archive-date=20 June 2022 |url-status=dead }}
- After the 27th Round Metalist Kharkiv qualified for the 2012–13 Europa League Play-off round.
- Before the 29th Round Metalurh Donetsk qualified for the 2012–13 UEFA Europa League after advancing to the 2012 Ukrainian Cup Final.{{cite web |archive-url=https://archive.today/20240525230542/https://www.webcitation.org/67L7Hnm6Z?url=http://www.dynamicwebspace.com/10MB/duke_andy/Qual_Europe-2012-04-30.html |access-date=30 April 2012 |archive-date=25 May 2024 |url-status=dead }}
- After the 29th Round Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk and Arsenal Kyiv qualified for the 2012–13 UEFA Europa League.
- Before the 30th Round Metalurh Donetsk qualified for the 2012–13 Europa League 2nd qualification round.
- After the 30th Round Arsenal Kyiv qualified for the 2012–13 Europa League 3rd qualification round.
- After the 30th Round Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk qualified for the 2012–13 Europa League Play-off round.
- After the 30th Round Dynamo Kyiv qualified for the 2012–13 Champions League 3rd qualification round.
- After the 30th Round Shakhtar Donetsk qualified for the 2012–13 Champions League Group stage.
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League table
Round by round
The following table represents the teams position after each round in the competition.
Results
Top goalscorers
The competition's top ten goalscorers.
| # | Scorer | Goals (Pen.) | Team |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ukraine Yevhen Seleznyov | 14 | Shakhtar Donetsk |
| BRA Maicon | 14 (2) | Volyn Lutsk | |
| 3 | Nigeria Brown Ideye | 12 | Dynamo Kyiv |
| UKR Andriy Yarmolenko | 12 | Dynamo Kyiv | |
| Brazil Luiz Adriano | 12 (3) | Shakhtar Donetsk | |
| 6 | UKR Anton Shynder | 11 | Tavriya Simferopol |
| UKR Marko Devich | 11 (2) | Metalist Kharkiv | |
| 8 | ARG Cristaldo | 10 | Metalist Kharkiv |
| ARM Henrikh Mkhitaryan | 10 | Shakhtar Donetsk | |
| Croatia Nikola Kalinić | 10 (1) | Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk | |
| BRA Cleiton Xavier | 10 (1) | Metalist Kharkiv |
Season awards
The laureates of the 2011–12 UPL season were:
- Best player: UKR Yevhen Konoplyanka (Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk)
- Best coach: ROU Mircea Lucescu (Shakhtar Donetsk)
- Best goalkeeper: UKR Oleksandr Shovkovskyi (Dynamo Kyiv)
- Best arbiter: UKR Anatoliy Abdula (Kharkiv)
- Best young player: UKR Roman Bezus (Vorskla Poltava)
- Best goalscorer: UKR Yevhen Seleznyov (Shakhtar Donetsk)
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