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2011–12 Ukrainian Premier League
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| Season | 2011–12 |
|---|---|
| Champions | Shakhtar Donetsk 7th title |
| Relegated | Obolon Kyiv PFC Oleksandria |
| Champions League | Shakhtar Donetsk Dynamo Kyiv |
| Europa League | Metalist Kharkiv Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk Arsenal Kyiv Metalurh Donetsk |
| Matches played | 240 |
| Goals scored | 609 (2.54 per match) |
| Top goalscorer | 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) |
| Longest winning run | 10[1] – Dynamo Kyiv (Round 16–25) |
| Longest unbeaten run | 25 – Dynamo Kyiv (Round 1–25)[1] |
| Longest losing run | 7 – Zorya (Round 14–20)[1] |
| Highest attendance | 68,014 Dynamo Kyiv–Dnipro (Round 23)[1] |
| Lowest attendance | 200 Zorya–Obolon (Round 19)[1] |
← 2010–11 2012–13 → | |
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.[2] 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.[3][4]
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.[1]
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
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Locations of team home grounds in Ukrainian Premier League 2011–12
Kyiv city home venues of teams in the League
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) | Dynamo's home ground from Round 21 onwards[5] |
| 2 | Donbass 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) | First home game for FC Karpaty Lviv in the Stadium built for Euro 2012 on 10 December 2011 against Dynamo Kyiv[6] |
| 5 | Chornomorets Stadium | Chornomorets Odesa | 34,164 | 31,060 | Round 17 (Karpaty) | The inaugural match played on 19 November 2011, against FC Karpaty Lviv.[7] |
| 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) | Used as home ground in Round 17[8] and 19[9] due to Stal Stadium having no underground heating.[10] |
| 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,[11] 2,[12] 4,[13] 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) | Used as home ground in Round 2 due to main stadium turf resewn.[14] |
| 17 | Stal Stadium, Alchevsk | Zorya Luhansk | 8,632 | 6,000 | Round 5 (Metalurh) | Used as home ground in the first half of the season (Rounds 3,[15] 5, 7, 9, 11, 13, 15 & 16) due to main stadium turf resewn.[16] |
| 18 | CSC Nika Stadium | PFC Oleksandria | 7,000 | 7,000 | Round 2 (Dynamo) Round 15 (Shakhtar) |
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| 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) |
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| 21 | Spartak Stadium | Chornomorets Odesa | 4,610 | 4,610 | Eight games | First eight home games were sold out[1] |
Managers and captains
Notes:
- ^(1) 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.[17]
Managerial changes
| Team | Outgoing head coach | Manner of departure | Date of vacancy | Table | Incoming head coach | Date of appointment |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| FC Arsenal Kyiv |  Yuriy Bakalov[18]
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End of contract | 2 June | pre-season |  Leonid Kuchuk
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2 June |
| SC Tavriya Simferopol | Oleksandr Shudryk (interim)
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End as interim | 9 June | pre-season | Semen Altman[19]
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9 June |
| FC Illichivets Mariupol | Valeriy Yaremchenko[20]
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Resigns | 6 October | 15th | Ihor Leonov (interim)
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6 October |
| FC Karpaty Lviv |  Oleg Kononov[21]
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Resigns | 17 October | 14th | Pavel Kucherov[22] (interim)
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19 October |
| FC Obolon Kyiv | Serhiy Kovalets[23]
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Sacked | 31 October | 16th | Vasyl Rats (interim)
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31 October |
| FC Obolon Kyiv | Vasyl Rats (interim)[24]
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Dismissed due to health reasons | 26 November | 16th | Serhiy Konyushenko
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26 November |
| FC Zorya Luhansk | Anatoly Chantsev[25]
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Sacked | 27 November | 15th | Yuriy Vernydub (interim)
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27 November |
| PFC Oleksandria | Volodymyr Sharan[26]
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Resigns | 22 December (winter break) |
14th | Leonid Buriak[27]
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27 December (winter break) |
| FC Volyn Lutsk | Vitaliy Kvartsyanyi
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Sacked | 27 December (winter break) |
12th | Anatoliy Demyanenko[28]
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8 January (winter break) |
| FC Karpaty Lviv | Pavel Kucherov (interim)
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End as interim | 21 January (winter break) |
13th | Volodymyr Sharan[29]
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21 January (winter break) |
| FC Karpaty Lviv | Volodymyr Sharan[30]
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Sacked | 25 March | 14th | Yuriy Dyachuk-Stavytskyi (interim)
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25 March |
| PFC Oleksandria | Leonid Buriak[31]
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Resigns | 3 April | 16th | Andriy Kuptsov (interim)
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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,[32] 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.[33]
- During the 23rd Round, Shakhtar Donetsk qualified for European football for the 2012–13 season.[34]
- During the 25th Round, Metalist Kharkiv qualified for European football for the 2012–13 season.[35]
- After the 27th Round, Dynamo Kyiv and Shakhtar Donetsk qualified for the 2012–13 UEFA Champions League.[36]
- After the 27th Round Metalist Kharkiv qualified for the 2012–13 Europa League Play-off round.[36]
- Before the 29th Round Metalurh Donetsk qualified for the 2012–13 UEFA Europa League after advancing to the 2012 Ukrainian Cup Final.[37]
- 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.
