2010–11 Ukrainian Premier League

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Season 2010–11 Dates 9 Jul 2010 – 6 May 2011 Location Ukraine Matches played 240		Champions Shakhtar Donetsk Champion FC Shakhtar Donetsk Goals scored 609

Champions League Shakhtar DonetskDynamo Kyiv Europa League Metalist KharkivDnipro DnipropetrovskKarpaty LvivVorskla Poltava Top goalscorer 17 – Yevhen Seleznyov (Dnipro) Biggest home win Dynamo 9–0 Illichivets (Round 15) Relegated FC Metalurh Zaporizhya, FC Sevastopol People also search for 2009–10 Ukrainian Premier League

The 2010–11 Ukrainian Premier League season was the 20th since its establishment and third since its reorganization. Shakhtar Donetsk were the defending champions, having won their 5th league title. A total of sixteen teams participated in the competition, fourteen of them contested the 2009–10 season while the remaining two were promoted from the Ukrainian First League.

The competition began on 9 July 2010 with four games. After the 19th Round, the competition was suspended for the winter break and resumed on 3 March 2011.

On 6 May 2011, Shakhtar Donetsk retained the championship with a 2–0 derby victory over rivals Metalurh Donetsk.

The top five teams were exactly the same as the previous season.

Promoted

FC Sevastopol, champion of the 2009-10 Ukrainian First League – (debut)

FC Volyn Lutsk, runner-up of the 2009-10 Ukrainian First League – (returning after absence of 4 seasons)

Attendance

The total attendance for the season was 2,214,833. The most watched team was Shakhtar Donetsk with 722,231 spectators. The least watched team was Arsenal Kyiv with 153,339 spectators.

Qualification to European competitions for 2011–12

Since Ukraine finished in seventh place of the UEFA country ranking after the 2009–10 season, the league will have the same number of qualifiers for UEFA Europa League 2011–12. The Ukrainian Cup winner qualifies for the play-off round.

Qualified Teams

After the 22nd Round, Shakhtar Donetsk qualified for European football for the 2011–12 season.

After the 25th Round, both Dynamo Kyiv and Metalist Kharkiv qualified for European football for the 2011–12 season.

After the 26th Round, Shakhtar Donetsk qualified for 2011–12 UEFA Champions League.

After the 26th Round, both Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk and Karpaty Lviv qualified for European football for the 2011–12 season.

After the 27th Round, Karpaty Lviv qualified for 2011–12 UEFA Europa League.

After the 28th Round, Shakhtar Donetsk qualified for 2011–12 UEFA Champions League Group stage (C) and Dynamo Kyiv qualified for 2011–12 UEFA Champions League Third qualifying round.

After the 28th Round, both Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk and Metalist Kharkiv qualified for 2011–12 UEFA Europa League.

After the results of the semi-finals of the Ukrainian Cup, Metalist Kharkiv enters the 2011–12 UEFA Europa League in the Play-off round.

After the 29th Round, Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk enters the 2011–12 UEFA Europa League in the Play-off round and Karpaty Lviv enters in the Third qualifying round.

After the 30th Round, Vorskla Poltava qualified for the 2011–12 UEFA Europa League and enters Second qualifying round.

League table

Updated to games played on 21 May 2011.
Source: Premier League website (Ukrainian)
Rules for classification: 1st points; 2nd goal difference; 3rd goals scored; 4th fair play
(C) = Champions; (R) = Relegated

Note:

Since the 2011 Ukrainian Cup Final was between 2 teams that had already qualified for the 2011–12 UEFA Champions League (Shakhtar Donetsk and Dynamo Kyiv) the 6th placed team (Vorskla Poltava) qualified for the UEFA Europa League 2011–12.

Results

Updated to games played on 21 May 2011.
Source: Premier League website (Ukrainian)
1 ^{^} The home team is listed in the left-hand column.
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Notes:

² Highest victory score in Ukrainian Premier League history (October 31, 2010) surpassing the record established by Shakhtar Donetsk against FC Torpedo Zaporizhya (9–1) on May 16, 1997.

Round by Round

Last updated: 21 May 2011
Source: Dynamo Kyiv's Official Site (Ukrainian)

Top goalscorers

The top ten goalscorers during the season.

References

2010–11 Ukrainian Premier League Wikipedia

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