Season 2011–12 Dates 8 Jul 2011 – 10 May 2012 Location Ukraine Matches played 240 | Champions Shakhtar Donetsk Champion FC Shakhtar Donetsk Goals scored 609 | |
Champions League Shakhtar Donetsk
Dynamo Kyiv Europa League Metalist Kharkiv
Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk
Arsenal Kyiv
Metalurh Donetsk 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) Relegated FC Obolon-Brovar Kyiv, FC Oleksandriya People also search for 2010–11 Ukrainian Premier League |
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.
Contents
- Promoted
- Stadiums
- Managers and captains
- Qualification to European competitions for 201213
- Qualified Teams
- League table
- Round by round
- Results
- Top goalscorers
- References
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.
Promoted
Stadiums
The following stadiums were used during the season.
Managers and captains
Notes:
Qualification to European competitions for 2012–13
Qualified Teams
League table
Source: Premier League website (Ukrainian)
Rules for classification: 1st points; 2nd goal difference; 3rd goals scored; 4th fair play
1 Metalurh Donetsk qualified for the Europa League as losing finalist of the 2011–12 Ukrainian Cup to Champions League-qualified Shakhtar Donetsk. Moreover, Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk and Arsenal Kyiv were moved up a round as the cup winner spot was not used.
(C) = Champions; (R) = Relegated
Notes:
Round by round
The following table represents the teams position after each round in the competition.
Source: Dynamo Kyiv's Official Site (Ukrainian)
Results
The following table displays match results between each team in the competition.
Source: Premier League website (Ukrainian)
1 ^ The home team is listed in the left-hand column.
2Originally the Round 21 fixture was cancelled due to condition of the pitch at Lokomotiv Stadium. Match was rescheduled and played on 24 April 2012.
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
Top goalscorers
The competition's top ten goalscorers.
As of 10 May 2012