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.
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)The following stadiums were used during the season.
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.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 UEFA Europa League 2012–13. The Ukrainian Cup winner qualifies for the play-off round.After the 22nd Round, Dynamo Kyiv qualified for European football for the 2012–13 season.During the 23rd Round, Shakhtar Donetsk qualified for European football for the 2012–13 season.During the 25th Round, Metalist Kharkiv qualified for European football for the 2012–13 season.After the 27th Round, Dynamo Kyiv and Shakhtar Donetsk qualified for the 2012–13 UEFA Champions League.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.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.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:
On 12 August 2010, the Football Federation of Ukraine punished Metalist Kharkiv and Karpaty Lviv for fixing a match in 2008; both teams were handed a fine and deducted nine points each. The FFU then released a statement on 19 October 2010 that the point deductions will be applied for the 2011–12 season. However, Karpaty Lviv have indicated that they will take the matter to the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) at Lausanne. No action had been taken through the season nor of any decision by the league. On August 2, 2013 CAS acknowledged the fact of game fixing between Karpaty and Metalist in 2008. The court did not approve points deduction for both of the clubs, yet suggested to have Metalist stripped of its bronze awards for the 2007–08 Ukrainian Premier League and number of players and staff from both clubs were posed penalties and fines for involvement in the game fixing. On August 6, 2013 UEFA suspended advancement of Metalist Kharkiv in the 2013-14 UEFA Champions League to the playoff round until its final decision on August 13, 2013.Between Round 26 and Round 28 Dynamo Kyiv and Shakhtar Donetsk had accumulated the same amount of points. With the possibility that both teams could finish the competition on the same amount of points, the administration of the Premier League decided on 2 May 2012 before Round 29, that if a Golden Match was to be played to decide the championship winner, the encounter would have taken place on 13 May 2012 in Zaporizhia at Slavutych Arena.The following table represents the teams position after each round in the competition.
Source: Dynamo Kyiv's Official Site (Ukrainian)
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.
The competition's top ten goalscorers.
As of 10 May 2012 
