2011–12 in Ukrainian football

The 2011–12 season was the 21st season of competitive association football in Ukraine since dissolution of the Soviet Union.

Football in Ukraine

Season	2011–12
Men's football
Premier League	Shakhtar Donetsk
League 1	Hoverla Uzhhorod
League 2	PFC Sumy
Amateur League	Karpaty Kolomyia (2012) Nove Zhyttia Andriyivka (2011)
Cup	Shakhtar Donetsk
Amateur Cup	Nove Zhyttia Andriyivka (2012) FC Bucha (2011)
Super Cup	Dynamo Kyiv
Women's football
League High	Zhytlobud-1 Kharkiv (2012) Zhytlobud-1 Kharkiv (2011)
Women's Cup	Naftokhimik Kalush (2012) Zhytlobud-1 Kharkiv (2011)
← 2010–11 2012–13 →

National teams

Ukraine national football team

Main article: Ukraine national football team

Results and fixtures

Ukraine women's national football team

Main article: Ukraine women's national football team

Results and fixtures

UEFA competitions

UEFA Champions League

Main article: 2011–12 UEFA Champions League

UEFA Europa League

Main article: 2011–12 UEFA Europa League

UEFA Women's Champions League

Main article: 2011–12 UEFA Women's Champions League

Men's club football

League		Promoted to league	Relegated from league
Premier League		PFC Oleksandriya Chornomorets Odesa	FC Sevastopol Metalurh Zaporizhzhia
League One		MFC Mykolaiv Olimpik Donetsk	Prykarpattia Ivano-Frankivsk Feniks-Illichovets Kalinino
League Two		Krystal Kherson FC Sevastopol-2 Sevastopol Makiyivvuhillya Makiyivka Myr Hornostayivka Real Pharm Yuzhne SKAD-Yalpuh Bolhrad UkrAhroKom Pryiutivka Slavutych Cherkasy Avanhard Kramatorsk	Bastion Illichivsk Ros Bila Tserkva Veres Rivne Olkom Melitopol

Note: For all scratched clubs, see section Clubs removed for more details

Premier League

Main article: 2011–12 Ukrainian Premier League

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Shakhtar Donetsk (C)	30	25	4	1	80	18	+62	79[a]	Qualification to Champions League group stage
2	Dynamo Kyiv	30	23	6	1	56	12	+44	75[a]	Qualification to Champions League third qualifying round
3	Metalist Kharkiv	30	16	11	3	54	32	+22	59[b]	Qualification to Europa League play-off round[c]
4	Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk	30	15	7	8	52	35	+17	52
5	Arsenal Kyiv	30	14	9	7	44	27	+17	51	Qualification to Europa League third qualifying round[c]
6	Tavriya Simferopol	30	12	9	9	43	36	+7	45
7	Metalurh Donetsk	30	12	6	12	35	34	+1	42	Qualification to Europa League second qualifying round[c]
8	Vorskla Poltava	30	9	10	11	38	43	−5	37
9	Chornomorets Odesa	30	10	7	13	32	42	−10	37
10	Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih	30	9	6	15	22	38	−16	33
11	Illichivets Mariupol	30	8	8	14	28	42	−14	32
12	Volyn Lutsk	30	7	6	17	25	43	−18	27
13	Zorya Luhansk	30	6	8	16	34	58	−24	26
14	Karpaty Lviv	30	5	8	17	27	51	−24	23[b]
15	Obolon Kyiv (R)	30	4	9	17	17	42	−25	21	Relegation to Ukrainian First League
16	PFC Oleksandriya (R)	30	4	8	18	24	58	−34	20

Source: uafootball.net.ua
Rules for classification: 1st points; 2nd goal difference; 3rd goals scored; 4th fair play
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated
Notes:

1. Between Round 26 and Round 28 Dynamo Kyiv and Shakhtar Donetsk had accumulated the same number of points. With the possibility that both teams could finish the competition on the same number 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 Zaporizhzhia at Slavutych Arena.^[1]
2. 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.^[2] The FFU then released a statement on 19 October 2010 that the point deductions will be applied for the 2011–12 season.^[3] However, Karpaty Lviv have indicated that they will take the matter to the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) at Lausanne.^[3] No action had been taken through the season nor of any decision by the league. On 2 August 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 6 August 2013 UEFA suspended advancement of Metalist Kharkiv in the 2013–14 UEFA Champions League to the playoff round until its final decision on 13 August 2013.^[4]
3. 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.

League 1

Main article: 2011–12 Ukrainian First League

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	Hoverla-Zakarpattia Uzhhorod (C, P)	34	27	3	4	67	16	+51	84	Promoted to Ukrainian Premier League
2	Metalurh Zaporizhzhia (P)	34	24	4	6	77	32	+45	76
3	FC Sevastopol	34	23	7	4	60	22	+38	76
4	Arsenal Bila Tserkva	34	18	8	8	51	39	+12	62
5	Krymteplitsia Molodizhne	34	17	9	8	50	38	+12	60
6	Bukovyna Chernivtsi	34	15	12	7	38	29	+9	57
7	Stal Alchevsk	34	14	8	12	51	50	+1	50
8	Dynamo-2 Kyiv	34	15	5	14	39	39	0	50
9	Helios Kharkiv	34	13	9	12	53	45	+8	48
10	Naftovyk-Ukrnafta Okhtyrka	34	12	8	14	49	43	+6	44
11	Zirka Kirovohrad	34	13	5	16	53	49	+4	44
12	Olimpik Donetsk	34	11	7	16	38	44	−6	40
13	Nyva Vinnytsia (D)	34	7	11	16	21	39	−18	32	Withdrew[a]
14	Tytan Armyansk	34	9	5	20	33	59	−26	32
15	FC Odesa	34	7	10	17	37	51	−14	31
16	MFK Mykolaiv[b] (O)	34	9	4	21	33	51	−18	28	Qualification for relegation play-off
17	Enerhetyk Burshtyn (D)	34	5	4	25	26	72	−46	19	Withdrew[c]
18	FC Lviv[d] (D)	34	6	3	25	21	79	−58	18	Withdrew[e]

Source: Professional Football League of Ukraine^[9]
Rules for classification: 1st points; 2nd goal difference; 3rd goals scored; 4th fair play^[10]
(C) Champions; (D) Disqualified; (O) Play-off winners; (P) Promoted
Notes:

1. Nyva Vinnystia withdrew from the PFL after the season.(13 July 2012)^[5]
2. MFK Mykolaiv were deducted 3 points for failure of payments of financial obligations ordered by the PFL. (31 May 2012)^[6]
3. Enerhetyk Burshtyn withdrew from the PFL after Round 32.^[7]
4. FC Lviv were deducted 3 points for failure of payments of financial obligations ordered by the PFL. (31 May 2012)^[6]
5. FC Lviv withdrew from the PFL after the season.(12 July 2012)^[8]

Promotion Relegation playoff

The promotion/relegation playoff stage consisted of two matches. At match one both second placed teams of the Second League groups played each other to determine the winner. At match two the match was played between the 16th place team of the First League and the winner of another playoff game between the second placed clubs from each group of the Second League.^[11]

Team 1	Score	Team 2
Desna Chernihiv	0–1	Avanhard Kramatorsk
MFC Mykolaiv	4–3	Avanhard Kramatorsk

League 2

Main article: 2011–12 Ukrainian Second League

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	FC Sumy	26	21	3	2	51	13	+38	66	Promoted to First League
2	Desna Chernihiv	26	18	5	3	48	19	+29	59	Qualified for playoff
3	Slavutych Cherkasy	26	15	8	3	35	15	+20	53
4	Enerhiya Nova Kakhovka	26	15	7	4	50	17	+33	52
5	UkrAhroKom Pryiutivka	26	14	6	6	43	25	+18	48
6	Prykarpattya Ivano-Frankivsk	26	11	6	9	40	32	+8	33[a]	Expelled
7	Real Pharm Yuzhne	26	9	6	11	28	41	−13	33
8	Krystal Kherson	26	9	5	12	30	32	−2	32
9	Skala Stryi	26	8	4	14	26	36	−10	28
10	Dynamo Khmelnytskyi	26	6	4	16	23	50	−27	22
11	Chornomorets-2 Odesa	26	5	5	16	19	20	−1	20	Withdrew[b]
12	Nyva Ternopil	26	9	6	11	30	41	−11	18[c]
13	Yednist' Plysky	26	3	6	17	19	57	−38	15
14	SKAD-Yalpuh Bolhrad	26	2	1	23	10	54	−44	7	Withdrew[d]

Source: ^{[citation needed]}
Notes:

1. Prykarpattya Ivano-Frankivsk were docked a total of 6 points due to failure of payment to former team players. Initially the club were given 18 months to satisfy the PFL decision but failed to do so and had three points. (3 November 2011)^[12] The club was docked another three points at the end of the season for failure to resolve their financial obligations. (31 May 2012)^[13] The club attempted to pass attestation for the next season. (6 June 2012)^[14] However they were expelled from the PFL when they were not included in the draw for the first round of the next season. (10 July 2012)^[15]
2. Chornomorets-2 Odesa withdrew from the PFL during the mid-winter break.^[16] (11 January 2012)
3. Nyva Ternopil were docked a total of 15 points due to failure of payment to former team players that played between 2007–10.^[17](28 September 2011) An additional 6 points were deducted for continuing not to resolve the first issue by 15 November 2011.^[12](27 October 2011) An additional 6 points were deducted for not resolving this issue by the Disciplinary Committee of the Ukrainian Football Federation.^[18](15 December 2011)
4. SKAD-Yalpuh Bolhrad withdrew from the PFL prior to the start of the spring session.^[19] (4 April 2012)

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	FC Poltava	26	18	5	3	50	18	+32	59	Promoted to First League
2	Avanhard Kramatorsk	26	19	1	6	41	15	+26	58	Qualified for playoff Promoted to First League
3	Shakhtar Sverdlovsk	26	15	6	5	49	23	+26	51
4	Hirnyk Kryvyi Rih	26	16	3	7	44	22	+22	51
5	Kremin Kremenchuk	26	16	3	7	34	23	+11	51
6	Stal Dniprodzerzhynsk	26	15	3	8	34	19	+15	48
7	Myr Hornostayivka	26	13	7	6	36	26	+10	46
8	Shakhtar-3 Donetsk	26	10	1	15	45	56	−11	31
9	Hirnyk-Sport Komsomolsk	26	6	8	12	28	39	−11	26
10	FC Sevastopol-2	26	7	3	16	26	51	−25	24
11	Dnipro-2 Dnipropetrovsk	26	6	5	15	24	42	−18	23	Expelled[a]
12	Metalurh-2 Zaporizhzhia	26	5	3	18	19	43	−24	18	Withdrew[b]
13	Illichivets-2 Mariupol	26	5	2	19	25	47	−22	17
14	Makiyivvuhillya Makiyivka	26	5	2	19	17	48	−31	17

Source: ^{[citation needed]}
Notes:

1. Dnipro-2 Dnipropetrovsk was expelled from the PFL after failing to play their Round 26 fixture against Makiyivvuhillya. (6 June 2012)^[14]
2. The main clubs of Illichivets-2 Mariupol and FC Metalurh-2 Zaporizhzhia withdrew their junior clubs from PFL due to the inaugural of Ukrainian Premier League Under-19 competition which is to start next season. (6 June 2012)^[20]

Championship game

A championship game will be played between the top teams of each group competition.^[21]

FC Poltava	0 – 2	FC Sumy
		Melnyk 14' Ryabtsev 75'

2 June 2012

17:00 EEST

Lokomotiv Stadium, Poltava

Attendance: 2,000

Referee: Ivan Bodnar (Kyiv)

Cup competitions

Ukrainian Cup

Main articles: 2011–12 Ukrainian Cup and 2012 Ukrainian Cup Final

Metalurh Donetsk	1 – 2 (aet)	Shakhtar Donetsk
Morozyuk 69'	Report	Teixeira 23' Kucher 104'

6 May 2012

19:30 EEST

Olimpiysky NSC, Kyiv

Attendance: 47,314

Referee: Anatoliy Abdula (Kharkiv)

Super Cup

Main article: 2011 Ukrainian Super Cup

Shakhtar Donetsk	1–3	Dynamo Kyiv
Fernandinho 11'	Report	Husyev 5' (pen.) Diakhaté 32' Milevskyi 83'

5 July 2011 (2011-07-05)

21:00

Vorskla Stadium, Poltava

Attendance: 24,750

Referee: Yuriy Vaks (Simferopol)

Women's club football

League		Promoted to league	Relegated from league
Higher League		Voskhod Stara Maiachka	Lehenda-ShVSM Chernihiv Ateks SDIuShOR-16 Kyiv

Note: For all scratched clubs, see section Clubs removed for more details

Higher League

Main article: 2012 Vyshcha Liha (women)

2012 Vyshcha Liha (women)

Clubs removed

Before the season

During or after the season

Notes

References

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21. Визначено дати та час проведення матчів етапу плей-офф, а також матчу за звання чемпіона України серед команд другої ліги [Date announced for playoff matches as well as the Second League Championship game] (in Ukrainian). PFL. 21 May 2012. Archived from the original on 2012-05-25. Retrieved 21 May 2012.