2010–11 Ukrainian Premier League Explained

Season:2010–11
Winners:Shakhtar Donetsk
6th title
League Topscorer:17 – Yevhen Seleznyov (Dnipro)
Biggest Home Win:Dynamo 9–0 Illichivets (Round 15)
Biggest Away Win:Volyn 0–4 Vorskla (Round 1)
Illichivets 1–5 Dnipro (Round 3)
Illichivets 2–6 Vorskla (Round 17)
Metalurh Zap. 0–4 Illichivets (Round 20)
Metalurh Don. 1–5 Arsenal (Round 27)
Highest Scoring:Dynamo 9–0 Illichivets (Round 15)
Matches:240
Total Goals:609
Longest Wins:11 – Shakhtar (Round 10–20)[1]
Longest Unbeaten:11 – Shakhtar (Round 10–20)
Longest Losses:7 – Metalurh Zap. (Round 6–12)
Highest Attendance:50,390 ShakhtarDynamo (Round 12)
Lowest Attendance:500 ZoryaObolon (Round 22)
Average Attendance:9228[2]
Nextseason:2011–12

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.[1]

On 6 May 2011, Shakhtar Donetsk retained the championship with a 2–0 derby victory over rivals Metalurh Donetsk.[3]

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

Teams

Promoted

Location map

Managers and captains

ClubCoachCaptainReplaced coach(es)
Arsenal Kyiv Yuriy Bakalov
Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk Vadym Tyschenko (interim)
Volodymyr Bezsonov
Dynamo Kyiv Oleksandr Shovkovskyi Oleh Luzhnyi (interim)
Valery Gazzayev
Illichivets Mariupol Ilya Bliznyuk
Oleksandr Volkov (interim)
Karpaty Lviv
Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih
Metalist Kharkiv
Metalurh Donetsk Volodymyr Pyatenko (interim) Vyacheslav Checher Nikolay Kostov
Volodymyr Pyatenko (interim)
Andrei Gordeyev
Metalurh Zaporizhzhia Hryhoriy Nehiryev (interim) Roman Hryhorchuk
Oleh Lutkov
Obolon Kyiv Valentyn Slyusar
FC Sevastopol Serhiy Ferenchak Oleh Leschynskyi
Serhiy Shevchenko
Oleh Leschynskyi (interim)
Shakhtar Donetsk
Tavriya Simferopol Oleksandr Shudryk (interim) Serhiy Puchkov
Valeriy Petrov (interim)
Volyn Lutsk
Vorskla Poltava
Zorya Luhansk

Managerial changes

TeamOutgoing head coachManner of departureDate of vacancyTableIncoming head coachDate of appointmentTable
Metalurh Zaporizhzhia Roman Hryhorchuk[4] End of contractMay 10pre-seasonOleh LutkovMay 27
FC Sevastopol Oleh Leschynskyi[5] DismissedJune 19pre-seasonSerhiy ShevchenkoJune 19pre-season
FC Sevastopol Serhiy Shevchenko[6] DismissedSeptember 1215th placeOleh Leschynskyi (interim)September 1215th place
Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk Volodymyr Bezsonov[7] ResignedSeptember 183rd placeVadym Tyschenko (interim)September 183rd place
Tavriya Simferopol Serhiy Puchkov[8] DismissedSeptember 2212th placeValeriy Petrov (interim)September 2212th place
Dynamo Kyiv Valeriy Gazzayev[9] ResignsOctober 12nd placeOleh Luzhnyi (interim)[10] October 12nd place
Dnipro DnipropetrovskVadym Tyschenko (interim)[11] Interim positionOctober 13rd placeJuande RamosOctober 13rd place
Illichivets Mariupol Ilya Bliznyuk[12] ResignedNovember 115th placeOleksandr Volkov (interim)November 115th place
Metalurh Donetsk Nikolay Kostov[13] ResignedNovember 1210th place Volodymyr Pyatenko (interim)November 1210th place
Illichivets Mariupol Oleksandr Volkov (interim)End as interimNovember 2614th placeValeriy Yaremchenko[14] November 2614th place
FC SevastopolOleh Leschynskyi (interim)End as interimDecember 2115th placeAngel Chervenkov[15] December 2115th place
Dynamo KyivOleh Luzhnyi (interim)End as interimDecember 242nd placeYuri Semin[16] December 242nd place
Metalurh Donetsk Volodymyr Pyatenko (interim)End as interimJanuary 1210th place Andrei Gordeyev[17] January 1210th place
Metalurh Donetsk Andrei Gordeyev[18] SackedMay 311th place Volodymyr Pyatenko (interim)May 311th place
Metalurh Zaporizhzhia Oleh LutkovSackedMay 416th place Hryhoriy Nehiryev (interim)May 416th place
Tavriya SimferopolValeriy Petrov (interim)[19] SackedMay 810th placeOleksandr Shudryk (interim)May 810th place

Stadiums

width=25Rankwidth=120Stadiumwidth=130Clubwidth=70Capacitywidth=175 colspan=2Highest
Attendance
Notes
1Donbass ArenaShakhtar Donetsk52,51850,390Round 12 (Dynamo)
2OSK MetalistMetalist Kharkiv41,41138,600Round 3 (Dynamo)
3Dnipro ArenaDnipro Dnipropetrovsk31,00331,003Round 15 (Shakhtar)
Round 22 (Dynamo)
4Metalurh StadiumKryvbas Kryvyi Rih29,78310,000Round 8 (Dynamo)
5Ukraina StadiumKarpaty Lviv28,05127,500Round 28 (Dynamo)
6RSK OlimpiyskiyMetalurh Donetsk25,8316,000Round 20 (Dynamo)Used as home ground in Round 20[20] and 21
Zorya Luhansk650Round 26 (Metalurh Donetsk)Used as home ground in Round 26[21]
7Vorskla StadiumVorskla Poltava25,00015,000Round 6 (Dynamo)
8Avanhard StadiumZorya Luhansk22,32019,000Round 18 (Shakhtar)
9Lokomotiv StadiumTavriya Simferopol19,97816,300Round 25 (Shakhtar)
PFC Sevastopolalign=center 12,000Round 4 (Dynamo)Used by Sevastopol as home ground for the season[22]
10Lobanovsky Dynamo StadiumDynamo Kyiv16,87315,000Round 27 (Shakhtar)
Arsenal Kyivalign=center 4,200Round 26 (Dynamo)PL moved the Kyiv Derby game to Dynamo Stadium to accommodate a much larger crowd[23]
11Illichivets StadiumIllichivets Mariupol12,6808,500Round 21 (Zorya)
12Avanhard StadiumVolyn Lutsk12,08011,520Round 7 (Shakhtar)
13Slavutych-ArenaMetalurh Zaporizhzhia11,9838,500Round 2 (Shakhtar)
14Dynamo Stadium (Kharkiv)Metalist Kharkiv9,0006,516Round 27 (Karpaty)Used as home ground in Round 27[24] and Round 29 as the main stadium had the turf and drainage system replaced.[25]
15Stal Stadium, AlchevskZorya Luhansk8,6324,500Round 28 (Dnipro)Used as home ground in Round 28[26]
16Metalurh StadiumMetalurh Donetsk5,3005,000Round 13 (Shakhtar)
17Obolon StadiumObolon Kyiv5,1005,100Round 1 (Dynamo)
18Bannikov StadiumArsenal Kyiv1,6781,480Round 30 (Kryvbas)Lent from FFU for home games in first half of season[27] [28]

Attendance

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

Qualification to European competitions for 2011–12

Qualified teams

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League table

Top goalscorers

The top ten goalscorers during the season.[36]

ScorerGoals (Pen.)Team
1 Yevhen Seleznyov17Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk
2 Marko Dević14 (3)Metalist Kharkiv
3 Lucky Idahor13 (1)Tavriya Simferopol
4 Denys Oliynyk12Metalist Kharkiv
5 Andriy Yarmolenko11Dynamo Kyiv
6 Oleksiy Antonov10Illichivets Mariupol
Vasyl Sachko10Vorskla Poltava
Luiz Adriano10 (1)Shakhtar Donetsk
Andriy Shevchenko10 (2)Dynamo Kyiv
Konstantyn Yaroshenko10 (2)Illichivets Mariupol

Awards

Award Founder Laureate
newspaper Ukrainian Football Andriy Voronin
newspaper Komanda Andriy Yarmolenko
Event of the Season ua-football.com Shakhtar Donetsk in quarter-finals
of Champions League
Discovery of the Season ua-football.com José Sosa
Top Young Footballer ua-football.com Roman Bezus
Team of the Season ua-football.com Metalist Kharkiv
Top Ukrainian Footballer ua-football.com Oleh Husyev
Top Legionnaire ua-football.com Willian
Top Coach ua-football.com Myron Markevych

Season awards

The laureates of the 2010–11 UPL season were:[37]

See also

Transfers

Notes and References

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  2. Web site: Середня відвідуванність команд (Average attendance of teams). 2011-05-23. 2011-05-23. Ukrainian Premier League. https://web.archive.org/web/20110519061833/http://fpl.ua/ukr/stat/statclubs/. 19 May 2011. dead. uk.
  3. Web site: https://archive.today/20240525081458/https://www.webcitation.org/5yZh7o6nX?url=http://www.dynamicwebspace.com/10MB/duke_andy/Qual_Europe-2011-05-11.html . Qualification 2011/2012 UEFA European Cup Football . Kassies . Bert . 11 May 2011 . 2024-05-25 . dead .
  4. Web site: Роман Григорчук расстанется с запорожским "Металлургом" (Roman Hryhorchuk leaves "Metalurh"). ua-football.com. 10 May 2010. 7 May 2010. https://web.archive.org/web/20100511180451/http://ua-football.com/ukrainian/high/4be33654.html. 11 May 2010 . live. ru.
  5. Web site: Севастополь обрел тренера (Sevastopol selects new manager) . football.ua. 19 June 2010. 19 June 2010. https://web.archive.org/web/20100622041330/http://football.ua/ukraine/news/100079.html. 22 June 2010 . live. ru.
  6. Web site: Главный тренер "Севастополя" отправлен в отставку (Head trainer of Sevastopol dismissed). ua-football.com. 12 September 2010. 12 September 2010. https://web.archive.org/web/20100914083047/http://www.ua-football.com/ukrainian/high/4c8ca162.html. 14 September 2010 . live. ru.
  7. Web site: Официально. Бессонов подает в отставку, команду будет готовить Тищенко (It's official. Bessonov resigns, club will prepare Tyshchenko). ua-football.com. 18 September 2010. 19 September 2010. https://web.archive.org/web/20100922182940/http://www.ua-football.com/ukrainian/high/4c95b7fc.html. 22 September 2010 . live. ru.
  8. Web site: Официально. Сергей Пучков отстранен от руководства "Таврией" (It's official. Sergei Puchkov dismissed from managing Tavria). ua-football.com. 22 September 2010. 22 September 2010. https://web.archive.org/web/20100925213713/http://www.ua-football.com/ukrainian/high/4c9a4754.html. 25 September 2010 . live. ru.
  9. Web site: Валерий Газзаев: "Я подал в отставку по собственному желанию" (Valeriy Gazzayev: I gave in my resignation for personal reasons). ua-football.com. 1 October 2010. 1 October 2010. https://web.archive.org/web/20101004114138/http://ua-football.com/ukrainian/high/4ca617b0.html. 4 October 2010 . live. ru.
  10. Web site: Coach Gazzayev quits Dynamo Kiev at second attempt. yahoo sports. Reuters. 1 October 2010. 1 October 2010.
  11. Web site: Ukraine’s Dnipro appoint Ramos as coach on four-year deal. yahoo sports. 1 October 2010. 1 October 2010.
  12. Web site: ИЛЬЯ БЛИЗНЮК ПОДАЛ В ОТСТАВКУ (Ilya Bliznyuk resigned). Illichivets Official Site. 3 November 2010. 4 November 2010. https://web.archive.org/web/20101107171905/http://fcilich.com/news/one/?id=418. 7 November 2010. dead. ru. dmy-all.
  13. Web site: Руководство донецкого "Металлурга" приняло отставку Костова (Metalurh Donetsk management accepted Kostov's resignation). ua-football.com. 13 November 2010. 13 November 2010. ru.
  14. Web site: Валерий Яремченко – главный тренер "Ильичевца" (Valeriy Yaremchenko – head trainer of Illichivets). Ua-football.com. 26 November 2010. 27 November 2010. ru.
  15. Web site: Ангел Червенков – главный тренер ФК "Севастополь" (Angel Chervenkov is Head trainer of FC Sevastopol). ua-football.com. 21 December 2010. 21 December 2010. ru.
  16. Web site: Семин подписал контракт с "Динамо" (Semin signs contract with Dynamo). ua-football.com. 24 December 2010. 24 December 2010. ru.
  17. Web site: http://www.ua-football.com/ukrainian/high/4cde4385.html. ru:Официально: Андрей Гордеев – главный тренер донецкого "Металлурга". ua-football.com. 12 January 2011. 12 January 2011. ru.
  18. Web site: Андрей Гордеев уволен с поста главного тренера "Металлурга" (Andrey Gordeyev dismissed as head trainer of Metalurh). Sport-Express in Ukraine. 3 May 2011. 3 May 2011. ru.
  19. Web site: Валерий Петров отстранен от должности и.о. главного тренера "Таврии" (Valery Petrov dismissed from the post of head coach Tavria). ua-football.com. 8 May 2011. 8 May 2011. ru.
  20. FPL: Game Report – Venue RSK Olimpiyskiy used as home ground by Metalurh Donetsk in Round 20
  21. FPL: Game Report – Venue RSK Olimpiyskiy used as home ground by Zorya Luhansk in Round 26
  22. FPL: Game Report – Venue Lokomotiv Stadium used as home ground by PFC Sevastopol in Round 2
  23. "Арсенал" – "Динамо". (Анонс матча Arsenal – Dynamo Match Preview)
  24. FPL: Game Report – Venue Dynamo Stadium in Kharkiv used as home ground by Metalist in Round 27
  25. Web site: Реконструкція футбольного поля. ФОТО (Reconstruction of the football pitch. Photo Gallery). 2011-04-26. 2011-05-02. Metalist Kharkiv website. uk. 2011-04-30. https://web.archive.org/web/20110430051624/http://www.metalist.ua/news/2306.html. dead.
  26. Web site: С "Днепром" "Заря" сыграет в Алчевске (Against Dnipro, Zorya will play in Alchevsk). ua-football.com. 4 May 2011. 4 May 2011. Official Zorya website. ru.
  27. FPL: Game Report – Venue Bannikov Stadion used as home ground by Arsenal in Round 1
  28. FPL: Game Report – Venue Bannikov Stadion used as home ground by Arsenal in Round 3
  29. Web site: UEFA Country Ranking 2010. Kassies. Bert. 20 March 2011.
  30. Web site: https://archive.today/20240525064858/https://www.webcitation.org/5xKnjfL9c?url=http://www.dynamicwebspace.com/10MB/duke_andy/Qual_Europe-2011-03-20.html . Qualification 2011/2012 UEFA European Cup Football . Kassies . Bert . 20 March 2011 . Shakhtar Donetsk qualified for European football . 2024-05-25 . dead .
  31. Web site: https://archive.today/20240525073559/https://www.webcitation.org/5y1B7gYi4?url=http://www.dynamicwebspace.com/10MB/duke_andy/Qual_Europe-2011-04-17.html . Qualification 2011/2012 UEFA European Cup Football . Kassies . Bert . 17 April 2011 . Shakhtar Donetsk, Metalist Kharkiv, Dinamo Kiev qualified for European football . 2024-05-25 . dead .
  32. Web site: https://archive.today/20240525074323/https://www.webcitation.org/5yCVbDmAD?url=http://www.dynamicwebspace.com/10MB/duke_andy/Qual_Europe-2011-04-24.html . Qualification 2011/2012 UEFA European Cup Football . Kassies . Bert . 24 April 2011 . Dinamo Kiev, Metalist Kharkiv, Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk, and Karpaty Lviv qualified for European football . 2024-05-25 . dead .
  33. Web site: https://archive.today/20240525080410/https://www.webcitation.org/5yMXfppfO?url=http://www.dynamicwebspace.com/10MB/duke_andy/Qual_Europe-2011-05-01.html . Qualification 2011/2012 UEFA European Cup Football . Kassies . Bert . 1 May 2011 . "EL1-4=Karpaty Lviv 10.776 (eu/Q2) or (eu/Q3) or (eu/Q4)" . 2024-05-25 . dead.
  34. Web site: https://archive.today/20240525082502/https://www.webcitation.org/5ybvA3sLE?url=http://www.dynamicwebspace.com/10MB/duke_andy/Qual_Europe-2011-05-12.html . Qualification 2011/2012 UEFA European Cup Football . Kassies . Bert . 11 May 2011 . "EL1-2=Metalist Kharkiv 34.276 (eu/Q4)" . 2024-05-25 . dead.
  35. Web site: Qualification 2011/2012 UEFA European Cup Football. Kassies. Bert. 16 May 2011. https://archive.today/20120529202747/http://www.xs4all.nl/~kassiesa/bert/uefa/qual2011.html. dead. 29 May 2012. " EL1-2=Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk 12.276 (eu/Q4); EL3=Karpaty Lviv 10.776 (eu/Q3)".
  36. Web site: Бомбардири (Goalscorer section). 2010-07-24. 2010-07-24. Ukrainian Premier League. https://web.archive.org/web/20100729145528/http://www.fpl.ua/ukr/fans/liga/. 2010-07-29. dead. uk.
  37. https://web.archive.org/web/20160305014754/http://www.fpl.ua/ukr/news/news_fpl/2974/ Названо лауреатів сезону 2010/2011 рр.!