2011–12 Ukrainian First League Explained

Season:	2011–12
Relegated:	Nyva V. Enerhetyk Lviv
League Topscorer:	19 goals: Oleksandr Kosyrin (Odesa/Hoverla-Zakarpattia)
Biggest Home Win:	Hoverla-Zakarpattia 6–0 Odesa (Round 28)
Biggest Away Win:	Enerhetyk 0–4 Metalurh (Round 2) Naftovyk-Ukrnafta 0–4 Nyva (Round 18) Lviv 0–4 Olimpik (Round 19) Enerhetyk 1–5 Sevastopol (Round 22) Lviv 1–5 Metalurh (Round 28)
Highest Scoring:	Naftovyk-Ukrnafta 3–4 Stal Alchevsk (Round 11) Krymteplitsia 4–3 Helios (Round 19) Metalurh 5–2 Arsenal (Round 23)
Matches:	292
Total Goals:	761
Longest Wins:	13 – Sevastopol (Round 21–33)
Longest Unbeaten:	14 – Sevastopol (Round 21–34)
Longest Losses:	13 – Lviv (Round 10, 12–15, ppd. 11, 16–22)
Highest Attendance:	7,100 Mykolaiv – Dynamo-2 (Round 22)
Lowest Attendance:	150 Dynamo-2 – Arsenal (Round 3)
Nextseason:	2012–13

The 2011–12 Ukrainian First League was the 21st since its establishment. Eighteen teams competed in the competition. Two teams were promoted from the 2010–11 Ukrainian Second League.Two teams were relegated from the 2010–11 Ukrainian Premier League

The competition began on July 16, 2011 with seven matches. The competition had a winter break starting on November 22, 2011 and the competition resumed on March 24, 2012 and completed on May 30, 2012.

Team changes

Promoted teams

These two teams were promoted from the 2010–11 Ukrainian Second League

Group A

• MFK Mykolaiv – Second League champion (returning after three seasons)

Group B

• Olimpik Donetsk – Second League champion (debut)

Relegated teams

Two teams were relegated from the 2010–11 Ukrainian Premier League

• FC Sevastopol – 15th place (returning after a season)
• Metalurh Zaporizhzhia – 16th place (debut)

Renamed teams

• Dnister Ovidiopol moved their operations to Odesa and renamed themselves to FC Odesa.^[1]
• Zakarpattia Uzhhorod was renamed to Hoverla-Zakarpattia Uzhhorod.^[2]

Team locations

Map

The following displays the location of teams.

Stadiums

The following stadiums were used during the season.

width=55	Rank	width=220	Stadium	width=72	Capacity	width=160	Club	Notes
1	Ukraina Stadium	28,051		Used as home ground in Round 28^[3]
2	Central Stadium, Vinnytsia	24,000	Nyva Vinnytsia
3	Army Sports Club Stadium, Lviv	23,040		Used as home ground in Round 21^[4]
4	Lobanovskyi Dynamo Stadium	16,873	Dynamo-2 Kyiv	Used as home ground in Round 23^[5]
5	Central Stadium, Mykolaiv	16,700	MFK Mykolaiv
6	Zirka Stadium, Kirovohrad	13,667	Zirka Kirovohrad
7	Labor Reserve, Bila Tserkva	13,500	Arsenal Bila Tserkva
8	Avanhard Zakarpattya, Uzhhorod	12,000	Zakarpattya Uzhhorod
9	Bukovyna Stadium, Chernivtsi	12,000	Bukovyna Chernivtsi
10	Slavutych Arena	11,983	Metalurh Zaporizhzhia
11	Stal Stadium, Alchevsk	8,632	Stal Alchevsk
12	Kolos Stadium, Boryspil	5,654	Arsenal Bila Tserkva	Used by Arsenal as home ground after the winter break
13	SK Sevastopol, Sevastopol, Crimea	5,511	FC Sevastopol
14	Naftovyk Stadium, Okhtyrka	5,256	Naftovyk-Ukrnafta Okhtyrka
15	Spartak Stadium, Odesa	4,610	FC Odesa
16	Khimik Stadium, Krasnoperekopsk, Crimea	4,116	Tytan Armyansk	Used as home ground after the winter break
17	Khimik Stadium, Armyansk, Crimea	3,450	Tytan Armyansk
18	ST Sport Arena, Ahrarne, Crimea	3,250	Krymteplitsia Molodizhne
19	Lofort Arena, Dobromyl	3,220
20	Enerhetyk Stadium, Burshtyn	3,000	Enerhetyk Burshtyn
21	Helios Arena, Kharkiv	2,057	Helios Kharkiv
22	Dukov Dnister Stadium, Ovidiopol	1,500	FC Odesa	Used as home ground in Round 23
23	Avanhard Stadium (artificial turf), Luhansk	1,000	Stal Alchevsk	Reserve ground - Used as home ground in Round 26^[6]
24	Dynamo Club Stadium, Chapayevka	750	Dynamo-2 Kyiv
25	Sports Complex Olimpik, Donetsk	680	Olimpik Donetsk

Managers

Club	Coach	Replaced coach
Arsenal Bila Tserkva
Bukovyna Chernivtsi	Vadym Zayats
Dynamo-2 Kyiv
Enerhetyk Burshtyn		Mykola Vitovskiy (caretaker) Bohdan Blavatskyi
Helios Kharkiv	Volodymyr Shekhovtsov (caretaker)
Hoverla-Zakarpattia Uzhhorod
Krymteplytsia Molodizhne	Mykola Fedorko (caretaker)
FC Lviv	Volodymyr Zhuravchak	Roman Marych (caretaker) Roman Laba (caretaker) Oleksandr Ryabokon
Metalurh Zaporizhzhia	Serhiy Zaytsev (caretaker)	Hryhoriy Nehiryev (caretaker)
MFC Mykolaiv
Naftovyk-Ukrnafta Okhtyrka		Vadym Kolesnyk (caretaker) Serhiy Mizin
Nyva Vinnytsia	Oleh Shumovytskyi (caretaker)	Oleh Fedorchuk
FC Odesa	Andriy Parkhomenko
Olimpik Donetsk
FC Sevastopol		Angel Chervenkov Oleksandr Ryabokon
Stal Alchevsk	Anatoliy Volobuyev
Tytan Armyansk		Serhiy Kozlov (interim) Mykola Fedorenko
Zirka Kirovohrad		Anatoliy Buznyk Ihor Zhabchenko Andriy Antonov (caretaker)

Managerial changes

Team	Outgoing head coach	Manner of departure	Date of vacancy	Table	Incoming head coach	Date of appointment	Table
Metalurh Zaporizhzhia	Hryhoriy Nehiryev (caretaker)	End as caretaker		Pre-season	Serhiy Zaytsev (caretaker)^[7]		Pre-season
FC Sevastopol	Angel Chervenkov^[8]	Resigned		Pre-season	Oleksandr Ryabokon^[9]		Pre-season
FC Lviv	Oleksandr Ryabokon	Leaves for PFC Sevastopol		Pre-season	Roman Laba (caretaker)		Pre-season
Zirka Kirovohrad	Anatoliy Buznyk^[10]	Resigned		13th	Ihor Zhabchenko^[11]		13th
Enerhetyk Burshtyn	Bohdan Blavatskyi^[12]	Resigned		18th	Mykola Vitovskiy (caretaker)^[13]		18th
FC Lviv	Roman Laba (caretaker)^[14]	End as caretaker		16th	Roman Marych (caretaker)		16th
FC Sevastopol	Oleksandr Ryabokon^[15]	Sacked		4th	Serhiy Puchkov^[16]		4th
Nyva Vinnytsia	Oleh Fedorchuk^[17]	Resigned		17th	Oleh Shumovytskyi (caretaker)		17th
Naftovyk-Ukrnafta	Serhiy Mizin^[18]	Resigned		9th	Vadym Kolesnyk (caretaker)		9th
Zirka Kirovohrad	Ihor Zhabchenko^[19]	Sacked		15th	Andriy Antonov (caretaker)		15th
Naftovyk-Ukrnafta	Vadym Kolesnyk (caretaker)	End as caretaker		8th	Yevhen Yarovenko^[20]		8th
Zirka Kirovohrad	Andriy Antonov (caretaker)	End as caretaker		15th	Vadym Yevtushenko^[21]		15th
FC Lviv	Roman Marych (caretaker)	End as caretaker		18th	Volodymyr Zhuravchak^[22]		18th
Enerhetyk Burshtyn	Mykola Vitovskiy (caretaker)	End as caretaker		16th	Volodymyr Kovalyuk^[23]		16th
Tytan Armyansk	Mykola Fedorenko^[24]	Resigned		13th	Serhiy Kozlov (interim)		13th
Tytan Armyansk	Serhiy Kozlov (caretaker)	End as caretaker		13th	Oleksandr Haydash^[25]		13th

League table

Withdrawn Teams

Enerhetyk Burshtyn

On 22 May the president of Enerhetyk Burshtyn informed that the Round 32 match in Vinnytsia was the last match as a professional club and that the will not be competing in the last two games of the season.^[26] The rest of Enerhetyk's fixtures (2 games) are considered technical losses. The club played 32 games in the League and had a record of 5 wins, 4 draws and 23 losses with 26 goals scored and 72 against.

FC Lviv

Prior to the start of the 2012–13 Ukrainian Second League season the Sporting Director of the club informed the PFL that they are withdrawing from the league due to termination of their financial sponsor.^[27]

Nyva Vinnytsia

The club originally informed the PFL that they were to withdraw from the league when the draw for the 2012–13 season was made due to insufficient funds.(5 July 2012)^[28] However, the city and the oblast administration informed the PFL guaranteeing sufficient funds for the next season.(10 July 2012)^[29] The club was to participate in the 2012–13 Ukrainian Second League competition after readmission to the PFL but was dissolved not submitting proper documentation or license fees and was omitted from the competition.(13 July 2012)

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.^[30]

Match two

MFK Mykolaiv remain in the First League.

Playoff bracket

• 1L – First League
• 2L – Second League

Top scorers

	Scorer	Goals (Pen.)	Team
1	Oleksandr Kosyrin	19
2	Serhiy Kuznetsov	16 (1)	FC Sevastopol
3	Oleksandr Kochura	14 (1)	Zirka Kirovohrad
4	Viktor Raskov	13	Helios Kharkiv
	Oleksiy Byelik	13 (2)	Metalurh Zaporizhzhia
6	Ivan Matyazh	12 (1)	Olimpik Donetsk/Metalurh Zaporizhzhia
	Artur Karnoza	12 (5)	Naftovyk-Ukrnafta Okhtyrka
8	Yevhen Pisotskyi	10	Metalurh Zaporizhia
	Lasha Jakobia	10 (1)	Hoverla-Zakarpattia Uzhhorod
	Ruslan Hunchak	10 (3)	Bukovyna Chernivtsi
	Valentyn Poltavets	10 (3)	FC Odesa

See also

• 2011–12 Ukrainian Second League
• 2011–12 Ukrainian Premier League

Notes and References

1. Web site: Овидиопольский "Днестр" переедет в Одессу и сменит название (Dnister Ovidiopol moves to Odesa and changes their name). ua.football.com . dynamomania.com . 20 June 2011. ru.
2. Web site: http://pfl.ua/football_news.php?readmore=5239. uk:У новому сезоні ужгородці виходитимуть на поле під назвою "Говерла-Закарпаття". In the new season the club from Uzhhorod will play under the name of Hoverla-Zakarpattia. PFL. 16 July 2011. uk. 2011-07-16. https://web.archive.org/web/20120524055607/http://pfl.ua/football_news.php?readmore=5239. 2012-05-24. dead.
3. Web site: http://pfl.ua/football_news.php?readmore=5918. uk:Анонс матчів 28-го туру першої ліги. Announcement of Round 28 matches for First League. PFL. 27 April 2012. 28 April 2012. uk. https://web.archive.org/web/20120506162242/http://pfl.ua/football_news.php?readmore=5918. 6 May 2012. dead. dmy-all.
4. Web site: http://www.ua-football.com/ukrainian/first/4ec50330.html. uk:ФК "Львів" повертається до рідного міста . FC Lviv returns to its native city. ua-football.com . 19 November 2011. 19 November 2011. uk.
5. Web site: http://pfl.ua/football_news.php?readmore=5838. uk:Анонс матчів 23-го туру першої ліги. Announcement of Round 23 matches for First League. PFL. 28 March 2012. 28 March 2012. uk. https://web.archive.org/web/20120401043326/http://pfl.ua/football_news.php?readmore=5838. 1 April 2012. dead. dmy-all.
6. Web site: http://www.ffu.org.ua/ukr/tournaments/first_liga/tprotocol/206799/. uk:Протокол Матчу 26 тур. Матч № 226.. Match report Round 26 Stal - Enerhetyk (Match #226). . 13 April 2012. 26 May 2012. uk.
7. Web site: Зайцев Сергей Илларионович И. о. главного тренера (Serhiy Ilarionovych Zaytsev head trainer) . FC Metalurh Official Site . FC Metalurh Official Site . 23 June 2011 . ru . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20110701094138/http://www.fcmetalurg.com/team/staff . 1 July 2011 .
8. Web site: Ангел Червенков покидает "Севастополь" (Angel Chervenkov leaves Sevastopol). ua.football.com . FC Sevastopol Official Site . 14 June 2011. ru.
9. Web site: Главным тренером ФК "Севастополь" назначен Александр Рябоконь (Oleksandr Ryabokon appointed head trainer of FC Sevastopol). ua-football.com . FC Sevastopol Official Site . 29 June 2011. ru.
10. Web site: http://www.ua-football.com/ukrainian/first/4e521c6b.html. uk:Анатолій Бузнік та Віктор Догадайло подали у відставку. Anatoliy Buznyk and Viktor Dohadailo resigned. ua.football.com. FC Zirka Official Site. 22 August 2011. 22 August 2011. uk. https://web.archive.org/web/20120925154613/http://www.ua-football.com/ukrainian/first/4e521c6b.html. 25 September 2012. dead.
11. Web site: http://www.ua-football.com/ukrainian/high/4e526d58.html. uk:Ігор Жабченко – головний тренер кіровоградської "Зірки" . Ihor Zhabchenko - head trainer of Zirka Kirovohrad . ua.football.com . FC Zirka Official Site . 22 August 2011. 22 August 2011. uk.
12. Web site: http://www.ua-football.com/ukrainian/first/4e78b60b.html. uk:Богдан Блавацький: "У Бурштині результат зробити складно" . Bohdan Blavatskiy: "In Burshtyn it is difficult to get a result. ua.football.com . Stepan. Bendas. 20 September 2011. 21 September 2011. uk.
13. Web site: http://www.ua-football.com/ukrainian/first/4e78b60b.html. uk:Кубок України. "Енергетик" - "Чорноморець" 0:1. Аргентинський привіт бурштинцям. . Ukrainian Cup. Enerhetyk 0–1 Chornomorets. Argentine greets Burshtyns. ua.football.com . Yaroslav. Batsala . 21 September 2011. 21 September 2011. uk.
14. Web site: http://ua-football.com/ukrainian/first/4e80726c.html. uk:Роман Марич: "Фінансування "Львова" буде покращуватися й команда прогресуватиме" . Roman Marych: Financing FC Lviv will improve and the team will progress. ua.football.com . PFL Official Site. 26 September 2011. 26 September 2011. uk.
15. Web site: http://football.ua/ukraine1league/news/144377.html. ru:Севастополь остался без тренера. football.ua . FC Sevastopol Official Site. Sevastopol left without a trainer . 17 October 2011. ru.
16. Web site: http://www.ua-football.com/ukrainian/first/4e9dba30.html. ru:Официально. Сергей Пучков - главный тренер ФК "Севастополь" . football.ua . FC Sevastopol Official Site. Official: Sehiy Puchkov - head trainer of FC Sevastopol . 19 October 2011. 18 October 2011. ru.
17. Web site: http://gazeta.ua/articles/vinnitsa-newspaper/406833. uk:Олег Федорчук залишив "Ниву". gazeta.ua . gazeta.ua. Oleh Fedorchuk leaves "Nyva". 30 March 2012. 28 October 2011. uk.
18. Web site: http://ua-football.com/ukrainian/first/4eb546fd.html. ru:Тренер "Нефтяника" Сергей Мизин подал в отставку. ua-football.com . ua-football.com. Trainer of Naftovyk, Serhiy Mizin resigns. 5 November 2011. ru.
19. Web site: http://www.ua-football.com/ukrainian/first/4eba6be5.html. uk:Керівництво "Зірки" відправило Ігоря Жабченка у відставку . Zirka's administration fires Ihor Zhabchenko . ua.football.com . FC Zirka Official Site . 9 November 2011. 9 November 2011. uk.
20. Web site: http://www.ua-football.com/ukrainian/first/4ed67a20.html. ru:Евгений Яровенко возглавил "Нефтяник". Yevhen Yarovenko to head Naftovyk. ua-football.com . Oleksandr. Dyuvbakov. 30 November 2011. 30 November 2011. ru.
21. Web site: http://www.ua-football.com/ukrainian/first/4edfec39.html. uk:Після нового року "Зірку" очолить Вадим Євтушенко? . After the new year Vadym Yevtushenko will become head trainer of Zirka . kirovograd.net . ua-football.com . 24 March 2012. 8 December 2011. uk.
22. Web site: http://www.ua-football.com/ukrainian/first/4f29bc32.html. uk:ФК "Львів" отримав нового головного тренера . FC Lviv got a new head coach. ua.football.com . Mariya . Voloshyn. 2 February 2012. 2 February 2012. uk.
23. Web site: http://www.ua-football.com/ukrainian/first/4f3ffe70.html. uk:"Енергетик" Бурштин. Новий спонсор, тренер і перші спаринги . Enerhetyk Burshtyn. New sponsor, trainer and first training game. ua.football.com . 18 February 2012. 18 February 2012. Batsala. Yaroslav. uk.
24. Web site: http://fctitan.titanexport.com/news/kadrovye_izmenenija/2012-05-16-479. ru:Николай Федоренко покинул пост главного тренера "Титана". Mykola Fedorenko resigns from the position of head trainer at Tytan. FC Titan Armyansk. 17 May 2012. 16 May 2012. FC Tytan official website. ru. https://archive.today/20130204145314/http://fctitan.titanexport.com/news/kadrovye_izmenenija/2012-05-16-479. 4 February 2013. dead. dmy-all.
25. Web site: http://www.ua-football.com/ukrainian/first/4fbcc86b.html. ru:Гайдаш возглавил "Титан" . championat.com . 23 May 2012. 23 May 2012. championat.com. ru.
26. News: http://www.ua-football.com/ukrainian/first/4fbb8918.html. Enerhetyk is withdrawing from the competitions. 2012-05-22. uafootball.com . 2012-05-22 . ru:"Энергетик" снимается из соревнований. ru.
27. News: http://www.ua-football.com/ukrainian/2a/4ffe90ba.html. FC Lviv terminate their existence. uafootball.com . 12 July 2012. 12 July 2012. uk:ФК "Львів" припинив своє існування. uk.
28. Web site: http://pfl.ua/football_news.php?readmore=6020. uk:Результати жеребкування другої ліги та Кубку України на сезон 2012-2013 років. Resulting draw for the Second League and preliminary rounds of the Ukrainian Cup for 2012–13. 5 July 2012. 5 July 2012. Professional Football League of Ukraine. uk. https://web.archive.org/web/20120712014418/http://pfl.ua/football_news.php?readmore=6020. 2012-07-12. dead.
29. News: http://pfl.ua/football_news.php?readmore=6025. uk:Вінницька "Нива" братиме участь у змаганнях. Nyva Vinnytsia will take part in the competition. PFL. 10 July 2012. 10 July 2012. uk. https://web.archive.org/web/20120711233357/http://pfl.ua/football_news.php?readmore=6025. 2012-07-11. dead.
30. News: http://pfl.ua/football_news.php?readmore=5963. uk: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. 21 May 2012. PFL. 21 May 2012. uk. https://web.archive.org/web/20120525161322/http://pfl.ua/football_news.php?readmore=5963. 2012-05-25. dead.