| Competition: | Ukrainian Second League |
| Season: | 2011–12 |
| Winners: | FC Sumy |
| Promoted: | FC Sumy FC Poltava Avanhard Kramatorsk |
| Relegated: | |
| Country: | Ukraine |
| Num Teams: | 28 |
| Matches: | 324 |
| Total Goals: | 862 |
| League Topscorer: | 12 goals Yuriy Kolomoyets (Hirnyk) Yevhen Radionov (FC Poltava) |
| Biggest Home Win: | Enerhiya 8–0 Real Pharm (Round 24) |
| Longest Wins: | 8[1] – Kremin (Round 11–18), Desna (Round 15–22) |
| Biggest Away Win: | 4 games – Makiyivvuhillya 0–5 FC Poltava (Round 3) Yednist' 1–6 Prykarpattya (Round 5) SKAD-Yalpuh 0–5 Skala (Round 7) SKAD-Yalpuh 1–6 Prykarpattya (Round 11) |
| Longest Losses: | 12 – Makiyivvuhillya (Round 2–3, 5–7, ppd. 1, 8–9, ppd. 4, 10–12) |
| Longest Unbeaten: | 21 – Desna (Round 2–22) |
| Highest Scoring: | Shakhtar-3 7–2 Sevastopol-2 (Round 2) |
| Highest Attendance: | 11,300 – FC Sumy–Real Pharm (Round 26) |
| Lowest Attendance: | 20 – Shakhtar-3–Stal (Round 18) |
| Prevseason: | 2010–11 |
| Nextseason: | 2012–13 |
The 2011–12 Ukrainian Second League was the 21st season of 3rd level professional football in Ukraine. There are two groups of competition divided by region. Both Group competitions began on July 23, 2011. The competition had a winter break from November 6, 2012 and until April 2, 2012. The group competitions will complete on 28 May 2012. The championship game was played between the top teams of each group competition on 2 June 2012.
Note: Relegation from the League is not covered by the current regulations[2]
The placing of teams in the table is done in the following order:
The next tie-break is a simple draw.
The following teams were admitted by the PFL after playing at the 2011 Ukrainian Football Amateur League and passing attestation.[3]
| Club | Stadium | Capacity | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Desna Chernihiv | Gagarin Stadium | 12,060 | |
| Dynamo Khmelnytsky | SC Podillia | 8,000 | |
| Enerhiya Nova Kakhovka | Enerhiya Stadium | 4,000 | |
| Yednist Plysky | Yednist Stadium | 1,500 | |
| Krystal Kherson | Krystal Stadium | 2,000 | |
| Nyva Ternopil | City Stadium | 15,150 | |
| Prykarpattia Ivano-Frankivsk | Rukh Stadium | 6,500[4] | |
| Real Farm Yuzhne | City Stadium | 3,000 | |
| SKAD-Yalpuh Bolhrad | Dunai Stadium | ? | |
| Skala Stryi | Sokil Stadium | 6,000 | |
| Slavutych Cherkasy | Central Stadium | 10,321 | |
| Sumy | Yuvileiny Stadium | 25,800 | |
| Ukrahrokom Pryiutivka | Holovkivsky Stadium | 580 | |
| Chornomorets-2 Odesa | SC Lustdorf | 500 |
On 7 January the Football Club Chornomorets Odesa informed the PFL that they ceased operations of their third team Chornomorets-2 Odesa and withdrew it from the League during the mid-winter break (after Round 16).[5] The PFL officially acknowledged the communication from the club on 11 January 2012. All of their spring fixtures are considered technical losses. The club played sixteen games in the League and had a record of 5 wins, 5 draws and 6 losses with 19 goals scored and 20 allowed.
On 4 April the PFL removed SKAD-Yalpuh Bolhrad from the competition due to deficient financial funding of the club. All of their spring fixtures are considered technical losses. The club played sixteen games in the League and had a record of 2 wins, 1 draws and 13 losses with 10 goals scored and 54 allowed.
| Scorer | Goals (Pen.) | Team | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Andriy Barladym | 10 | Krystal Kherson |
| 2 | Ruslan Ivashko | 9 | Prykarpattya Ivano-Frankivsk |
| Ihor Melnyk | 9 | FC Sumy | |
| Denys Ryzhenko | 9 (1) | ||
| 5 | Roman Poltavets | 8 | Desna Chernihiv |
| Mykhaylo Serhiychuk | 8 | ||
| Oleksiy Mazurenko | 8 (4) | Krystal Kherson |
| Stadium | Capacity | Club | |
|---|---|---|---|
| RSC Olimpiysky | 26,100 | Avanhard / Shakhtar | |
| Avanhard Stadium | 4,000 | Avanhard Kramatorsk | |
| Avanhard Stadium | 5,400 | Makiyivvuhillia Makiivka | |
| Zhovtneva Mine Stadium | 2,500 | Hirnyk Kryvyi Rih | |
| Metalurh Stadium (Yenakieve) | 5,500 | Makiyivvuhillia Makiivka | |
| Yunist Stadium | 2,500 | Hirnyk-Sport Komsomolsk | |
| Meteor Stadium | 24,321 | Dnipro-2 Dnipropetrovsk | |
| Azovets Stadium | 1,660 | Illichivets-2 Mariupol | |
| SC Kremin | 1,500 | Kremin Kremenchuk | |
| Shakhtar Academy | 1,000 | Makiyivvuhillia Makiivka | |
| Tytan Stadium | 2,000 | Metalurh-2 Zaporizhzhia | |
| Zatys Stadium | 500 | Myr Hornostayivka | |
| Lokomotyv Stadium | 2,500 | Poltava | |
| Kolos Stadium | 1,000 | Sevastopol-2 | |
| Metalurh Stadium | 2,900 | Stal Dniprodzerzhynsk | |
| Kirsha Training Center | 1,500 | Shakhtar-3 Donetsk | |
| Horiushkin Stadium | 10,000 | Shakhtar Sverdlovsk |
| Scorer | Goals (Pen.) | Team | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yevhen Radionov | 12 | FC Poltava |
| Yuriy Kolomoyets | 12 (2) | Hirnyk Kryvyi Rih | |
| 3 | Ivan Dotsenko | 11 (5) | Myr Hornostayivka |
| 4 | Seykhan Aliyev | 9 | Stal Dniprodzerzhynsk |
| Oleh Shevchenko | 9 (8) | Avanhard Kramatorsk |
A championship game will be played between the top teams of each group competition.[6]
A playoff between the two second placed teams will be played with the winner participating in another playoff game between the 16th placed team of the First League for a place in the 2012–13 Ukrainian First League competition.[6]
Avanhard Kramatorsk promoted to First League after Nyva Vinnystia withdrew from PFL (5 July 2012)[7]