| 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 Shakhtar – Dynamo (Round 12) |
| Lowest Attendance: | 500 Zorya – Obolon (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.
| Club | Coach | Captain | Replaced 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 |
| Team | Outgoing head coach | Manner of departure | Date of vacancy | Table | Incoming head coach | Date of appointment | Table | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Metalurh Zaporizhzhia | Roman Hryhorchuk[4] | End of contract | May 10 | pre-season | Oleh Lutkov | May 27 | ||
| FC Sevastopol | Oleh Leschynskyi[5] | Dismissed | June 19 | pre-season | Serhiy Shevchenko | June 19 | pre-season | |
| FC Sevastopol | Serhiy Shevchenko[6] | Dismissed | September 12 | 15th place | Oleh Leschynskyi (interim) | September 12 | 15th place | |
| Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk | Volodymyr Bezsonov[7] | Resigned | September 18 | 3rd place | Vadym Tyschenko (interim) | September 18 | 3rd place | |
| Tavriya Simferopol | Serhiy Puchkov[8] | Dismissed | September 22 | 12th place | Valeriy Petrov (interim) | September 22 | 12th place | |
| Dynamo Kyiv | Valeriy Gazzayev[9] | Resigns | October 1 | 2nd place | Oleh Luzhnyi (interim)[10] | October 1 | 2nd place | |
| Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk | Vadym Tyschenko (interim)[11] | Interim position | October 1 | 3rd place |  Juande Ramos | October 1 | 3rd place | |
| Illichivets Mariupol | Ilya Bliznyuk[12] | Resigned | November 1 | 15th place | Oleksandr Volkov (interim) | November 1 | 15th place | |
| Metalurh Donetsk | Nikolay Kostov[13] | Resigned | November 12 | 10th place | Volodymyr Pyatenko (interim) | November 12 | 10th place | |
| Illichivets Mariupol | Oleksandr Volkov (interim) | End as interim | November 26 | 14th place | Valeriy Yaremchenko[14] | November 26 | 14th place | |
| FC Sevastopol | Oleh Leschynskyi (interim) | End as interim | December 21 | 15th place | Angel Chervenkov[15] | December 21 | 15th place | |
| Dynamo Kyiv | Oleh Luzhnyi (interim) | End as interim | December 24 | 2nd place | Yuri Semin[16] | December 24 | 2nd place | |
| Metalurh Donetsk | Volodymyr Pyatenko (interim) | End as interim | January 12 | 10th place | Andrei Gordeyev[17] | January 12 | 10th place | |
| Metalurh Donetsk | Andrei Gordeyev[18] | Sacked | May 3 | 11th place | Volodymyr Pyatenko (interim) | May 3 | 11th place | |
| Metalurh Zaporizhzhia | Oleh Lutkov | Sacked | May 4 | 16th place | Hryhoriy Nehiryev (interim) | May 4 | 16th place | |
| Tavriya Simferopol | Valeriy Petrov (interim)[19] | Sacked | May 8 | 10th place | Oleksandr Shudryk (interim) | May 8 | 10th place |
| width=25 | Rank | width=120 | Stadium | width=130 | Club | width=70 | Capacity | width=175 colspan=2 | Highest Attendance | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Donbass Arena | Shakhtar Donetsk | 52,518 | 50,390 | Round 12 (Dynamo) | |||||
| 2 | OSK Metalist | Metalist Kharkiv | 41,411 | 38,600 | Round 3 (Dynamo) | |||||
| 3 | Dnipro Arena | Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk | 31,003 | 31,003 | Round 15 (Shakhtar) Round 22 (Dynamo) | |||||
| 4 | Metalurh Stadium | Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih | 29,783 | 10,000 | Round 8 (Dynamo) | |||||
| 5 | Ukraina Stadium | Karpaty Lviv | 28,051 | 27,500 | Round 28 (Dynamo) | |||||
| 6 | RSK Olimpiyskiy | Metalurh Donetsk | 25,831 | 6,000 | Round 20 (Dynamo) | Used as home ground in Round 20[20] and 21 | ||||
| Zorya Luhansk | 650 | Round 26 (Metalurh Donetsk) | Used as home ground in Round 26[21] | |||||||
| 7 | Vorskla Stadium | Vorskla Poltava | 25,000 | 15,000 | Round 6 (Dynamo) | |||||
| 8 | Avanhard Stadium | Zorya Luhansk | 22,320 | 19,000 | Round 18 (Shakhtar) | |||||
| 9 | Lokomotiv Stadium | Tavriya Simferopol | 19,978 | 16,300 | Round 25 (Shakhtar) | |||||
| PFC Sevastopol | align=center | 12,000 | Round 4 (Dynamo) | Used by Sevastopol as home ground for the season[22] | ||||||
| 10 | Lobanovsky Dynamo Stadium | Dynamo Kyiv | 16,873 | 15,000 | Round 27 (Shakhtar) | |||||
| Arsenal Kyiv | align=center | 4,200 | Round 26 (Dynamo) | PL moved the Kyiv Derby game to Dynamo Stadium to accommodate a much larger crowd[23] | ||||||
| 11 | Illichivets Stadium | Illichivets Mariupol | 12,680 | 8,500 | Round 21 (Zorya) | |||||
| 12 | Avanhard Stadium | Volyn Lutsk | 12,080 | 11,520 | Round 7 (Shakhtar) | |||||
| 13 | Slavutych-Arena | Metalurh Zaporizhzhia | 11,983 | 8,500 | Round 2 (Shakhtar) | |||||
| 14 | Dynamo Stadium (Kharkiv) | Metalist Kharkiv | 9,000 | 6,516 | Round 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] | ||||
| 15 | Stal Stadium, Alchevsk | Zorya Luhansk | 8,632 | 4,500 | Round 28 (Dnipro) | Used as home ground in Round 28[26] | ||||
| 16 | Metalurh Stadium | Metalurh Donetsk | 5,300 | 5,000 | Round 13 (Shakhtar) | |||||
| 17 | Obolon Stadium | Obolon Kyiv | 5,100 | 5,100 | Round 1 (Dynamo) | |||||
| 18 | Bannikov Stadium | Arsenal Kyiv | 1,678 | 1,480 | Round 30 (Kryvbas) | Lent from FFU for home games in first half of season[27] [28] |
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]
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The top ten goalscorers during the season.[36]
| Scorer | Goals (Pen.) | Team | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yevhen Seleznyov | 17 | Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk |
| 2 | Marko Dević | 14 (3) | Metalist Kharkiv |
| 3 |  Lucky Idahor | 13 (1) | Tavriya Simferopol |
| 4 | Denys Oliynyk | 12 | Metalist Kharkiv |
| 5 | Andriy Yarmolenko | 11 | Dynamo Kyiv |
| 6 | Oleksiy Antonov | 10 | Illichivets Mariupol |
| Vasyl Sachko | 10 | Vorskla Poltava | |
 Luiz Adriano | 10 (1) | Shakhtar Donetsk | |
| Andriy Shevchenko | 10 (2) | Dynamo Kyiv | |
| Konstantyn Yaroshenko | 10 (2) | Illichivets Mariupol |
| 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 |
The laureates of the 2010–11 UPL season were:[37]
Willian (Shakhtar Donetsk)
Mircea Lucescu (Shakhtar Donetsk) Oleksandr Shovkovskyi (Dynamo Kyiv) Viktor Shvetsov (Odesa) Yevhen Konoplyanka (Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk) Yevhen Seleznyov (Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk)