| Season | 2010–11 |
|---|---|
| Champions | Shakhtar Donetsk 6th title |
| Relegated | Metalurh Zaporizhzhia Sevastopol |
| Champions League | Shakhtar Donetsk Dynamo Kyiv |
| Europa League | Metalist Kharkiv Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk Karpaty Lviv Vorskla Poltava |
| Matches | 240 |
| Goals | 609 (2.54 per match) |
| Top goalscorer | 17 –Yevhen Seleznyov(Dnipro) |
| Biggest home win | Dynamo 9–0Illichivets (Round 15) |
| Biggest away win | Volyn 0–4Vorskla (Round 1) Illichivets 1–5Dnipro (Round 3) Illichivets 2–6Vorskla (Round 17) Metalurh Zap. 0–4Illichivets (Round 20) Metalurh Don. 1–5Arsenal (Round 27) |
| Highest scoring | Dynamo 9–0Illichivets (Round 15) |
| Longest winning run | 11 –Shakhtar (Round 10–20)[1] |
| Longest unbeaten run | 11 –Shakhtar (Round 10–20)[1] |
| Longest losing run | 7 –Metalurh Zap. (Round 6–12)[1] |
| Highest attendance | 50,390Shakhtar –Dynamo (Round 12) |
| Lowest attendance | 500Zorya –Obolon (Round 22) |
| Average attendance | 9228[2] |
2011–12 → | |
The2010–11Ukrainian 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 the2009–10 season while the remaining two were promoted from theUkrainian 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 rivalsMetalurh Donetsk.[3]
The top five teams were exactly the same as theprevious season.
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| 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 |
| Rank | Stadium | Club | Capacity | Highest Attendance | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Donbas 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 | 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 | 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 fromFFU 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 wasShakhtar Donetsk with 722,231 spectators.[2] The least watched team wasArsenal Kyiv with 153,339 spectators.[2]
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Shakhtar Donetsk(C) | 30 | 23 | 3 | 4 | 53 | 16 | +37 | 72 | Qualification toChampions League group stage |
| 2 | Dynamo Kyiv | 30 | 20 | 5 | 5 | 60 | 24 | +36 | 65 | Qualification toChampions League third qualifying round |
| 3 | Metalist Kharkiv | 30 | 18 | 6 | 6 | 58 | 26 | +32 | 60 | Qualification toEuropa League play-off round |
| 4 | Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk | 30 | 16 | 9 | 5 | 46 | 20 | +26 | 57 | |
| 5 | Karpaty Lviv | 30 | 13 | 9 | 8 | 41 | 34 | +7 | 48 | Qualification toEuropa League third qualifying round |
| 6 | Vorskla Poltava | 30 | 10 | 9 | 11 | 37 | 32 | +5 | 39 | Qualification toEuropa League second qualifying round[a] |
| 7 | Tavriya Simferopol | 30 | 10 | 9 | 11 | 44 | 46 | −2 | 39 | |
| 8 | Metalurh Donetsk | 30 | 11 | 5 | 14 | 36 | 45 | −9 | 38 | |
| 9 | Arsenal Kyiv | 30 | 10 | 7 | 13 | 36 | 38 | −2 | 37 | |
| 10 | Obolon Kyiv | 30 | 9 | 7 | 14 | 26 | 38 | −12 | 34 | |
| 11 | Volyn Lutsk | 30 | 9 | 7 | 14 | 27 | 49 | −22 | 34 | |
| 12 | Zorya Luhansk | 30 | 7 | 9 | 14 | 28 | 40 | −12 | 30 | |
| 13 | Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih | 30 | 6 | 11 | 13 | 27 | 45 | −18 | 29 | |
| 14 | Illichivets Mariupol | 30 | 7 | 8 | 15 | 45 | 67 | −22 | 29 | |
| 15 | Sevastopol(R) | 30 | 7 | 6 | 17 | 26 | 48 | −22 | 27 | Relegation toUkrainian First League |
| 16 | Metalurh Zaporizhzhia(R) | 30 | 6 | 6 | 18 | 18 | 40 | −22 | 24 |
| Home \ Away | ARK | DNI | DYN | ILL | KAR | KRY | MET | MDO | MZA | OBO | SEV | SHA | TAV | VOL | VOR | ZOR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Arsenal Kyiv | — | 1–2 | 0–3 | 3–1 | 2–2 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 1–3 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 1–1 |
| Dnipro | 1–0 | — | 1–0 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 1–2 | 3–0 | 3–0 | 2–2 | 0–1 | 2–2 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 1–1 |
| Dynamo Kyiv | 3–2 | 0–0 | — | 9–0[a] | 1–0 | 3–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 0–2 | 2–0 | 3–0 | 2–1 | 5–1 | 2–0 | 2–0 |
| Illichivets Mariupol | 2–2 | 1–5 | 3–2 | — | 2–3 | 1–1 | 1–4 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 4–2 | 1–3 | 5–1 | 2–2 | 2–6 | 2–2 |
| Karpaty Lviv | 2–1 | 0–0 | 1–2 | 3–1 | — | 2–1 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 2–2 | 4–2 |
| Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih | 1–1 | 0–3 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 0–0 | — | 0–0 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 2–2 | 3–1 | 0–2 | 1–4 | 2–4 | 1–0 | 0–2 |
| Metalist Kharkiv | 2–1 | 2–2 | 1–2 | 3–0 | 1–1 | 3–4 | — | 3–1 | 3–0 | 2–1 | 4–0 | 1–2 | 2–3 | 3–1 | 2–3 | 3–0 |
| Metalurh Donetsk | 1–5 | 3–2 | 0–2 | 0–3 | 4–1 | 2–2 | 0–3 | — | 0–1 | 3–0 | 1–0 | 0–2 | 2–1 | 0–2 | 2–0 | 1–1 |
| Metalurh Zaporizhzhia | 2–1 | 0–3 | 1–1 | 0–4 | 0–0 | 1–2 | 0–2 | 1–2 | — | 1–2 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 1–0 |
| Obolon Kyiv | 1–1 | 0–1 | 2–2 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 1–0 | — | 2–2 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 1–0 |
| Sevastopol | 0–2 | 2–1 | 0–3 | 1–0 | 3–1 | 2–2 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 3–1 | — | 0–1 | 0–1 | 4–1 | 0–0 | 0–1 |
| Shakhtar Donetsk | 4–0 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 5–0 | — | 4–1 | 4–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 |
| Tavriya Simferopol | 0–1 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 3–1 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 3–1 | 2–1 | 1–2 | — | 0–0 | 2–2 | 0–0 |
| Volyn Lutsk | 0–0 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 3–1 | 0–3 | 0–0 | 1–4 | 1–3 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 2–2 | — | 0–4 | 0–1 |
| Vorskla Poltava | 0–1 | 0–2 | 3–1 | 1–3 | 1–1 | 3–0 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 4–0 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 0–1 | — | 1–0 |
| Zorya Luhansk | 0–2 | 0–1 | 1–2 | 2–2 | 2–2 | 1–0 | 0–2 | 0–2 | 0–2 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 1–3 | 5–3 | 3–0 | 1–1 | — |
| Team ╲ Round | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 | 27 | 28 | 29 | 30 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Shakhtar Donetsk | 2 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Dynamo Kyiv | 7 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 |
| Metalist Kharkiv | 3 | 7 | 8 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 |
| Dnipro | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 |
| Karpaty Lviv | 13 | 11 | 9 | 7 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 |
| Vorskla Poltava | 1 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 9 | 6 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 11 | 12 | 10 | 11 | 7 | 9 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 |
| Tavriya Simferopol | 12 | 15 | 11 | 11 | 13 | 7 | 6 | 9 | 10 | 12 | 11 | 11 | 10 | 10 | 8 | 6 | 7 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 7 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 10 | 10 | 7 | 7 |
| Metalurh Donetsk | 8 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 12 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 9 | 11 | 11 | 10 | 10 | 12 | 10 | 11 | 8 | 9 | 11 | 8 | 11 | 11 | 8 | 8 |
| Arsenal Kyiv | 5 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 9 | 10 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 10 | 7 | 7 | 9 | 9 |
| Obolon Kyiv | 6 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 16 | 13 | 11 | 12 | 9 | 11 | 12 | 14 | 14 | 13 | 13 | 12 | 12 | 11 | 11 | 10 | 9 | 10 | 12 | 8 | 9 | 11 | 8 | 8 | 10 | 10 |
| Volyn Lutsk | 16 | 16 | 16 | 13 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 15 | 13 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 10 | 8 | 9 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 9 | 10 | 10 | 6 | 9 | 9 | 11 | 11 |
| Zorya Luhansk | 11 | 13 | 14 | 14 | 9 | 10 | 13 | 10 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 13 | 13 | 11 | 12 | 10 | 10 | 12 | 12 | 11 | 12 | 9 | 11 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 13 | 12 | 12 |
| Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih | 15 | 12 | 12 | 8 | 8 | 12 | 9 | 11 | 11 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 11 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 13 | 13 | 14 | 13 | 12 | 13 | 13 |
| Illichivets Mariupol | 9 | 4 | 10 | 12 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 13 | 12 | 12 | 14 | 15 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 14 | 14 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 14 |
| Sevastopol | 10 | 9 | 6 | 9 | 11 | 15 | 15 | 14 | 15 | 14 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 14 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 13 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 15 |
| Metalurh Zaporizhzhia | 14 | 10 | 13 | 15 | 15 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 |
The top ten goalscorers during the season.[37]
| Award | Founder | Laureate |
|---|---|---|
| Ukrainian Footballer of the Year | newspaperUkrainian Football | Andriy Voronin |
| Footballer of the Premier-Liha | newspaperKomanda | 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:[38]
Willian (Shakhtar Donetsk)
Mircea Lucescu (Shakhtar Donetsk)Oleksandr Shovkovskyi (Dynamo Kyiv)Viktor Shvetsov (Odesa)Yevhen Konoplyanka (Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk)Yevhen Seleznyov (Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk)Shakhtar Donetsk qualified for European football
Shakhtar Donetsk, Metalist Kharkiv, Dinamo Kiev qualified for European football
Dinamo Kiev, Metalist Kharkiv, Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk, and Karpaty Lviv qualified for European football
EL1-4=Karpaty Lviv 10.776 (eu/Q2) or (eu/Q3) or (eu/Q4)
EL1-2=Metalist Kharkiv 34.276 (eu/Q4)
EL1-2=Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk 12.276 (eu/Q4); EL3=Karpaty Lviv 10.776 (eu/Q3)
