2010–11 Ukrainian Premier League

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.

Ukrainian Premier League
Season2010–11
ChampionsShakhtar Donetsk
6th title
RelegatedMetalurh Zaporizhzhia
Sevastopol
Champions LeagueShakhtar Donetsk
Dynamo Kyiv
Europa LeagueMetalist Kharkiv
Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk
Karpaty Lviv
Vorskla Poltava
Matches played240
Goals scored609 (2.54 per match)
Top goalscorer17 – Yevhen Seleznyov (Dnipro)
Biggest home winDynamo 9–0 Illichivets (Round 15)
Biggest away winVolyn 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 scoringDynamo 9–0 Illichivets (Round 15)
Longest winning run11 – Shakhtar (Round 10–20)[1]
Longest unbeaten run11 – Shakhtar (Round 10–20)[1]
Longest losing run7 – Metalurh Zap. (Round 6–12)[1]
Highest attendance50,390 ShakhtarDynamo (Round 12)
Lowest attendance500 ZoryaObolon (Round 22)
Average attendance9228[2]

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

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Location map

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Locations of team home grounds in Ukrainian Premier League 2010–11
Kyiv city home venues of teams in the League

Managers and captains

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ClubCoachCaptainReplaced coach(es)
Arsenal Kyiv Yuriy Bakalov Vitaliy Reva
Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk Juande Ramos Andriy Rusol Vadym Tyschenko (interim)
Volodymyr Bezsonov
Dynamo Kyiv Yuri Semin Oleksandr Shovkovskyi Oleh Luzhnyi (interim)
Valery Gazzayev
Illichivets Mariupol Valeriy Yaremchenko Adrian Pukanych Ilya Bliznyuk
Oleksandr Volkov (interim)
Karpaty Lviv Oleg Kononov Andriy Tlumak
Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih Yuriy Maksymov Oleksandr Maksymov
Metalist Kharkiv Myron Markevych Oleksandr Horyainov
Metalurh Donetsk Volodymyr Pyatenko (interim) Vyacheslav Checher Nikolay Kostov
Volodymyr Pyatenko (interim)
Andrei Gordeyev
Metalurh Zaporizhzhia Hryhoriy Nehiryev (interim) Junior Godoi Roman Hryhorchuk
Oleh Lutkov
Obolon Kyiv Serhiy Kovalets Valentyn Slyusar
FC Sevastopol Angel Chervenkov Serhiy Ferenchak Oleh Leschynskyi
Serhiy Shevchenko
Oleh Leschynskyi (interim)
Shakhtar Donetsk Mircea Lucescu Darijo Srna
Tavriya Simferopol Oleksandr Shudryk (interim) Slobodan Marković Serhiy Puchkov
Valeriy Petrov (interim)
Volyn Lutsk Vitaliy Kvartsyanyi Oleksandr Pyschur
Vorskla Poltava Mykola Pavlov Serhiy Dolhansky
Zorya Luhansk Anatoly Chantsev Volodymyr Yezerskiy

Managerial changes

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TeamOutgoing head coachManner of departureDate of vacancyTableIncoming head coachDate of appointmentTable
Metalurh Zaporizhzhia Roman Hryhorchuk[4]End of contractMay 10pre-season Oleh LutkovMay 27
FC Sevastopol Oleh Leschynskyi[5]DismissedJune 19pre-season Serhiy ShevchenkoJune 19pre-season
FC Sevastopol Serhiy Shevchenko[6]DismissedSeptember 1215th place Oleh Leschynskyi (interim)September 1215th place
Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk Volodymyr Bezsonov[7]ResignedSeptember 183rd place Vadym Tyschenko (interim)September 183rd place
Tavriya Simferopol Serhiy Puchkov[8]DismissedSeptember 2212th place Valeriy Petrov (interim)September 2212th place
Dynamo Kyiv Valeriy Gazzayev[9]ResignsOctober 12nd place Oleh Luzhnyi (interim)[10]October 12nd place
Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk Vadym Tyschenko (interim)[11]Interim positionOctober 13rd place Juande RamosOctober 13rd place
Illichivets Mariupol Ilya Bliznyuk[12]ResignedNovember 115th place Oleksandr 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 place Valeriy Yaremchenko[14]November 2614th place
FC Sevastopol Oleh Leschynskyi (interim)End as interimDecember 2115th place Angel Chervenkov[15]December 2115th place
Dynamo Kyiv Oleh Luzhnyi (interim)End as interimDecember 242nd place Yuri 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 Simferopol Valeriy Petrov (interim)[19]SackedMay 810th place Oleksandr Shudryk (interim)May 810th place

Stadiums

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RankStadiumClubCapacityHighest
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 Sevastopol12,000Round 4 (Dynamo)Used by Sevastopol as home ground for the season[22]
10Lobanovsky Dynamo StadiumDynamo Kyiv16,87315,000Round 27 (Shakhtar)
Arsenal Kyiv4,200Round 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

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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

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  • Since Ukraine finished in seventh place of the UEFA country ranking after the 2009–10 season,[29] the league will have the same number of qualifiers for 2011–12 UEFA Europa League. The Ukrainian Cup winner qualifies for the play-off round.

Qualified teams

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Vorskla PoltavaKarpaty LvivDnipro DnipropetrovskMetalist KharkivDynamo KyivShakhtar Donetsk

League table

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PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualification or relegation
1Shakhtar Donetsk (C)3023345316+3772Qualification to Champions League group stage
2Dynamo Kyiv3020556024+3665Qualification to Champions League third qualifying round
3Metalist Kharkiv3018665826+3260Qualification to Europa League play-off round
4Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk3016954620+2657
5Karpaty Lviv3013984134+748Qualification to Europa League third qualifying round
6Vorskla Poltava30109113732+539Qualification to Europa League second qualifying round[a]
7Tavriya Simferopol30109114446−239
8Metalurh Donetsk30115143645−938
9Arsenal Kyiv30107133638−237
10Obolon Kyiv3097142638−1234
11Volyn Lutsk3097142749−2234
12Zorya Luhansk3079142840−1230
13Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih30611132745−1829
14Illichivets Mariupol3078154567−2229
15Sevastopol (R)3076172648−2227Relegation to Ukrainian First League
16Metalurh Zaporizhzhia (R)3066181840−2224
Source: uafootball.net.ua
Rules for classification: 1st points; 2nd goal difference; 3rd goals scored; 4th fair play
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated
Notes:
  1. ^ Since the 2011 Ukrainian Cup Final was between 2 teams that had already qualified for the 2011–12 UEFA Champions League (Shakhtar Donetsk and Dynamo Kyiv) the 6th placed team (Vorskla Poltava) qualified for the 2011–12 UEFA Europa League.

Results

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Home \ AwayARKDNIDYNILLKARKRYMETMDOMZAOBOSEVSHATAVVOLVORZOR
Arsenal Kyiv1–20–33–12–21–00–13–11–01–00–11–33–11–10–11–1
Dnipro1–01–02–01–01–10–11–23–03–02–20–12–22–02–01–1
Dynamo Kyiv3–20–09–0[a]1–03–01–11–02–00–22–03–02–15–12–02–0
Illichivets Mariupol2–21–53–22–31–11–41–10–01–04–21–35–12–22–62–2
Karpaty Lviv2–10–01–23–12–10–12–11–03–02–11–01–01–02–24–2
Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih1–10–30–11–00–00–01–00–02–23–10–21–42–41–00–2
Metalist Kharkiv2–12–21–23–01–13–43–13–02–14–01–22–33–12–33–0
Metalurh Donetsk1–53–20–20–34–12–20–30–13–01–00–22–10–22–01–1
Metalurh Zaporizhzhia2–10–31–10–40–01–20–21–21–21–01–12–20–12–01–0
Obolon Kyiv1–10–12–22–01–11–10–21–11–02–21–02–10–10–11–0
Sevastopol0–22–10–31–03–12–20–00–11–03–10–10–14–10–00–1
Shakhtar Donetsk4–00–02–01–01–02–02–12–02–10–15–04–14–01–01–0
Tavriya Simferopol0–10–11–12–23–12–10–12–12–03–12–11–20–02–20–0
Volyn Lutsk0–01–11–23–10–30–01–41–31–01–01–00–12–20–40–1
Vorskla Poltava0–10–23–11–31–13–00–01–12–10–14–01–10–00–11–0
Zorya Luhansk0–20–11–22–22–21–00–20–20–21–00–01–35–33–01–1
Source: uafootball.net.ua
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
Notes:
  1. ^ Highest victory score in Ukrainian Premier League history (October 31, 2010) surpassing the record established by Shakhtar Donetsk against FC Torpedo Zaporizhzhia (9–1) on May 16, 1997.[36]

Round by round

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Team ╲ Round123456789101112131415161718192021222324252627282930
Shakhtar Donetsk252321111111111111111111111111
Dynamo Kyiv763234322222222222222222222222
Metalist Kharkiv378565765554333333333333333333
Dnipro411112233433444444444444444444
Karpaty Lviv13119756554345655555555555555555
Vorskla Poltava1844434467767779688811121011796666
Tavriya Simferopol1215111113769101211111010867999787667101077
Metalurh Donetsk837101288776678891111101012101189118111188
Arsenal Kyiv52567910888885667867786678107799
Obolon Kyiv61415161613111291112141413131212111110910128911881010
Volyn Lutsk1616161314141415131010101112108976667910106991111
Zorya Luhansk1113141491013101213141313111210101212111291112121212131212
Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih1512128812911119999911131313131414141413131413121313
Illichivets Mariupol9410121011121314151312121415141414141313131314141515151514
Sevastopol109691115151415141515151514151515151515151515151314141415
Metalurh Zaporizhzhia141013151516161616161616161616161616161616161616161616161616
Source: Dynamo Kyiv's Official Site (in Ukrainian)

Top goalscorers

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Seleznyov in 2010

The top ten goalscorers during the season.[37]

#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

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AwardFounderLaureate
Ukrainian Footballer of the Yearnewspaper Ukrainian FootballAndriy Voronin
Footballer of the Premier-Lihanewspaper KomandaAndriy Yarmolenko
Event of the Seasonua-football.comShakhtar Donetsk in quarter-finals
of Champions League
Discovery of the Seasonua-football.comJosé Sosa
Top Young Footballerua-football.comRoman Bezus
Team of the Seasonua-football.comMetalist Kharkiv
Top Ukrainian Footballerua-football.comOleh Husyev
Top Legionnaireua-football.comWillian
Top Coachua-football.comMyron Markevych

Season awards

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The laureates of the 2010–11 UPL season were:[38]

See also

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Transfers

References

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  22. ^ (in Ukrainian) FPL: Game Report – Venue Lokomotiv Stadium used as home ground by PFC Sevastopol in Round 2
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  38. ^ Названо лауреатів сезону 2010/2011 рр.!