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Stadiums

The following stadiums were used during the season.

Rank	Stadium	Club	Capacity	Highest Attendance		Notes
1	Donbass Arena	Shakhtar Donetsk FC Shakhtar Donetsk FC Shakhtar Donetsk is a Ukrainian professional football club from the city of Donetsk. Shakhtar has appeared in several European competitions and currently is often a participant of the UEFA Champions League. The club became the first Ukrainian club to win the UEFA Cup in 2009, the last year...	52,518	45,204	Round 14 (Metalist FC Metalist Kharkiv FC Metalist Kharkiv is a Ukrainian professional football club based in Kharkiv. It competes in the Ukrainian Premier League, the highest football level in the country. Founded in 1925, the team worked its way up the rungs of the Soviet football system, eventually being promoted to the Soviet Top... )
2	OSK Metalist Metalist Stadium Oblast Sports Complex "Metalist" , commonly known as Metalist Stadium , is a multi-use stadium in Kharkov, Ukraine. It is currently used chiefly for football matches and is the home of FC Metalist Kharkiv...	Metalist Kharkiv FC Metalist Kharkiv FC Metalist Kharkiv is a Ukrainian professional football club based in Kharkiv. It competes in the Ukrainian Premier League, the highest football level in the country. Founded in 1925, the team worked its way up the rungs of the Soviet football system, eventually being promoted to the Soviet Top...	38,656	38,656	Round 11 (Dnipro FC Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk Football Club Dnipro is a Ukrainian professional football club from the city of Dnipropetrovsk.-BRIT:The club's franchise traces its history all the way back when the first team that was formed in 1918 by the Petrovsky factory and was called as BRIT . The team participated in the regional competition... )
3	Chornomorets Stadium	Chornomorets Odessa FC Chornomorets Odessa FC Chornomorets Odesa is a Ukrainian professional football club from the city of Odessa. The club's home ground is the 34,164 Chornomorets Stadium opened in 1935 and rebuilt in 2011. During the reconstruction , the team played in the 4,610 Spartak Stadium...	34,164	31,060	Round 17 (Karpaty FC Karpaty Lviv FC Karpaty Lviv is a Ukrainian professional football club from the city of Lviv. Named after the Carpathian Mountains, they are one of perennial mid-table clubs in Ukraine.-Early years :... )	The inaugural match played on November 19, 2011, against FC Karpaty Lviv.
4	Dnipro Arena	Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk FC Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk Football Club Dnipro is a Ukrainian professional football club from the city of Dnipropetrovsk.-BRIT:The club's franchise traces its history all the way back when the first team that was formed in 1918 by the Petrovsky factory and was called as BRIT . The team participated in the regional competition...	31,003	31,003	Round 6 (Shakhtar FC Shakhtar Donetsk FC Shakhtar Donetsk is a Ukrainian professional football club from the city of Donetsk. Shakhtar has appeared in several European competitions and currently is often a participant of the UEFA Champions League. The club became the first Ukrainian club to win the UEFA Cup in 2009, the last year... )
5	Metalurh Stadium Metalurh Stadium Stadion Metalurh is a multi-purpose stadium in Kryvyi Rih, Ukraine. It is currently used mostly for football matches, and is the home of FC Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih. The stadium holds 29,734 people....	Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih FC Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih FC Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih is a Ukrainian professional football club from the city of Kryvyi Rih. The club currently plays in Ukrainian Premier League and is based in the Metalurh Stadium, which seats 29,734....	29,783	14,500	Round 10 (Metalist FC Metalist Kharkiv FC Metalist Kharkiv is a Ukrainian professional football club based in Kharkiv. It competes in the Ukrainian Premier League, the highest football level in the country. Founded in 1925, the team worked its way up the rungs of the Soviet football system, eventually being promoted to the Soviet Top... )
6	Ukraina Stadium Ukraina Stadium Ukraina Stadium is a multi-purpose stadium in Lviv, Ukraine. It is currently used mostly for football matches, and is the home of FC Karpaty Lviv. "Ukraina" is also an alternative stadium for the Ukraine national football team where it played several of its qualification games for various...	Karpaty Lviv FC Karpaty Lviv FC Karpaty Lviv is a Ukrainian professional football club from the city of Lviv. Named after the Carpathian Mountains, they are one of perennial mid-table clubs in Ukraine.-Early years :...	28,051	13,000	Round 2 (Chornomorets FC Chornomorets Odessa FC Chornomorets Odesa is a Ukrainian professional football club from the city of Odessa. The club's home ground is the 34,164 Chornomorets Stadium opened in 1935 and rebuilt in 2011. During the reconstruction , the team played in the 4,610 Spartak Stadium... )
7	RSK Olimpiyskiy Lokomotiv Stadium (Donetsk) RSK Olimpiyskyi is a multi-purpose stadium in Donetsk, Ukraine, owned by Shakhtar Donetsk. The stadium's maximum capacity is 25,678, and it is used exclusively for football matches. After its reconstruction in 2003, the stadium was also host to Shakhtar's city-rivals, FC Metalurh Donetsk...	Zorya Luhansk FC Zorya Luhansk FC Zorya Luhansk , formerly known as Zorya Voroshilovgrad and Zorya-MALS, is a Ukrainian football team. Zorya Luhansk is based in the city of Luhansk , Luhansk Oblast, Ukraine.-History:...	25,831	700	Round 17 (Metalist FC Metalist Kharkiv FC Metalist Kharkiv is a Ukrainian professional football club based in Kharkiv. It competes in the Ukrainian Premier League, the highest football level in the country. Founded in 1925, the team worked its way up the rungs of the Soviet football system, eventually being promoted to the Soviet Top... )	Used as home ground in Round 17and 19 due to Stal Stadium having no underground heating.
8	Vorskla Stadium Vorskla Stadium Oleksiy Butovsky Vorskla Stadium is a multi-purpose stadium in Poltava, Ukraine. It is currently used mostly for football matches, and is the home of FC Vorskla Poltava. The stadium holds 24,795 people. It was built in 1974 and has undergone several reconstructions after, most notably in 2000,...	Vorskla Poltava FC Vorskla Poltava FC Vorskla Poltava ,is a professional football team which plays in the Ukrainian Premier League and represents the city of Poltava.- History :...	25,000	7,850	Round 7 (Dnipro FC Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk Football Club Dnipro is a Ukrainian professional football club from the city of Dnipropetrovsk.-BRIT:The club's franchise traces its history all the way back when the first team that was formed in 1918 by the Petrovsky factory and was called as BRIT . The team participated in the regional competition... )
9	Avanhard Stadium	Zorya Luhansk FC Zorya Luhansk FC Zorya Luhansk , formerly known as Zorya Voroshilovgrad and Zorya-MALS, is a Ukrainian football team. Zorya Luhansk is based in the city of Luhansk , Luhansk Oblast, Ukraine.-History:...	22,288
10	Lokomotiv Stadium Lokomotiv Stadium (Tavriya) Lokomotiv Stadium is a multi-purpose stadium in Simferopol, Ukraine. It is currently used mostly for football matches, and is the home of SC Tavriya Simferopol. The stadium holds 19,978 people and was built in 1967 and renovated in 2004....	Tavriya Simferopol SC Tavriya Simferopol SC Tavriya Simferopol is a football club from Simferopol, Crimea, which plays in the Ukrainian Premier League. Tavriya is Crimea's most successful football club and is the winner of the very first Ukrainian Premier League, making them one out of 3 teams that have ever held this title.- History...	19,978	15,100	Round 13 (Shakhtar FC Shakhtar Donetsk FC Shakhtar Donetsk is a Ukrainian professional football club from the city of Donetsk. Shakhtar has appeared in several European competitions and currently is often a participant of the UEFA Champions League. The club became the first Ukrainian club to win the UEFA Cup in 2009, the last year... )
11	Lobanovskyi Dynamo Stadium	Dynamo Kyiv FC Dynamo Kyiv FC Dynamo Kyiv is a professional football club based in the Ukrainian capital city of Kyiv. Founded in 1927, the club currently participates in the Ukrainian Premier League and has spent its entire history in the top league of Soviet and later Ukrainian football...	16,873	17,000	Round 11 (Shakhtar FC Shakhtar Donetsk FC Shakhtar Donetsk is a Ukrainian professional football club from the city of Donetsk. Shakhtar has appeared in several European competitions and currently is often a participant of the UEFA Champions League. The club became the first Ukrainian club to win the UEFA Cup in 2009, the last year... )
11	Lobanovskyi Dynamo Stadium	Arsenal Kyiv FC Arsenal Kyiv FC Arsenal Kyiv is a professional football club from the Ukrainian capital of Kiev.-History:In the 1950s, a different club under the same name Arsenal Kyiv won the 1958 Ukrainian SSR Championship. However in 1963 the club was renamed to "Temp Kyiv". In 1964 the club was replaced by FC Dynamo-2 Kyiv...	16,873	13,000	Round 10 (Oleksandria)	Used as home ground in first half of the season(Rounds 1 , 2, 4, 6, 8, 10, 12 & 15)
12	Illichivets Stadium Illychivets Stadium Illichivets Stadium is a multi-purpose stadium in Mariupol, Ukraine. It is currently used mostly for football matches, and is the home of Illichivets. The stadium holds 12,680 people. Often the stadium is being utilize by the national women's football team....	Illichivets Mariupol FC Illychivets Mariupol FC Illichivets Mariupol is a Ukrainian professional football club from the city of Mariupol.-Quick overview:The team was previously called FC Metalurh Mariupol. FC Metalurh Mariupol changed its name to Illichivets during the winter break of the 2002–2003 season...	12,680	9,500	Round 1 (Karpaty FC Karpaty Lviv FC Karpaty Lviv is a Ukrainian professional football club from the city of Lviv. Named after the Carpathian Mountains, they are one of perennial mid-table clubs in Ukraine.-Early years :... ) Round 3 (Kryvbas FC Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih FC Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih is a Ukrainian professional football club from the city of Kryvyi Rih. The club currently plays in Ukrainian Premier League and is based in the Metalurh Stadium, which seats 29,734.... )
13	Avanhard Stadium Avanhard Stadium (Lutsk) Avanhard Stadium is a multi-purpose stadium in Lutsk, Ukraine. It is currently used mostly for football matches, and is the home of FC Volyn Lutsk. The stadium holds 12,080 people and opened in 1960....	Volyn Lutsk FC Volyn Lutsk FC Volyn Lutsk is a professional Ukrainian football team in the Ukrainian Premier League.-History:The Lutsk club was formed in 1960 initially as Avanhard, after the Soviet sports society, but before the start of competitions the name was changed to Volyn. Right from its establishment the club...	12,080	8,000	Round 12 (Karpaty FC Karpaty Lviv FC Karpaty Lviv is a Ukrainian professional football club from the city of Lviv. Named after the Carpathian Mountains, they are one of perennial mid-table clubs in Ukraine.-Early years :... )
14	Dynamo Stadium (Kharkiv) Dynamo Stadium (Kharkiv) Dynamo Stadium in Kharkiv, Ukraine was most recently the home of FC Kharkiv, an association football club.-History:The stadium was built in 1931 and was used by teams from Kharkiv in the Soviet Championship, including FC Dynamo Kharkiv and FC Lokomotyv Kharkiv.The stadium was damaged during...	Metalist Kharkiv FC Metalist Kharkiv FC Metalist Kharkiv is a Ukrainian professional football club based in Kharkiv. It competes in the Ukrainian Premier League, the highest football level in the country. Founded in 1925, the team worked its way up the rungs of the Soviet football system, eventually being promoted to the Soviet Top...	9,000	8,450	Round 2 (Zorya FC Zorya Luhansk FC Zorya Luhansk , formerly known as Zorya Voroshilovgrad and Zorya-MALS, is a Ukrainian football team. Zorya Luhansk is based in the city of Luhansk , Luhansk Oblast, Ukraine.-History:... )	Used as home ground in Round 2 due to main stadium turf resewn.
15	Stal Stadium Stal Stadium Stal Stadium is a multi-use stadium in Alchevsk, Ukraine. It is currently used mostly for football matches, and is the home of FC Stal Alchevsk. The stadium holds 9,200 people.... , Alchevsk Alchevsk Alchevsk is a town in the Luhansk Oblast of eastern Ukraine. It is separate administrative unit, and is located approximately 45 km from the oblast capital, Luhansk, and right next to the district capital of Perevalsk....	Zorya Luhansk FC Zorya Luhansk FC Zorya Luhansk , formerly known as Zorya Voroshilovgrad and Zorya-MALS, is a Ukrainian football team. Zorya Luhansk is based in the city of Luhansk , Luhansk Oblast, Ukraine.-History:...	8,632	6,000	Round 5 (Metalurh FC Metalurh Donetsk FC Metalurh Donetsk is a Ukrainian professional football club from the city of Donetsk. The club currently plays in the Ukrainian Premier League.- Pre-history :... )	Used as home ground in the first half of the season (Rounds 3, 5, 7, 9, 11, 13, 15 & 16) due to main stadium turf resewn.
16	CSC Nika Stadium CSC Nika Stadium Cultural Sports Complex Nika Stadium is a football stadium in the city of Oleksandria, Ukraine.The stadium has a capacity of 7,000 spectators.The stadium is the home ground of Ukrainian Premier League club PFC Oleksandria....	PFC Oleksandria	7,000	7,000	Round 2 (Dynamo FC Dynamo Kyiv FC Dynamo Kyiv is a professional football club based in the Ukrainian capital city of Kyiv. Founded in 1927, the club currently participates in the Ukrainian Premier League and has spent its entire history in the top league of Soviet and later Ukrainian football... ) Round 15 (Shakhtar FC Shakhtar Donetsk FC Shakhtar Donetsk is a Ukrainian professional football club from the city of Donetsk. Shakhtar has appeared in several European competitions and currently is often a participant of the UEFA Champions League. The club became the first Ukrainian club to win the UEFA Cup in 2009, the last year... )
17	Metalurh Stadium Metalurh Stadium (Donetsk) Metalurh Stadium is a football-only stadium in Donetsk, Ukraine. It is currently used for football matches, and is the new home of FC Metalurh Donetsk. The stadium's official maximum capacity is 5,094. It is not qualified to host UEFA competitions, therefore the team leases Shakhtar Stadium, for...	Metalurh Donetsk FC Metalurh Donetsk FC Metalurh Donetsk is a Ukrainian professional football club from the city of Donetsk. The club currently plays in the Ukrainian Premier League.- Pre-history :...	5,300	4,700	Round 2 (Shakhtar FC Shakhtar Donetsk FC Shakhtar Donetsk is a Ukrainian professional football club from the city of Donetsk. Shakhtar has appeared in several European competitions and currently is often a participant of the UEFA Champions League. The club became the first Ukrainian club to win the UEFA Cup in 2009, the last year... )
18	Obolon Arena	Obolon Kyiv FC Obolon Kyiv FC Obolon Kyiv is a Ukrainian professional football club based in Kiev . It plays home matches at Obolon Arena. Its home colors are green shirts and white shorts; while its away uniforms are white shirts and green shorts. They also have an all yellow kit as backup...	5,100	5,100	Round 11 (Arsenal FC Arsenal Kyiv FC Arsenal Kyiv is a professional football club from the Ukrainian capital of Kiev.-History:In the 1950s, a different club under the same name Arsenal Kyiv won the 1958 Ukrainian SSR Championship. However in 1963 the club was renamed to "Temp Kyiv". In 1964 the club was replaced by FC Dynamo-2 Kyiv... ) Round 18 (Dynamo FC Dynamo Kyiv FC Dynamo Kyiv is a professional football club based in the Ukrainian capital city of Kyiv. Founded in 1927, the club currently participates in the Ukrainian Premier League and has spent its entire history in the top league of Soviet and later Ukrainian football... )
19	Spartak Stadium Spartak Stadium (Odessa) Spartak Stadium is multi-functional stadium in the city of Odessa, Ukraine.It is the home ground of rugby club Kredo-63, and also the temporary home ground of Chornomorets of the Ukraine Premier League while their home stadium is under reconstruction for Euro 2012.The stadium was opened in 1928 as...	Chornomorets Odessa FC Chornomorets Odessa FC Chornomorets Odesa is a Ukrainian professional football club from the city of Odessa. The club's home ground is the 34,164 Chornomorets Stadium opened in 1935 and rebuilt in 2011. During the reconstruction , the team played in the 4,610 Spartak Stadium...	4,610	4,610	Eight games	First eight home games were sellouts

Managers and captains

Club	Coach	Captain	Replaced coach(es)
FC Arsenal Kyiv FC Arsenal Kyiv FC Arsenal Kyiv is a professional football club from the Ukrainian capital of Kiev.-History:In the 1950s, a different club under the same name Arsenal Kyiv won the 1958 Ukrainian SSR Championship. However in 1963 the club was renamed to "Temp Kyiv". In 1964 the club was replaced by FC Dynamo-2 Kyiv...	Leonid Kuchuk	Maksim Shatskikh Maksim Shatskikh Maksim Aleksandrovich Shatskikh , is an Uzbek professional footballer who plays for Arsenal Kyiv in the Ukrainian Premier League....	Yuriy Bakalov Yuriy Bakalov Yuriy Bakalov is a former Soviet and Ukrainian professional football midfielder and current Ukrainian coach.On 16 April 2010, Bakalov was appointed as interim coach to the Ukrainian Premier League club FC Arsenal Kyiv and on 18 May 2010 confirmed as main coach.-External links:* * *...
FC Chornomorets Odesa	Roman Hryhorchuk Roman Hryhorchuk Roman Hryhorchuk is a retired Ukrainian football player and current manager of FC Chornomorets Odesa.-Player career:He started playing with FC Lysonia Berezhany and then FC Temp Shepetivka...	Anatoliy Didenko Anatoliy Didenko Anatoliy Didenko is a Ukrainian footballer who currently plays for the Ukrainian Premier League club FC Chornomorets Odesa. Didenko is a vice-captain of the team.-External links:*...
FC Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk FC Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk Football Club Dnipro is a Ukrainian professional football club from the city of Dnipropetrovsk.-BRIT:The club's franchise traces its history all the way back when the first team that was formed in 1918 by the Petrovsky factory and was called as BRIT . The team participated in the regional competition...	Juande Ramos	Ruslan Rotan Ruslan Rotan Ruslan Petrovych Rotan is a Ukrainian footballer. He plays in midfield for FC Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk and is an international for the Ukrainian national football team.-Career:...
FC Dynamo Kyiv FC Dynamo Kyiv FC Dynamo Kyiv is a professional football club based in the Ukrainian capital city of Kyiv. Founded in 1927, the club currently participates in the Ukrainian Premier League and has spent its entire history in the top league of Soviet and later Ukrainian football...	Yuri Semin Yuri Semin Yuri Syomin is a Russian football coach and the current manager of FC Dynamo Kyiv. He is most notable for his former work as FC Lokomotiv Moscow manager and president.-Biography:...	Oleksandr Shovkovskiy
FC Illichivets Mariupol	Ihor Leonov (caretaker)	Adrian Pukanych Adrian Pukanych Adrian Pukanych is a professional Ukrainian football midfielder who plays for FC Illychivets Mariupol in the Ukrainian Premier League.- International career :...	Valeriy Yaremchenko
FC Karpaty Lviv FC Karpaty Lviv FC Karpaty Lviv is a Ukrainian professional football club from the city of Lviv. Named after the Carpathian Mountains, they are one of perennial mid-table clubs in Ukraine.-Early years :...	Pavel Kucherov Pavel Kucherov Pavel Kucherov is a Russian football coach and the current interim manager of FC Karpaty Lviv.Citizenship: Dutch, Russian.Kucherov spent time as coach in Netherlands and in March 2011 he leaved the Dutch club Willem II Tilburg and in October 18, 2011 was appointed interim coach in the Ukrainian... (interim)	Ihor Khudobyak	Aleh Konanaw
FC Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih FC Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih FC Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih is a Ukrainian professional football club from the city of Kryvyi Rih. The club currently plays in Ukrainian Premier League and is based in the Metalurh Stadium, which seats 29,734....	Yuriy Maksymov	Vitaliy Lysytskyi
FC Metalist Kharkiv FC Metalist Kharkiv FC Metalist Kharkiv is a Ukrainian professional football club based in Kharkiv. It competes in the Ukrainian Premier League, the highest football level in the country. Founded in 1925, the team worked its way up the rungs of the Soviet football system, eventually being promoted to the Soviet Top...	Myron Markevych Myron Markevych Myron Bohdanovych Markevych is a former football midfielder and current head coach of Metalist Kharkiv in the Ukrainian Premier League and former head coach of the Ukrainian national football team...	Xavier
FC Metalurh Donetsk FC Metalurh Donetsk FC Metalurh Donetsk is a Ukrainian professional football club from the city of Donetsk. The club currently plays in the Ukrainian Premier League.- Pre-history :...	Volodymyr Pyatenko Volodymyr Pyatenko Volodymyr Pyatenko is a former Ukrainian professional football defender and current Ukrainian coach.On 12 November 2010, Pyatenko was appointed as interim coach to the Ukrainian Premier League club FC Metalurh Donetsk after resignation Nikolay Kostov....	Vyacheslav Checher Vyacheslav Checher Vyacheslav Checher is a professional footballer. He is currently a defenceman for FC Karpaty Lviv. He is also a member of the Ukrainian national football team.- References :*...
FC Obolon Kyiv FC Obolon Kyiv FC Obolon Kyiv is a Ukrainian professional football club based in Kiev . It plays home matches at Obolon Arena. Its home colors are green shirts and white shorts; while its away uniforms are white shirts and green shorts. They also have an all yellow kit as backup...	Serhiy Konyushenko	Oleksandr Mandzyuk Oleksandr Mandzyuk Oleksandr Mandzyuk is a professional Ukrainian footballer who plays for FC Obolon Kyiv.He is the older brother of Vitaliy Mandzyuk, member of Ukrainian national football team.-External links:* *...	Vasyl Rats (interim) Serhiy Kovalets Serhiy Kovalets Serhiy Kovalets is a former Ukrainian football midfielder, and currently head-coach of Obolon Kyiv in the Ukrainian Premier League.-Playing career:...
PFC Oleksandria	Volodymyr Sharan Volodymyr Sharan Volodymyr Bohdanovych Sharan is a Ukrainian football midfielder who represented Ukraine once at the national level and currently is a manager of PFC Oleksandria.He also capped for USSR U-20 team at 1991 FIFA World Youth Championship....	Oleksandr Kazanyuk
FC Shakhtar Donetsk FC Shakhtar Donetsk FC Shakhtar Donetsk is a Ukrainian professional football club from the city of Donetsk. Shakhtar has appeared in several European competitions and currently is often a participant of the UEFA Champions League. The club became the first Ukrainian club to win the UEFA Cup in 2009, the last year...	Mircea Lucescu Mircea Lucescu Mircea Lucescu is a Romanian former football player and current coach, and one of the most successful Romanian football managers. He is also the father of Rapid Bucharest coach, Răzvan Lucescu...	Darijo Srna Darijo Srna Darijo Srna is a Croatian footballer who plays for Shakhtar Donetsk as a captain and is also the captain of the Croatian national team.-Club career:Srna's talent was seen by many scouts in Croatia while he was young...
SC Tavriya Simferopol SC Tavriya Simferopol SC Tavriya Simferopol is a football club from Simferopol, Crimea, which plays in the Ukrainian Premier League. Tavriya is Crimea's most successful football club and is the winner of the very first Ukrainian Premier League, making them one out of 3 teams that have ever held this title.- History...	Semen Altman Semen Altman Semen Yosypovych Altman is a Ukrainian football coach and former goalkeeper. He is the current manager of SC Tavriya Simferopol.Semen’s son, Hennadiy Altman is also a goalkeeper and has followed his father to many of the teams Semen has coached over the years.- Career :Altman played for Kolhospnyk...	Volodymyr Yezerskyi	Oleksandr Shudryk (interim)
FC Volyn Lutsk FC Volyn Lutsk FC Volyn Lutsk is a professional Ukrainian football team in the Ukrainian Premier League.-History:The Lutsk club was formed in 1960 initially as Avanhard, after the Soviet sports society, but before the start of competitions the name was changed to Volyn. Right from its establishment the club...	Vitaliy Kvartsyanyi Vitaliy Kvartsyanyi Vitaliy Volodymyrovych Kvartsyanyi is a retired Soviet football player and Ukrainian coach.- External links :*...	Serhiy Siminin Serhiy Siminin Serhiy Siminin is a professional Ukrainian football defender who plays for FC Volyn Lutsk in the Ukrainian Premier League. Siminin is the product of Zorya Luhansk Youth School system where he was first trained by Serhiy Mayorov.-External links:*...
FC Vorskla Poltava FC Vorskla Poltava FC Vorskla Poltava ,is a professional football team which plays in the Ukrainian Premier League and represents the city of Poltava.- History :...	Mykola Pavlov Mykola Pavlov Mykola Petrovych Pavlov is a former Ukrainian football defender, and currently head-coach of FC Vorskla Poltava in the Ukrainian Premier League.-Playing career:...	Serhiy Dolhansky Serhiy Dolhansky Serhiy Dolhanskyi is a professional Ukrainian football goalkeeper who plays for Vorskla Poltava in the Ukrainian Premier League. He joined Vorskla from Metalurh Donetsk in February 2005.- External links :*...
FC Zorya Luhansk FC Zorya Luhansk FC Zorya Luhansk , formerly known as Zorya Voroshilovgrad and Zorya-MALS, is a Ukrainian football team. Zorya Luhansk is based in the city of Luhansk , Luhansk Oblast, Ukraine.-History:...	Yuriy Vernydub Yuriy Vernydub Yuriy Mykolayovych Vernydub is a Ukrainian professional football coach and a former player.From June 2009, he was an assistant coach with FC Metalurh Zaporizhya... (interim)	Ihor Shukhovtsev Ihor Shukhovtsev Ihor Shukhovtsev is a professional Ukrainian football goalkeeper who plays for Zorya Luhansk in the Ukrainian Premier League. He is currently the captain of the club.-External links:*...	Anatoly Chantsev

Managerial changes

Team	Outgoing head coach	Manner of departure	Date of vacancy	Table	Incoming head coach	Date of appointment	Table
FC Arsenal Kyiv FC Arsenal Kyiv FC Arsenal Kyiv is a professional football club from the Ukrainian capital of Kiev.-History:In the 1950s, a different club under the same name Arsenal Kyiv won the 1958 Ukrainian SSR Championship. However in 1963 the club was renamed to "Temp Kyiv". In 1964 the club was replaced by FC Dynamo-2 Kyiv...	Yuriy Bakalov Yuriy Bakalov Yuriy Bakalov is a former Soviet and Ukrainian professional football midfielder and current Ukrainian coach.On 16 April 2010, Bakalov was appointed as interim coach to the Ukrainian Premier League club FC Arsenal Kyiv and on 18 May 2010 confirmed as main coach.-External links:* * *...	End of contract	June 2	pre-season	Leonid Koutchouk Leonid Koutchouk Leonid Kuchuk is an Belarusian football manager and former professional player. He currently manages Ukrainian Premier League club FC Arsenal Kyiv.He is the father of FC Yenisey Krasnoyarsk's Aliaksei Kuchuk in the Russian First Division.-As a manager:...	June 2	pre-season
SC Tavriya Simferopol SC Tavriya Simferopol SC Tavriya Simferopol is a football club from Simferopol, Crimea, which plays in the Ukrainian Premier League. Tavriya is Crimea's most successful football club and is the winner of the very first Ukrainian Premier League, making them one out of 3 teams that have ever held this title.- History...	Oleksandr Shudryk (interim)	End as interim	June 9	pre-season	Semen Altman Semen Altman Semen Yosypovych Altman is a Ukrainian football coach and former goalkeeper. He is the current manager of SC Tavriya Simferopol.Semen’s son, Hennadiy Altman is also a goalkeeper and has followed his father to many of the teams Semen has coached over the years.- Career :Altman played for Kolhospnyk...	June 9	pre-season
FC Illichivets Mariupol	Valeriy Yaremchenko	Resigns	October 6	15th	Ihor Leonov (interim)	October 6	15th
FC Karpaty Lviv FC Karpaty Lviv FC Karpaty Lviv is a Ukrainian professional football club from the city of Lviv. Named after the Carpathian Mountains, they are one of perennial mid-table clubs in Ukraine.-Early years :...	Aleh Konanaw	Resigns	October 17	14th	Pavel Kucherov Pavel Kucherov Pavel Kucherov is a Russian football coach and the current interim manager of FC Karpaty Lviv.Citizenship: Dutch, Russian.Kucherov spent time as coach in Netherlands and in March 2011 he leaved the Dutch club Willem II Tilburg and in October 18, 2011 was appointed interim coach in the Ukrainian... (interim)	October 19	14th
FC Obolon Kyiv FC Obolon Kyiv FC Obolon Kyiv is a Ukrainian professional football club based in Kiev . It plays home matches at Obolon Arena. Its home colors are green shirts and white shorts; while its away uniforms are white shirts and green shorts. They also have an all yellow kit as backup...	Serhiy Kovalets Serhiy Kovalets Serhiy Kovalets is a former Ukrainian football midfielder, and currently head-coach of Obolon Kyiv in the Ukrainian Premier League.-Playing career:...	Sacked	October 31	16th	Vasyl Rats (interim)	October 31	16th
FC Obolon Kyiv FC Obolon Kyiv FC Obolon Kyiv is a Ukrainian professional football club based in Kiev . It plays home matches at Obolon Arena. Its home colors are green shirts and white shorts; while its away uniforms are white shirts and green shorts. They also have an all yellow kit as backup...	Vasyl Rats (interim)	Dismissed due to health reasons	November 26	16th	Serhiy Konyushenko	November 26	16th
FC Zorya Luhansk FC Zorya Luhansk FC Zorya Luhansk , formerly known as Zorya Voroshilovgrad and Zorya-MALS, is a Ukrainian football team. Zorya Luhansk is based in the city of Luhansk , Luhansk Oblast, Ukraine.-History:...	Anatoly Chantsev	Sacked	November 27	15th	Yuriy Vernydub Yuriy Vernydub Yuriy Mykolayovych Vernydub is a Ukrainian professional football coach and a former player.From June 2009, he was an assistant coach with FC Metalurh Zaporizhya... (interim)	November 27	15th

League table

Note: On 12 August 2010, the Football Federation of Ukraine

Football Federation of Ukraine

The Football Federation of Ukraine is the governing body of football in Ukraine. It governs the football competitions for the Ukrainian Professional League, including the Ukrainian Cup, the Amatory, the competitions among the youth , and also the Ukraine national football team. It also sets the...

punished Metalist Kharkiv and Karpaty Lviv for fixing a match in 2008; both teams were handed a fine and deducted nine points each. The FFU then released a statement on 19 October 2010 that the point deductions will be applied for the 2011–12 season. However, Karpaty Lviv have indicated that they will take the matter to the Court of Arbitration for Sport

Court of Arbitration for Sport

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at Lausanne

Lausanne

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; the table will hence not include the deductions until a final verdict has been made.

Round by round

Results

Notes:

Top goalscorers

The top ten goalscorers during the season.

#	Scorer	Goals (Pen.)	Team
1	Maicon Maicon Pereira de Oliveira Maicon Pereira de Oliveira is a Brazilian footballer who currently plays for the Ukrainian club Volyn Lutsk.-Volyn Lutsk:In 2009, he went abroad to Europe to play in the Ukrainian Premier League...	11	Volyn Lutsk FC Volyn Lutsk FC Volyn Lutsk is a professional Ukrainian football team in the Ukrainian Premier League.-History:The Lutsk club was formed in 1960 initially as Avanhard, after the Soviet sports society, but before the start of competitions the name was changed to Volyn. Right from its establishment the club...
1	Andriy Yarmolenko Andriy Yarmolenko Andriy Mykolaiovich Yarmolenko is a Ukrainian football forward for Dynamo Kyiv in the Ukrainian Premier League and the Ukraine national football team.-Early life and career:...	11	Dynamo Kyiv
3	Ideye Brown	9	Dynamo Kyiv FC Dynamo Kyiv FC Dynamo Kyiv is a professional football club based in the Ukrainian capital city of Kyiv. Founded in 1927, the club currently participates in the Ukrainian Premier League and has spent its entire history in the top league of Soviet and later Ukrainian football...
4	Yevhen Seleznyov	8	Shakhtar Donetsk
5	Cristaldo Jonathan Cristaldo Jonathan Cristaldo , nicknamed "Churry", is an Argentine football striker who plays for FC Metalist Kharkiv in the Ukrainian Premier League.-Club career:...	7	Metalist Kharkiv FC Metalist Kharkiv FC Metalist Kharkiv is a Ukrainian professional football club based in Kharkiv. It competes in the Ukrainian Premier League, the highest football level in the country. Founded in 1925, the team worked its way up the rungs of the Soviet football system, eventually being promoted to the Soviet Top...
	Nikola Kalinić Nikola Kalinic Nikola Kalinić is a Croatian footballer who plays for Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk in the Ukrainian Premier League.Croatia manager Slaven Bilić described him as "the future of Croatian football".-Early career:...	7	Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk FC Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk Football Club Dnipro is a Ukrainian professional football club from the city of Dnipropetrovsk.-BRIT:The club's franchise traces its history all the way back when the first team that was formed in 1918 by the Petrovsky factory and was called as BRIT . The team participated in the regional competition...
	Cleiton Xavier	7	Metalist Kharkiv FC Metalist Kharkiv FC Metalist Kharkiv is a Ukrainian professional football club based in Kharkiv. It competes in the Ukrainian Premier League, the highest football level in the country. Founded in 1925, the team worked its way up the rungs of the Soviet football system, eventually being promoted to the Soviet Top...
	Luiz Adriano Luiz Adriano Luiz Adriano de Souza da Silva or simply Luiz Adriano , is a Brazilian striker who plays for Shakhtar Donetsk.-Internacional:...	7 (1)	Shakhtar Donetsk
9	Serhiy Nazarenko Serhiy Nazarenko Serhiy Yuriyovych Nazarenko is a Ukrainian football midfielder for SC Tavriya Simferopol and the Ukrainian national football team.- Club career :...	6	Tavriya Simferopol SC Tavriya Simferopol SC Tavriya Simferopol is a football club from Simferopol, Crimea, which plays in the Ukrainian Premier League. Tavriya is Crimea's most successful football club and is the winner of the very first Ukrainian Premier League, making them one out of 3 teams that have ever held this title.- History...
	Ionuţ Mazilu Ionut Mazilu Ionuţ Costinel Mazilu is a Romanian footballer, who plays as a striker for FC Arsenal Kyiv. He is known in Romania for his sharp finishing, pace and technique.- Club :...	6 (1)	Arsenal Kyiv FC Arsenal Kyiv FC Arsenal Kyiv is a professional football club from the Ukrainian capital of Kiev.-History:In the 1950s, a different club under the same name Arsenal Kyiv won the 1958 Ukrainian SSR Championship. However in 1963 the club was renamed to "Temp Kyiv". In 1964 the club was replaced by FC Dynamo-2 Kyiv...
	Marko Devich	6 (2)	Metalist Kharkiv FC Metalist Kharkiv FC Metalist Kharkiv is a Ukrainian professional football club based in Kharkiv. It competes in the Ukrainian Premier League, the highest football level in the country. Founded in 1925, the team worked its way up the rungs of the Soviet football system, eventually being promoted to the Soviet Top...