2011–12 Ukrainian First League

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The 2011–12 Ukrainian First League was the 21st since its establishment. Eighteen teams competed in the competition. Two teams were promoted from the 2010–11 Ukrainian Second League. Two teams were relegated from the 2010–11 Ukrainian Premier League

Season2011–12
ChampionsHoverla-Zakarpattia Uzhhorod
PromotedHoverla-Zakarpattia
Metalurh Zaporizhia
RelegatedNyva V. (withdrew)
Enerhetyk (withdrew)
Lviv (withdrew)
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Ukrainian First League
Season2011–12
ChampionsHoverla-Zakarpattia Uzhhorod
PromotedHoverla-Zakarpattia
Metalurh Zaporizhia
RelegatedNyva V. (withdrew)
Enerhetyk (withdrew)
Lviv (withdrew)
Matches292
Goals761 (2.61 per match)
Top goalscorer19 goals:
Oleksandr Kosyrin (Odesa/Hoverla-Zakarpattia)
Biggest home winHoverla-Zakarpattia 6–0 Odesa (Round 28)
Biggest away winEnerhetyk 0–4 Metalurh (Round 2)
Naftovyk-Ukrnafta 0–4 Nyva (Round 18)
Lviv 0–4 Olimpik (Round 19)
Enerhetyk 1–5 Sevastopol (Round 22)
Lviv 1–5 Metalurh (Round 28)
Highest scoringNaftovyk-Ukrnafta 3–4 Stal Alchevsk (Round 11)
Krymteplitsia 4–3 Helios (Round 19)
Metalurh 5–2 Arsenal (Round 23)
Longest winning run13 – Sevastopol (Round 21–33)
Longest unbeaten run14 – Sevastopol (Round 21–34)
Longest losing run13 – Lviv (Round 10, 12–15, ppd. 11, 16–22)
Highest attendance7,100 Mykolaiv – Dynamo-2 (Round 22)
Lowest attendance150 Dynamo-2 – Arsenal (Round 3)
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The competition began on July 16, 2011 with seven matches. The competition had a winter break starting on November 22, 2011 and the competition resumed on March 24, 2012 and completed on May 30, 2012.

Team changes

These two teams were promoted from the 2010–11 Ukrainian Second League

Group A
  • MFK Mykolaiv – Second League champion (returning after three seasons)
Group B

Relegated teams

Two teams were relegated from the 2010–11 Ukrainian Premier League

Renamed teams

Team locations

Map

The following displays the location of teams.

Location of teams in Ukrainian First League 2011–12

Stadiums

The following stadiums were used during the season.

More information Rank, Stadium ...
Rank Stadium Capacity Club Notes
1 Ukraina Stadium 28,051 FC Lviv Used as home ground in Round 28[3]
2 Central Stadium, Vinnytsia 24,000 Nyva Vinnytsia
3 Army Sports Club Stadium, Lviv 23,040 FC Lviv Used as home ground in Round 21[4]
4 Lobanovskyi Dynamo Stadium 16,873 Dynamo-2 Kyiv Used as home ground in Round 23[5]
5 Central Stadium, Mykolaiv 16,700 MFK Mykolaiv
6 Zirka Stadium, Kirovohrad 13,667 Zirka Kirovohrad
7 Labor Reserve, Bila Tserkva 13,500 Arsenal Bila Tserkva
8 Avanhard Zakarpattya, Uzhhorod 12,000 Zakarpattya Uzhhorod
9 Bukovyna Stadium, Chernivtsi 12,000 Bukovyna Chernivtsi
10 Slavutych Arena 11,983 Metalurh Zaporizhzhia
11 Stal Stadium, Alchevsk 8,632 Stal Alchevsk
12 Kolos Stadium, Boryspil 5,654 Arsenal Bila Tserkva Used by Arsenal as home ground after the winter break[a]
13 SK Sevastopol, Sevastopol, Crimea 5,511 FC Sevastopol
14 Naftovyk Stadium, Okhtyrka 5,256 Naftovyk-Ukrnafta Okhtyrka
15 Spartak Stadium, Odesa 4,610 FC Odesa
16 Khimik Stadium, Krasnoperekopsk, Crimea 4,116 Tytan Armyansk Used as home ground after the winter break[b]
17 Khimik Stadium, Armyansk, Crimea 3,450 Tytan Armyansk
18 ST Sport Arena, Ahrarne, Crimea 3,250 Krymteplitsia Molodizhne
19 Lofort Arena, Dobromyl 3,220 FC Lviv
20 Enerhetyk Stadium, Burshtyn 3,000 Enerhetyk Burshtyn
21 Helios Arena, Kharkiv 2,057 Helios Kharkiv
22 Dukov Dnister Stadium, Ovidiopol 1,500 FC Odesa Used as home ground in Round 23[5]
23 Avanhard Stadium (artificial turf), Luhansk 1,000 Stal Alchevsk Reserve ground - Used as home ground in Round 26[8]
24 Dynamo Club Stadium, Chapayevka 750 Dynamo-2 Kyiv
25 Sports Complex Olimpik, Donetsk 680 Olimpik Donetsk
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  1. [a]
    After the winter break Arsenal Bila Tserkva played their Round 22 fixture at Kolos Stadium in Boryspil due to not having a lease signed to use Trudovi Reservy.[6]
  2. [b]
    After the winter break Tytan Armyansk played their home games at Khimik Stadium, Krasnoperekopsk, Crimea due to reseeding of the pitch at their stadium.[7]

Managers

More information Club, Coach ...
Club Coach Replaced coach
Arsenal Bila TserkvaUkraine Ihor Artymovych
Bukovyna ChernivtsiUkraine Vadym Zayats
Dynamo-2 KyivUkraine Andriy Husin
Enerhetyk BurshtynUkraine Volodymyr KovalyukUkraine Mykola Vitovskiy (caretaker)
Ukraine Bohdan Blavatskyi
Helios KharkivUkraine Volodymyr Shekhovtsov (caretaker)
Hoverla-Zakarpattia UzhhorodUkraine Oleksandr Sevidov
Krymteplytsia MolodizhneUkraine Mykola Fedorko (caretaker)
FC LvivUkraine Volodymyr ZhuravchakUkraine Roman Marych (caretaker)
Ukraine Roman Laba (caretaker)
Metalurh ZaporizhzhiaUkraine Serhiy Zaytsev (caretaker)
MFC MykolaivUkraine Ruslan Zabranskyi
Naftovyk-Ukrnafta OkhtyrkaUkraine Yevhen YarovenkoUkraine Vadym Kolesnyk (caretaker)
Ukraine Serhiy Mizin
Nyva VinnytsiaUkraine Oleh Shumovytskyi (caretaker)Ukraine Oleh Fedorchuk
FC OdesaUkraine Andriy Parkhomenko
Olimpik DonetskUkraine Ihor Petrov
FC SevastopolUkraine Serhiy PuchkovUkraine Oleksandr Ryabokon
Stal AlchevskUkraine Anatoliy Volobuyev
Tytan ArmyanskUkraine Oleksandr HaydashUkraine Serhiy Kozlov (interim)
Ukraine Mykola Fedorenko
Zirka KirovohradUkraine Vadym YevtushenkoUkraine Anatoliy Buznyk
Ukraine Ihor Zhabchenko
Ukraine Andriy Antonov (caretaker)
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Managerial changes

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Team Outgoing head coach Manner of departure Date of vacancy Table Incoming head coach Date of appointment
Metalurh Zaporizhzhia Ukraine Hryhoriy Nehiryev (caretaker) End as caretaker 1 June Pre-season Ukraine Serhiy Zaytsev (caretaker)[9] 13 June
FC Sevastopol Bulgaria Angel Chervenkov[10] Resigned 14 June Ukraine Oleksandr Ryabokon[11] 28 June
FC Lviv Ukraine Oleksandr Ryabokon[11] Leaves for PFC Sevastopol 28 June Ukraine Roman Laba (caretaker) 28 June
Zirka Kirovohrad Ukraine Anatoliy Buznyk[12] Resigned 22 August 13th Ukraine Ihor Zhabchenko[13] 22 August
Enerhetyk Burshtyn Ukraine Bohdan Blavatskyi[14] Resigned 16 September 18th Ukraine Mykola Vitovskiy (caretaker)[15] 17 September
FC Lviv Ukraine Roman Laba (caretaker)[16] End as caretaker 24 September 16th Ukraine Roman Marych (caretaker) 24 September
FC Sevastopol Ukraine Oleksandr Ryabokon[17] Sacked 17 October 4th Ukraine Serhiy Puchkov[18] 18 October
Nyva Vinnytsia Ukraine Oleh Fedorchuk[19] Resigned 20 October 17th Ukraine Oleh Shumovytskyi (caretaker) 20 October
Naftovyk-Ukrnafta Ukraine Serhiy Mizin[20] Resigned 5 November 9th Ukraine Vadym Kolesnyk (caretaker) 7 November
Zirka Kirovohrad Ukraine Ihor Zhabchenko[21] Sacked 9 November 15th Ukraine Andriy Antonov (caretaker) 9 November
Naftovyk-Ukrnafta Ukraine Vadym Kolesnyk (caretaker) End as caretaker 30 November 8th Ukraine Yevhen Yarovenko[22] 30 November
Zirka Kirovohrad Ukraine Andriy Antonov (caretaker) End as caretaker 9 December 15th Ukraine Vadym Yevtushenko[23] 9 December
FC Lviv Ukraine Roman Marych (caretaker) End as caretaker 1 February 18th Ukraine Volodymyr Zhuravchak[24] 1 February
Enerhetyk Burshtyn Ukraine Mykola Vitovskiy (caretaker) End as caretaker 16 February 16th Ukraine Volodymyr Kovalyuk[25] 16 February
Tytan Armyansk Ukraine Mykola Fedorenko[26] Resigned 16 May 13th Ukraine Serhiy Kozlov[26] (interim) 16 May
Ukraine Serhiy Kozlov (caretaker) End as caretaker 23 May 13th Ukraine Oleksandr Haydash[27] 23 May
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League table

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion or relegation
1 Hoverla-Zakarpattia Uzhhorod (C, P) 34 27 3 4 67 16 +51 84 Promoted to Ukrainian Premier League
2 Metalurh Zaporizhzhia (P) 34 24 4 6 77 32 +45 76
3 FC Sevastopol 34 23 7 4 60 22 +38 76
4 Arsenal Bila Tserkva 34 18 8 8 51 39 +12 62
5 Krymteplitsia Molodizhne 34 17 9 8 50 38 +12 60
6 Bukovyna Chernivtsi 34 15 12 7 38 29 +9 57
7 Stal Alchevsk 34 14 8 12 51 50 +1 50
8 Dynamo-2 Kyiv 34 15 5 14 39 39 0 50
9 Helios Kharkiv 34 13 9 12 53 45 +8 48
10 Naftovyk-Ukrnafta Okhtyrka 34 12 8 14 49 43 +6 44
11 Zirka Kirovohrad 34 13 5 16 53 49 +4 44
12 Olimpik Donetsk 34 11 7 16 38 44 −6 40
13 Nyva Vinnytsia (D) 34 7 11 16 21 39 −18 32 Withdrew[a]
14 Tytan Armyansk 34 9 5 20 33 59 −26 32
15 FC Odesa 34 7 10 17 37 51 −14 31
16 MFK Mykolaiv[b] (O) 34 9 4 21 33 51 −18 28 Qualification for relegation play-off
17 Enerhetyk Burshtyn (D) 34 5 4 25 26 72 −46 19 Withdrew[c]
18 FC Lviv[d] (D) 34 6 3 25 21 79 −58 18 Withdrew[e]
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Source: Professional Football League of Ukraine[32]
Rules for classification: 1st points; 2nd goal difference; 3rd goals scored; 4th fair play[33]
(C) Champions; (D) Disqualified; (O) Play-off winners; (P) Promoted
Notes:
  1. [a]
    Nyva Vinnystia withdrew from the PFL after the season.(13 July 2012)[28]
  2. [b]
    MFK Mykolaiv were deducted 3 points for failure of payments of financial obligations ordered by the PFL. (31 May 2012)[29]
  3. [c]
    Enerhetyk Burshtyn withdrew from the PFL after Round 32.[30]
  4. [d]
    FC Lviv were deducted 3 points for failure of payments of financial obligations ordered by the PFL. (31 May 2012)[29]
  5. [e]
    FC Lviv withdrew from the PFL after the season.(12 July 2012)[31]

Withdrawn Teams

Enerhetyk Burshtyn

On 22 May the president of Enerhetyk Burshtyn informed that the Round 32 match in Vinnytsia was the last match as a professional club and that the will not be competing in the last two games of the season.[34] The rest of Enerhetyk's fixtures (2 games) are considered technical losses. The club played 32 games in the League and had a record of 5 wins, 4 draws and 23 losses with 26 goals scored and 72 against.

FC Lviv

Prior to the start of the 2012–13 Ukrainian Second League season the Sporting Director of the club informed the PFL that they are withdrawing from the league due to termination of their financial sponsor.[35]

Nyva Vinnytsia

The club originally informed the PFL that they were to withdraw from the league when the draw for the 2012–13 season was made due to insufficient funds.(5 July 2012)[36] However, the city and the oblast administration informed the PFL guaranteeing sufficient funds for the next season.(10 July 2012)[37] The club was to participate in the 2012–13 Ukrainian Second League competition after readmission to the PFL but was dissolved not submitting proper documentation or license fees and was omitted from the competition.(13 July 2012)[28]

Promotion/relegation playoff

The playoff consisted of the match played between the 16th place team of the First League and the winner of another playoff game between the second placed clubs from each group of the 2011–12 Ukrainian Second League.[38] For the matchup qualified MFC Mykolaiv (First League) and Avanhard Kramatorsk (Second League).

More information Team 1, Score ...
Team 1  Score  Team 2
MFC Mykolaiv 4–3 Avanhard Kramatorsk
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More information MFK Mykolaiv, 4 – 3 ...
MFK Mykolaiv4 – 3Avanhard Kramatorsk
Hudzikevych 40' (pen.)
Lysytsyn 71'
Berko 78'
Lischuk 84'		 Chuchman red-colored football 11' (o.g.)
Shvydkyi 59'
Lukyanets 90'
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Referee: Oleksandr Plaviuk (Kyiv)

MFK Mykolaiv remained in the First League. Avanhard Kramatorsk promoted to First League after Nyva Vinnystia withdrew from PFL (5 July 2012)[39]


Playoff bracket

Second League playoff Promotion/relegation playoff
1L MFC Mykolaiv 4
2L Desna Chernihiv 0 2L Avanhard Kramatorsk 3
2L Avanhard Kramatorsk 1
  • 1L – First League
  • 2L – Second League

Results

As of May 30, 2012
More information Home \ Away, ABT ...
Home \ Away ABT BUK DK2 ENE HEL HOV KRM LVI NAF NYV MZA MYK ODS OLD SEV STA TYA ZIR
Arsenal Bila Tserkva 1–0 1–0 1–2 1–1 0–0 0–0 2–0 0–2 2–0 2–1 5–0 0–0 1–0 0–1 3–2 2–1 2–1
Bukovyna Chernivtsi 0–0 2–1 2–0[a] 1–1 2–2 0–1 0–0 0–0 1–1 3–2 1–0 1–0 1–0 1–1 1–0 3–1 3–2
Dynamo-2 Kyiv 0–2 3–0 3–1 2–1 0–2 0–2 5–0 1–0 0–0 1–0 1–0 0–0 2–1 2–3 1–3 2–0 2–2
Enerhetyk Burshtyn 2–3 0–0 -:+[b] 0–3 1–3 0–2 1–0 0–2 0–0 0–4 1–2 0–1 3–2 1–5 3–0 0–2 1–0
Helios Kharkiv 2–2 0–2 1–2 3–0 2–3 2–2 2–0 0–0 2–1 0–1 4–2 2–1 3–2 4–0 2–1 3–2
Hoverla Uzhhorod 5–0 2–0 1–0 2–1 2–0 4–0 4–0 1–0 2–0 1–0 3–0 6–0 4–1 1–0 1–0 3–1 2–0
Krymteplytsia Molodizhne 1–2 0–1 0–0 2–2 4–3 1–0 2–1 3–2 2–0 0–0 2–1 4–0 3–0 0–2 4–1 2–1 2–0
FC Lviv 1–4 1–2 0–1 +:- 1–3 1–0 1–0 0–2[a] 1–1 1–5 2–1 1–4 0–4 0–2 2–3 1–3 1–0
Naftovyk-Ukrnafta Okhtyrka 1–2 1–1 3–0 3–0[c] 1–2 0–2 1–1 2–1 0–4 1–1 3–0 3–1 0–1 3–1 3–4 1–1 5–1
Nyva Vinnytsia 0–2 0–2 1–2 4–1 1–0 0–1 0–0 1–1 0–1 1–4 0–1 0–0 1–0 0–0 0–3[d] 0–1 1–1
Metalurh Zaporizhzhia 5–2 3–2 2–1 4–0 4–2 1–1 4–0 4–0[e] 2–1 1–0 1–0 3–0 3–2 1–0 3–0 5–1 4–1
MFC Mykolaiv 1–2 1–2 1–2 2–0 2–0 0–1 3–2 3–0 2–0 0–1 1–2 0–0 1–2 0–1 1–2 2–0 3–1
FC Odesa 1–0 1–1 4–0 2–2 1–3 0–1 1–1 2–3 1–1 0–1 0–1 3–0 1–1 1–3 1–2 5–2 1–3
Olimpik Donetsk 2–2 0–1 1–0 3–2 1–1 0–1 1–0 4–0 2–1 0–0 1–2 0–0 1–0 1–4 1–0 3–0 1–1
Sevastopol 1–1 0–0 1–0 2–1 1–0 2–1 1–1 4–0 3–1 5–1 2–1 3–0 1–0 0–0 2–1 2–0 2–0
Stal Alchevsk 3–2 2–2 0–2 3–0 0–0 3–2 2–3[f] 2–0 3–0 0–0 1–1 2–2 2–1 2–0 0–0 2–2 1–1
Tytan Armyansk 0–2 1–0 1–1 3–0 0–0 0–2 1–2 2–0 1–4 0–1 0–2 0–0 1–0 3–1 0–2 2–1 0–2
Zirka Kirovohrad 3–0 1–0 3–2 4–1 2–1 0–1 0–1 4–1 1–1 3–0 4–0 2–1 2–3 2–0 0–1 0–1 4–1
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Updated to match(es) played on May 30, 2012. Source: PFL Persha Liha Calendar
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
Notes:
  1. [a]
    Two Round 3 fixtures were postponed for a day due to the mining disaster at the Suhodolskaya-Vostochnaya coal mine when a day of mourning was announced by the President of Ukraine. (30 July 2011)[40]
  2. [b]
    Round 33 match was not played. Enerhetyk Burshtyn's management informed the PFL that they would withdraw the club from the competition. (24 May 2012)[34]
  3. [c]
    Round 28 match was not played. Enerhetyk Burshtyn's management informed the PFL that they would not travel to Okhtyrka due to their financial state. (27 April 2012)[41] The PFL Disciplinary committee awards a 3–0 technical victory to Naftovyk-Ukrnafta Okhtyrka. (May 17, 2012) [42]
  4. [d]
    Round 16 match was not played. Stal' players and fans arrived to the ground with police and safety workers on hand at the ground. Five minutes prior to the game an announcement was made that due to Nyva Vinnytsia's financial situation the match would not take place.[43] The PFL Disciplinary committee awards a 0–3 technical victory to Stal' Alchevsk. (October 27, 2011) [44]
  5. [e]
    Originally this fixture was scheduled in Round 11 but was postponed due to FC Lviv's financial difficulties.[45] Match was played on 13 October 2011 after Round 15.
  6. [f]
    Round 22 was rescheduled to 24 April 2012 due to the state of Stal's Alchevsk home stadium.

Top scorers

As of May 30, 2012
More information Scorer, Goals (Pen.) ...
Scorer Goals (Pen.) Team
1 Ukraine Oleksandr Kosyrin[a] 19 FC Odesa/Hoverla-Zakarpattia Uzhhorod
2 Ukraine Serhiy Kuznetsov 16 (1) FC Sevastopol
3 Ukraine Oleksandr Kochura 14 (1) Zirka Kirovohrad
4 Ukraine Viktor Raskov 13 Helios Kharkiv
Ukraine Oleksiy Byelik 13 (2) Metalurh Zaporizhzhia
6 Ukraine Ivan Matyazh[b] 12 (1) Olimpik Donetsk/Metalurh Zaporizhzhia
Ukraine Artur Karnoza 12 (5) Naftovyk-Ukrnafta Okhtyrka
8 Ukraine Yevhen Pisotskyi 10 Metalurh Zaporizhia
Georgia (country) Lasha Jakobia 10 (1) Hoverla-Zakarpattia Uzhhorod
Ukraine Ruslan Hunchak 10 (3) Bukovyna Chernivtsi
Ukraine Valentyn Poltavets 10 (3) FC Odesa
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  1. [a]
    FC Odesa did not renew its contract with Oleksandr Kosyrin during the winter break.[46] Hoverla-Zakarpattia signed Kosyrin to a multi year deal.[47] (17 January 2012)
  2. [b]
    Ivan Matyazh during the winter break signed a contract with Metalurh Zaporizhzhia.[48] (24 February 2012)

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