2010–11 Ukrainian Premier League
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 played | 240 |
Goals scored | 609 (2.54 per match) |
Top goalscorer | 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) |
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 | 50,390 Shakhtar – Dynamo (Round 12) |
Lowest attendance | 500 Zorya – Obolon (Round 22) |
Average attendance | 9228[2] |
← 2009–10 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.
Teams
[edit]Promoted
[edit]- FC Sevastopol, champion of the 2009-10 Ukrainian First League – (debut)
- FC Volyn Lutsk, runner-up of the 2009-10 Ukrainian First League – (returning after absence of 4 seasons)
Location map
[edit]Managers and captains
[edit]Managerial changes
[edit]Team | Outgoing head coach | Manner of departure | Date of vacancy | Table | Incoming head coach | Date of appointment | Table |
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Metalurh Zaporizhzhia | ![]() |
End of contract | May 10 | pre-season | ![]() |
May 27 | |
FC Sevastopol | ![]() |
Dismissed | June 19 | pre-season | ![]() |
June 19 | pre-season |
FC Sevastopol | ![]() |
Dismissed | September 12 | 15th place | ![]() |
September 12 | 15th place |
Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk | ![]() |
Resigned | September 18 | 3rd place | ![]() |
September 18 | 3rd place |
Tavriya Simferopol | ![]() |
Dismissed | September 22 | 12th place | ![]() |
September 22 | 12th place |
Dynamo Kyiv | ![]() |
Resigns | October 1 | 2nd place | ![]() |
October 1 | 2nd place |
Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk | ![]() |
Interim position | October 1 | 3rd place | ![]() |
October 1 | 3rd place |
Illichivets Mariupol | ![]() |
Resigned | November 1 | 15th place | ![]() |
November 1 | 15th place |
Metalurh Donetsk | ![]() |
Resigned | November 12 | 10th place | ![]() |
November 12 | 10th place |
Illichivets Mariupol | ![]() |
End as interim | November 26 | 14th place | ![]() |
November 26 | 14th place |
FC Sevastopol | ![]() |
End as interim | December 21 | 15th place | ![]() |
December 21 | 15th place |
Dynamo Kyiv | ![]() |
End as interim | December 24 | 2nd place | ![]() |
December 24 | 2nd place |
Metalurh Donetsk | ![]() |
End as interim | January 12 | 10th place | ![]() |
January 12 | 10th place |
Metalurh Donetsk | ![]() |
Sacked | May 3 | 11th place | ![]() |
May 3 | 11th place |
Metalurh Zaporizhzhia | ![]() |
Sacked | May 4 | 16th place | ![]() |
May 4 | 16th place |
Tavriya Simferopol | ![]() |
Sacked | May 8 | 10th place | ![]() |
May 8 | 10th place |
Stadiums
[edit]Rank | Stadium | Club | Capacity | 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) |
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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 from FFU for home games in first half of season[27][28] |
Attendance
[edit]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
[edit]- 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
[edit]- After the 22nd Round, Shakhtar Donetsk qualified for European football for the 2011–12 season.[30]
- After the 25th Round, both Dynamo Kyiv and Metalist Kharkiv qualified for European football for the 2011–12 season.[31]
- After the 26th Round, Shakhtar Donetsk qualified for 2011–12 UEFA Champions League.[32]
- After the 26th Round, both Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk and Karpaty Lviv qualified for European football for the 2011–12 season.[32]
- After the 27th Round, Karpaty Lviv qualified for 2011–12 UEFA Europa League.[33]
- After the 28th Round, Shakhtar Donetsk qualified for 2011–12 UEFA Champions League Group stage (C) and Dynamo Kyiv qualified for 2011–12 UEFA Champions League Third qualifying round.[3]
- After the 28th Round, both Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk and Metalist Kharkiv qualified for 2011–12 UEFA Europa League.[3]
- After the results of the semi-finals of the Ukrainian Cup, Metalist Kharkiv enters the 2011–12 UEFA Europa League in the Play-off round.[34]
- After the 29th Round, Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk enters the 2011–12 UEFA Europa League in the Play-off round and Karpaty Lviv enters in the Third qualifying round.[35]
- After the 30th Round, Vorskla Poltava qualified for the 2011–12 UEFA Europa League and enters Second qualifying round.
![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/timeline/niwiv5iucmr48nq1jlumq4nbmubyhgl.png)
League table
[edit]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 to Champions League group stage |
2 | Dynamo Kyiv | 30 | 20 | 5 | 5 | 60 | 24 | +36 | 65 | Qualification to Champions League third qualifying round |
3 | Metalist Kharkiv | 30 | 18 | 6 | 6 | 58 | 26 | +32 | 60 | Qualification to Europa 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 to Europa League third qualifying round |
6 | Vorskla Poltava | 30 | 10 | 9 | 11 | 37 | 32 | +5 | 39 | Qualification to Europa 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 to Ukrainian First League |
16 | Metalurh Zaporizhzhia (R) | 30 | 6 | 6 | 18 | 18 | 40 | −22 | 24 |
Rules for classification: 1st points; 2nd goal difference; 3rd goals scored; 4th fair play
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated
Notes:
- ^ 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
[edit]Round by round
[edit]Top goalscorers
[edit]![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9b/Yevhen_Seleznyov5.jpg/220px-Yevhen_Seleznyov5.jpg)
The top ten goalscorers during the season.[37]
# | Scorer | Goals (Pen.) | Team |
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1 | ![]() |
17 | Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk |
2 | ![]() |
14 (3) | Metalist Kharkiv |
3 | ![]() |
13 (1) | Tavriya Simferopol |
4 | ![]() |
12 | Metalist Kharkiv |
5 | ![]() |
11 | Dynamo Kyiv |
6 | ![]() |
10 | Illichivets Mariupol |
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10 | Vorskla Poltava | |
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10 (1) | Shakhtar Donetsk | |
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10 (2) | Dynamo Kyiv | |
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10 (2) | Illichivets Mariupol |
Awards
[edit]Award | Founder | Laureate |
---|---|---|
Ukrainian Footballer of the Year | newspaper Ukrainian Football | Andriy Voronin |
Footballer of the Premier-Liha | 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 |
Season awards
[edit]The laureates of the 2010–11 UPL season were:[38]
- Best player:
Willian (Shakhtar Donetsk)
- Best coach:
Mircea Lucescu (Shakhtar Donetsk)
- Best goalkeeper:
Oleksandr Shovkovskyi (Dynamo Kyiv)
- Best arbiter:
Viktor Shvetsov (Odesa)
- Best young player:
Yevhen Konoplyanka (Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk)
- Best goalscorer:
Yevhen Seleznyov (Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk)
See also
[edit]- 2010–11 Ukrainian First League
- 2010–11 Ukrainian Premier League Reserves
- 2010–11 Ukrainian Second League
- 2010–11 Ukrainian Cup
- 2010–11 UEFA Europa League
- Transfers
- Transfer window regulations for the Ukrainian championship is unclear
- List of Ukrainian football transfers summer 2010
- List of Ukrainian football transfers winter 2010–2011
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Shakhtar Donetsk qualified for European football
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Shakhtar Donetsk, Metalist Kharkiv, Dinamo Kiev qualified for European football
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Dinamo Kiev, Metalist Kharkiv, Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk, and Karpaty Lviv qualified for European football
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EL1-4=Karpaty Lviv 10.776 (eu/Q2) or (eu/Q3) or (eu/Q4)
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EL1-2=Metalist Kharkiv 34.276 (eu/Q4)
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EL1-2=Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk 12.276 (eu/Q4); EL3=Karpaty Lviv 10.776 (eu/Q3)
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- ^ Названо лауреатів сезону 2010/2011 рр.!