2011–12 Ukrainian Premier League

The 2011–12 Ukrainian Premier League season was the 21st since its establishment and fourth since its reorganisation. The season began on 8 July 2011 when newly promoted PFC Oleksandria visited FC Vorskla Poltava. FC Shakhtar Donetsk were the defending champions, having won their 6th league title in the 2010–11 season and they successfully defended their title by winning the championship in the last round of the competition.

Ukrainian Premier League
Season2011–12
ChampionsShakhtar Donetsk
7th title
RelegatedObolon Kyiv
PFC Oleksandria
Champions LeagueShakhtar Donetsk
Dynamo Kyiv
Europa LeagueMetalist Kharkiv
Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk
Arsenal Kyiv
Metalurh Donetsk
Matches played240
Goals scored609 (2.54 per match)
Top goalscorer14 goals :
Yevhen Seleznyov (Shakhtar)
Maicon (Volyn)
Biggest home winDynamo Kyiv 6–1 Zorya (Round 14)
Shakhtar 5–0 Arsenal (Round 19)
Biggest away winKarpaty 0–5 Shakhtar (Round 18)
Highest scoringMetalurh 6–3 Vorskla (Round 18)
Longest winning run10 – Dynamo Kyiv (Round 16–25)
Longest unbeaten run25 – Dynamo Kyiv (Round 1–25)
Longest losing run7 – Zorya (Round 14–20)
Highest attendance68,014 Dynamo KyivDnipro (Round 23)
Lowest attendance200 ZoryaObolon (Round 19)

A total of sixteen teams participated in the league, the best fourteen sides of the 2010–11 season and two promoted clubs from the 2010–11 Ukrainian First League.

The competition had a winter break which began on 11 December 2011 and the season resumed on 3 March 2012. The season concluded on 10 May 2012.

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