2011–12 Ukrainian First League

Ukrainian First League

Season	2011–12
Matches played	188
Goals scored	468 (2.49 per match)
Top goalscorer	10 – Oleksandr Kosyrin (Odesa) Artur Karnoza (Naftovyk-Ukrnafta) Ivan Matyazh (Olimpik)
Biggest home win	Dynamo-2 5–0 Lviv (Round 8) Hov.-Zakarpattia 5–0 Arsenal (Round 16) Arsenal 5–0 Mykolaiv (Round 18)
Biggest away win	Enerhetyk 0–4 Metalurh (Round 2) Naftovyk-Ukrnafta 0–4 Nyva (Round 18) Lviv 0–4 Olimpik (Round 19)
Highest scoring	Naftovyk-Ukrnafta 3–4 Stal Alchevsk (Round 11) Krymteplitsia 4–3 Helios (Round 19)
Longest winning run	8 – Hov.-Zakarpattia (Round 1–8)
Longest unbeaten run	8 – Hov.-Zakarpattia (Round 1–8)
Longest losing run	12 – Lviv (Round 10, 12–15, ppd. 11, 16–21)
Highest attendance	7,000 Metalurh – Stal Alchevsk (Round 3)
Lowest attendance	150 Dynamo-2 – Arsenal (Round 3)
← 2010-11 2012–13 →

The 2011–12 Ukrainian First League is the 21st since its establishment. Eighteen teams compete 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

The competition began on July 16, 2011 with seven matches. The competition is currently in a winter break and will resume on March 24, 2012.

Contents 1 Team changes 1.1 Promoted teams 1.2 Relegated teams 1.3 Renamed teams 2 League table 3 Team locations 3.1 Map 3.2 Stadiums 4 Results 5 Managers 6 Managerial changes 7 Top scorers 8 See also 9 References

Team changes

Promoted teams

These two teams were promoted from Second League at the start of the season:

Group A

• MFK Mykolaiv – Second League champion

Group B

• Olimpik Donetsk – Second League champion

Relegated teams

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

• FC Sevastopol – 15th place
• Metalurh Zaporizhya – 16th place

Renamed teams

Prior to the start of the season Dnister Ovidiopol moved their operations to Odesa and renamed themselves to FC Odesa.^[1]

Prior to the start of the season Zakarpattia Uzhhorod was renamed to Hoverla-Zakarpattia Uzhhorod.^[2]

League table

As of November 20, 2011

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Comments
1	Metalurh Zaporizhya	21	16	3	2	45	14	+31	51	(-) new
2	Hoverla-Zakarpattia Uzhhorod	21	16	2	3	34	11	+23	50
3	Arsenal Bila Tserkva	21	13	4	4	34	18	+16	43
4	Krymteplitsia Molodizhne	21	12	6	3	35	21	+14	42
5	FC Sevastopol	21	11	6	4	24	12	+12	39	(-) new
6	Bukovyna Chernivtsi	21	10	7	4	25	15	+10	37
7	Stal Alchevsk	21	9	5	7	30	34	−4	32
8	Naftovyk-Ukrnafta Okhtyrka	21	8	5	8	31	26	+5	29
9	Helios Kharkiv	21	8	5	8	33	29	+4	29
10	Olimpik Donetsk	21	8	5	8	26	22	+4	29	(+) new
11	Dynamo-2 Kyiv	21	9	2	10	25	28	−3	29
12	FC Odesa	21	6	5	10	25	24	+1	23
13	Tytan Armyansk	21	6	4	11	23	35	−12	22
14	MFK Mykolaiv	21	6	2	13	20	34	−14	20	(+) new
15	Zirka Kirovohrad	21	5	4	12	25	33	−8	19
16	Enerhetyk Burshtyn	21	4	4	13	16	38	−22	16
17	Nyva Vinnytsia	21	2	6	13	9	25	−16	12
18	FC Lviv	21	2	1	18	11	52	−41	7

Source: Professional Football League of Ukraine^[3]
November 20, 2011
Rules for classification: 1st points; 2nd goal difference; 3rd goals scored; 4th fair play^[4]

Notes:

Team locations

Map

The following displays the location of teams.

Stadiums

The following stadiums were used during the season.

Rank	Stadium	Capacity	Club	Notes
1	Central Stadium, Vinnytsia	24,000	Nyva Vinnytsia
2	Army Sports Club Stadium, Lviv	23,040	FC Lviv	Used as home ground from Round 21 onwards.[5].
3	Central Stadium, Mykolaiv	16,700	MFK Mykolaiv
4	Zirka Stadium, Kirovohrad	13,667	Zirka Kirovohrad
5	Labor Reserve, Bila Tserkva	13,500	Arsenal Bila Tserkva
6	Avanhard Zakarpattya, Uzhhorod	12,000	Zakarpattya Uzhhorod
7	Bukovyna Stadium, Chernivtsi	12,000	Bukovyna Chernivtsi
8	Slavutych Arena	11,983	Metalurh Zaporizhya
9	Stal Stadium, Alchevsk	8,632	Stal Alchevsk
10	SK Sevastopol, Sevastopol, Crimea	5,511	FC Sevastopol
11	Naftovyk Stadium, Okhtyrka	5,256	Naftovyk-Ukrnafta Okhtyrka
12	Spartak Stadium, Odesa	4,610	FC Odesa
13	Khimik Stadium, Armyansk, Crimea	3,450	Tytan Armyansk
14	ST Sport Arena, Ahrarne, Crimea	3,250	Krymteplitsia Molodizhne
15	Lofort Arena, Dobromyl	3,220	FC Lviv
16	Enerhetyk Stadium, Burshtyn	3,000	Enerhetyk Burshtyn
17	Helios Arena, Kharkiv	2,057	Helios Kharkiv
18	Dynamo Club Stadium, Chapayevka	750	Dynamo-2 Kyiv
19	Sports Complex Olimpik, Donetsk	680	Olimpik Donetsk

Results

As of November 20, 2011

Home \ Away1

ABT

BUK

DK2

ENE

HEL

HOZ

KRM

LVI

NAF

NVN

MZA

MYK

ODS

OLD

SEV

STA

TYA

ZIR

Arsenal Bila Tserkva

1–0

1–2

1–1

0–0

2–0

2–0

2–1

5–0

1–0

2–1

Bukovyna Chernivtsi

0–0

2–1

2–0(3)

1–1

2–2

0–1

1–0

1–0

1–0

3–1

Dynamo-2 Kyiv

0–2

3–1

2–1

0–2

0–2

5–0

1–0

1–0

1–0

2–1

2–2

Enerhetyk Burshtyn

0–0

0–3

0–2

1–0

0–2

0–0

0–4

0–1

3–0

1–0

Helios Kharkiv

0–2

2–3

2–2

2–0

0–0

2–1

0–1

3–2

4–0

2–1

3–2

Hoverla-Zakarpattia Uzhhorod

5–0

2–1

2–0

1–0

3–0

1–0

1–0

3–1

2–0

Krymteplytsia Molodizhne

2–2

4–3

1–0

2–1

3–2

2–0

0–0

0–2

4–1

2–1

2–0

FC Lviv

1–4

1–2

1–0

0–2(3)

1–1

0–4

0–2

2–3

1–3

1–0

Naftovyk-Ukrnafta Okhtyrka

1–2

1–1

3–0

2–1

0–4

3–0

3–1

3–4

1–1

Nyva Vinnytsia

0–2

0–2

1–2

0–1

0–1

0–1

0–0

0–0

0–3(5)

0–1

1–1

Metalurh Zaporizhya

3–2

4–0

1–1

4–0(4)

2–1

1–0

3–2

3–0

5–1

4–1

MFK Mykolaiv

1–2

2–0

2–0

0–1

3–0

0–1

1–2

1–2

3–1

FC Odesa

1–0

4–0

2–2

1–3

0–1

1–1

1–1

0–1

3–0

1–1

1–2

Olimpik Donetsk

1–0

3–2

1–1

0–1

1–0

4–0

2–1

0–0

1–2

1–0

1–1

FC Sevastopol

1–1

0–0

1–0

2–1

1–0

2–1

3–0

1–0

0–0

Stal Alchevsk

3–2

0–2

2–0

1–1

2–2

2–1

2–0

0–0

2–2

Tytan Armyansk

0–2

1–0

1–1

3–0

1–2

0–2

0–0

1–0

3–1

0–2

Zirka Kirovohrad

1–0

3–2

0–1

1–1

3–0

2–1

2–3

0–1

0–1

4–1

Updated to games played on November 20, 2011
Source: PFL Persha Liha Calendar
¹The home team is listed in the left-hand column.
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Notes:

• ^(3) 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)^[6]

• ^(4) Originally this fixture was scheduled in Round 11 but was postponed due to FC Lviv's financial difficulties.^[7] Match was played on 13 October 2011 after Round 15.

• ^(5) 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.^[8] The PFL Disciplinary committee awards a 0–3 technical victory to Stal' Alchevsk. (October 27, 2011) ^[9]

Managers

Club	Coach	Replaced coach
Arsenal Bila Tserkva	Ihor Artymovych
Bukovyna Chernivtsi	Vadym Zayats
Dynamo-2 Kyiv	Andriy Husin
Enerhetyk Burshtyn	Mykola Vitovskiy (caretaker)	Bohdan Blavatskyi
Helios Kharkiv	Volodymyr Shekhovtsov (caretaker)
Hoverla-Zakarpattia Uzhhorod	Oleksandr Sevidov
Krymteplytsia Molodizhne	Mykola Fedorko (caretaker)
FC Lviv	Roman Marych (caretaker)	Roman Laba (caretaker) Oleksandr Ryabokon
Metalurh Zaporizhya	Serhiy Zaytsev (caretaker)	Hryhoriy Nehiryev (caretaker)
MFC Mykolaiv	Ruslan Zabranskyi
Naftovyk-Ukrnafta Okhtyrka	Yevhen Yarovenko	Vadym Kolesnyk (caretaker) Serhiy Mizin
Nyva Vinnytsya	Oleh Fedorchuk
FC Odesa	Andriy Parkhomenko
Olimpik Donetsk	Ihor Petrov
FC Sevastopol	Serhiy Puchkov	Angel Chervenkov Oleksandr Ryabokon
Stal Alchevsk	Anatoliy Volobuyev
Tytan Armyansk	Mykola Fedorenko
Zirka Kirovohrad	Andriy Antonov (caretaker)	Anatoliy Buznyk Ihor Zhabchenko

Managerial changes

Team	Outgoing head coach	Manner of departure	Date of vacancy	Table	Incoming head coach	Date of appointment	Table
Metalurh Zaporizhya	Hryhoriy Nehiryev (caretaker)	End as caretaker	02012-06-01 1 June	Pre-season	Serhiy Zaytsev (caretaker)[10]	02012-06-13 13 June	Pre-season
FC Sevastopol	Angel Chervenkov[11]	Resigned	02012-06-14 14 June	Pre-season	Oleksandr Ryabokon[12]	02012-06-28 28 June	Pre-season
FC Lviv	Oleksandr Ryabokon[12]	Leaves for PFC Sevastopol	02012-06-28 28 June	Pre-season	Roman Laba (caretaker)	02012-06-28 28 June	Pre-season
Zirka Kirovohrad	Anatoliy Buznyk[13]	Resigned	02012-08-22 22 August	13th	Ihor Zhabchenko[14]	02012-08-22 22 August	13th
Enerhetyk Burshtyn	Bohdan Blavatskyi[15]	Resigned	02012-09-16 16 September	18th	Mykola Vitovskiy (caretaker)[16]	02012-09-17 17 September	18th
FC Lviv	Roman Laba (caretaker)[17]	End as caretaker	02012-09-24 24 September	16th	Roman Marych (caretaker)	02012-09-24 24 September	16th
FC Sevastopol	Oleksandr Ryabokon[18]	Sacked	02012-10-17 17 October	4th	Serhiy Puchkov[19]	02012-10-18 18 October	4th
Naftovyk-Ukrnafta	Serhiy Mizin[20]	Resigned	02012-11-05 5 November	9th	Vadym Kolesnyk (caretaker)	02012-11-07 7 November	9th
Zirka Kirovohrad	Ihor Zhabchenko[21]	Sacked	02012-11-09 9 November	15th	Andriy Antonov (caretaker)	02012-11-09 9 November	15th
Naftovyk-Ukrnafta	Vadym Kolesnyk (caretaker)	End as caretaker	02012-11-30 30 November	8th	Yevhen Yarovenko[22]	02012-11-30 30 November	8th

Top scorers

As of November 20, 2011

	Scorer	Goals (Pen.)	Team
1	Oleksandr Kosyrin(6)	10	FC Odesa
	Ivan Matyazh	10 (1)	Olimpik Donetsk
	Artur Karnoza	10 (4)	Naftovyk-Ukrnafta Okhtyrka
4	Serhiy Kravchenko	8	FC Tytan Armyansk
	Ruslan Hunchak	8 (1)	Bukovyna Chernivtsi
	Valentyn Poltavets(7)	8 (3)	FC Odesa
	Ihor Malysh	8 (5)	Krymteplytsia Molodizhne
8	Volodymyr Postolatyev	7	Arsenal Bila Tserkva
	Dmytro Leonov	7 (1)	Arsenal Bila Tserkva
	Lasha Jakobia	7 (1)	FC Hoverla-Zakarpattia
	Junior	7 (4)	Metalurh Zaporizhya

Notes:

• ^(6) FC Odesa did not renew its contract with Oleksandr Kosyrin during the winter break and the player becomes a free agent.^[23]

• ^(7) Valentyn Poltavets retired during the winter break to become assistant manager of FC Odesa.^[24]

See also

• 2011–12 Ukrainian Second League
• 2011–12 Ukrainian Premier League

References

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