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.
On 6 May 2011, Shakhtar Donetsk retained the championship with a 2–0 derby victory over rivals Metalurh Donetsk.
The top five teams were exactly the same as the previous season.
Teams Promoted 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)
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Managers and captains ClubCoachCaptainReplaced coach(es)Arsenal Kyiv Yuriy Bakalov Vitaliy Reva Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk Juande Ramos Andriy Rusol Vadym Tyschenko (interim) Volodymyr BezsonovDynamo Kyiv Yuri Semin Oleksandr Shovkovskyi Oleh Luzhnyi (interim) Valery GazzayevIllichivets Mariupol Valeriy Yaremchenko Adrian Pukanych Ilya Bliznyuk Oleksandr Volkov (interim)Karpaty Lviv Oleg Kononov Andriy Tlumak Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih Yuriy Maksymov Oleksandr Maksymov Metalist Kharkiv Myron Markevych Oleksandr Horyainov Metalurh Donetsk Volodymyr Pyatenko (interim) Vyacheslav Checher Nikolay Kostov Volodymyr Pyatenko (interim) Andrei GordeyevMetalurh Zaporizhzhia Hryhoriy Nehiryev (interim) Junior Godoi Roman Hryhorchuk Oleh LutkovObolon Kyiv Serhiy Kovalets Valentyn SlyusarFC Sevastopol Angel Chervenkov Serhiy Ferenchak Oleh Leschynskyi Serhiy Shevchenko Oleh Leschynskyi (interim)Shakhtar Donetsk Mircea Lucescu Darijo Srna Tavriya Simferopol Oleksandr Shudryk (interim) Slobodan Marković Serhiy Puchkov Valeriy Petrov (interim)Volyn Lutsk Vitaliy Kvartsyanyi Oleksandr Pyschur Vorskla Poltava Mykola Pavlov Serhiy Dolhansky Zorya Luhansk Anatoly Chantsev Volodymyr Yezerskiy
Managerial changes TeamOutgoing head coachManner of departureDate of vacancyTableIncoming head coachDate of appointmentTableMetalurh Zaporizhzhia Roman HryhorchukEnd of contractMay 10pre-seasonOleh LutkovMay 27FC Sevastopol Oleh LeschynskyiDismissedJune 19pre-seasonSerhiy ShevchenkoJune 19 pre-seasonFC Sevastopol Serhiy ShevchenkoDismissedSeptember 1215th placeOleh Leschynskyi (interim)September 1215th placeDnipro Dnipropetrovsk Volodymyr BezsonovResignedSeptember 183rd placeVadym Tyschenko (interim)September 183rd placeTavriya Simferopol Serhiy PuchkovDismissedSeptember 2212th placeValeriy Petrov (interim)September 2212th placeDynamo Kyiv Valeriy GazzayevResignsOctober 12nd placeOleh Luzhnyi (interim)October 12nd placeDnipro DnipropetrovskVadym Tyschenko (interim)Interim positionOctober 13rd placeJuande RamosOctober 13rd placeIllichivets Mariupol Ilya BliznyukResignedNovember 115th placeOleksandr Volkov (interim)November 115th placeMetalurh Donetsk Nikolay KostovResignedNovember 1210th place Volodymyr Pyatenko (interim)November 1210th placeIllichivets Mariupol Oleksandr Volkov (interim)End as interimNovember 2614th placeValeriy YaremchenkoNovember 2614th placeFC SevastopolOleh Leschynskyi (interim)End as interimDecember 2115th placeAngel ChervenkovDecember 2115th placeDynamo KyivOleh Luzhnyi (interim)End as interimDecember 242nd placeYuri SeminDecember 242nd placeMetalurh Donetsk Volodymyr Pyatenko (interim)End as interimJanuary 1210th place Andrei GordeyevJanuary 1210th placeMetalurh Donetsk Andrei GordeyevSackedMay 311th place Volodymyr Pyatenko (interim)May 311th placeMetalurh Zaporizhzhia Oleh LutkovSackedMay 416th place Hryhoriy Nehiryev (interim)May 416th placeTavriya SimferopolValeriy Petrov (interim)SackedMay 810th placeOleksandr Shudryk (interim)May 810th place
Stadiums Rank Stadium Club Capacity HighestAttendance Notes 1 Donbas Arena Shakhtar Donetsk 52,518 50,390Round 12 (Dynamo) 2 OSK Metalist Metalist Kharkiv 41,411 38,600Round 3 (Dynamo) 3 Dnipro Arena Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk 31,003 31,003Round 15 (Shakhtar)Round 22 (Dynamo) 4 Metalurh Stadium Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih 29,783 10,000Round 8 (Dynamo) 5 Ukraina Stadium Karpaty Lviv 28,051 27,500Round 28 (Dynamo) 6RSK OlimpiyskiyMetalurh Donetsk25,831 6,000Round 20 (Dynamo)Used as home ground in Round 20 FPL: Game Report – Venue RSK Olimpiyskiy used as home ground by Metalurh Donetsk in Round 20 and 21Zorya Luhansk 650Round 26 (Metalurh Donetsk)Used as home ground in Round 26 FPL: Game Report – Venue RSK Olimpiyskiy used as home ground by Zorya Luhansk in Round 26 7 Vorskla Stadium Vorskla Poltava 25,000 15,000Round 6 (Dynamo) 8 Avanhard Stadium Zorya Luhansk 22,320 19,000Round 18 (Shakhtar) 9Lokomotiv Stadium Tavriya Simferopol 19,978 16,300Round 25 (Shakhtar)PFC Sevastopol 12,000Round 4 (Dynamo) Used by Sevastopol as home ground for the season FPL: Game Report – Venue Lokomotiv Stadium used as home ground by PFC Sevastopol in Round 2 10 Lobanovsky Dynamo Stadium Dynamo Kyiv 16,873 15,000Round 27 (Shakhtar)Arsenal Kyiv4,200Round 26 (Dynamo) PL moved the Kyiv Derby game to Dynamo Stadium to accommodate a much larger crowd "Арсенал" – "Динамо". (Анонс матча Arsenal – Dynamo Match Preview) 11 Illichivets Stadium Illichivets Mariupol 12,680 8,500Round 21 (Zorya) 12 Avanhard Stadium Volyn Lutsk 12,080 11,520Round 7 (Shakhtar) 13 Slavutych-Arena Metalurh Zaporizhzhia 11,983 8,500Round 2 (Shakhtar) 14 Dynamo Stadium (Kharkiv) Metalist Kharkiv 9,000 6,516Round 27 (Karpaty)Used as home ground in Round 27 FPL: Game Report – Venue Dynamo Stadium in Kharkiv used as home ground by Metalist in Round 27 and Round 29 as the main stadium had the turf and drainage system replaced. 15Stal Stadium, AlchevskZorya Luhansk 8,632 4,500Round 28 (Dnipro)Used as home ground in Round 28 16 Metalurh Stadium Metalurh Donetsk 5,300 5,000Round 13 (Shakhtar) 17 Obolon Stadium Obolon Kyiv 5,100 5,100Round 1 (Dynamo) 18 Bannikov Stadium Arsenal Kyiv 1,678 1,480Round 30 (Kryvbas) Lent from FFU for home games in first half of season FPL: Game Report – Venue Bannikov Stadion used as home ground by Arsenal in Round 1 FPL: Game Report – Venue Bannikov Stadion used as home ground by Arsenal in Round 3
Attendance
The total attendance for the season was 2,214,833. The most watched team was Shakhtar Donetsk with 722,231 spectators. The least watched team was Arsenal Kyiv with 153,339 spectators.
Qualification to European competitions for 2011–12 Since Ukraine finished in seventh place of the UEFA country ranking after the 2009–10 season, 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 After the 22nd Round, Shakhtar Donetsk qualified for European football for the 2011–12 season. After the 25th Round, both Dynamo Kyiv and Metalist Kharkiv qualified for European football for the 2011–12 season. After the 26th Round, Shakhtar Donetsk qualified for 2011–12 UEFA Champions League. After the 26th Round, both Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk and Karpaty Lviv qualified for European football for the 2011–12 season. After the 27th Round, Karpaty Lviv qualified for 2011–12 UEFA Europa League.
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. After the 28th Round, both Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk and Metalist Kharkiv qualified for 2011–12 UEFA Europa League. 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.
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. After the 30th Round, Vorskla Poltava qualified for the 2011–12 UEFA Europa League and enters Second qualifying round.
League table
Results
Round by round
Top goalscorers
The top ten goalscorers during the season. #ScorerGoals (Pen.)Team1 Yevhen Seleznyov17Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk2 Marko Dević14 (3)Metalist Kharkiv3 Lucky Idahor13 (1)Tavriya Simferopol4 Denys Oliynyk12Metalist Kharkiv5 Andriy Yarmolenko11Dynamo Kyiv6 Oleksiy Antonov10Illichivets Mariupol Vasyl Sachko10Vorskla Poltava Luiz Adriano10 (1)Shakhtar Donetsk Andriy Shevchenko10 (2)Dynamo Kyiv Konstantyn Yaroshenko10 (2)Illichivets Mariupol
Awards 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 The laureates of the 2010–11 UPL season were:Названо лауреатів сезону 2010/2011 рр.! 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 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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