# 2010–11 FC Metalist Kharkiv season

The 2010–11 season was FC Metalist Kharkiv's 66th season in existence and the club's 7th consecutive season in the top flight of Ukrainian football. In addition to the domestic league, Metalist Kharkiv participated in that season's editions of the Ukrainian Cup and the UEFA Europa League. The season covers the period from 1 July 2010 to 30 June 2011.

## Players
### First team squad

    Squad at end of season
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 1 | GK | UKR | Dmytro Zhdankov |
| 2 | DF | UKR | Oleksandr Romanchuk |
| 3 | DF | ARG | Cristian Villagra |
| 4 | DF | UKR | Andriy Berezovchuk |
| 5 | MF | UKR | Oleh Shelayev |
| 7 | MF | UKR | Serhiy Valyayev |
| 8 | MF | UKR | Edmar |
| 9 | FW | UKR | Andriy Vorobey |
| 10 | MF | BRA | Cleiton Xavier |
| 11 | FW | UKR | Denys Oliynyk |
| 15 | DF | BRA | Fininho |
| 17 | DF | UKR | Serhiy Pshenychnykh |
| 19 | MF | UKR | Serhiy Barilko |
| 20 | GK | UKR | Maksym Startsev |
| 21 | FW | ARG | Jonatan Cristaldo |
| 22 | DF | SRB | Milan Obradović |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 23 | MF | ARG | Sebastián Blanco |
| 24 | FW | UKR | Yevhen Budnik |
| 27 | MF | UKR | Yuriy Chonka |
| 29 | GK | UKR | Oleksandr Horyainov |
| 30 | DF | SEN | Papa Gueye |
| 33 | FW | UKR | Marko Dević |
| 36 | DF | UKR | Artem Bobukh |
| 37 | DF | MDA | Vitalie Bordian |
| 43 | FW | UKR | Serhiy Zahynaylov |
| 44 | MF | UKR | Ivan Voytenko |
| 65 | FW | UKR | Yevheniy Lozovyi |
| 71 | MF | RUS | Sergei Tkachyov |
| 77 | FW | BRA | Taison |
| 80 | DF | SVK | Lukáš Štetina |
| 81 | GK | UKR | Vladimir Dišljenković |
| 87 | MF | UKR | Vyacheslav Sharpar |

### Left club during season

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| — | MF | POL | Marcin Burkhardt (to Jagiellonia Białystok) |
| 42 | MF | NGA | Sani Kaita (loan return to Monaco) |
| — | MF | UKR | Anton Postupalenko (loan to Stal Alchevsk) |
| 88 | MF | SRB | Aleksandar Trišović (to Zakarpattia Uzhhorod) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| — | FW | UKR | Serhiy Davydov (to Zakarpattia Uzhhorod) |
| 50 | FW | BRA | Jajá (to Trabzonspor) |
| 12 | FW | UKR | Volodymyr Lysenko (loan to Volyn Lutsk) |
| — | FW | CIV | Venance Zézé (to Jaro) |

## Competitions
### Ukrainian Premier League
#### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | 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 | Qualification to Europa League play-off round |
| 5 | Karpaty Lviv | 30 | 13 | 9 | 8 | 41 | 34 | +7 | 48 | Qualification to Europa League third qualifying round |

#### Results
### Ukrainian Cup
### UEFA Europa League
#### Group stage

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | PSV | MET | SAM | DEB |
| 1 | PSV Eindhoven | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 10 | 3 | +7 | 14 | Advance to knockout phase | — | 0–0 | 1–1 | 3–0 |
| 2 | Metalist Kharkiv | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 4 | +5 | 11 | Advance to knockout phase | 0–2 | — | 2–1 | 2–1 |
| 3 | Sampdoria | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 7 | −3 | 5 | | 1–2 | 0–0 | — | 1–0 |
| 4 | Debrecen | 6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 13 | −9 | 3 | | 1–2 | 0–5 | 2–0 | — |