# 2011–12 FC Metalist Kharkiv season

The 2011–12 season was FC Metalist Kharkiv's 67th season in existence and the club's 8th 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 2011 to 30 June 2012.

## Players
### First team squad

    Squad at the 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 | Maksym Startsev |
| 3 | DF | ARG | Cristian Villagra |
| 4 | DF | UKR | Andriy Berezovchuk |
| 5 | MF | UKR | Oleh Shelayev |
| 6 | DF | ARG | Marco Torsiglieri |
| 7 | MF | UKR | Serhiy Valyayev |
| 8 | MF | UKR | Edmar |
| 9 | FW | UKR | Andriy Vorobey |
| 10 | MF | BRA | Cleiton Xavier |
| 11 | MF | ARG | José Sosa |
| 15 | DF | BRA | Fininho |
| 17 | DF | UKR | Serhiy Pshenychnykh |
| 18 | FW | UKR | Dmytro Yeremenko |
| 19 | MF | ARG | Juan Manuel Torres |
| 21 | FW | ARG | Jonatan Cristaldo |
| 22 | DF | SRB | Milan Obradović |
| 23 | MF | ARG | Sebastián Blanco |
| 25 | FW | BRA | Marlos |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 27 | MF | UKR | Yuriy Chonka |
| 29 | GK | UKR | Oleksandr Horyainov |
| 30 | DF | SEN | Papa Gueye |
| 33 | FW | UKR | Marko Dević |
| 37 | DF | MDA | Vitalie Bordian |
| 77 | FW | BRA | Taison |
| 81 | GK | UKR | Vladimir Dišljenković |
| — | GK | UKR | Artur Denchuk |
| — | DF | UKR | Oleksandr Azatskyi |
| — | DF | UKR | Denys Barvinko |
| — | DF | UKR | Pavlo Cherevatenko |
| — | DF | UKR | Volodymyr Shopin |
| — | MF | UKR | Oleksandr Andriyevskyi |
| — | MF | UKR | Artem Radchenko |
| — | MF | UKR | Yuriy Tkachuk |
| — | FW | UKR | Volodymyr Barilko |
| — | FW | UKR | Robert Hehedosh |
| — | FW | UKR | Serhiy Zahynaylov |

### Left during the 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 |
| — | DF | UKR | Oleksandr Romanchuk (loan to Volyn Lutsk) |
| — | DF | SVK | Lukáš Štetina (loan to Tatran Prešov) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| — | MF | RUS | Sergei Tkachyov (loan to Ural Yekaterinburg) |
| — | FW | UKR | Yevhen Budnik (loan to Vorskla Poltava) |

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

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | Shakhtar Donetsk (C) | 30 | 25 | 4 | 1 | 80 | 18 | +62 | 79 | Qualification to Champions League group stage |
| 2 | Dynamo Kyiv | 30 | 23 | 6 | 1 | 56 | 12 | +44 | 75 | Qualification to Champions League third qualifying round |
| 3 | Metalist Kharkiv | 30 | 16 | 11 | 3 | 54 | 32 | +22 | 59 | Qualification to Europa League play-off round |
| 4 | Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk | 30 | 15 | 7 | 8 | 52 | 35 | +17 | 52 | Qualification to Europa League play-off round |
| 5 | Arsenal Kyiv | 30 | 14 | 9 | 7 | 44 | 27 | +17 | 51 | Qualification to Europa League third qualifying round |
* 1 2 Between Round 26 and Round 28 Dynamo Kyiv and Shakhtar Donetsk had accumulated the same number of points. With the possibility that both teams could finish the competition on the same number of points, the administration of the Premier League decided on 2 May 2012 before Round 29, that if a Golden Match was to be played to decide the championship winner, the encounter would have taken place on 13 May 2012 in Zaporizhzhia at Slavutych Arena.'"`UNIQ--ref-00000014-QINU`"'
* ↑ On 12 August 2010, the Football Federation of Ukraine punished Metalist Kharkiv and Karpaty Lviv for fixing a match in 2008; both teams were handed a fine and deducted nine points each.'"`UNIQ--ref-00000017-QINU`"' The FFU then released a statement on 19 October 2010 that the point deductions will be applied for the 2011–12 season.'"`UNIQ--ref-00000018-QINU`"' However, Karpaty Lviv have indicated that they will take the matter to the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) at Lausanne.'"`UNIQ--ref-00000019-QINU`"' No action had been taken through the season nor of any decision by the league. On 2 August 2013 CAS acknowledged the fact of game fixing between Karpaty and Metalist in 2008. The court did not approve points deduction for both of the clubs, yet suggested to have Metalist stripped of its bronze awards for the 2007–08 Ukrainian Premier League and number of players and staff from both clubs were posed penalties and fines for involvement in the game fixing. On 6 August 2013 UEFA suspended advancement of Metalist Kharkiv in the 2013–14 UEFA Champions League to the playoff round until its final decision on 13 August 2013.'"`UNIQ--ref-0000001A-QINU`"'
* 1 2 Metalurh Donetsk qualified for the Europa League as losing finalist of the 2011–12 Ukrainian Cup to Champions League-qualified Shakhtar Donetsk. Moreover, Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk and Arsenal Kyiv were moved up a round as the cup winner spot was not used.

#### Results summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |

#### Results by round

| Round | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 | 27 | 28 | 29 | 30 |
| Ground | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A |
| Result | D | W | D | W | W | D | W | W | D | W | W | W | W | W | D | L | W | W | W | W | W | D | W | L | D | D | D | D | L | D |
| Position | 10 | 5 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 |

#### Results
### UEFA Europa League
#### Play-off round
#### Group stage

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | MK | AZ | AW | MFF |
| 1 | Metalist Kharkiv | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 15 | 6 | +9 | 14 | Advance to knockout phase | — | 1–1 | 4–1 | 3–1 |
| 2 | AZ | 6 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 10 | 7 | +3 | 8 | Advance to knockout phase | 1–1 | — | 2–2 | 4–1 |
| 3 | Austria Wien | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 11 | −1 | 8 | | 1–2 | 2–2 | — | 2–0 |
| 4 | Malmö FF | 6 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 15 | −11 | 1 | | 1–4 | 0–0 | 1–2 | — |
* 1 2 Tied on head-to-head results. Overall goal difference was used as the tiebreaker.