# 2010–11 Ukrainian First League

The 2010–11 Ukrainian First League was the 20th since its establishment. Eighteen teams competed in the competition. Two teams were promoted from the 2009–10 Ukrainian Second League and a third team replaced a team that withdrew from the competition.
The competition began on July 17, 2010, with six matches. It had a winter break and resumed on March 19, 2011.

## Promotion and relegation
### Promoted teams

These three teams were promoted from the 2009–10 Ukrainian Second League

#### Group A

* Bukovyna Chernivtsi – champion (returning after nine seasons)
* Nyva Vinnytsia – Playoff winner (returning after four seasons)

#### Group B

* Tytan Armyansk – champion (debut)

### Relegated teams

Two teams were relegated from the 2009–10 Ukrainian Premier League
* Chornomorets Odesa – 15th place (returning after eight seasons)
* Zakarpattya Uzhhorod – 16th place (returning after a season)

## Playoff game

At the meeting of the Professional Football League of Ukraine, it was confirmed that FC Desna Chernihiv failed attestation for the season and hence would have their license withdrawn. To allow an extra team to be promoted, the PFL determined that a playoff game between the 2nd placed teams from Druha Liha – Kremin Kremenchuk and Nyva Vinnytsia would determine the vacancy created. This playoff game was played on June 28, 2010.
* Nyva Vinnytsia were promoted into the First League, while Kremin Kremenchuk remain in the Second League.

## 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 | MCS Rukh, Ivano-Frankivsk | 15,000 | Prykarpattya Ivano-Frankivsk | |
| 3 | Zirka Stadium, Kirovohrad | 13,667 | Zirka Kirovohrad | |
| 4 | Labor Reserve, Bila Tserkva | 13,500 | Arsenal Bila Tserkva | With stadium under construction capacity is reduced to 5,000. |
| 5 | Avanhard Zakarpattya, Uzhhorod | 12,000 | Zakarpattya Uzhhorod | |
| 6 | Bukovyna Stadium, Chernivtsi | 12,000 | Bukovyna Chernivtsi | |
| 7 | Stal Stadium, Alchevsk | 8,632 | Stal Alchevsk | |
| 8 | KSC Nika, Oleksandria | 5,692 | PFC Oleksandria | |
| 9 | Naftovyk Stadium, Okhtyrka | 5,256 | Naftovyk-Ukrnafta Okhtyrka | |
| 10 | Spartak Stadium, Odesa | 4,800 | Chornomorets Odesa Dnister Ovidiopol | Dniester loans usage of stadium in 2011 due to state of home stadium |
| 11 | Khimik Stadium, Krasnoperekopsk, Crimea | 4,116 | Tytan Armyansk | Used as home ground after the winter break |
| 12 | Khimik Stadium, Armyansk, Crimea | 3,450 | Tytan Armyansk | |
| 13 | Khimik Sport Complex, Vinnytsia | 3,283 | Nyva Vinnytsia | Used as home stadium in Round 22 |
| 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 | |
| 16 | Avanhard Stadium, Mukachevo | 3,000 | Zakarpattya Uzhhorod | Used as home stadium in Round 22 |
| 18 | Sport Complex Obukhivsky Raion, Obukhiv, Kyiv Oblast | 2,064 | Arsenal Bila Tserkva | Club forced to play away from home after the winter break. |
| 19 | Helios Arena, Kharkiv | 2,057 | Helios Kharkiv | |
| 20 | Dukov Dnister Stadium, Ovidiopol | 1,500 | Dnister Ovidiopol | |
| 21 | Stadium Yunist, Kalinino, Crimea | 1,050 | Feniks-Illichovets Kalinino | |
| 22 | Dynamo Club Stadium, Chapayevka | 750 | Dynamo-2 Kyiv | |
Notes:
* ↑ Tytan Armyansk played their Round 21, 23 and 25 games at Khimik Stadium, Krasnoperekopsk, Crimea
* ↑ Arsenal Bila Tserkva played their Round 21, 23 and 25 games at SCOR Stadium, Obukhiv, Kyiv Oblast

## Managers

| Club | Coach | Replaced coach |
| Arsenal Bila Tserkva | Ihor Artymovych | |
| Bukovyna Chernivtsi | Vadym Zayats | |
| Chornomorets Odesa | Roman Hryhorchuk | Ihor Nakonechny |
| Dnister Ovidiopol | Andriy Parkhomenko | |
| Dynamo-2 Kyiv | Andriy Husin | Hennadiy Lytovchenko |
| Enerhetyk Burshtyn | Bohdan Blavatskyi | Mykola Prystay Roman Pokora Mykhailo Savka Serhiy Ptashnyk |
| Feniks-Illichovets Kalinino | Ivan Maruschak | |
| Helios Kharkiv | Volodymyr Shekhovtsov (caretaker) | Roman Pokora Serhiy Kandaurov Volodymyr Shekhovtsov (caretaker) |
| Krymteplytsia Molodizhne | Mykola Fedorko (caretaker) | Oleksandr Sevidov |
| FC Lviv | Oleksandr Ryabokon | |
| Naftovyk-Ukrnafta Okhtyrka | Serhiy Mizin | |
| Nyva Vinnytsia | Oleh Fedorchuk | |
| PFC Oleksandria | Volodymyr Sharan | |
| Prykarpattya Ivano-Frankivsk | Ihor Dyriv (caretaker) | Mykola Prystay Serhiy Ptashnyk Petro Kushlyk |
| Stal Alchevsk | Anatoliy Volobuyev | |
| Tytan Armyansk | Mykola Fedorenko | |
| Zakarpattia Uzhhorod | Oleksandr Sevidov | Igor Gamula |
| Zirka Kirovohrad | Anatoliy Buznyk | Oleksandr Deriberin |

### Managerial changes

| Team | Outgoing head coach | Manner of departure | Date of vacancy | Table | Incoming head coach | Date of appointment |
| Chornomorets | Andriy Bal | Sacked | 13 May | Pre-season | Ihor Nakonechny | 13 May |
| Naftovyk-Ukrnafta | Serhiy Shevchenko | Leaves for PFC Sevastopol | 10 June | Pre-season | Serhiy Mizin | 27 June |
| FC Lviv | Viktor Ryashko (caretaker) | End as caretaker | 23 June | Pre-season | Oleksandr Ryabokon | 23 June |
| Zirka | Ihor Zhabchenko | Contract not extended | 1 July | Pre-season | Oleksandr Deriberin | 1 July |
| Enerhetyk | Mykola Prystay | Resigns | 1 September | 17th place | Roman Pokora | 4 September |
| Helios | Serhiy Kandaurov | Resigns | 12 September | 14th place | Volodymyr Shekhovtsov (caretaker) | 12 September |
| Helios | Volodymyr Shekhovtsov (caretaker) | End as caretaker | 28 September | 13th place | Roman Pokora | 28 September |
| Enerhetyk | Roman Pokora | Leaves for FC Helios | 28 September | 15th place | Mykhailo Savka | 28 September |
| Zirka | Oleksandr Deriberin | Resigned | 29 September | 18th place | Anatoliy Buznyk | 29 September |
| Chornomorets | Ihor Nakonechny | Sacked | 16 November | 4th place | Roman Hryhorchuk | 16 November |
| Enerhetyk | Mykhailo Savka | End of contract Assistant at Chornomorets | 20 November | 14th place | Serhiy Ptashnyk | 22 December |
| Dynamo-2 | Hennadiy Lytovchenko | Other club duties | 21 December | 9th place | Andriy Husin | 21 December |
| Prykarpattya | Serhiy Ptashnyk | Leaves for Enerhetyk | 22 December | 18th place | Petro Kushlyk | 13 January |
| Prykarpattya | Petro Kushlyk | Other club duties | 20 March | 17th place | Mykola Prystay | 20 March |
| Krymteplytsia | Oleksandr Sevidov | Resigns | 30 March | 8th place | Mykola Fedorko (caretaker) | 8 April |
| Zakarpattya | Igor Gamula | Sacked | 6 April | 5th place | Oleksandr Sevidov | 6 April |
| Enerhetyk | Serhiy Ptashnyk | Sacked | 12 April | 15th place | Bohdan Blavatskyi | 12 April |
| Prykarpattya | Mykola Prystay | License expired | 20 April | 17th place | Ihor Dyriv (caretaker) | 20 April |
| Helios | Roman Pokora | Sacked | 22 April | 13th place | Volodymyr Shekhovtsov (caretaker) | 22 April |

## Final standings

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion or relegation |
| 1 | PFC Oleksandria (C, P) | 34 | 21 | 6 | 7 | 55 | 25 | +30 | 69 | Promoted to Ukrainian Premier League |
| 2 | Chornomorets Odesa (P) | 34 | 18 | 11 | 5 | 53 | 26 | +27 | 65 | Promoted to Ukrainian Premier League |
| 3 | Stal Alchevsk | 34 | 18 | 8 | 8 | 55 | 31 | +24 | 62 | |
| 4 | Krymteplitsia Molodizhne | 34 | 18 | 7 | 9 | 43 | 30 | +13 | 61 | |
| 5 | FC Lviv | 34 | 17 | 8 | 9 | 52 | 28 | +24 | 59 | |
| 6 | Zakarpattia Uzhhorod | 34 | 16 | 8 | 10 | 51 | 40 | +11 | 56 | |
| 7 | Bukovyna Chernivtsi | 34 | 17 | 5 | 12 | 48 | 45 | +3 | 56 | |
| 8 | Dynamo-2 Kyiv | 34 | 15 | 7 | 12 | 39 | 35 | +4 | 52 | |
| 9 | Arsenal Bila Tserkva | 34 | 15 | 6 | 13 | 42 | 43 | −1 | 51 | |
| 10 | Nyva Vinnytsia | 34 | 14 | 8 | 12 | 44 | 42 | +2 | 50 | |
| 11 | Tytan Armyansk | 34 | 13 | 5 | 16 | 32 | 42 | −10 | 44 | |
| 12 | Zirka Kirovohrad | 34 | 12 | 7 | 15 | 43 | 44 | −1 | 43 | |
| 13 | Dnister Ovidiopol | 34 | 10 | 12 | 12 | 39 | 42 | −3 | 42 | |
| 14 | Naftovyk-Ukrnafta Okhtyrka | 34 | 10 | 11 | 13 | 40 | 44 | −4 | 41 | |
| 15 | Helios Kharkiv | 34 | 10 | 10 | 14 | 31 | 44 | −13 | 40 | |
| 16 | Enerhetyk Burshtyn (O) | 34 | 10 | 6 | 18 | 29 | 49 | −20 | 36 | Qualification for relegation play-off |
| 17 | Prykarpattya Ivano-Frankivsk (R) | 34 | 5 | 1 | 28 | 27 | 82 | −55 | 16 | Relegated to Ukrainian Second League |
| 18 | Feniks-Illichovets Kalinino (D) | 34 | 3 | 2 | 29 | 17 | 48 | −31 | 8 | Withdrew (expelled) from PFL |
* ↑ Feniks-Illichovets Kalinino deducted 3 points by the PFL on February 9, 2011 due to failure of payment of league dues.
* ↑ Prior to the resumption of competition after the winter break the club ceased operations and withdrew from the PFL.

### Promotion/Relegation playoff

The promotion/relegation playoff stage consisted of two matches. For sponsorship reasons it was named as Umbro playoffs. At match one both second placed teams of the Second League groups played each other to determine the winner. At match two the match was played between the 16th place team of the First League and the winner of another playoff game between the second placed clubs from each group of the Second League.
| Team 1 | Score | Team 2 |
| FC Sumy | 2–0 | FC Poltava |
| Enerhetyk Burshtyn | 2–0 | FC Sumy |

#### Playoff bracket

| Match one | Match one | Match one | Match two | Match two | Match two |
| | | | 1L | Enerhetyk Burshtyn | 2 |
| 2L | FC Sumy | 2 | 2L | FC Sumy | 0 |
| 2L | FC Poltava | 0 | | | |
* 1L – First League
* 2L – Second League

## Withdrawn teams
### Feniks-Illichovets Kalinino

At the end of the winter break Feniks-Illichivets Kalinino administration notified the PFL that their club was in liquidation and would withdraw from the league. All of their spring fixtures are considered technical losses. The club competed in twenty games in the League and had a record of 3 wins, 2 draws and 14 losses and 1 technical loss with 17 goals scored and 48 allowed.

## Results

| Home \ Away | ABT | BUK | CHO | DNR | DK2 | ENE | FEN | HEL | KRM | LVI | NAF | NYV | OLK | PIF | STA | TYA | HOV | ZIR |
| Arsenal Bila Tserkva | | 1–2 | 2–2 | 0–0 | 0–2 | 2–1 | +:- | 3–1 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 3–2 | 0–0 | 1–2 | 1–3 | 2–0 |
| Bukovyna Chernivtsi | 2–1 | | 3–0 | 2–2 | 1–0 | 2–1 | +:- | 0–2 | 1–2 | 0–2 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 3–1 | 2–1 | 3–1 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 1–2 |
| Chornomorets Odesa | 1–0 | 3–0 | | 1–1 | 3–1 | 4–0 | +:- | 3–0 | 4–0 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 0–2 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 4–0 | 1–1 | 0–1 |
| Dnister Ovidiopol | 0–2 | 2–1 | 1–2 | | 0–1 | 2–0 | +:- | 1–0 | 0–0 | 1–3 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 1–4 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 4–2 | 4–1 |
| Dynamo-2 Kyiv | 0–1 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 2–0 | | 3–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 3–0 |
| Enerhetyk Burshtyn | 0–1 | 1–4 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 2–1 | | 1–2 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 1–3 | 0–3 | 2–0 | 0–2 | 2–1 | 2–0 |
| Feniks-Illichovets Kalinino | 2–4 | 0–1 | 1–3 | 1–1 | -:+ | -:+ | | 1–2 | 1–2 | 0–3 | -:+ | 1–3 | -:+ | -:+ | 0–2 | -:+ | -:+ | 1–6 |
| Helios Kharkiv | 0–2 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–1 | +:- | | 1–0 | 1–3 | 3–1 | 0–0 | 2–2 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 2–2 | 1–0 | 2–2 |
| Krymteplytsia Molodizhne | 4–1 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 2–1 | 1–0 | +:- | 2–1 | | 0–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 5–1 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 2–0 |
| FC Lviv | 1–0 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 3–0 | 2–1 | 6–1 | 0–0 | 2–1 | | 3–0 | 4–1 | 0–3 | 4–2 | 0–2 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 |
| Naftovyk-Ukrnafta Okhtyrka | 2–3 | 2–3 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 2–3 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 0–0 | | 4–0 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 2–2 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 2–0 |
| Nyva Vinnytsia | 3–1 | 1–1 | 1–3 | 3–2 | 2–2 | 3–0 | +:- | 2–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 2–2 | | 2–2 | 3–0 | 2–1 | 4–0 | 2–1 | 0–0 |
| FC Oleksandriya | 2–0 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 3–0 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 3–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 2–1 | | 3–0 | 0–1 | 3–0 | 1–0 | 2–1 |
| Prykarpattya Ivano-Frankivsk | 0–2 | 0–1 | 1–5 | 2–2 | 0–2 | 0–3 | 1–2 | 0–2 | 1–2 | 1–6 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 0–3 | | 0–3 | 2–1 | 1–3 | 1–0 |
| Stal Alchevsk | 3–0 | 4–2 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 3–1 | 3–0 | 4–0 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 5–0 | | 0–0 | 3–2 | 2–1 |
| Tytan Armyansk | 2–1 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 0–3 | 3–0 | 0–1 | 3–0 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 2–1 | | 0–2 | 0–0 |
| Hoverla Uzhhorod | 2–2 | 2–2 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 4–2 | 0–2 | 2–3 | 2–1 | 3–0 | 2–1 | 4–2 | 3–2 | 2–0 | | 2–0 |
| Zirka Kirovohrad | 1–0 | 3–3 | 0–1 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 0–2 | 1–3 | 3–0 | 3–0 | 3–0 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 3–2 | 0–1 | 1–3 | 4–0 | |
* ↑ PFL awarded a technical 3–0 victory to Prykarpattya Ivano-Frankivsk due to Enerhetyk Burshtyn fielding Ihor Dolotko who was suspended for the game. The original Round 22 game ended in a 1–1 draw.
* ↑ PFL awarded a technical 3–0 victory to Nyva Vinnytsia due to Enerhetyk Burshtyn not arriving for the Round 34 match on June 11, 2011.
* ↑ Feniks-Illichivets Kalinino failed to play in their scheduled Round 17 match on October 23, 2010 indicating that had removed themselves from all competitions (October 21st, 2010). Four days later the club informed the PFL that their financial state had stabilized. PFL award a 3–0 technical victory to Tytan Armyansk.

## Top scorers

| | Scorer | Goals (Pen.) | Team |
| 1 | Ruslan Hunchak | 20 (1) | Bukovyna Chernivtsi |
| 2 | Matviy Bobal | 15 (4) | Zakarpattia Uzhhorod |
| 3 | Vyacheslav Shevchenko | 14 | Stal Alchevsk/PFC Oleksandria |
| 4 | Oleksandr Kochura | 12 (5) | Zirka Kirovohrad |
| 5 | Dmytro Leonov | 10 | Feniks-Illichivets Kalinino/Arsenal Bila Tserkva |
| 5 | Vitaliy Havrysh | 10 (1) | Stal Alchevsk |
| 5 | Kostyantyn Vizyonok | 10 (2) | Tytan Armyansk |
| 5 | Serhiy Herasymets | 10 (5) | Nyva Vinnytsia |
| 9 | Charles Newuche | 9 (1) | Zakarpattia Uzhhorod |
| 9 | Denys Vasin | 9 (1) | Chornomorets Odesa |
| 9 | Anatoliy Didenko | 9 (2) | Chornomorets Odesa |
| 9 | Valentyn Poltavets | 9 (6) | Dnister Ovidiopol |
Notes:
* ↑ Vyacheslav Shevchenko signed with PFC Oleksandria during the winter break.
* ↑ Dmytro Leonov signed with Arsenal Bila Tserkva during the winter break after Feniks-Illichivets Kalinino released all their players when the club folded.