# 2011–12 FC Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk season

The 2011–12 Dnipro season was the club's 21st campaign in the Ukrainian Premier League, and their second season under manager Juande Ramos. The club finished the season in 4th place, whilst also reaching the Last 16 of the Ukrainian Cup and the play-off Round of the UEFA Europa League where they were eliminated by Fulham.

## Current squad

    As of 13 January 2012
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 2 | DF | GHA | Samuel Inkoom |
| 3 | DF | CZE | Ondřej Mazuch |
| 4 | MF | UKR | Serhiy Kravchenko |
| 5 | DF | UKR | Vitaliy Mandzyuk |
| 7 | MF | UKR | Denys Kulakov |
| 8 | MF | BRA | Giuliano |
| 9 | FW | CRO | Nikola Kalinić |
| 10 | MF | UKR | Yevhen Konoplianka |
| 11 | MF | UKR | Denys Oliynyk |
| 14 | DF | UKR | Yevhen Cheberyachko |
| 17 | DF | CRO | Ivan Strinić |
| 18 | FW | UKR | Roman Zozulya |
| 19 | DF | UZB | Vitaliy Denisov |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 20 | MF | GHA | Derek Boateng |
| 22 | FW | UKR | Oleksandr Hladkyy |
| 24 | DF | UKR | Pavlo Pashayev |
| 27 | GK | CZE | Jan Laštůvka |
| 29 | MF | UKR | Ruslan Rotan (captain) |
| 30 | MF | UKR | Yevhen Shakhov |
| 32 | GK | UKR | Anton Kanibolotskiy |
| 36 | MF | UKR | Ruslan Babenko |
| 69 | FW | UKR | Oleksiy Antonov |
| 89 | GK | UKR | Denys Shelikhov |
| 99 | FW | BRA | Matheus |

### On loan

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| — | DF | UKR | Vitaly Lysytsky (on loan to Kryvbas) |
| — | DF | GEO | Jaba Kankava (on loan to Kryvbas) |
| — | DF | GEO | Ucha Lobjanidze (on loan to Kryvbas) |
| — | MF | UKR | Valeriy Fedorchuk (on loan to Kryvbas) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| — | MF | UKR | Oleksandr Maksymov (on loan to Arsenal Kyiv) |
| — | MF | GEO | Aleqsandr Kobakhidze (on loan to Arsenal Kyiv) |
| — | MF | CRO | Mladen Bartulović (on loan to Kryvbas) |
| — | MF | CRO | Antonio Jakoliš (on loan to Kryvbas) |
| — | MF | UKR | Dmytro Lyopa (on loan to Kryvbas) |
| — | FW | UKR | Oleksiy Antonov (on loan to Kryvbas) |

## Transfers
### Summer

| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 7 | MF | UKR | Denys Kulakov (from Vorskla Poltava) |
| 9 | FW | CRO | Nikola Kalinić (from Blackburn Rovers) |
| 11 | MF | UKR | Denys Oliynyk (from Metalist Kharkiv) |
| 18 | FW | UKR | Roman Zozulya (from Dynamo Kyiv) |
| 20 | MF | GHA | Derek Boateng (from Getafe) |
| 69 | FW | UKR | Oleksiy Antonov (from Illichivets Mariupol) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| — | MF | UKR | Serhiy Nazarenko (Free to Tavriya Simferopol) |
| — | FW | UKR | Yevhen Seleznyov (€5M to Shakhtar Donetsk) |
| — | FW | UKR | Oleksiy Byelik (Free to Metalurh Zaporizhya) |
| — | FW | ARG | Osmar Ferreyra (Free to Independiente) |
| — | MF | UKR | Artur Karnoza (Free to Naftovyk-Ukrnafta Okhtyrka) |
| — | DF | GEO | Jaba Kankava (On Loan to Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih) |
| — | DF | GEO | Ucha Lobjanidze (On Loan to Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih) |
| — | MF | UKR | Kyrylo Petrov (On Loan to Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih) |
| — | MF | UKR | Valeriy Fedorchuk (On Loan to Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih) |
| — | FW | RUS | Sergei Samodin (On Loan to Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih) |
| — | MF | CRO | Mladen Bartulović (On Loan to Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih) |
| — | DF | UKR | Yevhen Baryshnikov (On Loan to Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih) |
| — | DF | UKR | Vitaliy Lysytskyi (On Loan to Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih) |
| — | FW | ROU | Yonuts Mazilu (On Loan to Arsenal Kyiv) |
| — | MF | UKR | Oleksandr Maksymov (On Loan to Arsenal Kyiv) |
| — | GK | UKR | Yevhen Borovyk (On Loan to Arsenal Kyiv) |
| — | DF | BEL | Éric Matoukou (On Loan to Arsenal Kyiv) |
| — | MF | GEO | Alexander Kobakhidze (On Loan to Arsenal Kyiv) |
| — | FW | UKR | Volodymyr Homenyuk (On Loan to Arsenal Kyiv) |
| -- | MF | CZE | Mario Holek (to Sparta Prague) |
| -- | MF | UKR | Dmytro Lepa (loan to Kryvbas) |

### Winter

| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 3 | DF | CZE | Ondřej Mazuch (from Anderlecht) |
| — | DF | UKR | Yevhen Baryshnikov (loan return from Naftovyk-Ukrnafta) |
| — | DF | UKR | Vitaly Fedoriv (loan return from Kryvbas) |
| — | MF | CRO | Antonio Jakoliš (from Šibenik) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| — | MF | CRO | Antonio Jakoliš (loan to Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih) |

## Competitions
### Ukrainian Premier League
#### Results summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
Last updated: 24 March 2012. Source: Soccerway

#### 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 | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H |
| Result | D | W | L | W | D | L | D | L | L | W | L | W | W | W | W | W | L | W | L | W | D | D | L | W | W | D | W | D | W | W |
| Position | 7 | 2 | 8 | 6 | 7 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 11 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 |

#### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 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 |
| 6 | Tavriya Simferopol | 30 | 12 | 9 | 9 | 43 | 36 | +7 | 45 | |
* ↑ 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.
* ↑ 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. The FFU then released a statement on 19 October 2010 that the point deductions will be applied for the 2011–12 season. However, Karpaty Lviv have indicated that they will take the matter to the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) at Lausanne. 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.
* 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.

### UEFA Europa League
#### Play-off round
## Squad statistics
### Appearances and goals

    As of 24 May 2012
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Total | Total | Premier League | Premier League | Ukrainian Cup | Ukrainian Cup | Europa League | Europa League |
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| 2 | DF | GHA | Samuel Inkoom | 18 | 0 | 13+3 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 |
| 3 | DF | CZE | Ondřej Mazuch | 10 | 0 | 10+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 4 | MF | UKR | Serhiy Kravchenko | 30 | 2 | 20+6 | 2 | 2+0 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 |
| 5 | DF | UKR | Vitaliy Mandzyuk | 30 | 0 | 26+0 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 |
| 7 | MF | UKR | Denys Kulakov | 22 | 0 | 20+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 |
| 8 | MF | BRA | Giuliano | 27 | 1 | 17+7 | 1 | 0+1 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 |
| 9 | FW | CRO | Nikola Kalinić | 21 | 10 | 17+2 | 10 | 0+0 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 |
| 10 | MF | UKR | Yevhen Konoplianka | 32 | 9 | 26+2 | 8 | 1+1 | 1 | 2+0 | 0 |
| 11 | MF | UKR | Denys Oliynyk | 27 | 7 | 12+12 | 7 | 1+1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 14 | DF | UKR | Yevhen Cheberyachko | 31 | 2 | 28+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 2 | 2+0 | 0 |
| 16 | DF | UZB | Andrey Rusol | 2 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 17 | DF | CRO | Ivan Strinić | 27 | 2 | 19+5 | 0 | 1+1 | 2 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 18 | FW | UKR | Roman Zozulya | 18 | 4 | 7+8 | 3 | 1+1 | 1 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 19 | DF | UZB | Vitaliy Denisov | 20 | 0 | 12+4 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 |
| 20 | MF | GHA | Derek Boateng | 25 | 2 | 17+4 | 2 | 2+0 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 |
| 21 | DF | BRA | Alcides | 0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 22 | FW | UKR | Oleksandr Hladkyy | 5 | 0 | 0+4 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 24 | DF | UZB | Pavlo Pashayev | 0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 27 | GK | CZE | Jan Laštůvka | 31 | 0 | 27+0 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 |
| 29 | MF | UKR | Ruslan Rotan | 27 | 3 | 23+0 | 3 | 2+0 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 |
| 30 | MF | UKR | Yevhen Shakhov | 19 | 1 | 6+11 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 1 |
| 32 | GK | UKR | Anton Kanibolotskiy | 4 | 0 | 3+1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 36 | MF | UKR | Ruslan Babenko | 6 | 0 | 1+4 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 49 | FW | UKR | Valeri Kaverin | 3 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 69 | FW | UKR | Oleksiy Antonov | 13 | 4 | 5+5 | 4 | 2+0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 88 | MF | UKR | Dmytro Lyopa | 3 | 0 | 1+2 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 89 | GK | UKR | Denys Shelikhov | 0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 91 | GK | UKR | Ihor Vartsaba | 0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 99 | FW | BRA | Matheus | 25 | 7 | 17+6 | 7 | 0+1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| Players who appeared for Dnipro who left the club during the season: ||||||||||||
| 25 | MF | CZE | Mario Holek | 1 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |

### Goal scorers

| Place | Position | Number | Name | Premier League | Ukrainian Cup | Europa League | Total |
| 1 | FW | 9 | Nikola Kalinić | 11 | 0 | 0 | 11 |
| 2 | FW | 99 | Matheus | 8 | 1 | 0 | 9 |
| 2 | MF | 10 | Yevhen Konoplianka | 8 | 1 | 0 | 9 |
| 4 | MF | 11 | Denys Oliynyk | 7 | 0 | 0 | 7 |
| 5 | FW | 18 | Roman Zozulya | 4 | 1 | 0 | 5 |
| 6 | FW | 69 | Oleksiy Antonov | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 7 | DF | 14 | Yevhen Cheberyachko | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 7 | MF | 4 | Serhiy Kravchenko | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 7 | MF | 29 | Ruslan Rotan | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 7 | MF | 20 | Derek Boateng | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 7 | DF | 17 | Ivan Strinić | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 12 | MF | 8 | Giuliano | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 12 | MF | 30 | Yevhen Shakhov | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 12 | | | Own Goal | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| | | | TOTALS | 54 | 3 | 1 | 58 |

### Disciplinary record

| Number | Position | Name | Premier League | Premier League | Ukrainian Cup | Ukrainian Cup | Europa League | Europa League | Total | Total |
| 2 | DF | Samuel Inkoom | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 |
| 3 | DF | Ondřej Mazuch | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 4 | MF | Serhiy Kravchenko | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0 |
| 5 | DF | Vitaliy Mandzyuk | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 |
| 7 | MF | Denys Kulakov | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 8 | MF | Giuliano | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 9 | FW | Nikola Kalinić | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 |
| 10 | MF | Yevhen Konoplianka | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 11 | MF | Denys Oliynyk | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 14 | DF | Yevhen Cheberyachko | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 17 | DF | Ivan Strinić | 5 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 3 |
| 18 | FW | Roman Zozulya | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 19 | DF | Vitaliy Denisov | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 |
| 20 | MF | Derek Boateng | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 1 |
| 27 | GK | Jan Laštůvka | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 29 | MF | Ruslan Rotan | 10 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 1 |
| 30 | MF | Yevhen Shakhov | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 69 | FW | Oleksiy Antonov | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 88 | MF | Dmytro Lyopa | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 99 | FW | Matheus | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 |
| | | TOTALS | 77 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 80 | 10 |

## Team kit

These are the 2011–12 Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk kits.
Supplier: Nike Sponsor(s): TM Biola
| Home Kit | Away Kit | 3rd Kit |