2011–12 Ukrainian First League

The 2011–12 Ukrainian First League was the 21st since its establishment. Eighteen teams competed in the competition. Two teams were promoted from the 2010–11 Ukrainian Second League. Two teams were relegated from the 2010–11 Ukrainian Premier League

The competition began on July 16, 2011 with seven matches. The competition had a winter break starting on November 22, 2011 and the competition resumed on March 24, 2012 and completed on May 30, 2012.

Promoted teams
These two teams were promoted from the 2010–11 Ukrainian Second League
 * Group A
 * MFK Mykolaiv – Second League champion (returning after three seasons)


 * Group B
 * Olimpik Donetsk – Second League champion (debut)

Relegated teams
Two teams were relegated from the 2010–11 Ukrainian Premier League


 * FC Sevastopol – 15th place (returning after a season)
 * Metalurh Zaporizhzhia – 16th place (debut)

Renamed teams

 * Dnister Ovidiopol moved their operations to Odesa and renamed themselves to FC Odesa.
 * Zakarpattia Uzhhorod was renamed to Hoverla-Zakarpattia Uzhhorod.

Map
The following displays the location of teams.

Stadiums
The following stadiums were used during the season.

Enerhetyk Burshtyn
On 22 May the president of Enerhetyk Burshtyn informed that the Round 32 match in Vinnytsia was the last match as a professional club and that the will not be competing in the last two games of the season. The rest of Enerhetyk's fixtures (2 games) are considered technical losses. The club played 32 games in the League and had a record of 5 wins, 4 draws and 23 losses with 26 goals scored and 72 against.

FC Lviv
Prior to the start of the 2012–13 Ukrainian Second League season the Sporting Director of the club informed the PFL that they are withdrawing from the league due to termination of their financial sponsor.

Nyva Vinnytsia
The club originally informed the PFL that they were to withdraw from the league when the draw for the 2012–13 season was made due to insufficient funds.(5 July 2012) However, the city and the oblast administration informed the PFL guaranteeing sufficient funds for the next season.(10 July 2012) The club was to participate in the 2012–13 Ukrainian Second League competition after readmission to the PFL but was dissolved not submitting proper documentation or license fees and was omitted from the competition.(13 July 2012)

Promotion Relegation playoff
The promotion/relegation playoff stage consisted of two matches. 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.

Match two
MFK Mykolaiv remain in the First League.

Playoff bracket

 * 1L – First League
 * 2L – Second League