^ abBetween 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.[1]
^ abOn 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.[2] The FFU then released a statement on 19 October 2010 that the point deductions will be applied for the 2011–12 season.[3] However, Karpaty Lviv have indicated that they will take the matter to the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) at Lausanne.[3] 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.[4]
^ abcMetalurh 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.
Source: Professional Football League of Ukraine[9] Rules for classification: 1st points; 2nd goal difference; 3rd goals scored; 4th fair play[10] (C) Champions; (D) Disqualified; (O) Play-off winners; (P) Promoted Notes:
^Nyva Vinnystia withdrew from the PFL after the season.(13 July 2012)[5]
^MFK Mykolaiv were deducted 3 points for failure of payments of financial obligations ordered by the PFL. (31 May 2012)[6]
^Enerhetyk Burshtyn withdrew from the PFL after Round 32.[7]
^FC Lviv were deducted 3 points for failure of payments of financial obligations ordered by the PFL. (31 May 2012)[6]
^FC Lviv withdrew from the PFL after the season.(12 July 2012)[8]
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.[11]
^Prykarpattya Ivano-Frankivsk were docked a total of 6 points due to failure of payment to former team players. Initially the club were given 18 months to satisfy the PFL decision but failed to do so and had three points. (3 November 2011)[12] The club was docked another three points at the end of the season for failure to resolve their financial obligations. (31 May 2012)[13] The club attempted to pass attestation for the next season. (6 June 2012)[14] However they were expelled from the PFL when they were not included in the draw for the first round of the next season. (10 July 2012)[15]
^Chornomorets-2 Odesa withdrew from the PFL during the mid-winter break.[16](11 January 2012)
^Nyva Ternopil were docked a total of 15 points due to failure of payment to former team players that played between 2007–10.[17](28 September 2011) An additional 6 points were deducted for continuing not to resolve the first issue by 15 November 2011.[12](27 October 2011) An additional 6 points were deducted for not resolving this issue by the Disciplinary Committee of the Ukrainian Football Federation.[18](15 December 2011)
^SKAD-Yalpuh Bolhrad withdrew from the PFL prior to the start of the spring session.[19](4 April 2012)
^Dnipro-2 Dnipropetrovsk was expelled from the PFL after failing to play their Round 26 fixture against Makiyivvuhillya. (6 June 2012)[14]
^The main clubs of Illichivets-2 Mariupol and FC Metalurh-2 Zaporizhzhia withdrew their junior clubs from PFL due to the inaugural of Ukrainian Premier League Under-19 competition which is to start next season. (6 June 2012)[20]
Championship game
A championship game will be played between the top teams of each group competition.[21]
^Футбольний клуб "Бастіон" не братиме участь у змаганнях [Bastion will not take part in the competition] (in Ukrainian). PFL. 13 July 2012. Archived from the original on 2012-10-20. Retrieved 13 July 2012. ...але група «А» другої ліги вже на старті не дорахувалася трьох команд: «Нива» Вінниця... (...but in Group A three teams will not participate: Nyva Vinnytsia...
^ abПРОТОКОЛ № 30 (28 вересня 2011 року) [PFL Disciplinary committee decision- Meeting minutes № 30] (PDF) (in Ukrainian). PFL. 31 May 2012. Retrieved 7 June 2012.
^Viacheslav Lashchuk (6 June 2012). "Оболонь" не спешит в первую лигу [Obolon does not hurry to get into Persha Liha] (in Russian). ua-football.com. Retrieved 7 June 2012.