The 2016–17 Ukrainian Second League is the 26th season of 3rd level professional
football in Ukraine
Football is the most popular sport in Ukraine. The Ukrainian Association of Football is the national governing body and is responsible for overseeing all aspects of the game of football in the country. It was organized in 1991 to replace the So ...
. The competition commenced on 23 July 2016 with one match from Round 1. The spring session started on 18 March 2017 with the competition ending on 2 June 2017. The fixtures were announced on 16 July 2016.
Team changes
Prior to the season commencing at the Conference of the
PFL in preparation for the season the committee decided to expand the competition to 17 teams.
Admitted teams
The following 10 teams were admitted by the
PFL after participating in the
2016 Ukrainian Football Amateur League and passing attestation which continued until 15 July.
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Balkany Zorya – champion ''(debut)''
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Illichivets-2 Mariupol – reserve competitions ''(returning after an absence of five seasons)''
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Inhulets-2 Petrove – group stage ''(debut)''
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Metalurh Zaporizhya
MFC Metalurh Zaporizhzhia ( uk, Футбо́льний клуб «Металу́рг» Запорі́жжя ) is a Ukrainian professional football club based in Zaporizhzhia. Reestablished in 2017, it is a " phoenix club" of the original Soviet ...
– group stage ''(debut)''
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Nyva-V Vinnytsia – group stage ''(returning after an absence of seven seasons)''
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Podillya Khmelnytskyi
FC Podillya Khmelnytskyi is a professional Ukraine, Ukrainian football (soccer), football team that is based in Khmelnytskyi, Ukraine, Khmelnytskyi, Khmelnytskyi Oblast, Ukraine. The club competes in the Ukrainian Second League.
History Soviet era ...
– group stage ''(returning after an absence of eight seasons, however in the
2013–14 Ukrainian Second League
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season
Dynamo
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represented the city of
Khmelnytskyi
Khmelnytskyi ( uk, Хмельни́цький, Khmelnytskyi, ), until 1954 Proskuriv ( uk, Проску́рів, links=no ), is a city in western Ukraine, the administrative center for Khmelnytskyi Oblast (region) and Khmelnytskyi Raion (dist ...
)''
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Rukh Vynnyky – finalist (
previous season) ''(debut)''
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Sudnobudivnyk Mykolaiv – group stage ''(debut)''
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Teplovyk Ivano-Frankivsk – group stage ''(debut)''
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Zhemchuzhyna Odesa – quarterfinals ''(debut)''
Withdrawn teams
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Barsa Sumy withdrew from the PFL before the start of the 2016–17 season.
Relegated teams
No teams were relegated from the Ukrainian First League
Location map
The following displays the location of teams.
Stadiums
The following stadiums are considered home grounds for the teams in the competition.
Managers
Managerial changes
League table
Results
Position by round
Promotion play-off
The draw for promotion play-off scheduling was held on 3 June 2017.
First leg
Second leg
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PFC Sumy
FC Sumy was a Ukrainian football team based in the city of Sumy, which used to play in the Persha Liha. In April 2019 the Ukrainian Football Federation deprived the club of its professional status.[FC Balkany Zorya
FC Balkany Zorya ( uk, ФК Балкани Зоря, FK Balkany Zorya) is a professional Ukrainian football team that is based in the village of Zorya, Sarata Raion in the region of Budjak, Odesa Oblast.
History
The club was founded in 2007 ...]
loses but later was promoted to the
2017–18 Ukrainian First League
The 2017–18 Ukrainian First League was the 27th since its establishment. The competition commenced on 14 July 2017 when Zhemchuzhyna Odesa hosted MFC Mykolaiv. After the completion of Round 22 on 18 November 2017, the competition entered a wint ...
, due to sanctions against
FC Dnipro
Football Club Dnipro ( uk, Футбо́льний Клуб «Дніпро́», ) was a Ukrainian football club based in Dnipro. The club was owned by the Privat Group that also owns BC Dnipro and Budivelnyk Kyiv.
In 2018 FC Dnipro was forced in ...
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Top goalscorers
The season top goalscorers were:
Awards
Round awards
Season awards
The laureates of the 2016–17 season were:
* Best player:
Ihor Khudobyak (
Teplovyk-Prykarpattia Ivano-Frankivsk)
* Best coach:
Denys Kolchin
Denys Kolchin ( uk, Денис Колчін; born 13 October 1977) is a former professional Ukrainian football defender and current football manager of Balkany Zorya.
Career
He last played for FC Dnister Ovidiopol and worked as a coach of anot ...
(
Zhemchuzhyna Odesa)
* Best goalscorer:
Ihor Khudobyak (
Teplovyk-Prykarpattia Ivano-Frankivsk)
See also
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2016–17 Ukrainian Premier League
The 2016–17 Ukrainian Premier League season is the 26th top-level football club competitions since the fall of the Soviet Union and the ninth since the establishment of the Ukrainian Premier League. The league is scheduled to play its first 18 r ...
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2016–17 Ukrainian First League
The 2016–17 Ukrainian First League was the 26th since its establishment. The fixtures were announced on 16 July 2016, and the competition commenced on 24 July 2016. The spring session started on 12 March 2017 with the competition ending on 2 Ju ...
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2016–17 Ukrainian Cup
The 2016–17 Ukrainian Cup is the 26th annual season of Ukraine's football knockout competition.
The decision on a schedule of competitions for clubs from the First and Second League in composition will be confirmed by the Central Council of the ...
References
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Ukraine
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