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2017–18 Ukrainian Second League
The 2017–18 Ukrainian Second League was the 27th season since its establishment. The competition commenced on 14 July 2017. The league returned to the multiple group competition format after it was abandoned in 2013. Final composition of the league was approved at the PFL Conference on 21 June 2017. The current season competition is in a triple round robin format for each group. Group A commenced their winter break after the Round 7 postponed match was played on 12 November 2017. Group B will begin their winter break after the completion of Round 22 on 19 November 2017. Group B competitions resumed the spring session on 30 March 2018 and Group A on 31 March 2018. Teams On 21 June 2017, it was announced that 25 teams will play in two divisions, but later FC Balkany Zorya was transferred to the 2017–18 Ukrainian First League and FC Cherkaskyi Dnipro-2 withdrew from the competition, leaving 23 teams in the field. Promoted teams The following six teams were promoted fr ...
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Ukrainian Second League
The Ukrainian Second League (, ''Druha Liha'') is a professional football league in Ukraine which is part of the Professional Football League of Ukraine, a collective member of the Ukrainian Association of Football. As the third tier it was established in 1992 as the Transitional League and changed its name the next season. The league is lower than the Ukrainian First League (''Persha Liha'') and the lowest level of professional football competitions in the country. Since 1996 the league, after being merged with its lower tier (in 1992–1995 there was the Third League), consists of two main regions roughly north-west and south-east. The league's relegated teams lose their professional status and return to their regional associations. Quick overview First seasons The third division of the Ukrainian championship originally was organized as the ''Transitional League'' due to numerous amateur clubs competing in it 15 out of 18. Out of the 1992 Transitional League the top clubs quali ...
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FC Podillya Khmelnytskyi
FC Podillya Khmelnytskyi () is a Ukrainian professional association football, football team that is based in Khmelnytskyi, Ukraine, Khmelnytskyi, Khmelnytskyi Oblast, Ukraine. The club competes in the Ukrainian Second League. History Soviet era Established in the Soviet Union as part of the Dynamo sports society in 1926 as Dynamo Proskurov (Proskuriv), the club participated mostly in championships of the city and its region. In 1940 and 1941, it represented the region in the republican competitions among the sports societies of Ukraine. During World War II, the Soviet sports competitions were suspended and the club was disbanded. After the World War II, Podillya once again started out as a subsection of the Soviet Dynamo athletic franchise in 1948, under the name of Dynamo, of course. In 1951, it entered all Ukrainian republican football competitions. In 1960, the club obtained the status of "team of master" and entered the Soviet Class B competitions. That year is considered to ...
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MFC Mykolaiv-2
MFC Mykolaiv-2 is the 2nd squad of the Ukrainian football club MFC Mykolaiv. History History of the MFC Mykolaiv second team could be easily traced to the 1937 Football Championship of the Ukrainian SSR where Sudnobudivnyk-2 Mykolaiv placed 6th out 7 participants. Until 2017, the team played in various amateur level competitions. In 2017, it was admitted to the Ukrainian Second League. Its first game at professional level the team played on 16 July 2017 hosting SC Tavriya Simferopol at Tsentralny Misky Stadion in Mykolaiv. Its home stadium was announced Stadion Parka Peremohy. Before the 2018–19 season, the team squad was refreshed with younger players from local Torpedo sports school of Olympic reserve. Current squad Coaches * 2017 – 2019 Vyacheslav Mazarati * 2019 – present Volodymyr Ponomarenko
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FC Lviv
FC Lviv () is a Ukrainian professional football club from the city of Lviv. The history of the club is very controversial and was interrupted on numerous occasions. The first club under such name entered professional competitions back in 1992. In 2001 that club was merged with Karpaty Lviv. The second club appeared in 2006 replacing insolvent Hazovyk-Skala out of Stryi (not far from Lviv) in the second tier. In such manner the new club skipped few tiers of the national football pyramid. That club became bankrupt in 2012. Few years later in 2016 the club was revived based on its football academy. In 2017 the administration of NK Veres Rivne and FC Lviv reached an agreement which led to "castling" swap of their teams in the national football pyramid. In 2023 FC Lviv was relegated, but it suspended its operations due to hardship with an option to renew its professional next season. While the first president of FC Lviv Oleksandr Didenko insisted that FC Lviv of 1992 has nothing ...
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PFC Nyva Ternopil
FC Nyva Ternopil (; ) is a Ukrainian football club from the city of Ternopil, the administrative center of Ternopil Oblast. As of the 2020–21 season, it played in the Ukrainian First League, the second tier of Ukrainian football, following promotion from the 2019–20 Ukrainian Second League. Originally the club was formed as Nyva Pidhaitsi in the small town Pidhaitsi in 1978, then moved to a district centre Berezhany changing its name to Nyva Berezhany in 1982, and finally moved to Ternopil becoming Nyva Ternopil in 1985. In 2016 the club withdrew from the professional competitions and was reestablished as PFC Nyva Ternopil. Their home ground is the small stadium of former bird farm in village of Velyki Hayi near Ternopil, but all the major home league and cup matches they have played before in 15,150 seat Central City Stadium named after Roman Shukhevych, which belongs to Community of the City of Ternopil. History Club names * 1978–1982: FC Nyva Pidhaitsi * 1982–1984 ...
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2000–01 Ukrainian Second League
The 2000–01 Ukrainian Second League was the tenth season of 3rd level professional football in Ukraine. The competitions were divided into three groups according to geographical location in the country – A is western Ukraine, B is southern Ukraine and Crimea, and C is eastern Ukraine. The groups were won respectively by FC Polissya Zhytomyr, FC Obolon Kyiv and FC Naftovyk Okhtyrka. Team changes Promoted The following team were promoted from the 2000 Ukrainian Football Amateur League: * FC Tekhno-Tsentr Rohatyn – ''(debut)'' * FC Frunzenets-Liha-99 Sumy – ''(debut, previously (17 seasons ago) played in the 1983 Soviet Second League as Frunzenets Sumy)'' Also, eight more clubs were admitted additionally: * FC Krasyliv – ''(debut)'' * FC Sokil Zolochiv – ''(debut)'' * FC Ternopil-Nyva-2 – ''(debut)'' * FC Dnipro-3 Dnipropetrovsk – ''(debut)'' * FC Cherkasy-2– ''(debut)'' * FC Shakhtar-3 Donetsk – ''(debut)'' * FC Metalurh-2 Mariupol – ''(debut)'' * ...
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FC Polissya Zhytomyr
Football Club Polissya Zhytomyr () is a Ukrainian professional Association football, football club based in Zhytomyr, Polesia, Polissya. It plays in the Ukrainian Premier League, the top tier of Ukrainian football, following promotion from the 2022–23 Ukrainian First League. The original Soviet team of masters became defunct after the 2004–05 season and for almost decade the city was without its professional club, although the Polissia football academy as a specialized sports school continued to play at local competitions. History The club traces its history back to 1959 when there was created the first "team of masters" (Soviet terminology of professional team). However, the team functioned before 1959 at republican level which was considered to be amateur. For example, in 1958 Avanhard Zhytomyr became a champion of Zhytomyr Oblast. In Soviet times the club carried the name ''Avtomobilist'' (car maker), then it changed to ''Polissya'' (the name for the local region (Polesie ...
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2016–17 Ukrainian Football Amateur League
The 2016–17 Ukrainian Football Amateur League season was the 21st since it replaced the competition of physical culture clubs. The competition started on 13 August 2016. There were two groups with 12 teams in Group A and 12 teams in Group B. The last season winner FC Balkany Zorya has participated in professional Second League. On 29 August 2016, SC Tavriya Simferopol was admitted to the competition. Teams * Debut: FC Oskar Pidhiria, FC Nyva Terebovlya, FC Avanhard Koryukivka, FC Viktoriya Mykolayivka, FC Kvadro Pervomaiskyi, FC Inhulets-3 Petrove, FC Metalist 1925 Kharkiv * Newly admitted former professional clubs: FC Lviv, FC Kovel-Volyn, FC Chortkiv-Peduniversytet, SC Tavriya Simferopol * Returning clubs: MFC Pervomaisk Withdraw teams List of clubs that took part in last year competition, but chose not to participate in the 2016–17 season. * FC Voloka * FC Vinnytsia * FC Avanhard Kakhovka * FC Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih * FC Kolos Khlibodarivka Location map Group 1 ...
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FC Zorya-Akademia Bilozirya
FC Zoria-Akademiia Biloziria () is an amateur Ukraine, Ukrainian football club from the city of Biloziria, Cherkasy Raion. It was a farm club of the FC Cherkashchyna and was known as formerly FC Cherkaskyi Dnipro-2 and FC Cherkashchyna-Akademiia-2 Biloziria. History The club was formed in 1965. In 2010's, FC Zoria Biloziria became one of the best amateur teams in the Cherkasy Oblast Championship. In 2010, the team won the Oblast Cup and were runners-up in the Oblast Championship. The following season they were once again silver medalists in the Oblast Championship. In 2012, Zoria captured the double – winning both the Oblast championship and Oblast cup, and first made their debut in the Ukrainian Football Amateur Association, Ukrainian Amateur championship and Ukrainian Amateur Cup, Ukrainian Amateur Cup championship. That same year, the club opened a modern stadium with an artificial surface, displays, lighting and stands for 1,000 suррorters. Until late 2014, it was ...
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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 winter break and resumed the spring session on 18 March 2018 and complete the competition on 19 May 2018. Teams On 21 June 2017, it was announced that 16 or 18 teams would play in the competition. This decision was dependent on the possible withdrawal of FC Stal Kamianske from the Premier League. Due to sanctions, FC Dnipro was relegated directly to the Second League which raised a discussion of a promotion possibly of another club to the First League. In addition in the case of the withdrawal of Stal, Desna had an opportunity to be accepted to the Ukrainian Premier League with another ongoing inter-season case (see Desna vs Veres promotion) leaving the First League with 16 participants. On 26 June 2017, FC Stal Kamianske chose to stay in t ...
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FC Balkany Zorya
FC Balkany Zorya () is a professional Ukrainian football team that is based in the village of Zorya, Bilhorod-Dnistrovskyi Raion in the region of Budjak, Odesa Oblast. History The club was founded in 2007 as FC Zorya in the ethnically Bulgarian village of Zorya that was founded in 1831 by resettlers from Bulgaria which is located on the Balkan peninsula. In the first year of the founding of the club managed to take second place in the championship of Sarata Raion. Between 2008–2011, Balkany became Champions of the Raion, also winning the cup and tournaments. In 2011, the team Odesa Oblast cup with the winning goal was scored by Oleksandr Raychev thereby winning the right to build a stadium in the urban-type settlement of Sarata. The following year began the construction of the stadium with two standard fields with grass. The ground is now named after former footballer from Zorya Boris Tropaneț as the Borys Tropanets Stadium. In 2013, the team for the first time in it ...
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Professional Football League Of Ukraine
The Professional Football League of Ukraine (; also known as PFL) is a non-for-profit sports association of professional football (sports) clubs also known as the Football Clubs Association "Professional Football League of Ukraine". It is a collective member of the Ukrainian Association of Football. The association members are created and act according to their statutory goals and objectives. Created in 1996 as a representative of all professional clubs in Ukraine, starting from 2008 the association only represents professional clubs of lower leagues (second and third tiers). The League organizes the football competition for football clubs in the second and the third level of the Ukrainian league system known as Persha Liha and Druha Liha respectively as well as early stages of the Ukrainian Cup. It enforces the laws and regulations and ensures that the competitions are organized under the concept of " Fair play". History Discussions about creation of the league had place for ...
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