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 establ ...
was the 15th season of 3rd level professional football in Ukraine. The competitions were divided into three regional groups – A, B, C. This season was known for a high volume of withdrawals from the competition.
Team changes
Newly admitted
The following team was promoted from the
2005 Ukrainian Football Amateur League
The 2005 Ukrainian Football Amateur League season.
Teams Returning
* ZAlK Zaporizhia
Debut
List of teams that are debuting this season in the league.
Metalist-UHMK Kyiv, Illichivets Uman, Kolos Stepove, Yalos Yalta, Feniks-Illichovets Kalin ...
FC Kremin Kremenchuk
Football Club Kremin Kremenchuk (; ) is a professional association football, football club based in Kremenchuk, Ukraine. The current club is administered by the city of Kremenchuk and was established in 2003, but it traces its heritage to the pr ...
FC Yednist' Plysky
FC Yednist Plysky was a Ukrainian professional football team from the village of Plysky in Nizhyn Raion of Chernihiv Oblast. The club continues to play in the Chernihiv Oblast football competition.
Club history
The club was founded in 2001 an ...
– ''(debut)''
The following teams were due to special circumstances:
* MFC Zhytomyr – ''(debut)''
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FC Zhytychi Zhytomyr
Football Club Polissya Zhytomyr () is a Ukrainian professional football club based in Zhytomyr, Polissya. It plays in the Ukrainian Premier League, the top tier of Ukrainian football, following promotion from the 2022–23 Ukrainian First Leagu ...
– ''(debut)''
** OFC Zhytychi Zhytomyr is regarded a successor of
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 20 ...
as the main regional club where ''o'' stands for
oblast
An oblast ( or ) is a type of administrative division in Bulgaria and several post-Soviet states, including Belarus, Russia and Ukraine. Historically, it was used in the Russian Empire and the Soviet Union. The term ''oblast'' is often translated i ...
(region).
* FC Arsenal Kharkiv – ''(returning after an absence of 3 seasons)''
** There was created
FC Kharkiv
FC Kharkiv () was a professional football club based in Kharkiv, Ukraine.
After 2009–10 Ukrainian First League season the club was relegated to the Ukrainian Second League. However, they failed attestation when they submitted falsified documen ...
that was admitted to the 2005–06 Ukrainian Premier League in place of Arsenal, while the latter restarted from the Second League.
Three more teams were also admitted:
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FC Kryvbas-2 Kryvyi Rih
Football Club Kryvbas-2 Kryvyi Rih () is a reserve team of recently reformed Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih. Before 2013 it competed as a reserve team of the original Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih.
In June 2013 Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih went bankrupt.FC Kharkiv-2 – ''(debut)''
* FC Knyazha Shchaslyve – ''(debut)''
Relegated from the First League
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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 20 ...
Kyiv
Kyiv, also Kiev, is the capital and most populous List of cities in Ukraine, city of Ukraine. Located in the north-central part of the country, it straddles both sides of the Dnieper, Dnieper River. As of 1 January 2022, its population was 2, ...
Ukra
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