The 2016–17 Ukrainian Second League was the 26th season of 3rd level professional

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. 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

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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

after participating in the 2016 Ukrainian Football Amateur League and passing attestation which continued until 15 July. * Balkany Zorya – champion ''(debut)'' * Illichivets-2 Mariupol – reserve competitions ''(returning after an absence of five seasons)'' * Inhulets-2 Petrove – group stage ''(debut)'' *

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– group stage ''(debut)'' * Nyva-V Vinnytsia – group stage ''(returning after an absence of seven seasons)'' * Podillya Khmelnytskyi – group stage ''(returning after an absence of eight seasons, however in the

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season

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represented the city of

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)'' * Rukh Vynnyky – finalist ( previous season) ''(debut)'' * Sudnobudivnyk Mykolaiv – group stage ''(debut)'' * Teplovyk Ivano-Frankivsk – group stage ''(debut)'' * Zhemchuzhyna Odesa – quarterfinals ''(debut)''

Withdrawn teams

* 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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, due to sanctions against

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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 ( Zhemchuzhyna Odesa) * Best goalscorer: Ihor Khudobyak ( Teplovyk-Prykarpattia Ivano-Frankivsk)

References

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