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 28th since its establishment. The competition started on 21 July 2018 with the match between
Myr
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Usage
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and
FC Nikopol
FC Nikopol was a Ukrainian football club from the city of Nikopol, Dnipropetrovsk Oblast, Nikopol, Dnipropetrovsk oblast and Makiivka, Donetsk Oblast before 2015. Another FC Nikopol has existed in Nikopol prior to relocation of FC Makiivvuhillya.
...
.
The competition entered in recess for a winter break which started after the completion of Round 17 on 11 November 2018 and resumed on 31 March 2019. The season competitions were scheduled to be completed on 1 June 2019 (later ending on 25 May 2019 due to reduction of participants) culminating with a two legged play-off for promotion held between the two second place from both groups and the 13th and 14th placed teams from the
2018–19 Ukrainian First League
The 2018–19 Ukrainian First League was the 28th since its establishment. The competition began on 21 July 2018 with the match between Prykarpattia Ivano-Frankivsk and Balkany Zorya. The competition was in recess for a winter break which starte ...
on 29 May and 2 June 2019.
Format
The PFL composition of the league was approved at the PFL Conference on 27 June 2017, yet the final composition with the competition regulations will be approved later by the FFU Executive Committee.
The competition is conducted in a triple round robin format. The PFL reinstated direct promotion and relegation between the Second League and the
Ukrainian Amateur Football Championship
Ukrainian Amateur Football Championship () is an annual association football competition in Ukraine among amateur teams. The competition is administered by the Ukrainian Football Amateur Association, Ukrainian Association of Amateur Football (AAFU ...
. Some other administrative changes will be introduced for the season in Second League, such as names on jerseys, the PFL emblem, others. In addition, the FFU approved a list of stadiums for each league.
Each winner of group earns a direct promotion, while each runner will contest additional promotion with 13th/14th places of the First League. In case of the Ukrainian Premier League expansion for the next season, winners and second placed teams will get direct promotion, while in play-off will participate third placed teams.
One team from each group with the worst record will be relegated. Those two teams will be swapped with four teams from the
Ukrainian Amateur Football Championship
Ukrainian Amateur Football Championship () is an annual association football competition in Ukraine among amateur teams. The competition is administered by the Ukrainian Football Amateur Association, Ukrainian Association of Amateur Football (AAFU ...
.
Teams
Promoted teams
The final composition of the league was adopted at the PFL Conference on 27 June 2018. In the midst of the previous season some several amateur teams expressed their intention to play in Druha Liha. The following teams have been admitted from the
2017–18 Ukrainian Football Amateur League
The 2017–18 Ukrainian Football Amateur League season was the 22nd since it replaced the competition of physical culture clubs. The competition started on 5 August 2017.
On 1 August 2017, the AAFU at its website announced the "season's contours". ...
Metalurh Zaporizhya
The Sports club "Metalurh Zaporizhzhia" (, ) is a Ukrainian professional football club based in Zaporizhzhia. Reestablished in 2017, it is a " phoenix club" of the original Soviet factory "team of masters" Metalurh that existed in 1935–2016 o ...
– 4th place of Group 3 ''(debut, a club with the same name competed last season)''
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FC Kalush
FC Kalush () was a Ukrainian professional football club from Kalush, Ivano-Frankivsk Oblast.
History
The club was founded soon after World War II
World War II or the Second World War (1 September 1939 – 2 September 1945) was a ...
– 5th place of Group 1 ''(returning after an absence of thirteen seasons)''
* Krystal Kherson – 2nd place of Group 3 ''(returning after an absence of a season after reorganization)''
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FC Mynai
FC Mynai () is a Ukrainian professional association football, football club from Mynai, a suburb of Uzhhorod in Zakarpattia Oblast.
History
The club was founded in 2015 by former customs officials in one of the Uzhhorod suburbs Mynai and played ...
– 1st place of Group 1 ''(debut)''
Relegated teams
There were two teams relegated from 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 ...
2017–18 Ukrainian Premier League
The 2017–18 Ukrainian Premier League season was the 27th top level football club competitions since the fall of the Soviet Union and the tenth since the establishment of the Ukrainian Premier League.
The tournament started on 16 July 2017 and ...
''(returning after an absence of two seasons)''. The club passed attestation and assumed the position in the league instead of
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 199 ...
and returned to
Rivne Oblast
Rivne Oblast (), also referred to as Rivnenshchyna (), is an administrative divisions of Ukraine, oblast in western Ukraine. Its administrative center is Rivne. The surface area of the region is . Its population is:
Before its annexation by the ...
.
Renamed/reformed teams
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FC Cherkaskyi Dnipro
FC Cherkashchyna () was a professional Ukrainian football club from the city of Cherkasy. The club's home ground was Central Stadium which was refurbished in 2003 and has a capacity of 10,321.
The club became the first that managed to reach s ...
FC Nyva Vinnytsia
FC Nyva Vinnytsia is a Ukrainian professional association football, football club based in the city of Vinnytsia. The name "Nyva" translates to "grain field". The club was originally created in 1958 in the Soviet Union and folded in 2005 and 201 ...
Okhtyrka
Okhtyrka (, ; ) is a city in Sumy Oblast, Ukraine. It serves as the administrative center of Okhtyrka Raion within the oblast.
Okhtyrka was once home to Hussars and Cossacks. It was also in the past a regional seat of the Sloboda Ukraine Imperia ...
city mayor Ihor Alekseyev confirmed in May that the club was dissolved by its main sponsor
Ukrnafta
Public JSC Ukrnafta () is a Ukrainian oil and natural gas extracting company, the largest producer of oil and gas in the country. Ukrnafta is also an operator of a gas filling station network in Ukraine nationwide.
In 2006, the company conducted ...
. The final decision about the team participation in the season was announced on 11 July 2018, and the season calendar was published without team from Okhtyrka.
* Arsenal-Kyivshchyna Bila Tserkva – failed attestation
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FC Dnipro
Football Club Dnipro (, ) was a Ukrainian football club based in Dnipro. The club played its last season in the 2018–19 Ukrainian Amateur League. The club was owned by Ukrainian businessman Ihor Kolomoyskyi.
In 2018, FC Dnipro was forced ...
– the club failed attestation for the season and were approved by the
FIFA
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Disciplinary Committee to be relegated to a lower classification level due to unpaid old debts
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FC Metalurh Zaporizhzhia
The Sports club "Metalurh Zaporizhzhia" (, ) is a Ukrainian professional football club based in Zaporizhzhia. Reestablished in 2017, it is a " phoenix club" of the original Soviet factory "team of masters" Metalurh that existed in 1935–2016 o ...
– prior to attestation, the club merged with FC Spartak-KPU Zaporizhzhia (a team of local university, KPU), but on 6 June 2018, the club failed attestation for the season and the club's administration decided to dissolve the team
* Inhulets-2 Petrove – the main club's administration of Inhulets Petrove decided to dissolve the second team
* Sudnobudivnyk Mykolaiv – failed attestation
* Skala Stryi – passed attestation, but dissolved its senior team protesting the FFU accusations in gambling. On 14 June 2018, there appeared information that the club will merge its academy with
FC Volyn Lutsk
FC Volyn Lutsk ( ) was a Ukrainian association football, football club based in Lutsk.
Since its establishment in 1960, the club became the only major (professional) football club within Volyn Oblast and uncontested leader of football in the reg ...
.
Location map
The following map displays the location of teams. Group A teams marked in red. Group B teams marked in green.
Stadiums
;Group A
;Group B
''Notes:''
* Chaika although located in
Petropavlivska Borshchahivka
Petropavlivska Borshchahivka () is a village in Bucha Raion of Kyiv Oblast (province) of Ukraine. It belongs to Borshchahivka rural hromada, one of the hromadas of Ukraine.
History
Founded in 1113.
According to the Geographical Dictionary of th ...
in
Kyiv-Sviatoshyn Raion
Kyiv-Sviatoshyn Raion () was a raion (district) in Kyiv Oblast of Ukraine, adjacent to the city of Kyiv which served as the administrative center for the raion. The city of Kyiv itself did not belong to the raion. The raion was abolished on 18 J ...
outside the city limits of
Kyiv
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began the competition playing in Lyutizh,
Vyshhorod Raion
Vyshhorod Raion () is a raion (district) in Kyiv Oblast, Ukraine. Its administrative center is the city of Vyshhorod. It has a population of
On 18 July 2020, as part of the administrative reform of Ukraine, the number of raions of Kyiv Oblast w ...
since their usual home ground, Kozak-Arena was not in a prepared state. From Round 9 the club moved their home matches to
Makariv
Makariv () is a rural settlement in Bucha Raion, in Kyiv Oblast (province) of Ukraine. It hosts the administration of Makariv settlement hromada, one of the hromadas of Ukraine. The population of the settlement is , down from 12,042 in 2001.
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due to the heat affecting players playing on the artificial surface at Dinaz Stadium.
* Cherkashchyna-Akademiya play their home matches in the Zorya Stadium, located in Bilozirya in
Cherkasy Raion
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On 18 July 2020, as part of the administr ...
near the city of
Cherkasy
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Cherkasy is the cultural, educational and industrial centre ...
.
* Polissya Zhytomyr continue to play their home games in
Novohrad-Volynskyi
Zviahel (, ; ) is a city in Zhytomyr Oblast, northern Ukraine. The city serves as the administrative center of Zviahel Raion (district). According to a 2025 estimate, its population was approximately 54,3 thousand inhabitants.
The city is loca ...
due to the construction of both Central Stadium and Spartak Stadium Following the winter break the club moved its home games to the Kyiv's suburb Shchaslyve.
* Due to the unavailability of Avanhard Stadium, Veres Rivne play in
Mlyniv
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.
* Tavriya Simferopol continue to play their home matches in
Beryslav
Beryslav (, ) is a city in Kherson Oblast, southern Ukraine. It serves as the administrative center of Beryslav Raion, housing the district's local administration buildings. Beryslav hosts the administration of Beryslav urban hromada, one of ...
although they had registered to play at Enerhiya Stadium in
Nova Kakhovka
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. All matches will be played in
Kherson Oblast
Kherson Oblast (, ; ), also known as Khersonshchyna (, ), is an administrative divisions of Ukraine, oblast (province) in southern Ukraine. It is located just north of Crimea. Its administrative center is Kherson, on the northern or right bank ...
of Ukraine due to the
Annexation of Crimea by the Russian Federation
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Managers
Managerial changes
''Notes:''
* After Round 9, Denys Kolchin submitted his resignation but the President of the club, Vasyl Vovk refused to accept it.
* Ihor Stolovytskyi left Cherkaskyi Dnipro for Kremin prior to the season starting.
Group A
League table
Results
Position by round
Goalscorers
''Notes:''
Group B
League table
Results
Position by round
Goalscorers
''Notes:''
Post season play-offs
The second places of each group will play-off for the third promotion for the First League. Later with withdrawal of several clubs, the format changed (see 2018–19 Ukrainian First League#Format). The second place runners-up will play with the Persha Liha thirteenth and fourteenth places, yet with expansion of the UPL those teams will receive direct promotion and the third placed teams will be contesting promotion in play-offs.
Championship game
On 7 May 2019 it was announced that the final game between group winners of the Second League will take place in
Kropyvnytskyi
Kropyvnytskyi (, ) is a city in central Ukraine, situated on the Inhul, Inhul River. It serves as the administrative center of Kirovohrad Oblast. Population:
Over its history, Kropyvnytskyi has changed its name several times. The settlement ...
.The Second League final will host Kropyvnytskyi Sport Arena. 7 May 2019
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''Kremin Kremenchuk are crowned Champions of the Ukrainian Second League for the 2018–19 season''
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''Notes:''
Promotion play-offs
Awards
Monthly awards
Round awards
See also
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2018–19 Ukrainian Premier League
The 2018–19 Ukrainian Premier League season was the 28th top-level football club competitions since the fall of the Soviet Union and the eleventh since the establishment of the Ukrainian Premier League.
The tournament started on 21 July 2018 a ...
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2018–19 Ukrainian First League
The 2018–19 Ukrainian First League was the 28th since its establishment. The competition began on 21 July 2018 with the match between Prykarpattia Ivano-Frankivsk and Balkany Zorya. The competition was in recess for a winter break which starte ...
Professional Football League of Ukraine
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Ukraine
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