2021–22 Ukrainian Second League

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Ukrainian Second League
Season2021–22
Matches played60
Goals scored183 (3.05 per match)
Top goalscorerVadym Shavrin
(5 goals)
Biggest home winPeremoha 5–0 Krystal
(14 August 2021)
Biggest away winLyubomyr 0–11 Livyi Bereh
(8 August 2021)
Highest scoringLyubomyr 0–11 Livyi Bereh
(8 August 2021)
Highest attendance7,000
Karpaty 2–1 AFSC
(14 August 2021)
Lowest attendance100
2 matches
Total attendance47763
Average attendance796
2022–23 →
All statistics correct as of 16 August 2021.

The 2021–22 Ukrainian Second League is the 31st since its establishment.

Summary[]

On June 1, 2021 the PFL Central Council adopted decision that new season competitions in the PFL Second League would start on July 25, 2021 just as competitions in all professional leagues in Ukraine.[1] The competition format and league composition corresponds to the PFL program "Strategy of Development" that was adopted back in 2016.[2]

As the previous season the top 2 teams from each group get promoted to the First League. There also is expected to be a play-off game.

Teams[]

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Twelve teams have been promoted from the 2020–21 Ukrainian Football Amateur League:[3][4]

Relegated teams[]

Two teams have been relegated from the 2020–21 Ukrainian First League:

Withdrawn and merged teams[]

Location map[]

The following map displays the location of teams. Group A teams marked in red. Group B teams marked in green.

Home venues of teams in the 2021–22 Ukrainian Second League. SC Tavriya is forced to play its home games outside of Crimea (Autonomous Republic of Crimea).

Stadiums[]

Group A
Team[3] Stadium[a] Position in
2020–21
Dinaz Vyshhorod Dinaz Stadium 3rd
Epitsentr Dunaivtsi Kolos Stadium 4th
Karpaty Halych Stadion Rukh (I.-Frankivsk) 5th
Nyva Vinnytsia Tsentralnyi Miskyi Stadion 6th
Bukovyna Chernivtsi Bukovyna Stadium 7th
Dnipro Cherkasy Cherkasy Arena 7th, Group B
Chaika Stadion im.Brukvenka 8th
FC Chernihiv Chernihiv Arena 10th
Rubikon Kyiv Arsenal Arena 11th
LNZ Cherkasy Cherkasy Arena[5] Am
Karpaty Lviv Ukraina Stadium[5] Am
Livyi Bereh Kyiv Livyi Bereh (Hnidyn) Am
MFA Mukachevo MFA training field Am
AFSC Kyiv "TBD"[5] Am
Lyubomyr Stavyshche Kolos Stadium Am
Group B
Team[3] Stadium[a] Position in
2020–21
MFC Mykolaiv Tsentralnyi Stadion 1L
Krystal Kherson Krystal Stadium 1L
Metalurh Zaporizhya Slavutych-Arena 3rd
Tavriya Simferopol Marianivskyi Stadium[b] 4th
Enerhiya Nova Kakhovka Enerhiya Stadium 5th
Yarud Mariupol Zakhidnyi Stadium 6th
Balkany Zoria Boris Tropanets Stadium 8th
Peremoha Dnipro Stadion Olimpiyski Rezervy 9th
Real Pharma Odesa Stadion Ivan 10th
FC Nikopol Elektrometalurh Stadium 11th
Viktoriya Mykolaivka Viktoriya Stadium Am
Sumy Yuvileiny Stadium Am
Skoruk Tomakivka Elektrometalurh Stadium[6] Am
SC Poltava Lokomotyv Stadium[5] Am
Vovchansk Nova Bavaria Stadium (Kharkiv)[5] Am
Trostianets Volodymyr Kuts Stadium[5] Am
  1. ^ Jump up to: a b Minimum capacity of stadium for the Second League is 500 spectators.[citation needed]
  2. ^ Tavriya Simferopol moved to play their home matches in Marianivka, Kakhovka Raion after merging with Tavriya Novotroitske. All matches will be played in Kherson Oblast of Ukraine due to the Annexation of Crimea by the Russian Federation

Managers[]

Club Head coach[5] Replaced coach
Balkany Zoria Ukraine Denys Kolchin
Bukovyna Chernivtsi Ukraine
Chaika Petropavlivska Borshchahivka Ukraine Vladyslav Savchuk
FC Chernihiv Ukraine Valeriy Chornyi
Dinaz Vyshhorod Ukraine Volodymyr Bondarenko
Dnipro Cherkasy Ukraine Taras Ilnytskyi
Enerhiya Nova Kakhovka Ukraine Eduard Khavrov
Epitsentr Dunaivtsi Ukraine Oleh Naduda
Karpaty Halych Ukraine
Karpaty Lviv Ukraine Andriy Tlumak
Krystal Kherson Ukraine Yuriy Kulish
AFSC Kyiv Ukraine Vyacheslav Nivinskyi
Lyubomyr Stavyshche Ukraine Vadym Lazorenko Ukraine
Livyi Bereh Kyiv Ukraine Anatoliy Buznyk
LNZ Cherkasy Ukraine Yuriy Bakalov
Metalurh Zaporizhya Ukraine Volodymyr Mykytyn
MFA Mukachevo Ukraine Vitaliy Shumskyi
MFC Mykolaiv Ukraine Serhiy Shevchenko
FC Nikopol Ukraine Oleksandr Poklonskyi
Nyva Vinnytsia Ukraine Volodymyr Tsytkin
Peremoha Dnipro Ukraine
SC Poltava Ukraine
Real Pharma Odesa Ukraine
Rubikon Kyiv Ukraine
Skoruk Tomakivka Ukraine
Sumy Ukraine Valeriy Kutsenko
Tavriya Simferopol Ukraine Serhiy Puchkov
FC Trostianets Ukraine
Viktoriya Mykolaivka Ukraine Artem Radionov
Vovchansk Ukraine Andriy Berezovchuk
Yarud Mariupol Ukraine Oleh Krasnopyorov

Managerial changes[]

Team Outgoing head coach Manner of departure Date of vacancy Table Incoming head coach Date of appointment Table
Krystal Kherson Ukraine Vadym Yevtushenko Resigned 15 June 2021[7] Pre-season Ukraine Yuriy Kulish 18 July 2021[8][9] Pre-season
AFSC Kyiv Ukraine Resigned 16 June 2021 Ukraine Vyacheslav Nivinskyi 16 June 2021[10]
FC Dnipro Cherkasy Ukraine Ihor Stolovytskyi Resigned 12 June 2021[11] Ukraine Taras Ilnytskyi 25 June 2021[12]
Chaika Petropavlivska Borshchahivka Ukraine Vyacheslav Bohodyelov (interim) End of interim 24 June 2021[13] Ukraine Vladyslav Savchuk 24 June 2021[13]
MFC Mykolaiv Ukraine Illia Blyznyuk Mutual consent 26 June 2021[14][15] Ukraine Serhiy Shevchenko 27 June 2021[16][17][18]
Epitsentr Dunaivtsi Ukraine Unknown June 2021[19][20] Ukraine Oleh Naduda July 2021[21]
Rubikon Kyiv Ukraine Serhiy Litovchenko left for Olimpik Donetsk 24 July 2021[22] Ukraine 24 July 2021[22]
Karpaty Halych Ukraine Roman Hnativ Unknown 25 July 2021[23] Ukraine 25 July 2021[23]
Lyubomyr Stavyshche Ukraine Undisclosed 8 August 2021[24] 15th Ukraine Vadym Lazorenko 8 August 2021[25][26] 15th

Group A[]

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion, qualification or relegation
1 Livyi Bereh Kyiv 5 5 0 0 24 3 +21 15[a] Promotion to [27]
2 LNZ Cherkasy 6 5 0 1 13 3 +10 15[a]
3 Dinaz Vyshhorod 6 4 1 1 9 4 +5 13 Promotion play-offs
4 Nyva Vinnytsia 5 3 1 1 12 5 +7 10
5 Karpaty Halych 5 3 1 1 8 5 +3 10
6 Karpaty Lviv 5 3 0 2 8 4 +4 9
7 Epitsentr Dunaivtsi 6 3 0 3 6 8 −2 9
8 Chaika Petropavlivska Borshchahivka 6 2 2 2 6 7 −1 8
9 MFA Mukachevo 6 2 1 3 8 11 −3 7
10 Rubikon Kyiv 6 2 0 4 6 13 −7 6
11 Dnipro Cherkasy 6 1 2 3 7 10 −3 5[b]
12 Bukovyna Chernivtsi 5 1 2 2 6 5 +1 5[b]
13 FC Chernihiv 5 1 1 3 3 6 −3 4
14 AFSC Kyiv 6 0 3 3 2 11 −9 3
15 Lyubomyr Stavyshche 6 0 0 6 1 24 −23 0 Relegation to [27]
Updated to match(es) played on 28 August 2021. Source: PFL.ua
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head points; 3) Head-to-head goal difference; 4) Head-to-head goals scored; 5) Goal difference in all games; 6) Goals scored in all games (Note: calculation by criteria indicated in rules 2, 3, 4 is conducted with consideration of all teams that have equal amount of tournament points at the moment of calculation and not only among those which after preliminary criteria have appeared more successful).
Notes:
  1. ^ Jump up to: a b Livyi Bereh: 3 pts; LNZ: 0 pts
  2. ^ Jump up to: a b Dnipro: 3 pts; Bukovyna: 0 pts

Results[]

Home \ Away BUK CPB CHE DIN DNI EPD KAH KAR KYI LIV LNZ LUB MUN NVV RUB
Bukovyna Chernivtsi 0–0 0–1 5–1
Chaika 0–0 1–0 3–0 2–2
FC Chernihiv 1–2 2–1 0–0
Dinaz Vyshhorod 1–1 1–0 4–0
Dnipro Cherkasy 3–1 1–3 1–1
Epitsentr Dunaivtsi 1–2 1–0 3–1 1–0
Karpaty Halych 1–0 2–0
Karpaty Lviv 2–1 3–0
AFSC Kyiv
Livyi Bereh Kyiv 4–0 4–0 2–1
LNZ Cherkasy 2–0 1–0 4–0
Lyubomyr Stavyshche 0–3 0–11 0–3
MFA Mukachevo 1–0 2–2 2–3
Nyva Vinnytsia 3–1 3–1 4–0
Rubikon Kyiv 2–0 0–1 3–0
Updated to match(es) played on 28 August 2021. Source: pfl.ua (in Ukrainian)
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Notes:

Top goalscorers[]

As of 28 August 2021[28]

Number of teams by region (Group A)[]

Number Region Team(s)
6  Kyiv Oblast (inc. Kyiv) Chaika, Dinaz, AFSC Kyiv, Lyubomyr, Livyi Bereh and Rubikon
2  Cherkasy Oblast Dnipro and LNZ
1  Chernihiv Oblast Chernihiv
 Chernivtsi Oblast Bukovyna
 Ivano-Frankivsk Oblast Karpaty Halych
 Khmelnytskyi Oblast Epitsentr
 Lviv Oblast Karpaty Lviv
 Vinnytsia Oblast Nyva
 Zakarpattia Oblast MFA Mukachevo

Group B[]

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion, qualification or relegation
1 Mykolaiv 6 4 2 0 16 7 +9 14 Promotion to [27]
2 Balkany Zoria 6 3 3 0 12 4 +8 12
3 Metalurh Zaporizhya 6 3 3 0 9 2 +7 12 Promotion play-offs
4 Skoruk Tomakivka 6 3 2 1 9 6 +3 11
5 FC Nikopol 6 3 2 1 11 10 +1 11
6 Peremoha Dnipro 6 3 1 2 9 4 +5 10
7 Vovchansk 6 3 1 2 10 6 +4 10
8 Tavriya Simferopol 6 2 3 1 10 7 +3 9
9 Yarud Mariupol 6 2 2 2 10 9 +1 8
10 Viktoriya Mykolaivka 6 2 1 3 7 10 −3 7
11 SC Poltava 6 2 1 3 7 11 −4 7
12 Enerhiya Nova Kakhovka 6 2 0 4 8 14 −6 6
13 Krystal Kherson 6 1 2 3 8 10 −2 5
14 FC Trostianets 6 1 2 3 8 10 −2 5
15 Sumy 6 1 1 4 5 13 −8 4
16 Real Pharma Odesa 6 0 0 6 8 24 −16 0 Relegation to [27]
Updated to match(es) played on 28 August 2021. Source: PFL.ua
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head points; 3) Head-to-head goal difference; 4) Head-to-head goals scored; 5) Goal difference in all games; 6) Goals scored in all games (Note: calculation by criteria indicated in rules 2, 3, 4 is conducted with consideration of all teams that have equal amount of tournament points at the moment of calculation and not only among those which after preliminary criteria have appeared more successful).

Results[]

Home \ Away BAZ ENK KRY MEZ MYK NIK POL PER RPO SKO SUM TAV TRO VIM VOV YAR
Balkany Zoria 0–0 5–0
Enerhiya Nova Kakhovka 0–1 4–3 0–1
Krystal Kherson 6–0 0–0 1–1
Metalurh Zaporizhya 3–0 1–0
Mykolaiv 4–0 2–2 1–1
FC Nikopol 2–2 2–1 2–2
SC Poltava 2–3 1–2 3–0 0–0
Peremoha Dnipro 5–0 1–2 0–1 0–0
Real Pharma Odesa 0–3 2–4 2–4
Skoruk Tomakivka 0–2 1–1 3–2
Sumy 3–0 1–2 1–4
Tavriya Simferopol 1–1 4–1 1–0
FC Trostianets 1–2 2–1
Viktoriya Mykolaivka 2–1 1–3 0–1
Vovchansk 1–1 4–1 2–0
Yarud Mariupol 2–0 1–2 0–3 3–3
Updated to match(es) played on 28 August 2021. Source: pfl.ua (in Ukrainian)
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Top goalscorers[]

As of 28 August 2021[29]

Number of teams by region (Group B)[]

Number Region Team(s)
3  Dnipropetrovsk Oblast Nikopol, Peremoha and Skoruk
 Sumy Oblast Sumy, Trostianets and Viktoriya
2  Kherson Oblast Enerhiya and Krystal
 Odessa Oblast Balkany and Real Pharma
1  Crimea Tavriya
 Donetsk Oblast Yarud
 Kharkiv Oblast Vovchansk
 Mykolaiv Oblast Mykolaiv
 Poltava Oblast Poltava
 Zaporizhia Oblast Metalurh

Post-season play-offs[]

Following the league season (double round-robin tournament), winners of both group are expected to meet to contest the 2021–22 Second League championship title. In addition, the third placed teams in each group expected to contest a single berth for promotion play-off with the 12th place team of the 2021–22 First League.

Championship game[]

Winner of the Group A x – x Winner of the Group B

Promotion play-offs[]

Third placed of the Group A x – x Third placed of the Group B

Awards[]

Round awards[]

Round Player Coach
Player Club Reference Coach Club Reference
Round 1 Ukraine SC Poltava [30] Ukraine Oleh Naduda Epitsentr Dunaivtsi [30]
Round 2 Ukraine Vadym Shavrin Viktoriya Mykolaivka [31] Ukraine SC Poltava [31]
Round 3 Ukraine Anton Kicha Peremoha Dnipro [32] Ukraine Anatoliy Buznik Livyi Bereh Kyiv [32]
Round 4 Ukraine Serhiy Kravchenko MFC Mykolaiv [33] Ukraine Yuriy Bakalov LNZ Cherkasy [33]
Round 5 Ukraine Yevhen Chepurnenko Dinaz Vyshhorod [34] Ukraine Volodymyr Bondarenko Dinaz Vyshhorod [34]

See also[]

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