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Ukrainian Second League

{{Infobox football league

| logo = Ukrainian Second League logo.png

| pixels = 150

| country = {{UKR}}

| founded = {{start date and age|1992}} (as Transitional League)

| teams = 15

| promotion = Ukrainian First League

| relegation = None (2007–2016){{refn|group=note|Currently the Professional Football League of Ukraine does not relegate teams, as a lot of them withdraw from the league on their own due to financial difficulties. Normally the clubs placing last are subject to loss of professional status and relegation to their regional competitions.}}
Amateurs (1995–present)
Ukrainian Third League (1992–1994)

| levels = 3

| domest_cup = Ukrainian Cup
PFL Cup
Second League Cup (defunct)
League Cup (defunct)

| confed_cup =

|most_champs = 3 titles
Desna Chernihiv

| champions = Druzhba Myrivka

| season = 2023–24

| current = 2024–25 Ukrainian Second League

| top_goalscorer = {{nowrap|Oleksandr Kozhemyachenko (3 times)}} {{nowrap|2010–11, 2004–05, 2005–06}}

| website = {{URL|http://pfl.ua/}}

}}

The Ukrainian Second League ({{langx|uk|Друга ліга}}, 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 qualified for the 1992-93 Second League, while the bottom - the 1992-93 Transitional League, thus, creating an extra tier. Basically in the first seasons there was no promotion.

For the second season (1992-93) the league was officially organized as the Second League, while the name of transitional league was passed to the newly formed fourth division. Between seasons 1993 and 1995, there existed an auxiliary level (the Third League in 1994-95) of the football championship in Ukraine, lower than the Second League. From 1993 season to 1995 the Second League had a single group competition of over 20 clubs. During the 1996 reorganization, the auxiliary league was merged back to the Second League.

=Creation of PFL=

In 1996 Ukrainian football witnessed major changes in its organization as the Professional Football League of Ukraine was established. The new organization took control of the competition of former non-amateur clubs that were given attestation of professional clubs and included all the leagues of the Ukrainian championship. Concurrently with this the Third League was disbanded and all clubs that were not in the "relegation zone" were invited to join the Second League. The Second League in its turn was split into two groups. Only in the very first season the teams in this league were divided somewhat randomly, while later becoming more of regional sub-leagues. From 1997 the league was divided into three groups (Druha Liha A (west), B (south), and C (east)).

=Further developments=

In 1998 unlike other seasons the winners of the groups were not promoted automatically; instead a promotion-relegation tournament was organized involving four teams, three group winners and one of the weaker clubs of the First League. In 2006, the Ukrainian Professional Football League consolidated the Druha Liha due to a shortage of teams, and now the third level of professional football is divided into two groups once again (A - West and B - East).

Throughout its history the Second League has had some supplementary tournaments which include the Second League Cup as well as the Ukrainian Cup qualification tournament called the 2009–10 Ukrainian League Cup.

In summer of 2017 it was announced that the Second League is planned to be discontinued after the 2017-18 season.Valerko, A. [https://sportarena.com/football/upl/oksamitova-revolyutsiya-yak-chomu-i-navishho-ffu/ Velvet revolution. How, why and wherefore FFU reloads the Ukrainian championship (Оксамитова революція. Як, чому і навіщо ФФУ перезавантажує чемпіонат України)]. Sport Arena. 22 June 2017.Valerko, A. [https://sportarena.com/football/upl/c-format-ili-c-reload-kem-kak-i-pochemu/ C:\format or C:\reload. By whom, how and why is being formatted the Ukrainian championship (C:\format или C:\reload. Кем, как и почему реформируется чемпионат Украины)]. Sport Arena. 22 August 2017

=Team withdrawals / critical situation=

The league has suffered from chronic club withdrawals since its reorganization when the Ukrainian Third League was liquidated in 1995. The first club that withdrew in the middle of a season from Ukrainian championship was FC Elektron Romny which on 5 May 1994 withdrew from the Transitional League (Third League).

The reorganization of the competition in 1995 (merging Third and Second leagues) saw a number of clubs that discontinued their participation. At the start of season withdrew Temp Shepetivka which prior to that merged with Advis as well as Kosmos Pavlohrad, and five more clubs withdrew at winter break. Withdrawal of Temp led to a major disruption in competitions when Football Federation of Ukraine allowed to enter a quickly assembled team of amateur players for the First League to replace withdrawn Shepetivka club.

For a couple of years after that, there was relative stabilization, but not perfect with at least one club being withdrawn in a middle of ongoing season. In the 1998-99 season 10 teams quit the league before the season started. During the 2002-03 season Ukrainian football saw the withdrawal of a Top League club for the first time (Polihraftekhnika Oleksandriya). Due to those withdrawals the Second League suspended relegation of clubs since 2006-07, while there were some talks for the league to be discontinued.[http://www.champion.com.ua/football/2011/01/20/398057/ Фек: Підтримую Данілова і Бальчоса - хай це саме зробить Суркіс] An idea surfaced during the 2009-10 season to merge the league with the First League breaking the last into several groups, but it was abandoned. During the same season a new tournament was organized to add some games to the calendar of the Second League clubs which had thinned away substantially, this was called the 2009–10 Ukrainian League Cup.

Current composition

The following teams are competing in the 2024–25 season. Two teams were spared from relegation from previous season due to other teams' withdrawal. Note, in parentheses are shown the actual home cities and stadiums.

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{{legend|azure|former Premier (Vyshcha) Liha clubs}}

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{{legend|pink|recently relegated from First (Persha) Liha}}

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{{legend|lightgreen|recently promoted from AAFU}}

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class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align: left;"

! Team

! Home city

! Stadium

! Capacity

! Position in
2023–24

! First season
in 2L

! Seasons
in 2L

Chaika

| Petropavlivska Borshchahivka

| Tsentralnyi imeni Brukvenka, Makariv

| align="center" |3,100

| align="center" | 4th

| align="center" | 2018-19

| align="center" | 6

bgcolor=

|Chernihiv

| Chernihiv

| Chernihiv Arena

| align="center" |500

| align="center" bgcolor=pink| 1L

| align="center" | 2020–21

| align="center" | 2

Hirnyk-Sport

| Horishni Plavni

| Yunist Stadium

| align="center" |2,500

| align="center" bgcolor=pink| 1L

| align="center" | 1995-96

| align="center" | 19

Kulykiv

| Kulykiv

| Arena Kulykiv

| align="center" |700

| align="center" bgcolor=lightgreen| AAFU

| align="center" | 2024-25

| align="center" | debut

Kolos-2

| Kovalivka

| Stadion Yuvileinyi, Bucha

| align="center" |1,028

| align="center" bgcolor=lightgreen| N/A

| align="center" | 2024-25

| align="center" | debut

Lokomotyv

| Kyiv

| Bannikov Stadium

| align="center" |1,678

| align="center" | 10th

| align="center" | 2023-24

| align="center" | 1

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|Metalist 1925-2

| Kharkiv

| Kolos Stadium, Boryspil

| align="center" |5,654

| align="center" bgcolor=lightgreen| N/A

| align="center" | 2024-25

| align="center" | debut

bgcolor=azure

|Nyva

| Vinnytsia

| Tsentralnyi Miskyi Stadion

| align="center" |24,000

| align="center" | 8th

| align="center" | 2007–08

| align="center" | 11

bgcolor=

|Nyva-2

| Ternopil

| Stadion imeni Brovarskoho, Sambir

| align="center" |1,918

| align="center" bgcolor=lightgreen| N/A

| align="center" | 2024-25

| align="center" | debut

Oleksandriya-2

| Oleksandriya

| Olimp Stadium

| align="center" |2,640

| align="center" bgcolor=lightgreen| N/A

| align="center" | 2024-25

| align="center" | debut

Polissya-2

| Zhytomyr

| club's training field, Hlybochytsia

| align="center" |266

| align="center" bgcolor=lightgreen| N/A

| align="center" | 2024-25

| align="center" | debut

Probiy

| Horodenka

| Kolos Stadium

| align="center" |2,500

| align="center" bgcolor=lightgreen| AAFU

| align="center" | 2024-25

| align="center" | debut

Real Pharma

| Odesa

| Stadion Ivan

| align="center" |1,200

| align="center" | 6th

| align="center" | 2011–12

| align="center" | 13

Revera 1908

| Ivano-Frankivsk

| Stadion imeni Hemby

| align="center" |5,000

| align="center" bgcolor=lightgreen| AAFU

| align="center" | 2024-25

| align="center" | debut

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|Rukh-2

| Lviv

| Stadion imeni Bohdana Markevycha

| align="center" |900

| align="center" | 9th

| align="center" | 2023-24

| align="center" | 1

Skala 1911

| Stryi

| Sokil Stadium

| align="center" |1,789

| align="center" | 6th

| align="center" | 2023-24

| align="center" | 1

Trostianets

| Trostianets

| Stadion imeni Kutsa

| align="center" |1,129

| align="center" | 11th

| align="center" | 2021–22

| align="center" | 2

Uzhhorod

| Uzhhorod

| Avanhard Stadium

| align="center" |12,000

| align="center" bgcolor=lightgreen| missed

| align="center" | 2019–20

| align="center" | 2

Vilkhivtsi

| Vilkhivtsi

| Vilkhivtsi Arena

| align="center" |1,500

| align="center" bgcolor=lightgreen| AAFU

| align="center" | 2024-25

| align="center" | debut

Vorskla-2

| Poltava

| Molodizhnyi Stadium

| align="center" |680

| align="center" bgcolor=lightgreen| N/A

| align="center" | 1997-98

| align="center" | 8

= Location map and stadiums=

{{Location map+|Ukraine|width=900|float=center|caption=Home venues of teams in the 2024–25 Ukrainian Second League

6px  — Group A          6px  — Group B|places=

{{Location map~|Ukraine|lat=49.9826 |long=24.0762 |label_size=88 |label={{small|Kulykiv}} |position=top |mark= |marksize=6}}

{{Location map~|Ukraine|marksize=6 |lat=49.516667 |long=23.202778 |label_size=88 |label={{small|Nyva-2}} |position=right}}

{{Location map~|Ukraine|marksize=6|lat=50.246111 |long=28.668889 |label_size=88 |label={{small|Polissya-2}} |position=bottom }}

{{Location map~|Ukraine|lat=48.6675 |long=25.500278 |label_size=88 |label={{small|Probiy}} |position=right |marksize=6}}

{{Location map~|Ukraine|lat=46.495580 |long=30.710161 |label_size=88 |label={{small|Real Pharma}} |position=bottom |marksize=6 }}

{{Location map~|Ukraine|lat=48.922778 |long=24.710556 |label_size=88 |label={{small|Revera-1908}} |position=bottom |marksize=6}}

{{Location map~|Ukraine|lat=49.819234|long=24.048193|label_size=88 |label={{small|Rukh-2}} |position=right |marksize=6 }}

{{Location map~|Ukraine|lat=49.250278 |long=23.856389 |label_size=88 |label={{small|Skala 1911}} |position=bottom |marksize=6 }}

{{Location map~|Ukraine|lat=48.591944 |long=22.277778 |label_size=88|label={{small|Uzhhorod}}|position=right |marksize=6}}

{{Location map~|Ukraine|lat=48.099167 |long=23.739444 |label_size=88 |label={{small|Vilkhivtsi}} |position=right |marksize=6}}

{{Location map~|Ukraine|lat=50.459722 |long=29.814722 |label_size=88 |label={{small|Chaika}}|position=left|mark=Green pog.svg |marksize=6}}

{{Location map~|Ukraine|marksize=6|lat=51.293844 |long=31.174122 |label={{small|Chernihiv}} |position=top|mark=Green pog.svg }}

{{Location map~|Ukraine|marksize=6|lat=49.004167 |long=33.648056 |label={{small|Hirnyk-Sport}} |position=right|mark=Green pog.svg }}

{{Location map~|Ukraine|marksize=6|lat=49.985947 |long=30.008745 |label={{small|Kolos-2}} |position=bottom |mark=Green pog.svg}}

{{Location map~|Ukraine|lat=50.45 |long=30.523333 |label_size=88|label={{small|Lokomotyv}}|position=top |mark=Green pog.svg |marksize=6 }}

{{Location map~|Ukraine|lat=49.233333 |long=28.483333 |label_size=88 |label={{small|Nyva V.}} |marksize=6 |position=left|mark=Green pog.svg }}

{{Location map~|Ukraine|lat=48.664586 |long=33.068661 |label_size=88|label={{small|Oleksandriya-2}}|position=bottom|mark=Green pog.svg |marksize=6 }}

{{Location map~|Ukraine|lat=50.486667 |long=34.983056 |label_size=88|label={{small|Trostianets}}|position=bottom|mark=Green pog.svg |marksize=6 }}

{{Location map~|Ukraine|marksize=6|lat=49.589444|long=34.551389|label={{small|Vorskla-2}} |position=top |mark=Green pog.svg}}

{{Location map~|Ukraine|marksize=6|lat=50.331944 |long=30.714167 |label={{nowrap|{{small|Metalist 1925-2}}}} |position=bottom |mark=Green pog.svg}}

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Organization

The calendar of competitions is adopted by the Central Council of PFL and the Executive Committee of FFU. The Bureau (Administration) of PFL regulates the league's operations and forms the Second League. All clubs of the PFL are obligated to own or sponsor a Children-Youth Sports School. All clubs of PFL are obligated to participate in the National Cup competition. A club of the Second League is also obligated to finance at least two junior teams from under the age of 10 to under the age of 19. The junior teams must participate either in regional competitions of the Children-Youth Football League of Ukraine.

All stadiums must have a certificate of the State Commission in control of sports structures conditions. A club cannot play matches at its training sites nor stadiums not registered with PFL. Promotions of tobacco products at stadiums are prohibited. All stadiums must fly the flags of Ukraine, FFU, and PFL. Only accredited photo-correspondents and junior footballers who collect balls are allowed behind goalposts.

The games are allowed to start not earlier than 12:00 and not later than 20:30. There must be at least a 48-hour break between two official games. Games can only be rescheduled if the following three criteria exist: a) unforeseen circumstances occur, b) delegation of four or more footballers to any national teams, or c) organization of direct tele-broadcasting.

Throughout history certain regions were represented only in certain groups, some competed in all groups. Among regions that were represented only in Group A are Lviv Oblast, Ternopil Oblast, Ivano-Frankivsk Oblast, Rivne Oblast, Zhytomyr Oblast, Chernivtsi Oblast, Zakarpattia Oblast, Volyn Oblast, only in Group B is just Autonomous Republic of Crimea, Group C existed for short time and had no exclusive region representation.

Such regions like Kyiv Oblast and City, Cherkasy Oblast, Kirovohrad Oblast, Chernihiv Oblast, Sumy Oblast, and Kharkiv Oblast at some point were represented in all three groups.

Such regions like Donetsk Oblast, Luhansk Oblast, Dnipropetrovsk Oblast, Zaporizhzhia Oblast, and Poltava Oblast were represented only in groups B and C.

Top three by season

Promoted teams are indicated in bold.

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SeasonGroupTeamsWinnerRunner-upThird place
colspan=5 style="border:1px black;"|
rowspan=2 align=center|1992

|align=center|A

|align=center|9

|align=center bgcolor=gold|Dnister Zalishchyky

|align=center bgcolor=silver|Hazovyk Komarno

|align=center bgcolor=tan|Yavir Krasnopillia

align=center|B

|align=center|9

|align=center bgcolor=gold|Bazhanovets Makiyivka

|align=center bgcolor=silver|Tytan Armyansk

|align=center bgcolor=tan|Meliorator Kakhovka

colspan=5 style="border:1px black;"|
align=center|1992–93

|align=center|–

|align=center|18

|align=center bgcolor=gold|Dnipro Cherkasy

|align=center bgcolor=silver|Khimik Zhytomyr

|align=center bgcolor=tan|Yavir Krasnopillia

colspan=5 style="border:1px black;"|
align=center|1993–94{{refn|group=note|In 1993–94 four teams were promoted to the Ukrainian First League. The fourth place team in the competition was Naftokhimik Kremenchuk.}}

|align=center|–

|align=center|22

|align=center bgcolor=gold|FC Boryspil

|align=center bgcolor=silver|Bazhanovets Makiyivka

|align=center bgcolor=tan|Zirka-NIBAS Kirovohrad

colspan=5 style="border:1px black;"|
align=center|1994–95

|align=center|–

|align=center|22

|align=center bgcolor=gold|Yavir Krasnopillia

|align=center bgcolor=silver|FC Lviv

|align=center bgcolor=tan|Dynamo Luhansk

colspan=5 style="border:1px black;"|
rowspan=2 align=center|1995–96

|align=center|A

|align=center|22

|align=center bgcolor=gold|CSKA Kyiv

|align=center bgcolor=silver|Krystal Kherson

|align=center bgcolor=tan|Khutrovyk Tysmenytsia

align=center|B

|align=center|21

|align=center bgcolor=gold|Metalurh Mariupol

|align=center bgcolor=silver|Metalurh Donetsk

|align=center bgcolor=tan|Metalurh Novomoskovsk

colspan=5 style="border:1px black;"|
rowspan=2 align=center|1996–97

|align=center|A

|align=center|16

|align=center bgcolor=gold|Desna Chernihiv

|align=center bgcolor=silver|Fakel Varva

|align=center bgcolor=tan|FK Tysmenytsia

align=center|B

|align=center|17

|align=center bgcolor=gold|Avanhard-Industriya Rovenky

|align=center bgcolor=silver|Tytan Armyansk

|align=center bgcolor=tan|Oskil Kupiansk

colspan=5 style="border:1px black;"|
rowspan=3 align=center|1997–98

|align=center|A

|align=center|18

|align=center bgcolor=gold|Podillia Khmelnytskyj

|align=center bgcolor=silver|Dynamo-3 Kyiv

|align=center bgcolor=tan|Karpaty-2 Lviv

align=center|B

|align=center|17

|align=center bgcolor=gold|Krystal Kherson{{refn|group=note|Krystal Kherson failed to win the play-offs for promotion to the Ukrainian First League.}}

|align=center bgcolor=silver|SCA-Lotto Odesa

|align=center bgcolor=tan|SC Odesa

align=center|C

|align=center|17

|align=center bgcolor=gold|Shakhtar-2 Donetsk

|align=center bgcolor=silver|Fakel Varva

|align=center bgcolor=tan|Elektron Romny

colspan=5 style="border:1px black;"|
rowspan=3 align=center|1998–99

|align=center|A

|align=center|15

|align=center bgcolor=gold|Zakarpattia Uzhhorod

|align=center bgcolor=silver|Borysfen Boryspil

|align=center bgcolor=tan|Tsymentnyk-Khorda Mykolaiv

align=center|B

|align=center|16

|align=center bgcolor=gold|SC Odesa{{refn|group=note|In 1999 SC Odesa was merged with FC Chornomorets Odesa and its place in Ukrainian First League was fielded revived FC Chornomorets-2 Odesa.}}

|align=center bgcolor=silver|Krystal Kherson

|align=center bgcolor=tan|Kryvbas-2 Kryvyj Rih

align=center|C

|align=center|14

|align=center bgcolor=gold|Obolon-PPO Kyiv

|align=center bgcolor=silver|Zorya Luhansk

|align=center bgcolor=tan|Oskil Kupiansk

colspan=5 style="border:1px black;"|
rowspan=3 align=center|1999–00

|align=center|A

|align=center|16

|align=center bgcolor=gold|Bukovyna Chernivtsi

|align=center bgcolor=silver|Podillia Khmelnytskyj

|align=center bgcolor=tan|Enerhetyk Burshtyn

align=center|B

|align=center|14

|align=center bgcolor=gold|Borysfen Boryspil

|align=center bgcolor=silver|Obolon-PPO-2 Kyiv

|align=center bgcolor=tan|Kryvbas-2 Kryvyj Rih

align=center|C

|align=center|14

|align=center bgcolor=gold|Dnipro-2 Dnipropetrovsk

|align=center bgcolor=silver|ADOMS Kremenchuk

|align=center bgcolor=tan|Zorya Luhansk

colspan=5 style="border:1px black;"|
rowspan=3 align=center|2000–01

|align=center|A

|align=center|16

|align=center bgcolor=gold|Polissia Zhytomyr

|align=center bgcolor=silver|Sokil Zolochiv

|align=center bgcolor=tan|FC Krasyliv

align=center|B

|align=center|15

|align=center bgcolor=gold|Obolon Kyiv

|align=center bgcolor=silver|Systema-Boreks Borodianka

|align=center bgcolor=tan|Dnipro-3 Dnipropetrovsk

align=center|C

|align=center|16

|align=center bgcolor=gold|FC Naftovyk Okhtyrka

|align=center bgcolor=silver|Desna Chernihiv

|align=center bgcolor=tan|Oskil Kupiansk

colspan=5 style="border:1px black;"|
rowspan=3 align=center|2001–02

|align=center|A

|align=center|19

|align=center bgcolor=gold|FC Krasyliv

|align=center bgcolor=silver|Sokil Zolochiv

|align=center bgcolor=tan|Podillia Khmelnytskyj

align=center|B

|align=center|18

|align=center bgcolor=gold|Systema-Boreks Borodianka

|align=center bgcolor=silver|Nafkom-Akademiya Irpin

|align=center bgcolor=tan|Dynamo Simferopol

align=center|C

|align=center|18

|align=center bgcolor=gold|FC Sumy

|align=center bgcolor=silver|Arsenal Kharkiv

|align=center bgcolor=tan|Metalurh-2 Donetsk

colspan=5 style="border:1px black;"|
rowspan=3 align=center|2002–03

|align=center|A

|align=center|15

|align=center bgcolor=gold|LUKOR Kalush{{refn|group=note|LUKOR Kalush officially was not farm team of Prykarpattia Ivano-Frankivsk. After the season it was announced that both clubs "merged" with LUKOR Kalush being officially promoted as Spartak Ivano-Frankivsk and Prykarpattia Ivano-Frankivsk being officially relegated as Prykarpattia Kalush. In reality no real changes took place except for change of names. Rosters, coaching staff, clubs' structure were preserved with the Kalush team continued to be played in the Second League.}}

|align=center bgcolor=silver|Enerhetyk Burshtyn

|align=center bgcolor=tan|Podillia Khmelnytskyj

align=center|B

|align=center|16

|align=center bgcolor=gold|Nafkom Irpin

|align=center bgcolor=silver|Dynamo Simferopol

|align=center bgcolor=tan|Elektrometalurh-NZF Nikopol

align=center|C

|align=center|15

|align=center bgcolor=gold|Zorya Luhansk

|align=center bgcolor=silver|Shakhtar Luhansk

|align=center bgcolor=tan|Desna Chernihiv

colspan=5 style="border:1px black;"|
rowspan=3 align=center|2003–04

|align=center|A

|align=center|16

|align=center bgcolor=gold|Hazovyk-Skala Stryj

|align=center bgcolor=silver|Podillia Khmelnytskyj

|align=center bgcolor=tan|Rava Rava-Ruska

align=center|B

|align=center|16

|align=center bgcolor=gold|Dynamo-IhroServis Simferopol

|align=center bgcolor=silver|Elektrometalurh-NZF Nikopol

|align=center bgcolor=tan|Krymteplytsia Molodizhne

align=center|C

|align=center|16

|align=center bgcolor=gold|Stal Dniprodzerzhynsk

|align=center bgcolor=silver|Desna Chernihiv

|align=center bgcolor=tan|Metalurh-2 Zaporizhzhia

colspan=5 style="border:1px black;"|
rowspan=3 align=center|2004–05

|align=center|A

|align=center|15

|align=center bgcolor=gold|Rava Rava-Ruska{{refn|group=note|After reviewing Rava Ruska's solvency and facilities the PFL decided not to promote them. 2nd placed Enerhetyk Burshtyn were promoted instead.}}

|align=center bgcolor=silver|Enerhetyk Burshtyn

|align=center bgcolor=tan|Karpaty-2 Lviv

align=center|B

|align=center|14

|align=center bgcolor=gold|Krymteplytsia Molodizhne

|align=center bgcolor=silver|Krystal Kherson

|align=center bgcolor=tan|FC Oleksandriya

align=center|C

|align=center|15

|align=center bgcolor=gold|Helios Kharkiv

|align=center bgcolor=silver|Desna Chernihiv

|align=center bgcolor=tan|Dnipro Cherkasy

colspan=5 style="border:1px black;"|
rowspan=3 align=center|2005–06

|align=center|A

|align=center|16

|align=center bgcolor=gold|Desna Chernihiv

|align=center bgcolor=silver|Fakel Ivano-Frankivsk

|align=center bgcolor=tan|Rava Rava-Ruska

align=center|B

|align=center|15

|align=center bgcolor=gold|MFK Mykolaiv

|align=center bgcolor=silver|PFC Oleksandria{{refn|group=note|PFC Oleksandria were promoted to the Ukrainian First League since they were best 2nd placed team in all Druha Liha competitions}}

|align=center bgcolor=tan|PFC Sevastopol

align=center|C

|align=center|13

|align=center bgcolor=gold|Dnipro Cherkasy

|align=center bgcolor=silver|Illichivets-2 Mariupol

|align=center bgcolor=tan|Metalurh-2 Zaporizhzhia

colspan=5 style="border:1px black;"|
rowspan=2 align=center|2006–07

|align=center|A

|align=center|15

|align=center bgcolor=gold|Dnister Ovidiopol

|align=center bgcolor=silver|Fakel Ivano-Frankivsk

|align=center bgcolor=tan|Yednist Plysky

align=center|B

|align=center|16

|align=center bgcolor=gold|PFC Sevastopol

|align=center bgcolor=silver|Feniks-Illichivets Kalinine

|align=center bgcolor=tan|Tytan Armyansk

colspan=5 style="border:1px black;"|
rowspan=2 align=center|2007–08

|align=center|A

|align=center|16

|align=center bgcolor=gold|Knyazha Schaslyve

|align=center bgcolor=silver|Nyva Ternopil

|align=center bgcolor=tan|Podillia-Khmelnytskyj

align=center|B

|align=center|18

|align=center bgcolor=gold|Komunalnyk Luhansk

|align=center bgcolor=silver|Tytan Armyansk

|align=center bgcolor=tan|Arsenal Kharkiv

colspan=5 style="border:1px black;"|
rowspan=2 align=center|2008–09

|align=center|A

|align=center|17

|align=center bgcolor=gold|Nyva Ternopil

|align=center bgcolor=silver|Arsenal Bila Tserkva{{refn|group=note|FC Arsenal Bila Tserkva were promoted to the Ukrainian First League since FC Ihroservice Simferopol as the member of the First League withdrew from competitions. Arsenal and Poltava were allowed to compete for the extra promotion due to that in the play-off game in Cherkasy. Arsenal won the game 1–0, gaining promotion.}}

|align=center bgcolor=tan|Nyva Vinnytsia

align=center|B

|align=center|18

|align=center bgcolor=gold|Zirka Kirovohrad

|align=center bgcolor=silver|FC Poltava

|align=center bgcolor=tan|Stal Dniprodzerzhynsk

colspan=5 style="border:1px black;"|
rowspan=2 align=center|2009–10

|align=center|A

|align=center|11

|align=center bgcolor=gold|Bukovyna Chernivtsi

|align=center bgcolor=silver|Nyva Vinnytsia

|align=center bgcolor=tan|Bastion Illichivsk

align=center|B

|align=center|14

|align=center bgcolor=gold|Tytan Armyansk

|align=center bgcolor=silver|Kremin Kremenchuk

|align=center bgcolor=tan|FC Poltava

colspan=5 style="border:1px black;"|
rowspan=2 align=center|2010–11

|align=center|A

|align=center|12

|align=center bgcolor=gold|MFC Mykolaiv

|align=center bgcolor=silver|FC Sumy

|align=center bgcolor=tan|Enerhiya Nova Kakhovka

align=center|B

|align=center|12

|align=center bgcolor=gold|Olimpik Donetsk

|align=center bgcolor=silver|FC Poltava

|align=center bgcolor=tan|Kremin Kremenchuk

colspan=5 style="border:1px black;"|
rowspan=2 align=center|2011–12

|align=center|A

|align=center|14

|align=center bgcolor=gold|FC Sumy 15px

|align=center bgcolor=silver|Desna Chernihiv

|align=center bgcolor=tan|Slavutych Cherkasy

align=center|B

|align=center|14

|align=center bgcolor=gold|FC Poltava

|align=center bgcolor=silver|Avanhard Kramatorsk

|align=center bgcolor=tan|Shakhtar Sverdlovsk

colspan=5 style="border:1px black;"|
rowspan=2 align=center|2012–13
{{small|(2 stages)}}

|align=center|A

|align=center|11

|align=center bgcolor=gold|Desna Chernihiv 15px

|align=center bgcolor=silver|Nyva Ternopil

|align=center bgcolor=tan|Slavutych Cherkasy

align=center|B

|align=center|13

|align=center bgcolor=gold|UkrAhroKom Holovkivka

|align=center bgcolor=silver|Shakhtar Sverdlovsk

|align=center bgcolor=tan|Shakhtar-3 Donetsk

colspan=5 style="border:1px black;"|
align=center|2013–14{{refn|group=note|In the 2013–14 season, four teams were promoted to the Ukrainian First League. The fourth place team in the competition was Hirnyk Kryvyi Rih.}}

|align=center|–

|align=center|19

|align=center bgcolor=gold|Hirnyk-Sport Komsomolsk

|align=center bgcolor=silver|Stal Dniprodzerzhynsk

|align=center bgcolor=tan|FC Ternopil

colspan=5 style="border:1px black;"|
align=center|2014–15

|align=center|–

|align=center|10

|align=center bgcolor=gold|Cherkaskyj Dnipro

|align=center bgcolor=silver|Obolon-Brovar Kyiv

|align=center bgcolor=tan|Kremin Kremenchuk

colspan=5 style="border:1px black;"|
align=center|2015–16{{refn|group=note|In the 2015–16 season, a record of six teams were promoted to the Ukrainian First League including Bukovyna Chernivtsi, Skala Stryi, and Arsenal-Kyiv.}}

|align=center|–

|align=center|14

|align=center bgcolor=gold|Kolos Kovalivka

|align=center bgcolor=silver|Veres Rivne

|align=center bgcolor=tan|Inhulets Petrove

colspan=5 style="border:1px black;"|
align=center|2016–17{{refn|group=note|In the 2016–17 season, four teams were promoted to the Ukrainian First League, the fourth team being Balkany Zorya.}}

|align=center|–

|align=center|17

|align=center bgcolor=gold| Zhemchuzhyna Odesa

|align=center bgcolor=silver| Rukh Vynnyky

|align=center bgcolor=tan|Kremin Kremenchuk

colspan=5 style="border:1px black;"|
rowspan=2 align=center|2017–18{{refn|group=note|In the 2017–18 season, four teams were promoted to the Ukrainian First League and one team to the Ukrainian Premier League. This other team was FC Lviv (placed 5th, Group A).}}

|align=center|A

|align=center|11

|align=center bgcolor=gold| Ahrobiznes Volochysk 15px

|align=center bgcolor=silver| Prykarpattia Ivano-Frankivsk

|align=center bgcolor=tan| Nyva-V Vinnytsia

align=center|B

|align=center|12

|align=center bgcolor=gold| SC Dnipro-1

|align=center bgcolor=silver| Metalist 1925 Kharkiv

|align=center bgcolor=tan| Enerhiya Nova Kakhovka

colspan=5 style="border:1px black;"|
rowspan=2 align=center|2018–19

|align=center|A

|align=center|10

|align=center bgcolor=gold| FC Mynai

|align=center bgcolor=silver| Cherkashchyna-Akademiya

|align=center bgcolor=tan| Polissia Zhytomyr

align=center|B

|align=center|10

|align=center bgcolor=gold| Kremin Kremenchuk 15px

|align=center bgcolor=silver| Metalurh Zaporizhzhia

|align=center bgcolor=tan| Hirnyk Kryvyj Rih

colspan=5 style="border:1px black;"|
rowspan=2 align=center|2019–20

|align=center|A

|align=center|11

|align=center bgcolor=gold| Nyva Ternopil

|align=center bgcolor=silver| Polissya Zhytomyr

|align=center bgcolor=tan| Veres Rivne

align=center|B

|align=center|11

|align=center bgcolor=gold| VPK-Ahro Shevchenkivka

|align=center bgcolor=silver| Krystal Kherson

|align=center bgcolor=tan| Alians Lypova Dolyna

colspan=5 style="border:1px black;"|
rowspan=2 align=center|2020–21

|align=center|A

|align=center|14

|align=center bgcolor=gold| Podillia Khmelnytskyi

|align=center bgcolor=silver| FC Uzhhorod

|align=center bgcolor=tan| Dinaz Vyshhorod

align=center|B

|align=center|13

|align=center bgcolor=gold| Metal Kharkiv 15px

|align=center bgcolor=silver| Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih

|align=center bgcolor=tan| Metalurh Zaporizhzhia

colspan=5 style="border:1px black;"|
rowspan=2 align=center bgcolor=grey|2021–22 Ukrainian Second League{{refn|group=note|In the 2021–22 season, ten teams were promoted to the Ukrainian First League, while Livyi Bereh was awarded promotion after skipping a season by honoring its second place.}}

|align=center bgcolor=grey|{{font color|white|A}}

|align=center bgcolor=grey|{{font color|white|15}}

|align=center bgcolor=grey| FC Karpaty Lviv

|align=center bgcolor=grey| FC Livyi Bereh Kyiv

|align=center bgcolor=grey| FC LNZ Cherkasy

align=center bgcolor=grey|{{font color|white|B}}

|align=center bgcolor=grey|{{font color|white|16}}

|align=center bgcolor=grey| FC Metalurh Zaporizhzhia

|align=center bgcolor=grey| FC Skoruk Tomakivka

|align=center bgcolor=grey| FC Peremoha Dnipro

colspan=5 style="border:1px black;"|
align=center|2022–23

|align=center|–

|align=center|10

|align=center bgcolor=gold| Nyva Buzova

|align=center bgcolor=silver| FC Khust

|align=center bgcolor=tan| Chaika Petropavlivska Borshchahivka

colspan=5 style="border:1px black;"|
align=center|2023–24{{refn|group=note|In the 2023–24 season, two teams were promoted to the Ukrainian First League, the second team being FC Kudrivka (placed 7th).}}

|align=center|–

|align=center|15

|align=center bgcolor=gold| Druzhba Myrivka

|align=center bgcolor=silver| UCSA Tarasivka

|align=center bgcolor=tan| PFC Zviahel

colspan=5 style="border:1px black;"|
rowspan=2 align=center|2024–25

|align=center|A

|align=center|10

|align=center bgcolor=gold|

|align=center bgcolor=silver|

|align=center bgcolor=tan|

align=center|B

|align=center|10

|align=center bgcolor=gold|

|align=center bgcolor=silver|

|align=center bgcolor=tan|

colspan=5 style="border:1px black;"|

Notes:

  • 15px indicates a championship title won in play-off game(s) between winners of groups.

Post-season play-offs

Post-season play-offs are not common feature of the Second League competition. Over the years there were several instances when clubs contested promotion or relegation berths. The first post-season feature consisted of a promotion mini-tournament that took place in July 1998 in Kyiv and Boryspil. It involved three group winners of the Second League and Bukovyna that placed 18th place in the First League. The tournament identified clubs which would qualify for the 1998–99 Ukrainian First League.

=Championship game=

class="wikitable" width=85% align=center style="border:2px black; font-size:90%;"
SeasonGroup A teamScoreGroup B teamPlace
colspan=5 style="border:1px black;"|
align=center|2011–12

|align=center|FC Sumy

|align=center|2–0

|align=center|FC Poltava

|align=center|in Poltava

colspan=5 style="border:1px black;"|
align=center|2012–13

|align=center|FC Desna Chernihiv

|align=center|2–0, 1–3 (a)

|align=center|FC UkrAhroKom Holovkivka

|align=center|home/away

colspan=5 style="border:1px black;"|
align=center|2013–17

|align=center colspan=3|Single group competitions

|align=center|–

colspan=5 style="border:1px black;"|
align=center|2017–18

|align=center|FC Ahrobiznes Volochysk

|align=center|1–0

|align=center|SC Dnipro-1

|align=center|in Kyiv

colspan=5 style="border:1px black;"|
align=center|2018–19

|align=center|FC Mynai

|align=center|0–1

|align=center|FC Kremin Kremenchuk

|align=center|in Kropyvnytskyi

colspan=5 style="border:1px black;"|
align=center|2019–20

|align=center|PFC Nyva Ternopil

|align=center|Cancelled

|align=center|FC VPK-Ahro Shevchenkivka

|align=center|–

colspan=5 style="border:1px black;"|
align=center|2020–21

|align=center|FC Podillya Khmelnytskyi

|align=center|0–1

|align=center|FC Metal Kharkiv

|align=center|in Cherkasy

colspan=5 style="border:1px black;"|
align=center|2021–22

|align=center|FC Karpaty Lviv

|align=center|Cancelled

|align=center|FC Metalurh Zaporizhzhia

|align=center|–

colspan=5 style="border:1px black;"|
align=center|2022–24

|align=center colspan=3|Single group competitions

|align=center|–

colspan=5 style="border:1px black;"|
align=center|2024–25

|align=center|

|align=center|

|align=center|

|align=center|

colspan=5 style="border:1px black;"|

=Third-place play-offs=

class="wikitable" width=85% align=center style="border:2px black; font-size:90%;"
SeasonGroup A teamScoreGroup B teamPlace
colspan=5 style="border:1px black;"|
align=center|1995–96

|align=center|FC Krystal Kherson

|align=center|1–3

|align=center|FC Metalurh Donetsk

|align=center|in Kyiv

colspan=5 style="border:1px black;"|
align=center|2008–09

|align=center|FC Arsenal Bila Tserkva

|align=center|1–0

|align=center|FC Poltava

|align=center|in Cherkasy

colspan=5 style="border:1px black;"|
align=center|2009–10

|align=center|FC Nyva Vinnytsia

|align=center|2–0

|align=center|FC Kremin Kremenchuk

|align=center|in Makariv

colspan=5 style="border:1px black;"|
align=center|2010–11

|align=center|FC Sumy

|align=center|2–0

|align=center|FC Poltava

|align=center|in Uman

colspan=5 style="border:1px black;"|
align=center|2011–12

|align=center|FC Desna Chernihiv

|align=center|0–1

|align=center|FC Avanhard Kramatorsk

|align=center|in Khmelnytskyi

=Relegation play-offs=

class="wikitable" width=85% align=center style="border:2px black; font-size:90%;"
SeasonSecond League teamScoreAmateur League teamPlace
colspan=5 style="border:1px black;"|
rowspan=5 align=center|1997–98

|align=center|FC Tysmenytsia

|align=center|3–1, 1–1

|align=center|Promin Sambir

|rowspan=5 align=center|home/away

colspan=3 style="border:1px black;"|
align=center|Hirnyk Pavlohrad

|align=center|1–2, –/+

|align=center|Shakhtar Horlivka

colspan=3 style="border:1px black;"|
align=center|Zirka-2 Kirovohrad

|align=center|w/o

|align=center|Kharchovyk Popivka

colspan=5 style="border:1px black;"|

=Promotion play-offs=

{{main|Ukrainian First League#Relegation play-offs}}

Statistics

=All group winners in the League by region=

In bold are shown still active professional clubs

class="wikitable"

!Region

!CoA

!Wins

!Winners

Kyiv Oblast25px8FC Boryspil (CKSA-Borysfen), Borysfen Boryspil, Systema-Boreks Borodyanka, Nafkom Irpin, Knyazha Schaslyve, Kolos Kovalivka, Nyva Buzova, Druzhba Myrivka
Donetsk Oblast25px4Bazhanovets Makiivka, Metalurh Mariupol, Shakhtar-2 Donetsk, Olimpik Donetsk
Sumy Oblast25px4FC Sumy (Spartak) (twice), Naftovyk Okhtyrka, FC Sumy
Dnipropetrovsk Oblast25px4Dnipro-2 Dnipropetrovsk, Stal Dniprodzerzhynsk, SC Dnipro-1, VPK-Ahro Shevchenkivka
Khmelnytskyi Oblast25px4Podillya Khmelnytskyi (twice), FC Krasyliv, Ahrobiznes Volochysk
Chernihiv Oblast25px3Desna Chernihiv (thrice)
Cherkasy Oblast25px3Dnipro Cherkasy (twice), Cherkaskyi Dnipro
Luhansk Oblast25px3Zorya Luhansk, Avanhard-Industria Rovenky, Komunalnyk Luhansk
Crimea25px3Tytan Armyansk, Dynamo-Ihroservice Simferopol, Krymteplytsia Molodizhne
Kyiv25px3Obolon Kyiv (twice), CSKA Kyiv
Odesa Oblast25px3SC Odesa, Zhemchuzhyna Odesa, Dnister Ovidiopol
Poltava Oblast25px3FC Poltava, Hirnyk-Sport Komsomolsk, Kremin Kremenchuk
Ternopil Oblast25px3Nyva Ternopil (twice), Dnister Zalishchyky
Chernivtsi Oblast25px2Bukovyna Chernivtsi (twice)
Mykolaiv Oblast25px2MFC Mykolaiv (twice)
Lviv Oblast25px2Hazovyk-Skala Stryi, Rava Rava-Ruska, (Karpaty Lviv)
Kirovohrad Oblast25px2Zirka Kirovohrad, UkrAhroKom Holovkivka
Zakarpattia Oblast25px2Zakarpattia Uzhhorod, FC Mynai
Kharkiv Oblast25px2Helios Kharkiv, Metal Kharkiv
Kherson Oblast25px1Krystal Kherson
Zhytomyr Oblast25px1Polissya Zhytomyr
Sevastopol25px1PFC Sevastopol
Ivano-Frankivsk Oblast25px1LUKOR Kalush
Zaporizhzhia Oblast25px0(Metalurh Zaporizhzhia)

Conflict of succession

  1. In 1993–94 FC Boryspil won the title and was promoted, next season in the 1994–95 Ukrainian First League FC Boryspil changed its name to Borysfen Boryspil and in mid-season again to CSKA-Borysfen. As CSKA-Borysfen it won title again of the First League and was promoted again to the Premier League (Top League) for the 1995–96. At the same time in 1994–95 the original FC CSKA Kyiv won title of the Third League and after being promoted in 1995–96 title of the Second League. Upon conclusion of the 1995–96 in the Top League CSKA-Borysfen was swapped with the third tier CSKA Kyiv, while Borysfen Boryspil restarted from the Second League.
  2. Similar situation took place in 2018 when People's Club Veres from Premier League was swapped with FC Lviv that previously played at amateur level. FC Lviv never in its club history gained promotion to the Ukrainian First League, yet spent two stints in the Ukrainian Premier League (first time as a successor of Hazovyk-Skala, second – after the swap with Veres).

=All-time table=

Top-20. All figures are correct through the 2022–23 season.http://wildstat.ru/p/2105/cht/214/stat/summary Чемпионат Украины, вторая лига (Суммарная таблица за все годы) Club status is current of the 2024–25 season:

class="wikitable" style="text-align:left; font-size:95%;"
style="width:10px; background:#ace1af;"|2024–25 Ukrainian Premier League
style="width:10px; background:#C1DDFD;"|2024–25 Ukrainian First League
style="width:10px; background:khaki;"|2024–25 Ukrainian Second League
style="width:10px; background:lightyellow;"|2024–25 Ukrainian Football Amateur League
style="width:10px; background:lightgrey;"|2024–25 Regional competitions
style="width:10px; background:pink;"|Club is defunct

border=1 bordercolor="#CCCCCC" class=wikitable style="font-size:90%;"
align=LEFT valign=CENTER

!PL!!Team!!Seasons!!GP!!W!!D!!L!!GS!!GA!!Pts!!Achievement!!{{Abbr|Prom|Gained promotions}}!!First!!Last

align=CENTER bgcolor=pink

| 1

| align=LEFT| Krystal Kherson

| 22

| 691

| 288

| 125

| 278

| 909

| 800

! 989

| bgcolor=gold|{{sort|1|Winner}}

| bgcolor=white|1

| bgcolor=white|1992–93

| bgcolor=white|2021–22

align=CENTER bgcolor=pink

| 2

| align=LEFT| Tytan Armyansk

| 19

| 586

| 262

| 138

| 186

| 818

| 637

! 924

| bgcolor=gold|{{sort|1|Winner}}

| bgcolor=white|1

| bgcolor=white|1992

| bgcolor=white|2009–10

align=CENTER bgcolor=pink

| 3

| align=LEFT | Desna Chernihiv

| 13

| 397

| 243

| 68

| 86

| 670

| 347

! 797

| bgcolor=gold|{{sort|1|Winner}}

| bgcolor=white|3

| bgcolor=white|1994–95

| bgcolor=white|2012–13

align=CENTER valign=BOTTOM bgcolor=#C1DDFD

| 4

| align=LEFT | Kremin Kremenchuk

| 14

| 404

| 193

| 91

| 120

| 592

| 438

! 670

| bgcolor=gold|{{sort|1|Winner}}

| bgcolor=white|2

| bgcolor=white|1999–00

| bgcolor=white|2018–19

align=CENTER bgcolor=pink

| 5

| align=LEFT| Shakhtar-3 Donetsk

| 15

| 440

| 194

| 71

| 175

| 683

| 622

! 653

| bgcolor=gold|{{sort|1|Winner}}

| bgcolor=white|–

| bgcolor=white|2000–01

| bgcolor=white|2014–15

align=CENTER valign=BOTTOM bgcolor=khaki

| 6

| align=LEFT | Hirnyk-Sport Komsomolsk

| 19

| 566

| 182

| 105

| 279

| 613

| 826

! 651

| bgcolor=gold|{{sort|1|Winner}}

| bgcolor=white|1

| bgcolor=white|1995–96

| bgcolor=white|2013–14

align=CENTER valign=BOTTOM bgcolor=#C1DDFD

| 7

| align=LEFT| Bukovyna Chernivtsi

| 14

| 431

| 179

| 97

| 155

| 508

| 488

! 634

| bgcolor=gold|{{sort|1|Winner}}

| bgcolor=white|4

| bgcolor=white|1999–00

| bgcolor=white|2021–22

align=CENTER valign=BOTTOM bgcolor=pink

| 8

| align=LEFT| Ros Bila Tserkva

| 18

| 546

| 174

| 102

| 270

| 504

| 784

! 624

| bgcolor=white|5th

| bgcolor=white|–

| bgcolor=white|1993–94

| bgcolor=white|2010–11

align=CENTER valign=BOTTOM bgcolor=pink

| 9

| align=LEFT| Olkom Melitopol

| 16

| 474

| 169

| 116

| 189

| 536

| 571

! 623

| bgcolor=white|4th

| bgcolor=white|–

| bgcolor=white|1995–96

| bgcolor=white|2010–11

align=CENTER valign=BOTTOM bgcolor=#ace1af

| 10

| align=LEFT| Veres Rivne

| 16

| 477

| 159

| 96

| 222

| 474

| 653

! 573

| bgcolor=silver|{{sort|2|Runner-up}}

| bgcolor=white|1

| bgcolor=white|1997–98

| bgcolor=white|2019–20

align=CENTER valign=BOTTOM bgcolor=#C1DDFD

| 11

| align=LEFT| Nyva Ternopil

| 12

| 355

| 156

| 86

| 113

| 420

| 377

! 554

| bgcolor=gold|{{sort|1|Winner}}

| bgcolor=white|3

| bgcolor=white|2002–03

| bgcolor=white|2019–20

align=CENTER valign=BOTTOM bgcolor=#C1DDFD

| 12

| align=LEFT| Podillya Khmelnytskyi

| 10

| 317

| 167

| 50

| 100

| 482

| 327

! 551

| bgcolor=gold|{{sort|1|Winner}}

| bgcolor=white|2

| bgcolor=white|1997–98

| bgcolor=white|2020–21

align=CENTER valign=BOTTOM bgcolor=pink

| 13

| align=LEFT| Stal Dniprodzerzhynsk

| 9

| 268

| 149

| 52

| 67

| 427

| 246

! 499

| bgcolor=gold|{{sort|1|Winner}}

| bgcolor=white|2

| bgcolor=white|2001–02

| bgcolor=white|2013–14

align=CENTER valign=BOTTOM bgcolor=lightgrey

| 14

| align=LEFT| Halychyna Drohobych

| 11

| 374

| 137

| 80

| 157

| 403

| 435

! 491

| bgcolor=white|5th

| bgcolor=white|–

| bgcolor=white|1992–93

| bgcolor=white|2002–03

align=CENTER valign=BOTTOM bgcolor=pink

| 15

| align=LEFT| FC Kalush

| 12

| 361

| 136

| 64

| 161

| 414

| 428

! 472

| bgcolor=gold|{{sort|1|Winner}}

| bgcolor=white|–

| bgcolor=white|1995–96

| bgcolor=white|2019–20

align=CENTER valign=BOTTOM bgcolor=pink

| 16

| align=LEFT bgcolor= | Metalurh-2 Zaporizhzhia

| 15

| 440

| 130

| 80

| 230

| 489

| 706

! 470

| bgcolor=tan|3rd

| bgcolor=white|–

| bgcolor=white|1998–99

| bgcolor=white|2023–24

align=CENTER valign=BOTTOM bgcolor=pink

| 17

| align=LEFT| Illichivets-2 Mariupol

| 13

| 375

| 135

| 59

| 181

| 451

| 561

! 464

| bgcolor=silver|{{sort|2|Runner-up}}

| bgcolor=white|–

| bgcolor=white|2000–01

| bgcolor=white|2016–17

align=CENTER valign=BOTTOM bgcolor=lightgrey

| 18

| align=LEFT| Hazovyk Komarno

| 10

| 326

| 130

| 74

| 122

| 380

| 354

! 464

| bgcolor=silver|{{sort|2|Runner-up}}

| bgcolor=white|–

| bgcolor=white|1992

| bgcolor=white|2000–01

align=CENTER valign=BOTTOM bgcolor=pink

| 19

| align=LEFT| Dynamo-3 Kyiv

| 11

| 328

| 125

| 89

| 114

| 364

| 311

! 464

| bgcolor=silver|{{sort|2|Runner-up}}

| bgcolor=white|–

| bgcolor=white|1997–98

| bgcolor=white|2007–08

align=CENTER valign=BOTTOM bgcolor=pink

| 20

| align=LEFT| Enerhiya Yuzhnoukrainsk

| 13

| 390

| 117

| 90

| 183

| 351

| 516

! 441

| bgcolor=white|5th

| bgcolor=white|–

| bgcolor=white|1995–96

| bgcolor=white|2007–08

Players

Among notable players of the league are its top scorers.

class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;margin-left:1em;float:right;width:48%;"

|+All-time Second League appearance leaders

align="center"|Player

|align="center"|Games

|align="center"|Years

style="text-align:left;"|{{flagicon|UKR}} Oleksandr Kapusta

|align="center"|336

|align="center"|1996–2009

style="text-align:left;"|{{flagicon|UKR}} Andriy Nikiforov

|align="center"|309

|align="center"|1992–2003

style="text-align:left;"|{{flagicon|UKR}} Oleksandr Petrov

| align="center"| 306

|align="center"|1992–2002

style="text-align:left;"|{{flagicon|UKR}} Roman Sanzhar

| align="center"| 299

|align="center"|1995–2011

style="text-align:left;"|{{flagicon|UKR}} Yuriy Ponomarenko

| align="center"| 296

|align="center"|1997–2009

style="text-align:left;"|{{flagicon|UKR}} Oleksiy Bondar

| align="center"| 296

|align="center"|1997–2009

style="text-align:left;"|{{flagicon|UKR}} Yuriy Komyahin

| align="center"| 296

|align="center"|2002–2016

style="text-align:left;"|{{flagicon|UKR}} Oleksandr Krasnyanskyi

| align="center"| 296

|align="center"|1994–2010

style="text-align:left;"|{{flagicon|UKR}} Oleksandr Osmachko

| align="center"| 295

|align="center"|1995–2016

style="text-align:left;"|{{flagicon|UKR}} Mykola Dudych

| align="center"| 294

|align="center"|1993–2003

colspan="4"|Players in bold are still playing in Second League
Data as of 9 February 2021

class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;margin-left:1em;float:left;width:48%;"

|+All-time Second League scorers

align="center"|Player

|align="center"|Goals

|align="center"|Games

|align="center"|Years

style="text-align:left;"|{{flagicon|UKR}} Oleksandr Kozhemyachenko

|align="center"|105

|align="center"|219

|align="center"|1999–2011

style="text-align:left;"|{{flagicon|UKR}} Oleksandr Kapusta

|align="center"|104

|align="center"|336

|align="center"|1996–2009

style="text-align:left;"|{{flagicon|UKR}} Ihor Bezdolnyi

|align="center"|102

|align="center"|272

|align="center"|1994–2011

style="text-align:left;"|{{flagicon|UKR}} Yevhen Arbuzov

|align="center"|98

|align="center"|255

|align="center"|1999–2009

style="text-align:left;"|{{flagicon|UKR}} Vasyl Karpyn

|align="center"|88

|align="center"|244

|align="center"|1992–2003

style="text-align:left;"|{{flagicon|UKR}} Stanislav Kulish

|align="center"|80

|align="center"|132

|align="center"|2008–2014

style="text-align:left;"|{{flagicon|UKR}} Vasyl Shved

|align="center"|78

|align="center"|205

|align="center"|1993–2005

style="text-align:left;"|{{flagicon|UKR}} Vladyslav Korobkin

|align="center"|73

|align="center"|215

|align="center"|2000–2013

style="text-align:left;"|{{flagicon|UKR}} Ihor Kiriyenko

|align="center"|71

|align="center"|189

|align="center"|2002–2014

style="text-align:left;"|{{flagicon|UKR}} Kostiantyn Pinchuk

|align="center"|68

|align="center"|142

|align="center"|1993–2007

style="text-align:left;"|{{flagicon|UKR}} Volodymyr Kryzhanivskyi

|align="center"|66

|align="center"|192

|align="center"|1995–2006

colspan="5"|Players in bold are still playing in Second League
Data accurate as of 19 January 2021[https://footballfacts.ru/tournamentmain/218-chempionatukrainy Чемпионат Украины D3]. footballfacts.ru

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Managers

{{col-begin}}

{{Col-2}}

class="sortable wikitable"

|+Winning managers

!Season

!Nationality

!Winning manager

!Club

!class="unsortable"|Ref

align=center rowspan=2|1992

|align=center|{{sort|UKR|{{flag|UKR}}}}

{{sortname|Petro|Chervin|Petro Chervin}}

|Dnister Zalishchyky

|align=center|

align=center|{{sort|UKR|{{flag|UKR}}}}{{sortname|Viktor|Pyshchev|Viktor Pyshchev}}

|Bazhanovets Makiivka

|align=center|

align=center|1992–93

|align=center|{{sort|UKR|{{flag|UKR}}}}

{{sortname|Semen|Osynovskyi|Semen Osynovskyi}}

|Dnipro Cherkasy

|align=center|

align=center|1993–94

|align=center|{{sort|UKR|{{flag|UKR}}}}

{{sortname|Volodymyr|Bezsonov|Volodymyr Bezsonov}}

|FC Boryspil

|align=center|

align=center|1994–95

|align=center|{{sort|UKR|{{flag|UKR}}}}

{{sortname|Volodymyr|Bohach|Volodymyr Bohach}}

|Yavir Krasnopillia

|align=center|

align=center rowspan=2|1995–96

|align=center|{{sort|UKR|{{flag|UKR}}}}

{{sortname|Volodymyr|Lozynskyi|Volodymyr Lozynskyi}}

|CSKA Kyiv

|align=center|

align=center|{{sort|UKR|{{flag|UKR}}}}{{sortname|Yuriy|Pohrebnyak|Yuriy Pohrebnyak}}

|Metalurh Mariupol

|align=center|

align=center rowspan=2|1996–97

|align=center|{{sort|UKR|{{flag|UKR}}}}

{{sortname|Yukhym|Shkolnykov|Yukhym Shkolnykov}}

|Desna Chernihiv

|align=center|

align=center|{{sort|UKR|{{flag|UKR}}}}{{sortname|Oleh|Smolyaninov|Oleh Smolyaninov}}

|Avanhard Rovenky

|align=center|

align=center rowspan=3|1997–98

|align=center|{{sort|UKR|{{flag|UKR}}}}

{{sortname|Yuriy|Avanesov|Yuriy Avanesov}}

|Podillia Khmelnytskyi

|align=center|

align=center|{{sort|UKR|{{flag|UKR}}}}{{sortname|Serhiy|Shevchenko|Serhiy Shevchenko (footballer, born 1958)}}

|Krystal Kherson

|align=center|

align=center|{{sort|UKR|{{flag|UKR}}}}{{sortname|Yevhen|Korol|Yevhen Korol}}

|Shakhtar-2 Donetsk

|align=center|

align=center rowspan=3|1998–99

|align=center|{{sort|UKR|{{flag|UKR}}}}

{{sortname|Viktor|Ryashko|Viktor Ryashko (football manager)}}

|Zakarpattia Uzhhorod

|align=center|

align=center|{{sort|UKR|{{flag|UKR}}}}{{sortname|Ihor|Nakonechnyi|Ihor Nakonechnyi}}

|SC Odesa

|align=center|

align=center|{{sort|UKR|{{flag|UKR}}}}{{sortname|Vadym|Lazorenko|Vadym Lazorenko}}

|Obolon-PVO Kyiv

|align=center|

align=center rowspan=2|1999–2000

|align=center|{{sort|UKR|{{flag|UKR}}}}

{{sortname|Yuriy|Hiy|Yuriy Hiy}}

|Bukovyna Chernivtsi

|align=center|

align=center|{{sort|UKR|{{flag|UKR}}}}{{sortname|Petro|Kutuzov|Petro Kutuzov}}

|Dnipro-2 Dnipropetrovsk

|align=center|

align=center rowspan=2|2000–01

|align=center|{{sort|UKR|{{flag|UKR}}}}

{{sortname|Yukhym|Shkolnykov|Yukhym Shkolnykov}}

|Polissia Zhytomyr

|align=center|

align=center|{{sort|UKR|{{flag|UKR}}}}{{sortname|Vasyl|Yermak|Vasyl Yermak}}

|Naftovyk Okhtyrka

|align=center|

align=center rowspan=2|2001–02

|align=center|{{sort|UKR|{{flag|UKR}}}}

{{sortname|Bohdan|Blavatskyi|Bohdan Blavatskyi}}

|FC Krasyliv

|align=center|

align=center|{{sort|UKR|{{flag|UKR}}}}{{sortname|Volodymyr|Parkhomenko|Volodymyr Parkhomenko}}

|FC Sumy

|align=center|

align=center rowspan=2|2002–03

|align=center|{{sort|UKR|{{flag|UKR}}}}

{{sortname|Mykola|Prystay|Mykola Prystay}}

|Lukor Kalush

|align=center|

align=center|{{sort|UKR|{{flag|UKR}}}}{{sortname|Volodymyr|Kobzarev|Volodymyr Kobzarev}}

|Zorya Luhansk

|align=center|

align=center rowspan=2|2003–04

|align=center|{{sort|UKR|{{flag|UKR}}}}

{{sortname|Bohdan|Bandura|Bohdan Bandura}}

|Hazovyk-Skala Stryi

|align=center|

align=center|{{sort|UKR|{{flag|UKR}}}}{{sortname|Oleksandr|Sevidov|Oleksandr Sevidov}}

|Stal Dniprodzerzhynsk

|align=center|

align=center rowspan=2|2004–05

|align=center|{{sort|UKR|{{flag|UKR}}}}

{{sortname|Ivan|Kovanda|Ivan Kovanda}}

|Rava Rava-Ruska

|align=center|

align=center|{{sort|UKR|{{flag|UKR}}}}{{sortname|Ihor|Nadein|Ihor Nadein}}

|Helios Kharkiv

|align=center|

align=center rowspan=2|2005–06

|align=center|{{sort|UKR|{{flag|UKR}}}}

{{sortname|Oleksandr|Tomakh|Oleksandr Tomakh (footballer, born 1948)}}

|Desna Chernihiv

|align=center|

align=center|{{sort|UKR|{{flag|UKR}}}}{{sortname|Serhiy|Morozov|Serhiy Morozov (footballer, born 1950)}}

|Dnipro Cherkasy

|align=center|

{{Col-2}}

class="sortable wikitable"

|+Winning managers (cont.)

!Season

!Nationality

!Winning manager

!Club

!class="unsortable"|Ref

align=center rowspan=2|2006–07

|align=center|{{sort|UKR|{{flag|UKR}}}}

{{sortname|Vasyl|Ushchapovskyi|Vasyl Ushchapovskyi}}

|Dnister Ovidiopol

|align=center|

align=center|{{sort|UKR|{{flag|UKR}}}}{{sortname|Serhiy|Puchkov|Serhiy Puchkov}}

|PFC Sevastopol

|align=center|

align=center rowspan=2|2007–08

|align=center|{{sort|UKR|{{flag|TJK}}}}

{{sortname|Vitaly|Levchenko|Vitaly Levchenko}}

|Knyazha Shchaslyve

|align=center|

align=center|{{sort|UKR|{{flag|UKR}}}}{{sortname|Yuriy|Malyhin|Yuriy Malyhin}}

|Komunalnyk Luhansk

|align=center|

align=center rowspan=2|2008–09

|align=center|{{sort|UKR|{{flag|UKR}}}}

{{sortname|Viktor|Ryashko|Viktor Ryashko (football manager)}}

|Nyva Ternopil

|align=center|

align=center|{{sort|UKR|{{flag|UKR}}}}{{sortname|Ihor|Zhabchenko|Ihor Zhabchenko}}

|Zirka Kirovohrad

|align=center|

align=center rowspan=2|2009–10

|align=center|{{sort|UKR|{{flag|UKR}}}}

{{sortname|Vadym|Zayats|Vadym Zayats}}

|Bukovyna Chernivtsi

|align=center|

align=center|{{sort|UKR|{{flag|UKR}}}}{{sortname|Mykola|Fedorenko|Mykola Fedorenko}}

|Tytan Armyansk

|align=center|

align=center rowspan=2|2010–11

|align=center|{{sort|UKR|{{flag|UKR}}}}

{{sortname|Ruslan|Zabranskyi|Ruslan Zabranskyi}}

|MFC Mykolaiv

|align=center|

align=center|{{sort|UKR|{{flag|UKR}}}}{{sortname|Ihor|Petrov|Ihor Petrov}}

|Olimpik Donetsk

|align=center|

align=center rowspan=2|2011–12

|align=center|{{sort|UKR|{{flag|UKR}}}}

{{sortname|Ihor|Zakharyak|Ihor Zakharyak}}

|PFC Sumy

|align=center|

align=center|{{sort|UKR|{{flag|UKR}}}}{{sortname|Anatoliy|Bezsmertnyi|Anatoliy Bezsmertnyi}}

|FC Poltava

|align=center|

align=center rowspan=2|2012–13

|align=center|{{sort|UKR|{{flag|UKR}}}}

{{sortname|Oleksandr|Ryabokon|Oleksandr Ryabokon}}

|Desna Chernihiv

|align=center|

align=center|{{sort|UKR|{{flag|UKR}}}}{{sortname|Yuriy|Hura|Yuriy Hura}}

|UkrAhroKom Holovkivka

|align=center|

align=center|2013–14

|align=center|{{sort|UKR|{{flag|UKR}}}}

{{sortname|Ihor|Zhabchenko|Ihor Zhabchenko}}

|Hirnyk-Sport Komsomolsk

|align=center|

align=center|2014–15

|align=center|{{sort|UKR|{{flag|UKR}}}}

{{sortname|Ihor|Stolovytskyi|Ihor Stolovytskyi}}

|Cherkaskyi Dnipro

|align=center|

align=center|2015–16

|align=center|{{sort|UKR|{{flag|UKR}}}}

{{sortname|Ruslan|Kostyshyn|Ruslan Kostyshyn}}

|Kolos Kovalivka

|align=center|

align=center|2016–17

|align=center|{{sort|UKR|{{flag|UKR}}}}

{{sortname|Denys|Kolchin|Denys Kolchin}}

|Zhemchuzhyna Odesa

|align=center|

align=center rowspan=2|2017–18

|align=center|{{sort|UKR|{{flag|UKR}}}}

{{sortname|Andriy|Donets|Andriy Donets}}

|Ahrobiznes Volochysk

|align=center|

align=center|{{sort|UKR|{{flag|UKR}}}}{{sortname|Dmytro|Mykhailenko|Dmytro Mykhailenko}}

|SC Dnipro-1

|align=center|

align=center rowspan=2|2018–19

|align=center|{{sort|UKR|{{flag|UKR}}}}

{{sortname|Vasyl|Kobin|Vasyl Kobin}}

|FC Mynai

|align=center|

align=center|{{sort|UKR|{{flag|UKR}}}}{{sortname|Ihor|Stolovytskyi|Ihor Stolovytskyi}}

|Kremin Kremenchuk

|align=center|

align=center rowspan=2|2019–20

|align=center|{{sort|UKR|{{flag|UKR}}}}

{{sortname|Vasyl|Malyk|Vasyl Malyk}}

|Nyva Ternopil

|align=center|

align=center|{{sort|UKR|{{flag|UKR}}}}{{sortname|Serhiy|Solovyov|Serhiy Solovyov}}

|VPK-Ahro Shevchenkivka

|align=center|

align=center rowspan=2|2020–21

|align=center|{{sort|UKR|{{flag|UKR}}}}

{{sortname|Vitaliy|Kostyshyn|Vitaliy Kostyshyn}}

|Podillia Khmelnytskyi

|align=center|

align=center|{{sort|UKR|{{flag|UKR}}}}{{sortname|Oleksandr|Kucher|Oleksandr Kucher}}

|Metal Kharkiv

|align=center|

align=center rowspan=2|2021–22

|align=center|{{sort|UKR|{{flag|UKR}}}}

{{sortname|Andriy|Tlumak|Andriy Tlumak}}

|Karpaty Lviv

|align=center|

align=center|{{sort|UKR|{{flag|UKR}}}}{{sortname|Volodymyr|Mykytyn|Volodymyr Mykytyn}}

|Metalurh Zaporizhzhia

|align=center|

align=center|2022–23

|align=center|{{sort|UKR|{{flag|UKR}}}}

{{sortname|Serhiy|Karpenko|Serhiy Karpenko}}

|Nyva Buzova

|align=center|

align=center|2023–24

|align=center|{{sort|UKR|{{flag|UKR}}}}

{{sortname|Dmytro|Chyrykal|Dmytro Chyrykal}}

|Druzhba Myrivka

|align=center|

{{col-end}}

Stadiums

{{more|List of football stadiums in Ukraine}}

=Most attended games=

Most of the most attended games in the league since 1992 recorded at Zirka Stadium (Kropyvnytskyi), and since 1993–94 season FC Zirka Kropyvnytskyi all time attendance record on a single game until 2017–18 season, when Metalist Kharkiv phoenix club Metalist 1925 participated in the Druha Liha together with their original club rivals FC Dnipro and SC Dnipro-1. The record was set on in a Metalist 1925–Dnipro-1 match, which was attended by 14,521 people.Valerko, A. [https://sportarena.com/football/yakij-match-najvidviduvanishij-v-istoriyi-drugoyi/ Which game is the most attended in history of the Druha Liha? (Який матч – найвідвідуваніший в історії Другої ліги?)]. Sport Arena. 25 August 2016 (first ed.)

class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"

!#

!Season

!Attendance

!Home team

!Score

!Visiting team

!Stadium

!Ref

1

|2017–18

|bgcolor=#F0F0F0|14,521

|Metalist 1925 Kharkiv

|1:1

|Dnipro-1

|OSC Metalist

|

2

|1993–94

|bgcolor=#F0F0F0|14,000

|Zirka-NIBAS Kirovohrad

|2:0

|FC Boryspil

|Zirka Stadium

|

3

|2008–09

|bgcolor=#F0F0F0|12,100

|Zirka Kirovohrad

|2:1

|Stal Dniprodzerzhynsk

|Zirka Stadium

|

rowspan=2|4

|1993–94

|bgcolor=#F0F0F0|12,000

|Zirka-NIBAS Kirovohrad

|5:0

|Shakhtar Pavlohrad

|Zirka Stadium

|

1993–94

|bgcolor=#F0F0F0|12,000

|Zirka-NIBAS Kirovohrad

|1:0

|Dnister Zalishchyky

|Zirka Stadium

|

The most attended seasons were in the beginning of 1990s and the beginning of 2000s.

External links

  • {{in lang|uk}} [http://www.pfl.com.ua/2a.php Druha Liha at Official Site of the Professional Football league of Ukraine]
  • {{in lang|uk}} [http://2liga.org.ua Interaction site for Druha liha]
  • {{in lang|ru}} [http://fanat.ua/ Variety of championships]

Notes

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References

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External links

  • [https://www.ua-football.com/ukrainian/2a/1359455831-reforma-drugoyi-ligi-my-svoy-my-novyy-mir-postroim.html Реформа Другої ліги: "Мы свой, мы новый мир построим!"] www.ua-football.com. 29 January 2013

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