2021–22 Ukrainian Second League

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2021–22 Ukrainian Second League

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

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Ukrainian Second League
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Season2021–22
Championsno title awarded
Matches played150
Goals scored426 (2.84 per match)
Top goalscorerHlib Lityuk
(13 goals)
Biggest home winKrystal 6–0 Poltava
(23 August 2021)
Biggest away winLyubomyr 0–11 Livyi Bereh
(8 August 2021)
Highest scoringLyubomyr 0–11 Livyi Bereh
(8 August 2021)
Longest winning run9 matches
Livyi Bereh Kyiv
Longest unbeaten run10 matches
Metalurh Zaporizhia
Longest winless run10 matches
Real Pharma Odesa
Longest losing run10 matches
Real Pharma Odesa
Highest attendance7,000
Karpaty L. v AFSC
(14 August 2021)
Lowest attendance0
Krystal v Vovchansk
(26 September 2021)
Total attendance105416
Average attendance703
All statistics correct as of 27 September 2021.
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The competition was terminated at the PFL Council meeting on 6 May 2022 due to the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine.[1]

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.[2] The competition format and league composition corresponds to the PFL program "Strategy of Development" that was adopted back in 2016.[3]

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:[4][5]

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Withdrawn and merged teams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.

Stadiums

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Group A
Team[4] 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[6] Am
Karpaty Lviv Ukraina Stadium[6] Am
Livyi Bereh Kyiv Livyi Bereh (Hnidyn) Am
MFA Mukachevo MFA training field Am
AFSC Kyiv "TBD"[6] Am
Lyubomyr Stavyshche Kolos Stadium Am
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  1. 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

Managerial changes

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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[8] Pre-season Ukraine Yuriy Kulish 18 July 2021[9][10] Pre-season
AFSC Kyiv Ukraine Anatoliy Sidenko Resigned 16 June 2021 Ukraine Vyacheslav Nivinskyi 16 June 2021[11]
FC Dnipro Cherkasy Ukraine Ihor Stolovytskyi Resigned 12 June 2021[12] Ukraine Taras Ilnytskyi 25 June 2021[13]
Chaika Petropavlivska Borshchahivka Ukraine Vyacheslav Bohodyelov (interim) End of interim 24 June 2021[14] Ukraine Vladyslav Savchuk 24 June 2021[14]
MFC Mykolaiv Ukraine Illia Blyznyuk Mutual consent 26 June 2021[15][16] Ukraine Serhiy Shevchenko 27 June 2021[17][18][19]
Epitsentr Dunaivtsi Ukraine Ihor Badlo Unknown June 2021[20][21] Ukraine Oleh Naduda July 2021[22]
Rubikon Kyiv Ukraine Serhiy Litovchenko left for Olimpik Donetsk 24 July 2021[23] Ukraine Viktor Kuriata 24 July 2021[23]
Karpaty Halych Ukraine Roman Hnativ Unknown 25 July 2021[24] Ukraine Lyubomyr Vovchuk 25 July 2021[24]
Lyubomyr Stavyshche Ukraine Oleksandr Honcharov Undisclosed 8 August 2021[25] 15th Ukraine Vadym Lazorenko 8 August 2021[26][27] 15th
Tavriya Simferopol Ukraine Serhiy Puchkov Mutual consent 14 September 2021[28] 12th Ukraine Yuriy Chumak (interim) 14 September 2021[28] 12th
Viktoriya Mykolaivka Ukraine Artem Radionov Sacked 21 September 2021[29] 10th Ukraine Anatoliy Bezsmertnyi 21 September 2021[29] 10th
Karpaty Halych Ukraine Lyubomyr Vovchuk Changed position 23 September 2021[30] 8th Spain Carlos Inarejos 23 September 2021[31] 8th
FC Sumy Ukraine Valeriy Kutsenko Resigned 14 October 2021[32] 15th Ukraine Evgeny Yarovenko 19 January 2022[33] 16th
Bukovyna Chernivtsi Ukraine Yevhen Kovalenko Resigned 25 October 2021[34] 9th Ukraine Yuriy Kyslytsia (acting) 25 October 2021[34] 9th
MFC Mykolaiv Ukraine Serhiy Shevchenko Mutual consent 2 November 2021[35] 2nd Ukraine Eduard Pavlov 2 November 2021[35] 2nd
Nyva Vinnytsia Ukraine Volodymyr Tsytkin Mutual consent 4 November 2021[36] 8th Ukraine Valentyn Vishtaliuk (caretaker) 5 November 2021 8th
Dinaz Vyshhorod Ukraine Volodymyr Bondarenko Mutual consent 15 December 2021[37] 4th Ukraine Oleksandr Holovko 12 February 2022[38] 4th
FC Nikopol Ukraine Oleksandr Poklonskyi Moved to VPK-Ahro 25 December 2021[39] 12th
Nyva Vinnytsia Ukraine Valentyn Vishtaliuk (caretaker) End of interim 15 January 2022 8th Ukraine Ihor Leonov 15 January 2022[40] 8th
Viktoriya Mykolaivka Ukraine Anatoliy Bezsmertnyi Moved to Alians Lypova Dolyna 26 January 2022[41] 10th Ukraine Volodymyr Romanenko (interim) 26 January 2022[42] 10th
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Group A

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion, qualification or relegation
1 Karpaty Lviv 18 16 0 2 46 7 +39 48 Promotion to Ukrainian First League
2 Livyi Bereh Kyiv[a] 19 15 1 3 47 14 +33 46 Withdrew after season
3 LNZ Cherkasy 17 13 2 2 36 9 +27 41 Promotion to Ukrainian First League
4 Dinaz Vyshhorod 19 13 1 5 33 18 +15 40
5 Epitsentr Dunaivtsi 19 12 1 6 30 19 +11 37
6 MFA Mukachevo[a] 19 8 5 6 25 24 +1 29 Withdrew after season
7 Karpaty Halych[a] 18 7 4 7 23 23 0 25[b]
8 Nyva Vinnytsia 17 7 4 6 29 20 +9 25[b]
9 Bukovyna Chernivtsi 17 6 5 6 20 17 +3 23 Promotion to Ukrainian First League
10 FC Chernihiv 18 5 5 8 17 24 7 20
11 Dnipro Cherkasy 18 5 2 11 24 32 8 17 Withdrew after season
12 Chaika Petropavlivska Borshchahivka 19 3 6 10 16 40 24 15
13 Rubikon Kyiv 18 3 2 13 12 38 26 11
14 AFSC Kyiv 19 1 5 13 8 38 30 8 Withdrew after season
15 Lyubomyr Stavyshche[a] 19 1 1 17 8 51 43 4
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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 number of tournament points at the moment of calculation and not only among those which after preliminary criteria have appeared more successful).
Notes:
  1. Due to Russo-Ukrainian War, Lyubomyr Stavyshche, Karpaty Halych, MFA Mukachevo and Livyi Bereh Kyiv withdrew from competitions after season.[43][44][45][46]
  2. Karpaty Halych: 3 pts; Nyva: 0 pts

Results

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

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    Top goalscorers

    As of 28 November 2021[47]

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    Number of teams by region (Group A)

    Group B

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    More information Pos, Team ...
    Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion, qualification or relegation
    1 Metalurh Zaporizhzhia 19 13 6 0 34 7 +27 45 Promotion to Ukrainian First League
    2 Skoruk Tomakivka 20 12 5 3 33 14 +19 41
    3 Peremoha Dnipro 20 12 3 5 34 14 +20 39[a] Withdrew after season
    4 Balkany Zorya 20 10 9 1 34 14 +20 39[a]
    5 Tavriya Simferopol[b] 19 9 6 4 28 19 +9 33
    6 Poltava 20 9 4 7 29 27 +2 31[c] Promotion to Ukrainian First League
    7 Trostianets[b] 19 9 4 6 34 29 +5 31[c] Withdrew after season
    8 Mykolaiv 17 8 6 3 35 24 +11 30
    9 Vovchansk 20 7 6 7 27 25 +2 27[d]
    10 Viktoriya Mykolaivka[b] 19 8 3 8 22 23 1 27[d]
    11 Yarud Mariupol 20 6 6 8 36 29 +7 24 Promotion to Ukrainian First League
    12 Nikopol 20 5 5 10 22 42 20 20 Withdrew after season
    13 Enerhiya Nova Kakhovka[b] 20 5 2 13 20 40 20 17
    14 Real Pharma Odesa 20 4 2 14 22 49 27 14
    15 Krystal Kherson 20 2 3 15 19 36 17 9 Withdrew after season
    16 Sumy[b] 19 1 2 16 16 53 37 5
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    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 number of tournament points at the moment of calculation and not only among those which after preliminary criteria have appeared more successful).
    Notes:
    1. Peremoha: 3 pts; Balkany: 0 pts
    2. Due to Russo-Ukrainian War, Tavriya Simferopol, Enerhiya Nova Kakhovka, Viktoriya Mykolaivka, Sumy and Trostianets withdrew from competitions after the season.[48][49][50][51]
    3. Poltava: 3 pts; Trostianets: 0 pts
    4. Vovchansk: 6 pts; Viktoriya: 0 pts

    Results

    More information Home \ Away, BAZ ...
    Home \ Away BAZ ENK KRY MEZ MYK NIK POL PER RPO SKO SUM TAV TRO VIM VOV YAR
    Balkany Zoria 1–0 0–0 5–0 0–1 5–0 0–0 4–1 1–1 1–1 2–1
    Enerhiya Nova Kakhovka 0–1 2–3 0–4 0–1 4–3 0–0 3–1 0–2 0–1 1–1
    Krystal Kherson 1–2 1–2 6–0 0–2 0–1 0–0 1–1 2–2 0–2 0–1
    Metalurh Zaporizhya 0–0 1–0 2–1 3–2 1–0 1–0 5–0 2–1 1–0 1–1
    Mykolaiv 1–2 2–1 1–2 1–1 2–0 4–0 2–2 1–1 2–0
    FC Nikopol 2–2 2–1 0–6 1–1 1–1 0–1 0–1 1–1 2–1 2–2
    SC Poltava 1–1 2–3 4–1 2–0 1–2 3–0 1–3 2–0 2–2 0–0
    Peremoha Dnipro 3–1 5–0 0–1 1–2 4–0 0–1 2–0 0–0 1–0 3–1
    Real Pharma Odesa 1–1 0–1 2–1 0–3 2–4 2–4 1–2 5–1 0–3 2–0
    Skoruk Tomakivka 0–2 1–1 3–1 1–1 4–0 6–0 2–0 3–2 2–1 2–1
    Sumy 1–2 3–0 0–2 1–3 1–3 1–2 1–4
    Tavriya Simferopol 1–1 4–1 3–1 2–1 2–2 0–2 1–1 1–0 1–0
    FC Trostianets 1–2 2–1 4–2 2–1 1–0 1–0 4–1 0–1 2–1 2–2
    Viktoriya Mykolaivka 3–1 2–1 0–1 1–3 0–1 1–0 2–1 3–2 0–1 0–2
    Vovchansk 4–0 1–1 2–0 0–3 4–1 1–2 0–0 3–5 2–0 1–1
    Yarud Mariupol 2–0 1–3 2–2 5–0 0–1 1–2 6–0 0–3 3–2 3–3
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    Updated to match(es) played on 27 November 2021. Source: pfl.ua (in Ukrainian)
    Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

    Top goalscorers

    As of 27 November 2021[52]

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    Number of teams by region (Group B)

    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 Cancelled Winner of the Group B

    Promotion play-offs

    Third placed of the Group A Cancelled Third placed of the Group B

    Awards

    Round awards

    More information Round, Player ...
    Round Player Coach
    Player Club Reference Coach Club Reference
    Round 1 Ukraine Anton Yaremenko SC Poltava [53] Ukraine Oleh Naduda Epitsentr Dunaivtsi [53]
    Round 2 Ukraine Vadym Shavrin Viktoriya Mykolaivka [54] Ukraine Volodymyr Sysenko SC Poltava [54]
    Round 3 Ukraine Anton Kicha Peremoha Dnipro [55] Ukraine Anatoliy Buznyk Livyi Bereh Kyiv [55]
    Round 4 Ukraine Serhiy Kravchenko MFC Mykolaiv [56] Ukraine Yuriy Bakalov LNZ Cherkasy [56]
    Round 5 Ukraine Yevhen Chepurnenko Dinaz Vyshhorod [57] Ukraine Volodymyr Bondarenko Dinaz Vyshhorod [57]
    Round 6 Ukraine Danylo Falkovskyi MFC Mykolaiv [58] Ukraine Serhiy Shevchenko MFC Mykolaiv [58]
    Round 7 Ukraine Dzhaba Fkhakadze Peremoha Dnipro [59] Ukraine Serhiy Vorobey Peremoha Dnipro [59]
    Round 8 Ukraine Artur Zahorulko Nyva Vinnytsia [60] Ukraine Eduard Khavrov Enerhiya Nova Kakhovka [60]
    Round 9 Ukraine Oleksiy Sydorov Metalurh Zaporizhia [61] Ukraine Andriy Tlumak Karpaty Lviv [61]
    Round 10 Ukraine Vasyl Palahnyuk Bukovyna Chernivtsi [62] Ukraine Yevhen Kovalenko Bukovyna Chernivtsi [62]
    Round 11 Ukraine Mykyta Ihumenov Real Pharma Odesa [63] Ukraine Andriy Tlumak Karpaty Lviv [63]
    Round 12 Ukraine Serhiy Platunov Balkany Zorya [64] Ukraine Volodymyr Mykytyn Metalurh Zaporizhia [64]
    Round 13 Ukraine Bohdan Lazarenko FC Chernihiv [65] Ukraine Valeriy Chornyi FC Chernihiv [65]
    Round 14 Ukraine Denys Kozhanov Karpaty Lviv [66] Ukraine Denys Kolchin Balkany Zorya [66]
    Round 15 Ukraine Yevhen Kovalenko Metalurh Zaporizhia [67] Ukraine Anatoliy Buznik Livyi Bereh Kyiv [67]
    Round 16 Ukraine Yevhen Chepurnenko Dinaz Vyshhorod [68] Ukraine Yuriy Bakalov LNZ Cherkasy [68]
    Round 17 Ukraine Hlib Lityuk Yarud Mariupol [69] Ukraine Oleh Naduda Epitsentr Dunaivtsi [69]
    Round 18 Ukraine Mykyta Zhukov Skoruk Tomakivka [70] Ukraine Oleksandr Stepanov Skoruk Tomakivka [70]
    Round 19 Ukraine Volodymyr Pryyomov Balkany Zorya [71] Ukraine Vadym Lazorenko Lyubomyr Stavyshche [71]
    Round 20 Ukraine Vitaliy Mentey FC Chernihiv [72] Ukraine Andriy Tlumak Karpaty Lviv [72]
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