2017–18 Ukrainian Second League

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Ukrainian Second League
Season2017–18
Dates14 July 2017 – 19 May 2018
ChampionsAhrobiznes Volochysk
PromotedAhrobiznes Volochysk
SC Dnipro-1
Prykarpattia Ivano-Frankivsk
Metalist 1925 Kharkiv
RelegatedFC Dnipro
Arsenal-Kyivshchyna (withdrew)
Ternopil (withdrew)
Skala (withdrew)
Inhulets-2 (withdrew)
Metalurh (Rosso-Nero) (withdrew)
Sudnobudivnyk (withdrew)
Matches played326
Goals scored913 (2.8 per match)
Top goalscorer23 – Serhiy Davydov (Metalist)
Biggest home win9 – Tavriya 9–0 Metalurh (Round 33)
Biggest away win11 – Metalurh 0–11 Enerhiya (Round 21)
Highest scoring11 – Metalurh 0–11 Enerhiya (Round 21)
Longest winning run10 – SC Dnipro-1 (Round 17–26)
Longest unbeaten run18 – Metalist (Round 3–20)
Longest winless run18 – Metalurh (Round 16–33)
Longest losing run13 – Metalurh (Round 21–33)
Highest attendance14,521 - Metalist – SC Dnipro-1 (Round 12)
Lowest attendance0[a] - Bukovyna – Skala (Round 2)
Bukovyna – Polissya (ppd. Round 7)
Prykarpattia – Podillya (Round 19)
FC Dnipro – Sudnobudivnyk (Round 22)
All statistics correct as of 2 June 2018.

The 2017–18 Ukrainian Second League was the 27th season since its establishment. The competition commenced on 14 July 2017. The league returned to the multiple group competition format after it was abandoned in 2013. Final composition of the league was approved at the PFL Conference on 21 June 2017.[1]

The current season competition is in a triple round robin format for each group.

Group A commenced their winter break after the Round 7 postponed match was played on 12 November 2017. Group B will begin their winter break after the completion of Round 22 on 19 November 2017. Group B competitions resumed the spring session on 30 March 2018 and Group A on 31 March 2018.

Teams[edit]

On 21 June 2017, it was announced that 25 teams will play in two divisions,[2] but later FC Balkany Zorya was transferred to the 2017–18 Ukrainian First League and FC Cherkaskyi Dnipro-2 withdrew from the competition, leaving 23 teams in the field.

[edit]

The following six teams were promoted from the 2016–17 Ukrainian Football Amateur League:[1][3][4]

Also, one newly created team was admitted:[6]

Also, one reserve team was admitted:[2]

Relegated teams[edit]

One team was relegated from the 2016–17 Ukrainian Premier League, according to the FIFA sanctions:

The following teams were relegated from the 2016–17 Ukrainian First League.

Renamed teams[edit]

Withdrawn teams[edit]

  • Illichivets-2 Mariupol – before the start of the season, the club chose to compete in the Under-21 league.[13]
  • Cherkaskyi Dnipro-2 – initially, the team passed attestation and was admitted to the PFL, but before the start of the season general director of FC Cherkaskyi Dnipro announced that the club's second team won't take part in professional competitions.[14] The President of the PFL expressed a hope that the league would find a replacement.[15] but no other teams entered the competition.
  • FC Ternopil – After competing in four matches on 15 August 2017 the club informed the PFL that they are withdrawing from the competition.[16] PFL annulled all their matches.[17]

Location map[edit]

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

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Home venues of teams in the 2017–18 Ukrainian Second League. SC Tavriya played the home games in Nova Kakhovka.

Stadiums[edit]

Group A
Team Stadium Position in
2016–17
Ahrobiznes Volochysk Yunist Stadium Am1, 1st
Sport Complex Podillya[b]
Arsenal-Kyivshchyna Bila Tserkva Volodymyr Melnyk Stadium[c] 15th
Arsenal–Kyiv Training Base[20]
Bukovyna Chernivtsi Bukovyna Stadium FL, 16th
FC Lviv Skif Stadium Am1, 10th
Sokil Stadium[20]
Nyva Ternopil Vyshnyvets United Community Stadium[d] Am1, 7th
Nyva-V Vinnytsia Sports Complex Nyva 7th
Central City Stadium[e]
Podillya Khmelnytskyi Sport Complex Podillya 14th
Polissya Zhytomyr Spartak Stadium[f] Am2, 6th
Volodymyr Melnyk Stadium
Avanhard Stadium[g]
Prykarpattia Ivano-Frankivsk MCS Rukh 10th
Khet-Tryk Stadium[h]
Skala Stryi Medyk Stadium[i] FL, 17th
Skala Training Base[20]
FC Ternopil Ternopil City Stadium FL, 18th
Group B
Team Stadium Position in
2016–17
FC Dnipro Dnipro-Arena PL, 11th
Indoor Arena Dnipro-1 Training Base[20]
Metalurh Stadium[j]
SC Dnipro-1 Dnipro-Arena –
Indoor Arena at Dnipro-1 Training Base[20]
Enerhiya Nova Kakhovka Enerhiya Stadium 8th
Inhulets-2 Petrove Povoroznyuk Stadium[k] 6th
Metalist 1925 Kharkiv Metalist Stadium Am2, 1st
Metalurh Zaporizhzhia Metalurh Training Base 16th
MFC Mykolaiv-2 Central City Stadium –[l]
Park Peremohy Stadium[25]
Myr Hornostayivka Zatys Stadium 9th
Start Stadium, Novotroitske, Kherson Oblast
FC Nikopol Elektrometalurh Stadium 11th
Real Pharma Odesa Ivan Stadium 5th
Sudnobudivnyk Mykolaiv Central City Stadium 17th
Park Peremohy Stadium
Mashynobudivnyk Stadium[m]
Tavriya Simferopol Mashynobudivnyk Stadium Am2, 9th
Enerhiya Stadium[n]

Notes:

  1. ^ Round 22 game was played in Obukhiv
  2. ^ Due to the reconstruction of the home ground in 2018 Ahrobiznes moved their games to Khmelnytskyi[18]
  3. ^ Arsenal-Kyivshchyna Bila Tserkva originally played at Trudovi Reservy Stadium in Bila Tserkva, but prior to Round 10 announced that their administration is moving the club to Obukhiv.[19]
  4. ^ Nyva Ternopil plays their home matches at the newly built Vyshnyvets United Community Stadium in a town of Vyshnivets[21]
  5. ^ Round 23 game against Bukovyna was played at main city arena.[22]
  6. ^ Polissya Zhytomyr play their home matches at Spartak Stadium in Korosten while their home stadium is under renovation.[23]
  7. ^ Polissya moved their home games in the spring session to Novohrad-Volynskyi due to the construction of both the Central Stadium and the Spartak Stadium[24]
  8. ^ The game Podillya-Prykarpattia was moved to Ivano-Frankivsk and the hosting team was switched[20]
  9. ^ Skala Stryi play their home matches at Medyk Stadium in Morshyn due to the inability to reach an agreement for the lease of Sokil Stadium in Stryi.[29]
  10. ^ Round 28 match moved to Novomoskovsk due to home ground used by SC Dnipro-1
  11. ^ Located in the village of Volodymyrivka, Petrove Raion, Kirovohrad Oblast
  12. ^ MFC Mykolaiv-2 participated in football competitions of Mykolaiv Oblast
  13. ^ Round 26 game was played at Mashynobudivnyk Stadium, Beryslav
  14. ^ Tavriya Simferopol play their home matches in Beryslav due to the Annexation of Crimea by the Russian Federation[26] At the start of the season the stadium did not qualify for professional competitions[27] and the club played their first few home matches at Enerhiya Stadium in Nova Kakhovka.[28]

Managers[edit]

Club Head coach Replaced coach
Ahrobiznes Volochysk Ukraine Andriy Donets
Arsenal-Kyivshchyna Bila Tserkva Ukraine Oleksandr Akimov
Bukovyna Chernivtsi Ukraine Viktor Mhlynets Ukraine Yuriy Kraft (caretaker)
Ukraine Vitaliy Kunytsia (caretaker)
FC Dnipro Ukraine Oleksandr Poklonskyi
SC Dnipro-1 Ukraine Dmytro Mykhaylenko
Enerhiya Nova Kakhovka Ukraine Oleh Fedorchuk
Inhulets-2 Petrove Ukraine Mykola Fedorko Ukraine Eduard Pavlov
Ukraine Serhiy Taran (caretaker)
Ukraine Andriy Kononenko
FC Lviv Ukraine Andriy Khanas Ukraine Andriy Chikh
Metalist 1925 Kharkiv Ukraine Serhiy Valyayev Ukraine Oleksandr Pryzetko
Ukraine Vyacheslav Khruslov (caretaker)
Ukraine Oleksandr Ivanov
Ukraine Serhiy Ralyuchenko (caretaker)
Metalurh Zaporizhzhia Ukraine Viktor Zhuk (caretaker)
MFC Mykolaiv-2 Ukraine Vyacheslav Mazarati
Myr Hornostayivka Ukraine Oleksandr Sapelnyak Ukraine Viktor Bohatyr
FC Nikopol Ukraine Hryhoriy Varzhelenko
Nyva Ternopil Ukraine Vitaliy Shumskyi Ukraine Vadym Bozhenko (caretaker)
Ukraine Serhiy Zadorozhnyi
Nyva-V Vinnytsia Ukraine Denys Kolchin Ukraine Volodymyr Horilyi
Podillya Khmelnytskyi Ukraine Vitaliy Kostyshyn Ukraine Arkadiy Batalov
Polissya Zhytomyr Ukraine Oleksandr Pryzetko Ukraine Ihor Levytskyi
Ukraine Eduard Khavrov
Ukraine Volodymyr Mazyar
Prykarpattia Ivano-Frankivsk Ukraine Volodymyr Kovalyuk
Real Pharma Odesa Ukraine Andriy Kovalenko (interim)
Skala Stryi Ukraine Roman Hnativ
Sudnobudivnyk Mykolaiv United States Dennis Lukens Ukraine Viktor Zhurov
Tavriya Simferopol Ukraine Serhiy Shevchenko
FC Ternopil Kazakhstan Petro Badlo

Managerial changes[edit]

Team Outgoing head coach Manner of departure Date of vacancy Table Incoming head coach Date of appointment Table
Bukovyna Chernivtsi Ukraine Oleh Ratiy Resigned 4 June 2017[30] Pre-season Ukraine Yuriy Kraft (caretaker)
Ukraine Vitaliy Kunytsia (caretaker) 		2 July 2017[31][32] Pre-season
FC Dnipro Ukraine Dmytro Mykhaylenko Resigned 21 June 2017[33] Ukraine Oleksandr Poklonskyi 21 June 2017[33]
SC Dnipro-1 new club Ukraine Dmytro Mykhaylenko 21 June 2017[33]
Sudnobudivnyk Mykolaiv United States Dennis Lukens Change of contract 25 June 2017[34] Ukraine Viktor Zhurov 25 June 2017
MFC Mykolaiv-2 new club Ukraine Vyacheslav Mazarati 26 June 2017[35]
Sudnobudivnyk Mykolaiv Ukraine Viktor Zhurov Resigned 23 July 2017[36] 10th United States Dennis Lukens 23 July 2017[37] 10th
Podillya Khmelnytskyi Ukraine Arkadiy Batalov Released 31 July 2017[38] 8th Ukraine Vitaliy Kostyshyn (interim) 31 July 2017 8th
Polissya Zhytomyr Ukraine Ihor Levytskyi Resigned 12 August 2017[39] 11th Ukraine Eduard Khavrov 28 August 2017[40] 11th
Bukovyna Chernivtsi Ukraine Yuriy Kraft (caretaker)
Ukraine Vitaliy Kunytsia (caretaker) 		End of interim term 25 August 2017 8th Ukraine Viktor Mhlynets 25 August 2017[41] 8th
Myr Hornostayivka Ukraine Viktor Bohatyr Mutual consent[42] 29 August 2017[43] 4th Ukraine Oleksandr Sapelnyak[a] 29 August 2017[42] 4th
Inhulets-2 Petrove Ukraine Andriy Kononenko Fired 15 September 2017[44] 11th Ukraine Serhiy Taran (assistant head coach)[45] 25 September 2017[46] 11th
Nyva-V Vinnytsia Ukraine Volodymyr Horilyi Fired 18 September 2017[47] 5th Ukraine Denys Kolchin 22 September 2017[48] 5th
Metalist 1925 Kharkiv Ukraine Oleksandr Pryzetko Mutual consent[a][b][50] 26 September 2017[51][49] 1st Ukraine Vyacheslav Khruslov (caretaker) 26 September 2017[51] 1st
Ukraine Vyacheslav Khruslov (caretaker) End of interim spell 28 September 2017 Ukraine Oleksandr Ivanov 28 September 2017[50]
Inhulets-2 Petrove Ukraine Serhiy Taran Interim 30 September 2017 11th Ukraine Eduard Pavlov[52] 30 September 2017[53] 11th
Polissya Zhytomyr Ukraine Eduard Khavrov Sacked 20 November 2017[54] 8th Ukraine Volodymyr Mazyar[55] 22 November 2017 8th
Inhulets-2 Petrove Ukraine Eduard Pavlov Undisclosed 15 December 2017[56] 11th Ukraine Mykola Fedorko 27 December 2017[57] 11th
Polissya Zhytomyr Ukraine Volodymyr Mazyar Gentlemen's agreement[58] 15 December 2017[59] 8th Ukraine Oleksandr Pryzetko[60] 27 December 2017 8th
Nyva Ternopil Ukraine Serhiy Zadorozhnyi Fired 16 April 2018[61] 5th Ukraine Vadym Bozhenko (caretaker) 16 April 2018[61] 5th
Metalist 1925 Kharkiv Ukraine Oleksandr Ivanov Resigned 3 May 2018[62] 2nd Ukraine Serhiy Ralyuchenko (caretaker) 3 May 2018[62] 2nd
FC Lviv Ukraine Andriy Chikh Sacked 6 May 2018[63] 4th Ukraine Andriy Khanas (caretaker) 8 May 2018[64] 4th
Metalist 1925 Kharkiv Ukraine Serhiy Ralyuchenko (caretaker) End of interim spell 8 May 2018[65] 2nd Ukraine Serhiy Valyayev[65] 8 May 2018 2nd
Podillia Khmelnytskyi Ukraine Vitaliy Kostyshyn (caretaker) Made permanent May 2018 9th Ukraine Vitaliy Kostyshyn May 2018[66][67] 9th
Nyva Ternopil Ukraine Vadym Bozhenko (caretaker) Interim 28 May 2018 6th Ukraine Vitaliy Shumskyi 28 May 2018[68] 6th
  1. ^ a b Until 18 September 2018 Oleksandr Sapelnyak served as a caretaker.[69]
  2. ^ Initial reports were that Oleksandr Pryzetko resigned but later it was reported that he was dismissed without reason[49]

Group A[edit]

League table[edit]

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion, qualification or relegation
1 Ahrobiznes Volochysk[a] (C, P) 27 23 1 3 70 19 +51 70 Promotion to Ukrainian First League[70]
2 Prykarpattia Ivano-Frankivsk[b] (P) 27 20 2 5 58 28 +30 62
3 Nyva-V Vinnytsia 27 13 6 8 34 21 +13 45
4 Skala Stryi 27 12 4 11 29 29 0 40 Withdrew after the season
5 FC Lviv[c] (P) 27 10 6 11 28 29 −1 36 Promotion to Ukrainian Premier League[71]
6 Bukovyna Chernivtsi 27 9 7 11 32 40 −8 34
7 Nyva Ternopil[d] 27 9 6 12 25 29 −4 33
8 Polissya Zhytomyr 27 9 3 15 31 44 −13 30
9 Podillya Khmelnytskyi 27 6 4 17 20 44 −24 22
10 Arsenal-Kyivshchyna Bila Tserkva[e] (R) 27 4 1 22 18 62 −44 13 Withdrew after the season
- FC Ternopil[f] 0 - - - - - — 0 Results annulled
Updated to match(es) played on 2 June 2018. Source: PFL.ua
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored; 4) Head-to-head points; 5) Head-to-head goal difference; 6) Head-to-head goals scored; 7) Fair play; 8) Draw or play-off.[82]
(C) Champions; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated
Notes:
  1. ^ On 7 April 2018 Ahrobiznes Volochysk secured its promotion to the First League with 8 rounds before the end of season.[72]
  2. ^ On 21 April 2018 Prykarpattia Ivano-Frankivsk secured its promotion to the First League with 6 rounds before the end of season.[73]
  3. ^ After completing the season, FC Lviv was promoted to the Ukrainian Premier League on pretence of merging with Veres Rivne and made a swap of their league membership.[71] On 5 June 2018 the club was admitted to the 2018–19 Ukrainian Premier League while Veres Rivne would be in the 2018–19 Ukrainian Second League competition.[74] In addition, the club's female team was admitted to the Ukrainian Women's League without participating in competitions of the first league which was required for promotion.
  4. ^ After completing most of the season (23 games), Nyva Ternopil on 8 May 2018 the club informed the PFL that they are withdrawing from the competition due to the league's refereeing.[75][76] However, after the Club's Directors met with PFL president Makarov it was announced that they will return to the competition, subsequently only missing one match against Podillya with technical defeat "-:+".[77]
  5. ^ Arsenal-Kyivshchyna Bila Tserkva – failed attestation for the next season[78][79] and was removed from the league[80]
  6. ^ FC Ternopil after failing to arrive for their Round 6 away match against Polissya Zhytomyr,[81] several days later informed the PFL that they are withdrawing from the competition.[16] The club played four matches in the competition with a record of 4 losses scoring two goals and allowing nine goals scored against them.[16] The PFL annulled their results as per league regulations and removed them from the official standings on the decision of the FFU Control and Disciplinary Committee of 7 September 2017.

Results[edit]

Due to withdrawal of FC Ternopil, after the first full round the season calendar for Group A was redrawn on 7 September.[83]

Home \ Away AHR AKB BUC LVI NVT NYV POK PZH PIF SKS AHR AKB BUC LVI NVT NYV POK PZH PIF SKS
Ahrobiznes Volochysk 3–1 1–0 0–1 1–0 2–1 4–0 5–0 2–0 5–1 2–1 2–1 3–2 3–0 1–2
Arsenal-Kyivschyna Bila Tserkva 0–3[a] 0–1[a] 0–1 2–3[a] 0–5 2–2 3–0 0–2 2–3 2–1 0–4 1–4 0–1
Bukovyna Chernivtsi 4–0 2–1[b] 1–2 1–3[c] 1–2 3–1 0–0 1–0 3–0 1–0 2–0 1–0 0–3
FC Lviv 4–3 0–0 1–1 4–0 1–0 0–2 3–0 0–0 2–0 0–3 0–0 3–0[d] 1–3 1–1
Nyva Ternopil 2–0 0–0 3–2 0–1 2–0 1–2 1–2 0–0 1–2 1–0 2–0 2–1 3–3 0–1
Nyva-V Vinnytsia 1–1 1–1 0–0 0–0 1–1 2–0 1–0 0–1 1–2 1–0 1–0 2–1 0–1 3–1
Podillya Khmelnytskyi 1–0 0–0 0–2 1–3 0–2 0–4 2–0 3–0 2–0 +:-[e] 1–4 2–3 0–3 1–0
Polissya Zhytomyr 0–5 0–3 3–0 0–4 0–0 2–0 2–1 2–0 0–2 0–2 0–0 2–0 0–1
Prykarpattia Ivano-Frankivsk 2–5 4–0 1–0 2–0 1–4 2–0 5–2 1–0 2–0 1–0 5–2 3–2 2–0
Skala Stryi 0–1 3–0[f] 2–0 0–4 1–3 0–3 3–1 2–0 0–0 0–1 1–0 1–1 0–2
Updated to match(es) played on 2 June 2018. Source: (in Ukrainian)
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
Notes:
  1. ^ a b c Arsenal-Kyivshchyna asked the PFL to postpone their Round 1 against match Polissya Zhytomyr[84] and their Round 6 against FC Lviv[85] due to the poor financial situation in the club and the lack of support from local and regional authorities. Initially, the club also informed the PFL that they will be withdrawing from the competition,[86] but found support in nearby Obukhiv where they played their Round 10 home fixture.[87] Fixtures were rescheduled after Round 17 and Round 19.[88]
  2. ^ Polissya Zhytomyr asked the PFL to postpone their Round 7 (August 20) away match against Bukovyna Chernivtsi due to financial hardship.[89] Match rescheduled after Round 19.
  3. ^ Round 2 was played without spectators as part of sanctions administered by the Control Disciplinary Committee of the Football Federation of Ukraine due to fan behavior during Bukovyna's home match last season against FC Poltava.[90]
  4. ^ Polissya Zhytomyr was adjudged a technical loss against FC Lviv in the away game of Round 13 for fielding a disqualified player.[91] The FFU Control and Disciplinary Committee annulled the original score of 3–3 with the 3–0 technical win for FC Lviv.[91]
  5. ^ Nyva Ternopil did not arrive for their Round 25 match due to their announcement of leaving the PFL.[75]
  6. ^ Arsenal-Kyivshchyna Bila Tserkva was awarded a technical loss against Skala Stryi due to their failure to appear at their Round 7 match, according to decision of the FFU Control and Disciplinary Committee of 14 September 2017.[92]

Position by round[edit]

Team ╲ Round1234567891011121314151617181920212223242526272829
Ahrobiznes Volochysk12111111111111111111111111111
Prykarpattia Ivano-Frankivsk106443222222222222222222222222
Nyva-V Vinnytsia43555555665555444455433333333
Skala Stryi21332333356666777766887874444
FC Lviv35224444544444555543344445555
Bukovyna Chernivtsi99778887777887666877776767676
Nyva Ternopil74666666433333333334555556767
Polissya Zhytomyr811111111111111998778888688668688888
Podillya Khmelnytskyi57887778889999999999999999999
Arsenal-Kyivschyna Bila Tserkva689910101010111110101010101010101010101010101010101010
FC Ternopil1110101099991010
Updated to match(es) played on 2 June 2018. Source: pfl.ua

Top goalscorers[edit]

As of 2 June 2018
Rank Scorer Team Goals
(Pen.)
1 Ukraine Ihor Khudobyak Prykarpattia Ivano-Frankivsk 19
Ukraine Bohdan Semenets Ahrobiznes Volochysk 19 (2)
3 Ukraine Vitaliy Hrusha Ahrobiznes Volochysk 15 (3)
4 Ukraine Serhiy Kyslenko FC Lviv 8
Ukraine Andriy Skakun Ahrobiznes Volochysk 8
Ukraine Mykola Temnyuk Ahrobiznes Volochysk 8
Ukraine Vadym Shavrin Polissya Zhytomyr 8 (2)

Group B[edit]

League table[edit]

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion, qualification or relegation
1 SC Dnipro-1[a] (C, P) 33 26 3 4 87 15 +72 81 Promotion to Ukrainian First League[70]
2 Metalist 1925 Kharkiv[b] (P) 33 21 4 8 77 27 +50 67
3 Enerhiya Nova Kakhovka 33 19 4 10 67 32 +35 61
4 Tavriya Simferopol 33 18 7 8 59 33 +26 61
5 Myr Hornostayivka 33 14 11 8 47 30 +17 53
6 Real Pharma Odesa 33 15 7 11 54 40 +14 52
7 FC Nikopol 33 11 12 10 36 34 +2 45
8 FC Dnipro (R) 33 16 7 10 57 34 +23 37[c] Relegation to Ukrainian Football Amateur League[d]
9 MFC Mykolaiv-2 33 10 7 16 41 58 −17 37
10 Inhulets-2 Petrove[e] 33 4 7 22 29 70 −41 19 Withdrew after the season
11 Sudnobudivnyk Mykolaiv[f] (R) 33 5 4 24 33 95 −62 19
12 Metalurh Zaporizhzhia[g] 33 2 1 30 14 133 −119 7[h]
Updated to match(es) played on 2 June 2018. Source: PFL.ua
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored; 4) Head-to-head points; 5) Head-to-head goal difference; 6) Head-to-head goals scored; 7) Fair play; 8) Draw or play-off.[82]
(C) Champions; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated
Notes:
  1. ^ On 2 May 2018 SC Dnipro-1 secured its promotion to the First League with 5 rounds before the end of season.[93]
  2. ^ On 26 May 2018 Metalist 1925 Kharkiv secured its promotion to the First League with one round before the end of season.[94]
  3. ^ FC Dnipro were deducted 18 points. Initially 3 points were deducted for failing to comply with a decision of the FIFA's Disciplinary Committee of 29 August 2017[95] Later on 16 January 2018, the PFL implemented FIFA's Disciplinary Committee findings which were originally informed to the FFU on 16 August 2017 about its decision to deduct the club 6 points.[96] On 6 March 2018, Dnipro was deducted additional 9 points including 3 for breaking its contract with Egídio Pereira Júnior and 6 for other debts.[97] On 2 May 2018 the President of Professional Football League Serhiy Makarov stated that he does not exclude a possibility of further relegation of Dnipro due to unpaid old debts.[98]
  4. ^ After completing the season, FC Dnipro failed attestation for the 2018–19 Ukrainian Second League season and were approved by the FIFA Disciplinary Committee to be relegated to a lower classification level due to unpaid old debts.[99] There are speculations that the club will be dissolved.[100] FC Dnipro tried, but failed attestation for the season and were approved by the FIFA Disciplinary Committee to be relegated to a lower classification level due to unpaid old debts[99]
  5. ^ After completing the season, the administration of Inhulets Petrove decided to dissolve its reserve club Inhulets-2 Petrove citing that the club would concentrate their funds on the main club and infrastructure.[101]
  6. ^ Sudnobudivnyk Mykolaiv – failed attestation for the next season[79] and was removed from the league[80]
  7. ^ After completing the season, Metalurh Zaporizhzhia intended to stay in the league for the next season, but they failed attestation for the 2018–19 Ukrainian Second League season and the club's administration decided to dissolve the team.[102] Prior to attestation, the club merged with FC Spartak-KPU Zaporizhzhia[103] (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[102]
  8. ^ On 2 June 2018 Metalurh Zaporizhzhia, after losing their last game of the season away against Tavriya 0–9, established a new league record for goals conceded with 133 goals.[104]

Results[edit]

Home \ Away DNI DN1 ENK IP2 M25 MZA MK2 MYH NIK RPO SBM TAV DNI DN1 ENK IP2 M25 MZA MK2 MYH NIK RPO SBM TAV
Dnipro 2–0 2–2 2–0 2–3 5–0 1–0 1–1 2–0 3–1 5–0 1–0 1–2 0–1 2–1 1–1 2–0 1–2
SC Dnipro-1 0–0 2–0 3–0 1–0 3–0 3–0 0–1 2–1 4–1 3–0 4–0 1–0 1–0 3–0 1–0 8–0 4–2
Enerhiya Nova Kakhovka 1–2 0–1 2–0 1–2 2–0 3–2 2–3 2–0 2–0 1–0 2–2 2–1 1–0 7–0 0–1 2–0 1–1
Inhulets-2 Petrove 3–3 0–5 1–3 0–0 6–1 0–0 1–0 1–1 1–1 0–0 0–2 1–3 0–6 0–1 1–1 0–1
Metalist 1925 Kharkiv 1–0 1–1[a] 4–1 2–1 4–0 0–1 0–0 4–0 5–0 5–1 3–2 3–0 4–0 3–0 4–0 1–4 1–1
Metalurh Zaporizhya 0–5 0–8 0–11 2–1 0–5 2–3 2–0 0–4 0–2 0–5 0–1 2–4 0–8 0–4 0–4 1–2
MFC Mykolaiv-2 2–4 0–3 1–4 1–0 2–6 3–0 0–0 0–0 0–3 4–1 1–2 1–2 0–5 0–0 1–1 3–1
Myr Hornostayivka 0–0 1–4 1–1 4–0 2–1 3–0 1–0 2–0 2–4 1–2 0–0 3–1 1–1 3–1 0–0 5–0 0–1
Nikopol 0–0 2–0 1–0 2–0 0–4 1–0 3–0 0–0 0–0 2–2 1–1 1–2 2–1 1–0 2–2 0–0
Real Pharma Odesa 2–1 0–3 0–1 5–0 1–2 1–1 2–0 0–2 1–0 4–0 0–0 1–0 1–0 3–4 2–0 4–1
Sudnobudivnyk Mykolaiv 0–2 0–3[b] 1–5 4–2 0–1 3–1 2–2 0–1 0–2 1–6 0–0 1–3 1–2 1–5 2–4 0–4
Tavriya Simferopol 2–1 1–2 0–2[c] 3–2 0–3 8–0 1–2 1–0 1–1 3–1 4–2 1–0 1–0 2–0 9–0 2–0 1–0
Updated to match(es) played on 2 June 2018. Source: (in Ukrainian)
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
Notes:
  1. ^ Record attendance for a Second League match beating the 1993–94 Ukrainian Second League season high of 14,000 between Zirka-NIBAS and FC Borispil.[105]
  2. ^ The Round 4 fixture between Sudnobudivnyk and Dnipro-1 was abandoned after the first half due to inclement weather.[106] Match completed 22 October after Round 18.[107]
  3. ^ Tavriya played their Round 11 home match in Beryslav at the Mashynobudivnyk Stadium.[26]

Position by round[edit]

Team ╲ Round123456789101112131415161718192021222324252627282930313233
SC Dnipro-1511324422224332322221111111111111
Metalist 1925 Kharkiv11118543211111111111112222222222222
Enerhiya Nova Kakhovka432232134332444444444433333333333
Tavriya Simferopol224656566677778777666644444444444
Myr Hornostayivka653111345555566666555555556556665
Real Pharma Odesa347975787766655555777766665665556
Nikopol7710787878888887888888877777777777
Dnipro996468653443223233333388888899998
MFC Mykolaiv-288111111111111111111999991010999999999988889
Inhulets-2 Petrove1658999109101011111111111111111111111111111111111111111010
Sudnobudivnyk Mykolaiv101091010101091099101010101099101010101010101010101010101111
Metalurh Zaporizhya121212121212121212121212121212121212121212121212121212121212121212
Updated to match(es) played on 2 June 2018. Source: pfl.ua

Top goalscorers[edit]

As of 2 June 2018
Rank Scorer Team Goals
(Pen.)
1 Ukraine Serhiy Davydov Metalist 1925 Kharkiv 23 (1)
2 Ukraine Vadym Voronchenko Tavriya Simferopol 18 (1)
3 Ukraine Ihor Kohut SC Dnipro-1 15
4 Ukraine Roman Bochak Enerhiya Nova Kakhovka 14
Ukraine Dmytro Shastal[a] Enerhiya Nova Kakhovka 14
  1. ^ During a winter break Dmytro Shastal signed with FC Oleksandriya.[108]

Championship game[edit]

On 1 December 2017, at a session of the PFL council of leagues a decision was made to conduct a Championship game between winners of Group A and Group B.[109] The championship game was played as a single game held on a neutral field. Ahrobiznes won the Second League Group A and qualified for the Championship game on 12 May 2018.[110] On the same day, Dnipro-1 secured the Group B champion title after a win over FC Nikopol.[111]

SC Dnipro-10–1Ahrobiznes Volochysk
Report Semenets 34'
Attendance: 5,000[112]
Referee: Dmytro Kryvushkin (Kharkiv)

Ahrobiznes Volochysk are crowned Champions of the Ukrainian Second League for the 2017–18 season

  1. ^ The Championship match was originally scheduled to be played in Cherkasy at the Central Stadium,[113] the game was transferred to Kyiv.[114] The president of Professional Football League commented on the transfer at NV radio that one of the reasons that influence it was a recent fans violence in Cherkasy.[115]

Awards[edit]

Round awards[edit]

Round Player Coach
Player Club Reference Coach Club Reference
Round 1 Ukraine Vitaliy Hrusha Ahrobiznes Volochysk [116] Ukraine Andriy Donets' Ahrobiznes Volochysk [117]
Round 2 Ukraine Volodymyr Hladkyi Skala Stryi [118] Ukraine Roman Hnativ Skala Stryi [119]
Round 3 Ukraine Serhiy Davydov Metalist 1925 Kharkiv [120] Ukraine Dmytro Mykhaylenko SC Dnipro-1 [121]
Round 4 Ukraine Roman Voronin FC Nikopol [122] Ukraine Oleh Fedorchuk Enerhiya Nova Kakhovka [123]
Round 5 Ukraine Bohdan Semenets Ahrobiznes Volochysk [124] Ukraine Andriy Donets' Ahrobiznes Volochysk [125]
Round 6 Ukraine Serhiy Davydov Metalist 1925 Kharkiv [126] Ukraine Hryhoriy Varzhelenko FC Nikopol [127]
Round 7 Ukraine Oleksandr Snizhko SC Dnipro-1 [128] Ukraine Oleh Fedorchuk Enerhiya Nova Kakhovka [129]
Round 8 Ukraine Ivan Mykhailenko FC Dnipro [130] Ukraine Volodymyr Kovalyuk Prykarpattia Ivano-Frankivsk [131]
Round 9 Ukraine Oleksiy Bondarenko Real Pharma Odesa [132] Ukraine Oleksandr Pryzetko Metalist 1925 Kharkiv [133]
Round 10 Ukraine Oleksandr Apanchuk Nyva Ternopil [134] Ukraine Andriy Chikh FC Lviv [135]
Round 11 Ukraine Viktor Korovikov Polissya Zhytomyr [136] Ukraine Eduard Khavrov Polissya Zhytomyr [137]
Round 12 Ukraine Ihor Khudobyak Prykarpattia Ivano-Frankivsk [138] Ukraine Oleksandr Poklonskyi FC Dnipro [139]
Round 13 Ukraine Artem Dovbyk FC Dnipro [140] Ukraine Andriy Donets' Ahrobiznes Volochysk [141]
Round 14 Ukraine Yevhen Hahulin Sudnobudivnyk Mykolaiv [142] Ukraine Viktor Mhlynets Bukovyna Chernivtsi [143]
Round 15 Ukraine Yevhen Nemtinov Bukovyna Chernivtsi [144] Ukraine Oleh Fedorchuk Enerhiya Nova Kakhovka [145]
Round 16 Ukraine Ihor Khudobyak Prykarpattia Ivano-Frankivsk [146] Ukraine Oleksandr Poklonskyi FC Dnipro [147]
Round 17 Ukraine Vitaliy Kolesnykov Polissya Zhytomyr [148] Ukraine Dmytro Mykhaylenko SC Dnipro-1 [149]
Round 18 Ukraine Oleksandr Yurchak Ahrobiznes Volochysk [150] Ukraine Vitaliy Kostyshyn Podillya Khmelnytskyi [151]
Round 19 Iran Siavash Hagh Nazari Skala Stryi [152] Ukraine Oleksandr Akimov Arsenal-Kyivshchyna Bila Tserkva [153]
Round 20 Ukraine Roman Bochak Enerhiya Nova Kakhovka [154] Ukraine Vyacheslav Mazarati MFC Mykolaiv-2 [155]
Round 21 Ukraine Vladyslav Supryaha SC Dnipro-1 [156] Ukraine Dmytro Mykhaylenko SC Dnipro-1 [157]
winter break
Round 22 Ukraine Vitaliy Hrusha Ahrobiznes Volochysk [158] Ukraine Andriy Chikh FC Lviv [159]
Round 21/24 Ukraine Vadym Shavrin Polissya Zhytomyr [160] Ukraine Dmytro Mykhailenko SC Dnipro-1 [161]
Round 22/25 Ukraine Volodymyr Savoshko Nyva-V Vinnytsia [162] Ukraine Roman Hnativ Skala Stryi [163]
Round 23/26 Ukraine Ihor Khudobyak Prykarpattia Ivano-Frankivsk [164] Ukraine Volodymyr Kovalyuk Prykarpattia Ivano-Frankivsk [165]
Round 24/27 Ukraine Yaroslav Zakharchenko Real Pharma Odesa [166] Ukraine Oleh Fedorchuk Enerhiya Nova Kakhovka [167]
Round 25/28 Ukraine Yevhen Sokolan Tavriya Simferopol [168] Ukraine Oleksandr Sapelnyak Myr Hornostayivka [169]
Round 26/29 Ukraine Bohdan Semenets Ahrobiznes Volochysk [170] Ukraine Serhiy Shevchenko Tavriya Simferopol [171]
Round 27/30 Ukraine Andriy Porokhnya Inhulets-2 Petrove [172] Ukraine Hryhoriy Varzhelenko FC Nikopol [173]
Round 28/31 Ukraine Oleh Synytsia Metalist 1925 Kharkiv [174] Ukraine Denys Kolchin Nyva-V Vinnytsia [175]
Round 29/32 Ukraine Maksym Yermolenko Metalist 1925 Kharkiv [176] Ukraine Oleh Fedorchuk Enerhiya Nova Kakhovka [177]

The 2017 annual coaching laureates[edit]

The best coaches were identified by the All-Ukrainian Football Coaches Association.[178]

1st place 2nd place 3rd place
Coach Team Coach Team Coach Team
Oleh Fedorchuk Enerhiya Nova Kakhovka Volodymyr Kovalyuk Prykarpattia Ivano-Frankivsk Dmytro Mykhailenko SC Dnipro-1

Season awards[edit]

The laureates of the 2017–18 season were:[179]

See also[edit]

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