The 1997–98 Ukrainian Second League was the seventh season of 3rd level professional football in Ukraine. The competition commenced on 31 July 1997 and ended on 29 June 1998.
| Season | 1996–97 |
|---|---|
| Champions | (A) - Podillya Khmelnytskyi (B) - Krystal Kherson (C) - Shakhtar-2 Donetsk |
| Longest winning run | 15 – Krystal (Round 1–16) = |
← 1996–97 1998–99 → | |
Group A
Promoted teams
- Tsementnyk-Khorda Mykolaiv - Runner-up of the Amateur League (debut)
- Naftovyk Dolyna - Third of the Amateur League (debut)
- Dynamo-3 Kyiv - Group 3 third of the Amateur League (debut)
- Berkut Bedevlia - Group 1 last of the Amateur League (debut)
- Borysfen Boryspil - undetermined (previously another team FC Boryspil played at the level in 1993–94)
- Karpaty-2 Lviv - undetermined (debut)
Relegated teams
- Podillia Khmelnytskyi - Placed 22nd in the First League (returning, last time in 1989 (Soviet Union))
- Veres Rivne - Placed 23rd in the First League (returning, last time in 1989 (Soviet Union))
- Krystal Chortkiv - Placed 24th in the First League (debut)
Location map
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Locations of team home grounds in Ukrainian Second League 1992-93
Final standings
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion or relegation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Podillya Khmelnytskyi (C, O, P) | 34 | 25 | 3 | 6 | 69 | 20 | +49 | 78 | Play-off |
| 2 | Dynamo-3 Kyiv | 34 | 21 | 7 | 6 | 59 | 24 | +35 | 70 | |
| 3 | Karpaty-2 Lviv | 34 | 16 | 5 | 13 | 54 | 50 | +4 | 53 | |
| 4 | Veres Rivne | 34 | 14 | 10 | 10 | 42 | 33 | +9 | 52 | |
| 5 | Krystal Chortkiv | 34 | 13 | 12 | 9 | 48 | 38 | +10 | 51 | |
| 6 | Tsementnyk-Khorda Mykolaiv | 34 | 15 | 6 | 13 | 34 | 34 | 0 | 51 | |
| 7 | Halychyna Drohobych | 34 | 14 | 8 | 12 | 37 | 31 | +6 | 50 | |
| 8 | Karpaty Mukacheve (D) | 34 | 13 | 10 | 11 | 36 | 30 | +6 | 49 | Withdrew |
| 9 | Systema-Boreks Borodianka | 34 | 12 | 13 | 9 | 34 | 23 | +11 | 49 | |
| 10 | Naftovyk Dolyna | 34 | 14 | 6 | 14 | 35 | 35 | 0 | 48 | |
| 11 | Hazovyk Komarno | 34 | 11 | 8 | 15 | 30 | 28 | +2 | 41 | |
| 12 | Papirnyk Malyn | 34 | 10 | 11 | 13 | 29 | 34 | −5 | 41 | |
| 13 | Berkut Bedevlia (D) | 34 | 12 | 4 | 18 | 26 | 53 | −27 | 40 | Withdrew |
| 14 | Borysfen Boryspil | 34 | 11 | 7 | 16 | 38 | 48 | −10 | 40 | |
| 15 | Kalush | 34 | 11 | 5 | 18 | 32 | 42 | −10 | 38 | |
| 16 | Haray Zhovkva | 34 | 9 | 11 | 14 | 29 | 43 | −14 | 38 | |
| 17 | Tysmenytsia (O, D) | 34 | 11 | 5 | 18 | 35 | 49 | −14 | 38 | Relegation play-off - Withdrew |
| 18 | Pokuttia Kolomyia (R) | 34 | 6 | 5 | 23 | 19 | 61 | −42 | 23 | Relegated |
Source: [citation needed]
(C) Champions; (D) Disqualified; (O) Play-off winners; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated
(C) Champions; (D) Disqualified; (O) Play-off winners; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated
Top goalscorers
| Scorer | Team | Goals (Pen.) | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yuriy Bakhovskyi | Veres Rivne | 16 |
| 2 | Pavlo Onysko | Karpaty-2 Lviv | 14 (1) |
| Viktor Danylychyn | Krystal Chortkiv | 14 (3) | |
| 4 | Vasyl Bondarchuk | Podillya Khmelnytskyi | 12 |
| Volodymyr Ivakhnyuk | FC Kalush | 12 (1) |
Group B
Promoted teams
- Chornomorets Sevastopol - Fourth of the Amateur League (returning, last time as Chayka Sevastopol in 1995–96)
- Dynamo Odesa - undetermined (returning, last time as Dynamo-Flesh in 1995–96)
- SKA-Lotto Odesa - undetermined (debut)
- Fortuna Sharhorod - undetermined (debut)
- Dnipro-2 Dnipropetrovsk - undetermined (debut)
- Zirka-NIBAS-2 Kirovohrad - undetermined (debut)
Relegated teams
- SC Odesa - Placed 21st in the First League (returning, last time as SKA Odesa in 1991 (Soviet Union))
Location map
Final standings
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion or relegation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Krystal Kherson (C) | 32 | 28 | 2 | 2 | 74 | 20 | +54 | 86 | Play-off |
| 2 | SKA-Lotto Odesa (D) | 32 | 21 | 4 | 7 | 54 | 23 | +31 | 67 | Merged with Dynamo Odesa |
| 3 | SC Odesa | 32 | 18 | 7 | 7 | 48 | 29 | +19 | 61 | |
| 4 | Hirnyk-Sport Komsomolsk | 32 | 12 | 11 | 9 | 39 | 35 | +4 | 47 | |
| 5 | Olimpia Pivdenoukrainsk | 32 | 13 | 6 | 13 | 33 | 41 | −8 | 45 | |
| 6 | Viktor Zaporizhzhia | 32 | 12 | 7 | 13 | 41 | 38 | +3 | 43 | |
| 7 | Dnipro-2 Dnipropetrovsk | 32 | 11 | 10 | 11 | 41 | 40 | +1 | 43 | |
| 8 | Tytan Armyansk | 32 | 11 | 9 | 12 | 36 | 36 | 0 | 42 | |
| 9 | Chornomorets Sevastopol | 32 | 10 | 11 | 11 | 32 | 33 | −1 | 41 | |
| 10 | Portovyk Illichivsk | 32 | 10 | 10 | 12 | 36 | 45 | −9 | 40 | |
| 11 | Lokomotyv Smila | 32 | 10 | 9 | 13 | 34 | 40 | −6 | 39 | |
| 12 | Fortuna Sharhorod | 32 | 11 | 5 | 16 | 37 | 53 | −16 | 38 | |
| 13 | Nyva Bershad | 32 | 9 | 8 | 15 | 39 | 46 | −7 | 35 | |
| 14 | Torpedo Melitopol | 32 | 7 | 12 | 13 | 38 | 43 | −5 | 33 | |
| 15 | Ryhonda Bila Tserkva | 32 | 7 | 10 | 15 | 25 | 45 | −20 | 31 | |
| 16 | Zirka-2 Kirovohrad | 32 | 7 | 8 | 17 | 21 | 47 | −26 | 29 | |
| 17 | Dynamo Odesa | 32 | 7 | 7 | 18 | 26 | 40 | −14 | 28 | Merged with SKA-Lotto Odesa |
Group C
Promoted teams
- Elektron Romny - Winner of the Amateur League (debut)
- Metalurh Komsomolske - Fifth of the Amateur League (debut)
- Pivdenstal Yenakieve - Sixth of the Amateur League (debut)
- Slovianets Konotop - Group 3 runner-up of the Amateur League (debut)
- Avers Bakhmach - Group 5 runner-up of the Amateur League (debut)
- Vorskla-2 Poltava - undetermined (debut)
- Hirnyk Pavlohrad - undetermined (returning, last time as Hirnyk-Kosmos Pavlohrad in 1995–96)
- Metalurh-2 Donetsk - undetermined (debut)
Location map
Locations of team home grounds in Ukrainian Second League 1992-93
Final standings
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion or relegation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Shakhtar-2 Donetsk (C, P) | 30 | 22 | 4 | 4 | 87 | 26 | +61 | 70 | Play-off |
| 2 | Fakel Varva (D) | 30 | 18 | 6 | 6 | 48 | 23 | +25 | 60 | Withdrew |
| 3 | Elektron Romny | 30 | 17 | 7 | 6 | 53 | 36 | +17 | 58 | |
| 4 | Oskil Kupiansk | 30 | 16 | 5 | 9 | 35 | 28 | +7 | 53 | |
| 5 | Obolon-PPO Kyiv | 30 | 15 | 7 | 8 | 47 | 28 | +19 | 52 | |
| 6 | Metalurh Novomoskovsk | 30 | 16 | 3 | 11 | 49 | 39 | +10 | 51 | |
| 7 | Slovyanets Konotop (D) | 30 | 11 | 12 | 7 | 27 | 27 | 0 | 45 | Withdrew |
| 8 | Slavutych-ChAES (D) | 30 | 12 | 6 | 12 | 39 | 38 | +1 | 42 | |
| 9 | Vorskla-2 Poltava | 30 | 11 | 7 | 12 | 52 | 47 | +5 | 40 | |
| 10 | Metalurh-2 Donetsk (D) | 30 | 10 | 6 | 14 | 38 | 42 | −4 | 36 | Withdrew |
| 11 | Shakhtar Stakhanov | 30 | 9 | 6 | 15 | 21 | 45 | −24 | 33 | |
| 12 | Pivdenstal Yenakiyeve (D) | 30 | 7 | 10 | 13 | 27 | 34 | −7 | 31 | Withdrew |
| 13 | Metalist-2 Kharkiv | 30 | 8 | 4 | 18 | 39 | 52 | −13 | 28 | |
| 14 | Myrhorod | 30 | 7 | 5 | 18 | 34 | 64 | −30 | 26 | |
| 15 | Hirnyk Pavlohrad (R) | 30 | 6 | 6 | 18 | 30 | 58 | −28 | 24 | Play-off – Relegated |
| 16 | Metalurh Komsomolske (R) | 30 | 7 | 2 | 21 | 24 | 63 | −39 | 23 | Relegated |
| 17 | Avers Bakhmach (D) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Withdrew |
Post season play-offs
Promotion play-offs
Relegation play-offs
| Team 1 | Agg. | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| FC Tysmenytsia | 4–1 | FC Promin Sambor | 3–0 | 1–1 |
| Zirka-2 Kirovohrad | w/o | Kharchovyk Popivka | ||
| Hirnyk Pavlohrad | -:+ | Shakhtar Horlivka | 1–2 | -:+ |
Relegation play-offs (1st leg)
| 5 July 1998 | FC Tysmenytsia (2L) | 3 – 0 | (AM) Promin Sambor | |
| [ Report] |
| 5 July 1998 | Zirka-2 Kirovohrad (2L) | + : - | (AM) Kharchovyk Popivka | |
| [ Report] |
Zirka-2 Kirovohrad won on walkover after Kharchovyk Popivka withdrew from the play-offs.
| 5 July 1998 | Hirnyk Pavlohrad (2L) | 1 – 2 | (AM) Shakhtar Horlivka | |
| [ Report] |
Relegation play-offs (2nd leg)
| 11 July 1998 | Promin Sambor (AM) | 1 – 1 | (2L) FC Tysmenytsia | |
| [ Report] |
Tysmenytsia won 4–1 on aggregate.
| 11 July 1998 | Shakhtar Horlivka (AM) | + : - | (2L) Hirnyk Pavlohrad | |
| [ Report] |
Shakhtar Horlivka won on walkover after Hirnyk Pavlohrad did not arrive.
See also
External links
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