2012–13 Ukrainian Second League

The 2012–13 Ukrainian Second League was the 22nd season of 3rd level professional football in Ukraine. There are two groups of competition divided by region. The competition began on 13 July 2012 when Hirnyk-Sport Komsomolsk visited Sevastopol to play against FC Sevastopol-2 and lost 3–1.[2]

Ukrainian Second League
Season2012–13
ChampionsDesna Chernihiv
PromotedDesna Chernihiv[1]
UkrAhroKom Holovkivka
Nyva Ternopil
RelegatedYednist Plysky (withdrew)
Obolon-2 Kyiv (withdrew)
SKA Odesa (withdrew)
FC Sevastopol-2 (withdrew)
Zhemchuzhyna Yalta (expelled)
Matches played323
Goals scored831 (2.57 per match)
Top goalscorer29 – Stanislav Kulish (Stal)
Biggest home winShakhtar-3 9–0 Enerhiya (Round 22)
Biggest away winSevastopol-2 2–7 Stal (Round 4)
Highest scoringStal 8–2 Zhemchuzhyna (Round 26)
Longest winning run7 – UkrAhroKom (Round 6–9, 11–13)
Longest unbeaten run20 – Desna (First Stage)
Longest losing run7 – Makiyivvuhillya (Round 6–12)
Highest attendance6,000 TernopilYednist' (Round 3)
Lowest attendance20 SKAObolon-2 (Round 15)

Competition information

Stage details

The competition for the 2012–13 season has been changed from previous seasons 2 stages.

The first stage will be a round robin competition similar to the previous seasons. The first stage of the competition will be played prior to the winter break. Each team will play with other teams two games (one home, one away).

The second stage will begin the spring of 2013. Teams will be divided into 4 groups. The first stage Groups A and B will be split into two pools one of teams playing for promotion to the First League, another of teams competing to remain in the Second League. Each team in a group will play with every other team two games in a round robin competition. The first two groups The top six teams of the first stage Groups A and B will advance. All points accumulated in the first stage will carry over. The champions of the Groups 1 and 2 will be directly promoted to the Ukrainian First League. The top teams of Groups 1 and 2 will also qualify for a championship play-off for the title of the Second League Champion as in the previous season.

The second place teams of both groups will qualify for a promotion/relegation play-off against the 15th and 16th placed teams of the 2012–13 Ukrainian First League. In the case of exclusion and/or withdrawal of teams from the First League during the season the format of the promotion/relegation play-off will change.

Teams will enter Groups 3 and 4 that are placed below the sixth place in Groups A and B in the first stage. Initially, These teams will play for the rights to remain in the Ukrainian Second League but due to the withdrawal for teams the competition was reformated for the second stage.[3] (See Favbet tournament)

The Ukrainian Second League will be consolidated to twenty teams for the 2013–14 season.[4]

Placing

The placing of teams in the table of all stages is done in the following order:[5]

  • number of accumulated points
  • difference (GD) between goals for (GF) and goals allowed (GA)
  • number of goals scored
  • head-to-head results (points, goal difference, higher number of goals scored) among the teams that are tired after applying of the criteria above
  • the League Fair-play ranking (based on all season matches)

The play-offs will consist of two games where each team will play one game at home and another away. The tiebreak rules will be based primarily on the record of the both games and secondarily on the goals scored in away game. In case when all the conditions will not identify a winner, the second game will go into an extra time and, if necessary, the penalty shootout.

Team changes

Admitted teams

The following teams were admitted by the PFL after playing in the 2012 Ukrainian Football Amateur League and passing attestation.[6]

  • SKA Odesa – initial group stage (debut)
  • Obolon-2 Kyiv – UPL youth competitions (returning after an absence of four seasons)
  • Zhemchuzhyna Yalta – initial group stage (debut)
  • FC Ternopil – initial group stage (returning after an absence of 11 seasons)
    • FC Ternopil is regarded as a successor of FC Nyva Ternopil-2.

The teams admitted without playing at amateur league

Omitted teams

Prior to the season it was expected that FC Lviv (relegated from the 2011–12 Ukrainian First League), Nyva Vinnytsia (withdrew from PFL and then reapplied) and Bastion Illichivsk (license granted after absence of one year) would participate in the competition. All three teams informed that they would not enter the competition one day before the competition was to start.(13 July 2012)[7]

Name changes

Last season FC UkrAhroKom Pryiutivka entered the PFL with the registered address of their parent company UkrAroKom in Pryiutivka. The club's home ground is located in Holovkivka. Prior to the start of the season the club changed its location with the PFL to Holovkivka.[8]

Location map

First stage

Group A

PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualification
1Desna Chernihiv2014603512+2348Qualified for Second stage Group 1
2Nyva Ternopil2011542917+1238
3FC Ternopil2011273120+1135
4Slavutych Cherkasy2010462618+834
5Skala Stryi209651915+433
6Real Pharm Yuzhne208662325−230
7Krystal Kherson2062122331−820Qualified for Second stage Group 3
8Yednist' Plysky2055101730−1320Withdrew[a]
9Obolon-2 Kyiv2053122130−918Withdrew[b]
10Dynamo Khmelnytskyi2045111222−1017Qualified for Second stage Group 3
11SCA Odesa2042141733−1614Withdrew[b]
Source: Professional Football League of Ukraine[11]
Rules for classification: 1st points; 2nd goal difference; 3rd goals scored; 4th fair play[12]
Notes:

Results

Home \ AwayDESDKHKRKNVTOB2SCORPYSKSSLCTNPYEP
Desna Chernihiv3–01–13–02–01–01–12–12–11–02–1
Dynamo Khmelnytskyi2–31–00–10–01–01–10–10–10–11–0
Krystal Kherson0–22–01–40–12–23–00–21–21–22–0
Nyva Ternopil1–13–13–23–0[a]1–00–11–00–02–00–0
Obolon-2 Kyiv[b]1–10–20–12–44–02–30–11–01–22–4
SCA Odesa0–21–00–12–10–20–11–20–31–24–1
Real Pharm Yuzhne0–30–03–22–02–11–31–10–12–13–0
Skala Stryi1–11–11–01–11–02–00–01–00–22–0
Slavutych Cherkasy0–01–03–11–12–33–22–02–13–00–1
FC Ternopil1–21–14–00–11–01–13–13–03–00–2
Yednist' Plysky1–22–10–20–21–12–01–10–01–10–4
Updated to match(es) played on 24 November 2012. Source: PFL Druha League A calendar (in Ukrainian)
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
Notes:


Group B

PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualification
1UkrAhroKom Holovkivka2415543817+2150Qualified for Second stage Group 2
2Shakhtar-3 Donetsk2415365722+3548
3Shakhtar Sverdlovsk2413653318+1545
4Poltava-2 Karlivka24111122915+1444
5Kremin Kremenchuk2412753921+1843
6Myr Hornostayivka2413383733+442
7Hirnyk Kryvyi Rih2410773526+937Qualified for Second stage Group 4
8Stal Dniprodzerzhynsk24103114730+1733
9FC Sevastopol-22472152544−1923
10Enerhiya Nova Kakhovka2456132550−2521
11Hirnyk-Sport Komsomolsk2453162550−2518
12Makiyivvuhillya Makiyivka2452172158−3717
13Zhemchuzhyna Yalta2444162148−2713[a]
Source: Professional Football League of Ukraine[17]
Rules for classification: 1st points; 2nd goal difference; 3rd goals scored; 4th fair play[18]
Notes:

Results

Home \ AwayENKHIRHISKREMKMMYHPO2SE2SHSSH3STDUAPZHY
Enerhiya Nova Kakhovka0–31–31–14–11–21–12–00–21–11–00–41–0
Hirnyk Kryvyi Rih3–13–21–14–10–10–11–11–21–11–02–11–1
Hirnyk-Sport Komsomolsk4–30–21–41–20–20–00–20–01–20–31–11–0
Kremin Kremenchuk0–11–02–13–12–10–03–02–03–11–12–22–0
Makiyivvuhillya Makiyivka2–21–40–32–11–20–20–11–20–23–20–23–2
Myr Hornostayivka3–13–22–32–11–10–11–02–01–22–01–41–1
Poltava-2 Karlivka[a]1–12–21–00–03–02–33–11–11–02–10–03–1
FC Sevastopol-23–01–13–11–21–21–20–10–11–42–71–02–1
Shakhtar Sverdlovsk2–11–13–01–01–03–0[b]0–01–03–12–21–10–1
Shakhtar-3 Donetsk9–03–05–02–16–02–01–15–02–12–11–23–1
Stal Dniprodzerzhynsk2–10–12–10–14–02–31–13–12–01–20–18–2
UkrAhroKom Holovkivka2–01–03–01–12–02–12–03–10–31–00–21–0
Zhemchuzhyna Yalta[c]1–10–14–21–53–01–10–20–20–31–00–3[d]0–2
Updated to match(es) played on 25 November 2012. Source: PFL Druha Liha B Calendar
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
Notes:

Second stage

The draw for the second stage of season took place on 19 February 2013 and only for the top six teams of each group from the first stage. The second stage will commence 6 April 2013.[24]

The Favbet tournament for Groups 3 and 4 was announced on 4 April 2013 for teams that did not qualify for Group 1 or Group 2.[3]

Championship groups

Group 1

PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsPromotion or qualification
1Desna Chernihiv3020915522+3369Promoted to First League
2Nyva Ternopil3016954722+2557Qualified for Play-off game
3Slavutych Cherkasy3015784728+1952
4FC Ternopil30154114334+949
5Skala Stryi30107132541−1637
6Real Pharm Yuzhne3099123549−1436
Source: Professional Football League of Ukraine[25]
Rules for classification: 1st points; 2nd goal difference; 3rd goals scored; 4th fair play[26]
Results
Home \ AwayDESNVTRPYSKSSLCTNP
Desna Chernihiv0–03–34–13–11–0
Nyva Ternopil1–26–01–01–11–0[a]
Real Pharm Yuzhne[b]0–20–33–01–13–4
Skala Stryi2–4[a]0–31–11–21–0
Slavutych Cherkasy1–01–12–06–03–0
FC Ternopil1–11–12–11–03–2
Updated to match(es) played on 8 June 2013. Source: [29](in Ukrainian)
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
Notes:
Top scorers
As of 8 June 2013
ScorerGoals
(Pen.)
Team
1 Bohdan Semenets15 (3)FC Ternopil
2 Vasyl Prodan11Real Pharm Yuzhne
Petro Kondratyuk11 (7)Desna Chernihiv
4 Mykhaylo Serhiychuk9Slavutych Cherkasy
Vasyl Tsyutsyura9Skala Stryi


Group 2

PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsPromotion or qualification
1UkrAhroKom Holovkivka3420775125+2667Promoted to First League
2Shakhtar Sverdlovsk3419964726+2166Qualified for Play-off game
3Shakhtar-3 Donetsk3420597237+3565
4Poltava-2 Karlivka34131654127+1455
5Kremin Kremenchuk34121484631+1550
6Myr Hornostayivka34146144246−448
Source: Source: Professional Football League of Ukraine[30]
Rules for classification: 1st points; 2nd goal difference; 3rd goals scored; 4th fair play[31]
Results
Home \ AwayKREMYHPO2SHSSH3UAP
Kremin Kremenchuk0–01–11–21–10–0
Myr Hornostayivka1–00–01–10–30–2
Poltava-2 Karlivka0–02–11–14–12–3
Shakhtar Sverdlovsk[a]2–22–12–12–01–0
Shakhtar-3 Donetsk1–12–13–11–02–1
UkrAhroKom Holovkivka2–13–00–00–12–0
Updated to match(es) played on 8 June 2013. Source: PFL Druha Liha B Calendar
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
Notes:
Top scorers
As of 8 June 2013
ScorerGoals
(Pen.)
Team
1 Vladyslav Korobkin15 (3)Shakhtar Sverdlovsk
Andriy Draholyuk15 (5)Myr Hornostayivka
3 Denys Bezborodko13Shakhtar-3 Donetsk
4 Serhiy Bolbat12Shakhtar-3 Donetsk
5 Vitaliy Ponomar10Shakhtar Sverdlovsk
Yevhen Falkovskyi10 (1)UkrAhroKom Holovkivka

Notes:


Championship final

The title of the Second League Champion was contested by the Group 1 and Group 2 winners at the end of the season. The matches were played in a home and away series.[33] The draw for the matches was made on 6 June 2013.[34]

Team 1Agg.Tooltip Aggregate scoreTeam 21st leg2nd leg
Desna Chernihiv3–3 (a)UkrAhroKom Holovkivka2–01–3

First leg

Desna Chernihiv2 – 0UkrAhroKom Holovkivka
Ponomarenko 32' (o.g.)
Chepurnenko 90+1'
Report (uk)
Attendance: 1,200
Referee: Volodymyr Milanych (Mykolaiv)

Second leg

UkrAhroKom Holovkivka3 – 1Desna Chernihiv
Lomko 11'
Hrishchenko 45+2'
Radevych 46'
Report (uk)Bovtruk 40'
Attendance: 2,200
Referee: Mykola Kryvonosov (Kyiv)

3–3 on aggregate. Desna Chernihiv won on away goals.

Notes:


Relegation groups

For sponsorship purposes the tournament titled as the Favbet Tournament and as previously planned is composed of two groups.[3] Due to a number of withdrawals during the winter break the PFL had to make some adjustments in competition structure for the Second Stage for Groups 3 and 4 from the original plans.[3] The changes were reviewed and accepted by the FFU Executive Committee on 3 April 2013.[3] On 4 April 2013 a draw took place for clubs that placed at bottom halves after the autumn half of season.[3] The four teams in Group 3 did not have their points transferred from the first stage of the competition, while the Group 4 teams have continued on with the points they gained in the first stage.[3] In addition, relegation of teams from the Second League (Article 13, paragraph 17) was suspended.[36]Games in both Groups (3 and 4) were scheduled to resume on 13 April 2013.[36]

Group 3

PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsStatus
1Enerhia Nova Kakhovka6600143+1118
2Krystal Kherson6402137+612
3Zhemchuzhyna Yalta6114510−54Expelled[a]
4FC Dynamo Khmelnytskyi6015113−121
Source: Professional Football League of Ukraine
Rules for classification: 1st points; 2nd goal difference; 3rd goals scored; 4th fair play[38]
Notes:
Results
Home \ AwayENKDKHKRKZHY
Enerhiya Nova Kakhovka2–03–12–1
Dynamo Khmelnytskyi0–30–30–1
Krystal Kherson1–20–3[a]2–1
Zhemchuzhyna Yalta0–21–11–3
Updated to match(es) played on May 25, 2013. Source: [41](in Ukrainian)
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
Notes:
Top scorers
As of 25 May 2013
ScorerGoals
(Pen.)
Team
1Oleksandr Mukovozov4Enerhiya Nova Kakhovka
2Vyacheslav Ozyum3Krystal Kherson
Artem Sitalo3Krystal Kherson


Group 4

PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsStatus
1Hirnyk Kryvyi Rih32148104937+1250
2Stal Dniprodzerzhynsk32154136340+2349
3Hirnyk-Sport Komsomolsk32104183957−1834
4Makiyivvuhillya Makiyivka3283213271−3927
5FC Sevastopol-23274213063−3325Withdrew[a]
Source: Professional Football League of Ukraine
Rules for classification: 1st points; 2nd goal difference; 3rd goals scored; 4th fair play[43]
Notes:
Results
Home \ AwayHIRSTDSE2HISMKM
Hirnyk Kryvyi Rih1–02–02–04–1
Stal Dniprodzerzhynsk3–12–11–11–0
FC Sevastopol-22–22–50–40–0
Hirnyk-Sport Komsomolsk2–12–02–02–1
Makiyivvuhillya Makiyivka3–12–42–02–1
Updated to match(es) played on 14 June 2013. Source: [44](in Ukrainian)
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
Top scorers
As of 8 June 2013
ScorerGoals
(Pen.)
Team
1 Stanislav Kulish29 (3)Stal Dniprodzerzhynsk
2 Yuriy Kolomoyets[a]16 (2)Hirnyk Kryvyi Rih
3 Hryhoriy Haranyan[b]10Stal/Hirnyk

Notes:


Promotion/relegation play-off

A promotion/relegation home and away play-off were played by the 2nd team in Group 1 and 2 of 2012–13 Ukrainian Second League against the 15th and 16th placed teams of the 2012–13 Ukrainian First League competition. Dynamo-2 Kyiv and FC Odesa qualified for the play-off. The draw for the play-off matches was held on 7 June.[47]

Match #1

First leg

FC Odesa0 – 2Nyva Ternopil
Report (uk)H. Baranets 17'
Melnyk 60'
Attendance: 300
Referee: Serhiy Skyrda (Kharkiv)

Second leg

Nyva Ternopil4 – 1FC Odesa
Kikot 22'
Yavorskyi 45+2'
Danyshchuk 62'
Tovkatskyi 86'
Report (uk)Balabanov 64' (pen.)
Attendance: 5,500
Referee: Vitaliy Dyadenko (Kirovohrad)

6–1 on aggregate. Nyva Ternopil promoted to First League

Match #2

First leg

Shakhtar Sverdlovsk1 – 1Dynamo-2 Kyiv
Korobkin 57' (pen.)Report (uk)Morozenko 77'
Avanhard Stadium, Rovenky
Attendance: 500
Referee: Roman Bozhyk (Sevastopol)

Second leg

Dynamo-2 Kyiv1 – 0Shakhtar Sverdlovsk
Morozenko 44'Report (uk)
Attendance: 2,300
Referee: Andriy Lisakovskyi (Odesa)

2–1 on aggregate. Shakhtar Sverdlovsk remain in Second League.

See also

References