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2021–22 Ukrainian Second League

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

Ukrainian Second League
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.

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

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Withdrawn and merged teams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.

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Home venues of teams in the 2021–22 Ukrainian Second League. SC Tavriya is forced to play its home games outside of Crimea (Autonomous Republic of Crimea).

Stadiums

Group A
Team[4]Stadium[a]Position in
2020–21
Dinaz VyshhorodDinaz Stadium3rd
Epitsentr DunaivtsiKolos Stadium4th
Karpaty HalychStadion Rukh (I.-Frankivsk)5th
Nyva VinnytsiaTsentralnyi Miskyi Stadion6th
Bukovyna ChernivtsiBukovyna Stadium7th
Dnipro CherkasyCherkasy Arena7th, Group B
ChaikaStadion im.Brukvenka8th
FC ChernihivChernihiv Arena10th
Rubikon KyivArsenal Arena11th
LNZ CherkasyCherkasy Arena[6]Am
Karpaty LvivUkraina Stadium[6]Am
Livyi Bereh KyivLivyi Bereh (Hnidyn)Am
MFA MukachevoMFA training fieldAm
AFSC Kyiv"TBD"[6]Am
Lyubomyr StavyshcheKolos StadiumAm
Group B
Team[4]Stadium[a]Position in
2020–21
MFC MykolaivTsentralnyi Stadion1L
Krystal KhersonKrystal Stadium1L
Metalurh ZaporizhyaSlavutych-Arena3rd
Tavriya SimferopolMarianivskyi Stadium[b]4th
Enerhiya Nova KakhovkaEnerhiya Stadium5th
Yarud MariupolZakhidnyi Stadium6th
Balkany ZoriaBoris Tropanets Stadium8th
Peremoha DniproStadion Olimpiyski Rezervy9th
Real Pharma OdesaStadion Ivan10th
FC NikopolElektrometalurh Stadium11th
Viktoriya MykolaivkaViktoriya StadiumAm
SumyYuvileiny StadiumAm
Skoruk TomakivkaElektrometalurh Stadium[7]Am
SC PoltavaLokomotyv Stadium[6]Am
VovchanskNova Bavaria Stadium (Kharkiv)[6]Am
TrostianetsVolodymyr Kuts Stadium[6]Am

Managers

ClubHead coach[6]Replaced coach
Balkany Zoria Denys Kolchin
Bukovyna Chernivtsi Yuriy Kyslytsia (acting) Yevhen Kovalenko
Chaika Petropavlivska Borshchahivka Vladyslav Savchuk
FC Chernihiv Valeriy Chornyi
Dinaz Vyshhorod Oleksandr Holovko Volodymyr Bondarenko
Dnipro Cherkasy Taras Ilnytskyi
Enerhiya Nova Kakhovka Eduard Khavrov
Epitsentr Dunaivtsi Oleh Naduda
Karpaty Halych Carlos Inarejos Lyubomyr Vovchuk
Karpaty Lviv Andriy Tlumak
Krystal Kherson Yuriy Kulish
AFSC Kyiv Vyacheslav Nivinskyi
Lyubomyr Stavyshche Vadym Lazorenko Oleksandr Honcharov
Livyi Bereh Kyiv Anatoliy Buznyk
LNZ Cherkasy Yuriy Bakalov
Metalurh Zaporizhya Volodymyr Mykytyn
MFA Mukachevo Vitaliy Shumskyi
MFC Mykolaiv Eduard Pavlov Serhiy Shevchenko
FC NikopolVacant Oleksandr Poklonskyi
Nyva Vinnytsia Ihor Leonov Volodymyr Tsytkin
Peremoha Dnipro Serhiy Vorobei
SC Poltava Volodymyr Sysenko
Real Pharma Odesa Artem Riazantsev
Rubikon Kyiv Viktor Kuriata
Skoruk Tomakivka Oleksandr Stepanov
Sumy Evgeny Yarovenko Valeriy Kutsenko
Tavriya Simferopol Yuriy Chumak (interim) Serhiy Puchkov
FC Trostianets Serhiy Korytnyk
Viktoriya Mykolaivka Volodymyr Romanenko (interim) Artem Radionov
Anatoliy Bezsmertnyi
Vovchansk Andriy Berezovchuk
Yarud Mariupol Oleh Krasnopyorov

Managerial changes

TeamOutgoing head coachManner of departureDate of vacancyTableIncoming head coachDate of appointmentTable
Krystal Kherson Vadym YevtushenkoResigned15 June 2021[8]Pre-season Yuriy Kulish18 July 2021[9][10]Pre-season
AFSC Kyiv Anatoliy SidenkoResigned16 June 2021 Vyacheslav Nivinskyi16 June 2021[11]
FC Dnipro Cherkasy Ihor StolovytskyiResigned12 June 2021[12] Taras Ilnytskyi25 June 2021[13]
Chaika Petropavlivska Borshchahivka Vyacheslav Bohodyelov (interim)End of interim24 June 2021[14] Vladyslav Savchuk24 June 2021[14]
MFC Mykolaiv Illia BlyznyukMutual consent26 June 2021[15][16] Serhiy Shevchenko27 June 2021[17][18][19]
Epitsentr Dunaivtsi Ihor BadloUnknownJune 2021[20][21] Oleh NadudaJuly 2021[22]
Rubikon Kyiv Serhiy Litovchenkoleft for Olimpik Donetsk24 July 2021[23] Viktor Kuriata24 July 2021[23]
Karpaty Halych Roman HnativUnknown25 July 2021[24] Lyubomyr Vovchuk25 July 2021[24]
Lyubomyr Stavyshche Oleksandr HoncharovUndisclosed8 August 2021[25]15th Vadym Lazorenko8 August 2021[26][27]15th
Tavriya Simferopol Serhiy PuchkovMutual consent14 September 2021[28]12th Yuriy Chumak (interim)14 September 2021[28]12th
Viktoriya Mykolaivka Artem RadionovSacked21 September 2021[29]10th Anatoliy Bezsmertnyi21 September 2021[29]10th
Karpaty Halych Lyubomyr VovchukChanged position23 September 2021[30]8th Carlos Inarejos23 September 2021[31]8th
FC Sumy Valeriy KutsenkoResigned14 October 2021[32]15th Evgeny Yarovenko19 January 2022[33]16th
Bukovyna Chernivtsi Yevhen KovalenkoResigned25 October 2021[34]9th Yuriy Kyslytsia (acting)25 October 2021[34]9th
MFC Mykolaiv Serhiy ShevchenkoMutual consent2 November 2021[35]2nd Eduard Pavlov2 November 2021[35]2nd
Nyva Vinnytsia Volodymyr TsytkinMutual consent4 November 2021[36]8th Valentyn Vishtaliuk (caretaker)5 November 20218th
Dinaz Vyshhorod Volodymyr BondarenkoMutual consent15 December 2021[37]4th Oleksandr Holovko12 February 2022[38]4th
FC Nikopol Oleksandr PoklonskyiMoved to VPK-Ahro25 December 2021[39]12th
Nyva Vinnytsia Valentyn Vishtaliuk (caretaker)End of interim15 January 20228th Ihor Leonov15 January 2022[40]8th
Viktoriya Mykolaivka Anatoliy BezsmertnyiMoved to Alians Lypova Dolyna26 January 2022[41]10th Volodymyr Romanenko (interim)26 January 2022[42]10th

Group A

PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsPromotion, qualification or relegation
1Karpaty Lviv181602467+3948Promotion to Ukrainian First League
2Livyi Bereh Kyiv[a]1915134714+3346Withdrew after season
3LNZ Cherkasy171322369+2741Promotion to Ukrainian First League
4Dinaz Vyshhorod1913153318+1540
5Epitsentr Dunaivtsi1912163019+1137
6MFA Mukachevo[a]198562524+129Withdrew after season
7Karpaty Halych[a]187472323025[b]
8Nyva Vinnytsia177462920+925[b]
9Bukovyna Chernivtsi176562017+323Promotion to Ukrainian First League
10FC Chernihiv185581724−720
11Dnipro Cherkasy1852112432−817Withdrew after season
12Chaika Petropavlivska Borshchahivka1936101640−2415
13Rubikon Kyiv1832131238−2611
14AFSC Kyiv191513838−308Withdrew after season
15Lyubomyr Stavyshche[a]191117851−434
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:

Results

Home \ AwayBUKCPBCHEDINDNIEPDKAHKARKYILIVLNZLUBMUNNVVRUB
Bukovyna Chernivtsi1–01–01–01–20–01–34–10–15–1
Chaika0–01–00–50–41–10–00–43–03–42–21–1
FC Chernihiv0–02–21–22–13–20–00–20–02–1
Dinaz Vyshhorod4–23–01–10–11–04–00–22–04–1
Dnipro Cherkasy3–11–31–01–21–31–31–10–2
Epitsentr Dunaivtsi1–05–00–11–03–11–21–03–11–01–0
Karpaty Halych1–01–10–12–00–12–10–00–03–23–0
Karpaty Lviv5–02–05–14–02–12–02–01–03–0
AFSC Kyiv1–30–20–30–30–22–11–1
Livyi Bereh Kyiv4–02–02–03–14–02–12–02–11–02–1
LNZ Cherkasy0–21–02–01–15–01–04–02–13–0
Lyubomyr Stavyshche0–32–31–41–00–30–110–31–2
MFA Mukachevo1–11–01–32–12–22–02–31–12–01–1
Nyva Vinnytsia0–02–03–51–24–00–23–13–14–0
Rubikon Kyiv2–00–10–33–00–50–21–21–00–1
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.

Notes:

Top goalscorers

As of 28 November 2021[47]

Number of teams by region (Group A)

NumberRegionTeam(s)
3  Kyiv OblastChaika, Dinaz and Lyubomyr
 KyivAFSC Kyiv, Livyi Bereh and Rubikon
2  Cherkasy OblastDnipro and LNZ
1  Chernihiv OblastChernihiv
 Chernivtsi OblastBukovyna
 Ivano-Frankivsk OblastKarpaty Halych
 Khmelnytskyi OblastEpitsentr
 Lviv OblastKarpaty Lviv
 Vinnytsia OblastNyva
 Zakarpattia OblastMFA Mukachevo

Group B

PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsPromotion, qualification or relegation
1Metalurh Zaporizhzhia191360347+2745Promotion to Ukrainian First League
2Skoruk Tomakivka2012533314+1941
3Peremoha Dnipro2012353414+2039[a]Withdrew after season
4Balkany Zorya2010913414+2039[a]
5Tavriya Simferopol[b]199642819+933
6Poltava209472927+231[c]Promotion to Ukrainian First League
7Trostianets[b]199463429+531[c]Withdrew after season
8Mykolaiv178633524+1130
9Vovchansk207672725+227[d]
10Viktoriya Mykolaivka[b]198382223−127[d]
11Yarud Mariupol206683629+724Promotion to Ukrainian First League
12Nikopol2055102242−2020Withdrew after season
13Enerhiya Nova Kakhovka[b]2052132040−2017
14Real Pharma Odesa2042142249−2714
15Krystal Kherson2023151936−179Withdrew after season
16Sumy[b]1912161653−375
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:

Results

Home \ AwayBAZENKKRYMEZMYKNIKPOLPERRPOSKOSUMTAVTROVIMVOVYAR
Balkany Zoria1–00–05–00–15–00–04–11–11–12–1
Enerhiya Nova Kakhovka0–12–30–40–14–30–03–10–20–11–1
Krystal Kherson1–21–26–00–20–10–01–12–20–20–1
Metalurh Zaporizhya0–01–02–13–21–01–05–02–11–01–1
Mykolaiv1–22–11–21–12–04–02–21–12–0
FC Nikopol2–22–10–61–11–10–10–11–12–12–2
SC Poltava1–12–34–12–01–23–01–32–02–20–0
Peremoha Dnipro3–15–00–11–24–00–12–00–01–03–1
Real Pharma Odesa1–10–12–10–32–42–41–25–10–32–0
Skoruk Tomakivka0–21–13–11–14–06–02–03–22–12–1
Sumy1–23–00–21–31–31–21–4
Tavriya Simferopol1–14–13–12–12–20–21–11–01–0
FC Trostianets1–22–14–22–11–01–04–10–12–12–2
Viktoriya Mykolaivka3–12–10–11–30–11–02–13–20–10–2
Vovchansk4–01–12–00–34–11–20–03–52–01–1
Yarud Mariupol2–01–32–25–00–11–26–00–33–23–3
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]

Number of teams by region (Group B)

NumberRegionTeam(s)
3  Dnipropetrovsk OblastNikopol, Peremoha and Skoruk
 Sumy OblastSumy, Trostianets and Viktoriya
2  Kherson OblastEnerhiya and Krystal
 Odesa OblastBalkany and Real Pharma
1  CrimeaTavriya
 Donetsk OblastYarud
 Kharkiv OblastVovchansk
 Mykolaiv OblastMykolaiv
 Poltava OblastPoltava
 Zaporizhia OblastMetalurh

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

RoundPlayerCoach
PlayerClubReferenceCoachClubReference
Round 1 Anton YaremenkoSC Poltava[53] Oleh NadudaEpitsentr Dunaivtsi[53]
Round 2 Vadym ShavrinViktoriya Mykolaivka[54] Volodymyr SysenkoSC Poltava[54]
Round 3 Anton KichaPeremoha Dnipro[55] Anatoliy BuznykLivyi Bereh Kyiv[55]
Round 4 Serhiy KravchenkoMFC Mykolaiv[56] Yuriy BakalovLNZ Cherkasy[56]
Round 5 Yevhen ChepurnenkoDinaz Vyshhorod[57] Volodymyr BondarenkoDinaz Vyshhorod[57]
Round 6 Danylo FalkovskyiMFC Mykolaiv[58] Serhiy ShevchenkoMFC Mykolaiv[58]
Round 7 Dzhaba FkhakadzePeremoha Dnipro[59] Serhiy VorobeyPeremoha Dnipro[59]
Round 8 Artur ZahorulkoNyva Vinnytsia[60] Eduard KhavrovEnerhiya Nova Kakhovka[60]
Round 9 Oleksiy SydorovMetalurh Zaporizhia[61] Andriy TlumakKarpaty Lviv[61]
Round 10 Vasyl PalahnyukBukovyna Chernivtsi[62] Yevhen KovalenkoBukovyna Chernivtsi[62]
Round 11 Mykyta IhumenovReal Pharma Odesa[63] Andriy TlumakKarpaty Lviv[63]
Round 12 Serhiy PlatunovBalkany Zorya[64] Volodymyr MykytynMetalurh Zaporizhia[64]
Round 13 Bohdan LazarenkoFC Chernihiv[65] Valeriy ChornyiFC Chernihiv[65]
Round 14 Denys KozhanovKarpaty Lviv[66] Denys KolchinBalkany Zorya[66]
Round 15 Yevhen KovalenkoMetalurh Zaporizhia[67] Anatoliy BuznikLivyi Bereh Kyiv[67]
Round 16 Yevhen ChepurnenkoDinaz Vyshhorod[68] Yuriy BakalovLNZ Cherkasy[68]
Round 17 Hlib LityukYarud Mariupol[69] Oleh NadudaEpitsentr Dunaivtsi[69]
Round 18 Mykyta ZhukovSkoruk Tomakivka[70] Oleksandr StepanovSkoruk Tomakivka[70]
Round 19 Volodymyr PryyomovBalkany Zorya[71] Vadym LazorenkoLyubomyr Stavyshche[71]
Round 20 Vitaliy MenteyFC Chernihiv[72] Andriy TlumakKarpaty Lviv[72]

See also

References

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