2019–20 Ukrainian Second League

Ukrainian Second League
Season	2019–20
Champions	Nyva T. (Group A); VPK-Ahro (Group B)
Promoted	Nyva T. (Group A); Polissya (Group A); VPK-Ahro (Group B); Krystal (Group B); Veres (playoff); Alians (playoff)
Relegated	Chornomorets-2; Avanhard-2
Matches played	220
Goals scored	569 (2.59 per match)
Top goalscorer	11 – Andriy Barladym (Krystal), Mykhailo Shestakov (Veres)
Biggest home win	5 – Chornomorets-2 – Tavriya 6:1 (Round 8), Veres – Podillia 5:0 (Round 12), Alians – Real Pharma 5:0 (Round 19)
Biggest away win	6 – Mykolaiv-2 – Krystal 1:7 (Round 6)
Highest scoring	9 – Bukovyna – Veres 5:4 (Round 20)
Highest attendance	5,100 – Podillya – Polissia 1:0 (Round 9)
Lowest attendance	0 – Nyva V. – Veres 1:1 (Round 4); Nyva V. – Kalush 0:3 (Round 2)
Total attendance	173900
Average attendance	790
	← 2018–19 2020–21 → All statistics correct as of 24 November 2019.

The 2019–20 Ukrainian Second League is the 29th since its establishment. On 6 June 2019 the PFL council of leagues presented its plan draft ("contours") for the next season for both its First and its Second leagues.^[1] The final decision for the season was adopted at the 27th PFL Conference that took place on 27 June 2019.^[1]

Summary

The season kicked off on 27 July 2019 along with the First League. Both groups A and B completed their double round-robin tournament on 23 November 2019 before going on winter break. Following the break the spring half of the season that should have started on 21 March 2020 and featured another single round-robin tournament ending on 23 May 2020. On 17 March 2020, the Ukrainian Association of Football adopted its decision to pause all football competitions in the country since 18 March 2020 for unspecified period of time (until adaptation of its next decision to resume all football events) due to the coronavirus pandemic.^[2]

On 21 May 2020, the PFL council of leagues at its open-air session at Obolon Arena adopted decision by vote of majority of the Second League clubs to cancel the spring half of the season and recognize winter break standings as final.^[3] Also, since the season's calendar was cut short, there were made some additional amendments including rotation of clubs between leagues.^[4]

After several PFL meetings, the UAF Executive Committee finally approved completion of the season by decisions of those meetings on 12 June 2020.^[5]^[6]^[7]^[8]

The post season games took place in the second half of August, yet beside the championship final (between winners of groups A and B).

Teams

Promoted teams

Four teams have been promoted from the 2018–19 Ukrainian Football Amateur League:^[9]

FC Uzhhorod – 6th place of Group 1 (debut)
Alians Lypova Dolyna – 3rd place of Group 2 (debut)
Dinaz Vyshhorod – 5th place of Group 2 (debut)
VPK-Ahro Shevchenkivka – 1st place of Group 3 (debut)

Three reserve teams were added also without participation in the Ukrainian Football Amateur League:^[9]

Obolon-Brovar-2 Bucha – (returning after an absence of six seasons, previously as Obolon-2 Kyiv)
Chornomorets-2 Odesa – (returning after an absence of seven seasons)
Avanhard-2 Kramatorsk – (debut)

One more team from Ukrainian Amateur Football Championship, FC Peremoha Dnipro, announced that it will contest its certification for professional competitions in the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) in Lausanne against the Ukrainian Association of Football and its licensing committee.^[10]

Relegated teams

The following teams have been relegated from the 2018–19 Ukrainian First League:

None – PFC Sumy placed 14th place of the 2018–19 Ukrainian First League but had its professional status taken away almost at the end of the season. The club nonetheless played relegation play-off as a de facto non-professional team. On 10 October 2019 the UAF Appellation Committee canceled previous decision of the UAF CDC and sent the case for new investigation. According to chief editor of "Futbol" Artem Frankov, accusations of Francesco Baranca were groundless.^[11]

Reorganized/reformed teams

FC Nikopol was reorganized from public organization into a community institution of physical culture and sports.^[12]
FC Real Pharma Odesa was reorganized^[12]

Withdrawn teams

PFC Sumy has been stripped of professional status last season.^[13]
Myr Hornostayivka, the president of the club announced last season that will withdraw the club for the next season.^[13]

Location map

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

Makariv

Novohrad-V.

Mlyniv

Odesa

Odesa teams :
Chornomorets-2
Real Pharma

Beryslav

Novomoskovsk

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Home venues of teams in the 2019–20 Ukrainian Second League. SC Tavriya is forced to play its home games outside of Crimea.

Stadiums

Group A
Team	Stadium	Position in 2018–19
Bukovyna Chernivtsi	Bukovyna Stadium	10th
Chaika^[a]	M.K.Brukvenko Central Stadium	8th
Dinaz Vyshhorod	Dinaz Stadium	Am 5th
FC Kalush	Khimik Stadium	7th
Nyva Ternopil	City Stadium	6th
Nyva Vinnytsia	Sports Complex Nyva	4th
Obolon-Brovar-2 Bucha	Yuvileiny Stadium	N/A
Podillya Khmelnytskyi	Sport Complex Podillya	9th
Polissya Zhytomyr	Avanhard Stadium^[b] Spartak Arena	3rd
FC Uzhhorod	Avanhard Stadium	Am 6th
Veres Rivne	Kolos Stadium^[c]	5th

Group B
Team	Stadium	Position in 2018–19
Alians Lypova Dolyna	Yuvileiny Stadium^[9]	Am 3rd
Avanhard-2 Kramatorsk	Prapor Stadium	N/A
Chornomorets-2 Odesa	Lyustdorf Stadium	N/A
Enerhiya Nova Kakhovka	Enerhiya Stadium	6th
Hirnyk Kryvyi Rih	Shakhta Zhovtneva Stadium	3rd
Krystal Kherson	Krystal Stadium	4th
MFC Mykolaiv-2	Park Peremohy Stadium	9th
FC Nikopol	Elektrometalurh Stadium	10th
Real Pharma Odesa	Ivan Stadium	8th
Tavriya Simferopol	Mashynobudivnyk Stadium^[d]	7th
VPK-Ahro Shevchenkivka	Metalurh Stadium^[e] Kolos Arena	Am 1st

Managers

Club	Head coach	Replaced coach
Alians Lypova Dolyna	Yuriy Yaroshenko
Avanhard-2 Kramatorsk	Oleksandr Ivashchenko
Bukovyna Chernivtsi	Stepan Makoviychuk (interim)	Andriy Melnychuk
Chaika Petropavlivska Borshchahivka	Taras Ilnytskyi
Chornomorets-2 Odesa	Albert Kovalyov
Dinaz Vyshhorod	Volodymyr Bondarenko
Enerhiya Nova Kakhovka	Oleh Fedorchuk
Hirnyk Kryvyi Rih	Hennadiy Prykhodko
FC Kalush	Stepan Matviyiv	Vasyl Kachur
Krystal Kherson	Eduard Khavrov
MFC Mykolaiv-2	Mykola Popelyshko	Yuriy Chaus Vyacheslav Mazarati (interim)
FC Nikopol	Hryhoriy Varzhelenko
Nyva Ternopil	Vasyl Malyk
Nyva Vinnytsia	Oleh Shumovytskyi	Colince Ngaha
Obolon-Brovar-2 Bucha	Oleksandr Antonenko	Oleh Mazurenko
Podillya Khmelnytskyi	Vitaliy Kostyshyn
Polissya Zhytomyr	Anatoliy Bezsmertnyi
Real Pharma Odesa	Oleksandr Spitsyn
Tavriya Simferopol	Serhiy Shevchenko
FC Uzhhorod	Vacant	Vasyl Varha Mykhailo Ivanytsia
Veres Rivne	Yuriy Virt
VPK-Ahro Shevchenkivka	Serhiy Solovyov

Managerial changes

Team	Outgoing head coach	Manner of departure	Date of vacancy	Table	Incoming head coach	Date of appointment	Table
FC Uzhhorod	Myroslav Babiak	Resigned	7 June 2019^[17]	Pre-season	Vasyl Varha	7 June 2019^[17]	Pre-season
Veres Rivne	Oleh Shandruk	Resigned	14 June 2019^[18]		Yuriy Virt	14 June 2019
FC Kalush	Andriy Nesteruk (interim)	End of interim	25 June 2019		Vasyl Kachur	25 June 2019^[19]
Obolon-Brovar-2 Bucha	new club				Oleh Mazurenko	26 June 2019^[20]
Chornomorets-2 Odesa	new club				Albert Kovalyov	26 June 2019
Avanhard-2 Kramatorsk	new club				Oleksandr Ivashchenko	26 June 2019^[21]
Krystal Kherson	Andriy Kononenko (interim)	Resigned	28 June 2019^[22]		Eduard Khavrov	9 July 2019^[23]
Bukovyna Chernivtsi	Vitaliy Kunytsia (interim)	End of interim term	2 July 2019		Andriy Melnychuk	2 July 2019^[24]
MFC Mykolaiv-2	Volodymyr Ponomarenko	Reassigned	13 July 2019		Yuriy Chaus (interim)	13 July 2019^[25]
MFC Mykolaiv-2	Yuriy Chaus (interim)	Change of contract	28 July 2019		Yuriy Chaus	28 July 2019^[26]
Real Pharma Odesa	Andriy Kovalenko	Sacked	22 August 2019^[27]	10th	Oleksandr Spitsyn	22 August 2019^[27]	10th
Bukovyna Chernivtsi	Andriy Melnychuk	Resigned	9 September 2019^[28]	11th	Stepan Makoviychuk (interim)	9 September 2019	11th
MFC Mykolaiv-2	Yuriy Chaus	Assigned to MFC Mykolaiv	16 October 2019^[29]	5th	Vyacheslav Mazarati (interim)	16 October 2019^[29]	5th
FC Kalush	Vasyl Kachur	Change of contract	16 October 2019^[30]	6th	Stepan Matviyiv	16 October 2019^[30]	6th
Nyva Vinnytsia	Colince Ngaha	Resigned	26 November 2019^[31]	9th	Oleh Shumovytskyi	22 December 2019^[32]	9th
FC Uzhhorod	Vasyl Varha	Undisclosed	29 November 2019^[33]	10th	Mykhailo Ivanytsia	29 November 2019^[33]	10th
Obolon-Brovar-2 Bucha	Oleh Mazurenko	Assigned to Obolon-Brovar Kyiv	13 January 2020^[34]	11th	Oleksandr Antonenko	13 January 2020^[35]	11th
MFC Mykolaiv-2	Vyacheslav Mazarati (interim)	End of interim term	13 January 2020^[36]	7th	Mykola Popelyshko	13 January 2020^[36]	7th

Notes:

Group A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion, qualification or relegation
1	Nyva Ternopil (P)	20	12	5	3	27	12	+15	41	Promotion to Ukrainian First League^[37]
2	Polissya Zhytomyr (P)	20	11	6	3	28	11	+17	39	Promotion to Ukrainian First League^[37]
3	Veres Rivne (Q, P)	20	11	3	6	34	23	+11	36	Qualification to promotion play-offs^[37]
4	Dinaz Vyshhorod	20	9	4	7	27	24	+3	31
5	FC Kalush	20	8	5	7	26	20	+6	29^[a]
6	Podillya Khmelnytskyi	20	8	5	7	23	25	−2	29^[a]
7	Chaika Petropavlivska Borshchahivka	20	7	5	8	25	21	+4	26
8	Bukovyna Chernivtsi	20	6	2	12	25	36	−11	20^[b]
9	Nyva Vinnytsia	20	5	5	10	22	28	−6	20^[b]
10	FC Uzhhorod	20	5	4	11	19	36	−17	19
11	Obolon-Brovar-2 Bucha	20	4	4	12	18	38	−20	16	Relegation to Amateurs (canceled)^[37]

Updated to match(es) played on 24 November 2019. Source: PFL Official Website
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; 6) Goals scored.^[38]
(P) Promoted; (Q) Qualified for the phase indicated
Notes:

Results

Home \ Away	BUK	CPB	DIN	KAL	NVT	NVV	OB2	POD	POL	UZH	VER	BUK	CPB	DIN	KAL	NVT	NVV	OB2	POD	POL	UZH	VER
Bukovyna		2–1	0–1	1–2	0–2	1–0	3–0	1–4	0–2	1–3	5–4			DNP			DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP
Chaika	3–0		0–0	1–0	2–1	2–1	2–2	0–1	0–1	2–0	1–2	DNP			DNP	DNP					DNP	DNP
Dinaz	3–2	1–2		0–3	0–3	2–1	0–1	3–1^[a]	0–0	3–2	4–0		DNP		DNP		DNP	DNP		DNP
FC Kalush	0–2	0–0	1–1		1–3	2–0	1–1	5–2	0–2	2–1	2–1	DNP				DNP			DNP		DNP	DNP
Nyva Ternopil	2–1	1–0	0–1	0–3		3–1	1–0	2–2	1–0	0–0	0–0	DNP		DNP					DNP	DNP	DNP
Nyva Vinnytsia	2–2	2–0	1–0	0–3	0–1		2–2	2–0	0–0	2–2^[b]	1–1		DNP		DNP	DNP					DNP	DNP
Obolon-Brovar-2	2–1	0–4	1–2	0–0	1–2	1–2		0–3	0–3	4–0	0–4		DNP		DNP	DNP	DNP					DNP
Podillya	0–1	1–1	1–1	1–0	0–0	2–1	1–0		1–0	3–0	0–1		DNP	DNP			DNP	DNP		DNP
Polissya	2–2	3–3	1–0	2–0	0–0	1–0	4–1	2–0		0–0	2–0		DNP		DNP		DNP	DNP				DNP
FC Uzhhorod	1–0	2–1	2–4	1–0	0–4	0–2	3–1	0–0	1–2		1–2	DNP		DNP				DNP	DNP	DNP
Veres	2–0	1–0	2–1	1–1	0–1	3–2	0–1	5–0	2–1	3–0		DNP		DNP		DNP			DNP		DNP

Updated to match(es) played on 24 November 2019. Source: pfl.ua (in Ukrainian)
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Notes:

Position by round

Team ╲ Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31	32	33
Nyva Ternopil	7	4	3	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	2	1	3	2	1	1	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Polissya Zhytomyr	3	1	1	2	3	3	3	2	3	2	2	2	2	2	2	1	1	2	1	1	2	2	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Veres Rivne	2	6	4	4	2	2	2	4	4	4	4	3	4	3	3	3	3	3	2	3	3	3	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Dinaz Vyshhorod	10	11	9	8	9	9	9	8	7	6	6	4	3	4	4	5	5	6	6	6	5	4	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
FC Kalush	5	3	2	3	5	4	5	5	5	5	5	6	6	7	6	6	6	4	4	4	6	5	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Podillya Khmelnytskyi	8	7	5	5	4	5	4	3	2	3	3	5	5	6	5	4	4	5	5	5	4	6	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Chaika Petropavlivska Borshchahivka	6	8	8	9	8	8	8	9	9	10	10	8	9	9	9	10	9	9	7	7	7	7	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Bukovyna Chernivtsi	11	9	10	11	11	11	10	11	11	9	9	11	8	8	8	9	11	11	10	10	10	8	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Nyva Vinnytsia	9	10	11	10	10	10	11	10	10	11	11	10	11	10	10	8	8	8	9	9	8	9	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
FC Uzhhorod	1	5	7	7	7	6	6	6	6	7	7	7	7	5	7	7	7	7	8	8	9	10	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Obolon-Brovar-2 Bucha	4	2	6	6	6	7	7	7	8	8	8	9	10	11	11	11	10	10	11	11	11	11	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–

Updated to match(es) played on 24 November 2019. Source: pfl.ua

Top goalscorers

As of 24 November 2019

Rank	Scorer	Team	Goals (Pen.)
1	Mykhailo Shestakov	Veres Rivne	11 (2)
2	Yaroslav Halenko	Polissya Zhytomyr	10 (1)
3	Volodymyr Tymenko	Chaika Petropavlivska Borshchahivka	9 (1)
4	Yuriy Solomka	Veres Rivne	8 (1)
	Illia Tereshchenko	Dinaz Vyshhorod	8 (1)
	Artur Zahorulko	Nyva Vinnytsia	8 (3)

Number of teams by region (Group A)

Number	Region	Team(s)
3	Kyiv Oblast	Dinaz, Chaika and Obolon-Brovar-2
1	Chernivtsi Oblast	Bukovyna
	Ivano-Frankivsk Oblast	Kalush
	Khmelnytskyi Oblast	Podillya
	Rivne Oblast	Veres
	Ternopil Oblast	Nyva T.
	Vinnytsia Oblast	Nyva V.
	Zakarpattia Oblast	Uzhhorod
	Zhytomyr Oblast	Polissya

Group B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion, qualification or relegation
1	VPK-Ahro Shevchenkivka (P)	20	15	3	2	47	15	+32	48	Promotion to Ukrainian First League^[37]
2	Krystal Kherson (P)	20	15	2	3	47	17	+30	47^[a]	Promotion to Ukrainian First League^[37]
3	Alians Lypova Dolyna (Q, P)	20	15	2	3	51	12	+39	47^[a]	Qualification to promotion play-offs^[37]
4	Hirnyk Kryvyi Rih	20	10	3	7	33	22	+11	33
5	Enerhiya Nova Kakhovka	20	6	7	7	25	26	−1	25
6	FC Nikopol	20	6	6	8	22	24	−2	24
7	MFC Mykolaiv-2	20	5	8	7	18	32	−14	23	Promotion restrictions
8	Tavriya Simferopol	20	5	2	13	12	32	−20	17
9	Real Pharma Odesa	20	4	4	12	10	38	−28	16
10	Avanhard-2 Kramatorsk	20	3	5	12	15	37	−22	14	Withdrawn after the season
11	Chornomorets-2 Odesa	20	3	4	13	17	42	−25	13	Withdrawn after the season

Updated to match(es) played on 24 November 2019. Source: PFL Official Website
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; 6) Goals scored.^[38]
(P) Promoted; (Q) Qualified for the phase indicated
Notes: