2024–25 Ukrainian Second League

The 2024–25 Ukrainian Second League is the 34th since its establishment.

Ukrainian Second League
Season2024–25
Dates7 August 2024 – 17 May 2025
(winter break: 27 October 2024 – 10 April 2025)
Matches played58
Goals scored159 (2.74 per match)
Top goalscorer7 players
(3 goals each)
Biggest home winChernihiv-ShVSM 8–2 Metalist 1925-2
(Round 1)
Biggest away winVilkhivtsi 0–5 Polissia-2
(Round 4)
Sambir-Nyva-2 1–6 Probiy
(Round 3)
Highest scoringChernihiv-ShVSM 8–2 Metalist 1925-2
(Round 1)
Longest winning runProbiy Horodenka
(4 games)
Longest winless runChaika Petropavlivska Borshchahivka
Lokomotyv Kyiv
(4 games each)
Highest attendance350
Kulykiv-Bilka vs Revera 1908
(Round 3)
Lowest attendanceattendance restrictions
Total attendance4,668
Average attendance246
All statistics correct as of 15 September 2024.

Teams

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One team of the 2021–22 Ukrainian First League was readmitted to professional competitions:

  • FC Uzhhorod(returning after three years absence, based on FCI Uzhhorod)

Four teams have been promoted from the 2023–24 Ukrainian Football Amateur League:

Eight second teams have been added:

Relegated teams

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Two teams were relegated from the 2023–24 Ukrainian First League.

Expelled and withdrawn teams

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  • Veres-Izotop-2 Varash - the club management refused to participate in the competition due to the lack of proper safety measures[4]
  • Livyi Bereh-2 Kyiv – Livyi Bereh withdrew its second squad after its senior squad gained promotion to the Ukrainian Premier League.

Location map and stadiums

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Kulykiv
 
Nyva-2
 
Polissya-2
 
Probiy
 
Revera-1908
 
Vilkhivtsi
 
Metalist 1925-2
Home venues of teams in the 2024–25 Ukrainian Second League
   — Group A             — Group B

Stadiums

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Group A
Team Stadium[a][6] Position in
2023–24
Skala 1911 Stryi Sokil
Medyk, Morshyn
6th
Rukh-2 Lviv imeni Markevycha,
Vynnyky
9th
Real Pharma Odesa Ivan 12th
Kulykiv Arena Kulykiv AM
Probiy Horodenka Kolos AM
Vilkhivtsi Vilkhivtsi Arena AM
Revera 1908 Ivano-Frankivsk imeni Hemby AM
Uzhhorod Avanhard
Nyva-2 Ternopil imeni Brovarskoho, Sambir
Polissya-2 Zhytomyr club's training field, Hlybochytsia

Notes:

  1. ^ Minimum capacity of stadium for the Second League is 500 spectators.[5]

Managers

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Club Head coach Replaced coach
Chaika Petropavlivska Borshchahivka Ihor Lutsenko
Chernihiv Valeriy Chornyi
Hirnyk-Sport Horishni Plavni Valeriy Kutsenko
Kulykiv Bohdan Kostyk
Kolos-2 Kovalivka Volodymyr Bondarenko
Lokomotyv Kyiv Vadym Lazorenko
Metalist 1925-2 Kharkiv Maksym Tsvirenko[a]
Nyva Vinnytsia Yuriy Yaroshenko
Nyva-2 Ternopil Serhiy Laktionov
Oleksandriya-2 Viktor Bytsiura[8]
Polissya-2 Zhytomyr Shil Kishan
Probiy Horodenka Volodymyr Kovalyuk
Real Pharma Odesa Andriy Parkhomenko
Revera 1908 Ivano-Frankivsk Yaroslav Matviiv
Rukh-2 Lviv Ivan Fedyk
Skala 1911 Stryi Mykhailo Basarab
Trostianets Yuriy Bakalov
Uzhhorod Yaromyr Loboda
Vilkhivtsi Oleksiy Zorin
Vorskla-2 Poltava Iya Andrushchak

Managerial changes

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Team Outgoing head coach Manner of departure Date of vacancy Table Incoming head coach Date of appointment
Kolos-2 Kovalivka new team Pre-season Volodymyr Bondarenko 13 June 2024[10]
Metalist 1925-2 Kharkiv new team Serhiy Karpenko 13 June 2024[10]
Polissya-2 Zhytomyr new team Shil Kishan 13 June 2024[10]
Vorskla-2 Poltava new team Iya Andrushchak 13 June 2024[7]
Oleksandriya-2 new team Viktor Bytsiura 14 June 2024[8]
Rukh-2 Lviv Volodymyr Bezubyak Change of role 28 June 2024 Ivan Fedyk 28 June 2024[11]
Nyva-2 Ternopil new team Serhiy Laktionov 20 July 2024[12]
Metalist 1925-2 Kharkiv Serhiy Karpenko Change of role 28 July 2024 Maksym Tsvirenko 29 July 2024[13]
FC Uzhhorod new team Yaromyr Loboda 2 August 2024[14]
Chaika Petropavlivska Borshchahivka Serhiy Syzykhin Left for Chonomorets 6 August 2024[15] Ihor Lutsenko 7 August 2024[16]
Metalist 1925-2 Kharkiv Maksym Tsvirenko became assistant to van Leeuwen 20 August 2024 Serhiy Karpenko 20 August 2024

Notes:

  1. ^ The first game of the season Metalist 1925-2 was led by an acting manager Serhiy Volvakov[9]

Group A league table

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion, qualification or relegation
1 Probiy Horodenka 6 4 1 1 13 5 +8 13 Qualification to the league's title play-off
2 Kulykiv 6 4 0 2 11 5 +6 12 Qualification to the third place play-off
3 Polissya-2 Zhytomyr 6 3 1 2 13 7 +6 10[a] Promotion restrictions
4 Rukh-2 Lviv 6 3 1 2 12 10 +2 10[a]
5 Vilkhivtsi 6 3 0 3 7 9 −2 9
6 Skala 1911 Stryi 6 2 2 2 4 4 0 8[b]
7 Uzhhorod 6 2 2 2 10 10 0 8[b]
8 Sambir-Nyva-2 6 2 1 3 6 10 −4 7 Promotion restrictions
9 Revera 1908 Ivano-Frankivsk 6 2 0 4 7 12 −5 6
10 Real Pharma Odesa 6 1 0 5 2 13 −11 3
Updated to match(es) played on 15 September 2024. 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:
  1. ^ a b Head-to-head points: Polissya-2 3, Rukh-2 0
  2. ^ a b Head-to-head points: Skala 3, Uzhhorod 0

Group A results

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Home \ Away KUL NT2 PZ2 PRO SKL REV RPO RL2 UZH VLX
Kulykiv 3–0 4–1 3–0
Sambir-Nyva-2 0–1 1–6 0–0 3–1
Polissya-2 Zhytomyr 0–0 4–1
Probiy Horodenka 2–0 1–0 2–3 1–0
Skala 1911 Stryi 2–0 0–3
Revera 1908 Ivano-Frankivsk 0–1 1–0 1–5
Real Pharma Odesa 2–1 0–3 0–1 0–4
Rukh-2 Lviv 2–4 2–1
Uzhhorod 1–1 0–2 2–2
Vilkhivtsi 0–5 1–0 1–0
Updated to match(es) played on 15 September 2024. Source: pfl.ua (in Ukrainian)
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Additional notes:

Group A results by week

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Note: due to postponement of matches, results per round in table are indicated as "per week" and not in order of the "PFL calendar".
Team ╲ Round123456789101112131415161718
KulykivWLWLWW
Sambir-Nyva-2DWLLWL
Polissya-2 ZhytomyrLWWWDL
Probiy HorodenkaWWWWDL
Revera 1908 Ivano-FrankivskWLLLLW
Real Pharma OdesaLLLWLL
Rukh-2 LvivDLLWWW
Skala 1911 StryiDWWLDL
UzhhorodDLLWDW
VilkhivtsiLWWLLW
Updated to match(es) played on 15 September 2024. Source: pfl.ua
W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

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Group A goalscorers

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As of 15 September 2024[19]

Rank Scorer Team Goals
(Pen.)
1 Bohdan Orynchak Probiy Horodenka 5 (0)
2 7 player(s) 3
9 10 player(s) 2
19 38 player(s) 1

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Group B league table

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion, qualification or relegation
1 Kolos-2 Kovalivka 5 4 1 0 9 2 +7 13 Qualification to the league's title play-off
2 Chernihiv-ShVSM 6 3 3 0 12 4 +8 12 Qualification to the third place play-off
3 Oleksandriya-2 6 3 2 1 11 8 +3 11 Promotion restrictions
4 Vorskla-2 Poltava 6 3 0 3 8 10 −2 9
5 Hirnyk-Sport Horishni Plavni 6 3 0 3 7 8 −1 9
6 Lokomotyv Kyiv 7 2 2 3 11 12 −1 8
7 Trostianets 5 1 3 1 6 4 +2 6
8 Chaika Petropavlivska Borshchahivka 6 1 3 2 3 5 −2 6
9 Nyva Vinnytsia 6 1 1 4 3 7 −4 4
10 Metalist 1925-2 Kharkiv 7 1 1 5 11 21 −10 4 Promotion restrictions
Updated to match(es) played on 20 September 2024. 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).

Group B results

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Home \ Away CPB CHE HIS KK2 LOK MXd NYV OL2 TRO VP2
Chaika Petropavlivska Borshchahivka 0–1 0–0 1–1 2–1
Chernihiv-ShVSM 0–0 1–1 8–2 0–0
Hirnyk-Sport Horishni Plavni 1–2 1–0 1–2
Kolos-2 Kovalivka 2–0 3–2 2–1 2–0
Lokomotyv Kyiv 2–0 1–3 2–3
Metalist 1925-2 Kharkiv 2–3 1–2 0–3 3–1
Nyva Vinnytsia 0–1 0–2 0–0
Oleksandriya-2 2–2 2–2
Trostianets ppd[a]
Vorskla-2 Poltava 0–1 2–1 2–1
Updated to match(es) played on 20 September 2024. Source: pfl.ua (in Ukrainian)
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
Notes:
  1. ^ The match that was supposed to take place on September 7 was suspended due to extended air siren.[20]

Additional notes:

Group B results by week

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Note: due to postponement of matches, results per round in table are indicated as "per week" and not in order of the "PFL calendar".
Updated to match(es) played on 20 September 2024. Source: pfl.ua
W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

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Top goalscorers

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As of 20 September 2024[21]

Rank Scorer Team Goals
(Pen.)
1 Anatoliy Romanchenko Chernihiv-ShVSM 4 (3)
2 2 player(s) 3
4 11 player(s) 2
15 47 player(s) 1

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The league's play-offs

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The winner of the league's title play-off gains direct promotion to the 2025–26 Ukrainian First League. The finalist of the league's title play-off and the winner of the third-place play-off gain qualification to the promotional play-offs.

League's title
   
A1  
B1  
Third place
A2  
B2  

Awards

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Round awards

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Round Player Coach
Player Club Reference Coach Club Reference
Round 1   Vyacheslav Koydan FC Chernihiv [22]   Bohdan Kostyk FC Kulykiv [22]
Round 2   Vladyslav Tyshyninov FC Trostianets [23]   Mykhailo Basarab Skala 1911 Stryi [23]
Round 3   Dmytro Shastal Polissya-2 Zhytomyr [24]   Volodymyr Kovalyuk Probiy Horodenka [24]
Round 4   Ivan Ilchuk FC Uzhhorod [25]   Volodymyr Kovalyuk Probiy Horodenka [25]
Round 5   Vasyl Bilyi FC Kulykiv [26]   Serhiy Laktionov Sambir-Nyva-2 [26]
Round 6
Round 7
Round 8
Round 9
Round 10
Round 11
Round 12
Round 13
Round 14
Round 15
Round 16
Round 17
Round 18
Round 19
winter break
Round 20
Round 21
Round 22

Number of teams by region

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Number Region Team(s)
4   Lviv Oblast Kulykiv, Nyva-2, Rukh-2 and Skala 1911
2   Ivano-Frankivsk Oblast Probiy and Revera 1908
  Kyiv Oblast Chaika and Kolos-2
  Poltava Oblast Hirnyk-Sport and Vorskla-2
  Zakarpattia Oblast Uzhhorod and Vilkhivtsi
1   Chernihiv Oblast Chernihiv
  Kharkiv Oblast Metalist 1925-2
  Kirovohrad Oblast Oleksandriya-2
  Kyiv Lokomotyv
  Odesa Oblast Real Pharma
  Sumy Oblast Trostianets
  Vinnytsia Oblast Nyva
  Zhytomyr Oblast Polissya-2

See also

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References

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