2002–03 Ukrainian Second League
| Season | 2002–03 |
|---|---|
| Champions | FC LUKOR Kalush FC Nafkom-Academia Irpin FC Zorya Luhansk |
| Relegated | FC Halychyna Drohobych FC Torpedo Zaporizhzhia |
| Top goalscorer | (30) - Serhiy Levchenko (Nafkom-Academia Irpin) |
← 2001–02 2003–04 → | |
The 2002–03 Ukrainian Second League was the 12th season of 3rd level professional football in Ukraine.
The competitions were divided into three groups according to geographical location in the country – A is western Ukraine, B is southern Ukraine and Crimea, and C is eastern Ukraine.
The groups were won respectively by FC LUKOR Kalush, FC Nafkom-Academia Irpin and FC Zorya Luhansk.
Team changes
Promoted
The following team was promoted from the 2002 Ukrainian Football Amateur League:
- FC Systema KKhP Chernyakhiv– (debut)
- FC Shakhtar Luhansk – (debut)
- FC Yavir Krasnopilya – (debut, reinstated in 2000 in place of FC Yavir–Sumy)
The 2001 Ukrainian Football Amateur League participant:
- FC Vuhlyk Dymytrov– (debut)
Also, one more club was admitted additionally:
- PFC Sevastopol – (debut, last season Sevastopol was represented by FC Chayka-VMS Sevastopol)
Relegated
- FC Nyva Ternopil – (debut, previously (11 seasons ago) played in the 1991 Soviet Second League as Nyva Ternopil)
- FC Elektrometalurh-NZF Nikopol – (debut, previously (13 seasons ago) played in the 1989 Soviet Second League as Kolos Nikopol)
- FC Dnipro-2 Dnipropetrovsk – (returning after an absence of 2 seasons)
Withdrew
- FC Dynamo Lviv
- FC SKA-Orbita Lviv
- FC Zakarpattia-2 Uzhhorod
- FC Cherkasy
- FC Portovyk Illichivsk
- FC Mashynobudivnyk Druzhkivka
- FC Stal-2 Alchevsk
Renamed
- FC Krystal Kherson changed its name to SC Kherson.
- FC Metalurh-2 Mariupol changed its name to FC Illichivets-2 Mariupol.
Changed groups
- FC Dynamo-3 Kyiv moved from B to A
- FC Torpedo Zaporizhzhia moved from C to B
Group A
Location map
Locations of team home grounds in Ukrainian Second League 2002–03 (Group A)
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Final standings
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion or relegation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | LUKOR Kalush (C) | 28 | 21 | 2 | 5 | 56 | 25 | +31 | 65 | |
| 2 | Enerhetyk Burshtyn | 28 | 19 | 2 | 7 | 44 | 23 | +21 | 59 | |
| 3 | Podillya Khmelnytskyi | 28 | 18 | 4 | 6 | 45 | 16 | +29 | 58 | |
| 4 | Naftovyk Dolyna | 28 | 16 | 6 | 6 | 35 | 16 | +19 | 54 | |
| 5 | Dynamo-3 Kyiv | 28 | 14 | 8 | 6 | 30 | 22 | +8 | 50 | |
| 6 | Kovel-Volyn-2 Kovel (W)
|
28 | 11 | 6 | 11 | 29 | 31 | −2 | 39 | Withdrew |
| 7 | Veres Rivne
|
28 | 11 | 3 | 14 | 28 | 39 | −11 | 36 | |
| 8 | Nyva Ternopil | 28 | 10 | 5 | 13 | 29 | 36 | −7 | 35 | |
| 9 | Hazovyk-Skala Stryi
|
28 | 8 | 9 | 11 | 15 | 23 | −8 | 33 | |
| 10 | Karpaty-3 Lviv | 28 | 8 | 8 | 12 | 24 | 33 | −9 | 32 | |
| 11 | Tekhno-Centre Rohatyn
|
28 | 7 | 7 | 14 | 23 | 35 | −12 | 28 | |
| 12 | Systema-KKhP Cherniakhiv (W) | 28 | 7 | 6 | 15 | 24 | 34 | −10 | 27 | Withdrew |
| 13 | Bukovyna Chernivtsi
|
28 | 6 | 6 | 16 | 20 | 39 | −19 | 24 | |
| 14 | Chornohora Ivano-Frankivsk
|
28 | 4 | 11 | 13 | 19 | 32 | −13 | 23 | |
| 15 | Halychyna Drohobych (R) | 28 | 5 | 7 | 16 | 22 | 39 | −17 | 22 | Relegated |
Top goalscorers
| Scorer | Goals (Pen.) | Team | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Serhiy Sernetskyi | 21 | Nyva Ternopil |
| 2 | Bohdan Pavliuk | 16 | Enerhetyk Burshtyn |
| 3 | Serhiy Ruzhytskyi | 11 | Podillya Khmelnytskyi |
| Ihor Stasyuk | 11 | Podillya Khmelnytskyi | |
| 5 | Denys Poida | 10 | LUKOR Kalush |
Group B
Location map
Sevastopol