2019–20 Ukrainian Second League

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Mykhailo Shestakov (Veres)
Biggest home win5 – Chornomorets-2 – Tavriya 6:1 (Round 8), Veres – Podillia 5:0 (Round 12), Alians – Real Pharma 5:0 (Round 19)
Biggest away win6 – Mykolaiv-2 – Krystal 1:7 (Round 6)
Highest scoring9 – Bukovyna – Veres 5:4 (Round 20)
Highest attendance5,100 – Podillya – Polissia 1:0 (Round 9)
Lowest attendance0 – Nyva V. – Veres 1:1 (Round 4)
Nyva V. – Kalush 0:3 (Round 2)
Total attendance173900
Average attendance790
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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

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

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

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

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.

Avanhard 2
Mykolaiv-2
Hirnyk
Enerhiya
(VPK-Ahro)
(Tavriya)
Nikopol
Sumy
Beryslav
Beryslav
Novomoskovsk
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
  1. ^ Chaika although located in Petropavlivska Borshchahivka in Kyiv-Sviatoshyn Raion outside the city limits of Kyiv began the competition playing in Makariv due to the heat affecting players playing on the artificial surface at Dinaz Stadium.[14]
  2. Novohrad-Volynskyi due to the construction of both Central Stadium and Spartak Stadium[15]
  3. ^ Due to the unavailability of Avanhard Stadium, Veres Rivne play in Mlyniv.[16]
  4. ^ Tavriya Simferopol continue to play their home matches in Beryslav although they had registered to play at Enerhiya Stadium in Nova Kakhovka. All matches will be played in Kherson Oblast of Ukraine due to the Annexation of Crimea by the Russian Federation
  5. ^ VPK-Ahro debuted in Second League with games in Novomoskovsk, but in October moved back home.

Managers

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

Managerial changes

Team Outgoing head coach Manner of departure Date of vacancy Table Incoming head coach Date of appointment Table
FC Uzhhorod Ukraine Myroslav Babiak Resigned 7 June 2019[17] Pre-season Ukraine Vasyl Varha 7 June 2019[17] Pre-season
Veres Rivne Ukraine Oleh Shandruk Resigned 14 June 2019[18] Ukraine Yuriy Virt 14 June 2019
FC Kalush Ukraine Andriy Nesteruk (interim) End of interim 25 June 2019 Ukraine Vasyl Kachur 25 June 2019[19]
Obolon-Brovar-2 Bucha
 new club Ukraine Oleh Mazurenko 26 June 2019[20]
Chornomorets-2 Odesa new club Ukraine Albert Kovalyov 26 June 2019
Avanhard-2 Kramatorsk new club Ukraine Oleksandr Ivashchenko 26 June 2019[21]
Krystal Kherson Ukraine Andriy Kononenko (interim) Resigned 28 June 2019[22] Ukraine Eduard Khavrov 9 July 2019[23]
Bukovyna Chernivtsi Ukraine Vitaliy Kunytsia (interim) End of interim term 2 July 2019 Ukraine Andriy Melnychuk 2 July 2019[24]
MFC Mykolaiv-2 Ukraine Volodymyr Ponomarenko Reassigned 13 July 2019 Ukraine Yuriy Chaus (interim) 13 July 2019[25]
Ukraine Yuriy Chaus (interim) Change of contract 28 July 2019 Ukraine Yuriy Chaus 28 July 2019[26]
Real Pharma Odesa Ukraine Andriy Kovalenko Sacked 22 August 2019[27] 10th Ukraine Oleksandr Spitsyn 22 August 2019[27] 10th
Bukovyna Chernivtsi Ukraine Andriy Melnychuk Resigned 9 September 2019[28] 11th Ukraine Stepan Makoviychuk (interim) 9 September 2019 11th
MFC Mykolaiv-2 Ukraine Yuriy Chaus Assigned to MFC Mykolaiv 16 October 2019[29] 5th Ukraine Vyacheslav Mazarati (interim) 16 October 2019[29] 5th
FC Kalush Ukraine Vasyl Kachur Change of contract 16 October 2019[30] 6th Ukraine Stepan Matviyiv 16 October 2019[30] 6th
Nyva Vinnytsia Ukraine Colince Ngaha Resigned 26 November 2019[31] 9th Ukraine Oleh Shumovytskyi 22 December 2019[32] 9th
FC Uzhhorod Ukraine Vasyl Varha Undisclosed 29 November 2019[33] 10th
Mykhailo Ivanytsia
 29 November 2019[33] 10th
Obolon-Brovar-2 Bucha
 Ukraine Oleh Mazurenko Assigned to
Obolon-Brovar Kyiv
 13 January 2020[34] 11th Ukraine Oleksandr Antonenko 13 January 2020[35] 11th
MFC Mykolaiv-2 Ukraine Vyacheslav Mazarati (interim) End of interim term 13 January 2020[36] 7th Ukraine 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
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:
  1. ^ a b Kalush: 3 pts, +2 gd; Podillia: 3 pts, -2 gd
  2. ^ a b Bukovyna: 4 pts; Nyva V.: 1 pts

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:

  1. ^ Scheduled for 27 October 2019, the game was postponed on request of FC Podillia as its players have epidemic of meningitis.[39] The postponed game will take place on 20 November 2019.[40]
  2. ^ Instead of taken place on September 4, 2019, the Round 7 game was postponed to September 25, 2019.

Position by round

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