2023–24 Ukrainian Second League

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Ukrainian Second League
Season2023–24
Dates6 August 2023[1] – 25 May 2024
(winter break: 27 November 2023 – 22 March 2024)
Matches played140
Goals scored423 (3.02 per match)
Top goalscorerDenys Ndukve
(15 goals)
Biggest home winKudrivka 9–0 Vast
(11 August 2023)
Biggest away winKremin-2 0–7 Zviahel
(3 September 2023)
Highest scoringNyva 4–7 Zviahel
(6 August 2023)
Longest winning runZviahel
(8 matches)
Longest unbeaten runUSCA Tarasivka
(12 matches)
Longest winless runKremin-2 Kremenchuk
(20 matches)
Longest losing runKremin-2 Kremenchuk
(12 matches)
Total attendance0
Average attendance0
All statistics correct as of 7 April 2024.

The 2023–24 Ukrainian Second League is the 33rd since its establishment.

Teams

One team of the 2021–22 Ukrainian Second League returned:

Three teams have been promoted from the 2022–23 Ukrainian Football Amateur League:

Two teams have been promoted as participants of the 2021–22 Ukrainian Football Amateur League:

Two second teams have been added:

Relegated teams

No teams were relegated from the 2022–23 Ukrainian First League.

Merged and renamed teams

  • Vast Mykolaiv → Mykolaiv 1920, on 28 June 2023 the Vast's Instagram page appeared to announce that club changes its name to Mykolaiv 1920.[2] The internet news website "Ukrainskyi futbol" asked for commentary from the Chairman of the Board of MFC Mykolaiv Serhiy Kantor who stated that everything must be done by the law and Vast Mykolaiv at the PFL Annual Conference was certified as Vast Mykolaiv.[3]
  • FC Kudrivka, the club merged with Nyva Buzova which is playing in the First League.

Expelled and withdrawn teams

  • On 26 October 2023 Vast Mykolaiv was expelled from the 2023–24 Ukrainian Second League (Druha Liha) teams' competitions by the UAF CDC for failing to appear for a scheduled match for second time.[4][5] The club played 10 matches with a record of 1 win, 1 tie, 8 losses and goal difference 8 scored, 40 allowed.

Location map and stadiums

Nyva
Metalurh-2
Real Pharma
Skala 1911
Trostianets
UCSA
Vast
Zviahel
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Home venues of teams in the 2023–24 Ukrainian Second League
Team Stadium[a][8] Position in
2022–23
Chaika Tsentralnyi Stadion imeni
Brukvenka, Makariv 		3rd
Nyva Vinnytsia Tsentralnyi Miskyi Stadion 4th
Zviahel Stadion Avanhard 5th
Real Pharma Odesa Stadion Ivan 6th
Vast Mykolaiv Stadion Ivan, Odesa 7th
Metalurh-2 Zaporizhzhia Stadion Bazys, Kochubiyivka 8th
Kremin-2 Kremenchuk Kremin Arena 9th
Druzhba Myrivka Stadion Druzhba, Kaharlyk AM
Lokomotyv Kyiv Stadion imeni Bannikova AM
Skala 1911 Stryi Stadion Sokil AM
Kudrivka Kudrivka Arena Reg
UCSA Tarasivka Stadion imeni Bannikova, Kyiv Reg
Trostianets Stadion imeni Kutsa —
Karpaty-2 Lviv Stadion Ukraina —
Rukh-2 Lviv
 Stadion imeni Markevycha,
Vynnyky 		—
  1. ^ Minimum capacity of stadium for the Second League is 500 spectators.[7]

Managers

Club Head coach Replaced coach
Chaika Petropavlivska Borshchahivka Serhiy Syzykhin
Druzhba Myrivka Dmytro Chyrykal
Karpaty-2 Lviv Roman Hnativ
Kremin-2 Kremenchuk Yaroslav Zdyrko Roman Loktionov
Kudrivka Vasyl Baranov Serhiy Datsenko
Roman Loktionov
Lokomotyv Kyiv Vadym Lazorenko Ruslan Umanets
Metalurh-2 Zaporizhzhia Andriy Zubchenko
Nyva Vinnytsia Yuriy Yaroshenko
Real Pharma Odesa Andriy Parkhomenko
Rukh-2 Lviv
 Volodymyr Bezubyak
Skala 1911 Stryi Mykhailo Basarab Mykola Vasylyshyn
Trostianets Valeriy Shapovalov
UCSA Tarasivka Mykola Tsymbal
Vast Mykolaiv Ihor Yermakov
Zviahel Yuriy Virt Yuriy Maksymov
Serhiy Shyshchenko
Mykola Hibalyuk (caretaker)

Managerial changes

Team Outgoing head coach Manner of departure Date of vacancy Table Incoming head coach Date of appointment
Nyva Vinnytsia Oleh Ostapenko Role change 7 June 2023 Pre-season Yuriy Yaroshenko 7 June 2023[9][10]
Trostianets Serhiy Korytnyk Mutual concent 12 June 2023[11][12] Valeriy Shapovalov 15 June 2023[13][14]
Zviahel Ruslan Skydan Role change 20 June 2023 Yuriy Maksymov 20 June 2023[15]
Metalurh-2 Zaporizhzhia Vyacheslav Tropin End of contract 30 June 2023 Andriy Zubchenko 30 June 2023[16]
Lokomotyv Kyiv Valeriy Havrylov Mutual concent Bohdan Kondratyuk 30 June 2023[17][18]
Bohdan Kondratyuk Ruslan Umanets 17 July 2023[19]
UCSA Tarasivka Bohdan Balan Mykola Tsymbal 4 July 2023[20][21][22]
Rukh-2 Lviv
 new team Ihor Duts 24 July 2023[23]
Ihor Duts Change of role 6 August 2023 Volodymyr Bezubyak 6 August 2023[24]
Karpaty-2 Lviv new team Ihor Oshchypko 5 August 2023[25]
Ihor Oshchypko Change of role 26 August 2023 Roman Hnativ 26 August 2023[26]
Zviahel Yuriy Maksymov Signed with SC Dnipro-1 13 September 2023 4th Serhiy Shyshchenko 13 September 2023[27]
Lokomotyv Kyiv Ruslan Umanets Mutual agreement 25 September 2023[28] 13th Vadym Lazorenko 27 September 2023[29]
Kremin-2 Kremenchuk Yaroslav Zdyrko Change of role 24 September 2023[30] 14th Roman Loktionov 24 September 2023[30]
Skala Stryi Mykola Vasylyshyn Resigned 30 September 2023[31] 8th Mykhailo Basarab (caretaker) 30 September 2023[31]
Mykhailo Basarab (caretaker) Made a head coach 28 November 2023[32] 5th Mykhailo Basarab 28 September 2023[31]
FC Kudrivka Serhiy Datsenko Mutual agreement 25 November 2023[33][34] 6th Roman Loktionov 27 November 2023[35]
Kremin-2 Kremenchuk Roman Loktionov Mutual agreement 27 November 2023[35] 14th Yaroslav Zdyrko
FC Kudrivka Roman Loktionov Signed with Kudrivka-Nyva 5 January 2024[36] 6th Vasyl Baranov 26 January 2024[37]
Zviahel Serhiy Shyshchenko Signed with Polissia Zhytomyr 12 March 2024 4th Mykola Hibalyuk (caretaker) 13 March 2024[38]
Mykola Hibalyuk (caretaker) End of interim 16 April 2024 1st Yuriy Virt 16 April 2024[39]

League table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion, qualification or relegation
1 UCSA Tarasivka 23 16 5 2 54 12 +42 53[a] Promotion to Ukrainian First League
2 Zviahel 22 17 2 3 58 14 +44 53[a] Qualification to promotional play-off
3 Druzhba Myrivka 21 16 3 2 39 9 +30 51
4 Chaika Petropavlivska Borshchahivka 23 14 4 5 40 17 +23 46
5 Skala 1911 Stryi 22 11 2 9 30 30 0 35[b]
6 Kudrivka 22 10 5 7 29 32 −3 35[b] Promotion restrictions
7 Karpaty-2 Lviv 22 9 5 8 28 31 −3 32
8 Nyva Vinnytsia 22 7 8 7 29 32 −3 29[c]
9
Rukh-2 Lviv
 22 8 5 9 24 31 −7 29[c] Promotion restrictions
10 Lokomotyv Kyiv 22 6 5 11 27 38 −11 23
11 Real Pharma Odesa 22 5 4 13 16 38 −22 19
12 Trostianets 21 4 5 12 16 28 −12 17
13 Metalurh-2 Zaporizhzhia 26 5 1 20 17 44 −27 16 Withdrawn[6]
14 Kremin-2 Kremenchuk 22 0 2 20 10 61 −51 2 Promotion restrictions
- Vast Mykolaiv 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Withdrawn and record annulled[4]
Updated to match(es) played on 22 April 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: UCSA 4, Zviahel 1
  2. ^ a b Head-to-head points: Skala 1911 6, Kudrivka 0
  3. ^ a b Head-to-head points: Nyva 4, Rukh-2 1

Results

Home \ Away CPB DRU KL2 KR2 KDR LOK MT2 NVI RPO
RL2
 SKL TRO UCS VST ZVA
Chaika P. Borshchahivka 1–0 1–3[a] 5–0 1–1 2–0 3–0 1–0 2–1 2–0 3–0 1–3 5–1 2–2
Druzhba Myrivka 1–1 2–0 0–0 3–1 9–1 2–0 2–0 0–1 2–0 2–1 7–1
Karpaty-2 0–4 0–5 2–3 3–1 0–0 2–1 1–2 2–1 1–0 0–2 0–2
Kremin-2 0–3 0–2 0–0 0–1 1–2 0–5 1–2 1–1 0–1 0–1 1–1 0–7
Kudrivka 1–0 4–2 3–0 +/- 1–1 3–1 0–1 1–2 1–1 1–7 9–0 0–4
Lokomotyv Kyiv 2–3 1–1 3–1 0–0 0–2 2–1 5–0 0–1 2–0 2–1 0–0 2–1 0–2
Metalurh-2 -/+ -/+ -/+ 2–1 1–2 1–3 0–2 -/+ -/+ 3–2 1–1 0–2 3–0[b] 0–5
Nyva Vinnytsia 0–1 1–1[c] 1–4 1–0 2–1 +/- 2–0 2–1 2–2 1–1 4–7
Real Pharma 1–1 0–1 1–1 2–1 0–1 4–1 2–0 0–0 0–2 1–1 1–2 0–3
Rukh-2
 0–3 0–1 0–5 2–0 2–2 8–2 1–1 2–0 0–0 0–2
Skala 1911 2–1 1–2[d] 4–0 4–3 4–1 +/- 0–0 2–1 1–2[e] 1–0 3–0[f] 1–3
Trostianets 0–1 2–0 2–1 1–3 0–1 1–1 3–0 0–1 0–3 4–1 0–1
UCSA Tarasivka 2–1 0–1 1–1 8–1 3–0 1–1 +/- 3–1 4–0 4–0 3–0 1–1
Vast Mykolaiv 1–5 0–3
Zviahel 0–1 0–1 2–0 2–0 4–0 +/- 4–1 4–0 1–0[g] 4–1 0–2
Updated to match(es) played on 22 April 2024. Source: pfl.ua (in Ukrainian)
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
Notes:
  1. ^ The three of the Second League Round 17 matches on 11 November 2023 were postponed due to mass ballistic missile attack across Ukraine by the Russian Forces. The match was played the next day.
  2. ^ The Round 14 match (October 21) did not take place. Vast Mykolaiv announced that it withdraws from competitions.[40] On 26 October 2023 the UAF CDC adopted decision to award technical victory (3:0) to Metalurh and technical loss (0:3) to Vast after Vast failed to appear for the schedule match.[4]
  3. ^ The three of the Second League Round 17 matches on 11 November 2023 were postponed due to mass ballistic missile attack across Ukraine by the Russian Forces. The match was played the next day.
  4. ^ The match was postponed from August 20 (Round 3) to September 27 (after Round 9).
  5. ^ The three of the Second League Round 17 matches on 11 November 2023 were postponed due to mass ballistic missile attack across Ukraine by the Russian Forces. The match has been scheduled to be played on 27 November 2023.[41]
  6. ^ The match did not take place at scheduled time on 27 August 2023 and reason was not disclosed.[42] Later it became known that the game was postponed on the initiative of visiting team due to shortage of available players.[43] No later than 6 October 2023, the PFL updated its calendar showing the match result as 3–0 (before Round 11).[44]
  7. ^ Zviahel requested to have the Round 13 match Zviahel – Rukh-2 to be postponed as many players of Zviahel are out due to injuries and illnesses (URTI).[45] On 18 October 2023 the PFL announced that the match will take place on 15 November 2023 (after Round 17).[46]

Additional notes:

  • The Round 4 match (Vast–Karpaty-2) did not take place on scheduled date 3 September 2023 as Vast was not able to provide playing grounds being a home team.[47]
  • The Round 12 match (UCSA–Vast) did not take place on scheduled date 11 October 2023 due to financial struggle of Vast.[48] The match was rescheduled for 1 November 2023 (after Round 15).[44] Later Vast director explained that the club has no issues with financing, but rather with shortage of players and working to resolve this problem.[44]
  • The Round 14 match (October 27, Zviahel–Vast) did not take place since the UAF CDC has officially announced on October 26 that Vast was removed from Ukrainian professional football competitions.

Results by week

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 ╲ Round1234567891011121314151617181920212223242526
Rukh-2 Lviv
LWDLWWLLDWLWWLLW+DDDLL
Skala 1911 StryiWLDWWWLWLWLLWWLL+DWLWL
TrostianetsLLLDWLDWLWLLWDLLLDLDL
UCSA TarasivkaDWWWWWDLWWWWWDWWD+DWLWW
ZviahelWWWWLDWWWLWWWWWW+WDLWW
Updated to match(es) played on 22 April 2024. Source: pfl.ua

W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss