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Ukrainian Second League
Season2020–21
Matches played48
Goals scored128 (2.67 per match)
Top goalscorer5 – Yevhen Chepurnenko (Dinaz)
Biggest home win6 – Metal – Real Pharma 6:0 (Round 2)
Biggest away win4 – Dnipro – Metal 0:4 (Round 1)
Highest scoring7 – Kryvbas – Nikopol 6:1 (Round 2)
Longest winning run4 – Uzhhorod, Metal (Round 1–4)
Longest unbeaten run4 – 4 teams (Round 1–4)
Longest winless run4 – 4 teams (Round 1–4)
Longest losing run4 – Nyva, Nikopol (Round 1–4)
Highest attendance700 – Dnipro – Metal 0:4 (Round 1)
Lowest attendance0 – 15 games
Total attendance8790
Average attendance183
2021–22 →
All statistics correct as of 27 September 2020.

The 2020–21 Ukrainian Second League is the 30th since its establishment. The football competitions in the Second League kicked off on 6 September 2020, about half a month after promotion/relegation playoffs.

Summary

In this season, the bottom two teams of the First League will be relegated to the Second League. The top two teams from each group of the Second League will gain promotion to the First League for the next season.[1]

Teams

Seven teams have been promoted from the 2019–20 Ukrainian Football Amateur League:[2][3]

One reserve and one other team were added also without participation in the Ukrainian Football Amateur League:[2][3]

Relegated teams

Four teams have been relegated:[2][3]

Withdrawn teams

  • Avanhard-2 Kramatorsk – withdrawn before the season
  • Chornomorets-2 Odesa – withdrawn before the season
  • FC Kalush, after failing to arrive for the game against Epitsentr, it was confirmed that the club will not host the game against Karpaty Lviv.[7] The club withdrew even after paying their season's dues[8] without playing a single game.

Merged and renamed teams

Location map

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

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Home venues of teams in the 2020–21 Ukrainian Second League. SC Tavriya is forced to play its home games outside of Crimea (Autonomous Republic of Crimea).

Stadiums

Group A
Team[3] Stadium[a] Position in
2019–20
Karpaty Lviv Ukraina Stadium PL
Dinaz Vyshhorod Stadion im.Brukvenka 4th
Podillia Khmelnytskyi Sport Complex Podillia 6th
Chaika Stadion im.Brukvenka 7th
Bukovyna Chernivtsi Bukovyna Stadium 8th
Nyva Vinnytsia Tsentralnyi Stadion 9th
FC Uzhhorod Avanhard Stadium 10th
Obolon-2 Kyiv Yuvileinyi Stadium 11th
FC Chernihiv Chernihiv Arena Am
Epitsentr Dunaivtsi Kolos Stadium Am
Karpaty Halych Enerhetyk Stadium Am
Rubikon Kyiv Arsenal Arena Am
Volyn-2 Lutsk Pidshypnyk Stadium —
Group B
Team[3] Stadium[a] Position in
2019–20
Balkany Zoria Stadion im.B.Tropantsia 1L
Cherkashchyna Cherkasy Zorya Stadium 1L
Metalurh Zaporizhia Slavutych-Arena 1L
Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih Hirnyk Stadium[b] 4th
Enerhiya Nova Kakhovka Enerhiya Stadium 5th
FC Nikopol Elektrometalurh Stadium 6th
MFC Mykolaiv-2 Park Peremohy Stadium 7th
Tavriya Simferopol Marianivskyi Stadium[c] 8th
Real Pharma Odesa Stadion Ivan 9th
Dnipro Cherkasy Tsentralnyi Stadion Am
Peremoha Dnipro Stadion Olimpiyski Rezervy Am
Yarud Mariupol Stadion Azovets Am
Metal Kharkiv Soniachny Stadium[20] —
  1. ^ a b Minimum capacity of stadium for the Second League is 500 spectators.[19]
  2. ^ Last season it carried the name of Shakhta Oktiabrska Stadium
  3. ^ Tavriya Simferopol moved to play their home matches in Marianivka, Kakhovka Raion after merging with Tavria Novotroitske. All matches will be played in Kherson Oblast of Ukraine due to the Annexation of Crimea by the Russian Federation

Managers

Club Head coach Replaced coach
Balkany Zoria Ukraine Andriy Parkhomenko
Bukovyna Chernivtsi Ukraine Stepan Makoviychuk (interim)
Chaika Petropavlivska Borshchahivka Ukraine Taras Ilnytskyi
Cherkashchyna Cherkasy Ukraine Anatoliy Bezsmertnyi
FC Chernihiv Ukraine Vadym Postovoi
Dinaz Vyshhorod Ukraine Volodymyr Bondarenko
Dnipro Cherkasy Ukraine Yevhen Tarasenko
Enerhiya Nova Kakhovka Ukraine Oleh Fedorchuk
Epitsentr Dunaivtsi Ukraine Ihor Badlo
Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih Ukraine Hennadiy Prykhodko
FC Kalush Ukraine Stepan Matviyiv
Karpaty Halych Ukraine Roman Hnativ
Karpaty Lviv Ukraine Lyubomyr Vovchuk
Metal Kharkiv Ukraine Oleksandr Kucher
Metalurh Zaporizhia Ukraine Volodymyr Mykytyn
MFC Mykolaiv-2 Ukraine Mykola Popelyshko
FC Nikopol Ukraine Hryhoriy Varzhelenko
Nyva Vinnytsia Ukraine Oleh Shumovytskyi
Obolon-2 Kyiv Ukraine Oleksandr Antonenko
Peremoha Dnipro Ukraine Yevhen Yarovenko
Podillya Khmelnytskyi Ukraine Vitaliy Kostyshyn
Real Pharma Odesa Ukraine Artem Riazantsev
Rubikon Kyiv Ukraine Viktor Kuriata
Tavriya Simferopol Ukraine Serhiy Shevchenko
FC Uzhhorod Ukraine Volodymyr Vasiutyk
Volyn-2 Lutsk Ukraine Albert Shakhov
Yarud Mariupol Ukraine Dmytro Yesin

Managerial changes

Team Outgoing head coach Manner of departure Date of vacancy Table Incoming head coach Date of appointment Table
FC Uzhhorod Ukraine Mykhailo Ivanytsia Resigned 18 June 2020[21] Pre-season Ukraine Volodymyr Vasiutyk 23 July 2020[22] Pre-season
Real Pharma Odesa Ukraine Oleksandr Spitsyn Unknown 28 June 2020[23] Ukraine Artem Riazantsev 28 June 2020[23]
Metal Kharkiv New club Ukraine Oleksandr Kucher 25 July 2020[24]
Karpaty Lviv Ukraine Roman Sanzhar Mutual agreement 29 July 2020[25] Ukraine Lyubomyr Vovchuk 24 August 2020[26]
Peremoha Dnipro Ukraine Yevhen Fetisov[27] Undisclosed 5 August 2020 Ukraine Yevhen Yarovenko 5 August 2020[28]
Karpaty Halych Ukraine Petro Rusak Undisclosed 24 August 2020 Ukraine Roman Hnativ 24 August 2020[26]
Metalurh Zaporizhya Ukraine Oleksiy Hodin (interim) End of interim 27 August 2020 Ukraine Volodymyr Mykytyn 27 August 2020[29]
Volyn-2 Lutsk New club Ukraine Albert Shakhov 3 September 2020[30]
FC Cherkashchyna Ukraine Oleksandr Kyrylyuk Undisclosed 6 September 2020 Ukraine Anatoliy Bezsmertnyi 6 September 2020[31]

Notes:

Group A

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion, qualification or relegation
1 FC Uzhhorod 4 4 0 0 6 2 +4 12 Promotion to Ukrainian First League[1]
2 Podillya Khmelnytskyi 4 2 2 0 7 3 +4 8
3 Dinaz Vyshhorod 4 2 1 1 14 7 +7 7
4 Epitsentr Dunaivtsi 3 2 1 0 4 1 +3 7
5 FC Chernihiv 4 2 0 2 4 5 −1 6
6 Bukovyna Chernivtsi 4 2 0 2 4 7 −3 6
7 Karpaty Halych 4 1 2 1 5 5 0 5
8 Obolon-2 Kyiv 3 1 1 1 3 2 +1 4 Promotion restrictions
9 Chaika Petropavlivska Borshchahivka 4 1 1 2 6 6 0 4
10 Volyn-2 Lutsk 3 1 0 2 3 3 0 3 Promotion restrictions
11 Karpaty Lviv 3 1 0 2 5 7 −2 3
12 Rubikon Kyiv 4 0 2 2 2 6 −4 2
13 Nyva Vinnytsia 4 0 0 4 4 13 −9 0
– FC Kalush 0 - - - - - — 0 Withdrew after Round 1 before their first game[32]
Updated to match(es) played on 27 September 2020. 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 amount of tournament points at the moment of calculation and not only among those which after preliminary criteria have appeared more successful).[19]

Results

Home \ Away BUK CPB CHE DIN EPD KAH KAR NVV OB2 POD RUB UZH VO2
Bukovyna Chernivtsi 0–1
Chaika 0–1 1–2
FC Chernihiv 0–1 1–0
Dinaz Vyshhorod 5–1 5–1
Epitsentr Dunaivtsi 2–0
Karpaty Halych 2–2 3–1 0–0
Karpaty Lviv 4–1 0–3
Nyva Vinnytsia 1–2 1–3
Obolon-2 Kyiv 0–0 0–1
Podillya Khmelnytskyi 3–3 1–0
Rubikon Kyiv 1–3 0–2 1–1
FC Uzhhorod 2–1
Volyn-2 Lutsk 3–1
Updated to match(es) played on 27 September 2020. Source: pfl.ua (in Ukrainian)
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Notes:

Top goalscorers

As of 27 September 2020

Rank Scorer Team Goals
(Pen.)
1 Ukraine Yevhen Chepurnenko Dinaz Vyshhorod 5 (1)
2 Ukraine Mykola Bui Epitsentr Dunaivtsi 2
Ukraine Denys Hromok Nyva Vinnytsia 2
Ukraine Dmytro Kasimov Obolon-2 Bucha 2
Ukraine Vitaliy Kaverin Podillia Khmelnytskyi 2
Ukraine Ihor Kirienko Dinaz Vyshhorod 2
Nigeria Joseph Enete Kosisochukwu Karpaty Lviv 2
Ukraine Vasyl Palahniuk Bukovyna Chernivtsi 2
Ukraine Adrian Pukanych FC Uzhhorod 2
Ukraine Viktor Riashko FC Uzhhorod 2
Ukraine Volodymyr Tymenko Chaika Petropavlivska Borshchahivka 2 (1)
Ukraine Oleksandr Zhdanov Podillia Khmelnytskyi 2 (1)

Number of teams by region (Group A)

Number Region Team(s)
4  Kyiv Oblast (inc. Kiev) Chaika, Dinaz, Obolon-2 and Rubikon
2  Ivano-Frankivsk Oblast Kalush and Karpaty H.
 Khmelnytskyi Oblast Podillya and Epitsentr
1  Chernihiv Oblast FC Chernihiv
 Chernivtsi Oblast Bukovyna
 Lviv Oblast Karpaty L.
 Rivne Oblast Veres
 Vinnytsia Oblast Nyva
 Volyn Oblast Volyn-2
 Zakarpattia Oblast Uzhhorod

Group B

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion, qualification or relegation
1 Metal Kharkiv 4 4 0 0 14 0 +14 12 Promotion to Ukrainian First League[1]
2 Tavriya Simferopol 4 3 1 0 8 2 +6 10
3 Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih 4 2 1 1 8 3 +5 7
4 Balkany Zoria 4 2 1 1 7 2 +5 7
5 Cherkashchyna Cherkasy 3 2 1 0 4 0 +4 7
6 Metalurh Zaporizhia 4 2 1 1 5 4 +1 7
7 Enerhiya Nova Kakhovka 3 2 0 1 5 4 +1 6
8 Peremoha Dnipro 4 1 2 1 1 2 −1 5
9 Real Pharma Odesa 4 1 0 3 1 9 −8 3
10 Yarud Mariupol 3 0 1 2 3 7 −4 1
11 Dnipro Cherkasy 3 0 1 2 0 5 −5 1
12 MFC Mykolaiv-2 4 0 1 3 2 8 −6 1 Promotion restrictions
13 FC Nikopol 4 0 0 4 1 13 −12 0 Relegation to Amateurs[1]
Updated to match(es) played on 27 September 2020. 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 amount of tournament points at the moment of calculation and not only among those which after preliminary criteria have appeared more successful).[19]

Results

Home \ Away BAZ MEZ CHE ENK KRY MK2 NIK RPO TAV DNI PER YAR MET
Balkany Zoria 4–0 3–1
Metalurh Zaporizhia 1–4 0–0
Cherkashchyna Cherkasy 2–0 0–0
Enerhiya Nova Kakhovka 0–2
Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih 1–1 6–1
MFC Mykolaiv-2 0–1 1–2
FC Nikopol 0–3 0–2
Real Pharma Odesa 0–2 0–1
Tavriya Simferopol 1–0 1–1
Dnipro Cherkasy 0–1 0–4
Peremoha Dnipro 0–0 1–0
Yarud Mariupol 1–3
Metal Kharkiv 6–0 2–0
Updated to match(es) played on 27 September 2020. Source: pfl.ua (in Ukrainian)
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Notes:

Position by round

Updated to match(es) played on 27 September 2020. Source: pfl.ua

Top goalscorers

As of 27 September 2020

Rank Scorer Team Goals
(Pen.)
1 Ukraine Ruslan Fomin Metal Kharkiv 4
Ukraine Vladyslav Nekhtiy Metal Kharkiv 4
3 Ukraine Eduard Sarapiy Metalurh Zaporizhia 3
Ukraine Andriy Hryhoryk Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih 3 (1)
5 Ukraine Bohdan Mohylnyi Metalurh Zaporizhia 2
Ukraine Kostiantyn Parkhomenko Balkany Zoria 2
Ukraine Serhiy Platunov Balkany Zoria 2
Ukraine Yevhen Riazantsev Metal Kharkiv 2

Number of teams by region (Group B)

Number Region Team(s)
3  Dnipropetrovsk Oblast Kryvbas, Nikopol and Peremoha
2  Cherkasy Oblast Cherkashchyna and Dnipro
 Odessa Oblast Balkany and Real Pharma
1  Crimea Tavriya
 Donetsk Oblast Yarud
 Kharkiv Oblast Metal
 Kherson Oblast Enerhiya
 Mykolaiv Oblast Mykolaiv-2
 Zaporizhia Oblast Metalurh

Post-season play-offs

According to Article 8.4 of the season's regulations, there is expected to be a championship game.[19]

Championship game

Awards

Round awards

Round Player Coach
Player Club Reference Coach Club Reference
Round 1 Ukraine Ruslan Fomin Metal Kharkiv [33] Ukraine Volodymyr Bondarenko Dinaz Vyshhorod [33]
Round 2 Ukraine Andriy Hryhoryk Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih [34] Ukraine Oleksandr Antonenko Obolon-2 Kyiv [34]
Round 3 Ukraine Oleh Bereza Karpaty Lviv [35] Ukraine Ihor Badlo Epitsentr Dunaivtsi [35]
Round 4 Ukraine Yevhen Chepurnenko Dinaz Vyshhorod [36] Ukraine Serhiy Shevchenko Tavriya Simferopol [37]
Round 5
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
Round 20
Round 21
Round 22

See also

References

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  2. ^ a b c "Во Второй Лиге сезона 2020/2021 сыграют 27 клубов" (in Russian). Sport Arena. 21 August 2020. Retrieved 21 August 2020.
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  4. ^ Official. The UAF CDC decision in regard to FC Peremoha Dnipro (Офіційно. Рішення КДК УАФ щодо ФК «Перемога» (Дніпро)). Ukrainian Association of Football. 8 August 2019
  5. ^ Two Karpatys, two Cherkasy teams and eight debutants; new teams of the 2020–21 Second League (Двоє "Карпат", дві черкаські команди і вісім дебютів: нові команди у Другій лізі у сезоні 2020/21). Professional Football League. 24 August 2020
  6. ^ Oleh Semenchenko. Oleh Smaliychuk about rescue and future of "Karpaty", "They wanted to sell us by pieces (Олег Смалійчук - про порятунок та майбутнє "Карпат": "Нас хотіли роздеребанити по частинах"). Footboom. 22 August 2020
  7. ^ Artur Malkin. "Karpaty" confirmed that the game against "Kalush" will not take place ("Карпати" підтвердили, що матч із "Калушем" не відбудеться). Footboom. 9 September 2020
  8. ^ Arkadiy Kapelka. "Kalush" is withdrawing from the Second League ("Калуш" снимается со Второй лиги). Footboom. 9 September 2020
  9. ^ Sergei Oleksiuk. The president of Hirnyk Karamanits confirmed renaming of his club into Kryvbass-2020 (Президент Горняка Караманиц подтвердил переименование клуба в Кривбасс-2020). Sport Arena. 29 July 2020
  10. ^ Vyacheslav Ch. Hirnyk was officially renamed into Kryvbas (Горняк официально переименовали в Кривбасс). Sport Arena. 20 August 2020
  11. ^ FC Kryvbas which Zelensky instructed Yuzik to revive will be playing in the Second League (ФК "Кривбасс", который Зеленский поручил возродить Юзику, будет выступать во Второй лиге). Gordonua.com. 3 August 2020
  12. ^ Liubomyr Chotyrbok. Revived "Kryvbas" by killing "Hirnyk": How deputy Yuzik fulfilled the request of Zelensky (Восстановили "Кривбасс", убив "Горняк": Как депутат Юзик выполнил поручение Зеленского). Sector.depo.ua. 5 August 2020
  13. ^ Photo. The revival happened. Kryvbas conducted presentation of its new team (ФОТО. Есть возрождение. Кривбасс провел презентацию новой команды). Sport.ua. 20 August 2020
  14. ^ Ivan Serdiuk. Who and why began to revive FC Kryvbas after 7 years of nonexistence (Кто и зачем принялся возрождать ФК «Кривбасс» после 7 лет небытия?). Kryvbass.city. 19 August 2020
  15. ^ In Chernihiv region could become by one professional team more (На Чернігівщині може стати на одну професійну футбольну команду Більше). Chernihiv City portal. 4 March 2020
  16. ^ FC Chernihiv goes to the Second League! (ФК Чернигов идет во Вторую лигу!). FC Chernihiv. 2 March 2020
  17. ^ For the first time in history in Chernihiv simultaneously will play two professional football clubs (У Чернігові вперше в історії одночасно гратимуть два професійні футбольні клуби). 0462.ua. 21 August 2020
  18. ^ Tavria united with amateur team from Novotroitske (Таврия объединилась с аматорской командой из Новотроицкого). Sport Arena. 22 August 2020
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  20. ^ The PFL administration decision: "Polissia" will play in Kiev, while "Metal" will be hosting games at "Soniachny" (Рішення Адміністрації ПФЛ: "Полісся" гратиме у Києві, а "Метал" - на "Сонячному"). Footboom. 8 September 2020
  21. ^ Mykhailo Ivanytsia leaves FC Uzhhorod (Михайло Іваниця покинув ФК Ужгород). FC Uzhhorod. 18 June 2020
  22. ^ The Second League club Uzhhorod is heading by Volodymyr Vasiutyk (Второлиговый Ужгород возглавил Владимир Васютик). Sport Arena. 23 July 2020
  23. ^ a b Artem Riazantsev is appointed a head coach of Real Pharma (Артем Рязанцев назначен главным тренером Реал Фармы). Sport Arena. 28 June 2020
  24. ^ Kucher will become a playing head coach of Kharkivian Metal (Кучер станет играющим главным тренером харьковского Металла). Sport Arena. 25 July 2020
  25. ^ Artur Malkin. Official. Roman Sanzhar left "Karpaty" (Офіційно: Роман Санжар залишив "Карпати"). Footboom. 29 July 2020
  26. ^ a b Aleksandr Oleinik. The rotation of coaches in Karpatys: Hnativ left to work in Halych, Vovchuk is heading the Lvivian (Смена тренеров в Карпатах: Гнатив ушел работать в Галыч, Вовчук возглавил львовские). Sport Arena. 24 August 2020
  27. ^ Yevhen Fetisov. Footboom. accessed 26 August 2020
  28. ^ Artur Malkin. Yevhen Yarovenko is a head coach of Peremoha, Oleh Taran is a sportive director (Євген Яровенко - головний тренер "Перемоги", Олег Таран - спортивний директор). Footboom. 5 August 2020
  29. ^ MFC Metalurh introduced the new head coach (МФК «Металург» представив нового головного тренера). FC Metalurh Zaporizhya. 27 August 2020
  30. ^ Meet Volyn-2 (Знайомтеся – «Волинь-2»). FC Volyn Lutsk. 3 September 2020
  31. ^ Bezsmertnyi is appointed a head coach of Cherkashchyna (Бессмертный назначен главным тренером Черкащины). Sport Arena. 7 September 2020
  32. ^ https://sport.ua/news/502887-kalush-snimaetsya-so-vtoroy-ligi
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  34. ^ a b https://sportarena.com/football/ukraina-vtoraya-liga/fomin-kaverin-pukanych-i-vsya-sbornaya-2-go-tura/
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  37. ^ http://uafc.org.ua/trenerskyj-rakurs-sergij-shevchenko-najkrashhyj-trener-4-go-turu-drugoyi-ligy/
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