2015–16 Ukrainian Second League

The 2015–16 Ukrainian Second League was the 25th season of 3rd level professional football in Ukraine. The competition commenced on 26 July 2015 with a full round of matches. From 1 November 2015 to 26 March 2016 the competition was on winter break. The competition resumed with Round 16 and completed on 1 June 2016.

Ukrainian Second League
Season2015–16
ChampionsFC Kolos Kovalivka
PromotedKolos Kovalivka
Veres Rivne
Inhulets Petrove
Bukovyna Chernivtsi
Skala Stryi
Arsenal-Kyiv Kyiv
RelegatedBarsa (withdrew)
Matches played182
Goals scored487 (2.68 per match)
Top goalscorer20 – Oleksandr Bondarenko (Kolos)
Biggest home winKremin 8–0 Arsenal-Kyivshchyna (Round 26)
Biggest away winNikopol-NPHU 0–6 Bukovyna (Round 5)
Highest scoring8 – Kremin 8–0 Arsenal-Kyivshchyna (Round 26)
Longest winning run5 – Skala (Round 4–8)
Veres (Round 5–9)
Kremin (Round 13–17)
Kolos (Round 21–25)
Longest unbeaten run9 – Inhulets (Round 1–9) and (Round 16–24)
Kolos (Round 1–9)
Longest winless run16 – Barsa (Round 7–22)
Longest losing run7 – Barsa (Round 16–22)
Highest attendance5,400 – Bukovyna–Barsa (Round 11)
Lowest attendance50 – Nikopol-NPHU–Real Pharma (Round 14)

Team changes

Admitted teams

The following teams were admitted by the PFL after playing in the 2015 Ukrainian Football Amateur League and passing attestation.[1]

Relegated teams

Withdrawn teams

Relocated teams

Renamed teams
  • FC Nikopol-NPHU – Prior to the start of the season FC NPHU-Makiyivvuhillya Nikopol formally withdrew from the PFL and then reentered under their new name.[5]

Location map

The following displays the location of teams.

Home venues of teams in the 2015–16 Ukrainian Second League.

League table
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion or relegation
1 Kolos Kovalivka (C, P) 26 19 3 4 62 22 +40 60 Promoted to Ukrainian First League[lower-alpha 1]
2 Veres Rivne (P) 26 16 4 6 41 24 +17 52
3 Inhulets Petrove (P) 26 14 8 4 37 16 +21 50
4 Bukovyna Chernivtsi (P) 26 13 8 5 39 22 +17 47
5 Skala Stryi (P) 26 13 7 6 41 23 +18 46
6 Arsenal Kyiv (P) 26 13 4 9 37 30 +7 43
7 Real Pharma Odesa 26 12 5 9 31 29 +2 41
8 Kremin Kremenchuk 26 11 7 8 43 31 +12 40
9 Enerhiya Nova Kakhovka 26 10 3 13 31 38 −7 33
10 Krystal Kherson 26 9 1 16 31 47 −16 28
11 Myr Hornostayivka 26 8 3 15 38 47 −9 27
12 Barsa Sumy 26 5 3 18 14 51 −37 18 Withdrew after the season[lower-alpha 2]
13 Arsenal-Kyivshchyna Bila Tserkva 26 5 2 19 24 56 −32 17
14 FC Nikopol-NPHU 26 2 6 18 18 51 −33 12
Source: Scoresway[9]
Rules for classification: 1) points 2) goal difference 3) goals scored 4) head-to-head points 5) head-to-head goal difference 6) head-to-head goals scored 7) head-to-head fair play (all games) 8) draw or playoff[10]
(C) Champions; (P) Promoted
Notes:
  1. On 19 June 2015 the Professional Football League of Ukraine confirmed the number of clubs and criteria for relegation for the next season.[6] It was decided that top two clubs would be promoted for the next season with the third playing play-off against the 14th placed team in the First League. However, two days before the end of the season, on 30 May 2016 the PFL ruled that due to sporting principles to keep 16 teams in the First League the promotion-relegation playoff match between the third placed team against the 14th placed team in the First League is cancelled and that the third placed team will be automatically promoted to the first League.[7]
  2. After the season the Administration of Barsa Sumy informed the PFL that they would withdraw from the professional league.[8] (7 July 2016)

Results
As of 1 June 2016
Home \ Away ARK AKB BAS BUC ENK IHP KOK KRE KRK NIK MYH RPO SKS VER
Arsenal Kyiv[lower-alpha 1] 2–1 3–0 1–0 0–3 3–1 3–1 1–1 2–1 2–0 3–2 4–0 0–3 1–2
Arsenal-Kyivschyna Bila Tserkva 0–2 5–1 0–2 2–0 0–0 0–4 1–2 1–2 2–4 0–3 0–1 0–2 2–1
Barsa Sumy 1–0 0–1 0–1 0–3 0–1 0–2 1–0 2–0 0–0 1–1 0–1 1–3 1–4
Bukovyna Chernivtsi 0–0 2–1 1–1 2–1 2–2 2–0 0–0 2–0 0–0 2–0 2–0 0–0 2–1
Enerhiya Nova Kakhovka 1–2 4–3 1–0 1–2 0–1 1–1 0–4 3–0 4–2 2–0 0–2 0–1 1–3
Inhulets Petrove 4–0 4–1 2–0[lower-alpha 2] 2–0 0–1 1–0 2–1 3–0 2–0 0–0 0–0 2–0 3–1
Kolos Kovalivka 1–0 2–0 7–0 2–2 6–1 1–1 3–1 2–0 2–0 4–2 2–0 0–3 3–2
Kremin Kremenchuk 1–0 8–0 3–1 1–3 0–0 0–0 1–3 2–1 1–1 2–1 1–0 3–1 1–1
Krystal Kherson 2–0 2–0 2–0 3–1 2–0 0–2 0–4 3–2 3–2 3–4 1–2 2–2 0–2
Nikopol 0–0 1–0 0–1 0–6 1–2 1–1 1–5 0–3 0–1 1–4 1–2 2–2 0–1
Myr Hornostayivka 2–3 3–0 0–1 3–2 1–1 1–3 0–1 3–4 1–0 1–0 2–1 0–3 0–1
Real Pharma Odesa 0–3 0–0 4–0 3–2 0–1 0–0 1–2 3–0 3–2 3–0 3–1 1–0 1–1
Skala Stryi 0–0 2–3 3–1 0–0 1–0 2–0 0–1 1–1 2–1 2–1 3–2 4–0 0–1
Veres Rivne 3–2 2–1 3–0 0–1 2–0 2–0 0–3 1–0 2–0 1–0 3–1 0–0 1–1
Updated to match(es) played on 1 June 2016. Source: (in Ukrainian)
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
Notes:
  1. Arsenal Kyiv played their home games at Kniazha Arena from Round 8 onwards instead of Kolos Stadium
  2. Inhulets Petrove played their Round 16 and Round 18 matches at O.H. Povoroznyuka Stadium in Volodymyrivka, Kirovohrad Oblast.[11]

Round by round

The following table represents the teams position after each round in the competition.

Team ╲ Round1234567891011121314151617181920212223242526
Kolos Kovalivka44321111111111111111111111
Veres Rivne67575333324334322433322222
Inhulets Petrove21112222243245545344433333
Bukovyna Chernivtsi126863655555553454555554454
Skala Stryi1010987544432422233222245545
Arsenal Kyiv91111108899866766888768887766
Real Pharma Odesa15759988978677667876666677
Kremin Kremenchuk78691010101010119988776687778888
Enerhiya Nova Kakhovka891011121312121312121212121211111111111111111099
Krystal Kherson322347666101111101010109109991010111110
Myr Hornostayivka11131414111111111197899991091010109991011
Barsa Sumy534464777810101111111212121212121212121212
Arsenal-Kyivschyna Bila Tserkva1314121213141414121313131313131313131313131313131313
Nikopol1412131314121313141414141414141414141414141414141414
Updated to match(es) played on 1 June 2016. Source: pfl.ua

Top goalscorers
As of 1 June 2016[12]
Rank Scorer Goals
(Pen.)		 Team
1 Ukraine Oleksandr Bondarenko 20 (1) Kolos Kovalivka
2 Ukraine Ihor Tymchenko 17 (3) Kremin Kremenchuk
3 Ukraine Yuriy Komyahin 13 (4) Myr Hornostayivka
4 Ukraine Vitaliy Ryabushko 10 Skala Stryi
5 Ukraine Anton Yaremenko 8 Veres Rivne
Ukraine Kostiantyn Cherniy 8 (3) Kremin Kremenchuk

Notes:

See also

References
  1. Пять аматорских клубов получили аттестат на участие во Второй лиге [Five amateur clubs obtained attestation to compete in the Second League] (in Russian). ua-football.com. 18 June 2015. Retrieved 23 June 2014.
  2. Верес отримав право грати у Другій лізі [Veres obtained the right to play in the Second League] (in Ukrainian). ua-football.com. 18 June 2015. Retrieved 23 June 2014.
  3. Шахтер-3 прекращает участие во второй лиге [Shakhtar-3 is ceasing participation in the Second League]. UA-Football (in Russian). 3 June 2015. Retrieved 23 June 2015.
  4. Реал Фарма окончательно перебрался в Одессу [Real Pharma finally moves to Odesa] (in Russian). ua-football.com. 19 June 2015. Retrieved 23 June 2015.
  5. (in Russian) "Сталь и еще пять клубов вышли из состава ПФЛ, восемь - включено" [Stal and other five clubs left the PFL, while other eight were included]. UA-Football. 20 June 2015. Retrieved 24 June 2015.
  6. "Statement of the 24th Conference of the Professional Football League of Ukraine" (PDF). Professional Football League of Ukraine (in Ukrainian). 19 June 2015. Archived from the original (PDF) on 21 July 2015. Retrieved 19 July 2015.
  7. ПФЛ відмінила плей-офф за місце у 1 лізі, третя команда 2 ліги підвищується напряму [PFL cancelled the playoffs for a place in First League, Second League third team obtains direct promotion]. UA-Football (in Ukrainian). 31 May 2016. Retrieved 31 May 2016.
  8. Барса знімається зі змагань, Тепловик і Суднобудівник - без атестатів [Barsa withdraw from competition, Teplovyk and Sudonobudivnyk without attestation]. UA-Football (in Ukrainian). 7 July 2016. Retrieved 7 July 2016.
  9. "Ukraine Druga League". Scoresway. Archived from the original on 2015-09-24. Retrieved 2015-07-22.
  10. "РЕГЛАМЕНТ Стаття 8. Визначення місць команд у турнірній таблиці (Regulations: Statute 8 Standing place position in the tournament table)" (PDF) (in Ukrainian). PFL. 12 July 2013. Retrieved 24 September 2015.
  11. Вторая лига: анонс матчей 16-го тура [Second League: Match previews Round 16] (in Ukrainian). football.sport.ua. 26 March 2016. Retrieved 9 April 2016.
  12. Full roster at UA-Football (inaccurate, one round behind)
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