2023–24 Ukrainian Second League

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

Ukrainian Second League
Season2023–24
Dates6 August 2023[1] – 25 May 2024
(winter break: 24 November 2023 – 22 March 2024)
Matches played88
Goals scored296 (3.36 per match)
Top goalscorerDenys Ndukve
(11 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 runUSCA Kyiv
Druzhba Myrivka
(5 matches)
Longest unbeaten runUSCA Kyiv
(7 matches)
Longest winless runKremin-2 Kremenchuk
(12 matches)
Longest losing runKremin-2 Kremenchuk
(9 matches)
Total attendance0
Average attendance0
2024–25 →
All statistics correct as of 16 October 2023.

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.

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]

Expelled 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 a scheduled match for second time.[4]

Location map and stadiums
Home venues of teams in the 2023–24 Ukrainian Second League
Team Stadium[lower-alpha 1][6] 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.[5]

Managers
Club Head coach Replaced coach
Chaika Petropavlivska BorshchahivkaUkraine Serhiy Syzykhin
Druzhba MyrivkaUkraine Dmytro Chyrykal
Karpaty-2 LvivUkraine Roman Hnativ
Kremin-2 KremenchukUkraine Roman LoktionovUkraine Yaroslav Zdyrko
KudrivkaUkraine Serhiy Datsenko
Lokomotyv KyivUkraine Vadym LazorenkoUkraine Ruslan Umanets
Metalurh-2 ZaporizhzhiaUkraine Andriy Zubchenko
Nyva VinnytsiaUkraine Yuriy Yaroshenko
Real Pharma OdesaUkraine Andriy Parkhomenko
Rukh-2 LvivUkraine Volodymyr Bezubyak
Skala 1911 StryiUkraine Mykhailo Basarab (caretaker)Ukraine Mykola Vasylyshyn
TrostianetsUkraine Valeriy Shapovalov
UCSA TarasivkaUkraine Mykola Tsymbal
Vast MykolaivUkraine Ihor Yermakov
ZviahelUkraine Serhiy ShyshchenkoUkraine Yuriy Maksymov

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

League table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion, qualification or relegation
1 Druzhba Myrivka 13 11 1 1 34 6 +28 34 Promotion to Ukrainian First League
2 UCSA Kyiv 13 10 2 1 35 6 +29 32 Qualification to promotional play-off
3 Chaika Petropavlivska Borshchahivka 13 9 1 3 26 9 +17 28[lower-alpha 1]
4 Zviahel 12 9 1 2 41 9 +32 28[lower-alpha 1]
5 Kudrivka 13 7 2 4 26 17 +9 23
6 Skala 1911 Stryi 13 7 1 5 23 21 +2 22
7 Nyva Vinnytsia 13 5 3 5 25 23 +2 18
8 Rukh-2 Lviv 12 5 2 5 18 16 +2 17
9 Karpaty-2 Lviv 12 5 1 6 19 23 −4 16 Promotion restrictions
10 Trostianets 13 4 2 7 15 19 −4 14
11 Metalurh-2 Zaporizhzhia 12 4 0 8 13 37 −24 12 Promotion restrictions
12 Real Pharma Odesa 13 3 2 8 13 23 −10 11[lower-alpha 2]
13 Lokomotyv Kyiv 13 3 2 8 13 27 −14 11[lower-alpha 2]
14 Vast Mykolaiv 10 1 1 8 8 40 −32 4
15 Kremin-2 Kremenchuk 13 0 1 12 6 39 −33 1 Promotion restrictions
Updated to match(es) played on 22 October 2023. 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. Head-to-head points: Chaika 3, Zviahel 0
  2. Head-to-head points: Real Pharma 3, Lokomotyv 0

Results
Home \ Away CPB DRU KL2 KR2 KDR LOK MT2 NVI RPO RL2 SKL TRO UCS VST ZVA
Chaika Petropavlivska Borshchahivka 1–0 3–0 2–1 3–0 1–3 5–1
Druzhba Myrivka 2–0 0–0 9–1 2–0 2–1 7–1
Karpaty-2 Lviv 0–4 0–5 2–3 3–1 2–1 0–2 0–2
Kremin-2 Kremenchuk 0–3 0–1 1–2 0–5 1–2 0–1 1–1 0–7
Kudrivka 1–0 3–0 3–1 1–1 9–0 0–4
Lokomotyv Kyiv 2–3 1–1 3–1 0–2 0–1 2–1 0–0 2–1
Metalurh-2 Zaporizhzhia 1–2 3–2 0–2 3–0[lower-alpha 1] 0–5
Nyva Vinnytsia 0–1 1–4 1–0 2–1 2–0 2–2 1–1 4–7
Real Pharma Odesa 1–1 0–1 4–1 2–0 0–0 1–2
Rukh-2 Lviv 0–1 0–5 2–0 8–2 1–1 2–0 0–2
Skala 1911 Stryi 2–1 1–2[lower-alpha 2] 4–3 4–1 2–1 1–0 3–0[lower-alpha 3] 1–3
Trostianets 0–1 2–0 2–1 0–1 3–0 0–3 4–1
UCSA Kyiv 8–1 3–0 3–1 4–0 3–0 –[lower-alpha 4] 1–1
Vast Mykolaiv –[lower-alpha 5] 1–5 0–3
Zviahel 0–1 0–1 4–0 4–0 –[lower-alpha 6] 4–1
Updated to match(es) played on 22 October 2023. Source: pfl.ua (in Ukrainian)
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
Notes:
  1. The Round 14 match (October 21) did not take place. Vast Mykolaiv announced that it withdraws from competitions.[30] 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.
  2. The match was postponed from August 20 (Round 3) to September 27 (after Round 9).
  3. The match did not take place at scheduled time on 27 August 2023 and reason was not disclosed.[31] Later it became known that the game was postponed on the initiative of visiting team due to shortage of available players.[32] No later than 6 October 2023, the PFL updated its calendar showing the match result as 3–0 (before Round 11).[33]
  4. The Round 12 match did not take place on scheduled date 11 October 2023 due to financial struggle of Vast.[34] The match was rescheduled for 1 November 2023 (after Round 15).[33] Later Vast director explained that the club has no issues with financing, but rather with shortage of players and working to resolve this problem.[33]
  5. The Round 4 match did not take place on scheduled date 3 September 2023 as Vast was not able to provide playing grounds being a home team.[35]
  6. 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).[36] On 18 October 2023 the PFL announced that the match will take place on 15 November 2023 (after Round 17).[37]

Notes:

    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 ╲ Round123456789101112131415161718192021222324252627282930
    Chaika Petropavlivska BorshchahivkaWWLDWWWLWLWWW
    Druzhba MyrivkaWWWWWLWWWWWDW
    Karpaty-2 LvivWLLWWWLWLLDL
    Kremin-2 KremenchukLLLLLLLLLDLLL
    KudrivkaLWLDWWWLWWLDW
    Lokomotyv KyivDLLLLLLLWLWDW
    Metalurh-2 ZaporizhzhiaWWWLLLLLLLLW
    Nyva VinnytsiaLLWDDWLDWWLLW
    Real Pharma OdesaWWDLLWLLLDLLL
    Rukh-2 LvivLWWDLWWLLDWL
    Skala 1911 StryiWLDWWWLWWLWLL
    TrostianetsLLLDWLWDWLWLL
    UCSA KyivDWWWWWDLWWWWW
    Vast MykolaivLLLLLLDLLW
    ZviahelWWWWLDWWWLWW
    Updated to match(es) played on 22 October 2023. Source: pfl.ua
    W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

    Top goalscorers

    As of 22 October 2023[38]

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