2024–25 Ukrainian Second League
 | |
| Season | 2024–25 |
|---|---|
| Dates | 7 August 2024 – 17 May 2025 (winter break: 27 October 2024 – 10 April 2025) |
| Matches played | 74 |
| Goals scored | 189 (2.55 per match) |
| Top goalscorer | Bohdan Orynchak (Probiy Horodenka) (5 goals) |
| Biggest home win | Chernihiv-ShVSM 8–2 Metalist 1925-2 (Round 1) |
| Biggest away win | Vilkhivtsi 0–5 Polissia-2 (Round 4) Sambir-Nyva-2 1–6 Probiy (Round 3) |
| Highest scoring | Chernihiv-ShVSM 8–2 Metalist 1925-2 (Round 1) |
| Longest winning run | Probiy Horodenka (4 games) |
| Longest winless run | Chaika Petropavlivska Borshchahivka Lokomotyv Kyiv (4 games each) |
| Highest attendance | 350 Kulykiv-Bilka vs Revera 1908 (Round 3) |
| Lowest attendance | attendance restrictions |
| Total attendance | 5,748 |
| Average attendance | 230 |
← 2023–24 2025–26 →
All statistics correct as of 28 September 2024. | |
The 2024–25 Ukrainian Second League is the 34th since its establishment.
Teams
[edit]Promoted teams
[edit]One team of the 2021–22 Ukrainian First League was readmitted to professional competitions:
- FC Uzhhorod – (returning after three years absence, based on FCI Uzhhorod)
Four teams have been promoted from the 2023–24 Ukrainian Football Amateur League:
- SC Vilkhivtsi – (debut)
- FC Kulykiv – (debut)
- Probiy Horodenka – (debut)
- Revera 1908 Ivano-Frankivsk – (debut)
Eight second teams have been added:
- Nyva-2 Ternopil – (debut, based on FC Sambir)
- Polissya-2 Zhytomyr – (debut)
- Vorskla-2 Poltava – (returning, last competed in the 2004–05 season)
- Kolos-2 Kovalivka – (debut, based on Shturm Ivankiv)[1]
- Oleksandriya-2 – (debut)
- Metalist 1925-2 Kharkiv – (debut, based on Metalist 1925 (U-19))
- Veres-Izotop-2 Varash – (debut, based on Izotop Varash)[2]
- Livyi Bereh-2 Kyiv – (debut)[3]
Relegated teams
[edit]Two teams were relegated from the 2023–24 Ukrainian First League.
- Chernihiv-ShVSM – 19th placed (returning, after two seasons)
- Hirnyk-Sport Horishni Plavni – 20th placed (returning, after 10 seasons)
Expelled and withdrawn teams
[edit]- Veres-Izotop-2 Varash - the club management refused to participate in the competition due to the lack of proper safety measures[4]
- Livyi Bereh-2 Kyiv – Livyi Bereh withdrew its second squad after its senior squad gained promotion to the Ukrainian Premier League.
Location map and stadiums
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Kulykiv
Nyva-2
Polissya-2
Probiy
Revera-1908
Vilkhivtsi
Metalist 1925-2
Stadiums
[edit]- Group A
| Team | Stadium[a][6] | Position in 2023–24 |
|---|---|---|
| Skala 1911 Stryi | Sokil Medyk, Morshyn |
6th |
| Rukh-2 Lviv | imeni Markevycha, Vynnyky |
9th |
| Real Pharma Odesa | Ivan | 12th |
| Kulykiv | Arena Kulykiv | AM |
| Probiy Horodenka | Kolos | AM |
| Vilkhivtsi | Vilkhivtsi Arena | AM |
| Revera 1908 Ivano-Frankivsk | imeni Hemby | AM |
| Uzhhorod | Avanhard | — |
| Nyva-2 Ternopil | imeni Brovarskoho, Sambir | — |
| Polissya-2 Zhytomyr | club's training field, Hlybochytsia | — |
- Group B
| Team | Stadium | Position in 2023–24 |
|---|---|---|
| Chernihiv | Chernihiv Arena Yunist |
1L |
| Hirnyk-Sport Horishni Plavni | Yunist | 1L |
| Chaika | Tsentralnyi imeni Brukvenka, Makariv | 4th |
| Nyva Vinnytsia | Tsentralnyi Miskyi | 8th |
| Lokomotyv Kyiv | imeni Bannikova | 10th |
| Trostianets | imeni Kutsa | 11th |
| Vorskla-2 Poltava | Molodizhnyi[7] Ltava |
— |
| Kolos-2 Kovalivka | Yuvileinyi, Bucha | — |
| Metalist 1925-2 Kharkiv | Kolos, Boryspil | — |
| Oleksandriya-2 | Olimp[8] | — |
Notes:
- [—] – The dash sign indicates that the club was admitted to the Second League without participation in the AAFU championship last season.
- 1L – indicates participants of the 2023–24 Ukrainian First League
- Am – indicates participants of the 2023–24 AAFU championship
Managers
[edit]Managerial changes
[edit]| Team | Outgoing head coach | Manner of departure | Date of vacancy | Table | Incoming head coach | Date of appointment |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kolos-2 Kovalivka | new team | Pre-season | Volodymyr Bondarenko | 13 June 2024[10] | ||
| Metalist 1925-2 Kharkiv | new team | Serhiy Karpenko | 13 June 2024[10] | |||
| Polissya-2 Zhytomyr | new team | Shil Kishan | 13 June 2024[10] | |||
| Vorskla-2 Poltava | new team | Iya Andrushchak | 13 June 2024[7] | |||
| Oleksandriya-2 | new team | Viktor Bytsiura | 14 June 2024[8] | |||
| Rukh-2 Lviv | Volodymyr Bezubyak | Change of role | 28 June 2024 | Ivan Fedyk | 28 June 2024[11] | |
| Nyva-2 Ternopil | new team | Serhiy Laktionov | 20 July 2024[12] | |||
| Metalist 1925-2 Kharkiv | Serhiy Karpenko | Change of role | 28 July 2024 | Maksym Tsvirenko | 29 July 2024[13] | |
| FC Uzhhorod | new team | Yaromyr Loboda | 2 August 2024[14] | |||
| Chaika Petropavlivska Borshchahivka | Serhiy Syzykhin | Left for Chonomorets | 6 August 2024[15] | Ihor Lutsenko | 7 August 2024[16] | |
| Metalist 1925-2 Kharkiv | Maksym Tsvirenko | became assistant to van Leeuwen | 20 August 2024 | 10th (Group B) | Serhiy Karpenko | 20 August 2024 |
| Skala 1911 Stryi | Mykhailo Basarab | Sacked | 19 September 2024[17] | 6th (Group A) | Stepan Matviiv | 19 September 2024[18] |
| Real Pharma Odesa | Andriy Parkhomenko | Resigned | 27 September 2024[19] | 10th (Group A) | Valentyn Poltavets (interim) | 27 September 2024 |
Notes:
- ^ The first game of the season Metalist 1925-2 was led by an acting manager Serhiy Volvakov[9]
Group A league table
[edit]
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion, qualification or relegation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Polissya-2 Zhytomyr | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 16 | 8 | +8 | 16[a] | Qualification to the league's title play-off |
| 2 | Kulykiv | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 14 | 7 | +7 | 16[a] | Qualification to the third place play-off |
| 3 | Probiy Horodenka | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 15 | 6 | +9 | 16[a] | |
| 4 | Rukh-2 Lviv | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 15 | 10 | +5 | 16[a] | Promotion restrictions |
| 5 | Vilkhivtsi | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 12 | −2 | 11[b] | |
| 6 | Skala 1911 Stryi | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 11[b] | |
| 7 | Uzhhorod | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 11 | 12 | −1 | 9 | |
| 8 | Sambir-Nyva-2 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 11 | −5 | 8 | Promotion restrictions |
| 9 | Revera 1908 Ivano-Frankivsk | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 9 | 16 | −7 | 7 | |
| 10 | Real Pharma Odesa | 8 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 3 | 17 | −14 | 3 |
Updated to match(es) played on 29 September 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:
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:
Group A results
[edit]Additional notes:
Group A results by week
[edit]Notes:
Group A goalscorers
[edit]As of 29 September 2024[update][22]
| Rank | Scorer | Team | Goals (Pen.) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Bohdan Orynchak | Probiy Horodenka | 7 (0) |
| 2 | 2 player(s) | 4 | |
| 4 | 6 player(s) | 3 | |
| 10 | 11 player(s) | 2 | |
| 21 | 48 player(s) | 1 | |
Notes:
Group B league table
[edit]
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion, qualification or relegation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kolos-2 Kovalivka | 7 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 14 | 3 | +11 | 19 | Qualification to the league's title play-off |
| 2 | Chernihiv-ShVSM | 8 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 13 | 4 | +9 | 16 | Qualification to the third place play-off |
| 3 | Hirnyk-Sport Horishni Plavni | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 8 | +1 | 13 | |
| 4 | Oleksandriya-2 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 11 | 10 | +1 | 12 | Promotion restrictions |
| 5 | Lokomotyv Kyiv | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 14 | 12 | +2 | 11 | |
| 6 | Chaika Petropavlivska Borshchahivka | 8 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 6 | −1 | 10 | |
| 7 | Vorskla-2 Poltava | 8 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 8 | 12 | −4 | 9 | Promotion restrictions |
| 8 | Trostianets | 7 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 7 | 5 | +2 | 8 | |
| 9 | Nyva Vinnytsia | 8 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 12 | −9 | 4 | |
| 10 | Metalist 1925-2 Kharkiv | 8 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 12 | 24 | −12 | 4 | Promotion restrictions |
Updated to match(es) played on 29 September 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).
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).
Group B results
[edit]Additional notes:
Group B results by week
[edit]Notes:
Top goalscorers
[edit]As of 29 September 2024[update][24]
| Rank | Scorer | Team | Goals (Pen.) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Anatoliy Romanchenko | Chernihiv-ShVSM | 4 (3) |
| 2 | 5 player(s) | 3 | |
| 7 | 15 player(s) | 2 | |
| 22 | 44 player(s) | 1 | |
Notes:
The league's play-offs
[edit]The winner of the league's title play-off gains direct promotion to the 2025–26 Ukrainian First League. The finalist of the league's title play-off and the winner of the third-place play-off gain qualification to the promotional play-offs.
| League's title | ||||
| A1 | ||||
| B1 | ||||
| Third place | ||||
| A2 | ||||
| B2 | ||||
Awards
[edit]Round awards
[edit]| Round | Player | Coach | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Player | Club | Reference | Coach | Club | Reference | |
| Round 1 | Vyacheslav Koydan | FC Chernihiv | [25] | Bohdan Kostyk | FC Kulykiv | [25] |
| Round 2 | Vladyslav Tyshyninov | FC Trostianets | [26] | Mykhailo Basarab | Skala 1911 Stryi | [26] |
| Round 3 | Dmytro Shastal | Polissya-2 Zhytomyr | [27] | Volodymyr Kovalyuk | Probiy Horodenka | [27] |
| Round 4 | Ivan Ilchuk | FC Uzhhorod | [28] | Volodymyr Kovalyuk | Probiy Horodenka | [28] |
| Round 5 | Vasyl Bilyi | FC Kulykiv | [29] | Serhiy Laktionov | Sambir-Nyva-2 | [29] |
| Round 6 | Ihor Neledva | Revera 1908 Ivano-Frankivsk | [30] | Ivan Fedyk | Rukh-2 Lviv | [30] |
| Round 7 | Edvard Kobak | Lokomotyv Kyiv | [31] | Kishan Hautam | Polissya-2 Zhytomyr | [31] |
| Round 8 | Bohdan Orynchak | Probiy Horodenka | [32] | Volodymyr Bondarenko | Kolos-2 Kovalivka | [32] |
| Round 9 | ||||||
| Round 10 | ||||||
| Round 11 | ||||||
| Round 12 | ||||||
| Round 13 | ||||||
| Round 14 | ||||||
| Round 15 | ||||||
| Round 16 | ||||||
| Round 17 | ||||||
| Round 18 | ||||||
| Round 19 | ||||||
| winter break | ||||||
| Round 20 | ||||||
| Round 21 | ||||||
| Round 22 | ||||||
Number of teams by region
[edit]
See also
[edit]- 2024–25 Ukrainian Premier League
- 2024–25 Ukrainian First League
- 2024–25 Ukrainian Football Amateur League
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