2007–08 Ukrainian Second League

Ukrainian Second League
Season2007–08
ChampionsFC Knyazha Schaslyve
FC Komunalnyk Luhansk
Relegated5 withdrew
Top goalscorer(20) - Andriy Budnyi (Obolon-2 Kyiv), Viktor Arefyev (Olimpik Donetsk), Yevhen Arbuzov (Titan Armyansk)

The 2007–08 Ukrainian Second League is the 17th season of 3rd level professional football in Ukraine. The competitions are divided into two groups – A and B.

Team changes

Newly admitted

The following teams were promoted from the 2007 Ukrainian Football Amateur League:

More teams were admitted that participated in the 2006 Ukrainian Football Amateur League:

Also, four more clubs were admitted to professional competitions without playing in amateur league

Relegated from the First League

Location map

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Locations of team home grounds in Ukrainian Second League 2008–09

Group A

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion or relegation
1 FC Knyazha Schaslyve (C, P) 30 24 5 1 70 13 +57 77 Promoted to First League
2 FC Nyva Ternopil 30 18 10 2 52 15 +37 64
3 FC Podillya-Khmelnytskyi 30 17 7 6 47 28 +19 58 [a]
4 FC Bukovyna Chernivtsi 30 17 6 7 43 25 +18 57
5 FC Obolon-2 Kyiv 30 15 6 9 50 36 +14 51
6 FC Yednist' Plysky 30 14 6 10 34 32 +2 48
7 FC Arsenal Bila Tserkva 30 13 7 10 28 31 −3 46 [a]
8 FC Korosten Korosten 30 11 11 8 26 22 +4 44
9 FC Nyva-Svitanok Vinnytsia 30 10 5 15 23 40 −17 35
10 FC Dynamo-3 Kyiv 30 9 5 16 30 43 −13 32 Withdrew[b]
11 FC Ros' Bila Tserkva 30 8 6 16 28 49 −21 30
12 FC Enerhiya Yuzhnoukrainsk 30 7 9 14 22 47 −25 30 Withdrew[c]
13 FC Nafkom Brovary 30 7 8 15 33 46 −13 29
14 FC Veres Rivne 30 7 8 15 25 44 −19 29
15 FC Karpaty-2 Lviv 30 7 3 20 33 53 −20 24
16 FC Naftovyk Dolyna 30 4 2 24 13 33 −20 14 Withdrew[d]
Source: [citation needed]
(C) Champions; (P) Promoted
Notes:
  1. ^ a b FC Podillya-Khmelnytskyi, FC Nyva-Svitanok Vinnytsia, FC Korosten and FC Arsenal Bila Tserkva enter the competition.
  2. ^ FC Dynamo-3 Kyiv withdrew out of courtesy before the start of the next season to allow MFK Mykolaiv to enter the competition.
  3. ^ FC Enerhiya Yuzhnoukrainsk withdrew from the PFL at the end of the season citing financial difficulties. However, the team indicated that they will return to the PFL in the 2009-10 season.[1] They did not hold to their promise.
  4. ^ FC Naftovyk Dolyna withdrew after the first half of the season. Technical victories were awarded to their opponents in the second half of the season.[2]

Top goalscorers

Scorer Goals Team
Ukraine Andriy Budnyi
20 (2)
 FC Obolon-2 Kyiv
Ukraine Oleksandr Mandzyuk
15 (2)
 FC Kniazha Schaslyve
Ukraine Maksym Ilyuk
11
 FC Bukovyna Chernivtsi
Ukraine Serhiy Makoviychuk
11
 FC Bukovyna Chernivtsi
Ukraine Oleksandr Kurnevych
11
 FC Kniazha Schaslyve

Group B

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion or relegation
1 Komunalnyk Luhansk (C, P) 34 22 7 5 56 26 +30 73 Promoted to First League
2 Tytan Armyansk 34 22 5 7 74 39 +35 71
3 Arsenal Kharkiv 34 21 8 5 62 20 +42 71
4 Khimik Krasnoperekopsk 34 21 6 7 54 28 +26 69 Withdrew[a]
5 Shakhtar Sverdlovsk 34 20 6 8 46 27 +19 66 [b]
6 Olimpik Donetsk 34 19 6 9 66 41 +25 63
7 Shakhtar-3 Donetsk 34 15 8 11 57 50 +7 53
8 Kremin Kremenchuk 34 14 8 12 49 46 +3 50
9 Olkom Melitopol 34 14 7 13 38 34 +4 49
10 Illichivets-2 Mariupol 34 12 8 14 43 62 −19 44
11 FC Poltava 34 11 10 13 36 51 −15 43 [b]
12 Tytan Donetsk 34 11 7 16 44 52 −8 40
13 Yavir Krasnopillya 34 10 7 17 36 62 −26 37
14 Hirnyk Kryvyi Rih 34 9 10 15 43 51 −8 37
15 Hirnyk-Sport Komsomolsk 34 9 7 18 38 59 −21 34
16 Olimpik Kirovohrad 34 7 4 23 34 68 −34 25 [b]
17 Metalurh-2 Zaporizhzhia 34 6 7 21 33 66 −33 25
18 Hazovyk-KhGV Kharkiv 34 1 3 30 14 41 −27 6 Withdrew[c]
Source: Professional Football League of Ukraine, Second League Group B
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champions; (P) Promoted
Notes:
  1. ^ FC Khimik Krasnoperekopsk did not submit a license for the next season and withdrew from the PFL.
  2. ^ a b c FC Olimpik Kirovohrad, FC Poltava, FC Shakhtar Sverdlovsk, FC Komunalnyk Luhansk and FC Titan Donetsk enter the competition.
  3. ^ FC Hazovyk-KhGV Kharkiv withdrew after the first half of the season. Technical victories were awarded to their opponents in the second half of the season.[3]

Top goalscorers

Scorer Goals Team
Ukraine Viktor Arefyev
20 (3)
 Olimpik Donetsk
Ukraine Yevhen Arbuzov
20 (4)
 Tytan Armyansk
Ukraine Yuriy Kudinov
20 (7)
 Komunalnyk Luhansk
Ukraine Roman Dovzhyk
19 (4)
 Tytan A / Khimik K
Ukraine Roman Loktionov
18 (1)
 Kremin Kremenchuk

Results

Matches with Hazovyk shown in gray count as a win for the opposing team.

Home \ Away ARK HAZ HIR HIS IL2 KHI KOM KRE ME2 OLD OLK OLM POL SH3 SHS TYA TID SUM
Arsenal Kharkiv 3–0 0–0 3–0 4–1 2–1 2–0 1–1 1–2 1–0 3–1 0–1 1–1 4–0 3–0 3–0 2–1 5–1
Hazovyk 0–2 1–2 1–3 3–0 2–2 0–2 0–1 0–2 0–0 1–3
Hirnyk Kryvyi Rih 0–1 3–0 3–0 0–1 1–2 1–2 3–2 0–2 6–0 0–2 1–1 3–3 2–2 0–1 2–2 0–0
Hirnyk-Sport Komsomolsk 1–1 2–1 4–0 0–2 2–2 0–2 1–1 2–0 1–2 0–2 0–0 0–1 0–1 1–1 1–3 2–0
Illichivets-2 Mariupol 0–0 2–3 4–3 1–3 0–5 2–2 3–1 2–1 1–0 2–2 2–3 1–1 0–0 2–3 3–2 2–1
Khimik 2–1 3–0 1–1 3–0 1–1 0–0 0–1 4–0 1–2 2–0 1–0 3–1 2–0 1–1 2–2 1–0 1–0
Komunalnyk Luhansk 1–1 1–0 1–1 4–0 3–1 1–0 2–1 1–0 1–1 4–1 1–0 1–0 1–2 1–0 1–0 2–0 4–0
Kremin Kremenchuk 0–0 3–1 2–1 1–2 1–0 1–4 1–0 3–1 0–1 2–0 1–1 4–1 1–3 0–0 2–2 0–1 2–3
Metalurh-2 Zaporizhzhia 0–3 4–0 3–1 4–1 1–4 0–1 1–2 0–4 1–3 0–0 0–2 0–1 0–2 1–2 2–1 0–1 1–2
Olimpik Donetsk 2–0 5–1 5–1 3–1 0–1 1–3 2–0 3–2 3–1 1–0 6–0 3–2 1–1 3–4 3–0 3–0
Olimpik Kirovohrad 0–2 2–2 2–2 0–1 2–3 0–1 2–4 3–1 1–1 0–1 1–2 1–2 1–0 1–2 2–2 2–2
Olkom Melitopol 1–1 1–2 1–0 1–0 0–1 0–0 1–1 0–1 2–3 1–0 2–0 4–1 1–2 1–4 1–0 3–0
FC Poltava 0–4 1–0 0–0 0–4 1–1 3–1 1–0 0–0 3–3 4–1 4–2 1–1 1–2 1–0 1–2 2–2 3–2
Shakhtar-3 Donetsk 0–3 2–2 4–1 1–1 0–1 2–3 2–1 4–1 4–1 1–2 0–0 4–2 1–1 0–1 3–0 2–2 2–2
Shakhtar Sverdlovsk 2–0 1–0 1–0 2–3 1–1 3–0 3–2 4–1 1–0 3–0 2–1 1–0 2–1 2–1 2–0 4–2
Tytan Armyansk 0–1 3–2 4–1 4–0 4–0 2–1 2–2 4–0 4–0 2–0 4–0 3–1 2–0 0–2 1–0 3–2 4–0
Titan Donetsk 1–2 4–1 2–0 3–2 1–2 3–1 1–3 1–4 1–0 1–1 3–1 1–1 0–0 1–2 1–0 1–3 2–1
PFC Sumy 0–2 0–2 0–2 0–0 0–2 2–4 2–0 0–0 2–2 1–3 1–0 1–0 2–1 1–0 2–2 3–1
Updated to match(es) played on June 30, 2008. Source: Second League Group B
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Stadia

Rank Stadium Capacity Club
1 CMS Vinnytsia 25,000 FC Nyva Vinnytsia
2 Army Stadium Lviv (SKA) 23,040 FC Karpaty-2 Lviv
3 Stadion Avanhard[4] 20,000 FC Veres Rivne
4 CMS Termopil 18,500 FC Nyva Ternopil
5 Stadion Bukovyna 17,000 FC Bukovyna Chernivtsi
6 Politechnik 11,400 FC Kremin Kremenchuk
7 Stadion Khimik 5,000 FC Titan Armyansk
8 Stadion Lokomotyv 5,000 FC Poltava
9 Dynamo's auxiliary field Koncha Zaspa 3,000 FC Dynamo-3 Kyiv
10 Stadion Kolos 3,000 FC Yavir Krasnopilya
11 OOM Stadion Spartak ? FC Olkom Melitopol

Notes:

  • CMS stands for Central Municipal Stadium, the name of each stadium that doesn't carry any official names, and is followed by the city's name where the stadium is located. Usually such stadiums are the property of the city with a generic name "Tsentralnyi" (Central, in Ukrainian).
  • OOM stands for Oleh Oleksenko Memorial

See also

References

  1. ^ (in Ukrainian) PFL meeting minutes explaining Enerhiya's predicament.
  2. ^ (in Ukrainian)Report that includes the withdrawal of Naftovyk Dolyna
  3. ^ (in Ukrainian) Report that includes the withdrawal of Hazovyk-KhGV Kharkiv
  4. ^ "World Stadiums - Stadiums in Ukraine". Archived from the original on 2012-11-23. Retrieved 2007-08-19.