2015–16 Ukrainian Second League
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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.
| Season | 2015–16 |
|---|---|
| Country | Ukraine |
| Teams | 14 |
| Champions | FC Kolos Kovalivka |
| Promoted | Kolos Kovalivka Veres Rivne Inhulets Petrove Bukovyna Chernivtsi Skala Stryi Arsenal-Kyiv Kyiv |
| Relegated | |
| Matches | 182 |
| Goals | 487 (2.68 per match) |
| Top goalscorer | 20 – Oleksandr Bondarenko (Kolos) |
| Biggest home win | Kremin 8–0 Arsenal-Kyivshchyna (Round 26) |
| Biggest away win | Nikopol-NPHU 0–6 Bukovyna (Round 5) |
| Highest scoring | 8 – Kremin 8–0 Arsenal-Kyivshchyna (Round 26) |
| Longest winning run | 5 – Skala (Round 4–8) Veres (Round 5–9) Kremin (Round 13–17) Kolos (Round 21–25) |
| Longest unbeaten run | 9 – Inhulets (Round 1–9) and (Round 16–24) Kolos (Round 1–9) |
| Longest winless run | 16 – Barsa (Round 7–22) |
| Longest losing run | 7 – Barsa (Round 16–22) |
| Highest attendance | 5,400 – Bukovyna–Barsa (Round 11) |
| Lowest attendance | 50 – Nikopol-NPHU–Real Pharma (Round 14) |
← 2014–15 2016–17 → | |
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]
- FC Myr Hornostayivka – initial group stage (returning after an absence of one season)
- FC Kolos Kovalivka – intermediate group stage (debut)
- FC Barsa Sumy – initial group stage (two seasons before) (debut)
- FC Inhulets Petrove – intermediate group stage (debut)
- FC Arsenal-Kyiv – (debut)
- FC Arsenal-Kyiv is regarded as a successor of FC Arsenal Kyiv which 22 years ago as FC Borysfen Boryspil participated in the Second League.
- NK Veres Rivne[2] – (returning after an absence of four seasons)
- NK Veres Rivne is regarded as a successor of FC Veres Rivne.
Relegated teams
- FSC Bukovyna Chernivtsi – (returning after an absence of five seasons)
Withdrawn teams
- Shakhtar-3 Donetsk withdrew from the PFL before the start of the 2015–16 season.[3]
Relocated teams
- Real Pharma moved their operations from Ovidiopol to Odesa prior to the start of the season.[4]
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[a] |
| 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[b] |
| 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:
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:
- 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]
Results
- As of 1 June 2016
Round by round
The following table represents the teams position after each round in the competition.
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 |  Oleksandr Bondarenko |
20 (1) | Kolos Kovalivka |
| 2 | Ihor Tymchenko |
17 (3) | Kremin Kremenchuk |
| 3 | Yuriy Komyahin |
13 (4) | Myr Hornostayivka |
| 4 | Vitaliy Ryabushko |
10 | Skala Stryi |
| 5 | Anton Yaremenko |
8 | Veres Rivne |
| Kostyantyn Cherniy |
8 (3) | Kremin Kremenchuk |
Notes: