2016–17 Ukrainian Second League

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The 2016–17 Ukrainian Second League was the 26th season of 3rd level professional football in Ukraine. The competition commenced on 23 July 2016 with one match from Round 1. The spring session started on 18 March 2017 with the competition ending on 2 June 2017.[1] The fixtures were announced on 16 July 2016.[2]

Season2016–17
ChampionsZhemchuzhyna
PromotedZhemchuzhyna Odesa
Rukh Vynnyky
Kremin Kremenchuk
Balkany Zorya
RelegatedIllichivets-2 (withdrew)
Krystal (withdrew)
Quick facts Season, Champions ...
Ukrainian Second League
Season2016–17
ChampionsZhemchuzhyna
PromotedZhemchuzhyna Odesa
Rukh Vynnyky
Kremin Kremenchuk
Balkany Zorya
RelegatedIllichivets-2 (withdrew)
Krystal (withdrew)
Matches257
Goals788 (3.07 per match)
Top goalscorer25 goals – Ihor Khudobyak (Teplovyk-Prykarpattia)
Biggest home win8 – Zhemchuzhyna 8–0 Metalurh (Round 34)
Biggest away win12 – Metalurh 1–13 Enerhiya NK (Round 27)
Highest scoring14 – Metalurh 1–13 Enerhiya NK (Round 27)
Longest winning run13 – Zhemchuzhyna (Round 6–18)
Longest unbeaten run21 – Zhemchuzhyna (Round 5–19, 22–27)
Longest losing run6 – Sudnobudivnyk (Round 28–32, 34)
Highest attendance6,300 – Podillya–Metalurh (Round 3)
Lowest attendance90 – Arsenal-Kyivshchyna–Zhemchuzhyna (Round 27)
All statistics correct as of 2 June 2017.
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Team changes

Prior to the season commencing at the Conference of the PFL in preparation for the season the committee decided to expand the competition to 17 teams.[3]

Admitted teams

The following 10 teams were admitted by the PFL after participating in the 2016 Ukrainian Football Amateur League and passing attestation which continued until 15 July.[4][5]

Withdrawn teams

  • Barsa Sumy withdrew from the PFL before the start of the 2016–17 season.[7]

Relegated teams

No teams were relegated from the Ukrainian First League

Location map

The following displays the location of teams.

Home venues of teams in the 2016–17 Ukrainian Second League.

Stadiums

The following stadiums are considered home grounds for the teams in the competition.

More information Rank, Stadium ...
Rank Stadium Capacity Club
1 Arena Lviv[a] 34,915 Rukh Vynnyky
2 Central Stadium 14,623 Sudnobudivnyk Mykolaiv
3 Slavutych-Arena 12,000 Metalurh Zaporizhzhia
4 SC Podillya 10,031 Podillya Khmelnytskyi
5 Trudovi Reservy Stadium 10,000 Arsenal-Kyivshchyna Bila Tserkva
6 MCS Rukh 6,500 Teplovyk-Prykarpattia Ivano-Frankivsk
7 Spartak Stadium 5,000 Zhemchuzhyna Odesa
Real Pharma Odesa
8 Krystal Stadium 3,400 Krystal Kherson
9 SC Nyva 3,150 Nyva-V Vinnytsia
10 Zakhidnyi Stadium 3,206 Illichivets-2 Mariupol
11 Enerhiya Stadium 3,000 Enerhiya Nova Kakhovka
12 Boris Tropaneț Stadium 1,854 Balkany Zorya
13 Inhulets Stadium 1,720 Inhulets-2 Petrove
14 Kremin-Arena 1,566 Kremin Kremenchuk
15 Elektrometalurh Stadium 1,500 FC Nikopol
16 Zatys 1,250 Myr Hornostayivka
17 Bohdan Markevych Stadium 900 Rukh Vynnyky
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  1. [a]
    Rukh Vynnyky played their Round 21 home match against Metalurh at Arena Lviv

Managers

More information Club, Head coach ...
Club Head coach Replaced coach
Arsenal-Kyivshchyna Bila TserkvaUkraine Oleksandr AkimovUkraine Mykola Lytvyn (caretaker)
Ukraine Andriy Ushchapovskyi
Balkany ZoryaUkraine Andriy Parkhomenko
Enerhiya Nova KakhovkaUkraine Oleh Fedorchuk
Illichivets-2 MariupolUkraine Oleksandr Volkov
Inhulets-2 PetroveUkraine Andriy Kononenko
Kremin KremenchukUkraine Serhiy Yashchenko
Krystal KhersonUkraine Oleksiy YakymenkoUkraine Serhiy Shevtsov
Metalurh ZaporizhzhiaUkraine Viktor Zhuk (caretaker)Ukraine Illya Blyznyuk
Myr HornostayivkaUkraine Viktor Bohatyr
NikopolUkraine Hryhoriy Varzhelenko
Nyva-V VinnytsiaUkraine Volodymyr HorilyiUkraine Yuriy Solovyenko
Podillya KhmelnytskyiUkraine Arkadiy BatalovUkraine Vitaliy Balytskyi
Real Pharma OdesaUkraine Oleksandr Bondarenko
Rukh VynnykyUkraine Ruslan MostovyiUkraine Roman Hdanskyi
Sudnobudivnyk MykolaivUnited States Dennis Lukens
Teplovyk-Prykarpattia Ivano-FrankivskUkraine Volodymyr Kovalyuk
Zhemchuzhyna OdesaUkraine Denys Kolchin
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Managerial changes

More information Team, Outgoing head coach ...
Team Outgoing head coach Manner of departure Date of vacancy Table Incoming head coach Date of appointment Table
Podillya Khmelnytskyi Ukraine Vitaliy Balytskyi Sacked 26 September 2016 Ukraine Arkadiy Batalov 26 September 2016[8]
Arsenal-Kyivshchyna Bila Tserkva Ukraine Mykola Lytvyn Sacked 13 October 2016 Ukraine Andriy Ushchapovskyi 13 October 2016[9]
Krystal Kherson Ukraine Serhiy Shevtsov Resigned 31 October 2016[10] Ukraine Oleksiy Yakymenko 3 November 2016[11]
Rukh Vynnyky Ukraine Roman Hdanskyi Health issues 10 November 2016 Ukraine Ruslan Mostovyi 10 November 2016[12]
Metalurh Zaporizhzhia Ukraine Illya Blyznyuk Resigned 11 February 2017 Ukraine Viktor Zhuk (caretaker) 11 February 2017[13]
Nyva-V Vinnytsia Ukraine Yuriy Solovyenko Sacked 11 March 2017 Ukraine Volodymyr Horilyi 11 March 2017[14]
Arsenal-Kyivshchyna Bila Tserkva Ukraine Andriy Ushchapovskyi unknown April 2017 Ukraine Oleksandr Akimov April 2017[15]
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League table

More information Pos, Team ...
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion, qualification or relegation
1 Zhemchuzhyna Odesa (C, P) 32 24 4 4 75 22 +53 76 Promotion to Ukrainian First League
2 Rukh Vynnyky (P) 32 23 5 4 68 24 +44 74
3 Kremin Kremenchuk (P) 32 21 5 6 67 29 +38 68
4 Balkany Zorya (P) 32 16 9 7 54 32 +22 57 Qualification to promotion play-offs
5 Real Pharma Odesa 32 16 9 7 50 31 +19 57
6 Inhulets-2 Petrove[a] 32 14 8 10 50 33 +17 50
7 Nyva-V Vinnytsia 32 14 8 10 42 33 +9 50
8 Enerhiya Nova Kakhovka 32 14 6 12 62 46 +16 48
9 Myr Hornostayivka 32 13 9 10 39 31 +8 48
10 Teplovyk-Prykarpattia Ivano-Frankivsk[b] 32 14 4 14 51 35 +16 46
11 FC Nikopol[c] 32 12 5 15 40 49 −9 41
12 Illichivets-2 Mariupol[d] 32 11 1 20 42 56 −14 34 Withdrawn after the season
13 Krystal Kherson[e] (D) 32 7 5 20 31 24 +7 26 Withdrawn during the season
14 Podillya Khmelnytskyi 32 7 4 21 29 68 −39 25
15 Arsenal-Kyivshchyna Bila Tserkva 32 7 4 21 29 82 −53 25
16 Metalurh Zaporizhzhia 32 7 2 23 35 104 −69 23
17 Sudnobudivnyk Mykolaiv 32 6 4 22 19 84 −65 22
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Source: PFL.ua
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 away goals scored; 7) Fair play; 8) Draw or play-off.[22]
(C) Champions; (D) Disqualified; (P) Promoted
Notes:
  1. [a]
    Ineligible for promotion.[16]
  2. [b]
    During the winter break the club renamed themselves from Teplovyk Ivano-Frankivsk to Teplovyk-Prykarpattia Ivano-Frankivsk.[17]
  3. [c]
    During the winter break the club renamed themselves from FC Nikopol-NPHU to FC Nikopol.[18]
  4. [d]
    FC Illichivets announced that their second team, Illichivets-2, will not complete in the 2017–18 Ukrainian Second League, instead they will play in the Ukrainian Premier League Reserves competition.[19]
  5. [e]
    On 30 March 2017, Krystal Kherson informed the PFL that they are withdrawing from the competition due to the club's economic and political situation.[20] On 10 April 2017, the FFU formally expelled the club, and awarded technical victories to their opponents.[21]

Results

More information Home \ Away, AKB ...
Home \ Away AKB BAZ ENK IP2 IL2 KRE KRK MZA MYH NIK NYV POK RPO RUV SBM PIF ZEO
Arsenal-Kyivschyna Bila Tserkva 0–0 0–5 1–0 0–2 2–6 0–7 1–0 3–1 0–2 2–1 3–0 0–2 0–2 4–1 0–6 1–1
Balkany Zorya 4–2 2–4 5–0 1–1 1–0 2–2 1–0 1–0 1–0 1–0 5–1 1–1 1–1 5–0 1–1 0–1
Enerhiya Nova Kakhovka 4–0 1–2 0–3 3–0 1–1 +:- 0–0 1–3 4–1 2–1 4–2 0–0 2–1 5–1 1–0 0–2[a]
Inhulets-2 Petrove 3–0 3–1 3–1 3–0 0–1 +:- 2–2 0–0 3–0 0–0 2–0 3–1 1–3 3–0 0–2 2–3
Illichivets-2 Mariupol 4–2 1–3 3–2 0–1 1–2 1–2 4–1 1–3 1–2 1–2 3–2 3–1 1–2 4–0 2–0 0–2
Kremin Kremenchuk 1–1 1–1 1–0 3–2 2–0 5–0 2–0 2–0 3–1 2–2 4–1 3–0 1–2 3–0 1–0 2–0
Krystal Kherson -:+ -:+ 1–1 1–2 -:+ 0–1 2–1 0–1 0–1 -:+ -:+ -:+ 1–1 2–0 2–0 -:+[b]
Metalurh Zaporizhzhia 3–2 2–6 1–13[c] 0–6 0–5 2–1 1–6 0–1 1–3 0–4 2–1 1–4 3–4 3–0 0–3 0–1
Myr Hornostayivka 4–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 2–0 3–1 +:-[b] 0–3[d] 3–1 0–0 3–1 0–2 0–0 6–0 1–0 0–0
Nikopol 2–1 1–3 3–1 0–0 2–1 2–3 1–1 2–1 1–4 0–1 3–0 2–2 1–1 4–1 2–1 1–2
Nyva-V Vinnytsia 1–1 0–2 2–2 2–1 3–1[e] 0–2 1–0 4–2 2–0 2–0 4–0 1–1 2–0 0–2 2–1 0–2
Podillya Khmelnytskyi 3–2 1–0[f] 0–2 0–3[g] 1–0 0–2 1–1 1–2 2–2 1–1 0–0 3–0 0–2[h] 2–0 2–1 1–3
Real Pharma Odesa 4–0 0–0 4–1 1–1 2–0 0–1 2–0 3–1 1–0 2–0 2–1 2–0 1–1 2–1 2–2 1–1
Rukh Vynnyky 5–1 2–1 5–0 3–2 6–0 4–1 +:- 6–1[i] 1–0 1–0 3–0 3–1 1–0 4–0[e] 1–0 0–1
Sudnobudivnyk Mykolaiv 1–0 1–2 1–0 0–0 1–0[j] 0–7 +:- 0–2 2–2 0–1 0–0 2–1 1–3[j] 0–1 2–2 1–2
Prykarpattia Ivano-Frankivsk 3–0 3–1 3–1 1–1 0–1 1–0 +:- 7–0 1–0 1–0 0–2 2–1 0–4 0–1 6–0 3–4
Zhemchuzhyna Odesa 4–0 2–0 0–1 2–0 3–1 2–2 2–3 8–0 5–0 3–0 3–1 5–0 2–0 2–1 7–0 0–1
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Updated to match(es) played on 2 June 2017. Source: (in Ukrainian)
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
Notes:
  1. [a]
    Round 13 match between Enerhiya and Zhemchuzhyna postponed due to torrential rain that flooded the pitch.[23] Match was played after Round 15.[24]
  2. [b]
    Initially the PFL postponed the Round 21 match between Krystal and Zhemchuzhyna for a later date due to Krystal's economic instability at the club after the winter break[25] giving the club two weeks to stabilize their situation. However, the club informed the PFL prior to their Round 23 match against Myr that they are withdrawing from the competition.[20]
  3. [c]
    Fourteen goals scored in the match created a new record[26] surpassing the 12–0 victory by Desna Chernihiv over Boyarka-2006 Bojarka in the 2005–06 Ukrainian Second League season.
  4. [d]
    Owner of Myr decided to protect the team's pitch due to inclement weather and not allow his team to play the Round 19 match. Technical victory awarded to Metalurh.[27]
  5. [e]
    Round 19 matches postponed due to heavy snowfalls that made the pitches unplayable.[28] Matches were played in the spring session after Round 24.
  6. [f]
    Round 19 match between Podillya and Zhemchuzhyna rescheduled for the next day due to heavy snowfall.[28]
  7. [g]
    Round 12 match between Podillya and Inhulets-2 was not played due to construction of the running track at the Podillya's Stadium.[29]
    Control-Disciplinary Committee of the FFU awards a 3–0 technical victory to Inhulets-2.[30] (1 November 2016)
  8. [h]
    Podillya played their Round 10 home fixture at Rukh's Bohdan Markevich Stadium due to construction of the running track at the Podillya's Stadium.[31]
  9. [i]
    Rukh Vynnyky played their Round 21 home match against Metalurh at Arena Lviv since their home ground Bohdan Markevych Stadium was not in ideal playing condition after the winter break.[32]
  10. [j]
    Sudnobudivnyk's Round 24[33] and Round 26[34] home match was moved to Ivan Stadium in Odesa due to the administration of the Municipal Stadium of Mykolaiv wanting to have the pitch in good order for the Ukrainian Cup semi final.

Position by round

More information Team ╲ Round, Zhemchuzhyna Odesa ...
Team ╲ Round12345678910111213141516171819202122232425262728293031323334
Zhemchuzhyna Odesa31011131285544433333211233211111122111
Rukh Vynnyky2121112211222211322312122222211222
Kremin Kremenchuk11943333322111122133121333333333333
Balkany Zorya10364658887565444556655566665655554
Real Pharma Odesa138795967659107657665566655444544445
Inhulets-2 Petrove4212221133344565444444444556466666
Nyva-V Vinnytsia7491076910996797889101010119888877777777
Enerhiya Nova Kakhovka81285910791111111212121310109988891010989988888
Prykarpattia Ivano-Frankivsk17581112116581011891011121111111012109910101081099109
Myr Hornostayivka96374444768568767887777777981091010910
Nikopol15131511131415141414131313131112131312121313131313111111111111111111
Illichivets-2 Mariupol17161616107101210107810111213111213131211121111121212121212121212
Krystal Kherson65106811121112121291110998779910111212131313131313131313
Podillya Khmelnytskyi5111415161616161617171717171717171717171717171716161617171616141614
Arsenal-Kyivschyna Bila Tserkva16171717171713151515151614141414141415151616161617171715141414151415
Metalurh Zaporizhzhia12141214151517171716161516161616161616161515151414151516151515161516
Sudnobudivnyk Mykolaiv14151312141314131313141415151515151514141414141515141414161717171717
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Updated to match(es) played on 2 June 2017. Source: pfl.ua

Promotion play-off

The draw for promotion play-off scheduling was held on 3 June 2017.[35]

More information Team 1, Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score ...
Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
PFC Sumy 3–1 FC Balkany Zorya 2–0 1–1
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First leg

More information PFC Sumy, 2–0 ...
PFC Sumy2–0FC Balkany Zorya
Oliynyk 36'
Yarovenko 60' (pen.)		 Report
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Second leg

More information FC Balkany Zorya, 1–1 ...
FC Balkany Zorya1–1PFC Sumy
Raichev 40' Report Bohachov 84' (pen.)
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Boris Tropaneț Stadium, Zorya, Sarata Raion, Odesa Oblast
Referee: Mykola Kryvonosov (Kyiv)

PFC Sumy wins 3–1 on aggregate and remains in First League. FC Balkany Zorya loses but later was promoted to the 2017–18 Ukrainian First League, due to sanctions against FC Dnipro.

Top goalscorers

The season top goalscorers were:[36]

More information Rank, Scorer ...
Rank Scorer Team Goals
(Pen.)
1 Ukraine Ihor Khudobyak Teplovyk-Prykarpattya Ivano-Frankivsk 25 (1)
2 Ukraine Roman Bochak Enerhiya Nova Kakhovka 22
Ukraine Artem Kozlov Kremin Kremenchuk 22 (2)
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Awards

Round awards

More information Round, Player ...
Round Player Coach
Player Club Reference Coach Club Reference
Round 21 Ukraine Yuriy Habovda Rukh Vynnyky [37] Ukraine Viktor Bohatyr Myr Hornostayivka [38]
Round 22 Ukraine Mykhailo Shestakov Zhemchuzhyna Odesa [39] Ukraine Hryhoriy Varzhelenko FC Nikopol [40]
Round 23 Ukraine Yevhen Bokhashvili Rukh Vynnyky [41] Ukraine Ruslan Mostovyi Rukh Vynnyky [42]
Round 24 Ukraine Artur Kaskov Metalurh Zaporizhzhia [43] Ukraine Denys Kolchin Zhemchuzhyna Odesa [44]
Round 25 Ukraine Ihor Khudobyak Teplovyk-Prykarpattia Ivano-Frankivsk [45] Ukraine Serhiy Yashchenko Kremin Kremenchuk [46]
Round 26 Ukraine Dmytro Shastal Enerhiya Nova Kakhovka [47] Ukraine Oleh Fedorchuk Enerhiya Nova Kakhovka [48]
Round 27 Ukraine Roman Bochak Enerhiya Nova Kakhovka [49] Ukraine Volodymyr Kovalyuk Teplovyk-Prykarpattia Ivano-Frankivsk [50]
Round 28 Georgia (country) Levan Koshadze Kremin Kremenchuk [51] Ukraine Volodymyr Kovalyuk Teplovyk-Prykarpattia Ivano-Frankivsk [52]
Round 29 Ukraine Ihor Malyarenko Nyva-V Vinnytsia [53] Ukraine Volodymyr Horilyi Nyva-V Vinnytsia [54]
Round 30 Ukraine Serhiy Ursulenko Balkany Zorya [55] Ukraine Oleh Fedorchuk Enerhiya Nova Kakhovka [56]
Round 31 Ukraine Volodymyr Boryshkevych Teplovyk-Prykarpattia Ivano-Frankivsk [57] Ukraine Andriy Parkhomenko Balkany Zorya [58]
Round 32 Ukraine Oleksandr Muzychuk Podillya Khmelnytskyi [59] Ukraine Arkadiy Batalov Podillya Khmelnytskyi [60]
Round 33 Ukraine Roman Bochak Enerhiya Nova Kakhovka [61] Ukraine Denys Kolchin Zhemchuzhyna Odesa [62]
Round 34 Ukraine Stanislav-Nuri Malysh Zhemchuzhyna Odesa [63] Ukraine Denys Kolchin Zhemchuzhyna Odesa [64]
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Season awards

The laureates of the 2016–17 season were:[65]

See also

References

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