2017–18 Ukrainian Second League

The 2017–18 Ukrainian Second League was the 27th season since its establishment. The competition commenced on 14 July 2017. The league returned to the multiple group competition format after it was abandoned in 2013. Final composition of the league was approved at the PFL Conference on 21 June 2017.^[1]

Ukrainian Second League

Season	2017–18
Dates	14 July 2017 – 19 May 2018
Champions	Ahrobiznes Volochysk
Promoted	Ahrobiznes Volochysk SC Dnipro-1 Prykarpattia Ivano-Frankivsk Metalist 1925 Kharkiv
Relegated	FC Dnipro Arsenal-Kyivshchyna (withdrew) Ternopil (withdrew) Skala (withdrew) Inhulets-2 (withdrew) Metalurh (Rosso-Nero) (withdrew) Sudnobudivnyk (withdrew)
Matches played	326
Goals scored	913 (2.8 per match)
Top goalscorer	23 – Serhiy Davydov (Metalist)
Biggest home win	9 – Tavriya 9–0 Metalurh (Round 33)
Biggest away win	11 – Metalurh 0–11 Enerhiya (Round 21)
Highest scoring	11 – Metalurh 0–11 Enerhiya (Round 21)
Longest winning run	10 – SC Dnipro-1 (Round 17–26)
Longest unbeaten run	18 – Metalist (Round 3–20)
Longest winless run	18 – Metalurh (Round 16–33)
Longest losing run	13 – Metalurh (Round 21–33)
Highest attendance	14,521 - Metalist – SC Dnipro-1 (Round 12)
Lowest attendance	0[a] - Bukovyna – Skala (Round 2) Bukovyna – Polissya (ppd. Round 7) Prykarpattia – Podillya (Round 19) FC Dnipro – Sudnobudivnyk (Round 22)
← 2016–17 2018–19 → All statistics correct as of 2 June 2018.

The current season competition is in a triple round robin format for each group.

Group A commenced their winter break after the Round 7 postponed match was played on 12 November 2017. Group B will begin their winter break after the completion of Round 22 on 19 November 2017. Group B competitions resumed the spring session on 30 March 2018 and Group A on 31 March 2018.

Teams

On 21 June 2017, it was announced that 25 teams will play in two divisions,^[2] but later FC Balkany Zorya was transferred to the 2017–18 Ukrainian First League and FC Cherkaskyi Dnipro-2 withdrew from the competition, leaving 23 teams in the field.

Promoted teams

The following six teams were promoted from the 2016–17 Ukrainian Football Amateur League:^[1][3][4]

• Ahrobiznes Volochysk – group 1 winners, amateur champions (debut)^[5]
• Metalist 1925 Kharkiv – group 2 winners (debut)
• Polissya Zhytomyr – 6th place in group 2 (debut; a club with the same name competed in the 2000–01 season)
• Nyva Ternopil – 7th place in group 1 (returning after an absence of four seasons)
• Tavriya Simferopol – 9th place in group 2 (debut)
• FC Lviv – 10th place in group 1 (debut)

Also, one newly created team was admitted:^[6]

• SC Dnipro-1 – (debut)^[4][7]

Also, one reserve team was admitted:^[2]

• MFC Mykolaiv-2 – (debut)^[8]

Relegated teams

One team was relegated from the 2016–17 Ukrainian Premier League, according to the FIFA sanctions:

• FC Dnipro – 11th place (debut)^[9][10]

The following teams were relegated from the 2016–17 Ukrainian First League.

• Bukovyna Chernivtsi – 16th place (returning after one season)
• Skala Stryi – 17th place (returning after one season)
• FC Ternopil – 18th place (returning after an absence of three seasons)

Renamed teams

• Teplovyk-Prykarpattia Ivano-Frankivsk – prior to the start of the season the club was renamed to FC Prykarpattia Ivano-Frankivsk.^[11][12]

Withdrawn teams

• Illichivets-2 Mariupol – before the start of the season, the club chose to compete in the Under-21 league.^[13]
• Cherkaskyi Dnipro-2 – initially, the team passed attestation and was admitted to the PFL, but before the start of the season general director of FC Cherkaskyi Dnipro announced that the club's second team won't take part in professional competitions.^[14] The President of the PFL expressed a hope that the league would find a replacement.^[15] but no other teams entered the competition.
• FC Ternopil – After competing in four matches on 15 August 2017 the club informed the PFL that they are withdrawing from the competition.^[16] PFL annulled all their matches.^[17]

Location map

The following map displays the location of teams. Group A teams marked in red. Group B teams marked in green.

Ahrobiznes

Arsenal-Kyivshchyna

Bukovyna

Lviv

Nyva

Nyva-V

Podillya

Polissya

Prykarpattia

Skala

Ternopil

Enerhiya

Inhulets-2

Metalist 1925

Metalurh

Myr

Nikopol

Real Pharma

Tavriya

Dnipro

Dnipro teams :
Dnipro-1
Dnipro

Mykolaiv

Mykolaiv teams :
Sudnobudivnyk
Mykolaiv-2

Home venues of teams in the 2017–18 Ukrainian Second League. SC Tavriya played the home games in Nova Kakhovka.

Stadiums

Group A

Team	Stadium	Position in 2016–17
Ahrobiznes Volochysk	Yunist Stadium	Am1, 1st
	Sport Complex Podillya[b]
Arsenal-Kyivshchyna Bila Tserkva	Volodymyr Melnyk Stadium[c]	15th
	Arsenal–Kyiv Training Base[20]
Bukovyna Chernivtsi	Bukovyna Stadium	FL, 16th
FC Lviv	Skif Stadium	Am1, 10th
	Sokil Stadium[20]
Nyva Ternopil	Vyshnyvets United Community Stadium[d]	Am1, 7th
Nyva-V Vinnytsia	Sports Complex Nyva	7th
	Central City Stadium[e]
Podillya Khmelnytskyi	Sport Complex Podillya	14th
Polissya Zhytomyr	Spartak Stadium[f]	Am2, 6th
	Volodymyr Melnyk Stadium
	Avanhard Stadium[g]
Prykarpattia Ivano-Frankivsk	MCS Rukh	10th
	Khet-Tryk Stadium[h]
Skala Stryi	Medyk Stadium[i]	FL, 17th
	Skala Training Base[20]
FC Ternopil	Ternopil City Stadium	FL, 18th

Group B

Team	Stadium	Position in 2016–17
FC Dnipro	Dnipro-Arena	PL, 11th
	Indoor Arena Dnipro-1 Training Base[20]
	Metalurh Stadium[j]
SC Dnipro-1	Dnipro-Arena	–
	Indoor Arena at Dnipro-1 Training Base[20]
Enerhiya Nova Kakhovka	Enerhiya Stadium	8th
Inhulets-2 Petrove	Povoroznyuk Stadium[k]	6th
Metalist 1925 Kharkiv	Metalist Stadium	Am2, 1st
Metalurh Zaporizhzhia	Metalurh Training Base	16th
MFC Mykolaiv-2	Central City Stadium	–[l]
	Park Peremohy Stadium[25]
Myr Hornostayivka	Zatys Stadium	9th
	Start Stadium, Novotroitske, Kherson Oblast
FC Nikopol	Elektrometalurh Stadium	11th
Real Pharma Odesa	Ivan Stadium	5th
Sudnobudivnyk Mykolaiv	Central City Stadium	17th
	Park Peremohy Stadium
	Mashynobudivnyk Stadium[m]
Tavriya Simferopol	Mashynobudivnyk Stadium	Am2, 9th
	Enerhiya Stadium[n]

Notes:

1. Round 22 game was played in Obukhiv
2. Due to the reconstruction of the home ground in 2018 Ahrobiznes moved their games to Khmelnytskyi^[18]
3. Arsenal-Kyivshchyna Bila Tserkva originally played at Trudovi Reservy Stadium in Bila Tserkva, but prior to Round 10 announced that their administration is moving the club to Obukhiv.^[19]
4. Nyva Ternopil plays their home matches at the newly built Vyshnyvets United Community Stadium in a town of Vyshnivets^[21]
5. Round 23 game against Bukovyna was played at main city arena.^[22]
6. Polissya Zhytomyr play their home matches at Spartak Stadium in Korosten while their home stadium is under renovation.^[23]
7. Polissya moved their home games in the spring session to Novohrad-Volynskyi due to the construction of both the Central Stadium and the Spartak Stadium^[24]
8. The game Podillya-Prykarpattia was moved to Ivano-Frankivsk and the hosting team was switched^[20]
9. Skala Stryi play their home matches at Medyk Stadium in Morshyn due to the inability to reach an agreement for the lease of Sokil Stadium in Stryi.^[29]
10. Round 28 match moved to Novomoskovsk due to home ground used by SC Dnipro-1
11. Located in the village of Volodymyrivka, Petrove Raion, Kirovohrad Oblast
12. MFC Mykolaiv-2 participated in football competitions of Mykolaiv Oblast
13. Round 26 game was played at Mashynobudivnyk Stadium, Beryslav
14. Tavriya Simferopol play their home matches in Beryslav due to the Annexation of Crimea by the Russian Federation^[26] At the start of the season the stadium did not qualify for professional competitions^[27] and the club played their first few home matches at Enerhiya Stadium in Nova Kakhovka.^[28]

Managers

Club	Head coach	Replaced coach
Ahrobiznes Volochysk	Andriy Donets
Arsenal-Kyivshchyna Bila Tserkva	Oleksandr Akimov
Bukovyna Chernivtsi	Viktor Mhlynets	Yuriy Kraft (caretaker) Vitaliy Kunytsia (caretaker)
FC Dnipro	Oleksandr Poklonskyi
SC Dnipro-1	Dmytro Mykhaylenko
Enerhiya Nova Kakhovka	Oleh Fedorchuk
Inhulets-2 Petrove	Mykola Fedorko	Eduard Pavlov Serhiy Taran (caretaker) Andriy Kononenko
FC Lviv	Andriy Khanas	Andriy Chikh
Metalist 1925 Kharkiv	Serhiy Valyayev	Oleksandr Pryzetko Vyacheslav Khruslov (caretaker) Oleksandr Ivanov Serhiy Ralyuchenko (caretaker)
Metalurh Zaporizhzhia	Viktor Zhuk (caretaker)
MFC Mykolaiv-2	Vyacheslav Mazarati
Myr Hornostayivka	Oleksandr Sapelnyak	Viktor Bohatyr
FC Nikopol	Hryhoriy Varzhelenko
Nyva Ternopil	Vitaliy Shumskyi	Vadym Bozhenko (caretaker) Serhiy Zadorozhnyi
Nyva-V Vinnytsia	Denys Kolchin	Volodymyr Horilyi
Podillya Khmelnytskyi	Vitaliy Kostyshyn	Arkadiy Batalov
Polissya Zhytomyr	Oleksandr Pryzetko	Ihor Levytskyi Eduard Khavrov Volodymyr Mazyar
Prykarpattia Ivano-Frankivsk	Volodymyr Kovalyuk
Real Pharma Odesa	Andriy Kovalenko (interim)
Skala Stryi	Roman Hnativ
Sudnobudivnyk Mykolaiv	Dennis Lukens	Viktor Zhurov
Tavriya Simferopol	Serhiy Shevchenko
FC Ternopil	Petro Badlo

Managerial changes

Team	Outgoing head coach	Manner of departure	Date of vacancy	Table	Incoming head coach	Date of appointment	Table
Bukovyna Chernivtsi	Oleh Ratiy	Resigned	4 June 2017[30]	Pre-season	Yuriy Kraft (caretaker) Vitaliy Kunytsia (caretaker)	2 July 2017[31][32]	Pre-season
FC Dnipro	Dmytro Mykhaylenko	Resigned	21 June 2017[33]		Oleksandr Poklonskyi	21 June 2017[33]
SC Dnipro-1	new club				Dmytro Mykhaylenko	21 June 2017[33]
Sudnobudivnyk Mykolaiv	Dennis Lukens	Change of contract	25 June 2017[34]		Viktor Zhurov	25 June 2017
MFC Mykolaiv-2	new club				Vyacheslav Mazarati	26 June 2017[35]
Sudnobudivnyk Mykolaiv	Viktor Zhurov	Resigned	23 July 2017[36]	10th	Dennis Lukens	23 July 2017[37]	10th
Podillya Khmelnytskyi	Arkadiy Batalov	Released	31 July 2017[38]	8th	Vitaliy Kostyshyn (interim)	31 July 2017	8th
Polissya Zhytomyr	Ihor Levytskyi	Resigned	12 August 2017[39]	11th	Eduard Khavrov	28 August 2017[40]	11th
Bukovyna Chernivtsi	Yuriy Kraft (caretaker) Vitaliy Kunytsia (caretaker)	End of interim term	25 August 2017	8th	Viktor Mhlynets	25 August 2017[41]	8th
Myr Hornostayivka	Viktor Bohatyr	Mutual consent[42]	29 August 2017[43]	4th	Oleksandr Sapelnyak[a]	29 August 2017[42]	4th
Inhulets-2 Petrove	Andriy Kononenko	Fired	15 September 2017[44]	11th	Serhiy Taran (assistant head coach)[45]	25 September 2017[46]	11th
Nyva-V Vinnytsia	Volodymyr Horilyi	Fired	18 September 2017[47]	5th	Denys Kolchin	22 September 2017[48]	5th
Metalist 1925 Kharkiv	Oleksandr Pryzetko	Mutual consent[a][b][50]	26 September 2017[51][49]	1st	Vyacheslav Khruslov (caretaker)	26 September 2017[51]	1st
	Vyacheslav Khruslov (caretaker)	End of interim spell	28 September 2017		Oleksandr Ivanov	28 September 2017[50]
Inhulets-2 Petrove	Serhiy Taran	Interim	30 September 2017	11th	Eduard Pavlov[52]	30 September 2017[53]	11th
Polissya Zhytomyr	Eduard Khavrov	Sacked	20 November 2017[54]	8th	Volodymyr Mazyar[55]	22 November 2017	8th
Inhulets-2 Petrove	Eduard Pavlov	Undisclosed	15 December 2017[56]	11th	Mykola Fedorko	27 December 2017[57]	11th
Polissya Zhytomyr	Volodymyr Mazyar	Gentlemen's agreement[58]	15 December 2017[59]	8th	Oleksandr Pryzetko[60]	27 December 2017	8th
Nyva Ternopil	Serhiy Zadorozhnyi	Fired	16 April 2018[61]	5th	Vadym Bozhenko (caretaker)	16 April 2018[61]	5th
Metalist 1925 Kharkiv	Oleksandr Ivanov	Resigned	3 May 2018[62]	2nd	Serhiy Ralyuchenko (caretaker)	3 May 2018[62]	2nd
FC Lviv	Andriy Chikh	Sacked	6 May 2018[63]	4th	Andriy Khanas (caretaker)	8 May 2018[64]	4th
Metalist 1925 Kharkiv	Serhiy Ralyuchenko (caretaker)	End of interim spell	8 May 2018[65]	2nd	Serhiy Valyayev[65]	8 May 2018	2nd
Podillia Khmelnytskyi	Vitaliy Kostyshyn (caretaker)	Made permanent	May 2018	9th	Vitaliy Kostyshyn	May 2018[66][67]	9th
Nyva Ternopil	Vadym Bozhenko (caretaker)	Interim	28 May 2018	6th	Vitaliy Shumskyi	28 May 2018[68]	6th

1. Until 18 September 2018 Oleksandr Sapelnyak served as a caretaker.^[69]
2. Initial reports were that Oleksandr Pryzetko resigned but later it was reported that he was dismissed without reason^[49]

Group A

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion, qualification or relegation
1	Ahrobiznes Volochysk[a] (C, P)	27	23	1	3	70	19	+51	70	Promotion to Ukrainian First League[71]
2	Prykarpattia Ivano-Frankivsk[b] (P)	27	20	2	5	58	28	+30	62
3	Nyva-V Vinnytsia	27	13	6	8	34	21	+13	45
4	Skala Stryi	27	12	4	11	29	29	0	40	Withdrew after the season
5	FC Lviv[c] (P)	27	10	6	11	28	29	−1	36	Promotion to Ukrainian Premier League[73]
6	Bukovyna Chernivtsi	27	9	7	11	32	40	−8	34
7	Nyva Ternopil[d]	27	9	6	12	25	29	−4	33
8	Polissya Zhytomyr	27	9	3	15	31	44	−13	30
9	Podillya Khmelnytskyi	27	6	4	17	20	44	−24	22
10	Arsenal-Kyivshchyna Bila Tserkva[e] (R)	27	4	1	22	18	62	−44	13	Withdrew after the season
-	FC Ternopil[f]	0	-	-	-	-	-	—	0	Results annulled

Updated to match(es) played on 2 June 2018. 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 goals scored; 7) Fair play; 8) Draw or play-off.^[82]
(C) Champions; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated
Notes:

1. On 7 April 2018 Ahrobiznes Volochysk secured its promotion to the First League with 8 rounds before the end of season.^[70]
2. On 21 April 2018 Prykarpattia Ivano-Frankivsk secured its promotion to the First League with 6 rounds before the end of season.^[72]
3. After completing the season, FC Lviv was promoted to the Ukrainian Premier League on pretence of merging with Veres Rivne and made a swap of their league membership.^[73] On 5 June 2018 the club was admitted to the 2018–19 Ukrainian Premier League while Veres Rivne would be in the 2018–19 Ukrainian Second League competition.^[74] In addition, the club's female team was admitted to the Ukrainian Women's League without participating in competitions of the first league which was required for promotion.
4. After completing most of the season (23 games), Nyva Ternopil on 8 May 2018 the club informed the PFL that they are withdrawing from the competition due to the league's refereeing.^[75][76] However, after the Club's Directors met with PFL president Makarov it was announced that they will return to the competition, subsequently only missing one match against Podillya with technical defeat "-:+".^[77]
5. Arsenal-Kyivshchyna Bila Tserkva – failed attestation for the next season^[78][79] and was removed from the league^[80]
6. FC Ternopil after failing to arrive for their Round 6 away match against Polissya Zhytomyr,^[81] several days later informed the PFL that they are withdrawing from the competition.^[16] The club played four matches in the competition with a record of 4 losses scoring two goals and allowing nine goals scored against them.^[16] The PFL annulled their results as per league regulations and removed them from the official standings on the decision of the FFU Control and Disciplinary Committee of 7 September 2017.

Results

Due to withdrawal of FC Ternopil, after the first full round the season calendar for Group A was redrawn on 7 September.^[83]

Home \ Away	AHR	AKB	BUC	LVI	NVT	NYV	POK	PZH	PIF	SKS	AHR	AKB	BUC	LVI	NVT	NYV	POK	PZH	PIF	SKS
Ahrobiznes Volochysk			3–1	1–0	0–1	1–0	2–1					4–0	5–0	2–0	5–1	2–1	2–1	3–2	3–0	1–2
Arsenal-Kyivschyna Bila Tserkva	0–3[a]			0–1[a]		0–1		2–3[a]			0–5		2–2	3–0	0–2	2–3	2–1	0–4	1–4	0–1
Bukovyna Chernivtsi		4–0						2–1[b]	1–2	1–3[c]	1–2	3–1		0–0	1–0	3–0	1–0	2–0	1–0	0–3
FC Lviv			4–3		0–0	1–1	4–0			1–0	0–2	3–0	0–0		2–0	0–3	0–0	3–0[d]	1–3	1–1
Nyva Ternopil		2–0	0–0				3–2		0–1	2–0	1–2	1–2	0–0	1–2		1–0	2–0	2–1	3–3	0–1
Nyva-V Vinnytsia			1–1		1–1		0–0		0–0	1–1	2–0	1–0	0–1	1–2	1–0		1–0	2–1	0–1	3–1
Podillya Khmelnytskyi		1–0	0–0					0–2	1–3	0–2	0–4	2–0	3–0	2–0	+:-[e]	1–4		2–3	0–3	1–0
Polissya Zhytomyr	0–5			0–3	3–0	0–4					0–0	2–0	2–1	2–0	0–2	0–2	0–0		2–0	0–1
Prykarpattia Ivano-Frankivsk	2–5	4–0		1–0				2–0			1–4	2–0	5–2	1–0	2–0	1–0	5–2	3–2		2–0
Skala Stryi	0–1	3–0[f]						2–0	0–4		1–3	0–3	3–1	2–0	0–0	0–1	1–0	1–1	0–2

Updated to match(es) played on 2 June 2018. Source: (in Ukrainian)
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
Notes:

1. Arsenal-Kyivshchyna asked the PFL to postpone their Round 1 against match Polissya Zhytomyr^[84] and their Round 6 against FC Lviv^[85] due to the poor financial situation in the club and the lack of support from local and regional authorities. Initially, the club also informed the PFL that they will be withdrawing from the competition,^[86] but found support in nearby Obukhiv where they played their Round 10 home fixture.^[87] Fixtures were rescheduled after Round 17 and Round 19.^[88]
2. Polissya Zhytomyr asked the PFL to postpone their Round 7 (20 August) away match against Bukovyna Chernivtsi due to financial hardship.^[89] Match rescheduled after Round 19.
3. Round 2 was played without spectators as part of sanctions administered by the Control Disciplinary Committee of the Football Federation of Ukraine due to fan behavior during Bukovyna's home match last season against FC Poltava.^[90]
4. Polissya Zhytomyr was adjudged a technical loss against FC Lviv in the away game of Round 13 for fielding a disqualified player.^[91] The FFU Control and Disciplinary Committee annulled the original score of 3–3 with the 3–0 technical win for FC Lviv.^[91]
5. Nyva Ternopil did not arrive for their Round 25 match due to their announcement of leaving the PFL.^[75]
6. Arsenal-Kyivshchyna Bila Tserkva was awarded a technical loss against Skala Stryi due to their failure to appear at their Round 7 match, according to decision of the FFU Control and Disciplinary Committee of 14 September 2017.^[92]

Position by round

Team ╲ Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29
Ahrobiznes Volochysk	1	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
Prykarpattia Ivano-Frankivsk	10	6	4	4	3	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2
Nyva-V Vinnytsia	4	3	5	5	5	5	5	5	6	6	5	5	5	5	4	4	4	4	5	5	4	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3
Skala Stryi	2	1	3	3	2	3	3	3	3	5	6	6	6	6	7	7	7	7	6	6	8	8	7	8	7	4	4	4	4
FC Lviv	3	5	2	2	4	4	4	4	5	4	4	4	4	4	5	5	5	5	4	3	3	4	4	4	4	5	5	5	5
Bukovyna Chernivtsi	9	9	7	7	8	8	8	7	7	7	7	8	8	7	6	6	6	8	7	7	7	7	6	7	6	7	6	7	6
Nyva Ternopil	7	4	6	6	6	6	6	6	4	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	4	5	5	5	5	5	6	7	6	7
Polissya Zhytomyr	8	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	9	9	8	7	7	8	8	8	8	6	8	8	6	6	8	6	8	8	8	8	8
Podillya Khmelnytskyi	5	7	8	8	7	7	7	8	8	8	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9
Arsenal-Kyivschyna Bila Tserkva	6	8	9	9	10	10	10	10	11	11	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10
FC Ternopil	11	10	10	10	9	9	9	9	10	10

Updated to match(es) played on 2 June 2018. Source: pfl.ua

Top goalscorers

As of 2 June 2018

Rank	Scorer	Team	Goals (Pen.)
1	Ihor Khudobyak	Prykarpattia Ivano-Frankivsk	19
	Bohdan Semenets	Ahrobiznes Volochysk	19 (2)
3	Vitaliy Hrusha	Ahrobiznes Volochysk	15 (3)

Group B

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion, qualification or relegation
1	SC Dnipro-1[a] (C, P)	33	26	3	4	87	15	+72	81	Promotion to Ukrainian First League[71]
2	Metalist 1925 Kharkiv[b] (P)	33	21	4	8	77	27	+50	67
3	Enerhiya Nova Kakhovka	33	19	4	10	67	32	+35	61
4	Tavriya Simferopol	33	18	7	8	59	33	+26	61
5	Myr Hornostayivka	33	14	11	8	47	30	+17	53
6	Real Pharma Odesa	33	15	7	11	54	40	+14	52
7	FC Nikopol	33	11	12	10	36	34	+2	45
8	FC Dnipro (R)	33	16	7	10	57	34	+23	37[c]	Relegation to Ukrainian Football Amateur League[d]
9	MFC Mykolaiv-2	33	10	7	16	41	58	−17	37
10	Inhulets-2 Petrove[e]	33	4	7	22	29	70	−41	19	Withdrew after the season
11	Sudnobudivnyk Mykolaiv[f] (R)	33	5	4	24	33	95	−62	19
12	Metalurh Zaporizhzhia[g]	33	2	1	30	14	133	−119	7[h]

Updated to match(es) played on 2 June 2018. 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 goals scored; 7) Fair play; 8) Draw or play-off.^[82]
(C) Champions; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated
Notes:

1. On 2 May 2018 SC Dnipro-1 secured its promotion to the First League with 5 rounds before the end of season.^[93]
2. On 26 May 2018 Metalist 1925 Kharkiv secured its promotion to the First League with one round before the end of season.^[94]
3. FC Dnipro were deducted 18 points. Initially 3 points were deducted for failing to comply with a decision of the FIFA's Disciplinary Committee of 29 August 2017^[95] Later on 16 January 2018, the PFL implemented FIFA's Disciplinary Committee findings which were originally informed to the FFU on 16 August 2017 about its decision to deduct the club 6 points.^[96] On 6 March 2018, Dnipro was deducted additional 9 points including 3 for breaking its contract with Egídio Pereira Júnior and 6 for other debts.^[97] On 2 May 2018 the President of Professional Football League Serhiy Makarov stated that he does not exclude a possibility of further relegation of Dnipro due to unpaid old debts.^[98]
4. After completing the season, FC Dnipro failed attestation for the 2018–19 Ukrainian Second League season and were approved by the FIFA Disciplinary Committee to be relegated to a lower classification level due to unpaid old debts.^[99] There are speculations that the club will be dissolved.^[100] FC Dnipro tried, but failed attestation for the season and were approved by the FIFA Disciplinary Committee to be relegated to a lower classification level due to unpaid old debts^[99]
5. After completing the season, the administration of Inhulets Petrove decided to dissolve its reserve club Inhulets-2 Petrove citing that the club would concentrate their funds on the main club and infrastructure.^[101]
6. Sudnobudivnyk Mykolaiv – failed attestation for the next season^[79] and was removed from the league^[80]
7. After completing the season, Metalurh Zaporizhzhia intended to stay in the league for the next season, but they failed attestation for the 2018–19 Ukrainian Second League season and the club's administration decided to dissolve the team.^[102] Prior to attestation, the club merged with FC Spartak-KPU Zaporizhzhia^[103] (a team of local university, KPU), but on 6 June 2018, the club failed attestation for the season and the club's administration decided to dissolve the team^[102]
8. On 2 June 2018 Metalurh Zaporizhzhia, after losing their last game of the season away against Tavriya 0–9, established a new league record for goals conceded with 133 goals.^[104]

Results

Home \ Away	DNI	DN1	ENK	IP2	M25	MZA	MK2	MYH	NIK	RPO	SBM	TAV	DNI	DN1	ENK	IP2	M25	MZA	MK2	MYH	NIK	RPO	SBM	TAV
Dnipro		2–0	2–2	2–0	2–3	5–0	1–0	1–1	2–0	3–1	5–0	1–0		1–2	0–1			2–1			1–1		2–0	1–2
SC Dnipro-1	0–0		2–0	3–0	1–0	3–0	3–0	0–1	2–1	4–1	3–0	4–0			1–0		1–0	3–0			1–0		8–0	4–2
Enerhiya Nova Kakhovka	1–2	0–1		2–0	1–2	2–0	3–2	2–3	2–0	2–0	1–0	2–2				2–1	1–0	7–0	0–1	2–0		1–1
Inhulets-2 Petrove	3–3	0–5	1–3		0–0	6–1	0–0	1–0	1–1	1–1	0–0	0–2	1–3	0–6					0–1	1–1		0–1
Metalist 1925 Kharkiv	1–0	1–1[a]	4–1	2–1		4–0	0–1	0–0	4–0	5–0	5–1	3–2	3–0			4–0		3–0	4–0	1–4		1–1
Metalurh Zaporizhya	0–5	0–8	0–11	2–1	0–5		2–3	2–0	0–4	0–2	0–5	0–1				2–4			0–8		0–4	0–4	1–2
MFC Mykolaiv-2	2–4	0–3	1–4	1–0	2–6	3–0		0–0	0–0	0–3	4–1	1–2	1–2	0–5						0–0		1–1	3–1
Myr Hornostayivka	0–0	1–4	1–1	4–0	2–1	3–0	1–0		2–0	2–4	1–2	0–0	3–1	1–1				3–1			0–0		5–0	0–1
Nikopol	0–0	2–0	1–0	2–0	0–4	1–0	3–0	0–0		0–0	2–2	1–1			1–2	2–1	1–0		2–2					0–0
Real Pharma Odesa	2–1	0–3	0–1	5–0	1–2	1–1	2–0	0–2	1–0		4–0	0–0	1–0	1–0						3–4	2–0		4–1
Sudnobudivnyk Mykolaiv	0–2	0–3[b]	1–5	4–2	0–1	3–1	2–2	0–1	0–2	1–6		0–0			1–3	1–2	1–5				2–4			0–4
Tavriya Simferopol	2–1	1–2	0–2[c]	3–2	0–3	8–0	1–2	1–0	1–1	3–1	4–2				1–0	1–0	2–0	9–0	2–0			1–0

Updated to match(es) played on 2 June 2018. Source: (in Ukrainian)
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
Notes:

1. Record attendance for a Second League match beating the 1993–94 Ukrainian Second League season high of 14,000 between Zirka-NIBAS and FC Borispil.^[105]
2. The Round 4 fixture between Sudnobudivnyk and Dnipro-1 was abandoned after the first half due to inclement weather.^[106] Match completed 22 October after Round 18.^[107]
3. Tavriya played their Round 11 home match in Beryslav at the Mashynobudivnyk Stadium.^[26]

Position by round

Team ╲ Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31	32	33
SC Dnipro-1	5	1	1	3	2	4	4	2	2	2	2	4	3	3	2	3	2	2	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
Metalist 1925 Kharkiv	11	11	8	5	4	3	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2
Enerhiya Nova Kakhovka	4	3	2	2	3	2	1	3	4	3	3	2	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3
Tavriya Simferopol	2	2	4	6	5	6	5	6	6	6	7	7	7	7	8	7	7	7	6	6	6	6	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4
Myr Hornostayivka	6	5	3	1	1	1	3	4	5	5	5	5	5	6	6	6	6	6	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	6	5	5	6	6	6	5
Real Pharma Odesa	3	4	7	9	7	5	7	8	7	7	6	6	6	5	5	5	5	5	7	7	7	7	6	6	6	6	5	6	6	5	5	5	6
Nikopol	7	7	10	7	8	7	8	7	8	8	8	8	8	8	7	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7
Dnipro	9	9	6	4	6	8	6	5	3	4	4	3	2	2	3	2	3	3	3	3	3	3	8	8	8	8	8	8	9	9	9	9	8
MFC Mykolaiv-2	8	8	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	9	9	9	9	9	10	10	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	8	8	8	8	9
Inhulets-2 Petrove	1	6	5	8	9	9	9	10	9	10	10	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	10	10
Sudnobudivnyk Mykolaiv	10	10	9	10	10	10	10	9	10	9	9	10	10	10	10	10	9	9	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	11	11
Metalurh Zaporizhya	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12

Updated to match(es) played on 2 June 2018. Source: pfl.ua

Top goalscorers

As of 2 June 2018

Rank	Scorer	Team	Goals (Pen.)
1	Serhiy Davydov	Metalist 1925 Kharkiv	23 (1)
2	Vadym Voronchenko	Tavriya Simferopol	18 (1)
3	Ihor Kohut	SC Dnipro-1	15

Championship game

On 1 December 2017, at a session of the PFL council of leagues a decision was made to conduct a Championship game between winners of Group A and Group B.^[108] The championship game was played as a single game held on a neutral field. Ahrobiznes won the Second League Group A and qualified for the Championship game on 12 May 2018.^[109] On the same day, Dnipro-1 secured the Group B champion title after a win over FC Nikopol.^[110]

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9 June 2018 (2018-06-09)

20:00 UTC+3

SC Dnipro-1	0–1	Ahrobiznes Volochysk
	Report	Semenets 34'

NSC Olimpiyskiy,^[a] Kyiv

Attendance: 5,000^[111]

Referee: Dmytro Kryvushkin (Kharkiv)

Ahrobiznes Volochysk are crowned Champions of the Ukrainian Second League for the 2017–18 season

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1. The Championship match was originally scheduled to be played in Cherkasy at the Central Stadium,^[112] the game was transferred to Kyiv.^[113] The president of Professional Football League commented on the transfer at NV radio that one of the reasons that influence it was a recent fans violence in Cherkasy.^[114]

Awards

Round awards

Round	Player			Coach
	Player	Club	Reference	Coach	Club	Reference
Round 1	Vitaliy Hrusha	Ahrobiznes Volochysk	[115]	Andriy Donets'	Ahrobiznes Volochysk	[116]
Round 2	Volodymyr Hladkyi	Skala Stryi	[117]	Roman Hnativ	Skala Stryi	[118]
Round 3	Serhiy Davydov	Metalist 1925 Kharkiv	[119]	Dmytro Mykhaylenko	SC Dnipro-1	[120]
Round 4	Roman Voronin	FC Nikopol	[121]	Oleh Fedorchuk	Enerhiya Nova Kakhovka	[122]
Round 5	Bohdan Semenets	Ahrobiznes Volochysk	[123]	Andriy Donets'	Ahrobiznes Volochysk	[124]
Round 6	Serhiy Davydov	Metalist 1925 Kharkiv	[125]	Hryhoriy Varzhelenko	FC Nikopol	[126]
Round 7	Oleksandr Snizhko	SC Dnipro-1	[127]	Oleh Fedorchuk	Enerhiya Nova Kakhovka	[128]
Round 8	Ivan Mykhailenko	FC Dnipro	[129]	Volodymyr Kovalyuk	Prykarpattia Ivano-Frankivsk	[130]
Round 9	Oleksiy Bondarenko	Real Pharma Odesa	[131]	Oleksandr Pryzetko	Metalist 1925 Kharkiv	[132]
Round 10	Oleksandr Apanchuk	Nyva Ternopil	[133]	Andriy Chikh	FC Lviv	[134]
Round 11	Viktor Korovikov	Polissya Zhytomyr	[135]	Eduard Khavrov	Polissya Zhytomyr	[136]
Round 12	Ihor Khudobyak	Prykarpattia Ivano-Frankivsk	[137]	Oleksandr Poklonskyi	FC Dnipro	[138]
Round 13	Artem Dovbyk	FC Dnipro	[139]	Andriy Donets'	Ahrobiznes Volochysk	[140]
Round 14	Yevhen Hahulin	Sudnobudivnyk Mykolaiv	[141]	Viktor Mhlynets	Bukovyna Chernivtsi	[142]
Round 15	Yevhen Nemtinov	Bukovyna Chernivtsi	[143]	Oleh Fedorchuk	Enerhiya Nova Kakhovka	[144]
Round 16	Ihor Khudobyak	Prykarpattia Ivano-Frankivsk	[145]	Oleksandr Poklonskyi	FC Dnipro	[146]
Round 17	Vitaliy Kolesnykov	Polissya Zhytomyr	[147]	Dmytro Mykhaylenko	SC Dnipro-1	[148]
Round 18	Oleksandr Yurchak	Ahrobiznes Volochysk	[149]	Vitaliy Kostyshyn	Podillya Khmelnytskyi	[150]
Round 19	Siavash Hagh Nazari	Skala Stryi	[151]	Oleksandr Akimov	Arsenal-Kyivshchyna Bila Tserkva	[152]
Round 20	Roman Bochak	Enerhiya Nova Kakhovka	[153]	Vyacheslav Mazarati	MFC Mykolaiv-2	[154]
Round 21	Vladyslav Supryaha	SC Dnipro-1	[155]	Dmytro Mykhaylenko	SC Dnipro-1	[156]
winter break
Round 22	Vitaliy Hrusha	Ahrobiznes Volochysk	[157]	Andriy Chikh	FC Lviv	[158]
Round 21/24	Vadym Shavrin	Polissya Zhytomyr	[159]	Dmytro Mykhailenko	SC Dnipro-1	[160]
Round 22/25	Volodymyr Savoshko	Nyva-V Vinnytsia	[161]	Roman Hnativ	Skala Stryi	[162]
Round 23/26	Ihor Khudobyak	Prykarpattia Ivano-Frankivsk	[163]	Volodymyr Kovalyuk	Prykarpattia Ivano-Frankivsk	[164]
Round 24/27	Yaroslav Zakharchenko	Real Pharma Odesa	[165]	Oleh Fedorchuk	Enerhiya Nova Kakhovka	[166]
Round 25/28	Yevhen Sokolan	Tavriya Simferopol	[167]	Oleksandr Sapelnyak	Myr Hornostayivka	[168]
Round 26/29	Bohdan Semenets	Ahrobiznes Volochysk	[169]	Serhiy Shevchenko	Tavriya Simferopol	[170]
Round 27/30	Andriy Porokhnya	Inhulets-2 Petrove	[171]	Hryhoriy Varzhelenko	FC Nikopol	[172]
Round 28/31	Oleh Synytsia	Metalist 1925 Kharkiv	[173]	Denys Kolchin	Nyva-V Vinnytsia	[174]
Round 29/32	Maksym Yermolenko	Metalist 1925 Kharkiv	[175]	Oleh Fedorchuk	Enerhiya Nova Kakhovka	[176]

The 2017 annual coaching laureates

The best coaches were identified by the All-Ukrainian Football Coaches Association.^[177]

1st place		2nd place		3rd place
Coach	Team	Coach	Team	Coach	Team
Oleh Fedorchuk	Enerhiya Nova Kakhovka	Volodymyr Kovalyuk	Prykarpattia Ivano-Frankivsk	Dmytro Mykhailenko	SC Dnipro-1

Season awards

The laureates of the 2017–18 season were:^[178]

• Best player: Ihor Khudobyak (Prykarpattia Ivano-Frankivsk)
• Best coach: Dmytro Mykhaylenko (SC Dnipro-1)
• Top goalscorer: Serhiy Davydov (Metalist 1925 Kharkiv)
• Fair Play award: Ahrobiznes Volochysk

See also

• 2017–18 Ukrainian Premier League
• 2017–18 Ukrainian First League
• 2017–18 Ukrainian Cup