1997–98 Ukrainian Second League

The 1997–98 Ukrainian Second League was the seventh season of 3rd level professional football in Ukraine. The competition commenced on 31 July 1997 and ended on 29 June 1998.

Ukrainian Second League

Season	1996–97
Champions	(A) - Podillya Khmelnytskyi (B) - Krystal Kherson (C) - Shakhtar-2 Donetsk
Longest winning run	15 – Krystal (Round 1–16) =
← 1996–97 1998–99 →

Group A

Promoted teams

• Tsementnyk-Khorda Mykolaiv - Runner-up of the Amateur League (debut)
• Naftovyk Dolyna - Third of the Amateur League (debut)
• Dynamo-3 Kyiv - Group 3 third of the Amateur League (debut)
• Berkut Bedevlia - Group 1 last of the Amateur League (debut)
• Borysfen Boryspil - undetermined (previously another team FC Boryspil played at the level in 1993–94)
• Karpaty-2 Lviv - undetermined (debut)

Relegated teams

• Podillia Khmelnytskyi - Placed 22nd in the First League (returning, last time in 1989 (Soviet Union))
• Veres Rivne - Placed 23rd in the First League (returning, last time in 1989 (Soviet Union))
• Krystal Chortkiv - Placed 24th in the First League (debut)

Location map

Haray

Halychyna

Tsementnyk-Khorda

Veres

Krystal

Kalush

Karpaty

Systema-Boreks

Pokuttia

Hazovyk

Papirnyk

Podillia

Dynamo-3

Karpaty-2

Naftovyk

Berkut

Tysmenytsia

Borysfen

Locations of team home grounds in Ukrainian Second League 1992-93

Final standings

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	Podillya Khmelnytskyi (C, O, P)	34	25	3	6	69	20	+49	78	Play-off
2	Dynamo-3 Kyiv	34	21	7	6	59	24	+35	70
3	Karpaty-2 Lviv	34	16	5	13	54	50	+4	53
4	Veres Rivne	34	14	10	10	42	33	+9	52
5	Krystal Chortkiv	34	13	12	9	48	38	+10	51
6	Tsementnyk-Khorda Mykolaiv	34	15	6	13	34	34	0	51
7	Halychyna Drohobych	34	14	8	12	37	31	+6	50
8	Karpaty Mukacheve (D)	34	13	10	11	36	30	+6	49	Withdrew
9	Systema-Boreks Borodianka	34	12	13	9	34	23	+11	49
10	Naftovyk Dolyna	34	14	6	14	35	35	0	48
11	Hazovyk Komarno	34	11	8	15	30	28	+2	41
12	Papirnyk Malyn	34	10	11	13	29	34	−5	41
13	Berkut Bedevlia (D)	34	12	4	18	26	53	−27	40	Withdrew
14	Borysfen Boryspil	34	11	7	16	38	48	−10	40
15	Kalush	34	11	5	18	32	42	−10	38
16	Haray Zhovkva	34	9	11	14	29	43	−14	38
17	Tysmenytsia (O, D)	34	11	5	18	35	49	−14	38	Relegation play-off - Withdrew
18	Pokuttia Kolomyia (R)	34	6	5	23	19	61	−42	23	Relegated

Source: ^{[citation needed]}
(C) Champions; (D) Disqualified; (O) Play-off winners; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated

Top goalscorers

	Scorer	Team	Goals (Pen.)
1	Yuriy Bakhovskyi	Veres Rivne	16
2	Pavlo Onysko	Karpaty-2 Lviv	14 (1)
	Viktor Danylychyn	Krystal Chortkiv	14 (3)
4	Vasyl Bondarchuk	Podillya Khmelnytskyi	12
	Volodymyr Ivakhnyuk	FC Kalush	12 (1)

Group B

Promoted teams

• Chornomorets Sevastopol - Fourth of the Amateur League (returning, last time as Chayka Sevastopol in 1995–96)
• Dynamo Odesa - undetermined (returning, last time as Dynamo-Flesh in 1995–96)
• SKA-Lotto Odesa - winner of the Odesa Oblast championship as Lotto Odesa (debut)
• Fortuna Sharhorod - winner of the Vinnytsia Oblast championship (debut)
• Dnipro-2 Dnipropetrovsk - undetermined (debut)
• Zirka-NIBAS-2 Kirovohrad - undetermined (debut)

Relegated teams

• SC Odesa - Placed 21st in the First League (returning, last time as SKA Odesa in 1991 (Soviet Union))

Location map

Chornomorets

Nyva

Fortuna

Lokomotyv

Torpedo

Olimpia FC

Ryhonda

Zirka-2

Hirnyk

Krystal

Viktor

Tytan

SKA-Lotto
Dynamo
Odesa

Portovyk

Dnipro-2

Locations of team home grounds in Ukrainian Second League 1992-93

Final standings

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	Krystal Kherson (C)	32	28	2	2	74	20	+54	86	Play-off
2	SKA-Lotto Odesa (D)	32	21	4	7	54	23	+31	67	Merged with Dynamo Odesa
3	SC Odesa	32	18	7	7	48	29	+19	61
4	Hirnyk-Sport Komsomolsk	32	12	11	9	39	35	+4	47
5	Olimpia Pivdenoukrainsk	32	13	6	13	33	41	−8	45
6	Viktor Zaporizhzhia	32	12	7	13	41	38	+3	43
7	Dnipro-2 Dnipropetrovsk	32	11	10	11	41	40	+1	43
8	Tytan Armyansk	32	11	9	12	36	36	0	42
9	Chornomorets Sevastopol	32	10	11	11	32	33	−1	41
10	Portovyk Illichivsk	32	10	10	12	36	45	−9	40
11	Lokomotyv Smila	32	10	9	13	34	40	−6	39
12	Fortuna Sharhorod	32	11	5	16	37	53	−16	38
13	Nyva Bershad	32	9	8	15	39	46	−7	35
14	Torpedo Melitopol	32	7	12	13	38	43	−5	33
15	Ryhonda Bila Tserkva	32	7	10	15	25	45	−20	31
16	Zirka-2 Kirovohrad	32	7	8	17	21	47	−26	29
17	Dynamo Odesa	32	7	7	18	26	40	−14	28	Merged with SKA-Lotto Odesa

Source: ^{[citation needed]}
(C) Champions; (D) Disqualified

Group C

Promoted teams

• Elektron Romny - Winner of the Amateur League (debut)
• Metalurh Komsomolske - Fifth of the Amateur League (debut)
• Pivdenstal Yenakieve - Sixth of the Amateur League (debut)
• Slovianets Konotop - Group 3 runner-up of the Amateur League (debut)
• Avers Bakhmach - Group 5 runner-up of the Amateur League (debut)
• Vorskla-2 Poltava - undetermined (debut)
• Hirnyk Pavlohrad - undetermined (returning, last time as Hirnyk-Kosmos Pavlohrad in 1995–96)
• Metalurh-2 Donetsk - undetermined (debut)

Location map

Obolon-PPO

Elektron

Oskil

Slavutych

Myrhorod

Hirnyk

Shakhtar-2
Metalurh-2

Metalist-2

Vorskla-2

Metalurh

Metalurh

Slovianets

Pivdenstal

Fakel

Shakhtar St

Avers

Locations of team home grounds in Ukrainian Second League 1992-93

Final standings

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	Shakhtar-2 Donetsk (C, P)	30	22	4	4	87	26	+61	70	Play-off
2	Fakel Varva (D)	30	18	6	6	48	23	+25	60	Withdrew
3	Elektron Romny	30	17	7	6	53	36	+17	58
4	Oskil Kupiansk	30	16	5	9	35	28	+7	53
5	Obolon-PPO Kyiv	30	15	7	8	47	28	+19	52
6	Metalurh Novomoskovsk	30	16	3	11	49	39	+10	51
7	Slovyanets Konotop (D)	30	11	12	7	27	27	0	45	Withdrew
8	Slavutych-ChAES (D)	30	12	6	12	39	38	+1	42
9	Vorskla-2 Poltava	30	11	7	12	52	47	+5	40
10	Metalurh-2 Donetsk (D)	30	10	6	14	38	42	−4	36	Withdrew
11	Shakhtar Stakhanov	30	9	6	15	21	45	−24	33
12	Pivdenstal Yenakiyeve (D)	30	7	10	13	27	34	−7	31	Withdrew
13	Metalist-2 Kharkiv	30	8	4	18	39	52	−13	28
14	Myrhorod	30	7	5	18	34	64	−30	26
15	Hirnyk Pavlohrad (R)	30	6	6	18	30	58	−28	24	Play-off – Relegated
16	Metalurh Komsomolske (R)	30	7	2	21	24	63	−39	23	Relegated
17	Avers Bakhmach (D)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	Withdrew

Source: ^{[citation needed]}
(C) Champions; (D) Disqualified; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated

Post season play-offs

Promotion play-offs

Relegation play-offs

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
FC Tysmenytsia	4–1	FC Promin Sambor	3–0	1–1
Zirka-2 Kirovohrad	w/o	Kharchovyk Popivka
Hirnyk Pavlohrad	-:+	Shakhtar Horlivka	1–2	-:+

Relegation play-offs (1st leg)

FC Tysmenytsia (2L) v (AM) Promin Sambor

5 July 1998	FC Tysmenytsia (2L)	3 – 0	(AM) Promin Sambor
		[ Report]

Zirka-2 Kirovohrad (2L) v (AM) Kharchovyk Popivka

5 July 1998	Zirka-2 Kirovohrad (2L)	+ : -	(AM) Kharchovyk Popivka
		[ Report]

Zirka-2 Kirovohrad won on walkover after Kharchovyk Popivka withdrew from the play-offs.

Hirnyk Pavlohrad (2L) v (AM) Shakhtar Horlivka

5 July 1998	Hirnyk Pavlohrad (2L)	1 – 2	(AM) Shakhtar Horlivka
		[ Report]

Relegation play-offs (2nd leg)

Promin Sambor (AM) v (2L) FC Tysmenytsia

11 July 1998	Promin Sambor (AM)	1 – 1	(2L) FC Tysmenytsia
		[ Report]

Tysmenytsia won 4–1 on aggregate.

Shakhtar Horlivka (AM) v (2L) Hirnyk Pavlohrad

11 July 1998	Shakhtar Horlivka (AM)	+ : -	(2L) Hirnyk Pavlohrad
		[ Report]

Shakhtar Horlivka won on walkover after Hirnyk Pavlohrad did not arrive.

See also

• 1997–98 Ukrainian Top League
• 1997–98 Ukrainian First League
• 1997–98 Ukrainian Cup
• 1997–98 Ukrainian Football Amateur League

External links

• 1997–98 Ukrainian Second League. RSSSF