2003–04 Ukrainian Second League

The 2003–04 Ukrainian Second League was the 13th season of 3rd level professional football in Ukraine.

Ukrainian Second League

Season	2003–04
Champions	FC Hazovyk-Skala Stryi FC Dynamo Simferopol FC Stal Dniprodzerzhynsk
Relegated	(8 withdrew)
Top goalscorer	(21) - Roman Karakevych (Rava Rava-Ruska)
← 2002–03 2004–05 →

The competitions were divided into three groups according to geographical location in the country – A is western Ukraine, B is southern Ukraine and Crimea, and C is eastern Ukraine.

Team changes

Promoted

The following team was promoted from the 2003 Ukrainian Football Amateur League:

• FC Cherkasy – (returning after an absence of a seasons)
• FC Hazovyk-KhGV Kharkiv – (debut)
• FC Helios Kharkiv – (debut)
• FC Ikva Mlyniv – (debut, admitted in place of FC Kovel-Volyn-2)^[1]
• FC Krymteplytsia Molodizhne – (debut)
• FC Rava Rava-Ruska – (debut)
• FC Vodnyk Mykolaiv – (debut)

Also, three more clubs were admitted additionally:

• FC Arsenal-2 Kyiv – (debut)
• FC Kryvbas-2 Kryvyi Rih – (returning after an absence of a seasons)
• FC Palmira Odesa – (debut)

Relegated

Only one team was relegated from the 2002–03 Ukrainian First League.

• FC Sokil Zolochiv – 18th place (returning after a season)

Renamed / reorganized

• FC Karpaty-3 Lviv changed its name to FC Halychyna-Karpaty Lviv.
• FC LUKOR Kalush (last year winner) changed its name to FC Prykarpattia Kalush after merging with FC Prykarpattia Ivano-Frankivsk.
  • The second half of the season it changed to FC Spartak-2 Ivano-Frankivsk.
• FC Dynamo Simferopol changed its name to FC Dynamo-Ihroservice Simferopol.
• FC Avanhard Rovenky changed its name to FC Avanhard-Inter Rovenky.
  • FC Avanhard Rovenky at first merged with FC Inter Luhansk, later with FC Molniya Severodonetsk continuing to play as Avanhard-Inter.

Withdrawn

Before

• FC Sokil Zolochiv, recently relegated from the 2002–03 Ukrainian First League it withdrew before the season
• FC Shakhtar Luhansk, a last season group runner-up, it folded before the season
• FC Systema-KKhP Chernyakhiv, a single season team, it withdrew before the season
• FC Kovel-Volyn-2 failed to obtain license for the season

During

• FC Vodnyk Mykolaiv, withdrew at mid-season
• FC Elektron Romny, withdrew just before the end of the season
• FC Arsenal-2 Kyiv, withdrew just before the end of the season

After

• FC Avanhard Rovenky, replaced with FC Molniya Severodonetsk at the end of the season
• FC Podillya Khmelnytskyi, merged with FC Krasyliv-Obolon as FC Podillya Khmelnytskyi
• FC Borysfen-2 Boryspil
• FC Karpaty-Halychyna Lviv
• FC Chornomorets-2 Odesa, transitioned into reserve championship
• FC Kryvbas-2 Kryvyi Rih, transitioned into reserve championship
• FC Dnipro-2 Dnipropetrovsk, transitioned into reserve championship
• FC Metalurh-2 Donetsk, transitioned into reserve championship

Changed groups

• Borysfen-2 Boryspil from Group B to A
• Obolon-2 Kyiv from Group B to A
• Metalurh-2 Zaporizhzhia from Group B to C

Group A

Location map

Hazovyk-Skala

Rava

Enerhetyk

Podillya

Karpaty-Halychyna

Chornohora

Dynamo-3
Obolon-2

Ikva

Bukovyna

Nyva

Tekhno-Center

Borysfen-2

Naftovyk

Veres

Spartak-2

Locations of team home grounds in Ukrainian Second League 2003–04 (Group A)

Final standings

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	Hazovyk-Skala Stryj (C, P)	30	18	11	1	46	15	+31	65
2	Podillya Khmelnytskyi (W)	30	17	8	5	47	20	+27	59	Merged with Krasyliv[a]
3	Rava Rava-Ruska	30	17	5	8	47	25	+22	56
4	Tekhno-Centre Rohatyn	30	16	6	8	39	29	+10	54
5	Enerhetyk Burshtyn	30	14	7	9	41	28	+13	49
6	Nyva Ternopil	30	13	8	9	30	36	−6	47
7	Obolon-2 Kyiv	30	9	12	9	25	30	−5	39
8	Spartak-2 Kalush[b]	30	11	4	15	29	31	−2	37
9	Naftovyk Dolyna	30	10	7	13	32	37	−5	37
10	Veres Rivne	30	9	8	13	32	43	−11	35
11	Dynamo-3 Kyiv	30	9	7	14	26	27	−1	34
12	Bukovyna Chernivtsi	30	8	9	13	21	35	−14	33
13	Chornohora Ivano-Frankivsk	30	7	9	14	23	36	−13	30
14	Karpaty-Halychyna Lviv (R, W)	30	7	7	16	22	36	−14	28	Withdrew
15	Ikva Mlyniv (W)	30	6	10	14	24	38	−14	28
16	Borysfen-2 Boryspil (R, W)	30	7	6	17	28	46	−18	27

Source: ^{[citation needed]}
(C) Champions; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated; (W) Withdrew
Notes:

1. FC Podillya Khmelnytskyi merged with FC Krasyliv as Podillya Khmelnytskyi in the First League, while at same time another Podillya Khmelnytskyi continued to participate in the Khmelnytskyi Oblast Football Championship.
2. During winter break FC Prykarpattia Kalush changed its name to FC Spartak-2 Kalush.

Top goalscorers

	Scorer	Goals (Pen.)	Team
1	Roman Karakevych	21	Rava Rava-Ruska
2	Ihor Stasyuk	10	Podillya Khmelnytskyi
	Ivan Fedyk	10	Tekhno-Center Rohatyn
	Serhiy Voznyuk	10	Veres Rivne
5	Serhiy Sernetskyi	9	Nyva Ternopil
	Roman Halun	9	Rava Rava-Ruska
	Roman Pytsur	9	Hazovyk-Skala Stryi

Group B

Location map

Palmira
Chornomorets-2

Vodnyk

Olkom

Olimpia FC

Ros

Hirnyk

Krystal

Kryvbas-2

Tytan

Dynamo

Elektrometalurh

Dnister

Cherkasy

Krymteplytsia

Sevastopol

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	Dynamo Simferopol (C, P)	30	24	3	3	60	24	+36	75
2	Elektrometalurh-NZF Nikopol	30	16	9	5	43	28	+15	57
3	Krymteplytsia Molodizhne	30	16	8	6	46	31	+15	56
4	Dnister Ovidiopol	30	16	7	7	38	23	+15	55
5	OLKOM Melitopol	30	13	6	11	39	44	−5	45
6	Palmira Odesa	30	13	2	15	34	37	−3	41
7	Olimpia AES Yuzhnoukrainsk	30	12	5	13	34	41	−7	41
8	Cherkasy	30	11	7	12	40	40	0	40
9	Tytan Armyansk	30	10	10	10	31	31	0	40
10	Sevastopol	30	10	8	12	26	33	−7	38
11	Chornomorets-2 Odesa (W)	30	10	7	13	35	43	−8	37	Withdrew
12	Kryvbas-2 Kryvyi Rih (W)	30	10	6	14	33	44	−11	36
13	Ros Bila Tserkva	30	9	9	12	26	38	−12	36
14	Hirnyk-Sport Komsomolsk	30	10	5	15	40	40	0	35
15	Krystal Kherson	30	7	7	16	26	37	−11	28
16	Vodnyk Mykolaiv (R, W)	30	2	3	25	7	24	−17	9	Withdrew

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

Top goalscorers

	Scorer	Goals (Pen.)	Team
1	Oleksiy Hryshchenko	15	Dynamo-Ihorservis
2	Volodymyr Braila	12	Dynamo-Ihorservis
3	Oleksandr Kapusta	11	Olkom Melitopol
	Denys Vakar	11	Palmira Odesa
	Oleksandr Kovpak	11	Cherkasy
	Dmytro Manuilenko	11	Hirnyk-Sport Komsomolsk

Group C

Location map

Elektron

Stal

Shakhtar-3
Metalurh-2

Metalist-2
Helios

Vorskla-2

Desna

Avanhard

Yavir

Vuhlyk

Metalurh-2

Hazovyk

Illichivets-2

Dnipro-2

Arsenal-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	Stal Dniprodzerzhynsk (C, P)	30	23	6	1	53	16	+37	75
2	Desna Chernihiv	30	23	5	2	67	25	+42	74
3	Metalurh-2 Zaporizhzhia	30	17	5	8	54	31	+23	56
4	Shakhtar-3 Donetsk	30	18	1	11	55	36	+19	55
5	Metalist-2 Kharkiv	30	17	4	9	55	27	+28	55
6	Helios Kharkiv	30	15	7	8	41	32	+9	52
7	Hazovyk Kharkiv	30	15	3	12	37	34	+3	48
8	Avanhard-Inter Rovenky (W)	30	13	8	9	35	32	+3	47	Replaced with FC Molniya Severodonetsk
9	Illychivets-2 Mariupol	30	11	9	10	38	40	−2	42
10	Yavir Krasnopillia	30	10	7	13	20	28	−8	37
11	Vorskla-2 Poltava	30	9	8	13	34	42	−8	35
12	Dnipro-2 Dnipropetrovsk (W)	30	9	2	19	36	56	−20	29	Withdrew
13	Metalurh-2 Donetsk (W)	30	5	8	17	23	56	−33	23
14	Vuhlyk Dymytrov	30	5	4	21	18	61	−43	19
15	Elektron Romny (W)	30	5	1	24	13	41	−28	16	Withdrew
16	Arsenal-2 Kyiv (R, W)	30	4	4	22	24	46	−22	16

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

Top goalscorers

	Scorer	Goals (Pen.)	Team
1	Oleksandr Kozhemyachenko	15	Desna Chernihiv
2	Oleksandr Tarasenko	12	Helios Kharkiv
	Andriy Ilyashov	12	Metalurh-2 Zaporizhzhia
	Oleksandr Pomazanov	12	Avanhard-Inter Rovenky
5	Valentyn Krukovets	11	Desna Chernihiv
	Volodymyr Bohdanov	11	Stal Dniproderzhynsk
	Serhiy Kolesnyk	11	Illichivets-2 Mariupol

See also

• 2003–04 Ukrainian Premier League
• 2003–04 Ukrainian First League
• 2003–04 Ukrainian Cup