2022–23 Ukrainian Second League

The 2022–23 Ukrainian Second League is the 32nd since its establishment.

Ukrainian Second League

Season	2022–23
Dates	3 September 2022 – 27 May 2023 (winter break: 8 November 2022 – 7 April 2023)
Champions	Nyva Buzova
Matches played	70
Goals scored	193 (2.76 per match)
Top goalscorer	Artur Zahorulko (11 goals)
Biggest home win	Vast 5–0 Kremin-2 (5 September 2022) Nyva B 5–0 Rubikon (23 October 2022)
Biggest away win	Rubikon 0–7 Real Pharma (30 September 2022)
Highest scoring	Rubikon 0–7 Real Pharma (30 September 2022)
Longest winning run	Nyva B (9 games)
Longest unbeaten run	Nyva B (9 games)
Longest winless run	Kremin-2 (8 games)
Longest losing run	Rubikon (7 games)
Total attendance	0
Average attendance	0
← 2021–22 2023–24 → All statistics correct as of 30 April 2023.

Summary

Due to Russo-Ukrainian War, the Professional Football League of Ukraine (PFL) lost some 24 clubs. Out of 31 teams of the last season, only 4 remained for this season. The Second League was replenished with some teams from national amateur competitions as well as some clubs added their reserve teams. Unlike the last season, this season will consist of a single group of 10 with a standard double round-robin tournament. The top team would receive a direct promotion, while the runner-up would contest promotion with the second to the last from the First League.

Teams

Promoted teams

Four teams have been promoted from the 2021–22 Ukrainian Football Amateur League:

• Nyva Buzova – 1st place of Group 2 (debut)
• FC Zviahel – 6th place of Group 2 (debut)
• Metalurh-2 Zaporizhzhia – 2nd place of Group 3 (returning after 11 seasons, last competed in the 2011–12 as a reserve team of the bankrupted Metalurh)
• VAST Mykolaiv – 4th place of Group 3 (debut)

One additional reserve team of the First League club and another amateur club were admitted to the league:

• Kremin-2 Kremenchuk – (debut, priorly competed in amateurs in 2019–20)
• Khust – (absolute debut)

Relegated teams

None, while 14 teams suspended their activities or dissolved.

Location map and stadiums

 

 

Rubikon

 

Nyva V

 

Chaika

 

Real Pharma

 

Nyva B

 

Zviahel

 

Metalurh-2

 

Khust

 

Kremin-2

 

Vast

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Home venues of teams in the 2022–23 Ukrainian Second League

Team	Stadium^[a]	Position in 2021–22
Nyva Vinnytsia	Tsentralnyi Miskyi Stadion	8th, Group A
Chaika	Livyi Bereh, Kyiv	12th, Group A
Rubikon Kyiv	Arsenal Arena, Shchaslyve	13th, Group A
Real Pharma Odesa	Stadion Ivan	14th, Group B
Nyva Buzova	Yuvileinyi Stadium, Bucha	Am
FC Zviahel		Am
Metalurh-2 Zaporizhzhia	Slavutych-Arena	Am
VAST Mykolaiv	Dinaz Stadium, Demydiv	Am
Khust	Karpaty, Khust	—
Kremin-2 Kremenchuk	Kremin Arena	—

1. Minimum capacity of stadium for the Second League is 500 spectators.^{[citation needed]}

Managers

Club	Head coach^[1]	Replaced coach
Chaika Petropavlivska Borshchahivka	Serhiy Syzykhin	Denys Khomutov   Ihor Lutsenko (acting)
Khust	Volodymyr Tsytkin
Kremin-2 Kremenchuk	Yaroslav Zdyrko	Yuriy Chumak
Metalurh-2 Zaporizhia	Vyacheslav Tropin
Nyva Buzova	Serhiy Karpenko
Nyva Vinnytsia	Oleh Ostapenko
Real Pharma Odesa	Andriy Parkhomenko	Yuriy Kulish
Rubikon Kyiv	Viktor Kuryata
VAST Mykolaiv	Ihor Yermakov	Dmytro Nazarenko
FC Zviahel	Ruslan Skydan

Managerial changes

Team	Outgoing head coach	Manner of departure	Date of vacancy	Table	Incoming head coach	Date of appointment
VAST Mykolaiv	Artem Chorniy	Undisclosed	July 2022	Pre-season	Dmytro Nazarenko	July 2022
Khust					Volodymyr Tsytkin	July 2022
Nyva Vinnytsia	Ihor Leonov	Resigned	spring 2022		Oleh Ostapenko	28 July 2022^[2]
Kremin-2 Kremenchuk					Yuriy Chumak	August 2022
Real Pharma Odesa	Artem Ryazantsev	Undisclosed	8 September 2022		Yuriy Kulish	8 September 2022^[3]^[4]
Kremin-2 Kremenchuk	Yuriy Chumak	Mutual consent	10 November 2022^[5]^[6]	9th	Yaroslav Zdyrko	14 February 2023^[7]
Real Pharma Odesa	Yuriy Kulish	Mutual consent	18 November 2022	2nd	Andriy Parkhomenko	18 November 2022^[8]^[9]
Chaika Petropavlivska Borshchahivka	Denys Khomutov	"Mutual consent"	26 November 2022^[10]	3rd	Serhiy Syzykhin	26 January 2023^[11]
VAST Mykolaiv	Dmytro Nazarenko	Role change	28 December 2022	7th	Ihor Yermakov	28 December 2022^[12]

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion, qualification or relegation
1	Nyva Buzova (C, P)	14	11	2	1	32	6	+26	35	Promotion to Ukrainian First League
2	Chaika Petropavlivska Borshchahivka	14	7	4	3	21	18	+3	25^[a]	Qualification to promotional play-off
3	Khust	14	7	4	3	23	12	+11	25^[a]
4	Nyva Vinnytsia	14	7	4	3	23	15	+8	25^[a]
5	FC Zviahel	14	7	3	4	21	12	+9	24
6	Real Pharma Odesa	14	7	3	4	24	16	+8	24
7	VAST Mykolaiv	15	5	2	8	20	23	−3	17
8	Metalurh-2 Zaporizhzhia	14	3	3	8	17	24	−7	12
9	Kremin-2 Kremenchuk	14	2	2	10	6	31	−25	8
10	Rubikon Kyiv	15	1	1	13	6	36	−30	4	Withdrew

Updated to match(es) played on 30 April 2023. Source: PFL.ua
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head points; 3) Head-to-head goal difference; 4) Head-to-head goals scored; 5) Goal difference in all games; 6) Goals scored in all games (Note: calculation by criteria indicated in rules 2, 3, 4 is conducted with consideration of all teams that have equal number of tournament points at the moment of calculation and not only among those which after preliminary criteria have appeared more successful).
(C) Champion; (P) Promoted
Notes:

1. Head-to-head points (goal difference): Chaika 5 (+3), Khust 3 (0), Nyva V 3 (-3)

Results

Home \ Away	CPB	XST	KR2	MT2	NBU	NVI	RPO	RUB	VST	ZVA
Chaika Petropavlivska Borshchahivka		1–2		1–0	0–4	3–0	3–3	3–0		2–0
FC Khust	0–0		4–0	4–0	0–1	1–1		+:-	5–1
Kremin-2 Kremenchuk	1–1	0–1			1–1		0–4	3–0	0–2	1–3
Metalurh-2 Zaporizhia	1–2	1–2	2–0		2–1^[a]		1–1	2–2	2–2
Nyva Buzova	3–0		3–0			2–0	2–0	5–0	3–2	1–1
Nyva Vinnytsia	3–3	1–1	1–0	2–0			0–0	4–0	2–0	3–2
Real Pharma Odesa		2–1		2–1	0–4	2–3		+:-	2–0	1–0
Rubikon Kyiv	-:+	3–1	-:+	0–3			0–7		-:+	0–3
VAST Mykolaiv	1–2		5–0	2–0	0–1	0–3		5–1		0–0
FC Zviahel		1–1	4–0	3–2	0–1	1–0	1–0^[b]		2–0

Updated to match(es) played on 30 April 2023. Source: pfl.ua (in Ukrainian)
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
Notes:

1. postponed
2. postponed

Notes:

Top goalscorers

As of 30 April 2023^[update][13]

Rank Scorer Team Goals (Pen.) 1   Artur Zahorulko Nyva Vinnytsia 11 (3) 2   Ivan Somov Nyva Buzova 10 (2) 3   Vasyl Lutsiv Khust 9 (0) 4 1 player(s) 8 5 1 player(s) 7 6 2 player(s) 6 8 3 players 5 11 2 players 4 13 14 players 3 27 15 players 2 42 38 players 1

Number of teams by region

Number	Region	Team(s)
2	Kyiv Oblast	Chaika Petropavlivska Borshchahivka and Nyva Buzova
1	Kyiv	Rubikon Kyiv
	Mykolaiv Oblast	VAST Mykolaiv
	Odesa Oblast	Real Pharma Odesa
	Poltava Oblast	Kremin-2 Kremenchuk
	Vinnytsia Oblast	Nyva Vinnytsia
	Zhytomyr Oblast	FC Zviahel
	Zakarpattia Oblast	Khust
	Zaporizhia Oblast	Metalurh-2 Zaporizhzhia

Post-season play-offs

Following the league season (double round-robin tournament), the runner-up is expected to meet with the 2022–23 First League's 15th placed team to contest the 2021–22 Second League promotion.

Promotion play-offs

Second League v First League

Second League

v

First League

Awards

Round awards

Round	Player			Coach
	Player	Club	Reference	Coach	Club	Reference
Round 1	Dmytro Yarchuk	VAST Mykolaiv	^[14]	Serhiy Karpenko	Nyva Buzova	^[14]
Round 2	Denys Ndukve	Chaika Petropavlivska Borshchahivka	^[15]	Volodymyr Tsytkin	Khust	^[15]
Round 3	Valeriy Nikitchuk	Zvyahel Novohrad-Volynskyi	^[16]	Viktor Kuryata	Rubikon Kyiv	^[16]
Round 4	Oleksiy Lytovchenko	Chaika Petropavlivska Borshchahivka	^[17]	Oleh Ostapenko	Nyva Vinnytsia	^[17]
Round 5	Ivan Somov	Nyva Buzova	^[18]	Yuriy Kulish	Real Pharma Odesa	^[18]
Round 6	Andriy Fesenko	Zvyahel Novohrad-Volynskyi	^[19]	Serhiy Karpenko	Nyva Buzova	^[19]
Round 7	Vasyl Lutsiv	FC Khust	^[20]	Volodymyr Tsytkin	FC Khust	^[20]
Round 8	Serhiy Barsukov	Real Pharma Odesa	^[21]	Denys Khomutov	Chaika Petropavlivska Borshchahivka	^[21]
Round 9	Anatoliy Taran	Nyva Buzova	^[22]	Serhiy Karpenko	Nyva Buzova	^[22]
Round 10	Andriy Holovatenko	Nyva Buzova	^[23]	Serhiy Karpenko	Nyva Buzova	^[23]
Round 11
Round 12
Round 13
Round 14
Round 15
Round 16
Round 17
Round 18
Round 19
Round 20

See also

• 2022–23 Ukrainian Premier League
• 2022–23 Ukrainian First League
• 2022–23 Ukrainian Football Amateur League
• List of Ukrainian football transfers summer 2022

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