The 2014–15 Ukrainian Second League was the 24th season of 3rd level professional football in Ukraine. The competition commenced 25 July 2014 when Arsenal-Kyivshchyna Bila Tserkva hosted Shakhtar-3 Donetsk in Bila Tserkva. The competition resumed from the winter break with the postponed Round 16 match between Skala Stryi and NPHU-Makiyivvuhillya Nikopol on 21 March 2015.
Competition format Ten teams are competing in three stages of round-robin tournament. All teams will play each other in regular format with the first 16 rounds are scheduled for the fall of 2014, while the rest two are planned for the spring of 2015. The draw of the third stage will be based on results of the first two.
Team changes
Admitted teams No teams were admitted by the PFL after playing in the 2014 Ukrainian Football Amateur League and passing attestation. FC Zorya Bilozirya that finished at the final group stage submitted a license prior to the season but merged with FC Slavutych Cherkasy (already playing in the Second League). The club was renamed to FC Cherkaskyi Dnipro.
Relegated teams No teams were relegated from the Ukrainian First League from the previous season.The Central Council of Professional Football League of Ukraine considered the force majeure circumstances that were created due to war conditions in Kramatorsk as the reason for the cancellation. With the goal to preserve the maximum integrity of the League, considering that a direct threat to the life of footballers, coaching staff, and club's administration, those games, that were to be conducted with participation of Avanhard Kramatorsk to the end of the season, were recognized that they were not going to take place because of those unforeseen events.
Suspended teams
Shakhtar Sverdlovsk were suspended from the PFL before the start of the 2014–15 season due to the Russo-Ukrainian War.
Withdrawn teams
FC Karlivka failed to submit a license and withdrew from the PFL.
Location map The following displays the location of teams.
League table
Results
Round by round The following table represents the teams position after each round in the competition.
Promotion/relegation play-off A promotion/relegation home and away play-off is to be played by the 3rd place team of 2014–15 Ukrainian Second League against the 14th placed team of the 2014–15 Ukrainian First League competition. Seedings for the playoff were announced in Ukrainian House of Football on May 29.
First leg
Second leg
Kremin Kremenchuk loses 1–0 on aggregate and remains in Second League
Top goalscorers
RankScorerGoals(Pen.)Team1 Oleksandr Batalskyi18Cherkaskyi Dnipro2 Vasyl Tsyutsyura13 (2) Skala Stryi3 Vasyl Prodan12Obolon-Brovar Kyiv4 Artem Favorov11 (6) Obolon-Brovar Kyiv5 Serhiy Borzenko9Kremin Kremenchuk Yehor Ivanov9 (3)Kremin Kremenchuk
See also 2014–15 Ukrainian Premier League 2014–15 Ukrainian Premier League Reserves and Under 19 2014–15 Ukrainian First League 2014–15 Ukrainian Cup
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