The 2019–20 Ukrainian Second League was the 29th since its establishment. On 6 June 2019 the PFL council of leagues presented its plan draft ("contours") for the next season for both its First and its Second leagues. The final decision for the season was adopted at the 27th PFL Conference that took place on 27 June 2019.
Summary The season kicked off on 27 July 2019 along with the First League. Both groups A and B completed their double round-robin tournament on 23 November 2019 before going on winter break. Following the break the spring half of the season that should have started on 21 March 2020 and featured another single round-robin tournament ending on 23 May 2020. On 17 March 2020, the Ukrainian Association of Football adopted its decision to pause all football competitions in the country since 18 March 2020 for unspecified period of time (until adaptation of its next decision to resume all football events) due to the coronavirus pandemic.
On 21 May 2020, the PFL council of leagues at its open-air session at Obolon Arena adopted decision by vote of majority of the Second League clubs to cancel the spring half of the season and recognize winter break standings as final. Also, since the season's calendar was cut short, there were made some additional amendments including rotation of clubs between leagues.
After several PFL meetings, the UAF Executive Committee finally approved completion of the season by decisions of those meetings on 12 June 2020.
The post season games took place in the second half of August, yet beside the championship final (between winners of groups A and B).
Teams Promoted teams Four teams have been promoted from the 2018–19 Ukrainian Football Amateur League: FC Uzhhorod – 6th place of Group 1 (debut) Alians Lypova Dolyna – 3rd place of Group 2 (debut) Dinaz Vyshhorod – 5th place of Group 2 (debut) VPK-Ahro Shevchenkivka – 1st place of Group 3 (debut)
Three reserve teams were added also without participation in the Ukrainian Football Amateur League: Obolon-Brovar-2 Bucha – (returning after an absence of six seasons, previously as Obolon-2 Kyiv) Chornomorets-2 Odesa – (returning after an absence of seven seasons) Avanhard-2 Kramatorsk – (debut)
One more team from Ukrainian Amateur Football Championship, FC Peremoha Dnipro, announced that it will contest its certification for professional competitions in the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) in Lausanne against the Ukrainian Association of Football and its licensing committee.
Relegated teams The following teams have been relegated from the 2018–19 Ukrainian First League: None – PFC Sumy placed 14th place of the 2018–19 Ukrainian First League but had its professional status taken away almost at the end of the season. The club nonetheless played relegation play-off as a de facto non-professional team. On 10 October 2019 the UAF Appellation Committee canceled previous decision of the UAF CDC and sent the case for new investigation. According to chief editor of "Futbol" Artem Frankov, accusations of Francesco Baranca were groundless.
Reorganized/reformed teams FC Nikopol was reorganized from public organization into a community institution of physical culture and sports.Resolution of the next 27th Professional Football League Conference (ПОСТАНОВА ЧЕРГОВОЇ ХХVІІ КОНФЕРЕНЦІЇ ПРОФЕСІОНАЛЬНОЇ ФУТБОЛЬНОЇ ЛІГИ) . Professional Football League. 27 June 2019 FC Real Pharma Odesa was reorganized
Withdrawn teams PFC Sumy has been stripped of professional status last season. Myr Hornostayivka, the president of the club announced last season that will withdraw the club for the next season.
Location map The following map displays the location of teams. Group A teams marked in red. Group B teams marked in green.
Stadiums + Group A Team Stadium Position in2018–19Bukovyna Chernivtsi Bukovyna Stadium 10thChaika M.K.Brukvenko Central Stadium 8thDinaz Vyshhorod Dinaz Stadium Am 5thFC Kalush Khimik Stadium 7thNyva Ternopil City Stadium 6thNyva Vinnytsia Sports Complex Nyva4thObolon-Brovar-2 Bucha Yuvileiny Stadium N/APodillya Khmelnytskyi Sport Complex Podillya9thPolissya Zhytomyr Avanhard StadiumSpartak Arena3rdFC Uzhhorod Avanhard Stadium Am 6thVeres Rivne Kolos Stadium 5th + Group B Team Stadium Position in2018–19Alians Lypova Dolyna Yuvileiny Stadium Am 3rdAvanhard-2 Kramatorsk Prapor Stadium N/AChornomorets-2 Odesa Lyustdorf Stadium N/AEnerhiya Nova Kakhovka Enerhiya Stadium6thHirnyk Kryvyi Rih Shakhta Zhovtneva Stadium 3rdKrystal Kherson Krystal Stadium 4thMFC Mykolaiv-2 Park Peremohy Stadium 9thFC Nikopol Elektrometalurh Stadium 10thReal Pharma Odesa Ivan Stadium8thTavriya Simferopol Mashynobudivnyk Stadium7thVPK-Ahro Shevchenkivka Metalurh StadiumKolos Arena Am 1st
Managers ClubHead coachReplaced coach Alians Lypova Dolyna Yuriy Yaroshenko Avanhard-2 Kramatorsk Oleksandr Ivashchenko Bukovyna Chernivtsi Stepan Makoviychuk (interim) Andriy Melnychuk Chaika Petropavlivska Borshchahivka Taras Ilnytskyi Chornomorets-2 Odesa Albert Kovalyov Dinaz Vyshhorod Volodymyr Bondarenko Enerhiya Nova Kakhovka Oleh Fedorchuk Hirnyk Kryvyi Rih Hennadiy Prykhodko FC Kalush Stepan Matviyiv Vasyl Kachur Krystal Kherson Eduard Khavrov MFC Mykolaiv-2 Mykola Popelyshko Yuriy Chaus Vyacheslav Mazarati (interim) FC Nikopol Hryhoriy Varzhelenko Nyva Ternopil Vasyl Malyk Nyva Vinnytsia Oleh Shumovytskyi Colince Ngaha Obolon-Brovar-2 Bucha Oleksandr Antonenko Oleh Mazurenko Podillya Khmelnytskyi Vitaliy Kostyshyn Polissya Zhytomyr Anatoliy Bezsmertnyi Real Pharma Odesa Oleksandr Spitsyn Tavriya Simferopol Serhiy Shevchenko FC Uzhhorod Vacant Vasyl Varha Mykhailo Ivanytsia Veres Rivne Yuriy Virt VPK-Ahro Shevchenkivka Serhiy Solovyov
Managerial changes TeamOutgoing head coachManner of departureDate of vacancyTableIncoming head coachDate of appointmentTable FC Uzhhorod Myroslav Babiak Resigned 7 June 2019Pre-season Vasyl Varha 7 June 2019Pre-season Veres Rivne Oleh Shandruk Resigned 14 June 2019 Yuriy Virt 14 June 2019 FC Kalush Andriy Nesteruk (interim) End of interim 25 June 2019 Vasyl Kachur 25 June 2019 Obolon-Brovar-2 Buchanew club Oleh Mazurenko 26 June 2019 Chornomorets-2 Odesanew club Albert Kovalyov 26 June 2019 Avanhard-2 Kramatorsknew club Oleksandr Ivashchenko 26 June 2019 Krystal Kherson Andriy Kononenko (interim) Resigned 28 June 2019 Eduard Khavrov 9 July 2019 Bukovyna Chernivtsi Vitaliy Kunytsia (interim) End of interim term 2 July 2019 Andriy Melnychuk 2 July 2019MFC Mykolaiv-2 Volodymyr Ponomarenko Reassigned 13 July 2019 Yuriy Chaus (interim) 13 July 2019 Yuriy Chaus (interim) Change of contract 28 July 2019 Yuriy Chaus 28 July 2019 Real Pharma Odesa Andriy Kovalenko Sacked 22 August 2019 10th Oleksandr Spitsyn 22 August 2019 10th Bukovyna Chernivtsi Andriy Melnychuk Resigned 9 September 2019 11th Stepan Makoviychuk (interim) 9 September 2019 11th MFC Mykolaiv-2 Yuriy Chaus Assigned to MFC Mykolaiv 16 October 2019 5th Vyacheslav Mazarati (interim) 16 October 2019 5th FC Kalush Vasyl Kachur Change of contract 16 October 2019 6th Stepan Matviyiv 16 October 2019 6th Nyva Vinnytsia Colince Ngaha Resigned 26 November 2019 9th Oleh Shumovytskyi 22 December 2019 9th FC Uzhhorod Vasyl Varha Undisclosed 29 November 2019 10th Mykhailo Ivanytsia 29 November 2019 10th Obolon-Brovar-2 Bucha Oleh Mazurenko Assigned to Obolon-Brovar Kyiv 13 January 2020Oleh Mazurenko is a head coach of FC Obolon-Brovar (Олег Мазуренко – головний тренер ФК «Оболонь Бровар») . FC Obolon-Brovar Kyiv. 13 January 2020 11th Oleksandr Antonenko 13 January 2020Oleksandr Antonenko is a head coach of FC Obolon-Brovar-2 Bucha (Олександр Антоненко – старший тренер ФК «Оболонь Бровар-2» Буча) . FC Obolon-Brovar Kyiv. 13 January 2020 11th MFC Mykolaiv-2 Vyacheslav Mazarati (interim) End of interim term 13 January 2020 7th Mykola Popelyshko 13 January 2020 7th Notes:
Group A
Results
Notes:
Position by round
Top goalscorers
RankScorerTeamGoals(Pen.)Games1 Mykhailo ShestakovVeres Rivne11 (2)192 Yaroslav HalenkoPolissya Zhytomyr10 (1)203 Volodymyr TymenkoChaika Petropavlivska Borshchahivka9 (1)20
Number of teams by region (Group A) Number Region Team(s)3Dinaz, Chaika and Obolon-Brovar-21BukovynaKalushPodillyaVeresNyva T.Nyva V.UzhhorodPolissya
Group B
Results
Notes:
Position by round
Top goalscorers
RankScorerTeamGoals(Pen.)Games1 Andriy BarladymKrystal Kherson11202 Vladyslav SharayAlyans Lypova Dolyna10 (3)183 Serhiy MandrovskyiFC Nikopol9 (1)20
Number of teams by region (Group B) Number Region Team(s)3Nikopol, Hirnyk and VPK-Ahro2Enerhiya and KrystalChornomorets-2 and Real Pharma1TavriyaAvanhard-2Mykolaiv-2Alians
Post-season play-offs Following the season's format change approved on 12 June 2020, the decision about the championship game was never mentioned unlike the promotion/relegation play-offs. According to Article 8.4 of the season's regulations, there is expected to be a championship game. No information about the championship game ever appeared.
Championship game
Promotion play-offs
Awards Round awards
RoundPlayerCoachPlayerClubReferenceCoachClubReferenceRound 1 Roman BochakEnerhiya Nova Kakhovka Oleh FedorchukEnerhiya Nova KakhovkaRound 2 Andriy RiznykNyva Ternopil Vasyl MalykNyva TernopilRound 3 Marat DaudovPolissya Zhytomyr Hennadiy PrykhodkoHirnyk Kryvyi RihRound 4 Andriy BarladymKrystal Kherson Eduard KhavrovKrystal KhersonRound 5 Volodymyr TymenkoChaika Petropavlivska Borshchahivka Vasyl MalykNyva TernopilRound 6 Serhiy MandrovskyiFC Nikopol Eduard KhavrovKrystal KhersonRound 7 Ladik MelkonyanBukovyna Chernivtsi Hennadiy PrykhodkoHirnyk Kryvyi RihRound 8 Illia TereshchenkoDinaz Vyshhorod Volodymyr BondarenkoDinaz VyshhorodRound 9 Vladyslav ApostoliukKrystal Kherson Yuriy YaroshenkoAlians Lypova DolynaRound 10 Ihor BukaHirnyk Kryvyi Rih Anatoliy BezsmertnyiPolissya ZhytomyrRound 11 Yevhen ZarichnyukMFC Mykolaiv-2 Yuriy YaroshenkoAlians Lypova DolynaRound 12 Maryan MysykVeres Rivne Taras IlnytskyiChaika Petropavlivska BorshchahivkaRound 13 Serhiy TsoiKrystal Kherson Volodymyr BondarenkoDinaz VyshhorodRound 14 Yuriy SolomkaVeres Rivne Serhiy SolovyovVPK-Ahro ShevchenkivkaRound 15 Maksym BohdanovFC Nikopol Hryhoriy VarzhelenkoFC NikopolRound 16 Serhiy ZuyevychPodillya Khmelnytskyi Stepan MatviyivFC KalushRound 17 Volodymyr TymenkoChaika Petropavlivska Borshchahivka Oleh MazurenkoObolon-Brovar-2 BuchaRound 18 Vladyslav SharayAlians Lypova Dolyna Serhiy SolovyovVPK-Ahro ShevchenkivkaRound 19 Artur ZahorulkoNyva Vinnytsia Stepan MakoviychukBukovyna ChernivtsiRound 20 Taras SyvkaBukovyna Chernivtsi Oleh FedorchukEnerhiya Nova KakhovkaRound 21 Andriy SkakunNyva Ternopil Yuriy VirtVeres RivneRound 22 Vladyslav PrylyopaChornomorets-2 Odesa Eduard KhavrovKrystal Kherson
See also 2019–20 Ukrainian Premier League 2019–20 Ukrainian First League 2019–20 Ukrainian Football Amateur League 2019–20 Ukrainian Cup
References