2018–19 Ukrainian Second League

The 2018–19 Ukrainian Second League was the 28th since its establishment. The competition started on 21 July 2018 with the match between Myr and FC Nikopol.[1]

Ukrainian Second League

Season	2018–19
Dates	21 July 2018 – 25 May 2019 (winter break 11 November 2018 – 31 March 2019) 29 May 2019 – 2 June 2019 (play-offs)
Champions	Kremin
Promoted	Mynai (Group A) Cherkashchyna (Group A) Kremin (Group B) Metalurh (Group B)
Relegated	Myr (withdrew)
Matches played	270
Goals scored	641 (2.37 per match)
Top goalscorer	20 – Kostyantyn Cherniy (Kremin)
Biggest home win	6 – Metalurh 6–0 Nikopol (Round 25)
Biggest away win	5 – Nikopol 0–5 Krystal (Round 12)
Highest scoring	10 – Hirnyk 7–3 Mykolaiv-2 (Round 16)
Longest winning run	5 – Krystal (Round 11–15)
Longest unbeaten run	11 – Kremin (Round 12–22)
Longest winless run	13 – Chaika (Round 2–14)
Longest losing run	8 – Nikopol (Round 2–9)
Highest attendance	4,500 – Nyva T.–Bukovyna (Round 2)
Lowest attendance	0 – first 3 matches involving Cherkashchyna^(30) Veres – Cherkashchyna (Round 18)
← 2017–18 2019–20 → All statistics correct as of 25 May 2019.

The competition entered in recess for a winter break which started after the completion of Round 17 on 11 November 2018 and resumed on 31 March 2019.[2] The season competitions were scheduled to be completed on 1 June 2019[2] (later ending on 25 May 2019 due to reduction of participants) culminating with a two legged play-off for promotion held between the two second place from both groups and the 13th and 14th placed teams from the 2018–19 Ukrainian First League on 29 May and 2 June 2019.[2]

Format

The PFL composition of the league was approved at the PFL Conference on 27 June 2017,[3] yet the final composition with the competition regulations will be approved later by the FFU Executive Committee.

The competition is conducted in a triple round robin format.[1] The PFL reinstated direct promotion and relegation between the Second League and the Ukrainian Amateur Football Championship.[4] Some other administrative changes will be introduced for the season in Second League, such as names on jerseys, the PFL emblem, others.[5] In addition, the FFU approved a list of stadiums for each league.[6]

Each winner of group earns a direct promotion, while each runner will contest additional promotion with 13/14thth places of the First League. In case of the Ukrainian Premier League expansion for the next season, winners and second placed teams will get direct promotion, while in play-off will participate third placed teams.

One team from each group with the worst record will be relegated. Those two teams will be swapped with four teams from the Ukrainian Amateur Football Championship.[7]

Teams

Promoted teams

The final composition of the league was adopted at the PFL Conference on 27 June 2018.[3][8] In the midst of the previous season some several amateur teams expressed their intention to play in Druha Liha.[9] The following teams have been admitted from the 2017–18 Ukrainian Football Amateur League:[10]

• Chaika Petropavlivska Borshchahivka – 5th place of Group 2 (debut)
• Hirnyk Kryvyi Rih – 5th place of Group 3 (returning after an absence of five seasons)
• Metalurh Zaporizhya – 4th place of Group 3 (debut, a club with the same name competed last season)
• FC Kalush – 5th place of Group 1 (returning after an absence of thirteen seasons)
• Krystal Kherson – 2nd place of Group 3 (returning after an absence of a season after reorganization)
• FC Mynai – 1st place of Group 1 (debut)

Relegated teams

There were two teams relegated from the 2017–18 Ukrainian First League:

• Kremin Kremenchuk – 16th place (returning after an absence of a season)
• Cherkaskyi Dnipro – 17th place (returning after an absence of three seasons), later dissolved and reorganized as FC Cherkashchyna-Akademiya Bilozirya

Swapped teams

• Veres Rivne – 6th place of the 2017–18 Ukrainian Premier League (returning after an absence of two seasons). The club passed attestation[10] and assumed the position in the league instead of FC Lviv and returned to Rivne Oblast.[11]

Renamed/reformed teams

• FC Cherkaskyi Dnipro was dissolved in July 2018,[12] and reorganized as FC Cherkashchyna-Akademiya Bilozirya based on its academy from Bilozirya assumed the place of Cherkaskyi Dnipro in the Second League instead.[13][14][15]
• FC Nyva-V Vinnytsia renamed themselves back to their former name FC Nyva Vinnytsia.[16]

Expelled/withdrawn teams

• Naftovyk-Ukrnafta Okhtyrka – passed attestation and even was given opportunity to return to the First League,[3][17] but Okhtyrka city mayor Ihor Alekseyev confirmed in May that the club was dissolved by its main sponsor Ukrnafta.[18] The final decision about the team participation in the season was announced on 11 July 2018, and the season calendar was published without team from Okhtyrka.[13]
• Arsenal-Kyivshchyna Bila Tserkva – failed attestation[19][20]
• FC Dnipro – the club failed attestation for the season and were approved by the FIFA Disciplinary Committee to be relegated to a lower classification level due to unpaid old debts[21]
• FC Metalurh Zaporizhia – prior to attestation, the club merged with FC Spartak-KPU Zaporizhia[22] (a team of local university, KPU), but on 6 June 2018, the club failed attestation for the season and the club's administration decided to dissolve the team[23]
• Inhulets-2 Petrove – the main club's administration of Inhulets Petrove decided to dissolve the second team[24]
• Sudnobudivnyk Mykolaiv – failed attestation[20]
• Skala Stryi – passed attestation, but dissolved its senior team protesting the FFU accusations in gambling.[25][26][27] On 14 June 2018, there appeared information that the club will merge its academy with FC Volyn Lutsk.[28]

Location map

The following map displays the location of teams. Group A teams marked in red. Group B teams marked in green.

Chaika

Podillya

Nyva V.

Bukovyna

Nyva T.

Polissya

Veres

Cherkashchyna-Akademiya

Kalush

Mynai

Myr

Nikopol

Real Pharma

Mykolaiv-2

Hirnyk

Kremin

Enerhiya

Metalurh

Krystal

(Tavriya)

Home venues of teams in the 2018–19 Ukrainian Second League. SC Tavriya plays the home games outside of Crimea.

Stadiums

Group A

Team	Stadium	Position in 2017–18
Bukovyna Chernivtsi	Bukovyna Stadium	6th
Chaika^(1)	Dinaz Stadium M.K.Brukvenko Central Stadium	Am2, 5th
Cherkashchyna-Akademiya	Zorya Stadium^(2)	FL, 17th
FC Kalush	Khimik Stadium	Am1, 5th
FC Mynai	Mynai-Arena	Am1, 1st
Nyva Ternopil	City Stadium	7th
Nyva Vinnytsia	Central City Stadium Sports Complex Nyva	3rd
Podillya Khmelnytskyi	Sport Complex Podillya	9th
Polissya Zhytomyr	Avanhard Stadium^(3) Arsenal Stadium	8th
Veres Rivne	Kolos Stadium^(4)	PL, 6th

Group B

Team	Stadium	Position in 2017–18
Enerhiya Nova Kakhovka	Enerhiya Stadium	3rd
Hirnyk Kryvyi Rih	Zhovtnevyi Stadium	Am3, 5th
Kremin Kremenchuk	Kremin Stadium	FL, 16th
Krystal Kherson	Krystal Stadium	Am3, 2nd
Metalurh Zaporizhya	Slavutych-Arena	Am3, 4th
MFC Mykolaiv-2	Central City Stadium Park Peremohy Stadium	9th
Myr Hornostayivka	Zatys Stadium	5th
FC Nikopol	Elektrometalurh Stadium	7th
Real Pharma Odesa	Ivan Stadium	6th
Tavriya Simferopol	Mashynobudivnyk Stadium^(5)	4th

Notes:

• ^(1) Chaika although located in Petropavlivska Borshchahivka in Kyiv-Sviatoshyn Raion outside the city limits of Kyiv began the competition playing in Lyutizh, Vyshhorod Raion since their usual home ground, Kozak-Arena was not in a prepared state.[29] From Round 9 the club moved their home matches to Makariv due to the heat affecting players playing on the artificial surface at Dinaz Stadium.[30]
• ^(2) Cherkashchyna-Akademiya play their home matches in the Zorya Stadium, located in Bilozirya in Cherkasy Raion near the city of Cherkasy.
• ^(3) Polissya Zhytomyr continue to play their home games in Novohrad-Volynskyi due to the construction of both Central Stadium and Spartak Stadium[31] Following the winter break the club moved its home games to the Kyiv's suburb Shchaslyve, Boryspil Raion.
• ^(4) Due to the unavailability of Avanhard Stadium, Veres Rivne play in Mlyniv.[32]
• ^(5) Tavriya Simferopol continue to play their home matches in Beryslav although they had registered to play at Enerhiya Stadium in Nova Kakhovka. All matches will be played in Kherson Oblast of Ukraine due to the Annexation of Crimea by the Russian Federation

Managers

Club	Head coach	Replaced coach
Bukovyna Chernivtsi	Vitaliy Kunytsia (interim)	Viktor Mhlynets
Chaika Petropavlivska Borshchahivka	Taras Ilnytskyi	Viacheslav Bohodyelov
Cherkashchyna-Akademiya Bilozirya	Oleksandr Kyrylyuk
Enerhiya Nova Kakhovka	Oleh Fedorchuk
Hirnyk Kryvyi Rih	Hennadiy Prykhodko
FC Kalush	Andriy Nesteruk (interim)	Vasyl Malyk
Kremin Kremenchuk	Ihor Stolovytskyi
Krystal Kherson	Andriy Kononenko (interim)	Oleksandr Ovchynnikov Serhiy Shevtsov (interim)
Metalurh Zaporizhya	Oleh Taran
MFC Mykolaiv-2	Volodymyr Ponomarenko	Vyacheslav Mazarati
FC Mynai	Kirill Kurenko	Ihor Kharkovshchenko
Myr Hornostayivka	Oleksandr Sapelnyak
FC Nikopol	Hryhoriy Varzhelenko
Nyva Ternopil	Vasyl Malyk	Vitaliy Shumskyi Vadym Bozhenko (interim) Oleksandr Stakhiv
Nyva Vinnytsia	Colince Ngaha	Denys Kolchin
Podillya Khmelnytskyi	Vitaliy Kostyshyn
Polissya Zhytomyr	Anatoliy Bezsmertnyi	Oleksandr Pryzetko
Real Pharma Odesa	Andriy Kovalenko[33]
Tavriya Simferopol	Serhiy Shevchenko
Veres Rivne	Oleh Shandruk	Volodymyr Homenyuk

Managerial changes

Team	Outgoing head coach	Manner of departure	Date of vacancy	Table	Incoming head coach	Date of appointment	Table
Metalurh Zaporizhia	Volodymyr Shapovalov[34]	End of contract	7 June 2018[35]	Pre-season	Oleh Taran	7 June 2018[35]	Pre-season
Veres Rivne	Andriy Demchenko (interim)	Stayed with FC Lviv[36]	8 June 2018[37]		Volodymyr Homenyuk	14 June 2018[38]
Kremin Kremenchuk	Serhiy Yashchenko	Change of position	18 June 2018[39]		Ihor Stolovytskyi	18 June 2018[39]
Chaika P. Borshchahivka	Anatoliy Kretov	Sacked	15 July 2018		Viacheslav Bohodyelov	16 July 2018
Cherkashchyna-Akademiya Bilozirya	Re-organized team (replacing FC Cherkaskyi Dnipro)^(21)				Oleksandr Kyrylyuk[40]	21 July 2018
Veres Rivne	Volodymyr Homenyuk	Resigns	7 August 2018[41]	9th	Oleh Shandruk (interim)	7 August 2018[41]	9th
Polissya Zhytomyr	Oleksandr Pryzetko	Fired	21 August 2018[42]	8th	Anatoliy Bezsmertnyi	21 August 2018[42]	8th
Krystal Kherson	Oleksandr Ovchynnikov	Resigned	14 September 2018[43]	4th	Serhiy Shevtsov (interim)	14 September 2018[43]	4th
Nyva Ternopil	Vitaliy Shumskyi	Resigned	24 September 2018[44]	8th	Vadym Bozhenko (interim)	24 September 2018[44]	8th
	Vadym Bozhenko (interim)	End of interim spell	16 October 2018[45]	7th	Oleksandr Stakhiv	16 October 2018[45]	7th
Chaika P. Borshchahivka	Viacheslav Bohodyelov	Sacked	20 October 2018	10th	Taras Ilnytskyi	21 October 2018[46]	10th
Nyva Vinnytsia	Denys Kolchin	Contract ended	13 November 2018[47][48]	4th (winter break)	Colince Ngaha	27 January 2019[49]	4th (winter break)
Kalush	Vasyl Malyk	Resigned	22 November 2018[50]	3rd (winter break)	Andriy Nesteruk (interim)	2 January 2019[51]	3rd (winter break)
Bukovyna Chernivtsi	Viktor Mhlynets	Resigned	4 December 2018[52]	10th (winter break)	Vitaliy Kunytsia (interim)	4 December 2018[52]	10th (winter break)
Nyva Ternopil	Oleksandr Stakhiv	Change of position	10 January 2019[53]	7th (winter break)	Vasyl Malyk	10 January 2019[53]	7th (winter break)
MFC Mykolaiv-2	Vyacheslav Mazarati	Change of position	24 January 2019[54]	7th (winter break)	Volodymyr Ponomarenko	24 January 2019[54]	7th (winter break)
Krystal Kherson	Serhiy Shevtsov	Resigned	25 April 2019[55]	4th	Andriy Kononenko (interim)	26 April 2019[55]	4th
FC Mynai	Ihor Kharkovshchenko	Resigned	3 May 2019[56]	4th	Kirill Kurenko (interim)	3 May 2019[57]	4th
	Kirill Kurenko (interim)	Reassigned	15 May 2019[58]	3rd	Kirill Kurenko	15 May 2019[58]	3rd

Notes:

• ^(20) After Round 9, Denys Kolchin submitted his resignation [59] but the President of the club, Vasyl Vovk refused to accept it.[60]
• ^(21) Ihor Stolovytskyi left Cherkaskyi Dnipro for Kremin prior to the season starting.[39]

Group A

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion, qualification or relegation
1	FC Mynai (C, P)	27	15	4	8	41	26	+15	49	Promotion to Ukrainian First League[61]
2	Cherkashchyna-Akademiya Bilozirya (P)	27	14	6	7	43	23	+20	48	Qualification to promotion play-offs
3	Polissya Zhytomyr	27	13	6	8	23	21	+2	45
4	Nyva Vinnytsia	27	11	9	7	29	23	+6	42
5	Veres Rivne	27	12	5	10	24	22	+2	41
6	Nyva Ternopil	27	10	6	11	28	29	−1	36
7	FC Kalush	27	10	6	11	30	33	−3	36
8	Chaika Petropavlivska Borshchahivka	27	8	7	12	25	28	−3	31
9	Podillya Khmelnytskyi	27	6	7	14	20	34	−14	25
10	Bukovyna Chernivtsi	27	5	6	16	19	43	−24	21	Avoided relegation[62]

Updated to match(es) played on 25 May 2019. Source: PFL.ua
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored; 4) Head-to-head points; 5) Head-to-head goal difference; 6) Head-to-head goals scored; 7) Fair play; 8) Draw or play-off.[63]
(C) Champion; (P) Promoted.

Results

Home \ Away	BUK	CPB	CHE	KAL	MYN	NVT	NVV	POD	POL	VER	BUK	CPB	CHE	KAL	MYN	NVT	NVV	POD	POL	VER
Bukovyna Chernivtsi		0–3	0–1	0–3	0–0	0–2	0–4	3–2	2–2	0–1		0–4				1–2		1–1		0–0
Chaika P-B	1–1		1–0	0–0	1–1	0–0	2–2	0–1	0–1	0–1				2–1			2–1	2–0	1–3
Cherkashchyna	2–0	1–1[lower-alpha 1]		3–2[lower-alpha 1]	3–0	1–1	1–0[lower-alpha 1]	3–1	0–1	1–2	2–0	4–1		4–1	3–2			3–0
FC Kalush	2–0	1–0	1–0		1–0	1–0	1–1	0–0	0–1	1–0	1–3					4–3	2–3		1–2	0–0
FC Mynai	3–0	2–1	3–1	2–0		3–0	2–1	1–0	1–1	2–0	2–1	1–2		3–1			0–1	3–1
Nyva Ternopil	0–2	2–0	1–1	1–2	3–2		0–1	1–0	0–1	0–1		2–1	1–1		1–2					1–2
Nyva Vinnytsia	2–1	1–0	0–0	1–0	0–0	1–1		2–2	0–0	0–0	1–0		1–0			0–1			1–2	1–3
Podillya Khmelnytskyi	0–0	0–0	1–2	2–1	0–2	0–1	2–0		2–0	0–1				0–1		0–3	1–1		0–1
Polissya Zhytomyr	1–0	1–0	0–0	1–1	1–0	2–0	0–2	0–0		0–1	0–1		0–4		0–1	0–1				1–2
Veres Rivne	1–3	-:+[lower-alpha 2]	0–1	1–1	2–1	0–0	0–1	0–1	0–1			1–0	2–1		1–2			2–3

Updated to match(es) played on 25 May 2019. Source: (in Ukrainian)
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
Notes:

1. Due to fan behaviour of FC Cherkaskyi Dnipro in the previous season, Cherkashchyna-Akademiya plays their first three home matches at an empty stadium.[29]
2. Veres was awarded a technical loss by the FFU CDC in their Round 16 match against Chaika as the team used six substitutions instead of permitted five. The match originally ended in a 1–1 draw.[64]

Position by round

Team ╲ Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27
FC Mynai	9	5	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	1	1	2	2	2	1	1	1	2	3	1	2	4	3	3	2	2	1
Cherkashchyna-Akademiya Bilozirya	6	3	2	1	2	2	2	2	2	5	6	4	5	3	5	5	5	4	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	2
Polissya Zhytomyr	7	2	4	7	7	8	7	5	4	2	3	6	6	5	3	2	2	1	1	4	4	2	4	4	3	3	3
Nyva Vinnytsia	4	8	8	6	6	4	4	4	5	4	5	3	3	6	4	3	4	3	5	5	5	3	2	2	4	4	4
Veres Rivne	8	10	9	10	10	10	9	8	6	6	4	5	4	4	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	5	5	6	5	5
Nyva Ternopil	5	9	10	9	9	5	6	6	7	8	7	7	8	8	7	7	7	8	7	7	8	7	7	7	7	6	6
FC Kalush	3	4	1	2	1	1	1	1	1	3	2	1	1	1	2	4	3	5	4	3	3	5	6	6	5	7	7
Chaika Petropavlivska Borshchahivka	1	1	5	5	5	6	8	9	9	9	9	9	10	10	9	9	9	9	9	8	7	8	8	8	8	8	8
Podillya Khmelnytskyi	2	7	6	8	8	9	10	10	10	10	10	10	7	7	8	8	8	7	8	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9
Bukovyna Chernivtsi	10	6	7	4	4	7	5	7	8	7	8	8	9	9	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10

Updated to match(es) played on 25 May 2019. Source: pfl.ua

Goalscorers

As of 25 May 2019

Rank	Scorer	Team	Goals (Pen.)
1	Robert Hehedosh	FC Mynai	13 (2)
2	Dmytro Skakun	FC Kalush	11 (5)
3	Oleksiy Lytovchenko	Nyva Ternopil	9 (2)
	Anatoliy Nuriyev	FC Mynai	9 (2)
	Vitaliy Boiko	Cherkashchyna-Akademiya	9 (3)
6	Mykhailo Shestakov	Nyva V. / Veres	8
	Andriy Storchous	Cherkashchyna-Akademiya	8
8	Oleksandr Medved	Cherkashchyna-Akademiya	7
	Oleh Tarasenko	Cherkashchyna-Akademiya	7
10	Pavlo Fedosov	Nyva Vinnytsia	6
	Danylo Knysh	FC Kalush	6 (1)
	Borys Orlovskyi	Veres Rivne	6 (3)

Notes:

Group B

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion, qualification or relegation
1	Kremin Kremenchuk (P, C)	27	18	7	2	48	17	+31	61	Promotion to Ukrainian First League[61]
2	Metalurh Zaporizhya (P)	27	18	2	7	54	24	+30	56	Qualification to promotion play-offs
3	Hirnyk Kryvyi Rih	27	15	6	6	53	33	+20	51
4	Krystal Kherson	27	15	2	10	43	29	+14	47
5	Myr Hornostayivka[62]	27	14	3	10	41	30	+11	45	Withdrawn after the season
6	Enerhiya Nova Kakhovka	27	8	7	12	26	31	−5	31
7	Tavriya Simferopol	27	6	12	9	30	35	−5	30
8	Real Pharma Odesa	27	5	8	14	23	50	−27	23
9	MFC Mykolaiv-2	27	5	5	17	22	52	−30	20
10	FC Nikopol	27	3	4	20	15	54	−39	13	Avoided relegation[62]

Updated to match(es) played on 25 May 2019. Source: PFL.ua
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored; 4) Head-to-head points; 5) Head-to-head goal difference; 6) Head-to-head goals scored; 7) Fair play; 8) Draw or play-off.[63]
(C) Champion; (P) Promoted.

Results

Home \ Away	ENK	HIR	KRE	KRY	MZA	MV2	MYR	NIK	RPO	TAV	ENK	HIR	KRE	KRY	MZA	MV2	MYR	NIK	RPO	TAV
Enerhiya		2–0	0–2	1–0	0–1	2–0	0–1	0–1	2–0	1–1				0–0	0–2				2–2	0–0
Hirnyk	2–2		1–2	1–0	3–1	7–3	3–2	2–0	3–1	3–3	2–1		1–2		1–3			3–0		1–2
Kremin	2–0	0–0		3–0	1–0	1–0	2–0	1–0	3–0	0–0	2–2			1–0	2–0			3–2		2–0
Krystal	3–0	2–0	1–0		4–1	1–0	2–1	3–1	2–1	3–2		0–3				4–1	0–1	2–0	3–1
Metalurh	2–1	1–1	1–1	2–0		4–0	2–3	2–0	3–0	1–0				2–0		2–1	2–0	6–0	5–0
Mykolaiv-2	4–3	0–3	1–1	2–1	0–2		1–0	0–0	2–0	0–0	0–2	1–3	0–4				0–1
Myr	2–1	1–1	0–1	3–0	2–1	2–0		0–1	3–0	2–1	0–1	0–1	5–2					3–2		2–1
FC Nikopol	0–1	0–2	1–4	0–5	1–2	2–3	1–1		0–1	0–2	0–1					2–1			1–1	0–0
Real Pharma	0–0	3–1	0–2	1–2	1–0	1–1	1–1	2–0		1–1		0–2	1–4			1–0	1–4
Tavriya Simferopol	2–1	1–2	0–0	1–1	1–3	2–0	2–1	3–0	1–1					0–4	1–3	1–1			2–2

Updated to match(es) played on 25 May 2019. Source: PFL.ua (in Ukrainian)
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Position by round

Team ╲ Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27
Kremin Kremenchuk	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
Metalurh Zaporizhya	7	4	7	7	9	8	5	3	4	3	3	4	4	5	5	5	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	3	2	2	2
Hirnyk Kryvyi Rih	5	8	5	2	5	2	2	2	2	2	1	2	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	2	2	2	2	2	3	3	3
Krystal Kherson	2	7	3	3	2	3	3	4	3	4	4	3	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	4	4	5	5	5	4	4	4
Myr Hornostayivka	9	9	8	9	7	4	6	5	5	5	5	5	5	4	4	4	5	5	5	5	5	4	4	4	5	5	5
Enerhiya Nova Kakhovka	10	6	6	6	3	6	7	7	8	9	9	9	7	7	8	8	9	8	8	8	7	7	7	7	6	7	6
Tavriya Simferopol	6	3	4	5	4	5	4	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	7	6	7
Real Pharma Odesa	4	2	2	4	6	7	8	8	7	7	7	7	8	8	9	9	8	9	9	9	9	9	8	8	8	8	8
MFC Mykolaiv-2	8	10	10	8	8	9	9	9	9	8	8	8	9	9	7	7	7	7	7	7	8	8	9	9	9	9	9
FC Nikopol	3	5	9	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10

Updated to match(es) played on 25 May 2019. Source: pfl.ua

Goalscorers

As of 25 May 2019

Rank	Scorer	Team	Goals (Pen.)
1	Oleksiy Boyko	Myr Hornostayivka	19 (2)
	Kostyantyn Cherniy	Kremin Kremenchuk	19 (2)
3	Ihor Buka	Hirnyk Kryvyi Rih	11
	Eduard Sarapiy	Metalurh Zaporizhya	11 (6)
5	Vadym Voronchenko	Tavriya / Metalurh	10 (2)
	Ihor Yarovoi	Hirnyk Kryvyi Rih	10 (2)
7	Andriy Barladym	Krystal Kherson	9
8	Ivan Dotsenko	Myr Hornostayivka	8
	Roman Loktionov	Cherkashchyna / Kremin	8
10	Yuriy Sachko	Metalurh Zaporizhia	7
	Oleksandr Yarovenko	Metalurh Zaporizhya	7

Notes:

Post season play-offs

The second places of each group will play-off for the third[65] promotion for the First League. Later with withdrawal of several clubs, the format changed (see 2018–19 Ukrainian First League#Format). The second place runners-up will play with the Persha Liha thirteenth and fourteenth places, yet with expansion of the UPL those teams will receive direct promotion and the third placed teams will be contesting promotion in play-offs.

Championship game

On 7 May 2019 it was announced that the final game between group winners of the Second League will take place in Kropyvnytskyi.[66]

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1 June 2019

17:00 UTC+3

FC Mynai	0 – 1	FC Kremin Kremenchuk
	Report	Cherniy  78'

Zirka Stadium, Kropyvnytskyi

Referee: Viktor Kopiyevskyi

Kremin Kremenchuk are crowned Champions of the Ukrainian Second League for the 2018–19 season

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Notes:

Promotion play-offs

Awards

Monthly awards

Month	Player of the Month
	Player	Club	Reference
August 2018	Oleksiy Boiko	Myr Hornostayivka	[67]
September 2018	Ihor Yarovyi	Hirnyk Kryvyi Rih	[68]
October 2018	Vladyslav Ihnatyev	Krystal Kherson	[69]
November 2018	Roman Loktionov	Cherkashchyna-Akademiya	[70]
April 2019	undisclosed
May 2019	undisclosed

Round awards

Round	Player			Coach
	Player	Club	Reference	Coach	Club	Reference
Round 1	Kostiantyn Cherniy	Kremin Kremenchuk	[71]	Vasyl Malyk	FC Kalush	[72]
Round 2	Anatoliy Masalov	Tavriya Simferopol	[73]	Serhiy Shevchenko	Tavriya Simferopol	[74]
Round 3	Ihor Buka	Hirnyk Kryvyi Rih	[75]	Oleksandr Kyrylyuk	Cherkashchyna-Akademia Bilozirya	[76]
Round 4	Oleksiy Lytovchenko	Nyva Ternopil	[77]	Denys Kolchin	Nyva Vinnytsia	[78]
Round 5	Oleksiy Boiko	Myr Hornostayivka	[79]	Oleksandr Ovchinnikov	Krystal Kherson	[80]
Round 6	Volodymyr Savoshko	Nyva Vinnytsia	[81]	Hennadiy Prykhodko	Hirnyk Kryvyi Rih	[82]
Round 7	Kostiantyn Cherniy	Kremin Kremenchuk	[83]	Ihor Stolovytskyi	Kremin Kremenchuk	[84]
Round 8	Andriy Storchous	Cherkashchyna-Akademia Bilozirya	[85]	Oleh Taran	Metalurh Zaporizhia	[86]
Round 9	Vladyslav Ihnatyev	Krystal Kherson	[87]	Oleh Shandruk	Veres Rivne	[88]
Round 10	Eduard Sarapiy	Metalurh Zaporizhia	[89]	Ihor Kharkivshchenko	FC Mynai	[90]
Round 11	Ivan Dotsenko	Myr Hornostayivka	[91]	Serhiy Shevtsov	Krystal Kherson	[92]
Round 12	Roman Loktionov	Cherkashchyna–Akademiya	[93]	Vitaliy Kostyshyn	Podillya Khmelnytskyi	[94]
Round 13	Andriy Barladym	Krystal Kherson	[95]	Ihor Kharkivshchenko	FC Mynai	[96]
Round 14	Yuriy Malyei	Myr Hornostayivka	[97]	Oleksandr Kyrylyuk	Cherkashchyna–Akademiya	[98]
Round 15	Dmytro Bardadym	MFC Mykolaiv-2	[99]	Serhiy Shevtsov	Krystal Kherson	[100]
Round 16	Serhiy Hvozdevych	Hirnyk Kryvyi Rih	[101]	Anatoliy Bezsmertnyi	Polissya Zhytomyr	[102]
Round 17	Dmytro Skakun	FC Kalush	[103]	Serhiy Shevtsov	Krystal Kherson	[104]
winter break
Round 18	Oleksandr Yarovenko	Metalurh Zaporizhia	[105]	Oleh Taran	Metalurh Zaporizhia	[106]
Round 19	Vitaliy Boiko	Cherkashchyna-Akademia Bilozirya	[107]	Vitaliy Kunytsia	Bukovyna Chernivtsi	[108]
Round 20	Andriy Hryhoryk	Hirnyk Kryvyi Rih	[109]	Ihor Stolovytskyi	Kremin Kremenchuk	[110]
Round 22	Yevhen Katelin	Hirnyk Kryvyi Rih	[111]	Oleksandr Kyrylyuk	Cherkashchyna-Akademiya	[112]
Round 23	Oleksiy Boiko	Myr Hornostayivka	[113]	Oleksandr Sapelnyak	Myr Hornostayivka	[114]
Round 24	Mykhailo Shestakov	Veres Rivne	[115]	Oleh Taran	Metalurh Zaporizhia	[116]
Round 25	Robert Hehedosh	FC Mynai	[117]	Colince Ngaha	Nyva Vinnytsia	[117]
Round 21	Dmytro Makhniev	Enerhiya Nova Kakhovka	[118]	Ihor Stolovytskyi	Kremin Kremenchuk	[119]
Round 26	Illya Shevtsov	Krystal Kherson	[120]	Vasyl Malyk	Nyva Ternopil	[121]
Round 27	Serhiy Sukhanov	Polissya Zhytomyr	[122]	Kirill Kurenko	FC Mynai	[122]

See also

• 2018–19 Ukrainian Premier League
• 2018–19 Ukrainian First League
• 2018–19 Ukrainian Cup

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External links

• The 2018–19 calendar plan of the All-Ukrainian competitions in football among teams of the PFL clubs (draft). Professional Football League of Ukraine. adopted on 9 July 2018.