2001–02 Ukrainian Second League
2001–02 Ukrainian Second League
The 2001–02 Ukrainian Second League was the 11th season of 3rd level professional football in Ukraine.
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.
The groups were won respectively by FC Krasyliv, FC Systema-Boreks Borodianka and FC Sumy.
Team changes
Promoted
The following team was promoted from the 2001 Ukrainian Football Amateur League:
FC Kovel-Volyn-2 – (debut)
FC SKA-Orbita Lviv – (debut)
FC Dnister Ovidiopol – (debut)
FC Stal Dniprodzerzhynsk – (debut, previously (16 seasons ago) played in the 1985 Soviet Second League as Metalurh Dniprodzerzhynsk)
The 2000 Ukrainian Football Amateur League participant:
FC Akademiya Irpin – (debut)
Also, eight more club was admitted additionally:
FC Zakarpattia-2 Uzhhorod – (debut)
FC Borysfen-2 Boryspil – (debut)
FC Obolon-2 Kyiv – (debut)
FC Metalurh-2 Donetsk – (debut)
FC Chornohora Ivano-Frankivsk– (debut, replacing relegated FC Prykarpattia-2 Ivano-Frankivsk)
FC Chaika-VMS Sevastopol – (returning after an absence of 6 seasons)
FC Torpedo Zaporizhia – (debut, previously (10 seasons ago) played in the 1991 Soviet Second League as Torpedo Zaporizhia (Torpedo Zaporozhie))
FC Dynamo Simferopol – (debut)
Relegated
FC Bukovyna Chernivtsi – (returning after an absence of a season)
FC Cherkasy – (returning after an absence of 8 seasons, previously as Dnipro Cherkasy)
FC Spartak Sumy – (returning after an absence of 7 seasons, previously as Yavir Krasnopillia)
Withdrawn
FC Adoms Kremenchuk
Renamed / Relocated
FC Kalush changed its name to FC Lukor Kalush
FC Kovel-Volyn changed its name to FC Kovel-Volyn-2
FC Akademiya Irpin changed its name to FC Nafkom-Akademiya Irpin
FC Ternopil-Nyva-2 changed its name to FC Ternopil
FC Rihonda Bila Tserkva changed its name to FC Ros Bila Tserkva
FC Spartak Sumy changed its name to FC Sumy
FC Karpaty-2 changed its name to FC Karpaty-3 Lviv FC Lviv (1992) in the First League after merger changed to Karpaty-2
FC Hazovyk Komarno moved to Stryi and changed its name to FC Hazovyk-Skala Stryi
Group A
Location map
Final standings
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion or relegation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Krasyliv(C, P) | 34 | 25 | 3 | 6 | 69 | 20 | +49 | 78 | Promoted |
| 2 | Sokil Zolochiv | 34 | 21 | 7 | 6 | 59 | 24 | +35 | 70 | |
| 3 | Podillya Khmelnytskyi | 34 | 16 | 5 | 13 | 54 | 50 | +4 | 53 | |
| 4 | Dynamo Lviv(W) | 34 | 14 | 10 | 10 | 42 | 33 | +9 | 52 | Withdrew |
| 5 | LUKOR Kalush | 34 | 13 | 12 | 9 | 48 | 38 | +10 | 51 | |
| 6 | Veres Rivne | 34 | 15 | 6 | 13 | 34 | 34 | 0 | 51 | |
| 7 | Bukovyna Chernivtsi | 34 | 14 | 8 | 12 | 37 | 31 | +6 | 50 | (-) |
| 8 | Tekhno-Centre Rohatyn | 34 | 13 | 10 | 11 | 36 | 30 | +6 | 49 | |
| 9 | Karpaty-3 Lviv | 34 | 12 | 13 | 9 | 34 | 23 | +11 | 49 | |
| 10 | Hazovyk-Skala Stryi | 34 | 14 | 6 | 14 | 35 | 35 | 0 | 48 | |
| 11 | Halychyna Drohobych | 34 | 11 | 8 | 15 | 30 | 28 | +2 | 41 | |
| 12 | Enerhetyk Burshtyn | 34 | 10 | 11 | 13 | 29 | 34 | −5 | 41 | |
| 13 | SKA-Orbita Lviv(W) | 34 | 12 | 4 | 18 | 26 | 53 | −27 | 40 | (+) - Withdrew |
| 14 | Kovel-Volyn-2 Kovel | 34 | 11 | 7 | 16 | 38 | 48 | −10 | 40 | (+) |
| 15 | Ternopil(W) | 34 | 11 | 5 | 18 | 32 | 42 | −10 | 38 | Withdrew |
| 16 | Naftovyk Dolyna | 34 | 9 | 11 | 14 | 29 | 43 | −14 | 38 | |
| 17 | Zakarpattia-2 Uzhhorod(W) | 34 | 9 | 11 | 14 | 29 | 43 | −14 | 38 | (+) - Withdrew |
| 18 | Chornohora Ivano-Frankivsk | 34 | 9 | 11 | 14 | 29 | 43 | −14 | 38 | (+) |
| 19 | Cementnyk-Khorda Mykolaiv(R) | 34 | 9 | 11 | 14 | 29 | 43 | −14 | 38 | Relegated |
Top goalscorers
| Scorer | Goals (Pen.) | Team | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Volodymyr Kryzhanovsky | 27 | LUKOR Kalush |
| 2 | Oleksiy Sendel | 23 | Krasyliv |
| 3 | Yuriy Sulymenko | 19 | Bukovyna Chernivtsi |
| Serhiy Babiychuk | 19 | Podillya Khmelnytskyi | |
| 5 | Oleh Teplyi | 15 | Sokil Zolochiv |
| 6 | Andriy Zdebsky | 12 | Podillya Khmelnytskyi |
| Andriy Mazur | 12 | Sokil Zolochiv | |
| Ivan Fedyk | 12 | Tekhno-Centre Rohatyn | |
| 9 | Georgiy Magriani | 11 | Podillya Khmelnytskyi |
Group B
Location map
Final standings
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion or relegation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Systema-Boreks Borodianka(C, P) | 34 | 25 | 3 | 6 | 69 | 20 | +49 | 78 | Promoted |
| 2 | Naftovyk-Academia Irpin | 34 | 21 | 7 | 6 | 59 | 24 | +35 | 70 | (+) |
| 3 | Dynamo Simferopol | 34 | 16 | 5 | 13 | 54 | 50 | +4 | 53 | |
| 4 | Olkom Melitopol | 34 | 14 | 10 | 10 | 42 | 33 | +9 | 52 | |
| 5 | Dnister Ovidiopol | 34 | 13 | 12 | 9 | 48 | 38 | +10 | 51 | (+) |
| 6 | Dynamo-3 Kyiv | 34 | 15 | 6 | 13 | 34 | 34 | 0 | 51 | |
| 7 | Portovyk Illichivsk(W) | 34 | 14 | 8 | 12 | 37 | 31 | +6 | 50 | Withdrew |
| 8 | Ros Bila Tserkva | 34 | 13 | 10 | 11 | 36 | 30 | +6 | 49 | |
| 9 | Kherson | 34 | 12 | 13 | 9 | 34 | 23 | +11 | 49 | |
| 10 | Metalurh-2 Zaporizhia | 34 | 14 | 6 | 14 | 35 | 35 | 0 | 48 | |
| 11 | Cherkasy(W) | 34 | 11 | 8 | 15 | 30 | 28 | +2 | 41 | (-) - Withdrew |
| 12 | Chornomorets-2 Odessa | 34 | 10 | 11 | 13 | 29 | 34 | −5 | 41 | |
| 13 | Tytan Armyansk | 34 | 12 | 4 | 18 | 26 | 53 | −27 | 40 | |
| 14 | Olimpia AES Yuzhnoukrainsk | 34 | 11 | 7 | 16 | 38 | 48 | −10 | 40 | |
| 15 | Borysfen-2 Boryspil | 34 | 11 | 7 | 16 | 38 | 48 | −10 | 40 | (+) |
| 16 | Obolon-2 Kyiv | 34 | 11 | 7 | 16 | 38 | 48 | −10 | 40 | |
| 17 | Hirnyk-Sport Komsomolsk | 34 | 11 | 7 | 16 | 38 | 48 | −10 | 40 | |
| 18 | Chaika-Navy Sevastopol(R, W) | 34 | 11 | 7 | 16 | 38 | 48 | −10 | 40 | (+) - Withdrew |
Top goalscorers
| Scorer | Goals (Pen.) | Team | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Oleksandr Antonenko | 17 | Systema-Boreks Borodianka |
| 2 | Oleksandr Kapusta | 16 | Olkom Melitopol |
| Serhiy Mamonov | 16 | Dynamo Simferopol | |
| 4 | Stanislav Popov | 15 | Dynamo-3 Kyiv |
| Oleksandr Sydorenko | 15 | Systema-Boreks Borodianka | |
| 6 | Yevhen Arbuzov | 14 | Tytan Armyansk |
| 7 | Vyacheslav Kudria | 13 | Cherkasy / Chornomorets-2 |
| Vyacheslav Polulyakh | 13 | Olkom Melitopol | |
| 9 | Serhiy Ruzhytskyi | 11 | Hirnyk-Sport Komsomolsk |
| 10 | Andriy Kemen | 10 | Cherkasy |
Group C
Location map
Final standings
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion or relegation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sumy | 34 | 25 | 3 | 6 | 69 | 20 | +49 | 78 | (-) |
| 2 | Arsenal Kharkiv | 34 | 21 | 7 | 6 | 59 | 24 | +35 | 70 | |
| 3 | Metalurh-2 Donetsk | 34 | 16 | 5 | 13 | 54 | 50 | +4 | 53 | (+) |
| 4 | Desna Chernihiv | 34 | 14 | 10 | 10 | 42 | 33 | +9 | 52 | |
| 5 | Frunzenets-Liha-99 Sumy | 34 | 13 | 12 | 9 | 48 | 38 | +10 | 51 | Withdrew |
| 6 | Mashbud Druzhkivka | 34 | 15 | 6 | 13 | 34 | 34 | 0 | 51 | |
| 7 | Shakhtar-3 Donetsk | 34 | 14 | 8 | 12 | 37 | 31 | +6 | 50 | |
| 8 | Elektron Romny | 34 | 13 | 10 | 11 | 36 | 30 | +6 | 49 | |
| 9 | Zorya Luhansk | 34 | 12 | 13 | 9 | 34 | 23 | +11 | 49 | |
| 10 | Metalist-2 Kharkiv | 34 | 14 | 6 | 14 | 35 | 35 | 0 | 48 | |
| 11 | Vorskla-2 Poltava | 34 | 11 | 8 | 15 | 30 | 28 | +2 | 41 | |
| 12 | Stal Dniprodzerzhynsk | 34 | 10 | 11 | 13 | 29 | 34 | −5 | 41 | (+) |
| 13 | Stal-2 Alchevsk | 34 | 12 | 4 | 18 | 26 | 53 | −27 | 40 | |
| 14 | Metalurh-2 Mariupol | 34 | 11 | 7 | 16 | 38 | 48 | −10 | 40 | |
| 15 | Torpedo Zaporizhia | 34 | 11 | 7 | 16 | 38 | 48 | −10 | 40 | (+) |
| 16 | Avanhard Rovenky | 34 | 11 | 7 | 16 | 38 | 48 | −10 | 40 | |
| 17 | Dnipro-3 Dnipropetrovsk | 34 | 11 | 7 | 16 | 38 | 48 | −10 | 40 | Withdrew |
| 18 | Oskil Kupyansk(R) | 34 | 11 | 7 | 16 | 38 | 48 | −10 | 40 |
Top goalscorers
| Scorer | Goals (Pen.) | Team | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Oleksiy Yakymenko | 17 | Frunzenets Sumy |
| 2 | Oleksandr Kozhemyachenko | 15 | Desna Chernihiv |
| 3 | Gela Gabisonia | 14 | Sumy |
| Rais Terkulov | 14 | Mashynobudivnyk Druzhkivka | |
| 5 | Agboh Patrick Umomo | 12 | Metalurh-2 Donetsk |
| 6 | Volodymyr Avramenko | 11 | Desna Chernihiv |
| Oleh Husyev | 11 | Frunzenets Sumy | |
| Oleksandr Pomazanov | 11 | Avanhard Rovenky | |
| Oleksandr Savanchuk | 11 | Stal-2 Alchevsk |