2002–03 Ukrainian Second League
2002–03 Ukrainian Second League
| Season | 2002–03 |
|---|---|
| Champions | FC LUKOR Kalush FC Nafkom-Academia Irpin FC Zorya Luhansk |
| Relegated | FC Halychyna Drohobych FC Torpedo Zaporizhia (1 withdrew) |
| Top goalscorer | (30) - Serhiy Levchenko (Nafkom-Academia Irpin) |
← 2001–02 2003–04 → | |
The 2002–03 Ukrainian Second League was the 12th 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 LUKOR Kalush, FC Nafkom-Academia Irpin and FC Zorya Luhansk.
| Season | 2002–03 |
|---|---|
| Champions | FC LUKOR Kalush FC Nafkom-Academia Irpin FC Zorya Luhansk |
| Relegated | FC Halychyna Drohobych FC Torpedo Zaporizhia (1 withdrew) |
| Top goalscorer | (30) - Serhiy Levchenko (Nafkom-Academia Irpin) |
← 2001–02 2003–04 → | |
Team changes
Promoted
The following team was promoted from the 2002 Ukrainian Football Amateur League:
FC Systema KKhP Chernyakhiv – (debut)
FC Shakhtar Luhansk – (debut)
FC Yavir Krasnopilya – (debut, reinstated in 2000 in place of FC Yavir–Sumy)
The 2001 Ukrainian Football Amateur League participant:
FC Vuhlyk Dymytrov – (debut)
Also, one more club was admitted additionally:
PFC Sevastopol – (debut, last season Sevastopol was represented by FC Chayka-VMS Sevastopol)
Relegated
FC Nyva Ternopil – (debut, previously (11 seasons ago) played in the 1991 Soviet Second League as Nyva Ternopil)
FC Elektrometalurh-NZF Nikopol – (debut, previously (13 seasons ago) played in the 1989 Soviet Second League as Kolos Nikopol)
FC Dnipro-2 Dnipropetrovsk – (returning after an absence of 2 seasons)
Withdrew
FC Dynamo Lviv
FC SKA-Orbita Lviv
FC Zakarpattia-2 Uzhhorod
FC Cherkasy
FC Portovyk Illichivsk
FC Mashynobudivnyk Druzhkivka
FC Stal-2 Alchevsk
Renamed
FC Krystal Kherson changed its name to SC Kherson.
FC Metalurh-2 Mariupol changed its name to FC Illichivets-2 Mariupol.
Changed groups
FC Dynamo-3 Kyiv moved from B to A
FC Torpedo Zaporizhia moved from C to B
Group A
Location map
Final standings
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion or relegation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | LUKOR Kalush(C) | 28 | 21 | 2 | 5 | 56 | 25 | +31 | 65 | |
| 2 | Enerhetyk Burshtyn | 28 | 19 | 2 | 7 | 44 | 23 | +21 | 59 | |
| 3 | Podillya Khmelnytskyi | 28 | 18 | 4 | 6 | 45 | 16 | +29 | 58 | |
| 4 | Naftovyk Dolyna | 28 | 16 | 6 | 6 | 35 | 16 | +19 | 54 | |
| 5 | Dynamo-3 Kyiv | 28 | 14 | 8 | 6 | 30 | 22 | +8 | 50 | |
| 6 | Kovel-Volyn-2 Kovel(W) | 28 | 11 | 6 | 11 | 29 | 31 | −2 | 39 | Withdrew |
| 7 | Veres Rivne | 28 | 11 | 3 | 14 | 28 | 39 | −11 | 36 | |
| 8 | Nyva Ternopil | 28 | 10 | 5 | 13 | 29 | 36 | −7 | 35 | (-) |
| 9 | Hazovyk-Skala Stryi | 28 | 8 | 9 | 11 | 15 | 23 | −8 | 33 | |
| 10 | Karpaty-3 Lviv | 28 | 8 | 8 | 12 | 24 | 33 | −9 | 32 | |
| 11 | Tekhno-Centre Rohatyn | 28 | 7 | 7 | 14 | 23 | 35 | −12 | 28 | |
| 12 | Systema-KKhP Cherniakhiv(W) | 28 | 7 | 6 | 15 | 24 | 34 | −10 | 27 | (+) - Withdrew |
| 13 | Bukovyna Chernivtsi | 28 | 6 | 6 | 16 | 20 | 39 | −19 | 24 | |
| 14 | Chornohora Ivano-Frankivsk | 28 | 4 | 11 | 13 | 19 | 32 | −13 | 23 | |
| 15 | Halychyna Drohobych(R) | 28 | 5 | 7 | 16 | 22 | 39 | −17 | 22 | Relegated |
Top goalscorers
| Scorer | Goals (Pen.) | Team | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Serhiy Sernetskyi | 21 | Nyva Ternopil |
| 2 | Bohdan Pavliuk | 16 | Enerhetyk Burshtyn |
| 3 | Serhiy Ruzhytskyi | 11 | Podillya Khmelnytskyi |
| Ihor Stasyuk | 11 | Podillya Khmelnytskyi | |
| 5 | Denys Poida | 10 | LUKOR Kalush |
| 6 | Oleh Vikariuk | 9 | LUKOR Kalush |
| 7 | Andriy Muzychuk | 8 | Kovel-Volyn-2 Kovel |
| 8 | Volodymyr Puha | 7 | Naftovyk Dolyna |
| Serhiy Rozhok | 7 | Dynamo-3 Kyiv |
Group B
Location map
Final standings
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion or relegation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nafkom-Academia Irpin(C, P) | 30 | 20 | 7 | 3 | 69 | 20 | +49 | 67 | Promoted |
| 2 | Dynamo Simferopol | 30 | 18 | 7 | 5 | 53 | 27 | +26 | 61 | |
| 3 | Elektrometalurh-NZF Nikopol | 30 | 18 | 7 | 5 | 37 | 20 | +17 | 61 | (-) |
| 4 | Olkom Melitopol | 30 | 18 | 5 | 7 | 45 | 27 | +18 | 59 | |
| 5 | Dnister Ovidiopol | 30 | 14 | 5 | 11 | 27 | 23 | +4 | 47 | |
| 6 | Chornomorets-2 Odessa | 30 | 11 | 13 | 6 | 42 | 25 | +17 | 46 | |
| 7 | Krystal Kherson | 30 | 12 | 6 | 12 | 35 | 38 | −3 | 42 | |
| 8 | Olimpia AES Yuzhnoukrainsk | 30 | 12 | 4 | 14 | 41 | 41 | 0 | 40 | |
| 9 | Sevastopol | 30 | 12 | 4 | 14 | 31 | 36 | −5 | 40 | (+) |
| 10 | Ros Bila Tserkva | 30 | 11 | 6 | 13 | 24 | 32 | −8 | 39 | |
| 11 | Obolon-2 Kyiv | 30 | 10 | 7 | 13 | 41 | 45 | −4 | 37 | |
| 12 | Tytan Armyansk | 30 | 8 | 5 | 17 | 30 | 48 | −18 | 29 | |
| 13 | Metalurh-2 Zaporizhia | 30 | 7 | 8 | 15 | 33 | 44 | −11 | 29 | |
| 14 | Borysfen-2 Boryspil | 30 | 9 | 1 | 20 | 23 | 51 | −28 | 28 | |
| 15 | Hirnyk-Sport Komsomolsk | 30 | 7 | 6 | 17 | 27 | 48 | −21 | 27 | |
| 16 | Torpedo Zaporizhia(R) | 30 | 4 | 7 | 19 | 19 | 52 | −33 | 19 | Relegated |
Top goalscorers
| Scorer | Goals (Pen.) | Team | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Serhiy Levchenko | 30 | Naftovyk-Akademia Irpin |
| 2 | Oleksiy Hryshchenko | 15 | Dynamo Simferopol |
| 3 | Volodymyr Skrypka | 13 | Olimpiya AES Yuzhnoukrayinsk |
| 4 | Serhiy Mamonov | 12 | Dynamo Simferopol |
| Yevhen Sopyanychenko | 12 | Krystal Kherson | |
| 6 | Maksym Borovkov | 10 | Elektrometalurh-NZF Nikopol |
| Oleh Hubskyi | 10 | Dynamo Simferopol | |
| Vyacheslav Polulyakh | 10 | Olkom Melitopol | |
| 9 | Dmytro Manuilenko | 9 | Hirnyk-Sport Komsomolsk |
Group C
Location map
Final standings
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion or relegation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Zorya Luhansk(C, P) | 28 | 23 | 2 | 3 | 62 | 17 | +45 | 71 | Promoted |
| 2 | Shakhtar Luhansk(W) | 28 | 20 | 5 | 3 | 49 | 15 | +34 | 65 | (+) - Withdrew |
| 3 | Desna Chernihiv | 28 | 19 | 1 | 8 | 36 | 25 | +11 | 58 | |
| 4 | Shakhtar-3 Donetsk | 28 | 17 | 6 | 5 | 37 | 20 | +17 | 57 | |
| 5 | Stal Dniprodzerzhynsk | 28 | 16 | 4 | 8 | 35 | 22 | +13 | 52 | |
| 6 | Metalurh-2 Donetsk | 28 | 13 | 4 | 11 | 37 | 38 | −1 | 43 | |
| 7 | Metalist-2 Kharkiv | 28 | 9 | 10 | 9 | 32 | 24 | +8 | 37 | |
| 8 | Dnipro-2 Dnipropetrovsk | 28 | 10 | 4 | 14 | 28 | 34 | −6 | 34 | (-) |
| 9 | Avanhard Rovenky | 28 | 9 | 5 | 14 | 26 | 39 | −13 | 32 | |
| 10 | Yavir Krasnopillia | 28 | 8 | 8 | 12 | 27 | 41 | −14 | 32 | (+) |
| 11 | Illichivets-2 Mariupol | 28 | 9 | 3 | 16 | 24 | 42 | −18 | 30 | |
| 12 | Vorskla-2 Poltava | 28 | 7 | 6 | 15 | 30 | 44 | −14 | 27 | |
| 13 | Elektron Romny | 28 | 7 | 2 | 19 | 17 | 41 | −24 | 23 | |
| 14 | Vuhlyk Dymytrov | 28 | 5 | 8 | 15 | 12 | 37 | −25 | 23 | (+) |
| 15 | Stal-2 Alchevsk(R, W) | 28 | 3 | 2 | 23 | 9 | 22 | −13 | 11 | Relegated |
Top goalscorers
| Scorer | Goals (Pen.) | Team | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kostyantyn Bublyk | 13 | Yavir Krasnopillia |
| 2 | Kostyantyn Pinchuk | 12 | Shakhtar Luhansk |
| 3 | Ihor Lytvynov | 11 | Zorya Luhansk |
| Dmytro Mashchenko | 11 | Zorya Luhansk | |
| 5 | Vladyslav Havrylov | 10 | Stal Dniprodzerzhynsk |
| 6 | Oleksandr Besarab | 9 | Vorskla-2 Poltava |
| Yuriy Martyniuk | 9 | Stal Dniprodzerzhynsk | |
| 8 | Ivan Krivosheyenko | 8 | Metalurh-2 Zaporizhia |
| Oleksiy Nazimov | 8 | Shakhtar Luhansk |
| Druha Liha 2002-03 Winners |
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| **FC LUKOR Kalush 1st title** |
| Druha Liha 2002-03 Winners |
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| **Nafkom-Academia Irpin 1st title** |
| Druha Liha 2002-03 Winners |
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| **Zorya Luhansk 1st title** |