2002–03 Ukrainian Second League
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.
Team changes
Promoted
The following team was promoted from the 2002 Ukrainian Football Amateur League:The 2001 Ukrainian Football Amateur League participant:
Also, one more club was admitted additionally:
- PFC Sevastopol –
Relegated
- FC Nyva Ternopil – '
- FC Elektrometalurh-NZF Nikopol – '
- FC Dnipro-2 Dnipropetrovsk –
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
Top goalscorers
| Scorer | Goals | Team | |
| 1 | Serhiy Sernetskyi | 21 | Nyva Ternopil |
| 2 | Bohdan Pavliuk | 16 | Enerhetyk Burshtyn |
| 3 | Serhiy Ruzhytskyi | 11 | Podillya Khmelnytskyi |
| 3 | 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 |
| 8 | Serhiy Rozhok | 7 | Dynamo-3 Kyiv |
Group B
Location map
Final standings
Top goalscorers
| Scorer | Goals | 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 |
| 4 | Yevhen Sopyanychenko | 12 | Krystal Kherson |
| 6 | Maksym Borovkov | 10 | Elektrometalurh-NZF Nikopol |
| 6 | Oleh Hubskyi | 10 | Dynamo Simferopol |
| 6 | Vyacheslav Polulyakh | 10 | Olkom Melitopol |
| 9 | Dmytro Manuilenko | 9 | Hirnyk-Sport Komsomolsk |
Group C
Location map
Final standings
Top goalscorers
| Scorer | Goals | Team | |
| 1 | Kostyantyn Bublyk | 13 | Yavir Krasnopillia |
| 2 | Kostyantyn Pinchuk | 12 | Shakhtar Luhansk |
| 3 | Ihor Lytvynov | 11 | Zorya Luhansk |
| 3 | Dmytro Mashchenko | 11 | Zorya Luhansk |
| 5 | Vladyslav Havrylov | 10 | Stal Dniprodzerzhynsk |
| 6 | Oleksandr Besarab | 9 | Vorskla-2 Poltava |
| 6 | Yuriy Martyniuk | 9 | Stal Dniprodzerzhynsk |
| 8 | Ivan Krivosheyenko | 8 | Metalurh-2 Zaporizhia |
| 8 | Oleksiy Nazimov | 8 | Shakhtar Luhansk |