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.
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. The season competitions were scheduled to be completed on 1 June 2019 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.
Format
The PFL composition of the league was approved at the PFL Conference on 27 June 2017, 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. The PFL reinstated direct promotion and relegation between the Second League and the Ukrainian Amateur Football Championship. Some other administrative changes will be introduced for the season in Second League, such as names on jerseys, the PFL emblem, others. In addition, the FFU approved a list of stadiums for each league.
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.
Teams
Promoted teams
The final composition of the league was adopted at the PFL Conference on 27 June 2018. In the midst of the previous season some several amateur teams expressed their intention to play in Druha Liha. The following teams have been admitted from the 2017–18 Ukrainian Football Amateur League:- Chaika Petropavlivska Borshchahivka – 5th place of Group 2 '
- Hirnyk Kryvyi Rih – 5th place of Group 3 '
- Metalurh Zaporizhya – 4th place of Group 3 '
- FC Kalush – 5th place of Group 1 '
- Krystal Kherson – 2nd place of Group 3 '
- FC Mynai – 1st place of Group 1 '
Relegated teams
- Kremin Kremenchuk – 16th place '
- Cherkaskyi Dnipro – 17th place ', later dissolved and reorganized as FC Cherkashchyna-Akademiya Bilozirya
Swapped teams
- Veres Rivne – 6th place of the 2017–18 Ukrainian Premier League . The club passed attestation and assumed the position in the league instead of FC Lviv and returned to Rivne Oblast.
Renamed/reformed teams
- FC Cherkaskyi Dnipro was dissolved in July 2018, and reorganized as FC Cherkashchyna-Akademiya Bilozirya based on its academy from Bilozirya assumed the place of Cherkaskyi Dnipro in the Second League instead.
- FC Nyva-V Vinnytsia renamed themselves back to their former name FC Nyva Vinnytsia.
Expelled/withdrawn teams
- Naftovyk-Ukrnafta Okhtyrka – passed attestation and even was given opportunity to return to the First League, but Okhtyrka city mayor Ihor Alekseyev confirmed in May that the club was dissolved by its main sponsor Ukrnafta. 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.
- Arsenal-Kyivshchyna Bila Tserkva – failed attestation
- 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
- FC Metalurh Zaporizhia – prior to attestation, the club merged with FC Spartak-KPU Zaporizhia, but on 6 June 2018, the club failed attestation for the season and the club's administration decided to dissolve the team
- Inhulets-2 Petrove – the main club's administration of Inhulets Petrove decided to dissolve the second team
- Sudnobudivnyk Mykolaiv – failed attestation
- Skala Stryi – passed attestation, but dissolved its senior team protesting the FFU accusations in gambling. On 14 June 2018, there appeared information that the club will merge its academy with FC Volyn Lutsk.
Location map
Stadiums
;Group A
| Team | Stadium | Position in 2017–18 |
| Bukovyna Chernivtsi | Bukovyna Stadium | 6th |
| Chaika | Dinaz Stadium M.K.Brukvenko Central Stadium | Am2, 5th |
| Cherkashchyna-Akademiya | Zorya Stadium | 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 Arsenal Stadium | 8th |
| Veres Rivne | Kolos Stadium | 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 | Kherson 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 | 4th |
Notes:
- Chaika although located in Petropavlivska Borshchahivka in Kiev-Sviatoshyn Raion outside the city limits of Kiev began the competition playing in Lyutizh, Vyshhorod Raion since their usual home ground, Kozak-Arena was not in a prepared state. 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.
- Cherkashchyna-Akademiya play their home matches in the Zorya Stadium, located in Bilozirya in Cherkasy Raion near the city of Cherkasy.
- Polissya Zhytomyr continue to play their home games in Novohrad-Volynskyi due the construction of both of Central Stadium and Spartak Stadium Following the winter break the club moved its home games to the Kiev's suburb Shchaslyve, Boryspil Raion.
- Due to the unavailability of Avanhard Stadium, Veres Rivne play in Mlyniv.
- 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
Managerial changes
Notes:- After Round 9, Denys Kolchin submitted his resignation but the President of the club, Vasyl Vovk refused to accept it.
- Ihor Stolovytskyi left Cherkaskyi Dnipro for Kremin prior to the season starting.
Group A
League table
Results
Position by round
Goalscorers
| Rank | Scorer | Team | Goals |
| 1 |  Robert Hehedosh | FC Mynai | 13 |
| 2 | Dmytro Skakun | FC Kalush | 11 |
| 3 | Oleksiy Lytovchenko | Nyva Ternopil | 9 |
| 3 | Anatoliy Nuriyev | FC Mynai | 9 |
| 3 | Vitaliy Boiko | Cherkashchyna-Akademiya | 9 |
| 6 | Mykhailo Shestakov | Nyva V. / Veres | 8 |
| 6 | Andriy Storchous | Cherkashchyna-Akademiya | 8 |
| 8 | Oleksandr Medved | Cherkashchyna-Akademiya | 7 |
| 8 | Oleh Tarasenko | Cherkashchyna-Akademiya | 7 |
| 10 | Pavlo Fedosov | Nyva Vinnytsia | 6 |
| 10 | Danylo Knysh | FC Kalush | 6 |
| 10 | Borys Orlovskyi | Veres Rivne | 6 |
Notes:
Group B
League table
Results
Position by round
Goalscorers
| Rank | Scorer | Team | Goals |
| 1 | Oleksiy Boyko | Myr Hornostayivka | 19 |
| 1 | Kostyantyn Cherniy | Kremin Kremenchuk | 19 |
| 3 | Ihor Buka | Hirnyk Kryvyi Rih | 11 |
| 3 | Eduard Sarapiy | Metalurh Zaporizhya | 11 |
| 5 | Vadym Voronchenko | Tavriya / Metalurh | 10 |
| 5 | Ihor Yarovoi | Hirnyk Kryvyi Rih | 10 |
| 7 | Andriy Barladym | Krystal Kherson | 9 |
| 8 | Ivan Dotsenko | Myr Hornostayivka | 8 |
| 8 | Roman Loktionov | Cherkashchyna / Kremin | 8 |
| 10 | Yuriy Sachko | Metalurh Zaporizhia | 7 |
| 10 | Oleksandr Yarovenko | Metalurh Zaporizhya | 7 |
Notes:
Post season play-offs
The second places of each group will play-off for the third promotion for the First League. Later with withdrawal of several clubs, the format changed. 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
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Kremin Kremenchuk are crowned Champions of the Ukrainian Second League for the 2018–19 season
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