# 2010–11 Ukrainian Second League

The 2010–11 Ukrainian Second League was the 20th season of 3rd level professional football in Ukraine. The competitions were divided into two groups according to geographical location in the country – A is western and northern Ukraine and B is eastern and southern Ukraine.
The first game of the season was played on July 23, 2010 in Group A between Chornomorets-2 Odesa and Desna Chernihiv.
The competition had a winter break and resumed April 9, 2011 with a rescheduled match in Group B that was moved forward from its originally scheduled date of April 22, 2011.

## Competition information

Note: Relegation from the League is not covered by the current regulations
The placing of teams in the table is done in the following order:
* number of accumulated points
* difference(GD) between goals for(GF) and goals allowed(GA)
* number of goals for
* The League Fair-play ranking
The next tie-break is a simple draw.

## Team changes
### Admitted teams

The following team was promoted from the 2010 Ukrainian Football Amateur League:
* Enerhiya Nova Kakhovka – first group stage participant (debut)
Also, two reserve teams were admitted:
* Chornomorets-2 Odesa – reviving (returning after an absence of six seasons)
* Dnipro-2 Dnipropetrovsk – reviving (returning after an absence of six seasons)
** Last season FC Dnipro-75 Dnipropetrovsk was expelled from the league
Also, two teams were re-admitted:
* FC Sumy (readmitted)
* Desna Chernihiv (readmitted)

#### Relegated teams

The following teams were relegated from the 2009–10 Ukrainian First League:
* Desna Chernihiv – (returning after an absence of four seasons)
* Nyva Ternopil – (returning after an absence of a season)

##### Notes

* 1 2 The reason for the readmitting the clubs is not explained, but only informed at the official website of PFL of Ukraine on July 13, 2010. On June 18, 2010 both clubs from Sumy and Chernihiv were denied their appeal to have their licenses attestation renewed, according to the Appellation Committee of Football Federation of Ukraine headed by M.Titov. The decision was recognized as final and could not have been protested any further. There is no explanation why the two clubs from Lviv clubs were excluded from the league and the reason the clubs from Eastern Ukraine were re-admitted. FC Sumy was readmitted in Group A.
* Центральна Рада затвердила склади груп другої ліги сезону 2010-2011 років [Central Committee has confirmed the teams in each group for the Second League Season 2010–11] (in Ukrainian). PFL. 2009-07-13. Archived from the original on 2010-07-25. Retrieved 2010-07-14.
* АПЕЛЯЦІЙНИЙ КОМІТЕТ З АТЕСТУВАННЯ ФУТБОЛЬНИХ КЛУБІВ ФЕДЕРАЦІЇ ФУТБОЛУ УКРАЇНИ [Attestation of football clubs by the Appellate Committee of the Football Federation of Ukraine] (in Ukrainian). Football Federation of Ukraine. 2009-06-15. Archived from the original on 2018-01-04. Retrieved 2010-07-15. The decision in regards to FC Sumy status by the Appellate Committee of FFU
* АПЕЛЯЦІЙНИЙ КОМІТЕТ З АТЕСТУВАННЯ ФУТБОЛЬНИХ КЛУБІВ ФЕДЕРАЦІЇ ФУТБОЛУ УКРАЇНИ [Attestation of football clubs by the Appellate Committee of the Football Federation of Ukraine] (in Ukrainian). Football Federation of Ukraine. 2009-06-15. Archived from the original on 2010-11-23. Retrieved 2010-07-15. The decision in regards to FC Desna Chernihiv status by the Appellate Committee of FFU

### Location map
## Group A

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion or relegation |
| 1 | MFK Mykolaiv | 22 | 15 | 3 | 4 | 29 | 12 | +17 | 48 | Promoted to First League |
| 2 | FC Sumy | 22 | 14 | 3 | 5 | 38 | 13 | +25 | 45 | Play-off |
| 3 | Enerhiya Nova Kakhovka | 22 | 13 | 5 | 4 | 38 | 17 | +21 | 44 | |
| 4 | Bastion Illichivsk | 22 | 13 | 4 | 5 | 38 | 16 | +22 | 43 | Withdrew |
| 5 | Desna Chernihiv | 22 | 12 | 4 | 6 | 38 | 24 | +14 | 40 | |
| 6 | Chornomorets-2 Odesa | 22 | 10 | 6 | 6 | 27 | 17 | +10 | 36 | |
| 7 | Skala Stryi | 22 | 10 | 5 | 7 | 26 | 19 | +7 | 35 | Renamed |
| 8 | Yednist' Plysky | 22 | 10 | 2 | 10 | 39 | 26 | +13 | 32 | |
| 9 | Dynamo Khmelnytskyi | 22 | 7 | 4 | 11 | 19 | 29 | −10 | 22 | |
| 10 | Nyva Ternopil | 22 | 5 | 2 | 15 | 17 | 51 | −34 | 14 | |
| 11 | Ros Bila Tserkva | 22 | 3 | 2 | 17 | 20 | 58 | −38 | 8 | Expelled |
| 12 | Veres Rivne | 22 | 0 | 0 | 22 | 4 | 51 | −47 | −3 | Expelled |
* ↑ Bastion Illichivsk completed the season but withdrew from the PFL prior to the start of the next season. (July 15, 2011)
* ↑ Skala Stryi renamed themselves from Skala Morshyn. (February 10, 2011)
* 1 2 3 4 Dynamo Khmelnytskyi, Nyva Ternopil, Ros' Bila Tserkva and Veres Rivne deducted 3 points by the PFL on February 9, 2011 due to failure of payment of league dues.
* ↑ Ros Bila Tserkva completed the season but had their license revoked prior to the start of next season. (July 4, 2011)
* ↑ Veres Rivne were expelled from the PFL due to their financial situation. (April 29, 2011).

### Expelled teams
#### Veres Rivne

On April 29, 2011, after trying to find financial solvency Veres Rivne were unable to find a financial sponsor, the PFL had no alternative but to expel the club from the PFL. The club was in 12th place and had lost all of their 15 games, including a technical 3–0 loss during the season. All of their spring fixtures were considered technical losses.

### Renamed Teams
#### Skala Stryi

After playing their home games the first half of the season in Stryi, prior to the start of the spring season Skala Morshyn changed their name to Skala Stryi.

### Results

| Home \ Away | BSI | CH2 | DES | DKH | ENK | MYK | NVT | ROS | SKS | SUM | VER | YEP |
| Bastion Illichivsk | | 0–0 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 0–2 | 4–0 | 4–0 | 2–0 | 2–0 | +:- | 3–0 |
| Chornomorets-2 Odesa | 0–1 | | 3–0 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 2–2 | 0–2 | 3–0 | 5–1 |
| Desna Chernihiv | 1–0 | 1–1 | | 3–2 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 4–1 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 4–2 | 0–1 |
| Dynamo Khmelnytskyi | 0–2 | 1–2 | 1–0 | | 1–2 | 0–2 | 2–1 | 6–2 | 0–0 | 0–2 | +:- | 1–0 |
| Enerhiya Nova Kakhovka | 3–1 | 2–2 | 2–1 | 4–1 | | 1–0 | 4–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 4–0 | 2–0 |
| MFC Mykolaiv | 1–0 | 0–0 | 1–3 | 0–0 | 2–2 | | 5–1 | 2–1 | 3–0 | 2–1 | +:- | 1–0 |
| Nyva Ternopil | 2–5 | 0–1 | 0–3 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 1–2 | | 2–2 | 1–0 | 0–2 | 3–2 | 1–3 |
| Ros Bila Tserkva | 2–3 | 0–3 | 0–2 | 3–0 | 1–5 | 0–2 | 1–2 | | 1–3 | 0–2 | 2–0 | 0–1 |
| Skala Stryi | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 0–2 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 4–0 | | 3–1 | +:- | 2–1 |
| PFC Sumy | 3–1 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 3–0 | 4–1 | 1–1 | | 3–0 | 1–0 |
| Veres Rivne | 0–6 | -:+ | 0–3 | 0–1 | -:+ | 0–1 | -:+ | 0–2 | 0–4 | 0–6 | | 0–2 |
| Yednist' Plysky | 1–2 | 3–0 | 2–2 | 3–2 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 4–0 | 9–0 | 2–3 | 0–2 | 7–0 | |
* ↑ Veres Rivne failed to field their team for the game. PFL awarded a 3-0 technical victory to Desna Chernihiv who did arrive for the scheduled game.

### Top goalscorers

| | Scorer | Goals (Pen.) | Team |
| 1 | Said Belmokhtar | 12 | Bastion Illichivsk/FC Sumy |
| 1 | Oleksandr Kozhemyachenko | 12 (2) | Desna Chernihiv |
| 3 | Yevhen Falkovskyi | 9 | Enerhiya Nova Kakhovka |
| 3 | Bohdan Polyakhov | 9 | Bastion Illichivsk |
| 3 | Andriy Marushchuk | 9 (2) | Yednist Plysky |
* ↑ Said Belmokhtar signed with FC Sumy during the winter break.

## Group B

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion or relegation |
| 1 | Olimpik Donetsk | 22 | 17 | 2 | 3 | 45 | 15 | +30 | 53 | Promoted to First League |
| 2 | FC Poltava | 22 | 15 | 3 | 4 | 41 | 21 | +20 | 48 | Play-off |
| 3 | Kremin Kremenchuk | 22 | 13 | 4 | 5 | 37 | 20 | +17 | 43 | |
| 4 | Stal Dniprodzerzhynsk | 22 | 10 | 7 | 5 | 32 | 18 | +14 | 37 | |
| 5 | Hirnyk Kryvyi Rih | 22 | 10 | 5 | 7 | 32 | 26 | +6 | 35 | |
| 6 | Shakhtar Sverdlovsk | 22 | 10 | 3 | 9 | 25 | 30 | −5 | 33 | |
| 7 | Shakhtar-3 Donetsk | 22 | 8 | 5 | 9 | 38 | 37 | +1 | 29 | |
| 8 | Illichivets-2 Mariupol | 22 | 9 | 0 | 13 | 20 | 37 | −17 | 27 | |
| 9 | Hirnyk-Sport Komsomolsk | 22 | 6 | 4 | 12 | 17 | 29 | −12 | 22 | |
| 10 | Metalurh-2 Zaporizhzhia | 22 | 5 | 4 | 13 | 18 | 43 | −25 | 19 | |
| 11 | Olkom Melitopol | 22 | 5 | 2 | 15 | 21 | 22 | −1 | 17 | withdrew |
| 12 | Dnipro-2 Dnipropetrovsk | 22 | 3 | 3 | 16 | 13 | 41 | −28 | 9 | |
* ↑ Olkom Melitopol withdrew from the PFL during the mid-winter break.
* ↑ Dnipro-2 Dnipropetrovsk deducted 3 points by the PFL on February 9, 2011 due to failure of payment of league dues.

### Withdrawn teams
#### Olkom Melitopol

On 7 February Olkom Melitopol informed the PFL that they ceased their operations and withdrew from the League during the mid-winter break (after Round 13). All of their spring fixtures are considered technical losses. The club played fourteen games in the League and had a record of 5 wins, 2 draws and 7 losses with 21 goals scored and 22 allowed.

### Results

| Home \ Away | DD2 | HIR | HIS | IL2 | KRE | ME2 | OLD | OLM | POL | SHS | SH3 | STD |
| Dnipro-2 Dnipropetrovsk | | 0–3 | 0–0 | 1–2 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 0–3 | 2–3 | 1–1 |
| Hirnyk Kryvyi Rih | 3–1 | | 0–0 | 4–1 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 0–1 | +:- | 0–2 | 2–3 | 2–2 | 0–3 |
| Hirnyk-Sport Komsomolsk | 3–1 | 0–4 | | 3–0 | 0–3 | 3–0 | 0–2 | 0–3 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 1–1 |
| Illichivets-2 Mariupol | 3–1 | 0–1 | 1–0 | | 1–0 | 0–1 | 2–1 | +:- | 2–1 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 0–2 |
| Kremin Kremenchuk | 4–0 | 2–3 | 1–0 | 2–0 | | 4–0 | 2–1 | 3–0 | 4–2 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 |
| Metalurh-2 Zaporizhzhia | 3–1 | 1–2 | 3–2 | 1–0 | 1–1 | | 0–2 | 1–2 | 2–4 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 1–2 |
| Olimpik Donetsk | 2–1 | 2–0 | 3–0 | 2–0 | 4–2 | 6–0 | | +:- | 1–1 | 2–1 | 3–1 | 1–0 |
| Olkom Melitopol | -:+ | 1–1 | -:+ | 3–4 | 0–1 | -:+ | 1–2 | | 1–2 | 3–0 | -:+ | 1–3 |
| FC Poltava | 2–1 | 3–2 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 4–0 | 1–0 | +:- | | 3–0 | 2–2 | 0–3 |
| Shakhtar Sverdlovsk | 1–0 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 3–0 | 0–4 | 0–1 | 0–5 | | 2–0 | 3–2 |
| Shakhtar-3 Donetsk | 3–1 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 6–0 | 5–1 | 2–1 | 1–3 | 4–3 | 0–3 | 2–2 | | 3–2 |
| Stal Dniprodzerzhynsk | 2–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 3–1 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 2–2 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 1–0 | |

### Top goalscorers

| | Scorer | Goals (Pen.) | Team |
| 1 | Vadym Shavrin | 18 (5) | Olimpik Donetsk |
| 2 | Serhiy Stepanchuk | 10 (2) | Kremin Kremenchuk |
| 3 | Anatoliy Pashkovskyi | 9 | Hirnyk Kryvyi Rih |
| 3 | Kostyantyn Marchenko | 9 (3) | FC Poltava |
| 5 | Yevheniy Konkov | 8 (1) | Metalurh-2 Zaporizhzhia |
| 5 | Dmytro Hunchenko | 8 (2) | Illichivets-2 Mariupol |

## Promotion play-off

A playoff between the two second placed teams was played with the winner participating in another playoff game between the 16th placed team of the First League for a place in the 2011–12 Ukrainian First League competition.

### Second game
## Stadia

| Rank | Stadium | Capacity | Club |
| 1 | Shakhtar Stadium | 31,718 | Shakhtar-3 Donetsk |
| 2 | RSC Olimpiyskiy | 26,100 | Shakhtar Sverdlovsk |
| 3 | Yuvileiny Stadium | 25,800 | Sumy |
| 4 | Meteor Stadium | 24,381 | Dnipro-2 Dnipropetrovsk |
| 5 | Stadion Trudovi Rezervy | 13,500 | FC Ros Bila Tserkva |
| 6 | Gagarin Stadium | 12,060 | Desna Chernihiv |
| 7 | City Stadium | 11,700 | Nyva Ternopil |
| 8 | Polytechnic Stadium | 11,300 | FC Kremin Kremenchuk |
| 9 | Horiushkin Memorial Stadium | 10,000 | FC Shakhtar Sverdlovsk |
| 10 | SC Podillya | 8,000 | FC Dynamo Khmelnytskyi |
| 11 | Enerhiya Stadium | 6,000 | Enerhiya Nova Kakhovka |
| 12 | Sokil Stadium | 6,000 | Morshyn Stryi |
| 13 | Naftovyk Stadium | 5,265 | Sumy |
| 14 | Yunist Stadium | 5,000 | FC Hirnyk-Sport Komsomolsk |
| 15 | Stadion Avanhard | 4,500 | FC Veres Rivne |
| 16 | Spartak Stadium (Odesa) | 4,000 | Chornomorets-2 Odesa |
| 17 | Zakhidnyi Stadium | 3,206 | FC Illichivets-2 Mariupol |
| 18 | Central Stadium (Makariv) | 3,100 | FC Ros Bila Tserkva |
| 19 | Metalurh Stadium | 2,900 | FC Stal Dniprodzerzhynsk |
| 20 | Zhovtneva Mine Stadium | 2,500 | Hirnyk Kryvyi Rih |
| 21 | Stadion Lokomotyv | 2,500 | FC Poltava |
| 22 | Oleksiyenko Spartak Stadium | 2,000 | FC Olkom Melitopol |
| 23 | Tytan Stadium | 2,000 | FC Metalurh-2 Zaporizhzhia |
| 24 | Azovets Stadium | 1,600 | Illichivets-2 Mariupol |
| 25 | Kirsha Training Center | 1,500 | Shakhtar-3 Donetsk |
| 26 | School Stadium | 1,500 | Bastion Illichivsk |
| 27 | Yednist Stadium | 1,500 | Yednist Plysky |
| 28 | CMS Mykolaiv | 1,500 | MFK Mykolaiv |
| 29 | SC Kremin | 1,500 | FC Kremin Kremenchuk |
| 30 | Yednist Stadium | 1,050 | FC Yednist' Plysky |
| 31 | Olimpik Stadium | 680 | FC Olimpik Donetsk |
| 32 | SC Lustdorf | 500 | Chornomorets-2 Odesa |