# 2015–16 Ukrainian Second League

The 2015–16 Ukrainian Second League was the 25th season of 3rd level professional football in Ukraine. The competition commenced on 26 July 2015 with a full round of matches. From 1 November 2015 to 26 March 2016 the competition was on winter break. The competition resumed with Round 16 and completed on 1 June 2016.

## Team changes
### Admitted teams

The following teams were admitted by the PFL after playing in the 2015 Ukrainian Football Amateur League and passing attestation.
* FC Myr Hornostayivka – initial group stage (returning after an absence of one season)
* FC Kolos Kovalivka – intermediate group stage (debut)
* FC Barsa Sumy – initial group stage (two seasons before) (debut)
* FC Inhulets Petrove – intermediate group stage (debut)
* FC Arsenal-Kyiv – (debut)
** FC Arsenal-Kyiv is regarded as a successor of FC Arsenal Kyiv which 22 years ago as FC Borysfen Boryspil participated in the Second League.
* NK Veres Rivne – (returning after an absence of four seasons)
** NK Veres Rivne is regarded as a successor of FC Veres Rivne.

### Relegated teams

* FSC Bukovyna Chernivtsi – (returning after an absence of five seasons)

### Withdrawn teams

* Shakhtar-3 Donetsk withdrew from the PFL before the start of the 2015–16 season.

### Relocated teams

* Real Pharma moved their operations from Ovidiopol to Odesa prior to the start of the season.

### Renamed teams

* FC Nikopol-NPHU – Prior to the start of the season FC NPHU-Makiyivvuhillya Nikopol formally withdrew from the PFL and then reentered under their new name.

### Location map

The following displays the location of teams.

## League table

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion or relegation |
| 1 | Kolos Kovalivka (C, P) | 26 | 19 | 3 | 4 | 62 | 22 | +40 | 60 | Promoted to Ukrainian First League |
| 2 | Veres Rivne (P) | 26 | 16 | 4 | 6 | 41 | 24 | +17 | 52 | Promoted to Ukrainian First League |
| 3 | Inhulets Petrove (P) | 26 | 14 | 8 | 4 | 37 | 16 | +21 | 50 | Promoted to Ukrainian First League |
| 4 | Bukovyna Chernivtsi (P) | 26 | 13 | 8 | 5 | 39 | 22 | +17 | 47 | Promoted to Ukrainian First League |
| 5 | Skala Stryi (P) | 26 | 13 | 7 | 6 | 41 | 23 | +18 | 46 | Promoted to Ukrainian First League |
| 6 | Arsenal Kyiv (P) | 26 | 13 | 4 | 9 | 37 | 30 | +7 | 43 | Promoted to Ukrainian First League |
| 7 | Real Pharma Odesa | 26 | 12 | 5 | 9 | 31 | 29 | +2 | 41 | |
| 8 | Kremin Kremenchuk | 26 | 11 | 7 | 8 | 43 | 31 | +12 | 40 | |
| 9 | Enerhiya Nova Kakhovka | 26 | 10 | 3 | 13 | 31 | 38 | −7 | 33 | |
| 10 | Krystal Kherson | 26 | 9 | 1 | 16 | 31 | 47 | −16 | 28 | |
| 11 | Myr Hornostayivka | 26 | 8 | 3 | 15 | 38 | 47 | −9 | 27 | |
| 12 | Barsa Sumy | 26 | 5 | 3 | 18 | 14 | 51 | −37 | 18 | Withdrew after the season |
| 13 | Arsenal-Kyivshchyna Bila Tserkva | 26 | 5 | 2 | 19 | 24 | 56 | −32 | 17 | |
| 14 | FC Nikopol-NPHU | 26 | 2 | 6 | 18 | 18 | 51 | −33 | 12 | |
* ↑ On 19 June 2015 the Professional Football League of Ukraine confirmed the number of clubs and criteria for relegation for the next season. It was decided that top two clubs would be promoted for the next season with the third playing play-off against the 14th placed team in the First League. However, two days before the end of the season, on 30 May 2016 the PFL ruled that due to sporting principles to keep 16 teams in the First League the promotion-relegation playoff match between the third placed team against the 14th placed team in the First League is cancelled and that the third placed team will be automatically promoted to the first League.
* ↑ After the season the Administration of Barsa Sumy informed the PFL that they would withdraw from the professional league. (7 July 2016)

### Results

    As of 1 June 2016
| Home \ Away | ARK | AKB | BAS | BUC | ENK | IHP | KOK | KRE | KRK | NIK | MYH | RPO | SKS | VER |
| Arsenal Kyiv | | 2–1 | 3–0 | 1–0 | 0–3 | 3–1 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 3–2 | 4–0 | 0–3 | 1–2 |
| Arsenal-Kyivschyna Bila Tserkva | 0–2 | | 5–1 | 0–2 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 0–4 | 1–2 | 1–2 | 2–4 | 0–3 | 0–1 | 0–2 | 2–1 |
| Barsa Sumy | 1–0 | 0–1 | | 0–1 | 0–3 | 0–1 | 0–2 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 1–3 | 1–4 |
| Bukovyna Chernivtsi | 0–0 | 2–1 | 1–1 | | 2–1 | 2–2 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 2–1 |
| Enerhiya Nova Kakhovka | 1–2 | 4–3 | 1–0 | 1–2 | | 0–1 | 1–1 | 0–4 | 3–0 | 4–2 | 2–0 | 0–2 | 0–1 | 1–3 |
| Inhulets Petrove | 4–0 | 4–1 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 0–1 | | 1–0 | 2–1 | 3–0 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 3–1 |
| Kolos Kovalivka | 1–0 | 2–0 | 7–0 | 2–2 | 6–1 | 1–1 | | 3–1 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 4–2 | 2–0 | 0–3 | 3–2 |
| Kremin Kremenchuk | 1–0 | 8–0 | 3–1 | 1–3 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 1–3 | | 2–1 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 3–1 | 1–1 |
| Krystal Kherson | 2–0 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 3–1 | 2–0 | 0–2 | 0–4 | 3–2 | | 3–2 | 3–4 | 1–2 | 2–2 | 0–2 |
| Nikopol | 0–0 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 0–6 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 1–5 | 0–3 | 0–1 | | 1–4 | 1–2 | 2–2 | 0–1 |
| Myr Hornostayivka | 2–3 | 3–0 | 0–1 | 3–2 | 1–1 | 1–3 | 0–1 | 3–4 | 1–0 | 1–0 | | 2–1 | 0–3 | 0–1 |
| Real Pharma Odesa | 0–3 | 0–0 | 4–0 | 3–2 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 1–2 | 3–0 | 3–2 | 3–0 | 3–1 | | 1–0 | 1–1 |
| Skala Stryi | 0–0 | 2–3 | 3–1 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 3–2 | 4–0 | | 0–1 |
| Veres Rivne | 3–2 | 2–1 | 3–0 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 0–3 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 3–1 | 0–0 | 1–1 | |
* ↑ Arsenal Kyiv played their home games at Kniazha Arena from Round 8 onwards instead of Kolos Stadium
* ↑ Inhulets Petrove played their Round 16 and Round 18 matches at O.H. Povoroznyuka Stadium in Volodymyrivka, Kirovohrad Oblast.

### Round by round

The following table represents the teams position after each round in the competition.
| Team ╲ Round | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 |
| Kolos Kovalivka | 4 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Veres Rivne | 6 | 7 | 5 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 |
| Inhulets Petrove | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 |
| Bukovyna Chernivtsi | 12 | 6 | 8 | 6 | 3 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 4 |
| Skala Stryi | 10 | 10 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 5 |
| Arsenal Kyiv | 9 | 11 | 11 | 10 | 8 | 8 | 9 | 9 | 8 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 6 |
| Real Pharma Odesa | 1 | 5 | 7 | 5 | 9 | 9 | 8 | 8 | 9 | 7 | 8 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 7 |
| Kremin Kremenchuk | 7 | 8 | 6 | 9 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 11 | 9 | 9 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 |
| Enerhiya Nova Kakhovka | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 12 | 12 | 13 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 10 | 9 | 9 |
| Krystal Kherson | 3 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 10 | 11 | 11 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 9 | 10 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 10 | 10 | 11 | 11 | 10 |
| Myr Hornostayivka | 11 | 13 | 14 | 14 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 9 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 10 | 9 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 10 | 11 |
| Barsa Sumy | 5 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 10 | 10 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 |
| Arsenal-Kyivschyna Bila Tserkva | 13 | 14 | 12 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 12 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 13 |
| Nikopol | 14 | 12 | 13 | 13 | 14 | 12 | 13 | 13 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 |

## Top goalscorers

    As of 1 June 2016
| Rank | Scorer | Goals (Pen.) | Team |
| 1 | Oleksandr Bondarenko | 20 (1) | Kolos Kovalivka |
| 2 | Ihor Tymchenko | 17 (3) | Kremin Kremenchuk |
| 3 | Yuriy Komyahin | 13 (4) | Myr Hornostayivka |
| 4 | Vitaliy Ryabushko | 10 | Skala Stryi |
| 5 | Anton Yaremenko | 8 | Veres Rivne |
| 5 | Kostyantyn Cherniy | 8 (3) | Kremin Kremenchuk |
Notes: