# 2024–25 Ukrainian Second League

The 2024–25 Ukrainian Second League is the 34th since its establishment.
The competition started on 7 August 2024 and was scheduled to pause for a winter intermission on 27 October after Round 12 but was extended due to Russian hostilities of the ongoing Russo-Ukrainian War. The last 6 rounds of the competition were scheduled to be played in the following spring. For the winter break, both second teams of Rukh-2 (Group A, Rukh Lviv) and Kolos-2 (Group B, Kolos Kovalivka) finished at the top of their respective groups.
On 29 October 2024, the PFL announced that during the winter break on initiative of separate clubs from the Second League it is organizing an invitational friendly tournament starting 2 November 2024 and finishing around 30 November 2024.

## Teams
### Promoted teams

One team of the 2021–22 Ukrainian First League was readmitted to professional competitions:
* FC Uzhhorod – (returning after three years absence, based on FCI Uzhhorod)
Four teams have been promoted from the 2023–24 Ukrainian Football Amateur League:
* SC Vilkhivtsi – (debut)
* FC Kulykiv-Bilka – (debut)
* Probiy Horodenka – (debut)
* Revera 1908 Ivano-Frankivsk – (debut)
Eight second teams have been added:
* Sambir-Nyva-2 Ternopil – (debut, based on FC Sambir)
* Polissya-2 Zhytomyr – (debut)
* Vorskla-2 Poltava – (returning, last competed in the 2004–05 season)
* Kolos-2 Kovalivka – (debut, based on Shturm Ivankiv)
* Oleksandriya-2 – (debut)
* Metalist 1925-2 Kharkiv – (debut, based on Metalist 1925 (U-19))
* Veres-Izotop-2 Varash – (debut, based on Izotop Varash)
* Livyi Bereh-2 Kyiv – (debut)

### Relegated teams

Two teams were relegated from the 2023–24 Ukrainian First League.
* Chernihiv-ShVSM – 19th placed (returning, after two seasons)
* Hirnyk-Sport Horishni Plavni – 20th placed (returning, after 10 seasons)

### Expelled and withdrawn teams

* Veres-Izotop-2 Varash - the club management refused to participate in the competition due to the lack of proper safety measures
* Livyi Bereh-2 Kyiv – Livyi Bereh withdrew its second squad after its senior squad gained promotion to the Ukrainian Premier League.

### Location map and stadiums
#### Stadiums
##### Group A

| Team | Stadium | Position in 2023–24 |
| Skala 1911 Stryi | Sokil | 6th |
| Rukh-2 Lviv | imeni Markevycha, Vynnyky | 9th |
| Real Pharma Odesa | Ivan | 12th |
| Kulykiv-Bilka | Arena Kulykiv | AM |
| Probiy Horodenka | Probiy-Arena | AM |
| Vilkhivtsi | Vilkhivtsi Arena | AM |
| Revera 1908 Ivano-Frankivsk | imeni Hemby | AM |
| Uzhhorod | Avanhard | — |
| Sambir-Nyva-2 Ternopil | imeni Brovarskoho, Sambir | — |
| Polissya-2 Zhytomyr | club's training field, Hlybochytsia | — |

##### Group B

| Team | Stadium | Position in 2023–24 |
| Chernihiv | Yunist | 1L |
| Hirnyk-Sport Horishni Plavni | Yunist | 1L |
| Chaika | Tsentralnyi imeni Brukvenka, Makariv | 4th |
| Nyva Vinnytsia | Nyva training base | 8th |
| Lokomotyv Kyiv | imeni Bannikova | 10th |
| Trostianets | imeni Kutsa | 11th |
| Vorskla-2 Poltava | Ltava | — |
| Kolos-2 Kovalivka | Yuvileinyi, Bucha | — |
| Metalist 1925-2 Kharkiv | Kolos, Boryspil | — |
| Oleksandriya-2 | NikaOlimp | — |
Notes:
* ↑ Minimum capacity of stadium for the Second League is 500 spectators.'"`UNIQ--ref-0000000C-QINU`"'
* [—] – The dash sign indicates that the club was admitted to the Second League without participation in the AAFU championship last season.
* 1L – indicates participants of the 2023–24 Ukrainian First League
* Am – indicates participants of the 2023–24 AAFU championship

## Managers

| Club | Head coach | Replaced coach |
| Chaika Petropavlivska Borshchahivka | Ihor Lutsenko | |
| Chernihiv | Valeriy Chornyi | |
| Hirnyk-Sport Horishni Plavni | Valeriy Kutsenko | |
| Kulykiv-Bilka | Bohdan Kostyk | |
| Kolos-2 Kovalivka | Volodymyr Bondarenko | |
| Lokomotyv Kyiv | Vadym Lazorenko | |
| Metalist 1925-2 Kharkiv | Serhiy Karpenko | Maksym Tsvirenko |
| Nyva Vinnytsia | Yuriy Yaroshenko | |
| Sambir-Nyva-2 Ternopil | Serhiy Laktionov | |
| Oleksandriya-2 | Viktor Bytsiura | |
| Polissya-2 Zhytomyr | Kishan Hautam | |
| Probiy Horodenka | Volodymyr Kovalyuk | |
| Real Pharma Odesa | Valentyn Poltavets (caretaker) | Andriy Parkhomenko |
| Revera 1908 Ivano-Frankivsk | Yaroslav Matviiv | |
| Rukh-2 Lviv | Ivan Fedyk | |
| Skala 1911 Stryi | Roman Hnativ | Mykhailo BasarabStepan Matviyiv |
| Trostianets | Yuriy Bakalov | |
| Uzhhorod | Yaromyr Loboda | |
| Vilkhivtsi | Oleksiy Zorin | |
| Vorskla-2 Poltava | Iya Andrushchak | |

### Managerial changes

| Team | Outgoing head coach | Manner of departure | Date of vacancy | Table | Incoming head coach | Date of appointment |
| Kolos-2 Kovalivka | new team | new team | new team | Pre-season | Volodymyr Bondarenko | 13 June 2024 |
| Metalist 1925-2 Kharkiv | new team | new team | new team | Pre-season | Serhiy Karpenko | 13 June 2024 |
| Polissya-2 Zhytomyr | new team | new team | new team | Pre-season | Shil Kishan | 13 June 2024 |
| Vorskla-2 Poltava | new team | new team | new team | Pre-season | Iya Andrushchak | 13 June 2024 |
| Oleksandriya-2 | new team | new team | new team | Pre-season | Viktor Bytsiura | 14 June 2024 |
| Rukh-2 Lviv | Volodymyr Bezubyak | Change of role | 28 June 2024 | Pre-season | Ivan Fedyk | 28 June 2024 |
| Sambir-Nyva-2 Ternopil | new team | new team | new team | Pre-season | Serhiy Laktionov | 20 July 2024 |
| Metalist 1925-2 Kharkiv | Serhiy Karpenko | Change of role | 28 July 2024 | Pre-season | Maksym Tsvirenko | 29 July 2024 |
| FC Uzhhorod | new team | new team | new team | Pre-season | Yaromyr Loboda | 2 August 2024 |
| Chaika Petropavlivska Borshchahivka | Serhiy Syzykhin | Left for Chonomorets | 6 August 2024 | Pre-season | Ihor Lutsenko | 7 August 2024 |
| Metalist 1925-2 Kharkiv | Maksym Tsvirenko | became assistant to van Leeuwen | 20 August 2024 | 10th (Group B) | Serhiy Karpenko | 20 August 2024 |
| Skala 1911 Stryi | Mykhailo Basarab | Sacked | 19 September 2024 | 6th (Group A) | Stepan Matviyiv | 19 September 2024 |
| Real Pharma Odesa | Andriy Parkhomenko | Resigned | 27 September 2024 | 10th (Group A) | Valentyn Poltavets (caretaker) | 27 September 2024 |
Notes:
* ↑ The first game of the season Metalist 1925-2 was led by an acting manager Serhiy Volvakov'"`UNIQ--ref-00000014-QINU`"'
* ↑ Before the winter intermission there appeared information that the Vilkhivtsi head coach resigned, but later it was clarified that the club's president did not accept his resignation.'"`UNIQ--ref-00000018-QINU`"''"`UNIQ--ref-00000019-QINU`"''"`UNIQ--ref-0000001A-QINU`"'

## Group A league table

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion, qualification or relegation |
| 1 | Rukh-2 Lviv | 12 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 23 | 11 | +12 | 26 | Qualification to the league's title play-off |
| 2 | Probiy Horodenka | 12 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 24 | 8 | +16 | 26 | Qualification to the third place play-off |
| 3 | Kulykiv-Bilka | 12 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 18 | 11 | +7 | 21 | |
| 4 | Polissya-2 Zhytomyr | 12 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 22 | 14 | +8 | 20 | Promotion restrictions |
| 5 | Skala 1911 Stryi | 12 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 12 | 12 | 0 | 17 | |
| 6 | Uzhhorod | 12 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 15 | 16 | −1 | 16 | |
| 7 | Revera 1908 Ivano-Frankivsk | 12 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 12 | 18 | −6 | 13 | |
| 8 | Sambir-Nyva-2 Ternopil | 12 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 20 | −11 | 11 | Promotion restrictions |
| 9 | Vilkhivtsi | 12 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 12 | 19 | −7 | 11 | |
| 10 | Real Pharma Odesa | 12 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 7 | 25 | −18 | 7 | |
* 1 2 Head-to-head points: Rukh-2 3, Probiy 0
* 1 2 Head-to-head points: Sambir-Nyva-2 3, Vilkhivtsi 0

### Group A results

| Home \ Away | KUL | NT2 | PZ2 | PRO | SKL | REV | RPO | RL2 | UZH | VLX |
| Kulykiv-Bilka | | | 3–0 | | 1–2 | 4–1 | 3–0 | | 2–1 | 1–1 |
| Sambir-Nyva-2 Ternopil | 0–1 | | | 1–6 | 0–0 | 0–1 | | 0–1 | | 3–1 |
| Polissya-2 Zhytomyr | 1–2 | 4–1 | | 1–0 | 0–0 | | | 0–2 | 4–1 | |
| Probiy Horodenka | 2–0 | 3–0 | | | 2–0 | | 1–0 | 2–3 | | 1–0 |
| Skala 1911 Stryi | 2–0 | 1–2 | | | | 2–0 | 3–1 | 0–3 | 0–2 | |
| Revera 1908 Ivano-Frankivsk | 0–0 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 | | | 1–1 | | 1–5 | |
| Real Pharma Odesa | | 2–1 | 1–2 | 0–3 | | 0–3 | | | 0–1 | 0–4 |
| Rukh-2 Lviv | 1–1 | | 2–4 | | | 2–1 | 2–0 | | 3–0 | 2–0 |
| Uzhhorod | | 0–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 0–2 | | | 2–2 | | 1–0 |
| Vilkhivtsi | | | 0–5 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 2–2 | 1–2 | 1–0 | | |
Additional notes:

### Group A results by week

| Team ╲ Round | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 |
| Kulykiv-Bilka | W | L | W | L | W | W | D | W | D | W | L | D |
| Sambir-Nyva-2 Ternopil | D | W | L | L | W | L | D | L | L | W | L | L |
| Polissya-2 Zhytomyr | L | W | W | W | D | L | W | W | W | L | D | L |
| Probiy Horodenka | W | W | W | W | D | L | L | W | D | W | W | W |
| Revera 1908 Ivano-Frankivsk | W | L | L | L | L | W | L | D | D | D | W | D |
| Real Pharma Odesa | L | L | L | W | L | L | L | L | L | D | L | W |
| Rukh-2 Lviv | D | L | L | W | W | W | W | W | D | W | W | W |
| Skala 1911 Stryi | D | W | W | L | D | L | W | L | W | L | W | L |
| Uzhhorod | D | L | L | W | D | W | D | L | W | L | D | W |
| Vilkhivtsi | L | W | W | L | L | W | D | D | L | L | L | L |
Notes:

### Group A goalscorers

As of 27 October 2024
| Rank | Scorer | Team | Goals (Pen.) |
| 1 | Bohdan Orynchak | Probiy Horodenka | 11 (1) |
| 2 | 1 player(s) | 1 player(s) | 5 |
| 3 | 7 player(s) | 7 player(s) | 4 |
| 10 | 6 player(s) | 6 player(s) | 3 |
| 16 | 20 player(s) | 20 player(s) | 2 |
| 36 | 50 player(s) | 50 player(s) | 1 |
Notes:

## Group B league table

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion, qualification or relegation |
| 1 | Kolos-2 Kovalivka | 12 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 20 | 7 | +13 | 29 | Qualification to the league's title play-off |
| 2 | Oleksandriya-2 | 12 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 24 | 11 | +13 | 24 | Qualification to the third place play-off |
| 3 | Chernihiv-ShVSM | 12 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 17 | 7 | +10 | 22 | |
| 4 | Hirnyk-Sport Horishni Plavni | 12 | 6 | 1 | 5 | 14 | 13 | +1 | 19 | |
| 5 | Lokomotyv Kyiv | 12 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 17 | 18 | −1 | 17 | |
| 6 | Trostianets | 12 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 18 | 10 | +8 | 17 | |
| 7 | Chaika Petropavlivska Borshchahivka | 12 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 9 | 12 | −3 | 14 | |
| 8 | Nyva Vinnytsia | 12 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 10 | 20 | −10 | 10 | |
| 9 | Vorskla-2 Poltava | 12 | 3 | 0 | 9 | 10 | 24 | −14 | 9 | Promotion restrictions |
| 10 | Metalist 1925-2 Kharkiv | 12 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 16 | 33 | −17 | 7 | Promotion restrictions |
* 1 2 Head-to-head points: Lokomotyv 3, Trostianets 0

### Group B results

| Home \ Away | CPB | CHE | HIS | KK2 | LOK | MXd | NYV | OL2 | TRO | VP2 |
| Chaika Petropavlivska Borshchahivka | | 0–1 | 0–1 | 0–0 | | 1–1 | 2–1 | | | 1–0 |
| Chernihiv-ShVSM | 0–0 | | 1–2 | | 1–1 | 8–2 | | 0–0 | 0–0 | |
| Hirnyk-Sport Horishni Plavni | | 1–2 | | 0–1 | 1–0 | | | 1–2 | 0–0 | |
| Kolos-2 Kovalivka | 1–1 | 1–0 | 2–0 | | 3–1 | 3–2 | 2–1 | | | 2–0 |
| Lokomotyv Kyiv | 2–0 | | | 1–3 | | | 3–0 | 0–3 | | 2–3 |
| Metalist 1925-2 Kharkiv | 0–3 | 0–2 | | 1–3 | 2–3 | | | 1–2 | 0–3 | 3–1 |
| Nyva Vinnytsia | | 0–1 | 0–2 | | | 3–2 | | 0–2 | 0–0 | 3–0 |
| Oleksandriya-2 | 4–0 | | 2–1 | 0–2 | 2–2 | | 4–0 | | 2–2 | |
| Trostianets | 1–1 | | | 2–0 | 0–1 | 1–2 | 2–1 | | | 6–1 |
| Vorskla-2 Poltava | | 0–1 | 1–2 | | 0–1 | | 0–1 | 2–1 | 2–1 | |
* ↑ The match that was supposed to take place on September 7 was suspended due to extended air siren.'"`UNIQ--ref-0000005B-QINU`"' The game was rescheduled and took place on 2 November 2024.
* ↑ The match that was supposed to take place on October 19 was suspended due to extended air siren.'"`UNIQ--ref-0000005D-QINU`"' The game was rescheduled and took place on 6 November 2024.
Additional notes:

### Group B results by week

| Team ╲ Round | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 |
| Chaika Petropavlivska Borshchahivka | D | D | D | L | L | W | D | W | L | D | L | W |
| Chernihiv-ShVSM | W | D | W | D | W | D | W | D | L | W | W | L |
| Hirnyk-Sport Horishni Plavni | L | L | L | W | W | W | W | D | W | L | L | W |
| Kolos-2 Kovalivka | D | W | W | W | W | W | W | W | D | W | W | L |
| Lokomotyv Kyiv | L | D | L | D | W | L | W | W | W | W | L | L |
| Metalist 1925-2 Kharkiv | L | L | D | W | L | L | L | L | L | L | L | W |
| Nyva Vinnytsia | D | W | L | L | L | L | L | L | W | L | W | L |
| Oleksandriya-2 | W | D | W | D | L | W | L | D | W | W | W | W |
| Trostianets | D | W | L | D | D | D | D | L | W | W | W | L |
| Vorskla-2 Poltava | W | L | W | L | W | L | L | L | L | L | L | L |
Notes:

### Top goalscorers

As of 6 November 2024
| Rank | Scorer | Team | Goals (Pen.) |
| 1 | Anatoliy Romanchenko | Chernihiv-ShVSM | 5 (4) |
| 1 | Artur Zahorulko | Nyva Vinnytsia | 5 (0) |
| 1 | Vadym Strashkevych | Hirnyk-Sport Horishni Plavni | 5 (1) |
| 1 | Vladyslav Tyshyninov | FC Trostianets | 5 (3) |
| 1 | Yaroslav Bazayev | FC Oleksandriya-2 | 5 (4) |
| 6 | 4 player(s) | 4 player(s) | 4 |
| 10 | 6 player(s) | 6 player(s) | 3 |
| 16 | 22 player(s) | 22 player(s) | 2 |
| 38 | 47 player(s) | 47 player(s) | 1 |
Notes:

## The league's play-offs

The winner of the league's title play-off gains direct promotion to the 2025–26 Ukrainian First League. The finalist of the league's title play-off and the winner of the third-place play-off gain qualification to the promotional play-offs.
| League's title | League's title | League's title |
| A1 | | |
| B1 | | |
| Third place | Third place | Third place |
| A2 | | |
| B2 | | |

## Awards
### Round awards

| Round | Player | Player | Player | Coach | Coach | Coach |
| Round | Player | Club | Reference | Coach | Club | Reference |
| Round 1 | Vyacheslav Koydan | FC Chernihiv | | Bohdan Kostyk | Kulykiv-Bilka | |
| Round 2 | Vladyslav Tyshyninov | FC Trostianets | | Mykhailo Basarab | Skala 1911 Stryi | |
| Round 3 | Dmytro Shastal | Polissya-2 Zhytomyr | | Volodymyr Kovalyuk | Probiy Horodenka | |
| Round 4 | Ivan Ilchuk | FC Uzhhorod | | Volodymyr Kovalyuk | Probiy Horodenka | |
| Round 5 | Vasyl Bilyi | Kulykiv-Bilka | | Serhiy Laktionov | Sambir-Nyva-2 Ternopil | |
| Round 6 | Ihor Neledva | Revera 1908 Ivano-Frankivsk | | Ivan Fedyk | Rukh-2 Lviv | |
| Round 7 | Edvard Kobak | Lokomotyv Kyiv | | Kishan Hautam | Polissya-2 Zhytomyr | |
| Round 8 | Bohdan Orynchak | Probiy Horodenka | | Volodymyr Bondarenko | Kolos-2 Kovalivka | |
| Round 9 | Yaroslav Karaman | Polissya-2 Zhytomyr | | Vadym Lazorenko | Lokomotyv Kyiv | |
| Round 10 | Yaroslav Bazayev | FC Oleksandriya-2 | | Ivan Fedyk | Rukh-2 Lviv | |
| Round 11 | Andriy Fesenko | Skala 1911 Stryi | | Viktor Bytsiura | FC Oleksandriya-2 | |
| Round 12 | Vladyslav Felipovych | Probiy Horodenka | | Valeriy Kutsenko | Hirnyk-Sport Horishni Plavni | |
| winter break |||||||
| Round 13 | | | | | | |
| Round 14 | | | | | | |
| Round 15 | | | | | | |
| Round 16 | | | | | | |
| Round 17 | | | | | | |
| Round 18 | | | | | | |

## Number of teams by region

| Number | Region | Team(s) |
| 4 | Lviv Oblast | Kulykiv-Bilka, Sambir-Nyva-2, Rukh-2 and Skala 1911 |
| 2 | Ivano-Frankivsk Oblast | Probiy and Revera 1908 |
| 2 | Kyiv Oblast | Chaika and Kolos-2 |
| 2 | Poltava Oblast | Hirnyk-Sport and Vorskla-2 |
| 2 | Zakarpattia Oblast | Uzhhorod and Vilkhivtsi |
| 1 | Chernihiv Oblast | Chernihiv |
| 1 | Kharkiv Oblast | Metalist 1925-2 |
| 1 | Kirovohrad Oblast | Oleksandriya-2 |
| 1 | Kyiv | Lokomotyv |
| 1 | Odesa Oblast | Real Pharma |
| 1 | Sumy Oblast | Trostianets |
| 1 | Vinnytsia Oblast | Nyva |
| 1 | Zhytomyr Oblast | Polissya-2 |