# 1998–99 Ukrainian Second League

The 1998–99 Ukrainian Second League was the eighth season of 3rd level professional football in Ukraine. The competitions were divided into three groups – A, B, and C.

## Group A
### Promoted teams

* Enerhetyk Burshtyn - Winner of the Amateur League (debut)

### Relegated teams

* Verkhovyna Uzhhorod - Placed 20th in the First League (returning, last time as Zakarpattia Uzhhorod in 1990 (Soviet Union))

### Withdrawn teams
#### Before the season

* Berkut Bedevlya, Tysmenytsia, Karpaty Mukacheve refused to participate

#### During and after the season

* Krystal and Haray left the competition after the first half.

### Renamed teams

* On November 7, 1998 Verkhovyna Uzhhorod had their name changed to Zakarpattia.

### Standings

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion or relegation |
| 1 | Zakarpattia Uzhhorod (C, P) | 28 | 20 | 6 | 2 | 48 | 14 | +34 | 66 | Promoted to First League |
| 2 | Borysfen Boryspil | 28 | 17 | 7 | 4 | 37 | 10 | +27 | 58 | |
| 3 | Tsementnyk-Khorda Mykolaiv | 28 | 16 | 5 | 7 | 31 | 24 | +7 | 53 | |
| 4 | Hazovyk Komarno | 28 | 15 | 5 | 8 | 41 | 25 | +16 | 50 | |
| 5 | Dynamo-3 Kyiv | 28 | 13 | 7 | 8 | 30 | 26 | +4 | 46 | |
| 6 | Papirnyk Malyn | 28 | 13 | 7 | 8 | 35 | 26 | +9 | 46 | |
| 7 | Systema-Boreks Borodianka | 28 | 13 | 7 | 8 | 22 | 20 | +2 | 46 | |
| 8 | Karpaty-2 Lviv | 28 | 11 | 6 | 11 | 30 | 40 | −10 | 39 | |
| 9 | Naftovyk Dolyna | 28 | 11 | 6 | 11 | 22 | 23 | −1 | 39 | |
| 10 | Halychyna Drohobych | 28 | 9 | 7 | 12 | 29 | 37 | −8 | 34 | |
| 11 | Enerhetyk Burshtyn | 28 | 9 | 7 | 12 | 23 | 30 | −7 | 34 | |
| 12 | Kalush | 28 | 6 | 8 | 14 | 20 | 45 | −25 | 26 | |
| 13 | Veres Rivne | 28 | 6 | 3 | 19 | 13 | 50 | −37 | 15 | |
| 14 | Krystal Chortkiv (D) | 28 | 5 | 1 | 22 | 14 | 18 | −4 | 10 | Withdrew |
| 15 | Haray Zhovkva (D) | 28 | 2 | 4 | 22 | 9 | 16 | −7 | 4 | Withdrew |
* 1 2 The game Naftovyk - Systema-Boreks 2:1 was annulled and a technical loss (-:+) was awarded to the home team.
* 1 2 3 Veres Rivne, Krystal Chortkiv and Haray Zhovkva were deducted six points as punishment for not paying their spring league fees on time.

## Results

| Home \ Away | ZAK | BOR | TKM | HZV | D3K | PMA | IBO | K3L | NDO | HDR | EBU | KAL | VER | KRY | HZH |
| Zakarpattia Uzhhorod | — | 2–1 | 3–0 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 3–1 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 4–1 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 3–0 | +/- | +/- |
| Borysfen Boryspil | 0–0 | — | 5–0 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 6–0 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 4–0 | 3–0 | +/- |
| Tsementnyk-Khorda Mykolaiv | 2–1 | 1–0 | — | 1–0 | 3–0 | 3–0 | 1–2 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 3–0 | +/- | 1–0 |
| Hazovyk Komarno | 2–3 | 0–0 | 1–1 | — | 0–1 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 6–2 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 4–0 | +/- | 2–0 |
| Dynamo-3 Kyiv | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 1–3 | — | 0–1 | 2–0 | 1–2 | 0–0 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 3–0 | 1–0 | 2–1 |
| Papirnyk Malyn | 2–0 | 0–1 | 4–1 | 2–1 | 0–3 | — | 0–0 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 3–1 | 4–0 | 3–1 | +/- |
| Systema-Boreks Borodianka | 1–1 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 0–2 | 1–2 | 0–0 | — | 1–1 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 3–1 | 2–0 | 1–0 | +/- | 1–0 |
| Karpaty-2 Lviv | 1–1 | 0–0 | 1–2 | 3–2 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 2–0 | — | 2–1 | 1–2 | 3–1 | 2–2 | 1–2 | +/- | +/- |
| Naftovyk Dolyna | 0–3 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 4–1 | 3–1 | -/+ | 0–2 | — | 4–2 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | +/- |
| Halychyna Drohobych | 1–2 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 3–1 | 0–2 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 1–0 | — | 5–0 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 1–1 | +/- |
| Enerhetyk Burshtyn | 0–1 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 1–3 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 4–1 | 1–0 | 3–0 | — | 2–3 | 1–0 | +/- | 2–3 |
| Kalush | 0–3 | 0–2 | 3–2 | 0–0 | 2–2 | 0–3 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 1–0 | 0–0 | — | 0–0 | +/- | 2–1 |
| Veres Rivne | 0–5 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 0–2 | 0–1 | 3–2 | 0–2 | 1–2 | 0–2 | 0–3 | 1–2 | 3–1 | — | 2–0 | 1–1 |
| Krystal Chortkiv | 1–2 | -/+ | 2–0 | 0–1 | -/+ | -/+ | 2–1 | 2–1 | -/+ | -/+ | 1–0 | 4–1 | -/+ | — | -/- |
| Haray Zhovkva | 0–1 | 1–1 | -/+ | -/+ | -/+ | 0–0 | -/+ | 0–1 | 0–1 | 1–1 | -/+ | -/+ | -/+ | 1–0 | — |

## Group B
### Team changes

Kryvbas-2 Kryvyi Rih obtained the professional status and entered the Second League.
Slavutych-ChAES Slavutych, Fakel Varva refused to participate.
SKA-Lotto Odesa was replaced with Dynamo Odesa and renamed into Dynamo-SKA Odesa.

### Standings

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion or relegation |
| 1 | SC Odesa (C, P) | 26 | 22 | 2 | 2 | 73 | 13 | +60 | 68 | Promoted to First League |
| 2 | Krystal Kherson | 26 | 20 | 2 | 4 | 55 | 25 | +30 | 62 | |
| 3 | Kryvbas-2 Kryvyi Rih | 26 | 17 | 4 | 5 | 46 | 16 | +30 | 55 | |
| 4 | Hirnyk-Sport Komsomolsk | 26 | 13 | 6 | 7 | 36 | 31 | +5 | 45 | |
| 5 | Portovyk Illichivsk | 26 | 11 | 8 | 7 | 33 | 31 | +2 | 41 | |
| 6 | Olimpia Yuzhnoukrainsk | 26 | 11 | 4 | 11 | 25 | 31 | −6 | 37 | |
| 7 | Torpedo Melitopol | 26 | 10 | 7 | 9 | 27 | 35 | −8 | 37 | |
| 8 | Chornomorets Sevastopol | 26 | 9 | 9 | 8 | 27 | 25 | +2 | 36 | |
| 9 | Tytan Armiansk | 26 | 10 | 6 | 10 | 31 | 38 | −7 | 36 | |
| 10 | Viktor Zaporizhzhia | 26 | 10 | 5 | 11 | 24 | 36 | −12 | 35 | |
| 11 | Zirka-2 Kirovohrad | 26 | 8 | 4 | 14 | 14 | 38 | −24 | 28 | |
| 12 | Ryhonda Bila Tserkva | 26 | 4 | 6 | 16 | 11 | 40 | −29 | 18 | |
| 13 | Fortuna Sharhorod (D) | 26 | 1 | 2 | 23 | 5 | 26 | −21 | 5 | Expelled |
| 14 | Dynamo-SKA Odesa (D) | 26 | 1 | 3 | 22 | 5 | 27 | −22 | 0 | Expelled |
| 15 | Lokomotyv Smila (D) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Withdrew |
| 16 | Nyva Bershad (D) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Withdrew |
* 1 2 Chornomorets finished ahead of Tytan on head-to-head points: Tytan 1–1 Chornomorets, Chornomorets 4–0 Tytan.
* ↑ Fortuna Sharhorod was disqualified after first part of the season.
* ↑ Dynamo-SKA Odesa was deducted six points as punishment for not paying their spring league fees on time and was disqualified after first part of the season.
* 1 2 Lokomotyv Smila and Nyva Bershad withdrew during first part of the season (Round 7), their results were annulled.
The game Fortuna - Dynamo-SKA 3:3 was annulled and awarded a technical loss (-:+) to the home team for cheating.

## Results

| Home \ Away | ODE | KRK | K2K | HIS | PIL | YZH | OLM | SEV | TAR | VZA | Z2K | ROS | FSH | DDO |
| SC Odesa | — | 3–0 | 1–0 | 2–2 | 3–1 | 2–0 | 6–0 | 3–0 | 3–0 | 4–0 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 6–0 | +/- |
| Krystal Kherson | 2–1 | — | 4–0 | 3–2 | 5–1 | 3–0 | 3–0 | 2–1 | 4–2 | 6–0 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 3–0 |
| Kryvbas-2 Kryvyi Rih | 0–2 | 3–0 | — | 5–1 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 4–0 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 7–0 | 5–0 | +/- | +/- |
| Hirnyk-Sport Komsomolsk | 1–4 | 1–2 | 0–3 | — | 3–1 | 2–0 | 2–2 | 1–0 | 6–1 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 1–0 | +/- | 3–0 |
| Portovyk Illichivsk | 1–4 | 3–3 | 1–1 | 0–0 | — | 2–0 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 3–0 | 4–1 | +/- | 2–0 |
| Olimpia Yuzhnoukrainsk | 2–2 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 0–3 | 1–0 | — | 2–0 | 1–2 | 0–3 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 1–0 | 3–0 | +/- |
| Torpedo Melitopol | 1–4 | 3–0 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 2–0 | — | 1–1 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 4–0 | 0–0 | +/- | 1–0 |
| Chornomorets Sevastopol | 0–1 | 0–2 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 2–2 | 1–2 | 4–1 | — | 4–0 | 0–2 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 5–0 | +/- |
| Tytan Armiansk | 2–0 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 5–3 | 1–1 | — | 7–3 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 2–1 | +/- |
| Viktor Zaporizhzhia | 0–3 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 3–0 | 1–0 | 0–2 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 2–0 | — | 3–1 | 4–1 | +/- | 1–0 |
| Zirka-2 Kirovohrad | 0–3 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 2–2 | 0–3 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | — | 1–2 | 2–0 | 1–0 |
| Ryhonda Bila Tserkva | 1–5 | 1–4 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 0–2 | 1–2 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 1–1 | — | +/- | +/- |
| Fortuna Sharhorod | -/+ | -/+ | 0–2 | 1–2 | 1–1 | -/+ | -/+ | -/+ | -/+ | 1–1 | -/+ | 1–0 | — | -/+ |
| Dynamo-SKA Odesa | 0–8 | -/+ | 0–2 | -/+ | -/+ | 2–2 | -/+ | 1–1 | 1–1 | -/+ | -/+ | 1–2 | -/- | — |

## Group C
### Team changes

Avanhard Rovenky, Zorya Luhansk, Khimik Severodonetsk participated previously in the First League.
VPS Kramatorsk, Metalurh-2 Zaporizhzhia, Shakhtar Horlivka, Dalis Komyshuvakha obtained the professional status and entered the Second League.
Khimik Severodonetsk, Dalis Komyshuvakha, Metalurh-2 Donetsk, Slovianets Konotop, Pivdenstal Yenakieve refused to participate.

### Standings

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion or relegation |
| 1 | Obolon-PPO Kyiv (C, P) | 26 | 20 | 4 | 2 | 45 | 18 | +27 | 64 | Promoted to First League |
| 2 | Zorya Luhansk | 26 | 18 | 2 | 6 | 55 | 17 | +38 | 56 | |
| 3 | Oskil Kupyansk | 26 | 14 | 7 | 5 | 38 | 20 | +18 | 49 | |
| 4 | Metalist-2 Kharkiv | 26 | 15 | 3 | 8 | 26 | 19 | +7 | 48 | |
| 5 | Vorskla-2 Poltava | 26 | 15 | 2 | 9 | 33 | 34 | −1 | 47 | |
| 6 | Elektron Romny | 26 | 14 | 5 | 7 | 22 | 23 | −1 | 47 | |
| 7 | Dnipro-2 Dnipropetrovsk | 26 | 13 | 5 | 8 | 22 | 23 | −1 | 44 | |
| 8 | Metalurh-2 Zaporizhzhia | 26 | 11 | 6 | 9 | 30 | 33 | −3 | 39 | |
| 9 | Avanhard Rovenky | 26 | 11 | 2 | 13 | 17 | 39 | −22 | 35 | |
| 10 | Myrhorod | 26 | 8 | 4 | 14 | 13 | 27 | −14 | 28 | |
| 11 | Shakhtar Horlivka | 26 | 8 | 3 | 15 | 18 | 39 | −21 | 27 | |
| 12 | Metalurh Novomoskovsk (D) | 26 | 5 | 2 | 19 | 26 | 17 | +9 | 11 | Withdrew |
| 13 | Shakhtar Stakhanov (D) | 26 | 2 | 1 | 23 | 5 | 25 | −20 | 1 | Withdrew |
| 14 | VPS Kramatorsk (D) | 26 | 1 | 2 | 23 | 4 | 20 | −16 | −1 | Withdrew |
* 1 2 Vorskla-2 finished ahead of Elektron on head-to-head points: Elektron 3–2 Vorskla-2, Vorskla-2 3–0 Elektron.
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* 1 2 3 Metalurh Novomoskovsk, Shakhtar Stakhanov and VPS Kramatorsk were deducted six points as punishment for not paying their league fees.

## Results

| Home \ Away | OBK | ZOR | OKU | M2K | V2P | ERO | D2D | M2Z | AVR | MRH | SHO | MNO | SST | VKR |
| Obolon-PPO Kyiv | — | 2–1 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 4–1 | 2–1 | 4–0 | 1–0 | 3–2 | 4–0 | +/- | 2–0 |
| Zorya Luhansk | 2–0 | — | 3–1 | 3–0 | 6–0 | 4–0 | 4–1 | 1–1 | 4–1 | 4–0 | 3–1 | 2–0 | +/- | 6–0 |
| Oskil Kupyansk | 1–2 | 0–1 | — | 3–0 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 5–2 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 6–2 | +/- | 4–0 | +/- |
| Metalist-2 Kharkiv | 1–1 | 1–0 | 0–0 | — | 2–0 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 4–0 | 1–0 | 4–2 | 2–1 | +/- | +/- |
| Vorskla-2 Poltava | 0–3 | 3–0 | 2–1 | 1–0 | — | 3–0 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 0–2 | 1–0 | 7–2 | 0–5 | 2–0 | +/- |
| Elektron Romny | 0–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 3–2 | — | 2–0 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 | +/- | +/- | 1–0 |
| Dnipro-2 Dnipropetrovsk | 0–0 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 1–0 | — | 2–0 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 3–1 | +/- | +/- |
| Metalurh-2 Zaporizhzhia | 6–2 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–3 | 2–1 | 0–2 | — | 4–2 | 1–0 | 0–0 | +/- | 1–0 | +/- |
| Avanhard Rovenky | 0–5 | 0–2 | 0–2 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 1–2 | — | 1–0 | 1–0 | +/- | 1–0 | +/- |
| Myrhorod | 1–1 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 1–2 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 0–1 | — | 2–1 | +/- | 1–2 | 1–0 |
| Shakhtar Horlivka | 0–1 | 0–2 | 0–1 | 0–2 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 0–1 | 0–0 | — | +/- | 1–0 | 2–0 |
| Metalurh Novomoskovsk | -/+ | -/+ | 1–3 | -/+ | -/+ | -/+ | -/+ | 1–1 | 3–0 | 5–0 | 4–0 | — | 4–1 | -/- |
| Shakhtar Stakhanov | 0–2 | 1–6 | -/+ | 1–0 | -/+ | 0–1 | 0–0 | -/+ | -/+ | -/+ | -/+ | -/+ | — | 0–2 |
| VPS Kramatorsk | -/+ | -/+ | 0–1 | 0–1 | 1–1 | -/+ | 0–1 | 0–2 | 0–1 | -/+ | -/+ | 1–1 | -/- | — |
* Druha Liha 1998-99 winners
* Zakarpattia Uzhhorod 1st title
* Druha Liha 1998-99 winners
* SC Odesa 1st title
* Druha Liha 1998-99 winners
* Obolon-PPO Kyiv 1st title