# 2011–12 Ukrainian Second League

The 2011–12 Ukrainian Second League was the 21st season of 3rd level professional football in Ukraine. There are two groups of competition divided by region. Both Group competitions began on 23 July 2011. The competition had a winter break from 6 November 2012 and until 2 April 2012. The group competitions completed on 28 May 2012. The championship game was played between the top teams of each group competition on 2 June 2012.

## 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.

## Teams
### Admitted teams

The following teams were admitted by the PFL after playing at the 2011 Ukrainian Football Amateur League and passing attestation.
* Krystal Kherson – initial group stage (returning after an absence of five seasons)
* FC Sevastopol-2 Sevastopol – UPL youth competitions (returning after an absence of three seasons)
* Makiyivvuhillya Makiyivka – initial group stage (debut)
* Myr Hornostayivka – initial group stage (debut)
* Real Pharm Yuzhne – initial group stage (debut)
* SKAD-Yalpuh Bolhrad – initial group stage (debut)
* UkrAhroKom Pryiutivka – initial group stage (debut)
* Slavutych Cherkasy – initial group stage (debut)
* Avanhard Kramatorsk – initial group stage (returning after an absence of 42 seasons, since 1969)

### Relegated teams

* Prykarpattya Ivano-Frankivsk – (returning after an absence of four seasons)
** FSC Prykarpattia Ivano-Frankivsk is regarded a successor of FC Fakel Ivano-Frankivsk.

### Location map
## Group A

| Club | Stadium | Capacity |
| Desna Chernihiv | Gagarin Stadium | 12,060 |
| Dynamo Khmelnytsky | SC Podillia | 8,000 |
| Enerhiya Nova Kakhovka | Enerhiya Stadium | 4,000 |
| Yednist Plysky | Yednist Stadium | 1,500 |
| Krystal Kherson | Krystal Stadium | 2,000 |
| Nyva Ternopil | City Stadium | 15,150 |
| Prykarpattia Ivano-Frankivsk | Rukh Stadium | 6,500 |
| Real Farm Yuzhne | City Stadium | 3,000 |
| SKAD-Yalpuh Bolhrad | Dunai Stadium | ? |
| Skala Stryi | Sokil Stadium | 6,000 |
| Slavutych Cherkasy | Central Stadium | 10,321 |
| Sumy | Yuvileiny Stadium | 25,800 |
| Ukrahrokom Pryiutivka | Holovkivsky Stadium | 580 |
| Chornomorets-2 Odesa | SC Lustdorf | 500 |

### Standings

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion or relegation |
| 1 | FC Sumy | 26 | 21 | 3 | 2 | 51 | 13 | +38 | 66 | Promoted to First League |
| 2 | Desna Chernihiv | 26 | 18 | 5 | 3 | 48 | 19 | +29 | 59 | Qualified for playoff |
| 3 | Slavutych Cherkasy | 26 | 15 | 8 | 3 | 35 | 15 | +20 | 53 | |
| 4 | Enerhiya Nova Kakhovka | 26 | 15 | 7 | 4 | 50 | 17 | +33 | 52 | |
| 5 | UkrAhroKom Pryiutivka | 26 | 14 | 6 | 6 | 43 | 25 | +18 | 48 | |
| 6 | Prykarpattya Ivano-Frankivsk | 26 | 11 | 6 | 9 | 40 | 32 | +8 | 33 | Expelled |
| 7 | Real Pharm Yuzhne | 26 | 9 | 6 | 11 | 28 | 41 | −13 | 33 | |
| 8 | Krystal Kherson | 26 | 9 | 5 | 12 | 30 | 32 | −2 | 32 | |
| 9 | Skala Stryi | 26 | 8 | 4 | 14 | 26 | 36 | −10 | 28 | |
| 10 | Dynamo Khmelnytskyi | 26 | 6 | 4 | 16 | 23 | 50 | −27 | 22 | |
| 11 | Chornomorets-2 Odesa | 26 | 5 | 5 | 16 | 19 | 20 | −1 | 20 | Withdrew |
| 12 | Nyva Ternopil | 26 | 9 | 6 | 11 | 30 | 41 | −11 | 18 | |
| 13 | Yednist' Plysky | 26 | 3 | 6 | 17 | 19 | 57 | −38 | 15 | |
| 14 | SKAD-Yalpuh Bolhrad | 26 | 2 | 1 | 23 | 10 | 54 | −44 | 7 | Withdrew |
* ↑ Prykarpattya Ivano-Frankivsk were docked a total of 6 points due to failure of payment to former team players. Initially the club were given 18 months to satisfy the PFL decision but failed to do so and had three points. (3 November 2011)'"`UNIQ--ref-00000014-QINU`"' The club was docked another three points at the end of the season for failure to resolve their financial obligations. (31 May 2012)'"`UNIQ--ref-00000015-QINU`"' The club attempted to pass attestation for the next season. (6 June 2012)'"`UNIQ--ref-00000016-QINU`"' However they were expelled from the PFL when they were not included in the draw for the first round of the next season. (10 July 2012)'"`UNIQ--ref-00000017-QINU`"'
* ↑ Chornomorets-2 Odesa withdrew from the PFL during the mid-winter break.'"`UNIQ--ref-00000019-QINU`"' (11 January 2012)
* ↑ Nyva Ternopil were docked a total of 15 points due to failure of payment to former team players that played between 2007–10.'"`UNIQ--ref-0000001B-QINU`"'(28 September 2011) An additional 6 points were deducted for continuing not to resolve the first issue by 15 November 2011.'"`UNIQ--ref-0000001C-QINU`"'(27 October 2011) An additional 6 points were deducted for not resolving this issue by the Disciplinary Committee of the Ukrainian Football Federation.'"`UNIQ--ref-0000001D-QINU`"'(15 December 2011)
* ↑ SKAD-Yalpuh Bolhrad withdrew from the PFL prior to the start of the spring session.'"`UNIQ--ref-0000001F-QINU`"' (4 April 2012)

#### Withdrawn Teams
##### Chornomorets-2 Odesa

On 7 January the Football Club Chornomorets Odesa informed the PFL that they ceased operations of their third team Chornomorets-2 Odesa and withdrew it from the League during the mid-winter break (after Round 16). The PFL officially acknowledged the communication from the club on 11 January 2012. All of their spring fixtures are considered technical losses. The club played sixteen games in the League and had a record of 5 wins, 5 draws and 6 losses with 19 goals scored and 20 allowed.

##### SKAD-Yalpuh Bolhrad

On 4 April the PFL removed SKAD-Yalpuh Bolhrad from the competition due to deficient financial funding of the club. All of their spring fixtures are considered technical losses. The club played sixteen games in the League and had a record of 2 wins, 1 draws and 13 losses with 10 goals scored and 54 allowed.

### Results

    As of May 25, 2012
| Home \ Away | CH2 | DES | DKH | ENK | KRK | NVT | PIF | RPY | SYB | SKS | SLC | SUM | UAP | YEP |
| Chornomorets-2 Odesa | | -:+ | 1–1 | 0–2 | -:+ | 1–0 | -:+ | 1–1 | -:- | -:+ | 2–3 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 2–1 |
| Desna Chernihiv | 1–0 | | 2–0 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 4–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 1–4 | 5–1 |
| Dynamo Khmelnytskyi | +:- | 0–2 | | 0–1 | 0–2 | 2–3 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 1–3 | 5–1 |
| Enerhiya Nova Kakhovka | 1–1 | 0–1 | 3–2 | | 4–0 | 4–0 | 3–1 | 8–0 | 3–0 | 2–1 | 2–2 | 0–0 | 1–2 | 3–0 |
| Krystal Kherson | 2–2 | 1–4 | 1–2 | 0–0 | | 2–1 | 1–2 | 0–1 | 5–0 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 1–2 | 3–1 | 3–0 |
| Nyva Ternopil | +:- | 1–3 | 4–0 | 2–1 | 2–1 | | 1–1 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 0–3 | 1–0 | 0–0 |
| Prykarpattya Ivano-Frankivsk | 1–0 | 2–2 | 6–2 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 2–3 | | 0–0 | +:- | 2–1 | 0–3 | 1–3 | 3–0 | 0–0 |
| Real Pharm Yuzhne | +:- | 1–2 | 2–1 | 1–4 | 1–0 | 4–2 | 1–0 | | 5–0 | 3–1 | 0–1 | 2–2 | 0–1 | 1–4 |
| SKAD-Yalpuh Bolhrad | 0–3 | 0–4 | -:+ | -:+ | -:+ | 1–4 | 1–6 | 2–1 | | 0–5 | 0–1 | -:+ | -:+ | 3–1 |
| Skala Stryi | 0–1 | 0–3 | 0–0 | 0–2 | 3–3 | 4–3 | 1–0 | 2–2 | +:- | | 0–1 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 |
| Slavutych Cherkasy | 3–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 2–1 | 0–0 | +:- | 3–2 | | 1–2 | 0–1 | 4–0 |
| PFC Sumy | +:- | 2–0 | 6–1 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 6–0 | 3–0 | 1–0 | | 0–1 | 3–1 |
| UkrAhroKom Holovkivka | +:- | 1–1 | 3–0 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 3–0 | 2–2 | 5–0 | 4–2 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 1–2 | | 5–1 |
| Yednist' Plysky | 2–2 | 1–1 | 4–1 | 0–3 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 1–6 | 0–2 | +:- | 1–2 | 0–1 | 0–3 | 0–0 | |
* ↑ The Round 3 match was not played due to a flooded pitch cause by severe flooding in the region. (July 30, 2011)'"`UNIQ--ref-00000029-QINU`"' The Appellate Committee of the Football Federation of Ukraine ruled against rescheduling of the fixture as well as fining Nyva Ternopil 5,000 hrv. PFL Disciplinary committee awards a 3–0 technical victory to FC Sumy. (November 14, 2011)'"`UNIQ--ref-0000002A-QINU`"'
* ↑ PFL Disciplinary committee awards a 3–0 technical victory to Chornormorets-2 Odesa after it was found that SKAD-Yalpuh Bolhrad fielded V. Lebedynsky without the proper documentation. (September 7, 2011)'"`UNIQ--ref-0000002C-QINU`"' Original Round 5 match was a 2–0 victory for SKAD-Yalpuh Bolhrad.
* ↑ One Round 2 fixture was postponed for a day due to the mining disaster at the Suhodolskaya-Vostochnaya coal mine when a day of mourning was announced by the President of Ukraine. (30 July 2011)'"`UNIQ--ref-0000002E-QINU`"'
* ↑ For the Round 15 fixture Nyva Ternopil did not arrive for the game.'"`UNIQ--ref-00000030-QINU`"' The PFL Disciplinary committee awards a 3–0 technical victory to FC Sumy. (November 3, 2011)'"`UNIQ--ref-00000031-QINU`"'
* ↑ High attendance of 11,300 between FC Sumy–Real Pharm (Round 26)'"`UNIQ--ref-00000033-QINU`"'
* ↑ Round 17 fixture was moved to Bannikov Stadium in Kyiv due to flooding at Yednist's home ground.'"`UNIQ--ref-00000035-QINU`"'

### Top scorers

    As of May 25, 2012
| | Scorer | Goals (Pen.) | Team |
| 1 | Andriy Barladym | 10 | Krystal Kherson |
| 2 | Ruslan Ivashko | 9 | Prykarpattya Ivano-Frankivsk |
| 2 | Ihor Melnyk | 9 | FC Sumy |
| 2 | Denys Ryzhenko | 9 (1) | Enerhiya Nova Kakhovka |
| 5 | Roman Poltavets | 8 | Desna Chernihiv |
| 5 | Mykhaylo Serhiychuk | 8 | Slavutych Cherkasy |
| 5 | Oleksiy Mazurenko | 8 (4) | Krystal Kherson |
* ↑ Ruslan Ivashko during the winter break signed a contract with Ukrainian First League club Enerhetyk Burshtyn'"`UNIQ--ref-0000003D-QINU`"'

## Group B

| Stadium | Capacity | Club |
| RSC Olimpiysky | 26,100 | Avanhard / Shakhtar |
| Avanhard Stadium | 4,000 | Avanhard Kramatorsk |
| Avanhard Stadium | 5,400 | Makiyivvuhillia Makiivka |
| Zhovtneva Mine Stadium | 2,500 | Hirnyk Kryvyi Rih |
| Metalurh Stadium (Yenakieve) | 5,500 | Makiyivvuhillia Makiivka |
| Yunist Stadium | 2,500 | Hirnyk-Sport Komsomolsk |
| Meteor Stadium | 24,321 | Dnipro-2 Dnipropetrovsk |
| Azovets Stadium | 1,660 | Illichivets-2 Mariupol |
| SC Kremin | 1,500 | Kremin Kremenchuk |
| Shakhtar Academy | 1,000 | Makiyivvuhillia Makiivka |
| Tytan Stadium | 2,000 | Metalurh-2 Zaporizhzhia |
| Zatys Stadium | 500 | Myr Hornostayivka |
| Lokomotyv Stadium | 2,500 | Poltava |
| Kolos Stadium | 1,000 | Sevastopol-2 |
| Metalurh Stadium | 2,900 | Stal Dniprodzerzhynsk |
| Kirsha Training Center | 1,500 | Shakhtar-3 Donetsk |
| Horiushkin Stadium | 10,000 | Shakhtar Sverdlovsk |

### Standings

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion or relegation |
| 1 | FC Poltava | 26 | 18 | 5 | 3 | 50 | 18 | +32 | 59 | Promoted to First League |
| 2 | Avanhard Kramatorsk | 26 | 19 | 1 | 6 | 41 | 15 | +26 | 58 | Qualified for playoff Promoted to First League |
| 3 | Shakhtar Sverdlovsk | 26 | 15 | 6 | 5 | 49 | 23 | +26 | 51 | |
| 4 | Hirnyk Kryvyi Rih | 26 | 16 | 3 | 7 | 44 | 22 | +22 | 51 | |
| 5 | Kremin Kremenchuk | 26 | 16 | 3 | 7 | 34 | 23 | +11 | 51 | |
| 6 | Stal Dniprodzerzhynsk | 26 | 15 | 3 | 8 | 34 | 19 | +15 | 48 | |
| 7 | Myr Hornostayivka | 26 | 13 | 7 | 6 | 36 | 26 | +10 | 46 | |
| 8 | Shakhtar-3 Donetsk | 26 | 10 | 1 | 15 | 45 | 56 | −11 | 31 | |
| 9 | Hirnyk-Sport Komsomolsk | 26 | 6 | 8 | 12 | 28 | 39 | −11 | 26 | |
| 10 | FC Sevastopol-2 | 26 | 7 | 3 | 16 | 26 | 51 | −25 | 24 | |
| 11 | Dnipro-2 Dnipropetrovsk | 26 | 6 | 5 | 15 | 24 | 42 | −18 | 23 | Expelled |
| 12 | Metalurh-2 Zaporizhzhia | 26 | 5 | 3 | 18 | 19 | 43 | −24 | 18 | Withdrew |
| 13 | Illichivets-2 Mariupol | 26 | 5 | 2 | 19 | 25 | 47 | −22 | 17 | Withdrew |
| 14 | Makiyivvuhillya Makiyivka | 26 | 5 | 2 | 19 | 17 | 48 | −31 | 17 | |
* ↑ Dnipro-2 Dnipropetrovsk was expelled from the PFL after failing to play their Round 26 fixture against Makiyivvuhillya. (6 June 2012)'"`UNIQ--ref-00000043-QINU`"'
* ↑ The main clubs of Illichivets-2 Mariupol and FC Metalurh-2 Zaporizhzhia withdrew their junior clubs from PFL due to the inaugural of Ukrainian Premier League Under-19 competition which is to start next season. (6 June 2012)'"`UNIQ--ref-00000045-QINU`"'

### Results

    As of May 28, 2012
| Home \ Away | AVK | DD2 | HIR | HIS | IL2 | KRE | MKM | ME2 | MYH | POL | SHS | SH3 | STD | SE2 |
| Avanhard Kramatorsk | | 0–2 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 3–0 | 4–1 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 3–0 |
| Dnipro-2 Dnipropetrovsk | 0–2 | | 1–0 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 0–2 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 1–3 | 1–2 | 0–2 | 2–1 |
| Hirnyk Kryvyi Rih | 0–1 | 3–0 | | 2–2 | 3–1 | 2–0 | 3–2 | 1–2 | 2–0 | 3–1 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 3–0 |
| Hirnyk-Sport Komsomolsk | 0–3 | 2–0 | 0–2 | | 4–2 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 1–2 | 2–3 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 2–0 |
| Illichivets-2 Mariupol | 1–2 | 1–4 | 0–3 | 1–1 | | 0–1 | 0–2 | 3–0 | 2–2 | 0–2 | 0–1 | 3–0 | 0–2 | 0–1 |
| Kremin Kremenchuk | 0–1 | 3–0 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 0–1 | | 1–0 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 |
| Makiyivvuhillya Makiyivka | 0–1 | 3–0 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 2–5 | 0–1 | | 1–0 | 1–2 | 0–5 | 0–4 | 3–5 | 0–3 | 1–2 |
| Metalurh-2 Zaporizhzhia | 0–4 | 2–2 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 1–0 | | 0–1 | 0–2 | 1–2 | 0–3 | 2–3 | 2–3 |
| Myr Hornostayivka | 2–1 | 3–0 | 0–1 | 3–0 | 1–0 | 2–2 | 0–0 | 1–1 | | 2–3 | 2–2 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 2–0 |
| FC Poltava | 2–1 | 3–1 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 3–0 | | 2–0 | 5–0 | 3–1 | 2–0 |
| Shakhtar Sverdlovsk | 0–0 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 3–0 | 4–0 | 2–2 | 3–0 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 1–1 | | 5–1 | 3–0 | 2–1 |
| Shakhtar-3 Donetsk | 0–1 | 4–1 | 1–3 | 3–1 | 2–1 | 2–5 | 2–0 | 3–2 | 2–3 | 0–2 | 0–2 | | 1–3 | 7–2 |
| Stal Dniprodzerzhynsk | 1–2 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 3–1 | | 3–0 |
| FC Sevastopol-2 | 1–0 | 2–4 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 2–3 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 0–2 | 1–3 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 1–0 | |
* ↑ Round 18 fixture was moved to RSK Olimpiyskiy due to the state of Avanhard Stadium in Kramatorsk after the winter break.'"`UNIQ--ref-0000004B-QINU`"'
* ↑ For the Round 25 fixture FC Sevastopol-2 did not travel for the game informing the PFL that fourteen of their players were unavailable.'"`UNIQ--ref-0000004D-QINU`"' PFL awards a 3–0 technical victory to Hirnyk Kryvyi Rih. (24 May 2012)'"`UNIQ--ref-0000004E-QINU`"'
* ↑ Makiyivvuhillya Makiyivka played their home games in Metalurh Stadium, Yenakiieve in the spring session. They returned to their home stadium Avandard, for a Round 15 fixture.'"`UNIQ--ref-00000050-QINU`"' After the winter break they played their home games at Shakhtar Academy Stadium in Makiyivka.'"`UNIQ--ref-00000051-QINU`"'
* ↑ For the Round 26 fixture the administration of Dnipro-2 Dnipropetrovsk has indicated that the club will not play the match against Makiyivvuhillya.'"`UNIQ--ref-00000053-QINU`"' PFL awards a 3–0 technical victory to Makiyivvuhillya Makiyivka.
* ↑ For the Round 22 fixture Dnipro-2 Dnipropetrovsk did not arrive for the game.'"`UNIQ--ref-00000055-QINU`"' PFL awards a 3–0 technical victory to Myr Hornostayivka. (17 May 2012)'"`UNIQ--ref-00000056-QINU`"'
* ↑ Round 17 fixture was moved to RSK Olimpiyskiy due to the state of Shakhtar's home ground after the winter break.'"`UNIQ--ref-00000058-QINU`"'
* ↑ Low attendance of 20 between Shakhtar-3–Stal in Round 18 (12 April 2012)'"`UNIQ--ref-0000005A-QINU`"'

### Top scorers

    As of May 28, 2012
| | Scorer | Goals (Pen.) | Team |
| 1 | Yevhen Radionov | 12 | FC Poltava |
| 1 | Yuriy Kolomoyets | 12 (2) | Hirnyk Kryvyi Rih |
| 3 | Ivan Dotsenko | 11 (5) | Myr Hornostayivka |
| 4 | Seykhan Aliyev | 9 | Stal Dniprodzerzhynsk |
| 4 | Oleh Shevchenko | 9 (8) | Avanhard Kramatorsk |

### Championship game

A championship game will be played between the top teams of each group competition.

## Promotion play-off

A playoff between the two second placed teams will be played with the winner participating in another playoff game between the 16th placed team of the First League for a place in the 2012–13 Ukrainian First League competition.

### Second Game

Avanhard Kramatorsk promoted to First League after Nyva Vinnystia withdrew from PFL (5 July 2012)