# 2005–06 Ukrainian Second League

The 2005–06 Ukrainian Second League was the 15th season of 3rd level professional football in Ukraine. The competitions were divided into three regional groups – A, B, C. This season was known for a high volume of withdrawals from the competition.

## Team changes
### Newly admitted

The following team was promoted from the 2005 Ukrainian Football Amateur League:
* FC Yalos Yalta – (debut)
The 2004 Ukrainian Football Amateur League participant:
* FC Kremin Kremenchuk – (returning after an absence of 4 seasons)
* FC Sokil Berezhany – (returning after an absence of 13 seasons)
* FC Khimik Krasnoperekopsk – (debut)
* FC Yednist' Plysky – (debut)
The following teams were due to special circumstances:
* MFC Zhytomyr – (debut)
* FC Zhytychi Zhytomyr – (debut)
** OFC Zhytychi Zhytomyr is regarded a successor of FC Polissya Zhytomyr as the main regional club where o stands for oblast (region).
* FC Arsenal Kharkiv – (returning after an absence of 3 seasons)
** There was created FC Kharkiv that was admitted to the 2005–06 Ukrainian Premier League in place of Arsenal, while the latter restarted from the Second League.
Three more teams were also admitted:
* FC Kryvbas-2 Kryvyi Rih – (returning after an absence of 1 seasons)
* FC Kharkiv-2 – (debut)
* FC Knyazha Shchaslyve – (debut)

### Relegated from the First League

* FC Polissya Zhytomyr dissolved during the interseason period

### Renamed / Replaced

* FC Osvita Borodianka before the season moved to Kyiv becoming FC Osvita Kyiv. That team lasted until the end of 2005 and in 2006 it was replaced with FC Boyarka 2006.
* Before the season FC Enerhiya Yuzhnoukrainsk was known as FC Olimpiya AES (Atomic Electric Station) Yuzhnoukrainsk.

### Location map
## Group A

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion or relegation |
| 1 | FC Desna Chernihiv (C, P) | 28 | 24 | 2 | 2 | 76 | 13 | +63 | 74 | Promoted to First League |
| 2 | FC Fakel Ivano-Frankivsk | 28 | 19 | 5 | 4 | 56 | 24 | +32 | 62 | |
| 3 | FC Rava Rava-Ruska | 28 | 18 | 4 | 6 | 37 | 13 | +24 | 58 | Withdrew |
| 4 | FC Nyva Ternopil | 28 | 14 | 8 | 6 | 34 | 18 | +16 | 50 | |
| 5 | FC Karpaty-2 Lviv | 28 | 14 | 4 | 10 | 39 | 36 | +3 | 46 | |
| 6 | FC Bukovyna Chernivtsi | 28 | 13 | 5 | 10 | 38 | 33 | +5 | 44 | |
| 7 | FC Veres Rivne | 28 | 12 | 6 | 10 | 33 | 40 | −7 | 42 | |
| 8 | FC Zhytychi Zhytomyr | 28 | 10 | 11 | 7 | 38 | 34 | +4 | 41 | Withdrew |
| 9 | FC Obolon-2 Kyiv | 28 | 9 | 8 | 11 | 31 | 36 | −5 | 35 | |
| 10 | FC Chornohora Ivano-Frankivsk | 28 | 7 | 8 | 13 | 25 | 32 | −7 | 29 | Withdrew |
| 11 | FC Dynamo-3 Kyiv | 28 | 7 | 8 | 13 | 17 | 28 | −11 | 29 | |
| 12 | FC Knyazha Schaslyve | 28 | 6 | 11 | 11 | 32 | 35 | −3 | 29 | |
| 13 | FC Naftovyk Dolyna | 28 | 8 | 3 | 17 | 22 | 45 | −23 | 27 | |
| 14 | MFC Zhytomyr | 28 | 3 | 2 | 23 | 16 | 38 | −22 | 11 | Withdrew |
| 15 | FC Boyarka-2006 Boyarka | 28 | 2 | 3 | 23 | 13 | 82 | −69 | 9 | Renamed |
| - | FC Sokil Berezhany | 0 | - | - | - | - | - | — | 0 | Removed from the competition |
* ↑ FC Rava Rava-Ruska completed the season and failed to submit a license for the next season.'"`UNIQ--ref-0000000A-QINU`"'
* ↑ FC Zhytychi Zhytomyr entered the competition after the breakup of FC Polissya Zhytomyr which competed in the Ukrainian First League from the prior season.'"`UNIQ--ref-0000000C-QINU`"' After completing the season they failed to submit a license for the next season.'"`UNIQ--ref-0000000D-QINU`"'
* ↑ FC Chornohora Ivano-Frankivsk completed the season, submitted a license for the next season but failed to pay the fee and thus were removed from the PFL.'"`UNIQ--ref-0000000F-QINU`"'
* ↑ MFC Zhytomyr entered the competition after the breakup of FC Polissya Zhytomyr from the prior season.'"`UNIQ--ref-00000011-QINU`"' They withdrew after the 21st round when after the Zhytomyr city elections in March 2006, the city decided not to continue funding the club the team was dissolved. (April 30th, 2006). Their games were considered technical losses for the rest of the season.'"`UNIQ--ref-00000012-QINU`"'
* ↑ During the season FC Osvita Kyiv became financially insolvent and withdrew. Administration moved to Boyarka where they changed the team name to FC Boyarka-2006. This was ratified by the UFF. (March 23rd, 2006)'"`UNIQ--ref-00000014-QINU`"'
* ↑ FC Sokil Berezhany were admitted into the PFL and after two games withdrew. Their record was one draw and one loss, scoring one goal and having 8 scored against. They were removed from the competition.'"`UNIQ--ref-00000016-QINU`"'

### Top goalscorers

| Scorer | Goals (Pen.) | Team |
| Oleksandr Kozhemyachenko | 21 (2) | FC Desna Chernihiv |
| Oleksandr Mykulyak | 18 (6) | FC Fakel Ivano-Frankivsk |
| Oleksandr Semenyuk | 17 (2) | FC Bukovyna Chernivtsi |
| Valentyn Krukovets | 14 (2) | FC Desna Chernihiv |
| Dmytro Kolodyn | 12 | FC Desna Chernihiv |

## Group B

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion or relegation |
| 1 | MFK Mykolaiv (C, P) | 28 | 22 | 3 | 3 | 56 | 11 | +45 | 69 | Promoted to First League |
| 2 | PFC Oleksandria (P) | 28 | 20 | 5 | 3 | 52 | 14 | +38 | 65 | Promoted to First League |
| 3 | FC Sevastopol | 28 | 15 | 6 | 7 | 48 | 29 | +19 | 51 | |
| 4 | FC Yalos Yalta | 28 | 12 | 7 | 9 | 28 | 27 | +1 | 43 | Withdrew |
| 5 | FC Kryvbas-2 Kryvyi Rih | 28 | 11 | 6 | 11 | 45 | 43 | +2 | 39 | Withdrew |
| 6 | FC Yednist' Plysky | 28 | 10 | 8 | 10 | 38 | 36 | +2 | 38 | |
| 7 | FC Dnister Ovidiopol | 28 | 10 | 8 | 10 | 28 | 27 | +1 | 38 | |
| 8 | FC Khimik Krasnoperekopsk | 28 | 11 | 5 | 12 | 24 | 30 | −6 | 38 | |
| 9 | FC Zirka Kirovohrad | 28 | 11 | 4 | 13 | 23 | 36 | −13 | 37 | Withdrew |
| 10 | FC Tytan Armyansk | 28 | 8 | 9 | 11 | 33 | 39 | −6 | 33 | |
| 11 | FC Hirnik Kryvyi Rih | 28 | 7 | 11 | 10 | 23 | 34 | −11 | 32 | |
| 12 | Enerhiya Pivdenoukrainsk | 28 | 6 | 8 | 14 | 29 | 45 | −16 | 26 | |
| 13 | FC Krystal Kherson | 28 | 7 | 4 | 17 | 29 | 51 | −22 | 25 | Withdrew |
| 14 | FC Olkom Melitopol | 28 | 6 | 7 | 15 | 25 | 39 | −14 | 25 | |
| 15 | FC Ros Bila Tserkva | 28 | 5 | 7 | 16 | 26 | 45 | −19 | 22 | |
* ↑ PFC Oleksandria were promoted to the Ukrainian First League for the 2006–07 season as the best 2nd placed team in amongst the three Second League teams within the Groups.
* ↑ FC Yalos Yalta completed the season and failed to submit a license for the next season.'"`UNIQ--ref-00000020-QINU`"'
* ↑ FC Kryvbas-2 Kryvyi Rih completed the season but the main club Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih was in financial difficulty and consolidated their reserve and junior club to play in the reserves competition in the next season.'"`UNIQ--ref-00000022-QINU`"'
* ↑ FC Zirka Kirovohrad completed the season and failed to submit a license for the next season due to financial insolvency.'"`UNIQ--ref-00000024-QINU`"'
* ↑ FC Krystal Kherson completed the season and failed to submit a license for the next season due to financial insolvency.'"`UNIQ--ref-00000026-QINU`"'

### Top goalscorers

| Scorer | Goals | Team |
| Oleksandr Hrebieniuk | 16 | PFC Oleksandria |
| Yevhen Arbuzov | 15 (3) | FC Tytan Armyansk |
| Andriy Shevchuk | 13 | PFC Sevastopol |
| Oleksiy Oleshko | 11 (6) | FC Yednist' Plysky |
| Dmytro Zayko | 10 | MFK Mykolaiv |

## Group C
### Standings

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion or relegation |
| 1 | FC Dnipro Cherkasy (C, P) | 24 | 18 | 3 | 3 | 49 | 22 | +27 | 57 | Promoted to First League |
| 2 | FC Illichivets-2 Mariupol | 24 | 15 | 1 | 8 | 43 | 22 | +21 | 46 | |
| 3 | FC Metalurh-2 Zaporizhzhia | 24 | 13 | 4 | 7 | 39 | 24 | +15 | 43 | |
| 4 | FC Nafkom Brovary | 24 | 12 | 6 | 6 | 28 | 18 | +10 | 42 | |
| 5 | FC Olimpik Donetsk | 24 | 13 | 2 | 9 | 42 | 28 | +14 | 41 | |
| 6 | FC Yavir Krasnopilya | 24 | 11 | 5 | 8 | 25 | 26 | −1 | 38 | |
| 7 | FC Hazovyk-KhGV Kharkiv | 24 | 10 | 7 | 7 | 41 | 34 | +7 | 37 | |
| 8 | FC Hirnyk-Sport Komsomolsk | 24 | 10 | 4 | 10 | 30 | 31 | −1 | 34 | |
| 9 | FC Kremin Kremenchuk | 24 | 9 | 6 | 9 | 22 | 34 | −12 | 33 | |
| 10 | FC Arsenal Kharkiv | 24 | 9 | 3 | 12 | 35 | 44 | −9 | 30 | |
| 11 | FC Shakhtar-3 Donetsk | 24 | 8 | 2 | 14 | 32 | 38 | −6 | 26 | |
| 12 | MFC Oleksandria | 24 | 4 | 2 | 18 | 20 | 37 | −17 | 14 | Withdrew |
| 13 | FC Kharkiv-2 | 24 | 0 | 3 | 21 | 12 | 60 | −48 | 3 | Withdrew |
* ↑ FC Arsenal Kharkiv entered a new team with new management.'"`UNIQ--ref-0000002D-QINU`"'
* ↑ MFC Oleksandria withdrew from the competition after Round 23 when after the city elections of Oleksandria the city administration was unable to budget funds for the team and terminated financial support. (June 7th, 2006) All games after this date were considered Technical losses.'"`UNIQ--ref-0000002F-QINU`"'
* ↑ FC Kharkiv-2 completed the season. The main club FC Kharkiv consolidated their reserve and junior club to play in the reserves competition in the next season.'"`UNIQ--ref-00000031-QINU`"'

### Top goalscorers

| Scorer | Goals (Pen.) | Team |
| Serhiy Kolesnyk | 17 (4) | FC Illichivets-2 Mariupol |
| Serhiy Artyukh | 13 (2) | FC Olimpik Donetsk |
| Roman Polishchuk | 12 (2) | FC Dnipro Cherkasy |
| Viktor Raskov | 11 (2) | FC Arsenal Kharkiv |
| Roman Pakholyuk | 11 (7) | FC Dnipro Cherkasy |
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