# 2007–08 Ukrainian Second League

The 2007–08 Ukrainian Second League was the 17th season of 3rd level professional football in Ukraine. The competitions were divided into two groups – A and B.

## Team changes
### Newly admitted

The following teams were promoted from the 2007 Ukrainian Football Amateur League:
* FC Podillya-Khmelnytskyi – (returning after an absence of four seasons)
* FC Arsenal Bila Tserkva – (debut)
* FC Olimpik Kirovohrad – (debut)
More teams were admitted that participated in the 2006 Ukrainian Football Amateur League:
* FC Shakhtar Sverdlovsk – (returning after an absence of 12 seasons)
* FC Nyva-Svitanok Vinnytsia – (returning after a season of absence, previously as FC Nyva Vinnytsia)
Also, four more clubs were admitted to professional competitions without playing in amateur league
* FC Korosten – (debut)
* FC Komunalnyk Luhansk – (debut)
* FC Poltava – (debut)
* FC Tytan Donetsk – (debut)

### Relegated from the First League

* none (FC Krasyliv and FC Spartak Ivano-Frankivsk withdrew right before the start)

### Location map
## Group A

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion or relegation |
| 1 | FC Knyazha Schaslyve (C, P) | 30 | 24 | 5 | 1 | 70 | 13 | +57 | 77 | Promoted to First League |
| 2 | FC Nyva Ternopil | 30 | 18 | 10 | 2 | 52 | 15 | +37 | 64 | |
| 3 | FC Podillya-Khmelnytskyi | 30 | 17 | 7 | 6 | 47 | 28 | +19 | 58 | |
| 4 | FC Bukovyna Chernivtsi | 30 | 17 | 6 | 7 | 43 | 25 | +18 | 57 | |
| 5 | FC Obolon-2 Kyiv | 30 | 15 | 6 | 9 | 50 | 36 | +14 | 51 | |
| 6 | FC Yednist' Plysky | 30 | 14 | 6 | 10 | 34 | 32 | +2 | 48 | |
| 7 | FC Arsenal Bila Tserkva | 30 | 13 | 7 | 10 | 28 | 31 | −3 | 46 | |
| 8 | FC Korosten Korosten | 30 | 11 | 11 | 8 | 26 | 22 | +4 | 44 | |
| 9 | FC Nyva-Svitanok Vinnytsia | 30 | 10 | 5 | 15 | 23 | 40 | −17 | 35 | |
| 10 | FC Dynamo-3 Kyiv | 30 | 9 | 5 | 16 | 30 | 43 | −13 | 32 | Withdrew |
| 11 | FC Ros' Bila Tserkva | 30 | 8 | 6 | 16 | 28 | 49 | −21 | 30 | |
| 12 | FC Enerhiya Yuzhnoukrainsk | 30 | 7 | 9 | 14 | 22 | 47 | −25 | 30 | Withdrew |
| 13 | FC Nafkom Brovary | 30 | 7 | 8 | 15 | 33 | 46 | −13 | 29 | |
| 14 | FC Veres Rivne | 30 | 7 | 8 | 15 | 25 | 44 | −19 | 29 | |
| 15 | FC Karpaty-2 Lviv | 30 | 7 | 3 | 20 | 33 | 53 | −20 | 24 | |
| 16 | FC Naftovyk Dolyna | 30 | 4 | 2 | 24 | 13 | 33 | −20 | 14 | Withdrew |
* 1 2 FC Podillya-Khmelnytskyi, FC Nyva-Svitanok Vinnytsia, FC Korosten and FC Arsenal Bila Tserkva enter the competition.
* ↑ FC Dynamo-3 Kyiv withdrew out of courtesy before the start of the next season to allow MFK Mykolaiv to enter the competition.
* ↑ FC Enerhiya Yuzhnoukrainsk withdrew from the PFL at the end of the season citing financial difficulties. However, the team indicated that they will return to the PFL in the 2009-10 season.'"`UNIQ--ref-0000000A-QINU`"' They did not hold to their promise.
* ↑ FC Naftovyk Dolyna withdrew after the first half of the season. Technical victories were awarded to their opponents in the second half of the season.'"`UNIQ--ref-0000000C-QINU`"'

### Top goalscorers

| Scorer | Goals | Team |
| Andriy Budnyi | 20 (2) | FC Obolon-2 Kyiv |
| Oleksandr Mandzyuk | 15 (2) | FC Kniazha Schaslyve |
| Maksym Ilyuk | 11 | FC Bukovyna Chernivtsi |
| Serhiy Makoviychuk | 11 | FC Bukovyna Chernivtsi |
| Oleksandr Kurnevych | 11 | FC Kniazha Schaslyve |

## Group B

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion or relegation |
| 1 | Komunalnyk Luhansk (C, P) | 34 | 22 | 7 | 5 | 56 | 26 | +30 | 73 | Promoted to First League |
| 2 | Tytan Armyansk | 34 | 22 | 5 | 7 | 74 | 39 | +35 | 71 | |
| 3 | Arsenal Kharkiv | 34 | 21 | 8 | 5 | 62 | 20 | +42 | 71 | |
| 4 | Khimik Krasnoperekopsk | 34 | 21 | 6 | 7 | 54 | 28 | +26 | 69 | Withdrew |
| 5 | Shakhtar Sverdlovsk | 34 | 20 | 6 | 8 | 46 | 27 | +19 | 66 | |
| 6 | Olimpik Donetsk | 34 | 19 | 6 | 9 | 66 | 41 | +25 | 63 | |
| 7 | Shakhtar-3 Donetsk | 34 | 15 | 8 | 11 | 57 | 50 | +7 | 53 | |
| 8 | Kremin Kremenchuk | 34 | 14 | 8 | 12 | 49 | 46 | +3 | 50 | |
| 9 | Olkom Melitopol | 34 | 14 | 7 | 13 | 38 | 34 | +4 | 49 | |
| 10 | Illichivets-2 Mariupol | 34 | 12 | 8 | 14 | 43 | 62 | −19 | 44 | |
| 11 | FC Poltava | 34 | 11 | 10 | 13 | 36 | 51 | −15 | 43 | |
| 12 | Tytan Donetsk | 34 | 11 | 7 | 16 | 44 | 52 | −8 | 40 | |
| 13 | Yavir Krasnopillya | 34 | 10 | 7 | 17 | 36 | 62 | −26 | 37 | |
| 14 | Hirnyk Kryvyi Rih | 34 | 9 | 10 | 15 | 43 | 51 | −8 | 37 | |
| 15 | Hirnyk-Sport Komsomolsk | 34 | 9 | 7 | 18 | 38 | 59 | −21 | 34 | |
| 16 | Olimpik Kirovohrad | 34 | 7 | 4 | 23 | 34 | 68 | −34 | 25 | |
| 17 | Metalurh-2 Zaporizhzhia | 34 | 6 | 7 | 21 | 33 | 66 | −33 | 25 | |
| 18 | Hazovyk-KhGV Kharkiv | 34 | 1 | 3 | 30 | 14 | 41 | −27 | 6 | Withdrew |
* ↑ FC Khimik Krasnoperekopsk did not submit a license for the next season and withdrew from the PFL.
* 1 2 3 FC Olimpik Kirovohrad, FC Poltava, FC Shakhtar Sverdlovsk, FC Komunalnyk Luhansk and FC Titan Donetsk enter the competition.
* ↑ FC Hazovyk-KhGV Kharkiv withdrew after the first half of the season. Technical victories were awarded to their opponents in the second half of the season.'"`UNIQ--ref-00000019-QINU`"'

### Top goalscorers

| Scorer | Goals | Team |
| Viktor Arefyev | 20 (3) | Olimpik Donetsk |
| Yevhen Arbuzov | 20 (4) | Tytan Armyansk |
| Yuriy Kudinov | 20 (7) | Komunalnyk Luhansk |
| Roman Dovzhyk | 19 (4) | Tytan A / Khimik K |
| Roman Loktionov | 18 (1) | Kremin Kremenchuk |

### Results

Matches with Hazovyk shown in gray count as a win for the opposing team.
| Home \ Away | ARK | HAZ | HIR | HIS | IL2 | KHI | KOM | KRE | ME2 | OLD | OLK | OLM | POL | SH3 | SHS | TYA | TID | SUM |
| Arsenal Kharkiv | | 3–0 | 0–0 | 3–0 | 4–1 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 3–1 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 4–0 | 3–0 | 3–0 | 2–1 | 5–1 |
| Hazovyk | 0–2 | | 1–2 | 1–3 | 3–0 | | | | | 2–2 | 0–2 | 0–1 | | | 0–2 | | 0–0 | 1–3 |
| Hirnyk Kryvyi Rih | 0–1 | | | 3–0 | 3–0 | 0–1 | 1–2 | 1–2 | 3–2 | 0–2 | 6–0 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 3–3 | 2–2 | 0–1 | 2–2 | 0–0 |
| Hirnyk-Sport Komsomolsk | 1–1 | | 2–1 | | 4–0 | 0–2 | 2–2 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 1–2 | 0–2 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 1–3 | 2–0 |
| Illichivets-2 Mariupol | 0–0 | | 2–3 | 4–3 | | 1–3 | 0–5 | 2–2 | 3–1 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 2–2 | 2–3 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 2–3 | 3–2 | 2–1 |
| Khimik | 2–1 | 3–0 | 1–1 | 3–0 | 1–1 | | 0–0 | 0–1 | 4–0 | 1–2 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 3–1 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 1–0 | 1–0 |
| Komunalnyk Luhansk | 1–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 4–0 | 3–1 | 1–0 | | 2–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 4–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 4–0 |
| Kremin Kremenchuk | 0–0 | 3–1 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 1–4 | 1–0 | | 3–1 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 4–1 | 1–3 | 0–0 | 2–2 | 0–1 | 2–3 |
| Metalurh-2 Zaporizhzhia | 0–3 | 4–0 | 3–1 | 4–1 | 1–4 | 0–1 | 1–2 | 0–4 | | 1–3 | 0–0 | 0–2 | 0–1 | 0–2 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 1–2 |
| Olimpik Donetsk | 2–0 | | 5–1 | 5–1 | 3–1 | 0–1 | 1–3 | 2–0 | 3–2 | | 3–1 | 1–0 | 6–0 | 3–2 | 1–1 | 3–4 | 3–0 | 3–0 |
| Olimpik Kirovohrad | 0–2 | | 2–2 | 2–2 | 0–1 | 2–3 | 0–1 | 2–4 | 3–1 | 1–1 | | 0–1 | 1–2 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 2–2 | 2–2 |
| Olkom Melitopol | 1–1 | | 1–2 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 2–3 | 1–0 | | 2–0 | 4–1 | 1–2 | 1–4 | 1–0 | 3–0 |
| FC Poltava | 0–4 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 0–4 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 3–3 | 4–1 | 4–2 | 1–1 | | 1–2 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 2–2 | 3–2 |
| Shakhtar-3 Donetsk | 0–3 | 2–2 | 4–1 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 2–3 | 2–1 | 4–1 | 4–1 | 1–2 | 0–0 | 4–2 | 1–1 | | 0–1 | 3–0 | 2–2 | 2–2 |
| Shakhtar Sverdlovsk | 2–0 | | 1–0 | 1–0 | 2–3 | 1–1 | 3–0 | 3–2 | 4–1 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 2–1 | | 2–1 | 2–0 | 4–2 |
| Tytan Armyansk | 0–1 | 3–2 | 4–1 | 4–0 | 4–0 | 2–1 | 2–2 | 4–0 | 4–0 | 2–0 | 4–0 | 3–1 | 2–0 | 0–2 | 1–0 | | 3–2 | 4–0 |
| Titan Donetsk | 1–2 | 4–1 | 2–0 | 3–2 | 1–2 | 3–1 | 1–3 | 1–4 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 1–3 | | 2–1 |
| PFC Sumy | 0–2 | | 0–2 | 0–2 | 0–0 | 0–2 | 2–4 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 2–2 | 1–3 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 2–2 | 3–1 | |

## Stadia

| Rank | Stadium | Capacity | Club |
| 1 | CMS Vinnytsia | 25,000 | FC Nyva Vinnytsia |
| 2 | Army Stadium Lviv (SKA) | 23,040 | FC Karpaty-2 Lviv |
| 3 | Stadion Avanhard | 20,000 | FC Veres Rivne |
| 4 | CMS Termopil | 18,500 | FC Nyva Ternopil |
| 5 | Stadion Bukovyna | 17,000 | FC Bukovyna Chernivtsi |
| 6 | Politechnik | 11,400 | FC Kremin Kremenchuk |
| 7 | Stadion Khimik | 5,000 | FC Titan Armyansk |
| 8 | Stadion Lokomotyv | 5,000 | FC Poltava |
| 9 | Dynamo's auxiliary field Koncha Zaspa | 3,000 | FC Dynamo-3 Kyiv |
| 10 | Stadion Kolos | 3,000 | FC Yavir Krasnopilya |
| 11 | OOM Stadion Spartak | ? | FC Olkom Melitopol |
Notes:
* CMS stands for Central Municipal Stadium, the name of each stadium that doesn't carry any official names, and is followed by the city's name where the stadium is located. Usually such stadiums are the property of the city with a generic name "Tsentralnyi" (Central, in Ukrainian).
* OOM stands for Oleh Oleksenko Memorial