2002–03 Ukrainian Second League

Ukrainian Second League
Season	2002–03
Champions	FC LUKOR Kalush; FC Nafkom-Academia Irpin; FC Zorya Luhansk
Relegated	FC Halychyna Drohobych ; FC Torpedo Zaporizhzhia ; Kovel-Volyn (withdrew); Systema-KKhP Cherniakhiv (withdrew); Shakhtar Luhansk (withdrew); Stal-2 Alchevsk (withdrew)
Top goalscorer	(30) - Serhiy Levchenko (Nafkom-Academia Irpin)
	← 2001–02 2003–04 →

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The 2002–03 Ukrainian Second League was the 12th season of 3rd level professional football in Ukraine.

The competitions were divided into three groups according to geographical location in the country – A is western Ukraine, B is southern Ukraine and Crimea, and C is eastern Ukraine.

The groups were won respectively by FC LUKOR Kalush, FC Nafkom-Academia Irpin and FC Zorya Luhansk.

Team changes

Promoted

The following team was promoted from the 2002 Ukrainian Football Amateur League:

FC Systema KKhP Chernyakhiv – (debut)
FC Shakhtar Luhansk – (debut)
FC Yavir Krasnopilya – (debut, reinstated in 2000 in place of FC Yavir–Sumy)

The 2001 Ukrainian Football Amateur League participant:

FC Vuhlyk Dymytrov – (debut)

Also, one more club was admitted additionally:

PFC Sevastopol – (debut, last season Sevastopol was represented by FC Chayka-VMS Sevastopol)

Relegated

FC Nyva Ternopil – (debut, previously (11 seasons ago) played in the 1991 Soviet Second League as Nyva Ternopil)
FC Elektrometalurh-NZF Nikopol – (debut, previously (13 seasons ago) played in the 1989 Soviet Second League as Kolos Nikopol)
FC Dnipro-2 Dnipropetrovsk – (returning after an absence of 2 seasons)

Withdrew

Renamed

FC Krystal Kherson changed its name to SC Kherson.
FC Metalurh-2 Mariupol changed its name to FC Illichivets-2 Mariupol.

Changed groups

FC Dynamo-3 Kyiv moved from B to A
FC Torpedo Zaporizhzhia moved from C to B

Group A

Location map

2002–03 Ukrainian Second League is located in Ukraine

Locations of team home grounds in Ukrainian Second League 2002–03 (Group A)

Final standings

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	LUKOR Kalush (C)	28	21	2	5	56	25	+31	65
2	Enerhetyk Burshtyn	28	19	2	7	44	23	+21	59
3	Podillya Khmelnytskyi	28	18	4	6	45	16	+29	58
4	Naftovyk Dolyna	28	16	6	6	35	16	+19	54
5	Dynamo-3 Kyiv	28	14	8	6	30	22	+8	50
6	Kovel-Volyn-2 Kovel (W)	28	11	6	11	29	31	−2	39	Withdrew
7	Veres Rivne	28	11	3	14	28	39	−11	36
8	Nyva Ternopil	28	10	5	13	29	36	−7	35
9	Hazovyk-Skala Stryi	28	8	9	11	15	23	−8	33
10	Karpaty-3 Lviv	28	8	8	12	24	33	−9	32
11	Tekhno-Centre Rohatyn	28	7	7	14	23	35	−12	28
12	Systema-KKhP Cherniakhiv (W)	28	7	6	15	24	34	−10	27	Withdrew
13	Bukovyna Chernivtsi	28	6	6	16	20	39	−19	24
14	Chornohora Ivano-Frankivsk	28	4	11	13	19	32	−13	23
15	Halychyna Drohobych (R)	28	5	7	16	22	39	−17	22	Relegated

Source: ^{[citation needed]}
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated; (W) Withdrew

Top goalscorers

	Scorer	Goals (Pen.)	Team
1	Serhiy Sernetskyi	21	Nyva Ternopil
2	Bohdan Pavliuk	16	Enerhetyk Burshtyn
3	Serhiy Ruzhytskyi	11	Podillya Khmelnytskyi
3	Ihor Stasyuk	11	Podillya Khmelnytskyi
5	Denys Poida	10	LUKOR Kalush

Group B

Location map

Locations of team home grounds in Ukrainian Second League 1992-93

Final standings

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	Nafkom-Academia Irpin (C, P)	30	20	7	3	69	20	+49	67	Promoted
2	Dynamo Simferopol	30	18	7	5	53	27	+26	61
3	Elektrometalurh-NZF Nikopol	30	18	7	5	37	20	+17	61
4	Olkom Melitopol	30	18	5	7	45	27	+18	59
5	Dnister Ovidiopol	30	14	5	11	27	23	+4	47
6	Chornomorets-2 Odesa	30	11	13	6	42	25	+17	46
7	Krystal Kherson	30	12	6	12	35	38	−3	42
8	Olimpia AES Yuzhnoukrainsk	30	12	4	14	41	41	0	40
9	Sevastopol	30	12	4	14	31	36	−5	40
10	Ros Bila Tserkva	30	11	6	13	24	32	−8	39
11	Obolon-2 Kyiv	30	10	7	13	41	45	−4	37
12	Tytan Armyansk	30	8	5	17	30	48	−18	29
13	Metalurh-2 Zaporizhzhia	30	7	8	15	33	44	−11	29
14	Borysfen-2 Boryspil	30	9	1	20	23	51	−28	28
15	Hirnyk-Sport Komsomolsk	30	7	6	17	27	48	−21	27
16	Torpedo Zaporizhzhia (R)	30	4	7	19	19	52	−33	19	Relegated

Source: ^{[citation needed]}
(C) Champions; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated

Top goalscorers

	Scorer	Goals (Pen.)	Team
1	Serhiy Levchenko	30	Naftovyk-Akademia Irpin
2	Oleksiy Hryshchenko	15	Dynamo Simferopol
3	Volodymyr Skrypka	13	Olimpiya AES Yuzhnoukrayinsk
4	Serhiy Mamonov	12	Dynamo Simferopol
4	Yevhen Sopyanychenko	12	Krystal Kherson

Group C

Location map

Elektron

Stal

Shakhtar-3
Metalurh-2

Locations of team home grounds in Ukrainian Second League 1992-93

Final standings

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	Zorya Luhansk (C, P)	28	23	2	3	62	17	+45	71	Promoted
2	Shakhtar Luhansk (W)	28	20	5	3	49	15	+34	65	Withdrew
3	Desna Chernihiv	28	19	1	8	36	25	+11	58
4	Shakhtar-3 Donetsk	28	17	6	5	37	20	+17	57
5	Stal Dniprodzerzhynsk	28	16	4	8	35	22	+13	52
6	Metalurh-2 Donetsk	28	13	4	11	37	38	−1	43
7	Metalist-2 Kharkiv	28	9	10	9	32	24	+8	37
8	Dnipro-2 Dnipropetrovsk	28	10	4	14	28	34	−6	34
9	Avanhard Rovenky	28	9	5	14	26	39	−13	32
10	Yavir Krasnopillia	28	8	8	12	27	41	−14	32
11	Illichivets-2 Mariupol	28	9	3	16	24	42	−18	30
12	Vorskla-2 Poltava	28	7	6	15	30	44	−14	27
13	Elektron Romny	28	7	2	19	17	41	−24	23
14	Vuhlyk Dymytrov	28	5	8	15	12	37	−25	23
15	Stal-2 Alchevsk (R, W)	28	3	2	23	9	22	−13	11	Relegated

Source: ^{[citation needed]}
(C) Champions; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated; (W) Withdrew

Top goalscorers

	Scorer	Goals (Pen.)	Team
1	Kostyantyn Bublyk	13	Yavir Krasnopillia
2	Kostyantyn Pinchuk	12	Shakhtar Luhansk
3	Ihor Lytvynov	11	Zorya Luhansk
3	Dmytro Mashchenko	11	Zorya Luhansk
5	Vladyslav Havrylov	10	Stal Dniprodzerzhynsk

Druha Liha 2002-03 winners
FC LUKOR Kalush 1st title

Druha Liha 2002-03 winners
Nafkom-Academia Irpin 1st title

Druha Liha 2002-03 winners
Zorya Luhansk 1st title

External links

2002-03 season by Oleksiy Kobyzev