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
Top goalscorers ScorerGoals (Pen.)Team Oleksandr KozhemyachenkoFC Desna Chernihiv Oleksandr MykulyakFC Fakel Ivano-Frankivsk Oleksandr SemenyukFC Bukovyna Chernivtsi Valentyn KrukovetsFC Desna Chernihiv Dmytro KolodynFC Desna Chernihiv
Group B
Top goalscorers ScorerGoalsTeam Oleksandr HrebinyukPFC Oleksandria Yevhen ArbuzovFC Tytan Armyansk Andriy ShevchukPFC Sevastopol Oleksiy OleshkoFC Yednist' Plysky Dmytro ZaykoMFK Mykolaiv
Group C Standings
Top goalscorers ScorerGoals (Pen.)Team Serhiy KolesnykFC Illichivets-2 Mariupol Serhiy ArtyukhFC Olimpik Donetsk Roman PolishchukFC Dnipro Cherkasy Viktor RaskovFC Arsenal Kharkiv Roman PakholyukFC Dnipro Cherkasy
Notes:
See also 2005–06 Ukrainian Premier League 2005–06 Ukrainian First League 2005–06 Ukrainian Cup
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