The 1997–98 Ukrainian Second League was the seventh season of 3rd level professional football in Ukraine. The competition commenced on 31 July 1997 and ended on 29 June 1998.
Group A Promoted teams Tsementnyk-Khorda Mykolaiv - Runner-up of the Amateur League (debut) Naftovyk Dolyna - Third of the Amateur League (debut) Dynamo-3 Kyiv - Group 3 third of the Amateur League (debut) Berkut Bedevlia - Group 1 last of the Amateur League (debut) Borysfen Boryspil - undetermined (previously another team FC Boryspil played at the level in 1993–94) Karpaty-2 Lviv - undetermined (debut)
Relegated teams Podillia Khmelnytskyi - Placed 22nd in the First League (returning, last time in 1989 (Soviet Union)) Veres Rivne - Placed 23rd in the First League (returning, last time in 1989 (Soviet Union)) Krystal Chortkiv - Placed 24th in the First League (debut)
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Final standings
Top goalscorers
ScorerTeamGoals (Pen.)1Yuriy BakhovskyiVeres Rivne162Pavlo OnyskoKarpaty-2 Lviv14 (1)Viktor DanylychynKrystal Chortkiv14 (3)4Vasyl BondarchukPodillya Khmelnytskyi 12Volodymyr IvakhnyukFC Kalush12 (1)
Group B Promoted teams Chornomorets Sevastopol - Fourth of the Amateur League (returning, last time as Chayka Sevastopol in 1995–96) Dynamo Odesa - undetermined (returning, last time as Dynamo-Flesh in 1995–96) SKA-Lotto Odesa - winner of the Odesa Oblast championship as Lotto Odesa (debut) Fortuna Sharhorod - winner of the Vinnytsia Oblast championship (debut) Dnipro-2 Dnipropetrovsk - undetermined (debut) Zirka-NIBAS-2 Kirovohrad - undetermined (debut)
Relegated teams SC Odesa - Placed 21st in the First League (returning, last time as SKA Odesa in 1991 (Soviet Union))
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Final standings
Group C Promoted teams Elektron Romny - Winner of the Amateur League (debut) Metalurh Komsomolske - Fifth of the Amateur League (debut) Pivdenstal Yenakieve - Sixth of the Amateur League (debut) Slovianets Konotop - Group 3 runner-up of the Amateur League (debut) Avers Bakhmach - Group 5 runner-up of the Amateur League (debut) Vorskla-2 Poltava - undetermined (debut) Hirnyk Pavlohrad - undetermined (returning, last time as Hirnyk-Kosmos Pavlohrad in 1995–96) Metalurh-2 Donetsk - undetermined (debut)
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Final standings
Post season play-offs Promotion play-offs
Relegation play-offs
Relegation play-offs (1st leg)
Zirka-2 Kirovohrad won on walkover after Kharchovyk Popivka withdrew from the play-offs.
Relegation play-offs (2nd leg)
Tysmenytsia won 4–1 on aggregate.
Shakhtar Horlivka won on walkover after Hirnyk Pavlohrad did not arrive.
See also 1997–98 Ukrainian Top League 1997–98 Ukrainian First League 1997–98 Ukrainian Cup 1997–98 Ukrainian Football Amateur League
External links 1997–98 Ukrainian Second League. RSSSF