The 2003–04 Ukrainian Second League was the 13th 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.
Team changes Promoted The following team was promoted from the 2003 Ukrainian Football Amateur League: FC Cherkasy – (returning after an absence of a seasons) FC Hazovyk-KhGV Kharkiv – (debut) FC Helios Kharkiv – (debut) FC Ikva Mlyniv – (debut, admitted in place of FC Kovel-Volyn-2)2003-04 season. RSSSF FC Krymteplytsia Molodizhne – (debut) FC Rava Rava-Ruska – (debut) FC Vodnyk Mykolaiv – (debut)
Also, three more clubs were admitted additionally: FC Arsenal-2 Kyiv – (debut) FC Kryvbas-2 Kryvyi Rih – (returning after an absence of a seasons) FC Palmira Odesa – (debut)
Relegated Only one team was relegated from the 2002–03 Ukrainian First League. FC Sokil Zolochiv – 18th place (returning after a season)
Renamed / reorganized FC Karpaty-3 Lviv changed its name to FC Halychyna-Karpaty Lviv. FC LUKOR Kalush (last year winner) changed its name to FC Prykarpattia Kalush after merging with FC Prykarpattia Ivano-Frankivsk. The second half of the season it changed to FC Spartak-2 Ivano-Frankivsk. FC Dynamo Simferopol changed its name to FC Dynamo-Ihroservice Simferopol. FC Avanhard Rovenky changed its name to FC Avanhard-Inter Rovenky. FC Avanhard Rovenky at first merged with FC Inter Luhansk, later with FC Molniya Severodonetsk continuing to play as Avanhard-Inter.
Withdrawn Before FC Sokil Zolochiv, recently relegated from the 2002–03 Ukrainian First League it withdrew before the season FC Shakhtar Luhansk, a last season group runner-up, it folded before the season FC Systema-KKhP Chernyakhiv, a single season team, it withdrew before the season FC Kovel-Volyn-2 failed to obtain license for the season During FC Vodnyk Mykolaiv, withdrew at mid-season FC Elektron Romny, withdrew just before the end of the season FC Arsenal-2 Kyiv, withdrew just before the end of the season After FC Avanhard Rovenky, replaced with FC Molniya Severodonetsk at the end of the season FC Podillya Khmelnytskyi, merged with FC Krasyliv-Obolon as FC Podillya Khmelnytskyi FC Borysfen-2 Boryspil FC Karpaty-Halychyna Lviv FC Chornomorets-2 Odesa, transitioned into reserve championship FC Kryvbas-2 Kryvyi Rih, transitioned into reserve championship FC Dnipro-2 Dnipropetrovsk, transitioned into reserve championship FC Metalurh-2 Donetsk, transitioned into reserve championship
Changed groups Borysfen-2 Boryspil from Group B to A Obolon-2 Kyiv from Group B to A Metalurh-2 Zaporizhzhia from Group B to C
Group A Location map
Final standings
Top goalscorers ScorerGoals (Pen.)Team1Roman Karakevych21Rava Rava-Ruska2Ihor Stasyuk10Podillya KhmelnytskyiIvan Fedyk10Tekhno-Center Rohatyn Serhiy Voznyuk10Veres Rivne5Serhiy Sernetskyi9Nyva Ternopil Roman Halun9Rava Rava-RuskaRoman Pytsur9Hazovyk-Skala Stryi
Group B Location map
Final standings
Top goalscorers
ScorerGoals (Pen.)Team1Oleksiy Hryshchenko15Dynamo-Ihorservis2Volodymyr Braila12Dynamo-Ihorservis3Oleksandr Kapusta11Olkom Melitopol Denys Vakar11Palmira OdesaOleksandr Kovpak11Cherkasy Dmytro Manuilenko11Hirnyk-Sport Komsomolsk
Group C Location map
Final standings
Top goalscorers
ScorerGoals (Pen.)Team1Oleksandr Kozhemyachenko15Desna Chernihiv2Oleksandr Tarasenko12Helios KharkivAndriy Ilyashov12Metalurh-2 Zaporizhzhia Oleksandr Pomazanov12Avanhard-Inter Rovenky5Valentyn Krukovets11Desna Chernihiv Volodymyr Bohdanov11Stal DniproderzhynskSerhiy Kolesnyk11Illichivets-2 Mariupol
See also 2003–04 Ukrainian Premier League 2003–04 Ukrainian First League 2003–04 Ukrainian Cup
References
External links 2003-04 season by Oleksiy Kobyzev.