The 2004–05 Ukrainian Second League was the 14th 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 2004 Ukrainian Football Amateur League: FC Bershad – (returning after an absence of 6 seasons, previously as Nyva Bershad) Hirnyk Kryvyi Rih – (debut) Real Odesa – (debut) Olimpik Donetsk – (debut)
The 2003 Ukrainian Football Amateur League participant: Molniya Severodonetsk – (debut, replaced Avanhard-Inter Rovenky)
Also, three more clubs were admitted: PFC Oleksandriya – (returning after an absence of 1 season) Fakel Ivano-Frankivsk – (debut) MFC Oleksandria – (debut)
Relegated From the First League Karpaty-2 Lviv – (returning for the first time after the club's reorganization in 2001, previously as FC Lviv (1992) in 1994–95) Osvita Borodyanka – (returning after an absence of 2 seasons, previously as Systema-Boreks Borodianka)
From the Top League Zirka Kirovohrad – (returning after an absence of 10 seasons)
Withdrawn FC Podillya Khmelnytskyi, merged with FC Krasyliv as Podillya Khmelnytskyi FC Avanhard Rovenky FC Vodnyk Mykolaiv FC Elektron Romny
Some second teams were withdrawn to reform into reserve teams to compete in separate competitions: FC Borysfen-2 Boryspil FC Kryvbas-2 Kryvyi Rih FC Chornomorets-2 Odesa FC Dnipro-2 Dnipropetrovsk FC Metalurh-2 Donetsk FC Arsenal-2 Kyiv FC Karpaty-Halychyna Lviv
Name change Osvita Borodyanka was previously known as Boreks-Borysfen FC Dnipro Cherkasy was known as FC Cherkasy
Changed groups Hirnyk-Sport Komsomolsk from Group B to C FC Cherkasy from Group B to C
Location map
Group A
Expelled teams On March 29, 2005 Spartak-2 Kalush after failing to pay license fees for the second half of the season the PFL expelled them from the competition. Their record at that time was 6 wins, 2 draws, 6 losses, and 17-12 goal difference.
Top goalscorers
ScorerGoals (Pen.)Team1 Andriy Malyk13Karpaty-2 Lviv 2 Serhiy Ditkovsky11Osvita Borodianka Andriy Pokladok11 (1)Rava Rava-Ruska4 Ihor Khudobyak10Fakel Ivano-Frankivsk5 Vasyl Shved9Tekhno-Center Rohatyn Andriy Kuzio9Naftovyk Dolyna
Group B
Top goalscorers
ScorerGoals (Pen.)Team1 Yevhen ArbuzovTytan Armyansk2 Yuri YaskovPalmira Odesa 3 Roman DovzhykTytan Armyansk 4 Oleksandr KapustaOlkom Melitopol5 Oleksandr BuriyPFC Oleksandria Maksym KryvovyaziyKrymteplytsia Molodizhne
Group C
Top goalscorers
ScorerGoals (Pen.)Team1 Oleksandr KozhemyachenkoDesna Chernihiv2 Serhiy KandaurovHelios Kharkiv 3 Oleksandr TarasenkoHelios Kharkiv 4 Ihor BobovychDesna Chernihiv5 Oleksandr ChekhUholyok Dymytrov Dmytro ViterMFC Oleksandriya Kostyantyn PinchukMolniya Sieverodonetsk
See also 2004–05 Ukrainian Premier League 2004–05 Ukrainian First League 2004–05 Ukrainian Cup
References
External links 2004-05 Second League season by Oleksiy Kobyzev