The 2011–12 Ukrainian Second League was the 21st season of 3rd level professional football in Ukraine. There are two groups of competition divided by region. Both Group competitions began on 23 July 2011. The competition had a winter break from 6 November 2012 and until 2 April 2012. The group competitions completed on 28 May 2012. The championship game was played between the top teams of each group competition on 2 June 2012.
Competition information Note: Relegation from the League is not covered by the current regulations
The placing of teams in the table is done in the following order: number of accumulated points difference(GD) between goals for(GF) and goals allowed(GA) number of goals for The League Fair-play ranking
The next tie-break is a simple draw.
Teams
Admitted teams
The following teams were admitted by the PFL after playing at the 2011 Ukrainian Football Amateur League and passing attestation.
Krystal Kherson – initial group stage (returning after an absence of five seasons) FC Sevastopol-2 Sevastopol – UPL youth competitions (returning after an absence of three seasons) Makiyivvuhillya Makiyivka – initial group stage (debut) Myr Hornostayivka – initial group stage (debut) Real Pharm Yuzhne – initial group stage (debut) SKAD-Yalpuh Bolhrad – initial group stage (debut) UkrAhroKom Pryiutivka – initial group stage (debut) Slavutych Cherkasy – initial group stage (debut) Avanhard Kramatorsk – initial group stage (returning after an absence of 42 seasons, since 1969)
Relegated teams
Prykarpattya Ivano-Frankivsk – (returning after an absence of four seasons) FSC Prykarpattia Ivano-Frankivsk is regarded a successor of FC Fakel Ivano-Frankivsk.
Location map
Group A
Club Stadium Capacity Desna Chernihiv Gagarin Stadium 12,060 Dynamo Khmelnytsky SC Podillia 8,000 Enerhiya Nova Kakhovka Enerhiya Stadium 4,000 Yednist Plysky Yednist Stadium 1,500 Krystal Kherson Krystal Stadium 2,000 Nyva Ternopil City Stadium 15,150 Prykarpattia Ivano-Frankivsk Rukh Stadium 6,500Rukh is under construction, capacity reduced (14,500) Real Farm Yuzhne City Stadium 3,000 SKAD-Yalpuh Bolhrad Dunai Stadium ? Skala Stryi Sokil Stadium 6,000 Slavutych Cherkasy Central Stadium 10,321 Sumy Yuvileiny Stadium 25,800 Ukrahrokom Pryiutivka Holovkivsky Stadium 580 Chornomorets-2 Odesa SC Lustdorf 500
Standings
Withdrawn Teams
Chornomorets-2 Odesa On 7 January the Football Club Chornomorets Odesa informed the PFL that they ceased operations of their third team Chornomorets-2 Odesa and withdrew it from the League during the mid-winter break (after Round 16). The PFL officially acknowledged the communication from the club on 11 January 2012. All of their spring fixtures are considered technical losses. The club played sixteen games in the League and had a record of 5 wins, 5 draws and 6 losses with 19 goals scored and 20 allowed.
SKAD-Yalpuh Bolhrad On 4 April the PFL removed SKAD-Yalpuh Bolhrad from the competition due to deficient financial funding of the club. All of their spring fixtures are considered technical losses. The club played sixteen games in the League and had a record of 2 wins, 1 draws and 13 losses with 10 goals scored and 54 allowed.
Results
Top scorers
ScorerGoals (Pen.)Team1 Andriy Barladym10Krystal Kherson2 Ruslan Ivashko9Prykarpattya Ivano-Frankivsk Ihor Melnyk9 FC Sumy Denys Ryzhenko9 (1)Enerhiya Nova Kakhovka 5 Roman Poltavets8Desna Chernihiv Mykhaylo Serhiychuk8 Slavutych Cherkasy Oleksiy Mazurenko8 (4)Krystal Kherson
Group B
Stadium Capacity Club RSC Olimpiysky 26,100 Avanhard / Shakhtar Avanhard Stadium 4,000 Avanhard Kramatorsk Avanhard Stadium 5,400 Makiyivvuhillia Makiivka Zhovtneva Mine Stadium 2,500 Hirnyk Kryvyi Rih Metalurh Stadium (Yenakieve) 5,500 Makiyivvuhillia Makiivka Yunist Stadium 2,500 Hirnyk-Sport Komsomolsk Meteor Stadium 24,321 Dnipro-2 Dnipropetrovsk Azovets Stadium 1,660 Illichivets-2 Mariupol SC Kremin 1,500 Kremin Kremenchuk Shakhtar Academy 1,000 Makiyivvuhillia Makiivka Tytan Stadium 2,000 Metalurh-2 Zaporizhzhia Zatys Stadium 500 Myr Hornostayivka Lokomotyv Stadium 2,500 Poltava Kolos Stadium 1,000 Sevastopol-2 Metalurh Stadium 2,900 Stal Dniprodzerzhynsk Kirsha Training Center 1,500 Shakhtar-3 Donetsk Horiushkin Stadium 10,000 Shakhtar Sverdlovsk
Standings
Results
Top scorers
ScorerGoals (Pen.)Team1 Yevhen Radionov12FC Poltava Yuriy Kolomoyets12 (2)Hirnyk Kryvyi Rih3 Ivan Dotsenko11 (5)Myr Hornostayivka4 Seykhan Aliyev9Stal Dniprodzerzhynsk Oleh Shevchenko9 (8)Avanhard Kramatorsk
Championship game A championship game will be played between the top teams of each group competition.
FC Sumy were crowned as the Second League champions.
Playoff among second-placed teams (Third place playoff)
In addition to the championship playoff, an extra playoff between the two second-placed teams took place. The winner of the playoff qualified for the promotion/relegation matchup with the 16th-placed team of the First League for a place in the 2012–13 Ukrainian First League competition.
Avanhard Kramatorsk qualified for the promotion/relegation playoff.
Playoff bracket
1L – First League 2L – Second League A2 – second place in Group A B2 – second place in Group B
See also
2011–12 Ukrainian Premier League 2011–12 Ukrainian First League 2011–12 Ukrainian Cup
References