The 2016–17 Ukrainian Second League was the 26th season of 3rd level professional football in Ukraine. The competition commenced on 23 July 2016 with one match from Round 1. The spring session started on 18 March 2017 with the competition ending on 2 June 2017. The fixtures were announced on 16 July 2016.
Team changes
Prior to the season commencing at the Conference of the PFL in preparation for the season the committee decided to expand the competition to 17 teams.
Admitted teams The following 10 teams were admitted by the PFL after participating in the 2016 Ukrainian Football Amateur League and passing attestation which continued until 15 July.
Balkany Zorya – champion (debut) Illichivets-2 Mariupol – reserve competitions (returning after an absence of five seasons) Inhulets-2 Petrove – group stage (debut) Metalurh Zaporizhzhia – group stage (debut) Nyva-V Vinnytsia – group stage (returning after an absence of seven seasons) Podillya Khmelnytskyi – group stage (returning after an absence of eight seasons, however in the 2013–14 Ukrainian Second League season Dynamo represented the city of Khmelnytskyi) Rukh Vynnyky – finalist (previous season) (debut) Sudnobudivnyk Mykolaiv – group stage (debut) Teplovyk Ivano-Frankivsk – group stage (debut) Zhemchuzhyna Odesa – quarterfinals (debut)
Withdrawn teams
Barsa Sumy withdrew from the PFL before the start of the 2016–17 season.
Relegated teams
No teams were relegated from the Ukrainian First League
Location map The following displays the location of teams.
Stadiums
The following stadiums are considered home grounds for the teams in the competition.
Rank Stadium Capacity Club 1 Arena Lviv 34,915 Rukh Vynnyky 2 Central Stadium 14,623 Sudnobudivnyk Mykolaiv 3 Slavutych-Arena 12,000 Metalurh Zaporizhzhia 4 SC Podillya 10,031 Podillya Khmelnytskyi 5 Trudovi Reservy Stadium 10,000 Arsenal-Kyivshchyna Bila Tserkva 6 MCS Rukh 6,500 Teplovyk-Prykarpattia Ivano-Frankivsk 7Spartak Stadium 5,000 Zhemchuzhyna OdesaReal Pharma Odesa 8 Krystal Stadium 3,400 Krystal Kherson 9 SC Nyva 3,150 Nyva-V Vinnytsia 10 Zakhidnyi Stadium 3,206 Illichivets-2 Mariupol 11 Enerhiya Stadium 3,000 Enerhiya Nova Kakhovka 12 Boris Tropaneț Stadium 1,854 Balkany Zorya 13 Inhulets Stadium 1,720 Inhulets-2 Petrove 14 Kremin-Arena 1,566 Kremin Kremenchuk 15 Elektrometalurh Stadium 1,500 FC Nikopol 16 Zatys 1,250 Myr Hornostayivka 17 Bohdan Markevych Stadium 900 Rukh Vynnyky
Managers ClubHead coachReplaced coach Arsenal-Kyivshchyna Bila Tserkva Oleksandr Akimov Mykola Lytvyn Andriy Ushchapovskyi Balkany Zorya Andriy Parkhomenko Enerhiya Nova Kakhovka Oleh Fedorchuk Illichivets-2 Mariupol Oleksandr Volkov Inhulets-2 Petrove Andriy Kononenko Kremin Kremenchuk Serhiy Yashchenko Krystal Kherson Oleksiy Yakymenko Serhiy Shevtsov Metalurh Zaporizhzhia Viktor Zhuk (caretaker) Illya Blyznyuk Myr Hornostayivka Viktor Bohatyr Nikopol Hryhoriy Varzhelenko Nyva-V Vinnytsia Volodymyr Horilyi Yuriy Solovyenko Podillya Khmelnytskyi Arkadiy Batalov Vitaliy Balytskyi Real Pharma Odesa Oleksandr Bondarenko Rukh Vynnyky Ruslan Mostovyi Roman Hdanskyi Sudnobudivnyk Mykolaiv Dennis Lukens Teplovyk-Prykarpattia Ivano-Frankivsk Volodymyr Kovalyuk Zhemchuzhyna Odesa Denys Kolchin
Managerial changes TeamOutgoing head coachManner of departureDate of vacancyTableIncoming head coachDate of appointmentTable Podillya Khmelnytskyi Vitaliy Balytskyi Sacked 26 September 2016 Arkadiy Batalov 26 September 2016 Arsenal-Kyivshchyna Bila Tserkva Mykola Lytvyn Sacked 13 October 2016 Andriy Ushchapovskyi 13 October 2016http://arsenalbc.in.ua/article/novij-trener-novi-investori-nova-epoha-....html Krystal Kherson Serhiy Shevtsov Resigned 31 October 2016 Oleksiy Yakymenko 3 November 2016 Rukh Vynnyky Roman Hdanskyi Health issues 10 November 2016 Ruslan Mostovyi 10 November 2016 Metalurh Zaporizhzhia Illya Blyznyuk Resigned 11 February 2017 Viktor Zhuk (caretaker) 11 February 2017 Nyva-V Vinnytsia Yuriy Solovyenko Sacked 11 March 2017 Volodymyr Horilyi 11 March 2017 Arsenal-Kyivshchyna Bila Tserkva Andriy Ushchapovskyi unknown April 2017 Oleksandr Akimov April 2017
League table
Results
Position by round
Promotion play-off
The draw for promotion play-off scheduling was held on 3 June 2017.
First leg
Second leg
PFC Sumy wins 3–1 on aggregate and remains in First League. FC Balkany Zorya loses but later was promoted to the 2017–18 Ukrainian First League, due to sanctions against FC Dnipro.
Top goalscorers The season top goalscorers were:
RankScorerTeamGoals(Pen.)1 Ihor KhudobyakTeplovyk-Prykarpattya Ivano-Frankivsk25 (1)2 Roman BochakEnerhiya Nova Kakhovka22 Artem KozlovKremin Kremenchuk22 (2)
Awards Round awards
RoundPlayerCoachPlayerClubReferenceCoachClubReferenceRound 21 Yuriy HabovdaRukh Vynnyky Viktor BohatyrMyr HornostayivkaRound 22 Mykhailo ShestakovZhemchuzhyna Odesa Hryhoriy VarzhelenkoFC NikopolRound 23 Yevhen BokhashviliRukh Vynnyky Ruslan MostovyiRukh VynnykyRound 24 Artur KaskovMetalurh Zaporizhzhia Denys KolchinZhemchuzhyna OdesaRound 25 Ihor KhudobyakTeplovyk-Prykarpattia Ivano-Frankivsk Serhiy YashchenkoKremin KremenchukRound 26 Dmytro ShastalEnerhiya Nova Kakhovka Oleh FedorchukEnerhiya Nova KakhovkaRound 27 Roman BochakEnerhiya Nova Kakhovka Volodymyr KovalyukTeplovyk-Prykarpattia Ivano-FrankivskRound 28 Levan KoshadzeKremin Kremenchuk Volodymyr KovalyukTeplovyk-Prykarpattia Ivano-FrankivskRound 29 Ihor MalyarenkoNyva-V Vinnytsia Volodymyr HorilyiNyva-V VinnytsiaRound 30 Serhiy UrsulenkoBalkany Zorya Oleh FedorchukEnerhiya Nova KakhovkaRound 31 Volodymyr BoryshkevychTeplovyk-Prykarpattia Ivano-Frankivsk Andriy ParkhomenkoBalkany ZoryaRound 32 Oleksandr MuzychukPodillya Khmelnytskyi Arkadiy BatalovPodillya KhmelnytskyiRound 33 Roman BochakEnerhiya Nova Kakhovka Denys KolchinZhemchuzhyna OdesaRound 34 Stanislav-Nuri MalyshZhemchuzhyna Odesa Denys KolchinZhemchuzhyna Odesa
Season awards The laureates of the 2016–17 season were: Best player: Ihor Khudobyak (Teplovyk-Prykarpattia Ivano-Frankivsk) Best coach: Denys Kolchin (Zhemchuzhyna Odesa) Best goalscorer: Ihor Khudobyak (Teplovyk-Prykarpattia Ivano-Frankivsk)
See also 2016–17 Ukrainian Premier League 2016–17 Ukrainian First League 2016–17 Ukrainian Cup
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