2001–02 Ukrainian Second League
# 2001–02 Ukrainian Second League

The 2001–02 Ukrainian Second League was the 11th 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.

The groups were won respectively by FC Krasyliv, FC Systema-Boreks Borodianka and FC Sumy.

## Team changes

### Promoted

The following team was promoted from the 2001 Ukrainian Football Amateur League:

* FC Kovel-Volyn-2 – (debut)
* FC SKA-Orbita Lviv – (debut)
* FC Dnister Ovidiopol – (debut)
* FC Stal Dniprodzerzhynsk – (debut, previously (16 seasons ago) played in the 1985 Soviet Second League as Metalurh Dniprodzerzhynsk)

The 2000 Ukrainian Football Amateur League participant:

* FC Akademiya Irpin – (debut)

Also, eight more club was admitted additionally:

* FC Zakarpattia-2 Uzhhorod – (debut)
* FC Borysfen-2 Boryspil – (debut)
* FC Metalurh-2 Donetsk – (debut)
* FC Obolon-2 Kyiv – (returning after absence of a season)
* FC Chornohora Ivano-Frankivsk– (debut, replacing relegated FC Prykarpattia-2 Ivano-Frankivsk)
* FC Chaika-VMS Sevastopol – (returning after an absence of 6 seasons)
* FC Torpedo Zaporizhzhia – (debut, previously (10 seasons ago) played in the 1991 Soviet Second League as Torpedo Zaporizhzhia)
* FC Dynamo Simferopol – (debut)

### Relegated

* FC Bukovyna Chernivtsi – (returning after an absence of a season)
* FC Cherkasy – (returning after an absence of 8 seasons, previously as Dnipro Cherkasy)
* FC Spartak Sumy – (returning after an absence of 7 seasons, previously as Yavir Krasnopillia)

### Withdrawn

* FC Adoms Kremenchuk, withdrew before the season
* FC Ternopil, being a farm team of FC Nyva Ternopil, it is forced relegation as Nyva was relegated to the league for the next season
* FC Dnipro-3 Dnipropetrovsk was forced into relegation due to relegation of FC Dnipro-2 Dnipropetrovsk
* FC Chaika-VMS Sevastopol, was replaced for the next season with FC Sevastopol
* FC Frunzenets-Liha-99 Sumy was merged with FC Sumy
* FC Tsementnyk-Khorda Mykolaiv withdrew during winter break
* FC Dynamo Lviv, withdrew after the season
* FC SKA-Orbita Lviv, withdrew after the season
* FC Zakarpattia-2 Uzhhorod, withdrew after the season
* FC Portovyk Illichivsk, withdrew after the season
* FC Cherkasy, withdrew after the season
* FC Mashynobudivnyk Druzhkivka, withdrew after the season
* FC Oskil Kupyansk, withdrew after the relegation

### Renamed / Relocated

* FC Kalush changed its name to FC Lukor Kalush
* FC Kovel-Volyn changed its name to FC Kovel-Volyn-2
* FC Akademiya Irpin changed its name to FC Nafkom-Akademiya Irpin
* FC Ternopil-Nyva-2 changed its name to FC Ternopil
* FC Rihonda Bila Tserkva changed its name to FC Ros Bila Tserkva
* FC Spartak Sumy changed its name to FC Sumy
* FC Karpaty-2 changed its name to FC Karpaty-3 Lviv
   * FC Lviv (1992) in the First League after merger changed to Karpaty-2
* FC Hazovyk Komarno moved to Stryi and changed its name to FC Hazovyk-Skala Stryi

## Group A

### Final standings

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion or relegation |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Krasyliv (C, P) | 36 | 28 | 4 | 4 | 70 | 21 | +49 | 88 | Promoted |
| 2 | Sokil Zolochiv (P) | 36 | 26 | 5 | 5 | 80 | 26 | +54 | 83 | Promoted |
| 3 | Podillya Khmelnytskyi | 36 | 27 | 2 | 7 | 79 | 31 | +48 | 83 | |
| 4 | Dynamo Lviv (W) | 36 | 20 | 6 | 10 | 52 | 31 | +21 | 66 | Withdrew |
| 5 | LUKOR Kalush | 36 | 19 | 8 | 9 | 63 | 35 | +28 | 65 | |
| 6 | Veres Rivne | 36 | 18 | 10 | 8 | 41 | 23 | +18 | 64 | |
| 7 | Bukovyna Chernivtsi | 36 | 17 | 8 | 11 | 40 | 41 | −1 | 59 | |
| 8 | Tekhno-Tsentr Rohatyn | 36 | 16 | 6 | 14 | 53 | 58 | −5 | 54 | |
| 9 | Karpaty-3 Lviv | 36 | 14 | 11 | 11 | 38 | 31 | +7 | 53 | |
| 10 | Hazovyk-Skala Stryi | 36 | 12 | 11 | 13 | 31 | 38 | −7 | 47 | |
| 11 | Halychyna Drohobych | 36 | 13 | 7 | 16 | 49 | 60 | −11 | 46 | |
| 12 | Enerhetyk Burshtyn | 36 | 11 | 8 | 17 | 49 | 54 | −5 | 41 | |
| 13 | SKA-Orbita Lviv (W) | 36 | 8 | 15 | 13 | 30 | 40 | −10 | 39 | Withdrew |
| 14 | Kovel-Volyn-2 Kovel | 36 | 10 | 6 | 20 | 31 | 51 | −20 | 36 | |
| 15 | Ternopil (W) | 36 | 9 | 8 | 19 | 26 | 49 | −23 | 35 | Withdrew |
| 16 | Naftovyk Dolyna | 36 | 9 | 6 | 21 | 20 | 56 | −36 | 33 | |
| 17 | Zakarpattia-2 Uzhhorod (W) | 36 | 7 | 6 | 23 | 32 | 59 | −27 | 27 | Withdrew |
| 18 | Chornohora Ivano-Frankivsk | 36 | 6 | 2 | 28 | 26 | 83 | −57 | 20 | |
| 19 | Tsementnyk-Khorda Mykolaiv (W) | 36 | 5 | 3 | 28 | 18 | 41 | −23 | 18 | Withdrew |

### Top goalscorers

| | Scorer | Goals (Pen.) | Team |
| - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Volodymyr Kryzhanovsky | 27 | LUKOR Kalush |
| 2 | Oleksiy Sendel | 23 | Krasyliv |
| 3 | Yuriy Sulymenko | 19 | Bukovyna Chernivtsi |
| 3 | Serhiy Babiychuk | 19 | Podillya Khmelnytskyi |
| 5 | Oleh Teplyi | 15 | Sokil Zolochiv |

## Group B

### Final standings

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion or relegation |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Systema-Boreks Borodianka (C, P) | 34 | 25 | 3 | 6 | 69 | 20 | +49 | 78 | Promoted |
| 2 | Naftovyk-Academia Irpin | 34 | 21 | 7 | 6 | 59 | 24 | +35 | 70 | |
| 3 | Dynamo Simferopol | 34 | 16 | 5 | 13 | 54 | 50 | +4 | 53 | |
| 4 | Olkom Melitopol | 34 | 14 | 10 | 10 | 42 | 33 | +9 | 52 | |
| 5 | Dnister Ovidiopol | 34 | 13 | 12 | 9 | 48 | 38 | +10 | 51 | |
| 6 | Dynamo-3 Kyiv | 34 | 15 | 6 | 13 | 34 | 34 | 0 | 51 | |
| 7 | Portovyk Illichivsk (W) | 34 | 14 | 8 | 12 | 37 | 31 | +6 | 50 | Withdrew |
| 8 | Ros Bila Tserkva | 34 | 13 | 10 | 11 | 36 | 30 | +6 | 49 | |
| 9 | Kherson | 34 | 12 | 13 | 9 | 34 | 23 | +11 | 49 | |
| 10 | Metalurh-2 Zaporizhzhia | 34 | 14 | 6 | 14 | 35 | 35 | 0 | 48 | |
| 11 | Cherkasy (W) | 34 | 11 | 8 | 15 | 30 | 28 | +2 | 41 | Withdrew |
| 12 | Chornomorets-2 Odesa | 34 | 10 | 11 | 13 | 29 | 34 | −5 | 41 | |
| 13 | Tytan Armyansk | 34 | 12 | 4 | 18 | 26 | 53 | −27 | 40 | |
| 14 | Olimpia AES Yuzhnoukrainsk | 34 | 11 | 7 | 16 | 38 | 48 | −10 | 40 | |
| 15 | Borysfen-2 Boryspil | 34 | 11 | 7 | 16 | 38 | 48 | −10 | 40 | |
| 16 | Obolon-2 Kyiv | 34 | 11 | 7 | 16 | 38 | 48 | −10 | 40 | |
| 17 | Hirnyk-Sport Komsomolsk | 34 | 11 | 7 | 16 | 38 | 48 | −10 | 40 | |
| 18 | Chaika-Navy Sevastopol (R, W) | 34 | 11 | 7 | 16 | 38 | 48 | −10 | 40 | Withdrew |

### Top goalscorers

| | Scorer | Goals (Pen.) | Team |
| - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Oleksandr Antonenko | 17 | Systema-Boreks Borodianka |
| 2 | Oleksandr Kapusta | 16 | Olkom Melitopol |
| 2 | Serhiy Mamonov | 16 | Dynamo Simferopol |
| 4 | Stanislav Popov | 15 | Dynamo-3 Kyiv |
| 4 | Oleksandr Sydorenko | 15 | Systema-Boreks Borodianka |

## Group C

### Final standings

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion or relegation |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Sumy | 34 | 25 | 3 | 6 | 69 | 20 | +49 | 78 | |
| 2 | Arsenal Kharkiv | 34 | 21 | 7 | 6 | 59 | 24 | +35 | 70 | |
| 3 | Metalurh-2 Donetsk | 34 | 16 | 5 | 13 | 54 | 50 | +4 | 53 | |
| 4 | Desna Chernihiv | 34 | 14 | 10 | 10 | 42 | 33 | +9 | 52 | |
| 5 | Frunzenets-Liha-99 Sumy | 34 | 13 | 12 | 9 | 48 | 38 | +10 | 51 | Withdrew |
| 6 | Mashbud Druzhkivka | 34 | 15 | 6 | 13 | 34 | 34 | 0 | 51 | Withdrew |
| 7 | Shakhtar-3 Donetsk | 34 | 14 | 8 | 12 | 37 | 31 | +6 | 50 | |
| 8 | Elektron Romny | 34 | 13 | 10 | 11 | 36 | 30 | +6 | 49 | |
| 9 | Zorya Luhansk | 34 | 12 | 13 | 9 | 34 | 23 | +11 | 49 | |
| 10 | Metalist-2 Kharkiv | 34 | 14 | 6 | 14 | 35 | 35 | 0 | 48 | |
| 11 | Vorskla-2 Poltava | 34 | 11 | 8 | 15 | 30 | 28 | +2 | 41 | |
| 12 | Stal Dniprodzerzhynsk | 34 | 10 | 11 | 13 | 29 | 34 | −5 | 41 | |
| 13 | Stal-2 Alchevsk | 34 | 12 | 4 | 18 | 26 | 53 | −27 | 40 | |
| 14 | Metalurh-2 Mariupol | 34 | 11 | 7 | 16 | 38 | 48 | −10 | 40 | |
| 15 | Torpedo Zaporizhzhia | 34 | 11 | 7 | 16 | 38 | 48 | −10 | 40 | |
| 16 | Avanhard Rovenky | 34 | 11 | 7 | 16 | 38 | 48 | −10 | 40 | |
| 17 | Dnipro-3 Dnipropetrovsk | 34 | 11 | 7 | 16 | 38 | 48 | −10 | 40 | Withdrew |
| 18 | Oskil Kupyansk (R) | 34 | 11 | 7 | 16 | 38 | 48 | −10 | 40 | |

### Top goalscorers

| | Scorer | Goals (Pen.) | Team |
| - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Oleksiy Yakymenko | 17 | Frunzenets Sumy |
| 2 | Oleksandr Kozhemyachenko | 15 | Desna Chernihiv |
| 3 | Gela Gabisonia | 14 | Sumy |
| 3 | Rais Terkulov | 14 | Mashynobudivnyk Druzhkivka |
| 5 | Agboh Patrick Umomo | 12 | Metalurh-2 Donetsk |
