1997–98 Ukrainian Second League

Ukrainian Second League
Season1996–97
Champions(A) - Podillya Khmelnytskyi
(B) - Krystal Kherson
(C) - Shakhtar-2 Donetsk
Longest winning run15 – Krystal (Round 1–16) =

The 1997–98 Ukrainian Second League was the seventh season of 3rd level professional football in Ukraine. The competition commenced on 31 July 1997 and ended on 29 June 1998.

Group A

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Relegated teams

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Location map

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Final standings

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion or relegation
1 Podillya Khmelnytskyi (C, O, P) 34 25 3 6 69 20 +49 78 Play-off
2 Dynamo-3 Kyiv 34 21 7 6 59 24 +35 70
3 Karpaty-2 Lviv 34 16 5 13 54 50 +4 53
4 Veres Rivne 34 14 10 10 42 33 +9 52
5 Krystal Chortkiv 34 13 12 9 48 38 +10 51
6 Tsementnyk-Khorda Mykolaiv 34 15 6 13 34 34 0 51
7 Halychyna Drohobych 34 14 8 12 37 31 +6 50
8 Karpaty Mukacheve (D) 34 13 10 11 36 30 +6 49 Withdrew
9 Systema-Boreks Borodianka 34 12 13 9 34 23 +11 49
10 Naftovyk Dolyna 34 14 6 14 35 35 0 48
11 Hazovyk Komarno 34 11 8 15 30 28 +2 41
12 Papirnyk Malyn 34 10 11 13 29 34 −5 41
13 Berkut Bedevlia (D) 34 12 4 18 26 53 −27 40 Withdrew
14 Borysfen Boryspil 34 11 7 16 38 48 −10 40
15 Kalush 34 11 5 18 32 42 −10 38
16 Haray Zhovkva 34 9 11 14 29 43 −14 38
17 Tysmenytsia (O, D) 34 11 5 18 35 49 −14 38 Relegation play-off - Withdrew
18 Pokuttia Kolomyia (R) 34 6 5 23 19 61 −42 23 Relegated
Source: [citation needed]
(C) Champions; (D) Disqualified; (O) Play-off winners; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated

Top goalscorers

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Scorer Team Goals (Pen.)
1 Yuriy Bakhovskyi Veres Rivne 16
2 Pavlo Onysko Karpaty-2 Lviv 14 (1)
Viktor Danylychyn Krystal Chortkiv 14 (3)
4 Vasyl Bondarchuk Podillya Khmelnytskyi 12
Volodymyr Ivakhnyuk FC Kalush 12 (1)

Group B

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Relegated teams

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Location map

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Final standings

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion or relegation
1 Krystal Kherson (C) 32 28 2 2 74 20 +54 86 Play-off
2 SKA-Lotto Odesa (D) 32 21 4 7 54 23 +31 67 Merged with Dynamo Odesa
3 SC Odesa 32 18 7 7 48 29 +19 61
4 Hirnyk-Sport Komsomolsk 32 12 11 9 39 35 +4 47
5 Olimpia Pivdenoukrainsk 32 13 6 13 33 41 −8 45
6 Viktor Zaporizhzhia 32 12 7 13 41 38 +3 43
7 Dnipro-2 Dnipropetrovsk 32 11 10 11 41 40 +1 43
8 Tytan Armyansk 32 11 9 12 36 36 0 42
9 Chornomorets Sevastopol 32 10 11 11 32 33 −1 41
10 Portovyk Illichivsk 32 10 10 12 36 45 −9 40
11 Lokomotyv Smila 32 10 9 13 34 40 −6 39
12 Fortuna Sharhorod 32 11 5 16 37 53 −16 38
13 Nyva Bershad 32 9 8 15 39 46 −7 35
14 Torpedo Melitopol 32 7 12 13 38 43 −5 33
15 Ryhonda Bila Tserkva 32 7 10 15 25 45 −20 31
16 Zirka-2 Kirovohrad 32 7 8 17 21 47 −26 29
17 Dynamo Odesa 32 7 7 18 26 40 −14 28 Merged with SKA-Lotto Odesa
Source: [citation needed]
(C) Champions; (D) Disqualified

Group C

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Location map

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Final standings

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion or relegation
1 Shakhtar-2 Donetsk (C, P) 30 22 4 4 87 26 +61 70 Play-off
2 Fakel Varva (D) 30 18 6 6 48 23 +25 60 Withdrew
3 Elektron Romny 30 17 7 6 53 36 +17 58
4 Oskil Kupiansk 30 16 5 9 35 28 +7 53
5 Obolon-PPO Kyiv 30 15 7 8 47 28 +19 52
6 Metalurh Novomoskovsk 30 16 3 11 49 39 +10 51
7 Slovyanets Konotop (D) 30 11 12 7 27 27 0 45 Withdrew
8 Slavutych-ChAES (D) 30 12 6 12 39 38 +1 42
9 Vorskla-2 Poltava 30 11 7 12 52 47 +5 40
10 Metalurh-2 Donetsk (D) 30 10 6 14 38 42 −4 36 Withdrew
11 Shakhtar Stakhanov 30 9 6 15 21 45 −24 33
12 Pivdenstal Yenakiyeve (D) 30 7 10 13 27 34 −7 31 Withdrew
13 Metalist-2 Kharkiv 30 8 4 18 39 52 −13 28
14 Myrhorod 30 7 5 18 34 64 −30 26
15 Hirnyk Pavlohrad (R) 30 6 6 18 30 58 −28 24 Play-off – Relegated
16 Metalurh Komsomolske (R) 30 7 2 21 24 63 −39 23 Relegated
17 Avers Bakhmach (D) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Withdrew
Source: [citation needed]
(C) Champions; (D) Disqualified; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated

Post season play-offs

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Promotion play-offs

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Relegation play-offs

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Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
FC Tysmenytsia 4–1 FC Promin Sambor 3–0 1–1
Zirka-2 Kirovohrad w/o Kharchovyk Popivka
Hirnyk Pavlohrad -:+ Shakhtar Horlivka 1–2 -:+

Relegation play-offs (1st leg)

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5 July 1998 FC Tysmenytsia (2L) 3 – 0 (AM) Promin Sambor
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5 July 1998 Zirka-2 Kirovohrad (2L) + : - (AM) Kharchovyk Popivka
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Zirka-2 Kirovohrad won on walkover after Kharchovyk Popivka withdrew from the play-offs.

5 July 1998 Hirnyk Pavlohrad (2L) 1 – 2 (AM) Shakhtar Horlivka
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Relegation play-offs (2nd leg)

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11 July 1998 Promin Sambor (AM) 1 – 1 (2L) FC Tysmenytsia
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Tysmenytsia won 4–1 on aggregate.

11 July 1998 Shakhtar Horlivka (AM) + : - (2L) Hirnyk Pavlohrad
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Shakhtar Horlivka won on walkover after Hirnyk Pavlohrad did not arrive.

See also

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