2003–04 Ukrainian Second League Explained

Season:	2003 - 04
Relegated:	(8 withdrew)
League Topscorer:	(21) - Roman Karakevych (Rava Rava-Ruska)
Nextseason:	2004–05

The 2003–04 Ukrainian Second League was the 13th 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 2003 Ukrainian Football Amateur League:

• FC Cherkasy – (returning after an absence of a seasons)
• FC Hazovyk-KhGV Kharkiv – (debut)
• FC Helios Kharkiv – (debut)
• FC Ikva Mlyniv  - (debut, admitted in place of FC Kovel-Volyn-2)^[1]
• FC Krymteplytsia Molodizhne – (debut)
• FC Rava Rava-Ruska  - (debut)
• FC Vodnyk Mykolaiv – (debut)

Also, three more clubs were admitted additionally:

• FC Arsenal-2 Kyiv – (debut)
• FC Kryvbas-2 Kryvyi Rih – (returning after an absence of a seasons)
• FC Palmira Odesa – (debut)

Relegated

Only one team was relegated from the 2002–03 Ukrainian First League.

• FC Sokil Zolochiv  - 18th place (returning after a season)

Renamed / reorganized

• FC Karpaty-3 Lviv changed its name to FC Halychyna-Karpaty Lviv.
• FC LUKOR Kalush (last year winner) changed its name to FC Prykarpattia Kalush after merging with FC Prykarpattia Ivano-Frankivsk.
  • The second half of the season it changed to FC Spartak-2 Ivano-Frankivsk.
• FC Dynamo Simferopol changed its name to FC Dynamo-Ihroservice Simferopol.
• FC Avanhard Rovenky changed its name to FC Avanhard-Inter Rovenky.
  • FC Avanhard Rovenky at first merged with FC Inter Luhansk, later with FC Molniya Severodonetsk continuing to play as Avanhard-Inter.

Withdrawn

Before

• FC Sokil Zolochiv, recently relegated from the 2002–03 Ukrainian First League it withdrew before the season
• FC Shakhtar Luhansk, a last season group runner-up, it folded before the season
• FC Systema-KKhP Chernyakhiv, a single season team, it withdrew before the season
• FC Kovel-Volyn-2 failed to obtain license for the season

During

• FC Vodnyk Mykolaiv, withdrew at mid-season
• FC Elektron Romny, withdrew just before the end of the season
• FC Arsenal-2 Kyiv, withdrew just before the end of the season

After

• FC Avanhard Rovenky, replaced with FC Molniya Severodonetsk at the end of the season
• FC Podillya Khmelnytskyi, merged with FC Krasyliv-Obolon as FC Podillya Khmelnytskyi
• FC Borysfen-2 Boryspil
• FC Karpaty-Halychyna Lviv
• FC Chornomorets-2 Odesa, transitioned into reserve championship
• FC Kryvbas-2 Kryvyi Rih, transitioned into reserve championship
• FC Dnipro-2 Dnipropetrovsk, transitioned into reserve championship
• FC Metalurh-2 Donetsk, transitioned into reserve championship

Changed groups

• Borysfen-2 Boryspil from Group B to A
• Obolon-2 Kyiv from Group B to A
• Metalurh-2 Zaporizhzhia from Group B to C

Group A

Top goalscorers

	Scorer	Goals (Pen.)	Team
1	Roman Karakevych	21	Rava Rava-Ruska
2	Ihor Stasyuk	10	Podillya Khmelnytskyi
	Ivan Fedyk	10
	Serhiy Voznyuk	10	Veres Rivne
5	Serhiy Sernetskyi	9
	Roman Halun	9	Rava Rava-Ruska
	Roman Pytsur	9	Hazovyk-Skala Stryi

Group B

Top goalscorers

	Scorer	Goals (Pen.)	Team
1	Oleksiy Hryshchenko	15	Dynamo-Ihorservis
2	Volodymyr Braila	12	Dynamo-Ihorservis
3	Oleksandr Kapusta	11
	Denys Vakar	11	Palmira Odesa
	Oleksandr Kovpak	11
	Dmytro Manuilenko	11	Hirnyk-Sport Komsomolsk

Group C

Top goalscorers

	Scorer	Goals (Pen.)	Team
1	Oleksandr Kozhemiachenko	15	Desna Chernihiv
2	Oleksandr Tarasenko	12	Helios Kharkiv
	Andriy Ilyashov	12
	Oleksandr Pomazanov	12	Avanhard-Inter Rovenky
5	Valentyn Krukovets	11
	Volodymyr Bohdanov	11	Stal Dniproderzhynsk
	Serhiy Kolesnyk	11	Illichivets-2 Mariupol

See also

• 2003–04 Ukrainian Premier League
• 2003–04 Ukrainian First League
• 2003–04 Ukrainian Cup

External links

• 2003-04 season by Oleksiy Kobyzev.

Notes and References

1. https://www.rsssf.org/tableso/oekr04.html 2003-04 season