| Competition: | Ukrainian Second League |
| Season: | 2016–17 |
| Winners: | Zhemchuzhyna |
| Promoted: | Zhemchuzhyna Odesa Rukh Vynnyky Kremin Kremenchuk Balkany Zorya |
| Relegated: | |
| Matches: | 257 |
| Total Goals: | 788 |
| League Topscorer: | 25 goals – Ihor Khudobyak (Teplovyk-Prykarpattia) |
| Biggest Home Win: | 8 – Zhemchuzhyna 8–0 Metalurh (Round 34) |
| Biggest Away Win: | 12 – Metalurh 1–13 Enerhiya NK (Round 27) |
| Longest Wins: | 13 – Zhemchuzhyna (Round 6–18) |
| Longest Losses: | 6 – Sudnobudivnyk (Round 28–32, 34) |
| Longest Unbeaten: | 21 – Zhemchuzhyna (Round 5–19, 22–27) |
| Highest Scoring: | 14 – Metalurh 1–13 Enerhiya NK (Round 27) |
| Highest Attendance: | 6,300 – Podillya–Metalurh (Round 3) |
| Lowest Attendance: | 90 – Arsenal-Kyivshchyna–Zhemchuzhyna (Round 27) |
| Prevseason: | 2015–16 |
| Nextseason: | 2017–18 |
| Updated: | 2 June 2017 |
The 2016–17 Ukrainian Second League is 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.[1] The fixtures were announced on 16 July 2016.[2]
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.[3]
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.[4] [5]
No teams were relegated from the Ukrainian First League
The following displays the location of teams.
The following stadiums are considered home grounds for the teams in the competition.
| width=55 | Rank | width=200 | Stadium | width=72 | Capacity | width=280 | 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 | ||||
| 7 | Spartak Stadium | 5,000 | Zhemchuzhyna Odesa Real 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 | |||||
| 17 | Bohdan Markevych Stadium | 900 |
| Club | Head coach | Replaced coach | |
|---|---|---|---|
 Serhiy Shevtsov | |||
| Viktor Zhuk (caretaker) | Illya Blyznyuk | ||
| Yuriy Solovyenko | |||
| Vitaliy Balytskyi | |||
| Roman Hdanskyi | |||
| Team | Outgoing head coach | Manner of departure | Date of vacancy | Table | Incoming head coach | Date of appointment | Table | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Podillya Khmelnytskyi | Vitaliy Balytskyi | Sacked | 26 September 2016 | Arkadiy Batalov | 26 September 2016[8] | |||
| Arsenal-Kyivshchyna Bila Tserkva | Mykola Lytvyn | Sacked | 13 October 2016 | Andriy Ushchapovskyi | 13 October 2016[9] | |||
| Krystal Kherson | Serhiy Shevtsov | Resigned | 31 October 2016[10] | Oleksiy Yakymenko | 3 November 2016[11] | |||
| Rukh Vynnyky | Roman Hdanskyi | Health issues | 10 November 2016 | Ruslan Mostovyi | 10 November 2016[12] | |||
| Metalurh Zaporizhzhia | Illya Blyznyuk | Resigned | 11 February 2017 | Viktor Zhuk (caretaker) | 11 February 2017[13] | |||
| Nyva-V Vinnytsia | Yuriy Solovyenko | Sacked | 11 March 2017 | Volodymyr Horilyi | 11 March 2017[14] | |||
| Arsenal-Kyivshchyna Bila Tserkva | Andriy Ushchapovskyi | unknown | April 2017 | Oleksandr Akimov | April 2017[15] |
The draw for promotion play-off scheduling was held on 3 June 2017.[16]
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.
The season top goalscorers were:[17]
| Rank | Scorer | Goals (Pen.) | Team | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ihor Khudobyak | Teplovyk-Prykarpattya Ivano-Frankivsk | 25 (1) | |
| align=center rowspan=2 | 2 | Roman Bochak | Enerhiya Nova Kakhovka | 22 |
| Artem Kozlov | Kremin Kremenchuk | 22 (2) | ||
| 4 | Ruslan Palamar | Zhemchuzhyna Odesa | 20 (9) | |
| align=center rowspan=3 | 5 | Serhiy Ursulenko | Balkany Zorya | 14 |
| Dmytro Shastal | Enerhiya Nova Kakhovka | 14 (1) | ||
| Artur Kaskov | Metalurh Zaporizhzhia | 14 (3) |
The laureates of the 2016–17 season were:[46]
Ihor Khudobyak (Teplovyk-Prykarpattia Ivano-Frankivsk) Denys Kolchin (Zhemchuzhyna Odesa) Ihor Khudobyak (Teplovyk-Prykarpattia Ivano-Frankivsk)