| Season: | 2021–22 |
| Winners: | no title awarded |
| League Topscorer: | Hlib Lityuk (13 goals) |
| Biggest Home Win: | |
| Biggest Away Win: | |
| Highest Scoring: | |
| Highest Attendance: | 7,000 Karpaty L. v AFSC |
| Lowest Attendance: | 0 Krystal v Vovchansk |
| Updated: | 27 September 2021 |
The 2021–22 Ukrainian Second League was the 31st season since its establishment.
The competition was terminated at the PFL Council meeting on 6 May 2022 due to the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine.[1]
On June 1, 2021, the PFL Central Council adopted decision that new season competitions in the PFL Second League would start on July 25, 2021, just as competitions in all professional leagues in Ukraine.[2] The competition format and league composition corresponds to the PFL program "Strategy of Development" that was adopted back in 2016.[3]
As the previous season the top 2 teams from each group get promoted to the First League. There also is expected to be a play-off game.
Twelve teams have been promoted from the 2020–21 Ukrainian Football Amateur League:[4] [5]
Two teams have been relegated from the 2020–21 Ukrainian First League:
The following map displays the location of teams. Group A teams marked in red. Group B teams marked in green.
| Dinaz Vyshhorod | Dinaz Stadium | 3rd | |
| Epitsentr Dunaivtsi | Kolos Stadium | 4th | |
| Karpaty Halych | Stadion Rukh (I.-Frankivsk) | 5th | |
| Nyva Vinnytsia | Tsentralnyi Miskyi Stadion | 6th | |
| Bukovyna Chernivtsi | Bukovyna Stadium | 7th | |
| Dnipro Cherkasy | Cherkasy Arena | 7th, Group B | |
| Chaika | Stadion im.Brukvenka | 8th | |
| FC Chernihiv | Chernihiv Arena | 10th | |
| Rubikon Kyiv | Arsenal Arena | 11th | |
| LNZ Cherkasy | Cherkasy Arena | Am | |
| Karpaty Lviv | Ukraina Stadium | Am | |
| Livyi Bereh Kyiv | Livyi Bereh (Hnidyn) | Am | |
| MFA Mukachevo | MFA training field | Am | |
| AFSC Kyiv | "TBD" | Am | |
| Lyubomyr Stavyshche | Kolos Stadium | Am |
| MFC Mykolaiv | Tsentralnyi Stadion | 1L | |
| Krystal Kherson | Krystal Stadium | 1L | |
| Metalurh Zaporizhya | Slavutych-Arena | 3rd | |
| Tavriya Simferopol | Marianivskyi Stadium | 4th | |
| Enerhiya Nova Kakhovka | Enerhiya Stadium | 5th | |
| Yarud Mariupol | Zakhidnyi Stadium | 6th | |
| Balkany Zoria | Boris Tropanets Stadium | 8th | |
| Peremoha Dnipro | Stadion Olimpiyski Rezervy | 9th | |
| Real Pharma Odesa | Stadion Ivan | 10th | |
| FC Nikopol | Elektrometalurh Stadium | 11th | |
| Viktoriya Mykolaivka | Viktoriya Stadium | Am | |
| Sumy | Yuvileiny Stadium | Am | |
| Skoruk Tomakivka | Elektrometalurh Stadium[6] | Am | |
| SC Poltava | Lokomotyv Stadium | Am | |
| Vovchansk | Nova Bavaria Stadium (Kharkiv) | Am | |
| Trostianets | Volodymyr Kuts Stadium | Am |
| Club | Head coach[7] | Replaced coach | |
|---|---|---|---|
 Yuriy Kyslytsia (acting) | Yevhen Kovalenko | ||
| Volodymyr Bondarenko | |||
| Lyubomyr Vovchuk | |||
| Oleksandr Honcharov | |||
| Serhiy Shevchenko | |||
| Vacant | Oleksandr Poklonskyi | ||
| Volodymyr Tsytkin | |||
| Evgeny Yarovenko | Valeriy Kutsenko | ||
| Yuriy Chumak (interim) | Serhiy Puchkov | ||
| Volodymyr Romanenko (interim) | Artem Radionov Anatoliy Bezsmertnyi | ||
| Team | Outgoing head coach | Manner of departure | Date of vacancy | Table | Incoming head coach | Date of appointment | Table | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Krystal Kherson | Vadym Yevtushenko | Resigned | 15 June 2021[8] | Pre-season | Yuriy Kulish | 18 July 2021[9] [10] | Pre-season | |
| AFSC Kyiv | Anatoliy Sidenko | Resigned | 16 June 2021 | Vyacheslav Nivinskyi | 16 June 2021[11] | |||
| FC Dnipro Cherkasy | Ihor Stolovytskyi | Resigned | 12 June 2021[12] | Taras Ilnytskyi | 25 June 2021[13] | |||
| Chaika Petropavlivska Borshchahivka | End of interim | 24 June 2021[14] | Vladyslav Savchuk | 24 June 2021 | ||||
| MFC Mykolaiv | Illia Blyznyuk | Mutual consent | 26 June 2021[15] [16] | Serhiy Shevchenko | 27 June 2021[17] [18] [19] | |||
| Epitsentr Dunaivtsi | Ihor Badlo | Unknown | June 2021[20] [21] | Oleh Naduda | July 2021[22] | |||
| Rubikon Kyiv | Serhiy Litovchenko | left for Olimpik Donetsk | 24 July 2021[23] | Viktor Kuriata | 24 July 2021 | |||
| Karpaty Halych | Roman Hnativ | Unknown | 25 July 2021[24] | Lyubomyr Vovchuk | 25 July 2021 | |||
| Lyubomyr Stavyshche | Oleksandr Honcharov | Undisclosed | 8 August 2021[25] | 15th | Vadym Lazorenko | 8 August 2021[26] [27] | 15th | |
| Tavriya Simferopol | Serhiy Puchkov | Mutual consent | 14 September 2021[28] | 12th | Yuriy Chumak (interim) | 14 September 2021 | 12th | |
| Viktoriya Mykolaivka | Artem Radionov | Sacked | 21 September 2021[29] | 10th | Anatoliy Bezsmertnyi | 21 September 2021 | 10th | |
| Karpaty Halych | Lyubomyr Vovchuk | Changed position | 23 September 2021[30] | 8th |  Carlos Inarejos | 23 September 2021[31] | 8th | |
| FC Sumy | Valeriy Kutsenko | Resigned | 14 October 2021[32] | 15th | Evgeny Yarovenko | 19 January 2022[33] | 16th | |
| Bukovyna Chernivtsi | Yevhen Kovalenko | Resigned | 25 October 2021[34] | 9th | Yuriy Kyslytsia (acting) | 25 October 2021 | 9th | |
| MFC Mykolaiv | Serhiy Shevchenko | Mutual consent | 2 November 2021[35] | 2nd | Eduard Pavlov | 2 November 2021 | 2nd | |
| Nyva Vinnytsia | Volodymyr Tsytkin | Mutual consent | 4 November 2021[36] | 8th | Valentyn Vishtaliuk (caretaker) | 5 November 2021 | 8th | |
| Dinaz Vyshhorod | Volodymyr Bondarenko | Mutual consent | 15 December 2021[37] | 4th | 12 February 2022[38] | 4th | ||
| FC Nikopol | Oleksandr Poklonskyi | Moved to VPK-Ahro | 25 December 2021[39] | 12th | ||||
| Nyva Vinnytsia | Valentyn Vishtaliuk (caretaker) | End of interim | 15 January 2022 | 8th | Ihor Leonov | 15 January 2022[40] | 8th | |
| Viktoriya Mykolaivka | Anatoliy Bezsmertnyi | Moved to Alians Lypova Dolyna | 26 January 2022[41] | 10th | Volodymyr Romanenko (interim) | 26 January 2022[42] | 10th |
Notes:
| Rank | Scorer | Team | Goals (Pen.) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| align=center rowspan=1 | 1 | Artur Zahorulko | Nyva Vinnytsia | 12 (2) |
| align=center rowspan=1 | 2 | Denys Kozhanov | Karpaty Lviv | 11 (5) |
| align=center rowspan=2 | 3 | Yevhen Chepurnenko | Dinaz Vyshhorod | 10 (4) |
| Vasyl Palahnyuk | Bukovyna Chernivtsi | 10 (4) | ||
| align=center rowspan=1 | 5 | Maksym Hirnyi | Munkacs Mukachevo | 9 (2) |
| align=center rowspan=1 | 6 | Yaroslav Halenko | LNZ Cherkasy | 8 (1) |
| align=center rowspan=1 | 7 | Yevhen Nemtinov | Epitsentr Dunaivtsi | 7 (1) |
| Number | Region | Team(s) |
|---|---|---|
| 3 | Chaika, Dinaz and Lyubomyr | |
| AFSC Kyiv, Livyi Bereh and Rubikon | ||
| 2 | Dnipro and LNZ | |
| 1 | Chernihiv | |
| Bukovyna | ||
| Karpaty Halych | ||
| Epitsentr | ||
| Karpaty Lviv | ||
| Nyva | ||
| MFA Mukachevo |
| Rank | Scorer | Team | Goals (Pen.) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| align=center rowspan=3 | 1 | Hlib Lityuk | Yarud Mariupol | 13 (3) |
| Serhiy Kravchenko | MFC Mykolaiv | 13 (4) | ||
| Oleksiy Boyko | Tavriya Simferopol | 13 (6) | ||
| align=center rowspan=1 | 4 | Anton Kicha | Peremoha Dnipro | 12 (2) |
| align=center rowspan=1 | 5 | Volodymyr Pryyomov | Balkany Zorya | 11 (1) |
| align=center rowspan=1 | 6 | Oleksiy Sydorov | Metalurh Zaporizhia | 10 (1) |
| align=center rowspan=1 | 7 | Vadym Shavrin | Viktoriya Mykolaivka | 9 (1) |
| align=center rowspan=2 | 8 | Vitaliy Polyanskyi | FC Trostianets | 8 |
| Bohdan Prybluda | Balkany Zorya | 8 | ||
| Number | Region | Team(s) |
|---|---|---|
| 3 | Nikopol, Peremoha and Skoruk | |
| Sumy, Trostianets and Viktoriya | ||
| 2 | Enerhiya and Krystal | |
| Balkany and Real Pharma | ||
| 1 | ||
| Yarud | ||
| Vovchansk | ||
| Mykolaiv | ||
| Poltava | ||
| Metalurh |
Following the league season (double round-robin tournament), winners of both group are expected to meet to contest the 2021–22 Second League championship title. In addition, the third placed teams in each group expected to contest a single berth for promotion play-off with the 12th place team of the 2021–22 First League.