2002–03 Ukrainian Second League

The 2002–03 Ukrainian Second League was the 12th season of 3rd level professional football in Ukraine.

Ukrainian Second League
Season2002–03
ChampionsFC LUKOR Kalush
FC Nafkom-Academia Irpin
FC Zorya Luhansk
RelegatedFC Halychyna Drohobych
FC Torpedo Zaporizhzhia
Kovel-Volyn (withdrew)
Systema-KKhP Cherniakhiv (withdrew)
Shakhtar Luhansk (withdrew)
Stal-2 Alchevsk (withdrew)
Top goalscorer(30) - Serhiy Levchenko (Nafkom-Academia Irpin)

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 LUKOR Kalush, FC Nafkom-Academia Irpin and FC Zorya Luhansk.

Team changes

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The following team was promoted from the 2002 Ukrainian Football Amateur League:

The 2001 Ukrainian Football Amateur League participant:

Also, one more club was admitted additionally:

Relegated

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Withdrew

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Renamed

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Changed groups

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Group A

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Location map

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Locations of team home grounds in Ukrainian Second League 2002–03 (Group A)

Final standings

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion or relegation
1 LUKOR Kalush (C) 28 21 2 5 56 25 +31 65
2 Enerhetyk Burshtyn 28 19 2 7 44 23 +21 59
3 Podillya Khmelnytskyi 28 18 4 6 45 16 +29 58
4 Naftovyk Dolyna 28 16 6 6 35 16 +19 54
5 Dynamo-3 Kyiv 28 14 8 6 30 22 +8 50
6 Kovel-Volyn-2 Kovel (W) 28 11 6 11 29 31 −2 39 Withdrew
7 Veres Rivne 28 11 3 14 28 39 −11 36
8 Nyva Ternopil 28 10 5 13 29 36 −7 35
9 Hazovyk-Skala Stryi 28 8 9 11 15 23 −8 33
10 Karpaty-3 Lviv 28 8 8 12 24 33 −9 32
11 Tekhno-Centre Rohatyn 28 7 7 14 23 35 −12 28
12 Systema-KKhP Cherniakhiv (W) 28 7 6 15 24 34 −10 27 Withdrew
13 Bukovyna Chernivtsi 28 6 6 16 20 39 −19 24
14 Chornohora Ivano-Frankivsk 28 4 11 13 19 32 −13 23
15 Halychyna Drohobych (R) 28 5 7 16 22 39 −17 22 Relegated
Source: [citation needed]
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated; (W) Withdrew

Top goalscorers

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Scorer Goals (Pen.) Team
1 Serhiy Sernetskyi 21 Nyva Ternopil
2 Bohdan Pavliuk 16 Enerhetyk Burshtyn
3 Serhiy Ruzhytskyi 11 Podillya Khmelnytskyi
Ihor Stasyuk 11 Podillya Khmelnytskyi
5 Denys Poida 10 LUKOR Kalush

Group B

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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 Nafkom-Academia Irpin (C, P) 30 20 7 3 69 20 +49 67 Promoted
2 Dynamo Simferopol 30 18 7 5 53 27 +26 61
3 Elektrometalurh-NZF Nikopol 30 18 7 5 37 20 +17 61
4 Olkom Melitopol 30 18 5 7 45 27 +18 59
5 Dnister Ovidiopol 30 14 5 11 27 23 +4 47
6 Chornomorets-2 Odesa 30 11 13 6 42 25 +17 46
7 Krystal Kherson 30 12 6 12 35 38 −3 42
8 Olimpia AES Yuzhnoukrainsk 30 12 4 14 41 41 0 40
9 Sevastopol 30 12 4 14 31 36 −5 40
10 Ros Bila Tserkva 30 11 6 13 24 32 −8 39
11 Obolon-2 Kyiv 30 10 7 13 41 45 −4 37
12 Tytan Armyansk 30 8 5 17 30 48 −18 29
13 Metalurh-2 Zaporizhzhia 30 7 8 15 33 44 −11 29
14 Borysfen-2 Boryspil 30 9 1 20 23 51 −28 28
15 Hirnyk-Sport Komsomolsk 30 7 6 17 27 48 −21 27
16 Torpedo Zaporizhzhia (R) 30 4 7 19 19 52 −33 19 Relegated
Source: [citation needed]
(C) Champions; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated

Top goalscorers

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Scorer Goals (Pen.) Team
1 Serhiy Levchenko 30 Naftovyk-Akademia Irpin
2 Oleksiy Hryshchenko 15 Dynamo Simferopol
3 Volodymyr Skrypka 13 Olimpiya AES Yuzhnoukrayinsk
4 Serhiy Mamonov 12 Dynamo Simferopol
Yevhen Sopyanychenko 12 Krystal Kherson

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 Zorya Luhansk (C, P) 28 23 2 3 62 17 +45 71 Promoted
2 Shakhtar Luhansk (W) 28 20 5 3 49 15 +34 65 Withdrew
3 Desna Chernihiv 28 19 1 8 36 25 +11 58
4 Shakhtar-3 Donetsk 28 17 6 5 37 20 +17 57
5 Stal Dniprodzerzhynsk 28 16 4 8 35 22 +13 52
6 Metalurh-2 Donetsk 28 13 4 11 37 38 −1 43
7 Metalist-2 Kharkiv 28 9 10 9 32 24 +8 37
8 Dnipro-2 Dnipropetrovsk 28 10 4 14 28 34 −6 34
9 Avanhard Rovenky 28 9 5 14 26 39 −13 32
10 Yavir Krasnopillia 28 8 8 12 27 41 −14 32
11 Illichivets-2 Mariupol 28 9 3 16 24 42 −18 30
12 Vorskla-2 Poltava 28 7 6 15 30 44 −14 27
13 Elektron Romny 28 7 2 19 17 41 −24 23
14 Vuhlyk Dymytrov 28 5 8 15 12 37 −25 23
15 Stal-2 Alchevsk (R, W) 28 3 2 23 9 22 −13 11 Relegated
Source: [citation needed]
(C) Champions; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated; (W) Withdrew

Top goalscorers

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Scorer Goals (Pen.) Team
1 Kostyantyn Bublyk 13 Yavir Krasnopillia
2 Kostyantyn Pinchuk 12 Shakhtar Luhansk
3 Ihor Lytvynov 11 Zorya Luhansk
Dmytro Mashchenko 11 Zorya Luhansk
5 Vladyslav Havrylov 10 Stal Dniprodzerzhynsk


 Druha Liha 2002-03 winners 
FC LUKOR Kalush
1st title
 Druha Liha 2002-03 winners 
Nafkom-Academia Irpin
1st title
 Druha Liha 2002-03 winners 
Zorya Luhansk
1st title
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