2026–27 Ukrainian Second League

Ukrainian Second League
Season2026–27
Dates1 August 2026 – May 2027
(winter break: 29 November 2026 – 19 March 2027)
May 2027 (play-offs)
Teams18
Matches24
Goals79 (3.29 per match)
Top goalscorerPavlo Fedosov, Ivan Zhumiha, Vasyl Palahnyuk (3 goals)
Biggest home winBratslav 4–0 Sambir
Biggest away winDinaz 2–6 Rukh
Highest scoringDinaz 2–6 Rukh
Rebel 3–5 Carbon
Longest winning run3 games
Bratslav
Longest unbeaten run3 games
4 teams
Longest winless run3 games
3 teams
Longest losing run2 games
2 teams
Highest attendance342
Podillya 2–1 Nyva
Lowest attendance0
9 games[a]
Total attendance2793
Average attendance116
2027–28 →
All statistics correct as of As of 16 August 2026.
Play-off statistics are not included.

The 2026–27 Ukrainian Second League is the 36th since its establishment. Due to regular airstrikes by the Russian Armed Forces, attendance restrictions were implemented, with many games played without spectators.[1]

On 18 June 2026, the 36th PFL Conference determined the general composition of the competition and its format. Due to the withdrawal of a few more clubs, in mid of July the PFL central council confirmed the final composition and conducted a season's draw. As in the previous season, the competitions were planned to be held in two groups, split geographically, with both groups consisting of 9 each. The conference approved the admission of 4 amateur teams from the AAFU competition and 1 second team from the junior competitions.

The competitions were determined to start on 1 August 2026 and consist of a triple round robin format with two rounds held in summer-fall and one more in spring. It was also decided to preserve the post-season mini-tournaments, such as the first-place and third-place match-ups, as well as promotion/relegation between the first and the second leagues.

Teams

Four teams have been promoted from the 2025–26 Ukrainian Football Amateur League:

One second teams have been added:

Relegated teams

Two teams were relegated from the 2025–26 Ukrainian First League.

One team was readmitted following withdrawal of the 2025–26 Ukrainian Premier League.

  • Rukh Lviv – 14th placed (returning, after nine seasons)[2]

Expelled and withdrawn teams

Location map and stadiums

Home venues of teams in the 2026–27 Ukrainian Second League
 — Group A            — Group B
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Dinaz
Home venues of teams in the 2026–27 Ukrainian Second League in Kyiv and Kyiv Oblast

Stadiums

Group A
Team Stadium[b][12] Position in
2025–26
Rukh Lviv Arena Lviv PL
Podillya Khmelnytskyi Podillya SC 1L
Nyva Vinnytsia Nyva training base 3rd
Sambir-Nyva-2 Ternopil imeni Brovarskoho, Sambir 4th
Skala 1911 Stryi Sokil 7th
Vilkhivtsi Vilkhivtsi Arena 8th
Dinaz Vyshhorod Dinaz Stadium, Demydiv 9th (Group B)
Bratslav Vinnytsia Kolos, Stavyshche AM
Dnister Zalishchyky Dnister AM
Group B
Team Stadium Position in
2025–26
Metalurh Zaporizhia Slavutych Arena 1L
Rebel Kyiv Tsentralnyi imeni Brukvenka, Makariv 4th
Atlet Kyiv imeni Bannikova 5th (Group A)
Trostianets imeni Kutsa 6th
Oleksandriya-2 Nika-plyus 7th
Penuel Kryvyi Rih Hirnyk training base 10th
Avanhard Lozova Livyi Bereh field 4, Hnidyn AM
Carbon Cherkasy LNZ training field, Heronymivka AM
Poltava-2 Kremin Arena, Kremenchuk —

Notes:

  1. ↑ at least for 2 games attendance was not reported
  2. ↑ Minimum capacity of stadium for the Second League is 500 spectators.[11]

Managers

Club Head coach Replaced coach
Atlet KyivDmytro Murashenko
Avanhard LozovaIhor Rakhayev
Bratslav VinnytsiaVasyl Blinnikov
Carbon CherkasyIhor Stolovytskyi
Dinaz VyshhorodSerhiy Datsenko
Dnister ZalishchykyValeriy Ivashchenko
Nyva VinnytsiaYuriy Yaroshenko
Metalurh ZaporizhiaSerhiy Zaytsev
Sambir-Nyva-2 TernopilYaroslav Matviiv
Oleksandriya-2Viktor Bytsiura
Penuel Kryvyi RihIhor Solodenko
Podillya KhmelnytskyiOleksandr Volovyk
Poltava-2Ihor Klymovskyi
Rebel KyivMaksym Demskyi
Rukh LvivBohdan Yesyp
Skala 1911 StryiVitaliy Shumskyi
TrostianetsYuriy Bakalov
VilkhivtsiOleksandr Semerenko

Managerial changes

Team Outgoing head coach Manner of departure Date of vacancy Table Incoming head coach Date of appointment
Sambir-Nyva-2 Roman Marych Pre-season Yaroslav Matviiv
Bratslav Vinnytsia Vasyl Blinnikov Yuriy Hura 11 March 2026[13][14]
Poltava-2 new team Ihor Klymovskyi 18 June 2026[a]
Rukh Lviv new team Bohdan Yesyp 19 June 2026[15][b]
Metalurh Zaporizhia Serhiy Kovalets Left the club 22 June 2026[16][17] Serhiy Zaytsev 24 June 2026[18][19]
Dnister Zalishchyky Oleh Krasnopyorov Left the club 22 June 2026[20] Valeriy Ivashchenko 29 June 2026[21]
Dinaz Vyshhorod Oleksandr Holovko Change of post 6 July 2026 Serhiy Datsenko 6 July 2026[22]
Skala 1911 Stryi Oleksandr Stepanov Undisclosed 18 July 2026 Vitaliy Shumskyi 18 July 2026[23]

Notes:

  1. ↑ Klymovskyi was a senior coach of Poltava U-19 during the 2025–26 UPL National League U-19. On 18 June 2026, former Poltava U-19 was admitted to the PFL Second League as Poltava-2.
  2. ↑ Rukh was reorganized based on their Rukh U-19 team which Yesyp coached; at the same time most of the players and the whole coaching staff of the first team left the club.

Group A league table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion, qualification or relegation
1 Bratslav Vinnytsia 4 3 1 0 9 2 +7 10 Qualification to the league's title play-off
2 Dnister Zalishchyky 4 2 1 1 8 6 +2 7 Qualification to the third place play-off
3 Sambir-Nyva-2 Ternopil 4 2 0 2 4 7 −3 6
4 Nyva Vinnytsia 4 1 2 1 6 4 +2 5 Qualified for the Round of 32 UC
5 Podillya Khmelnytskyi 3 1 1 1 5 5 0 4
6 Skala 1911 Stryi 3 1 1 1 4 5 −1 4
7 Rukh Lviv 3 1 0 2 7 7 0 3[a]
8 Dinaz Vyshhorod 4 0 3 1 8 12 −4 3[a]
9 Vilkhivtsi 3 0 1 2 4 7 −3 1 Qualified for the Round of 32 UC
Updated to match(es) played on 29 August 2026. Source: PFL.ua
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head points; 3) Head-to-head goal difference; 4) Head-to-head goals scored; 5) Goal difference in all games; 6) Goals scored in all games (Note: calculation by criteria indicated in rules 2, 3, 4 is conducted with consideration of all teams that have equal number of tournament points at the moment of calculation and not only among those which after preliminary criteria have appeared more successful).[24]
Notes:
  1. 1 2 Ranked on head-to-head points: Rukh Lviv 3, Dinaz Vyshhorod 0

Group A results

Home \ Away BRA DIN DNI NYV POD RUX NT2 SKL VLX BRA DIN DNI NYV POD RUX NT2 SKL VLX
Bratslav Vinnytsia 0–0 3–2 4–0
Dinaz Vyshhorod 3–3 2–6 4/9
Dnister Zalishchyky 5/9 3–1
Nyva Vinnytsia 3–0* 4/9 2–2
Podillya Khmelnytskyi 1–1 2–1
Rukh Lviv 1–2
Sambir-Nyva-2 Ternopil 1–0 0–1
Skala 1911 Stryi 2–2 5/9
Vilkhivtsi 0–2 2–3
Updated to match(es) played on 29 August 2026. Source: pfl.ua (in Ukrainian)
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Additional notes:

  • August 1, 2026 FC Nyva Vinnytsia - FC Rukh Lviv (2:1). According to the decision of the UAF's Control and Supervision Committee dated August 13, 2026, FC Rukh Lviv was awarded a technical defeat of 0:3 for the participation in the match of a football player whose name was not included in the match referee's report.

Group A results by round

Team ╲ Round123456789101112131415161718192021222324
BratslavWWWD
DinazDDLD
DnisterDLWW
Nyva V.WLDD
PodillyaLWD
RukhLWL
SambirN2WWLL
SkalaDLW
VilkhivtsiLLD
Updated to match(es) played on 29 August 2026. Source: pfl.ua
W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Notes:

Group A position by week

Team ╲ Round123456789101112131415161718192021222324252627
Bratslav1111
Dnister5742
SambirN22223
Nyva V.3334
Podillya8365
Skala6686
Rukh9857
Dinaz4578
Vilkhivtsi7999
Qualification to the league's title play-off
Qualification to the third place play-off
Last place
First match(es) will be played on 29 August 2026. Source:

Group A goalscorers

As of 29 August 2026

Rank Scorer Team Goals
(Pen.)
1 Pavlo Fedosov Bratslav Vinnytsia 3 (0)
Nikita Dorosh Dinaz Vyshhorod 3 (0)
Ivan Zhumiha Skala 1911 Stryi 3 (0)
Vasyl Palahnyuk Dnister Zalishchyky 3 (1)
4 6 player(s) 2
11 25 player(s) 1
  • Own goals: Artur Ilyukhin (Podillya for Bratslav Vinnytsia)

Group A clean sheets

As of 30 August 2026[25]

Rank Player Club Clean
sheets
1 Valeriy Voskonyan Bratslav Vinnytsia 3

Group B league table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion, qualification or relegation
1 Oleksandriya-2 4 2 2 0 5 1 +4 8 Qualification to the league's title play-off
2 Poltava-2 3 2 1 0 4 1 +3 7 Qualification to the third place play-off
3 Rebel Kyiv 4 2 0 2 8 10 −2 6
4 Trostianets 4 1 2 1 3 2 +1 5 Qualified for the Round of 32 UC
5 Penuel Kryvyi Rih 4 1 1 2 4 7 −3 4[a]
6 Atlet Kyiv 3 1 1 1 6 6 0 4[a]
7 Carbon Cherkasy 3 1 1 1 5 4 +1 4[a] Qualified for the Round of 32 UC
8 Metalurh Zaporizhia 4 0 3 1 3 4 −1 3
9 Avanhard Lozova 3 0 1 2 3 6 −3 1
Updated to match(es) played on 16 August 2026. Source: PFL.ua
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head points; 3) Head-to-head goal difference; 4) Head-to-head goals scored; 5) Goal difference in all games; 6) Goals scored in all games (Note: calculation by criteria indicated in rules 2, 3, 4 is conducted with consideration of all teams that have equal number of tournament points at the moment of calculation and not only among those which after preliminary criteria have appeared more successful).[24]
Notes:
  1. 1 2 3 Ranked on head-to-head points (goal difference): Penuel Kryvyi Rih 3(+1), Atlet Kyiv 0 (0), Carbon Cherkasy 0 (-1)

Group B results

Home \ Away ATL AVL CRB MTZ OL2 PEN PL2 RBL TRO ATL AVL CRB MTZ OL2 PEN PL2 RBL TRO
Atlet Kyiv 4/9 2–3 1–1
Avanhard Lozova 2–3 1–1
Carbon Cherkasy 4/9 0–1
Metalurh Zaporizhia 2–2
Oleksandriya-2 0–0 3–0
Penuel Kryvyi Rih 1–2 6/9
Poltava-2 0–0 2–0 5/9
Rebel Kyiv 3–5 2–1
Trostianets 2–0 0–0 0–1
Updated to match(es) played on 28/09/2026. Source: pfl.ua (in Ukrainian)
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Additional notes:

Group B results by round

Team ╲ Round123456789101112131415161718192021222324
AtletLDW
AvanhardLDL
CarbonLWD
Metalurh Z.DDDL
Oleksandriya2WDDW
PenuelWLDL
Poltava-2DWW
RebelWLLW
TrostianetsLWDD
Updated to match(es) played on 16 August 2026. Source: pfl.ua
W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Notes:

Group B position by week

Team ╲ Round123456789101112131415161718192021222324252627
Oleksandriya22221
Poltava-25112
Rebel1673
Trostianets9534
Penuel3445
Atlet7886
Carbon8357
Metalurh Z.4768
Avanhard6999
Qualification to the league's title play-off
Qualification to the third place play-off
Last place
Source:

Group B top goalscorers

As of 16 August 2026

Rank Scorer Team Goals
(Pen.)
1 Bohdan Bokulev Penuel Kryvyi Rih 2 (0)
Vadym Chornyi Carbon Cherkasy 2 (0)
Hlib Zinyar Poltava-2 2 (0)
Andriy Bohdanov Trostianets 2 (1)
5 22 player(s) 1
0 own goal(s) 0
  • Own goal(s):

The league's play-offs

Title play-off

Both groups' winners were expected to play each other for the season's title. Also, both these teams gained a direct promotion to the 2027–28 Ukrainian First League. At the same time, both groups' runners-up were expected to play among themselves for the season's third place and to play against the 13th- and 14th-placed teams in the Persha Liha (First League) for promotion.

Both matches, the league's final and third-place match, were played in a single-leg format and on a neutral field. A draw determined the hosting team for each match, which took place on May 15.[26]

Promotion play-offs

The group runners-up were expected to qualify for the inter-tier promotion playoffs.

The relegation–promotion play-off games were expected to be scheduled to take place between the 13th and 14th-placed teams with the third and fourth-placed teams of the Second League.

Awards

Round awards

Round Player Coach
Player Club Reference Coach Club Reference
Round 1 Anton Dudik Sambir-Nyva-2 [27] Yuriy Hura Bratslav Vinnytsia [27]
Round 2 Andriy Bohdanov Trostianets [28] Yaroslav Matviiv Sambir-Nyva-2 [28]
Round 3
Round 4
Round 5
Round 6
Round 7
Round 8
Round 9
Round 10
Round 11
Round 12
Round 13
Round 14
Round 15
Round 16
Round 17
Round 18
Round 19
Round 20
Round 21
winter break
Round 22
Round 23
Round 24
Round 25
Round 26
Round 27
Round 28
Round 29
Round 30
Round 31
Round 32
Round 33

Number of teams by region

Number Region Team(s)
3 Lviv OblastRukh Lviv, Sambir-Nyva-2 and Skala 1911 Stryi
2 KyivAtlet and Rebel
Vinnytsia OblastBratslav Vinnytsia and Nyva Vinnytsia
1 Dnipropetrovsk OblastPenuel Kryvyi Rih
Cherkasy OblastCarbon Cherkasy
Kharkiv OblastAvanhard Lozova
Khmelnytskyi OblastPodillya Khmelnytskyi
Kirovohrad OblastOleksandriya-2
Kyiv OblastDinaz Vyshhorod
Poltava OblastPoltava-2
Sumy OblastTrostianets
Ternopil OblastDnister Zalishchyky
Zakarpattia OblastVilkhivtsi
Zaporizhia OblastMetalurh Zaporizhia

See also

References

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