2004–05 Ukrainian Second League

Ukrainian Second League

Season	2004–05
Champions	FC Rava Rava-Ruska FC Krymteplitsia Molodizhne FC Helios Kharkiv
Top goalscorer	20 goals – Oleksandr Kozhemyachenko (Desna Chenihiv)
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The 2004–2005 Ukrainian Second League was the 14th 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

Numerous clubs withdrew their second teams from the competition and admitting them to the Ukrainian Premier Reserve League:

• Dnipro-2 Dnipropetrovsk
• Kryvbas-2 Kryvyi Rih
• Metalurh-2 Donetsk
• Chornomorets-2 Odesa

Relegated from upper leagues

Group A

• Karpaty-2 Lviv
• Osvita Borodyanka (previously as Boreks-Borysfen)

Group B

• Zirka Kirovohrad (readmitted, Ukrainian Top League)

Promoted from the Amateurs

Group A

• FC Bershad
• Fakel Ivano-Frankivsk

Group B

• Hirnyk Kryvyi Rih
• PFC Oleksandria
• Real Odessa

Group C

• Molniya Severodonetsk
• MFC Oleksandria
• Olimpik Donetsk

Changed groups

• Hirnyk-Sport Komsomolsk from Group B to C
• FC Cherkasy from Group B to C

Group A

Location map

Rava

Enerhetyk

Karpaty-2

Fakel
Chornohora

Dynamo-3
Obolon-2

FC Bershad

Bukovyna

Nyva

Tekhno-Center

Osvita

Naftovyk

Veres

Spartak-2

Locations of team home grounds in Ukrainian Second League 2004–05 (Group A)

Final Standings

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Comments
1	Rava Rava-Ruska	28	21	4	3	49	16	+33	67	Champions^(1)
2	Enerhetyk Burshtyn	28	15	6	7	43	29	+14	51	First League – Promoted^(1)
3	Karpaty-2 Lviv	28	15	5	8	47	30	+17	50	(-) new
4	Fakel Ivano-Frankivsk	28	15	4	9	38	35	+3	49	(+) new
5	FC Bershad	28	14	7	7	33	21	+12	49	(+) new – First League – Promoted^(2)
6	Bukovyna Chernivtsi	28	14	6	8	33	22	+11	48
7	Osvita Borodianka	28	12	10	6	34	22	+12	46	(-) new
8	Tekhno-Center Rohatyn	28	12	6	10	33	29	+4	42	withdrew^(3)
9	Chornohora Ivano-Frankivsk	28	10	4	14	20	43	−23	34
10	Dynamo-3 Kyiv	28	9	7	12	31	35	−4	34
11	Veres Rivne	28	9	6	13	35	38	−3	33
12	Naftovyk Dolyna	28	9	3	16	25	49	−24	30
13	Spartak-2 Kalush	28	6	2	20	17	12	+5	20	expelled^(4)
14	Obolon-2 Kyiv	28	4	7	17	21	49	−28	19
15	Nyva Ternopil	28	4	5	19	18	47	−29	17

Notes:

• ^(1) Rava Rava-Ruska were denied promotion to the First League by the PFL due to inadequate finances. Instead the PFL promoted Enerhetyk Burshtyn.^[1]
• ^(2) FC Bershad merged their operations with FC Nyva Vinnytsia and were promoted to the First League.^[2]
• ^(3) Tekhno-Center Rohatyn completed the season but withdrew from the PFL prior to the start of the next season.^[3]
• ^(4) Spartak-2 Kalush were expelled from the competition on March 29, 2005 after failing to pay license fees for the second half of the season. The rest of its matches were considered for technical losses.^[4]

Expelled teams

On March 29, 2005 Spartak-2 Kalush after failing to pay license fees for the second half of the season the PFL expelled them from the competition.^[4] Their record at that time was 6 wins, 2 draws, 6 losses, and 17-12 goal difference.

Top goalscorers

	Scorer	Goals (Pen.)	Team
1	Andriy Malyk	13	Karpaty-2 Lviv
2	Serhiy Ditkovsky	11	Osvita Borodianka
	Andriy Pokladok	11 (1)	Rava Rava-Ruska
4	Ihor Khudobyak	10	Fakel Ivano-Frankivsk
5	Vasyl Shved	9	Tekhno-Center Rohatyn
	Andriy Kuzio	9	Naftovyk Dolyna
7	Volodymyr Puha	8	Enerhetyk Burshtyn
	Mykola Stus	8	FC Bershad
	Serhiy Dyomushkin	8 (4)	Veres Rivne
10	Oleksandr Bessarab	7	FC Bershad
	Dmytro Humenyak	7	Fakel / Chornohora
	Denys Kucher	7 (6)	FC Bershad

Group B

Location map

Krymteplytsia

Krystal

Oleksandria

Tytan

Palmira
Real

Ros

OLKOM

Elektrometalurh-NZF

Dnister

Hirnyk

Zirka

Sevastopol

Olimpia AES

Locations of team home grounds in Ukrainian Second League 2004–05 (Group B)

Final Standings

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Comments
1	Krymteplytsia Molodizhne	26	20	5	1	51	17	+34	65	Champions – First League – Promoted
2	Krystal Kherson	26	13	7	6	34	17	+17	46
3	PFC Oleksandria	26	13	6	7	30	19	+11	45	(+) new
4	Tytan Armyansk	26	13	5	8	44	32	+12	44
5	Palmira Odesa	26	12	7	7	31	25	+6	32	withdrew^(5)
6	Ros Bila Tserkva	26	12	3	11	28	33	−5	39
7	Real Odesa	26	9	10	7	25	27	−2	37	(+) new – withdrew^(5)
8	OLKOM Melitopol	26	9	7	10	27	33	−6	34
9	Elektrometalurh-NZF Nikopol	26	10	2	14	26	36	−10	32	withdrew^(6)
10	Dnister Ovidiopol	26	9	4	13	33	37	−4	31
11	Hirnyk Kryvyi Rih	26	7	6	13	21	25	−4	27	(+) new
12	Zirka Kirovohrad	26	7	6	13	29	38	−9	27	(-) new
13	PFC Sevastopol	26	7	4	15	19	34	−15	25
14	Olimpia AES Pivdenoukrainsk	26	1	8	17	7	32	−25	11

Notes:

• ^(5) Both Palmira Odesa and Real Odesa completed the season but failed to submit a license for the next season and subsequently withdrew from the PFL.^[5]
• ^(6) Elektrometalurh-NZF Nikopol completed the season but failed to find a sponsor for the next season and became insolvant, withdrawing from the PFL before the start of the next season.^[5]

Top goalscorers

	Scorer	Goals (Pen.)	Team
1	Yevhen Arbuzov	18 (7)	Tytan Armyansk
2	Yuri Yaskov	13 (2)	Palmira Odesa
3	Roman Dovzhyk	11	Tytan Armyansk
4	Oleksandr Kapusta	10 (2)	Olkom Melitopol
5	Oleksandr Buriy	9	PFC Oleksandria
	Maksym Kryvovyaziy	9	Krymteplytsia Molodizhne
7	Oleksandr Misko	8 (4)	Ros Bila Tserkva
8	Volodymyr Bondarchuk	7	Krystal Kherson
9	Orest Atamanchuk	6	Hirnyk Kryvyi Rih
	Serhiy Horbanyov	6	Ros Bila Tserkva

Group C

Location map

Helios
Metalist-2

Hazovyk

Desna

Dnipro

Molniya

Illichivets-2

Oleksandria

Uholyok

Hirnyk-Sport

Yavir

Olimpik
Shakhtar-3

Metalurh-2

Vorskla-2

Locations of team home grounds in Ukrainian Second League 2004–05 (Group C)

Final Standings

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Comments
1	Helios Kharkiv	28	25	2	1	64	18	+46	77	Champions – First League – Promoted
2	Desna Chernihiv	28	21	4	3	59	26	+33	67
3	Dnipro Cherkasy	28	20	5	3	48	15	+33	65	renamed^(7)
4	Molniya Sieverodonetsk	28	18	4	6	47	29	+18	58	(+) new – withdrew^(8)
5	Illichivets-2 Mariupol	28	13	4	11	49	27	+22	43
6	Hazovyk Kharkiv	28	12	7	9	36	35	+1	43
7	MFC Oleksandria	28	8	8	12	32	40	−8	32	(+) new
8	Uholyok Dymytrov	28	8	7	13	36	47	−11	31	renamed – withdrew^(9)
9	Hirnyk-Sport Komsomolsk	28	10	0	18	35	49	−14	30
10	Yavir Krasnopillia	28	8	5	15	24	40	−16	29
11	Olimpik Donetsk	28	8	3	17	33	54	−21	27	(+) new
12	Shakhtar-3 Donetsk	28	7	5	16	35	55	−20	26
13	Metalurh-2 Zaporizhia	28	6	7	15	27	48	−21	25
14	Metalist-2 Kharkiv	28	6	6	16	28	49	−21	24	withdrew^(10)
15	Vorskla-2 Poltava	28	4	5	19	21	42	−21	17	withdrew^(10)

Notes:

• ^(7) FK Cherkasy, competed in the 2003–04 Ukrainian Second League were moved to Group C due to geographic alignment. The club renamed themselves to Dnipro Cherkassy during the mid-season winter break.^[6]
• ^(8) Molniya Sieverodonetsk completed the season, but withdrew from the league before the start of the next season citing financial difficulties. (4 August 2005)^[7]
• ^(9) Vuhlyk Dymytrov renamed themselves prior to the start of the season to Uholyok Dymytrov. The club completed the season but prior to the start of the next season failed to get sponsorship and became insolvant.^[7]
• ^(10) The main clubs of both Metalist-2 Kharkiv and Vorskla-2 Poltava consolidated their reserve club operations not entering their clubs in the next season, since they both had reserve clubs in the Ukrainian Premier Reserve League which began its inaugural season in the 2004.^[7]

Top goalscorers

	Scorer	Goals (Pen.)	Team
1	Oleksandr Kozhemiachenko	20 (10)	Desna Chernihiv
2	Serhiy Kandaurov	18 (5)	Helios Kharkiv
3	Oleksandr Tarasenko	15 (1)	Helios Kharkiv
4	Ihor Bobovych	13	Desna Chernihiv
5	Oleksandr Chekh	12	Uholyok Dymytrov
	Dmytro Viter	12	MFC Oleksandriya
	Kostyantyn Pinchuk	12 (8)	Molniya Sieverodonetsk
8	Oleksandr Pomazanov	11	Molniya Sieverodonetsk
9	Ruslan Kachur	10	Dnipro Cherkasy
10	Dmytro Lambrinov	9	Uholyok Dymytrov
	Oleksandr Kovpak	9 (1)	Dnipro Cherkasy

See also

• 2004–05 Ukrainian Premier League
• 2004–05 Ukrainian First League
• 2004–05 Ukrainian Cup

External links

• (Russian) 2004-05 Second League season by Oleksiy Kobyzev

References

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4. Fedya Fussball (2 August 2005). "Ukraine 2004/05". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. rsssf.com. Retrieved 2 June 2012. Ukrainian Second Division 2004/05, DRUHA LIHA Group A, NOTE #4
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6. Fedya Fussball (2 August 2005). "Ukraine 2004/05". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. rsssf.com. Retrieved 4 June 2012. Ukrainian Second Division 2004/05, DRUHA LIHA Group C, NOTE #2
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