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2012–13 Ukrainian Second League

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Season
  
2012–13

Promoted
  
Desna UkrAhroKom Nyva

Champion
  
FC Desna Chernihiv

Goals scored
  
831

Champions
  
Desna

Dates
  
13 Jul 2012 – 16 Jun 2013

Location
  
Ukraine

Matches played
  
323

2012–13 Ukrainian Second League

Top goalscorer
  
29 – Stanislav Kulish (Stal)

Biggest home win
  
Shakhtar-3 9–0 Enerhiya (Round 22)

Biggest away win
  
Sevastopol-2 2–7 Stal (Round 4)

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2013–14 Ukrainian Second League

The 2012–13 Ukrainian Second League was the 22nd season of 3rd level professional football in Ukraine. There are two groups of competition divided by region. The competition began on 13 July 2012 when Hirnyk-Sport Komsomolsk visited Sevastapol to play against FC Sevastopol-2 and lost 3–1.

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Stage details

The competition for the 2012–13 season has been changed from previous seasons 2 stages.

The first stage will be a round robin competition similar to the previous seasons. The first stage of the competition will be played prior to the winter break. Each team will play with other teams two games (one home, one away).

The second stage will begin the spring of 2013. Teams will be divided into 4 groups. The first stage Groups A and B will be split into two pools one of teams playing for promotion to the First League, another of teams competing to remain in the Second League. Each team in a group will play with every other team two games in a round robin competition. The first two groups The top six teams of the first stage Groups A and B will advance. All points accumulated in the first stage will carry over. The champions of the Groups 1 and 2 will be directly promoted to the Ukrainian First League. The top teams of Groups 1 and 2 will also qualify for a championship play-off for the title of the Second League Champion as in the previous season.

The second place teams of both groups will qualify for a promotion/relegation play-off against the 15th and 16th placed teams of the 2012–13 Ukrainian First League. In the case of exclusion and/or withdrawal of teams from the First League during the season the format of the promotion/relegation play-off will change.

Teams will enter Groups 3 and 4 that are placed below the sixth place in Groups A and B in the first stage. Initially, These teams will play for the rights to remain in the Ukrainian Second League but due to the withdrawal for teams the competition was reformated for the second stage. (See Favbet tournament)

The Ukrainian Second League will be consolidated to twenty teams for the 2013–14 season.

Placing

The placing of teams in the table of all stages is done in the following order:

  • number of accumulated points
  • difference (GD) between goals for (GF) and goals allowed (GA)
  • number of goals scored
  • head-to-head results (points, goal difference, higher number of goals scored) among the teams that are tired after applying of the creteria above
  • the League Fair-play ranking (based on all season matches)

    • The play-offs will consist of two games where each team will play one game at home and another away. The tiebreak rules will be based primarily on the record of the both games and secondarily on the goals scored in away game. In case when all the conditions will not identify a winner, the second game will go into an extra time and, if necessary, the penalty shootout.

    Admitted teams

    The following teams were admitted by the PFL after passing attestation.

  • SKA Odesa – (debut)
  • Obolon-2 Kyiv - (returning after an absence of four seasons)
  • FC Poltava-2 Karlivka – (debut)
  • Zhemchuzhyna Yalta – (debut)
  • FC Ternopil – (returning after an absence of 11 seasons)
  • FC Ternopil is regarded as a successor of FC Nyva Ternopil-2.

    • Omitted teams

    Prior to the season it was expected that FC Lviv (relegated from the 2011–12 Ukrainian First League), Nyva Vinnytsia (withdrew from PFL and then reapplied) and Bastion Illichivsk (license granted after absence of one year) would participate in the competition. All three teams informed that they would not enter the competition one day before the competition was to start.(13 July 2012)

    Name changes

    Last season FC UkrAhroKom Pryiutivka entered the PFL with the registered address of their parent company UkrAroKom in Pryiutivka. The club's home ground is located in Holovkivka. Prior to the start of the season the club changed its location with the PFL to Holovkivka.

    Final Standings

    Notes:

  • ^(1) Yednist' Plysky withdrew from the PFL after the first stage. The Vice President of the club informed that the club would return to the amateur leagues citing that there was no financial incentive to play in the second stage of the competition. (26 December 2012)
  • ^(2) Both Obolon-2 Kyiv and SCA Odesa withdrew from the PFL during the attestation meeting held in the winter break. Both teams' administration informed the PFL that they lacked sufficient funds to continue participating in the league. (21 February 2013)

    • Results

    Updated to games played on 24 November 2012.
    Source: PFL Druha League A calendar (Ukrainian)
    1 ^ The home team is listed in the left-hand column.
    Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

  • ^(3) Obolon-2 Kyiv play their home games at the club's home training base in Bucha, Kiev Oblast.
  • ^(4) The Vice-President of Obolon Kyiv indicated that the team (Obolon-2 Kyiv) would not be playing their Round 20 match against Nyva Ternopil due to financial difficulties in the main club. Control-Disciplinary Committee of the FFU fines Obolon-2 Kyiv and awards a 3–0 technical victory to Nyva Ternopil. (29 November 2012)

    • Final Standings

    Notes:

  • ^(6) Zhemchuzhyna Yalta was given one month by the PFL to pay their league dues. The club failed to pay the dues in time and were docked 3 points. (21 August 2012)

    • Results

    Updated to games played on 25 November 2012.
    Source: PFL Druha Liha B Calendar
    1 ^ The home team is listed in the left-hand column.
    Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

    Notes:

  • ^(10) Poltava-2 Karlivka played their first six home games at Lokomotiv Stadium in Poltava. The club returned to their reconstructed home ground Mashynobudivnyk for the Round 15 fixture against Enerhiya.
  • ^(11) The President of Myr Hornostayivka indicated that the team would not be playing their Round 26 match against Shakhtar Sverdlovsk due to many of their players ill with flu. Control-Disciplinary Committee of the FFU fines Myr Hornostayivka and awards a 3–0 technical victory to Shakhtar Sverdlovsk. (29 November 2012)
  • ^(12) Due to the reconstruction of the pitch at Avanhard Stadium, Yalta, starting on 1 October, Zhemchuzhyna Yalta moved their home games from Round 16 onwards to Fiolent Stadium in Simferopol.
  • ^(13) Players from Zhemchuzhyna Yalta boycotted their Round 13 match against Stal Dniprodzerzhinsk due to the club's failure of not paying their players in the last two months. Control-Disciplinary Committee of the FFU awards a 3–0 technical victory to Stal Dniprodzerzhynsk.

    • Second Stage

    The draw for the second stage of season took place on 19 February 2013 and only for the top six teams of each group from the first stage. The second stage will commence 6 April 2013.

    The Favbet tournament for Groups 3 and 4 was announced on 4 April 2013 for teams that did not qualify for Group 1 or Group 2.

    Final standings

    Notes:

    Results

    Updated to games played on 8 June 2013.
    Source: (Ukrainian)
    1 ^ The home team is listed in the left-hand column.
    Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

    Notes:

  • ^(11) Round 1 matches postponed due to the condition of the pitches after the prolonged winter. Matches played after Round 6. (15 May 2013)
  • ^(12) Real Pharm Yuzhne played all their Stage 2 matches at Viktor Dukov Stadium in Ovidiopol. (2 February 2013)

    • Top scorers

    As of 8 June 2013

    Notes:

    Final standings

    Notes:

    Results

    Updated to games played on 8 June 2013.
    Source: PFL Druha Liha B Calendar
    1 ^ The home team is listed in the left-hand column.
    Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

    Notes:

  • ^(17) Shakhtar Sverdlovsk after 30 April played their Stage 2 matches at Avanhard Stadium in Rovenky. (30 April 2013)

    • Top scorers

    As of 8 June 2013

    Notes:

  • ^(18) Premier League club Zorya Luhansk signed Maksym Malyshev during the winter break.

    • Favbet tournament

    Due to a number of withdrawals during the winter break it necessitated that the PFL change the competition structure for the Second Stage for Groups 3 and 4. On 4 April 2013 a draw took place for clubs that placed at bottom halves after the autumn half of season. For sponsorship purposes the tournament titled as the Favbet Tournament and as previously planned is composed of two groups. The changes were reviewed and accepted by the FFU Executive Committee on 3 April 2013. The four teams in Group 3 will not have their points transferred from the first stage of the competition, while the Group 4 teams will continue on with the points they gained in the first stage. The paragraph 17 of the Article 13 about relegation of teams from the Second League was suspended. Games in both Groups (3 and 4) are scheduled to resume on 13 April 2013.

    Final Standings

    Notes:

  • ^(19) Zhemchuzhyna Yalta were expelled from the PFL after they were denied attestation by league administration for the next season due to the club's financial situation.

    • Results

    Updated to games played on May 25, 2013.
    Source: (Ukrainian)
    1 ^ The home team is listed in the left-hand column.
    Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

  • ^(20) The administration of Dynamo Khmelnytskyi indicated that the team would not be playing their Round 6 match against Krystal Kherson due to financial reasons. The Disciplinary Committee of the Football Federation of Ukraine award a 3–0 technical victory to Krystal Kherson. (11 June 2013)

    • Top scorers

    As of 25 May 2013

    Notes:

    Final standings

    Notes:

  • ^(21) The administration of FC Sevastopol withdrew their reserve team from the PFL after the main team was promoted to the Ukrainian Premier League. The reserves will compete in the Reserves competition.

    • Results

    Updated to games played on 14 June 2013.
    Source: (Ukrainian)
    1 ^ The home team is listed in the left-hand column.
    Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

    Top scorers

    As of 8 June 2013

    Notes:

  • ^(22) First League club PFC Oleksandria signed Yuriy Kolomoyets during the winter break.
  • ^(23) Hryhoriy Haranyan signed with Hirnyk Kryvyi Rih during the winter break.
  • ^(24) Volodymyr Korol'kov signed with Hirnyk-Sport Komsomolsk during the winter break.
  • ^(25) Serhiy Dyachuk signed with Hirnyk-Sport Komsomolsk during the winter break.

    • Championship matches

    The title of the Second League Champion will be played by the Group 1 and Group 2 winners at the end of the season. The matches will be played in a home and away series. The draw for the matches was made on 6 June 2013.

    Second leg

    3–3 on aggregate. Desna Chernihiv won on away goals.

    Notes:

  • ^(26) UkrAhroKom Holovkivka moved their home match to the larger CSC Nika Stadium in Oleksandriya. (12 June 2013)

    • Promotion/Relegation play-off

    A promotion/relegation home and away play-off were played by the 2nd team in Group 1 and 2 of 2012–13 Ukrainian Second League against the 15th and 16th placed teams of the 2012–13 Ukrainian First League competition. Dynamo-2 Kyiv and FC Odesa qualified for the play-off. The draw for the play-off matches was held on 7 June.

    Second leg

    6–1 on aggregate. Nyva Ternopil promoted to First League

    Second leg

    2–1 on aggregate. Shakhtar Sverdlovsk remain in Second League.

    References

    2012–13 Ukrainian Second League Wikipedia
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