2001–02 Ukrainian Second League
The 2001–02 Ukrainian Second League was the 11th 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.
The groups were won respectively by FC Krasyliv, FC Systema-Boreks Borodianka and FC Sumy.
Team changes
Promoted
The following team was promoted from the 2001 Ukrainian Football Amateur League:The 2000 Ukrainian Football Amateur League participant:
Also, eight more club was admitted additionally:
- FC Zakarpattia-2 Uzhhorod – '
- FC Borysfen-2 Boryspil – '
- FC Metalurh-2 Donetsk – '
- FC Obolon-2 Kyiv – '
- FC Chornohora Ivano-Frankivsk– '
- FC Chaika-VMS Sevastopol – '
- FC Torpedo Zaporizhia – played in the 1991 Soviet Second League as Torpedo Zaporizhia )
- FC Dynamo Simferopol – '
Relegated
- FC Bukovyna Chernivtsi – '
- FC Cherkasy – '
- FC Spartak Sumy –
Withdrawn
- FC Adoms Kremenchuk, withdrew before the season
- FC Ternopil, being a farm team of FC Nyva Ternopil, it is forced relegation as Nyva was relegated to the league for the next season
- FC Dnipro-3 Dnipropetrovsk was forced into relegation due to relegation of FC Dnipro-2 Dnipropetrovsk
- FC Chaika-VMS Sevastopol, was replaced for the next season with FC Sevastopol
- FC Frunzenets-Liha-99 Sumy was merged with FC Sumy
- FC Tsementnyk-Khorda Mykolaiv withdrew during winter break
- FC Dynamo Lviv, withdrew after the season
- FC SKA-Orbita Lviv, withdrew after the season
- FC Zakarpattia-2 Uzhhorod, withdrew after the season
- FC Portovyk Illichivsk, withdrew after the season
- FC Cherkasy, withdrew after the season
- FC Mashynobudivnyk Druzhkivka, withdrew after the season
- FC Oskil Kupyansk, withdrew after the relegation
Renamed / Relocated
- FC Kalush changed its name to FC Lukor Kalush
- FC Kovel-Volyn changed its name to FC Kovel-Volyn-2
- FC Akademiya Irpin changed its name to FC Nafkom-Akademiya Irpin
- FC Ternopil-Nyva-2 changed its name to FC Ternopil
- FC Rihonda Bila Tserkva changed its name to FC Ros Bila Tserkva
- FC Spartak Sumy changed its name to FC Sumy
- FC Karpaty-2 changed its name to FC Karpaty-3 Lviv
- *FC Lviv in the First League after merger changed to Karpaty-2
- FC Hazovyk Komarno moved to Stryi and changed its name to FC Hazovyk-Skala Stryi
Group A
Location map
Final standings
Top goalscorers
| Scorer | Goals | Team | |
| 1 | Volodymyr Kryzhanovsky | 27 | LUKOR Kalush |
| 2 | Oleksiy Sendel | 23 | Krasyliv |
| 3 | Yuriy Sulymenko | 19 | Bukovyna Chernivtsi |
| 3 | Serhiy Babiychuk | 19 | Podillya Khmelnytskyi |
| 5 | Oleh Teplyi | 15 | Sokil Zolochiv |
| 6 | Andriy Zdebsky | 12 | Podillya Khmelnytskyi |
| 6 | Andriy Mazur | 12 | Sokil Zolochiv |
| 6 | Ivan Fedyk | 12 | Tekhno-Centre Rohatyn |
| 9 | Georgiy Magriani | 11 | Podillya Khmelnytskyi |
Group B
Location map
Final standings
Top goalscorers
| Scorer | Goals | Team | |
| 1 | Oleksandr Antonenko | 17 | Systema-Boreks Borodianka |
| 2 | Oleksandr Kapusta | 16 | Olkom Melitopol |
| 2 | Serhiy Mamonov | 16 | Dynamo Simferopol |
| 4 | Stanislav Popov | 15 | Dynamo-3 Kyiv |
| 4 | Oleksandr Sydorenko | 15 | Systema-Boreks Borodianka |
| 6 | Yevhen Arbuzov | 14 | Tytan Armyansk |
| 7 | Vyacheslav Kudria | 13 | Cherkasy / Chornomorets-2 |
| 7 | Vyacheslav Polulyakh | 13 | Olkom Melitopol |
| 9 | Serhiy Ruzhytskyi | 11 | Hirnyk-Sport Komsomolsk |
| 10 | Andriy Kemen | 10 | Cherkasy |
Group C
Location map
Final standings
Top goalscorers
| Scorer | Goals | Team | |
| 1 | Oleksiy Yakymenko | 17 | Frunzenets Sumy |
| 2 | Oleksandr Kozhemyachenko | 15 | Desna Chernihiv |
| 3 | Gela Gabisonia | 14 | Sumy |
| 3 | Rais Terkulov | 14 | Mashynobudivnyk Druzhkivka |
| 5 | Agboh Patrick Umomo | 12 | Metalurh-2 Donetsk |
| 6 | Volodymyr Avramenko | 11 | Desna Chernihiv |
| 6 | Oleh Husyev | 11 | Frunzenets Sumy |
| 6 | Oleksandr Pomazanov | 11 | Avanhard Rovenky |
| 6 | Oleksandr Savanchuk | 11 | Stal-2 Alchevsk |