2010–11 Ukrainian Second League


The 2010–11 Ukrainian Second League was the 20th season of 3rd level professional football in Ukraine. The competitions were divided into two groups according to geographical location in the countryA is western and northern Ukraine and B is eastern and southern Ukraine.
The first game of the season was played on July 23, 2010 in Group A between Chornomorets-2 Odesa and Desna Chernihiv.
The competition had a winter break and resumed April 9, 2011 with a rescheduled match in Group B that was moved forward from its originally scheduled date of April 22, 2011.

Competition information

Note: Relegation from the League is not covered by the current regulations
The placing of teams in the table is done in the following order:
The next tie-break is a simple draw.

Team changes

Admitted teams

The following team was promoted from the 2010 Ukrainian Football Amateur League:
Also, two reserve teams were admitted:
Also, two teams were re-admitted:
The following teams were relegated from the 2009–10 Ukrainian First League:
;Notes:

Group A

Location map

Final standings

Expelled teams

Veres Rivne
On April 29, 2011, after trying to find financial solvency Veres Rivne were unable to find a financial sponsor, the PFL had no alternative but to expel the club from the PFL. The club was in 12th place and had lost all of their 15 games, including a technical 3–0 loss during the season. All of their spring fixtures were considered technical losses.

Renamed Teams

Skala Stryi
After playing their home games the first half of the season in Stryi, prior to the start of the spring season Skala Morshyn changed their name to Skala Stryi.

Results

Top goalscorers

ScorerGoals Team
1 Said Belmokhtar
12
Bastion Illichivsk/FC Sumy
1 Oleksandr Kozhemiachenko
12
Desna Chernihiv
3 Yevhen Falkovskiy
9
Enerhiya Nova Kakhovka
3 Bohdan Polyakhov
9
Bastion Illichivsk
3 Andriy Marushchuk
9
Yednist Plysky
6 Oleksiy Rodevych
8
MFK Mykolaiv
7 Valentyn Horkun
7
FC Sumy
7 Ihor Bezdolniy
7
MFK Mykolaiv
9 Andriy Slinkin
6
Chornomorets-2 Odesa
9 Oleksandr Nechyporuk
6
Bastion Illichivsk

Group B

Location map

Final standings

Withdrawn teams

Olkom Melitopol
On 7 February Olkom Melitopol informed the PFL that they ceased their operations and withdrew from the League during the mid-winter break. All of their spring fixtures are considered technical losses. The club played fourteen games in the League and had a record of 5 wins, 2 draws and 7 losses with 21 goals scored and 22 allowed.

Results

Top goalscorers

ScorerGoals Team
1 Vadym Shavrin
18
Olimpik Donetsk
2 Serhiy Stepanchuk
10
Kremin Kremenchuk
3 Anatoliy Pashkovsky
9
Hirnyk Kryvyi Rih
3 Kostiantyn Marchenko
9
FC Poltava
5 Evheniy Konkov
8
Metalurh-2 Zaporizhya
5 Dmytro Hunchenko
8
Illichivets-2 Mariupol
7 Hryhoriy Haranyan
7
Stal Dniprodzerzhynsk
7 Yuriy Kolomoyets
7
Hirnyk Kryvyi Rih
9 Serhiy Hvozdevych
6
Hirnyk Kryvyi Rih
9 Vyacheslav Pidnebennoy
6
Olimpik Donetsk
9 Serhiy Ryabtsev
6
Kremin Kremenchuk
9 Serhiy Savchenko
6
Stal Dniprodzerzhynsk
9 Vitaliy Sobko
6
Kremin Kremenchuk

Promotion Play-off

A playoff between the two second placed teams was played with the winner participating in another playoff game between the 16th placed team of the First League for a place in the 2011–12 Ukrainian First League competition.

First game

Second game

Stadia