2016–17 Ukrainian Second League
The 2016–17 Ukrainian Second League is the 26th season of 3rd level professional football in Ukraine. The competition commenced on 23 July 2016 with one match from Round 1. The spring session started on 18 March 2017 with the competition ending on 2 June 2017. The fixtures were announced on 16 July 2016.
Team changes
Prior to the season commencing at the Conference of the PFL in preparation for the season the committee decided to expand the competition to 17 teams.Admitted teams
The following 10 teams were admitted by the PFL after participating in the 2016 Ukrainian Football Amateur League and passing attestation which continued until 15 July.- Balkany Zorya – champion '
- Illichivets-2 Mariupol – reserve competitions '
- Inhulets-2 Petrove – group stage '
- Metalurh Zaporizhya – group stage '
- Nyva-V Vinnytsia – group stage '
- Podillya Khmelnytskyi – group stage '
- Rukh Vynnyky – finalist '
- Sudnobudivnyk Mykolaiv – group stage '
- Teplovyk Ivano-Frankivsk – group stage '
- Zhemchuzhyna Odesa – quarterfinals '
Withdrawn teams
- Barsa Sumy withdrew from the PFL before the start of the 2016–17 season.
Relegated teams
Location map
The following displays the location of teams.Stadiums
The following stadiums are considered home grounds for the teams in the competition.| Rank | Stadium | Capacity | Club |
| 1 | Arena Lviv | 34,915 | Rukh Vynnyky |
| 2 | Central Stadium | 14,623 | Sudnobudivnyk Mykolaiv |
| 3 | Slavutych-Arena | 12,000 | Metalurh Zaporizhya |
| 4 | SC Podillya | 10,031 | Podillya Khmelnytskyi |
| 5 | Trudovi Reservy Stadium | 10,000 | Arsenal-Kyivshchyna Bila Tserkva |
| 6 | MCS Rukh | 6,500 | Teplovyk-Prykarpattia Ivano-Frankivsk |
| 7 | Spartak Stadium | 5,000 | Zhemchuzhyna Odesa Real Pharma Odesa |
| 8 | Krystal Stadium | 3,400 | Krystal Kherson |
| 9 | SC Nyva | 3,150 | Nyva-V Vinnytsia |
| 10 | Zakhidnyi Stadium | 3,206 | Illichivets-2 Mariupol |
| 11 | Enerhiya Stadium | 3,000 | Enerhiya Nova Kakhovka |
| 12 | Boris Tropaneț Stadium | 1,854 | Balkany Zorya |
| 13 | Inhulets Stadium | 1,720 | Inhulets-2 Petrove |
| 14 | Kremin-Arena | 1,566 | Kremin Kremenchuk |
| 15 | Elektrometalurh Stadium | 1,500 | FC Nikopol |
| 16 | Zatys | 1,250 | Myr Hornostayivka |
| 17 | Bohdan Markevych Stadium | 900 | Rukh Vynnyky |
Managers
Managerial changes
League table
Results
Position by round
Promotion play-off
The draw for promotion play-off scheduling was held on 3 June 2017.First leg
Second leg
PFC Sumy wins 3–1 on aggregate and remains in First League. FC Balkany Zorya loses but later was promoted to the 2017–18 Ukrainian First League, due to sanctions against FC Dnipro.Top goalscorers
The season top goalscorers were:| Rank | Scorer | Goals | Team |
| 1 |  Ihor Khudobyak | Teplovyk-Prykarpattya Ivano-Frankivsk | 25 |
| 2 | Roman Bochak | Enerhiya Nova Kakhovka | 22 |
| 2 | Artem Kozlov | Kremin Kremenchuk | 22 |
| 4 | Ruslan Palamar | Zhemchuzhyna Odesa | 20 |
| 5 | Serhiy Ursulenko | Balkany Zorya | 14 |
| 5 | Dmytro Shastal | Enerhiya Nova Kakhovka | 14 |
| 5 | Artur Kaskov | Metalurh Zaporizhya | 14 |
| 8 | Alisher Yakubov | Podillya Khmelnytskyi | 11 |
| 8 | Mykhailo Shestakov | Balkany / Zhemchuzhyna | 11 |
| 10 | Denys Breus | Arsenal-Kyivshchyna | 10 |
| 10 | Vitaliy Kolyesnykov | Inhulets-2 Petrove | 10 |
| 10 | Volodymyr Bidlovskyi | Rukh Vynnyky | 10 |
| 10 | Oleksandr Raichev | Balkany Zorya | 10 |
| 10 | Oleksandr Mishurenko | Inhulets-2 Petrove | 10 |
Awards
Round awards
Season awards
The laureates of the 2016–17 season were:- Best player: Ihor Khudobyak
- Best coach: Denys Kolchin
- Best goalscorer: Ihor Khudobyak