2017–18 Ukrainian Second League
The 2017–18 Ukrainian Second League was the 27th season since its establishment. The competition commenced on 14 July 2017. The league returned to the multiple group competition format after it was abandoned in 2013. Final composition of the league was approved at the PFL Conference on 21 June 2017.
The current season competition is in a triple round robin format for each group.
Group A commenced their winter break after the Round 7 postponed match was played on 12 November 2017. Group B will begin their winter break after the completion of Round 22 on 19 November 2017. Group B competitions resumed the spring session on 30 March 2018 and Group A on 31 March 2018.
Teams
On 21 June 2017, it was announced that 25 teams will play in two divisions, but later FC Balkany Zorya was transferred to the 2017–18 Ukrainian First League and FC Cherkaskyi Dnipro-2 withdrew from the competition, leaving 23 teams in the field.Promoted teams
The following six teams were promoted from the 2016–17 Ukrainian Football Amateur League:- Ahrobiznes Volochysk – group 1 winners, amateur champions '
- Metalist 1925 Kharkiv – group 2 winners '
- Polissya Zhytomyr – 6th place in group 2 '
- Nyva Ternopil – 7th place in group 1
- Tavriya Simferopol – 9th place in group 2 '
- FC Lviv – 10th place in group 1 '
- SC Dnipro-1 – '
- MFC Mykolaiv-2 –
Relegated teams
- FC Dnipro – 11th place '
- Bukovyna Chernivtsi – 16th place '
- Skala Stryi – 17th place '
- FC Ternopil – 18th place '
Renamed teams
- Teplovyk-Prykarpattia Ivano-Frankivsk – prior to the start of the season the club was renamed to FC Prykarpattia Ivano-Frankivsk.
Withdrawn teams
- Illichivets-2 Mariupol – before the start of the season, the club chose to compete in the Under-21 league.
- Cherkaskyi Dnipro-2 – initially, the team passed attestation and was admitted to the PFL, but before the start of the season general director of FC Cherkaskyi Dnipro announced that the club's second team won't take part in professional competitions. The President of the PFL expressed a hope that the league would find a replacement. but no other teams entered the competition.
- FC Ternopil – After competing in four matches on 15 August 2017 the club informed the PFL that they are withdrawing from the competition. PFL annulled all their matches.
Location map
Stadiums
| Team | Stadium | Position in 2016–17 |
| FC Dnipro | Dnipro-Arena | PL, 11th |
| FC Dnipro | Indoor Arena Dnipro-1 Training Base | PL, 11th |
| FC Dnipro | Metalurh Stadium | PL, 11th |
| SC Dnipro-1 | Dnipro-Arena | – |
| SC Dnipro-1 | Indoor Arena at Dnipro-1 Training Base | – |
| Enerhiya Nova Kakhovka | Enerhiya Stadium | 8th |
| Inhulets-2 Petrove | Povoroznyuk Stadium | 6th |
| Metalist 1925 Kharkiv | Metalist Stadium | Am2, 1st |
| Metalurh Zaporizhya | Metalurh Training Base | 16th |
| MFC Mykolaiv-2 | Central City Stadium | – |
| MFC Mykolaiv-2 | Park Peremohy Stadium | – |
| Myr Hornostayivka | Zatys Stadium | 9th |
| Myr Hornostayivka | Start Stadium, Novotroitske, Kherson Oblast | 9th |
| FC Nikopol | Elektrometalurh Stadium | 11th |
| Real Pharma Odesa | Ivan Stadium | 5th |
| Sudnobudivnyk Mykolaiv | Central City Stadium | 17th |
| Sudnobudivnyk Mykolaiv | Park Peremohy Stadium | 17th |
| Sudnobudivnyk Mykolaiv | Mashynobudivnyk Stadium | 17th |
| Tavriya Simferopol | Mashynobudivnyk Stadium | Am2, 9th |
| Tavriya Simferopol | Enerhiya Stadium | Am2, 9th |
Managers
Managerial changes
Group A
League table
Results
Due to withdrawal of FC Ternopil, after the first full round the season calendar for Group A was redrawn on 7 September.Position by round
Top goalscorers
| Rank | Scorer | Team | Goals |
| 1 |  Ihor Khudobyak | Prykarpattia Ivano-Frankivsk | 19 |
| 1 | Bohdan Semenets | Ahrobiznes Volochysk | 19 |
| 3 | Vitaliy Hrusha | Ahrobiznes Volochysk | 15 |
| 4 | Serhiy Kyslenko | FC Lviv | 8 |
| 4 | Andriy Skakun | Ahrobiznes Volochysk | 8 |
| 4 | Mykola Temnyuk | Ahrobiznes Volochysk | 8 |
| 4 | Vadym Shavrin | Polissya Zhytomyr | 8 |
| 8 | Roman Dytko | Prykarpattia Ivano-Frankivsk | 7 |
| 8 | Roman Kuzmyn | Prykarpattia Ivano-Frankivsk | 7 |
| 8 | Oleksandr Yurchak | Ahrobiznes Volochysk | 7 |
Group B
League table
Results
Position by round
Top goalscorers
| Rank | Scorer | Team | Goals |
| 1 | Serhiy Davydov | Metalist 1925 Kharkiv | 23 |
| 2 | Vadym Voronchenko | Tavriya Simferopol | 18 |
| 3 | Ihor Kohut | SC Dnipro-1 | 15 |
| 4 | Roman Bochak | Enerhiya Nova Kakhovka | 14 |
| 4 | Dmytro Shastal | Enerhiya Nova Kakhovka | 14 |
| 6 | Artem Dovbyk | FC Dnipro | 12 |
| 7 | Serhiy Molochko | Enerhiya Nova Kakhovka | 11 |
| 7 | Vladyslav Voitsekhovskyi | SC Dnipro-1 | 11 |
| 7 | Yaroslav Zakharchenko | Real Pharma Odesa | 11 |
| 7 | Ivan Dotsenko | Myr Hornostayivka | 11 |
Championship game
On 1 December 2017, at a session of the PFL council of leagues a decision was made to conduct a Championship game between winners of Group A and Group B. The championship game was played as a single game held on a neutral field. Ahrobiznes won the Second League Group A and qualified for the Championship game on 12 May 2018. On the same day, Dnipro-1 secured the Group B champion title after a win over FC Nikopol.----
Ahrobiznes Volochysk are crowned Champions of the Ukrainian Second League for the 2017–18 season
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Awards
Round awards
The 2017 annual coaching laureates
The best coaches were identified by the All-Ukrainian Football Coaches Association.Season awards
The laureates of the 2017–18 season were:- Best player: Ihor Khudobyak
- Best coach: Dmytro Mykhaylenko
- Top goalscorer: Serhiy Davydov
- Fair Play award: Ahrobiznes Volochysk