2007) FC Sokil Zolochiv (dissolved in 2003) second teams: Ternopil-Nyva-2, FC Dnipro-3 Dnipropetrovsk, FC Cherkasy-2, FC Metalurh-2 Mariupol, FC Stal-2 Alchevsk, FC Shakhtar-3 Donetsk, SSSOR-Metalurh Zaporizhzhia 2001–02 season FC Chornohora Ivano-Frankivsk (dissolved in 2006) FC Chaika Sevastopol (dissolved in 2002) FC Dynamo Simferopol (dissolved in 2009) FC Torpedo Zaporizhzhia (relegated in 2003) second teams: FC Zakarpattia-2 Uzhhorod, FC Borysfen-2 Boryspil, FC Obolon-2 Kyiv, FC Metalurh-2 Donetsk, FC Karpaty-2 Lviv replaced FC Lviv (1992) and at the same time FC Karpaty-3 Lviv replaced FC Karpaty-2 Lviv (also there was admitted FC Kovel-Volyn-2 in place of FC Kovel) 2002–03 season PFC Sevastopol (dissolved in 2014, due to the Russian aggression against Ukraine) second teams: none (introduction of the Ukrainian junior competitions among professional teams) 2003–04 season FC Palmira Odesa (dissolved in 2005) second teams: FC Kryvbas-2 Kryvyi Rih, FC Arsenal-2 Kyiv (FC Spartak-2 Kalush replaced promotable FC LUKOR Kalush to avoid relegation of FC Spartak Ivano-Frankivsk) 2004–05 season FC Fakel Ivano-Frankivsk (dissolved in 2012) PFC Oleksandriya MFC Oleksandriya second teams: none (introduction of Ukrainian junior competitions among top league teams) 2005–06 season FC Kharkiv (promoted to the top league instead of FC Arsenal Kharkiv) FC Knyazha Shchaslyve MFC Zhytomyr (FC Polissya Zhytomyr withdrew and its place were created MFC Zhytomyr and OFC Zhytychi Zhytomyr) FC Yalos Yalta second teams: FC Kryvbas-2 Kryvyi Rih, FC Nyva-2 Vinnytsia, FC Kharkiv-2 2006–07 season Second League reduced to two groups none 2007–08 season FC Korosten FC Komunalnyk Luhansk FC Poltava FC Titan Donetsk FC Olimpik Kirovohrad second teams: none 2008–09 season second teams: FC Desna-2 Chernihiv, FC Knyazha-2 Shchaslyve, PFC Sevastopol-2 2009–10 season FC Morshyn (later changed to FC Skala Stryi (2004)) second teams: FC Lviv-2 2010–11 season second teams: FC Chornomorets-2 Odesa, FC Dnipro-2 Dnipropetrovsk 2011–12 season second teams: FC Sevastopol-2 2012–13 season second teams: FC Poltava-2-Karlivka (later FC Karlivka), FC Obolon-2 Kyiv 2013–14 season Second League reduced to a single group none 2014–15 season none (no promotions whatsoever) 2015–16 season FC Veres Rivne FC Arsenal-Kyiv FC Barsa Sumy second teams: none 2016–17 season second teams: FC Illichivets-2 Mariupol 2017–18 season Second League returned to two groups SC Dnipro-1 second teams: MFC Mykolaiv-2 2018–19 season none, the newly promoted FC Lviv has swapped places with the Premier League club FC Veres Rivne List of clubs that were merged (split) FC Arsenal Kyiv (originally as FC Boryspil) FC Nyva Myronivka (1993–94) FC CSKA Kyiv (1995–2001) FC