Promoted teams The final composition of the league was adopted at the PFL Conference on 27 June 2018. In the midst of the previous season some several amateur teams expressed their intention to play in Druha Liha. The following teams have been admitted from the
2017–18 Ukrainian Football Amateur League: •
Chaika Petropavlivska Borshchahivka – 5th place of Group 2
(debut) •
Hirnyk Kryvyi Rih – 5th place of Group 3
(returning after an absence of five seasons) •
Metalurh Zaporizhya – 4th place of Group 3
(debut, a club with the same name competed last season) •
FC Kalush – 5th place of Group 1
(returning after an absence of thirteen seasons) •
Krystal Kherson – 2nd place of Group 3
(returning after an absence of a season after reorganization) •
FC Mynai – 1st place of Group 1
(debut) Relegated teams There were two teams relegated from the
2017–18 Ukrainian First League: •
Kremin Kremenchuk – 16th place
(returning after an absence of a season) •
Cherkaskyi Dnipro – 17th place
(returning after an absence of three seasons), later dissolved and reorganized as
FC Cherkashchyna-Akademiya Bilozirya Swapped teams •
Veres Rivne – 6th place of the
2017–18 Ukrainian Premier League (returning after an absence of two seasons). The club passed attestation
Renamed/reformed teams •
FC Cherkaskyi Dnipro was dissolved in July 2018, and reorganized as
FC Cherkashchyna-Akademiya Bilozirya based on its academy from
Bilozirya assumed the place of Cherkaskyi Dnipro in the Second League instead. •
FC Nyva-V Vinnytsia renamed themselves back to their former name
FC Nyva Vinnytsia.
Expelled/withdrawn teams •
Naftovyk-Ukrnafta Okhtyrka – passed attestation and even was given opportunity to return to the First League, but
Okhtyrka city mayor Ihor Alekseyev confirmed in May that the club was dissolved by its main sponsor
Ukrnafta. The final decision about the team participation in the season was announced on 11 July 2018, and the season calendar was published without team from Okhtyrka. •
Arsenal-Kyivshchyna Bila Tserkva – failed attestation •
FC Dnipro – the club failed attestation for the season and were approved by the
FIFA Disciplinary Committee to be relegated to a lower classification level due to unpaid old debts •
FC Metalurh Zaporizhzhia – prior to attestation, the club merged with
FC Spartak-KPU Zaporizhzhia (a team of local university,
KPU), but on 6 June 2018, the club failed attestation for the season and the club's administration decided to dissolve the team •
Inhulets-2 Petrove – the main club's administration of
Inhulets Petrove decided to dissolve the second team •
Sudnobudivnyk Mykolaiv – failed attestation On 14 June 2018, there appeared information that the club will merge its academy with
FC Volyn Lutsk.
Location map The following map displays the location of teams. Group A teams marked in red. Group B teams marked in green.
Stadiums ;Group A ;Group B
Notes: •
Chaika although located in
Petropavlivska Borshchahivka in
Kyiv-Sviatoshyn Raion outside the city limits of
Kyiv began the competition playing in Lyutizh,
Vyshhorod Raion since their usual home ground, Kozak-Arena was not in a prepared state. •
Cherkashchyna-Akademiya play their home matches in the Zorya Stadium, located in
Bilozirya in
Cherkasy Raion near the city of
Cherkasy. •
Polissya Zhytomyr continue to play their home games in
Novohrad-Volynskyi due to the construction of both Central Stadium and Spartak Stadium Following the winter break the club moved its home games to the Kyiv's suburb
Shchaslyve. • Due to the unavailability of
Avanhard Stadium,
Veres Rivne play in
Mlyniv. •
Tavriya Simferopol continue to play their home matches in
Beryslav although they had registered to play at Enerhiya Stadium in
Nova Kakhovka. All matches will be played in
Kherson Oblast of Ukraine due to the
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