2001–02 Ukrainian Second League

The 2001–02 Ukrainian Second League was the 11th season of 3rd level professional football in Ukraine.

The competitions were divided into three groups according to geographical location in the country – A is western Ukraine, B is southern Ukraine and Crimea, and C is eastern Ukraine.

The groups were won respectively by FC Krasyliv, FC Systema-Boreks Borodianka and FC Sumy.

Promoted
The following team was promoted from the 2001 Ukrainian Football Amateur League:
 * FC Kovel-Volyn-2 – (debut)
 * FC SKA-Orbita Lviv – (debut)
 * FC Dnister Ovidiopol – (debut)
 * FC Stal Dniprodzerzhynsk – (debut, previously (16 seasons ago) played in the 1985 Soviet Second League as Metalurh Dniprodzerzhynsk)

The 2000 Ukrainian Football Amateur League participant:
 * FC Akademiya Irpin – (debut)

Also, eight more club was admitted additionally:
 * FC Zakarpattia-2 Uzhhorod – (debut)
 * FC Borysfen-2 Boryspil – (debut)
 * FC Metalurh-2 Donetsk – (debut)
 * FC Obolon-2 Kyiv – (returning after absence of a season)
 * FC Chornohora Ivano-Frankivsk– (debut, replacing relegated FC Prykarpattia-2 Ivano-Frankivsk)
 * FC Chaika-VMS Sevastopol – (returning after an absence of 6 seasons)
 * FC Torpedo Zaporizhzhia – (debut, previously (10 seasons ago) played in the 1991 Soviet Second League as Torpedo Zaporizhzhia)
 * FC Dynamo Simferopol – (debut)

Relegated

 * FC Bukovyna Chernivtsi – (returning after an absence of a season)
 * FC Cherkasy – (returning after an absence of 8 seasons, previously as Dnipro Cherkasy)
 * FC Spartak Sumy – (returning after an absence of 7 seasons, previously as Yavir Krasnopillia)

Withdrawn

 * FC Adoms Kremenchuk, withdrew before the season
 * FC Ternopil, being a farm team of FC Nyva Ternopil, it is forced relegation as Nyva was relegated to the league for the next season
 * FC Dnipro-3 Dnipropetrovsk was forced into relegation due to relegation of FC Dnipro-2 Dnipropetrovsk
 * FC Chaika-VMS Sevastopol, was replaced for the next season with FC Sevastopol
 * FC Frunzenets-Liha-99 Sumy was merged with FC Sumy
 * FC Tsementnyk-Khorda Mykolaiv withdrew during winter break
 * FC Dynamo Lviv, withdrew after the season
 * FC SKA-Orbita Lviv, withdrew after the season
 * FC Zakarpattia-2 Uzhhorod, withdrew after the season
 * FC Portovyk Illichivsk, withdrew after the season
 * FC Cherkasy, withdrew after the season
 * FC Mashynobudivnyk Druzhkivka, withdrew after the season
 * FC Oskil Kupyansk, withdrew after the relegation

Renamed / Relocated

 * FC Kalush changed its name to FC Lukor Kalush
 * FC Kovel-Volyn changed its name to FC Kovel-Volyn-2
 * FC Akademiya Irpin changed its name to FC Nafkom-Akademiya Irpin
 * FC Ternopil-Nyva-2 changed its name to FC Ternopil
 * FC Rihonda Bila Tserkva changed its name to FC Ros Bila Tserkva
 * FC Spartak Sumy changed its name to FC Sumy
 * FC Karpaty-2 changed its name to FC Karpaty-3 Lviv
 * FC Lviv (1992) in the First League after merger changed to Karpaty-2
 * FC Hazovyk Komarno moved to Stryi and changed its name to FC Hazovyk-Skala Stryi