2002–03 Ukrainian Second League

The 2002–03 Ukrainian Second League was the 12th 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 LUKOR Kalush, FC Nafkom-Academia Irpin and FC Zorya Luhansk.

Promoted
The following team was promoted from the 2002 Ukrainian Football Amateur League:
 * FC Systema KKhP Chernyakhiv – (debut)
 * FC Shakhtar Luhansk – (debut)
 * FC Yavir Krasnopilya – (debut, reinstated in 2000 in place of FC Yavir–Sumy)

The 2001 Ukrainian Football Amateur League participant:
 * FC Vuhlyk Dymytrov – (debut)

Also, one more club was admitted additionally:
 * PFC Sevastopol – (debut, last season Sevastopol was represented by FC Chayka-VMS Sevastopol)

Relegated

 * FC Nyva Ternopil – (debut, previously (11 seasons ago) played in the 1991 Soviet Second League as Nyva Ternopil)
 * FC Elektrometalurh-NZF Nikopol – (debut, previously (13 seasons ago) played in the 1989 Soviet Second League as Kolos Nikopol)
 * FC Dnipro-2 Dnipropetrovsk – (returning after an absence of 2 seasons)

Withdrew

 * FC Dynamo Lviv
 * FC SKA-Orbita Lviv
 * FC Zakarpattia-2 Uzhhorod
 * FC Cherkasy
 * FC Portovyk Illichivsk
 * FC Mashynobudivnyk Druzhkivka
 * FC Stal-2 Alchevsk

Renamed

 * FC Krystal Kherson changed its name to SC Kherson.
 * FC Metalurh-2 Mariupol changed its name to FC Illichivets-2 Mariupol.

Changed groups

 * FC Dynamo-3 Kyiv moved from B to A
 * FC Torpedo Zaporizhzhia moved from C to B