2003–04 Ukrainian Second League

The 2003–04 Ukrainian Second League was the 13th 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.

Promoted
The following team was promoted from the 2003 Ukrainian Football Amateur League:
 * FC Cherkasy – (returning after an absence of a seasons)
 * FC Hazovyk-KhGV Kharkiv – (debut)
 * FC Helios Kharkiv – (debut)
 * FC Ikva Mlyniv – (debut, admitted in place of FC Kovel-Volyn-2)
 * FC Krymteplytsia Molodizhne – (debut)
 * FC Rava Rava-Ruska – (debut)
 * FC Vodnyk Mykolaiv – (debut)

Also, three more clubs were admitted additionally:
 * FC Arsenal-2 Kyiv – (debut)
 * FC Kryvbas-2 Kryvyi Rih – (returning after an absence of a seasons)
 * FC Palmira Odesa – (debut)

Relegated
Only one team was relegated from the 2002–03 Ukrainian First League.
 * FC Sokil Zolochiv – 18th place (returning after a season)

Renamed / reorganized

 * FC Karpaty-3 Lviv changed its name to FC Halychyna-Karpaty Lviv.
 * FC LUKOR Kalush (last year winner) changed its name to FC Prykarpattia Kalush after merging with FC Prykarpattia Ivano-Frankivsk.
 * The second half of the season it changed to FC Spartak-2 Ivano-Frankivsk.
 * FC Dynamo Simferopol changed its name to FC Dynamo-Ihroservice Simferopol.
 * FC Avanhard Rovenky changed its name to FC Avanhard-Inter Rovenky.
 * FC Avanhard Rovenky at first merged with FC Inter Luhansk, later with FC Molniya Severodonetsk continuing to play as Avanhard-Inter.

Before

 * FC Sokil Zolochiv, recently relegated from the 2002–03 Ukrainian First League it withdrew before the season
 * FC Shakhtar Luhansk, a last season group runner-up, it folded before the season
 * FC Systema-KKhP Chernyakhiv, a single season team, it withdrew before the season
 * FC Kovel-Volyn-2 failed to obtain license for the season

During

 * FC Vodnyk Mykolaiv, withdrew at mid-season
 * FC Elektron Romny, withdrew just before the end of the season
 * FC Arsenal-2 Kyiv, withdrew just before the end of the season

After

 * FC Avanhard Rovenky, replaced with FC Molniya Severodonetsk at the end of the season
 * FC Podillya Khmelnytskyi, merged with FC Krasyliv-Obolon as FC Podillya Khmelnytskyi
 * FC Borysfen-2 Boryspil
 * FC Karpaty-Halychyna Lviv
 * FC Chornomorets-2 Odesa, transitioned into reserve championship
 * FC Kryvbas-2 Kryvyi Rih, transitioned into reserve championship
 * FC Dnipro-2 Dnipropetrovsk, transitioned into reserve championship
 * FC Metalurh-2 Donetsk, transitioned into reserve championship

Changed groups

 * Borysfen-2 Boryspil from Group B to A
 * Obolon-2 Kyiv from Group B to A
 * Metalurh-2 Zaporizhzhia from Group B to C