1988 Soviet Second League, Zone 6
1988 Football Championship of Ukrainian SSR was the 58th season of association football competition of the Ukrainian SSR, which was part of the Soviet Second League.
The 1988 Football Championship of Ukrainian SSR was won for the second time by FC Bukovyna Chernivtsi. Unlike the last season Tavriya, Bukovyna failed to earn promotion to the First League as it lost the inter-zonal playoffs.
Teams
Promoted teams
- Dnipro Cherkasy – Champion of the Fitness clubs competitions ''''
Relegated teams
Relocated teams
- Prior to the start of the season Dynamo Bila Tserkva moved from Irpin to Bila Tserkva.
League standings
Top goalscorers
The following were the top ten goalscorers.| # | Scorer | Goals | Team |
| 1 | Stepan Pavlov | 36 | Chaika Sevastopol |
| 2 | Viktor Sakhno | 28 | SKA Odesa |
| 3 | Viktor Oliynyk | 24 | Bukovyna Chernivtsi |
| 4 | Mykola Samoilenko | 23 | Shakhtar Pavlohrad |
| 5 | Vitaliy Buhai | 22 | Podillya Khmelnytskyi |
| 5 | Oleksiy Varnavsky | 22 | Novator Zhdanov |
| 5 | Serhiy Shevchenko | 22 | Dnipro Cherkasy |