1997–98 Ukrainian Second League

The 1997–98 Ukrainian Second League was the seventh season of 3rd level professional football in Ukraine. The competition commenced on 31 July 1997 and ended on 29 June 1998.

Group A

Promoted teams

Tsementnyk-Khorda Mykolaiv - Runner-up of the Amateur League '
Naftovyk Dolyna - Third of the Amateur League '
Dynamo-3 Kyiv - Group 3 third of the Amateur League '
Berkut Bedevlia - Group 1 last of the Amateur League '
Borysfen Boryspil - undetermined
Karpaty-2 Lviv - undetermined ''''

Relegated teams

Podillia Khmelnytskyi - Placed 22nd in the First League '
Veres Rivne - Placed 23rd in the First League '
Krystal Chortkiv - Placed 24th in the First League ''''

Top goalscorers

	Scorer	Team	Goals
1	Yuriy Bakhovskyi	Veres Rivne	16
2	Pavlo Onysko	Karpaty-2 Lviv	14
2	Viktor Danylychyn	Krystal Chortkiv	14
4	Vasyl Bondarchuk	Podillya Khmelnytskyi	12
4	Volodymyr Ivakhnyuk	FC Kalush	12

Group B

Promoted teams

Chornomorets Sevastopol - Fourth of the Amateur League '
Dynamo Odesa - undetermined '
SKA-Lotto Odesa - winner of the Odesa Oblast championship as Lotto Odesa '
Fortuna Sharhorod - winner of the Vinnytsia Oblast championship '
Dnipro-2 Dnipropetrovsk - undetermined
Zirka-NIBAS-2 Kirovohrad - undetermined ''''

Relegated teams

SC Odesa - Placed 21st in the First League ''''

Group C

Promoted teams

Elektron Romny - Winner of the Amateur League '
Metalurh Komsomolske - Fifth of the Amateur League '
Pivdenstal Yenakieve - Sixth of the Amateur League '
Slovianets Konotop - Group 3 runner-up of the Amateur League '
Avers Bakhmach - Group 5 runner-up of the Amateur League '
Vorskla-2 Poltava - undetermined '
Hirnyk Pavlohrad - undetermined
Metalurh-2 Donetsk - undetermined ''''

Post season play-offs

Relegation play-offs (1st leg)

''Zirka-2 Kirovohrad won on walkover after Kharchovyk Popivka withdrew from the play-offs.''

Relegation play-offs (2nd leg)

Tysmenytsia won 4–1 on aggregate.
''Shakhtar Horlivka won on walkover after Hirnyk Pavlohrad did not arrive.''