Only just died down battles in the second ranking division of the country. The second part of the season will begin in spring, to be exact - at the end of March.. So, it's time to sum up the intermediate results and evaluate the clubs that are the most likely candidates for promotion..

Dnepr-1 Trainer - Dmitry Mikhaylenko Leaders - Sergey Kravchenko, Stanislav Kulish, Igor Kogut, Vladimir Polevoy The leadership of the UK Dnepr-1 obviously made it clear from the first days of the foundation that the club was created seriously and for a long time. Despite the twofold attitude towards the team, even in his native city (even the amateur Dnieper is ready to support there, but not the brainchild of Yuri Bereza), the gradual movement towards the elite was taken for granted. Initially, everything was built and adjusted to success.. Dmitry Mikhaylenko, who created a good team of young people and a few aksakals, quickly put the game, and the second league was completed without a hitch, without a hitch. In addition, the Dnieper-1 “pretty badly” in the Cup of the country, where only in the semi-final gave way to the venerable Dynamo.

Last season was just a springboard to new heights.. It was noticeable that such guys as “Pirlo Dnieper” Sergey Kravchenko, Vladimir Polevoy and Sergey Loginov clearly pull two levels higher, and the first division will be taken as a blitzkrieg. Strengthening pointwise, but very qualitatively (Sergey Chebotaev, Alexey Chichikov, Stanislav Kulish, promising Alexander Nazarenko), the Dnipro immediately set maximum guidelines..

Mikhailenko’s plan is still one hundred percent. The team shows the most interesting football in the league, and most experts are already putting Dnieper-1 on the same level as the UPL teams. And it is absolutely the case! In 17 fights, “yellow-blacks” won 14 victories with one draw and two defeats.. 46:10 goal difference is also impressive. By the way, both defeats fell on home games. The ringing blow from the rival Metalist 1925 (0: 2) and the sensational breach from Obolon-Browar (1: 3) were painful, but at the same time, necessary. Mykhaylenko quickly made conclusions, and Dnepr-1 returned to the winning track.

Further club prospects are seen as favorable.. It is unlikely that the team Mikhailenko will miss the first place, besides in the winter it will certainly receive a qualitative boost. Of course, already with the expectation of the Premier League. The recognized scorer of the lower divisions and the best goalscorer at the moment (10 goals) Stanislav Kulish will try to continue to stamp goals, and the most experienced Kravchenko will definitely please with the perfect execution of penalty kicks.. Well, at the Dnieper-Arena, we will again hear the loud: “Only the Dnieper, only victory”.

Metalist 1925 Coach - Alexander Goryainov Leaders - Sergey Davydov, Sergey Romanov, Oleg Sinitsa, Alexander Zhdanov So, as they like football in Kharkiv - probably, not only Ukrainian big cities can envy. Yes, Metalist 1925 is just as old-fashioned as the Dnieper-1, but that's not the point.. Even at the renting USC Metalist Miner, people are much less drawn up than to their own team with such a favorite name and colors. That is what true patriotism means! Of course, Kharkiv fans are asleep and they see that their new favorites with the prefix will repeat the glory of the good old Metalist who has sunk into oblivion.. In the mass consciousness, the team of Alexander Goryainov is seen to continue the traditions of the flagship of local football.. Even taking into account the fact that Metalist 1925 is a different legal entity ... At the time of ambition there are results. True, it all began in the first league for the team is very strained. Sergey Valyaev, it would seem, only groped for the winning thread, when suddenly, out of nowhere ... got a leave. Miracles, and only. Another legendary Metalist player Alexander Goryainov became a mentor (or rather, an acting officer).. Not so long ago, having played his farewell match, a long-term favorite of the Kharkiv torsydy, rolling up his sleeves got down to business, and by the winter break, brought the club to an intermediate second position. It should be said, at hand at the coach - not the strongest set of performers. For the most part, this is a local hungry for victories and young people coming in, diluted by several veterans (Alexander Zhdanov, Sergey Davydov). However, by the end of the autumn, the Goryainov team had played out, and even managed to get rid of Volyn (1: 0), one of the main competitors..

Prospects? Much will depend on the winter break.. Will there be funds for the necessary replenishment, or will Metalist 1925 have to spin on old baggage?. Undoubtedly, Kharkiv, like no other city, dreams of returning to the elite football map. And the USC Metalist stands will not be empty for sure!.

Volyn Trainer - Andrei Tlumak Leaders - Denis Kozhanov, Sergey Siminin, Vitaly Nedilko Will you be the third? I will. This is me about luchans. Represent Volyn without Vitaly Kvartsyanyy? ! But the team, already under the leadership of Andrei Tlumak, is eager to return to the cohort of the strongest. Last season, the Luchans barely, but still kept their place in the first division, and in the spring it became obvious that much more serious tasks would be set in the summer. Tlumak, who had been fruitfully working with the youth of the Carpathians before, managed to build a good team, where there was a place for the most experienced craftsmen and outspoken nouveys.

Mentor really infected wards dream to rise in class, and Volyn, as they say, rushed. The team played efficiently and even somehow had fun, and Denis Kozhanov demonstrated his high class again and again. A small recession fell on the very end, when the frontal battle in Kharkov was lost (1: 0) and the defense of the outsider of Agribusiness was not opened (0: 0). In the last match, by the way, the absence of the disqualified Kozhanov was strongly felt, on which the game of the “crusaders” very much depends ... In the winter, Volhyn certainly counts on staffing. The financial situation, by the standards of our football, is quite positive in Lutsk, so everything should work out with newbies. In addition, Volyn, in contrast to the Dnieper-1 and Metalworker 1925 (with all the understandable background), you can’t call the UPL debutant. Only one thing is interesting.

In the event of a potential increase in class, will the offensive Vitaly Kvartsyanyi not return to the coaching bridge a symbol of local football? !.

In the first league, everything will be finally decided only in the spring.. It is quite possible that the strong Kolos from the picturesque Kovalevka, the Kramatorsk Avant-garde or the young and perky Kiev Obolon-Brovar will also be added to the teams named.. The option with the possible expansion of the UPL is not excluded, and then the elite will actually be able to replenish as many as five clubs.. The most interesting is just beginning!.