1992–93 Vyshcha Liha

The 1992–93 Vyshcha Liha season was the second since its establishment. Tavriya Simferopol were the defending champions, having won their 1st national league title in history. A total of sixteen teams participated in the competition, fourteen of them contested the 1992 season while the remaining two were promoted from the Ukrainian First League.

Vyshcha Liha

Season	1992–93
Champions	FC Dynamo Kyiv 1st title
Relegated	none
Champions League	Dynamo Kyiv
Cup Winners' Cup	Karpaty Lviv
UEFA Cup	Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk
Matches played	240
Goals scored	562 (2.34 per match)
Top goalscorer	(17) Serhiy Husiev (Chornomorets)
Biggest home win	Dynamo 6–0 Veres Metalist 6–0 Zoria Bukovyna 6–0 Kremin
Biggest away win	Tavria 0–5 Dynamo Bukovyna 0–5 Dynamo
Highest scoring	Karpaty 4–3 Chornomorets Shakhtar 6–1 Volyn
Highest attendance	40,000 – Dnipro–Dynamo
Average attendance	High - Dynamo Kyiv (8,990), Low - Tavriya Simferopol (3,706)
← 1992 1993–94 →

The competition began on August 15, 1992, with four games finishing on June 20, 1993. The competition was suspended for the winter break on November 22, 1992, and resumed on March 14, 1993.

On June 20, 1993 Dynamo Kyiv earned their first Ukrainian title with a 4–1 away victory over Kremin Kremenchuk. The Kyivan club was declared a champion by the goal difference as both Dynamo and Dnipro finished equal on points. The teams met just three rounds before the end in Dnipropetrovsk where Dnipro was victorious by a minimum margin thanks to the goal of Yuriy Maksymov.

Anatoliy Puzach was replaced as the coach of Dynamo Kyiv following its disastrous rendezvous with Belgian Anderlecht yielding it 2-7 on an aggregate and losing at home 0-3.

Teams

Promotions

• Veres Rivne, the champion of the 1992 Ukrainian First League (Group A) – (debut)
• Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih, the champion of the 1992 Ukrainian First League (Group B) – (debut)

Kryvbas is a multi-times champion of the Championship of the Ukrainian SSR.

No relegation at the end of the season as the league was scheduled to be expanded to 18 participants.

Bukovyna

Chornomorets

Dnipro

Dynamo

Kryvbas

Karpaty

Kremin

Metalist

Nyva

Tavriya

Shakhtar

Veres

Volyn

Zaporizhzhia

Zorya-MALS

Zaporizhzhia teams:
Metalurh
Torpedo

Locations of teams home grounds in Ukrainian Premier League 1992-93

Stadiums

Rank	Stadium	Place	Club	Capacity	Notes
1	Republican Stadium	Kyiv	Dynamo Kyiv	100,062
2	BSS Stadium	Odesa	Chornomorets Odesa	34,362
3	Avanhard Stadium	Luhansk	Zorya Luhansk	32,243
4	Shakhtar Stadium	Donetsk	Shakhtar Donetsk	31,718
5	Metalist Stadium	Kharkiv	Metalist Kharkiv	30,000
6	Metalurh Stadium	Kryvyi Rih	Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih	29,734
7	Ukraina Stadium	Lviv	Karpaty Lviv	28,051
8	Meteor Stadium	Dnipro	FC Dnipro	24,381
9	Avanhard Stadium	Rivne	Veres Rivne	20,000
10	RSC Lokomotyv	Simferopol	Tavriya Simferopol	19,978
11	Central Stadium	Ternopil	Nyva Ternopil	15,150
12	AvtoZAZ Stadium	Zaporizhzhia	Torpedo Zaporizhzhia	15,000
13	Avanhard Stadium	Lutsk	Volyn Lutsk	12,080
14	Bukovyna Stadium	Chernivtsi	Bukovyna Chernivtsi	12,000
15	Dnipro Stadium	Kremenchuk	FC Kremin Kremenchuk	11,300
16	Metalurh Stadium	Zaporizhzhia	Metalurh Zaporizhzhia	11,883

Notes:

Managers

Club	Coach	Replaced Coach(es)	Home stadium
FC Dynamo Kyiv	Mykhailo Fomenko	Anatoliy Puzach Yozhef Sabo	Republican Stadium
FC Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk	Mykola Pavlov		Meteor Stadium
FC Chornomorets Odesa	Viktor Prokopenko		Black Sea Shipping Stadium
FC Shakhtar Donetsk	Valery Yaremchenko		Shakhtar Stadium
FC Metalist Kharkiv	Sergei Dotsenko	Leonid Tkachenko Viktor Aristov	Metalist Stadium
FC Karpaty Lviv	Myron Markevych		Ukraina Stadium
FC Metalurh Zaporizhzhia	Janis Skredelis[1]	Ihor Nadein 15 games	Metalurh Stadium
FC Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih	Ihor Nadein	Volodymyr Sryzhevskyi Valentyn Laktionov	Metalurh Stadium
FC Kremin Kremenchuk	Boris Streltsov		Dnipro Stadium
SC Tavriya Simferopol	Anatoliy Zayaev		Lokomotyv Stadium
FC Volyn Lutsk	Roman Pokora		Avanhard Stadium
FC Bukovyna Chernivtsi	Oleksandr Pavlenko		Bukovyna Stadium
FC Torpedo Zaporizhzhia	Viktor Matviyenko	Yevhen Lemeshko	AvtoZAZ Stadium
FC Nyva Ternopil	Leonid Buriak	Leonid Koltun	City Stadium
FC Zorya-MALS	Anatoliy Kuksov		Avanhard Stadium
FC Veres Rivne	Mykhailo Dunets	Viktor Nosov Vasiliy Kurilov	Avanhard Stadium

Managerial changes

Team	Outgoing head coach	Manner of departure	Date of vacancy	Table	Incoming head coach	Date of appointment	Table
FC Bukovyna Chernivtsi	Yukhym Shkolnykov			pre-season	Oleksandr Pavlenko		pre-season
FC Kremin Kremenchuk	Volodymyr Lozynskyi			pre-season	Boris Streltsov		pre-season
FC Volyn Lutsk	Myron Markevych			pre-season	Roman Pokora		pre-season
FC Karpaty Lviv	Stepan Yurchyshyn			pre-season	Myron Markevych		pre-season
FC Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih	Volodymyr Sryzhevskyi		October 12, 1992		Valentyn Laktionov	October 12, 1992
FC Veres Rivne	Viktor Nosov		October 12, 1992		Vasiliy Kurilov	October 12, 1992
FC Dynamo Kyiv	Anatoliy Puzach	sacked	November 10, 1992	2	Yozhef Sabo	November 10, 1992	2
FC Metalist Kharkiv	Leonid Tkachenko				Viktor Aristov
FC Metalurh Zaporizhzhia	Ihor Nadein				Janis Skredelis
FC Veres Rivne	Vasiliy Kurilov				Mykhailo Dunets
FC Dynamo Kyiv	Yozhef Sabo	replaced	February 1993	2	Mykhailo Fomenko	February 1993	2
FC Nyva Ternopil	Leonid Koltun				Leonid Buriak
FC Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih	Valentyn Laktionov		March 15, 1993		Ihor Nadein	March 15, 1993
FC Torpedo Zaporizhzhia	Yevhen Lemeshko		April 1, 1993		Viktor Matviyenko	April 1, 1993
FC Metalist Kharkiv	Viktor Aristov		June 1, 1993		Sergei Dotsenko	June 1, 1993

Qualification to European competitions for 1993–94

• Following the agreement between UEFA, Russia and Ukraine, Russia inherited the 1992 European ranking of Soviet Union, while Ukraine was awarded a slot of defunct East Germany for the 1993–94 UEFA Cup. The Ukrainian Cup winner qualifies for the 1993–94 European Cup Winners' Cup qualifying round.

Qualified Teams

• During the 27th Round, Dynamo Kyiv qualified for European football for the 1993–94 season.
• After the 29th Round, Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk qualified for European football for the 1993–94 season.
• After the 30th Round, Karpaty Lviv qualified for the 1993–94 European Cup Winners' Cup, Dynamo qualified for the 1993–94 UEFA Champions League, Dnipro qualified for the 1993–94 UEFA Cup.

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Dynamo Kyiv[a] (C)	30	18	8	4	59	14	+45	44	Qualification to Champions League first round
2	Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk	30	18	8	4	51	20	+31	44	Qualification to UEFA Cup first round
3	Chornomorets Odesa	30	17	4	9	43	31	+12	38
4	Shakhtar Donetsk	30	11	12	7	44	32	+12	34
5	Metalist Kharkiv	30	12	7	11	37	34	+3	31
6	Karpaty Lviv[a]	30	10	10	10	37	38	−1	30	Qualification to Cup Winners' Cup qualifying round
7	Metalurh Zaporizhzhia	30	10	9	11	38	35	+3	29
8	Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih	30	8	11	11	27	40	−13	27
9	Kremin Kremenchuk	30	8	11	11	23	40	−17	27
10	Tavriya Simferopol	30	11	4	15	30	39	−9	26
11	Volyn Lutsk	30	10	6	14	37	54	−17	26
12	Bukovyna Chernivtsi	30	9	8	13	27	32	−5	26
13	Torpedo Zaporizhzhia	30	9	7	14	32	40	−8	25
14	Nyva Ternopil	30	8	9	13	22	25	−3	25
15	Zorya-MALS Luhansk	30	10	4	16	26	46	−20	24
16	Veres Rivne	30	9	6	15	29	42	−13	24

Source: uafootball.net.ua
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Matches won; 3) Goal difference; 4) Goals scored; 5) Head-to-head points; 6) Head-to-head matches won; 7) Head-to-head goal difference; 8) Head-to-head goals scored.
(C) Champions
Notes:

1. Participant of the 1993 Ukrainian Cup Final

• Dynamo Kyiv won its first championship title by earning the 18th win of the season in the Round 30 away against Kremin Kremenchuk at Dnipro Stadium, Kremenchuk on June 20, 1993.

Results

Home \ Away	BUC	CHO	DNI	DYK	KAR	KRE	KRY	MKH	MZA	NVT	SHA	TAV	TZA	VER	VOL	ZOR
Bukovyna Chernivtsi	—	2–0	0–0	0–5	4–2	6–0	0–0	2–0	0–1	0–0	0–1	2–0	0–1	1–0	1–1	2–1
Chornomorets Odesa	1–2	—	1–0	1–1	4–0	3–0	1–0	3–0	1–0	1–0	1–2	1–0	2–1	1–0	3–1	2–1
Dnipro	5–1	3–1	—	1–0	1–0	2–0	0–0	2–1	4–1	3–1	3–1	3–0	3–1	4–1	2–0	4–0
Dynamo Kyiv	1–0	1–0	2–1	—	0–0	5–0	1–1	2–0	4–1	1–0	2–0	1–0	4–0	6–0	0–0	4–0
Karpaty Lviv	3–1	4–3	1–1	0–0	—	0–0	1–0	0–0	2–0	2–0	1–1	2–0	3–1	2–1	2–1	3–1
Kremin Kremenchuk	0–0	1–1	2–0	1–4	0–0	—	1–1	0–0	0–1	1–1	2–1	0–0	1–1	1–0	3–0	1–0
Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih	0–1	1–1	2–2	1–0	3–2	1–2	—	0–2	0–2	1–0	2–2	2–0	1–1	1–0	3–2	2–0
Metalist Kharkiv	1–0	1–1	1–0	1–1	2–1	2–0	2–0	—	1–4	1–0	1–3	1–1	3–2	3–0	2–1	6–0
Metalurh Zaporizhzhia	3–1	2–3	1–1	1–1	3–0	1–1	1–1	1–2	—	0–0	1–1	2–0	1–1	0–1	4–1	1–0
Nyva Ternopil	0–0	0–2	0–1	0–1	2–1	2–0	2–0	2–0	2–1	—	3–1	0–0	2–0	1–1	1–1	2–1
Shakhtar Donetsk	0–0	4–1	1–1	1–1	0–0	1–0	5–1	0–0	0–0	1–0	—	3–1	2–2	1–1	6–1	0–1
Tavriya Simferopol	1–0	0–1	0–1	0–5	0–0	-:+[a]	5–0	2–1	2–0	1–0	3–1	—	2–1	3–2	2–0	2–1
Torpedo Zaporizhzhia	0–0	0–1	0–1	1–0	3–2	1–1	0–1	1–0	1–3	1–0	1–2	3–0	—	1–0	4–1	1–0
Veres Rivne	3–1	1–2	0–0	1–3	1–1	2–3	0–0	1–0	2–1	0–0	0–2	3–1	2–1	—	2–1	2–0
Volyn Lutsk	1–0	1–0	0–0	1–3	3–2	2–1	3–1	3–2	0–0	2–1	1–1	1–3	2–1	1–0	—	4–2
Zorya-MALS Luhansk	1–0	2–0	1–2	1–0	2–0	2–1	1–1	1–1	2–1	0–0	1–0	2–1	0–0	0–2	2–1	—

Source: uafootball.net.ua
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
Notes:

1. The result of the Round 16 match was annulled and technical victory -:+ awarded for Kremin for participation in the match discqualified Yevhen Drahunov for Tavriya. The match originally ended with a 2–0 victory for Tavriya.^[2]

Top goalscorers

Rank Player Club Goals (Pen.) 1 Serhiy Husyev Chornomorets Odesa 17 (2) 2 Victor Leonenko Dynamo Kyiv 16 (3) 3 Ihor Nychenko Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih 12 (2) 4 Serhiy Atelkin Shakhtar Donetsk 11 Vadym Kolesnyk Metalist Kharkiv 11 Oleh Matviiv Shakhtar Donetsk 11 (1) Talyat Sheikhametov Tavriya Simferopol 11 (1) 8 Roman Bondarenko Torpedo Zaporizhzhia 10 9 Volodymyr Dykyi Volyn Lutsk 9 (2) 10 Serhiy Shevchenko Tavriya Simferopol 8 Volodymyr Hashchyn Volyn Lutsk 8 Pavlo Shkapenko Dynamo Kyiv 8 Tymerlan Huseynov Zorya-MALS Luhansk 8 Anatoliy Mushchinka Metalurh Zaporizhzhia 8 Serhiy Konovalov Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk 8 Dmytro Topchiyev Karpaty Lviv 8

Clean sheets Rank Player Club Clean sheets 1 Oleh Suslov Chornomorets Odesa 12 2 Ihor Kutyepov Dynamo Kyiv 11 3 Oleksandr Pomazun Metalist Kharkiv 10 Dmytro Tyapushkin Nyva Ternopil 10 5 Bohdan Strontsitskyi Karpaty Lviv 9 Mykola Medin FC Dnipro 9

Medal squads

(league appearances and goals listed in brackets)

1. FC Dynamo Kyiv

Goalkeepers: Ihor Kutepov (19 / -8), Valdemaras Martinkenas (12 / -6). Defenders: Oleh Luzhnyi (26 / 3), Serhiy Shmatovalenko (22 / 1), Andriy Annenkov (21 / 2), Vitaliy Ponomarenko (15), Anatoliy Demyanenko (14 / 1), Akhrik Tsveyba (12), Serhiy Zayets (11 / 1), Anatoliy Bezsmertny (9), Andriy Aleksanenkov (8), Mykola Zuyenko (8), Yuri Moroz (2). Midfielders: Serhiy Kovalets (27 / 1), Serhii Rebrov (23 / 5), Yuriy Hritsyna (20 / 2), Serhiy Mizin (16 / 5), Volodymyr Sharan (16 / 1), Dmytro Topchiyev (14 / 7), Vyacheslav Khruslov (11 / 1), Igoris Pankratjevas (9 / 2), Pavlo Yakovenko (9 / 1), Stepan Betsa (8), Andriy Zavyalov (5 / 1), Ervand Sukiasian (3), Oleh Volotek (2), Viktor Byelkin (2). Forwards: Viktor Leonenko (27 / 16), Pavlo Shkapenko (27 / 8), Vitaliy Mintenko (10 / 1). Manager: Anatoliy Puzach (until November 10, 1992 (13 games)), Yozhef Sabo (end of first half (2 games)), Mykhailo Fomenko (since March 1993 (15 games)). Transferred out during the season: Anatoliy Demyanenko (retired), Stepan Betsa (perished in car accident), Igoris Pankratjevas (to Sakalas Siauliai), Pavlo Yakovenko (to Sochaux), Mykola Zuyenko (to Prykarpattya), Oleh Volotek (to Asmaral Moscow), Viktor Byelkin (to FC Boryspil), Yuri Moroz (to Veres Rivne).

2. FC Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk

Goalkeepers: Mykola Medin (19 / -10), Valeriy Horodov (10 / -8), Anatoliy Chistov (1 / -1), Ihor Moiseyev (1 / -1). Defenders: Serhiy Bezhenar (28 / 6), Serhiy Diriavka (25 / 2), Dmytro Yakovenko (24 / 1), Oleg Chukhleba (22), Andriy Yudin (16), Serhiy Mamchur (3), Yevhen Yarovenko (3), Oleksiy Sasko (2), Dmytro Demyanenko (2). Midfielders: Andriy Polunin (29 / 6), Yevhen Pokhlebayev (28 / 4), Yuriy Maksymov (26 / 5), Hennadiy Moroz (24 / 7), Oleksandr Zakharov (24 / 1), Kostyantyn Pavlyuchenko (22), Dmytro Mykhailenko (19 / 3), Volodymyr Bahmut (5), Oleksandr Palyanytsia (4 / 1). Forwards: Serhiy Konovalov (29 / 8), Valentyn Moskvin (25 / 3), Serhiy Dumenko (21 / 4), Oleksandr Tyehayev (1). Manager: Mykola Pavlov. Transferred out during the season: Oleksiy Sasko (perished in car accident), Valeriy Horodov (to RS Settat), Ihor Moiseyev (to Asmaral Moscow), Serhiy Mamchur (to Asmaral Moscow), Oleksandr Palyanytsia (to Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih), Oleksandr Tyehayev (to Shakhtar Pavlohrad).

3. FC Chornomorets Odesa

Goalkeepers: Oleh Suslov (30 / -31). Defenders: Yuriy Bukel (29), Dmytro Parfionov (28), Oleksandr Nikiforov (17 / 1), Serhiy Protsiuk (14), Oleksandr Bondarenko (13), Vitaliy Skysh (12 / 2), Yuriy Nikiforov (11), Sehiy Voronezhsky (8), Andriy Telesnenko (3 / 1). Midfielders: Yuriy Sak (29), Kostiantyn Kulik (23 / 4), Viktor Yablonskyi (17 / 1), Ruslan Romanchuk (17), Ilya Tsymbalar (14 / 1), Andriy Lozovsky (11 / 1), Vyacheslav Yeremeyev (7). Forwards: Oleh Kosheliuk (30 / 6), Serhiy Husiev (29 / 17), Vladimir Lebed (26 / 3), Oleksandr Shcherbakov (10 / 4), Vitaliy Parakhnevych (9 / 2). Manager: Viktor Prokopenko. Transferred out during the season: Ilya Tsymbalar (to Spartak Moscow), Yuriy Nikiforov (to Spartak Moscow), Andriy Telesnenko (to Oulun Palloseura), Serhiy Husiev (to Trabzonspor).

Note: Players in italic are whose playing position is uncertain.

See also

• Continental competitions: 1992-93 European Cup, 1992-93 European Cup Winners' Cup, 1992-93 UEFA Cup
• Domestic leagues: 1992-93 Ukrainian First League, 1992-93 Ukrainian Second League, 1992-93 Ukrainian Transitional League, 1992-93 Ukrainian Football Amateur League
• Domestic cups: 1992-93 Ukrainian Cup