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
Season1992–93
ChampionsFC Dynamo Kyiv
1st title
Relegatednone
Champions LeagueDynamo Kyiv
Cup Winners' CupKarpaty Lviv
UEFA CupDnipro Dnipropetrovsk
Matches played240
Goals scored562 (2.34 per match)
Top goalscorer(17) Serhiy Husiev (Chornomorets)
Biggest home winDynamo 6–0 Veres
Metalist 6–0 Zoria
Bukovyna 6–0 Kremin
Biggest away winTavria 0–5 Dynamo
Bukovyna 0–5 Dynamo
Highest scoringKarpaty 4–3 Chornomorets
Shakhtar 6–1 Volyn
Highest attendance40,000 – Dnipro–Dynamo
Average attendanceHigh - Dynamo Kyiv (8,990), Low - Tavriya Simferopol (3,706)
← 1992

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

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.

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 Ukraine Mykhailo Fomenko Ukraine Anatoliy Puzach
    Ukraine Yozhef Sabo    		 Republican Stadium
    FC Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk Ukraine Mykola Pavlov Meteor Stadium
    FC Chornomorets Odesa Ukraine Viktor Prokopenko Black Sea Shipping Stadium
    FC Shakhtar Donetsk Ukraine Valery Yaremchenko Shakhtar Stadium
    FC Metalist Kharkiv Uzbekistan Sergei Dotsenko Ukraine Leonid Tkachenko
    Ukraine Viktor Aristov    		 Metalist Stadium
    FC Karpaty Lviv Ukraine Myron Markevych Ukraina Stadium
    FC Metalurh Zaporizhzhia Latvia Janis Skredelis[1] Ukraine Ihor Nadein 15 games Metalurh Stadium
    FC Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih Ukraine Ihor Nadein Ukraine Volodymyr Sryzhevskyi
    Ukraine Valentyn Laktionov    		 Metalurh Stadium
    FC Kremin Kremenchuk Russia Boris Streltsov Dnipro Stadium
    SC Tavriya Simferopol Ukraine Anatoliy Zayaev Lokomotyv Stadium
    FC Volyn Lutsk Ukraine Roman Pokora Avanhard Stadium
    FC Bukovyna Chernivtsi Ukraine Oleksandr Pavlenko Bukovyna Stadium
    FC Torpedo Zaporizhzhia Ukraine Viktor Matviyenko Ukraine Yevhen Lemeshko AvtoZAZ Stadium
    FC Nyva Ternopil Ukraine Leonid Buriak Ukraine Leonid Koltun City Stadium
    FC Zorya-MALS Ukraine Anatoliy Kuksov Avanhard Stadium
    FC Veres Rivne Ukraine Mykhailo Dunets Ukraine Viktor Nosov
    Belarus 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 UkraineYukhym Shkolnykov pre-season UkraineOleksandr Pavlenko pre-season
    FC Kremin Kremenchuk UkraineVolodymyr Lozynskyi pre-season RussiaBoris Streltsov pre-season
    FC Volyn Lutsk UkraineMyron Markevych pre-season UkraineRoman Pokora pre-season
    FC Karpaty Lviv UkraineStepan Yurchyshyn pre-season UkraineMyron Markevych pre-season
    FC Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih UkraineVolodymyr Sryzhevskyi October 12, 1992 UkraineValentyn Laktionov October 12, 1992
    FC Veres Rivne UkraineViktor Nosov October 12, 1992 Belarus Vasiliy Kurilov October 12, 1992
    FC Dynamo Kyiv UkraineAnatoliy Puzach sacked November 10, 1992 2 UkraineYozhef Sabo November 10, 1992 2
    FC Metalist Kharkiv UkraineLeonid Tkachenko UkraineViktor Aristov
    FC Metalurh Zaporizhzhia UkraineIhor Nadein LatviaJanis Skredelis
    FC Veres Rivne Belarus Vasiliy Kurilov UkraineMykhailo Dunets
    FC Dynamo Kyiv UkraineYozhef Sabo replaced February 1993 2 UkraineMykhailo Fomenko February 1993 2
    FC Nyva Ternopil UkraineLeonid Koltun UkraineLeonid Buriak
    FC Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih UkraineValentyn Laktionov March 15, 1993 UkraineIhor Nadein March 15, 1993
    FC Torpedo Zaporizhzhia UkraineYevhen Lemeshko April 1, 1993 UkraineViktor Matviyenko April 1, 1993
    FC Metalist Kharkiv UkraineViktor Aristov June 1, 1993 Uzbekistan 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
    Karpaty LvivDnipro DnipropetrovskDynamo Kyiv

    League table
    Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
    1 Dynamo Kyiv[lower-alpha 1] (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[lower-alpha 1] 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

    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 -:+[lower-alpha 1] 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

    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 Lithuania Sakalas Siauliai), Pavlo Yakovenko (to France Sochaux), Mykola Zuyenko (to Prykarpattya), Oleh Volotek (to Russia 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 Morocco RS Settat), Ihor Moiseyev (to Russia Asmaral Moscow), Serhiy Mamchur (to Russia 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 Russia Spartak Moscow), Yuriy Nikiforov (to Russia Spartak Moscow), Andriy Telesnenko (to Finland Oulun Palloseura), Serhiy Husiev (to Turkey Trabzonspor).

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

    See also

    References
    1. "Latvian football successes". Archived from the original on 2010-11-25. Retrieved 2010-08-19.
    2. Tavriya - Kremin -:+. uafootball.net.ua
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