1992–93 in Ukrainian football
The 1992–93 season was the second season of competitive football in Ukraine.
Season | 1992–93 | |||
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Men's football | ||||
Vyshcha Liha | Dynamo Kyiv | |||
Persha Liha | Nyva Vinnytsia | |||
Druha Liha | Dnipro Cherkasy | |||
Perekhidna Liha | Naftokhimik Kremenchuk | |||
KFK Championship | Beskyd Nadvirna Khutrovyk Tysmenytsia Hart Borodianka Sirius Zhovti Vody Oskil Kupyansk Surozh Sudak | |||
Ukrainian Cup | Dynamo Kyiv | |||
Women's football | ||||
Vyshcha Liha (1993) | Arena Kyiv | |||
Persha Liha (1993) | Stymul-ZDU Zaporizhia | |||
Ukrainian Cup (1993) | Arena Kyiv | |||
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National team
Ukraine finished their first year of international competition with a loss versus Hungary and a draw in Belarus. The side's first ever victory came in May of the following year with a win away at Lithuania.[1]
Vyshcha Liha (Top League)
Promotions from 1992 season
Veres Rivne and Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih were promoted from the First League after finishing first in their groups the prior season.
League Table
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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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 Odessa | 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 Zaporizhia | 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 Zaporizhia | 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 |
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) Champion.
Notes:
- Participant of the 1993 Ukrainian Cup Final
Honors and awards
- Top goalscorer: Serhiy Husyev, Chornomorets Odessa – 17
- Ukrainian Footballer of the Year: Viktor Leonenko, Dynamo Kyiv
Persha Liha (First League)
Promotions and relegations from 1992 season
The following clubs were relegated from the Premier League after the prior season:
- Nyva Vinnytsia (8th, Group A)
- Evis Mykolaiv (9th, Group A)
- Temp Shepetivka (10th, Group A)
- Naftovyk Okhtyrka (8th, Group B)
- Prykarpattia Ivano-Frankivsk (9th, Group B)
- SC Odessa (10th, Group B)
There were no clubs promoted from the Second League after the prior season.
League table
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion or relegation |
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1 | Nyva Vinnytsia (C, P) | 42 | 24 | 14 | 4 | 73 | 26 | +47 | 62 | Promoted to Vyshcha Liha |
2 | Temp Shepetivka (P) | 42 | 25 | 8 | 9 | 68 | 48 | +20 | 58 | |
3 | Naftovyk Okhtyrka | 42 | 22 | 10 | 10 | 73 | 41 | +32 | 54 | |
4 | Vorskla Poltava | 42 | 21 | 9 | 12 | 57 | 46 | +11 | 51 | |
5 | Prykarpattia Ivano-Frankivsk | 42 | 18 | 14 | 10 | 53 | 35 | +18 | 50 | |
6 | Polihraftekhnika Oleksandria | 42 | 19 | 10 | 13 | 73 | 69 | +4 | 48 | |
7 | Evis Mykolaiv | 42 | 18 | 11 | 13 | 60 | 39 | +21 | 47 | |
8 | Nord-Am-Podillia Khmelnytskyi | 42 | 15 | 16 | 11 | 45 | 39 | +6 | 46 | |
9 | Khimik Siverodonetsk | 42 | 17 | 9 | 16 | 66 | 65 | +1 | 43 | |
10 | Stal Alchevsk | 42 | 16 | 10 | 16 | 40 | 37 | +3 | 42 | |
11 | Skala Stryi | 42 | 15 | 11 | 16 | 49 | 58 | −9 | 41 | |
12 | SC Odesa | 42 | 15 | 10 | 17 | 54 | 61 | −7 | 40 | |
13 | Metalurh Nikopol | 42 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 43 | 50 | −7 | 40 | |
14 | Krystal Chortkiv | 42 | 14 | 9 | 19 | 37 | 61 | −24 | 37 | |
15 | Dynamo-2 Kyiv | 42 | 10 | 17 | 15 | 48 | 39 | +9 | 37 | |
16 | Zakarpattia Uzhhorod | 42 | 13 | 10 | 19 | 45 | 56 | −11 | 36 | |
17 | Avtomobilist Sumy | 42 | 13 | 10 | 19 | 39 | 61 | −22 | 36 | |
18 | Artania Ochakiv | 42 | 15 | 5 | 22 | 42 | 73 | −31 | 35 | |
19 | Desna Chernihiv | 42 | 13 | 9 | 20 | 42 | 49 | −7 | 35 | |
20 | Pryladyst Mukacheve | 42 | 12 | 11 | 19 | 38 | 53 | −15 | 35 | |
21 | Ros Bila Tserkva (R) | 42 | 10 | 15 | 17 | 40 | 48 | −8 | 35 | Relegated to Second League |
22 | Shakhtar Pavlohrad (R) | 42 | 6 | 4 | 32 | 35 | 92 | −57 | 16 |
(C) Champion; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated.
Honors and awards
- Top goalscorer: Roman Hryhorchuk (Prykarpattia), Ihor Koliada (Temp) – 26
Druha Liha (Second League)
Relegations from 1992 season
The following clubs were relegated from the First League after the prior season:
- Polissya Zhytomyr (10th, Group A)
- Halychyna Drohobych (11th, Group A)
- Dnipro Cherkasy (12th, Group A)
- FC Chaika Sevastopol (13th, Group A)
- CSKA Kyiv (14th, Group A)
- Tavriya Kherson (10th, Group B)
- Azovets Mariupol (11th, Group B)
- Shakhtar-2 Donetsk (12th, Group B)
- Vahonobudivnyk Stakhanov (13th, Group B)
- Chornomorets-2 Odessa (14th, Group B)
League table
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion or relegation |
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1 | Dnipro Cherkasy (C, P) | 34 | 20 | 9 | 5 | 59 | 33 | +26 | 49 | Promoted to First League |
2 | Khimik Zhytomyr (P) | 34 | 20 | 9 | 5 | 53 | 29 | +24 | 49 | |
3 | Yavir Krasnopillia | 34 | 17 | 7 | 10 | 42 | 27 | +15 | 41 | |
4 | Zirka Kirovohrad | 34 | 16 | 9 | 9 | 50 | 33 | +17 | 41 | |
5 | Meliorator Kakhovka | 34 | 16 | 9 | 9 | 45 | 37 | +8 | 41 | |
6 | Chaika Sevastopol | 34 | 13 | 10 | 11 | 57 | 45 | +12 | 36 | |
7 | Hazovyk Komarne | 34 | 13 | 8 | 13 | 37 | 47 | −10 | 34 | |
8 | Bazhanovets Makiivka | 34 | 11 | 11 | 12 | 38 | 45 | −7 | 33 | |
9 | Halychyna Drohobych | 34 | 13 | 6 | 15 | 42 | 40 | +2 | 32 | |
10 | Tavriya Kherson | 34 | 12 | 8 | 14 | 33 | 29 | +4 | 32 | |
11 | Shakhtar-2 Donetsk | 34 | 10 | 12 | 12 | 33 | 30 | +3 | 32 | |
12 | Vahonobudivnyk Stakhanov | 34 | 11 | 8 | 15 | 39 | 34 | +5 | 30 | |
13 | Azovets Mariupol | 34 | 9 | 11 | 14 | 34 | 47 | −13 | 29 | |
14 | Druzhba Berdiansk | 34 | 8 | 12 | 14 | 30 | 49 | −19 | 28 | |
15 | Dnister Zalischyky | 34 | 11 | 5 | 18 | 30 | 45 | −15 | 27 | |
16 | Chornomorets-2 Odessa | 34 | 8 | 11 | 15 | 36 | 43 | −7 | 27 | |
17 | Tytan Armyansk | 34 | 10 | 6 | 18 | 42 | 54 | −12 | 26 | |
18 | CSK ZSU Kyiv (R) | 34 | 9 | 7 | 18 | 27 | 50 | −23 | 25 | Relegated to Third League |
Honors and awards
- Top goalscorer: Stepan Matviyiv (Dnipro Cherkasy) – 20
Perekhidna Liha (Transitional League)
The 1992–93 season was the first of three seasons to feature the Third League, known as the Transitional League for this season and having a semi-professional status. It would be incorporated into the Second League after the 1994–95 season.
League Table
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion or relegation |
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1 | Naftokhimik Kremenchuk[lower-alpha 1] | 34 | 21 | 10 | 3 | 56 | 26 | +30 | 52 | Promoted to Second League |
2 | Dynamo Luhansk[lower-alpha 1] | 34 | 19 | 12 | 3 | 65 | 32 | +33 | 50 | |
3 | Antratsyt Kirovske[lower-alpha 2] | 34 | 22 | 5 | 7 | 46 | 32 | +14 | 49 | Withdrew |
4 | Nyva-Borysfen Myronivka[lower-alpha 1] | 34 | 19 | 7 | 8 | 45 | 28 | +17 | 45 | Promoted to Second League |
5 | Voykovets Kerch[lower-alpha 2] | 34 | 17 | 8 | 9 | 47 | 32 | +15 | 42 | |
6 | Prometei Shakhtarsk[lower-alpha 2] | 34 | 12 | 16 | 6 | 43 | 21 | +22 | 40 | |
7 | Frunzenets Saky rayon[lower-alpha 1] | 34 | 13 | 11 | 10 | 48 | 29 | +19 | 37 | |
8 | Avanhard Zhydachiv[lower-alpha 1] | 34 | 13 | 10 | 11 | 41 | 32 | +9 | 36 | |
9 | Elektron Romny[lower-alpha 2] | 34 | 12 | 10 | 12 | 37 | 36 | +1 | 34 | |
10 | Promin Volia Baranetska[lower-alpha 2] | 34 | 14 | 4 | 16 | 46 | 43 | +3 | 32 | |
11 | Torpedo Melitopol[lower-alpha 1] | 34 | 12 | 6 | 16 | 39 | 41 | −2 | 30 | |
12 | Fetrovyk Khust[lower-alpha 2] | 34 | 13 | 2 | 19 | 29 | 35 | −6 | 28 | Excluded / Later reinstated |
13 | Shakhtar Horlivka[lower-alpha 1] | 34 | 9 | 8 | 17 | 33 | 44 | −11 | 26 | Relegated to amateur leagues |
14 | Olympik Kharkiv[lower-alpha 2] | 34 | 7 | 10 | 17 | 35 | 56 | −21 | 24 | |
15 | Silur Khartsyzk[lower-alpha 2] | 34 | 8 | 7 | 19 | 25 | 54 | −29 | 23 | Avoided relegation |
16 | Lysonia Berezhany[lower-alpha 2] | 34 | 7 | 9 | 18 | 20 | 53 | −33 | 23 | Relegated to amateur leagues |
17 | More Feodosia[lower-alpha 2] | 34 | 7 | 8 | 19 | 19 | 39 | −20 | 22 | |
18 | Prometei Dniprodzerzhynsk[lower-alpha 1] | 34 | 4 | 9 | 21 | 26 | 68 | −42 | 17 |
Notes:
- Promoted from the amateurs
- Demoted from the Second League
Name changes
- Prior to the season Andezyt Khust changed its name to Fetrovyk Khust
- Prior to the season Hirnyk Khartsyzk changed its name to Kanatchyk Khartsyzk and later to Silur Khartsyzk
- During the season Nyva Myronivka changed its name to Nyva-Borysfen Myronivka
- During the season Okean Kerch changed its name to Voykovets Kerch
- During the season Sokil Berezhany changed its name to Lysonia Berezhany
- During the season Hirnyk Hirne changed its name to Antratsyt Kirovske.
Honors and awards
- Top goalscorer: Roman Hryhorchuk (Prykarpattia), Ihor Koliada (Temp) – 26
Domestic cups
Ukrainian Cup
After failing to make it past the quarterfinals in the inaugural competition in the previous season, Dynamo Kyiv went to win their first cup championship in 1993, defeating Karpaty Lviv in the final. Karpaty Lviv would lose again to Dynamo in the 1999 Final with a 3–0 score.
Main bracket
Final
Dynamo Kyiv (PL) | 2–1 | (PL) Karpaty Lviv |
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Leonenko 23' Topchiyev 64' |
Report | Plotko 89' (pen.) |
Ukrainian clubs in European competitions
UEFA Champions League
After finishing at the top of the Premier League table during the previous season, Tavriya Simferopol entered the qualifying stages of the first season of the rebranded UEFA Champions League. They were the first club to represent Ukraine on the European stage, progressed in the Preliminary round by defeating Irish champions Shelbourne on aggregate and eventually lost to Swiss side Sion on aggregate in the First round.
Preliminary round
Team 1 | Agg. | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
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Shelbourne | 1–2 | Tavriya Simferopol | 0–0 | 1–2 |
19 August 1992 Preliminary round | Shelbourne | 0–0 | Tavriya Simferopol | Dublin, Ireland |
18:30 UTC+1 | Report | Stadium: Tolka Park Attendance: 3,500 Referee: Anders Frisk (Sweden) |
2 September 1992 Preliminary round | Tavriya Simferopol | 2–1 | Shelbourne | Simferopol, Ukraine |
19:00 UTC+1 | Shevchenko 10' Sheykhametov 15' |
Report | Dully 42' | Stadium: Lokomotyv Stadium Attendance: 10,500 Referee: Gerd Grabher (Switzerland) |
First round
Team 1 | Agg. | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
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Sion | 7–2 | Tavriya Simferopol | 4–1 | 3–1 |
16 September 1992 First round | Sion | 4–1 | Tavriya Simferopol | Sion, Switzerland |
20:00 | Hottiger 18' Túlio 35', 74' Roberto Assis 78' |
Report | Shevchenko 85' (pen.) | Stadium: Stade Tourbillon Attendance: 5,500 Referee: Léon Schelings (Belgium) |
30 September 1992 First round | Tavriya Simferopol | 1–3 | Sion | Simferopol, Ukraine |
19:00 | Shevchenko 69' (pen.) | Report | Túlio 67', 77' Herr 89' |
Stadium: Lokomotyv Stadium Attendance: 9,600 Referee: Christer Fällström (Sweden) |
Cup Winners' Cup
Chornomorets Odessa, winners of the previous season's Cup, started in the Qualifying round of the UEFA Cup Winners' Cup with progressing against FC Vaduz, winning in both legs with aggregate 12–1, and lost in the First round to Greece representative Olympiacos with winning 1–0 away and losing 0–3 at home.
Qualifying round
Team 1 | Agg. | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
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Vaduz | 1–12 | Chornomorets Odesa | 0–5 | 1–7 |
19 August 1992 Qualifying round | Vaduz | 0–5 | Chornomorets Odesa | Vaduz, Liechtenstein |
18:30 | Report | Tsymbalar 44' Lebed 47' Sak 53' Husyev 81', 82' |
Stadium: Gemeindesportplatz Attendance: 1,650 Referee: Erny Kesseler (Luxembourg) |
2 September 1992 Qualifying round | Chornomorets Odesa | 7–1 | Vaduz | Odesa, Ukraine |
19:00 | Nikiforov 9', 49' (pen.), 78', 90' Yablonskyi 23' Tsymbalar 27' Lebed 77' |
Report | Stöber 87' | Stadium: Central Stadium of ChMP Attendance: 4,600 Referee: Jozef Marko (Czechoslovakia) |
First round
Team 1 | Agg. | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
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Olympiacos | 3–1 | Chornomorets Odesa | 0–1 | 3–0 |
17 September 1992 First round | Olympiacos | 0–1 | Chornomorets Odesa | Piraeus, Greece |
21:30 | Report | Sak 4' | Stadium: Karaiskakis Stadium Attendance: 25,000 Referee: Brian Hill (England) |
30 September 1992 First round | Chornomorets Odesa | 0–3 | Olympiacos | Odesa, Ukraine |
19:00 | Report | Vaitsis 15' Lytovchenko 27' Protasov 80' |
Stadium: Central Stadium of ChMP Attendance: 22,500 Referee: Gianni Beschin (Italy) |
UEFA Cup
Dynamo Kyiv represented Ukraine in the UEFA Cup for the first time as runners-up of the previous Vyshcha Liha season, where they started in the First round with eliminating Rapid Wien on away goals and reached the second round before losing decidedly to Belgian side R.S.C. Anderlecht.
First round
Team 1 | Agg. | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
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Dynamo Kyiv | 3–3 (a) | Rapid Wien | 1–0 | 2–3 |
16 September 1992 First round | Dynamo Kyiv | 1–0 | Rapid Wien | Kyiv, Ukraine |
19:00 | Yakovenko 46' | Report | Stadium: Republican Stadium Attendance: 18,000 Referee: Antonio Martin Navarrete (Spain) |
30 September 1992 First round | Rapid Wien | 3–2 | Dynamo Kyiv | Vienna, Austria |
20:35 | Mandreko 8' Fjørtoft 16', 38' |
Report | Leonenko 44' (pen.) 87' | Stadium: Gerhard Hanappi Stadium Attendance: 16,000 Referee: Piero Ceccarini (Italy) |
Second round
Team 1 | Agg. | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
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Anderlecht | 7–2 | Dynamo Kyiv | 4–2 | 3–0 |
21 October 1992 Second round | Anderlecht | 4–2 | Dynamo Kyiv | Brussels, Belgium |
20:45 | Nilis 23' Degryse 38' Versavel 51' Van Vossen 59' |
Report | Shkapenko 20' Leonenko 54' |
Stadium: Constant Vanden Stock Stadium Attendance: 15,000 Referee: Frederick McKnight (Northern Ireland) |
4 November 1992 Second round | Dynamo Kyiv | 0–3 | Anderlecht | Kyiv, Ukraine |
19:00 | Report | Van Vossen 21' Nilis 61', 69' |
Stadium: Republican Stadium Attendance: 40,000 Referee: Rune Pedersen (Norway) |
Notes
- "Complete results to all national league matches". mindspring.com. Archived from the original on 2009-07-06. Retrieved 2008-06-01.