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.
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.
Stadiums RankStadiumPlaceClubCapacityNotes1RespublikanskyiKyivDynamo Kyiv 100,062 2Tsentralnyi Chornomorskoho ParoplavstvaOdesaChornomorets Odesa 34,3623AvanhardLuhanskZorya Luhansk 32,2434Tsentralnyi ShakhtarDonetskShakhtar Donetsk 31,7185MetalistKharkivMetalist Kharkiv 30,0006MetalurhKryvyi RihKryvbas Kryvyi Rih 29,7347UkrainaLvivKarpaty Lviv 28,0518MeteorDniproFC Dnipro 24,3819AvanhardRivneVeres Rivne 20,000 10RSC LokomotyvSimferopolTavriya Simferopol 19,978 11Tsentralnyi miskyiTernopilNyva Ternopil 15,150 12AT AvtoZAZZaporizhzhiaTorpedo Zaporizhzhia 15,00013AvanhardLutskVolyn Lutsk 12,08014BukovynaChernivtsiBukovyna Chernivtsi 12,000 15DniproKremenchukFC Kremin Kremenchuk 11,30016MetalurhZaporizhzhiaMetalurh Zaporizhzhia 11,883
Notes:
Managers Club Coach Replaced Coach(es) FC Dynamo Kyiv Mykhailo Fomenko Anatoliy Puzach Yozhef Sabo FC Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk Mykola Pavlov FC Chornomorets Odesa Viktor Prokopenko FC Shakhtar Donetsk Valery Yaremchenko FC Metalist Kharkiv Sergei Dotsenko Leonid Tkachenko Viktor Aristov FC Karpaty Lviv Myron Markevych FC Metalurh Zaporizhzhia Janis Skredelis Ihor Nadein 15 games FC Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih Ihor Nadein Volodymyr Sryzhevskyi Valentyn Laktionov FC Kremin Kremenchuk Boris Streltsov SC Tavriya Simferopol Anatoliy Zayaev FC Volyn Lutsk Roman Pokora FC Bukovyna Chernivtsi Oleksandr Pavlenko FC Torpedo Zaporizhzhia Viktor Matviyenko Yevhen Lemeshko FC Nyva Ternopil Leonid Buriak Leonid Koltun FC Zorya-MALS Anatoliy Kuksov FC Veres Rivne Mykhailo Dunets Viktor Nosov Vasiliy Kurilov
Managerial changes
TeamOutgoing head coachManner of departureDate of vacancyTableIncoming head coachDate of appointmentTableFC Bukovyna ChernivtsiYukhym Shkolnykovpre-seasonOleksandr Pavlenkopre-seasonFC Kremin KremenchukVolodymyr Lozynskyipre-seasonBoris Streltsovpre-seasonFC Volyn LutskMyron Markevychpre-seasonRoman Pokorapre-seasonFC Karpaty LvivStepan Yurchyshynpre-seasonMyron Markevychpre-seasonFC Kryvbas Kryvyi RihVolodymyr SryzhevskyiOctober 12, 1992Valentyn LaktionovOctober 12, 1992FC Veres RivneViktor NosovOctober 12, 1992 Vasiliy KurilovOctober 12, 1992FC Dynamo KyivAnatoliy PuzachsackedNovember 10, 19922Yozhef SaboNovember 10, 19922FC Metalist KharkivLeonid TkachenkoViktor AristovFC Metalurh ZaporizhzhiaIhor NadeinJanis SkredelisFC Veres Rivne Vasiliy KurilovMykhailo DunetsFC Dynamo KyivYozhef SaboreplacedFebruary 19932Mykhailo FomenkoFebruary 19932FC Nyva TernopilLeonid KoltunLeonid BuriakFC Kryvbas Kryvyi RihValentyn LaktionovMarch 15, 1993Ihor NadeinMarch 15, 1993FC Torpedo ZaporizhzhiaYevhen LemeshkoApril 1, 1993Viktor MatviyenkoApril 1, 1993FC Metalist KharkivViktor AristovJune 1, 1993 Sergei DotsenkoJune 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
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
Top goalscorers
RankPlayerClubGoals(Pen.)1 Serhiy Husyev Chornomorets Odesa 17 (2)2 Viktor 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 109 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 RankPlayerClubCleansheets1 Oleh SuslovChornomorets Odesa122 Ihor KutyepovDynamo Kyiv113 Oleksandr PomazunMetalist Kharkiv10 Dmytro TyapushkinNyva Ternopil105 Bohdan StrontsitskyiKarpaty Lviv9 Mykola MedinFC Dnipro9
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
References
External links Season information on the Ukrainian Football from Dmytro Troshchiy Season information on RSSSF Season information on the Ukrainian Football from Aleksei Kobyzev