1993–94 Ukrainian First League was the third season of the Ukrainian First League which was won by Prykarpattia Ivano-Frankivsk. The season started on 15 August 1993, and its final round (40th) was played on 3 July 1994. In the last round Evis Mykolaiv (Shipbuilders) snatched the ticket to the Ukrainian Premier League from under the nose of Polihraftekhnika Oleksandriya (a point ahead of the Shipbuilders) by beating Naftovyk Okhtyrka 2–1 after allowing the first goal.
The newly promoted club from Cherkasy was leading the league during the winter break and along with the Oleksandria club was the main contender for promotion. However, the second half of the season for Dnipro was terrible and they placed in the mid-table after the final round.
Promotion and relegation
Promoted teams Two clubs promoted from the 1992–93 Ukrainian Second League. FC Dnipro Cherkasy – champion (returning after one season) FC Khimik Zhytomyr – 2nd place (returning after one season)
Relegated teams No clubs were relegated from the 1992-93 Ukrainian Top League:
Renamed teams FC Pryladyst Mukacheve was renamed to Karpaty Mukacheve FC Avtomobilist Sumy was renamed to FC SBTS Sumy
Teams In 1993-94 season, the Ukrainian First League consists of the following teams:
Stadiums
The following stadiums are considered home grounds for the teams in the competition.
Rank Stadium Capacity Club Managers 1 Vorskla Stadium, Poltava 24,795 FC Vorskla Poltava Viktor Maslov 2 Dynamo Stadium, Kyiv 16,873 FC Dynamo-2 Kyiv Volodymyr Onyshchenko 3 Evis Stadium, Mykolaiv 15,600 FC Evis Mykolaiv Leonid Koltun 4 SKA Stadium, Odesa 15,000 SC Odesa Volodymyr Smarovoz 5 Gagarin Stadium, Chernihiv 12,060 FC Desna Chernihiv Andriy Protsko 6 Avanhard Stadium, Uzhhorod 12,000 FC Zakarpattia Uzhhorod Ivan Shanhin 7Podillya Stadium, Khmelnytskyi 10,500 FC Nord-Am Podillya Khmelnytskyi Volodymyr Vusatyi 8Central city Stadium, Cherkasy 10,321 FC Dnipro Cherkasy Semen Osynovskyi 9 Stal Stadium, Alchevsk 9,200 FC Stal Alchevsk Anatoliy Volobuyev 10 Elektron Stadium, Ivano-Frankivsk 7,820 FC Prykarpattia Ivano-Frankivsk Ihor Yurchenko 11 Elektrometalurh Stadium, Nikopol 7,200 FC Metalurh Nikopol Volodymyr Nechayev 12 Sokil Stadium, Stryi 6,000 FC Skala Stryi Yuriy Shulyatytskyi 13 Central Stadium, Zhytomyr 5,928 FC Khimik Zhytomyr Oleksandr Ishchenko 14 Naftovyk Stadium, Okhtyrka 5,256 FC Naftovyk Okhtyrka Andriy Biba 15 Khimik Stadium, Severodonetsk 5,000 FC Khimik Severodonetsk Stanislav Honcharenko 16 Kharchovyk Stadium, Chortkiv 3,600 FC Krystal Chortkiv Ivan Krasnetskyi 17 Pryladyst Stadium, Mukacheve FC Pryladyst Mukacheve Hryhoriy Ishchenko 18 Artania Stadium, Ochakiv FC Artania Ochakiv Valery Zhuravko 19 Avanhard Stadium, Sumy FC Avtomobilist Sumy Serhiy Strashnenko 20 Olimp Stadium, Oleksandriya FC Polihraftekhnika Oleksandria Yuriy Koval
Final table
Persha Liha 1993-94 WinnersPrykarpattia Ivano-FrankivskFirst title
Top scorers Statistics are taken from here.Statistics ScorerGoals (Pen.)Team1 Serhiy Chuichenko26 (8)Polihraftekhnika Oleksandriya2 Serhiy Turiansky22Prykarpattia Ivano-Frankivsk3 Oleksandr Ostashov18Dnipro Cherkasy4 Ruslan Zabranskyi16 (3)Evis Mykolaiv Mykola Yurchenko16 (3)Prykarpattia Ivano-Frankivsk6 Anatoliy Redushko14Skala / Prykarpattia Oleksiy Hrachov14Naftovyk Okhtyrka Valeriy Kudlyuk14 (2)Evis Mykolaiv Vakhtang Karibov14 (9)Pryladyst Mukacheve10 Andriy Shevchenko12Dynamo-2 Kyiv Vitaliy Chayka12 (10)Stal Alchevsk
See also Ukrainian Premier League 1993–94 Ukrainian Second League 1993–94 Ukrainian Cup 1993-94
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