1994–95 Ukrainian First League was the fourth season of the Ukrainian First League which was won by Zirka-NIBAS Kirovohrad. The season started on August 6, 1994, and finished on July 2, 1995. In the last round the Kyiv club was only a point away and was visiting Oleksandriya, while the leading Zirka was hosting the former Premier League participant Bukovyna. The Kirovohrad club has managed to prevail with goals from Borysenko and Oliynyk becoming the season champions.
Promotion and relegation Promoted teams Four clubs promoted from the 1993–94 Ukrainian Second League. FC Boryspil – champion (debut) FC Bazhanovets Makaiivka – 2nd place (debut) FC Zirka-NIBAS Kirovohrad – 3rd place (debut) FC Naftokhimik Kremenchuk – 4th place (debut)
Relegated teams Two clubs were relegated from the 1993-94 Ukrainian Top League: FC Bukovyna Chernivtsi – 17th place (debut) FC Metalist Kharkiv – 18th place (debut)
Renamed teams FC Nord-Am-Podillya Khmelnytskyi was renamed back to FC Podillya Khmelnytskyi at the start of season FC Boryspil was renamed to FC Borysfen Boryspil at the start of season FC SBTS Sumy was renamed to FC Sumy at winter break FC Borysfen Boryspil was renamed to FC CSKA-Borysfen Kyiv at winter break
Teams In 1994-95 season, the Ukrainian First League consists of the following teams:
Club City Stadium Coach Replaced coach(es) Metalist Kharkiv Kharkiv Metalist Stadium Viktor Kamarzayev Pryladyst Mukacheve Mukacheve Pryladyst StadiumAvanhard Stadium (13th and 2nd half)Spartak Stadium (25th and 26th) Havrylo Kachur Polihraftekhnika Oleksandria Oleksandriya Olimp Stadium Anatoliy Buznik Yuriy Koval Podillya Khmelnytskyi KhmelnytskyiKrasyliv Podillya StadiumYunist Stadium (41st) Volodymyr Stryzhevskyi Mykhailo Dunets Krystal Chortkiv Chortkiv Kharchovyk StadiumKrystal Stadium (30th, 37th) Ivan Hamaliy CSKA-Borysfen Kyiv BoryspilKyiv Kolos StadiumCSKA Stadium (2nd half) Mykhailo Fomenko Volodymyr Bezsonov Dynamo-2 Kyiv KyivBoryspil Dynamo StadiumKolos Stadium (43rd, 44th) Anatoliy Kroshchenko Volodymyr Onyshchenko FC Sumy Sumy Avanhard StadiumKolos Stadium (23rd, 24th, 27th, 28th, 31st, 32nd) Sergei Dotsenko Viktor Aristov Stal Alchevsk Alchevsk Stal Stadium Anatoliy Volobuyev Dnipro Cherkasy Cherkasy Central Stadium Semen Osynovskyi Bazhanovets Makiivka Makiivka Avanhard StadiumShakhtar Stadium (23rd and 24th)SHP (26th, 29th, 30th) Viktor PyshchevProfile Bukovyna Chernivtsi Chernivtsi Bukovyna Stadium Yukhym Shkolnykov Oleksandr PavlenkoYuriy StasyshynProfile Khimik Zhytomyr Zhytomyr Khimik Stadium Andriy Cheremysin Leonid Koltun Naftovyk Okhtyrka Okhtyrka Naftovyk Stadium Andriy Biba Metalurh Nikopol Nikopol Elektrometalurh Stadium Pavlo Yakovenko Zirka-NIBAS Kirovohrad Kirovohrad Zirka StadiumARZ Stadium (43rd) Oleksandr Ishchenko Zakarpattia Uzhhorod Uzhhorod Avanhard Stadium Yuriy Chyrkov Ernest KeslerIvan Lednei FC Skala Stryi Stryi Sokil StadiumCentral Stadium (ppd) Roman Pokora Yuriy SmerdovIn the Lviv region died famous Ukrainian football coach (На Львівщині помер відомий український футбольний тренер). Obozrevatel. 11 May 2017Profile at Luhansk Nash Futbol Vorskla Poltava Poltava Vorskla Stadium Viktor Pozhechevskyi Khimik Severodonetsk Sieverodonetsk Khimik Stadium Yuriy Vankevych Odesa Odesa SKA Stadium Serhiy Marusyn Naftokhimik Kremenchuk Kremenchuk Dnipro StadiumVahonobudivnyk Stadium (11th)Naftokhimik Stadium (21st, 22nd and 2nd half) Mykhailo Byelykh Final table
Persha Liha 1994-95 WinnersZirka-NIBAS KirovohradFirst title
Top scorers Statistics are taken from here.Statistics ScorerGoals (Pen.)Team1 Serhiy Chuichenko27 (5)Polihraftekhnika Oleksandriya2 Andriy Husin21Dynamo-2 Kyiv3 Oleksiy Hrachov18 (2)Naftovyk Okhtyrka4 Vyacheslav Suvorov16 (1)Metalist Kharkiv5 Valeriy Sofilkanych14Khimik Zhytomyr Viktor Diak14 (1)Bazhanovets Makiivka Vadym Plotnikov14 (2)Stal Alchevsk8 Viktor Oliynyk13 (1)Zirka-NIBAS Kirovohrad9 Kostyantyn Babych12Metalurh Nikopol10 Oleksandr Omelchuk11 (8)Metalurh Nikopol
See also 1994–95 Ukrainian Premier League 1994–95 Ukrainian Second League 1994–95 Ukrainian Third League 1994–95 Ukrainian Cup 1994–95 Ukrainian Football Amateur League
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