The 1992 Ukrainian Transitional League was the first season of the 3rd level professional football in Ukraine. The season stretched from April 4, 1992, through July 4, 1992. The competition was divided into two groups according to geographical location in the country – 1 is western Ukraine and northeastern Ukraine, while 2 is eastern Ukraine and southern Ukraine. After this season the Transitional League has split into the Second League (3rd tier) and the Transitional League (4th tier).
Organization After the fall of the Soviet Union on January 1, 1992, most of the Ukrainian clubs that participated in the top three tiers of the All-Soviet League system, composed the 1992 Vyshcha Liha (Higher League). At the same time, the Ukrainian clubs that participated in the Soviet 4th tier, which was recently revived in 1990, had formed the new 1992 Persha Liha (First League). The participants of those two leagues were also included in the 1992 Ukrainian Cup competition.
The worst three teams that competed in the Soviet 4th tier (Buffer League or Soviet Second League "B"), which featured the Ukrainian republican football competition, along with other republican competitions, were conditionally relegated and joined the pool of former KFK teams to compete in the 1992 Perekhidna Liha (Transitional League). This new competition was composed of 18 teams, which were split geographically into two groups: Group 1 - West and North, Group 2 - East and South. Also, the clubs of this competition did not participate in the Ukrainian Cup. Upon the conclusion of the season, the league was split into the 3rd-tier Second League and the 4th-tier Transitional League. The top four clubs from each group entered the Second League competition, while the bottom five from each group entered the Transitional League competition.
Composition TeamLocationStadiumLeague and position in 1991CoachReplaced coachOkeanKerch50ti-richia ZhovtniaSoviet Second League "B"24Oleksiy YakymovychZirkaKirovohradZirka25Mykola FedorenkoMayakKharkivKhTZSerp i Molot26Mykola MachulaLysonyaBerezhanyNyvaTsukrovyk, Khodoriv, Lviv OblastUkrainian KFK competitions2.1Anatoliy VenhrynovychTytanArmyanskKhimik4.1Eduard FedinAntratsytKirovskeYuvileinyi5.1Yuriy KlokovAndezytKhustAvanhard1.2Karlo SoikovDnisterZalishchykyDnister2.2Petro ChervinYavirKrasnopillyaKolos3.2Volodymyr BohachMykola AstafievMelioratorKakhovkaAvanhard4.2Volodymyr SpiridonovPrometeiShakhtarskShakhtar5.2Yuriy VankevychHirnykKhartsyzkKanatchyk6.2Oleksandr SlyusarenkoHazovykKomarnoHazovyk1.3Volodymyr ZhuravchakProminVolia BaranetskaSpartak, Sambir, Lviv OblastKolos2.3Yaroslav KhomynDruzhbaOsypenkoTorpedo, Berdyansk, Zaporizhia Oblast3.3Mykola LyutyiMoreFeodosiya Albatross, Prymorskyi, AR Crimea4.3Yuriy NaurzokovBazhanovetsMakiivkaBazhanovetsAvanhard5.3Viktor PyshchovElektronRomnyElektron6.3Oleksandr Kvasha
Notes: Positions in the table for KFK competitions are shown in format #.# where the first digit represents a group # and the second digit is the actual final position in the 1991 KFK competitions that consisted of six groups. Mayak changed its name to Olympik
Location map
Group 1
Top goalscorers
ScorerGoals (Pen.)Team1Vitaliy Pushkutsa11 (3)Olympik Kharkiv2Volodymyr Snylyk9 (5)Hazovyk Komarno
Group 2
Top goalscorers
ScorerGoals (Pen.)Team1Oleh Vietrov11 (4)Bazhanovets Makiivka
Number of teams by region Number Region Team(s)4Hirnyk Khartsyzk, FC Antratsyt, Bazhanovets Makiivka, Prometei Shakhtarsk3Tytan Armyansk, More Feodosia, Okean Kerch2Hazovyk Komarno, Promin Volia BaranetskaYavir Krasnopillia, Elektron RomnyDnister Zalishchyky, Lysonia Berezhany1Olimpik KharkivMeliorator KakhovkaZirka KirovohradAndezyt KhustDruzhba Osypenko
See also 1992 Ukrainian Higher League 1992 Ukrainian First League 1992 Ukrainian Cup
External links 1992 Ukrainian Transitional League (Aleksei Kobyzev, Russian) Чемпионат Украины\Переходная Лига. uafootball.net.ua Чемпионат Украины\Переходная Лига. uafootball.net.ua 1992 Ukrainian Transitional League. Footballfacts.ru 1992 Ukrainian Transitional League. Footballfacts.ru