1992–93 Vyshcha Liha

Vyshcha Liha
Season	1992-93
Champions	FC Dynamo Kyiv
Relegated	none
Champions League	Dynamo Kyiv
Cup Winners' Cup	Karpaty Lviv
UEFA Cup	Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk
Matches played	240
Goals scored	562 (2.34 per match)
Top goalscorer	(17) Serhiy Husiev (Chornomorets)
Biggest home win	Dynamo 6–0 Veres Metalist 6–0 Zoria Bukovyna 6–0 Kremin
Biggest away win	Tavria 0–5 Dynamo Bukovyna 0–5 Dynamo
Highest scoring	Karpaty 4–3 Chornomorets Shakhtar 6–1 Volyn
Average attendance	High - Dynamo Kyiv (8,990), Low - Tavriya Simferopol (3,706)
← 1992 1993–94 →

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 2009–10 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 Kievan club was declared a champion by the goal difference as the 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.

Preseason changes

Veres Rivne and Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih were promoted from the First League after finishing first the prior season.

Qualification to European competitions for 1993–94

Since Ukraine finished in twenty eighth place of the UEFA country ranking after the 1992–93 season,^[1] the league will have a single qualifier 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

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Comments
1	Dynamo Kyiv	30	18	8	4	59	14	+45	44	UEFA Champions League
2	Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk	30	18	8	4	51	20	+31	44	UEFA Cup
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	30	10	10	10	37	38	−1	30	UEFA Cup Winners' Cup
7	Metalurh Zaporizhzhya	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 Zaporizhzhya	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

Source:
Rules for classification: 1st points; 2nd wins; 3rd goal difference

Note:

In bold are the participants of the 1993 Ukrainian Cup Final.
Dynamo Kyiv won its first championship title by earning its 18th win of the season away against Kremin Kremenchuk at Dnipro Stadium, Kremenchuk on June 20, 1993.

Top goalscorers

Serhiy Husyev	Chornomorets Odessa	17 (2)
Victor Leonenko	Dynamo Kyiv	16 (3)
Ihor Nichenko	Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih	12 (2)
Serhiy Atelkin	Shakhtar Donetsk	11
Vadym Kolesnyk	Metalist Kharkiv	11
Oleh Matviiv	Shakhtar Donetsk	11 (1)
Tolyat Sheikhametov	Tavriya Simferopol	11 (1)
Roman Bondarenko	Torpedo Zaporizhzhya	10
Volodymyr Dykyi	Volyn Lutsk	9 (2)
Serhiy Shevchenko	Tavriya Simferopol	8
Volodymyr Hashchyn	Volyn Lutsk	8
Pavlo Shkapenko	Dynamo Kyiv	8
Tymerlan Huseynov	Zorya-MALS Luhansk	8
Anatoliy Mushchinka	Metalurh Zaporizhia	8
Serhiy Konovalov	Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk	8
Dmytro Topchiyev	Karpaty Lviv	8

Notable Transfers

Managers

Club	Coach	Replaced Coach(es)	Home stadium
FC Dynamo Kyiv	Mykhailo Fomenko	Anatoliy Puzach Yozhef Sabo	Republican Stadium
FC Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk	Mykola Pavlov		Meteor Stadium
FC Chornomorets Odessa	Viktor Prokopenko		Black Sea Shipping Stadium
FC Shakhtar Donetsk	Valery Yaremchenko		Shakhtar Stadium
FC Metalist Kharkiv	Sergei Dotsenko	Leonid Tkachenko Viktor Aristov	Metalist Stadium
FC Karpaty Lviv	Myron Markevych		Ukraina Stadium
FC Metalurh Zaporizhia	Janis Skredelis^[2]^[3]	Ihor Nadein 15 games	Metalurh Stadium
FC Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih	Ihor Nadein	Volodymyr Sryzhevskyi Valentyn Laktionov	Metalurh Stadium
FC Kremin Kremenchuk	Boris Streltsov		Dnipro Stadium
SC Tavriya Simferopol	Anatoliy Zayaev		Lokomotyv Stadium
FC Volyn Lutsk	Roman Pokora		Avanhard Stadium
FC Bukovyna Chernivtsi	Oleksandr Pavlenko		Bukovyna Stadium
FC Torpedo Zaporizhia	Viktor Matviyenko	Yevhen Lemeshko	AvtoZAZ Stadium
FC Nyva Ternopil	Leonid Buriak	Leonid Koltun	City Stadium
FC Zorya-MALS	Anatoliy Kuksov		Avanhard Stadium
FC Veres Rivne	Mykhailo Dunets	Viktor Nosov Vasiliy Kurilov^[4]	Avanhard Stadium

Managerial changes

Team	Outgoing head coach	Manner of departure	Date of vacancy	Table	Incoming head coach	Date of appointment	Table
FC Bukovyna Chernivtsi	Yukhym Shkolnykov			pre-season	Oleksandr Pavlenko		pre-season
FC Kremin Kremenchuk	Volodymyr Lozynskyi			pre-season	Boris Streltsov		pre-season
FC Volyn Lutsk	Myron Markevych			pre-season	Roman Pokora		pre-season
FC Karpaty Lviv	Stepan Yurchyshyn			pre-season	Myron Markevych		pre-season
FC Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih	Volodymyr Sryzhevskyi		October 12, 1992		Valentyn Laktionov	October 12, 1992
FC Veres Rivne	Viktor Nosov		October 12, 1992		Vasiliy Kurilov	October 12, 1992
FC Dynamo Kyiv	Anatoliy Puzach	sacked	November 10, 1992	2	Yozhef Sabo	November 10, 1992	2
FC Metalist Kharkiv	Leonid Tkachenko				Viktor Aristov
FC Metalurh Zaporizhia	Ihor Nadein				Janis Skredelis
FC Veres Rivne	Vasiliy Kurilov				Mykhailo Dunets
FC Dynamo Kyiv	Yozhef Sabo	replaced	February 1993	2	Mykhailo Fomenko	February 1993	2
FC Nyva Ternopil	Leonid Koltun				Leonid Buriak
FC Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih	Valentyn Laktionov		March 15, 1993		Ihor Nadein	March 15, 1993
FC Torpedo Zaporizhia	Yevhen Lemeshko		April 1, 1993		Viktor Matviyenko	April 1, 1993
FC Metalist Kharkiv	Viktor Aristov		June 1, 1993		Sergei Dotsenko	June 1, 1993

Medal squads

(league appearances and goals listed in brackets)

1. FC Dynamo Kyiv
Goalkeepers: Ihor Kutepov (19 / -8), Valdemaras Martinkenas (12 / -6). Defenders: Oleh Luzhny (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), Serhiy 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 Odessa
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.

References

↑ Kassies, Bert. "UEFA Country Ranking 1993". Retrieved 14 April 2012.
↑ Janis Skredelis is a well known Latvian football specialist, particularly when he was managing the Soviet club of FK Daugava Rīga.
↑ Latvian football successes
↑ Vasiliy Kurilov

External links

ukrsoccerhistory.com - source of information

Ukrainian Premier League seasons

Vyshcha Liha	1992 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–2000 2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08

Premier League	2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16

Golden matches	1992 Tavria v Dynamo 2006 Shakhtar v Dynamo

1992–93 in European football (UEFA)

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