See also: 1982 Soviet Second League.
1982 Football Championship of Ukrainian SSR was the 52nd season of association football competition of the Ukrainian SSR, which was part of the Soviet Second League in Zone 6. The season started on 4 April 1982. Administratively, the Ukrainian Zone was moved again this time from Zone 5 to Zone 6.
The 1982 Football Championship of Ukrainian SSR was won by Bukovyna Chernivtsi. Qualified for the interzonal playoffs, the team from Chernivtsi Oblast did not manage to gain promotion by placing last in its group.
The "Ruby Cup" of Molod Ukrayiny newspaper (for the most scored goals) was received by Bukovyna Chernivtsi.
The following were the top ten goalscorers.
| Scorer | Goals (Pen.) | Team | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 32 | Nyva Vinnytsia | ||
| 2 | Fedir Vasylchenko | 28 | Shakhtar Horlivka | |
| 3 | Volodymyr Shyshkov | 25 | Spartak Zhytomyr | |
| 4 | Serhiy Shmundiak | 22 | Bukovyna Chernivtsi | |
| 5 | Viktor Oliynyk | 20 | Bukovyna Chernivtsi | |
| 6 | Yuriy Tarasov | align=center rowspan=3 | 18 | Mayak Kharkiv |
| Hryhoriy Lazarko | Frunzenets Sumy | |||
| Oleksandr Novikov | Kolos Mezhyrich |