| Season: | 1992–93 |
| Winners: | FC Dynamo Kyiv 1st title |
| Relegated: | none |
| League Topscorer: | (17) Serhiy Husiev (Chornomorets) |
| Matches: | 240 |
| Total Goals: | 562 |
| Average Attendance: | High - Dynamo Kyiv (8,990), Low - Tavriya Simferopol (3,706) |
| Nextseason: | 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 1992 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 Kyivan club was declared a champion by the goal difference as 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.
Kryvbas is a multi-times champion of the Championship of the Ukrainian SSR.
No relegation at the end of the season as the league was scheduled to be expanded to 18 participants.
| width=18 | Rank | width=150 | Stadium | width=100 | Place | width=130 | Club | width=70 | Capacity | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Republican Stadium | Kyiv | Dynamo Kyiv | 100,062 | ||||||
| 2 | BSS Stadium | Odesa | Chornomorets Odesa | 34,362 | ||||||
| 3 | Avanhard Stadium | Luhansk | Zorya Luhansk | 32,243 | ||||||
| 4 | Shakhtar Stadium | Donetsk | Shakhtar Donetsk | 31,718 | ||||||
| 5 | Metalist Stadium | Kharkiv | Metalist Kharkiv | 30,000 | ||||||
| 6 | Metalurh Stadium | Kryvyi Rih | Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih | 29,734 | ||||||
| 7 | Ukraina Stadium | Lviv | Karpaty Lviv | 28,051 | ||||||
| 8 | Meteor Stadium | Dnipro | FC Dnipro | 24,381 | ||||||
| 9 | Avanhard Stadium | Rivne | Veres Rivne | 20,000 | ||||||
| 10 | RSC Lokomotyv | Simferopol | Tavriya Simferopol | 19,978 | ||||||
| 11 | Central Stadium | Ternopil | Nyva Ternopil | 15,150 | ||||||
| 12 | AvtoZAZ Stadium | Zaporizhzhia | Torpedo Zaporizhzhia | 15,000 | ||||||
| 13 | Avanhard Stadium | Lutsk | Volyn Lutsk | 12,080 | ||||||
| 14 | Bukovyna Stadium | Chernivtsi | Bukovyna Chernivtsi | 12,000 | ||||||
| 15 | Dnipro Stadium | Kremenchuk | FC Kremin Kremenchuk | 11,300 | ||||||
| 16 | Metalurh Stadium | Zaporizhzhia | Metalurh Zaporizhzhia | 11,883 |
Notes:
| 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 Zaporizhzhia | 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 Zaporizhzhia | Yevhen Lemeshko | April 1, 1993 | Viktor Matviyenko | April 1, 1993 | ||||
| FC Metalist Kharkiv | Viktor Aristov | June 1, 1993 |  Sergei Dotsenko | June 1, 1993 |
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| Rank | Player | Club | Goals (Pen.) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Serhiy Husyev | Chornomorets Odesa | 17 (2) |
| 2 | Victor Leonenko | Dynamo Kyiv | 16 (3) |
| 3 | Ihor Nychenko | Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih | 12 (2) |
| 4 | Serhiy Atelkin | Shakhtar Donetsk | 11 |
| Vadym Kolesnyk | Metalist Kharkiv | 11 | |
| Oleh Matviiv | Shakhtar Donetsk | 11 (1) | |
| Talyat Sheikhametov | Tavriya Simferopol | 11 (1) | |
| 8 | Roman Bondarenko | Torpedo Zaporizhzhia | 10 |
| 9 | Volodymyr Dykyi | Volyn Lutsk | 9 (2) |
| 10 | Serhiy Shevchenko | Tavriya Simferopol | 8 |
| Volodymyr Hashchyn | Volyn Lutsk | 8 | |
| Pavlo Shkapenko | Dynamo Kyiv | 8 | |
| Tymerlan Huseynov | Zorya-MALS Luhansk | 8 | |
| Anatoliy Mushchinka | Metalurh Zaporizhzhia | 8 | |
| Serhiy Konovalov | Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk | 8 | |
| Dmytro Topchiyev | Karpaty Lviv | 8 |
| Rank | Player | Club | Clean sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Oleh Suslov | Chornomorets Odesa | 12 |
| 2 | Ihor Kutyepov | Dynamo Kyiv | 11 |
| 3 | Oleksandr Pomazun | Metalist Kharkiv | 10 |
| Dmytro Tyapushkin | Nyva Ternopil | 10 | |
| 5 | Bohdan Strontsitskyi | Karpaty Lviv | 9 |
| Mykola Medin | FC Dnipro | 9 | |
(league appearances and goals listed in brackets)
| 1. FC Dynamo Kyiv | |
| Goalkeepers: Ihor Kutepov (19 / -8), Valdemaras Martinkenas (12 / -6). Defenders: Oleh Luzhnyi (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), Serhii 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 | |
| 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 | |
| 3. FC Chornomorets Odesa | |
| 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 |
Note: Players in italic are whose playing position is uncertain.
