1993–94 Vyshcha Liha Explained

Season:1993–94
Winners:FC Dynamo Kyiv
2nd title
League Topscorer:(18) Timerlan Huseinov (Chornomorets)
Biggest Home Win:7:0 Dnipro - Metalurh (Round 17)
Biggest Away Win:0:4 Zorya-MALS - Shakhtar (Round 15)
Highest Scoring:7:1 Tariya - Metalist (Round 15)
Nextseason:1994–95

1993–94 Vyshcha Liha was the third season of the Vyshcha Liha.

Last season the league champions Dynamo received a fierce competition from the Pavlov led Dnipro out of Dnipropetrovsk. The third season was promising to be even more exciting. Dynamo was going through some difficult times and before the start of the season, it was sold to Hryhoriy Surkis from Viktor Bezverkhyi.

The season started on August 8 with nine games of the first round. It finally was concluded on June 19. It was anticipated that at least four clubs would be really competing for the top title. At the end, it turned out the other way around. Dnipro has remarkably given up its positions, losing almost ten games. Chornomorets also did not pose any resistance to neither Dynamo or Shakhtar. However, the biggest surprise was the relegation of Metalist Kharkiv which won only six games. Metalurh Zaporizhzhia barely escaped relegation, partially due to their excellent game in Kharkiv where they manage to thrash the local Metalist 3:0. Three rounds before the end Dynamo was recognized as the champions. There was one technical loss (-:+) that was awarded again to SC Tavriya Simferopol when it was hosting FC Volyn Lutsk in the 32nd round on June 11, 1994, for fielding a suspended player Dzyubenko.

Preseason changes

The league was expanded to 18 teams including the same 16 from the past season.

Teams

Promotions

Location

width=18Rankwidth=220Stadiumwidth=100Placewidth=220Clubwidth=70CapacityNotes
1Respublikansky StadionKyivDynamo Kyiv100,062
2Tsentralnyi Stadion BSSOdesaChornomorets Odesa43,000
3AvanhardLuhanskZorya-MALS Luhansk32,243
4MetalistKharkivMetalist Kharkiv32,000
5Tsentralnyi Stadion "Shakhtar"
Stadion Rudupravlinnia
Donetsk
Komsomolske
Shakhtar Donetsk31,545
?
6MeteorDnipropetrovskDnipro Dnipropetrovsk30,000
7Metalurh
UGOK Stadion
Kryvyi RihKryvbas Kryvyi Rih29,783
?
8UkrainaLvivKarpaty Lviv28,051
9LokomotyvSimferopolTavriya Simferopol26,000
10AvanhardRivneVeres Rivne25,000
11MetalurhZaporizhzhiaMetalurh Zaporizhzhia25,000
12LokomotyvVinnytsiaNyva Vinnytsia24,000
13Miskyi StadionTernopilNyva Ternopil17,000
14CJSC ZAZ StadionZaporizhzhiaTorpedo Zaporizhzhia15,000
15BukovynaChernivtsiBukovyna Chernivtsi12,000
16DniproKremenchukKremin Kremenchuk11,300
17AvanhardLutskVolyn Lutsk10,792
18TempShepetivkaTemp Shepetivka8,000

Notes:

Managers

ClubCoachReplaced Coach
FC Dynamo Kyiv Yozhef Sabo Mykhailo Fomenko
FC Shakhtar Donetsk Valery Yaremchenko
FC Chornomorets Odesa Viktor Prokopenko
FC Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk Mykola Pavlov
FC Karpaty Lviv Myron Markevych
FC Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih Volodymyr Brukhtiy
FC Nyva Ternopil Leonid Buriak
SC Tavriya Simferopol Anatoliy Zayaev
FC Temp Shepetivka Leonid Tkachenko
FC Nyva Vinnytsia Yukhym Shkolnykov
FC Volyn Lutsk Roman Pokora
FC Veres Rivne Vyacheslav Kobyletskyi Mykhailo Dunets
FC Torpedo Zaporizhzhia Ihor Nadein Viktor Matviyenko
FC Zorya-MALS Volodymyr Kobzarev Anatoliy Shakun
FC Kremin Kremenchuk Evhen Rudakov Boris Streltsov 8 games
Tiberiy Korponay 9 games
FC Metalurh Zaporizhzhia Anatoliy Kuksov Janis Skredelis
Hryhoriy Vul
FC Bukovyna Chernivtsi Oleksandr Pavlenko
FC Metalist Kharkiv Viktor Kamarzayev Oleksandr Dovbiy
Yevhen Lemeshko

League table

Top goalscorers

RankPlayerClubGoals
(Pen.)
1 Timerlan HuseinovChornomorets Odesa18 (1)
2 Oleh MatviivShakhtar Donetsk17 (5)
3 Victor LeonenkoDynamo Kyiv15 (4)
4 Oleh MochulyakNyva Ternopil14
5 Serhii KonovalovDnipro Dnipropetrovsk13
Serhiy SkachenkoTemp Shepetivka13
7 Borys FinkelBukovyna Chernivtsi12
Serhiy OnopkoShakhtar Donetsk12
Pavlo ShkapenkoDynamo Kyiv12
Andriy PokladokKarpaty Lviv12 (1)

Medal squads

(league appearances and goals listed in brackets)

1. FC Dynamo Kyiv
Goalkeepers: Andriy Kovtun (14 / -6), Ihor Kutepov (11 / -9), Oleksandr Shovkovskyi (9 / -6).
Defenders: Oleh Luzhnyi (34 / 1), Serhiy Shmatovalenko (27), Vladyslav Vashchuk (24), Vitaliy Ponomarenko (19), Andriy Khomyn (17 / 1), Anatoliy Bezsmertnyi (8), Serhiy Fedorov (1).
Midfielders: Dmytro Topchiyev (32 / 3), Serhiy Mizin (28 / 6), Serhiy Kovalets (28 / 2), Volodymyr Sharan (19 / 4), Andriy Anenkov (13 / 1), Vladyslav Prudius (13 / 1), Maksim Demenko (12), Vyacheslav Khruslov (10 / 1), Yuri Hrytsyna (10), Andriy Zavyalov (9 / 2).
Forwards: Oleksandr Pryzetko (33 / 7), Pavlo Shkapenko (31 / 12), Viktor Leonenko (24 / 15), Mikheil Jishkariani (13 / 1), Vitaliy Mintenko (12 / 2), Serhii Rebrov (10 / 2).

Manager: Mykhailo Fomenko (first half), Yozhef Sabo (second half).

Transferred out during the season: ?.

2. FC Shakhtar Donetsk
Goalkeepers: Dmytro Shutkov (29 / -28), Andriy Kurayev (3 / -3), Volodymyr Havrylov (2 / -1).
Defenders: Viktor Smyhunov (30 / 1), Ihor Leonov (29 / 1), Oleksandr Koval (28), Andriy Kuptsov (24), Oleksandr Melyevanov (7), Ruslan Uzakov (3), Pavlo Filipenko (2).
Midfielders: Serhiy Onopko (33 / 12), Serhiy Yashchenko (33), Hennadiy Orbu (32 / 2), Valeriy Kriventsov (29 / 8), Yuri Byelichenko (29 / 5), Serhiy Popov (28 / 3), Ihor Stolovytsky (22 / 1), Ihor Shcherbyna (6), Serhiy Kovalyov (2).
Forwards: Oleh Matveyev (27 / 17), Serhiy Atelkin (27 / 11), Oleksandr Voskoboinyk (24 / 3).

Manager: Valeriy Yaremchenko.

Transferred out during the season: Ihor Shcherbyna (to Zirka Kirovohrad), Ruslan Uzakov (to Shakhter Shakhty).

3. FC Chornomorets Odesa
Goalkeepers: Oleh Suslov (34 / -23), Yevhen Nemodruk (2).
Defenders: Yuriy Bukel (32), Andriy Telesnenko (22 / 1), Viktor Yablonskyi (17), Serhiy Bulyhin-Shramko (16), Yuriy Smotrych (15), Vitaliy Skysh (10).
Midfielders: Ihor Zhabchenko (32 / 5), Dmytro Parfyonov (32 / 3), Viktor Bohatyr (29 / 3), Ruslan Romanchuk (28 / 1), Ihor Korniyets (28), Vyacheslav Yeremeyev (20 / 5), Yuriy Sak (16), Oleksandr Bondarenko (11), Oleh Koshelyuk (11).
Forwards: Tymerlan Huseinov (33 / 18), Kostyantyn Kulyk (28 / 4), Vitaliy Parakhnevych (24 / 8), Vladimir Lebed (10 / 2).

Manager: Viktor Prokopenko.

Transferred out during the season: Yuriy Sak (to Spartak Moscow), Oleksandr Bondarenko (to BVSC Budapest), Oleh Koshelyuk (to Beitar Jerusalem), Vladimir Lebed (to Krystal Kherson).

Note: Players in italic are whose playing position is uncertain.

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