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.
The league was expanded to 18 teams including the same 16 from the past season.
width=18 | Rank | width=220 | Stadium | width=100 | Place | width=220 | Club | width=70 | Capacity | Notes |
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1 | Respublikansky Stadion | Kyiv | Dynamo Kyiv | 100,062 | ||||||
2 | Tsentralnyi Stadion BSS | Odesa | Chornomorets Odesa | 43,000 | ||||||
3 | Avanhard | Luhansk | Zorya-MALS Luhansk | 32,243 | ||||||
4 | Metalist | Kharkiv | Metalist Kharkiv | 32,000 | ||||||
5 | Tsentralnyi Stadion "Shakhtar" Stadion Rudupravlinnia | Donetsk Komsomolske | Shakhtar Donetsk | 31,545 ? | ||||||
6 | Meteor | Dnipropetrovsk | Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk | 30,000 | ||||||
7 | Metalurh UGOK Stadion | Kryvyi Rih | Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih | 29,783 ? | ||||||
8 | Ukraina | Lviv | Karpaty Lviv | 28,051 | ||||||
9 | Lokomotyv | Simferopol | Tavriya Simferopol | 26,000 | ||||||
10 | Avanhard | Rivne | Veres Rivne | 25,000 | ||||||
11 | Metalurh | Zaporizhzhia | Metalurh Zaporizhzhia | 25,000 | ||||||
12 | Lokomotyv | Vinnytsia | Nyva Vinnytsia | 24,000 | ||||||
13 | Miskyi Stadion | Ternopil | Nyva Ternopil | 17,000 | ||||||
14 | CJSC ZAZ Stadion | Zaporizhzhia | Torpedo Zaporizhzhia | 15,000 | ||||||
15 | Bukovyna | Chernivtsi | Bukovyna Chernivtsi | 12,000 | ||||||
16 | Dnipro | Kremenchuk | Kremin Kremenchuk | 11,300 | ||||||
17 | Avanhard | Lutsk | Volyn Lutsk | 10,792 | ||||||
18 | Temp | Shepetivka | Temp Shepetivka | 8,000 |
Notes:
Rank | Player | Club | Goals (Pen.) |
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1 | Timerlan Huseinov | Chornomorets Odesa | 18 (1) |
2 | Oleh Matviiv | Shakhtar Donetsk | 17 (5) |
3 | Victor Leonenko | Dynamo Kyiv | 15 (4) |
4 | Oleh Mochulyak | Nyva Ternopil | 14 |
5 | Serhii Konovalov | Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk | 13 |
Serhiy Skachenko | Temp Shepetivka | 13 | |
7 | Borys Finkel | Bukovyna Chernivtsi | 12 |
Serhiy Onopko | Shakhtar Donetsk | 12 | |
Pavlo Shkapenko | Dynamo Kyiv | 12 | |
Andriy Pokladok | Karpaty Lviv | 12 (1) |
(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.