1992–93 Vyshcha Liha Explained

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.

Teams

Promotions

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.

Stadiums

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1Republican StadiumKyivDynamo Kyiv100,062
2BSS StadiumOdesaChornomorets Odesa34,362
3Avanhard StadiumLuhanskZorya Luhansk32,243
4Shakhtar StadiumDonetskShakhtar Donetsk31,718
5Metalist StadiumKharkivMetalist Kharkiv30,000
6Metalurh StadiumKryvyi RihKryvbas Kryvyi Rih29,734
7Ukraina StadiumLvivKarpaty Lviv28,051
8Meteor StadiumDniproFC Dnipro24,381
9Avanhard StadiumRivneVeres Rivne20,000
10RSC LokomotyvSimferopolTavriya Simferopol19,978
11Central StadiumTernopilNyva Ternopil15,150
12AvtoZAZ StadiumZaporizhzhiaTorpedo Zaporizhzhia15,000
13Avanhard StadiumLutskVolyn Lutsk12,080
14Bukovyna StadiumChernivtsiBukovyna Chernivtsi12,000
15Dnipro StadiumKremenchukFC Kremin Kremenchuk11,300
16Metalurh StadiumZaporizhzhiaMetalurh Zaporizhzhia11,883

Notes:

Managers

ClubCoachReplaced Coach(es)Home stadium
FC Dynamo Kyiv Mykhailo Fomenko Anatoliy Puzach
Yozhef Sabo
Republican Stadium
FC Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk Mykola PavlovMeteor Stadium
FC Chornomorets Odesa Viktor ProkopenkoBlack Sea Shipping Stadium
FC Shakhtar Donetsk Valery YaremchenkoShakhtar Stadium
FC Metalist Kharkiv Sergei Dotsenko Leonid Tkachenko
Viktor Aristov
Metalist Stadium
FC Karpaty Lviv Myron MarkevychUkraina Stadium
FC Metalurh Zaporizhzhia Janis Skredelis[1] Ihor Nadein 15 gamesMetalurh Stadium
FC Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih Ihor Nadein Volodymyr Sryzhevskyi
Valentyn Laktionov
Metalurh Stadium
FC Kremin Kremenchuk Boris StreltsovDnipro Stadium
SC Tavriya Simferopol Anatoliy ZayaevLokomotyv Stadium
FC Volyn Lutsk Roman PokoraAvanhard Stadium
FC Bukovyna Chernivtsi Oleksandr PavlenkoBukovyna Stadium
FC Torpedo Zaporizhzhia Viktor Matviyenko Yevhen LemeshkoAvtoZAZ Stadium
FC Nyva Ternopil Leonid Buriak Leonid KoltunCity Stadium
FC Zorya-MALS Anatoliy KuksovAvanhard Stadium
FC Veres Rivne Mykhailo Dunets Viktor Nosov
Vasiliy Kurilov
Avanhard Stadium

Managerial changes

TeamOutgoing head coachManner of departureDate of vacancyTableIncoming head coachDate of appointmentTable
FC Bukovyna ChernivtsiYukhym Shkolnykovpre-seasonOleksandr Pavlenkopre-season
FC Kremin KremenchukVolodymyr Lozynskyipre-seasonBoris Streltsovpre-season
FC Volyn LutskMyron Markevychpre-seasonRoman Pokorapre-season
FC Karpaty LvivStepan Yurchyshynpre-seasonMyron Markevychpre-season
FC Kryvbas Kryvyi RihVolodymyr SryzhevskyiOctober 12, 1992Valentyn LaktionovOctober 12, 1992
FC Veres RivneViktor NosovOctober 12, 1992 Vasiliy KurilovOctober 12, 1992
FC Dynamo KyivAnatoliy PuzachsackedNovember 10, 19922Yozhef SaboNovember 10, 19922
FC Metalist KharkivLeonid TkachenkoViktor Aristov
FC Metalurh ZaporizhzhiaIhor NadeinJanis Skredelis
FC Veres Rivne Vasiliy KurilovMykhailo Dunets
FC Dynamo KyivYozhef SaboreplacedFebruary 19932Mykhailo FomenkoFebruary 19932
FC Nyva TernopilLeonid KoltunLeonid Buriak
FC Kryvbas Kryvyi RihValentyn LaktionovMarch 15, 1993Ihor NadeinMarch 15, 1993
FC Torpedo ZaporizhzhiaYevhen LemeshkoApril 1, 1993Viktor MatviyenkoApril 1, 1993
FC Metalist KharkivViktor AristovJune 1, 1993 Sergei DotsenkoJune 1, 1993

Qualification to European competitions for 1993–94

Qualified Teams

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League table

Results

Top goalscorers

RankPlayerClubGoals
(Pen.)
1 Serhiy HusyevChornomorets Odesa17 (2)
2 Victor LeonenkoDynamo Kyiv16 (3)
3 Ihor NichenkoKryvbas Kryvyi Rih12 (2)
4 Serhiy AtelkinShakhtar Donetsk11
Vadym KolesnykMetalist Kharkiv11
Oleh MatviivShakhtar Donetsk11 (1)
Talyat SheikhametovTavriya Simferopol11 (1)
8 Roman BondarenkoTorpedo Zaporizhzhia10
9 Volodymyr DykyiVolyn Lutsk9 (2)
10 Serhiy ShevchenkoTavriya Simferopol8
Volodymyr HashchynVolyn Lutsk8
Pavlo ShkapenkoDynamo Kyiv8
Tymerlan HuseynovZorya-MALS Luhansk8
Anatoliy MushchinkaMetalurh Zaporizhzhia8
Serhiy KonovalovDnipro Dnipropetrovsk8
Dmytro TopchiyevKarpaty Lviv8

Clean sheets

RankPlayerClubClean
sheets
1 Oleh SuslovChornomorets Odesa12
2 Ihor KutyepovDynamo Kyiv11
3 Oleksandr PomazunMetalist Kharkiv10
Dmytro TyapushkinNyva Ternopil10
5 Bohdan StrontsitskyiKarpaty Lviv9
Mykola MedinFC Dnipro9

Medal squads

(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 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 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 Oulun Palloseura), Serhiy Husiev (to Trabzonspor).

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

See also

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Latvian football successes . 2010-08-19 . https://web.archive.org/web/20101125194120/http://www.bank.lv/eng/main/am/jubmon/smp/index.php?41174 . 2010-11-25 . dead .