1992–93 in Ukrainian football

The 1992–93 season was the second season of competitive football in Ukraine.

National team

Ukraine finished their first year of international competition with a loss versus Hungary and a draw in Belarus. The side's first ever victory came in May of the following year with a win away at Lithuania.^[1]

Matches

Hungary v Ukraine

26 August 1992 friendly match

Hungary	2 – 1	Ukraine
Kovács  82' Nagy  89'		Hudymenko  35'

Városi Stadion, Nyíregyháza Attendance: 8,000 Referee: Schtreng (ROM)

---

Belarus v Ukraine

28 October 1992 friendly match

Belarus	1 – 1	Ukraine
Gotsmanov  49'		Maksymov  79'

Dinamo Stadium, Minsk Attendance: 15,000 Referee: Spirin (RUS)

---

Ukraine v Israel

27 April 1993 friendly match

Ukraine	1 – 1	Israel
Konovalov  78'		Harazi  55'

Chornomorets, Odessa Attendance: ? Referee: Levnikov (RUS)

---

Lithuania v Ukraine

18 May 1993 friendly match

Lithuania	1 – 2	Ukraine
Zdančius  4'		Leonenko  18' Mykhaylenko  22'

Žalgiris Stadium, Vilnius Attendance: 1,200 Referee: Dubinskas (LTU)

---

Croatia v Ukraine

25 June 1993 friendly match

Croatia	3 – 1	Ukraine
Šuker  13' Adžić  47' Bičanić  73'		Husin  57'

Maksimir Stadium, Zagreb Attendance: 25,000 Referee: Jamsek (SLO)

Premier League

Promotions from 1992 season

Veres Rivne was promoted from the First League after finishing first the prior season.

League Table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Comments
1	Dynamo Kyiv	30	18	8	4	59	14	+45	44	UEFA Champions League First Round
2	Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk	30	18	8	4	51	20	+31	44	UEFA Cup First Round
3	Chornomorets Odessa	30	17	4	9	43	31	+12	38
4	Shakhtar Donetsk	30	11	12	7	44	32	+12	34
5	Metalist Kharkiv	30	12	7	11	37	34	+3	31
6	Karpaty Lviv	30	10	10	10	37	38	−1	30	UEFA Cup Winners' Cup Qual. Round
7	Metalurh Zaporizhzhya	30	10	9	11	38	35	+3	29
8	Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih	30	8	11	11	27	40	−13	27
9	Kremin Kremenchuk	30	8	11	11	23	40	−17	27
10	Tavriya Simferopol	30	11	4	15	30	39	−9	26
11	Volyn Lutsk	30	10	6	14	37	54	−17	26
12	Bukovyna Chernivtsi	30	9	8	13	27	32	−5	26
13	Torpedo Zaporizhzhya	30	9	7	14	32	40	−8	25
14	Nyva Ternopil	30	8	9	13	22	25	−3	25
15	Zorya-MALS Luhansk	30	10	4	16	26	46	−20	24
16	Veres Rivne	30	9	6	15	29	42	−13	24

Honors and awards

• Top goalscorer: Serhiy Husyev (17), Chornomorets Odessa
• Ukrainian Footballer of the Year: Viktor Leonenko, Dynamo Kyiv

First League

Promotions and relegations from 1992 season

The following clubs were relegated from the Premier League after the prior season:

• Nyva Vinnytsia (8th, Grp. A)
• Evis Mykolaiv (9th, Grp. A)
• Temp Shepetivka (10th, Grp. A)
• Naftovyk Okhtyrka (8th, Grp. B)
• Prykarpattya Ivano-Frankivsk (9th, Grp. B)
• SCA Odessa (10th, Grp. B)

There were no clubs promoted from the Second League after the prior season.

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Comments
1	Nyva Vinnytsia	42	24	14	4	73	26	+47	62	Premier League
2	Temp Shepetivka	42	25	8	9	68	48	+20	58	Premier League
3	Naftovyk Okhtyrka	42	22	10	10	73	41	+32	54
4	Vorskla Poltava	42	21	9	12	57	46	+11	51
5	Prykarpattia Ivano-Frankivsk	42	18	14	10	53	35	+18	50
6	Polihraftekhnika Oleksandria	42	19	10	13	73	69	+4	30
7	Evis Mykolaiv	42	18	11	13	60	39	+21	48
8	Nord-Am-Podillia Khmelnytskyi	42	15	16	11	45	39	+6	46
9	Khimik Siverodonetsk	42	17	9	16	66	65	+1	43
10	Stal Alchevsk	42	16	10	16	40	37	+3	42
11	Skala Stryi	42	15	11	16	49	58	−9	41
12	Odessa	42	15	10	17	54	61	−7	40
13	Metalurh Nikopol	42	13	14	15	43	50	−7	40
14	Krystal Chortkiv	42	14	9	19	37	61	−24	37
15	Dynamo-2 Kyiv	42	10	17	15	48	39	+9	37
16	Zakarpattia Uzhhorod	42	13	10	19	45	56	−11	36
17	Avtomobilyst Sumy	42	13	10	19	39	61	−22	36
18	Artania Ochakiv	42	15	5	2	42	73	−31	35
19	Desna Chernihiv	42	13	9	20	42	49	−7	35
20	Pryladyst Mukacheve	42	12	11	19	38	53	−15	35
21	Ros Bila Tserkva	42	10	15	17	40	48	−8	35	Second League
22	Shakhtar Pavlohrad	42	6	4	32	35	92	−57	16	Second League

Second League

Relegations from 1992 season

The following clubs were relegated from the First League after the prior season:

• Polissya Zhytomyr (10th, Grp. A)
• Halychyna Drohobych (11th, Grp. A)
• Dnipro Cherkasy (12th, Grp. A)
• FC Chaika Sevastopol (13th, Grp. A)
• CSKA Kyiv (14th, Grp. A)
• Tavriya Kherson (10th, Grp. B)
• Azovets Mariupol (11th, Grp. B)
• Shakhtar-2 Donetsk (12th, Grp. B)
• Vahonobudivnyk Stakhanov (13th, Grp. B)
• Chornomorets-2 Odessa (14th, Grp. B)

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Comments
1	Dnipro Cherkasy	34	20	9	5	59	33	+26	49	First League
2	Khimik Zhytomyr	34	20	9	5	53	29	+24	49	First League
3	Yavir Krasnopillia	34	17	7	10	42	27	+15	41
4	Zirka Kirovohrad	34	16	9	9	50	33	+17	41
5	Meliorator Kakhovka	34	16	9	9	45	37	+8	41
6	Chaika Sevastopol	34	13	10	11	57	45	+12	36
7	Hazovyk Komarne	34	13	8	13	37	47	−10	34
8	Bazhanovets Makiivka	34	11	11	12	38	45	−7	33
9	Halychyna Drohobych	34	13	6	15	42	40	+2	32
10	Tavriya Kherson	34	12	8	14	33	29	+4	32
11	Shakhtar-2 Donetsk	34	10	12	12	33	30	+3	32
12	Vahonobudivnyk Stakhanov	34	11	8	15	39	34	+5	30
13	Azovets Mariupol	34	9	11	14	34	47	−13	29
14	Druzhba Berdiansk	34	8	12	14	30	49	−19	28
15	Dnister Zalischyky	34	11	5	18	30	45	−15	27
16	Chornomorets-2 Odessa	34	8	11	15	36	43	−7	27
17	Tytan Armyansk	34	10	6	18	42	54	−12	26
18	CSK ZSU Kyiv	34	9	7	18	27	50	−23	25	Third League

Third League

The 1992-93 season was the first of three seasons to feature the Third League, also known as the Transitional League. It would be incorporated into the Second League after the 1994-95 season.

League Table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Comments
1	Naftokhimik Kremenchuk	34	21	10	3	56	26	+30	52	Second League
2	Dynamo Luhansk	34	19	12	3	65	32	+33	50	Second League
3	Antratsyt Kirovske	34	22	5	7	46	32	+14	49	Second League
4	Nyva-Borysfen Myronivka[2]	34	19	7	8	45	28	+17	45	Second League
5	Voykovets Kerch[3]	34	17	8	9	47	32	+15	42	Second League
6	Prometei Shakhtarsk	34	12	16	6	43	21	+22	40
7	Frunzenets Saky rayon	34	13	11	10	48	29	+19	37
8	Avanhard Zhydachiv	34	13	10	11	41	32	+9	36
9	Elektron Romny	34	12	10	12	37	36	+1	34
10	Promin Sambor rayon	34	14	4	16	46	43	+3	32
11	Torpedo Melitopol	34	12	6	16	39	41	−2	30
12	Fetrovyk Khust[4]	34	13	2	19	29	35	−6	28
13	Shakhtar Horlivka	34	9	8	17	33	44	−11	26	Amateur Leagues
14	Hirnyk Khartsyzk	34	9	7	18	25	54	−29	25	Amateur Leagues
15	Olympik Kharkiv	34	7	10	17	35	56	−21	24	Amateur Leagues
16	Lysonia Berezhany	34	7	9	18	20	53	−33	23	Amateur Leagues
17	More Feodosia	34	7	8	19	19	39	−20	22	Amateur Leagues
18	Prometei Dniprodzerzhynsk	34	4	9	21	26	68	−42	17	Amateur Leagues

Other competitions

Ukrainian Cup

After failing to make it past the quarterfinals in the inaugural competition a year earlier, favorite Dynamo Kyiv sailed to their first cup championship in 1993, defeating Karpaty Lviv. Karpaty Lviv would lose again to Kyiv in the 1999 Championship, 3-0.

Dynamo Kyiv v Karpaty Lviv

30 May 1993 Ukrainian Cup Championship

Dynamo Kyiv	2 – 1	Karpaty Lviv
Leonenko  23' Topchiyev  64'		Plotko  89' (pen.)

NSC "Olimpiyskiy" Attendance: 47,000

European competition

UEFA Champions League

For finishing at the top of the Premier League table during the previous season, Tavriya Simferopol was entered into the qualifying stages of the UEFA Champions League. They were the first club to represent Ukraine on the European stage, eventually losing to Swiss side Sion on aggregate in the first round.

• Preliminary Round: Tavriya Simferopol def. Shelbourne, 2-1 (aggregate: 0-0, 1-2)
• First Round: FC Sion def. Tavriya Simferopol, 7-2 (aggregate: 4-1, 3-1)

UEFA Cup

Dynamo Kyiv represented Ukraine in the UEFA Cup for the first time, where they reached the second round before losing decidedly to Belgian side R.S.C. Anderlecht.

• First Round: Dynamo Kyiv def. SK Rapid Wien, 3-3 on away goals (aggregate: 1-0, 2-3)
• Second Round: R.S.C. Anderlecht def. Dynamo Kyiv, 7-2 (aggregate: 4-2, 3-0)

Cup Winners' Cup

Chernomorets Odessa, the previous year's cup champion, lost in the first round of the UEFA Cup Winners' Cup to Greek power Olympiacos.

• Qualifying Round; Chernomorets Odessa def. FC Vaduz, 12-1 (aggregate: 5-0, 7-1)
• First Round: Olympiacos def. Chernomorets Odessa, 3-1 (aggregate: 0-1, 3-0)

Notes

1. Complete results to all national league matches
2. Nyva Myronivka changed its name to Nyva-Borysfen Myronivka before the season.
3. Okean Kerch changed its name to Voykovets Kerch before the season.
4. Andezyt Khust changed its name to Fetrovyk Khust before the season.