# 1992 Ukrainian First League

1992 Ukrainian First League was the first Ukrainian First League season with the record number of teams participating in the league at 28 divided into groups. The season started on March 14 and finished July 5, 1992.
At the end of the season the five worst teams from each of the two groups were relegated to the Ukrainian Second League (the third tier). The winners of each group qualified for the top league for the next season. Somewhat surprising was the performance of such teams as Pryladyst Mukacheve and Artania Ochakiv that were just a few points short of qualifying for the Ukrainian Premier League.

## Teams

In the 1992 season, the Ukrainian First League consisted mostly of clubs that had competed in the Soviet Second League (Ukrainian Zone). The league was split into two groups A (mostly western and central Ukraine) and B (mostly eastern and southern Ukraine).

### Pre-season organization

| Team | Location | Venue | League and position in 1991 | League and position in 1991 | Coach | Replaced coach |
| Halychyna | Drohobych | Kranovyk Stadium | Soviet Second League | 18 | Borys Rassykhin | |
| Vorskla | Poltava | Vorskla Stadium | Soviet Second League | 19 | Sergei Dotsenko | |
| Kolos | Nikopol | Metalurh Stadium | Soviet Second League "B" (Championship of the Ukrainian SSR) | 3 | Volodymyr Nechayev | |
| Veres | Rivne | Avanhard Stadium | Soviet Second League "B" (Championship of the Ukrainian SSR) | 4 | Viktor Nosov | |
| Pryladyst | Mukachevo | October 50th Anniversary Stadium | Soviet Second League "B" (Championship of the Ukrainian SSR) | 5 | Vilmos Telinger | |
| Krystal | Kherson | Krystal Stadium | Soviet Second League "B" (Championship of the Ukrainian SSR) | 6 | Anatoliy Lebid | Igor Gamula |
| Ros | Bila Tserkva | Trudovi Rezervy Stadium | Soviet Second League "B" (Championship of the Ukrainian SSR) | 7 | Stanislav Honcharenko | |
| Avtomobilist | Sumy | Kolos Stadium | Soviet Second League "B" (Championship of the Ukrainian SSR) | 8 | Mykhailo Fomenko | |
| Polissya | Zhytomyr | LKSMU Stadium | Soviet Second League "B" (Championship of the Ukrainian SSR) | 10 | Zaya Avdysh | |
| Kryvbas | Kryvyi Rih | Metalurh Stadium | Soviet Second League "B" (Championship of the Ukrainian SSR) | 11 | Volodymyr Sryzhevskyi | |
| Shakhtar | Pavlohrad | Shakhtar Stadium | Soviet Second League "B" (Championship of the Ukrainian SSR) | 12 | Anatoliy Keskyula | |
| Desna | Chernihiv | Gagarin Stadium | Soviet Second League "B" (Championship of the Ukrainian SSR) | 13 | Yuriy Hruznov | |
| Podillya | Khmelnytskyi | Podillya Stadium | Soviet Second League "B" (Championship of the Ukrainian SSR) | 14 | Hryhoriy Ishchenko | |
| Zakarpattia | Uzhhorod | Avanhard Stadium | Soviet Second League "B" (Championship of the Ukrainian SSR) | 15 | Stepan Voitko | |
| Skala | Stryi | Sokil Stadium | Soviet Second League "B" (Championship of the Ukrainian SSR) | 16 | Mykhailo Vilkhovyi | |
| Stal | Alchevsk | Stal Stadium | Soviet Second League "B" (Championship of the Ukrainian SSR) | 17 | Anatoliy Volobuyev | |
| Dnipro | Cherkasy | Central Stadium | Soviet Second League "B" (Championship of the Ukrainian SSR) | 18 | Viktor Zhylin | |
| Khimik | Severodonetsk | Khimik Stadium | Soviet Second League "B" (Championship of the Ukrainian SSR) | 19 | Vadym Dobizha | |
| Vahonobudivnyk | Kadiivka | Peremoha Stadium | Soviet Second League "B" (Championship of the Ukrainian SSR) | 20 | Oleksandr Tkachenko | |
| SKA | Kyiv | SKA Stadium | Soviet Second League "B" (Championship of the Ukrainian SSR) | 21 | Oleh Feshchukov | |
| Chaika | Sevastopol | Chaika Stadium | Soviet Second League "B" (Championship of the Ukrainian SSR) | 22 | Oleksiy Rudyka | |
| Artania | Ochakiv | Sokil Stadium | Soviet Second League "B" (Championship of the Ukrainian SSR) | 23 | Valeriy Zhuravko | |
| Chornomorets-2 | Odesa | SKA Stadium | Soviet Top League Reserves | 6 | Vitaliy Sidnyov | |
| Dynamo-2 | Kyiv | Dynamo Stadium | Soviet Top League Reserves | 12 | Volodymyr Onyshchenko | |
| Shakhtar-2 | Kostyantynivka | Avtosteklo Stadium | Soviet Top League Reserves | 14 | Yevhen Korol | |
| Novator | Mariupol | Sport Complex Azovstal | Ukrainian KFK competitions | 1 | Yuriy Kerman | |
| Krystal | Chortkiv | Kharchovyk Stadium | Ukrainian KFK competitions | 2 | Boris Streltsov | |
| Polihraftekhnika | Oleksandriya | Shakhtar Stadium | Ukrainian KFK competitions | 3 | Yuriy Koval | Oleksandr Ishchenko |
* Games of Chornomorets-2 were conducted at various stadiums such as Chornomorets Stadium, OSPO Stadium, ZRSS Stadium, Stankozavod Stadium, SRZ Stadium.
* Some games of Ros were conducted at the Kolos Stadium in Terezyne (Bila Tserkva Raion).
* Some games of Pryladyst were conducted at Spartak Stadium.
* Some games of Dnipro were conducted at Avanhard Stadium in Smila

### Name changes before season

* The city of Kommunarsk changed back to Alchevsk
* Karpaty Kamyanka-Buzka relocated from Kamianka-Buzka to Stryi and changed its name to Skala Stryi
* Mayak Ochakiv changed its name to Artania Ochakiv
* Dynamo Bila Tserkva to Ros Bila Terkva
* Novator Mariyupil to Azovets Mariyupil
* Kolos Nikopil to Metalurh Nikopil

## Group A
### Final standings

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion or relegation |
| 1 | Veres Rivne (C, P) | 26 | 14 | 8 | 4 | 38 | 15 | +23 | 36 | Promoted to Vyshcha Liha |
| 2 | Pryladyst Mukacheve | 26 | 14 | 5 | 7 | 27 | 15 | +12 | 33 | |
| 3 | Polihraftekhnika Oleksandriya | 26 | 11 | 8 | 7 | 25 | 27 | −2 | 30 | |
| 4 | Podillia Khmelnytsky | 26 | 10 | 10 | 6 | 29 | 21 | +8 | 30 | |
| 5 | Krystal Chortkiv | 26 | 11 | 7 | 8 | 34 | 26 | +8 | 29 | |
| 6 | Desna Chernihiv | 26 | 11 | 7 | 8 | 23 | 24 | −1 | 29 | |
| 7 | Dynamo-2 Kyiv | 26 | 9 | 10 | 7 | 33 | 23 | +10 | 28 | |
| 8 | Avtomobilist Sumy | 26 | 11 | 4 | 11 | 29 | 29 | 0 | 26 | |
| 9 | Stal Alchevsk | 26 | 9 | 8 | 9 | 28 | 22 | +6 | 26 | |
| 10 | Polissia Zhytomyr (R) | 26 | 10 | 5 | 11 | 30 | 31 | −1 | 25 | Relegated to Second League |
| 11 | Halychyna Drohobych (R) | 26 | 9 | 5 | 12 | 25 | 32 | −7 | 23 | Relegated to Second League |
| 12 | Dnipro Cherkasy (R) | 26 | 9 | 4 | 13 | 22 | 27 | −5 | 22 | Relegated to Second League |
| 13 | Chaika Sevastopol (R) | 26 | 7 | 4 | 15 | 19 | 39 | −20 | 18 | Relegated to Second League |
| 14 | SKA Kyiv (R) | 26 | 3 | 3 | 20 | 14 | 45 | −31 | 9 | Relegated to Second League |
Goalscorers
* Aleksei Snigiryov (FC Veres Rivne) 10
* Valeriy Kinashenko (FC Prykladnyk Mukacheve) 10
* Vitaliy Buhay (FC Podillya Khmelnytskyi) 7
* Yuriy Ovcharenko (FC Desna Chernihiv) 7
* Serhiy Serdiukov (FC Stal Alchevsk) 7
* Volodymyr Tymchenko (FC Polissya Zhytomyr) 7
* Oleksandr Ostashov (FC Dnipro Cherkasy) 7
* Vasyl Herasymchuk (FC Chaika Sevastopol) 7

## Group B
### Final standings

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion or relegation |
| 1 | Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih (C, P) | 26 | 15 | 10 | 1 | 46 | 23 | +23 | 40 | Promoted to Vyshcha Liha |
| 2 | Metalurh Nikopol | 26 | 15 | 7 | 4 | 45 | 19 | +26 | 37 | |
| 3 | Artania Ochakiv | 26 | 13 | 6 | 7 | 27 | 24 | +3 | 32 | |
| 4 | Ros Bila Tserkva | 26 | 13 | 5 | 8 | 40 | 32 | +8 | 31 | |
| 5 | Zakarpattia Uzhhorod | 26 | 13 | 5 | 8 | 28 | 25 | +3 | 31 | |
| 6 | Skala Stryi | 26 | 11 | 9 | 6 | 39 | 24 | +15 | 31 | |
| 7 | Shakhtar Pavlohrad | 26 | 13 | 4 | 9 | 46 | 33 | +13 | 30 | |
| 8 | Vorskla Poltava | 26 | 12 | 5 | 9 | 33 | 25 | +8 | 29 | |
| 9 | Khimik Severodonetsk | 26 | 10 | 7 | 9 | 28 | 28 | 0 | 27 | |
| 10 | Krystal Kherson (R) | 26 | 10 | 5 | 11 | 36 | 36 | 0 | 25 | Relegated to Second League |
| 11 | Azovets Mariupol (R) | 26 | 10 | 4 | 12 | 36 | 39 | −3 | 24 | Relegated to Second League |
| 12 | Shakhtar-2 Donetsk (R) | 26 | 5 | 2 | 19 | 25 | 48 | −23 | 12 | Relegated to Second League |
| 13 | Vahonobudivnyk Stakhanov (R) | 26 | 4 | 3 | 19 | 16 | 48 | −32 | 11 | Relegated to Second League |
| 14 | Chornomorets-2 Odesa (R) | 26 | 0 | 4 | 22 | 14 | 55 | −41 | 4 | Relegated to Second League |
Goalscorers
* Denys Filimonov (FC Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih) 16
* Viktor Hromov (FC Shakhtar Pavlohrad) 14
* Oleksandr Haiduk (FC Ros Bila Tserkva) 11
* Vadym Oliynyk (FC Metalurh Nikopol) 10
* Hennadiy Moroz (FC Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih) 9
* Hennadiy Zamriy (FC Zakarpattia Uzhhorod) 9
* Oleksandr Pindeyev (FC Vorskla Poltava/FC Chornomorets-2 Odesa) 9
* Ihor Nichenko (FC Krystal Kherson/FC Metalist Kharkiv) 9