# 1992–93 Vyshcha Liha

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

* Veres Rivne, the champion of the 1992 Ukrainian First League (Group A) – (debut)
* Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih, the champion of the 1992 Ukrainian First League (Group B) – (debut)
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

| Rank | Stadium | Place | Club | Capacity |
| 1 | Republican Stadium | Kyiv | Dynamo Kyiv | 100,062 |
| 2 | BSS Stadium | Odesa | Chornomorets Odesa | 34,362 |
| 3 | Avanhard Stadium | Luhansk | Zorya Luhansk | 32,243 |
| 4 | Shakhtar Stadium | Donetsk | Shakhtar Donetsk | 31,718 |
| 5 | Metalist Stadium | Kharkiv | Metalist Kharkiv | 30,000 |
| 6 | Metalurh Stadium | Kryvyi Rih | Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih | 29,734 |
| 7 | Ukraina Stadium | Lviv | Karpaty Lviv | 28,051 |
| 8 | Meteor Stadium | Dnipro | FC Dnipro | 24,381 |
| 9 | Avanhard Stadium | Rivne | Veres Rivne | 20,000 |
| 10 | RSC Lokomotyv | Simferopol | Tavriya Simferopol | 19,978 |
| 11 | Central Stadium | Ternopil | Nyva Ternopil | 15,150 |
| 12 | AvtoZAZ Stadium | Zaporizhzhia | Torpedo Zaporizhzhia | 15,000 |
| 13 | Avanhard Stadium | Lutsk | Volyn Lutsk | 12,080 |
| 14 | Bukovyna Stadium | Chernivtsi | Bukovyna Chernivtsi | 12,000 |
| 15 | Dnipro Stadium | Kremenchuk | FC Kremin Kremenchuk | 11,300 |
| 16 | Metalurh Stadium | Zaporizhzhia | Metalurh Zaporizhzhia | 11,883 |
Notes:

## Managers

| Club | Coach | Replaced Coach(es) | Home stadium |
| FC Dynamo Kyiv | Mykhailo Fomenko | Anatoliy Puzach Yozhef Sabo | Republican Stadium |
| FC Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk | Mykola Pavlov | | Meteor Stadium |
| FC Chornomorets Odesa | Viktor Prokopenko | | Black Sea Shipping Stadium |
| FC Shakhtar Donetsk | Valery Yaremchenko | | Shakhtar Stadium |
| FC Metalist Kharkiv | Sergei Dotsenko | Leonid Tkachenko Viktor Aristov | Metalist Stadium |
| FC Karpaty Lviv | Myron Markevych | | Ukraina Stadium |
| FC Metalurh Zaporizhzhia | Janis Skredelis | Ihor Nadein 15 games | Metalurh Stadium |
| FC Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih | Ihor Nadein | Volodymyr Sryzhevskyi Valentyn Laktionov | Metalurh Stadium |
| FC Kremin Kremenchuk | Boris Streltsov | | Dnipro Stadium |
| SC Tavriya Simferopol | Anatoliy Zayaev | | Lokomotyv Stadium |
| FC Volyn Lutsk | Roman Pokora | | Avanhard Stadium |
| FC Bukovyna Chernivtsi | Oleksandr Pavlenko | | Bukovyna Stadium |
| FC Torpedo Zaporizhzhia | Viktor Matviyenko | Yevhen Lemeshko | AvtoZAZ Stadium |
| FC Nyva Ternopil | Leonid Buriak | Leonid Koltun | City Stadium |
| FC Zorya-MALS | Anatoliy Kuksov | | Avanhard Stadium |
| FC Veres Rivne | Mykhailo Dunets | Viktor Nosov Vasiliy Kurilov | Avanhard Stadium |

### Managerial changes

| Team | Outgoing head coach | Manner of departure | Date of vacancy | Table | Incoming head coach | Date of appointment | Table |
| FC Bukovyna Chernivtsi | Yukhym Shkolnykov | | | pre-season | Oleksandr Pavlenko | | pre-season |
| FC Kremin Kremenchuk | Volodymyr Lozynskyi | | | pre-season | Boris Streltsov | | pre-season |
| FC Volyn Lutsk | Myron Markevych | | | pre-season | Roman Pokora | | pre-season |
| FC Karpaty Lviv | Stepan Yurchyshyn | | | pre-season | Myron Markevych | | pre-season |
| FC Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih | Volodymyr Sryzhevskyi | | October 12, 1992 | | Valentyn Laktionov | October 12, 1992 | |
| FC Veres Rivne | Viktor Nosov | | October 12, 1992 | | Vasiliy Kurilov | October 12, 1992 | |
| FC Dynamo Kyiv | Anatoliy Puzach | sacked | November 10, 1992 | 2 | Yozhef Sabo | November 10, 1992 | 2 |
| FC Metalist Kharkiv | Leonid Tkachenko | | | | Viktor Aristov | | |
| FC Metalurh Zaporizhzhia | Ihor Nadein | | | | Janis Skredelis | | |
| FC Veres Rivne | Vasiliy Kurilov | | | | Mykhailo Dunets | | |
| FC Dynamo Kyiv | Yozhef Sabo | replaced | February 1993 | 2 | Mykhailo Fomenko | February 1993 | 2 |
| FC Nyva Ternopil | Leonid Koltun | | | | Leonid Buriak | | |
| FC Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih | Valentyn Laktionov | | March 15, 1993 | | Ihor Nadein | March 15, 1993 | |
| FC Torpedo Zaporizhzhia | Yevhen Lemeshko | | April 1, 1993 | | Viktor Matviyenko | April 1, 1993 | |
| FC Metalist Kharkiv | Viktor Aristov | | June 1, 1993 | | Sergei Dotsenko | June 1, 1993 | |

## Qualification to European competitions for 1993–94

* Following the agreement between UEFA, Russia and Ukraine, Russia inherited the 1992 European ranking of Soviet Union, while Ukraine was awarded a slot of defunct East Germany for the 1993–94 UEFA Cup. The Ukrainian Cup winner qualifies for the 1993–94 European Cup Winners' Cup qualifying round.

### Qualified Teams

* During the 27th Round, Dynamo Kyiv qualified for European football for the 1993–94 season.
* After the 29th Round, Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk qualified for European football for the 1993–94 season.
* After the 30th Round, Karpaty Lviv qualified for the 1993–94 European Cup Winners' Cup, Dynamo qualified for the 1993–94 UEFA Champions League, Dnipro qualified for the 1993–94 UEFA Cup.

## League table

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Dynamo Kyiv (C) | 30 | 18 | 8 | 4 | 59 | 14 | +45 | 44 | Qualification to Champions League first round |
| 2 | Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk | 30 | 18 | 8 | 4 | 51 | 20 | +31 | 44 | Qualification to UEFA Cup first round |
| 3 | Chornomorets Odesa | 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 | Qualification to Cup Winners' Cup qualifying round |
| 7 | Metalurh Zaporizhzhia | 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 Zaporizhzhia | 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 | |
* 1 2 Participant of the 1993 Ukrainian Cup Final
* Dynamo Kyiv won its first championship title by earning the 18th win of the season in the Round 30 away against Kremin Kremenchuk at Dnipro Stadium, Kremenchuk on June 20, 1993.

## Results

| Home \ Away | BUC | CHO | DNI | DYK | KAR | KRE | KRY | MKH | MZA | NVT | SHA | TAV | TZA | VER | VOL | ZOR |
| Bukovyna Chernivtsi | — | 2–0 | 0–0 | 0–5 | 4–2 | 6–0 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 2–1 |
| Chornomorets Odesa | 1–2 | — | 1–0 | 1–1 | 4–0 | 3–0 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 3–1 | 2–1 |
| Dnipro | 5–1 | 3–1 | — | 1–0 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 4–1 | 3–1 | 3–1 | 3–0 | 3–1 | 4–1 | 2–0 | 4–0 |
| Dynamo Kyiv | 1–0 | 1–0 | 2–1 | — | 0–0 | 5–0 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 4–1 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 4–0 | 6–0 | 0–0 | 4–0 |
| Karpaty Lviv | 3–1 | 4–3 | 1–1 | 0–0 | — | 0–0 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 3–1 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 3–1 |
| Kremin Kremenchuk | 0–0 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 1–4 | 0–0 | — | 1–1 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 1–0 |
| Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih | 0–1 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 1–0 | 3–2 | 1–2 | — | 0–2 | 0–2 | 1–0 | 2–2 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 3–2 | 2–0 |
| Metalist Kharkiv | 1–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 2–0 | — | 1–4 | 1–0 | 1–3 | 1–1 | 3–2 | 3–0 | 2–1 | 6–0 |
| Metalurh Zaporizhzhia | 3–1 | 2–3 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 3–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–2 | — | 0–0 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 4–1 | 1–0 |
| Nyva Ternopil | 0–0 | 0–2 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 2–1 | — | 3–1 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 2–1 |
| Shakhtar Donetsk | 0–0 | 4–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 5–1 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 | — | 3–1 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 6–1 | 0–1 |
| Tavriya Simferopol | 1–0 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 0–5 | 0–0 | -:+ | 5–0 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 3–1 | — | 2–1 | 3–2 | 2–0 | 2–1 |
| Torpedo Zaporizhzhia | 0–0 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 3–2 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 1–3 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 3–0 | — | 1–0 | 4–1 | 1–0 |
| Veres Rivne | 3–1 | 1–2 | 0–0 | 1–3 | 1–1 | 2–3 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 0–2 | 3–1 | 2–1 | — | 2–1 | 2–0 |
| Volyn Lutsk | 1–0 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 1–3 | 3–2 | 2–1 | 3–1 | 3–2 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 1–3 | 2–1 | 1–0 | — | 4–2 |
| Zorya-MALS Luhansk | 1–0 | 2–0 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 0–2 | 2–1 | — |
* ↑ The result of the Round 16 match was annulled and technical victory -:+ awarded for Kremin for participation in the match discqualified Yevhen Drahunov for Tavriya. The match originally ended with a 2–0 victory for Tavriya.

### Top goalscorers
## 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.