# 1993–94 Vyshcha Liha

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.

## Preseason changes

The league was expanded to 18 teams including the same 16 from the past season.

## Teams
### Promotions

* Nyva Vinnytsia, the champion of the 1992–93 Ukrainian First League – (returning after a season absence)
* Temp Shepetivka, the runner-up of the 1992–93 Ukrainian First League – (returning after a season absence)

### Location

| Rank | Stadium | Place | Club | Capacity |
| 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 | DonetskKomsomolske | Shakhtar Donetsk | 31,545? |
| 6 | Meteor | Dnipropetrovsk | Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk | 30,000 |
| 7 | MetalurhUGOK 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:

## Managers

| Club | Coach | Replaced Coach |
| FC Dynamo Kyiv | Yozhef Sabo | Mykhailo Fomenko |
| FC Shakhtar Donetsk | Valery Yaremchenko | |
| FC Chornomorets Odesa | Viktor Prokopenko | |
| FC Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk | Mykola Pavlov | |
| FC Karpaty Lviv | Myron Markevych | |
| FC Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih | Volodymyr Brukhtiy | Ihor Nadein |
| FC Nyva Ternopil | Leonid Buriak | |
| SC Tavriya Simferopol | Anatoliy Zayaev | |
| FC Temp Shepetivka | Leonid Tkachenko | |
| FC Nyva Vinnytsia | Yukhym Shkolnykov | |
| FC Volyn Lutsk | Roman Pokora | |
| FC Veres Rivne | Vyacheslav Kobyletskyi | Mykhailo Dunets |
| FC Torpedo Zaporizhzhia | Ihor Nadein | Viktor Matviyenko |
| FC Zorya-MALS | Volodymyr Kobzarev | Anatoliy Shakun |
| FC Kremin Kremenchuk | Evhen Rudakov | Boris Streltsov 8 games Tiberiy Korponay 9 games |
| FC Metalurh Zaporizhzhia | Anatoliy Kuksov | Janis Skredelis Hryhoriy Vul |
| FC Bukovyna Chernivtsi | Oleksandr Pavlenko | |
| FC Metalist Kharkiv | Viktor Kamarzayev | Oleksandr Dovbiy Yevhen Lemeshko |

## League table

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | Dynamo Kyiv (C) | 34 | 23 | 10 | 1 | 61 | 21 | +40 | 56 | Qualification to Champions League qualifying round |
| 2 | Shakhtar Donetsk | 34 | 20 | 9 | 5 | 64 | 32 | +32 | 49 | Qualification to UEFA Cup qualifying round |
| 3 | Chornomorets Odesa | 34 | 20 | 8 | 6 | 52 | 23 | +29 | 48 | Qualification to Cup Winners' Cup first round |
| 4 | Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk | 34 | 16 | 9 | 9 | 53 | 35 | +18 | 41 | |
| 5 | Karpaty Lviv | 34 | 16 | 8 | 10 | 37 | 30 | +7 | 40 | |
| 6 | Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih | 34 | 14 | 8 | 12 | 26 | 26 | 0 | 36 | |
| 7 | Nyva Ternopil | 34 | 13 | 10 | 11 | 44 | 26 | +18 | 36 | |
| 8 | Tavriya Simferopol | 34 | 12 | 10 | 12 | 41 | 34 | +7 | 34 | |
| 9 | Temp Shepetivka | 34 | 12 | 8 | 14 | 39 | 38 | +1 | 32 | |
| 10 | Nyva Vinnytsia | 34 | 12 | 8 | 14 | 37 | 45 | −8 | 32 | |
| 11 | Volyn Lutsk | 34 | 10 | 12 | 12 | 27 | 30 | −3 | 32 | |
| 12 | Veres Rivne | 34 | 10 | 12 | 12 | 32 | 36 | −4 | 32 | |
| 13 | Torpedo Zaporizhzhia | 34 | 9 | 10 | 15 | 27 | 39 | −12 | 28 | |
| 14 | Zorya-MALS Luhansk | 34 | 10 | 6 | 18 | 24 | 46 | −22 | 26 | |
| 15 | Kremin Kremenchuk | 34 | 9 | 8 | 17 | 26 | 39 | −13 | 26 | |
| 16 | Metalurh Zaporizhzhia | 34 | 9 | 6 | 19 | 26 | 49 | −23 | 24 | |
| 17 | Bukovyna Chernivtsi (R) | 34 | 7 | 6 | 21 | 25 | 51 | −26 | 20 | Relegated to Ukrainian First League |
| 18 | Metalist Kharkiv (R) | 34 | 6 | 8 | 20 | 22 | 63 | −41 | 20 | Relegated to Ukrainian First League |
* 1 2 Participant of the 1994 Ukrainian Cup Final
* Dynamo Kyiv won its second title at home against Metalist Kharkiv on June 7, 1994, earning its 20th win of the season at the Republican Stadium in Kyiv in front of 3,500 spectators.

## Results

| Home \ Away | BUK | CHO | DNI | DYN | KAR | KRE | KRY | MET | MZA | NVT | NYV | SHA | TAV | TEM | TZA | VER | VOL | ZOR |
| Bukovyna Chernivtsi | — | 0–1 | 0–1 | 0–3 | 3–2 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 4–0 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 1–2 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 0–0 |
| Chornomorets Odesa | 4–0 | — | 2–1 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 4–1 | 2–0 | 3–0 | 1–0 | 3–1 | 3–0 | 0–1 | 3–1 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 4–1 |
| Dnipro | 4–2 | 0–0 | — | 2–3 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 3–1 | 7–0 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 0–0 |
| Dynamo Kyiv | 3–1 | 2–0 | 2–0 | — | 2–1 | 1–1 | 3–0 | 2–0 | 3–0 | 1–0 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 4–1 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 1–0 |
| Karpaty Lviv | 1–0 | 0–1 | 3–1 | 1–2 | — | 1–0 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 3–1 | 0–0 | 1–2 | 1–0 |
| Kremin Kremenchuk | 2–0 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 0–2 | 1–2 | — | 0–1 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 4–1 |
| Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih | 3–0 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 1–0 | — | 0–1 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 3–0 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 |
| Metalist Kharkiv | 1–1 | 1–2 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 0–1 | 3–2 | 1–0 | — | 0–3 | 0–0 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 0–2 |
| Metalurh Zaporizhzhia | 1–1 | 0–0 | 1–2 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 0–1 | — | 1–2 | 1–0 | 0–3 | 4–1 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 1–1 |
| Nyva Ternopil | 3–0 | 0–0 | 2–2 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 4–1 | 3–0 | 3–0 | 2–0 | — | 3–0 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 3–0 | 2–0 | 3–0 | 2–1 | 2–0 |
| Nyva Vinnytsia | 3–1 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 1–0 | — | 2–2 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 2–0 |
| Shakhtar Donetsk | 1–0 | 4–1 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 3–1 | 5–2 | 2–1 | 2–1 | — | 2–0 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 3–1 | 3–0 |
| Tavriya Simferopol | 3–1 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 2–4 | 2–0 | 3–0 | 2–0 | 7–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 1–1 | — | 2–1 | 3–0 | 1–1 | -:+ | 3–1 |
| Temp Shepetivka | 1–0 | 1–1 | 3–2 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 3–1 | 3–1 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 3–1 | 1–1 | — | 3–0 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 1–0 |
| Torpedo Zaporizhzhia | 2–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 3–0 | 1–2 | 1–0 | 1–3 | 3–3 | 0–1 | 2–1 | — | 1–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 |
| Veres Rivne | 1–0 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 0–3 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 4–0 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 3–2 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 | — | 0–0 | 2–1 |
| Volyn Lutsk | 2–0 | 0–0 | 1–2 | 1–3 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 2–2 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 1–1 | — | 2–1 |
| Zorya-MALS Luhansk | 2–0 | 1–4 | 0–3 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 0–4 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 1–1 | — |

## Top goalscorers

| Rank | Player | Club | Goals (Pen.) |
| 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 |
| 5 | Serhiy Skachenko | Temp Shepetivka | 13 |
| 7 | Borys Finkel | Bukovyna Chernivtsi | 12 |
| 7 | Serhiy Onopko | Shakhtar Donetsk | 12 |
| 7 | Pavlo Shkapenko | Dynamo Kyiv | 12 |
| 7 | Andriy Pokladok | Karpaty Lviv | 12 (1) |

## Medal squads

(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.