# 1993–94 Ukrainian First League

1993–94 Ukrainian First League was the third season of the Ukrainian First League which was won by Prykarpattia Ivano-Frankivsk. The season started on 15 August 1993, and its final round (40th) was played on 3 July 1994. In the last round Evis Mykolaiv (Shipbuilders) snatched the ticket to the Ukrainian Premier League from under the nose of Polihraftekhnika Oleksandriya (a point ahead of the Shipbuilders) by beating Naftovyk Okhtyrka 2–1 after allowing the first goal.
The newly promoted club from Cherkasy was leading the league during the winter break and along with the Oleksandria club was the main contender for promotion. However, the second half of the season for Dnipro was terrible and they placed in the mid-table after the final round.

## Promotion and relegation
### Promoted teams

Two clubs promoted from the 1992–93 Ukrainian Second League.
* FC Dnipro Cherkasy – champion (returning after one season)
* FC Khimik Zhytomyr – 2nd place (returning after one season)

### Relegated teams

No clubs were relegated from the 1992-93 Ukrainian Top League:

### Renamed teams

* FC Pryladyst Mukacheve was renamed to Karpaty Mukacheve
* FC Avtomobilist Sumy was renamed to FC SBTS Sumy

### Teams

In 1993-94 season, the Ukrainian First League consists of the following teams:

### Stadiums

The following stadiums are considered home grounds for the teams in the competition.
| Rank | Stadium | Capacity | Club | Managers |
| 1 | Vorskla Stadium, Poltava | 24,795 | FC Vorskla Poltava | Viktor Maslov |
| 2 | Dynamo Stadium, Kyiv | 16,873 | FC Dynamo-2 Kyiv | Volodymyr Onyshchenko |
| 3 | Evis Stadium, Mykolaiv | 15,600 | FC Evis Mykolaiv | Leonid Koltun |
| 4 | SKA Stadium, Odesa | 15,000 | SC Odesa | Volodymyr Smarovoz |
| 5 | Gagarin Stadium, Chernihiv | 12,060 | FC Desna Chernihiv | Andriy Protsko |
| 6 | Avanhard Stadium, Uzhhorod | 12,000 | FC Zakarpattia Uzhhorod | Ivan Shanhin |
| 7 | Podillya Stadium, Khmelnytskyi | 10,500 | FC Nord-Am Podillya Khmelnytskyi | Volodymyr Vusatyi |
| 8 | Central city Stadium, Cherkasy | 10,321 | FC Dnipro Cherkasy | Semen Osynovskyi |
| 9 | Stal Stadium, Alchevsk | 9,200 | FC Stal Alchevsk | Anatoliy Volobuyev |
| 10 | Elektron Stadium, Ivano-Frankivsk | 7,820 | FC Prykarpattia Ivano-Frankivsk | Ihor Yurchenko |
| 11 | Elektrometalurh Stadium, Nikopol | 7,200 | FC Metalurh Nikopol | Volodymyr Nechayev |
| 12 | Sokil Stadium, Stryi | 6,000 | FC Skala Stryi | Yuriy Shulyatytskyi |
| 13 | Central Stadium, Zhytomyr | 5,928 | FC Khimik Zhytomyr | Oleksandr Ishchenko |
| 14 | Naftovyk Stadium, Okhtyrka | 5,256 | FC Naftovyk Okhtyrka | Andriy Biba |
| 15 | Khimik Stadium, Severodonetsk | 5,000 | FC Khimik Severodonetsk | Stanislav Honcharenko |
| 16 | Kharchovyk Stadium, Chortkiv | 3,600 | FC Krystal Chortkiv | Ivan Krasnetskyi |
| 17 | Pryladyst Stadium, Mukacheve | | FC Pryladyst Mukacheve | Hryhoriy Ishchenko |
| 18 | Artania Stadium, Ochakiv | | FC Artania Ochakiv | Valery Zhuravko |
| 19 | Avanhard Stadium, Sumy | | FC Avtomobilist Sumy | Serhiy Strashnenko |
| 20 | Olimp Stadium, Oleksandriya | | FC Polihraftekhnika Oleksandria | Yuriy Koval |

## Final table

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion or relegation |
| 1 | Prykarpattia Ivano-Frankivsk (C, P) | 38 | 26 | 7 | 5 | 81 | 33 | +48 | 59 | Promoted to Vyshcha Liha |
| 2 | Evis Mykolaiv (P) | 38 | 25 | 6 | 7 | 76 | 32 | +44 | 56 | Promoted to Vyshcha Liha |
| 3 | Polihraftekhnika Oleksandria | 38 | 22 | 11 | 5 | 62 | 22 | +40 | 55 | |
| 4 | Stal Alchevsk | 38 | 22 | 7 | 9 | 56 | 40 | +16 | 51 | |
| 5 | Naftovyk Okhtyrka | 38 | 19 | 10 | 9 | 57 | 28 | +29 | 48 | |
| 6 | Dnipro Cherkasy | 38 | 19 | 7 | 12 | 56 | 39 | +17 | 45 | |
| 7 | Dynamo-2 Kyiv | 38 | 16 | 8 | 14 | 50 | 37 | +13 | 40 | |
| 8 | Vorskla Poltava | 38 | 15 | 7 | 16 | 30 | 52 | −22 | 37 | |
| 9 | Metalurh Nikopol | 38 | 15 | 6 | 17 | 44 | 56 | −12 | 36 | |
| 10 | Khimik Zhytomyr | 38 | 14 | 8 | 16 | 39 | 47 | −8 | 36 | |
| 11 | Nord-Am-Podillia Khmelnytskyi | 38 | 13 | 9 | 16 | 45 | 47 | −2 | 35 | |
| 12 | Khimik Siverodonetsk | 38 | 12 | 9 | 17 | 37 | 46 | −9 | 33 | |
| 13 | SC Odesa | 38 | 12 | 9 | 17 | 43 | 54 | −11 | 33 | |
| 14 | Zakarpattia Uzhhorod | 38 | 12 | 8 | 18 | 33 | 53 | −20 | 32 | |
| 15 | Karpaty Mukacheve | 38 | 12 | 7 | 19 | 41 | 57 | −16 | 31 | |
| 16 | Skala Stryi | 38 | 11 | 7 | 20 | 36 | 48 | −12 | 29 | |
| 17 | Krystal Chortkiv | 38 | 10 | 9 | 19 | 29 | 41 | −12 | 29 | |
| 18 | SBTS Sumy | 38 | 11 | 5 | 22 | 39 | 58 | −19 | 27 | |
| 19 | Artania Ochakiv (R) | 38 | 9 | 6 | 23 | 29 | 69 | −40 | 24 | Relegated to Second League |
| 20 | Desna Chernihiv (R) | 38 | 7 | 10 | 21 | 29 | 53 | −24 | 24 | Relegated to Second League |
* Persha Liha 1993-94 Winners
* Prykarpattia Ivano-Frankivsk First title

## Top scorers

Statistics are taken from here.
| | Scorer | Goals (Pen.) | Team |
| 1 | Serhiy Chuichenko | 26 (8) | Polihraftekhnika Oleksandriya |
| 2 | Serhiy Turiansky | 22 | Prykarpattia Ivano-Frankivsk |
| 3 | Oleksandr Ostashov | 18 | Dnipro Cherkasy |
| 4 | Ruslan Zabranskyi | 16 (3) | Evis Mykolaiv |
| 4 | Mykola Yurchenko | 16 (3) | Prykarpattia Ivano-Frankivsk |
| 6 | Anatoliy Redushko | 14 | Skala / Prykarpattia |
| 6 | Oleksiy Hrachov | 14 | Naftovyk Okhtyrka |
| 6 | Valeriy Kudlyuk | 14 (2) | Evis Mykolaiv |
| 6 | Vakhtang Karibov | 14 (9) | Pryladyst Mukacheve |
| 10 | Andriy Shevchenko | 12 | Dynamo-2 Kyiv |
| 10 | Vitaliy Chayka | 12 (10) | Stal Alchevsk |