# 1992 Ukrainian Cup

The 1992 Ukrainian Cup was the inaugural edition of the Ukrainian Cup competition.
Like the championship, the first edition of the Cup had a tight schedule as the Football Federation of Ukraine was given just several months in order to switch to the European seasonal format with the minimum required matches played.
The competition started on February 10 and the final was played on May 31. Only the members of the Vyshcha (Higher) and Persha (First) Leagues competed this season's competition. It was the first National Cup edition replacing the previous competition of the Ukrainian SSR Cup, which was organized as a regional competition. The last winner of that Soviet competition FC Temp Shepetivka was eliminated in the first round by Kremin Kremenchuk.
The first trophy was won by Chornomorets Odesa thus qualifying to the qualification round of UEFA Cup Winners' Cup.

## Organization

The competition consisted of six rounds with the sixth being the final game. All rounds were conducted as a single elimination tournament. The first two rounds and the final consisted of a single leg, while the rest included the two-leg, home and away, match-up.
The competition involved participation of clubs from the top two tiers accounting for the total of 45. The three second teams that competed in the second tier did not participate. Six members of the 1991 Soviet Top League were entering competition starting from the Round of 16. In addition to them Azovets Mariupol was given a bye to the second round.
The winner of the competition gained a chance to qualify for the UEFA Cup Winner's Cup competition.

### Participating teams

* 1992 Ukrainian Premier League (20)
* 1992 Ukrainian First League (25) (except for the second teams)

### Distribution

| | | Teams entering in this round | Teams advancing from previous round |
| First round (38 teams) | First round (38 teams) | 14 participants of the Supreme League 24 participants of the First League | |
| Second round (20 teams) | Second round (20 teams) | 1 participant of the First League (Azovets Mariupol) | 19 winners from the first round |
| Round of 16 (16 teams) | Round of 16 (16 teams) | 6 participants of the Supreme League | 10 winners from the second round |

### Brief overview

The tournament started on February 10, 1992, with the game between Podillia Khmelnytsky and Bukovyna Chernivtsi right in the middle of the Zakarpattia Oblast in the village of Ilnytsia and culminated in the final game in Kyiv on May 31, 1992. With the organization of the Ukrainian Cup competition the three Ukrainian clubs Dynamo Kyiv, Chornomorets Odesa, and Metalist Kharkiv that still were in competition of the Soviet Cup with their quarterfinals games scheduled on March 25, 1992, had those fixtures canceled, abandoning that competition.
The highest attending game happened to be in the Round of 16 when FC Skala Stryi were playing against FC Dynamo Kyiv in the city of Stryi in front of 17,000 spectators. Skala lost that game in the overtime by the goal from Oleg Salenko. Even the final game attendance of 12,000 could not beat that festival of sport in the small city of the Lviv Oblast. The lowest attendance of the competition was in the game between Kolos Nikopol and Polissia Zhytomyr which took place on February 16, 1992, just outside the city of Nikopol in Chkalove village and was witnessed only by 150 people. The highest scoring game took place in Odesa when the local Chornomorets avenged its poor performance in Zhytomyr by beating Polissia 7:1. The biggest margin in goals scored was recorded in Zaporizhia when the local Metalurh won over Vahonobudivnyk 7:0. The most surprising was the elimination of the Soviet Cup participant Dynamo Kyiv that lost its quarterfinal stand off against the Zaporizhian Automakers 1:2 in aggregate.

## Competition schedule
### First round

All games took place on February 16, 1992, except the game in Zakarpattia between Podillia – Bukovyna which took place on February 10, 1992.
All 39 clubs out 45 took part in this round. The other six clubs, participants of the Soviet Top League, received bye for the next two rounds to the Round of 16. The 39 clubs played off for another 10 passes.

### Second round

Most of games took place on February 23, 1992. The game in Crimea between Polissia – Stal took place on February 21, 1992, and the game in Bukovyna between Bukovyna – Azovets took place on February 28, 1992.

### Bracket

| Round of 32 | Round of 32 | Round of 16 | Round of 16 | Round of 16 | Round of 16 | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | | Final | Final | |
| Polissya Zhytomyr | 1 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Stal Alchevsk | 0 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Stal Alchevsk | 0 | Polissya Zhytomyr | 4 | 1 | 5 | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | | Chornomorets (a.e.t.) | 1 | 7 | 8 | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Chornomorets | | Chornomorets (a.e.t.) | 1 | 7 | 8 | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| bye | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| bye | | | | | | Chornomorets | 2 | 1 | 3 | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | Metalurh Zaporizhia | 0 | 1 | 1 | | | | | | | | | |
| Vahonobudivnyk | 2 | | | | | | | | | Metalurh Zaporizhia | 0 | 1 | 1 | | | | | | | |
| Avtomobilist Sumy | 0 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Avtomobilist Sumy | 0 | Vahonobudivnyk | 1 | 0 | 1 | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | | Metalurh Zaporizhia | 0 | 7 | 7 | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Metalurh Zaporizhia | | Metalurh Zaporizhia | 0 | 7 | 7 | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| bye | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| bye | | | | | | | | | | | Chornomorets | 3 | 0 | 3 | | | | |
| | | | | | | | | | | | Torpedo Zaporizhia | 1 | 0 | 1 | | | | |
| Torpedo Zaporizhia | 3 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Torpedo Zaporizhia | 1 | 0 | 1 | | |
| SKA Odesa | 0 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| SKA Odesa | 0 | Torpedo Zaporizhia | 6 | 0 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | | Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih | 0 | 1 | 1 | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih | 2 | Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih | 0 | 1 | 1 | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Vorskla Poltava | 1 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Vorskla Poltava | 1 | | | | | Torpedo Zaporizhia | 1 | 1 | 2 | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | Dynamo Kyiv | 0 | 1 | 1 | | | | | | | | | |
| Dynamo Kyiv | | | | | | | | | | Dynamo Kyiv | 0 | 1 | 1 | | | | | | | |
| bye | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| bye | | Dynamo Kyiv (a.e.t.) | 1 | 2 | 3 | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | | Skala Stryi | 1 | 1 | 2 | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Zorya-MALS Luhansk | 1 | Skala Stryi | 1 | 1 | 2 | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Skala Stryi | 2 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Skala Stryi | 2 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Chornomorets (a.e.t.) | 1 | |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Metalist Kharkiv | 0 | |
| Karpaty Lviv | 0 (p) | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Metalist Kharkiv | 0 |
| Dnipro Cherkasy | 0 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Dnipro Cherkasy | 0 | Karpaty Lviv | 1 | 0 | 1 | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | | Shakhtar Donetsk | 2 | 2 | 4 | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Shakhtar Donetsk | | Shakhtar Donetsk | 2 | 2 | 4 | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| bye | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| bye | | | | | | Shakhtar Donetsk | 6 | 0 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk | 0 | 1 | 1 | | | | | | | | | |
| Bukovyna (a.e.t.) | 1 | | | | | | | | | Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk | 0 | 1 | 1 | | | | | | | |
| Azovets Mariupol | 0 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Azovets Mariupol | 0 | Bukovyna Chernivtsi | 1 | 1 | 2 | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | | Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk | 2 | 3 | 5 | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Dnipro | | Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk | 2 | 3 | 5 | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| bye | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| bye | | | | | | | | | | | Shakhtar Donetsk | 0 | 1 | 1 | | | | |
| | | | | | | | | | | | Metalist Kharkiv | 1 | 1 | 2 | | | | |
| Krystal Chortkiv | 2 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Metalist Kharkiv | 1 | 1 | 2 | | |
| Shakhtar Pavlohrad | 0 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Shakhtar Pavlohrad | 0 | Krystal Chortkiv | 1 | 0 | 1 | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | | Metalist Kharkiv | 2 | 2 | 4 | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Metalist Kharkiv | | Metalist Kharkiv | 2 | 2 | 4 | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| bye | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| bye | | | | | | Metalist Kharkiv | 2 | 0 | 2 | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | Naftovyk Okhtyrka | 0 | 1 | 1 | | | | | | | | | |
| Naftovyk Okhtyrka | 3 | | | | | | | | | Naftovyk Okhtyrka | 0 | 1 | 1 | | | | | | | |
| Tavriya Simferopol | 1 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Tavriya Simferopol | 1 | Naftovyk Okhtyrka | 1 | 1 | 2 | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | | Kremin Kremenchuk | 1 | 0 | 1 | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Kremin Kremenchuk | 2 | Kremin Kremenchuk | 1 | 0 | 1 | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Polihraftekhnika | 0 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |

### Round of 16

| Team 1 | Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
| First leg – February 28, Second leg – March 14 |||||
| FC Dynamo Kyiv | 3–2 | FC Skala Stryi | 1–1 | 2–1 (a.e.t.) |
| First leg – March 1, Second leg – March 14 |||||
| FC Polissya Zhytomyr | 5–8 | FC Chornomorets Odesa | 4–1 | 1–7 (a.e.t.) |
| FC Torpedo Zaporizhia | 6–1 | FC Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih | 6–0 | 0–1 |
| FC Karpaty Lviv | 1–4 | FC Shakhtar Donetsk | 1–2 | 0–2 |
| FC Krystal Chortkiv | 1–4 | FC Metalist Kharkiv | 1–2 | 0–2 |
| FC Naftovyk Okhtyrka | 2–1 | FC Kremin Kremenchuk | 1–1 | 1–0 |
| First leg – March 2, Second leg – March 14 |||||
| FC Bukovyna Chernivtsi | 2–5 | FC Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk | 1–2 | 1–3 |
| First leg – March 3, Second leg – March 14 |||||
| FC Vahonobudivnyk Stakhanov | 1–7 | FC Metalurh Zaporizhia | 1–0 | 0–7 |
Dynamo won 3–2 on aggregate.
Chornomorets won 8–5 on aggregate.
Torpedo won 6–1 on aggregate.

#### Second leg

Metalurh won 7–1 on aggregate.
Shakhtar won 4–1 on aggregate.
Dnipro won 5–2 on aggregate.
Metalist won 4–1 on aggregate.
Naftovyk won 2–1 on aggregate.

### Quarterfinals (1/4)

| Team 1 | Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
| First leg – April 11, Second leg – April 28 |||||
| FC Metalist Kharkiv | 2–1 | FC Naftovyk Okhtyrka | 2–0 | 0–1 |
| First leg – April 11, Second leg – May 3 |||||
| FC Chornomorets Odesa | 3–1 | FC Metalurh Zaporizhia | 2–0 | 1–1 |
| FC Torpedo Zaporizhia | 2–1 | FC Dynamo Kyiv | 1–0 | 1–1 |
| FC Shakhtar Donetsk | 6–1 | FC Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk | 6–0 | 0–1 |
Metalist won 2–1 on aggregate.
Chornomorets won 3–1 on aggregate.
Torpedo won 2–1 on aggregate.
Shakhtar won 6–1 on aggregate.

### Semifinals (1/2)

| Team 1 | Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
| First leg – May 14, Second leg – May 26 |||||
| FC Chornomorets Odesa | 3–1 | FC Torpedo Zaporizhia | 3–1 | 0–0 |
| FC Shakhtar Donetsk | 1–2 | FC Metalist Kharkiv | 0–1 | 1–1 |
Chornomorets won 3–1 on aggregate.
Metalist won 2–1 on aggregate.

### Final

* Ukrainian Cup 1992 Winners
* FC Chornomorets Odesa First title

## Cup holders

(league appearances and goals listed in brackets)
* FC Chornomorets Odesa
* Goalkeepers: Viktor Hryshko (4 / -2), Oleh Suslov (2 / -1), Yevhen Nemodruk (1 / -4).
* Defenders: Serhiy Tretiak (6 / 1), Yuriy Nikiforov (6 / 1), Dmytro Parfenov (6 / 0), Oleksandr Spitsyn (4 / 0), Yuriy Bukel (4 / 0), Andriy Telesnenko (1 / 0), Dmytro Demianenko (1 / 0), Volodymyr Kantsler (1 / 0), Ruslan Leskiv (1 / 0), Oleksandr Avdeyev (1 / 0).
* Midfielders: Yuriy Shelepnytsky (6 / 3), Ilya Tsymbalar (6 / 2), Yuriy Sak (6 / 2), Viktor Yablonskyi (6 / 1), Oleh Koshelyuk (6 / 0), Sergei Zirchenko (5 / 0), Serhiy Protsyuk (3 / 0), Ruslan Romanchuk (1 / 0), Dmytro Horbatenko (1 / 0), Dmytro Kopetsky (1 / 0), Andriy Lozovsky (1 / 0), Vitaliy Kolesnichenko (1 / 0).
* Forwards: Serhiy Husyev (6 / 4), Ivan Hetsko (5 / 0), Oleksandr Pindeyev (1 / 1), Oleh Mochulyak (1 / 0), Kostyantyn Kulyk (1 / 0), Andriy Savitsky (1 / 0).
* Manager: Vitaliy Sidnev, Viktor Prokopenko.
* Transferred out during the season: Oleksandr Pindeyev (FC Vorskla Poltava), Dmytro Demianenko (SK Odesa), Andriy Telesnenko ( AC Oulu).
* ^1 Yuriy Sak also scored one own goal.
* ^2 In its first game against Pollisya Chornomorets played with its reserves led by Vitaliy Sidnev.
* Note: Only Bukel received a yellow card.

## Top goalscorers

| Scorer | Goals | Team |
| Oleksandr Zayets | 6 | Torpedo Zaporizhia |
| Vadym Kolesnyk | 5 | Metalist Kharkiv |
| Serhiy Husiev | 4 | Chornomorets Odesa |
| Oleh Holovan | 3 | Metalurh Zaporizhia |
| Yuriy Shelepnytskyi | 3 | Chornomorets Odesa |
| Oleksandr Volkov | 3 | Torpedo Zaporizhia |
| Yuriy Strykharchuk | 3 | Polissya Zhytomyr |
| Volodymyr Konovalchuk | 3 | Kremin Kremenchuk |
| Vasyl Kardash | 3 | Skala Stryi |
| Viktor Danylyshyn | 3 | Krystal Chortkiv |

## Goalkeeping leaders
### Wins

| Rank | Goalkeeper | Club | GP | GA | GAA | W–L–T | PS |
| 1 | Ihor Moiseyev | Torpedo Zaporizhia | 7 | 6 | 0.86 | 4–1–2 | 0–0 |
| 2 | Oleksandr Pomazun | Metalist Kharkiv | 7 | 4 | 0.57 | 4–2–1 | 0–0 |
| 3 | Yuriy Prokhorov | Naftovyk Okhtyrka | 4 | 2 | 0.50 | 3–0–1 | 0–0 |
| 3 | Viktor Hryshko | Chornomorets Odesa | 4 | 2 | 0.50 | 3–0–1 | 0–0 |
| 5 | Dmytro Shutkov | Shakhtar Donetsk | 6 | 4 | 0.67 | 3–2–1 | 0–0 |
| 6 | Valeriy Vorobyov | Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih | 4 | 8 | 2.00 | 3–1–0 | 0–0 |
| 7 | Ihor Rutkovsky | Polissia Zhytomyr | 4 | 9 | 2.25 | 3–1–0 | 0–0 |

## Attendances
### Top attendances

| Rank | Round | Home team | Away team | Result | Location | Attendance |
| 1 | Round of 16 | Skala Stryi | Dynamo Kyiv | 1 – 2 aet | Sokil Stadium, Stryi | 17,000 |
| 2 | Round of 16 | Karpaty Lviv | Shakhtar Donetsk | 1–2 | Ukraina Stadium, Lviv | 12,500 |
| 3 | Final | Chornomorets Odesa | Metalist Kharkiv | 1–0 | Republican Stadium, Kyiv | 12,000 |
| 4 | Round of 16 | Kremin Kremenchuk | Naftovyk Okhtyrka | 0–1 | Dnipro Stadium, Kremenchuk | 8,000 |
| 4 | Quarterfinals | Torpedo Zaporizhia | Dynamo Kyiv | 1–0 | AvtoZAZ Stadium, Zaporizhia | 8,000 |

## Number of teams by region

| Number | Region | Team(s) |
| 4 | Dnipropetrovsk Oblast | Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk, Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih, Shakhtar Pavlohrad and Metalurh Nikopol |
| 4 | Luhansk Oblast | Zorya-MALS Luhansk, Vahonobudivnyk Stakhanov, Khimik Severodonetsk and Stal Alchevsk |
| 3 | Lviv Oblast | Karpaty Lviv, Skala Stryi and Halychyna Drohobych |
| 2 | Donetsk Oblast | Shakhtar Donetsk and Azovets Mariupol |
| 2 | Khmelnytskyi Oblast | Temp Shepetivka and Podillya Khmelnytskyi |
| 2 | Kyiv | Dynamo and SKA |
| 2 | Mykolaiv Oblast | Evis Mykolaiv and Artania Ochakiv |
| 2 | Odesa Oblast | Chornomorets Odesa and SC Odesa |
| 2 | Poltava Oblast | Kremin Kremenchuk and Vorskla Poltava |
| 2 | Sumy Oblast | Naftovyk Okhtyrka and Avtomobilist Sumy |
| 2 | Ternopil Oblast | Nyva Ternopil and Krystal Chortkiv |
| 2 | Zakarpattia Oblast | Karpaty Mukachevo and Zakarpattia Uzhhorod |
| 2 | Zaporizhia Oblast | Metalurh Zaporizhia and FC Torpedo Zaporizhia |
| 1 | Cherkasy Oblast | Dnipro Cherkasy |
| 1 | Chernihiv Oblast | Desna Chernihiv |
| 1 | Chernivtsi Oblast | Bukovyna Chernivtsi |
| 1 | Crimea | Tavriya Simferopol |
| 1 | Ivano-Frankivsk Oblast | Prykarpattia Ivano-Frankivsk |
| 1 | Kharkiv Oblast | Metalist Kharkiv |
| 1 | Kherson Oblast | Krystal Kherson |
| 1 | Kirovohrad Oblast | Polihraftekhnika Oleksandriya |
| 1 | Kyiv Oblast | Ros Bila Tserkva |
| 1 | Rivne Oblast | Veres Rivne |
| 1 | Sevastopol | Chaika Sevastopol |
| 1 | Vinnytsia Oblast | Nyva |
| 1 | Volyn Oblast | Volyn Lutsk |
| 1 | Zhytomyr Oblast | Polissya Zhytomyr |