# 1983 Soviet Second League, Zone 6

1983 Football Championship of Ukrainian SSR was the 53rd season of association football competition of the Ukrainian SSR, which was part of the Soviet Second League in Zone 6. The season started on 25 March 1983.
The 1983 Football Championship of Ukrainian SSR was won by SKA Kiev. Qualified for the interzonal playoffs, the team from Kiev did not manage to gain promotion by placing last in its group.
The "Ruby Cup" of Molod Ukrayiny newspaper (for the most scored goals) was received by Kolos Mezhyrich.

## Teams
### Promoted teams

* Nyva Berezhany – Champion of the Fitness clubs competitions (KFK) (debut)

### Relegated teams

* SKA Kiev – (Returning after 2 seasons)
* SKA Odessa – (Returning after 6 seasons)

## Final standings

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | SKA Kiev (C, Q) | 50 | 28 | 16 | 6 | 91 | 49 | +42 | 72 | Qualified for interzonal competitions among other Zone winners |
| 2 | Kolos Mezhyrich | 50 | 30 | 10 | 10 | 99 | 45 | +54 | 70 | |
| 3 | Nyva Vinnytsia | 50 | 29 | 11 | 10 | 86 | 44 | +42 | 69 | |
| 4 | SKA Odessa | 50 | 27 | 11 | 12 | 66 | 29 | +37 | 65 | |
| 5 | Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih | 50 | 23 | 18 | 9 | 70 | 44 | +26 | 64 | |
| 6 | Bukovyna Chernivtsi | 50 | 23 | 14 | 13 | 79 | 52 | +27 | 60 | |
| 7 | Spartak Zhytomyr | 50 | 21 | 14 | 15 | 66 | 50 | +16 | 56 | |
| 8 | Avanhard Rivne | 50 | 19 | 16 | 15 | 56 | 59 | −3 | 54 | |
| 9 | Shakhtar Horlivka | 50 | 20 | 13 | 17 | 56 | 55 | +1 | 53 | |
| 10 | Zakarpattia Uzhhorod | 50 | 20 | 11 | 19 | 67 | 64 | +3 | 51 | |
| 11 | Torpedo Lutsk | 50 | 20 | 9 | 21 | 66 | 71 | −5 | 49 | |
| 12 | Metalurh Dniprodzerzhynsk | 50 | 17 | 14 | 19 | 35 | 39 | −4 | 48 | |
| 13 | Nyva Berezhany | 50 | 15 | 18 | 17 | 41 | 51 | −10 | 48 | |
| 14 | Atlantyka Sevastopol | 50 | 17 | 13 | 20 | 53 | 50 | +3 | 47 | |
| 15 | Podillia Khmelnytskyi | 50 | 18 | 10 | 22 | 56 | 67 | −11 | 46 | |
| 16 | Krystal Kherson | 50 | 17 | 10 | 23 | 45 | 55 | −10 | 44 | |
| 17 | Zirka Kirovohrad | 50 | 15 | 14 | 21 | 48 | 56 | −8 | 44 | |
| 18 | Novator Zhdanov | 50 | 14 | 15 | 21 | 43 | 56 | −13 | 43 | |
| 19 | Okean Kerch | 50 | 13 | 16 | 21 | 44 | 58 | −14 | 42 | |
| 20 | Mayak Kharkiv | 50 | 15 | 11 | 24 | 54 | 72 | −18 | 41 | |
| 21 | Stakhonovets Stakhanov | 50 | 12 | 17 | 21 | 39 | 64 | −25 | 41 | |
| 22 | Prykarpattia Ivano-Frankivsk | 50 | 17 | 6 | 27 | 54 | 76 | −22 | 40 | |
| 23 | Desna Chernihiv | 50 | 16 | 8 | 26 | 50 | 66 | −16 | 40 | |
| 24 | Sudnobudivnyk Mykolaiv | 50 | 15 | 10 | 25 | 49 | 77 | −28 | 40 | |
| 25 | Dnipro Cherkasy | 50 | 13 | 13 | 24 | 35 | 61 | −26 | 39 | |
| 26 | Frunzenets Sumy (R) | 50 | 11 | 12 | 27 | 47 | 85 | −38 | 34 | Relegated |

## Top goalscorers

The following were the top ten goalscorers.
| # | Scorer | Goals (Pen.) | Team |
| 1 | Viktor Nastashevsky | 41 | SKA Kiev |
| 2 | Oleksandr Novikov | 32 | Kolos Mezhyrich |
| 3 | Pasha Kasanov | 27 | Nyva Vinnytsia |
| 4 | Volodymyr Malyi | 24 | SKA Odessa |
| 4 | Volodymyr Shyshkov | 24 | Spartak Zhytomyr |
| 6 | Viktor Oliynyk | 23 | Bukovyna Chernivtsi |
| 7 | Vitaliy Dmytrenko | 22 | Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih |
| 8 | Mykola Prystay | 21 | Prykarpattia Ivano-Frankivsk |
| 8 | Pavlo Petrov | 21 | Atlantyka Sevastopol |
| 10 | Hennadiy Horshkov | 19 | Desna Chernihiv |
| 10 | Serhiy Shevchenko [uk] | 19 | Nyva Vinnytsia |