# 1992 in Ukrainian football

The 1992 season was the 62nd season of competitive football in Ukraine and the first season of fully independent Ukraine following the dissolution of the Soviet Union. This year the Ukrainian Association of Football (as Football Federation of Ukraine) was granted a membership to the international football organizations FIFA and UEFA and allowed to send its clubs to the UEFA continental competitions.
For the first time such former Soviet clubs like FC Dynamo Kyiv and FC Chornomorets Odesa which represented the Soviet Union at European competitions since 1960s qualified for the UEFA competitions representing native Ukrainian nation. For the first time since 1948 FC Dynamo Kyiv returned to compete at the Ukrainian Cup, previously as the Football Cup of the Ukrainian SSR. The champions title of SC Tavriya Simferopol was the first in independent Ukraine and the fourth including competitions of the Football Championship of the Ukrainian SSR.

## National team

In 1992, Ukraine national football team conducted its first matches as representatives of now independent Ukraine and FIFA members. The first game was a match between Ukraine and Hungary held on 29 April 1992 at Avanhard Stadium in Uzhhorod, which was the first international home game for Ukraine, saw the first official goal and ended with a 1–3 defeat. The second game in a season took place on 27 June with the United States on away field, and ended in a 0–0 draw, recording a first point for the national team.

### Results and fixtures
## Men's football
### Vyshcha Liha (Top League)
#### League table
##### Group A

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | Tavriya Simferopol (C) | 18 | 11 | 6 | 1 | 30 | 9 | +21 | 28 | Qualification to Final playoff |
| 2 | Shakhtar Donetsk | 18 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 31 | 10 | +21 | 26 | Qualification to Third place playoff |
| 3 | Chornomorets Odesa | 18 | 9 | 7 | 2 | 30 | 12 | +18 | 25 | Qualification to Cup Winners' Cup qualifying round |
| 4 | Torpedo Zaporizhzhia | 18 | 6 | 7 | 5 | 21 | 16 | +5 | 19 | |
| 5 | Metalurh Zaporizhzhia | 18 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 20 | 19 | +1 | 18 | |
| 6 | Karpaty Lviv | 18 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 15 | 18 | −3 | 16 | |
| 7 | Kremin Kremenchuk | 18 | 4 | 8 | 6 | 17 | 23 | −6 | 16 | |
| 8 | Nyva Vinnytsia (R) | 18 | 5 | 4 | 9 | 18 | 33 | −15 | 14 | Relegated to Ukrainian First League |
| 9 | Evis Mykolaiv (R) | 18 | 3 | 4 | 11 | 12 | 29 | −17 | 10 | Relegated to Ukrainian First League |
| 10 | Temp Shepetivka (R) | 18 | 2 | 4 | 12 | 9 | 34 | −25 | 8 | Relegated to Ukrainian First League |

##### Group B

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | Dynamo Kyiv | 18 | 13 | 4 | 1 | 31 | 13 | +18 | 30 | Qualification to Final playoff |
| 2 | Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk (O) | 18 | 10 | 3 | 5 | 26 | 15 | +11 | 23 | Qualification to Third place playoff |
| 3 | Metalist Kharkiv | 18 | 8 | 5 | 5 | 21 | 16 | +5 | 21 | |
| 4 | Nyva Ternopil | 18 | 8 | 5 | 5 | 16 | 12 | +4 | 21 | |
| 5 | Volyn Lutsk | 18 | 8 | 2 | 8 | 24 | 21 | +3 | 18 | |
| 6 | Bukovyna Chernivtsi | 18 | 7 | 4 | 7 | 17 | 16 | +1 | 18 | |
| 7 | Zorya-MALS Luhansk | 18 | 6 | 5 | 7 | 23 | 23 | 0 | 17 | |
| 8 | Naftovyk Okhtyrka (R) | 18 | 5 | 3 | 10 | 12 | 28 | −16 | 13 | Relegated to Ukrainian First League |
| 9 | Prykarpattya Ivano-Frankivsk (R) | 18 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 9 | 18 | −9 | 12 | Relegated to Ukrainian First League |
| 10 | Odesa (R) | 18 | 3 | 1 | 14 | 15 | 32 | −17 | 7 | Relegated to Ukrainian First League |

#### Second stage

Championship playoff
Tavriya Simferopol: :
| GK | 1 | Oleh Kolesov |
| FW | 2 | Serhiy Shevchenko (c) |
| DF | 3 | Mykola Turchinenko | |
| DF | 4 | Oleksandr Holovko |
| DF | 5 | Vidmantas Vyšniauskas | 64' |
| DF | 6 | Serhiy Voronezhsky |
| MF | 7 | Andriy Oparin | 77' |
| DF | 8 | Sefer Alibayev |
| DF | 9 | Yuri Getikov | |
| FW | 10 | Sergei Gladyshev |
| MF | 11 | Vladyslav Novikov | |
| Substitutes: ||||
| MF | 12 | Yuriy Mikhailus | 77' | 87' |
| MF | 13 | Serhiy Yesin | 87' |
| Manager: ||||
| Anatoliy Zayayev ||||
Dynamo Kyiv: :
| GK | 1 | Valdemaras Martinkėnas |
| DF | 2 | Oleh Luzhnyi | |
| DF | 3 | Anatoliy Bezsmertnyi | 55' |
| DF | 4 | Andrey Aleksanenkov |
| DF | 5 | Serhiy Shmatovalenko (c) |
| MF | 7 | Serhiy Kovalets |
| MF | 6 | Yuri Moroz |
| DF | 8 | Serhiy Zayets |
| FW | 9 | Oleh Salenko | |
| MF | 10 | Stepan Betsa |
| MF | 11 | Volodymyr Sharan | 75' |
| Substitutes: ||||
| FW | 13 | Oleh Matveyev | 55' |
| FW | 14 | Yuriy Hrytsyna | 75' |
| Manager: ||||
| Anatoliy Puzach ||||
| MATCH OFFICIALS Assistant referees: Yevhen Kanana (Donetsk) Oleh Chornyi (Donetsk) | MATCH RULES 90 minutes. 30 minutes of extra-time if necessary. Penalty shoot-out if scores still level. Seven named substitutes Maximum of 3 substitutions. |
Third place playoff

##### Honors and awards

* Top goalscorer: Yuri Hudymenko, Tavriya Simferopol (12)
* Ukrainian Footballer of the Year: Viktor Leonenko, Dynamo Kyiv

### Persha Liha (First League)
#### League table
##### Group A

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion or relegation |
| 1 | FC Veres Rivne (C, P) | 26 | 14 | 8 | 4 | 38 | 15 | +23 | 36 | Promoted to Vyshcha Liha |
| 2 | FC Pryladyst Mukacheve | 26 | 14 | 5 | 7 | 27 | 15 | +12 | 33 | |
| 3 | FC Polihraftekhnika Oleksandriya | 26 | 11 | 8 | 7 | 25 | 27 | −2 | 30 | |
| 4 | FC Podillia Khmelnytsky | 26 | 10 | 10 | 6 | 29 | 21 | +8 | 30 | |
| 5 | FC Krystal Chortkiv | 26 | 11 | 7 | 8 | 34 | 26 | +8 | 29 | |
| 6 | FC Desna Chernihiv | 26 | 11 | 7 | 8 | 23 | 24 | −1 | 29 | |
| 7 | FC Dynamo-2 Kyiv | 26 | 9 | 10 | 7 | 33 | 23 | +10 | 28 | |
| 8 | FC Avtomobilist Sumy | 26 | 11 | 4 | 11 | 29 | 29 | 0 | 26 | |
| 9 | FC Stal Alchevsk | 26 | 9 | 8 | 9 | 28 | 22 | +6 | 26 | |
| 10 | FC Polissia Zhytomyr (R) | 26 | 10 | 5 | 11 | 30 | 31 | −1 | 25 | Relegated to Second League |
| 11 | FC Halychyna Drohobych (R) | 26 | 9 | 5 | 12 | 25 | 32 | −7 | 23 | Relegated to Second League |
| 12 | FC Dnipro Cherkasy (R) | 26 | 9 | 4 | 13 | 22 | 27 | −5 | 22 | Relegated to Second League |
| 13 | FC Chaika Sevastopol (R) | 26 | 7 | 4 | 15 | 19 | 39 | −20 | 18 | Relegated to Second League |
| 14 | SKA Kyiv (R) | 26 | 3 | 3 | 20 | 14 | 45 | −31 | 9 | Relegated to Second League |

##### Group B

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion or relegation |
| 1 | FC Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih (C, P) | 26 | 15 | 10 | 1 | 46 | 23 | +23 | 40 | Promoted to Vyshcha Liha |
| 2 | FC Metalurh Nikopol | 26 | 15 | 7 | 4 | 45 | 19 | +26 | 37 | |
| 3 | FC Artania Ochakiv | 26 | 13 | 6 | 7 | 27 | 24 | +3 | 32 | |
| 4 | FC Ros Bila Tserkva | 26 | 13 | 5 | 8 | 40 | 32 | +8 | 31 | |
| 5 | FC Zakarpattia Uzhhorod | 26 | 13 | 5 | 8 | 28 | 25 | +3 | 31 | |
| 6 | FC Skala Stryi | 26 | 11 | 9 | 6 | 39 | 24 | +15 | 31 | |
| 7 | FC Shakhtar Pavlohrad | 26 | 13 | 4 | 9 | 46 | 33 | +13 | 30 | |
| 8 | FC Vorskla Poltava | 26 | 12 | 5 | 9 | 33 | 25 | +8 | 29 | |
| 9 | FC Khimik Severodonetsk | 26 | 10 | 7 | 9 | 28 | 28 | 0 | 27 | |
| 10 | FC Krystal Kherson (R) | 26 | 10 | 5 | 11 | 36 | 36 | 0 | 25 | Relegated to Second League |
| 11 | FC Azovets Mariupol (R) | 26 | 10 | 4 | 12 | 36 | 39 | −3 | 24 | Relegated to Second League |
| 12 | FC Shakhtar-2 Donetsk (R) | 26 | 5 | 2 | 19 | 25 | 48 | −23 | 12 | Relegated to Second League |
| 13 | FC Vahonobudivnyk Stakhanov (R) | 26 | 4 | 3 | 19 | 16 | 48 | −32 | 11 | Relegated to Second League |
| 14 | FC Chornomorets-2 Odesa (R) | 26 | 0 | 4 | 22 | 14 | 55 | −41 | 4 | Relegated to Second League |

##### Honors and awards

* Top goalscorer: Denys Filimonov, Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih (16)

### Perekhidna Liha (Transitional League)
#### League table
##### Group A

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion or relegation |
| 1 | Dnister Zalishchyky | 16 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 15 | 13 | +2 | 21 | Second League |
| 2 | Hazovyk Komarne | 16 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 24 | 17 | +7 | 20 | Second League |
| 3 | Yavir Krasnopillia | 16 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 21 | 19 | +2 | 20 | Second League |
| 4 | Zirka Kirovohrad | 16 | 8 | 3 | 5 | 35 | 24 | +11 | 19 | Second League |
| 5 | Andezyt Khust | 16 | 7 | 4 | 5 | 23 | 22 | +1 | 18 | Transitional League |
| 6 | Olympik Kharkiv | 16 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 23 | 26 | −3 | 15 | Transitional League |
| 7 | Elektron Romny | 16 | 5 | 2 | 9 | 22 | 29 | −7 | 12 | Transitional League |
| 8 | Lysonia Berezhany | 16 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 14 | 21 | −7 | 10 | Transitional League |
| 9 | Promin Sambir Raion | 16 | 1 | 7 | 8 | 22 | 28 | −6 | 9 | Transitional League |
* ↑ Promin Sambir Raion initially was from a village of the Sambir Raion, Volia Baranetska in Lviv Oblast. Several years later the club moved to Sambir.

##### Group B

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion or relegation |
| 1 | Bazhanovets Makiivka | 16 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 25 | 8 | +17 | 23 | Second League |
| 2 | Titan Armyansk | 16 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 19 | 10 | +9 | 21 | Second League |
| 3 | Meliorator Kakhovka | 16 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 21 | 16 | +5 | 21 | Second League |
| 4 | Druzhba Osypenko | 16 | 5 | 11 | 0 | 17 | 8 | +9 | 21 | Second League |
| 5 | Prometei Shakhtarsk | 16 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 27 | 10 | +17 | 20 | Transitional League |
| 6 | Okean Kerch | 16 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 16 | 10 | +6 | 17 | Transitional League |
| 7 | Hirnyk Khartsyzk | 16 | 4 | 1 | 11 | 10 | 33 | −23 | 9 | Transitional League |
| 8 | Antratsyt Kirovske | 16 | 2 | 3 | 11 | 15 | 32 | −17 | 7 | Transitional League |
| 9 | More Feodosia | 16 | 1 | 3 | 12 | 2 | 25 | −23 | 5 | Transitional League |
* ↑ Osypenko is a village in Berdyansk Raion, a suburb of Berdyansk.

## Women's football
### Vyshcha Liha (Top League)
#### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | Dynamo Kyiv | 18 | 16 | 2 | 0 | 54 | 6 | +48 | 34 | Champions |
| 2 | Arena-Hospodar Kyiv | 18 | 9 | 6 | 3 | 26 | 14 | +12 | 24 | |
| 3 | Lehenda Chernihiv | 18 | 8 | 5 | 5 | 26 | 21 | +5 | 21 | |
| 4 | Olimp Kyiv | 18 | 7 | 5 | 6 | 26 | 18 | +8 | 19 | |
| 5 | Bukovynka Chernivtsi | 18 | 5 | 9 | 4 | 19 | 15 | +4 | 19 | Withdrew after the season |
| 6 | Luhanochka Luhansk | 18 | 8 | 2 | 8 | 17 | 25 | −8 | 18 | |
| 7 | Borysfen Zaporizhia | 18 | 4 | 9 | 5 | 13 | 19 | −6 | 17 | |
| 8 | Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk | 18 | 5 | 2 | 11 | 19 | 34 | −15 | 12 | |
| 9 | Krym-Yuni Simferopol | 18 | 2 | 6 | 10 | 14 | 34 | −20 | 10 | |
| 10 | Chornomorochka Odesa | 18 | 0 | 6 | 12 | 6 | 34 | −28 | 6 | Qualification to relegation play-offs |

##### Honors and awards

* Top goalscorer: Svitlana Frishko, Dynamo Kyiv (21)

## Domestic cups
### Men
#### Ukrainian Cup
##### Main 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 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |

##### Final
### Women

| Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Final | Final | Final | Final | Final |
| Dynamo Kyiv | Dynamo Kyiv | 5 | 2 | 7 | | | | | |
| Krym-YuNI Simferopol | Krym-YuNI Simferopol | 0 | 0 | 0 | | | | | |
| Krym-YuNI Simferopol | Krym-YuNI Simferopol | 0 | 0 | 0 | Dynamo Kyiv | Dynamo Kyiv | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| | | | | | Arena-Hospodar Fastiv | Arena-Hospodar Fastiv | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Arena-Hospodar Fastiv | Arena-Hospodar Fastiv | 1 | 1 | 2 | Arena-Hospodar Fastiv | Arena-Hospodar Fastiv | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Bukovynka Chernivtsi | Bukovynka Chernivtsi | 1 | 0 | 1 | | | | | |

## Ukrainian clubs in international competition
### 1991–92 European competitions
#### European Cup
##### Group stage
###### Group B

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | BAR | SPP | BEN | DKV |
| 1 | Barcelona | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 4 | +6 | 9 | Advance to final | — | 3–2 | 2–1 | 3–0 |
| 2 | Sparta Prague | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 6 | | 1–0 | — | 1–1 | 2–1 |
| 3 | Benfica | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 5 | +3 | 5 | | 0–0 | 1–1 | — | 5–0 |
| 4 | Dynamo Kyiv | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 12 | −9 | 4 | | 0–2 | 1–0 | 1–0 | — |