# 1992 Ukrainian Transitional League

The 1992 Ukrainian Transitional League was the first season of 3rd level professional football in Ukraine. After this season the Transitional League has split into Second League (3rd tier) and Transitional League (4th tier). The competition was divided into two groups according to geographical location in the country – 1 is western Ukraine and northeastern Ukraine, while 2 is eastern Ukraine and southern Ukraine. The season stretched from April 4, 1992, through July 4, 1992.

## Organization

After the fall of the Soviet Union of January 1, 1992, there were many Ukrainian clubs that participated in all tiers of the Soviet League system. Most of them were organized into pools for the Supreme (I tier) and the First (II tier) leagues of Ukraine. The participants of those two leagues also were included into the 1992 Ukrainian Cup competition.
The Supreme League of Ukraine composed of the groups included all six Ukrainian clubs of the Soviet Supreme League, both Ukrainian clubs of the Soviet First League, and most of the Ukrainian clubs (9) except the last two of the West Zone of the Soviet Second League also known as the Buffer League to differentiate it from the Soviet Lower Second League (B). Also to the Supreme League of Ukraine were admitted the top two teams of the Ukrainian Zone of the Soviet Lower Second League and the winner of the cup winner of the Ukrainian SSR (competed in the Ukrainian Zone of the Soviet Lower Second League).
The last two teams of the Buffer League and the 20 of 24 teams of the Ukrainian Zone of the Soviet Lower Second League organized the First League of Ukraine which as the Supreme consisted of two groups. The league also included the top three teams of the KFK competitions (Amateur competitions) of the Ukrainian SSR, while Dynamo, Chornomorets, and Shakhtar were allowed to introduce their second teams to the league.
The bottom three teams of the Ukrainian Zone of the Soviet Lower Second League were considered officially eliminated. They were, however, along with other top teams of the KFK competition organized into the semi-amateur Transitional League (or Transfer League) composed of 18 teams that were split into two groups geographically, Group 1 - West and North, Group 2 - East and South. The clubs that in 1992 competed in the Transfer League did not participate in the Ukrainian Cup. Upon the conclusion of the season the league would split into the 3rd tier Second League and the 4th tier Transitional League. The top four club from each group would qualify for the Second League, while the bottom five from each group would organize the next season's Transitional League.

### Composition

| Team | Location | Venue | League and position in 1991 | League and position in 1991 | Coach |
| Okean | Kerch | 50ti-richia Zhovtnia Stadium | Soviet Second League "B" | 24 | Oleksiy Yakymovych |
| Zirka | Kirovohrad | Zirka Stadium | Soviet Second League "B" | 25 | Mykola Fedorenko |
| Mayak | Kharkiv | KhTZ Stadium | Soviet Second League "B" | 26 | Mykola Machula |
| Lysonya | Berezhany | Nyva Stadium | Ukrainian KFK competitions | 2.1 | Anatoliy Venhrynovych |
| Tytan | Armyansk | Khimik Stadium | Ukrainian KFK competitions | 4.1 | Eduard Fedin |
| Antratsyt | Kirovske | Yubileiny Stadium | Ukrainian KFK competitions | 5.1 | Yuriy Klokov |
| Andezyt | Khust | Avanhard Stadium | Ukrainian KFK competitions | 1.2 | Karlo Soikov |
| Dnister | Zalishchyky | Dnister Stadium | Ukrainian KFK competitions | 2.2 | Petro Chervin |
| Yavir | Krasnopillya | Kolos Stadium | Ukrainian KFK competitions | 3.2 | Volodymyr Bohach Mykola Astafiev |
| Meliorator | Kakhovka | Avanhard Stadium | Ukrainian KFK competitions | 4.2 | Volodymyr Spiridonov |
| Prometei | Shakhtarsk | Shakhtar Stadium | Ukrainian KFK competitions | 5.2 | Yuriy Vankevych |
| Hirnyk | Khartsyzk | Kanatchyk Stadium | Ukrainian KFK competitions | 6.2 | Oleksandr Slyusarenko |
| Hazovyk | Komarno | Hazovyk Stadium | Ukrainian KFK competitions | 1.3 | Volodymyr Zhuravchak |
| Promin | Sambir | Spartak Stadium | Ukrainian KFK competitions | 2.3 | Yaroslav Khomyn |
| Druzhba | Berdyansk | Torpedo Stadium | Ukrainian KFK competitions | 3.3 | Mykola Lyutyi |
| More | Prymorskyi | Albatross Stadium | Ukrainian KFK competitions | 4.3 | Yuriy Naurzokov |
| Bazhanovets | Makiivka | Bazhanovets Stadium | Ukrainian KFK competitions | 5.3 | Viktor Pyshchov |
| Elektron | Romny | Elektron Stadium | Ukrainian KFK competitions | 6.3 | Oleksandr Kvasha |
Notes:
* Positions in the table for KFK competitions are shown in format #.# where the first digit represents a group # and the second digit is the actual final position in the 1991 KFK competitions that consisted of six groups.
* Lysonya played few games in Khodoriv, Lviv Oblast at the Tsukrovyk Stadium. Lysonia Berezhany was previously known as Nyva Berezhany
* Promin most of his games in Sambir, some - at the Kolos Stadium in Volia Baranetska.
* Bazhanovets played some games at the Avanhard Stadium.
* More played all its games in Prymorskyi
* Mayak changed its name to Olympik
* Druzhba played all its games in Berdyansk

### Location map
## Group 1

| Pos | Team | 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.

### Top goalscorers

| | Scorer | Goals (Pen.) | Team |
| 1 | Vitaliy Pushkutsa | 11 (3) | Olympik Kharkiv |
| 2 | Volodymyr Snylyk | 9 (5) | Hazovyk Komarno |
| 3 | Vitaliy Skysh | 6 (5) | Zirka Kirovohrad |

## Group 2

| Pos | Team | 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.

### Top goalscorers

| | Scorer | Goals (Pen.) | Team |
| 1 | Oleh Vietrov | 11 (4) | Bazhanovets Makiivka |
| 2 | Serhiy Cherepanov | 8 (2) | Prometei Shakhtarsk |
| 3 | Oleh Holubiev | 6 | Antratsyt Kirovske |
| 3 | Oleksandr Pikalov | 6 (4) | Dnister Zalishchyky |

## Number of teams by region

| Number | Region | Team(s) |
| 4 | Donetsk Oblast | Hirnyk Khartsyzk, FC Antratsyt, Bazhanovets Makiivka, Prometei Shakhtarsk |
| 3 | Crimea | Tytan Armyansk, More Feodosia, Okean Kerch |
| 2 | Lviv Oblast | Hazovyk Komarno, Promin Volia Baranetska |
| 2 | Sumy Oblast | Yavir Krasnopillia, Elektron Romny |
| 2 | Ternopil Oblast | Dnister Zalishchyky, Lysonia Berezhany |
| 1 | Kharkiv Oblast | Olimpik Kharkiv |
| 1 | Kherson Oblast | Meliorator Kakhovka |
| 1 | Kirovohrad Oblast | Zirka Kirovohrad |
| 1 | Zakarpattia Oblast | Andezyt Khust |
| 1 | Zaporizhia Oblast | Druzhba Berdyansk |