1992–93 Vyshcha Liha
The 1992–93 Vyshcha Liha season was the second since its establishment.
Tavriya Simferopol were the defending champions, having won their 1st national league title in history. A total of sixteen teams participated in the competition, fourteen of them contested the 1992 season while the remaining two were promoted from the Ukrainian First League.
The competition began on August 15, 1992, with four games finishing on June 20, 1993. The competition was suspended for the winter break on November 22, 1992, and resumed on March 14, 1993.
On June 20, 1993 Dynamo Kyiv earned their first Ukrainian title with a 4-1 away victory over Kremin Kremenchuk. The Kievan club was declared a champion by the goal difference as the both Dynamo and Dnipro finished equal on points. The teams met just three rounds before the end in Dnipropetrovsk where Dnipro was victorious by a minimum margin thanks to the goal of Yuriy Maksymov.
Anatoliy Puzach was replaced as the coach of Dynamo Kyiv following its disastrous rendezvous with Belgian Anderlecht yielding it 2-7 on an aggregate and losing at home 0-3.
Teams
Promotions
- Veres Rivne, the champion of the 1992 Ukrainian First League - '
- Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih, the champion of the 1992 Ukrainian First League - '
No relegation at the end of the season as the league was scheduled to be expanded to 18 participants.
Stadiums
Notes:Qualification to European competitions for 1993–94
- Following the agreement between UEFA, Russia and Ukraine, Russia inherited the 1992 European ranking of Soviet Union, while Ukraine was awarded a slot of defunct East Germany for the 1993–94 UEFA Cup. The Ukrainian Cup winner qualifies for the 1993–94 European Cup Winners' Cup qualifying round.
Qualified Teams
- During the 27th Round, Dynamo Kyiv qualified for European football for the 1993–94 season.
- After the 29th Round, Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk qualified for European football for the 1993–94 season.
- After the 30th Round, Karpaty Lviv qualified for the 1993–94 European Cup Winners' Cup, Dynamo qualified for the 1993–94 UEFA Champions League, Dnipro qualified for the 1993–94 UEFA Cup.
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League table
- Dynamo Kyiv won its first championship title by earning its 18th win of the season away against Kremin Kremenchuk at Dnipro Stadium, Kremenchuk on June 20, 1993.
Top goalscorers
Managers
Managerial changes
Team | Outgoing head coach | Manner of departure | Date of vacancy | Table | Incoming head coach | Date of appointment | Table |
FC Bukovyna Chernivtsi | Yukhym Shkolnykov | pre-season | Oleksandr Pavlenko | pre-season | |||
FC Kremin Kremenchuk | Volodymyr Lozynskyi | pre-season | Boris Streltsov | pre-season | |||
FC Volyn Lutsk | Myron Markevych | pre-season | Roman Pokora | pre-season | |||
FC Karpaty Lviv | Stepan Yurchyshyn | pre-season | Myron Markevych | pre-season | |||
FC Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih | Volodymyr Sryzhevskyi | October 12, 1992 | Valentyn Laktionov | October 12, 1992 | |||
FC Veres Rivne | Viktor Nosov | October 12, 1992 | Vasiliy Kurilov | October 12, 1992 | |||
FC Dynamo Kyiv | Anatoliy Puzach | sacked | November 10, 1992 | 2 | Yozhef Sabo | November 10, 1992 | 2 |
FC Metalist Kharkiv | Leonid Tkachenko | Viktor Aristov | |||||
FC Metalurh Zaporizhia | Ihor Nadein | Janis Skredelis | |||||
FC Veres Rivne | Vasiliy Kurilov | Mykhailo Dunets | |||||
FC Dynamo Kyiv | Yozhef Sabo | replaced | February 1993 | 2 | Mykhailo Fomenko | February 1993 | 2 |
FC Nyva Ternopil | Leonid Koltun | Leonid Buriak | |||||
FC Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih | Valentyn Laktionov | March 15, 1993 | Ihor Nadein | March 15, 1993 | |||
FC Torpedo Zaporizhia | Yevhen Lemeshko | April 1, 1993 | Viktor Matviyenko | April 1, 1993 | |||
FC Metalist Kharkiv | Viktor Aristov | June 1, 1993 | Sergei Dotsenko | June 1, 1993 |
Medal squads
'Note': Players in italic'' are whose playing position is uncertain.