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

Kryvbas is a multi-times champion of the Championship of the Ukrainian SSR.
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


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League table


Managers

Managerial changes

TeamOutgoing head coachManner of departureDate of vacancyTableIncoming head coachDate of appointmentTable
FC Bukovyna ChernivtsiYukhym Shkolnykovpre-seasonOleksandr Pavlenkopre-season
FC Kremin KremenchukVolodymyr Lozynskyipre-seasonBoris Streltsovpre-season
FC Volyn LutskMyron Markevychpre-seasonRoman Pokorapre-season
FC Karpaty LvivStepan Yurchyshynpre-seasonMyron Markevychpre-season
FC Kryvbas Kryvyi RihVolodymyr SryzhevskyiOctober 12, 1992Valentyn LaktionovOctober 12, 1992
FC Veres RivneViktor NosovOctober 12, 1992 Vasiliy KurilovOctober 12, 1992
FC Dynamo KyivAnatoliy PuzachsackedNovember 10, 19922Yozhef SaboNovember 10, 19922
FC Metalist KharkivLeonid TkachenkoViktor Aristov
FC Metalurh ZaporizhiaIhor NadeinJanis Skredelis
FC Veres Rivne Vasiliy KurilovMykhailo Dunets
FC Dynamo KyivYozhef SaboreplacedFebruary 19932Mykhailo FomenkoFebruary 19932
FC Nyva TernopilLeonid KoltunLeonid Buriak
FC Kryvbas Kryvyi RihValentyn LaktionovMarch 15, 1993Ihor NadeinMarch 15, 1993
FC Torpedo ZaporizhiaYevhen LemeshkoApril 1, 1993Viktor MatviyenkoApril 1, 1993
FC Metalist KharkivViktor AristovJune 1, 1993 Sergei DotsenkoJune 1, 1993

Medal squads

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1. FC Dynamo Kyiv

Goalkeepers: Ihor Kutepov, Valdemaras Martinkenas.

Defenders: Oleh Luzhny, Serhiy Shmatovalenko, Andriy Annenkov, Vitaliy Ponomarenko, Anatoliy Demyanenko, Akhrik Tsveyba, Serhiy Zayets, Anatoliy Bezsmertny, Andriy Aleksanenkov, Mykola Zuyenko, Yuri Moroz.

Midfielders: Serhiy Kovalets, Serhiy Rebrov, Yuriy Hritsyna, Serhiy Mizin, Volodymyr Sharan, Dmytro Topchiyev, Vyacheslav Khruslov, Igoris Pankratjevas, Pavlo Yakovenko, Stepan Betsa, Andriy Zavyalov, Ervand Sukiasian, Oleh Volotek, Viktor Byelkin.

Forwards: Viktor Leonenko, Pavlo Shkapenko, Vitaliy Mintenko.
Manager: Anatoliy Puzach, Yozhef Sabo, Mykhailo Fomenko.
Transferred out during the season: Anatoliy Demyanenko, Stepan Betsa, Igoris Pankratjevas, Pavlo Yakovenko, Mykola Zuyenko, Oleh Volotek, Viktor Byelkin, Yuri Moroz.
2. FC Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk

Goalkeepers: Mykola Medin, Valeriy Horodov, Anatoliy Chistov, Ihor Moiseyev.

Defenders: Serhiy Bezhenar, Serhiy Diriavka, Dmytro Yakovenko, Oleg Chukhleba, Andriy Yudin, Serhiy Mamchur, Yevhen Yarovenko, Oleksiy Sasko, Dmytro Demyanenko.

Midfielders: Andriy Polunin, Yevhen Pokhlebayev, Yuriy Maksymov, Hennadiy Moroz, Oleksandr Zakharov, Kostyantyn Pavlyuchenko, Dmytro Mykhailenko, Volodymyr Bahmut, Oleksandr Palyanytsia.

Forwards: Serhiy Konovalov, Valentyn Moskvin, Serhiy Dumenko, Oleksandr Tyehayev.
Manager: Mykola Pavlov.
Transferred out during the season: Oleksiy Sasko, Valeriy Horodov, Ihor Moiseyev, Serhiy Mamchur, Oleksandr Palyanytsia, Oleksandr Tyehayev.
3. FC Chornomorets Odessa

Goalkeepers: Oleh Suslov.

Defenders: Yuriy Bukel, Dmytro Parfionov, Oleksandr Nikiforov, Serhiy Protsiuk, Oleksandr Bondarenko, Vitaliy Skysh, Yuriy Nikiforov, Sehiy Voronezhsky, Andriy Telesnenko.

Midfielders: Yuriy Sak, Kostiantyn Kulik, Viktor Yablonskyi, Ruslan Romanchuk, Ilya Tsymbalar, Andriy Lozovsky, Vyacheslav Yeremeyev.

Forwards: Oleh Kosheliuk, Serhiy Husiev, Vladimir Lebed, Oleksandr Shcherbakov, Vitaliy Parakhnevych.
Manager: Viktor Prokopenko.
Transferred out during the season: Ilya Tsymbalar, Yuriy Nikiforov, Andriy Telesnenko, Serhiy Husiev.

Note': Players in italic'' are whose playing position is uncertain.