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1992 Vyshcha Liha

1st season of top-tier football league in Vyshcha Liha

Field	Value
competition	Vyshcha Liha
season	1992
dates	6 March – 21 June
winners	SC Tavriya Simferopol
1st title
relegated	Nyva Vinnytsia
Naftovyk Okhtyrka
Prykarpattia Ivano-Frankivsk
Evis Mykolaiv
Temp Shepetivka
SC Odesa
continentalcup1	Champions League
continentalcup1 qualifiers	Tavriya Simferopol
continentalcup2	Cup Winners' Cup
continentalcup2 qualifiers	Chornomorets Odesa
continentalcup3	UEFA Cup
continentalcup3 qualifiers	Dynamo Kyiv
league topscorer	(12) Yuriy Hudymenko (Tavriya)
biggest home win	Tavriya 6–0 Temp
Chornomorets 6–0 Nyva V.
biggest away win	Evis 1–6 Shakhtar
highest scoring	Dnipro 4–3 SC Odesa
Evis 1–6 Shakhtar
matches	182
total goals	403
highest attendance	36,000 – Tavriya–Dynamo (final)
lowest attendance	280 – Dynamo–Nyva T.
average attendance	5,703
prevseason	1991
nextseason	1992–93

1st title Naftovyk Okhtyrka Prykarpattia Ivano-Frankivsk Evis Mykolaiv Temp Shepetivka SC Odesa Chornomorets 6–0 Nyva V. Evis 1–6 Shakhtar The 1992 Vyshcha Liha () was the first football championship organized by the reformed Football Federation of Ukraine after the dissolution of the Soviet Union. The Football Federation of Ukraine, when organizing the competition, decided to shift its calendar to synchronize it with a common in Europe "fall-spring" and organized a short championship to secure berth spots for the 1992–93 European club competitions.

The newly formed competition involved the participation of Ukraine-based football "teams of masters" (professional teams) from the top All-Union football competitions, including the 1991 Soviet Vysshaya Liga teams.

The first two games of Round 1 took place on 6 March 1992 in Odesa, where local Chornomorets was hosting Karpaty, and Mykolaiv, where local Evis was playing against the visiting Temp.

Teams and organization

League's formation and issues

Composition

The league and its calendar were adopted at the FFU Executive Committee session on 10 September 1991 with the ongoing 1991 season of the All-Soviet football competitions. It was established that the new league would consist of 20 teams divided into two groups. Six clubs (last three from each group) were set to be relegated and replaced with the two best from the First League, thus reducing the league for the next season to 16. Winners of both groups were to play against one another for the national title. The league's final was originally planned to consist of two games (home and away), but later, due to scheduling of the Ukraine national football team's games, it was changed to one on a neutral field.

To the league were included all Ukrainian clubs of the 1991 Soviet Top and First leagues (8 clubs), nine of eleven Ukrainian clubs out the 1991 Soviet Second League (all of them competed in the west zone), the two best teams of the 1991 Soviet Second (lower) League and the winner of the Ukrainian Cup. The FFU president Viktor Bannikov was against to include the Ukrainian Cup winner into the top league.

There were opponents of organization of the championship among the most notable was FC Metalurh Zaporizhya. The FC Metalist Kharkiv was against with the condition if they would be relegated from the 1991 Soviet Top League. Also against the championship was Yevhen Kucherevskyi (FC Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk, one of few Ukrainian coaches who managed to win the Soviet Top League).

There were plenty of alternative propositions on the composition and the season's calendar, among which were from the president of Prykarpattia Anatoliy Revutskyi and the head coach of Temp Ishtvan Sekech.

Calendar

The championship started on March 6, about a month after the qualification rounds of another national tournament, the first edition of Ukrainian Cup. The first half of the season was scheduled to finish on April 19, with the second one to resume on April 25 (6 days intermission). The last round was to be played on June 17.

Considering such a schedule and the fact that the Ukrainian Cup competition was on the way simultaneously, the Ukrainian clubs had to forfeit their scheduled games in the Soviet Cup competition. In addition to that, Dynamo Kyiv also participated in the Champions League competition, which ended for Dynamo only on April 15. Each team this season had at least two games scheduled every week on average.

Considering other official games (outside of the league), FC Torpedo Zaporizhzhia and FC Dynamo Kyiv have played a record 26 games from February 18 through June 21, the most among the other clubs in the League.

Location of teams

Qualified teams

Team	League and position in 1991	Coach	Replaced coach
Chornomorets Odesa	Soviet Top League	4	Viktor Prokopenko
Dynamo Kyiv	5	Anatoliy Puzach
Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk	9	Mykola Pavlov	Yevhen Kucherevsky
Shakhtar Donetsk	12	Valery Yaremchenko
Metalurh Zaporizhya	13	Ihor Nadein
Metalist Kharkiv	15	Leonid Tkachenko
Bukovyna Chernivtsi	Soviet First League	5	Yukhym Shkolnykov
Tavriya Simferopol	6	Anatoliy Zayaev
Karpaty Lviv	Soviet Second League, West	1	Stepan Yurchyshyn
Zorya-MALS Luhansk	2	Anatoliy Kuksov
Nyva Ternopil	4	Leonid Koltun
Nyva Vinnytsia	5	Valery Petrov	Vyacheslav Hrozny
Torpedo Zaporizhzhia	7	Yevhen Lemeshko
Volyn Lutsk	8	Myron Markevych
SC Odesa	10	Serhiy Marusyn
Kremin Kremenchuk	13	Volodymyr Lozynskyi
Evis Mykolaiv	15	Ivan Balan
Naftovyk Okhtyrka	Soviet Second League B, Zone 1
Championship of the Ukrainian SSR	1	Valery Dushkov
Prykarpattya	2	Yuriy Shuliatytskyi	Ivan Krasnetskyi
Temp Shepetivka	Soviet Second League B, Zone 1
Winner of Cup of the Ukrainian SSR	9	Ishtvan Sekech

Note:

FC Temp Shepetivka placed only 9th in the 1991 Soviet Lower Second League.
FC Halychyna Drohobych and FC Vorskla Poltava that competed in the Soviet Second League were placed in the Persha Liha (Ukrainian Second Division) as such that were relegated.

Clubs' name changes

Zorya-MALS Luhansk before the season carried the name Zorya Luhansk. A name extension was provided for sponsorship reasons.
Evis Mykolaiv before the season carried the name Sudnobudivnyk Mykolaiv.
SC Odesa changed its name from SKA Odesa on May 5, 1992, due to restructuring of the Soviet Odesa Military District and Armed Forces of Ukraine.

Stadiums

Rank	Stadium	Club	Capacity	Highest
Attendance	Notes
1	Republican Stadium	Dynamo Kyiv	100,000	5,000	Round 8 (Zorya-MALS)
2	Metalist Stadium	Metalist Kharkiv	38,633	7,000	Round 15 (Dnipro)
3	Black Sea Shipping Central Stadium	Chornomorets	34,362	9,500	Round 15 (Tavriya)
4	Shakhtar Stadium	Shakhtar Donetsk	31,718	4,300	Round 20 (Tavriya)
5	Ukraina Stadium	Karpaty Lviv	28,051	13,000	Round 3 (Tavriya)
Tavriya Simferopol	36,000	Final (Dynamo)
6	Central City Stadium	Evis Mykolaiv	25,175	15,000	Round 4 (Chornomorets)
7	Meteor Stadium	Dnipro	24,381	6,000	Round 13 (Dynamo)
8	Lokomotyv Stadium	Nyva Vinnytsia	24,000	10,000	Round 17 (Shakhtar)
9	Avanhard Stadium	Zorya-MALS	22,320	17,200	Round 14 (Dynamo)
10	Lokomotiv Stadium	Tavriya Simferopol	19,978	3,500	Round 17 (Karpaty)
11	Dynamo Stadium	Dynamo Kyiv	16,873	2,500	Round 17 (SC Odesa)
12	AutoZAZ Stadium	Torpedo Zaporizhzhia	15,000	5,000	Round 10 (Chornomorets)
13	City Stadium	Nyva Ternopil	12,750	20,000	Round 10 (Dynamo)
14	Bukovyna Stadium	Bukovyna Chernivtsi	12,000	14,000	Round 6 (Dynamo)
15	Metalurh Central Stadium	Metalurh Zaporizhya	11,983	8,000	Round 1 (Shakhtar)
Dnipro	3,000	Playoff (Shakhtar)
16	Dnipro Stadium	Kremin Kremenchuk	11,300	13,000	Round 14 (Chornomorets)
17	Avanhard Stadium	Volyn Lutsk	10,792	20,000	Round 9 (Dynamo)
18	Elektron Stadium	Prykarpattya		15,000	Round 5 (Dynamo)
19	Naftovyk Stadium	Naftovyk Okhtyrka	5,256	4,500	Round 16 (Dnipro)
20	SKA Stadium	SC Odesa		6,000	Round 4 (Dynamo)
21	Temp Stadium	Temp Shepetivka		10,000	Round 8 (Shakhtar)

Managerial changes

Managerial changes approximated

Team	Outgoing head coach	Date of vacancy	Table	Incoming head coach	Date of appointment	Table
FC Nyva Ternopil	UkraineMykhailo Dunets		Pre season	UkraineLeonid Koltun		Pre season
FC Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk	UkraineYevhen Kucherevskyi	March 10, 1992	1st	UkraineMykola Pavlov	March 10, 1992	1st
FC Nyva Vinnytsia	UkraineVyacheslav Hrozny	March 28, 1992	10th	UkraineValery Petrov	March 28, 1992	10th
FC Spartak Ivano-Frankivsk	UkraineIvan Krasnetskyi	April 1992	9th	UkraineYuriy Shuliatytskyi	April 1992	9th

First stage

Qualified teams

On April 17, Dynamo Kyiv qualified for European football for the 1992–93 season for Russian reasons according to the last Soviet championship.
Before 17th Round, Chornomorets Odesa qualified for the 1992–93 Cup Winners' Cup qualifying round after winning 1992 Ukrainian Cup.
After 17th Round, Dynamo Kyiv qualified for the Championship play-off.
After 20th Round, Tavriya Simferopol qualified for the Championship playoff.
After 20th Round, Shakhtar Donetsk and Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk qualified for the Third place playoff.
Tavriya won the title and was admitted to the European Cup.

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Group A final standings

Notes:

Group B final standings

Notes:

Second stage

Main article: 1992 Vyshcha Liha final

Championship playoff

Tavriya Simferopol qualified for 1992–93 European Cup Preliminary round and Dynamo Kyiv qualified for 1992–93 UEFA Cup First round.

Third place playoff

Konovalov , 74' Atelkin

Season statistics

Top scorers

Rank	Player	Club	Goals
(Pen.)	1	2	3	5	6	7
Ukraine Yuriy Hudymenko	Tavriya Simferopol	12
Ukraine Timerlan Huseinov	Zorya-MALS Luhansk	11
Ukraine Serhii Rebrov	Shakhtar Donetsk	10
Ukraine Ivan Hetsko	Chornomorets Odesa	10 (6)
Ukraine Oleksandr Zayats	Torpedo Zaporizhzhia	9 (3)
Ukraine Serhiy Shevchenko	Tavriya Simferopol	8 (2)
Ukraine Yuriy Hrytsyna	Dynamo Kyiv	7
Ukraine Ivan Korponay	Kremin Kremenchuk	7
Ukraine Serhiy Husyev	Chornomorets Odesa	7 (1)
Ukraine Oleh Salenko	Dynamo Kyiv	7 (3)

Clean sheets

Rank	Player	Club	Clean
sheets
1	UKR Dmytro Shutkov	Shakhtar Donetsk	11
UKR Oleh Kolesov	Tavriya Simferopol	11
3	UKR Ihor Moiseyev	Torpedo Zaporizhia	8
UKR Oleksandr Pomazun	Metalist Kharkiv	8
UKR Anatoliy Chystov	Nyva Ternopil	8
UKR Mykhailo Burch	Volyn Lutsk	8

Hat-tricks

Player	For	Against	Result	Date
UKR Ivan Hetsko				4 April 1992
UKR Pavlo Shkapenko				28 April 1992
UKR Serhii Rebrov				3 June 1992
UKR Yuriy Hudymenko*				9 June 1992
UKR Yuriy Hrytsyna				17 June 1992

Notes:

(*) Asterisk identifies players who scored four goals (poker).

Medal squads

(league appearances and goals listed in brackets)

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

References

Mylenko, V. ''[https://web.archive.org/web/20180223102535/http://football.ua/ownshirt/events/113760-pervye-shagy-ukraynskogo-klubnogo-futbola.html First steps in Ukrainian club football (Первые шаги украинского клубного футбола)]''. Football.ua. 26 November 2010.
[[FC Spartak Moscow. Spartak Moscow]] qualified for the CWC releasing their UEFA Cup spot.
[http://uafootball.net.ua/Bombar_1992.htm Top scorers (Бомбардиры)].uafootball.net.ua
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