1992 Vyshcha Liha
1st season of top-tier football league in Vyshcha Liha
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The 1992 Vyshcha Liha (Ukrainian: Чемпіонат серед команд вищої ліги) 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.
| Season | 1992 |
|---|---|
| Dates | 6 March – 21 June |
| Champions | SC Tavriya Simferopol 1st title |
| Relegated | Nyva Vinnytsia Naftovyk Okhtyrka Prykarpattia Ivano-Frankivsk Evis Mykolaiv Temp Shepetivka SC Odesa |
| Champions League | Tavriya Simferopol |
| Cup Winners' Cup | Chornomorets Odesa |
| UEFA Cup | Dynamo Kyiv |
| Matches | 182 |
| Goals | 403 (2.21 per match) |
| Top goalscorer | (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 |
| Highest attendance | 36,000 – Tavriya–Dynamo (final) |
| Lowest attendance | 280 – Dynamo–Nyva T. |
| Average attendance | 5,703 |
← 1991 1992–93 → | |
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[1] 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.[1] 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.[1]
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.[1] The FFU president Viktor Bannikov was against to include the Ukrainian Cup winner into the top league.[1]
There were opponents of organization of the championship among the most notable was FC Metalurh Zaporizhya.[1] The FC Metalist Kharkiv was against with the condition if they would be relegated from the 1991 Soviet Top League.[1] Also against the championship was Yevhen Kucherevskyi[1] (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.[1]
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
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Qualified teams
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) | as home ground in Round 12 and 17 |
| 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 | Manner of departure | Date of vacancy | Table | Incoming head coach | Date of appointment |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nyva Ternopil |  Mykhailo Dunets |
Pre season | Leonid Koltun |
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| Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk | Yevhen Kucherevskyi |
March 10, 1992 | 1st (Group B) | Mykola Pavlov |
March 10, 1992 | |
| Nyva Vinnytsia | Vyacheslav Hrozny |
March 28, 1992 | 10th (Group A) | Valery Petrov |
March 28, 1992 | |
| Prykarpattia Ivano-Frankivsk | Ivan Krasnetskyi |
April 1992 | 9th (Group B) | Yuriy Shuliatytskyi |
April 1992 |
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.[2]
- 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.
Group A final standings
| Pos | Team | 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[a] | 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 | |
| 10 | Temp Shepetivka (R) | 18 | 2 | 4 | 12 | 9 | 34 | −25 | 8 |
Rules for classification: 1st points; 2nd wins; 3rd goal difference
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated
Notes:
- Participant of the 1992 Ukrainian Cup Final
Notes:
Group B final standings
| Pos | Team | 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[a] | 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 | |
| 10 | Odesa (R) | 18 | 3 | 1 | 14 | 15 | 32 | −17 | 7 |
Rules for classification: 1st points; 2nd wins; 3rd goal difference
(O) Play-off winners; (R) Relegated
Notes:
- Participant of the 1992 Ukrainian Cup Final
Notes:
Second stage
Championship playoff
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MATCH OFFICIALS
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MATCH RULES
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Tavriya Simferopol qualified for 1992–93 European Cup Preliminary round and Dynamo Kyiv qualified for 1992–93 UEFA Cup First round.
Third place playoff
| Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk | 3 – 2 | Shakhtar Donetsk |
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Tyshchenko  19' Konovalov 38', 74' |
Report | Bielichenko 51' Atelkin 80' |
Season statistics
Top scorers
| Rank | Player | Club | Goals[5] (Pen.) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yuriy Hudymenko |
Tavriya Simferopol | 12 |
| 2 | Timerlan Huseinov |
Zorya-MALS Luhansk | 11 |
| 3 | Serhii Rebrov |
Shakhtar Donetsk | 10 |
| Ivan Hetsko |
Chornomorets Odesa | 10 (6) | |
| 5 | Oleksandr Zayats |
Torpedo Zaporizhzhia | 9 (3) |
| 6 | Serhiy Shevchenko |
Tavriya Simferopol | 8 (2) |
| 7 | Yuriy Hrytsyna |
Dynamo Kyiv | 7 |
| Ivan Korponay |
Kremin Kremenchuk | 7 | |
| Serhiy Husyev |
Chornomorets Odesa | 7 (1) | |
| Oleh Salenko |
Dynamo Kyiv | 7 (3) |
Clean sheets
Hat-tricks
| Player | For | Against | Result | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ivan Hetsko | 6–0 | 4 April 1992[6] | ||
| Pavlo Shkapenko | 4–1 | 28 April 1992[7] | ||
| Serhii Rebrov | 1–6 | 3 June 1992[8] | ||
| Yuriy Hudymenko* | 6–0 | 9 June 1992[9] | ||
| Yuriy Hrytsyna | 1–3 | 17 June 1992[10] |
Notes:
- (*) Asterisk identifies players who scored four goals (poker).
Medal squads
(league appearances and goals listed in brackets)
| 1. SC Tavria Simferopol |
Goalkeepers: Oleh Kolesov (19 / -9),  Dmitriy Gulenkov (1).Defenders: Mykola Turchynenko (19), Oleksandr Holovko (18), Ihor Volkov (17 / 1), Manager: Anatoliy Zayayev. Transferred out during the season: Marat Mulashev (to |
| 2. FC Dynamo Kyiv |
Goalkeepers:  Valdemaras Martinkėnas (10 / -7), Ihor Kutepov (9 / -7).Defenders: Andriy Annenkov (17), Serhiy Zayets (15 / 1), Anatoliy Bezsmertny (14), Oleh Luzhnyi (13 / 2), Serhiy Shmatovalenko (9), Akhrik Tsveyba (9), Manager: Anatoliy Puzach. Transferred out during the season: ?. |
| 3. FC Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk |
| Goalkeepers: Valeriy Horodov (19 / -17), Mykola Medin. Defenders: Serhiy Diriavka (17), Volodymyr Horily (17), Volodymyr Bahmut (14 / 3), Serhiy Bezhenar (9 / 2), Serhiy Mamchur (9), Andriy Yudin (8). Manager: Yevhen Kucherevsky (until March 15 (3 games)), Mykola Pavlov (since March 15 (15 games)). Transferred out during the season: |
Note: Players in italic are whose playing position is uncertain.