1993–94 Ukrainian First League
Football league season
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1993–94 Ukrainian First League was the third season of the Ukrainian First League which was won by Prykarpattia Ivano-Frankivsk. The season started on 15 August 1993, and its final round (40th) was played on 3 July 1994. In the last round Evis Mykolaiv (Shipbuilders) snatched the ticket to the Ukrainian Premier League from under the nose of Polihraftekhnika Oleksandriya (a point ahead of the Shipbuilders) by beating Naftovyk Okhtyrka 2–1 after allowing the first goal.
| Season | 1993-94 |
|---|---|
| Champions | Prykarpattia Ivano-Frankivsk |
| Promoted | Prykarpattia, Evis |
| Relegated | Artania, Desna |
| Top goalscorer | (26) Serhiy Chuichenko (Polihraftekhnika) |
← 1992–93 1994–95 → | |
The newly promoted club from Cherkasy was leading the league during the winter break and along with the Oleksandria club was the main contender for promotion. However, the second half of the season for Dnipro was terrible and they placed in the mid-table after the final round.
Promotion and relegation
Promoted teams
Two clubs promoted from the 1992–93 Ukrainian Second League.
- FC Dnipro Cherkasy – champion (returning after one season)
- FC Khimik Zhytomyr – 2nd place (returning after one season)
Relegated teams
No clubs were relegated from the 1992-93 Ukrainian Top League:
Renamed teams
- FC Pryladyst Mukacheve was renamed to Karpaty Mukacheve
- FC Avtomobilist Sumy was renamed to FC SBTS Sumy
Teams
In 1993-94 season, the Ukrainian First League consists of the following teams:
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Stadiums
The following stadiums are considered home grounds for the teams in the competition.
Final table
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion or relegation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Prykarpattia Ivano-Frankivsk (C, P) | 38 | 26 | 7 | 5 | 81 | 33 | +48 | 59 | Promoted to Vyshcha Liha |
| 2 | Evis Mykolaiv (P) | 38 | 25 | 6 | 7 | 76 | 32 | +44 | 56 | |
| 3 | Polihraftekhnika Oleksandria | 38 | 22 | 11 | 5 | 62 | 22 | +40 | 55 | |
| 4 | Stal Alchevsk | 38 | 22 | 7 | 9 | 56 | 40 | +16 | 51 | |
| 5 | Naftovyk Okhtyrka | 38 | 19 | 10 | 9 | 57 | 28 | +29 | 48 | |
| 6 | Dnipro Cherkasy | 38 | 19 | 7 | 12 | 56 | 39 | +17 | 45 | |
| 7 | Dynamo-2 Kyiv | 38 | 16 | 8 | 14 | 50 | 37 | +13 | 40 | |
| 8 | Vorskla Poltava | 38 | 15 | 7 | 16 | 30 | 52 | −22 | 37 | |
| 9 | Metalurh Nikopol | 38 | 15 | 6 | 17 | 44 | 56 | −12 | 36 | |
| 10 | Khimik Zhytomyr | 38 | 14 | 8 | 16 | 39 | 47 | −8 | 36 | |
| 11 | Nord-Am-Podillia Khmelnytskyi | 38 | 13 | 9 | 16 | 45 | 47 | −2 | 35 | |
| 12 | Khimik Siverodonetsk | 38 | 12 | 9 | 17 | 37 | 46 | −9 | 33 | |
| 13 | SC Odesa | 38 | 12 | 9 | 17 | 43 | 54 | −11 | 33 | |
| 14 | Zakarpattia Uzhhorod | 38 | 12 | 8 | 18 | 33 | 53 | −20 | 32 | |
| 15 | Karpaty Mukacheve | 38 | 12 | 7 | 19 | 41 | 57 | −16 | 31 | |
| 16 | Skala Stryi | 38 | 11 | 7 | 20 | 36 | 48 | −12 | 29 | |
| 17 | Krystal Chortkiv | 38 | 10 | 9 | 19 | 29 | 41 | −12 | 29 | |
| 18 | SBTS Sumy | 38 | 11 | 5 | 22 | 39 | 58 | −19 | 27 | |
| 19 | Artania Ochakiv (R) | 38 | 9 | 6 | 23 | 29 | 69 | −40 | 24 | Relegated to Second League |
| 20 | Desna Chernihiv (R) | 38 | 7 | 10 | 21 | 29 | 53 | −24 | 24 |
| Persha Liha 1993-94 Winners |
|---|
| Prykarpattia Ivano-Frankivsk First title |
Top scorers
Statistics are taken from here.[1]
| Scorer | Goals (Pen.) | Team | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Serhiy Chuichenko |
26 (8) | Polihraftekhnika Oleksandriya |
| 2 | Serhiy Turiansky |
22 | Prykarpattia Ivano-Frankivsk |
| 3 | Oleksandr Ostashov |
18 | Dnipro Cherkasy |
| 4 | Ruslan Zabranskyi |
16 (3) | Evis Mykolaiv |
| Mykola Yurchenko |
16 (3) | Prykarpattia Ivano-Frankivsk | |
| 6 | Anatoliy Redushko |
14 | Skala / Prykarpattia |
| Oleksiy Hrachov |
14 | Naftovyk Okhtyrka | |
| Valeriy Kudlyuk |
14 (2) | Evis Mykolaiv | |
 Vakhtang Karibov |
14 (9) | Pryladyst Mukacheve | |
| 10 | Andriy Shevchenko |
12 | Dynamo-2 Kyiv |
| Vitaliy Chayka |
12 (10) | Stal Alchevsk |