1992–93 Ukrainian First League
# 1992–93 Ukrainian First League

1992–93 Ukrainian First League was the second season of the Ukrainian First League.

The league was reorganized from the previous season into a single group of 22 teams of which the best one was Nyva Vinnytsia. The league was joined by six clubs relegated from the Ukrainian Premier League, while no clubs were promoted from the Ukrainian Second League. The biggest favorite of the season FC Naftovyk Okhtyrka missed its chance to get back to the League of the strongest. Impressive season was for the FC Vorskla Poltava and FC Polihraftekhnika Oleksandria who will be setting a pace in the following years in the league. Disappointing season had FC Metalurh Nikopol and FC Pryladyst Mukacheve that nearly made it to the Top League last season.

## Promotion and relegation

### Promoted teams

* None

There were no clubs promoted from the 1992 Ukrainian Transition League.

### Relegated teams

Six clubs were relegated from the 1992 Ukrainian Top League:

**Group A**

* Nyva Vinnytsia – 8th place
* Evis Mykolaiv – 9th place
* Temp Shepetivka – 10th place

**Group B**

* Naftovyk Okhtyrka – 8th place
* Prykarpattya Ivano-Frankivsk – 9th place
* SC Odesa – 10th place

### Renamed teams

* At winter break Podillya Khmelnytskyi was renamed to Nord-Am-Podillia Khmelnytskyi.

### Teams

In 1992-93 season, the Ukrainian First League consists of the following teams:

### Stadiums

The following stadiums are considered home grounds for the teams in the competition.

| Rank | Club | Capacity | Stadium | Notes |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | FC Vorskla Poltava | 24,795? | Vorskla StadiumVorota Stadium | home stadiumUsed in 11th, 22nd round |
| 2 | FC Dynamo-2 Kyiv | 16,873 | Dynamo Stadium | |
| 3 | FC Evis Mykolaiv | 15,600 | Evis Stadium | |
| 4 | SC Odesa | 15,0004,800 | SKA StadiumSpartak Stadium | home stadiumUsed in 10th round |
| 5 | FC Nyva Vinnytsia | 14,000 | Lokomotyv Stadium, Vinnytsia | |
| 6 | FC Ros Bila Tserkva | 13,500 | Trudovi Rezervy Stadium | |
| 7 | FC Desna Chernihiv | 12,060?? | Gagarin StadiumYunist StadiumKotsiubynske Village Stadium, Kotsiubynske | home stadiumUsed in 7th, 8th roundsUsed in 21st round |
| 8 | FC Zakarpattia Uzhhorod | 12,000 | Avanhard Stadium | |
| 9 | FC Nord-Am Podillya Khmelnytskyi | 10,500 | Podillya Stadium | |
| 10 | FC Stal Alchevsk | 9,200 | Stal Stadium | |
| 11 | FC Prykarpattia Ivano-Frankivsk | 7,820 | Elektron Stadium | |
| 12 | FC Metalurh Nikopol | 7,200 | Elektrometalurh Stadium | |
| 14 | FC Skala Stryi | 6,000 | Sokil Stadium | |
| 15 | FC Naftovyk Okhtyrka | 5,256? | Naftovyk StadiumKuts Stadium, Trostianets | home stadiumUsed in 11th, 12th, 17th rounds |
| 16 | FC Khimik Severodonetsk | 5,000 | Khimik Stadium | |
| 18 | FC Krystal Chortkiv | 3,600 | Kharchovyk Stadium | |
| 19 | FC Temp Shepetivka | | Temp StadiumEnerhetyk Stadium, NetishynKeramik Stadium, Baranivka | home stadiumUsed in 25th roundUsed in 41st, 42nd rounds |
| 20 | FC Pryladyst Mukacheve | | Pryladyst StadiumSpartak Stadium | home stadiumUsed in 23rd, 24th, 27th, 28th rounds |
| 21 | FC Artania Ochakiv | | Artania StadiumSokil Stadium | home stadiumUsed in 24th, 26th, 29th, 30th, 34th rounds |
| 22 | FC Avtomobilist Sumy | | Avanhard StadiumFrunzenets StadiumKolos StadiumKharchovyk Stadium | home stadiumUsed in 20th roundUsed in 24th, 27th, 28th roundsUsed in 31st round |
| 23 | FC Shakhtar Pavlohrad | | Shakhtar StadiumPrometei StadiumHirnyk Stadium | home stadiumUsed in 29th, 30th, 33rd, 34th, 38th roundsUsed in 37th round |
| 24 | FC Polihraftekhnika Oleksandria | ?7,000 | Olimp StadiumShakhtar Stadium | home stadiumUsed in 25th, 26th, 29th, 30th, 40th, 43rd rounds |

### Managers

| Rank | Club | Managers | Replaced managers |
| - | - | - | - |
| 1 | FC Vorskla Poltava | Vladimir Brukhti | |
| 2 | FC Dynamo-2 Kyiv | Volodymyr Onyshchenko | |
| 3 | FC Evis Mykolaiv | Leonid Koltun | Vladlen Naumenko |
| 4 | SC Odesa | Serhiy Zharkov (playing) | Volodymyr Smarovoz |
| 5 | FC Nyva Vinnytsia | Yukhym Shkolnykov | |
| 6 | FC Ros Bila Tserkva | Viktor Dubyno | Stanislav Honcharenko |
| 7 | FC Desna Chernihiv | Yuriy Hruznov | |
| 8 | FC Zakarpattia Uzhhorod | Yuriy Chyrkov | |
| 9 | FC Nord-Am Podillya Khmelnytskyi | Yevhen Lemeshko | Yuriy Avanesov Viktor Matviyenko |
| 10 | FC Stal Alchevsk | Anatoliy Volobuyev | |
| 11 | FC Prykarpattia Ivano-Frankivsk | Viktors Ņesterenko | |
| 12 | FC Metalurh Nikopol | Volodymyr Nechayev | |
| 14 | FC Skala Stryi | Yuriy Shulyatytskyi | Andriy Karimov |
| 15 | FC Naftovyk Okhtyrka | Hennadiy Makarov | |
| 16 | FC Khimik Severodonetsk | Stanislav Honcharenko | Yuriy Vankevych |
| 18 | FC Krystal Chortkiv | Ivan Hakman | |
| 19 | FC Temp Shepetivka | Leonid Tkachenko | Zaya Avdysh Yuriy Voynov Sergei Dotsenko |
| 20 | FC Pryladyst Mukacheve | István Szekecs | |
| 21 | FC Artania Ochakiv | Valery Zhuravko | |
| 22 | FC Avtomobilist Sumy | Valeriy Bermudes | Mykhailo Fomenko |
| 23 | FC Shakhtar Pavlohrad | Anatoliy Kesküla (Anatoliy Kieskiula) | |
| 24 | FC Polihraftekhnika Oleksandria | Yuriy Koval | |

## Final standings

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion or relegation |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Nyva Vinnytsia (C, P) | 42 | 24 | 14 | 4 | 73 | 26 | +47 | 62 | Promoted to Vyshcha Liha |
| 2 | Temp Shepetivka (P) | 42 | 25 | 8 | 9 | 68 | 48 | +20 | 58 | Promoted to Vyshcha Liha |
| 3 | Naftovyk Okhtyrka | 42 | 22 | 10 | 10 | 73 | 41 | +32 | 54 | |
| 4 | Vorskla Poltava | 42 | 21 | 9 | 12 | 57 | 46 | +11 | 51 | |
| 5 | Prykarpattia Ivano-Frankivsk | 42 | 18 | 14 | 10 | 53 | 35 | +18 | 50 | |
| 6 | Polihraftekhnika Oleksandria | 42 | 19 | 10 | 13 | 69 | 39 | +30 | 48 | |
| 7 | Evis Mykolaiv | 42 | 18 | 11 | 13 | 60 | 39 | +21 | 47 | |
| 8 | Nord-Am-Podillia Khmelnytskyi | 42 | 15 | 16 | 11 | 45 | 39 | +6 | 46 | |
| 9 | Khimik Siverodonetsk | 42 | 17 | 9 | 16 | 66 | 65 | +1 | 43 | |
| 10 | Stal Alchevsk | 42 | 16 | 10 | 16 | 40 | 37 | +3 | 42 | |
| 11 | Skala Stryi | 42 | 15 | 11 | 16 | 49 | 58 | −9 | 41 | |
| 12 | SC Odesa | 42 | 15 | 10 | 17 | 54 | 61 | −7 | 40 | |
| 13 | Metalurh Nikopol | 42 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 43 | 50 | −7 | 40 | |
| 14 | Krystal Chortkiv | 42 | 14 | 9 | 19 | 37 | 61 | −24 | 37 | |
| 15 | Dynamo-2 Kyiv | 42 | 10 | 17 | 15 | 48 | 39 | +9 | 37 | |
| 16 | Zakarpattia Uzhhorod | 42 | 13 | 10 | 19 | 45 | 56 | −11 | 36 | |
| 17 | Avtomobilist Sumy | 42 | 13 | 10 | 19 | 39 | 61 | −22 | 36 | |
| 18 | Artania Ochakiv | 42 | 15 | 5 | 22 | 42 | 73 | −31 | 35 | |
| 19 | Desna Chernihiv | 42 | 13 | 9 | 20 | 42 | 49 | −7 | 35 | |
| 20 | Pryladyst Mukacheve | 42 | 12 | 11 | 19 | 38 | 53 | −15 | 35 | |
| 21 | Ros Bila Tserkva (R) | 42 | 10 | 15 | 17 | 40 | 48 | −8 | 35 | Relegated to Second League |
| 22 | Shakhtar Pavlohrad (R) | 42 | 6 | 4 | 32 | 35 | 92 | −57 | 16 | Relegated to Second League |

## Top scorers

Statistics are taken from here.

| | Scorer | Goals (Pen.) | Team |
| - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Roman Hryhorchuk | 26 (9) | Prykarpattia Ivano-Frankivsk |
| 1 | Ihor Koliada | 26 (12) | Temp Shepetivka |
| 3 | Yuriy Ovcharenko | 24 | Desna / Nyva |
| 4 | Oleksandr Pindeyev | 17 (1) | Vorskla Poltava |
| 4 | Ruslan Zabranskyi | 17 (4) | Evis Mykolaiv |
| 6 | Volodymyr Tymchenko | 15 | Odesa / Podillya |
| 6 | Borys Shurshyn | 15 (2) | Naftovyk Okhtyrka |
| 6 | Yuriy Mykolayenko | 15 (7) | Nyva Vinnytsia |
| 9 | Georgi Kondratiev | 14 | Temp Shepetivka |
| 9 | Volodymyr Maksymov | 14 (3) | Polihraftekhnika Oleksandria |
| 9 | Vitaliy Kosovsky | 14 (4) | Nyva Vinnytsia |
