1994–95 Ukrainian First League
# 1994–95 Ukrainian First League

1994–95 Ukrainian First League was the fourth season of the Ukrainian First League which was won by Zirka-NIBAS Kirovohrad. The season started on August 6, 1994, and finished on July 2, 1995. In the last round the Kyiv club was only a point away and was visiting Oleksandriya, while the leading Zirka was hosting the former Premier League participant Bukovyna. The Kirovohrad club has managed to prevail with goals from Borysenko and Oliynyk becoming the season champions.

## Promotion and relegation

### Promoted teams

Four clubs promoted from the 1993–94 Ukrainian Second League.

* FC Boryspil – champion (debut)
* FC Bazhanovets Makaiivka – 2nd place (debut)
* FC Zirka-NIBAS Kirovohrad – 3rd place (debut)
* FC Naftokhimik Kremenchuk – 4th place (debut)

### Relegated teams

Two clubs were relegated from the 1993-94 Ukrainian Top League:

* FC Bukovyna Chernivtsi – 17th place (debut)
* FC Metalist Kharkiv – 18th place (debut)

### Renamed teams

* FC Nord-Am-Podillya Khmelnytskyi was renamed back to FC Podillya Khmelnytskyi at the start of season
* FC Boryspil was renamed to FC Borysfen Boryspil at the start of season
* FC SBTS Sumy was renamed to FC Sumy at winter break
* FC Borysfen Boryspil was renamed to FC CSKA-Borysfen Kyiv at winter break

### Teams

In 1994-95 season, the Ukrainian First League consists of the following teams:

| Club | City | Stadium | Coach | Replaced coach(es) |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| Metalist Kharkiv | Kharkiv | Metalist Stadium | Viktor Kamarzayev | |
| Pryladyst Mukacheve | Mukacheve | Pryladyst Stadium Avanhard Stadium (13th and 2nd half) Spartak Stadium (25th and 26th) | Havrylo Kachur | |
| Polihraftekhnika Oleksandria | Oleksandriya | Olimp Stadium | Anatoliy Buznik | Yuriy Koval |
| Podillya Khmelnytskyi | Khmelnytskyi Krasyliv | Podillya Stadium Yunist Stadium (41st) | Volodymyr Stryzhevskyi | Mykhailo Dunets |
| Krystal Chortkiv | Chortkiv | Kharchovyk Stadium Krystal Stadium (30th, 37th) | Ivan Hamaliy | |
| CSKA-Borysfen Kyiv | Boryspil Kyiv | Kolos Stadium CSKA Stadium (2nd half) | Mykhailo Fomenko | Volodymyr Bezsonov |
| Dynamo-2 Kyiv | Kyiv Boryspil | Dynamo Stadium Kolos Stadium (43rd, 44th) | Anatoliy Kroshchenko | Volodymyr Onyshchenko |
| FC Sumy | Sumy | Avanhard Stadium Kolos Stadium (23rd, 24th, 27th, 28th, 31st, 32nd) | Sergei Dotsenko | Viktor Aristov |
| Stal Alchevsk | Alchevsk | Stal Stadium | Anatoliy Volobuyev | |
| Dnipro Cherkasy | Cherkasy | Central Stadium | Semen Osynovskyi | |
| Bazhanovets Makiivka | Makiivka | Avanhard Stadium Shakhtar Stadium (23rd and 24th) SHP (26th, 29th, 30th) | Viktor Pyshchev | |
| Bukovyna Chernivtsi | Chernivtsi | Bukovyna Stadium | Yukhym Shkolnykov | Oleksandr Pavlenko Yuriy Stasyshyn |
| Khimik Zhytomyr | Zhytomyr | Khimik Stadium | Andriy Cheremysin | Leonid Koltun |
| Naftovyk Okhtyrka | Okhtyrka | Naftovyk Stadium | Andriy Biba | |
| Metalurh Nikopol | Nikopol | Elektrometalurh Stadium | Pavlo Yakovenko | |
| Zirka-NIBAS Kirovohrad | Kirovohrad | Zirka Stadium ARZ Stadium (43rd) | Oleksandr Ishchenko | |
| Zakarpattia Uzhhorod | Uzhhorod | Avanhard Stadium | Yuriy Chyrkov | Ernest Kesler Ivan Lednei |
| FC Skala Stryi | Stryi | Sokil Stadium Central Stadium (ppd) | Roman Pokora | Yuriy Smerdov |
| Vorskla Poltava | Poltava | Vorskla Stadium | Viktor Pozhechevskyi | |
| Khimik Severodonetsk | Sieverodonetsk | Khimik Stadium | Yuriy Vankevych | |
| Odesa | Odesa | SKA Stadium | Serhiy Marusyn | |
| Naftokhimik Kremenchuk | Kremenchuk | Dnipro Stadium Vahonobudivnyk Stadium (11th) Naftokhimik Stadium (21st, 22nd and 2nd half) | Mykhailo Byelykh | |

## Final table

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion or relegation |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Zirka-NIBAS Kirovohrad (C, P) | 42 | 27 | 10 | 5 | 68 | 26 | +42 | 91 | Promoted to Vyshcha Liha |
| 2 | CSKA-Borysfen Boryspil (P) | 42 | 26 | 9 | 7 | 73 | 31 | +42 | 87 | Promoted to Vyshcha Liha |
| 3 | Metalurh Nikopol | 42 | 24 | 7 | 11 | 66 | 42 | +24 | 79 | |
| 4 | Khimik Zhytomyr | 42 | 20 | 15 | 7 | 61 | 37 | +24 | 75 | |
| 5 | Naftovyk Okhtyrka | 42 | 23 | 3 | 16 | 69 | 51 | +18 | 72 | |
| 6 | Podillia Khmelnytskyi | 42 | 20 | 11 | 11 | 48 | 39 | +9 | 71 | |
| 7 | Dynamo-2 Kyiv | 42 | 19 | 8 | 15 | 65 | 40 | +25 | 65 | |
| 8 | Polihraftekhnika Oleksandria | 42 | 18 | 8 | 16 | 59 | 37 | +22 | 62 | |
| 9 | Stal Alchevsk | 42 | 19 | 5 | 18 | 57 | 50 | +7 | 62 | |
| 10 | Metalist Kharkiv | 42 | 17 | 9 | 16 | 48 | 44 | +4 | 60 | |
| 11 | Vorskla Poltava | 42 | 17 | 8 | 17 | 49 | 48 | +1 | 59 | |
| 12 | SC Odesa | 42 | 16 | 8 | 18 | 51 | 51 | 0 | 56 | |
| 13 | Bazhanovets Makiivka | 42 | 16 | 7 | 19 | 52 | 57 | −5 | 55 | |
| 14 | Khimik Siverodonetsk | 42 | 15 | 9 | 18 | 43 | 56 | −13 | 54 | |
| 15 | Bukovyna Chernivtsi | 42 | 16 | 5 | 21 | 43 | 45 | −2 | 53 | |
| 16 | Naftokhimik Kremenchuk | 42 | 14 | 10 | 18 | 50 | 50 | 0 | 52 | |
| 17 | Zakarpattia Uzhhorod | 42 | 12 | 10 | 20 | 40 | 62 | −22 | 46 | |
| 18 | Krystal Chortkiv | 42 | 12 | 9 | 21 | 35 | 67 | −32 | 45 | |
| 19 | Skala Stryi | 42 | 12 | 9 | 21 | 31 | 65 | −34 | 45 | |
| 20 | Dnipro Cherkasy | 42 | 11 | 8 | 23 | 32 | 48 | −16 | 41 | |
| 21 | Karpaty Mukacheve (R) | 42 | 12 | 5 | 25 | 39 | 74 | −35 | 41 | Relegated to Second League |
| 22 | FC Sumy (R) | 42 | 8 | 3 | 31 | 22 | 81 | −59 | 27 | Relegated to Second League |

* Persha Liha 1994-95 Winners
* Zirka-NIBAS Kirovohrad First title

## Top scorers

Statistics are taken from here.

| | Scorer | Goals (Pen.) | Team |
| - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Serhiy Chuichenko | 27 (5) | Polihraftekhnika Oleksandriya |
| 2 | Andriy Husin | 21 | Dynamo-2 Kyiv |
| 3 | Oleksiy Hrachov | 18 (2) | Naftovyk Okhtyrka |
| 4 | Vyacheslav Suvorov | 16 (1) | Metalist Kharkiv |
| 5 | Valeriy Sofilkanych | 14 | Khimik Zhytomyr |
| 5 | Viktor Diak | 14 (1) | Bazhanovets Makiivka |
| 5 | Vadym Plotnikov | 14 (2) | Stal Alchevsk |
| 8 | Viktor Oliynyk | 13 (1) | Zirka-NIBAS Kirovohrad |
| 9 | Kostyantyn Babych | 12 | Metalurh Nikopol |
| 10 | Oleksandr Omelchuk | 11 (8) | Metalurh Nikopol |
