1992–93 in Ukrainian football

The 1992-93 season was the second season of competitive football in Ukraine.

National team

Ukraine finished their first year of international competition with a loss versus Hungary and a draw in Belarus. The side's first ever victory came in May of the following year with a win away at Lithuania. [ [http://www.mindspring.com/~goliath74/UNT.html Complete results to all national league matches] ]

Matches

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date=26 August 1992
friendly match
team1=flagicon|Hungary Hungary
score= 2 – 1
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team2=Ukraine flagicon|Ukraine
goals1=Kovach goal|82
Nad goal|82
goals2=Gudimenko goal|35
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date=28 October 1992
friendly match
team1=flagicon|Belarus Belarus
score= 1 – 1
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team2=Ukraine flagicon|Ukraine
goals1=Gotzmanov goal|49
goals2=Maxymov goal|79
stadium=unknown stadium
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date=27 April 1993
friendly match
team1=flagicon|Ukraine Ukraine
score= 1 – 1
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team2=Israel flagicon|Israel
goals1=Konovalov goal|78
goals2=Kharazi goal|55
stadium=unknown stadium
attendance=?
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date=18 May 1993
friendly match
team1=flagicon|Lithuania Lithuania
score= 1 – 2
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team2=Ukraine flagicon|Ukraine
goals1=Zdancius goal|4
goals2=Leonenko goal|18
Mykhaylenko goal|22
stadium=unknown stadium
attendance=?
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date=25 June 1993
friendly match
team1=flagicon|Croatia Croatia
score= 3 – 1
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team2=Ukraine flagicon|Ukraine
goals1= Sucker goal|13
Adzic goal|47
Bicanic goal|83
goals2=Husin goal|57
stadium=unknown stadium
attendance=?
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Premier League

Promotions from 1992 season

Veres Rivne was promoted from the First League after finishing first the prior season.

League Table

Honors and awards

* Top goalscorer: flagicon|Ukraine Serhiy Husyev (17), Chornomorets Odessa
* Ukrainian Footballer of the Year: flagicon|Ukraine Viktor Leonenko, Dynamo Kyiv

First League

Promotions and relegations from 1992 season

The following clubs were relegated from the Premier League after the prior season:
* Nyva Vinnytsia (8th, Grp. A)
* Evis Mykolaiv (9th, Grp. A)
* Temp Shepetivka (10th, Grp. A)
* Naftovyk Okhtyrka (8th, Grp. B)
* Prykarpattya Ivano-Frankivsk (9th, Grp. B)
* SCA Odessa (10th, Grp. B)

There were no clubs promoted from the Second League after the prior season.

League table

econd League

Relegations from 1992 season

The following clubs were relegated from the First League after the prior season:
* Polissya Zhytomyr (10th, Grp. A)
* Halychyna Drohobych (11th, Grp. A)
* Dnipro Cherkasy (12th, Grp. A)
* FC Chaika Sevastopol (13th, Grp. A)
* CSKA Kyiv (14th, Grp. A)
* Tavriya Kherson (10th, Grp. B)
* Azovets Mariupol (11th, Grp. B)
* Shakhtar-2 Donetsk (12th, Grp. B)
* Vahonobudivnyk Stakhanov (13th, Grp. B)
* Chornomorets-2 Odessa (14th, Grp. B)

League table

Third League

The 1992-93 season was the first of three seasons to feature the Third League, also known as the Transitional League. It would be incorporated into the Second League after the 1994-95 season.

League Table

Other competitions

Ukrainian Cup

After failing to make it past the quarterfinals in the inaugural competition a year earlier, favorite Dynamo Kyiv sailed to their first cup championship in 1993, defeating Karpaty Lviv. Karpaty Lviv would lose again to Kyiv in the 1999 Championship, 3-0.

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date=30 May 1993
Ukrainian Cup
Championship
team1=flagicon|Ukraine Dynamo Kyiv
score= 2 – 1
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team2=Karpaty Lviv flagicon|Ukraine
goals1=Leonenko goal|23
Topchiyev goal|64
goals2=Plotko goal|89|pen.
stadium=NSC "Olimpiyskiy"
attendance=47,000
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European competition

UEFA Champions League

For finishing at the top of the Premier League table during the previous season, Tavriya Simferopol was entered into the qualifying stages of the UEFA Champions League. They were the first club to represent Ukraine on the European stage, eventually losing to Swiss side Sion on aggregate in the first round.

* Preliminary Round: flagicon|Ukraine Tavriya Simferopol def. flagicon|Ireland Shelbourne, 2-1 (aggregate: 0-0, 1-2)
* First Round: flagicon|Switzerland FC Sion def. flagicon|Ukraine Tavriya Simferopol, 7-2 (aggregate: 4-1, 3-1)

UEFA Cup

Dynamo Kyiv represented Ukraine in the UEFA Cup for the first time, where they reached the second round before losing decidedly to Belgian side R.S.C. Anderlecht.

* First Round: flagicon|Ukraine Dynamo Kyiv def. flagicon|Austria SK Rapid Wien, 3-3 on away goals (aggregate: 1-0, 2-3)
* Second Round: flagicon|Belgium R.S.C. Anderlecht def. flagicon|Ukraine Dynamo Kyiv, 7-2 (aggregate: 4-2, 3-0)

Cup Winners' Cup

Chernomorets Odessa, the previous year's cup champion, lost in the first round of the UEFA Cup Winners' Cup to Greek power Olympiacos.

* Qualifying Round; flagicon|Ukraine Chernomorets Odessa def. flagicon|Liechtenstein FC Vaduz, 12-1 (aggregate: 5-0, 7-1)
* First Round: flagicon|Greece Olympiacos def. flagicon|Ukraine Chernomorets Odessa, 3-1 (aggregate: 0-1, 3-0)

Notes