1992 in Ukrainian football

Football in Ukraine
Season	1992
Men's football
Vyshcha Liha	SC Tavriya Simferopol
Persha Liha	Veres Rivne (Group A); Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih (Group B)
Perekhidna Liha	Dnister Zalishchyky (Group A); Bazhanovets Makiivka (Group B)
KFK Championship	no competition
Ukrainian Cup	Chornomorets Odesa
Women's football
Vyshcha Liha	Dynamo Kyiv
Persha Liha	Iskra Zaporizhia
Ukrainian Cup	Dynamo Kyiv

The 1992 season was the 62nd season of competitive football in Ukraine and the first season of fully independent Ukraine following the dissolution of the Soviet Union. This year the Ukrainian Association of Football (as Football Federation of Ukraine) was granted a membership to the international football organizations FIFA and UEFA and allowed to send its clubs to the UEFA continental competitions.

For the first time such former Soviet clubs like FC Dynamo Kyiv and FC Chornomorets Odesa which represented the Soviet Union at European competitions since 1960s qualified for the UEFA competitions representing native Ukrainian nation. For the first time since 1948 FC Dynamo Kyiv returned to compete at the Ukrainian Cup, previously as the Football Cup of the Ukrainian SSR. The champions title of SC Tavriya Simferopol was the first in independent Ukraine and the fourth including competitions of the Football Championship of the Ukrainian SSR.

National team

In 1992, Ukraine national football team conducted its first matches as representatives of now independent Ukraine and FIFA members. The first game was a match between Ukraine and Hungary held on 29 April 1992 at Avanhard Stadium in Uzhhorod, which was the first international home game for Ukraine, saw the first official goal and ended with a 1–3 defeat. The second game in a season took place on 27 June with the United States on away field, and ended in a 0–0 draw, recording a first point for the national team.

Results and fixtures

29 April 1992 International Friendly	Ukraine	1–3	Hungary	Uzhhorod, Ukraine
17:00 EEST	Hetsko 90'	Report	Salloi 61' Kiprich 68', 84' (pen.)	Stadium: Avanhard Stadium Attendance: 13,000 Referee: Vadim Zhuk (Belarus)

27 June 1992 International Friendly	United States	0–0	Ukraine	Piscataway, United States
17:00 UTC-4		Report		Stadium: Rutgers Stadium Attendance: 11,815^[1] Referee: Michael Caulfield (Ireland)

Domestic leagues

Men

Vyshcha Liha (Top League)

League table

Group A

Pos	Team v t e	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	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

Updated to match(es) played on unknown. Source:^{[citation needed]}
Rules for classification: 1st points; 2nd wins; 3rd goal difference
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated

Group B

Pos	Team v t e	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	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

Source:^{[citation needed]}
Rules for classification: 1st points; 2nd wins; 3rd goal difference
(O) Play-off winners; (R) Relegated

Second stage

Championship playoff

1992-06-21

SC Tavriya Simferopol	1 – 0	FC Dynamo Kyiv
Shevchenko 75'	Report goal (video)

Ukraina Stadium, Lviv

Attendance: 36,000^[2]

Referee: Volodymyr Pianykh (Donetsk), (FIFA)

MATCH OFFICIALS

Assistant referees:
- Yevhen Kanana (Donetsk)
- Oleh Chornyi (Donetsk)

MATCH RULES

90 minutes.
30 minutes of extra-time if necessary.
Penalty shoot-out if scores still level.
Seven named substitutes
Maximum of 3 substitutions.

Third place playoff

June 20, 1992

Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk	3 – 2	Shakhtar Donetsk
Tyshchenko 19' Konovalov 38', 74'	Report	Bielichenko 51' Atelkin 80'

Metalurh Stadium, Zaporizhzhia

Attendance: 3,000

Referee: Tukhovsky (Simferopol)

Honors and awards

Top goalscorer: Yuri Hudymenko, Tavriya Simferopol (12)
Ukrainian Footballer of the Year: Viktor Leonenko, Dynamo Kyiv

Persha Liha (First League)

League table

Group A

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	FC Veres Rivne (C, P)	26	14	8	4	38	15	+23	36	Promoted to Vyshcha Liha
2	FC Pryladyst Mukacheve	26	14	5	7	27	15	+12	33
3	FC Polihraftekhnika Oleksandriya	26	11	8	7	25	27	−2	30
4	FC Podillia Khmelnytsky	26	10	10	6	29	21	+8	30
5	FC Krystal Chortkiv	26	11	7	8	34	26	+8	29
6	FC Desna Chernihiv	26	11	7	8	23	24	−1	29
7	FC Dynamo-2 Kyiv	26	9	10	7	33	23	+10	28
8	FC Avtomobilist Sumy	26	11	4	11	29	29	0	26
9	FC Stal Alchevsk	26	9	8	9	28	22	+6	26
10	FC Polissia Zhytomyr (R)	26	10	5	11	30	31	−1	25	Relegated to Second League
11	FC Halychyna Drohobych (R)	26	9	5	12	25	32	−7	23
12	FC Dnipro Cherkasy (R)	26	9	4	13	22	27	−5	22
13	FC Chaika Sevastopol (R)	26	7	4	15	19	39	−20	18
14	SKA Kyiv (R)	26	3	3	20	14	45	−31	9

Source:^{[citation needed]}
(C) Champions; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated

Group B

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	FC Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih (C, P)	26	15	10	1	46	23	+23	40	Promoted to Vyshcha Liha
2	FC Metalurh Nikopol	26	15	7	4	45	19	+26	37
3	FC Artania Ochakiv	26	13	6	7	27	24	+3	32
4	FC Ros Bila Tserkva	26	13	5	8	40	32	+8	31
5	FC Zakarpattia Uzhhorod	26	13	5	8	28	25	+3	31
6	FC Skala Stryi	26	11	9	6	39	24	+15	31
7	FC Shakhtar Pavlohrad	26	13	4	9	46	33	+13	30
8	FC Vorskla Poltava	26	12	5	9	33	25	+8	29
9	FC Khimik Severodonetsk	26	10	7	9	28	28	0	27
10	FC Krystal Kherson (R)	26	10	5	11	36	36	0	25	Relegated to Second League
11	FC Azovets Mariupol (R)	26	10	4	12	36	39	−3	24
12	FC Shakhtar-2 Donetsk (R)	26	5	2	19	25	48	−23	12
13	FC Vahonobudivnyk Stakhanov (R)	26	4	3	19	16	48	−32	11
14	FC Chornomorets-2 Odesa (R)	26	0	4	22	14	55	−41	4

Source:^{[citation needed]}
(C) Champions; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated

Honors and awards

Top goalscorer: Denys Filimonov, Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih (16)

Perekhidna Liha (Transitional League)

League table

Group A

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	Dnister Zalishchyky	16	8	5	3	15	13	+2	21	Second League
2	Hazovyk Komarne	16	8	4	4	24	17	+7	20
3	Yavir Krasnopillia	16	8	4	4	21	19	+2	20
4	Zirka Kirovohrad	16	8	3	5	35	24	+11	19
5	Andezyt Khust	16	7	4	5	23	22	+1	18	Transitional League
6	Olympik Kharkiv	16	5	5	6	23	26	−3	15
7	Elektron Romny	16	5	2	9	22	29	−7	12
8	Lysonia Berezhany	16	2	6	8	14	21	−7	10
9	Promin Sambir Raion^[a]	16	1	7	8	22	28	−6	9

Source: uafootball.net.ua
Notes:

^ Promin Sambir Raion initially was from a village of the Sambir Raion, Volia Baranetska in Lviv Oblast. Several years later the club moved to Sambir.

Group B

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	Bazhanovets Makiivka	16	10	3	3	25	8	+17	23	Second League
2	Titan Armyansk	16	8	5	3	19	10	+9	21
3	Meliorator Kakhovka	16	8	5	3	21	16	+5	21
4	Druzhba Osypenko^[a]	16	5	11	0	17	8	+9	21
5	Prometei Shakhtarsk	16	8	4	4	27	10	+17	20	Transitional League
6	Okean Kerch	16	6	5	5	16	10	+6	17
7	Hirnyk Khartsyzk	16	4	1	11	10	33	−23	9
8	Antratsyt Kirovske	16	2	3	11	15	32	−17	7
9	More Feodosia	16	1	3	12	2	25	−23	5

Source: uafootball.net.ua
Notes:

^ Osypenko is a village in Berdyansk Raion, a suburb of Berdyansk.

Women

Vyshcha Liha (Top League)

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Dynamo Kyiv	18	16	2	0	54	6	+48	34	Champions
2	Arena-Hospodar Kyiv	18	9	6	3	26	14	+12	24
3	Lehenda Chernihiv	18	8	5	5	26	21	+5	21
4	Olimp Kyiv	18	7	5	6	26	18	+8	19
5	Bukovynka Chernivtsi	18	5	9	4	19	15	+4	19	Withdrew after the season
6	Luhanochka Luhansk	18	8	2	8	17	25	−8	18
7	Borysfen Zaporizhia	18	4	9	5	13	19	−6	17
8	Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk	18	5	2	11	19	34	−15	12
9	Krym-Yuni Simferopol	18	2	6	10	14	34	−20	10
10	Chornomorochka Odesa	18	0	6	12	6	34	−28	6	Qualification to relegation play-offs

Source: WFPL.ua, Womensfootball.ua

Honors and awards

Top goalscorer: Svitlana Frishko, Dynamo Kyiv (21)

Persha Liha (First League)

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion, qualification or relegation
1	Iskra Zaporizhia	14	11	3	0	37	2	+35	25	Promotion to Vyshcha Liha
2	Tekstylnyk Donetsk	14	11	2	1	40	6	+34	24
3	Yunisa Luhansk	14	6	4	4	34	17	+17	16
4	Radosin Kyiv	14	5	6	3	19	12	+7	16
5	Mriya Kirovohrad	14	5	3	6	14	33	−19	13	Qualification to promotion play-offs
6	Lvivianka Lviv	14	3	2	9	11	26	−15	8
7	Tavriya Kherson	14	2	3	9	12	40	−28	7
8	Olimp-2 Kyiv	14	1	1	12	3	34	−31	3

Source: WFPL.ua

Domestic cups

Men

Ukrainian Cup

Main bracket

Round of 16					Quarterfinals				Semifinals				Final

1	Polissya Zhytomyr	4	1	5

16	Chornomorets (a.e.t.)	1	7	8
					Chornomorets	2	1	3

					Metalurh Zaporizhia	0	1	1
8	Vahonobudivnyk	1	0	1

9	Metalurh Zaporizhia	0	7	7
									Chornomorets	3	0	3

									Torpedo Zaporizhia	1	0	1
5	Torpedo Zaporizhia	6	0	6

12	Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih	0	1	1
					Torpedo Zaporizhia	1	1	2

					Dynamo Kyiv	0	1	1
4	Dynamo Kyiv (a.e.t.)	1	2	3

13	Skala Stryi	1	1	2
													Chornomorets (a.e.t.)	1

													Metalist Kharkiv	0
6	Karpaty Lviv	1	0	1

11	Shakhtar Donetsk	2	2	4
					Shakhtar Donetsk	6	0	6

					Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk	0	1	1
3	Bukovyna Chernivtsi	1	1	2

14	Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk	2	3	5
									Shakhtar Donetsk	0	1	1

									Metalist Kharkiv	1	1	2
7	Krystal Chortkiv	1	0	1

10	Metalist Kharkiv	2	2	4
					Metalist Kharkiv	2	0	2

					Naftovyk Okhtyrka	0	1	1
2	Naftovyk Okhtyrka	1	1	2

15	Kremin Kremenchuk	1	0	1

Final

31 May 1992

19:00

Chornomorets Odesa (PL)	1–0 (a.e.t.)	(PL) Metalist Kharkiv
Tsymbalar 107'	Report

Republican Stadium, Kyiv

Attendance: 12,000

Referee: Yevhen Kanana (Donetsk)

Women

Semifinals				Final

Dynamo Kyiv	5	2	7

Krym-YuNI Simferopol	0	0	0
				Dynamo Kyiv	1	0	1

				Arena-Hospodar Fastiv	0	0	0
Arena-Hospodar Fastiv	1	1	2

Bukovynka Chernivtsi	1	0	1

Ukrainian clubs in international competition

1991–92 European competitions

European Cup

Group stage

Group B

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification	BAR	PRA	BEN	DK
1	Barcelona	6	4	1	1	10	4	+6	9	Advance to final	—	3–2	2–1	3–0
2	Sparta Prague	6	2	2	2	7	7	0	6		1–0	—	1–1	2–1
3	Benfica	6	1	3	2	8	5	+3	5		0–0	1–1	—	5–0
4	Dynamo Kyiv	6	2	0	4	3	12	−9	4		0–2	1–0	1–0	—

Source: UEFA

4 March 1992 Group stage	Dynamo Kyiv	0–2	Barcelona	Kyiv, Ukraine
19:00		Report	Stoichkov 33' Salinas 66'	Stadium: Republican Stadium Attendance: 48,500 Referee: Guy Goethals (Belgium)

18 March 1992 Group stage	Barcelona	3–0	Dynamo Kyiv	Barcelona, Spain
20:45	Stoichkov 60', 81' Salinas 88'	Report		Stadium: Camp Nou Attendance: 53,000 Referee: Karl-Josef Assenmacher (Germany)

1 April 1992 Group stage	Benfica	5–0	Dynamo Kyiv	Lisbon, Portugal
21:00	Brito 25', 62' Isaías 71' Yuran 83', 87'	Report		Stadium: Estádio da Luz Attendance: 78,000 Referee: Mario van der Ende (Netherlands)

15 April 1992 Group stage	Dynamo Kyiv	1–0	Sparta Prague	Kyiv, Ukraine
21:00	Salenko 82'	Report		Stadium: Republican Stadium Attendance: 5,000 Referee: Brian McGinlay (Scotland)

References

^ Yannis, Alex (28 June 1992). "Ukrainian National Team Receives a Welcome Celebration at Rutgers". The New York Times.
^ "Historical protocol" (in Russian). Kobyzev, Aleksey. 2006-05-31. Retrieved 2009-10-07.
^ ^a ^b 20 years Tavria became the first champion of Ukraine. SK Tavria press release. June 21, 2012. (photos)

External links

Complete results to all national league matches
Ukraine - List of Champions. RSSSF.
Main page. Ukrainian Football from Dmitriy Troschiy. (in Russian)
1992 Ukraine. RSSSF.

[table_note_SMB0.59578829891784-4] Promin Sambir Raion initially was from a village of the Sambir Raion, Volia Baranetska in Lviv Oblast. Several years later the club moved to Sambir.

[table_note_DRZ0.67860605599294-5] Osypenko is a village in Berdyansk Raion, a suburb of Berdyansk.

[1] Yannis, Alex (28 June 1992). "Ukrainian National Team Receives a Welcome Celebration at Rutgers". The New York Times.

[2] "Historical protocol" (in Russian). Kobyzev, Aleksey. 2006-05-31. Retrieved 2009-10-07.

[tavria-3] 20 years Tavria became the first champion of Ukraine. SK Tavria press release. June 21, 2012. (photos)

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