1993–94 Vyshcha Liha

1993–94 Vyshcha Liha was the third season of the Vyshcha Liha.

Vyshcha Liha
Season1993–94
ChampionsFC Dynamo Kyiv
RelegatedFC Bukovyna Chernivtsi
FC Metalist Kharkiv
Champions LeagueDynamo Kyiv
Cup Winners' CupChornomorets Odessa
UEFA CupShakhtar Donetsk
Top goalscorer(18) Timerlan Huseinov (Chornomorets)
Biggest home win7:0 Dnipro - Metalurh (Round 17)
Biggest away win0:4 Zorya-MALS - Shakhtar (Round 15)
Highest scoring7:1 Tariya - Metalist (Round 15)

Last season the league champions Dynamo received a fierce competition from the Pavlov led Dnipro out of Dnipropetrovsk. The third season was promising to be even more exciting. Dynamo was going through some difficult times and before the start of the season, it was sold to Hryhoriy Surkis from Viktor Bezverkhyi.

The season started on August 8 with nine games of the first round. It finally was concluded on June 19. It was anticipated that at least four clubs would be really competing for the top title. At the end it turned out the other way around. Dnipro has remarkably given up its positions, losing almost ten games. Chornomorets also did not pose any resistance to neither Dynamo or Shakhtar. However, the biggest surprise was the relegation of Metalist Kharkiv which won only six games. Metalurh Zaporizhia barely escaped relegation, partially due to their excellent game in Kharkiv where they manage to thrash the local Metalist 3:0. Three rounds before the end Dynamo was recognized as the champions. There was one technical loss (-:+) that was awarded again to SC Tavriya Simferopol when it was hosting FC Volyn Lutsk in the 32nd round on June 11, 1994, for fielding a suspended player Dzyubenko.

Preseason changes

The league was expanded to 18 teams including the same 16 from the past season.

Teams

Promotions

Location
Zaporizhia
Zaporizhia teams :
Metalurh
Torpedo
Bukovyna
Chornomorets
Veres
Dnipro
Kremin
Nyva T.
Locations of teams home grounds in Ukrainian Premier League 1993-94

Final standings
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Dynamo Kyiv (C) 34 23 10 1 61 21 +40 56 Qualification to Champions League qualifying round
2 Shakhtar Donetsk 34 20 9 5 64 32 +32 49 Qualification to UEFA Cup qualifying round
3 Chornomorets Odessa[lower-alpha 1] 34 20 8 6 52 23 +29 48 Qualification to Cup Winners' Cup first round
4 Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk 34 16 9 9 53 35 +18 41
5 Karpaty Lviv 34 16 8 10 37 30 +7 40
6 Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih 34 14 8 12 26 26 0 36
7 Nyva Ternopil 34 13 10 11 44 26 +18 36
8 Tavriya Simferopol[lower-alpha 1] 34 12 10 12 41 34 +7 34
9 Temp Shepetivka 34 12 8 14 39 38 +1 32
10 Nyva Vinnytsia 34 12 8 14 37 45 −8 32
11 Volyn Lutsk 34 10 12 12 27 30 −3 32
12 Veres Rivne 34 10 12 12 32 36 −4 32
13 Torpedo Zaporizhzhya 34 9 10 15 27 39 −12 28
14 Zorya-MALS Luhansk 34 10 6 18 24 46 −22 26
15 Kremin Kremenchuk 34 9 8 17 26 39 −13 26
16 Metalurh Zaporizhzhya 34 9 6 19 26 49 −23 24
17 Bukovyna Chernivtsi (R) 34 7 6 21 25 51 −26 20 Relegated to Ukrainian First League
18 Metalist Kharkiv (R) 34 6 8 20 22 63 −41 20
Source:
Rules for classification: 1st points; 2nd wins; 3rd goal difference
(C) Champion; (R) Relegated.
Notes:
  1. Participant of the 1994 Ukrainian Cup Final
  • Dynamo Kyiv won its second title at home against Metalist Kharkiv on June 7, 1994, earning its 20th win of the season at the Republican Stadium in Kiev in front of 3,500 spectators.

Top goalscorers
Rank Player Club Goals
(Pen.)
1 Timerlan Huseinov Chornomorets Odessa 18 (1)
2 Oleh Matviiv Shakhtar Donetsk 17 (5)
3 Victor Leonenko Dynamo Kyiv 15 (4)
4 Oleh Mochulyak Nyva Ternopil 14
5 Serhii Konovalov Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk 13
Serhiy Skachenko Temp Shepetivka 13
7 Borys Finkel Bukovyna Chernivtsi 12
Serhiy Onopko Shakhtar Donetsk 12
Pavlo Shkapenko Dynamo Kyiv 12
Andriy Pokladok Karpaty Lviv 12 (1)

Managers
Club Coach Replaced Coach Home stadium
FC Dynamo Kyiv Yozhef Sabo Mykhailo Fomenko Republican Stadium
FC Shakhtar Donetsk Valery Yaremchenko Shakhtar Stadium
FC Chornomorets Odessa Viktor Prokopenko Black Sea Shipping Stadium
FC Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk Mykola Pavlov Meteor Stadium
FC Karpaty Lviv Myron Markevych Ukraina Stadium
FC Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih Volodymyr Brukhtiy Ihor Nadein Metalurh Stadium
FC Nyva Ternopil Leonid Buriak City Stadium
SC Tavriya Simferopol Anatoliy Zayaev Lokomotyv Stadium
FC Temp Shepetivka Leonid Tkachenko Temp Stadium
FC Nyva Vinnytsia Yukhym Shkolnykov Central City Stadium
FC Volyn Lutsk Roman Pokora Avanhard Stadium
FC Veres Rivne Vyacheslav Kobyletskyi Mykhailo Dunets Avanhard Stadium
FC Torpedo Zaporizhia Ihor Nadein Viktor Matviyenko AvtoZAZ Stadium
FC Zorya-MALS Volodymyr Kobzarev Anatoliy Shakun Avanhard Stadium
FC Kremin Kremenchuk Evhen Rudakov Boris Streltsov 8 games
Tiberiy Korponay 9 games		 Dnipro Stadium
FC Metalurh Zaporizhia Anatoliy Kuksov Janis Skredelis
Hryhoriy Vul		 Metalurh Stadium
FC Bukovyna Chernivtsi Oleksandr Pavlenko Bukovyna Stadium
FC Metalist Kharkiv Viktor Kamarzayev Oleksandr Dovbiy
Yevhen Lemeshko		 Metalist Stadium

Managerial changes
Team Outgoing head coach Manner of departure Date of vacancy Table Incoming head coach Date of appointment Table
FC Metalist Kharkiv Viktor Aristov pre-season Oleksandr Dovbiy pre-season
FC Zoria-MALS Luhansk Anatoliy Kuksov pre-season Anatoliy Shakun pre-season
FC Metalist Kharkiv Oleksandr Dovbiy August 18 Yevhen Lemeshko August 28
FC Kremin Kremenchuk Boris Streltsov September 25 Tiberiy Korponay October 3
FC Metalurh Zaporizhia Janis Skredelis September 25 Hryhoriy Vul October 3
FC Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih Ihor Nadein winter break Volodymyr Brukhtiy winter break
FC Metalist Kharkiv Yevhen Lemeshko winter break Oleksandr Dovbiy winter break
FC Dynamo Kyiv Mykhailo Fomenko winter-break Yozhef Sabo
FC Torpedo Zaporizhia Viktor Matviyenko winter break Ihor Nadein winter break
FC Kremin Kremenchuk Tiberiy Korponay winter break Evhen Rudakov
FC Metalurh Zaporizhia Hryhoriy Vul winter break Anatoliy Kuksov
FC Zorya-MALS Anatoliy Shakun March 6 Volodymyr Kobzarev March 12
FC Zorya-MALS Volodymyr Kobzarev March 12 Anatoliy Shakun March 20
FC Zorya-MALS Anatoliy Shakun March 25 Volodymyr Kobzarev April 3
FC Metalist Kharkiv Oleksandr Dovbiy April 16 Yevhen Lemeshko April 20
FC Metalist Kharkiv Yevhen Lemeshko April 20 Oleksandr Dovbiy April 26
FC Metalist Kharkiv Oleksandr Dovbiy April 26 Viktor Kamarzayev May 7
FC Veres Rivne Mykhailo Dunets April 26 Vyacheslav Kobyletskyi May 7

Medal squads

(league appearances and goals listed in brackets)

1. FC Dynamo Kyiv

Goalkeepers: Andriy Kovtun (14 / -6), Ihor Kutepov (11 / -9), Oleksandr Shovkovsky (9 / -6).
Defenders: Oleh Luzhny (34 / 1), Serhiy Shmatovalenko (27), Vladyslav Vashchuk (24), Vitaliy Ponomarenko (19), Andriy Khomyn (17 / 1), Anatoliy Bezsmertnyi (8), Serhiy Fedorov (1).
Midfielders: Dmytro Topchiyev (32 / 3), Serhiy Mizin (28 / 6), Serhiy Kovalets (28 / 2), Volodymyr Sharan (19 / 4), Andriy Anenkov (13 / 1), Vladyslav Prudius (13 / 1), Maksim Demenko (12), Vyacheslav Khruslov (10 / 1), Yuri Hrytsyna (10), Andriy Zavyalov (9 / 2).
Forwards: Oleksandr Pryzetko (33 / 7), Pavlo Shkapenko (31 / 12), Viktor Leonenko (24 / 15), Mikheil Jishkariani (13 / 1), Vitaliy Mintenko (12 / 2), Serhiy Rebrov (10 / 2).

Manager: Mykhailo Fomenko (first half), Yozhef Sabo (second half).

Transferred out during the season: ?.

2. FC Shakhtar Donetsk

Goalkeepers: Dmytro Shutkov (29 / -28), Andriy Kurayev (3 / -3), Volodymyr Havrylov (2 / -1).
Defenders: Viktor Smyhunov (30 / 1), Ihor Leonov (29 / 1), Oleksandr Koval (28), Andriy Kuptsov (24), Oleksandr Melyevanov (7), Ruslan Uzakov (3), Pavlo Filipenko (2).
Midfielders: Serhiy Onopko (33 / 12), Serhiy Yashchenko (33), Hennadiy Orbu (32 / 2), Valeriy Kriventsov (29 / 8), Yuri Byelichenko (29 / 5), Serhiy Popov (28 / 3), Ihor Stolovytsky (22 / 1), Ihor Shcherbyna (6), Serhiy Kovalyov (2).
Forwards: Oleh Matveyev (27 / 17), Serhiy Atelkin (27 / 11), Oleksandr Voskoboinyk (24 / 3).

Manager: Valeriy Yaremchenko.

Transferred out during the season: Ihor Shcherbyna (to Zirka Kirovohrad), Ruslan Uzakov (to Shakhter Shakhty).

3. FC Chornomorets Odessa

Goalkeepers: Oleh Suslov (34 / -23), Yevhen Nemodruk (2).
Defenders: Yuriy Bukel (32), Andriy Telesnenko (22 / 1), Viktor Yablonskyi (17), Serhiy Bulyhin-Shramko (16), Yuriy Smotrych (15), Vitaliy Skysh (10).
Midfielders: Ihor Zhabchenko (32 / 5), Dmytro Parfyonov (32 / 3), Viktor Bohatyr (29 / 3), Ruslan Romanchuk (28 / 1), Ihor Korniyets (28), Vyacheslav Yeremeyev (20 / 5), Yuriy Sak (16), Oleksandr Bondarenko (11), Oleh Koshelyuk (11).
Forwards: Tymerlan Huseinov (33 / 18), Kostyantyn Kulyk (28 / 4), Vitaliy Parakhnevych (24 / 8), Vladimir Lebed (10 / 2).

Manager: Viktor Prokopenko.

Transferred out during the season: Yuriy Sak (to Spartak Moscow), Oleksandr Bondarenko (to BVSC Budapest), Oleh Koshelyuk (to Beitar Jerusalem), Vladimir Lebed (to Krystal Kherson).

Note: Players in italic are whose playing position is uncertain.

See also

References
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