1992 Vyshcha Liha

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Season 1992 Champions League Tavriya Simferopol UEFA Cup Dynamo Kyiv Champion SC Tavriya Simferopol Matches played 182		Champions SC Tavriya Simferopol Cup Winners' Cup Chornomorets Odessa Start date 1992 Goals scored 403

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1992 Vyshcha Liha was the first football championship organized in Ukraine after the dissolution of the Soviet Union and officially recognized by the UEFA. The last Soviet season finished in fall of 1991 and all Soviet competitions results were awarded to Russia. In order to compete in the European competitions, Ukraine had to come with its own league and cup winner that would be recognized by the UEFA.

The Football Federation of Ukraine when organizing the competition decided to shift its calendar to synchronize it with one common in Europe "fall-spring" and organized a short championship.

Note, that while Ukrainian championships were taken place in the Soviet Union since 1920s, they are not yet officially recognized neither by Football Federation of Ukraine nor the rest international community.

Calendar

The championship started on March 6, about a month later after the qualification rounds of another national tournament, the first edition of Ukrainian Cup. The first half of the season was scheduled to finish on April 19 with the second one to resume on April 25 (6 days intermission). The last round was to be played on June 17.

Considering such a schedule and the fact that the Ukrainian Cup competition was on the way simultaneously, the Ukrainian clubs had to forfeit their scheduled games in the Soviet Cup competition. In addition to that Dynamo Kyiv also participated in the Champions League competition which ended for Dynamo only on April 15. Each team this season had at least two games scheduled every week on average. Considering other official games FC Torpedo Zaporizhia and FC Dynamo Kyiv has played the record of 26 games from February 18 through June 21 and the most among the other clubs in the League.

Qualified teams

Note:

FC Temp Shepetivka placed only 9th in the 1991 Soviet Lower Second League.

FC Halychyna Drohobych and FC Vorskla Poltava that competed in the Soviet Second League were placed in the Persha Liha (Ukrainian Second Division) as such that were relegated.

Clubs' name changes

Zorya-MALS Luhansk before the season carried name Zorya Luhansk. Name extension was provided for sponsorship reasons.

Evis Mykolaiv before the season carried name Sudnobudivnyk Mykolaiv.

SC Odessa changed its name from SKA Odessa on May 5, 1992, due to restructuring of the Odessa Military District and Armed Forces of Ukraine.

Managerial changes

Managerial changes approximated

Qualified Teams

Before 17th Round, Chornomorets Odessa qualified for the QR 1992-93 CWC after winning the Ukrainian Cup.

After 17th Round, Dynamo Kyiv qualified for European football for the 1992–93 season and the 1992 Championship playoff.

After 20th Round, Tavriya Simferopol qualified for European football for the 1992–93 season and the 1992 Championship playoff.

After 20th Round, Shakhtar Donetsk and Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk qualified for the 1992 3rd place playoff.

Group A final standings

Source:
Rules for classification: 1st points; 2nd wins; 3rd goal difference

Source: Aleksey Kobyzev's Web-Site (Russian)

Group B final standings

Source:
Rules for classification: 1st points; 2nd wins; 3rd goal difference

Source: Aleksey Kobyzev's Web-Site (Russian)

Note:

In bold are the participants of the 1992 Ukrainian Cup Final.

Hat-tricks

Notes:

(*) Asterisk identifies players who scored four goals (poker).

Goalkeepers

Only considered players that participated in at least in five games (25+ percent) of the season.

Medal squads

(league appearances and goals listed in brackets)

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

References

1992 Vyshcha Liha Wikipedia

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