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The Ukrainian Third League (Ukrainian: Третя ліга Tretia Liha), until 1994 known as the Transitional League (Ukrainian: Перехідна ліга), was part of the Ukrainian professional football clubs competition.
History
The League as the fourth tier was created after the reorganization once the first championship was completed in 1993. In 1992, another transitional league was created, which later was transformed into the Ukrainian Second League. The league was created from the pool of clubs of the third tier that did not perform well in the previous season as well as the best new amateur clubs that had won their respective regional competitions.
Throughout its history the League yielded at least four promotions each year. That in turn fueled the rise of the Ukrainian new football giants -- FC Arsenal Kyiv and FC Metalurh Donetsk. At the end of the 1995 season the League was incorporated back into the Second League and the teams of both Leagues were then split into two groups.