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

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 Zaporizhzhia 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 Nyva Vinnytsia, the champion of the 1992–93 Ukrainian First League – (returning after a season absence) Temp Shepetivka, the runner-up of the 1992–93 Ukrainian First League – (returning after a season absence)

Location

RankStadiumPlaceClubCapacityNotes1Respublikansky StadionKyivDynamo Kyiv 100,0622Tsentralnyi Stadion BSSOdesaChornomorets Odesa 43,0003AvanhardLuhanskZorya-MALS Luhansk 32,2434MetalistKharkivMetalist Kharkiv 32,0005Tsentralnyi Stadion "Shakhtar"Stadion RudupravlinniaDonetskKomsomolskeShakhtar Donetsk 31,545? 6MeteorDnipropetrovskDnipro Dnipropetrovsk 30,0007MetalurhUGOK StadionKryvyi RihKryvbas Kryvyi Rih 29,783?8UkrainaLvivKarpaty Lviv 28,0519LokomotyvSimferopolTavriya Simferopol 26,00010AvanhardRivneVeres Rivne 25,00011MetalurhZaporizhzhiaMetalurh Zaporizhzhia 25,00012LokomotyvVinnytsiaNyva Vinnytsia 24,00013Miskyi StadionTernopilNyva Ternopil 17,00014CJSC ZAZ StadionZaporizhzhiaTorpedo Zaporizhzhia 15,00015BukovynaChernivtsiBukovyna Chernivtsi 12,00016DniproKremenchukKremin Kremenchuk 11,30017AvanhardLutskVolyn Lutsk 10,792 18TempShepetivkaTemp Shepetivka 8,000

Notes:

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

League table

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 Kyiv in front of 3,500 spectators.

Results

Statistics

Top goalscorers RankPlayerClubGoals(Pen.)1 Timerlan Huseinov Chornomorets Odesa 18 (1)2 Oleh Matviiv Shakhtar Donetsk 17 (5)3 Victor Leonenko Dynamo Kyiv 15 (4)4 Oleh Mochulyak Nyva Ternopil 145 Serhii Konovalov Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk 13 Serhiy Skachenko Temp Shepetivka 137 Borys Finkel Bukovyna Chernivtsi 12 Serhiy Onopko Shakhtar Donetsk 12 Pavlo Shkapenko Dynamo Kyiv 12 Andriy Pokladok Karpaty Lviv 12 (1)

Clean sheets RankPlayerClubCleansheets1 Oleh SuslovChornomorets Odesa16 Dmytro TyapushkinNyva Ternopil163 Valeriy VorobyovKryvbas Kryvyi Rih144 Volodymyr MarchukVolyn Lutsk12 Mykola MedinFC Dnipro12

Medal squads (league appearances and goals listed in brackets) 1. FC Dynamo Kyiv Goalkeepers: Andriy Kovtun (14 / -6), Ihor Kutepov (11 / -9), Oleksandr Shovkovskyi (9 / -6). Defenders: Oleh Luzhnyi (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), Serhii 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 Odesa 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 1993–94 Ukrainian First League 1993–94 Ukrainian Second League 1993–94 Ukrainian Third League 1993–94 Ukrainian Cup

References

External links Season information on the Ukrainian Football from Dmytro Troshchiy Season information on RSSSF Season information on the Ukrainian Football from Aleksei Kobyzev