1993–94 Ukrainian Premier League

Ukrainian Premier League
Season 1993-94
Champions FC Dynamo Kyiv
Relegated FC Bukovyna Chernivtsi
FC Metalist Kharkiv
Champions League Dynamo Kyiv
Cup Winners' Cup Chornomorets Odessa
UEFA Cup Shakhtar Donetsk
Top goalscorer (18) Timerlan Huseinov (Chornomorets)
Biggest home win 7:0 Dnipro - Metalurh (Round 17)
Biggest away win 0:4 Zorya-MALS - Shakhtar (Round 15)
Highest scoring 7:1 Tariya - Metalist (Round 15)

Ukrainian Premier League 1993–94 was the third season of the Ukrainian Premier League.

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 exiting. 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 managed to win only six games. Metalurh Zaporizhia barely managed to escape relegation, partially due to they 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.

Contents

Preseason changes

Managers
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 Oleksandr Shakun pre-season

No teams were relegated before the season, while two best teams were promoted FC Temp Shepetivka and FC Nyva Vinnytsia extending the league from 16 to 18 participants.

Final standings

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Comments
1 Dynamo Kyiv (C) 34 23 10 1 61 21 +40 56 CL Qualifying Round
2 Shakhtar Donetsk 34 20 9 5 64 32 +32 49 UC 2nd Qualifying Round
3 Chornomorets Odessa 34 20 8 6 52 23 +29 48 CWC 1st 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 34 12 10 12 41 34 +7 34
9 Temp Shepetivka 34 12 8 14 39 38 +1 32 new
10 Nyva Vinnytsia 34 12 8 14 37 45 −8 32 new
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 5 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 Persha Liha
18 Metalist Kharkiv (R) 34 6 8 20 22 63 −41 20 Persha Liha

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

Note:

Top goalscorers

Timerlan Huseinov Chornomorets Odessa 18
Oleh Matviiv Shakhtar Donetsk 17
Victor Leonenko Dynamo Kyiv 15
Oleh Mochulyak Nyva Ternopil 14
Serhii Konovalov Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk 13
Serhiy Skachenko Temp Shepetivka 13
Boris Finkel Bukovyna Chernivtsi 12
Serhiy Onopko Shakhtar Donetsk 12
Andrii Pokladok Karpaty Lviv 12
Pavlo Shkapenko Dynamo Kyiv 12
Notable Transfers

European competitions

Club Ranking in Europe
Rank Club Points Notes
1 Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk 6
2 Chornomorets Odessa 4
Dynamo Kyiv 4
4 Tavriya Simferopol 1.5
5 Karpaty Lviv 1
Club Ranking in Europe (prorated)
Rank Club Points Notes
1 Dynamo Kyiv 34
2 Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk 15
3 Chornomorets Odessa 7
4 Tavriya Simferopol 1.5
5 Karpaty Lviv 1
Champion's Cup (FC Dynamo Kyiv)
Round Country Club Home Away
1st round FC Barcelona 3-1 1-4
Cup Winners' Cup (FC Karpaty Lviv)
Round Country Club Home Away
Q round Shelbourne FC 1-0 1-3
UEFA Cup (FC Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk)
Round Country Club Home Away
1st round FC Admira/Wacker 1-0 3-2
2nd round Eintracht Frankfurt 1-0 0-2

Managers

Club Coach Replaced Coach
FC Dynamo Kyiv Yozhef Sabo Mykhailo Fomenko
FC Shakhtar Donetsk Valery Yaremchenko
FC Chornomorets Odessa 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 Zaporizhia Ihor Nadein Viktor Matviyenko
FC Zorya-MALS Volodymyr Kobzarev Oleksandr Shakun
FC Kremin Kremenchuk Evhen Rudakov Boris Streltsov 8 games
Tiberiy Korponay 9 games
FC Metalurh Zaporizhia Anatoliy Kuksov Janis Skredelis
Hryhoriy Vul
FC Bukovyna Chernivtsi Oleksandr Pavlenko
FC Metalist Kharkiv Viktor Kamarzayev Oleksandr Dovbiy
Yevhen Lemeshko

Managerial changes

Team Outgoing head coach Manner of departure Date of vacancy Table Incoming head coach Date of appointment Table
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 Oleksandr Shakun March 6 Volodymyr Kobzarev March 12
FC Zorya-MALS Volodymyr Kobzarev March 12 Oleksandr Shakun March 20
FC Zorya-MALS Oleksandr 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 Kamarzyaev 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 Yablonsky (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.

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