Season | 1993–94 |
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Champions | FC Dynamo Kyiv 2nd title |
Relegated | FC Bukovyna Chernivtsi FC Metalist Kharkiv |
Champions League | Dynamo Kyiv |
Cup Winners' Cup | Chornomorets Odesa |
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) |
← 1992–93 1994–95 → |
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
[edit]The league was expanded to 18 teams including the same 16 from the past season.
Teams
[edit]Promotions
[edit]- 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
[edit]Rank | Stadium | Place | Club | Capacity | Notes |
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1 | Respublikansky Stadion | Kyiv | Dynamo Kyiv | 100,062 | |
2 | Tsentralnyi Stadion BSS | Odesa | Chornomorets Odesa | 43,000 | |
3 | Avanhard | Luhansk | Zorya-MALS Luhansk | 32,243 | |
4 | Metalist | Kharkiv | Metalist Kharkiv | 32,000 | |
5 | Tsentralnyi Stadion "Shakhtar" Stadion Rudupravlinnia |
Donetsk Komsomolske |
Shakhtar Donetsk | 31,545 ? |
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6 | Meteor | Dnipropetrovsk | Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk | 30,000 | |
7 | Metalurh UGOK Stadion |
Kryvyi Rih | Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih | 29,783 ? |
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8 | Ukraina | Lviv | Karpaty Lviv | 28,051 | |
9 | Lokomotyv | Simferopol | Tavriya Simferopol | 26,000 | |
10 | Avanhard | Rivne | Veres Rivne | 25,000 | |
11 | Metalurh | Zaporizhzhia | Metalurh Zaporizhzhia | 25,000 | |
12 | Lokomotyv | Vinnytsia | Nyva Vinnytsia | 24,000 | |
13 | Miskyi Stadion | Ternopil | Nyva Ternopil | 17,000 | |
14 | CJSC ZAZ Stadion | Zaporizhzhia | Torpedo Zaporizhzhia | 15,000 | |
15 | Bukovyna | Chernivtsi | Bukovyna Chernivtsi | 12,000 | |
16 | Dnipro | Kremenchuk | Kremin Kremenchuk | 11,300 | |
17 | Avanhard | Lutsk | Volyn Lutsk | 10,792 | |
18 | Temp | Shepetivka | Temp Shepetivka | 8,000 |
Notes:
Managers
[edit]
League table
[edit]Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
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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 Odesa[a] | 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[a] | 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 Zaporizhzhia | 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 Zaporizhzhia | 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 |
Rules for classification: 1st points; 2nd wins; 3rd goal difference
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated
Notes:
- 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
[edit]Top goalscorers
[edit]Rank | Player | Club | Goals (Pen.) |
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1 | ![]() |
Chornomorets Odesa | 18 (1) |
2 | ![]() |
Shakhtar Donetsk | 17 (5) |
3 | ![]() |
Dynamo Kyiv | 15 (4) |
4 | ![]() |
Nyva Ternopil | 14 |
5 | ![]() |
Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk | 13 |
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Temp Shepetivka | 13 | |
7 | ![]() |
Bukovyna Chernivtsi | 12 |
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Shakhtar Donetsk | 12 | |
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Dynamo Kyiv | 12 | |
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Karpaty Lviv | 12 (1) |
Medal squads
[edit](league appearances and goals listed in brackets)
Note: Players in italic are whose playing position is uncertain.
See also
[edit]- 1993–94 Ukrainian First League
- 1993–94 Ukrainian Second League
- 1993–94 Ukrainian Third League
- 1993–94 Ukrainian Cup
References
[edit]External links
[edit]- Season information on the Ukrainian Football from Dmytro Troshchiy
- Season information on RSSSF
- Season information on the Ukrainian Football from Aleksei Kobyzev